A/N: Many thanks to Phish Tacko for helping me to beta this story! Also, this ends part 3 of this series. Stay tuned for part 4!

Ch. 75

The next morning, Legolas and Aragorn were woken up by the sound of footsteps, followed by a loud thump, followed by the sound of someone yelling.

The two wondered if someone had gotten hurt. This was confirmed when another voice rang out. Aragorn recognized it as coming from the healer.

"Sheldon? Are you okay?! Did you walk into the wall again?"

"Fuck you, man!" The other man - Sheldon, apparently - yelled back.

"Sam? Gilbert? Can someone go see if Sheldon's alright?" The healer called.

Then there were more footsteps, followed by some softer voices. After a few minutes, the sounds stopped entirely.

"Well, then," Aragorn said, standing up and stretching his back. He was sore from sleeping sitting up. "Ready to go meet everyone?"

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Ten minutes later, Aragorn and Legolas walked down the hall. The followed the smell of food and the sound of voices out to a dining area, where they found several other people sitting and eating. There was a large table lined with trays of food set up and a line near it. Schnabel spotted them before they spotted him.

"Legolas! Aragorn!" The doctor said, smiling. "Good morning! Everyone, this is our new resident Legolas and his friend Aragorn!"

Everyone smiled and nodded and immediately went back to eating their food, with the exception of a very curvy woman with dark hair. For some reason, she was staring at them. It made Legolas feel slightly uncomfortable, so he looked away.

"Come, have something to eat," Schnabel suggested.

Legolas nodded and walked up to the buffet table, Aragorn following closely behind. He examined the trays, not recognizing most of the food. It smelled good, at least, so he decided to give it a try. He piled some eggs and bacon onto his plate.

Once Aragorn had done the same, the two sat down between a man with red hair and another man with glasses, wires around his jaw, and black frizzy hair with a white stripe. He didn't seem to be eating anything, though. Rather, he was drinking something through a straw. He looked very annoyed.

"Hello," Aragorn said, trying to be polite.

The dark-haired man glared at him, so Aragorn decided to try his luck with the other person.

"Hello?" He asked.

The red-headed man smiled.

"Good morning. My name is Gilbert."

Both Aragorn and Legolas smiled back.

Gilbert finished his last bite of egg whites and spinach and then began to introduce the others.

"I know everyone's eating, but most people here are nice," He explained. "Mr. Todd there with the straw can't talk because his jaw is broken. That there," He said, pointing at Sam. "the guy across the table with the yellow shirt on, his name is Sam. He's a really good guy, we've been friends for a while."

Hearing this, Sam waved at them.

"That's Ichabod," Gilbert continued, motioning at a thin man who was sitting next to a younger boy. "And that's his friend Masbath."

Ichabod glanced up at the newbies, but didn't say anything. He was too preoccupied with trying not to scream at Masbath for trying to force him to eat. He knew that he had to - that he had lost a lot of weight and had to gain some of it back, but it was still frustrating to have someone at least fifteen years younger telling him what to do.

"And, uh," Gilbert said. "That's Edward. The beautiful woman who's helping him eat is my wife, Becky."

At first, Edward had looked normal enough, that was until Legolas caught sight of his hands, or lack thereof. Being as polite as he was, he didn't say anything, but it took all of his willpower not to stare.

"He's a really nice person," Gilbert said quietly.

"I'm sure." Legolas replied, trying to sound confident. "I'm sure that he is."

Gilbert smiled again.

"A lot of people are hanging out outside, so you'll meet them in a little bit. If you want, you two can hang out with me and Becky and Sam and Arnie until you get to know everyone better."

"Thank you," Legolas answered. "That's very kind of you."

"Of course," Gilbert said. "It's no problem at all."

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Legolas liked the food that had been served, but he could only eat so much before he began to feel sick. He felt like that with most food in general though, so it wasn't anything new.

Gilbert had waited for him and Aragorn to finish before leading them outside into the back yard. On the way out, they passed by Angelica, who had continued to stare at them. She had eventually stood up and moved someplace else, but Legolas couldn't help but wonder about her.

One thing that seemed interesting to him was her body. Unlike elven women, who were typically tall, slender, and without obvious curves, this woman was very shapely. He had accidentally caught himself staring at her backside for a few seconds. Thankfully, no one had seen it. He made a promise to himself to be more careful in the future.

As Gilbert had mentioned, there were several other people outside- adults as well as children. Gilbert led the two around.

"This is Mrs. Lovett," He said, bringing them over to her. She was busy with Emma, sitting in the grass with the little girl and picking dandelions with her.

"'Ello!" Mrs. Lovett greeted them. "You can call me Nell, and this is Emma, Mr. T's little girl."

"I am Aragorn, and this is Legolas," Aragorn replied. "Mr. T is the man with the broken jaw, right?" He asked, feeling slightly confused. Many of these people looked alike.

"Yes, he is, and if he gives you any trouble, you let me know," Mrs Lovett said with a smirk.

"We will."

"Let's go see who else is out here," Gilbert looked around. "Ah. That blonde guy, over there, next to the woman with the tight jeans and Simpsons t-shirt, that's Mort Rainey and his girlfriend Maryanne. Mort can be… kind of odd, for lack of better words. He's a bit angry like Mr. Todd is, but if you leave him alone, he will usually leave you alone. The little boy that Maryanne is holding is Mort's son, Anakin."

Legolas noticed that Anakin had blonde hair much like his own and smiled.

"He's adorable."

"He is," Gilbert agreed.

He went on to briefly introduce the two to Sheldon Sands and Tom Hanson, but didn't dwell too long on them because he barely knew them. Instead, he decided to tell them about the others who weren't outside.

"There's a few more people here who aren't out because they're not feeling well. There's Jack, who's a pirate. The woman with the dark hair and broken arm that you saw at breakfast, that's his lady, Angelica. They have a daughter named Angela and two more on the way. Their friends Will and Elizabeth are also here. And, of course, the guy with the crazy red hair is Tarrant. Tarrant Hightopp. I think you might get along with him," Gilbert said.

"I would?" Legolas tilted his head inquisitively.

"He's from a different place. He'll probably tell you he's from Scotland, but he's not. Anyways, he's married to a woman named Alice, and they have a daughter named Daisy and he's having twins too, but only his sister Carlie is here with him now. You can't miss her- She's got wild red hair and she's real tall. Real pretty."

"Interesting," Aragorn commented. "Another traveler from another place. Well, at least we're not the only ones."