Barrow-Downs Birthday Party at the Fields of Cormallen

[Frodo Baggins]

NOOO!!!!!!!! Please don't bring Gollum back!! He might decide my finger was good and want the rest of me!!!

Besides, half an hour of "my precious" would drive all of us mad.

[Rose Cotton]

(Not part of story)

I don't know Child.

I thought we were dealing with Morgoth too.

Guess we just have to go with the flow.
(Back to story)

[Rosseiliantiel]

Rosseil continued fiddling with the wires, until she chucked the box at Celeaewen in frustration.
"Some help, PLEASE! I'm technologically challenged, i don't think I should be doing this without some HELP or I'll end up blowing us all up or something, I don't know what the h*ll to do with this!"
"OH, PRETTY WIRES!" squealed Celeae, reaching for a green wire, and was then shoulders & shaken by Rosseil, who was looking murderous.
"OH WOULD YOU JUST HELP ME PLEASE OR FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN!"

[Veritas]

<<<It seems I have made a problem, Mithadan wasn't evil, but he was focused on the REG, and confused by Deagols appiration, and he's angry that the party spoiled his plans.
Mithadan, I'm sorry if I made you be evil.
Btw, who has said we were dealing with Motgoth, did I miss something in the posts, that's possible, so I think that's Deagols appiration was a misleading from Morgoth, and that it was the plan that Morgoth wanted to get Mithadan, for any reason. I think we must move on with the RPG as if nothing happened, and I feel REALLY SORRY about everything I've done wrong! Please forgive me.
I'll will delete this message about two days, when everyone involved read it.>>>

[ May 26, 2002: Message edited by: Veritas ]

[piosenniel]

ooc:: Yes, we are facing Morgoth in the Void where he has been imprisoned for gadzillions of years for being overly inharmonious! I am going to do a deus ex machina here and pull the storyline together. Let's make this a good battle by sword and wit and words!::

The figure stepped from the shadow. What an incongruity of dark and light. His face was fair, filled with the beauty of the first created, but in his dark eyes were reflections of worlds crushed into dust by the chaos of his character. His smile took them all in, inviting them to be at ease, while in his eyes flashed lightning and danger. He spoke, and his voice was soothing, the words jarring:

'Turn that d@mned thing off! It's giving me a mega-headache trying to watch all of you cope with all the permutations of reality it's throwing off!'

'One does not simply turn the d@mned thing off.' returned Birdie shaking off her headache & channeling Boromir from the movie. 'Its workings are guarded by mysterious wirings . . . & besides, there is no *off* button!' Birdie had never been one to cower before a challenger, not even one as daunting as this.

'Yeah! What she said!!' came the firm hobbit voices of Child and Rosie in chorus. The steeliness of Birdie's reply had given them a shot of courage.

'No *off* button?!', queried the Being, advancing on the REG. 'Then what's this?' His slim finger touched the side of the unit, and a silver button appeared, as if it had always been there. One 'click' and the REG turned dark and silent.

He watched as all five figures wavered and shimmered in their positions, and finally refocused into solidity. Their eyes unglazed, became clear and took in there surroundings now with clear senses.

'They're beautiful and wondrous.', he thought to himself. 'See how the light still plays through every atom of their being.' He looked down at his own hands, and wondered if any such harmony still ran through him.

Veritas leaned on her staff, regarding his actions closely.

pio stepped forth once more, sword now secured in its scabbard. 'What is your name, Fair One? & how did you come to this place? & why do we find ourselves here?'

'My name is Morgoth.' came the simple reply. 'Or Melkor, among others I have had on Middle Earth. As to the How and Why of your question that will take some longer time to answer you than will be comfortable standing in this grey place. Come, let us go where we can sit and be comfortable, and ferret out such answers as we may. I have food and drink and some comforts here, such as they are. And you are welcome to them.'

The thought of resting somewhere and refreshing themselves overcame all inhibitions at present. The five followed Morgoth into the grey emptiness, walking closely together in a line - Birdie at point to scan for dangers, and pio at rear, her hand resting lightly on the pommel of her sword.

