Quote Game-Part 8

[Count Comfect]

Galadriel?

[Valandil]

Sorry CC, I think I'd just gotten it. But glad to see you're playing... :)


"D_n'_/b_/a_a_m_d/!/_/m_a_/j_s_/t_i_/:/I/_i_l/_e_l/_o_/w_a_/I/_n_w/,
/_n_/g_v_/y_u/_o_e/_o_d/_d_i_e/-/_u_/I/_h_l_/w_n_/a/_e_a_d."

[Count Comfect]

Don't be alarmed! I mean just this: I will tell you what I know, and give you some good advice - but I shall want a reward.

[Midge]

Ooh, oof! (I guess that was me just e-running-into-a-table or something... I didn't mean the f. I meant another h)...

Strider.

[Valandil]

Both all correct. Musta been an easy one!

Your turn, Midge. :)

[Midge]

"T_k_/y_u_/s_o_d/_n_/b_a_/i_/u_t_/g_o_/f_r_u_e/!/"

[Valandil]

"Take your sword and bear it unto good fortune!"

Speaker: ?? Hama??

[Midge]

Yes on the quote... No on the speaker.

[Valandil]

Thingol?

[Midge]

Nope.

[Count Comfect]

Gandalf?

[Midge]

No...

[Valandil]

Eowyn?

[Midge]

Still no... You're sort of skirting around the answer though, Val. It is almost funny.

[Valandil]

Eomer?

* trying to remember who handed Theoden his sword... though I did briefly wonder if this was said to Beleg *

EDIT: Or else someone of the Rohirrim said it to Aragorn, either on returning his sword to him from the doors to Meduseld, or when he was leaving Dunharrow... that was another possibility I thought of.

PS: Hey Midge - next time you have to tell someone you're a girl, just say "no living man am I!" - or else the cinematic, "I am no man!" :D ;)

[Midge]

Haha... Nice. I didn't even think of that.

You are really skating around the answer. I can't help but laugh. No, not Eomer.

[Midge]

Hint to get you off the wrong track:

It wasn't said to Theoden.

[Valandil]

Did Theoden say it then? :p

[Midge]

Haha! Yes!

Can you see why it was funny?

[Valandil]

Haha! Yes!

Can you see why it was funny?


Um... yes... :o

:D :p

Hey - sorry I'm slow getting up the next quote. I'll try for this evening though. :)

[Midge]

Sorry. didn't mean to sound like I was making fun of you. It was sorta like I was in on a joke you weren't... Sorry.

[Valandil]

Don't worry - I'm not so easily hurt. I was just putting on a pouty face to get a little attention. :D

"A_/l_s_/I/_n_e_s_a_d/_h_/w_/h_v_/w_i_e_/!
/T_i_/i_/t_e/_n_i_g/./_o_/n_t/_a_/o_l_/s_a_l/_e/_e_o_e_/,
/b_t/_i_h_/t_o/_h_l_/b_/b_a_t_f_l/_n_/b_e_s_d/_n_/a_l/_t_/f_a_/p_s_/a_a_!"

[Midge]

"At last I understand why we have waited!
This is the ending. Now not day only shall be blessed,
but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!"

[Valandil]

Quote is correct except for the first "blessed"

And, of course... we need the speaker! :)

[Midge]

I don't know why I stuck blessed in there the first time.

Way to go, me.

For the record, don't go off my blessed. It wasn't even the right letters. Here is the right word: /_e_o_e_/.

I have a guess... but I'll let others go at it for a while. I think I've had my share for a bit. If no one guesses for a while, though... like, two or three days, then I'll guess again.

[Midge]

All right... fine... and me starting college and everything too!

Beloved and Frodo.

[Valandil]

Gotcha! You're correct on both! :p

Starting college - eh? Sounds great. Can you say where? :)


A few years ago, a friend who was a college freshman at the time recounted what she was told at Freshmen Orientation:

"In college, there are three things to do: study, have fun and sleep...

The problem is, you will only have time for two of them." ;) :D

[Count Comfect]

That's why most of us skip sleep.

[Midge]

I'll probably end up skipping studying... And if you don't mind, I will keep my college undisclosed. Just in case I'm being stalked... don't want to feed the fire, you know.

OH! And I get the quote...

"C_r_a_n_y/;/_e/_r_/t_o/_r_a_/a/_u_d_n/_o_/o_e/./"

[Valandil]

Foiled again! :p ;)

OK - on to the quote:

"Certainly; we are two /_r_a_/ a /_u_d_n/ not one."

?? Not a lot to go on there... :confused:

[Midge]

All right except for "two" and "not". And it was the entire quote.

What do you mean "foiled again"??? =P

*I am so used to you all getting these right the first time that I was surprised to find two words that were incorrect! Wow...

[Valandil]

:
:
What do you mean "foiled again"??? =P
:
:

That "stalking" thing. ;)

"Certainly; we are too great a burden for one."

Oh - I struggle at times... Lately, I've really been at a loss for speakers - and it's happening again, even if I got the quote right. :(

[Midge]

haha... stalking. Never had that problem... specifically... now come to think of it.. NOT that I am complaining...

The quote is correct. Need a hint on the speaker? I'll have to think of one...

Maybe it will help if you think, for what are "we" too great a burden for only "one"? That might give you a clue.

[Valandil]

There are a few choices that come to mind...

Gimli?

[Midge]

Nope. Not the Dwarf.

[Valandil]

The Elf... wassisname... Legolas?

[Midge]

Let's see, were you a little tired as you typed this? No, it weren't Legolas...

[Midge]

All right, I will see if a hint can be found. Hold on whilst I think.

[Midge]

Okay. Well, it's almost difficult to think of a hint, because anything I say would give it away... but here's this... I know the scene you were thinking of when you asked Legolas and Gimly... I just misspelled that.. Gimli... but it wasn't then, only a bit later. That scene introduced the speaker, through a very sinister light.

Oh, and the "one" was correct, if we are thinking of the same scene... with the Eored?

[Valandil]

Merry, Merry, quite contrary?

[Midge]

No... Apparently my hint wasn't as cool as I thought.
But... it was a main character.... like Merry, Legolas, and Gimli...

[Count Comfect]

Mr. Gandalf the White, referring to the need for horses besides Shadowfax?

