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˗ˏˋ   𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓  .

an independent / highly selective kíli from j.r.r tolkien’s the hobbit. written by alexa ,   she/her ,  31.  

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[lifeinpoetry]

Though, sometime, I must have fallen in love,

which took more room than contemplating death,

and the slow, sad pleasure of knowing it wouldn’t last

more beautiful, even, than imagining it would.

— Maya C. Popa, from “Wittgenstein in the Palisades,” American Faith

[durinbled]

❛ i didn’t mean to be seen like this. ❜ / @flcrilege​

❛ seen like what? ❜ he could hardly keep the mirth from his tone. he’d pilfered a bit of pipeweed from bilbo’s pockets earlier in the night, and upon seeing him approach, he’d felt certain that an accusation was about to be lobbed his way. judging by the look on the hobbit’s face, he wasn’t as sure now whether or not that was so. ❛ a thief? or are we referring to all the little disappearing acts you’ve been pulling lately? ❜ the company knew something was funny about him, but he’d saved their hides enough that no one had questioned it.

until now.

❛ you can tell me, you know. i’m told i’m a great listener. ❜

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❛ you have a way of presenting yourself to the very people you should most ardently avoid. ❜ / @feyanaro​

❛ that’s a true talent if you ask me. ❜ he was being cheeky with the elf, but for good reason. elves tended to be these stern, stoic creatures, whereas dwarves were unapologetically boisterous. it would be hard for them to avoid detection even on a good day. ❛ and yet, i feel as though you speak with more derision than concern. am i about to be lectured? ❜ he sure hoped not. he’d already heard it from half of the company. it was always you’re being too reckless or you’re pushing too far, when really it should’ve been thank you for saving our hides. ❛ this isn’t the first time i’ve heard this opinion, and i doubt it’ll be the last. ❜

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ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE.

the following prompts were taken from the novel assassin’s apprentice by robin hobb, an american fantasy & speculative fiction writer. the novel is the first in the realm of the elderlings series, & the first book of the farseer trilogy set within said series. some sentences have been slightly edited for roleplaying suitability.  please note - this trilogy features an ongoing war, & this meme may include prompts that make mention of war, death, blood, corpses, & other things some might find upsetting. feel free to change pronouns & prompts as you see fit !   (   book two & book three.   )

