Just Keeping Swimming | March Planet Mingle

[thespaceopera]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: Anywhere on Mafik
When: The month of March



[Welcome to Mafik, the water world! Hope you brought your best swimming gear and don't have a paralyzing fear of water, because that's all that's here! So get out those wet suits and enjoy life under the sea!

In other words, it's a mingle! ]

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[castintoflames]

(He strokes over that beloved dark hair, kissing the side of his head.)

I know. I can take you there, but we must be careful.

[bythewaves]

I know. [ Maglor hums ]

You are afraid it will hold me too tight.

[castintoflames]

I cannot risk it claiming you. (He rests his cheek on top of Maglor's head.) But together we will be safe.

[bythewaves]

Thank you Nelyo. [ Maglor smiles up at him, leaning into his strength ]

Do you want to try the dungeons others speak of? They say there is a treasure at their heart. A gift from home.

[ He kinda wants to, and kinda doesn't ]

[castintoflames]

(The smile warms him more than standing in the full sunlight.)

I have thought of it. If you are willing, I can see us well-armed.

(His Augment will keep them in good stead too.)

You deserve a piece of home.

[bythewaves]

I... cannot promise not to wander, but I do not mind going? I just hope it is not... them.

[castintoflames]

I will pull you back. (He frowns solemnly.) They would be fools to bring them.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor smiles at him ] I know you will - I trust you, Nelyo.

I hope that they would not be so foolish.

[castintoflames]

(Their sanity is found in each other. Maedhros clings to that once again, though his grip is less desperate than it has been in the past.)

I trust you, Kano, and I will not leave you in the dark.

They will not lest they call doom upon their own heads.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor leans into his brother, drawing from his brother's strength, and trying not to feel guilty for using him so ]

As I trust you. I pray that they will not be so foolish.

[castintoflames]

(He is happy to provide. He takes pride in giving strength to his family; as the first son, he considers that his duty. But it's also his joy. Maedhros has never been the sort who is comfortable being guarded.)

We must be certain with our own eyes.

[bythewaves]

I suppose we should be.

[ Maglor sighs and shivers ] What... if it is? We... cannot touch them.

[castintoflames]

The weapons I know of now might serve us well. (He looks pensive, hiding his tension at the thought for Maglor's sake.)

[bythewaves]

I do not know. [ Maglor says doubtfully, pressing close for the comfort ]

It took the fires at the heart of the world, the last time, and I ... I couldn't... w-watch... I ... d-don't even know if... if... [ If it was destroyed as you burnt ]

[castintoflames]

(The proximity wakes him from his doubtful thoughts. Maedhros tucks Maglor close, stroking over his hair in calm motions.)

Shhh... (He cannot say if the fires at Arda's core destroyed it either, but he hopes he at least put it somewhere no other could journey.) Space is vast and if we must, I say we set them free within it and leave them behind in our ships.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor shudders, burying his face in his brother's shoulder, but if he weeps it is silent ]

It will call us, though. I could... still hear. It's why I ... couldn't... leave the sea.

[castintoflames]

Can you hear my Song? The Song of our grandfather? The Song of the Stars? Let them overwhelm the Silmarils. Let them drown them out.

(He hums soothingly, cradling the back of his brother's head. If he feels tears wetting his shoulder, he says nothing about it.)

[bythewaves]

Mm.

[ Maglor nods jerkily, refusing to move from his spot clinging to Maedhros ]

Thank you, Nelyo.

[castintoflames]

(He is happy to hold him and to feel the arms around him too. It amazes him how Maglor has carried on; he has outlasted all of them and that is such a cruelty and a wonder.)

I know you're not used to hearing them anymore, but we're with you.

[bythewaves]

It's... hard.

[ Maglor agrees quietly ]

I keep... thinking I am dreaming. And the songs here are so loud...

[castintoflames]

You're not dreaming. (He kisses Maglor's brow and tucks him close.) We have returned to you and our songs are growing stronger.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor nods, pressing close to Maedhros so he can listen to his heart beat ]

Don't... leave me again.

[castintoflames]

(He rocks them soothingly, his heart beating steadily.)

I will not according to my will.

[bythewaves]

[ A sniffle and Maglor nods, accepting ]

Alright.

[castintoflames]

(He rises and holds out his hand.)

Come, now. We have a temple to explore.