Messing about in the kitchen.

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Who: Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins
What: Both hobbits decide to go down to the kitchen and start cooking! It is what hobbits love best.
When: 2nd June
Where: Cair Paradisa kitchens
Rating: E for everyone. Lots of mess and fun to be had.

Bilbo had managed to find himself the castle kitchens after a long and arduous journey down the many staircases. This place was rather huge for a hobbit, as he was not used to spending his days within such a grand building. He was missing his hobbit hole and his hobbit activities he used to get up to. So, the kitchen it was. After meeting Frodo, his relation, he decided to visit the kitchen for some cooking.

It was what hobbits loved. Bilbo missed the smell of home cooking and some baking sounded like just the right thing. He entered one of the castle kitchens, as he acquainted himself some. Now, what would they bake first?

Decisions.

Comments

[bronwe]

The only problem with the kitchen is how high all the tables and cabinets are, as much as Frodo can wish for anything he needs from the castle, it still doesn't make for efficient stirring of soup when cooking it on the stove, to name an example. Especially considering his loss.

"A seed-cake!" Bilbo's favorite, of course. "Though now I must admit something to you first before we start."

I need some more happy icons for Bilbo XD

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Bilbo spun around, as he saw Frodo next to him. He hadn't even noticed the other hobbit entering the kitchen. "A seed-cake? Oh, yes! That sounds perfect." Bilbo nodded enthusiastically. Did Frodo know how much Bilbo loved seedcakes? He could have just wished one up inside the castle but that wasn't the same. The cooking and work going into it was what it was all about.

"Oh? What might that be?"

HAHA it was so hard to find many for Frodo lol

[bronwe]

Frodo knows all about Bilbo and seedcakes!

"Well, you see Bilbo, the castle grants us everything. Almost everything," he holds out his hand and wishes for a block of butter for example, which falls right onto his palm. Like a wizard! "But it takes something in return, something the residents call a loss, and mine is the ability to... reach higher things. I seem to always fall when I try."

Re: Most are of Bilbo looking terrified or disappointed XD

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Bilbo still felt in awe of what magic they possessed now. Was it magic though? There was always a flaw behind getting something for nothing, right? Bilbo somehow didn't trust the castle's intentions of giving anything to anyone.

"A loss? Does that mean you can't reach up and get the things you want? That must be annoying. What about getting some steps and reaching up? You could wish for some steps or a ladder, could you not?"

most are Frodo looking miserable >:

[bronwe]

"Yes, a loss," Frodo figures the best way might be to simply show him, so he sets that butter on the table and goes to drag one of the chairs nearer to the cabinets.

"The castle won't let me reach for things, you see," he climbs onto the chair first without much trouble, stopping to show Bilbo exactly how the loss works. But when he turns about and goes to reach for something, a can of sugar, suddenly it is as if his foot slips on something unseen and-- whoops, there goes Frodo in a laughing heap on the floor. "There."

Re: Aw, Bilbo will see to that! No more miserable hobbits from now on :D

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Bilbo watched as Frodo slipped onto the floor, as he went to reach something up high. "Oh. I see. Are you alright?" He went to help the poor hobbit up from the floor. A loss indeed! Bilbo still wasn't sure what his was, as he hadn't even thought about it.

"That looked rather painful. Has it happened often? The falling I mean."

[bronwe]

Hobbits really are sturdier than they seem. Frodo hops to his feet with no effort at all, as if he had only fallen onto a plush bed instead of the hard floor.

"Often enough that I am convinced it is no coincidence," that yes certainly that is his loss. He has heard of worse ones. "I'm beginning to grow used to it, I think!"

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Bilbo just frowned slightly at how used to falling over Frodo seemed to be. If it were him, he would probably have bruised his backside and other areas of his body by now. Hobbits were soft and not meant for being knocked around too much.

"I do not know what loss I have encountered. How do you know what you have lost if you don't know what was lost in the first place?"

[bronwe]

Frodo crosses his arms and tries to think. Hm. His cousin does have a way of bending words in such a way to make the question seem even more profound.

"I suppose, if it were a memory then it would be difficult to find out," he looks to Bilbo to see if he can help think of the possibilities. Age, perhaps. "But if it were an object or an ability, then those are more easily felt. Could you think of any, Bilbo?"

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Bilbo nodded then frowned. He really didn't know what item or memory the castle could have taken from him. Would it be something special or important? "Hm. It could be anything really, couldn't it? I suppose it would be something specific to your person, as it would have to make an impact to your everyday life." He mulled some thoughts around in his head. Think, Bilbo!

