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B2MeM Prompt, Card and Number: Setting as Character N44 - underground, Legendarium Curiosities O64 - Tom Bombadil, Horror O68 - Footsteps and whispers
Format: Short story
Genre: Horror
Rating: T
Warnings: Implied character death, definite animal death, minor body horror
Characters: Tom Bombadil, Goldberry, Old Man Willow
Creator’s Notes: Yknow the nonsensicality is the point of Tom's song but it can take on a slightly more eerie cast when you consider that dol means going in Gaidhlig and I'm obsessed.
Summary: Tom Bombadil goes adventuring a few steps too far.

( hey dol merry dol )