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

[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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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!

[O deer. His mouth nearly cracks into a smile at that, though the amusement still glimmers in his voice.] I will not.

[To be honest, Thorin is hesitant about trying her theory out, just because it makes no sense to him. ...But then, there's nothing else to take its place.

So he gets off and walks off-screen to pick up one of his candles and breathe in the top of it...and sure enough, a cloying whiff of vanilla meets his senses.

He snorts a bit.] By Durin, are they all tainted like this? [Blowing that one candle out just makes it go straight up his nose in the form of smoke and he coughs.]

If you bought them from the same place, they probably are... But hey, that's not so bad, right? I mean, I think stuff like that smells good!

[A pause, and then, due to the coughing:]

Are you alright?

[If he had to cough more, Thorin seems to draw it back at the question.] I am fine.

If not desperate to escape the smell of flowers in this world. It seems to be in everything.

[She tilts her head slightly, confusion evident.]

What's wrong with the smell of flowers?

Nothing, if it is not entirely overpowering and out of place.

Maybe open up your windows in that case?

[That would be the logical thing to do, wouldn't it?]

I will have to find other candles. Do you know if there are any in this world that do not carry a scent?

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