Not what I expected [open]

[undroppedeaves]

Characters: Samwise Gamgee and you!
Setting: Room 2-04, then dorm halls and staircases heading down the tower
Format: Whatever you wish
Summary: Sam wakes up
Warnings:

[Room 2-04] Sam hadn't thought he would ever open his eyes again, never mind feel a soft bed under him and his first thought was that it had truly all been a dream. Except he tried to move and he couldn't. For a terrifying moment he was stuck unable to even scream.

Then it was over and he sat up, the room was different than anything he had seen before, the clothing he wore clung to him. Had they somehow been rescued? It seemed like it would be an impossible feat, yet here he was. Alive. Somehow no longer on that mountain, and it did really seem possible he had dreamed it all up. Except where was he and where was Frodo?

He looked round the room, a room made for big folk, four beds including the one he had woken up in. "Samwise Gamgee, what have you gotten yourself into this time?"

[Hallways] Later, dressed in the ragged clothes he had found in his trunk he walked the hallways. Still not quite believing that this could be real, there was so much he didn't understand. "Mister Frodo?" He called as he walked, because if he was alive. If he had been saved then surely they had saved Frodo as well.

"Mister Frodo?"

[Staircases] Sam wasn't quite ready to step out onto any of the odd places he could see around them, but carefully continued to walk downwards, wondering how far down this place could go, and what other strange things he would see. He walked carefully, stopping every now and again to shake his head in disbelief at the things he saw.

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hi!

[undroppedeaves]

Sam blinked up at the dwarf, surprised to see him, everyone else he had seen in the hallways had been men so far. "Aye a little bit, do you know where we are?"

Re: Hey, Sam!

[sonof_thrain]

"Nay, I cannot give you an answer for that. I know not where we are, hobbit. Have you only just arrived also?" Thorin looked down the corridor behind the hobbit and frowned. Where on earth were they? It seemed he was not the only creature from Middle-Earth abducted.

[undroppedeaves]

"Just woke up, fair odd it was." He looked around, "Never been seeing anything like this."

[sonof_thrain]

Thorin nodded in agreement. "Aye. I do not know who placed us here but I want to know why. Is this some kind of prison tower? It looks like it could be." The dwarf frowned and then turned to the hobbit. He bared some resemblance to young mister Baggins. Hairy feet, inquisitive type of fellow.

"What be your name, hobbit? I know one such hobbit called Bilbo Baggins of the Shire."

[undroppedeaves]

A prison? Now that was a fearful thought. It looked like no orc tower Sam had seen before, far too clean for one thing.

"You know master Bilbo?" Sam was soon distracted from worrying about the place they had been brought to.

[sonof_thrain]

"I know the hobbit. He is our burglar on our quest." He did not want to mention what quest, since he did know the hobbit well enough. Trust was something earned, not given out.

"I take it, you know him also?" Thorin looked down at the hobbit with curiosity.

[undroppedeaves]

He didn't need to, Sam knew exactly what he was talking about, there could only be one thing he was talking about and despite the odd tower and frightening situation his eyes lit up.

"You were with master Bilbo on his adventure?" He nodded at the question.

[sonof_thrain]

"I still am with mister Baggins and our company. Or was." He was now stuck within the walls of this tower. Curse whoever did this! He nodded to the hobbit and felt a small smile spread over his lips. "He is a brave and loyal hobbit. There would be none other I would rather travel with." He swallowed. Would Bilbo be wondering where Thorin had gone to? What about his nephews and the rest of the company?

"Are there any others from our lands, do you know? Gandalf, the wizard. He might know how to escape from here, if he found some way of getting inside here."

[undroppedeaves]

Sam blinked, he had thought it odd how this dwarf still looked young yet claimed to know Bilbo. What was this, some kind of trick? He shook his head, "But that adventure was years ago, before I was even born."

And another who mentioned Gandalf, Sam did not want to be the one to break the news of the wizards death, but that girl had claimed him still alive and in this place.

