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

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Springle-ring

[bythewaves]

Maglor looks thoughtful.

"Something quick and easy... possibly the Hobbit's Springle-Ring would work." He says, fingers tapping out a rhythm on his arm as he considers.

"Tis often danced at weddings although as I understand it they dance it at any festivities with lively enough music! Tis normally danced in a circle, getting faster as it goes. The steps are basic, so tis the speed that usually trips people up! There's also a lot of jumping. If you wanted to try?"

[cultivatingdisaster]

Xie Lian tilted his head and listened with growing amusement. A festive dance where things got faster and there was lots of jumping? How exciting. He nodded his agreement.

"If you can show me what to do I can do my best to follow your lead." It shouldn't be too hard, and he was very eager to try.

did I just look up a folk circle dance and randomly pick steps? Yes, yes I did

[bythewaves]

"Alright well, we start facing each other, so."

He explains. "We circle each other to the right for four, then jump, face the other way, and repeat to the left for four, then jump back. Clap, in for three, jump step right, jump step left, clap, jump back, and bow. Then we normally switch partners, but in this case I suppose we'd just repeat."

He walks them through the steps.

[cultivatingdisaster]

Xie Lian was utterly enchanted and deeply excited. This kind of dancing was very different from what he was used to, but had just enough similarities to certain dances of his own world that the steps came easy for him. He was easy to direct, too. Following Maglor's words to the letter. The steps were counted and exact, the jump and claps timed to near perfection.

It seemed that Xie Lian had almost forgotten where they were and was just enjoying himself! So much so that after a certain jump and step he couldn't contain the quick laugh that followed.

"And you said your Hobbit friends came up with this particular dance?"

[bythewaves]

"As far as they can tell, yes."

Maglor smiles. "The Men of Bree have similar dances, but I don't know who taught who, or even if the dances developed separately."

"Every time the dance is repeated, it speeds up. It is considered to be a great skill to be one of the last ones still going!"

[cultivatingdisaster]

"Then shall we test this out?" Similar dances or not, this was a lot more fun than he was expecting to have today. "We shall try to honour your Hobbit friends with their dance. Even if they aren't here to see it." Nor anyone else for that matter. It was just them two and whoever would be watching to ensure they complete their task.

[bythewaves]

"Yes let's! Shall I sing something to get us a rhythm?"

He's still keen on getting out, but on the other hand, this is probably quite a bit more fun than he was expecting.

[cultivatingdisaster]

"Please do!" After all, Xie Lian did enjoy Maglor's singing a great deal. Being his favourite and all.

They would get out. Eventually. But there was nothing that said that they couldn't have a little bit of fun before that happened. After sealing them both away in a cave it was the very least they deserved!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX--cEl3BWw

[bythewaves]

"Hm, alright, well, a Hobbit dance deserves a Hobbit song, eh?"

He says cheerfully and then starts up the well-loved Cat and the Moon

"There's an inn of old renown
Where they brew a beer so brown
Moon came rolling down the hill
One Hevnsday night to drink his fill.
On a three-stringed fiddle there
Played the Ostler's cat so fair
The hornèd Cow that night was seen
To dance a jig upon the green."

[cultivatingdisaster]

And the level of fun had just gone up a notch. With Maglor singing a jaunty tune they danced and Xie Lian laughed and, at times, tried his best to sing along when a line was repeated. But for the most part he concentrated on dancing. And as the dance sped up, his steps somehow became even more nimble and sure, seeming to barely touch the ground as he kept up with Maglor and his energy with ease.

While his Cultivation and training had never been quite like this, somehow he felt that he could incorporate into his routine. It was quite the workout!

[bythewaves]

The cave door opening goes almost unnoticed, as Maglor brings the song to an end with a flourish, gasping with breathless laughter.

"Ai! You're far too good at this, my friend! Are you sure you haven't done this before?"