"Well....there is something."

[bronwe]

Frodo goes to take a piece of sandwich for himself, chewing quietly as Bilbo talks. A stray thought occurs to him that he should ask if it could be... Could it be? He doesn't want to have to explain the Ring to his cousin if he hasn't yet encountered it.

"What is it?"

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"Well, I'm not entirely sure but, I am thinking it is something that is quite precious to me. It's sentimental and magical." He went to touch the pocket which the Ring was concealed in and then gasped. His fingers delved inside the empty pocket and wriggled around in abandon. No.

"It's gone!"

[bronwe]

Frodo stumbles back a bit in reflex and fights the urge to reach out over the metal resting heavy against his chest. The last time Bilbo thought he meant to take the Ring from him was a stuff of nightmares, he would rather not tempt him again. But the thought of lying leaves a cold feeling in his stomach.

"What's gone, Bilbo?"

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Bilbo looked at Frodo then swallowed. This couldn't be. Had he perhaps dropped the Ring somewhere while on route towards the kitchen? Or had he lost it within the confines of his room? He was worried now, scrabbling around underneath worktops and cupboards.

"It is something precious to me. A piece of jewellery I acquired while travelling once."

[bronwe]

Oh, yes indeed. Frodo can't help but frown as he grips his fists at his sides to keep from reaching for the Ring. He can't hear its voice as clearly here, but the call is still strong, silent as it may be.

"I might know what you speak of, Bilbo. A ring. You granted it to me in your will along with Bag End," then remembering how morbid that might sound-- "Only because you meant to go on another adventure, a more pleasant one, so you had me hold it for safekeeping."

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"I gave it to you? But, why would I do that? Unless, this is my future, in that case I probably do give it to you. Oh, this is most confusing!" Bilbo huffed and then looked at Frodo. His precious magic ring was now with his cousin, but at least it was safe.

"Well, at least I haven't lost it, as you have it safe with you. You do, don't you?" His eyes darted over Frodo's tunic and wondered if he had it stored within his pocket also.

[bronwe]

Frodo takes a step back. Last time his cousin seemed like he was ready to do terrible things just to hold the Ring one last time, but still he fights the urge to reach out to his chest where it rests against his skin. The thought of lying doesn't occur to him, though.

"Yes, I have it in my keeping, and yes, this is your future though I promise not to spoil you with the details, that would make life quite dull, would it not?" He tries a meek smile. "But I am to keep it hidden, Bilbo. I was told by Gandalf to."

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Bilbo thought on Frodo's words then nodded. He was right. If Bilbo knew the future then what would be the point of living if you new what was going to happen? "At least I know you have it in safe keeping. Now I know what is lost, this means I cannot use the ring myself. Can you still use the ring, Frodo? You do know what it does, don't you?" Bilbo frowned slightly at his last words. Why would Gandalf tell him to keep it hidden? It was just a magic ring that made the wearer invisible, nothing else.

[bronwe]

He thinks even Gandalf would say it is unwise to want to know what happens next, for reasons even the wizard might choose not to say.

"I do," he wanders slowly across the room, hands in his pockets to keep himself from fiddling with the Ring. It would give him so much comfort but he must do without for now or else his cousin might steal it from him in the night and then where will he be it might trouble his cousin more. "But I am never to use it, for neither of us were ever its master, and it serves one greater and more evil."

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Bilbo nodded slowly. At least he knew what the ring was capable of and it was in safe hands. Had he shown it to anyone else within the castle? Bilbo's heart jumped slightly at that. He hoped that no one else knew of the ring's existence except Frodo and Gandalf.

"If you are never to use it, where do you keep it safe? If Gandalf does not want you to use it, why not store it somewhere you cannot get to?"

[bronwe]

"Somewhere hidden, Bilbo, where few would know or be able to take from me."

Although really, on a chain around his neck is hardly the safest place to keep a treasure, but he thinks he would know if anyone even dares to reach for it. The Ring already feels so much like a part of him, an extra limb, and he would fight to the death to keep it. His fear is that he might not be strong enough to let it go when the time comes.

"Worry not, I should think Gandalf would approve of where I keep it!"

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"Of course he would. Gandalf would have his reasons, you are right, Frodo." Bilbo nodded and jammed both hands in his pockets, as he tried to stop thinking about his little ring. It was just an invisible ring anyway, right? He could summon up what he wanted within the castle anyway. It was just special to him, when he found it within Gollum's cave those many weeks age now.

"Enough with the talk of rings and things, how about we cook something?" He smiled happily towards Frodo and wondered what mischief they would get up to in the kitchens together.