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Post by Jack Sparrow on Oct 20, 2003 19:26:29 GMT -5
Jack shot a glare at Legolas, then turned to Will with a confused look.
"I didn't think Bootstrap had twins..let alone one with pointed ears and blonde hair......but he's got your temper....." He continued to stare at Legolas as if he was some sort of warped version of Will then glared at Cara for pinning him, but not when she got yelled at he winced, and hen stepped forward.
"Hello...matie..." he said to the new elf walking towards them. From the way he was standing it was clear to the pirate he was one of importance. "If you're going to shout you might want to aim it at me....see...I think I spooked that fidgety one..." He jerked his thumb at Legolas. "And it set him off....wasn't her fault...."
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Post by Emma Hawkins/Rick MacKinnon on Oct 20, 2003 19:37:53 GMT -5
Elrond seemed utterly unmoved by Jack's speech."I would have expected more of you,Legolas," he said solemly.The Elf Prince seemed to back off slightly,like a young boy being chastised by a teacher.
Duinorwen was now standing between Legolas and Jack,hand on her sword,obviously determined that if another scuffle started,she would end it quickly.Jack gulped slightly.These pixie women were slightly scary at times....and the looks she kept sending him were most definitely not flirty.
The one called Elrond turned to the small person,who seemed to have been watching the whole incident."Frodo?What exactly happened here?" he asked,his tone soft but deadly.
The small person glanced around atthe Elves and the Pirate,then spoke...
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Oct 20, 2003 20:19:31 GMT -5
"The one..." Frodo said, pointing to Jack, "Just bumped into me....I believe hwas going ot try and help me up.....but Legolas..." He gestured towards the elf, "Got a bit...frightened, I suppose....."
Frodo looked at Legolas. "But he was only trying to help me...." He acknowledged on the elf's behalf. "Then again this....ummm...what's your name?" he asked turning to Jack.
"Captain Jack Sparrow." Jack answered calmly. "And like I said...sorry about the whole...mess....I just want to get back to my ship...."
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Post by Arayel Montclaire on Oct 20, 2003 20:41:15 GMT -5
Elrond looked at Jack incredulously then turned his attention to Frodo and nodded slowly. "That still doesn't excuse either of them from fighting and it doesn't excuse you..." He said turning his gaze to Cara. "From the fact you promised me no more trouble. I hope this isn't going to happen the whole time you're in Imladris. I shall be happy to be rid of you once the fellowship departs. All of you." He said pointedly. Cara swallowed somewhat nervously as Elrond walked off then sighed.
"Wonder if that means I won't have a job once I get back..." Cara mused quietly. She then turned her yes to Jack. "You you you..... Oh you're HOPELESS!!!!" She huffed and stomped off to go ready herse;lf for the upcoming trip. "To think I have to spend the next, Eru knows HOW many months in the company of that idiotic completely troublsome...." She sighs and slows down. "And the sad fact of the matter is I'm actually looking forward to it." She shook her head and continued walking.
As Jack stared somewhat dumbfounded at the changing moods of the she elf he looked around at those present. Duin stiull held his flask, and he was rather deperate for a drink, but then he remebered the flask of what was it called... Ah miruvor, that Cara had shoved into his pocket. He pulled out the engraved flask and unscrewed the top sniffing curiously at it. The midget and the other elf just looked at him like he was some side show freak, he really didn't care much. He was just about to taste the stuff in the ornate flask when, just then Norryington came up and claped him on the shoulder.
"Ah well done sparrow leave it to you to throw an entire civilasation into discord."
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Oct 20, 2003 20:47:02 GMT -5
Jack grinned at the Commodore.
"Aye...it seems rather a habit of mine..." With that sait he glanced at the others, seemingly not caring much and sort of made a general smile at them all that simply asked: "Ok...now what?" without saying a word. Then looking after Cara, he sort of felt bad. He walked after her.
"Sorry about that!" He said coming up to her. "But that blonde pixie man back there.....touchy thing isn't he?" He frowned a bit. Cara gave him a steely glare and Jack gave her a wildly insane grin. "If your King....lord...whatever back there gets rid of you...you can come to the Caribbean with us....savvy?" He did feel a TINY bit bad about fighting, but not much, in fact he planned on giving the blonde elf trouble from now on.
