Encouragement

[bemerry]

I think it's very kind of you to be using me to get past your own worries and fears about me, while helping other do the same.

And, so perhaps I'm wanting to be seeing my cousin, too. There's no harm in that.

[ He makes as if to light the bowl of his pipe, but thinks better of it. There might be elves, after all, and a Brandybuck shows good manners. ]

I know that armoured guy wants you to be more focused, but if you take care, you can do both, can you not?

Be careful, mun, in any case.

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[wheeloffire]

You be sure to tell your mun that she is doing a wonderful job. She should have nothing to fear.

[ He goes to sit beside him. ] So whom were you interested in seeing again?

YOUR FRODO! LIAR YOU SAID IT WASN'T FLAWLESS

[bemerry]

My mun doesn't believe yours, but it's frankly none of my business.

[ Merry scoots and nudges Frodo with his elbow, playfully ]

Oh, just a Baggins, I suppose. You wouldn't happen to know where one of those would be, would you, cousin?

LET ME SING YOU A SONG OF THE FLAWS THIS FRODO HAS LMAO

[wheeloffire]

Your mun sounds a lot like my mun. I'm sure the many others here will agree with me.

[ He chuckles. ] A Baggins? You mean the one that lives in Bag End?

[bemerry]

Indeed! The only proper Baggins, to be sure.

Would you happen to be acquainted with that particular Baggins?

[ Well, are you? ]

He's a cousin of mine, and quite silly, too. Thinking he can slip away in the night and not have his friends come along.

[tiriel]

The quickest way to fight a fear is to face it. And it seems a harmless enough venture.

[ It's a fine notion. He approves, and feels much the same as his mun on the matter. ]

My Mundane would also add that you have little to fear; though she should also learn to take to her own words of advice before offering them so casually.

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[bemerry]

I suppose that's true, sir.

[ There is something about Elrond that makes him want to sit a little straighter, and have proper manners. Y'know, Since he's grown out of the 'sneak awed stares at the elf' phase. ]

Mundanes seem to me silly sometimes, to be sure. So encouraging to others, and belittling of themselves. Especially when they are fantasic.

[ Like yours ]

[iorhael]

And it is very good of you to help you mun as you are; one can always use a kind word, no matter the day.

[bemerry]

[ Except the SB's he would say, but he remembers the Scouring of the Shire, and that would be uncommonly rude, and untrue. ]

I don't know how much I'm helping, really. I've been feeling a bit talkative, and I know my mun has some more important things to be working on now that I seem to be distracting from.

I did offer to be quiet, but it isn't like she listens to me.

[iorhael]

[that brings a fond smile to his face] It was rare in those days for you of all hobbits to feel un-talkative. But you always know how to help; sometimes a distraction or break is what one needs.

[bemerry]

[ Merry takes a moment to be pensive ] Quite true, that, cousin. But there is a time limit that I fear will catch her by surprise.

Not that she doesn't have plenty of time to do it.

And I can be very un-talkative. I just make better conversation than most, so I ought to fill it.

[ His voice is very teasing and melodramatic, and he tops it off by sticking out his tounge ]

So there.

[elvenkind]

[ Very good manners, here comes one of those elves now. ]

You have a talent for allaying troubles, Merry. The mundanes have all agreed upon it.

[bemerry]

[ Oh! Lady Arwen! Merry is glad to see you, he hasn't for a while. ]

They are very kind, Lady Arwen, but even I cannot claim such talent as you in that regard.

You have been doing well, I hope?

[elvenkind]

[ Flatterer! She hasn't seen you in a long time, how did she forget how easily a smile is prompted by such a simple, honest compliment? ]

That I have. I heard you stand high in favour and came to wish you well in kind.

[bemerry]

[ It is indeed simple and honest, but he likes the smile, too. In some ways, it is much nicer if someone smiles when you aren't even trying. Almost as though it implies an added veracity. ]

I wouldn't know of high favor, your ladyship. I'm still very much little old me. Well, I suppose not so little any more, among us hobbits.

Being taller than 'Bullroarer' Took is rather exciting.

[ He's happy, too, and very flattered by such high compliments! ]

[genie_lady]

Hello! [Jeannie says brightly, figuring this must be another like that nice Frodo she met earlier.]

[bemerry]

[ Merry's never met a big-folk quite like Jeannie before, but she seems nice and friendly. ]

Hello ma'am! How are you doing today?

[genie_lady]

[She folds her hands and gives him a formal bow, but her smile and eyes still twinkle with amusement.] Very well, young sahib. Thank you for asking.

[bemerry]

[ Sahib? That is a word Merry has never heard before and he's heard quite a lot of different words. And since no respectable Brandybuck leaves well-enough alone... ]

Ma'am? What is a sahib?

[ He sounds the word out carefully. He isn't sure what to make of it. At least it seems complimentary. ]

OH HEY!!!

[ringbearer]

I should like to know what particular cousin you have in mind.
[ don't mind this frodo poking his nose in, blinking innocently. ]

OH YOU!!!

[bemerry]

Oh, just a young hobbit by the name of Frodo Baggins, of Bag-End.

You wouldn't happen to know him, would you?

[ Wide smiles for you, cousin. Merry is happy today. ]

HEY GURL HEY

[ringbearer]

[ to see merry smiling and well is as much as frodo could ever hope for, with such a dear, harmless, innocent cousin! ]

A Frodo Baggins? Oh I have heard of him! Quite a respectable Baggins, to be sure. I cannot say I have the pleasure of knowing such a fine hobbit.

[ it's hard not to grin at that smile, merry.]

HOW U DOIN GURL

[bemerry]

[ Merry wishes you would smile more, too. ]

A respectable Baggins?! Why you must not have heard of him at all! Frodo Baggins? Respectable? Not after living with old Bilbo, that's for certain. His head always up in ad adventure, going off and saving the whole of Middle Earth on an adventure.

[ Merry falls back and lands softly on a nearby tussock, lying back and resting, a laugh and a smile. ]

The finest hobbit you'd ever meet, though, that is for certain.

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[therangerking]

Will you only be glad to see your cousin, Merry?

YOU ARE AHLWAYS WELCOME, DAHLING~

[bemerry]

[ Merry puts on an indifferent air, clearly teasing. ]

Oh, I suppose I might have some regard for other acquaintances.

[ He smiles, and goes to hug Adagorn Aragorn. ]

'Tis good to see you, Strider. I am glad to see you any time you wish to come.

[ He tries to resist, but he just... can't ]

Come to regale me with more tales of your adventurous childhood?

AWWWWYEAHHHHHH

[therangerking]

[ Aragorn looks surprised at the hug, and he ruffles Merry's hair gently. He laughs at the line, though. ]

I'm afraid it was not me who told you such tales. [ He grins. ] But there are plenty others that I can tell you. [ He pretends to think for a moment. ]

Should I tell you a moment of Lord Theoden's foolish youth?