Maglor July catchall

[bythewaves]

⌛ Who: Maglor & whoever!
⌛ What: Maglor got a music box that broadcasts his thoughts. He doesn't know this. Yet. Also just general July things.
⌛ When: all though July
⌛ Where: all over
⌛ Warnings: depending on who tags him and what they ask, topics may delve dark



Music Box: Thoughts Edition

See, here's the thing about Maglor. His thoughts are noisy. His family could have mentioned how 99% of the time he was composing in his youth - this has not, in fact, gotten any better as he's gotten older - it's just that the 1% not dedicated to music got LOUD.

So it's a toss up if the music box tunes in to his thoughts if one is going to get a sudden jangle of whatever composition he's working on at the moment (it might sound like a cacophony of noise, or something very close to the most perfect symphony you've ever heard, depending) or just random rambling streams of thoughts.

He's surprisingly paternal, if you listen to his thoughts. There's a lot of worrying over... pretty much everyone.

Music Box: Memories Edition

The memories that the box picks vary - you might run into him staring fondly at the image of a large, noisy family doing all sorts of things from playing to crafting to fighting to just existing, to brilliant great light sources that happen to look a bit like trees, to beautiful cities that look like paintings, to much darker memories - lonely shores, fire and war, long tiring nights guarding those behind him, all the way to softly sad memories - dark haired twins in a cold castle.

He'll talk about any of them, if asked, but probably won't notice any watchers to discuss them without being prompted.

Soul Artifact

".............we don't have to do this, if you don't want to."

He's very not sure if he WANTS to know what his soul artifact is. But this is what they've been asked to do so...

(It's a harp. Just a harp. His shoulders will drop in relief when it is revealed - clearly, he was expecting something else. But when the strings are touched... Something like grief will cross his face. )

Trial of Promise

"You cannot leave until you..." He reads out slowly, in the dim cave his glow is striking, especially since there's no other source of light barring the words on the wall.

"...Ah." He sighs, unhappily.

Trial of Devotion

He eyes the mountain and wonders aloud, "Do you think they mind if we cheat? I wonder if I can put them to sleep?"

Alternatively, he could just fight his way up. The odds are better than many times in his past.

"What do you think?"

Trial of Love

He waits only until the rules are announced before stating, very calmly; "That's fine. I'll just break mine."

What is such pain after all, compared to all the pain he has already had in his life?

He'll immediately move to smash the harp on any available surface unless stopped.

Comments

[holdshisown]

"I'll tell you if it starts to hurt."

He'd made up his mind to at least try to stop hiding such things from his brother.

The feeling of something being pulled from inside him was odd, it wasn't even a physical feeling exactly. When it was over and the artifact was in his brothers hands he couldn't help but feel a little aprehensive. A mask... What did it say of him that his soul manifested in that way.

"That...was not what I was expecting."

[bythewaves]

"..........."

Maglor blinks at the mask.

"It's a very lovely mask, Nelyo. I wonder what it does?"

If it does anything. "A bird of fire..."

[holdshisown]

"I wonder why it took that form..."

It was a beautiful piece of craftmanship but he couldn't see any real use in it. Not that the harp had been immediately apparent in it's function either. "I don't know. The harp did nothing until I plucked one of it's strings, it stands to reason a mask would only reveal it's use when you put it on..."

Hopefully it didn't do anything destructive. "It is not without a certain amount of symbolism, I suppose."

[bythewaves]

Maglor shudders.

"Symbolism I am uncertain if I like? But yes... I suppose so. Should I put it on, or you?"

[holdshisown]

"I'm not sure how I feel about it either..."

He didn't like to think of himself as a deceptive person, but what else could the fact that his soul artifact was a mask mean?

"I...don't know? Do you wan't to try it?"

[bythewaves]

Maglor is a little bit more concerned with the fire part...

"The bird could be a reference to... the Eagle, maybe?" Not that it looks like an eagle...

"I suppose I should. Alright. Here goes?" He lifts the mask carefully to his face, making sure he's not looking straight at his brother, in case it does something destructive like his did.

[holdshisown]

The fire didn't surprise him. He had been burning inside since he returned from Angband.

"That's what I thought. It doesn't look much like an eagle, but maybe it's enough that it's a bird?" Who knew how your soul decided to symbolize your experiences.

"If it does something that hurts you, just throw it as far away as you can."

Well, destructive can be a subjective thing. It won't throw a sword at the wall, but Maglor might need to replace the shirt he's wearing. Because the moment he puts the mask on a pair of fiery wings erupt from his back making it unwearable.

