woodking: (I hear his hair's insured for $10000)
Thranduil ❧ The Elvenking ([personal profile] woodking) wrote in [community profile] paradisalogs2013-12-07 10:01 pm

Deck the Halls

Who: Thranduil and you!
What: Thranduil arrives! Kissmas shenanegins likely.
When: Now
Where: Floor 3
Rating: ... kissmas shenanegins likely. PG-13 to be safe?

When Thranduil had taken a step forward and found himself somewhere entirely different from where he had intended to be, the first thing he did was stop and examine his surroundings. Behind him was an open door of fine wood, behind that was an entirely unfamiliar hallway, in front of him was a room. It was furnished richly - too much so for his tastes, especially after having spent the past several thousand years becoming accustomed to the constraints and realities of living in Mirkwood, and even longer away from those whose business was crafting luxurious items that fulfilled no other purpose; the wood-elves made many beautiful things, but rarely anything so needlessly opulent. The sheer extravagance of his surroundings was in itself off-putting. Luxury was all well and good, but this....

Half because of the room and half because he should have been in a forest, and was beginning to wonder if the creatures he had come to attempt to dissuade from disturbing his people had somehow managed to reflect his magic back at him (but he was not asleep), Thranduil had turned and walked into the hall. It was nearly as rich as the room had been, gold and rich fabrics strewn everywhere, expensive woods and stones and glass as clear as water unfolding like a painting.

This was not home. This was nowhere familiar.

Exploring further was probably a good first step.

The door behind him had, in graceful script, his name on it, which was both thought-provoking and rather disquieting. It did, however, make him decide that it was as good a place as any to set down the bowl half-full of Dorwinion wine he was still holding, from the feast which he should still have been at; he had no real desire to carry it everywhere he went. Which left nothing to do but explore.

He both did and did not fit in with the grandeur of the castle - his robes were fine enough when the source was considered, but still rougher than what he was surrounded by, and there were a few dead leaves caught near the hem. He was crowned in leaves, with flowers braided through his hair, and although beautiful gems and gold and silver were winking at his belt and collar and fingers, they were not what lent him the aura of splendor that he carried with him. It was how he held himself which turned this all into a place where he could belong.
inafadingcrown: (Hard as di'monds)

[personal profile] inafadingcrown 2014-01-04 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
It's not precisely something that she would expect to hear from the son of Oropher, but she shows no indication of surprise. Instead she simply nods. "I believe I told him something of that nature when first we met."

She remembers Doriath too. Even if she is more forgiving than her husband, she does not forget.
inafadingcrown: (But if of ships I now should sing...)

[personal profile] inafadingcrown 2014-01-05 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
She smiles slightly at that. It's fairly amusing, but it does bring up another point. "There is another point about this place which I should mention, Thranduil. It has been known to bring us here from varying points in time. I, for instance, arrived here from the year three thousand and nineteen of the Third Age. I suspect that you cannot say the same."
inafadingcrown: (cool regard)

[personal profile] inafadingcrown 2014-01-05 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
"That is one question even I cannot answer. As I said, much of the magic here is beyond my ken."
inafadingcrown: (mirror)

[personal profile] inafadingcrown 2014-01-05 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Rare it is that I am placed in a position where it is necessary." She's not denying that she has weaknesses in other circumstances, of course. But why would she admit to them unless it served a purpose? With her kith and kin, it is a different story, but Thranduil is neither.
inafadingcrown: (Warm as sunlight)

[personal profile] inafadingcrown 2014-01-07 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
She says nothing in response to that, simply gives a little dip of her head in acknowledgement and agreement.