❛  i think myself cured of all spite.  ❜ ❛  i fear i will have to set this work aside entirely.  ❜ ❛  my life has been a web of secrets, secrets that even now are unsafe to share.  ❜ ❛  sometimes it seems too complete, & i wonder if it is truly mine.  ❜ ❛  perhaps i have heard the story so many times, from so many sources, that i now recall it as an actual memory of my own.  ❜ ❛  i can’t recall that i saw anyone.  ❜ ❛  please, i beg you !  ❜ ❛  it’s a thing that will try her lady’s will to the edge of her very name.  ❜ ❛  it’s rough quarters for all of us here at this outpost.  ❜ ❛  for tonight, you’ll be warm here, & safe.  ❜ ❛  well, what to do with him is beyond me.  ❜ ❛  damn him, he has his father’s eyes as well.  ❜ ❛  have not you the sense of a flea ?  ❜ ❛  was there nowhere else you could put him ?  ❜ ❛  if it had to be thought about, i should have done the thinking.  ❜ ❛  the queen is not at all pleased about any of this.  ❜ ❛  we scarcely need more confusion in the line of succession.  ❜ ❛  i am well aware that you precede me; you need not flaunt it at me at every opportunity.  ❜ ❛  why should we tempt trouble ?  ❜ ❛  don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done it.  ❜ ❛  i weary so of his humour.  ❜ ❛  does he care nothing for the disgrace ?  ❜ ❛  to leave a boy in a place like this is like leaving a weapon hovering over the king’s throat.  ❜ ❛  i was his only failure that year, but i was a monumental one.  ❜ ❛  all recognized me as a catalyst, & a catalyst i became.  ❜ ❛  if there’s a fire & a meal there, i shan’t be leaving again.  ❜ ❛  everyone’s getting ready for the welcome feast tonight.  ❜ ❛  i lied to my king today for you.  ❜ ❛  first time ever in my life i’ve done that.  ❜ ❛  he is not pleased he will have to wait to see you.  ❜ ❛  those as will believe that shouldn’t be allowed to walk about on their own.  ❜ ❛  are you hurt ? did anyone rough you up ?  ❜ ❛  i should have known there would be those would blame all the stir on you.  ❜ ❛  he’s looking for you, high & low.  ❜ ❛  run away, but take my thanks with you.  ❜ ❛  you won’t talk to me like that, you wild brat !  ❜ ❛  dare to run, & you’ll have it twice when i catch you.  ❜ ❛  he was going to kill you.  ❜ ❛  i should take more care not to anger him.  ❜ ❛  i don’t think i have ever been as brave since as i was then.  ❜ ❛  what’s to come of you ? what’s to come of us both ?  ❜ ❛  this thing you’re doing, it’s wrong. it’s not worthy of you.  ❜ ❛  who taught you to do this ? ❜ ❛  no - one could look on you & think you had ever been a man.  ❜ ❛  is that what you want ? to take the blood of kings that’s in you, & drown it in the blood of the wild hunt ?  ❜ ❛  i’ll do it if it kills both of us.  ❜ ❛  never do that to me again. never.  ❜ ❛  let go of longing after him. it hurts less, that way.  ❜ ❛  i know he meant well, but i did not feel protected by him, but confined.  ❜ ❛  is it the nature of the world that all things seek a rhythm, & in that rhythm a sort of peace ?  ❜ ❛  i have come slowly to have a place in the scheme of things.  ❜ ❛  i swiftly learned where i was welcome, & where i was not.  ❜ ❛  he is capable of a pettiness & vindictiveness that i never encountered in others.  ❜ ❛  royalty has no leisure to ignore such opportunities, or to let them be created for others.  ❜ ❛  sneaking & thieving as always. ❜ ❛  are your ears stopped with wax ? do you hear nothing i say ?  ❜ ❛  quiet work, the diplomacy of the knife.  ❜ ❛  you think he will not remember your words when he is grown ?  ❜ ❛  i’d be a fool to lie to him.  ❜ ❛  now you are mine.  ❜ ❛  i will keep you, & i will keep you well.  ❜ ❛  they have no reason to rise up against me, save the ones she invents in her head.  ❜ ❛  her ambitions have always exceeded her abilities.  ❜ ❛  one needn’t love in order to depend.  ❜ ❛  you had to put yourself before his eyes, did you ? had to call attention to yourself.  ❜ ❛  oh, so you can be swift spoken, when you’ve a mind ?  ❜ ❛  some nights, if things are a bit too quiet for you, you can find your way down here.  ❜ ❛  did you think i was not a man of my word ?  ❜ ❛  men always see another’s good fortune as a slight to themselves.  ❜ ❛  stop being a nosy little gossip & attend to your chores.  ❜ ❛  i want a bit of time alone with you, before the others come.  ❜ ❛  a ruler must be ruler of all his people, for one can only rule what one knows.  ❜ ❛  as if any servant has any say over what his master does.  ❜ ❛  well, here is the proof that he hadn’t been the man he’d pretended to be.  ❜ ❛  you get the most peculiar notions.  ❜ ❛  it’s a common way for common folk, but not for royalty. or for anyone with a bit of pride.  ❜ ❛  it’s fine to fall in love, & no - one begrudges a young woman or man a kiss or two.  ❜ ❛  your pedigree is written all over you.  ❜ ❛  do you know who i am, or why you’re here ?  ❜ ❛  you speak to no - one of what we do here, nor of anything you learn. understand that ?  ❜ ❛  you’ve learned to guard your thoughts so well, you’re almost afraid to let yourself know what they are.  ❜ ❛  there you are, you rascal ! what mischief have you been up to now ?  ❜ ❛  sometimes i get tired of doing the hard things.  ❜ ❛  i don’t ask any more of you than i ask of myself. you know that’s true.  ❜ ❛  i learned to lie very well. i do not think it was taught to me accidentally.  ❜ ❛  can’t be too careful. can’t put your trust in just anyone.  ❜ ❛  i’ve got no heart for this.  ❜ ❛  if you wanted to test my temper, you’ve done it.  ❜ ❛  remember who i am to you !  ❜ ❛  winter’s soon over, & i’ll be on my way again.  ❜ ❛  it’s a good life, walking free on the roads in summers.  ❜ ❛  what other prospects do you have ?  ❜ ❛  you’re a hostage to your own bloodline.  ❜ ❛  just what do you think you’re up to, sneaking away at this hour ?  ❜ ❛  he never did anything to make me think he cared about me.  ❜ ❛  if you ever make it so they don’t need you, they will kill you.  ❜ ❛  how can i protect you when you invite troubles on yourself ?  ❜ ❛  you’re not helping him by holding him that tight.  ❜ ❛  i had a dream so clear, like a vision, or a warning.  ❜ ❛  were you here because you didn’t trust me ?  ❜ ❛  time & tide wait for no man.  ❜ ❛  we have lived too soft, & the old gods punish us.  ❜ ❛  i didn’t mean to be seen like this.  ❜ ❛  hard times are here, boy, & i wonder if they will ever pass.  ❜ ❛  few enough of them can afford any romance in their lives, so they imagine all they can for their king.  ❜ ❛  these hopes & devotions begin to seem pathetic, rather than noble.  ❜ ❛  they don’t have enough kinship left in them to be a band of anything.  ❜ ❛  will you think me cold when i say that we were relieved to hear he had been killed ?  ❜ ❛  will it bother you if i stay ?  ❜ ❛  i think you have confused me with someone else.  ❜ ❛  when you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead. let’s start again.  ❜ ❛  you have a way of presenting yourself to the very people you should most ardently avoid.  ❜ ❛  i didn’t know it was her. i’m surprised there was no gossip about her arrival.  ❜ ❛  personally, i think she regrets much, & is trying to make up for lost time, something that never works.  ❜ ❛  for someone as perceptive as you are, you’ve got some very odd blindspots.  ❜ ❛  what do you know of him by reputation ? what do you suspect ?  ❜ ❛  he mocks me, but from him, it seems a kindness.  ❜ ❛  he makes me feel important, that he could choose me to talk to.  ❜ ❛  keep it private that he comes & speaks to you. some could take it amiss.  ❜ ❛  no man, not even a prince, merits such blind devotion.  ❜ ❛  it is a heady thing to be suddenly proclaimed the centre of someone’s world.  ❜ ❛  are you going to let her buy you with gifts ?  ❜ ❛  she keeps trying you out, hoping you’ll manifest some sudden talent, so that she can flout you about.  ❜ ❛  you know, [ name ] has become quite fond of you.  ❜ ❛  [ name ] makes it no secret that they have no fondness for you.  ❜ ❛  i’ve tried my best to get to you see it’s shameful & wrong, but i’ve never really felt that you agreed.  ❜ ❛  a few times, i’ve sensed, or suspected, that you were tinkering with things no good man touches.  ❜ ❛  you thought to deceive me.  ❜ ❛  you strove to usurp that which had been given to another.  ❜ ❛  no - one ever gained anything by running away.  ❜ ❛  i have never met anyone as immune to gossip as you seem to be.  ❜ ❛  they wouldn’t have the wit to understand you, or the heart to appreciate you.  ❜ ❛  a prince’s hand cannot be wasted on something as foolish as his own choice.  ❜ ❛  go away & die, boy, or at least go away.  ❜ ❛  a man can’t be expected to succeed at everything he tries.  ❜ ❛  my worry is a burden i cannot put down.  ❜ ❛  when all roads lead to death, there is no point running down any of them.  ❜ ❛  it was said you were dead.  ❜ ❛  i came back for you, thinking you might need me.  ❜ ❛  go your own way, & be whatever you will. i’m done with you.  ❜ ❛  shall we try to put time behind us, & go on ?  ❜ ❛  damnation to you, must you always win ?  ❜ ❛  let us be but promised for a year or so. surely that will be enough for you.  ❜ ❛  the appetite for this is one that devours a man, not one that nourishes him.  ❜ ❛  what does the devouring of one man matter, if it saves a kingdom ?  ❜ ❛  i’d rather unman a man with a blade than turn the hounds of his own mind to nipping at his heels.  ❜ ❛  never pretend we are anything but what we are.  ❜ ❛  i have been waiting for you to come to apologize to me.  ❜ ❛  i’ve always thought that you thought well of me.  ❜ ❛  take this, & you may still live.  ❜ ❛  you & i, we have no time for distrust. there is much we must speak of.  ❜ ❛  too late to apologize. i have already forgiven you.  ❜ ❛  how you must have hated me.  ❜ ❛  all those years ? & you never learned better of me, never thought to yourself that i would not do such a thing ?  ❜ ❛  i have missed you, you know. missed you sorely, despite all our grievances.  ❜ ❛  i can never approve of, or ignore, what you do. never.  ❜ ❛  we are better parted.  ❜ ❛  i see a crossroads through the fog, & who always stands within it ? you.  ❜ ❛  had you some reason for telling me this story ? to impress me with your importance, perhaps ?  ❜ ❛  well. i will do this thing, then, but you must promise to take all the blame.  ❜ ❛  do not take it amiss, but i do not wish to seem to associate with you.  ❜ ❛  i fear you’ve made me a fool before my king.  ❜ ❛  perhaps i should save time, & cut my own throat.  ❜ ❛  it seems we have been here before, have we not ?  ❜ ❛  poor thing, pledged to a man she already hates.  ❜ ❛  shall we lose it all now, for the sake of haste ?  ❜ ❛  well, we shall see what mutual sympathy leads to.  ❜ ❛  [ name ], what are you ? what have you become ?  ❜ ❛  this was done by someone who believes himself very clever, & believes others are very stupid.  ❜ ❛  why must i come back ?  ❜ ❛  if we fail, we fail, but at least we will have tried.  ❜ ❛  it seems as if the closer i walk to death, the funnier everything seems.  ❜ ❛  you speak as if they follow the same rules of common sense as the rest of us.  ❜ ❛  how many bodies do you think you can leave in your wake ?  ❜ ❛  behave as if you cannot be touched, & no - one will dare to touch you.  ❜ ❛  i’d be a fool not to take this opportunity to remove you.  ❜ ❛  i would not want you to come to me, thinking there is blood on my hands.  ❜ ❛  go to sleep, & stop dreaming so loudly.  ❜ ❛  to the end of my days, i will bear the scars he gave me.  ❜ ❛  men cannot grieve as dogs do, but we grieve for many years.  ❜ ❛  the memories come without warning, without mercy.  ❜ ❛  i can no longer recall what it was i set out to do.  ❜

