Sauron has listened with a certain patronizing gloss in fire eyes and become thoughtful. He didn't plan to respond to her speech about falling of Empire even if he can insist on his opinion telling what it will be very fine — burn everything, all this shit and dance on the ashes… Yes, He adores madness fire though He isn`t as “specialized” maia as Arien and same Valar because “the functionality is our all”.
— Nai… Let`s throw all in crazy fire, — he has whispered these words so silently so he wouldn't catch it. He can understand the word "falling" only as “destruction” having seen enough wholly on similar in his times, not good as those but great.
…and He was enraptured with her last phrase.
“So clever, so bright little woman with white hair. You make correctly thing. It was necessary only wait; as they say, I won't tell anything to anybody because they will come themselves and do all what I want”, — his eternal doubts had disappeared for one moment but unhealthy scepticism has took a place of short approval instantly. “I am your personal lucky break, Darn. You`re mine now and forever — as I said”.
— Now, you will call me only so.
He took Variola`s hand and wanted to teleport back, in Ëa — and His desire has being executed by a small effort of will. They can do here one more thing and her revenge will wait. Despite all available skills, she can learn the bigger wherefore, as we know, only Eru Ilúvatar can know all things in the world.
The unknown hitherto creation had replaced red-hair stranger Thû. Its appearance looks as space huge deep-black with some fiery spots spirit without exact features and similar to long broken-off tapes. Any spark of fëa grows dim and fades in calm near similar live powers; in fact, He has showed His true shape (but true doesn`t mean “initial”) having fatly hinted who He is: “I am the dark energy, the pure thought, the ephemeral no-matter what is one of part of space; I am the essence and sense”. Without mentally telling, certainly.
”Look around. We call all what you can see Ëa… It`s the greatest entertainment for me, the Little Kingdom for similar me, the Home for other. All creation that you can see is really just a tiny thing in comparison; Ëa is word for “universe” but there is Avakúma — we call It also the Outer, Eldest Dark… The Void.”
Did you see the space anytime? Did you see the blue-green planet, the Sun and Moon from space anytime? Did you see the scattering of far blue, white-blue, white, white-yellow, yellow, orange and red stars around that seems as close as you can concern and take anytime? Did you see the shining spots of blue-violet, swampy green, golden-black nebulas anytime?
He specified by illusive hand to dark-blue galactic halo and big black hole.
”Look attentively all time, my apprentice. The blue curve spot is not dangerous for you but black hole is one of the most dangerous things in Ëa. You never know with what you deal”, — the strong and deep voice has her thoughts.
The brown-ochre pillars of nebula are so close. If he wants he could change their form but decided not to spend forces: the life of mortal costs much in vacuum where only gods, only Ainur were live here and other fírimar don`t know about it all, don`t know what there is something except heavenly luminaries. Now, Variola is the first and as Sauron thinks she understood this moment. It is… a new level for mortal.
Other galaxies made by other Ainur are so close. They are so beautiful so Sauron wants to destroy all them and make new by His Motive, by New Ainulindalë — black and dark but hardly delightful, impossible and magnificent.
And it was the most delightful, impossible thing of all what mortal could behold in life; and Valinor, the Blessed Realm cannot be compared with that magnificence.
The Blue Planet is an open book to him. Its main color are blue and its shades — for oceans and seas, rivers and lakes; green color follows — it`s for continents; after there are white for clouds and ices, ochre-yellow for deserts and mountains, also they are dark-brown or pale-orange.
“If telling more narrowly, it`s, — he has led round space around by gesture of hand, — Arda Marred or Ilu is the world, including everything in the skies around it, for example, Vaiya, the Sun and the Moon, or the Enfolding Ocean. To tell the truth, cosmology of our world is… rather heavy for understanding, let`s say so”, — it was worth recognizing.
Without being late with Arda, the most graceful and poetical world of all existing, only having pointed to Arien`s and Tilion`s boats sliding on Ekkaia, around the world ainu took Variola`s hand and pulled to himself. The Blue Planet is coming nearer promptly and air is precisely burning, squeezing lungs but isn`t doing harm to maia and woman. This flame is perfectly and terrifying of all its gloss.
