Blue Fish Mingle!

[save_the_souls]

Who: Blue Fish Crew + Visitors!
Broadcast: If you'd like?!
Action: The Blue Fish!
When: Month of May!

[Get in here Blue Fish! It's time for a mingle post! Visitors are welcomed, but anyone who requires doors will need to know someone from the crew that can let you in thanks to the passcode on the door.]

Comments

[dancingmd]

[She lights up.]

A performance? Wonderful! The fleet could use more things like that.

[bythewaves]

[ He blinks, startled at her enthusiasm ]

Oh? I... well I did not know if I should... make it public, or not.

[dancingmd]

I think it'd be wonderful! And if you didn't want to do it by yourself, perhaps you could find some other musicians to play with you.

[bythewaves]

Well...I could see if Finrod would like to play...it has been a long time since we could play together.

[dancingmd]

[How long, she wonders, how long has it been since Finrod's death for Maglor? Though he hasn't said it directly, his comments have been enough to tell her that he is in all liklihood from a point in time after Finrod died. She can only imagine how she would feel, if Jack or Felisa showed up here.

Still, let us not linger on the sadness. She gives him a soft smile.]

He sung for us once. Not as a performance exactly, but it was lovely nonetheless.

[bythewaves]

[ If asked, Maglor would only say "a very long time" - but he carries the wound close, blames himself for it, in part, and will not let it heal ]

Did he? [ Maglor smiles, pleased ] I am glad - he was one of my best students, and I loved playing with him, when he had his own mastery. Of all my cousins, he was certainly one of the best voices.

[dancingmd]

[She's chinhandsing so much right now.]

I would love to hear the two of you together.

[bythewaves]

Well, if he minds it not, I would not mind a performance...

[dancingmd]

[She claps her hands together.]

I'm sure he won't mind. He's very happy to have you here I think.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor laughs softly ]

No more than I am to see him, I think.

[dancingmd]

[Should she tell him she knows? It's hard to say.]

Being separated from family is always difficult. I'm glad you have found one another again.

[bythewaves]

True enough. [ He hums softly and smiles at her gratefully ]

Thank you. It is good to know that he has been well, here, even if tis not quite where I was expecting him to be.

[dancingmd]

Don't worry, we've been taking good care of each other. He... feels like family to me, at this point.

[bythewaves]

I am glad. [ Maglor hums softly, pleased and a little wistful.

We were not the best of families, were we? Curufin's ghost agrees ]

You will find few stauncher in their loyalty than Finrod Felagund.

[dancingmd]

[Her smile dims, ever so slightly.]

That I know well.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor's eyes shutter at the dimming of her smile and he draws a deep breath of understanding ]

... What has happened here to bring that knowledge to your eyes?

[dancingmd]

[She hesitates a moment before answering, her tone uncertain.]

There was... Atroma did something to our augments, claimed they were being calibrated and repaired. In the course of those supposed repairs, we were... exposed to one another's dreams and memories, against our will. I have seen into Finrod's mind, and he into mine.

[She stops there, waiting to gauge his reaction, to see what he knows.]

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor's eyes are clouded with pain and he nods, slowly ]

How much... did you learn of the days before he came here?

[dancingmd]

Not everything. He was aware, to some extent, of my presence with him. Even if we could not control my being there, I didn't ask to see anything he didn't want to show me.

[Another hesitation. This could be a really bad idea, if she's wrong about when Maglor came from, so she is going to make sure.]

You are from what Finrod would consider the future, aren't you?

[bythewaves]

That family always had great powers of the mind.

[ Maglor nods slowly ] I am - many years separate us.

[dancingmd]

Then...

[She takes a deep breath, trying to stay calm. It's difficult though though to talk about what she saw. Her hand shakes ever so slightly as she talks.]

I know. I know how he died. I saw it, I felt it... everything.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor sighs - a long, tired, painful noise ]

I see. Thank you for carrying that pain with him.

[dancingmd]

[Carrying pain, trying to fix it - it's what she does. Her eyes start to water but the tears don't fall, not yet.]

He was hurting so much and was so... he didn't want to burden anyone else and locked it all away and I couldn't - I would do anything I could to help him.

[bythewaves]

That is so much like him. [ He murmurs softly ] Always carrying the weight of the world so that no one else will worry. But that you know, I think... I think it must be a relief, for him.

[ He bows over her hand, deeply, a supplicant ]

Thank you. For helping to carry his burden.

[dancingmd]

[The bow takes her by surprise and blinking, she sits up straighter. There's a moment of quiet uncertainty, as she struggles to find the best response. Truth be told, the bow makes her uncomfortable, raised as she was in the egalitarian Federation, but she recognizes that this is a gesture of deep respect and gratitude, so she will be careful not to disregard that sentiment.]

It is... my honor to help him bear this. He has carried enough for me and no doubt for others as well.