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Today's new arrival (and there have been an awful lot of them lately, yes?) does not so much walk in as fall burning from the 'sky' of the Nexus, never to see his miserable home again. This is almost certainly for the best.

He lands with a bone-jarring thud, hand almost fused shut from holding--or wearing?--a mostly-melted lump of gold. Runes wrap around his fingers, fading in and out desolately.

Current Mood: pained
Current Music: Gollum's Song

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From:

museicalmarty

Doc grimaces as he looks at the mangled limb. "Well, he's certainly looking pretty good for someone who, if I recall the end of the book correctly, fell into a volcano," he says. "But that hand, at least, is going to need tending."

"Yeah, but -- uh--" Marty waves at the gold coating it. "Might not be a good idea to touch that? For -- multiple reasons?" Even if the evil of the Ring has been broken, Gollum's clearly still pretty protective of it. He's not keen on getting attacked by the guy he's trying to help.

"I'm aware. But I don't want to just leave him here. . ." Doc pinches his nose. "Dee, go see if you can find the hospital and bring one of the staff here." Dee honks her horn in acknowledgement and zooms off.

From:

lastest_ringbearer

He blinks and whimpers at them. "Not nasssty orcses, Precious? Not wanting the Precious? But everyone wantses to, yesss . . ."

He uncurls a bit, too tired to keep up the protective stance. Not in from of people who only seem concerned.

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museicalmarty

"We're humans," Doc tells him, sitting down beside him. "And we've no interest in taking your Precious."

"Yeah -- don't think we could if we wanted to," Marty adds, biting his lip. "Looks like it's pretty well stuck to ya." He flexes his fingers, trying not to think of himself in Gollum's position. If his hand had been messed up like that. . .even if his guitar skills got him into that whole mess with the Fae, he still doesn't know what he'd do without them. Music, still, is one of his great passions.

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lastest_ringbearer

"Men? We knowses Men. Men tie usss and drag usss, and let usss eat dussst!"

But then he actually looks at his hand for the first time, and tears well up. "It hurts usss, my love."

From:

museicalmarty

"No rope," Doc says, holding up his hands to show they're empty. "And we're hoping to find some help soon enough."

"I can imagine," Marty says with a shiver. "Cripes, I hope they don't have to. . ." He'll just let that trail off -- he doesn't want to think about it, and he doesn't think Gollum will react well to the idea of amputation.

"This is the Nexus," Doc reminds him. "Probably the hospital has LOLs available that can be repurposed for medical use."

From:

lastest_ringbearer

'No rope' is enough reassurance to get him to a clinic, if only with much muttering about what is to be done to liars and thieveses and nasssty stupid Bagginses. Bilbo for taking it in the first place and Frodo for damn well putting it on at the very Cracks of Doom, even Gollum didn't do that, the Lidless Eye could see that!

It's lucky they find the clinic at this point, or he may well have started all over again.

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museicalmarty

Dee returns as Gollum starts grumbling, honking her horn and flipping open her doors. "Found it!" crackles over the radio. "Though I couldn't grab anybody to come with -- but I can get you guys there super fast!"

"Great!" Doc carefully bundles the muttering Gollum -- the fires of Mt. Doom are no match for his hatred of Bagginses, it seems -- into the passenger seat, then slips into the driver's side. "Er -- Marty, we can drop him off and--"

"Better idea," Marty replies. One quick PINpoint out and back, and he's got his skateboard. He hops on and grabs onto one of the vents sticking out the back. "Go for it, Dee!" Dee honks confirmation and speeds off, toward the clinic.

From:

lastest_ringbearer

Well, the fires of Mt. Doom certainly hasn't improved his temper. Plus he thinks that the car must be some chariot of orc-make, etc.

From:

mosaic_archive

(I put up a new clinic post here, or you can just add your own npc medic if you rather:
https://wilywars-archive.dreamwidth.org/312200.html
)

From:

lastest_ringbearer

(Bit of both, maybe? Three-person threads tend to fall apart faster in my experience, but we can continue there.)

From:

museicalmarty

(I've noticed that too, but I've no objections to taking the thread over there. I sent Dee off earlier in the thread to find it -- I can have her come back and cart the three of them off, and then we can move to the clinic post? Free ride in a DeLorean, Gollum!)