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[dreamflower]

Here is the fic for today's prompt:

Rating: G
Summary: Thorongil administers some bitter medicine…(a drouble)

U: LIKE UNSAVOURY URGES IN UMBAR

15 Urimë, T.A. 2979

Thorongil cast an annoyed eye over the five crewman who stood before him: his second mate, his pilot, his best helmsman, and two of the regular deck hands. Their pasty faces were a mask of misery, and it was clear they could barely stand. He hardened his heart. He did not have *time* for all this. The sooner he could get back to Minas Tirith with the information he had gathered on the activities of the Corsairs here in Umbar, the sooner he could put his plan into action.

He turned to his first mate. “Bring the black draught from my cabin.”

If possible, the men turned even paler--in fact there was a greenish cast to their complexion. One of them dared to say, “But Captain--that’s truly vile--”

Thorongil cut him off. “You are, of course, free to refuse to take your medicine. You are also free to find your own way home.” He turned and took the bottle proffered by his grinning first mate.

He poured out a large smelly dose. “Let this be a lesson to you all, the next time you get the urge to partake of seafood in unsavoury inns in Umbar.”

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And you should scurry off to there_n_back to see the absolutely *brilliant* fic that dwimordene did for this prompt. I don't know how to make a link go directly to the comments, but it is the first comment to today's prompt!

Comments

[addie71.livejournal.com]

LOL! And I bet his crew will think twice about it next time!

[dreamflower]

And maybe even *thrice*! LOL!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

:D

Oh, this is great!

And stern!Thorongil! :D

[dreamflower]

He is being nice and stern, isn't he? *grin*

[shirebound]

Ohhh, it must be very difficult for our noble captain to 'harden his heart'! Poor Aragorn. Poor sick men.

But lucky us. Brilliant.

[dreamflower]

Yes, I'm sure it was--I would guess it's hard for him to be stern sometimes. But it *was* for their own good after all.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

He's a stern captain, and he had to be, bless him. His men really will think twice about where they eat again.

[dreamflower]

I hope so! I'm sure that black draught was pretty nasty!

U=

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

This is great, I loved it !You and Dwim have set a very high standard to live up to today.

Re: U=

[dreamflower]

Dwim's was just brilliant, it was!

[shirebound]

The easiest way to link to a comment is to click on the word "link" next to the person's username and picture. ("link" is next to the thumbtack picture.) Then, when the page refreshes, copy the URL at the top of the page and paste it so folks can see it. That should work!

[dreamflower]

Ooh! Thanks! I'll have to try that sometime!

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

Ha! Poor sods, they'll always remember this lesson.

Strangely, for a moment I had 'Thorongil' confused with 'Thranduil', and wondered what the heck an elf king was doing in Gondor. Meh.

[dreamflower]

I hope they do! LOL!

Thranduil? *boggles at thought of him in Umber*

[dreamflower]

*facepalm* UMBAR

(Now imagines Thranduil clad in that ugly shade of brown called "umber".)

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

hehehe Another good reason not to eat seafood! :P

I feel sorry for those poor men, but really, they brought it on themselves.

[dreamflower]

Well, yes, they did, didn't they? I think Thorongil could have been a lot harder on them.

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

*cackles*

That just might give me ideas, it might.

[dreamflower]

Oh, I do *like* giving you ideas! *cackles back*