[Ack, sorry, I didn't want to post while the masquerade was on. Just pretend I was there if you will.]

Vasa looked at Maralyn with a soft smile, "We shall come with you, no one would expect one person to go alone. Fearon and I will accompany you for as long as we have life." Fearon placed a hand on his wife's shoulder and nodded slowly in agreement.

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

Raelyn looked at everyone. "where do we start? what do we do?" Raelyn asked thinking hard about what they would encounter.

Alendariel too, glanced around. She knew no one present, but most assuredly, some course of action had to be taken. She glanced ar Raelyn, then addressed the group. "Do you know of an immeidate threat? I suppose that would be a good place to begin."

Raelyn looked around the room waiting for someone to answer. she hadn't known of any sudden threats here before becuase she had just only arived here.

Alendariel shifted her eyes awkwardly, feeling a fool for suggesting things to people she had only just met.

Maralyn turned to one of the soldiers and said quietly, "Where was young Airegwathion when he was attacked?"
"About a mile North of the main gate," the soldier replied, "Do you plan on visiting the site?"
Maralyn nodded, then turned to her new companions. "What do you all think? If, indeed, there are orcs in Imladris, I say we should drive them out with all haste."

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Alendariel could stand the silence no longer. She sighed. "Something must be done, that is certain. But are there truly no ideas as to where to begin?"

" i say we head north to where this young elf was attacked. they may have moved on some but not too much...orcs are pretty stupid."

Maralyn spoke up, "Ah, but that is where you are wrong, mellon nin," she said, tucking a strand of black hair behind one ear. "Never underestimate the intelligence of an orc, however stupid it may appear. Believe me, I have made that mistake one too many times." The she-elf shook her head gravely.

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Alendariel sighed. "Then we must muster a group formidable enough to withstand and overpower the foul creatures. Time slips as grains of sand between our fingers. What resources have we available to us?"

Raelyn thought about her choice to go again and thought about not going. " maybe i don't know what i'm getting myself into." she thought to her self. " no i have to go....what am i thinking these people need help. all the help they can get." she made up her mind to stay.

"These orcs must be after something." Turwaithiel said, holding the arrowhead in her hand. "This Elf wasn't killed by the force of the arrow...but by the contents." The group looked at her weirdly. "The arrow tip was poisened. Orcs never use poisen...unless under a terrible threat or need or want...we need to find out what they want before we put ourselves out in the open without knowledge of there whereabouts, all while there arrows are poisened."

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Vasa listened to the Elves' discussion, they all gave valid points and it was clear that something had to be done. She was about to speak when Fearon did,

"I think we should position people around and site, gradually getting closer to Imladris. When we see them approching we can signal and group up, that way we can take down more of them in one go. Just a suggestion, but it could work."

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

(sry guys i made a mistake. i've been posting as Raelyn but i ment to post as Lilane. just ignore it and pretend it says Lilane. lol)

Lilaine agreed with that idea. she looked at Maralyn " but we need something better then that too. i mean they could be attacking places other that Imaldris. maybe we should find out if there attacking other places and see what thoughs other places are and see if the places have anything in common. then act on what we find out." she said

"That seems a sensible plan. But I agree with Vasa and Turwaithiel also. But in the mean time, we require resources. Weapons, an army..." she glanced around her. "And I believe that we should have and investigation into the young elf's death. It would clear up plenty of the fog that clouds the intentions of the orcs."

"yes that we must do first." Lilaine said thoughtfully. "Maralyn i am sorry for your loss. " Raelyn said rembered that she had known this young elf.