Last Lines card, N41, "I think that he is singing" - Ho, Ho, Ho, to the Bottle I Go

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Challenge: Last Lines, N41 - "I think that he is singing"
Author: Azalais
Title: Ho, Ho, Ho, to the Bottle I Go
Characters: Eomer, Legolas, Gimli
Genre: Humour
Length: Drabble
Rating: G
Warnings: drunk as a skunk
Summary: It's been a long day. Come to think of it, it's been a long war.




Ho, Ho, Ho, to the Bottle I Go

Elf and Dwarf escaped with relief from the feast into the starlit Court of the Fountain.

“Fresh air! And the noise in there…”

“There’ll be some sore heads in the morning,”  the Dwarf agreed. “But if I understand aright, Gondor hasn’t seen a King crowned for an Age!”

A burly figure was leaning against the wall across the courtyard, waving a drinking-horn erratically and making an odd, rhythmical moaning noise. Gimli frowned.

“Is that –”

The keener-eyed elf nodded. “Éomer King of Rohan.”

“What ails the lad? Is he ill? In pain?”

Legolas shuddered delicately. “I think… that he is singing.”

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Comments

[jay-of-lasgalen.livejournal.com]

LOL! Poor Éomer - he's certainly going to be ill and in pain by the morning! I love this look at the celebrations after Aragorn's coronation.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

And I don't suppose he'll be the only sore head. Legolas, of course, will be maddeningly unscathed and up at the crack of dawn...

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Just delightful!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's just a bit of fluff, but it filled the prompt!

[engarian.livejournal.com]

LOLOL!

- Erulisse (one L)

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

:-)

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Oh that had to be so painful for an Elf to hear! LOL This was great fun. I love it when important characters are caught out. Bravo!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Legolas has a good musical ear, I reckon. It was just a bit of silliness that the prompt led to - glad you enjoyed it!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Eomer's been drinking dwarf ale, hasn't he?

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Or Dorwinion wine. Or mead. Or, and quite possibly herein lies the problem, all three ;-)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Too true! You are so good at writing this kind of humor-- very elegant and hilarious and full of lovely characterization. Well done!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

I think that's the first time my descriptions of Middle-earth excess have ever been called elegant! But I'm glad the characterisations ring true for you. It's silly, but I couldn't resist it :-)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Hehehehehehehe! Perfect use of that last line!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

I just heard it so clearly in Legolas' slightly pained tones, and then had to backfill the occasion and the singer...

[mikononyte.livejournal.com]

As the usual designated driver for my friends, I concur that Legolas be the designated elf. But a sober Gimli? Unheard of!

LOL

Fun piece!~

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Ah, I didn't say he was sober - he's just not as far off his face as Eomer. And probably well within his tolerance, so won't have anything like the hangover that's going to greet Eomer. Nor, unlike Eomer, does he have an outraged sister in the vicinity who will probably be throwing buckets of cold water over him at dawn...

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

*snort* Poor Legolas must be in pain, indeed--great use of the prompt.