muse doesn't understand why his username makes the mun giggle

[kilimanjaro]

I don't get it.

...What's a 'manjaro'?

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[oceanmaiden]

Hee. It's because your name is Kili. Hehheh...

[kilimanjaro]

...Yeah? And?

[SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN HE'S SO CONFUSED.]

[oceanmaiden]

Kilimanjaro! It's the name of a mountain in Africa, I think...

[kilimanjaro]

[Blank stare.]

What's Africa?

[oceanmaiden]

Well, I've never really been there. My mun knows where it is...but he's never been there either.

[kilimanjaro]

I've never even heard of it.

[I mean okay, he didn't really pay attention during his lessons with Balin, but you'd think he'd remember a mountain that sounds like his name!]

[oceanmaiden]

Well now you're never going to hear the end of it from people who have.

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili frowns.]

Where's Africa? Is it by Erebor?

[oceanmaiden]

''*cracking up here*'' Nnno! If you meant to say 'Arabia', that would be correct, I guess!

[kilimanjaro]

What? No! Er-e-bor. The dwarf kingdom, the one that was taken by Smaug?

[He might be adopting a bit of a snappy tone, but a confused Kili is a frustrated one.]

[oceanmaiden]

N-nope! Never heard of it. Sorry.

[kilimanjaro]

It's only the most famous story in the world! [He throws up his hands. You must be really stupid, girl.]

[oceanmaiden]

I thought the most famous story in the world was in the Bible or something.

[kilimanjaro]

What's the Bible?

[oceanmaiden]

Don't...Dwarves have a bible?

[kilimanjaro]

...Apparently not?

[oceanmaiden]

*sigh*

[easter_bunny]

You're missing part of the word there mate. It's Kilimanjaro, and it's a mountain on Earth.

bunnyyyyyy <3333

[kilimanjaro]

[Stare.

Staaaaaaaaare.]

...

You're a rabbit.

[easter_bunny]

...............


......brilliant deduction there, what gave it away?

[Yes, the small bunny is totally patronizing you, Kili.]

[kilimanjaro]

...But you're talking!

[Patronize all you want, Bunny. Kili's kind of in shock.

Maybe if he cooks it, it'll stop talking.]

[easter_bunny]

[Best not to even go into the whole Pooka thing, really. Don't want to break the dwarf's mind anymore than he has... and you even approach this pooka with intent to capture and cook, and you will regret it Kili.]

Of course I can talk. How else do you expect me to communicate with you?

[kilimanjaro]

[Oh please don't break poor Kili. He's having difficulty enough as it is.]

Rabbits are for eating, not for talking to.

[Duh. Don't you know anything?]

[easter_bunny]

I'm not just any rabbit, mate. I'm the Easter Bunny, but I'm going to wager you've never heard of that either eh?

[kilimanjaro]

Easter Bunny? Is that a breed of rabbit or something?

[Kili still can't get over the fact he's talking to a rabbit and it's talking back.]

[easter_bunny]

[Just going to sigh now. All animals can talk, Kili, it's just a matter of understanding the language they speak. Ask Gandalf if you don't believe the pooka.]

No, it's my identity. My name even after a fashion, E. Aster Bunnymund.

I take it your name is Kili?

[Why else would his mun have dubbed him what she did if it wasn't? Especially given the dwarf's first question.]

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili doesn't exactly have the most open mind. Dwarves do not talk to bunnies. Period.]

Yes, but how did you know? [Not a lot of people actually know who Kili is. His mother and Thorin have done their best to ensure that Fili and Kili stayed relatively unknown at least until Erebor is retaken.]

[easter_bunny]

I know a lot of things.

As for you name though, it was just a bit of logical deduction, given your username and your question.

[kilimanjaro]

[Okay whatever. Kili's finally going to settle down on the ground to be more at the same level as Bunny.]

So...Easter Bunny? What does that mean?

[walkingarsenal]

Must be some sort of title. [Although that doesn't really explain giggling.]

[kilimanjaro]

I can't tell if she's making fun of me or not. [Pout.]

Someone said that a...Kilimanjaro is a mountain in Af--ran or something. I've never heard of it. Have you?

[walkingarsenal]

[It's okay, Kili, neither can he.]

"Afran"? Until today, no.

... Where is that?

[kilimanjaro]

I don't know. I asked if it was anywhere near Erebor, and she didn't even know what Erebor was!

[walkingarsenal]

[That fixes Fili's confusion, at least.]

You'll see that around these parts. I wouldn't worry, Kili.

[kilimanjaro]

But I don't understand. [Kili huffs, pouting some more.]

[walkingarsenal]

Kilimanjaro? If it's a mountain, how can it be used to make fun of you?

[kilimanjaro]

I haven't the faintest, but why would she be laughing about it then?

[walkingarsenal]

[That is suspicious.]

Is there something to know about that mountain?

[kilimanjaro]

Maybe it's infested with dragons.

[walkingarsenal]

... That's not easy to laugh at.

[kilimanjaro]

She thinks it's funny.

But then she also plays a dwarf at dragonhaven, so obviously she enjoys making her muses uncomfortable.

[walkingarsenal]

[There, there, Kili. Your brother understands that well.]

But maybe she could be persuaded to tell us what the name means.

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili would be kind of sorry for him if he knew.]

She says it's just a mountain. I don't know why it's so funny if it's just a mountain with my name in it.

[Mun you are weird.]

[walkingarsenal]

[The Kili Mountain, in other words? He's trying to turn it over in his mind to see what these muns are seeing, without success.]

I don't suppose there's a Filimanjaro, too?

[kilimanjaro]

She almost fell over laughing, so I don't think so. [Sorry Fili.]

Excellent username!

[sonof_thrain]

What in Durin's name are you talking about, Kili? [Had he been at the ale again?]