[Valandil]

Oh wait... Aragorn? To Gandalf? :confused:

[Midge]

It was indeed Mr. Gandalf the White... Your go, Mr. Count.

[Count Comfect]

Yeah, about that...

I/a_/t_o_i_/s_n/_f/_h_a_n/_o_/o_/t_r_r/_i_g/_n_e_/t_e/_o_n_a_n/!/

[Valandil]

"I am Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror King Under the Mountain!"

Speaker: Gandalf?

No - wait... THORIN! :p

[Count Comfect]

Well, lookee here Val is right! Your go.

[Valandil]

"E_v_s/_n_/d_a_o_s/!/_/s_y_/t_/h_m/.
/_a_b_g_s/_n_/p_t_t_e_/a_e/_e_t_r/_o_/m_/a_d/_o_/.
/D_n'_/g_/g_t_i_g/_i_e_/u_/i_/t_e/_u_i_e_s/_f/_o_r/_e_t_r_/,
/o_/y_u'_l/_a_d/_n/_r_u_l_/t_o/_i_/f_r/_o_/,/I/_a_s/_o/_i_/.
/a_d/_/m_g_t/_a_/i_/t_/o_h_r_."

[Count Comfect]

Elves and dragons! I says to him.
Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you.
Don't go getting mixed up in the _u_i_e_s of ...
or you'll...

The Gaffer?

[Valandil]

All correct so far! :)

[Midge]

the business of your betters,
/or you'll land in trouble too big for you, I says to him.
/and I might say it to others."

[Valandil]

Correct completion, Midge - your turn! :)

[Midge]

score!!! hold on. my book is in the other room... for the first time in forever, i'm not on my laptop!

"S_m_/w_u_d/_h_n_/t_i_/h_a_/d_a_l_/b_u_h_/!/
A_/l_a_t/_e/_a_e/_i_e_/o_r/_i_g_o_/f_r/_t/./
_i_l/_o_/c_m_/w_t_/m_/b_c_/t_/t_e/_n_i_/?/
O_/w_l_/y_u/_e_/y_u_/b_e_d/_t/_p_n/_o_r_/?/"

[Valandil]

"Some would think this head dearly bought!
At least we have given our /_i_g_o_/ for it.
Will you come with me back to the anvil?
Or will you beg your bread at /_p_n/ doors?"

Thrain? (to Thorin, his son)

For that last unsolved word, "open" fits - but it seems like the quote doesn't say that... :confused:

[Elemmírë]

The other remaining word looks like kingdom.

[Valandil]

LM! Great to see you! :)

And I think you're probably right about 'kingdom'!

[Earniel]

I thought I remembered the quote with 'proud doors' but clearly that doesn't fit.

[Midge]

Yeah, sorry... don't know what I was doing when I posted this quote.. but the missing word is not "_p_n". It's "_r_u_"... which is really cool, because Earniel got the word without the prompt... so there you go! Your turn, Earniel...

In my copy, there's not even a word around "proud" with which I could have mixed it up.... no "open", no "upon", nothing... hm.

[Valandil]

You were probably thinking of a word you associate with "doors" - and took your eyes off the text for a minute. No problem - we've likely all done that, or something like it now and again.

Anyway... it'll be good to have the fair Elf maiden of Nin in Eilph post a quote once more. :)

[Earniel]

Eh, look at that. The memory served me right for once.

Better not make any mistake myself, then. ;)

"S_/I/_h_u_h_/./F_r/_/f_l_o_e_/a/_u_d_n/_p_i_g/_f/_a_e_/i_/t_e/_i_l_/, /u_t_l_/i_/j_i_e_/t_i_/t_e_c_e_o_s/_t_e_m/./ _u_/n_w/_/k_o_/n_t/_h_t_e_/t_/t_r_/,/f_r/_t/_a_/g_n_/i_t_/d_r_n_s_/./"

[Valandil]

"So I thought. For I followed a sudden spring of water in the hills,
until it joined this treacherous stream.
But now I know not whither to turn, for it has gone into darkness."

Speaker: Not sure... I don't recognize this offhand.

Aragorn?

[Earniel]

That was fast! The quote's correct, but the speaker isn't Aragorn.

[Valandil]

* tries to think of who followed a 'treacherous stream' *

Oh... Tuor?

[Earniel]

Ka-ching! We have a winner!

[Valandil]

"B_t/_i_s_/I/_i_l/_l_a_/t_i_/e_c_s_/.
/h_d/_/s_e_/h_r/_n/_t_e_/c_m_a_y/,
/_/w_u_d/_a_e/_a_d/_l_/t_a_/y_u/_o_l_/w_s_/.
/B_t/_o_/I/_u_/Q_e_n/_r_e_/E_e_s_a_/f_r_t/,
/_n_/I/_m/_e_d_/t_/d_/b_t_l_/o_/m_/
o_n/_a_t/_i_h/_n_/w_o/_e_y/_e/.
/_h_l_/I/_a_l/_o_/m_/s_o_d?"

[Earniel]

"But/_i_s_/I will/_l_a_/t_i_/e_c_s_/. Had I seen her in/_t_e_/c_m_a_y/, I would have/_a_d/all that you would wish. But/_o_/I/_u_/Queen/_r_e_/E_e_s_a_/f_r_t/,
/and I am/_e_d_/to do battle on my own/_a_t/_i_h/_n_/w_o/_e_y/_e/.
/_h_l_/I/_a_l/_o_/m_/s_o_d?"

[Valandil]

All your words are correct except "would"

I saw that I accidentally omitted a short word - two words before "Queen" - fortunately, it has an even number of letters, so I'll insert it now. This is where we stand:

"But/_i_s_/I will/_l_a_/t_i_/e_c_s_/. Had I seen her in/_t_e_/c_m_a_y/,
I would have/_a_d/all that you /_o_l_/ wish. But/_o_/I/_i_l/_u_/Queen/_r_e_/E_e_s_a_/f_r_t/,
/and I am/_e_d_/to do battle on my own/_a_t/_i_h/_n_/w_o/_e_y/_e/.
/_h_l_/I/_a_l/_o_/m_/s_o_d?"