'Do you think there might be mushrooms?' asked Child, her stomach growling.

'I hope so!' piped in Rose. '& pints of rootbeer!'

'Make that wine, and I'm with you!', joined in Veritas.

'Steady on!' said Birdie - 'Take care!' echoed pio.

Further into greyness trudged the five.

& leading them surely was Morgoth, his fair face obscured by shadow.

[ May 26, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ]

[Losthuniel]

Mithidan and Trackers burst in(not just an apparition, real this time), as they saw the five being led away by a VERY frightening looking figure. Celeaewen squeaked. she had agreed to come with Mithidan, only to kill Veritas, and Rosseil had come along for the fun of it (twisted mind, eh?). only it seemed that Morogoth was going to kill Veritas, and the other four people as well. this did not bode well for anyone.

[Rosseiliantiel]

not part of story:
I DO NOT HAVE A TWISTED MIND, I WAS SUPPORTING MY"FRIEND" CELEAEWEN, CELEAEWEN
really, people these days. u think someone is ur friend....o well

[Frodo Baggins]

"Ok let's see if I can fix this REG thing and bring everyone back. I hate machines."

Sam said "Umm.. Mr. Frodo?"
"What?"
"I don't know but I hear metal is a good conductor of ele.. elec.."
Frodo smiled "Electricity. And you're right, Sam." *oof camr the chan, jewel, and circlet*

"Hmm..... well these wires are broken. I may be able to put them...." POP!! FLASH!!!
The smell of burning was in the air.
"hmm... I'm all right!"

[Rose Cotton]

(Not part of the story)
Thank you Pio. It was getting weird. Especally when I tried to fix things. I will be deleting my messed up posts.
We just have to read posts more carefully.
(Back to the Story)

"Arg, I should have read the rest of the Sil." Rose thought to herself. " I know almost nothing about this."

Rose was suspitious but the thought of food and rest overpowered her.

She whispered to Child. "I wouldn't mind those mushrooms but I don't think we should eat much. I still don't trust this thing. If he was anything like Sauron then I don't think he means well."


Rose cursed her empty stomach. It would be hard to resist a good meal. But she wouldn't be taken in so easily.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Child's brain was racing feverishly at the very same time that her stomach was growling in a crescendo that would have made a good accompaniment to a dwarf battle song. She tried not to focus on her stomach, which was a natural act for a hobbit, but instead to think through the situation.

She still had her sodden copy of the annotated Silm with her. That had to be of some help. She did not understand how she could be talking to Morgoth, but this did seem to be the case. She vaguely remembered that Morgoth was supposed to crawl out of the Void at the end of the world to cause some serious mischief. Child didn't think the end of the world was here, but perhaps Morgoth had different ideas.

She turned and muttered to her companions, "I am no hero, believe me. But we have to be careful here. Whatever happens to us, and I mean whatever, we can not let this monster use us to crawl out of this pit. Everything we know and everyone we love will be toast, and all because we partied too long and perhaps were a bit too dedicated to our schemes of petty larceny." She was feeling a little guilty.

OK, said Birdland, exactly what do we need to find out? Does this lovely creature know what happened at the end of the Third Age? Does he know what Sam and Frodo did, and what happened to Sauron? Does he even know it's now the Age of Man? How much news gets through to the Void? Maybe we can probe him and get some answers to that. Those answers may help us. I almost wish we had one of the Children of Men here to help us.

Pio nodded: And where are Sam and Frodo? I can't tell if they're here in the void or managed to get back to reality. I think it would be a very, very bad idea for Morgoth to get hold of a Baggins or Gamgee in this situation, especially if he learns what happened to Sauron. And Ihope that Legolas or Gimli or Arwen or any of that crew are nowhere to be found.

Child shook her head: Shush, you guys. He's looking back at us and he doesn't look too kindly. We've got to be very, very careful. Now, what do we do next?

[Rose Cotton]

I think it would be a very, very bad idea for Morgoth to get hold of a Baggins or Gamgee in this situation, especially if he learns what happened to Sauron.

