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Fili ([personal profile] heir_of_durin) wrote in [community profile] all_inclusive2014-05-24 09:13 pm

every opportunity will come again

It was an odd thing, this land.

Fili had learned not to trust all doorways, cautious though he must be. Now that they had settled in Erebor, with Smaug's corpse lying on the field of battle outside, Fili believed himself to have bigger things to concern himself with. It had led him to being lazy in his checks, which in turn had led him to that cursed inn, but when he tried to get back, he found himself not in the mountain, but in another land all-together and with a steady companion at his side.

He had never seen her before, this elegant lioness, and yet he felt as though he knew her. She stared at him as though she understood each and every one of his secrets, as though she had always been a part of him. "I am a part of you," she replied, padding along his side as they wandered through this strange landscape of buildings and people, all with an animal at their side, though different from the rest.

They had begun their quest to return to the hotel hours ago, her constant presence with him. "Ushlun," he spoke, finally, when her name came to him. He had not discovered her only now, but found that he had known her forever. "Where is the door?"

"I think it's this way," she replied, never straying too far from Fili's reach. They were tethered together and he began to realise that when he had set foot into this odd world, it had split him into two, but he was as whole as ever. Unfortunately, the both of them were entirely lost and he wasn't sure whether she and he could find their way back.

[Fili is in the Oxford section of the Golden Compass 'verse, having earned himself a daemon]
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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-05-25 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Zelda, too, had stumbled through this strange door and upon doing so, a falcon had begun to fly by her side. It spoke to her, from time to time and after a few moments of being disoriented, the name came to her as if it were her own name: Meirion.

She took a few more turns, following the falcon and trusting it utterly, before she saw a lion and gasped. "Fili? You have come here too, then?"
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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-05-26 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)

"Not all that wanders is lost," Meirion supplied, much to Zelda's surprise. Still, even as she thought it was strange something settled in her chest that just made it seem right that her daemon spoke upon occasion.

"I guess the best thing to do is to start searching for doors then, isn't it? There's got to be a door somewhere here."

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-05-28 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)

"Curiosity is not inherently bad," Zelda said, laughing lightly. "I, too, have wanted to uncover the secrets of this place. It seems like every question I ask nets me more questions and no answers in exchange."

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-05-30 01:20 am (UTC)(link)

"Mine told me that it was a part of me," Zelda said, watching as the falcon flew off some distance ahead, circling and returning.

"Perhaps yours is the same? It is strange but I have encountered many strange things in my life. This would hardly be the first in that regard."

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-05-31 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)

"That, I do not know," Zelda admitted. "I hope it does not mean that they will disappear for I have grown fond of my companion."

It could fly out far and wide but Zelda still felt a connection to it, some deeper link than the bond merely between master and pet.

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-01 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)

"I have heard this called Jordan College, though I do not know if that is the name of the town or the country entirely," Zelda said. "It is terminology that is completely unfamiliar to me. Have you ever heard anything like that before, Fili?"

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-02 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
"It is magic beyond my ken," Zelda said, tapping her mouth thoughtfully. "Though it begs the question as to whether or not I can access my powers here. I have not thought to try."

Zelda tried not to display them in public places because the Nexus, unlike Hyrule, was not necessarily a place where everyone was familiar with and comfortable with magic.
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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-02 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)

Zelda lifted a few stones off the ground with her mind and juggled them in mid air for a moment before letting them settle back down. "It seems that it still works," she said, watching as her falcon nudged at the stones a bit after they'd fallen.

"So that part of me is still existent."

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-04 12:20 am (UTC)(link)

The falcon settled on her shoulder and nipped affectionately at one long ear.

"Not that I know of. I suppose that magic is only something that I can do and doesn't extend to him. But he can fly long distances away from me and always find me. Can your lion do that? Roam away, only to return?"

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-05 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
"It pulls at me too," Zelda agreed, "But it is a pain I can bear, as if it has been done before and something has snapped and changed. I wonder why there is that difference between us. Do you think it could have to do with my magic?"

That was the only difference Zelda could see right at the surface.
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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-05 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)

"It is far different than the village that surrounds my castle," Zelda said, looking around in amazement. "So many people from so many walks of life and like you said, it's so rich. It's like an old and very wise place."

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-05 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)

Zelda brightened, glad to know that he had found his home once again and his kinfolk along with it.

"Oh, Fili, that is wonderful! I am so glad that things worked out even though we were too late to lend aid the last time we went through your door. Did you see your brother, then? Is that how you know?"

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-06 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)

"But what is wrong? Is this not what you have dreamed of?" Zelda asked, tilting her head a bit in a questioning manner. The idea of losing one's home and finding it again should be joyous and yet Fili did not seem pleased.

"Were there many casualties?"

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-07 01:29 am (UTC)(link)

Zelda frowned a bit deeper. "Is there no cure for this sickness? Sometimes a sickness of the mind plagues my people too but we pray to the goddesses to alleviate it. Do you have no such relief available to you?"

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-07 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"But a sick ruler cannot be allowed to rule," Zelda said, earning wholehearted agreement from her daemon.

"But to usurp him would be seen as treason against both crown and family. Have you tried talking to him? Convincing him to give up the mantle?"
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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-08 02:13 am (UTC)(link)

"No, no, I always welcome the chance to counsel a friend," Zelda assured him. "It is part of my duty to the goddess and part of bearing the triforce of wisdom. I often mediated disputes in my homeland and puzzling these things out is no burden to me. I only wish I knew the proper path for you to take."

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-08 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)

"Well, I will do anything in my power to aid you," Zelda promised. "I swear you my allegiance, such as it is, and all the magic at my disposal."

Magic was a powerful card to play and hopefully held as much weight in this world as it did in her own.

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-08 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)

"Yes, do summon me. I will come to your aid as quickly as I am able," she assured him. "How are other things in the kingdom? Are your treasuries full and your people content? There are no external threats, are there?"

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-09 12:41 am (UTC)(link)

"Can you muster an army of your own in defense? The odds of defending a mountain against those in the valley would be good, strategically speaking. Geography works in your favor," Zelda said, working out just how she would defend such a place.

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-09 02:55 am (UTC)(link)

"No, I would not entrust them in preserving the line of kings," Zelda said. This was a complicated bit of politics and something she wished she could be of more help with. Meirion settled on her shoulder and spoke in a low, melodious voice.

"You need an army not invested in ruling themselves. Someone neutral. Is there any you could muster?"

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-09 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)

"Gold is a fickle thing," Zelda mused. "And holds no loyalties except to whoever has the strength to seize it. I apologize, Fili, that I am no greater help but perhaps I can assist in finding a door if nothing else."

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-09 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)

"Do all dwarves get it? It might be something we could make a potion against, something we might be able to cure." Zelda had never been much for alchemy but she thought surely that there must be dwarven healers who had knowledge of how to cure such things.

Then again, wouldn't Thorin had already sought that out if it were an option? It was all too convoluted.

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[personal profile] hylianqueen 2014-06-11 02:34 am (UTC)(link)

"Still, I worry for the state of your country even if there is nothing to be done. I believe there must be something, we simply haven't stumbled upon it yet," Zelda said confidently.

"I will meditate on the matter and see if the goddess inspires me."