Chapter 17: The Fog Dissipates

Thranduil: Do you really think he'll be happy to see us?

Bard: Well, not us specifically, but the big diamond maybe.

Thranduil: Honestly, I think he'll be a little bit pissed.

Bard: Why would he be pissed? Surely he'd be overjoyed that we're keeping his big diamond safe for him.

Thranduil: Hmm…okay, let's say hypothetically he's pissed about it…

Bard: Hey, that's not very nice.

Thranduil: Huh?

Bard: You called him high pathetic, meaning he's very incompetent, right?

Thranduil: That's not what that…

Bard: See, this is why I should do the talking. I'm much nicer than you.

Thranduil: …you know what? Sure. Let's see how that goes for you.

Bard: Exactly. If we let you do the talking, he'd just attack us, which would be a bad idea because we have a wizard with us.

Gandalf: Honestly, I'm just here because I need to talk to him myself.

Bard: Hey, maybe you can convince him to give up some of the money so we can finally rebuild our town?

Gandalf: He better be willing to give up something. I got him halfway here, he owes me.

Thranduil: Don't you think you would have been of more use here helping them deal with the dragon?

Gandalf: Yeah, but the story wouldn't have been as good if they just had a wizard to nuke the lizard, would it?

Thranduil: Ah yes, and having some unknown citizen of Lake-Town do it makes for a better one, does it?

Bard: Hey, Eugene wasn't that unknown.

Thranduil: Who?

Bard: …yeah, okay. Anyway, we've been standing outside their gates for half an hour now, should one of us maybe knock?

Thorin: No need, we saw you when you arrived and were wondering what the hell you were doing out there.

Bard: Oh, hey buddy…

Thorin: Not your buddy, what the fuck do you want?

Bard: We were just wondering if you'd finally decided to be nice and share some of your gold with us yet?

Thorin: Now why the hell would I do that?

Bard: Okay, we'll just take our big diamond and…

Thorin: What big diamond?

Bard: Oh, just this one *reveals the Arkenstone*

Thorin: …where the fuck did you get that?

Bilbo: *quietly* Please don't say me, please don't say me, please don't say me…

Bard: Some random hobbit gave it to us.

Bilbo: FUCK!

Thranduil: I thought we agreed we weren't going to mention Bilbo.

Bard: I didn't, I just said some random hobbit. He can't make any assumptions from that. You, on the other hand, just said his name.

Thranduil: Tell me: how many other hobbits are in this area?

Bard: …there might be others.

Gandalf: Yeah Thranduil, you just endangered Bilbo.

Thranduil: I doubt he's in that much danger.

Bilbo: *as Thorin is shaking him over a high ledge* I BEG TO DIFFER!

Thorin: *shaking Bilbo* YOU MOTHERFUCKER! HOW DARE YOU STEAL THE ONE THING I WANTED OUT OF THIS WHOLE FUCKING QUEST!

Bilbo: Yeah, and how dare you guys wreck my house. Which, by the way, I'd like to go back to. Preferably with enough money to fix everything.

Thorin: Do you honestly think I'm going to give you a single piece of gold after pulling a fucking stunt like that?

Bilbo: Yes, because you'd be dead multiple times if it wasn't for me.

Gandalf: THORIN! Drop him.

Thorin: *still holding Bilbo over the edge* You should really think about what you say before you say it.

Bilbo: What do you… *gets dropped* AHHH! *hits the ground* Son of a bitch.

Thorin: I'm surrounded by traitors. People who will gladly rob me of my hard-earned riches, that I did everything to get.

Bilbo: I'd like to hear how you justify that.

Gandalf: Thorin, you're not acting like a good king.

Thorin: And you're acting like I give a shit. Now, give me back the Arkenstone and get the fuck off my property.

Bard: Okay, here you go.

Thranduil: Actually, we should hang onto it.

Bard: But he asked for it back so nicely.

Thranduil: And how much money has he given you to help rebuild the town?

Bard: *sigh* Sorry buddy, but Thranduil's making me keep it.

Thranduil: I'm not making you do anything.

