The Woodland Realm

[Zulu]

The entrance into Mirkwood is an arch leading into a gloomy tunnel made by two great trees that lean together, to old and strangled with ivy and hung with lichen to bear more then a few blackened leaves.
The path is narrow and winds in and out amongst the trunks. The quiet is so deep that your feet seem to thump along while all the trees lean over and listen.

As your eyes become used to the dimness you can see a little way to either side in a sort of darkened green glimmer.

There are black squirrels in the wood, you can catch glimpses of them whisking off the path and scuttling behind tree trunks.
There are also queer noises - grunts, scufflings and hurryings in the undergrowth. And webs, dark and dense, often stretching from tree to tree.

Please stick to the paths

[Zulu]

[glow=magenta,2,300]::Lo leads her horse up the path, after a long day of riding she needed to walk, resting her hand softly on Narya's mane she sings softly:: Sing we now softly and the dreams let us weave him,
Wind him in slumber, and there let us leave him, leave him.
The wanderer sleeps, now soft be his pillow,
Lullaby, lullaby, alder and willow,
Sigh no more pine till the wind of the morn,
Fall moon! Dark be the land!
Hush... hush... oak, ash and thorn...
Hushed be all water till dawn is at hand[/glow]

[Imrel]

*As is her habit, Imrel appears from a side path onto the road ahead, sans Rudigar for once, and instead leading a beautiful mare with a chestnut coat that gleams even in the dull light of the greenery.*

Are all Elves such gifted singers?

[Zulu]

[glow=magenta,2,300]::Lo smiles and blushes, wrinking her nose:: Most are more on pitch. Fox is a much better singer then I. Though its not a talent she shares often. Its a bit like her dancing...[/glow]

[Imrel]

I don't think I've met Fox yet. I take it she's a friend of yours?

[Melian]

*deep in the forest of merkwood mel strays from the path a bit looking for her favoret place to sit*

[Zulu]

Imrel said:

I don't think I've met Fox yet. I take it she's a friend of yours?

-Lo smiles and nods looking to the sky- Yes, she is perhaps my best friend, next to Legolas, When I was younger we were inseperable. -sighing a little she shakes her head, a soft smile in her voice- They are both enough to drive a girl to distraction

[Fox Birch]

[glow=darkgreen,2,300]do i really distract you so much, nightengale? *fox smiles from behind lo, her arrival absolutely silent and characteristic of this particular elf; she stands to face the two, a hand resting lightly on bark and the other loosely on her hip; she turns to Imrel* hello... i don't believe we've met... *she smiles warmly and extends a hand* i would be fox the distracting one...[/glow]

[Zulu]

-Lo laughs and wrinkles her nose, winking at Fox- Only when youre awake Lovie

[Fox Birch]

[glow=darkgreen,2,300]*she raises her eyebrows in amusement* and what am i when i sleep, i wonder?[/glow]

[Zulu]

-Lo grins and stroaks Narya's mane- Then you steal all the blankets and elbow me in the ribs

[Fox Birch]

[glow=darkgreen,2,300]*fox grins playfully* at least don't push you off the bed altogether... the floors here are not as comfortable as one would think... much less falling from such a soft matress... *she looks back at imrel and shakes her head* you see what i have to deal with?[/glow]

[Imrel]

*Grins, rolling her eyes slightly upward.*

Well, you must be very good friends or you wouldn't both be here.

*Shakes Fox's hand.*

I'm Imrel, by the way, it's a pleasure to meet you.

[Fox Birch]

[glow=darkgreen,2,300]*fox shakes her hand firmly and smiles* the pleasure is all mine... where do you hail from, Imrel?[/glow]

[Melian]

*mel having walked a few miles recignized a rock formation at the bottom of a tree and turns left. after afew hours she stops sits under a dark gloomy tree and decides to take a nap*