[Earniel]

"But/_i_s_/I will/_l_a_/t_i_/e_c_s_/. Had I seen her in/_t_e_/company, I would have paid all that you could wish. But now I/_i_l/our Queen Arwen Evenstar/f_r_t/, and I am ready to do battle on my own/_a_t/with any who/_e_y/_e/. Shall I call for my sword?"

Éomer to Gimli.

[Valandil]

You're right about the speaker.

Wrong words: 'paid' & 'our'

[Midge]

"But first I will/_l_a_/this/e_c_s_/. Had I seen her in other company, I would have said all that you could wish. But now I will put Queen Arwen Evenstar first, and I am ready to do battle on my own/_a_t/with any who deny me. Shall I call for my sword?"

[Valandil]

All your added words are correct, Midge. Three needed to solve! :)

[Midge]

part?

[Count Comfect]

excess?

[Valandil]

"part" is correct, "excess" is not :)

[Midge]

plead?

excuse?

[Valandil]

Correct on both, Midge - your turn! :)

[Midge]

oh, wow. don't have my book with me... wait a couple of hours,okay?

[Midge]

Oh... woops.. my turn... Let me go get my book. Those "couple of hours" turned into like, eight. Hold on.

"F_r/_e/_h_r_/i_/n_/c_m_o_t/_n/_u_/s_e_c_/t_g_t_e_/,
/b_t/_o_/s_r_l_/d_a_/f_o_/i_/m_r_/d_e_d/_h_n/_e_d/_e/./"

[Valandil]

"For me there is no comfort in our speech together,
but you surely /d_a_/f_o_/ it more dread than need be."

[Midge]

All right so far...

keep going!

[Earniel]

'draw from'

Absolutely no clue about the speaker.

[Valandil]

I'm with Earniel about the speaker... no clue! Midge, do YOU have a "clue" about the speaker? Or shall we just start guessing?

[Midge]

Well, first of all, the quote is completed. Secondly, a little guessing never hurt anyone, come on guys!

However, I will help you. It was a man.


Haha... that was a joke. There are only like, four or five women next to fifty bajillion guys. So I will broaden my "clue"...

Who ranges far and wide,
Meeting magic and short folk
He becomes like one wise;
Devotion is what he provokes.

Whose family is near his heart;
They are whom he loves,
From he, they all keep apart.
Yet he does what they say... sort of.

There... have fun deciphering that riddle.

[Valandil]

Faramir?

[Midge]

Yes! Did you like my riddle??? I'd been wanting to do that for a while, but people like Gandalf or Aragorn just are too easy to guess with that kind of thing...

[Valandil]

Yes - VERY nice riddle! I forget, did you play the riddling game much?

I'll post something tonight (USA time) - gotta run off to work soon.

[Valandil]

"M_n_/a_e/_h_/s_r_n_e/_h_n_e_/o_/t_e/_o_l_/,
/a_d/_e_p/_f_/s_a_l/_o_e/_r_m/_h_/h_n_s/_f/_h_/w_a_/
w_e_/t_e/_i_e/_a_t_r."

[Midge]

Yay for not failing exams in college!!!

"Many are the... of the ...
and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak
when the time..."

[Valandil]

Midge - "time" was not correct - the other words were

[Midge]

strange

No, I didn't play too much riddling... I guess I am just a natural, like a hobbit!!!

[Valandil]

If you're guessing "strange", that's correct.

If you're calling ME strange, that's even more so! :p

[Midge]

Okay. I had more. I had guessed "strange changes of the world" but maybe I didn't post it... I was very tired at nearly one o'clock last night.

As a matter of fact, I was guessing strange... However, I don't really feel like I am able to judge whether you really are as strange as you say you are, so I'll take your word for it, okay?

[Midge]

This is weird.

[Valandil]

What's weird? Did something else happen?

"changes" is not correct. So we're at:

"Many are the strange /_h_n_e_/ of the world,
and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak
when the /_i_e/_a_t_r."

So - we need three words and speaker. :)

[Count Comfect]

falter?

[Midge]

Well, I had posted "strange changes" at night and the next morning when I checked, it hadn't posted it yet. then I posted "That's weird" and both showed up. So I just left "That's weird" because I didn't want to bother with deleting the post (if that's even possible).

Chances... wise?

[Valandil]

'chances', 'wise' and 'falter' are all correct - so we only need the speaker. :)

[Midge]

It doesn't sound like anything from LOTR or the Hobbit, so I am lost (if you haven't noticed, I am not very well versed in anything other than those books)...

Unless it's Gandalf talking about how the Hobbits helped when none of the big cool people could get the job of destroying the Ring done.

[Valandil]

You're pretty much right all around - it's not in The Hobbit or LOTR, it's in "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" from The Silmarillion. And... it IS Gandalf - only he's speaking prophetically to Elrond about what might happen, rather than what just happened.

Your turn Midge. :)

[Midge]

Whoa... dang it. I do not currently have access to a book... so give me til later, oh, seven hours or so, and I iwll post. =)

[Midge]

Okay... my turn.

"T_a_'s/_u_n_/./A_m_s_/e_a_t_y/_h_t/_/f_l_/m_s_l_/;/o_l_/,/
o_l_/w_l_/,/I/_o_'t/_h_n_/I'_l/s_y/a_y_o_e/./"

[Valandil]

"That's funny. Almost exactly what I felt myself; only,
only well, I don't think I'll say anymore."

Sam?

[Midge]

No, not Sam.

[Valandil]

Frodo?

[Serenoli]

Merry?

[Midge]

Merry it was! Your turn, Serenoli!

[Serenoli]

Sorry for the delay... here's my quote :) :

" A_d _h_ s_o_l_ t_e_ n_t _r_v_ t_u_? S_r_l_ y_u _o_'t _i_b_l_e_e _h_ p_o_h_c_e_ b_c_u_e _o_ h_d _ h_n_ i_ b_i_g_n_ t_e_ a_o_t _o_r_e_f? _o_ d_n'_ r_a_l_ s_p_o_e, _o _o_, t_a_ a_l _o_r _d_e_t_r_s _n_ e_c_p_s _e_e _a_a_e_ b_ p_r_ l_c_, j_s_ f_r _o_r _o_e _e_e_i_?"

