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Memory Cave

After the passengers see a glimpse of a life that is not their own they appear in a cave. It is light, a strange moss glowing on the walls and ceiling illuminates the cave nicely and it is large enough for them to pace around in without trouble.

They are not alone. In the cave with them is another voidtrecker. Maybe someone they know well, maybe someone they have only seen in the aisles of the train. But they are together in this cave together.

The cave has no exit, at least not yet. They know that it will, eventually. When the time is right.

But for that time to come, they first must talk...

(OOC: For reference: memories!)

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The memory of that musical tone still ringing in his ears, Glorfindel opened his eyes to realize he was inside a cave that, for some reason, reminded him heavily of the Halls of Waiting. He looked around carefully, smiling at the human girl in there with him.

"This...this is some sort of mental space," he said, after a moment. He was not currently in his own body. He hoped that wouldn't cause a setback in his reconnecting.

He looked at the girl, Cassie, Cassie Lang. He'd seen her with her father twice now. Once as an adult, the other, from the perspective, she was much much younger. But the music had brought her such joy.

When they'd spoken earlier, she also had one of his memories, so he was certain she'd gotten another as well. He wondered which one it was.

"Your father means a lot to you, doesn't he?"

"In spades." Cassie had to smile. "I lost so much time with dad, really long story, that I clung to all moments. Like my horn ringtone, it was on dad's van but its an ongoing inside joke between us. It goes back to when I was little." the horn being a major part of a years old joke between dad and daughter. "I think the same can be said about you and your people. I saw a hall and your people, you went back to be a guide."

"Mm, among other things," Glorfindel confirmed. "The memory was of me in the Halls of Waiting then? Or did it...include anyone else?" he asked. Her memory was short, was his short also? How much of who and what he was did she now know?

"It is important to hold onto the things that are precious to us. You say you lost time with him, though. What happened? If you don't mind me asking?"

"Decent amount of people so high double digits at least" as Cassie gives Glorfindel the short version of the Snap and the Blip. But there is a mention of the rat, something only discovered by Scott later on but its amusing? "Once we're on the train I have photos on my phone you should see, my people in a sense besides family." like Hope and Luis to name some

"So they all came back? All the people that disappeared?" Glorfindel asked. "Though, you were without them for several years. I am very sorry you had to go through that."

"But your father returned. I could feel how happy that made you," he said with a warm smile. "I would be honored to see your pictures of your family.

Did nothing in his memories bother her? He was glad about that. The Halls of Waiting could be quite traumatic if one wasn't prepared.

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"Yea, Hope joined the battle right afterwards. Good win of course." Cassie explained as she explained Hope and her link plus the battle against Thanos. "But what is the hall of waiting? More confused than anything else." since weird is her normal.

[I figured Scott and Hope filled in the blanks post battle.]

"I am very glad to hear that," Glorfindel said, honestly.

"The Halls of Waiting are where elves go to wait to be reborn, after they die," he said. "It is a place of reflection, and of reconnecting, and healing."

[I'm sure they did!]

Cassie nods,"Like a way station in a sense but for souls? I did see a large hall of your people too."

Glorfindel considered that. "Basically. I can see the comparison easily."

"There are currently more in the Halls that in Valinor right now, but I expect that will be changing soon, now that we are almost entirely gone from Middle Earth," he said.

[Do we want to have the doors open now?]

(Yup!)

"Not my place to ask but war?? Cassie asked.

Glorfindel looked as doors opened in different places in the cave. It did not feel like it mattered which door he left through, however.

"Mm, Melkor, one of the Ainur, from when Arda was first created, did not like the music that the Ainur used. He felt they should use his and only his. I refer to him as the Discordant One for this reason," he said with a smile. "He fomented distrust and destruction, and eventually war. We, meaning the Elves with the help of the Valar, finally captured him and he was banished to the Void, but then his Apprentice, Sauron, showed that he was more than capable of taking up where Melkor left off. Three Ages in total, we warred with one, then the other. But finally, it is over. Sauron is dead."

Glorfindel felt helpless, watching the younger Cassie watching the people who fell to dust. He knew from their earlier conversation that those people were returned, a few short years later, but his heart ached for her at that moment, because she didn't know that it would all turn out okay.

But before he could turn to talk to the adult Cassie, they were then whisked away to a memory of his.

Not just a memory, but the memory of his death. The Balrog, the heat, the determination not to let that thing win. He still remembered it vividly. Seeing it from another perspective like this, however...he wondered if that was how his House felt, watching this unfold.

He found himself focused more on their faces, as they watched him fight. He knew all their names, each and every one of them. Each death was like a pain in his heart. He hadn't been able to do anything then either, trying to keep the Balrog from destroying them all meant leaving his people to fight for their lives alone.

He had spoken to each one that fell, after, in the Halls. To his surprise and astonishment, not one blamed him for their death, and refused his apologies. To an elf they swore to him again, to follow him, to be a part of his House.

He looked over at Cassie, to see how she was taking this memory of his, right on the heels of her own.

"This is bad..." the snap was bad enough but real war is ten times worse. "That creature going after your people... Thanos level bad."

Glorfindel nodded. There really wasn't anything he could say to that. "The Balrogs were created to destroy," he said. "Morgoth...hated elves and killed and tortured us at his every chance."

"But the rest of my people, they got away." And that was very, very important to him. That he succeeded.

"I am sorry you have something to compare it to, though. That Thanos...there was no reasoning with him?"

"According to dad and Hope Thanos was bad news." as Cassie gives the short and hopefully less gory version of things. "But your people getting out is a win too."

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"I am very glad that your world was able to undo most of the damage he had done," Glorfindel said warmly.

"And thank you. I appreciate you saying that."

(If the doors open, are they walking through the same one, and if so, have we decided what kind of bond they will have?

Being in a mental and emotional bond with an elf will be...very interesting! (As will the opposite, for Glorfindel). But as a result, she will have his total support, if she goes for that armor. He makes a FABulous cheerleader!)

[Same door and I'm thinking mental/emotional but allowing for elf/human? The armor is a few months off but she'll need it!]

"You're welcome. Wins are wins no matter how tiny it seems."

(Is it okay if he blocks some things from her, as she is not yet of legal age? Because sex thoughts and emotions are not something he would want to share with a 16 year old!

Why is the armor so far off, if I might ask?)

"After I was in the Halls of Waiting it was easier to see the wins, I will admit," he said with a smile. "What wins have you personally had, recently?" he asked.

[A-OK! Cassie won't read too much into it: she'll figure its either the bond elf vs human or none of her business.

Just saving up points!]

"Scaring monsters via ringtone?"

[Well then. Let's see if her new bondfriend can help speed that up?]

"That works. It shows you have imagination, gumption, and a willingness to think outside the box," Glorfindel said, meaning his words sincerely.

He blinked as something in the cave space changed, just as it had last time. Except...this time there was only one door. "I guess we get to leave now."

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