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[holdshisown]

Greetings Nippon, I am Maedhros Fëanorion and I arrived sometime last month. If it would not be too much of an inconvenience I would ask for some assistance.

[Maedhros looks a bit sheepish before he explains himself.]

After a small... accident one of my brothers shirts were, well... destroyed for the lack of a better word. I'm not quite sure where to go to find a replacement for him and would be grateful for any help in the matter.

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[bythewaves]

[ HUFF ]

I promise to neither sing nor write rude songs about you so long as we are here, UNLESS Elrond specifically asks for one.

[ because Elrond has the right to ask ]

[holdshisown]

And I promise to not buy or gift any embarrassing clothes for you, and I'll also endeavour to be less embarrassing over all. But on that last point I can only promise to try.

[Because he's kinda out of touch with how to act around people and it's probably best not to make promises he might not be able to keep.]

[bythewaves]

[ Good enough ]

Truce?

[holdshisown]

[It's the best he can do without lying.]

Truce.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor relaxes, wrinkling his nose fondly at his brother ]

I am glad you're feeling well enough to tease, Nelyo.

[holdshisown]

[That brings a laugh out of him.]

It feels good to be able to.

[bythewaves]

It's been a while. [ Maglor hums, fondly ]

I'm glad. You seem happier here, overall.

[holdshisown]

More than just a while, I think.

I do feel... better here. Everything feels less raw, somehow...

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor hums ]

That would be the effects of the kizuna, I suppose. It IS supposed to make people feel better so...

[holdshisown]

I don't really know how to feel about it too be honest... It is a relief to be rid of the grief and weariness that has plauged me... but I am not overly fond of the idea of something influencing my feelings like this.

[bythewaves]

I have been assured its benign. [ He says wryly ]

So far... no one appears to have come to harm.

[holdshisown]

I know, it's just the concept of the whole thing that puts me a bit on edge... it will pass in time probably. [He gives his brother a crooked smile to show there is no real need to worry about his unease with the situation.]

I don't think there's going to be any harm by it. It's just... old memories that sours the concept for me.

[bythewaves]

No, I understand.

[ Maglor nods - if anyone understands how Maedhros hates the thought of something external influencing him, it's Maglor ]

I was extremely put off too. Especially the whole... body transformation thing. But everyone who has been here longer assures me it is... fine. So... we shall just have to adjust, I suppose...

[holdshisown]

I thought you might.

[Maglor had always been the brother that knew him best after all.]

It is a disconcerting notion... but perhaps it has more to do with our past than any inherent wrongness of such things. Such things were rarely benign back home.

[bythewaves]

I don't think I can name a single benign variation of that outside of Lady Elwing.

[ And that situation was complicated by the fact that to this day Maglor is unsure how much was Ulmo's intervention and how much was the fact that Elwing's grandmother was a Maia ]

[holdshisown]

Exactly. It was usualy cause for concern and it's difficult to look at it in any other way.

[Maedhros doubts anyone truly knows, it didn't seem like Elwing knew what was going to happen when she jumped.]

[bythewaves]

Mm... folk here assure me it's alright so... I suppose it's just a matter of time. Some have suggested the changes can be... influeced? deliberately invoked? So... I guess having some control is... better.

[ Maglor is fairly sure the only thought in Elwing's head was essentially a raised finger at them ]

[holdshisown]

They're probably right... there'd be at least some misgivings otherwise. It will just take some time to get used to... That does sound preferable. To have some say in what happens instead of just... changing against your will.

[Probably. She looked pretty angry when she jumped...]

[bythewaves]

Mm - I think some of the transformations are involuntary? It's hard to get full explanations... but I think I prefer knowing that it's something I'm choosing to do as well.

[ Anyone who says that Elwing jumped because she was afraid of them is lying, that was very definitely spite when she jumped ]

[holdshisown]

Of course... things always have to be as complicated as possible, don't they? I doubt most people even know how things work around here. I think most people would prefer that.

[Definitely spite. He's almost surprised the glare she'd given them hadn't struck them dead right then and there.]

[bythewaves]

Nothing is easy, but at least we are probably not Doomed here? [ He thinks. He hopes ]

[holdshisown]

It doesn't feel that way at least. [It was hard to say really. There had been times in Beleriand when he had thought perhaps they had managed to escape it as well.]

[bythewaves]

We are in a different world.... surely the Doom cannot follow us here...

[holdshisown]

I hope so... it feels different here, at least. Don't you think so?

[bythewaves]

The Song is different. [ Maglor allows ]

If the Song is different, then... yes, I hope so.