Thorin: And I'm not you're buddy. Now fuck off *goes back inside the mountain*

Dwalin: So, how'd it go?

Thorin: Get word to Dain to get here as quickly as possible. Bilbo has betrayed us and given the Arkenstone to the enemy.

Bombur: Bilbo? Never…

Thorin: Wait, weren't you on guard duty last night? And what smells like semen?

Bombur: Never you mind.

*the next day*

Balin: Sir, I can see Dain's army approaching.

Thorin: Excellent.

Fili: Unfortunately, the humans and elves are blocking them from approaching.

Thorin: God damn it.

Kili: Also, a couple of humans are approaching.

Thorin: *sigh* Do they not know what 'no' means? *goes to the entrance*

Keith: Hey, you got the money?

Thorin: You got the Arkenstone?

Dave: Right here *shows him the Arkenstone*

Thorin: Great, give it here.

Keith: First, the money.

Thorin: Well, I guess we're at an impasse, because I ain't giving you shit.

Dave: Fine, we'll take our Arkenstone and go home.

Thorin: It's MY Arkenstone, and you don't even have a home to go back to.

Keith: Yeah, and whose fault is that?

Thorin: Why you…

Gandalf: Oh, by the way, the goblins are coming.

Bilbo: And how long have you known that?

Gandalf: About a week.

Bilbo: And when will they be here?

Gandalf: About an hour.

Bilbo: And you didn't say anything before because…

Gandalf: It didn't seem like the right time.

Bilbo: WE'RE BEING ATTACKED BY GOBLINS! The second you know about it is the right time to tell people.

Gandalf: And that's why I'm telling you now.

Bilbo: *sigh* Whatever *to Thorin* Hey, you hear that? We're being attacked by goblins.

Thorin: I don't care, traitor.

Bilbo: But they're coming after you because you escaped them back in the Misty Mountains.

Thorin: Not my problem.

Gandalf: I think we both know that's a lost cause.

Bilbo: I know, I just thought he might reconsider his stance.

Gandalf: Naïve idiot. Let's just get Dain and his men to help us.

Bilbo: Will they help?

Gandalf: Of course. Do you have any reason to suspect they won't?

Bilbo: It's just that, whenever someone's told me to trust them on this journey, the worst possible outcome seems to happen.

Gandalf: Well, that won't happen this time.

*after explaining everything to Dain*

Dain: Alright, we'll help ya.

Bilbo: Huh, wasn't expecting that.

Dain: Of course, we're only doing this because goblins are a bigger threat than you people, and since we're here to help Thorin we'll kill whoever's left afterwards, but for now we have a truce.

Bilbo: There it is.

Bard: You've got yourself a deal, Mr. Dain sir.

Dain: That's King to you, human.

Bard: Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. King sir.

Dain: No, as in…

Thranduil: Trust me, it's not worth doing this argument.

Dain: *sigh* Fine, I'll finish this argument later.

Thranduil: Excellent. Gandalf, when are they going to be here?

Gandalf: *pointing to a nearby hill* That long *everyone sees the goblins riding over it*

Thranduil: This seems like a lot less than an hour.

Gandalf: I'm an immortal being. Time doesn't mean the same to me as it does to you.

Thranduil: You know I'm immortal too, right, and even I…

Gandalf: Doesn't matter now. TO BATTLE! Where's Bilbo?

*under a nearby tree*

Bilbo: *putting on the ring* I am so fucking done with this shit *yawns* Hopefully I'll wake up and this will all be over *goes to sleep*

*several hours later*

Bilbo: *yawning* Ahh, what I nice… *sees the battle is still going* What the hell? How's it still going on?

Gandalf: Did you think a war would be over in a matter of hours?

Bilbo: The fricken eagles are here. What more do you need?

Lord of the Eagles: *in the distance* Only because they thought they could get back at us for saving you last time.

Gandalf: We need more help though. Now, start stabbing.

?: Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker *Thorin and company burst forth from Erebor, and start slaughtering goblins*

Bilbo: You know what? One more sleep should finish this fight for me *goes back to sleep*