[Midge]

ANd she should then not drive true? Surely you don't *something* the *something* because you had a hand bringing about yourself? You don't really suppose, do you, that all your *something* and escapes here *something* be port luck, just for your mote *something*?

That makes no sense whatsoever, but I have to leave for class soon!!! AHHH

[Earniel]

...disbelieve the prophecies...

[Midge]

I'm gonna make a correction to something I said earlier...

"who then should not PROVE true" "had a hand in bringing them about yourself"... don't know how I missed those two words earlier. Hmmm...

[Valandil]

"And why should they not prove true?
Surely you don't disbelieve the prophecies
because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself?
You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures
and escapes were managed by pure luck, just for your sole benefit?"

Gandalf?

Sheesh, Serenoli... that's TOUGH without the slashes! /// :p

[Serenoli]

Ah, you're right, Valandil. :) And also Midge and Earniel helped. :cool: I totally forgot I was supposed to put slashes... but its an easy quote, anyway, the last few lines of the Hobbit, and anything that makes it slightly tough must be good, eh? :rolleyes:

Your turn, Val.

[Midge]

VAL!!! Quote??

[Valandil]

Sorry, taking a little 'break'... next time I do so, you can go ahead and post out of turn if you like. :p

"N_n_/h_r_/c_n/_o/_o/.
/_t/_e_s_/n_n_/c_n/_o_e_e_l/_h_t/_i_l/_o_e/_o/_a_s/,
/_f/_e/_a_e/_h_s/_o_d/_r/_h_t/.
/_u_/i_/s_e_s/_o/_e/_o_/c_e_r/_h_c_/i_/t_e/_o_d/_h_t/_e/_u_t/_a_e/.
/_h_/w_s_w_r_/r_a_/s_e_s/_a_i_s_/./T_e_e_o_e/_t/_u_t/_e/_h_n_e_/.
/I_/w_l_/b_/w_t_h_d/./_o_/o_t_n/_h_/E_v_s/_a_e/_l_d/_h_t/_a_/.
/N_w/_t/_h_s/_a_t/_e/_u_t/_a_e/_/h_r_/r_a_/,/a/_o_d/_n_o_e_e_n/.
/_h_r_/l_e_/o_r/_o_e/,/_f/_o_e/_t/_e/./_o/_a_k/_n_o/_e_i_/-/t_/M_r_o_/.
/W_/m_s_/s_n_/t_e/_i_g/_o/_h_/F_r_."

[-elfearz-]

"None here can do so. At least none can foretell what will come to pass, if we take this road or that. But it seems to me now clear which is the road that we must take. The westward road seems easiest. Therefore it must be shunned. It will be watched. For often the Elves have fled that way. Now at this last? we must take a hard road, a road (unforeseen?). There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk into peril – to Mordor. We must send the Ring to the Fire."

[-elfearz-]

Or is it "too often the Elves have fled"? Sounds more right :p

[Midge]

Gandalf?

[Valandil]

Elfearz! Great to see you quoting again! :D

You're all correct with the quotes - including the words qualified with a "?" - and it IS "Too often..."

Gandalf is not the speaker - which is the only part left to solve. (Ee - why didn't you finish it off?)

[-elfearz-]

Elfearz! Great to see you quoting again! :D

You're all correct with the quotes - including the words qualified with a "?" - and it IS "Too often..."

Gandalf is not the speaker - which is the only part left to solve. (Ee - why didn't you finish it off?)
Hello, hello! It's great to be back quoting (and around Entmoot in general - it's been a while) :D

I didn't finish it off because I wasn't entirely sure - but if it's not Gandalf I suppose it must be Elrond?

[Valandil]

Elrond it is!

Time for YOU to post a quote! :D

[-elfearz-]

Sorrrrryyyy! I've been snowed under...
Will have one up within the hour :)

[-elfearz-]

Okay, it's well outside the hour :o - but here you go!

W_/g_e_s_d/,/_e_/w_/g_e_s_d/,/_n_/w_/d_d_’t/_a_t/_h_m/_o/_o/,/_i_/w_/?/
N_/,/p_e_i_u_/n_t/_h_/n_c_/h_b_i_s/./_s_e_/,/a_h_s/,/_n_/d_s_/,/
a_d/_h_r_t/_h_r_/i_/;/a_d/_i_s/,/_i_s/,/_i_s/,/_n_/O_c_/,/t_o_s_n_s/_f/_r_s_s/./
_i_e/_o_b_t_/m_s_n’_/g_/t_/-/s_s/-/_h_s_/p_a_e_/./

:)

[Earniel]

"We guessed, yes we guessed, and we didn’t/_a_t/them to go, did we? No, precious not the nice hobbits./_s_e_/,/a_h_s/,/_n_/d_s_/,/
a_d/_h_r_t/_h_r_/i_/;/a_d/_i_s/,/_i_s/,/_i_s/,/and Orcs,/t_o_s_n_s/_f/_r_s_s/. Nice hobbits mussn’t go to/-/s_s/-these /p_a_e_/./"

I have no clue as to the speaker. :p Really hard this one, gollum, gollum...

[-elfearz-]

hehehe
all correct so far "gollum, gollum"s and all :p

[Midge]

"We guessed, yes we guessed, and we didn’t/_a_t/them to go, did we? No, precious not the nice hobbits./_s_e_/,/a_h_s/,/_n_/d_s_/,/
a_d/_h_r_t/_h_r_/i_/;/a_d/_i_s/,/_i_s/,/_i_s/,/and Orcs,/t_o_s_n_s/_f/_r_s_s/. Nice hobbits mussn’t go to/-/s_s/-these /p_a_e_/./"

I have no clue as to the speaker. :p Really hard this one, gollum, gollum...

want, Ashes, ashes, and dust, and thirst there is; and ...
thousands of Orcses, sss, places,

[-elfearz-]

Correct

Just "_i_s/,/_i_s/,/_i_s" to go :p

[Valandil]

'kiss, kiss, kiss'?? :confused:


;)

[Earniel]

LOL! Considering the speaker, it'll likely be something more like 'hiss, hiss, hiss'. :p

[Midge]

I thought I posted last night... watch- it'll pop up when I post this...

