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Ever seen a dwarf wrestling with block and tackle equipment, a single low-slung cart, and a lot of sizable blocks of stone all by himself?

Well, now you have. And what's more, the dwarf seems to be winning.

Fortunately, this is taking place out back, or the mortar he's using as the stones are manoeuvred into place would cause a bloody mess all over the bar. As it stands, it's still a mess, but it's an outside mess.

Come say hi!

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"Earth. Well, mostly Earth." Cassie shrugs. "We had an alien with us for a while, but he was lost in battle. And one of us is from a thousand years in the future, but he was only sent here to learn to grow up. We're just kids, really. What about you? I've never heard of Middle-earth, and I've been to a few planets."

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Gimli considers this for a while before speaking. Construction work is good that way.

"I've only learned of this traveling through the dark between the stars since coming here," he says. "My world has no engines, no motors, no guns. Nor do we have the lights this place has, which burn without fuel or smoke at the touch of a switch. We've the light of Sun and Moon and stars; inside, or belowground, we have candle-fat and oil lamps. The Elves call it Arda, and say that it once was different in form from how it is now. The great mariners among Men have circled the world and say that all roads are bent, that there is no place to take ship where you could not come, in the end, to the same place where once your voyage began... That matters little to my own folk, as Dwarves aren't meant for seafaring. I've taken ship twice in my life, perhaps."

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"Wow." Cassie thinks about it. "Very different. My world is similar to the bar, technology-wise, although there's not as much magic. Or at least, not where I am. But my - my family, I guess - the Amazons, they live in a place fairly similar to yours, as far as technology and things go, although they live among the gods. It must have been a shock to you, arriving here."

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"Do they, now?" Gimli smiles a bit. "The elves of my world had that option- to sail from the western shores of their homeland and come at last to the Undying Realm, instead of rounding the world as do mortal sailors. Interesting... and aye, it was, since I was expecting the Hall my folk go to after their death. I've no idea what it looks like, but I doubt it's anything like this."

He smiles. "Not, mind, that I'm objecting. 'Tis a fascinating place, even if it's the wrong one."

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"Are you dead, then? I've met a few dead people here, and I don't think any of them expected to arrive here. But it's a fascinating place, that's true." Cassie smiles, and wipes dirt off her face. "I had no idea there were so many different types of people in the universe."

[and, er. slowtime, again? or, feel free to wrap if you want. is 2:30am for me, definitely bedtime.]

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[Good heavens. That's what, Australia? Wrapping is fine with me.]

Gimli nods. "Neither did I. Not in the slightest."

And the work goes on.