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Legolas (princegreenleaf) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-03-08 15:05:00

Entry tags:

arrival, complete, day two, legolas greenleaf, robin of locksley

WHO: Legolas Greenleaf and Robin of Locksley
WHAT: The Mirkwood Prince arrives
WHEN: Day 2, mid-morning
WHERE: The center of the City of Illusions
WARNINGS: Maybe PG, but not even really that.
STATUS: Complete

Legolas was at least as easy going as the next elf. Probably moreso, to be honest. He was still very young in terms of his race, and as such, he tended not to be as serious about most things. However, even he had his limits. There was just only so much that anyone could reasonably be expected to take, and this was passing that line by a good distance. Unfortunately, his first reaction was to get rather angry about it.

He'd risen from his dreamlike reverie, the trancelike state that elves had instead of sleep, with nothing to alarm him throughout the night. Just like the first time, when he'd been taken from Middle Earth to Mirage, it had been done while he was slightly less aware of his surroundings. But as his eyes snapped back into focus, he saw something was very wrong. This was not the place he had been before, and that was all too apparent.

The prince had been reclining on a soft couch for the duration of his reverie, and he was still lying in a prone position. Luckily, he always kept his knives and bow close to hand as he rested. It just made sense, and luckily his weapons were still with him. In a second, the agile elf had sprung to his feet and was looking around, not quite frantically. He rubbed his eyes, but the scene before him stubbornly refused to change.

With the bow held with a grip that seemed deceptively loose, he looked around. It was somewhat similar to some of the human cities of Middle Earth, actually, though more during a festival time than during regular day to day life. Tents everywhere, and as his sharp eyes continued to scan, he saw some very, very odd little creatures sparring in the near distance. He frowned thoughtfully and watched them for awhile, before deciding he needn't interfere. If they were Orcs, he wasn't inclined to get in the way of them killing each other.

Really, he was more than a little annoyed, at this point. Mirage had been nice enough, but if it had changed again so rapidly, even inside his own room, he was irritated. Nothing should have been able to get into his room, his state of rest was much lighter than a human sleeping. So, what was going on? He didn't sense from the natural harmonies of the place that it was Middle Earth, or Mirage. It felt new, and more than a little strange.

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taylorwade
2009-03-18 11:06 pm UTC (link)

Robin would have called the Muslims infidels if he were back home, but he wasn't. He was in this strange city. So, he tried to explain the best he could without being too insensitive about it. "They're a group of people who believe in a different God than the Christians. The Christians believe in Christ, of course." He knew the Elf wasn't from his Earth, so he would probably have to explain a few things. "Christ is a man who taught goodness and died so that others might have eternal glory in heaven." He'd probably have to explain heaven, too. "Heaven is the place we go to when we die, if we're deserving." Azeem had called Robin "Christian", not because it was his name, but it was because it was his religion.

Robin had seen little people. But not the kind that Legolas was describing now. But he knew about friends and imprisonment, so he didn't press for further information on the little people called Hobbits. The elf seemed to lapse into thought and Robin let him. They had plenty of time, the elf perhaps moreso than Robin himself, but that was beside the point.

Robin laughed when the elf broke out of his reverie enough to tell him he was going to lose the archery contest. "I have no problem losing to a fair winner." He returned the smile and entered the main building. It was strange to see a new arrival in the city so easily command a goblin to appear and Robin wondered if he would be able to do the same thing if he ever needed to talk to one. Not that he was sure he would be able to and not kill it. As soon as the elf had knowledge of his lodgings, he turned and requested a date for the archery contest.

Robin smiled again and shook his head lightly. He'd never get out of it now. "How about five days from now at the archery range?" That should give them plenty of time to settle in.

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princegreenleaf
2009-03-19 08:43 pm UTC (link)

Legolas listened intently. This was like nothing he'd ever heard before. Any of it. Muslims, Christ, it was all completely new to him. And by the end, though Robin had done his best to explain, he was still fairly lost. He had the general idea, though, or he thought he did. "So heaven is like Valinor, then?" He shook his head slightly, guessing that Christ was something like a Valar. But it was still fuzzy to him.

In the end, though, he shrugged slightly and let it go. He would pick it up later, if it was important. And there were more important things to talk about, of course. So he smiled and nodded his very limited understanding and changed the subject.

"Very well. So it shall be." He turned to the man and held out his hand to him once more. "I thank you for your help. But now, if it does not offend, I shall leave you." It was a little blunt, of course, but he was eager to go find his room. And maybe see if there was anyone here he knew. But the smile and cheerful tone made it hard to be offended, for most people.

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