"pits, pits, pits"

[Valandil]

LOL! Considering the speaker, it'll likely be something more like 'hiss, hiss, hiss'. :p

But we don't HAVE a speaker.

I'll take a wild guess and say 'Smeagol / Gollum'

[-elfearz-]

Pits is right
hehe I took Earniel's throaty noises to be an implied speaker guess - but yes - Smeagol/Gollum is also entirely correct (surprise surprise :p)
Your go Val - or Midge - I'm not entirely sure! Whoever gets here first I guess? :)

[Valandil]

True, true... so it's really Midge's turn. I will stand aside and let her post.

[Midge]

Wow... to be referred to with the proper pronoun! It's a wonderful feeling, let me tell ya!

Hm... "H_'l_/b_/e_t_n/_f/_e/_o_'t/_o/_o_e_h_n_/./"

[Earniel]

"He'll be eaten if we don't do something."

Darn, that could be applicable in so many places, and I don't remember it... Shot in the dark: Merry?

[-elfearz-]

Could it be one of the dwarves from the Hobbit, about Bilbo?
I am going to take a wild guess and say Gloin..

[Midge]

Quote is right. I actually forgot what the situation is, but fortunately, I do remember who the speaker is, and neither of you have named that aforementioned speaker.

Keep thinking!

[Earniel]

I'll go with the Dwarf-theme, :p and take another shot in the dark: Balin?

[Midge]

Hmm... No.

Don't worry about me forgetting who it is. I know, I promise.

[Earniel]

Hmm... No.
Darn. :p Oh well, only 11 dwarves to go before I have to resort again to my shots in the dark.

So.... Bombur? ;)

[Midge]

Nope! Are you going alphabetically?

[Earniel]

Nah, just going with the one I remember next. :p

So... Thorin?

[Valandil]

I'll start in on the Dwarf theme - for now. Though I don't recall exactly where this is from or whether we've got the right story (but I can't quite imagine Turin or Thingol says it :p ).

Dwalin?

[Midge]

Hey! You guys didn't have to go through all 13! Thorin it was. Have at it, Earniel!

[Earniel]

So that's why you asked whether I was going alphabetically! :p (Incidentally, what was the scene?)

We're having a party tonight, so I'll post something tomorrow at the earliest. If that's too late, anyone who wants to may take my turn.

[Earniel]

Um, thanks Val, for the reminder. :o :p

"T_e_e/_s/_/t_i_g/_/m_s_/d_/o_e/_f/_h_s_/d_y_/:/I/_u_t/_i_i_/t_a_/S_i_e/_f/_o_r_/./
N_t/_o/_e_/m_r_/H_b_i_s/!/_/d_u_t/_/c_u_d/_e_r_/a_y_h_n_/a_o_t/_h_m/_h_t/_/d_/
n_t/_n_w/_l_e_d_/./B_t/_o/_w_r_/o_/t_e/_o_s_/o_/D_r_n/_o_l_/f_i_/t_/l_o_/w_t_/
w_n_e_/o_/t_a_/l_n_/./ D_d/_o_/t_e/_e_o_e_y/_f/_h_/K_n_s_i_/u_d_r/_h_/
M_u_t_i_/,/a_d/_h_/f_l_/o_/S_a_g/,/_e_i_/t_e_e/?/ _o_/t_/m_n_i_n/_h_/e_d/_f/
_a_a_/-/d_r/,/_h_u_h/_o_h/_e_e/_t_a_g_l_/w_v_n/_o_e_h_r/./_t_a_g_l_/,/v_r_/ s_r_n_e_y/.

[Midge]

I am pretty sure that it was when they were in the trees, trying to get away from the Wargs... Bilbo couldn't climb trees and Thorin shouted that he would be eaten... Dori climbed down and complained that he always had to take care of the burglar, right before the Eagles came.

[Midge]

Um, thanks Val, for the reminder. :o :p

"There is a thing I must do one of these days: I must limit that S_i_e/of yours. Not/_o/_e_/more/Hobbits/!/I doubt I could learn anything about them that I do not know already. But /_o/_w_r_/o_/t_e/_o_s_/o_/D_r_n/_o_l_/f_i_/t_/l_o_/w_t_/
w_n_e_/o_/t_a_/l_n_/./ D_d/_o_/t_e/_e_o_e_y/_f/_h_/K_n_s_i_/under the Mountain, and the f_l_/o_/S_a_g/,/_e_i_/t_e_e/?/
_o_/t_/m_n_i_n/_h_/e_d/_f/_a_a_/-/d_r, though/_o_h/_e_e/_t_a_g_l_/w_v_n/_o_e_h_r/./_t_a_g_l_/,/v_r_/ s_r_n_e_y/.

gotta restart!

[Valandil]

"There is a thing I must do one of these days: I must visit that Shire of yours. Not to see more Hobbits! I doubt I could learn anything about them that I do not know already. But no Dwarf of the House of Durin would fail to look with wonder on that land. Did not the /_e_o_e_y/ of the Kingship under the Mountain, and the fall of Smaug, begin there?
Not to mention the end of Barad-dur, though /_o_h/_e_e/ strangely woven together. Strangely, very strangely."

Gimli?

[Valandil]

Oh - and 'both were' for the last two words I didn't solve.

Grrr... one word to go, unless I mistranslated some.

[Midge]

Sorry. My computer randomly decided that it would be stupid, so I posted this in the quote part of the above post. Fixing it now.

"There is a thing I must do one of these days: I must limit that S_i_e/of yours. Not to get more Hobbits! I doubt I could learn anything about them that I do not know already. But /_o/_w_r_/o_/t_e/_o_s_/o_/D_r_n/_o_l_/f_i_/to/l_o_/with/
w_n_e_/o_/t_a_/l_n_/./ Did not the/_e_o_e_y/of the/K_n_s_i_/under the Mountain, and the fall/of Smaug, _e_i_/there?
Not to mention the end of Barad-dur, though both here/_t_a_g_l_/woven together. _t_a_g_l_/,/very/ s_r_n_e_y/."

S: Gandalf?

[Valandil]

Oh - I think I got it... 'recovery'?

[Midge]

Haha... I didn't realize that both Val and I posted at the same time... I feel sort of silly, looking at the words I had wrong!

[Earniel]

Don't worry, Midge, that happens to the best of us. ;) But Valandil's got it right, both quote and speaker.