"What the...?!"

[bythewaves]

"I will."

He nods, and then the next thing he knows there are wings sprouting from his back and his tunic is in shreds.

"Ah!" He squawks, alarmed, wings flapping in agitation until he drops the mask.

"T-that was not what I was expecting!"

[holdshisown]

"Good."

Wathever he had expected. Wings had not been a part of those imaginings.

"Are you alright?!" He exclaims, "are you hurt?!"

[bythewaves]

"Y-yes." Maglor wraps his arms around himself, shaking a little in shock, eyeing the mask warily.

"It... did not hurt? It was... just. Warm?"

It... felt like his brother's arms.

[holdshisown]

"Are you sure?" He was half-tempted to simply take the thing and smash it against the wall. "It looked...violent."

That might have more to do with the fact that it reduced his shirt to ribbons, but still...

"It felt warm?"

[bythewaves]

"Definitely shocking." He mutters, bending to pick up the mask again.

"Mm. No burns to me, Nelyo, just... well. My shirt."

[holdshisown]

"It was...unexpected to say the least." It wasn't something he'd thought would, or even could, happen.

"I'm sorry about the shirt... I'll get you a new one." It was only fair after all. "I didn't know it was going to have such a dramatic effect."

[bythewaves]

"It's just a shirt." Maglor dismisses, craning around to see if there is anything left on his back.

"And wings... there is a place here which offers backpacks with wings - so this isn't my first time, technically. Although the other set were not on fire."

[holdshisown]

"Still..." It didn't feel right to not at least replace the shirt.

"Of course there are shops that sells wings here..." He grumbles mostly to himself. "And of course the ones that my artifact produce are made of flame..."

[bythewaves]

He smiles at his brother fondly.

"If you really insist, Nelyo, I won't argue. But it really is just a shirt."

He laughs. "It was a section where the folk lived in the sky, so obviously one needed wings to reach it! And well. I am more surprised that my harp didn't have flames too."

He supposes he IS more tied to water...

[holdshisown]

"I do insist," hes quite firm on that point. "It was, in a way, me that ruined it. Therefore I should replace it."

He can't quite figure out wether or not to hate this place. Why does this place have people that has decided the sky was the perfect place to live? "The more I learn of this place the more questions I have. Why do they live in the sky of all places? I think if I had to place a bet on wich one of us was most likely to escape any metaphorical fire symbolism about their soul, I'd probably put my money on you."

He's not surprised at all about the lack of fire when it came to the harp. And that's a good thing, the last thing this family needed was more fire.

[bythewaves]

"Alright, alright." Maglor yields without too much fight - it's only a shirt, after all.

"They're a winged people!" Maglor laughs at his obvious disgruntlement. "Why should they not live in the sky? I never did get the hang of those backpacks however."

He shrugs shyly. "I suppose that is true. Do you think I could fly with your wings?"

[holdshisown]

"Good."

"Of course they are," why not. This place is full of strange things, why not winged people as well. "At least it makes a little more sense that they would wish to live at a high altitude."

"And a good thing as well, this family could do with a little less fire. I...don't know? It could be possible I suppose."

[bythewaves]

Maglor laughs softly at his brother.

"It does, yes. Should I try the mask again?"

[holdshisown]

He gives a small huff of laughter in response.

"If you want to? I don't want you to do it if you're not comfortable with it."

[bythewaves]

Maglor hums thoughtfully and eyes the mask.

"I think... it might be fun? And it didn't hurt. It's definitely less... destructive than mine."

[holdshisown]

Flying isn't exactly something he is fond of, but it might have more to do with the traumatic situation during his one and only flight. But he supposes he can see how someone else might find it a tempting prospect.

"If you wan't to try I think you should. Just, maybe, take it slowly. It might take some time to get the hang of it so don't try to fly of to any great heights on the first try." He takes some time before saying anything but he has been thinking about the harp for a while. "Do you think all the notes do the same thing? Do you think we could get the sword to parry instead of strike if we play it differently?"

[bythewaves]

"Alright. Maybe a bit of a hover?"

He chews his lip thoughtfully.

"....I suppose it is possible, yes? I mean there are Songs for all sorts of things..." Although he's not really sure how that might apply to a part of his actual soul...

[holdshisown]

"That sounds like a reasonable plan. Better not to rush it and learn at a steady pace instead."

"We'd probably need to prepare more before trying it however. And we'd probably need to find a better spot to do so as well."