Sauron had replaced his shape again when left skies; he hadn’t change only fire eyes.
— And now you are in Middle-Earth or Endore — it`s the name used for the habitable parts of Arda after the final ruin of Beleriand, and is east across the Belegaer from Aman. It is north of the Hither Lands shown in the Ambarkanta and west of the East Sea… I know: all these names is empty phrases for you. You will see it all soon, Variola, and I will tell you something about our history. For example, about Morgoth`s, — an inaudible scratch of teeth, — Falling and Flooding of Beleriand.
It is cold — certainly not for one of ainur who doesn`t allow to freeze and go to Námo his mortal little woman with white hair. The Helcaracsë could be compared with Misty Mountains`, also called the Hithaeglir, North. The blizzard shouted heart-rendingly where the night stars were one light here, in Middle-Earth`s North but they are too dim for as lighting world as Arien does it. Her rays of light cannot reach here, through ice peaks and snow tops and it is unlikely what she wanted — that`s why maia hid behind grey heavy clouds.
To make out an image of fortress looming ahead isn`t possible through violence of blizzard but during movement against to storming ice winds its appears more and more accurately: it was fortress with not really big and not very little sizes and simply but majestic architecture which disappeared conveniently and left in the mountain. The numerous motionless stone gargoyles stared at the arrived couple — not that jewelry, not that something bigger but has hidden by impenetrable cover of darkness curling round this place. The Northern Fortress is his temporary shelter far from Mordor`s dirty-black land and Barad-Dûr and other which he doesn`t want to show to Variola now for his reasons. So, the four living beings know about this place at the moment and six had seen it. This story is short but boting and typical: Sauron had apprentice, human (fírima with magical powers is an extremely thing in Middle-Earth, so out of the ordinary, so impossible what all know about similar people but that youth became an exception by Dark Lord`s will) by mane Ghvataio which… let`s say so, he he was lost tragicly under very muddy circumstances but so he got one's just deserts. By the way, if you will make efforts you will find some his traces in the Northern Fortress and the most obvious of them is in his former room, in desk. For certain reasons which are covering in his second name they are shown especially well at night and now it is growing dark.
Maybe, Sauron will call it “Thauring” sometime. If He won`t destroy this place earlier.
The pale shadow of the valian magnificence has arosed before them from nowhere: it was the woman of a horrible, to elves` mind, look and uncertain age, and possessing not bad appearance, to Sauron`s mind, the blue veins clearly appeared on a neck and on a face, hidden, however, a long wave of black hair; the one thing what they couldn't hid were a terrible scars on her face and apparently on her body. However, it should be noted what Dark Lord didn't disdain to admire the creation of his hands. She was any grey and dim but far not tired out, hammered and frightened and knowing man would understand immediately what she endured at least one destruction; if idea of two maiar` comparison comes to mind to detached onlooker he would note what Thuringwethil seems a small insignificant asterisk near Sauron`s “black hole” attracted by force of nothing but it is necessary to tell what the maiden of the hidden shadow would dazzle without unprofitable background as scattering of semi-precious stones under sun beams. Under the slow, sedate and very sharp eyes she was confused and bit the dust. Thuringwethil is his maia, shadow, herald and servant, his interim deputy when lascivious Dark Lord will want to disappear quickly and return as quickly as it happened nothing. She is serious, responsible and infinitely devoted to Him one, and also in love meekly (even if it is not so a long time ago only Sauron knows the truth) with Annatar to madness. Is it ideally? Yes.
— My Tar-Mairon, my Lord… Shakhbûrz … You have already returned… So suddenly… I… We, with Draugluin… We were waiting for Your return, — they heard a silent but strong voice; Dark maia found this combination as ideal. Probably, a dumbfounded humility — it sounded clearly in her words — is cause. And, probably too, point is that she-rauco knows how to flatter to her Owner. He really loves when someone calls him a “Delightful King” and cannot make anything with this little weakness. At least, he doesn`t show it.
