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 Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:21 am
"I'm not going to start calling it precious." She let a little hiss slip into her voice on the word. And then she sighed. "But you'll give it back? I mean, if I am Bilbo it's probably safest with me, right?" She had seen the movies, and read the books. It was nice of Mark to use references she understood. "Even Gandalf thought so. I mean, I've had it a while." Still, Mark made some sense. A little hesitantly, she held the ring up for him to see. "Has gold made any zombies?" Zoobey Some years ago I wrote about Sherry being super excited about The Hobbit move coming out. I never thought it would come up again. ahaha.
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:33 pm
"Bro," began Mark, even though Sherry was definitely not a 'bro' in terms of gender at least, "If I dunno, Bilbo had told Gandalf earlier, then they could have traveled to the freaking fire of Mt. Doom before the whole Sauron awakening thing."
He looked at the ring before using his sleeves to hold it up, very much afraid of actually making direct skin contact with it. Nothing happened, and he rubbed it a little with his free sleeve and then flipped it over to see if he could find an engraving on the inside, possibly in some sort of cursed language. "Look, can we not talk too much about the lega-you-know-what-cies, it makes them super excited and in turn, makes things way, way, way worse. No colour, no names, nothing okay, just refer to them as like, artifacts, and if you need to address any by name, how about just like, Steve."
With a lot of reluctance, he handed it back. "I still think you shouldn't use it," he repeated for the tenth time, "nothing good ever comes free."
The last part was a quote from some movie or TV show, but he couldn't remember which one.
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:46 pm
"Maybe," Sherry agreed. "It would have been less fun though." Mark was given a very serious look. "Why didn't you say something earlier? I would have been more careful. Artifacts, Steve. Ok. Got it." "Thanks," she said, taking the ring back. "I know, and I'll take the warning to heart. I really don't know if it's, uh, usable. I think I made it mad at me because I wouldn't kill Carl." She was about to slip the ring back on. "Oh. So, uh. Should I go look for him? I don't think Carl is happy with me, either." Sorry, Mark. Sherry was a pretty crap babysitter.
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:59 pm
"I dunno, should you go look for someone you just tried to kill?" Mark held out a hand, "No, don't answer that, he's probably just hiding in Rep's room again or something. Just like, take this-" he gave the DVD player to Sherry finally, after realizing at some point he had actually placed it down on the floor - "and don't move a muscle I'm going to get you the entire collector's edition of Lord of the Rings - to borrow - and you can watch it and maybe if that hasn't discouraged you from Steve we can watch the Hobbit together."
It was impossible to tell if Mark was trying to tell Sherry to not potentially turn into a homicidal maniac or ask her out, and he was gone a second later.
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 12:27 am
Sherry stood in the scorched hallway holding her new DVD player. It worked out that Mark was generously offering her hours of movies to watch, since she didn't own any DVDs. She'd have to get some. And it might be nice to watch The Hobbit again with someone who'd spectate it and not fall asleep. Maybe. Mark would probably lecture her the whole time. Which maybe she deserved. Dammit. She was basically Bilbo, wasn't she? Gold rings and dragons. She looked down at the ring, still held in her palm. Okay. Mark might be right, but Sherry was pretty sure the ring was safest with her. So she put it back on. As she waited for Mark, she wondered if she should try and apologize to Carl. Or, oh heavens. Would he remember what she'd done after he was back to himself? "Lord, I hope not."
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:34 am
Mark came back about ten minutes later with the DVDs, the collection surprisingly still in the box. "Just make sure to return these, I know Blu-ray is the way to go and all but these like, have sentimental value."
The Death assistant paused. "And um, between you and me, maybe you should like, avoid this um, specifically here, for the next oh, potential year."
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:50 am
"Thanks." Sherry was a little bit surprised Mark was trusting her with anything of value. "I'll get them back to you soon." She glanced at the walls, vividly remembering the look on Carl's face when he asked her not to kill him. "Yeah. Maybe." Turning to leave, Sherry said. "I'll let you know if anything changes with Steve," she waved her hand. "Let me know if I can help with Carl or anything."
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