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A/N: "Mer" is the reference Merut makes to Ete in many scenes. Don't worry. It all makes sense if you think about it. Ete's real name is Meredith, the nickname's Mer, Merut is still adjusting, etcetera.
Chapter 5
The fellowship, plus two set off early that morning and traveled for several hours before an emergency came up.
Not orcs, not the Crebain, not even a stone falling. Merut had to use the privy.
"E.T." Merut said urgently, pulling Ete back a bit.
"What?" Ete said to her companion.
"Emergency." Merut said, walking a little slower.
"What emergency?" Ete said, falling back with Merut.
"Emergency emergency." Merut said, walking very slow now. The two of them were at least ten feet behind the group.
"As in courses emergency or water emergency?"
"Water emergency as in the other end of the water emergency chain."
"What's holding you up back there?" said Aragorn, who was at the end of the entourage, but realized there were people behind him.
"Merut has to pee!" Ete said, making her best friend bright red. Ete did what she could to keep from laughing.
At this point, Aragorn had stopped everyone and, for lack of better shows, the all listened intently to the conversation.
"What do you mean by 'pee'?" asked Aragorn, quite confused with the matter.
"You know. Use the necessary." Ete said, Merut trying to hide behind Ete.
"Meeeerrr..." Merut said, embarrassed. She had almost forgotten about the absolute urgency of the matter.
"You mean she has to relieve herself?" asked Gimli, very coarsely.
"Indeed. She needs to relieve her bladder!" Ete made sure her voice echoed in the mountains.
"Well, in that case, there are some branches over there." Boromir pointed to a nice small thicket that strayed just a small bit from the road.
"Thanks, Boromir!" Ete said, pulling her friend out from behind her. "There ya go, my bestest friend in all of Middle Earth!"
"Don't be alarmed if you wake up with a bolt in your chest." Merut said, briskly walking off to hide.
As soon as Merut was out of sight, Ete burst into laughing, sitting on a rock to just laugh as much as she needed to.
"You know I can hear you!" spoke the bushes.
"And I can hear you too!"
The entire fellowship looked to each other in complete confusion. What exactly is so funny about this situation? There simply isn't any logic to the humor found in the scene playing before them, even when Ete is splitting her sides with laughter.
But, there wasn't too much time to rest on the thoughts, for Merut was soon back and walking with everyone, making sure to stay far away from everyone else.
Meanwhile, Ete was having just as much fun frolicking in the periwinkles, as one would say. She pranced with the rest of them, enjoying the clear sun. Fortunately for her, she wasn't as cold as everyone else was, for she had spent the night before lining her boots with fleece, making mittens and scarves. She knew it was going to be freezing cold. That's why she took the liberty of taking care of Merut's clothes and making them warm. Not that it made much of a difference, for Merut was still warm from the previous incident.
"How can you be so warm?" asked Pippin, who was holding his cloak very tightly around him. "The temperature is freezing!"
"It's winter, Pip. Of course it's freezing. And it's not going to get much warmer for a while." Ete shook a mittened finger to Pippin and laughed, frolicking off to the front of the group.
A/N: "Mer" is the reference Merut makes to Ete in many scenes. Don't worry. It all makes sense if you think about it. Ete's real name is Meredith, the nickname's Mer, Merut is still adjusting, etcetera.
Chapter 5
The fellowship, plus two set off early that morning and traveled for several hours before an emergency came up.
Not orcs, not the Crebain, not even a stone falling. Merut had to use the privy.
"E.T." Merut said urgently, pulling Ete back a bit.
"What?" Ete said to her companion.
"Emergency." Merut said, walking a little slower.
"What emergency?" Ete said, falling back with Merut.
"Emergency emergency." Merut said, walking very slow now. The two of them were at least ten feet behind the group.
"As in courses emergency or water emergency?"
"Water emergency as in the other end of the water emergency chain."
"What's holding you up back there?" said Aragorn, who was at the end of the entourage, but realized there were people behind him.
"Merut has to pee!" Ete said, making her best friend bright red. Ete did what she could to keep from laughing.
At this point, Aragorn had stopped everyone and, for lack of better shows, the all listened intently to the conversation.
"What do you mean by 'pee'?" asked Aragorn, quite confused with the matter.
"You know. Use the necessary." Ete said, Merut trying to hide behind Ete.
"Meeeerrr..." Merut said, embarrassed. She had almost forgotten about the absolute urgency of the matter.
"You mean she has to relieve herself?" asked Gimli, very coarsely.
"Indeed. She needs to relieve her bladder!" Ete made sure her voice echoed in the mountains.
"Well, in that case, there are some branches over there." Boromir pointed to a nice small thicket that strayed just a small bit from the road.
"Thanks, Boromir!" Ete said, pulling her friend out from behind her. "There ya go, my bestest friend in all of Middle Earth!"
"Don't be alarmed if you wake up with a bolt in your chest." Merut said, briskly walking off to hide.
As soon as Merut was out of sight, Ete burst into laughing, sitting on a rock to just laugh as much as she needed to.
"You know I can hear you!" spoke the bushes.
"And I can hear you too!"
The entire fellowship looked to each other in complete confusion. What exactly is so funny about this situation? There simply isn't any logic to the humor found in the scene playing before them, even when Ete is splitting her sides with laughter.
But, there wasn't too much time to rest on the thoughts, for Merut was soon back and walking with everyone, making sure to stay far away from everyone else.
Meanwhile, Ete was having just as much fun frolicking in the periwinkles, as one would say. She pranced with the rest of them, enjoying the clear sun. Fortunately for her, she wasn't as cold as everyone else was, for she had spent the night before lining her boots with fleece, making mittens and scarves. She knew it was going to be freezing cold. That's why she took the liberty of taking care of Merut's clothes and making them warm. Not that it made much of a difference, for Merut was still warm from the previous incident.
"How can you be so warm?" asked Pippin, who was holding his cloak very tightly around him. "The temperature is freezing!"
"It's winter, Pip. Of course it's freezing. And it's not going to get much warmer for a while." Ete shook a mittened finger to Pippin and laughed, frolicking off to the front of the group.