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Title: The Pants Game (#2903)
Author: Requiem
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Lord of the Rings
Description: Drabble. Supposed to be funny. :)
Published: 27 Aug 2006
Updated: 27 Aug 2006
Warnings:
Type: Humour
Characters: Aragorn; Legolas


Chapter 1 - The Pants Game

What REALLY happened while looking for Merry and Pippin…


The Ranger crouched, scanning the travel-worn turf with weary eyes. Bending lower, he scooped up a tiny brooch, shaped like a leaf and crafted by the Elves of Lorien.

Holding the brooch up to the light to examine it more closely, he allowed for a small, triumphant smile to stretch over his lips.

“Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall,” he said, calling to his comrades to pick up the pace. He was slightly confused when he heard a barely-contained snort behind him. Turning, he saw Legolas, brow wrinkled in an effort to hide his sudden mirthfulness.

“What is it?” Aragorn asked.

“Oh… nothing, nothing,” the Elf replied, looking over his shoulder to see Gimli slowly catching up to them from some twenty strides behind. The Elf attempted a play at nonchalance, flicking some imaginary dust from the front of his tunic, smoothing his hair, and then glancing at his fingernails. Seeing the look of irritation on Aragorn’s face, the Elf was unable to control himself any longer. Legolas busted out laughing, much to the annoyance of the Ranger.

“Legolas?”

“Well…,” he started, eyes roving towards the sky, “I was just playing The Pants Game with what you said a moment ago.”

“The Pants Game?”

“Yes, you know… you take a word from a sentence and then switch it with the word pants.”

Aragorn blinked, and then continued looking at the Elf with an expression of undisguised disgust.

“Come on – ‘not idly do the pants of Lorien fall’??? That’s hilarious!”

Aragorn shook his head and shot the Elf a glare that would curdle new milk.

“Let’s go,” he grumbled, taking off a quick jog and wondering when the weightiness of the situation had been lost on the pretty-boy.

***

Yeah, so I saw the “Not idly do the pants of Lorien fall” thing awhile ago – it’s all over the net, and I *had* to write about it. :)
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