#drinking alcohol

At the start of the Fourth Age, Elrond decides he wishes to write a new history book. Mainly because he became annoyed when Pengolodh stole his cream cheese and pineapple ring! Elrond decides the best way to write his book is by interviewing as many elves as possible. Especially family members! (But some of them may not be quite as reliable as he hoped).

Elrond's first candidate for an interview is Eol. However, he does not realise that Eol has some memory loss.

One: Elrond and Eol

Elrond is in one of the beautiful forests of Valinor. There is a cottage nearby, and a blacksmith’s forge.

Elrond is sitting on a mossy log with Eol. Eol looks as dark and brooding as ever, except his silver hair is ruining the effect by shining in the morning sunlight. They have tea as well, and the tea set is placed on a flat rock. It is one of Turgon’s sets; he let Aredhel borrow it.

Elrond: So, let the interview begin. Eol, can you tell me about this place please?

Eol is drinking tea. He looks vacant, but talks with Elrond readily enough.

Eol: Certainly. This is a forest. There are trees here. There are many different species of trees. There are also animals here. There are many different…

Elrond (interrupting): No, that isn’t quite what I mean. I would like you to tell me about your home.

Eol: Yes, I understand, So...this is a cottage. I live here. With my wife. And...I think some of her cousins too. And our son lives here, sometimes. And his grandfather, sometimes.

Elrond appears intrigued. He refills the teacups.

Elrond: This is very interesting. Eol, would you describe your smithy please?

Eol: Very well. This is a smithy. I live in it, when my wife gets fed up of me.

Elrond considers this. He takes a silver flask our of a hidden pocket in his robes. It contains brandy. He adds a drop to his and Eol’s teacups.

Elrond: Alright, let us explore history now. Eol, please tell me a little about your early life?

Eol drinks some of the brandy infused tea.

Eol: I lived with my family in Doriath. It was too claustrophobic, so I relocated to Nan Elmoth.

Elrond mentally considers this.

Eol: Nan Elmoth was a forest. There were trees there. There were many different…

Elrond interrupts Eol again. (How rude!)

Elrond: Indeed, forests are delightful. And they do have a large selection of trees, and of varying species too. But please tell me, what did you do there? How did you spend your free time in Nan Elmoth?

Eol talks about crafting while he finishes his tea. Elrond pours him some more. Elrond thinks that all his forging information will be abridged in his new history book.

He is also grateful that he does not share an osanwe bond with his adoptive grandfather. Elrond knows that Feanor would insist that every single detail that Eol speaks of, would certainly go in the book!

At last Eol pauses, and changes the subject.

Eol: I met my wife there too. Except she wasn’t my wife when I met her.

Elrond does a quick mental calculation. Ah yes! Aredhel is his great-grand auntie. The human part of his mind then imagines her sitting in a rocking chair; knitting a long, long, woollen scarf.

Elrond mentally scolds this part of his mind.

Eol: We had a son, Maeglin. I...don’t seem to remember where he came from.

Elrond adds lots of brandy to his tea. He decides that he will tell Thingol that he needs to give Eol “The Talk”.

(Good, Elrond thinks. Thingol always helps himself to the iced fancy biscuits at meetings. He deserves to suffer).

Eol: Then I met this annoying and prissy elf. He was tall and had this obsession with fine china, especially teapots.

Elrond: Ah, great-grandfather Turgon!

Eol (surprised): Wait, you know him too?

Elrond: Yes, he is my great-grandfather.

Eol: You have my sympathy.

Elrond:...he is also your brother-in-law.

Eol: Then I give myself sympathy too.

Elrond checks the teapot. It is nearly empty. He pours what is left of the tea into the cups.

Elrond: Let’s add a drop of tea to the brandy.

Eol drinks the tea-infused brandy. He appears thoughtful, and the alcohol is loosening his mood a little.

Eol: Great-grandfather Turgon visited here, a few weeks ago. He was happy to see Aredhel. Me, not so much. He threatened to remove parts of my anatomy.

Elrond winces, then he drinks some tea-infused brandy too.

Eol: But then, that one cousin stopped him. That silver haired one.

Elrond: Well, that was a good thing. Do you mean Celegorm?

Eol: I believe so. He pointed out that performing such an action on me would cause Turgon to become very messy. And so, he offered to do the job himself.

Elrond takes out the silver brandy flask and drinks directly from it. He needs it!

Elrond: I think that concludes our interview for the day. It was most...enlightening. Thank you very much, Eol.

Chapters: 5/?

Series: Part 2 of Warming Up Snippets Summary:

One shots. Compilation of my Snippet Fics.

Ch. 1 (SDR2): Spiritual Medium! Hajime ft. Something is Rotten in the state of Jabberwock Island Ch. 2 (FE Fates): Odin ft. Anankos's blood with siren voice effect Ch. 3 (KHR): Seasonal floral tattoos on Shouichi Ch. 4 (SDR2): Nagito apologises to Hanamura (Post SDR2) Ch. 5 (HSR): Aventurine and Ratio in a bar post 2.2/2.3 update

Chapter 5 Summary:

One shot. Post update 2.3. (PLEASE CHECK THE BEGINNING AUTHOR'S NOTE FOR CONTENT WARNINGS!!!)

"Aventurine hadn’t dragged himself out of his lavish hotel room and trekked to the bar to contemplate the needless complexities of business deals. Nor was he visiting the bar as preparation for a future business deal. No, Aventurine was at the bar because all it took was a quick glance from Topaz before promptly stating he needed to relax. She’d hastily added on something about “taking a night off can be beneficial” as an explanation, but Aventurine knew that her worries stemmed from a deeper concern."

After the events of Penacony Aventurine goes to a bar in hopes a drink will relax him. He doesn't expect to have company, let alone that company being Ratio.

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Hello everyone! It’s been about two years since I updated this compilation of fic ideas, but here I am, with an update. This time, I wrote a small snippet for Honkai Star Rail. Truthfully, the story is mostly a test run for me to figure out how to write Aventurine and Ratio’s voices. They are a massive challenge for me so please be kind when reading this story! I did my best so I hope you like it! And, if you like Chapter Five and are a fan of the other fandoms in this collection, give those stories a read!

As a reminder, since it’s been a while since I updated this collection, all the warnings for each chapter are in the beginning author’s note. If I tagged everything it would bloat the tags. For Ch. 5 I have a lot of alcoholic drinks/drinking/getting drunk as main components in the story. If that’s something that bothers you, please take care of yourself. Your health, as always, is up to you!