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eachdraidh2014-09-30 08:41 pm
silmarils) wrote in eachdraidh2014-09-30 08:41 pm
audio; forward-dated to post-feast
[ his arrival hadn't been graceful by any stretch of the imagination. in fact, mostly it had been a blur. his first conscious memories are of fire, burning alive as the silmaril sears through his hand and the flames take him. smoke lingers in the air around him, and there are voices, and the flames are gone and he is still here--
he doesn't remember, exactly, what had happened after that, but the beautiful rooms he's been given are destroyed, and his throat is raw, the echo of a shriek still caught there, and his only good hand burns and burns. he can't do this, can't do this, can't do this can't do this can't can't can't can'tcan'tcan't--
time. moments or hours or years, who is he to tell? these are not the halls, he knows, he's been denied even death. and there is laughter, soft, sly, purring at his ear. that voice will ever be with him, spreading its rot through his veins, flexing its claws against his heart-- until poison pumps through it, until it's darkness alone sustaining him. that voice, which had spoken to him when he'd lain shattered and barely comprehending.
kinslayer, it murmurs, and a void opens beneath maedhros, and he cannot remember-- kinslayer, what hast thou wrought for thyself? these are the fruits of thy labour. a deathless existence, an oath forever unfulfilled. family slain, people scattered, a legacy of destruction.
he grasps for something, anything, struggling through the mire of his mind: his hand clenches, fresh pain drowning out the whisper. he is in unfamiliar rooms, an unfamiliar place, and there had been creatures, strange creatures, and--
--and?
feverish eyes land on the locket, discarded and opened at his feet. speak, he remembers. speak, and he might be heard. but is there anyone, anyone at all, that he would wish to speak to?
if this is where the cursed sons of feanor are taken when denied death, then-- ]
I-- [ the voice is a harsh croak, as if its owner's throat has been stripped raw by screaming. even so.. even so, there may be something familiar in it. maedhros takes a trembling breath through his nose, curled and shaking, scorched and bleeding hand curled almost white-knuckled around the locket. but even so, there's only his voice to judge. ] --I seek the sons of Feanor, should they be here.
[ with a quiet snap, he shuts the locket and ends the message. ]
he doesn't remember, exactly, what had happened after that, but the beautiful rooms he's been given are destroyed, and his throat is raw, the echo of a shriek still caught there, and his only good hand burns and burns. he can't do this, can't do this, can't do this can't do this can't can't can't can'tcan'tcan't--
time. moments or hours or years, who is he to tell? these are not the halls, he knows, he's been denied even death. and there is laughter, soft, sly, purring at his ear. that voice will ever be with him, spreading its rot through his veins, flexing its claws against his heart-- until poison pumps through it, until it's darkness alone sustaining him. that voice, which had spoken to him when he'd lain shattered and barely comprehending.
kinslayer, it murmurs, and a void opens beneath maedhros, and he cannot remember-- kinslayer, what hast thou wrought for thyself? these are the fruits of thy labour. a deathless existence, an oath forever unfulfilled. family slain, people scattered, a legacy of destruction.
he grasps for something, anything, struggling through the mire of his mind: his hand clenches, fresh pain drowning out the whisper. he is in unfamiliar rooms, an unfamiliar place, and there had been creatures, strange creatures, and--
--and?
feverish eyes land on the locket, discarded and opened at his feet. speak, he remembers. speak, and he might be heard. but is there anyone, anyone at all, that he would wish to speak to?
if this is where the cursed sons of feanor are taken when denied death, then-- ]
I-- [ the voice is a harsh croak, as if its owner's throat has been stripped raw by screaming. even so.. even so, there may be something familiar in it. maedhros takes a trembling breath through his nose, curled and shaking, scorched and bleeding hand curled almost white-knuckled around the locket. but even so, there's only his voice to judge. ] --I seek the sons of Feanor, should they be here.
