After they had untied Merry, all three of the companions sat in silence
until Zoarria spoke, "How can you guys just sit here? It's so boring."
Pippin looked her in the eye and said, "I'm not bored, I'm looking for mushrooms."
Merry looked at Zoarria, ignoring Pippin, "What else are we gonna do? These Orcs are 4 times my size. We can't take 'em on."
"Oh, really?" Zoarria asked, "What about me? Am I just existent? I've been on my own since I was 16, I think that we can take them on and win."
Merry looked at the ground, "You're right, I never took you into consideration, and I'm sorry."
Pippin looked at her and asked, "Since you were 16? How old are you now?"
Merry shot Pippin a look of such hatred that Pippin was a little scared, "PIPPIN!" Merry looked over at Zoarria, "I'm really sorry about him. He doesn't always know when to shut up."
Zoarria just laughed, "Don't worry about it, I'm a elf. Or did you forget that elves were immortal? That question is not insulting to us elves as it is to mortal beings. And I am turning 1052 in March."
Pippin gasped, "Wow! That's OLD!"
Zoarria laughed and laughed, "Well, Merry I know why you love him so much now."
Merry gave her a questioning look.
"He obviously keeps things interesting."
Merry looked over at Pippin who had started singing AGAIN and laughed, "Yea, too true, too true. But, sometimes he gets really annoying."
Zoarria looked at him not laughing but her green eyes showed mild amusement at the friendship the hobbits had, "Now to get out of here . . . We could have Pippin distract the guard, since he's so good at distracting people. Merry, do you know when there is a change of the guard and where is the tent of the commander?"
"Umm . . . at about Midnight and Noon the guard changes. And uhhhh . . . the commander is in the tent in the dead center of the camp . . . but there is a guard all around the camp."
"Okay, good, good. Hmmmm . . ." Zoarria crawled over to a tree and sat down. Minutes went by and Merry thought she was asleep when suddenly she looked up, "I GOT IT!"
Merry and Pippin both jumped at the sound of her voice, for they had both thought she was asleep and together asked, "Got What?"
"A way out of this garbage pit," she looked around and motioned for them to come closer, "Here's what we're gonna do. Where are those ropes?" Pippin handed her the ropes, "Thank you Pippin. Now you two have to be loosely tied so that the guards don't know that you can get out. Then, I will pretend to be choking, and if all goes according to planned this will cause such an uproar that the entire camp comes running. At that point you guys will run, so that the whole camp follows you, and then when I am not being watched then I will run and attack the Orcs from behind."
Pippin looked at her, "I dunno, the last time we these Orcs following us we got caught."
Merry looked at Pippin and then at Zoarria, "Don't even get me STARTED! But I will do it." Pippin nodded in agreement.
Zoarria smiled and said, "Okay, at midnight we go so that we can escape by the cover of night."
Pippin looked her in the eye and said, "I'm not bored, I'm looking for mushrooms."
Merry looked at Zoarria, ignoring Pippin, "What else are we gonna do? These Orcs are 4 times my size. We can't take 'em on."
"Oh, really?" Zoarria asked, "What about me? Am I just existent? I've been on my own since I was 16, I think that we can take them on and win."
Merry looked at the ground, "You're right, I never took you into consideration, and I'm sorry."
Pippin looked at her and asked, "Since you were 16? How old are you now?"
Merry shot Pippin a look of such hatred that Pippin was a little scared, "PIPPIN!" Merry looked over at Zoarria, "I'm really sorry about him. He doesn't always know when to shut up."
Zoarria just laughed, "Don't worry about it, I'm a elf. Or did you forget that elves were immortal? That question is not insulting to us elves as it is to mortal beings. And I am turning 1052 in March."
Pippin gasped, "Wow! That's OLD!"
Zoarria laughed and laughed, "Well, Merry I know why you love him so much now."
Merry gave her a questioning look.
"He obviously keeps things interesting."
Merry looked over at Pippin who had started singing AGAIN and laughed, "Yea, too true, too true. But, sometimes he gets really annoying."
Zoarria looked at him not laughing but her green eyes showed mild amusement at the friendship the hobbits had, "Now to get out of here . . . We could have Pippin distract the guard, since he's so good at distracting people. Merry, do you know when there is a change of the guard and where is the tent of the commander?"
"Umm . . . at about Midnight and Noon the guard changes. And uhhhh . . . the commander is in the tent in the dead center of the camp . . . but there is a guard all around the camp."
"Okay, good, good. Hmmmm . . ." Zoarria crawled over to a tree and sat down. Minutes went by and Merry thought she was asleep when suddenly she looked up, "I GOT IT!"
Merry and Pippin both jumped at the sound of her voice, for they had both thought she was asleep and together asked, "Got What?"
"A way out of this garbage pit," she looked around and motioned for them to come closer, "Here's what we're gonna do. Where are those ropes?" Pippin handed her the ropes, "Thank you Pippin. Now you two have to be loosely tied so that the guards don't know that you can get out. Then, I will pretend to be choking, and if all goes according to planned this will cause such an uproar that the entire camp comes running. At that point you guys will run, so that the whole camp follows you, and then when I am not being watched then I will run and attack the Orcs from behind."
Pippin looked at her, "I dunno, the last time we these Orcs following us we got caught."
Merry looked at Pippin and then at Zoarria, "Don't even get me STARTED! But I will do it." Pippin nodded in agreement.
Zoarria smiled and said, "Okay, at midnight we go so that we can escape by the cover of night."