action/dictated- One pensive hobbit

[unexpected_adventures]

[Bilbo isn't his usual chirpy self on the other end of the journal. In fact, he feels rather empty, as he's lost one of his closest friends and family members. The news of Frodo leaving had hit home worse than Bilbo had expected.]

I don't think it will be the same without him. [Bilbo bites into the teacake Frodo left him, in the letter he got.]

We Baggins are meant to stick together and yet, he has gone. I feel like a big hole inside of me has opened up. [Are you being silly, Bilbo? No, he was a good friend and relation.]

I just feel a little lonely right now. I know nothing can bring him back but....it doesn't feel right without Frodo. He was such a kind and wonderful hobbit. [Bilbo sighs and bites into more of the cake. Had the Ring anything to do with it?] I just hope he goes onto somewhere and has a nice life, as all hobbits should. Free of danger and worry. [Tough luck, Bilbo. You have to get a big jewel from a dragon and help a dwarf prince gain his kingdom back.]

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[willrememberthat]

He was really nice.

But he'll be okay, he has his friend Sam. I think he missed him a lot.

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[unexpected_adventures]

Yes, he was. Sam? Oh yes. [Bilbo vaguely remembers Frodo speaking about his hobbit friend.] It still won't be the same without him. He was a future relative of mine too.

[willrememberthat]

I'm sorry. I'll miss him too.

[unexpected_adventures]

Did you know him well? He is my future nephew, if that makes any sense. [When did anything in this castle make sense?]

[willrememberthat]

Um, sorta. I think. I met him when he first got here, and we would hang out sometimes.

So... you don't know him at home, you mean?

[unexpected_adventures]

No, I've never met him back home because he's from my future. All very confusing really. [Bilbo didn't understand time travel.]

[willrememberthat]

Yeah, time is really weird here.

[unexpected_adventures]

It definitely is. Is it true that time stands still back home? Someone told me that when I first arrived to the castle.

[willrememberthat]

I think so. None of my friends from home noticed anyone missing.

[unexpected_adventures]

It's all very confusing to me, really. I mean, I don't want to go back home and find time had moved forwards without me. [That could be bad. Erebor taken and lost? His own hobbit hole overgrown with weeds.]

[willrememberthat]

It'll be okay.

[unexpected_adventures]

Well, I hope it will. Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you went home and everything had changed?

[willrememberthat]

... not really. I don't want to go home.

[unexpected_adventures]

Oh. Is it that bad from where you came from before? [A horrible world filled with monsters, perhaps?]

[willrememberthat]

[Bingo.]

Yeah. It's pretty bad.

[unexpected_adventures]

What sort of bad? Or do you not wish to tell me? I don't mind.

[willrememberthat]

No, it's okay. People just usually don't like hearing about it. Where I'm from, dead people don't stay dead. They come back as walkers and eat the living.

[unexpected_adventures]

They don't? They....eat the living? Oh my...that's quite horrible! [Bilbo's face is a look of horror and astonishment.]

[willrememberthat]

Yeah. It's scary.

[wishmadeinfire]

It seems everyone is being struck with the grief of a leaving, these past weeks.

_{[ So many had gone, and it was both a relief and a sadness. They had been... friends here. And they left holes in the lives of those left behind. Ashura had not really known Frodo, but he understood Bilbo's grief. So many...]}

If you like, I will offer you the hospitality of my chambers and tea. It is not a hobbit hole, but I hope you can find comfort there.

[unexpected_adventures]

Thank you. I think spending time alone will not help how I feel at the moment. [You spend far too much time alone in your hobbit hole, Bilbo. Thinking and contemplating. You need to get out and do more.]

Are you an elf? Forgive my asking but...your ears.

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ He laughed softly and canted his head the tiniest bit in amusement. ]}

No, not an elf, but I am starting to think I might as well identify myself as one I get mistaken for that race so often. I am a Shuranian, though I do not expect you to know of my people.

[unexpected_adventures]

Nice to meet you then. A Shuranian? I can't say I've heard of your people. [Which isn't really surprising.] What is your home world like?

[wishmadeinfire]

Well, the closest thing I believe one can relate to it for you is - think of Lady Galadriel's forests, but thicker and wetter, hotter too. It would equate to a rain forest on an Earth world.

[unexpected_adventures]

Ah, so it is similar to the forests of Lorien? How beautiful. [Bilbo loves elves and anything to do with the race.] Are there many of your kind?

[wishmadeinfire]

Oh my people? Yes, many. Not here though. Alas, I am their only representative in Paradisa.

[unexpected_adventures]

You are? I see. I'm the only hobbit within the castle now, due to Frodo leaving. I do, at least, have some friends from my own world here with me. Thorin the dwarf, Bofur the dwarf and some elves.

[wishmadeinfire]

Oh, yes, I quite like Thorin. He was a bit edgy towards me at first, but he is fine company once he accepts you are not an elf.

[unexpected_adventures]

He can be like that at times, as he's got a lot on his plate. I'm in his company back home and we're trying to take back his kingdom from a dragon. If he hasn't told you that already.

[wishmadeinfire]

No, I have not heard quite all the tale, only some. A dragon, eh? That is quite the task. We do not have them, in my world, and I think I should count my blessings for it.

...Well, not dragons like I think you mean, anyways.