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❛ my father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. ❜ / @viaminvenia​

❛ are you implying that our company has been less than truthful? ❜ there was a fair bit of playfulness in his eyes — a way of letting her know that he wasn't upset about it in the least. ❛ your father is a wise man, but you'll soon learn that our kind keeps everything close to the vest. it isn't personal. ❜ well, at least for him, it wasn't. his uncle was a different story. ❛ what brings you down here anyway? your wise father warned you to keep away from our like. or so i overheard from your earlier conversation. ❜

[toadmemes]

* FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE PROMPTS ,

"something cannot emerge from nothing."

"any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere."

"the mind commands the body and it obeys."

"desperate people are the most dangerous."

"the concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future."

"hard tasks need hard ways."

"you must teach me someday how you do that, the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters."

"i cause pain out of necessity."

"you must learn to rule. it's something none of your ancestors learned."

"people need hard times to develop psychic muscles."

"what is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader."

"the people who can destroy a thing, they control it."

"be prepared to appreciate what you meet."

"take your time and be sure."

"it is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future."

"survival is the ability to swim in strange water."

"you fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood!"

"even occasional greatness will destroy a man."

"humans are almost always lonely."

"my father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality."

"greatness is a transitory experience. it is never consistent."

"from the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain."

"climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain."

"knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it."

"may this place give you as much pleasure as it has given me."

"paradise on my right, hell on my left and the angel of death behind."

"try looking into that place where you dare not look! you'll find me there, staring out at you!"

"it's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult."

"i often wonder in these later days if anything about him was as it seemed."

"the storm passed through us and around us, it's gone, but we remain."

"the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."

"mood's a thing for cattle or making love, it's not for fighting."

"fear is the mind-killer, fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration."

"when you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense."

"hope clouds observation."

"one should never presume one is the sole object of a hunt."

"if you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken."

"science is made up of so many things that appear obvious after they are explained."

"what senses do we lack that we cannot see or hear another world all around us?"

"the power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it."

"highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new."

"i should like friendship with you ... and trust."

"a killer with the manners of a rabbit—this is the most dangerous kind."

"once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject."

"prophets have a way of dying by violence."

"do as she says, you wormfaced, crawling, sand-brained piece of lizard turd!"

"this world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life."

"a ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel."

"the mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off.

"the human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive."

"a stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both."

"greatness is a transitory experience, it is never consistent."

"do not count a human dead until you’ve seen his body, and even then you can make a mistake."

"but it’s a human trait that when we encounter personal problems."

"but it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish."

"the person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in."

"i am not the kind of person i want to be."

"there was no mercy where there could be no stopping."

"your life is stolen."

"the hunter does not seek dead game."

"are you already training my replacement?"

"we tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that’s really chewing on us."

"where the fear has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain."

"what do you despise? by this are you truly known."

"i should've suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive."

"sad? nonsense! parting with friends is a sadness. a place is only a place."

"who asks for justice? we make our own justice."

"behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go i forth to my work."

"in such perfection, all things move towards death."

"there is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man—with human flesh."

"i never could bring myself to trust a traitor."

"i must not fear."

"a plan depends as much upon execution as it does upon concept."

"what is the son but an extension of the father?"

"you have eyes, yet cannot see without light."

"proper teaching is recognized with ease, you can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known."

"it's easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire."

"fear is the mind-killer."

"the way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training."

"to accept a little death is worse than death itself."

"life produces a different taste each time you take it."

"it's what we were meant to do."

"i see us giving love to each other in a time of quiet between storms."

"a popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful."

"don't sit with your back to any doors."

"there's steel in this man that no one has taken the temper out of..."

"any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die."

"we went soft, we lost our edge."

"you can’t buy security."

"we faced it and did not resist."

"thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

"there is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."

"it is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult."

"what has mood to do with it?"

"the day hums sweetly when you have enough bees working for you."

[melleth]

through the dawning age  we go walking together .  toward  the  yawning  grave  ,  burning  days  as  we  make  our  way  ,  we’ll  leave  our  bones  in  the  dust  .   𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 .           —     tolkien multimuse , loved by alexa

[velvetia]

KILI » The Hobbit Trilogy

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❛ think first before you try to run away from a problem, otherwise you might run into an even worse one. ❜ / @elvcnson​

❛ problem? ❜ raising his gaze to meet that of the prince, he raised his shoulder in a shrug. ❛ i see no problem. ❜ he did not fear legolas as he should, nor his father. in the grand scheme of things, they were merely a fork along a much greater road. an irritable diversion, but nothing more. ❛ unless, of course, you’re referring to your failed attempt at holding us in your gilded prisons. ❜

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❛ is this what you wanted to see? ❜ / @isilmerie​

for those first few moments, he was speechless. he’d laid eyes on elves before, but none that were like the woman that stood before him. she had an ethereal glow about her, and for the life of him, he couldn’t compel himself to look away. perhaps he never would. ❛ i’m looking for my brother. he’s about yay high with long blonde hair and enough weapons to fill an armory. ❜ his infatuation could wait. filí was his priority. ❛ have you seen him? ❜

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❛ you’re not a very convincing liar. ❜ / @moonsymbols​

❛ what reason would i have to lie to you? we’ve only just met! ❜ it wasn’t as if he were doing anything out of the ordinary. he was well within his rights to hunt within the bounds of ered luin, and this stranger was no dwarf. if either of them had cause to be suspicious, it was him.

