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[tauraran]

{It matters not where he travels; Thranduil stands out. Every inch of him screams Elven and King if one has some experience with such descriptors. His expression is grim and his voice is heavy, measured:}

There are dead to bury and rifts to mend. I cannot tarry long or I will add to their suffering.

{The Greenwood should never be without a King.}

I am Thranduil, son of Oropher, and King of the Greenwood. {More commonly called Mirkwood now, sadly.} Show me the path I must take and I shall set my feet upon it before the sun sets on this day.

And I do not wish to hear that I am in "another world". There is only one Arda and though I have never seen structures of this sort decorating her lands, I have not traveled the full length and breadth of her. {Yes, it must be nonsense. He scowls to put off those who might give him said explanation, but deep down he is frightened it is true.}

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[shittywizard]

I got bad news for you, pal, because there are apparently a whole bunch of "another world"s. Kinda blows your mind, huh?

[tauraran]

Eru the Creator could have made many worlds; I just have not been aware of them. {Yes, yes, play it cool. Don't let the enemy - or a random stranger - see your weakness.}

[shittywizard]

Okay, yeah, Eru the whoever totally did that. If that's what helps you get with the idea that this world is bonkers and you're expected just to roll with it.

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[belegurth]

[Arda.

He didn't recognize any of the other names the Elf mentioned, he definitely didn't seem like one of the Noldor. He would recognize a Finwean anywhere. But he was still intrigued and not just because this time he didn't find anyone else from Arda as well.]

Well, you're going to have to be disappointed because this isn't Arda. Eru isn't here.

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[tauraran]

{Do not confuse him with the Noldor! He is of the Sindar and far superior in every way. Elven politics huzzah?}

How would you - {The statement dies on his lips and he stares, horror seeping into his eyes and freezing his tongue. It figures that it would take Morgoth to silence him! But this is a considerable setback in every sense of the word.}

You vile beast!

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[belegurth]

I suppose I don't need to introduce myself. [He only laughed at the Elf's outburst, he's heard far worse and he's not ashamed of who he is.]

I've never heard of you though, Thranduil. You're not one of the Noldor.

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[bindsthedead]

Your highness, there is no such path. Or if there is one, it's beyond the knowledge of anyone here.

This place, this world- time flows oddly between here and elswhere. You might spend a year here, but return to where you were in the same moment you left.

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[tauraran]

{His fear deepens and settles, like a rock, in his chest. After the battle - after losing so many of his people and sending Legolas on a task that could prove fatal, he is shaken. But he must not show it.}

Magic that alters time and place is foul indeed! Who is guilty of casting it? {Here too there will be a dead end.} Might, you say. What if I am not returned to that moment?

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[bindsthedead]

I haven't heard of anyone who has been returned and brought back not arriving at the point that they left.

As for who cast it... We don't know the nature of the device responsible- no one does.

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[juniberries]

[pinged by the pointy ears and kingliness but.

well. obviously not Altean.

also he seems pretty...well. the kind of royalty she'd hate to deal with. but!!
she was raised well.]

Your Majesty, I am Princess Allura of the planet Altea. You will find that there are, in fact, many worlds, regardless of how difficult that may be to hear. Where I am from, for example, many worlds are not uncommon.

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[tauraran]

{He is the kind of royalty everyone hates to deal with, honestly, and he is unapologetic about it.}

What am I to do with that knowledge? I know it, I see the proof of it, but what am I to do next? {Certainly not fulfill the abysmal job he has been given!} I am needed elsewhere, Princess.

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[ghoulking]

There are several other worlds, in fact. It'd make things much easier for you to accept it, but it's ultimately your decision to believe it or not.

Regardless, there is no path. The Porter decides when you come and go.

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[tauraran]

I accept this is not Arda and that there may well be other worlds. {Reluctantly. He tucks his hair behind his ear, musing:} The Porter either contains the spell of...transition...or it is the spell. In order to bring a spell to a close, it must be broken.

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[brandishes]

So where's Greenwood then, huh?

( she hasn't got any more answers about the where's and the why's, Beth's just as new as this guy, but she's curious enough to want to strike up a conversation at least. )

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[tauraran]

It is both West and South of the Lonely Mountain and East of Gladden Fields. {Does that help? No? He didn't think so.}

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[stretchy_girl]

A King did you say? Here you're nothing!

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[tauraran]

Should my people arrive, they would not agree.

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[glassfall]

Greetings, your majesty. I'm called Cinders.

[Is that... one of the Fair Folk? Oh, dear.]

Well, if it helps, I've been told that we inevitably reappear at the exact moment we vanished, although I've yet to experience that for myself.

[She sighs.]

I'm afraid it's true. We really are in another world.

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[tauraran]

{What an unfortunate name!}

The imposition is not erased by that potentiality. {Yes, he does hold grudges.} What do you think of this world, Lady Cinders? Does it appeal to you? Are there different seasons?

[notgneiss]

[as someone familiar with both elves and kings, it's not hard to id thranduil as one of both.]

An elf king? Where I come from, it would be a punchline to a joke nobody laughed at.

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[tauraran]

{A joke? He stiffens, gaze sharp.}

I am no jest. {Though this one has a curious look to him.} You have the look of a stone giant.

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[baetiful]

Your Grace.

[ An incline of his head to show utmost respect. ]

There are those who tell you the path does not exist. But that is not entirely true. While no one has ever successfully found a way, the gateway that has brought us to this world is here and heavily guarded in Cape Canaveral. I imagine that were we allowed access to it, it would be able to return us to our worlds. But I do caution you that the government officials will not allow us near the porter and will be likely to capture and throw you in their modern day dungeons.

Fortunately, you need not fear for while you are in this world, time stands still in your own. You will return to precisely where you left and be able to bury your dead and mend your rifts.

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[tauraran]

{Someone with manners at last. Or at least someone who can mimic them reasonably well. Thranduil can't be terribly picky.}

The only one I need fear for, it seems, is myself! They draw us here against our will and then deny us any say in remaining or not. I find that exceptionally rude.

{Actually it sounds like his hospitality. But he had been in control of that!}

Do you, like the others, stand down as it were?

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[burlyboy]

I mean... whether or not you believe it, it's true anyway, buddy. You really think we'd all be fucking around here if we could just stroll back on home?

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[tauraran]

I cannot say what you would do nor do I care. {But this is considerably more complex than he originally thought.} I believe it.

{Whether he likes it or not.}