Rose jumped when Pio said that.

She wondered if being Sam's wife would put her in danger.

*gulp* "Um..you guys. Would it be a problem if you started calling me Ms. Underhill?"

And there was another reason to be worried. Rose thought she had seen Frodo some ways behind them. He would definatly be in danger if Morgoth was looking for revenge.

Where was Sam?

[ May 26, 2002: Message edited by: Rose Cotton ]

[Losthuniel]

"so what do we do now?" asked Rosseil, eying the bunch ahead of them.
" the sensible thing." siad Celeaewen
" yes, obviosly, go and rescue them" said Mithidan.
"err, thats not what i had in mind. more like turn tail and run"
Mithidan glared at her, then picked theri group uo into a faster pace.
" Why do i have the starngest feeling of impending doom?"

[Birdland]

"Well, whatever we do, we can't let The Big M. see the laptop or the PDA." whispers Birdie. "And even Child's annotated edition of the Silm would tell him far too much...if he could keep all the names straight."

"But," said Rose, "He'd never figure out how to log onto the laptop, could he?"

You saw how he called up the 'off' button on REG, didn't you?" said Pio. "If he can do that, he can hack the laptop or the PDA, no problem."

"And iIf he get a chance to read the board, said Veritas, "and finds out how much of a mess his acolyte Sauron made of the War of the Rings, and who actually defeated him? You go tell HIM that world domination was snatched from their grasp by 3-foot people with furry feet. He can't find out what we know. And the board will tell him everything! Everything!"

"Wellllll..." said Rose, "not everything. Hey! Do you think we could ask him about the Balrog wings? I'd really like to know one way or the other...

"No!"

"You know", said Child, "it would be kind of neat if we could ask him if he ever met Tom Bombadil..."

"NO!"

[piosenniel]

Morgoth glanced back at the companions, but his gaze was not fixed on them but at a point well behind them.

Pio turned, her elf eyes attempting to discern a target, her ears straining to catch a sound.

'To your left, just a little and at the place where we first met him.' whispered Veritas, motioning with her staff, which also served as a quasi-antenna at need.

There it was . . . small sounds of confusion and alarm and then a thick curtain of returning silence.

'Your friends won't be coming with us.' said Morgoth. 'They've been evicted for the moment and returned to their original positions.' His gaze took in the 5 companions. 'It's just you and I. & that will have to do for now.' His hand caressed the REG which he held lightly under one arm, his finger just leaving what appeared to be a 'reset' button. Even as he finger lifted from it, the button returned seamlessly to the smooth surface of the REG, and disappeared.

The 5 huddled together, questioning glances stealing between them. 'Friends, what friends?' asked Rose. 'I hope they got back ok, whoever they were.'

'Mithadan, probably' returned pio 'I'm sure I heard him tracking us at one point. He'll figure out something. Don't worry about him. We've got more present problems to sort out.'

'Morgoth!', called Birdie to their guide.'How is it that they were returned and we were not?' She was eager to learn all she could about the REG. She had plans for it still, providing they ever got out of here.

Morgoth smiled another utterly disarming smile and explained how the 5 were under his protection at the moment; that he had attuned himself to the REG and was able to adjust its focus as he needed.

He turned back to continue on their way - glancing back once at Rose, he narrowed his eyes, and then laughed. 'Wings, yes. Fly, no-- only if you toss them!'

Birdie blanched, regretting she'd said anything about the laptop or PDA.

[Samwise]

Where was Sam?

Did you read my last posts, or was that just a story question?

[Samwise]

OOC: Frodo, wait, I don't think the REG is with us--it's with the folks in the void. pio just asked if we could "get the party going again" as it were...
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*Ahem*
*Running back up the road with Primrose and Stacey behind him*
Sam: Mister Frodo! Mister Frodo! We're back!
Stacey: Running--in a dress--not a good idea. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Primrose: Mister Frodo! I'm glad you're all right!
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OOC again: Hey, whatever happened to Mithadan?

