[002] [video | during the black-out event]

[heirwithouthope]

[From the look of things when the feed switches on, a slow nineties R&B music video is about to begin, judging by the dark room, the candles on every available surface, and the rugged man sitting on the edge of a well-crafted wooden bed--okay never mind, that's Thorin. And he looks bamboozled about something.]

The dark does not trouble me. There is convenience to be had in the non-burning lights built into these towers, but they are not necessary. Clearly we have other means. [As he turns to gesture at the candles, the light catches on the soot and gray mixed into his hair, before he looks back.]

...But what I do not understand is the sudden stench of this place. Someone explain to me why darkness would cause a place to smell of flowers. [A not-so-hidden sneer of disgust.] I would like to know.

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[masterofpuppets]

[Dirk just stares at the small man for a moment.]

Dude, darkness doesn't cause any kind of scent under any circumstances. Your flower smell is coming from something else.

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[heirwithouthope]

[Switching this to video again. Because say that to his fucking face, Man Bro.] Some form of magic caused all the lights to go out at once. It may very well be the cause of other changes to the ground and air.

And I am not this Dude, you speak of.

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[masterofpuppets]

[Alright, brah, he'll do video. Feast your eyes on a teenage boy with bomb as fuck anime glasses and gravity-defying hair.]

You just majorly dated yourself, bro. When and where are you even from?

voice

[implying]

Why, my dear, there's a simple answer to that one! You must have bought your "other means" in a romantic shop.

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[heirwithouthope]

You must have me mistaken.

[implying]

Not at all! I don't even know you to mistake you, for one thing.

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[freewoman]

Have y'been rollin' in the meadows, Thorin? [She really can't help the smirk.]

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[heirwithouthope]

[NOT AMUSED.]

You must think me an elf to partake in such a thing. Let alone enjoy it.

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[freewoman]

Righ', and I'm gunna suppose elves are weak then?

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[indirection]

Look to your candle-wax, dwarf.

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[heirwithouthope]

You think you may order me around, dragon?

[indirection]

I'm not ordering you around. I'm suggesting that you engage in some environmental awareness. That is to say, stand over one of your candles and breathe in.

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[governorkang]

[The darkness doesn't bother Kang, either, and he can see fine by the one candle on the desk in his room. The flickering light makes the bronze sheen of his scales more apparent.]

Flowers? I don't smell anything unusual.

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[heirwithouthope]

Master Kang.

I did not start to smell it until after the lights went out. This is what I do not understand.

[governorkang]

After the lights went out, and after you lit your candles?

[That's the only thing he can think of.]

audio... but he may recognize the voice.

[demonbloodblade]

[which is amused but not openly mocking.]

There are those that mix scents in with candle-wax to make a pleasing scent while the candle burns, or to mask odors.

audio (and for the sake of a thread between them, let's say that he doesn't)

[heirwithouthope]

[Thorin scrunches up his forehead at this, silent for almost a complete minute as he tries to settle upon a reaction.]




...Why?

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[demonbloodblade]

As I said some for the purposes of masking odors, others for a pleasing scent in a room - others use perfumes in lamp oil for the same effect. There are those who find scented candles romantic. Some temples use it instead of incense, the wealthy use it to separate themselves from the poor even through the air in their rooms being scented, and those who handle the dead use it to mask those odors.

Done right, it can be a pleasant thing; done wrong, cloying.

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[motioned]

Well, um, where did you get those candles?

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[heirwithouthope]

A shop.

I do not see how that matters: it was not run by a wizard, nor did the rest of the wares appear to be anything but ordinary.

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[motioned]

Well, if you didn't make them yourself or anything, they're probably scented! Can you go and sniff one of them to check? A-As long as you don't get too close, since they're on fire and all!

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[mentore]

Flowers?

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[heirwithouthope]

You heard correct.

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[dragonspeak]

[Merlin's been laying low during the whole black out thing out of self preservation, but this post just brings up another set of worries. Oh gods, what if there'd been another side effect of the lights going out? Maybe mixing his magic with any of the weird fiddly things around the place isn't a good idea...]

Er...flowers? Aren't flowers supposed to smell nice? [Wait, that's not the point.] Maybe one of the people living with you brought flowers home without you knowing.

[Video] hey girl hey <33333

[heirwithouthope]

If a dwarf wanted to smell of flowers, he would roll in a meadow.

[Just as Ygritte had suggested.]

It is only in my personal room that this scent lingers. There are no flowers here.