They tell me I could be set free. [OPEN]

[darer]

Who: Thorin and anyone!
Where: Around Union/the library/his workshop etc
When: Early May
What: open catchall log for downtime. training? also music.
Warnings: None so far!

1. Just outside the city.

[ just outside the walls of union, far enough away not to be in plain sight but easy enough to stumble upon, thorin is training. this, here, means that he's brought a sword of his own and is sparring with adlan the doublade across a small clearing. neither of them are holding back much, yet somehow there hasn't been blood so far. how long he can keep this up is another question...

a shuppet hovers nearby, observing the two. possibly also standing (?) guard?
this isn't the kind of sparring that versus tends to condone, after all. ]


2. At the library.

[ on a quieter day, a better day, really, thorin can often be found at the roar of time library. he's most commonly buried in history books, accumulating as much knowledge as he can. of course there is only so much to be learned, with all the things that have been lost.

it might be rude to interrupt? you could always wait until he's looking for something else. ]


3. Home.

[ it's not every night that thorin brings out his harp. but tonight is one such, and he's brought the leather case downstairs to the living room. there's little of its initially golden coat of paint left, but it's well-cared for, and the instrument takes little time to tune.

he plays for himself, or for his pokémon that quickly settle next to him, and certainly won't mind more human company either. ]


4. Elsewhere?

[ find him at his workshop? run into him on the street? anything else you'd like to do? go for it! ]

Comments

[darer]

[Thorin smiles as he notices that the approaching steps were Kili's. At his feet, his growlithe stirs and yawns before trotting over to the other team.

Once the song is done, he let's the last notes ring in the comfortable, lived-in silence.]

You're not joining me?

[They haven't had much opportunity to play together lately, but he can't deny he misses it.]

[youngestone]

My fiddle's damaged. Not sure anyone 'round here knows how to fix it, either.

[darer]

[That makes his upcoming birthday present all the more fitting, doesn't it? Of course... only unless his nephew buys a new instrument first. He still looks suitably disappointed over a damaged instrument, though.]

I take it you've asked around?

[youngestone]

[He nods, sulking a little]

It's Calderan so Unionites aren't too sure about it. It's a fiddle. How different can they be between cities!

[darer]

[He sighs.]

If they make instruments anything like they make food, it isn't looking well. Still. We're going home for the Solstice next month.

[youngestone]

--oh yeah!

[Kili grins and Belbul twirls in the air as she tells the others about holidays back home]

Actual food! And Mom, of course.

[darer]

[Thorin can't help smiling as well. His Shuppet, curiously, supports Belbul in talking about Calderan holidays, and now it seems like the whole room is alive with excited pokemon chatter.]

It'll be good to be home. But do me a favour and don't tell Hayato yet. I think he'll try to talk his way out of going unless we spring it on him.

[youngestone]

Because of Gigas? You're probably right. I won't say a word.

[darer]

[Close enough. He doesn't know what Hayato's told Kili, after all, so he merely nods.]

Thank you.

Have you thought of something to bring home?

[youngestone]

[He shakes his head]

Nothing really. I can't think of what Ma would like from this place that I can afford.

[darer]

She'll be happy enough just to see you again, I don't doubt.

What have you seen that you can't afford?

[youngestone]

Ah, just a scarf in her favorite color. But I still don't know what I want to do so...

[darer]

You've asked around at the breeding center and the habitat?

[youngestone]

...no. I'm not sure how or if it's even good for me.

[darer]

[His confusion shows.]

You said you wanted to work with small pokémon.

[youngestone]

Only because I'm good with Eggs.

[Kili is very clearly uncomfortable now and isn't looking at his uncle]

[darer]

[Thorin sits back and watches him, not sure where the problem lies here.]

But?

[youngestone]

[Kili doesn't respond. He isn't sure how, and he's embarrassed.]

[darer]

[That gives him nothing to work with, leaving him unsure what to say. Try as he might to be a father to both of his nephews, he feels like he falls short often and thoroughly, fumbling his way through the dark. And yet, what can he do, really? What should he do?

Thorin sighs.]

So long as you find something you like to do, I'll be happy for you.

[youngestone]

I don't know what I like to do, uncle, other than mess around with Pokémon and harass Fili. Can't get a job harassing brothers, sadly.