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Legolas (princegreenleaf) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-06-14 15:43:00

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complete, day twelve, giselle, legolas greenleaf

Day Twelve
WHO: Giselle and Legolas
WHAT: Whiny!elf is whiny. Also angsty!
WHEN: Day Twelve, morning
WHERE: Their house in the Goblin City
WARNINGS: It's Giselle and Legolas. PG. At absolute most.
STATUS: Complete

In many ways, Legolas was a simple creature. Things were one way, and he was happy with that. Things that made his life more complicated were not particularly welcome. To say Pandora had done so would be a definite understatement. He'd spent a lot of time in both Rivendell and Lothlorien, reading, and he'd certainly come across vampires. Creatures of pure evil, those who serve Morgoth, foul, tainted beings. Leeches who fed on the blood of the living to prolong their unnatural lives, they were an abomination, and must be destroyed.

Pandora hadn't seemed like that, somehow. Which made it worse, really. At times, she'd seemed almost sad. That shouldn't have been. Still, he'd been tainted by her touch, and he'd been unable to fight her off. For a warrior like he was, this was incredibly disturbing. He liked to think he could take care of himself, but in this case, he hadn't been able to. She'd overwhelmed him completely, and he'd been helpless against it.

So, for the last day, without a break, he'd been practicing his archery. If he ever saw her again, he would be ready. She wouldn't even get close to him. Every time he started to think he could leave his practice, he got a new surge of energy and purpose from the promise he'd made to himself. That would never happen to him again. He sent arrow after arrow into the bulls eye of the target, his face wearing a grim expression that was rarely seen. Usually, no matter the situation, he was smiling, but not now.

He didn't get tired, not in the same way a human would. But he hadn't allowed himself to fall into the dream like reverie that elves had instead of sleep, not since Pandora had bitten him. His arms were shaking, the muscles weary, but he gritted his teeth and forced them to be steady. The next arrow, though, for the first time in a long time, not only didn't hit the bulls eye, it didn't even hit the target at all. The string of curses he let out were both elven, and incredibly colorful.

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princegreenleaf
2009-06-19 07:10 pm UTC (link)

Under the influence of her understanding and her gentle arms, he slowly calmed down. There was, after all, still goodness in the world. The woman holding him so sympathetically was good, and pure, and proved that such things still existed. He found himself clinging to that almost desperately, and knew that it was this knowledge that could bring him out of the dark places where he'd been spending the time since Pandora had attacked him.

This was the first glimmer of hope he'd had that life would go on, that it would all be okay in the end. When she said she wouldn't leave him, he smiled at her. It wasn't the normal bright, cheerful grin, but it was a genuinely happy expression, and he took her hand as she rested it on his cheek. For a moment, he looked into her eyes, and found himself a little alarmed by some of the things he was feeling.

When she moved away, he wasn't sure if he was relieved or disappointed. But he kept his hand in hers, not exactly clinging to her, but definitely glad that she was as good as ever, and somewhat of a stablizing influence on the elf. His free hand found the apple he'd dropped, and for the first time, he felt actually hungry. He took a bite, quickly finished the fruit, and reached for the bread.

"You are braver than you know, my lady." A slight smile was still on his lips as he gazed at her. "I watched as you went through trials in the Labyrinth that would have been difficult for anyone, and yet, you bore them all with great fortitude. I think you underestimate yourself." And he was really quite touched by her words, and the tone she'd spoken them in. He believed she meant it, and that soothed him greatly.

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