[Valandil]

"I/_t/_a_/w_o/_i_s_/s_m_o_e_/t_e/_h_t_/C_u_c_l/.
/_n_/i_/m_/d_s_g_s/_a_/n_t/_o_e/_m_s_/,
/i_/w_u_d/_a_e/_e_n/_o_e_n_d/_y/_a_d_l_/t_e/_r_y/,
/_n_/t_e_/m_y_a_/t_i_g_/w_u_d/_a_e/_o_e/_t_e_w_s_/.
/B_t/_v_n/_o_/t_e_e/_s/_o_e/_e_t/.
/_/w_l_/n_t/_i_e/_o_/c_u_s_l/,/_a_i_g/_o/_h_s/_r/_o/_h_t/.
/_o_/n_t/_n/_o_n_/o_/c_n_r_v_n_/n_r/_n/_h_o_i_g/
_e_w_e_/t_i_/c_u_s_/o_/a_o_h_r/,/_a_/I/_v_i_/;
/b_t/_n_y/_n/_n_w_n_/w_a_/w_s/_n_/i_/,
/a_d/_n/_a_t/_l_o/_h_t/_h_l_/b_/./B_t/_h_s/_/w_l_/s_y/_o/_o_/:
/y_u_/Q_e_t/_t_n_s/_p_n/_h_/e_g_/o_/a/_n_f_/.
/S_r_y/_u_/a/_i_t_e/_n_/i_/w_l_/f_i_/,/t_/t_e/_u_n/_f/_l_/.
/Y_t/_o_e/_e_a_n_/w_i_e/_l_/t_e/_o_p_n_/i_/t_u_."

[Earniel]

I it was who/_i_s_/summoned the Whit Council. And in my designs had not gone amiss, it would have been/_o_e_n_d/by Gandalf the Grey, and then mayhap things would have gone otherwise. But even now there is hope left...

That's as far as I'll go for now.

[Valandil]

So far, 'in' is not correct. The rest is, although techically 'Whit' isn't quite there. :p

[Earniel]

So far, 'in' is not correct. The rest is, although techically 'Whit' isn't quite there. :p
Oh haha. :rolleyes: :p

I it was who/_i_s_/summoned the White Council. And if my designs had not gone amiss, it would have been governed by Gandalf the Grey, and then mayhap things would have gone otherwise. But even now there is hope left. I will not give you counsel,/_a_i_g/_o/_h_s/_r/_o/_h_t/.
/_o_/n_t/_n/_o_n_/o_/c_n_r_v_n_/n_r/_n/_h_o_i_g/
_e_w_e_/t_i_/c_u_s_/o_/a_o_h_r/,/_a_/I/_v_i_/;
/b_t/_n_y/_n/_n_w_n_/w_a_/w_s/_n_/i_/,
/a_d/_n/_a_t/_l_o/that shall be./But this I will say to you: your Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet/_o_e/_e_a_n_/w_i_e/_l_/t_e/_o_p_n_/i_/t_u_."

[Midge]

I won't take credit for the things that are the same as Earniel's bolded words. I borrowed!

"I it was who first summoned the White Council. And if my designs had not gone amiss, it would have been governed by Gandalf the Grey, and then mayhap things would have gone otherwise. But even now there is hope left. I will not give you counsel,/saying do this or do that.
/For not in doing or contriving nor in choosing
between this counsel(?)or another, had I avail;
/but only in knowing what was and is,
/and in part also what shall be. But this I will say to you: your Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while all the mopping is true."

Okay, so i had one word left and I didn't want to leave any spaces in there, so I just picked a word that fit. You don't have to tell me it's wrong. (I also considered "hopping" and "romping")

EDIT: Oh, and the speaker is Galadriel.

[Valandil]

Correct on the speaker.

Incorrect words:
* the second "counsel" - the one you put a "?" after
* the "had" a few words after
* "mopping"

Also - a mistake of mine from initially typing it in. It should have been "... between this ___ and another..." - my "or" was a mis-transposition - so I need to make that "and" a gimme.

[Midge]

Course! Company! Can!

I Hope That Is Right.

[Valandil]

Course! Company! Can!

I Hope That Is Right.

Yes - good work! Your turn. :)

[Midge]

They all started with C.

"W_/m_s_/m_v_/a_a_/f_o_/h_r_/./
I/_e_l/_s/_f/_i_/e_e_/w_r_/o_/t_e/_a_k/_f/_y/_e_d/./"

[Earniel]

"We must move away from here. I/_e_l/_s/_f/_i_/e_e_/w_r_/o_/t_e/_a_k/_f/_y/_e_d/./"

[Valandil]

"We must move away from here. I feel as if his eyes were on the back of my head."

Frodo?

[Midge]

Quote is right, speaker not Frodo!

[Valandil]

Pippin?

[Midge]

Nope!

[Midge]

Is no one else going to guess???

[Valandil]

Oh - I think I remember where this is from now, thought I'm not entirely certain who said it.

Was it Bilbo?

[Midge]

No, it wasn't Bilbo.

[Valandil]

OK: Happy? Grumpy? Doc? Sneezy? Bashful? no, no, no...

Was it Dwalin?

[Midge]

Haha.. It'd been so long that I'd forgotten exactly who it was.... I had to look it up to see if I was correct.. I was. Dwalin it is not. Keep guessing people. And while you're at it, what was the situation you are thinking?

[Valandil]

Gloin?

Oh - you know... after the Dwarves have come through Smaug's den and out of the Mountain, and are looking around, and don't know where Smaug is or what has become of him... and someone suggests he might be watching them from high up on the mountain just then. Is that it?

[Midge]

Yes, that's it, but it isn't Gloin. This time we might actually run through all of them

[Valandil]

Bifur?

* c'mon... you other people guess too! * :D

[Midge]

Yeah... Val needs your help!!!
He just can't find the luck to pick the right speaker, apparently!

[Valandil]

Nori?

[Midge]

I guess they just don't care about you, Val. No.

[Valandil]

Dori?

[Earniel]

I see we're back to guessing random dwarves. :p

Oin?

[Midge]

Wait, wait... I gave up on Val too quickly! It was Dori, it was Dori!

