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<blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 5692677" data-attributes="member: 79945"><p>[ooc][MENTION=60965]Iron Sky[/MENTION], [MENTION=51930]fireinthedust[/MENTION]: So what exactly are you doing now? Flagging down random passersby to ask the way to Gloin's house? Stopping in an inn? Becoming enraptured by the sun setting over the water and staring across the lake until something happens?[/ooc]</p><p></p><p>Birch gives another whinny as the muddy track the hobbits are following curves around a tall clump of trees suddenly opens out into a view of the Long Lake ahead. The trail has been skirting the edge of the Lake's boggy shore, but now it has reached a wide swathe of stony ground that intersects the lake from the north, and the narrow track has turned into a wide, solid road that runs due south towards the barely visible lights of Lake-Town. The pony picks up his pace as he finds more solid footing beneath him.</p><p></p><p>The foot of the bridge to Lake-Town is guarded by a pair of wooden towers that loom higher and higher as the hobbits approach, though in truth by the standards of Men they are but three story houses. A chain is drawn across the road by the gate house, and beyond it rises a sheer wall of wood - a part of the bridge, drawn up by cunning workings so that it stands vertical. Until it is released, the bridge to Lake-Town is inaccessible beyond a 30' gap of water.</p><p></p><p>As the hobbits' cart approaches the chain, a man muffled in a thick cloak over a stout chain haubark steps out of one of the towers. His hood is thrown back, revealing a helm with wide cheek guards and a narrow noseguard that leaves plenty of visibility for his keen grey eyes. He looks the cart up and down, rests his spear by the doorway, puts his hands on his hips, and laughs, <span style="color: DimGray">"Well! These are the smallest and stoutest dwarves I've yet seen! I've oft told you, masters, that I need you to grow a little before I let you pass our gate, but I meant <em>taller</em>, not <em>wider</em>! Why, you've but traded height for width, and in the end not grown at all!"</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeNotCharles, post: 5692677, member: 79945"] [ooc][MENTION=60965]Iron Sky[/MENTION], [MENTION=51930]fireinthedust[/MENTION]: So what exactly are you doing now? Flagging down random passersby to ask the way to Gloin's house? Stopping in an inn? Becoming enraptured by the sun setting over the water and staring across the lake until something happens?[/ooc] Birch gives another whinny as the muddy track the hobbits are following curves around a tall clump of trees suddenly opens out into a view of the Long Lake ahead. The trail has been skirting the edge of the Lake's boggy shore, but now it has reached a wide swathe of stony ground that intersects the lake from the north, and the narrow track has turned into a wide, solid road that runs due south towards the barely visible lights of Lake-Town. The pony picks up his pace as he finds more solid footing beneath him. The foot of the bridge to Lake-Town is guarded by a pair of wooden towers that loom higher and higher as the hobbits approach, though in truth by the standards of Men they are but three story houses. A chain is drawn across the road by the gate house, and beyond it rises a sheer wall of wood - a part of the bridge, drawn up by cunning workings so that it stands vertical. Until it is released, the bridge to Lake-Town is inaccessible beyond a 30' gap of water. As the hobbits' cart approaches the chain, a man muffled in a thick cloak over a stout chain haubark steps out of one of the towers. His hood is thrown back, revealing a helm with wide cheek guards and a narrow noseguard that leaves plenty of visibility for his keen grey eyes. He looks the cart up and down, rests his spear by the doorway, puts his hands on his hips, and laughs, [COLOR="DimGray"]"Well! These are the smallest and stoutest dwarves I've yet seen! I've oft told you, masters, that I need you to grow a little before I let you pass our gate, but I meant [i]taller[/i], not [i]wider[/i]! Why, you've but traded height for width, and in the end not grown at all!"[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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