[Frodo Baggins]

Well it's nice to see you back, Sam. I have been working with this thing for three hours a least. Now you tell me I can't do it. I think I'm all right. When the sparks flew, I my throat felt dry and then the left side of my nose started running, strange considering it was mt right hand that was shocked. (Not part of story, I am writing the symptoms from experience)

[ May 26, 2002: Message edited by: Frodo Baggins ]

[Samwise]

OOC:Sorry about that, sir. Just tryin' to keep the continuity goin' in the same direction.
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Sam: *Looking around* Well, sir, Mister Mithadan seems to have ordered more food. Guess we can't let it go to waste, can we?

Stacey: Hobbits... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Primrose: No, Papa, we certainly can't! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[Frodo Baggins]

FOOOOOOOD!!!!

[Samwise]

Stacey: Like I said, "Hobbits". Oh, well. All this running around has made me hungry.......
Sam: That's the spirit!
*Primrose is already heading for a table...*

"Just hold on a moment and I'll get my stuff!" cried Sam eagerly. "It's all ready. I thought we should be off today. " ~Sam Gamgee

[piosenniel]

Their bellies being full and their thirst somewhat slaked, Frodo and Sam looked about at the wreckage of the party. It looked as if a giant wind had blown mightily across the fields and laid the party-goers flat. 'Like wheat', thought Sam, 'after the pass of a sharp scythe. But not so tidy as that.'

Rolling up his sleeves past the elbows, he stood for a moment surveying the scene. 'Well, Mr. Frodo, there's some bit of work ahead of us to get this party back in order. If you're feeling up to it, let's get started.'

'Right, Sam!' replied Frodo. 'Let's get the guests back on their feet and let them know what happened. If they were having dreams as strange as mine, they'll need some gentle bringing back to here and now.'

'And don't forget Mr. Mithadan, papa.' urged Primrose helping another hobbit up and turning him in the direction of the tables. 'We should find him and see if he needs any help getting to the bottom of this problem!'

'There is nothing like a few sturdy, practical hobbits to set things back in order,' thought the old man in grey as he smiled at the scene below him. Without a sound he turned, and disppeared under the canopy of the trees.

[Samwise]

Stacey went to work helping the hobbits.
"I wonder where Mithadan got to, anyway?" she wondered.
For a moment, she felt as if eyes were on them. Turning toward the woods, she thought she caught a movement, then nothing.
"Ah, maybe I need new glasses...."
She turned back to straightening up.

[ May 27, 2002: Message edited by: Samwise ]

[piosenniel]

The words: " Why do i have the strangest feeling of impending doom?" were no sooner out of her mouth when Celeaewen found herself flung down on the field, very near the river bank. Strange remembrances were jumbling about in her head,as she stood up and shook her head to clear it. She looked around; none of her companions were to be seen. 'Did I dream them, too?' she thought to herself.

She walked to the center of the field and looked around again, this time spying Sam and Frodo busily at work at a point not too far from her. She hailed them, and noted that they waved back. So they, at least, were not phantoms of her imagination. She started toward them considering her options, letting reality soak back into her bones.

'A plan,' she thought. 'I need a well thought out plan. And some friends to help.'

'Perhaps the hobbits . . .?!'

[ May 27, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ]

[Frodo Baggins]

"Hullo, Calaewen." began Frodo. Calaewen asked what was going on.
"Well, it seem that this random events generator, or waht wvwe it is, is naking eveyone dream strange things, even me. I could have sword I saw Deagol, if you can believe that. Sam and I believe that if we can get everyone awakwnwd tne the REG turned off, We can get back to the party. As for turning off the REG, I think shorting out tha wire sis that well enough."

[Veritas]

<<Sorry pio, I saw your message after I made this replay, so I'll change it again, we're in the great void, and not in the tempel, ai?>>

Meanwhile, in the Void everyone was confused. wehy would Morgoth want them, and, even more important, what would he do with them.

"Wruhahaha! Finally I got you all!" Morgoth rises and becomes so that he's more then three times bigger then they. The power of his evil was wide spread out through the void, and everybody was feeling misserable.