What kind of odd place had he been brought to.

[sonof_thrain]

Thorin couldn't understand what the hobbit was saying. Had the tower caused him to travel forward in time? Damn this witchcraft. He did not know what to think. Was the hobbit confused? Perhaps, he had gone back in time?

He could see the confusion in the hobbit's eyes. "Years? Nay, I am still on said adventure with my company of dwarves and mister Baggins. What evil has betwixt us in this tower? Witchcraft perhaps."

[undroppedeaves]

"Of a foul sort I'd warrant." Sam was really confused, how could this dwarf claim to be on his adventure with Bilbo, whilst Sam himself had just come from the pits of mount doom itself.

"I'm Samwise Gamgee."

[sonof_thrain]

"Thorin Oakenshield." He nodded once to the hobbit. As ever majestic as he could be whilst dressed in nothing but white trousers. He felt the cool corridor draft against his naked chest. He cared not for the moment.

"Samwise. Do you hail from the Shire also?"

[undroppedeaves]

Perhaps this really was just a dream. Perhaps he was laying dying on the slopes of mount doom and dreaming of this clean tower full of strange men, dreaming up this conversation with Thorin Oakenshield himself.

Because he could think of no other explanation. "I do, I tended the garden at Bag End, as my Gaffer did before me."

[sonof_thrain]

Thorin felt some of his tension leave his body as he listened to the hobbit's words. His whole body ached and he didn't know why. Was he struck down before being placed in the tower?

"Are you a keen gardener than Samwise?" Thorin knew that hobbits valued homely ways such as cooking gardening.

[undroppedeaves]

Sam nodded, "I am and Bagend has one of the finest gardens in Hobbiton, if you don't mind me saying."

[sonof_thrain]

Bag End. That was the same place that Thorin and company had arrived many moons ago now. The burglar was not quite what Thorin had expected on arrival. He looked more like a grocer than a burglar.

"Aye, you hobbits do keep tidy gardens. Is there even a garden area within this tower since we cannot gain any exit to the outside world." He frowned. Yet. Thorin was determined to feel the warmth of the sun on his face once more.

[undroppedeaves]

"I haven't seen much of this tower yet," he blinked, "How do you mean we cannot gain exit to the outside world?"

[sonof_thrain]

"Nay, nor have I. I overheard from others close by about not being able to get out. I do not wish that to be true." He would not be a prisoner. "I seek to find an exit. Perhaps, we could both search for one?"

[undroppedeaves]

"I shall search with you." Because surely even if they were prisoners there was a way out, even if it were locked or guarded.

[sonof_thrain]

Thorin nodded. It might do well to have the hobbit accompany him along the halls. Who knew what they might find. "Aye. Two sets of eyes are better than one." He also knew that hobbits were supposed to be good at sneaking and being unseen. A useful skill to have.

[undroppedeaves]

Sam wasn't usually silent, but he was now, trying to take everything and make sense out of all he had heard and seen.

[sonof_thrain]

"Do you have any suggestions as to where we should look first?" Thorin turned to the hobbit and hoped he would be able to help the dwarf out. He really did feel lost.

[undroppedeaves]

"Well I've been nowhere but I saw a staircase a way back, we could start there I guess." This hall seemed more of the same, room after room, Sam wondered how many people actually lived here.

[sonof_thrain]

He nodded. "Let us search there first then." He gripped Orcrist. If there were any threats against them both, Thorin would defend against it. He wondered if the hobbit knew how to handle a sword.

"Have you ever handled a sword before, Samwise?" He gazed down at the small hobbit and wondered. If he were anything like Bilbo then there wouldn't be much hope in that respect.

[undroppedeaves]

Sam nodded, moving aside his tattered cloak so Thorn could see the blade at his side, it was an orc blade but it worked. "I'm not what you would call a master swordsman, but I know enough to not cut off my own foot."