[ with a quiet snap, he shuts the locket and ends the message. ]
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[ It is him, it is, oh, and Maglor trembles, visibly fighting for composure (his Light flickers erratically, heart still not settled, responding to his surging emotions) ]
The castle, you must be in the Unseelie castle. [ Maglor's hand, scarred over (still fresh, those burns, and they will never truly heal), presses against the locket, as if to reach through and he almost sobs ] Moonrise tonight - I can come to you then, they... I was gifted with a ring that allows me to travel vast distances by moonlight, to wheresoever I have already been. There are orcs there, I know, they will not attack within the bounds of the castle.
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the mere mention of orcs is like ice water to his face, though, and he can't help the trembling gasp. his control is nowhere to be found. he can't hide, his usual masks all dashed, splintered to nothing. if there are orcs here-- (rough voices, rough hands against his skin, crude blades parting flesh from bone)--then does that mean..
no. no, no, no, no, surely not, there's no way, it's not possible--
vaguely, he's aware that he's struggling to draw a full breath, vision black at the edges. control, he needs control.
he thrusts the locket from him to try to hide his reaction, to muffle the sound of his panicked breathing. ]
How-- [ control, maedhros. ] How have we come to be here?
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[ Gulping down his own tears Maglor wrests control back from the shreds of his sanity ]
They won't touch you! I won't let them, I promise Nyelo, I promise. [ I would die first ]
[ Maedhros needs you to be strong Curufin reminds him and Maglor firms his voice, although his eyes are still too bright, fights for the calm of the mask of the High King. Forces himself to report, the same way he used to, first for father, and later for Maedhros ]
You are safe within the castle walls. The creatures, the creatures you speak of are the Unseelie Imps. They... they dragged me here too, some six months past. Time is strange here - they bring folk from all over, from worlds and times far disparate... brother, Artanis is here, but she is Galadriel now, and Celegorm is here, and he remembers not Nargothrond.
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the rest of the explanation, he allows to wash over him, listening to maglor's familiar voice, taking in as much of it as he has the energy for. ]
And.. what of Ammë? [ is that.. truly her? ]
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[ The mention of Nerdanel brings an almost frantic nod ] Yes. Yes it is her. They stole her from our home, she... she told me she had only but recently watched us go. I ... had to tell her, Nyelo. What we did.
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[ he's quiet for several moments before finally sighing softly. ] .. She of all people deserves to know.
....it took me so long to work out this translation whyyyyy
Ve elyë méra, aranya
[ But there is a stubborn tilt to his mouth that says that he will be hard to shake, unless Maedhros orders him to go ]
Yes...
[ AND ABRUPTLY PRIVATE ]
Brother, Celegorm is here. The Seelie champion slew him [ and there is something dark and dangerous in his voice ] but the Unseelie Queen brought him back - a 'last gift for his service' she said. Celegorm is... he is from before Nargothrond. He was... is... so happy, Nyelo. But the Unseelie Queen used him, twisted him - and he bent to her... for me. I am sorry. I could not keep him safe. I was not strong enough. He lives, now - but he wishes it kept secret. We have told very few.
lajdfasdf because elves
instead, he shifts at the mention of celegorm. he's heard from others that celegorm was slain, that he's dead--
his eyes widen, stunned, at the news that he's still alive. for a moment, he can hardly contain his joy, fist pressing hard against his mouth to keep sound from escaping. in all else that has happened, at least he has this, his brothers, his mother. and he does not have to mourn celegorm a second time. ]
He lives. He lives. Ai, I thought-- [ a trembling breath. ] It is enough, for now. Makalaure, it is enough that you both live.
sob yes also PRIVATE FOREVER
As do you. [ okay so maybe it cracked slightly there ] I am not alone. I ... I will come and bring you to him. Will you be well until moonrise? [ How bad are your wounds? ]
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he carefully gentles his tone, as he might have when makalaure was still a child, and upset and frightened. ] I will be well, never fear. I will use this time to rest.
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Then I will come, when the moon rises and the magic that lets me travel works. I... I am with them even now - I will tell Celegorm. Since his... return, he has been unable to use much of the Court's magics, including the lockets. Have a care what you speak over them - we... Legolas and I, and Amme too, we fear that they are ... not entirely secure. But if you need me, hanonya, you need only call.