twenty-first phase [ action ]

[walkinthruwalls]

[ Today you'll find one Kitty Pryde in the hallway. If you see her mid-whatever she's doing she's just standing there. She's trying something new out, at least to her it's noticeable anyway.

So what is she doing?

Dropping through ceilings.

Something she doesn't really do much as... landing's trickier. She's done a lot of walking through the walls and a little bit of ceiling/floor work but she wants to practise her landing.

Because if you see her drop through a ceiling on one of her many attempts they're not always that graceful. Think jumping from something high and landing on your feet crouched - it's what she's aiming for anyway.

And failing seven times out of ten. She'll keep going, and bruise herself up a lot as she tries to perfect it. Clearly she needs to work on her center of gravity, eh Brock? ]

[ ooc; feel free to run into her anywhere in the castle provided it's in a hallway. and drag her off to the clinic if need be, some of those landings are tricky ]

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... Galadriel is in my brain. Projecting your tags. SCARY

[walkinthruwalls]

Part of me feels like that would be a little too good for them.

SCARY AWESOME

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

Of that I have little doubt. Yet there is no harm in hope, even if it be slim, so long as it does not impede action.

TRUE. I need a Galadriel to guide me and give me wise words

[walkinthruwalls]

Hope is always a good thing. [ Until, like she just said, you believe it too much and become naive, which Kitty sometimes can do ] What would you do?

Don't we all?

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

What would I do? [You lost her. About what?]

True that

[walkinthruwalls]

About everything. Getting ready or doing something. I don't really know what I'm asking.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

Above all, I am watchful. Brute force has proven to have little worth in this place. Our strength lies in subtly- in understanding the ways of this place and using them to our advantage. If you ask of my intentions, I will tell you this: I will watch and listen. And, at the proper moment, I will act.

[walkinthruwalls]

I'm going to guess that you have more up your sleeve than seeing things?

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

[She just smiles that enigmatic smile again.] Mayhaps.

[walkinthruwalls]

[ :O Tease ] Can I ask what? Or just have a clue?

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

[Of course. :) Haven't you learned this by now? And by way of an answer you only get a comparison to lore.]

Of old, Lúthien felled the fortress of Angband and freed its captives. In my own way, I am no less powerful than she.

[Yep. She could destroy the castle single-handedly. And she doesn't actually admit that often, because the mun doesn't entirely understand how it works so enjoy that little vague answer, Kitty.]

[walkinthruwalls]

[ But she likes details too :( ] Was that with a weapon or her mind?

[ Intrigued Kitty is intrigued. So badass, Galadriel ]

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

She wielded naught but her own mind.

[This is why it's a very very bad idea to make her angry. Well. One reason.]

[walkinthruwalls]

That is as cool as it is scary.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

Is it? Sometime I must tell you more tales of the elder days, for it was a time, not only of strife, but of great deeds also.

[Shifting the topic away from herself? Yep.]

[walkinthruwalls]

I am always open for listening. [ Let her get some popcorn though? ]

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

Perhaps somewhere more comfortable. [What is popcorn?]

[walkinthruwalls]

Maybe the lobby? [ She liked their chairs. And she will teach you ]

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

That would do quite well. [Teach her your modern ways, Kitty.]

[walkinthruwalls]

[ DONE! She's going to fall silent as they walk down, thinking up all of her questions ]

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

[Oh, dear. You are just going to bombard her with questions, aren't you? When they reach the lobby, she'll just seat herself in one of those comfy chairs and wait for Kitty to do the same.]

[walkinthruwalls]

[ No, however could you think that?

Okay, she might do. Slowly at first, just because she's kind. And Kitty does exactly that, making certain she's comfy before starting on the questions (although she does forgo the popcorn - for now) ] So what's the best starting point?

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

Have I told you of the Undying Lands and the Valar? Or of the Silmarils? For if I have not, that is where we must begin, for much that follows is tied up with them.

[walkinthruwalls]

Not that I can remember.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

The Valar are beings of great power and light, sometimes called gods by Men. They reside in the Undying Lands, also called Valinor or Aman, as did many Elves in the days of old. In that place, all is unchanging and eternal; it is for that reason that the old of my kind, when weary and overburdened with memory, will sail to Valinor. For, fair as Middle-Earth may be, it wears on the heart to see all about you fade while you yourself stand still.

[walkinthruwalls]

You said that Men call them Gods, what do you call them?

And that all sounds pretty sad, but sort of peaceful too.