Video &/or Palantir - not locked because frantic mama is frantic (Forward Dated to post mission)

[marriedanidiot]

 Feanaro! Feanaro, I can't feel them, I can't feel them, our boys are gone! Feanaro, what's happen to Maitimo and Makalaure? Curvo? Atarinke, where are you?

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[marriedanidiot]

[ A sob ]

Oh... I hope... I pray they will. At the least... Feanaro, where are you? I... need you.

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita looks harrowed, then:]

Look- is it okay if I come find you and give you a hug?

It's- it's okay if you don't want one, though.

[marriedanidiot]

[ Nerdanel looks startled ]

I... oh, Nita. If you like dear. I ... wouldn't mind.

[Video]->[Action?] Or fade out?

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita nods. After this mission, a lot of people need hugs. Only seemed fair to her to ask!]

I'll head your way, then.

[irrationally]

[ Alice is still too new to realise how people leaving or disappearing here works, really. It all just seems bad to her.

And usually she wouldn't care. She hardly even knows anyone here on the train. But seeing Nerdanel like this hurts. ]

I.. [ She starts, then stops. Hesitates. She's so bad at this. ] I don't know if it would help at all, but would you mind some company right now?

[marriedanidiot]

[ She nods, slowly ]

I... would not object, my dear. But only if tis no bother.

I'm happy to action it if you want! Up to you

[marriedanidiot]

Thank you, Nita. The door is open.

[so_dark_a_road]

Disordered, how?

[ He feels terrible now because he didn't spend enough time with his brothers while they were here. He wonders if he might have gotten them to talk about what they really felt, and if he might have comforted them. He tried, of course, in what little time they had had together. ]

[Action]

[unfavorableinstigation]

[And so Nita makes her way to Cabin 3:C, trying to keep the noise from the void from wedging into her mind on top of her headache.

The fact that the door is open is infinitely better than it not being so - or than the room being empty. Nita still knocks as she makes her way inside, however.]

Hey... I'm here, Nerdanel.

[irrationally]

It's hardly a bother.

[ There's a pause, and a moment where Alice realises that sounds just a little too openly friendly and therefore vulnerable, so she quickly adds: ]

It's not as if I have much else to do at the moment. [ Yes, because clearly boredom is the only reason for the offer. ] Where are you right now?

[utulien_aure]

...What?

[At which point he reaches out with his own osanwe, trying to find Maedhros.

It should be easy, with them in such close proximity.

As after a few moments his jaw tightens and his fists clench, Nerdanel can probably guess how well that's going.]

[marriedanidiot]

He... he thought he was to blame... for bad things happening on the train.

[marriedanidiot]

[ She manages a smile for her ]

Thank you, Alice. I... I am in my room. Shall I meet you in the garden?

[Action]

[marriedanidiot]

[ Nerdanel sits forlonly on her bunk, Maglor's harp in her lap ]

Nita. [ She looks up and smiles faintly, making a welcoming gesture ]

Thank you for coming.

[marriedanidiot]

Findekano? [ She wipes away a tear ]

Oh... oh my dear, I'm so sorry. Finno, do you need me?

[tinkerheart]

I'm on my way, my love. I'm coming.

[He had not given up on search yet. Even if reason tells him there only so many places to look on the train. There might be many carriages but it's not endless...and he's actively shutting down the most worrying thought...they both can't feel them.]

[marriedanidiot]

[ She nods ]

I... I am in our cabin. I ... fetched Makalaure's harp...

action

[tinkerheart]

[Barely a moment later the door open and Fëanor storms in.]

Nerdanel.

[He pulls her into embrace, tries to smile even if despair looms over both of them like a dark cloud...They do come back.]

He wouldn't have left his harp if... he wasn't planning to come back?

[A false hope it may be but it's the only one he has.]

action

[marriedanidiot]

[ She all but collapses into his arms, weeping - she has lost them all once before, and this is almost too much to bear ]

I hope so. [ She whispers, clinging to his strength and solidity ]

Beloved, I... don't know how I can bare to farewell you again.

Re: [Action]

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita shuffles on through the room, leaving the door open to let the light out. There's too much pain all around to leave the corridor to the dark.

Taking care not to disturb the harp, Nita sits next to Nerdanel and opens her arms for a sideways-hug.]

I should thank you for saying yes, though!

[She chuckled, chagrined.]

[marriedanidiot]

[ Nerdanel gathers Nita against her, setting the harp aside ]

Ah, but you did not have to come.

[ She murmurs, voice tired but fond ]

It proves your kind heart.

[unfavorableinstigation]

Hnn...

[Nita hums noncommittally, feeling her own exhaustion. Her hug, meanwhile, is emphatic to make up for that.]

That's... true enough, I suppose.

But you have one, too. A lot of people here do.

[marriedanidiot]

[ Nerdanel runs a gentle hand through Nita's hair ]

Thank you for saying so.

[utulien_aure]

I feel as though I should be asking you that question.

[Shaking his head]

You need the others right now more than you do me. I'll come to see you later.

[so_dark_a_road]

What things did he think he was responsible for? [ Oh, dear brother! Maglor had always been one to feel guilty for events he couldn't have prevented. But this? What had happened to his thinking? ]