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Post by Arayel Montclaire on Oct 20, 2003 21:06:16 GMT -5
Cara stopped and turned to Jack as he spoke. She couldn't help but be sightly touched by the mans sentiment, even though she had no idea where this "carribean" was. She smiled despite herself and touched his cheek lightly. It seemed a somewhat subconcious habit. In fact it was, though had only been so a very long time ago, with another dark haired mortal named Jaye. "Be careful mellon, I do believe I might just take you up on that offer. I've seen all I care to in Middle earth, and if I lose my position as Captain of The Rivendell Defence, then my only choices are to Sail to valinor, or allow myself a mortal passing into the halls of mandos." She sighs heavilly and her eyes turn sad. "And something tells me, without a third option, I would choose the later of the two." She smiles suddenly again and looks back up at him. "Perhaps you aren't quite as insufferable as I first thought." She said pushing back a stray bit of hair that had fallen in his face. This also seemed to Jack to be a subconcious move to her. Cara ocould see the glimmer of mischeif still in the mans eyes though, even while he was being somewhat nice. He wasn't planning on making this trip easy for her, and she definitely intended on returning the favor. "But if you think that I'm going to go lightly on you mortal, you're dead wrong." She whispered lightly into his ear befor turning to walk off towards the Army headquarters. She had a few things to collect from the barracks before they set out. If Jack followed her she wasn't worried, in fact she prefered he stayed within her sight. She discovered leaving him unattended was near hazardous to her health, as well as that of Rivendell's.
Frodo looked on wide eyed as the strange man and the Rivendell Defence Captain walked off, then shook his head slightly, before turning to Aragorn. "What was all that about Strider?" He asked. Aragorn chuckled slightly.
"I know no better than you my small friend, but I must say however things develop, with those two around things will be less than dull."
Legolas huffed. "Well I like him not. He'd best stay clear of me..." He turned to find Will still staring at him. "What are you looking at Mortal?"
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Post by Emma Hawkins/Rick MacKinnon on Oct 20, 2003 22:27:57 GMT -5
Duinorwen shook her head.Males of all species seemed to be more trouble than they were worth...As Cara walked off,she thought about calling after her,but decided not to.There would be plenty of time to talk on the coming journey,and she would most likely be getting to know all of these people quite well.
She hoped none of them snored....With a slight sigh,she turned to Jack."Look,mortal...I'm willing to give you back this flask and its contents,and anything else you may want,if you'll try not to aggravate my friends," she said,in a tone that was half stern,half pleading.
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Oct 21, 2003 16:53:20 GMT -5
Jack gave Duin a almost plesant look. "Agreed..." He answered her then bowed, walking past Legolas with a broad grin on his face that would make most people cringe. Mischief was in his glittering eyes. Well....if anything this place was interesting.....he was lmost not surprised when he bumped into two more midgets, who looked at him as if he'd fallen out of a clear blue sky...which he had in a sense.
"How many of you are there?" Jack wondered out loud. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow.....who are you two?"
"Pippin." the one cloesest to him answered. "and this is Merry." Jack raised a eyebrow looking at the little creatures.
"What are you?"
"hobbits of the Shire..." Jack just stared...
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Post by Arayel Montclaire on Oct 21, 2003 17:02:09 GMT -5
Cara noticed that Jack had opted to stay behind. A slight shiver of worry crept up her spine, but there was nothing she could do aside from tie the man to herself. And she wasn't about to resort to that..... Yet. She sqaured her shoulders as she entered the barracks. thankfully her General was no where in site. hopeflly that meant her failure had yet to be reported, she doubt she would be quite as lucky before too long. She made her way to her room and began rummaging through her belongings. she needed to pack lightly, but thoroughly. She only hoped she wasn't so flustered she'd forget something.
Meanwhile.....
"And just what ARE hobbits?" Jack asked quizically.
"You've never heard of hobbits?" The one that called himself Pippin stated. "Merry, he's never heard of Hobbits!"
"Aye pip I heard him myself. You wouldn't happen to have been living in a cave recently would you Mister?." Merry said. Suddenly Pippin's eyes fell on Jacks pistol.
"What's this?" he said grabbing the pistol and holding it, thankfully not pointing towrds anyone.
"Pippin I wouldn't so tha...." Merry's warning came to late as Pippin squeezed the trigger and the gun went off, relatively harmlessly into a nearby tree.
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Post by Emma Hawkins/Rick MacKinnon on Oct 21, 2003 17:21:16 GMT -5
Everyone jumped back,save Jack and the two younger Hobbits.Pippin dropped the pistol,and Legolas immediately snatched it up.
"What is this thing?Are you some kind of sorceror?" he demanded,holding it at arms length,the barrel pointed carefully at the ground.
"I do not think he has the wisdom necessary for that," Duinorwen replied,remembering only now to toss the rum back to the pirate."He seems to me a bit of a scoundrel.Perhaps he stole it from one?"
Merry looked excited."That was excellent,Pippin!"he cried.It was just like Gandalf's fireworks!Except for the color...But the noise!"He looked up at Jack,eyes shining mischeviously."Have you got any more of those?" he asked.
