First Entrance!

[sharpeyedwarf]

On one side of the door, a dwarf was sleeping in a small cave in the Misty Mountains where the storms raged and mountain giants played. And then the ground opened up and a flash of light followed.

But where as his fellow dwarves fell into Goblin Town... this one rolled into a bar. Tumbling he landed flat on his back with a startled "WUFF!" noise and stared up at the unexpected ceiling.

It certainly didn't look like a cave.

Would someone care to help a dwarf out?




[Tiny tag: Kili]

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[sunbaked_baker]

There's a red-haired human woman at the bar, arranging a tray of baked goods for sale, when the sudden dwarf tumbles into the bar and impacted the floor.

"Are you all right?" she asks, approaching with a concerned look on her face. This entrance doesn't look like it was planned, to her.

[sharpeyedwarf]

Kili gives a start when he sees the woman. "Who... Where did you come from!?"

He struggles to his feet and stares around. He was going to pull out a weapon... but it doesn't seem necessary ... just yet...

[sunbaked_baker]

"Uh... just now, or originally?" she asks, not... quite clear what he's asking. Nevertheless, she has her flour-dusted hands spread lightly in the hopefully-universal sign of I'm unarmed and mean you no harm. "Until a few minutes ago, I've been in the kitchen, but I'm originally from New Arcadia."

But it's possible he was asking neither of those questions.

"What about you? I don't suppose you... know where you are?"

[sharpeyedwarf]

"Just now? Where did all of this come from?"

She looks harmless.

He continues to look around apprehensively. Where are his uncle and brother? Where is the rest of the dwarves and the hobbit?

[sunbaked_baker]

"Oh!"

Ohhhhh.

Well.

"This is Milliways. It's a bar. Er, a tavern. It kind of... shows up unexpectedly, from time to time," the young woman explains, knowing it sounds mad. "Wherever you were, on the other side of the door, you're not there now."

[sharpeyedwarf]

Kili turns around and stares at the door and then back at the woman.

"I've never heard of a tavern doing that before. Not even in tales."

[sunbaked_baker]

"Um... Well, now you have?" she offers, at a loss. "Milliways is kind of unique, anyway."

"I'm Rae."

[sharpeyedwarf]

Kili straightens himself out and feels horribly dirty. Of course he hasn't had a bath in days so it's reasonable.

"Miliways, is that the name of this place?"

Oh and then. "Kili, at your service." It's said almost reflexively because he's looking around.

[sunbaked_baker]

"Yes, this is Milliways," she replies, watching the dwarf. "First drink's free, for newcomers. Sometimes it's an inconvenience, the bar showing up out of nowhere like that."

"Where were you coming in from, Kili?"

[sharpeyedwarf]

"I ... don't know. We were in a cave and then there was this noise..."

[sunbaked_baker]

The woman blinks at him, eyebrows quirked upward.

"...Well, I hope it was nothing bad. Would you care for something to drink?"

[sharpeyedwarf]

"It probably was." Kili is a worried dwarf. "I ... I should get back. How do I get back?"

He wants to explore, but his family and the others need him!

[sunbaked_baker]

"Um... the door." Rae replies, gesturing to the door through which he entered. It's rare someone comes in just to want to leave immediately.

"Be safe."

[sharpeyedwarf]

He turns to the door and then back to the woman. He would like to stay, but family obligations draw him back. "Do you think I could bring the others here?"

[sidhe_king]

"You look startled there," says one faerie to the dwarf, looking over him as he steps up, but doesn't yet extend a hand.

[sharpeyedwarf]

"This was... unexpected..." He gives the guy a wary look.

[sidhe_king]

"Aye?" he asks, leaning over and offering a hand. His hood is still up, and so it bars the view of his ear-points and perhaps half of his face with shadow, but he's certainly not as ethereal--or as uptight--as the elves Kili dislikes.

"Come, back on your feet."

[sharpeyedwarf]

Well that's good.

"Yes. Most people don't expect a ... tavern... to appear when they fall down a hole."

[sidhe_king]

"Most people would be wrong, then, wouldn't they?" he asks, grinning impishly as he crouches down, since Kili seems unhurried in the process of getting back up.

[sharpeyedwarf]

The young dwarf sits up and pushes the hair from his face. "Yes, apparently."

[sidhe_king]

"Now will you get up?" Finn asks.

[sharpeyedwarf]

"What? Oh!" Kili scrambles to his feet, brushing his clothes off. He totally meant to be down that long.

[sidhe_king]

Finvarra just chuckles, and in rising back to his feet his hood falls back when he shakes his head, exposing the fact that his ears are pointed; not quite the same way as the elves Kili has seen, or will see, but they most definitely mark him as neither human nor dwarf, and by his height he's certainly no hobbit.

"You seem to be awfully ill-at-ease here."

[sharpeyedwarf]

"It's... strange." And you sir are an elf.

[sidhe_king]

"Aye, 'tis, but don't let that scare you," he laughs.

[sharpeyedwarf]

"Considering what has been happening, I think I have every right to be wary."

He's not scared.

[sidhe_king]

"Oh, I think you've every right to be wary, but I said nothing of that, now did I?" he asks.

[sharpeyedwarf]

"No. You've said nothing helpful at all," Kili says, not liking it.

Stupid elf.

[sidhe_king]

"I did confirm where you were," says Finvarra, a touch dry. "I assume that would be a helpful bit to know. But if you like, you may ask me what you wish and I shall answer."

He might not answer truthfully, but there you go.

[sharpeyedwarf]

"A name of a place isn't very much help if I've never heard of the place before," he retorts

[sidhe_king]

"You not having heard of it is hardly my fault," he says. "The place is Milliways. Folk say it's at the end of the universe--if indeed you believe it's got an end."

[sonof_thrain]

Thorin did not expect to see his youngest nephew tumbling onto the floor and looking rather like a deer in the headlights. He went to help Kili up and felt a little confused as to why there were both here.

"Kili? What in Durin's name is going on? It seems we are both stuck within this tavern of sorts. I have asked around some and the locals call it "Milliways Bar." Tis some kind of tavern for many folk around here."

[sharpeyedwarf]

"Uncle Thorin!" Happy Kili is happy. And then confused. "How did you get here before me? I just saw you a few moments ago in the cave..."

He's fairly certain that he would have seen Thorin come in.

[sonof_thrain]

"I do not know. One minute we were within the mountain, the next we were here. It all seems rather odd to me and I blame witchcraft for bringing us here." Thorin almost growled in temper at the situation. At least his nephew was here. "What of the others? Did any of the others make it to this place also?"

[sharpeyedwarf]

"Not that I've seen. But I've just gotten here. Fili isn't around?" He looks about hopefully for his brother.

[sonof_thrain]

"Nay, I have not seen him. Nor have I seen master Baggins or any other dwarves around here." Thorin's face saddened, as he missed his company already. "It looks like it is just you and I, Kili."

[sharpeyedwarf]

"Perhaps the others will find themselves here as well. After all, we did... though not at the time."

And ever hopeful.

[sonof_thrain]

"Perhaps they will. What of master Baggins and the wizard? Maybe they also will find themselves within this tavern." Thorin noticed the patrons and most wore strange expressions. "Let us share a drink at least, now that we are here."

[sharpeyedwarf]

"I would hope so. It seems like a good place to rest for a while, at least."

He nods.

"And I would like a drink... or three."

[sonof_thrain]

"A drink or three?" Thorin smirked at his nephew's keen reaction. "Well, of course we can have more than one. Do not get so drunk that I will have to haul you out of this bar, Kili." Thorin's tone was scalding but only slightly so.