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[castintoflames]

Who: Maedhros
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Not right off the bat, but that can change in the threads.
When: Early Evening.

(Trimming hair is easier said than done, but the tall Elf has done an...admirable...job? Shhh don't tell him it's uneven in parts. He sets down a pair of scissors and cocks his head, peering at himself in a mirror.)

I must have been...angled...incorrectly. (His left hand doesn't quite smack his face, but it does try to cover it as his ears go red.)

It was getting too long, you see. I became tangled in it every morn and the brushing of it was a painful business.

(Clearly annoyed, he grabs a brush, sets about smoothing it and puts it all in a ponytail. Some of the strands are rebellious, however, and fall out of the ribbon to frame his face. The tickling sensation annoys him more and he tries to tuck them, instead, behind his ears. His mangled ear doesn't make a proper perch for the copper strands and some of them fall right back where they started.)

Aica umbar!

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[bythewaves]

[ UPSET GESTURING!!!!

DEEEEEEEEEEEEP BREATH ]

Nelyo you could have asked for help.

[castintoflames]

(He winces.) Do you know how old that gets? (He has taught himself a lot, but. But.)

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor winces too and his face falls ]

I'm sorry. But brother I'm always here if you needed anything.

[castintoflames]

I think I did a poorer job than the Enemies at it. (And they had used a sword.)

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor tsks worriedly at him ]

Next time, please ask me?

[castintoflames]

(He sighs and rubs a hand over his arm.)

Ezri and Finno are going to help me fix it. I don't want it too short.

And I ask you for too much, Kano.

[bythewaves]

You don't! Never, Nelyo, never. You're my brother.

[castintoflames]

What of your lovely hair? Is it bothersome to you? I know my circumstances are different.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor shrugs ]

It.. isn't something I really think about. But I ... I really liked your hair, Nelyo.

[castintoflames]

(He flushes and bows his head.)

It will grow, will it not? Then I will leave it be.

[bythewaves]

It will. I will pay more attention to when you need my help. I'm sorry Nelyo, I should have realised...

[castintoflames]

How could you have known I would do this? Please don't blame yourself. I am capable of taking the blame for my poor decisions.

[bythewaves]

Even so! I want you to be able to rely on me, and not feel as if you have to do everything on your own.

[castintoflames]

I do rely on you. I am here. I have not allowed myself to feel...Faded...again.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor flinches a little, eyes dropping ]

I'm sorry. [ He says softly ]

I just. I worry, Nelyo. I can't... help it.

[castintoflames]

Where are you? (No haircut will stand in the way of him going to his little brother.)

[bythewaves]

In the garden, by the tree.

[castintoflames]

(He nods and ends the feed, leaving his room and taking a shuttle to the Iskaulit. Once aboard, he strides quickly to the garden and finds Maglor.)

Taking care of it?

[bythewaves]

Mm. [ Maglor looks up at his brother and reaches up to tug him down beside him ]

Finno did a good job.

[castintoflames]

(There is little resistance - only enough so he doesn't topple on top of Maglor as he sits.)

I knew he would. (He wraps an arm around him.) Why are you so sad, brother?

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor curls into his side ]

I just... I feel that I should have been paying more attention to your needs, Nelyo. I always seem to miss it, when you really need me.

[castintoflames]

(Maedhros kisses his cheek gently, carefully.)

I did not know hair was a great need? It grows or it does not. My current situation is my doing.

[bythewaves]

It just... feels like I'm doing something wrong.

[ Maglor accepts the comfort, but he still looks miserable ]

As if I'm failing to notice you.

[castintoflames]

You have never failed me, Kano.

(He shrugs off his coat and wraps it around his brother's shoulders.)

I would be the one to tell you so! I need your attention daily, though, I am glad to say, not hourly.

[bythewaves]

[ I did He thinks. I must have, or you would not have left me ]

I am always here for you, Nelyo. [ Is all he says aloud ]