[durinbled]

𝔥𝔬𝔴   𝔞𝔯𝔢   𝔶𝔬𝔲   𝔯𝔲𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔡?

ruined   by   loneliness   —   you   are   so   lonely.   you   are   miserable   in   your   solitude.   you   hate   that   you   cannot   bring   yourself   to   reach   out,   to   ask   for   help.   you   will   be   forgotten   by   all   who   never   knew   you.   your   biggest   fear   is   that   you   will   die   alone,   and   you   know   this   fear   will   be   seen   to   fruition.   you   refuse   to   extend   yourself   beyond   the   box   that   others   put   you   in.   and   it   is   a   box   no   one   dare   come   near.   you   are   lonely   because   you   are   afraid   of   yourself.

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[toadmemes]

* 400 RANDOM DIALOGUE PROMPTS (READ MORE) ,

"i never noticed your eyes were this pretty."

"i'll stay in tonight, thanks."

"i can't even trust myself anymore."

"anything to eat around here?"

"i hope to repay your kindness someday."

"you're a terrible flirt you know."

"the only time you talk to me is when you need something."

"how did you find me?"

"how can i possibly trust you? after all you've done."

"i take orders from your father, not you."

"you're not a very convincing liar."

"i thought i'd never see you again."

"why can't i come with you?"

"it was my fault. it was all my fault."

"all this anger and hate, it's not good for you."

"this is the part where you apologize."

"is being drunk an excuse?"

"let me out of here! let me go!"

"aren't we in a good mood today?"

"i was making sure you weren't dead, since you never called."

"there's nothing left for me here."

"i know i lied to you. you can hate me and it's all right."

"i've been waiting for you for a long time."

"what happened? i heard a crash."

"was it you? did you do all this?"

"don't come any closer!"

"looking for something?"

"you're too scared to do it, aren't you?"

"i thought you'd like this."

"you came back!"

"i like seeing you smile."

"i must warn you, i won't go easy on you this time."

"it's better to expect disappointment."

"sorry to put you through that. i guess i owe you one now."

"no way, i'm not doing that."

"it's you! you came for me."

"could you be happy here with me?"

"let me buy you another drink."

"why should i trust you?"

"he's only mostly dead."

"knowledge is power."

"i screwed up. i know."

"we're going to have to stay here tonight."

"help me choose something to wear?"

"i do care."

"i'm sorry, i'm not what you think i am."

"how many more people need to die before you're satisfied?"

"you scared me."

"just try to hang on."

"i risked my life for you!"

"two years later and you haven't changed."

"we're not so different after all."

"i need you to trust me."

"why are you being so stubborn?"

"you don't scare me."

"i'm scared of what you're becoming."

"you look like you just saw a ghost."

"that's quite a scratch you've got there."

"i've always hated it."

"this is the part where you leave."

"don't treat me like a child."

"you were talking in your sleep."

"what are you doing out here by yourself?"

"wait. i've heard that sound before."

"would it be alright if i borrowed this?"

"i think i have a bit more experience with this thing than you do."

"it's not stealing if it was mine to begin with."

"it's nothing personal."

"you were going to leave without saying goodbye?"

"i'll still be here when you wake up."

"don't you fucking dare!"

"you're lucky you're cute."

"it's too dark, i can't see anything."

"i swear it wasn't me."

"that is not an appropriate question to ask a lady you've just met."

"i've got your back, okay?"

"how long have i been asleep?"

"just who do you think you are?"

"i think i might've broken something..."

"i wish you'd take better care of yourself."

"is this what you wanted?"

"what do you want in exchange for it?"

"did you miss me?"

"i'm trying my best and it's not good enough."

"it's not safe for people to see us together."

"don't lie to me."

"i see a lot of myself in you."

"take a seat, we're gonna be here a while."

"i won't hate you. i know you think that's what you deserve but it's not."

"who do you fight for?"

"it's rare to see your kind around here."

"walk with me?"

"i know you better than you think."

"why did you bring me here?"

"what did you want to tell me?"

"you don't even know my name."

"it's nothing, i'm just tired."

"of course i care. you're my family."

"i didn't tell you because i was afraid... of losing you."

"where is my candy, you son of a bitch?"

"you want me to punch him in the face?"

"please... say something."

"who the hell invited you?"

"we need to be careful."

"i just wanted to say i'm sorry."

"we're locked in!"

"don't be naked. i'm coming in."

"do you ever get afraid?"

"you wouldn't understand."

"promise you'll say something if you need help?"

"where have you been?"

"there was blood everywhere."

"i just need to step away for a bit, get some fresh air."

"we're safe, aren't we?"

"how about a little midnight snack?"

"how many people have you killed? how many?"

"whatever you're going to ask, the answer is no."

"you look... amazing."

"this isn't just about you. it's about what's best for all of us."

"you owe me a dinner. a very nice dinner."

