Michel Delving: Lost in the Shire

FROM: Nob – Fri Nov 07 11:52:41 2008
SUBJECT: EL: Lost in the Shire
TO: (Best-rp)
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Confusing, twisty, crowded place, filled with friendly (very friendly – too friendly??) hobbits. Oskar came out of a drinking establishment one evening, in very nearly a good mood (helped along by plenty of beer), to find Barrack sitting on a flowerpot. The elder dwarf complained of having been sitting there for Hours, waiting for a familiar face to explain to him how to find his way back to the dwarven encampment. While being stared at by Cicely, Oskar tried to give Barrack directions, and finally decided it would be easier to take him himself. As the two wound their way through the small town, coming at last to their camp, they found Ranon waiting there. Oskar’s pleasant mood vanished at once and he deliberately went in a different way.

SHIRE: Breakfast Club

FROM:    Boldibad – Mon Nov 03 02:29:03 2008
SUBJECT: SHIRE: Breakfast Club
TO:      (Best-rp)
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BRANDY HALL. On Thursday, Thrimidge 7, 1445 S.R., BALTOBRAS Brandybuck whittled a piece of wood in front of the fireplace while BOLDIBAD Bolger slept soundly in a chair nearby. They were recovering from their first breakfast (and, as it turned out, their only breakfast). Boldibad awoke around the same time a small group arrived to await second breakfast. Among those were CHALCEDONY Took (with her young son, Torodac), Germimac Brandybuck (played by BRATTO), and Fadoric Brandybuck (played by TALVO).
Being true to the ways of hobbit kind, the small crowd gathered together around the fireplace to snack on gingerbread hobbits (prepared by Fadoric, moments before) and engage each other in friendly conversation. Balto’s wood-carving expertise started everything off as Torodac showed major interest in the unfinished wooden pony. Balto made a promise to supply Chalcy’s kids with figures, as quickly as he could carve them.
The conversation moved, then, to the well-being of Dharlon Took, Chalcy’s husband, and their plans for the near future. From there, it moved on to Germimac’s ambition to author a novel of intense mystery. He had been sitting quietly, shyly doodling in his personal notepad. But his description of the upcoming story delighted the hobbits to no end.
Suddenly, to everyone’s dismay, an assistant to the cook came into the room and announced that, due to a mistake in calculating the available stock of food, second breakfast would be delayed. To counter their hunger, the hobbits continued to munch on the cookies. Baltobras decided to make his leave to investigate the matter. Germimac, also, left the scene to take care of some things in his room, upstairs.

The talk turned to the deviousness of humans and whether or not they can be trusted. Soon, Chalcy’s adorable daughter, Ruby, arrived from upstairs. Chalcedony, being the considerate matron she is, secretly sent the lass into the kitchen to conjure up a tray of cinnamon buns, which fueled further conversation.
CICELY Gamwich arrived shortly thereafter. Being full of energy and excitement, she offered to relate a tale about a monstrous wolf, which she claimed to had come into contact with in the past. As though a member of the celebrated Shire Players, she acted out her story as she told it, and quickly charmed the older hobbits.
Chalcedony spoke, also, of the time she was attacked by a wolf, and the account was chilling, to say the least. When the cook’s assistant returned to announce that second breakfast was to be canceled, those still present eventually sauntered off to seek food, and Boldibad was unable to fight off sleepiness, returning to a solid snooze in the comfortable chair.

The log can be found here.

Bugs, Top Secret Papers and a Cane in Hobbiton

Mail Message Number 3 (Message ID #: 17109)
FROM:    Aleswyn – Thu Oct 30 14:32:52 2008
SUBJECT: <fwd> Bugs, Top Secret Papers and a Cane in Hobbiton
TO:      (Best-rp)
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<Forwarded message originally by Cicely (10/25/08)>
-On the blustery sunset of April 10 in Hobbiton, a hobbit named Boldibad stumbled upon a little lass attempting to befriend a black and yellow fuzzy bug in the grass. He tried to protect her from possible sting, but she insisted that as her momma had taught her, if she was nice to the bee, it would be nice in reply. They did not find out whether this would once again hold true for the little lass or not as Boldibad’s top secret papers fell. Being instructed not to look at them, Cicely closed her eyes so tightly that one could see the wrinkles and found the papers through touch. The wind gave a gust and the papers were scattered again, this time in different directions. As Cicely and Boldibad gave chase, another hobbit arrived upon the scene and trapped a sheet with his cane. Instructed by Boldibad to be careful and not rip the page, he lifted his cane, but the page did not move! This Oddo Chubb had a feeling for weather and wind, or lack thereof! as he joked. The papers captured, they were returned to Boldibad. The bee Cicely had been with had flown away and introductions began. – Boldibad Bolger, Oddo Chubb (played by Nob), and Cicely Gamwich. -The papers were maps and tales from a fantasy book, Boldibad explained, and Oddo modestly admitted to writing down “a few observations”, although others may think it more of an Almanac. As the sun hid behind the horizon completely, the hobbits decided to go somewhere with light, drink for the older hobbits, and discuss each hobbit’s knowledge treasures.
<End of forwarded message>