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

[bythewaves]

He smiles at that.

"Or that too, yes. I'll be alright, Duo." He says gently.

[maxwellsdaemon]

"I know that. You're a tough old guy." Duo grinned and finally he moved away and around so he could just drop down and sit next to Maglor. He stretched out his legs and raised his arms to put them behind his head.

"Pretty nice day though, huh?" A change of subject to pull them away from darker thoughts or Maglor feeling he needed to keep reassuring Duo, because the more he did it the more Duo was starting to feel Maglor was doing it to reassure himself more than the braided pilot.

[bythewaves]

Maglor laughs at that.

"Well, old I'll take, I'm not so sure about tough!"

Duo's instincts are ABSOLUTELY correct

"It rather is." He says fondly, seeing the subject change and accepting it. "Are you wanting your dessert? I still owe it to you!"

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo just grinned. He knew Maglor was a badass. He had good instincts about these things and was pretty sure if he ever found himself in a fix, Maglor would someone he'd want fighting at his side.

Now he was laughing. That treat. Why not? "Sure, buddy. I could go for something sweet!"

[bythewaves]

"Well then!" He smiles getting up. "Let's go see what they have. Preferably with no weird side effects, eh?"

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo heaved himself up to his feet and tossed his braid over his shoulder so it was down his back. Then he grinned and began walking. "Depends on the side effects! I'd be happy with a nice buzz but I don't want anythin weird to happen." No need to get horny around Maglor. That would just be weird.

[bythewaves]

"Considering the side effects here, I'd settle for 'just tastes good'" Maglor laughs wryly.

"Although I suppose the body changes are fairly mild, comparatively."

Things that he DEFINITELY doesn't want to experience around Duo...

[maxwellsdaemon]

"Tastes good is just what I'm looking for!" He burst out laughing at the idea of his body changing and lifted both his hands to pat the top of his head. "Had cats ears not long ago... That was kinda weird. And Wufei... he keeps spawning this weird cloud around his head. Don't think he even knows its there!" Duo gave a shake of his head, half wonder and half annoyance. This world really was a strange one. But it sure did keep him on his toes.

[bythewaves]

"Did you now?" He reaches over to ruffle his hair.

"A cloud? Ai! As long as it doesn't rain on him, I suppose! I've been fortunate so far - but I've also been passing careful."

[maxwellsdaemon]

"Hey!" Duo protested, but he was laughing. Funny how he didn't actually mind. If anyone else had tried to ruffle his hair he might have broken their wrists. But Magor? He just got a big grin.

"Doesn't rain but it glitters and sparkles. You've never had any weird kitties ears? No tail? Man, you're lucky. But give it time. From what I'm told it happens to near everyone eventually." It's not something any of them would be able to escape any time soon.

[bythewaves]

"Not yet" Maglor agrees. "But I've been exceedingly careful with what I eat! And I've not many here that I trust enough to touch enough to generate the kizuna that would be cause such changes. The closest I've come is... well. My brother's soul artifact causes wings of flame."

[maxwellsdaemon]

"You not a touchy person, huh?" Except for him it seemed. Maglor did seem to like to ruffle his hair, after all!

Duo looked very interested then, brows rising. "Your brother's here? Gotta meet this guy. And wings of fire? Really gotta meet this guy!" Not that he'd be able to see the fiery wings, not having any kind of bond with the guy, but that sounded pretty amazing in his mind. Second only to Wing Zero's wings. Those things had been beautiful when unfurled.

[bythewaves]

"I am with those I am close to." Maglor shrugs a little, shyly. "But not so much so with strangers. I spent... a long time alone. Too many people is still uncomfortable."

He smiles. "He is! You may have spotted him around, the very tall red-head with only one hand. I'm sure he'd love to meet you as well."

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo thought about that quietly for a couple seconds before he glanced up at Maglor again. "It's not too much for you, bein around me is it? I know I'm a 'lot'." The last thing he'd want was to make Maglor uncomfortable. And he knew he could be a little more tactile the more comfortable he was with a person. He'd just have to learn not to be like that with Maglor. Now he knew the line, he wouldn't cross it. Not again at least.

"... Might've seen someone like that." But Duo had never had the opportunity to go up and say hello. Now he had a perfectly good icebreaker. "Sure. Next time I see him around I'll say hi."

[bythewaves]

"No." Maglor assures him. "You ... remind me of my brothers, when we were young. It's... refreshing, actually. Nostalgic. I promise, I would not allow you to come so close, if I did not wish it."

"With him, though, be careful of touch." Maglor warns. "Don't ever come up behind him. He's... been through a lot, and some reflexes don't fade. He likes touch as much me, in truth, but it takes a little for him to be comfortable enough for that, and some days he cannot stand it."

[maxwellsdaemon]

"I've been called a lot of things over the years, nostalgic ain't one of them!" Duo couldn't help laugh at the idea, but at the same time it made him oddly happy. He liked Maglor. He was a good friend and he'd have hated to know he was doing something, anything that would have made him uncomfortable.

"Huh... No worries, Mags. One of the first things you learn is never come up on a solider unannounced." Those are things you did once and learned fast, or it was the last thing you did. "I'll keep it in mind though." PTSD was a hell of a thing. If he ever had a chance to meet he guy, that is.

[bythewaves]

"A new experience for you then!" Maglor teases at the laugh.

"Thank you Duo - he'd hate himself if he hurt someone by accident." Although to this day Maglor is not certain how much is the torture and how much is the centuries of war.

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo smiled reassuringly. He was pretty certain he could defend himself. At the least he would be able to dodge if anything came at him. But it was better to avoid. Especially of it was something that Maglor didn't think his brother would feel comfortable with.

"Hope I don't give him a reason for it then. What's his name again?" Just so he knew what to call out and give the guys a heads up someone was coming his way. Even if that someone was a weird, long-haired human kid he'd never met before.

[bythewaves]

"Maedhros." Maglor supplies. "You'll not be able to miss him, if you see him around!"

Not many stupidly tall red-heads with one hand around!