"in about a minute, you'll be sorry you didn't listen to me."

"i wish we never met."

"you're late."

"we all have secrets, don't we?"

"i know i have a right to be angry, but i don't want to be."

"i see you don't recognize me. well, it was a long time ago."

"you showing up here must be fate."

"some risks are worth taking."

"you've been so quiet. what's on your mind?"

"you must be lonesome over here by yourself."

"you're very kind. some day it'll get you killed."

"this seems... dangerous."

"snap out of it!"

"have you been following me?"

"you can't or you won't?"

"how long have you been standing there?"

"i'm sorry i didn't come sooner."

"we can't keep going on like this."

"i don't need your help."

"i think i'm getting sick."

"i know who you are. i know what you've done."

"please tell me you have a plan."

"i just wanted to see you smile again."

"can i ask... what happened?"

"tell me it's not true. please."

"would you run away with me?"

"don't look at me like that."

"wow, look who remembered my existence."

"why are you really here?"

"have a drink with me."

"life is about more than just surviving."

"treat me like the princess that i am!"

"it's a gift. i had it made for you."

"thank me after we get out of this alive."

"you're not human, are you?"

"are you kidding me? we're not 'fine'!"

"they're better off without me. but i guess that's their choice."

"are you lost too?"

"come on. it can't be that bad."

"i don't like this. it feels... wrong."

"will you stay with me? just for tonight."

"can i help you?"

"you don't need to protect me."

"you can't leave me here alone!"

"you can stay with me."

"quick, this way. before they see you."

"i think the power is out."

"did you ever care about me?"

"did you hear that? it sounded like a scream."

"being strong doesn't mean never asking for help or admitting you're in pain."

"i'm here to drink alone."

"i did warn you not to trust me."

"you could've just used the door."

"you know, i really hoped i'd never see this place again."

"nobody tells me what to do."

"why can't you tell me what's wrong?"

"i'm really not one for crowds."

"don't be so dramatic."

"something's coming."

"i just wanted to do something good for once."

"you don't have to shout at me!"

"forget about me. just save them."

"it's fine. nothing i haven't dealt with before."

"i guess it runs in the family, huh?"

"this isn't our fight. it's my fight."

"do you ever stop being so serious and dull?"

"i heard you were dead."

"i'm going to get you out of here."

"that's a terrible story."

"here, take this. you'll catch a cold."

"you slept with her, didn't you?"

"i had my suspicions, but until now i wasn't sure."

"evacuate the civilians, i'll buy you some time!"

"he was unconscious when i found him."

"you don't have to hold my hand."

"i'm not leaving you."

"you're not getting away this time."

"you're clearly not okay so stop bullshitting me."

"i would give my life to keep you safe."

"do you want me to go?"

"trust me, these people are not your friends."

"i guess it's my turn to thank you."

"i bought two. here."

"i need to go. i can't be here."

"it's four in the morning. what are you doing?"

"do you ever stop talking?"

"it's not going to be easy, you know."

"well, how do i look?"

"are you threatening me?"

"you can never admit when you're wrong!"

"may i have this dance?"

"he knows more than what he's telling us. much more."

"we can't fix this. can we?"

"count me out."

"i don't know. shut up. i'm not blushing."

"let go of me! i have to help them!"

"i won't let anyone hurt you."

"do you ever hear yourself?"

"i've never had any sort of family before."

"you look better in my clothes than i do."

"i'm still learning."

"oh, i get it. you're trying to weasel your way out of having to practice."

"death is a part of life. i accepted that a long time ago."

"you see everyone so clearly except yourself."

"is this seat taken? sorry, it's a bit crowded here."

"what are you smiling at?"

"we're in completely different leagues."

"what if i never see you again?"

"we should get a pet."

"don't touch me. get away from me."

"i want to be there when you get what's coming to you."

"i'll believe it when i see it."

"you're lucky that i found you when i did."

"you're not dating anyone, are you?"

"you're not alone. i'm here."

"i never want to see you again."

"we can just sit here, you don't have to talk."

"i could show you the way."

"do i frighten you?"

"i didn't realize you were in so much pain."

"well, this is where i live."

"i'll be here. when you're ready to talk."

"you refuse to tell me where you're going?"

"i've seen you before, walking by."

"was that a friend of yours?"

"i'll make you bleed."

"wait. did you hear that?"

"i'm not even going to pretend to understand what you're talking about."

"i made a mistake."

"why don't you just kill me?"

"it's a lullaby. would you like me to sing it to you? would that help you fall asleep?"

"i already made my decision, you're not going to change that."

"i thought you... i saw you get shot."

"take me with you."

"you look awful. what happened?"

"you knew and you didn't tell me?"

"you shouldn't insult people that are bigger than you."

"how about you let me show you around?"

"i'm just saying, murder is an option."

"what's that smug look for? you think you can do any better?"

"for some reason, i'm attracted to you."

"you defeated it? alone?"

"i didn't want you to see me like this."

"don't go. please."

"how do i know you're real?"

"rough day today?"

"seriously, what is that thing over there?!"

"i'm not sober enough to talk about this."