[Midge]

That means it's your turn, Val.

[Valandil]

Oh, Dori... of course! :p

"M_n/_f/_o_d_r/,/_h_/l_r_m_s_e_s/_e_l/_s/_h_t/_t/_a_/t_e/_u_t_m/_f/_l_/
t_a_/t_e/_i_g/_h_u_d/_e_e_v_/t_e/_r_w_/f_o_/h_s/_a_h_r/_r_/h_/d_e_/;
/o_/i_/t_a_/m_g_t/_o_/b_/,/t_a_/h_/s_o_l_/g_/a_o_e/_n_/t_k_/i_/f_o_/
t_e/_a_d_/o_/h_s/_a_h_r/_n/_h_/t_m_/w_e_e/_e/_a_/l_i_/.
/B_t/_i_c_/t_i_g_/m_s_/n_w/_e/_o_e/_t_e_w_s_/,
/u_i_g/_h_/a_t_o_i_y/_f/_h_/S_e_a_d/,/_/h_v_/t_d_y/_r_u_h_/h_t_e_/
f_o_/R_t_/D_n_n/_h_/c_o_n/_f/_a_n_r/_h_/l_s_/k_n_/,
/w_o_e/_a_s/_a_s_d/_n/_h_/t_m_/o_/o_r/_o_g_a_h_r_/o_/o_d."

[-elfearz-]

"Men of Gondor, the l_r_m_s_e_s tell us that it was the custom of old that the king should receive the crown from his father ere he died; or if that might not be, that he should go alone and take it from the hands of his father in the tomb where he was laid. But since things must now be done otherwise, using the authority of the Steward, I have today brought hither from Rath Dinen the crown of Earnur? The last king, whose days passed in the time of our _o_g_a_h_r_ of old."

[Valandil]

All correct so far.

[Midge]

Loremasters
Longfathers??? that one is a booger!
Aragorn.... ish?

[Valandil]

You've solved the rest of the words. Aragorn is not the speaker. :)

[Midge]

I'm pretty sure I made up that last word... longfathers??? What the heck kind of word is that?

Uh... how 'bout good ol' Gandy-doodle?

That meant Gandalf... I am going to bed now.

[Valandil]

Not Gandalf. :)

[Midge]

Faramir, maybe?

[Valandil]

Faramir it was! Your turn, Midge. :)

Are you a Faramir fan? I was thinking you were when I picked that one. Maybe he's about the only fella who could get away with using the word 'longfathers'! :p

[Midge]

Maybe he freaked while he was speaking in front of a whole bunch of people and just made up a word because he couldn't think of one. Well, Aragorn is my favorite, but Faramir is close behind; they are very much alike, after all - I think the only MAJOR difference is that Faramir was the son of the steward while Aragorn was the descendant of kings. I don't actually have my book with me (shocking, isn't it?); I am at my boyfriend's house. I will post tonight (which means I will probably forget to do it tonight and check again tomorrow before remembering it's my turn... isn't that the way it usually happens?)!

[Midge]

I'm sorry I didn't post last night. I came home and just wanted to go to bed!

"A_d/_h_t/_a_/I/_o_l_/n_t/_o/_h_u_h/_l_/t_e/_o_t_/o_/M_r_o_/s_o_d/_e_o_e/_e/,/
_n_/I/_e_e/_l_n_/a_d/_a_/n_/o_h_r/_e_u_e/./
_l_s/_h_t/_/f_y/_o_d/_h_u_d/_a_l/_n/_/m_n/_o/_r_a_h_a_t_d/
_n/_h_s/_o_r/_f/_e_d/!/_r_/t_e_e/_o_/e_i_/t_i_g_/e_o_g_/a_r_a_/
w_t_o_t/_e_k_n_/t_e_/u_d_r/_h_/e_r_h/?/_a_/i_/a_/h_n_/./"

[Valandil]

No problem... nice to have a little break now and then.

"And that /_a_/ I would not do though all
the hosts of Mordor stood before me,
and I were alone and had no other /_e_u_e/.
Alas that a fey mood should fall on a man so greathearted
in this hour of need! Are there not evil things enough already
without seeking them under the earth? /_a_/ is at hand."

[Count Comfect]

Faramir?

[Midge]

the first "do" is wrong; "already" is wrong, faramir is wrong.

[-elfearz-]

way; go; refuge; abroad.....eomer...or theoden? i think eomer :confused:

[Valandil]

Ooh - and after elfearz got so many, I hate to do this, but is the last unsolved word 'War'?

[Midge]

Well, all of elfearz's words were right, and so was eomer (I used your preference of eomer as an excuse to pick that one as the one you guessed)...

And so were you, Val, right. "War" is correct. So, it's your turn.

[AceKnight]

who's doing the next quote?

[Earniel]

Usually the one that solved the last bit of the quote, unless he or she gives up her turn. In this case, Valandil will be doing the next quote.

[Valandil]

Yes - and here it is:

"N_/,/i_/h_s/_o_e/_e_o_d/_u_/r_a_h/.
/_f/_h_t/_t/_e_s_/l_t/_s/_e/_l_d/.
/_e/_a_/n_/l_n_e_/b_/t_m_t_d/_o/_s_/t_e/_i_g/.
/_e/_u_t/_o/_o_n/_o/_a_e/_/p_r_l/_e_r/_e_p_i_/,
/y_t/_h_t/_e_d_y/_e_i_/i_/r_m_v_d."

[Midge]

Dang it... I hate it when the page ends and I don't notice, so I reply to the post at the end of the page and others have gone on without me!

I will go try to decipher the quote now!

[Midge]

"No, it has gone beyond our reach.
/Of that at least let us be glad.
/He can no longer be tempted to use the Ring.
/He must go soon to face a peril/_e_r/_e_p_i_/,
/yet that/deadly peril is removed."

Gandalf?

[Valandil]

Speaker is indeed Gandalf. All words attempted are correctly solved except both uses of "He" are wrong.

[Midge]

Are they actually "we"?
I can't for the life of me figure out those other two words!

[Valandil]

Yes - they are both "We"

Gee... I'd hate for you to die! :(


:p

[Midge]

It does seem like a mostly two-sided conversation here, doesn't it? I can't for the life of me figure out what those other two words are!!!
Gr...