"What do you want to do with us, and why?" Veritas talks and tries to make time, so that Mithadan is able to fix a plan to get them out, or, better, a plan for the destruction of Morgoth.

It becomes quiet in the void, even more quiet the it was.

The silence, which first was so peaceful, becomes one of evil and decay. Morgoth seems to wait, to wait until they can not longer resist the treatening silence.

"Speek, what are you waiting for!" Child can't hold it anymore.

"Until you see, that there's no way out, you're stuck, and you know, you got a choise to make; Resist and Die, Give up and come to My Side. I'm waiting for that dissicion."
"Then wait for ever, we will never come to you!" Rose screams, and with her dagger rised she rans to Morgoth, but Veritas holds her.

"Give us one hour," Pio sais, "We want to discuss our destiny."
Morgoth looks is not satisfying, but Birdie walks toward Morgoth: "Yes, let us discuss what we want ot do."

The Fallen Valar takes his time to make his choise, but finally he sais: "One hour, not more." And builds a kind of piramid around them.

"Fine, now were totally cut off of the World." Child is getting impatience.

"I hope this is going to be oké." Veritas thinks sadly, she knows that pio don't want to walk over to the dark side, but one hour to make a plan, and even cut off from the outer world.

[ May 27, 2002: Message edited by: Veritas ]

[Frodo Baggins]

Meanwhile, Frodo has been trying for the last six hours to bring everyone out of the void. Nothing is working. He tries one more thing. "This will sent that Motgoth running." he thinks to himself.

A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
silivren penna miriel
o menel algar enalath!
Na-chared palan-diriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, si naf aearon!

"Oh please come back"

[ May 27, 2002: Message edited by: Frodo Baggins ]

[ May 27, 2002: Message edited by: Frodo Baggins ]

[VanimaEdhel]

Menelduliniel runs into the room:

VASAAAAAAAAAAAAA!(Translation: Foooooooooood!)

Sorry: hobbit imitation. And, as I have not been on here in a few days (Memorial Day parties/barbecues/etc.), I have not "eaten" in days!

Menelduliniel eats some food and drinks some miruvor, then, calming down after her hyperness, sits down...

So: what is happening, little hobbits?

[Losthuniel]

Celeaewen hears Frodo singing and joins him with her minstrel's voice. she grabbed her harp, given to her by Galadriel, and played along to the words

A Elbereth Gilthoneil
Silivren penna mireil
o menel aglar elenanth
Na-chaered palan-diriel
o galadhremmin ennorath
Fanulois, le linnathon
nef aer, si nef aeron!

Snow- white, Snow-White, o lady clear
o Queen beyon the Western seas!
o light to us that wander here
help us now! our need is near!

there was no more to do, other than sing, and hope that the Valar would have pity on them.

[Rose Cotton]

As Pio, Child, Birdie, and Veritas discussed a plan Rose sat apart from them in deep thought. She was too angry to debate and wasn't very good at it anyway. But she knew one thing: She would never join Morgoth.

There was one thing Rose was troubled about though.

'Why did Morgoth want them? Where they just at the wrong place at the wrong time? Was it because they were the ones with the REG.'

Then Child called over to Rose."Come on Rose. This is your destiny too."

"I'm not in the mood to decide my fate right now" Rose replyed."I trust in whatever you choose to do."

(Sam- the question I asked before was part of the story)

[Rosseiliantiel]

"Where am I?"

[VanimaEdhel]

Menelduliniel shivers at the mention of Morgoth and vows that, no matter what torture would ever be bestowed upon her, she would never turn to the side of dark...the side of Morgoth.

She takes out her mithril flute, given to her by Lord Elrond, and plays along with the others.

[Veritas]

In the piramid, all the persons are quiet, waiting for what would come, they didn't had a plan yet, and they had just a half an hour left. Rose was sitting against the wall, but suddenly she rised her head, as if she heared something.