"you should've thought about that before you got into a fight."

"you like this, don't you? i remember you saying that."

"what now? i'm tired."

"it won't be easy, that's for sure."

"watch what you say. the trees have ears."

"can you forgive me?"

"just let me do this for you."

"why were they coming after you?"

"why are you talking like we'll never see each other again?"

"why did you help me?"

"would you like something for the pain?"

"why did you come?"

"you snore in your sleep. it's adorable."

"i'm glad i could share this with you."

"just admit it. we're lost."

"well, don't stand there in the rain. come on."

"i really thought you were gone this time."

"if you tell me yours, i'll tell you mine."

"are you... smelling me?"

"i have a spare bed."

"your plan's gonna get us all killed, and you know it."

"find someone else to listen to your problems."

"i promise i'll never hurt you again."

"where do you think you're going?"

"it appears my trusting nature got the better of me. it's happened before."

"how did you get this scar?"

"you stepped on my foot!"

"i'm not sorry."

"i don't know how you do this every day..."

"what did you wish for?"

"there's no turning back now."

"see? i'm not just a pretty face."

"i'm on your side."

"do you remember anything? at all?"

"you don't know who i am, do you?"

"please don't do this, don't act like you care."

"i just want to take it all back."

"am i not good enough?"

"i won't let them hurt you."

"i'm fine, let me see your arm."

"why can't you let me in? what are you so afraid of?"

"this is wrong."

"none of this would’ve happened if you had just listened to me!"

"don't run away from this."

"you wanna know what your problem is?"

"so why's it so important anyway?"

"i'm not here to talk about my feelings."

"close your eyes and hold out your hands."

"seems like i'm always saving your ass."

"let me help with that."

"you know you aren't allowed in here, right?"

"don't shut me out. please."

"fine. i'll help you but you have to help me."

"i don't need you to understand, i just need you to help me."

"i have to do this alone."

"i'm not talking to you when you're like this."

"i don't need you anymore."

"why did you wake me?"

"how many times have i told you? you can't visit me here."

"jealous? i'm not jealous!"

"this place is cursed... i can feel it."

"you need to stay still."

"i've been to many strange places... but this is a new one."

"dangerous to be out so late."

"don't make me go by myself."

"i can't leave you alone for one minute, can i?"

"we're wasting time."

"you... don't like me very much, do you?"

"i would never lie to you."

"give me one good reason why i should believe you."

"i'm not sure what i'm supposed to feel."

"you're about as intimidating as a butterfly."

"no more lies, no more secrets."

"do you wanna get out of here?"

"what did they do to you?"

"i don't go away if you ignore me."

"you don't know when to give up, do you?"

"i can't help you unless you talk to me."

"what was that for?"

"you can't just come into my life and go right out of it. i won't let you."

"think of it as a compliment."

"did you want to be alone?"

"who did you piss off this time?"

"you'll be no help to anyone if you run yourself into the ground."

"stop trying to figure everything out. just focus on now."

"are you saying you care about me?"

"i did what i had to do."

"what? no witty remark? nothing clever to say?"

"i don't think we're supposed to be in here."

"they have us surrounded!"

"i've come for you."

"promise me?"

"why are you looking at me like that?"

"you'll always have a home with me."

"i never meant to hurt you."

"i believe you."

"let me see that."

"you can relax. we're safe here."

"you have to go somewhere safe."

"we've been through a lot. i think we should just lay low and take it easy."

"when was the last time you ate something?"

"we have to leave, now!"

"i need your help... and you need mine."

"i wasn't flirting, i was being friendly."

"change isn't easy."

"there has to be another way."

"i don't care what they say about me."

"you've lost a lot of blood."

"you don't give a shit about me."

"you want me? here i am."

"i never wanted to hurt you."

"it's very rude to stare."

"i don't often get the chance to talk to someone like you."

"if you have something to say, spit it out."

"when was the last time you slept?"

"i can't do this without you."

"you're such a fucking coward."

"i'm not drunk enough for this."

"i hope you haven't been standing out in the cold this whole time."

"i wish i could hate you."

"why are you still here?"

"you're hot when you're angry."

"are you going to kill me?"

"i don't have a plan, but we'll figure it out."

"we can stop them. i can help you."

"i don't feel so good."

"promise me you won't overreact."

"is... that my shirt you're wearing?"

"you look like you need a hug."

"what do these symbols mean?"

"you can't decide what's best for someone else."

"i guess i should've told you."

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𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐏  𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄.

NAME:  kíli

RESIDENCE:  ered luin / the blue mountains

TYPE OF BED:  given the destitution of the dwarves prior to the company’s long trek to erebor, kili’s bed at home is by no means luxurious. the carvings of the wood are intricate, but besides that, it is a regular, dwarf-sized bed — not too big and not too small.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS:   kíli keeps at least three on his bed, each made of a different type of fur. his room is well insulated, but because ered luin is a colder region, extra layers are necessary to keep warm.

NUMBER OF PILLOWS:  he has two and uses the second one to prop himself up if he can’t sleep.

