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Merimac Brandybuck

Merimac Brandybuck

Merimac Brandybuck (TA 2942–FO 9) was a Hobbit of the Shire, the second son of Rorimac Brandybuck. He was a guest at Bilbo Baggins Farewell

[tehri]

Saradoc: I have a feeling I'm going to regret asking...

Merimac: Then don't?

Saradoc: Where is Paladin?

Merimac: Well...

Saradoc: Mac, I swear, if you've done something that is in any way going to harm either his marriage or any political relations between Brandybucks and Tooks, I am going to take a leaf out of our da's book and take you over my knee no matter your age.

Merimac: ... How would I harm his marriage?

Saradoc: Really now, Town Pony, you really need to ask that?

Merimac: Alright, that's fair. Well, all I did was show him the kennel because Blossom had puppies the other week.

Saradoc: ... Ah. I see.

Merimac: I'm pretty sure I must've shown him the secret to eternal happiness, because I think he's still there.

Saradoc: Yes. Yes, he probably is.

[tehri]

Paladin: No really, this is ridiculous.

Saradoc: Paladin, it wasn't Merimac and I who decided to put the gate there. It's just... there.

Paladin: I don't understand why.

Merimac: We can tell.

Paladin: And why in the world would anyone of a sane mind go in there willingly?!

Saradoc: As Merimac said, woodcutters. We don't send them often, and we mostly stick to what areas we have on this side of the hedge, but...

Merimac: Also, children.

Paladin: WHAT.

Merimac: Children often dare each other to go in there.

Saradoc: Ah, Mac, I don't think-

Merimac: Saradoc and I used to dare each other to do that all the time. It's fine during the day, but it's best to not go very far - keep the Hay in sight. At night, either you don't go in or you stick right by the Hay.

Paladin: ...

Saradoc: Uhm... Paladin?

Paladin: Saradoc, Merimac. I think it goes without saying that if either of your sons ever try to dare any of my children into going in there, you won't have sons anymore.

Merimac: Wha-

Saradoc: Duly noted.

[tehri]

Merimac: Oh, cousin Paladin! I thought you'd want to rest - you've come a long way from Tookland, after all.

Paladin: Not far enough, apparently. There are shenanigans afoot, and I think I need to see this with my own eyes.

Merimac: See what, exactly?

Paladin: The idiocy that is the gate in the High Hay.

Saradoc: I told him, and he won't let it go.

Merimac: ... How is it idiocy? And how have you never heard of this before?

Paladin: ... You Bucklanders planted the High Hay for protection, didn't you?

Merimac: Well... Yes? The forest isn't that safe, after all.

Paladin: Then why in the world would you have a GATE in the hedge?!

Merimac: For woodcutters to go through? For folk to go in there if they want? We keep it locked most of the time, though. There's really just one key.

Paladin: SHENANIGANS.

Saradoc: Don't encourage him, Mac...

Merimac: No, no. I want to see where he's going with this.

[tehri]

Merimac: Was... Was cousin Paladin always that HUGE?

Saradoc: Yes.

Merimac: Are you sure?

Saradoc: ... On a scale of one to ten, how scared are you to approach him?

Merimac: Considering that scowl he has right now? About an eight... And that's just from seeing your wife greet him.

Saradoc: Wait until they start yelling at each other.

Merimac: ... Just imagining that made that scale jump up to fifteen.

Saradoc: That happens.

Merimac: ... He could lift you with one arm.

Saradoc: Probably.

Merimac: You should make him try.

Saradoc: ... Are you saying that because you're genuinely curious about whether he could or not, or are you saying it because you're trying to make fun of me for some reason?

Merimac: You always did like the tall ones.

Saradoc: I don't like what you're implying.

Merimac: You never do.