”Not now, Thuringwethil. Leave your airs and graces when telling with Me, don`t kowtow till I don`t say so — I hate it, you know. Talk to the hand or don`t waste My time and leave us alone, girl”.
“Can I do anything for you?” — maia has quailed near Him instantly and fixed dirty-grey as sky above Mordor gaze on a floor without deciding to look and without thinking about rising from knees.
“Sí man hanyáro ma autanuva?”
“Uquen hequa nino ar Draugluino”.
“You know what to do. Say to Maugûl what I want to hear him as soon as possible and to Draugluin what he will be some time my deputy in Barad-Dûr… Don`t tell anybody about her. And don`t touch dragons: I don`t want their premature death. Now that`s all”, — he touched her hair favorably and felt as her fëa has already stirred up. Such communication has occupied no more time than couple of seconds.
— You can go, — Thuringwethil, having darted an extremely jealous, the most jealous in the word, glance at Sauron`s white-hair companion, disappeared to execute an assignment. — Saw? It was partly an exchange of thoughts, the Ósanwë how we say. And please: don`t ask me anything some time.
If she had known sometime what Dark Lord had allowed Variola hearing part of private conversation now…
After Sauron beckoned Variola having moved into the Northern Fortress. The silence between them became almost tangible as foggy air; judging by a look the Dark Lord has reflected really hard and now it`s better not to disturb him trying to pull out from this state in vain. He was thinking about what He cannot do anything global during The Black Ages… till. Annatar is as powerful as never before; His forces pulse instead of his blood and body, He is the live embodiment of ainur` powers. His mind direct to unprecedented and unprecedented earlier thoughts, He can make system which He will be able to operate. Generally he tried to break elves` volition. People, consider, are belong Him almost completely because of Rings of Power as dwarves but One Ring becomes dusty in Sauron`s thoughts. “One big surprise for all, my Precious”.
He curtailed on the left across dark corridor what was shined by bright flame of torches on the walls. How has fire to be unpleasant to her now?
The doors have opened without touching, silently and without scratch — and Variola could see her temporary room till he will check her personal norm of reaction, he need her or not, she is that successor or not because even the immortal spirit has vulnerability. It`s necessary to tell what it was really… finest for “temporary”. To tell the truth at his times Gorthaur could only dream about his personal space and something similar this. The dark room which true size was hidden by the twilight. Most likely, because of it isn't enough light in the Middle-Earth`s far North and lots of stars cannot replace sun beams even if they are more hotter than Sun near; also because of the heavy curtains has closed large window. There are a bed, wooden desk and other important things.
The impression of long desolation appeared for some reason and what this room belonged to someone male.
— Before I have to know what you need: water, dream, food, something other? Probably, you are hungry after our small travel, — Sauron don`t ask and don`t approve without changing a velvet tone. Typical requirements of engwar are not secret for him but… Unless is a little woman with long white hair here if she was ordinary and trivial? Ainu grinned to his thoughts. A woman-in-mask (very great moroc, girl) has intrigued Him so He cannot think about anything another except as face under silver similar fragile porcelain. He has obvious tendencies to deformation and the same perverted love to it but nevertheless he cannot afford to spoil his appearance because fucking elves are so thin esthetes.
Against the clock make of showing great promise Darn an ideal successor?* “It`s madness, you`re right”, — the common sense nodded. He preferred to ignore the first impression because he understood in what state she was… However it accepted it. Having seen wholly of local women, it couldn't constrain a mental grin —at first sight Variola is hardy: to get out of fire alone, to outlast, to run away — and to get nasty to Dark Lord fearlessly. Unless isn`t she a miracle?
If you want someone to be yours, you must give everything to him or make him slave, a thing.
“To your choice, Variola”.
— Oh, and take it, — a seven-pointed transparent stone star has laid down in her hand and brought as Fëanoro lamp, — it will be your light source… not only here.
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*Я просто пытаюсь сказать «как можно быстрее сделать из подающей большие надежды Проклятой идеального преемника?»
Отредактировано Sauron (2014-04-03 13:22:12)