[cultivatingdisaster]

By the time their dance was over it wasn't just Maglor that was out of breath, even Xie Lian was a little on the flushed side and breathing just a little harder. But he looked happy as well and found himself laughing right along with his friend.

"I am only as good as my teacher." He replied warmly with that same laughter in his voice. "And we appear to have done enough to leave! Shall we?"

[bythewaves]

"So we have!" Maglor laughs again, breathlessly.

"And you are being modest, my friend! I have not seen such skill in a very long time. Yes, yes, let's get out before they decide to shut the door on us!"

[cultivatingdisaster]

Xie Lian breathed in and let it out slowly, helping him steady the beating of his racing heart. He really had been having too much fun!

"As I've said, in my younger days I had been taught the Arts. I just have not had much of an opportunity to utilise them as of late." As he was speaking Xie Lian was already on the move and heading for the now open door. Like Maglor he was afraid of it closing and them having to do it all over again. Or, worse, being stuck a second time with a whole new kind of task.

[bythewaves]

"I will look forwards to you using them more then, I hope!" Maglor is just as eager to leave, following him out with eager steps.

"But hopefully under much less stressful situations!"

[cultivatingdisaster]

"We'll see. With how strange this world appears, I'm finding a need to utilise many of my old lessons." And Xie Lian was just glad that he had lived long enough to have many of them to fall back on and use to help him through these strange times.

He was also glad to have a friend to share them with.

"Thank you for doing this with me, my friend."

[bythewaves]

"I've few folk here I'd do this with." Maglor says honestly.

"So it was my honor to participate with you!"

[cultivatingdisaster]

"I find that hard to believe." Xie Lian replied warmly. "You are friendly and personable, generous and kind, you are easy to befriend. I'm certain you have more than you realise." And he was very sure of that. Unlike himself who could name his friends on one hand. But that was fine. Xie Lian wasn't used to having many friends at all. One or two close friends were all he needed.

[bythewaves]

Maglor waves a hand.

"That, anyone can do. But trust? That is another thing entirely." He says seriously.

"There are many here who I have spoken to. But those I trust? A scarce handful, only."

[cultivatingdisaster]

Oh, well didn't that just make Xie Lian feel warm and happy. Maglor was correct. Friends could come and go but trust was a harder thing to come by.

Maglor looked serious. But Xie Lian's smile was anything but. "I have earned your trust? I am glad. I entirely share that sentiment."

[bythewaves]

"Absolutely." He smiles back. "And I am glad indeed that I have had this chance to meet you here."

[cultivatingdisaster]

"I would say it was good luck, but I'm not known for my luck." Xie Lian laughed, but then had to wonder if Magor was the lucky one. Much like San Lang, maybe his friends luck was able to counter his own misfortune? Now wouldn't that be something? "Whatever act of chance allowed me to meet you, I am glad for it. Where else would I possibly learn the strange and wonderful dances of the Hobbits?"

[bythewaves]

"Nor am I." Maglor shrugs, wry and resigned. "So perhaps our bad luck cancels each other out? Although my Doom is tied to my world, so... perhaps it is eased, here."

Please let there be no Silmarils in this world to prove him wrong.

"And that is true for me as well! And I am glad to be able to share their dances, as they are far more fun than the staid court dances of my youth!"

[cultivatingdisaster]

"I wonder if mine is also..." It would stand to reason of course. And his bad luck hadn't really struck in any really big way. So far. It was something Xie Lian had thought about a few times since his return. It would be interesting to know that it was the case. Though it did make him wonder why his other Cursed Shackle was still effectively working if the other was not.

"I hope to learn more of these wonderful dances in the future." Xie Lian laughed. Maglor's world was truly fascinating.

[bythewaves]

"I do not know." He shrugs. "But it would seem passing strange for such things to follow us here... but then again, what do I know of the passage between worlds!"

He grins at him. "Ask any time, my friend, and I would be glad to teach. Just maybe not right now, at least until we've had a drink!"