TYPE OF CLOTHING:   the clothes he sleeps in are comfortable, durable, and warm because anything less could lead to hypothermia (depending on the weather in that region).

DO THEY SLEEP WITH COMPANY?: only when he’s traveling on the road for an extended period of time.

DO THEY SLEEP BETTER WITH COMPANY?:  no. dwarves are notorious for snoring or making sounds in their sleep. he prefers the quiet of sleeping on his own.

DOES IT MATTER WHERE THEY SLEEP?:  not really. as long as it’s decently warm and nothing is jabbing him in the back, he can sleep just about anywhere.

WHAT DO THEY DO IF THEY CANNOT FALL ASLEEP?:  while he’s on the road, he likes to gaze at the stars or sharpen his weapons. at home, he puts fire in the hearth and studies the maps he’s collected over the years.

FREQUENT DREAMS, NIGHTMARES:   he has frequent nightmares about losing what remains of his family. it is part of what propels him to train even harder, especially after thorin informs him of their venture to the lonely mountain. if he dreams, he seldomly remembers what happened in them.

DEEP SLUMBER OR NAPS:  naps are glorious. he sleeps lightly in case of an attack. therefore deep slumbers come infrequently, if at all.

WHEN DO THEY SLEEP:  he sleeps at night and when it is safe to do so.

WHAT COULD WAKE THEM UP:   any sudden movement is capable of waking him up. even though he has been in a few skirmishes and even fewer battles, his training for battle has made him a light sleeper.

tagged by: @tharanduil​ tagging: you!

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tharanduil​:

The one painted in the light of a villainous creature only so much as quirked a single brow at the prisoner.    It was difficult to believe his words after Oakenshield had done his best to fling vulgarities through the entirety of Eryn Galen’s palace.    And Thranduil was unreasonable — he would laugh, weren’t the issue at hand so dire and a magnet to all kinds of peril.    Failure to bite back a crooked, mocking smirk yet reigned the elvenking who aimed not to linger by Kíli’s cell for long.    That was Tauriel’s speciality, evidently.    One had to wonder if that was because the young dwarf indeed might bear more wit than his irritable uncle; why else would she bother ?

❝  The creature I make of him.  ❞    Interesting.    In fluid motion did he close the gap between himself and the iron bars, hands loosely clasped behind his lithe frame still to convey a sense of ease.    For he was not in the poor situation here.    ❝  Let us hope he will grow aware of those competences you praise. For I have an inkling that in this very moment  ❞,  he trailed off, a side glance darting to the other cells of that row.    ❝  He does not lead his people wisely.  ❞

it took a considerable amount of restraint to keep from rising to thorin’s defense for a second time. thorin was far more than a leader to him. he was the closest thing he’d ever had to a father, and ever since he was a lad, thorin had trained him in languages, metalworks, and a wide away of weaponry and skill. he wouldn’t be the dwarf he was today if it weren’t for his counsel, and yet, at that moment, the young prince knew that he had to keep his rebuttals to himself. it was much clearer now that thorin’s meeting with the elvenking had not gone as any of them had hoped.

❛ it seems that we are at your mercy then. ❜ what else was there to say? unless the halfling had somehow found his way inside, all he could do was wait here and hope that the two kings would eventually come to an accord. ❛ all i ask is that you do not bring harm to us, for we do not wish to harm you. ❜ of course, he couldn’t say the same for his uncle, but his pride would take time to heal. in the meantime, kíli was determined to make as many amends as he could, no matter how small or fruitless they may be.

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grimsins​:

   ✝    :    @durinbled​   ,   starter call !

childish.  the  brothers  come  together  and  they’re  nothing  but  fun  and  games.    (    when  not  on  some  life-threatening  journey,  of  course!    )    while  some  of  the  others  have  begun  to  doze  off  around  the  campfire,  fili  silently  picks  up  a  few  stones  from  the  ground  he  sits  upon.  with  a  soft  pssst,  he  waits  until  he’s  captured  kili’s  attention  before  silently  daring  to  start  a  game:  who  can  successfully  land  stones  within  the  flaps  of  bofur’s  hat?  he  takes  aim  and  so  effortlessly  gives  the  rock  a  good  throw.  .  .  only  to  watch  it  bounce  off  another’s  head.  they  merely  stirred  and  rolled  over  to  their  side  as  fili  whispers,    ❝    go  on,  then.  let’s  see  if  you  can  do  any  better.    ❞    

while the rest of the company dozed around them, he glanced across the fire at his brother, broken from his thoughts by the soft sounds he made. thinking he’d missed something big, he quickly righted himself, ready to make haste to the forest’s edge. that is, until he noticed the stones clutched in filí’s hands. kíli didn’t have to say a word. he already knew where this was heading, and from where he sat, he gathered a small array of forest scraps. some were stones, but there were also pine cones and bits of shale mixed in as well. ❛ i venture i can. ❜ grinning wider than he had in days, he lobbed a pine cone onto bombur’s belly, watching with bated breath as it rounded the rim of bofur’s hat before skittering off into the bushes.

❛ it may not be in, but it certainly was better. ❜