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Post by Arayel Montclaire on Oct 21, 2003 17:27:48 GMT -5
Cara was just finishing packing her light satchel when she heard the loud bang outside. "NOW WHAT!!!" She yelled grabbing Celebisil, her mithril rapier from it's hook on the wall and running out the door, satchel slung over shoulder. She came running up to the small group that had gathered around Jack and pushes her way through. Strapping her sword to her waist. "I should have know you'd have something to do with this." She sighed at Jack. Then suddenly sees the strange device in Legolas' hands, and the two excited hobbits. Her eyes narrowed. "Though perhaps this isn't entirely your fault.... this time. What happened here Duin?" She asked.
Just then a somber voice floats over the crowd and an aged man dressed in grey, carrying a staff steps forward. "Let me see the contraption. I will tell you if it is a device of sorcery or not." The Elves bowed low in respect to Mithrandir.
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Oct 21, 2003 17:47:22 GMT -5
Jack actually winced as the gun went off, realizing to late that these creatures have never seen a pistol before. The shot luckily hit a tree, and as Legolas picked it up he snatched it away.
"It's a pistol...." He said abrutly as a man, who appeared to be human wearing grey approached. But he had a feeling nobody in this place was just a normal human. He had a pouch on his side that contained a number of bullets, so he reached inside, and retrived one, loaded up, then took aim. He was aiming for a bolder, not wanting to hurt anyone, he fired again.
The shot rang in the forest, and the shot didn't harm anything, safe hit the bolder then smash to the ground. "A weapon..." Jack explained. "like a miniture ...urm...lead arrow....savvy?" He looked at Cara. "You know, lass...not everything in this place is my fault....." He said, catching her accusing look.
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Post by Arayel Montclaire on Oct 21, 2003 17:57:52 GMT -5
Cara visibly jumped as the pistol went off again, her eyes wide. She looked from the strange artifact in jack's hand then walked over to the boulder and inspected the small hole where the shot was lodged. She stared quizically at Jack before latying a hand on the pistol. "May I? I promise to be careful with it." Jack shrugged figuring since it wasn't loaded there was no harm. She took the item and inspected it closley. "Intriuging...." She murmured as Mithrandir came up to her side and looked at the weapon.
"Quite." He agreed eyeing Jack with interest. "Where did you say they came from?"
"I didn't, but they say they're from someplace called the Carribean..." She handed the gun back to jack, carefule to conceal the ring he wore from Mithrandir's view. I don't want him to know of it, just quite yet. she sent to his mind, not entirely sure why she was concealing this particular ring from one of the greatest minds in middle earth. She then looked Jack in the eye and said sincerely. "You are right, not everything that happens is your fault. I am sorry for jumping to conclusions...
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Oct 21, 2003 18:08:12 GMT -5
Jack nodded silently, not really in the best of moods to gloat over "winning" this argument. If there ever was one. His attention changed to this new person. He seemed much wiser then the rest of them here, and oddly enough Jack felt for once, humbled .......well.almost humbled to be near him. It didn't take a genius to realize who ever this man was, he was powerful and important.
Almost out of instinct Jack took a single step back from this person, giving him space, something he did'nt often do. In fact his personality changed to one of calm respect. He looked at the hobbits, and for some stange reason felt almost guilty for introducing them to a new form of violence. Clearly these particular creatures were still innocent to a certain extent...and pistols...well....they weren't exactly a plesant thing. Even Jack didn't like using them, he prefered a sword when he could get one.
Quickly he ut the pistol away, and planned to promptly hide it someplace out of everyone's reach, then bowed his head. "i'm going to be on my way..." He mumbled and took off into the forest, leaving behind a confused group of people.
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Post by Arayel Montclaire on Oct 21, 2003 18:26:18 GMT -5
*As everyone, including the people who had arrived with Jack mumbled amongst themselves Cara stood dumbfounded. The man had actually humbled himself in Gandalfs presence. A small spark of newfound respect hit her suddenly and she shook her head as she watched the man walk off on his own. "Wait!" She called, not certain he had heard her as she dropped her satchel and ran after him, rapier hitting her hip as she jogged along. "You, I, they...." For once Cara had no clue what to say. she was almost impressed by the restraint shown by him. "please, it's not wise to wander off to far from the rest, I'm sure we shall be departing soon." She said quietly stepping in front of him and taking the hand with the ring lightly, looking at it once more. "Do you have any clue what it is you possibly carry Jack?" She said quietly lifting his hand to indicate the ring. "For to tell you the truth, I do not, and it has been charged upon me to find out. If this ring is anything liken to the one, then your life, my life, the life of your friends will be in grave danger. Merely setting out with the ringbearer garuntees that in the first place, without the added unknown of this particular ring, so like, yet unlike the one."
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