what am I even doing//forever homeless because WITCH-KING

[captainofdespair]

I see you've decided to release me. How foolish of you.

Find my master; I've reports to make.
The situation has changed.

[He got stabbed in the knee by a Hobbit of all creatures and it actually wounded him. This is a problem.]

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[captainofdespair]

[Oh, Baggins.














BAGGINS-!

No, no. They went looking for Baggins and this wasn't the one they found that had the ring. But... hrm.]

My kin and I have been looking for a Baggins. One carrying a gold Ring.

[You done got found out now, Bilbo.]

[veiled_hero]

O-oh. Have you now. What Baggins, might I ask?

[gd it.]

[captainofdespair]

A Baggins of the Shire. He would have found it far from his home, in the care of a creature called Gollum.

[Torturing the fellow hadn't really gotten much out of him, unfortunately. They really should have asked for a first name before they rode off.]

[veiled_hero]

Gollum. ...Never heard of the name. Odd name, really. Perhaps you're looking for a relative of mine? Some of them are rather kleptomaniacs.

[captainofdespair]

I have seen few Hobbits on the roads as I have travelled. Few of your kind seem as folk to venture so far from home.

Fewer still would stop to converse with one such as me.

[It's suspicious.]

[veiled_hero]

I, ah. Part Took, you see, too much curiosity for my own good.

[captainofdespair]

A great deal of curiosity. Even Men and Wizards do not often exhibit such.

[Not after he exploded Gandalf's staff, anyway.]

Curiosity enough to travel, then?

[veiled_hero]

Just...a bit. Not very much, really!

[captainofdespair]

How humble of you. Yet more curiosity - and bravery - than I often see.

[Not in a long time. Most people have at least tried to hide by now.]

[veiled_hero]

I do try, really. I suppose. Yes, Took side.

[captainofdespair]

And preoccupied with blaming half of your lineage for your habits. Do you perceive them as shortcomings?

[veiled_hero]

A bit, yes. It's not so much as blame, just...explanation!

[captainofdespair]

Curious, that you feel the need to explain yourself regardless. They are hardly shortcomings.

[Exceedingly dangerous sometimes, but still.]

[veiled_hero]

You ought to tell that to the rest of the Shire.

[Boring old badgers.]

[captainofdespair]

They do not see it as such? How foolish of them.

[He never got near the Shire, himself, but it was starting to seem like a very silly place.]

I doubt they would stand to listen.

[Even the number of orcs that could stand his hisses and growls were few, and he's never met a more brutish lot.]

[veiled_hero]

I doubt they'd listen to much of anything you had to say. No offense, really!

[captainofdespair]

I cannot fault them. Few do, without cause.

[A fact that he's admittedly rather proud of. Not everyone terrifies people with their mere presence.]

Aaaaand now that I'm back from a Doctor Who convention.

[veiled_hero]

Yes, though... Yes, right. Out of curiosity, what exactly are you looking for again? Some...ring?

[He kind of wants to know what the heck's up with this pretty thing he has, k.]

Oh wow! I hope you had fun

[captainofdespair]

Yes. It is a simple gold band. It belongs to my Master. He lost it some time ago and has sent me to locate it.

[He isn't sure how much to say or withhold here, though he knows better than to mention Sauron by name. That never really goes well.]

The best weekend eveeeeer

[veiled_hero]

I see. Well, I certainly hope that you find it!

[No fidgeting, Bilbo. Nope.]

Eeeexcellent I am glad you had fun!

[captainofdespair]

As do I. I has been a long hunt, and fruitless.

[But he is still so suspicious about Bilbo. So suspicious.]

And you swear you have heard nothing of such a ring?

[veiled_hero]

Nothing at all, I'm afraid. Still, if it's just a simple gold band, it ought to not be much of a problem to just get another.

[Come on, Bilbo is too cute to be suspicious.]

[captainofdespair]

[He's suspicious of everybody, though. Especially Hobbits. One of them stabbed him in the back of the knee.

... and now he has to think back to his own ring from the old days.]

I fear it is not so simple as finding a replacement; rings that make their wearers vanish are rare things.

[veiled_hero]

[But just look at him, all curly haired and short and totally not threatening, nope, not at all.

Bilbo does his best to hide any reaction to that. Oh dear, so it is the same ring.]

Oh. A magic ring, then? That...yes, that may indeed be a bit difficult to replace.

[captainofdespair]

[Nonthreatening people like you get him set on fire B|]

It is indeed. There are none left that know how to forge such a thing, to my knowledge.

[And it's not like you can pour all your malice and will to dominate into more than one thing.]