This elf is pleased. Very much so. (But don't tell Gimli)

[keeps_count]

The application for Gimli was finally finished and posted. It will be pleasant to have a familiar face beside just Gandalf.

I'm surprised at how much progress you all are making, adding to our 'cast' with a Faramir and Boromir reserve, Eowyn possibly coming and someone considering bringing Aragorn. Now, we simply need to find Frodo and his friends to join us there though I would not be terribly glad to see them in the Tower.

What happens here is a far cry from anything similar to their trip to Mordor.

And we can't forget that we may have someone bring in Tom Bombadil.

We have a promising lineup, no matter how low or high the possibility of them joining us may be.

Comments

[donttelltheelf]

[Grumbling. Glad to see you? Pft.]

Well, it would have gone up sooner, if the lady in question had not the attention span of a particularly dimwitted rock.

[keeps_count]

[You know you're happy to see him, Gimli.]

Isn't that a bit cruel in regards to her? At least she finished it.

[donttelltheelf]

At least.

[A snort.]

And do not speak of cruelty to me, you do not know the horrors that lurk inside this headspace.

[keeps_count]

That is true, I do not know. I do know what lurks in this particular headspace. She takes particular glee to either killing us or placing us in the strangest and most awkward of positions.

[donttelltheelf]

[dryly]

She had all three others she sent to that tower killed the same week. I feel I should perhaps set up a betting game.

[keeps_count]

That certainly beats anything I could find. Do not worry, Gandalf and I will help you avoid such a fate.

[donttelltheelf]

I am sure your experience in the matter will surely be helpful...

[keeps_count]

I'm learning to avoid people I come to disagree with, that is certain. Which means my chances of dying have lowered drastically.

[donttelltheelf]

That is all well and good, but we will certainly have to find a better strategy in the long run.

[keeps_count]

And so we shall. In the mean time, there is no shame is avoiding contact with those that would have no qualms with slaying us.

[donttelltheelf]

No, there is not.

[a faint smile]

There is no glory in foolish death, after all.

[keeps_count]

It seems I have learned something from you after all, then.

[donttelltheelf]

Heh, there is something to be said about Dwarven wisdom after all.

[keeps_count]

There is indeed.

[the_white_rider]

I'm pleased as well at the thought to see our companions join us. But I think like you. I would be happy to see them, but I wouldn't want for Frodo or any of our Hobbits friend to go through the trials of this tower.

They went through too much already and deserve peace.

[keeps_count]

That they do, but we can take comfort in the fact that there will be many to protect them.

[the_white_rider]

Many indeed. Our old and new friends.

Nevertheless this might not be enough, as you have experienced yourself.

[ Let's hope the dwarf doesn't spy this thread. ]

[keeps_count]

[Pfft-- Gimli knows already. He just won't recall in the tower.]

The Hobbits can grow on a persons heart very easily. It won't be us alone that would be protecting them.

[the_white_rider]

That's right. I believe especially our new Hylians friends- Could find an interest in them. From what little I have learnt about their homeworld, they too are friends with people of a specie whose individual are small in size but great in spirit.

[keeps_count]

Yes. The Kokiri, I was told, they are called. I believe they are much more closely related to Hobbits than to the elves.