"near"?

[Valandil]

'near' is correct :)

[Midge]

"No, it has gone beyond our reach.
Of that at least let us be glad.
We can no longer be tempted to use the Ring.
We must go soon to face a peril near /_e_p_i_/,
yet that deadly peril is removed."

I got tired of changing my perspective of that wrong quote.
I cannot figure out that last word!!! GARRRR!!! Anyone else besides Val still alive out there to help me?????????

[Valandil]

Midge - try taking one of the open positions and going through the alphabet to see if anything comes to mind. If that doesn't work, try it in one of the other spots. :)

[Midge]

It's not that I died. I am just having too much trouble! I keep thinking words that don't fit, like, "replied"... not only do they not fit, that one doesn't even make sense!!! ARGHHH!

[Valandil]

Don't despair, keep trying! :)

[Midge]

hey! "despair" fits!!! (I originally typed that in "despaior" which I think would have been highly entertaining to just leave.)

[Valandil]

It sure does! ;) Your turn, Midge. :)

[Earniel]

well done, Midge, I kept busting my head over that missing word too, and nothing seemed to fit.

[Midge]

"W_a_/a_e/_o_/d_i_g/_e_e/?/
_s/_t/_o_/a/_a_/i_/t_e/_i_y/
_h_t/_h_s_/w_o/_e_r/_h_/b_a_k/_n_/s_l_e_/
m_s_/s_a_/i_/t_e/C_t_d_l/,/
_n_e_s/_h_i_/l_r_/g_v_s/_h_m/_e_v_/?/"

[Curubethion]

"What are you doing here? Is it not a law in the city that those who wear the black and silver must stay in the Citadel, unless their lord gives them leave?"

Wow...I just did that piece by piece, no looking...

[Valandil]

Sounds good, Curubethion! Can you give the speaker too?

We solve all the words and the speaker as well, before we move on to the next quote. :)

[Curubethion]

Ah, I think that was Gandalf, to Pippin.

[Midge]

That's right! *It's a good thing you didn't look... that's one of the the rules!!! =)*

So, consequently, thus, therefore, ergo, and duly, it's your turn, Curubethion (your name is somewhat of a booger to type!).

[Midge]

Hey, Curry... gonna post a quote??

*Is Curry an okay nickname for you?*

[Midge]

All right... if there is no post by the next time I check here and have my LOTR book around (which may or may not be tomorrow.. you never know), I will post. How's that sound?

[Valandil]

Midge - that sounds great to me. Go for it, if you're willing. :)

[Midge]

I'm still curious to know if I offended Curubethion with my nickname... he may not like the sauce.

"C_n/_/?/G_o_/!/B_t/_e'_/c_o_e/,/_s_'t/_e/?/_o_/c_a_g_d/_t/_l_/./"

EDIT: I meant he may not like the sauce which goes on food, not the sauce with which I used the nickname.

[Valandil]

Eh... my guess is he's fine. Just hasn't checked back in the thread, probably. :)


"Can I? Good! But he's close, isn't he? Not changed at all."

Merry?

[Midge]

quote yes, specker no...

EDIT: That was me going Jar-Jar on you, I suppose!

[Valandil]

Frodo Binks... er, Baggins?

[Midge]

No... yousa kep guessin'!

[Valandil]

Anybody else wanna guess too?

Pippin?

[Butterbeer]

Curub?

I always called him Big C :)

i think pippin is correct ... at a guess ;)

[Midge]

Pippin it is!!! Your turn, Val.

[Midge]

Hey! you there? anyone?

[Valandil]

Sorry - my own computer is getting a little maintenance lately. I've had some trouble with it. I'm posting this from a different one, but don't want to take up too much time here.

Hope to be back to action in just another day or two. :)

You can skip me for now if you like, or take a little break on the game until I'm truly 'back'.

[Midge]

We'll wait... we being me and whoever else wants to jump in... I've got essays, essays, essays to write!!!

[Count Comfect]

I will definitely wait. Sorry I haven't been answering - my thesis has been eating up both my time and my brainpower. So I haven't had any answers to give and I haven't had time to post them if I'd had them. But I am looking forward to Val's post.

[Earniel]

I'm lazy, I'll wait. :D

[Midge]

Hm... it's been more than just a day or two... I know you're overrun and lazy, but I posted the one before Val, so I'm game for you guys to post any ol' time you like... Just whenever. Tell me if you want me to post one. I'd like to solve, though.

[Valandil]

Well - I got my internet back about 3 nights ago, but have had much else to do. But still, it's time to get us going again:

"S_e_k/_o_/s_/!
/A/_e_r/_h_l_/I/_n_u_e/_o_/e_e_y/_a_/t_a_/p_s_e_/u_t_l/_o_r/_e_u_n."

[Midge]

"Speak not so! A year shall I ... every day that passes until your return."

Speaker: Eowyn?

[Valandil]

Correct on attempted words and speaker.

Only two words left. :)

[Midge]

I so didn't expect the speaker to be right... It's funny... Others show up for in between times, but not when there's a quote to be solved! Hm... Hold on, I will think for five minutes on what those other words might be.

[Midge]

Is the big word a synonym for the word "miss" (as in... I miss you)... and the other word "you"? That's as far as I'll go tonight.

[Earniel]

"endure for"?

[Valandil]

'endure for' is correct - your turn, Earniel! :)

[Earniel]

"I/_r_e_e/_n/_i_d_e/-/_a_t_/,/f_r/_e_v_s/_a_l/_n_/f_o_e_s/_a_e/,/_n_/m_/h_a_t/
_e_r_s/,/_e_e_b_r_n_/t_e_s/_n_/g_a_s/_h_t/_o/_o_/d_e/./_/w_u_d/_a_e/_h_s_/
i_/m_/h_m_/."

[Count Comfect]

is there a "for" in the first line and and "I" in the second? Perhaps a "is my home" for the third?

[Valandil]

"I /_r_e_e/ an /_i_d_e/-/_a_t_/, for leaves fall and flowers fade,
and my heart yearns(?), remembering trees and grass that do not die.
I would have these in my home."

Galadriel

[Earniel]

All correct, Val, except for the 'an' in the first sentence.

[Valandil]

Oh - 'in Middle-earth'?