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Chapter 23 In Which They Receive the Blackmail Notes
"There," said Will, "all finished." Orlando, Legolas, and Will had just
completed building the stable. The four horses would now be sheltered.
"Haha! This place is becoming more and more like a farm. They already had
chickens, and now there's horses too!" Orlando said, laughing.
"Dina! Let's go get that rum!" Legolas exclaimed. They went into the fort
and Will showed Orlando how much rum they were able to take from Captain
Jack's stash. There were five full bottles of it and one that was half
empty.
"Why'd you guys take a half empty bottle?" Orlando inquired.
"Well, it wasn't half empty when we took it. We had to have something to
drink on the way back here." Legolas explained.
"Ah, I see."
"I propose a toast!" Orlando said, "To black market lembas!" They each
chose a bottle of rum and took a drink. Just then, Firthuliel's nenelith
walked into the fort.
"Umm…excuse me." She said. She seemed to have walked into some drinking
party. "I have a two letters here. One for you Orlando," she handed him his
letter, "and one for you Legolas. Oh, and where are Firthuliel and
Nilturiel? I haven't seen them around lately."
"We're not sure, but we'll tell you if we see them."
"Alright then. If I don't find them soon would you mind going to look for
them?"
"Sure, but they're probably around here somewhere," said Legolas.
"I hope so," Firthuliel's nenelith muttered as she walked out of the fort.
Orlando and Legolas opened their letters. They happened to be the blackmail
letters that Vebrion had sent earlier.
"Not another one!" cried Orlando. "That's just what I need. When I start up
my black market lembas business again I get blackmailed again! What is
this? A plot against me!? Did you tell this Vebrion elf-person to blackmail
me Legolas?"
"No! I'm being blackmailed by her too. I thought she was done with her
revenge when she sent me here. Not that it's that bad being here and
drinking rum…."
"Well, it seems to me that there's only one thing you can do. That is
unless you actually want to pay this Vebrion person." Will said. "You have
to go find her. I'll go with you! It'll be an adventure!"
Legolas and Orlando both laughed at this. "An adventure!? That's what
Thranduil said when he told me to go to the Council of Elrond," Legolas
said. He and Orlando laughed harder.
"I think you guys have had enough rum," Will stated. "Let's go find
Vebrion. We can look for Firthuliel and Nilturiel while we're at it."