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Illyana Nicolievna Rasputina (ex_darkchyld899) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-11-23 09:30:00

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aragorn, complete, day 24, illyana rasputin

Playing in the Snow
Who: Illyana and Aragorn
When: Day 24, Late Morning
What: Out enjoying the wonderfully cold, snowy weather!
Where: Outside, near the edge of the woods
Rating: PG-13, just to keep it safe
Status: Complete as it's gonna get

Illyana ran outside, the largest grin possible on her face. The resort had changed again days ago, and changed into something she actually approved, and yet she hadn't been outside to enjoy it yet. Today, she was determined to spend as much time as possible out in the snow. She'd dressed comfortably for the weather, for her - corduroy slacks, fur-lined boots, a turtleneck, coat, mittens, and a hat. She'd seen other people from her window dressed in ski suits and parkas and all kinds of things. Clearly, they weren't used to winter.

Once outside, she spent a good ten minutes running around through the snow, enjoying the feel of moving through it again. She ended up near the woods where she'd first arrived, and an idea came to her. She hadn't done it since she was about five, and she felt the overwhelming desire to do so again. She started rolling a giant ball of snow. It was slow going at first, but as it got larger, it actually became easier to do. When it was as tall as her waist, she stopped, regarding its placement near the woods critically. That would do. She then turned and started forming another ball. The snowman army would be reborn, even if she didn't have her big brother Piotr to help her build it.

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ranger_aragorn
2008-12-02 05:16 pm UTC (link)

The cold did not bother Aragorn at all. It never had. Though he was never one to indulge in such child play. A small flash went through his head, a memory, Boromir, playing with the Hobbits.. laughter, mirth. It was just a brief flash then it was gone, leaving Aragorn staring at the girl as she continued with her snowman army.

"I have never been bothered much by the cold. Though where I am from there is not much cold until you move toward the mountains. " Aragorn acknowledged as he moved to drop to his knees and began building the bottom part of a snowman. It wasn't long before his hair was slightly damp from sweat as he concentrated on rolling the cold snow. THe bottom was done and now it was time for the middle.

"Legolas would enjoy this.." Aragorn said almost to himself, yet.. considering it all. It was just a simple statement, though he did wonder for a moment where his friend was.

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ex_darkchyld899
2008-12-03 09:00 pm UTC (link)

Illyana listened to his description of home. She frowned as she tried to think of places that matched his description. She could think of many places that were warm until you hit the mountains, thanks to geography lessons at school. But, looking over Aragorn again, she guessed that he wasn't from the United States. He might not be from her dimension at all, like Elminster.

"You're pretty good at this," she said, grinning at his first attempt at a snowman. "Not quite as good as my Piotr, but he had years of practice." She hefted a head onto her newest creation and stepped back to survey her newest soldier. He was a little lopsided, but that was nothing a little extra snow wouldn't fix.

She tilted her head to the side as she caught his words. "Legolas?" she asked. "Friend of yours from home?" She assumed that whoever he or she was, they were not trapped on the Planet as she and Aragorn were. She had yet to meet anyone, aside from Blair, who actually knew people from home who were trapped as well.

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ranger_aragorn
2008-12-04 05:37 pm UTC (link)

Aragorn rolled the snow, making a decent sized middle and lifted it to rest on the other, larger one he had made. Then it was the head which didn't take as long. Once the first of his was set up, he stood back to look at his work.

"I don't think I have ever done this before. Not that I can recall to be honest. This was more something the Hobbits would do or the Elf." Aragorn said softly.

He dropped down to begin to make another. "I was shocked to find him here already. The only one I know from Middle Earth. From my world. " Aragorn replied matter of factly as he started on another. He felt carefree and light hearted despite it all right now.

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ex_darkchyld899
2008-12-04 08:49 pm UTC (link)

Elf? Hobbits? Illyana wasn't quite sure what Hobbits were, but she knew of elves, at least, her world's version of elves. She wondered if they were the same as elves in this Middle Earth place. She thought of Nightcrawler at home, whom Kitty had called the "Fuzzy Elf". She wondered if elves in Middle Earth were as jovial as Nightcrawler, or as suave.

"So your Hobbits and Elf are more used to having fun?" she asked as she started another snowman. "You should follow their example, then. It isn't good to be too serious all the time, trust me." She suppressed a shudder as Belasco's face floated into her mind's eye. She blinked, banishing him from her thoughts. Today was a day for fun. She turned back to Aragorn. "I'm not sure whether I should be happy for you that you have a friend here from home, or pity the both of you," she said. "There are times I wish someone I knew from home were here with me, but then I think of how selfish that is. I don't want my brother or my friends trapped like this."

She rolled her snowball across the ground, weaving around the already cleared paths from her earlier recruits. "What do you do on your world, aside from not building snowmen?"

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ranger_aragorn
2008-12-08 06:49 am UTC (link)

Aragorn listened as he continued to build another snowman. This was not the Ranger you would find back on Middle Earth. The man who barely cracked smiles during the Dwarf's and Legolas' "fights." The man who barely cracked a smile when Boromir was "attacked" by the Hobbits. Perhaps this place was really starting to change him.He no longer had to be serious,or to keep his kind from vanishing. He no longer had to fight wars and armies of Orcs.

"They enjoyed... enjoy,"Aragorn corrected himself. "Things like this. Having fun, being carefree until things changed." He said, a hint of sadness, biterness, and longing in his voice. What he would not give to know that his friends are alive, that the mission was completed.

Thinking of that, Aragorn nodded, shrugging a bit. "While it's sad that he is here and I as well, at least we are not alone and we have someone who understands and knows what the other is going through. I think I would be far worse off if he was not here. As for me, what I did there? I was a Ranger,a King..." Why did all that sound so far off?Like it was almost a dream now?

"But enough about me.Tell me more about you..."He said changing the subject, not really sure more of what to say about himself.He clearly was not used to it.

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ex_darkchyld899
2008-12-08 06:49 pm UTC (link)

Illyana paused in her snowman-rolling as Aragorn spoke. It would be nice to have someone around who understood what was going on, how she was feeling, and who could help her. Not for the first time since she'd arrived on the Planet, she wished her brother was around. Piotr would be able to help her, just by being there. Would she ever see him again?

Her thoughts were pulled back to the present as she processed the rest of Aragorn's statement. He was a king? She took another look at him. Not the first thing you'd think of when you thought of a king, but, then again, she wasn't exactly the first thing that came to mind when you said queen, and she technically was Queen of Limbo. Appearances, she knew better than anyone, could be deceiving. And a ranger as well. She wasn't exactly sure what being a ranger entailed in Aragorn's world, but he was someone with a lot of responsibilities, like herself. She smiled at him and leaned against her sphere of snow.

"Me?" she asked, blinking. She hadn't expected the conversation to turn quite so quickly. "I am many things where I come from," she said, trying to figure out how best to explain, and how much to explain. "I am a student, both of academics and of magic." There was no point in hiding it, not from someone who regularly spent time with elves and hobbits. "I am also a...guardian...of sorts. My classmates and I, we are in training to help protect people by using our gifts and magic." She left out the darker aspects of her personality. The only reason she'd told Clark was because he'd seen them firsthand. "My brother Piotr did this as well. I was going to work with him and help him when I finished school." She smiled at him. "If a ranger is anything like a guardian or warrior, then we have something in common."

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