AN: Obviously, this story is Silmarillion based and set in modern times. If
you haven't read The Silmarillion, just look up "Silmarils" in the index
and read all those pages, then you should be able to follow this fine.
Then, later, you can read the whole Silmarillion because it's awesome.
THE SILMARILS
"And it is told of Maglor that he could not endure the pain with which the Silmaril tormented him; and he cast it at last into the Sea." The Silmarillion, pg. 254
Daeron was sitting on a stool in Lindi's lab watching her handle the stone while the tenth crewmember in so many minutes ran cold water over a scorched finger.
"Why am I the only one not getting burned?" The stone was unmarred after Daeron dropped it. He and Lindi had tried everything to put a dent in it. It was harder than diamonds, harder than anything they'd seen before.
"Maybe it's alien and they dropped it here and you're part alien so it doesn't hurt you."
She rolled her eyes, "That is THE stupidest idea I've ever heard. Do I look part alien to you?"
He admired her slim tanned legs, arms toned from hefting countless rock samples, and finally her dark brown hair and stormy grey eyes. "Well I've kinda always had this suspicion, but this rock seems to be proving me right."
"You're an idiot," she laughed.
"I know. In all seriousness though, this is getting to Twilight Zone levels of weird here and I really don't want to upgrade it to X-Files. So who do we call who would know anything about this?"
"I guess we try and find out if anyone else has found something similar."
"I think we'd have heard of it by now."
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A young vulcanologist was hammering away at a hardened lava flow for a sample. Finally a large piece broke away, but she ignored it in favor of what had been uncovered. A glowing gem had survived intact through an eruption. It was obviously shaped by some kind of jeweler and it was large, about one and a half inches across. She pried it out of the surrounding lava rock and held it up to the light. It glowed brightly in her heavily gloved hand.
"Andrew! Get me Lindi Brown on the phone now!" Her best friend from college would be interested in this...
THE SILMARILS
"And it is told of Maglor that he could not endure the pain with which the Silmaril tormented him; and he cast it at last into the Sea." The Silmarillion, pg. 254
Daeron was sitting on a stool in Lindi's lab watching her handle the stone while the tenth crewmember in so many minutes ran cold water over a scorched finger.
"Why am I the only one not getting burned?" The stone was unmarred after Daeron dropped it. He and Lindi had tried everything to put a dent in it. It was harder than diamonds, harder than anything they'd seen before.
"Maybe it's alien and they dropped it here and you're part alien so it doesn't hurt you."
She rolled her eyes, "That is THE stupidest idea I've ever heard. Do I look part alien to you?"
He admired her slim tanned legs, arms toned from hefting countless rock samples, and finally her dark brown hair and stormy grey eyes. "Well I've kinda always had this suspicion, but this rock seems to be proving me right."
"You're an idiot," she laughed.
"I know. In all seriousness though, this is getting to Twilight Zone levels of weird here and I really don't want to upgrade it to X-Files. So who do we call who would know anything about this?"
"I guess we try and find out if anyone else has found something similar."
"I think we'd have heard of it by now."
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A young vulcanologist was hammering away at a hardened lava flow for a sample. Finally a large piece broke away, but she ignored it in favor of what had been uncovered. A glowing gem had survived intact through an eruption. It was obviously shaped by some kind of jeweler and it was large, about one and a half inches across. She pried it out of the surrounding lava rock and held it up to the light. It glowed brightly in her heavily gloved hand.
"Andrew! Get me Lindi Brown on the phone now!" Her best friend from college would be interested in this...