"Listen, I hear... music, and singing, they are thinking about us, they're helping us." Roses eyes are twinkling with tears of happiness.

The whole party was filled with happiness. They were standing and listening to the music:

A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
silivren penna miriel
o menel algar enalath!
Na-chared palan-diriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, si naf earon!

And then Child began to sing, and Birdland, and then everybody was singing.

"Silence!" Morgoth's voice stopted the singing, or anyway, they couldn't hear it anymore. "You ruined your last change to think, your time is up."

"No!" screams pio, "Never!"
Then she begins to sing:

Never forget who you are, Little Star
Shinging brither then all the stars, in the sky,
Never forget where you come from, from love.

They all begin to sing, in the hope Morgoth would finally see that they wouldn't give up.

Then, in a second, the piramid vains and they see Morgoth, his eyes burning in his head.

Veritas thought she was in a dream, Morgoth was screaming, but it didn't touched one of them, they were streghted by the music, the music of Iluvatar...

[piosenniel]

Rosseiliantiel opened her eyes and shook the crazy images of her dream from her eyes. She looked about her and saw Celeaewen talking with Frodo and Sam. A little apart from them she saw Menelduliniel sitting under a tree playing her flute and looking off into space.

Rosseiliantiel recognized the signs of still being in a dream and went to gently shake the flutist's shoulder. 'Come back, Menelduliniel!', she said. 'Come back to Middle Earth and help us!'

[Losthuniel]

Celeaewen sang, a note of desperation creeping into her voice.

A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
silivren penna miriel
o menel algar enalath!
Na-chared palan-diriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, si nef aeron!
then, another notee joined in, it was rosseil. they sang Desperatly, seeing no hope. then as they sang, another sound filled the air. it was fairer than anything they could sing. there was blinding white light, then when it cleared, before them stood eight figures, glittering in the light. The Valar

[Child of the 7th Age]

Child was certainly glad that at least some of their friends had freed themselves from the clutches of Morgoth, and her heart was lifted that they had joined in song to try and lighten the Shadow.

Then suddenly Child remembered her strange scene with Elbereth when she had mistakenly fallen into the wrong story. The one thing she could still remember, although much had faded as if an ancient dream or vision, was the tinkling laughter of the golden Vala.

Thinking about this, Child decided the two things this dreadful, large creature could not stand were music and laughter. Child decided to sing the most positive song she knew, the one her cousin Sam had sung in the Orc tower:

Though here at journey's end I lie
in arkness buried deep,
beyon all towers strong and high,
beyond all mountains steep,
above all shadows rides the Sun
and Stars for ever dwell:
I wil not say the day is done,
no bid the Stars farewell.

And then she burst into giggles, something which any good hobbit can do.

[Rose Cotton]

Soon the everyone was singing their own song of hope and happiness. And even though they sung different songs the melodies blended into a perfectly beautiful harmony.

The music rang out from the void and party grounds. It awaken all who lay asleep and those still awake listened to it and join in.

Until finally all of Middle Earth and all the lands beyond were joined in a chorus of joyfull music.

[ May 27, 2002: Message edited by: Rose Cotton ]

[Frodo Baggins]

Child that song makes me cry.

Taking Child's advice Frodo starts to tell jokes and sing the song about the inn, the moon, the fiddle playing cat, and the dog, and the cow, and.. Oh you know what I mean

[Frodo Baggins]

Child that song makes me cry.

Taking Child's advice Frodo starts to tell jokes and sing the song about the inn, the moon, the fiddle playing cat, and the dog, and the cow, and.. Oh you know what I mean

[Samwise]

OOC: I'm sorry, but I'm confused. Can someone tell me exactly who's where so I can figure out what to do next?
Also, why is it that we can play one another's characters? (Sorry, only been on one RP board before, and there weren't many rules there...... [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] ).

Sam, who had been watching his master with great concern, shook his head and muttered: "Plain as pikestaff it is, but it's no good Sam Gamgee putting in his spoke just now. "

[Frodo Baggins]

Sam, by laughing and singing and being happy in general, I think we can drive away Morgoth.