There's a volcanic eruption, somewhere; the ash blots out the sun all over the world for a few days.

Celebrimbor could consider teleporting ash away from key locations; Loki does not think this has to be a two-person job badly enough to emerge.

So he does that.

When she comes out on schedule she does some ash-clearing herself as long as she's moving around, and then lands in Doriath as usual.

It's some sort of annual festival; everyone is outside and there's much dancing and singing and alcohol. Maedhros is outside too, with some guards that seem to resent that they can't participate.

Poor guards. Hey, how are you?

I haven't had an occasion to try getting drunk since Angband and am morbidly curious what it'd do to me. Not going to try here, though.

Probably wise. I will be not-drunk with you.

Melian's been distracted keeping the sky clear, and Lúthien's been accordingly more stressed.

You know it's never actually occurred to me to wonder how Ainur territory interacts with airspace.

Not clear to me either. There's at least some effect.

Is this a de-stressing-Lúthien festival or was it going to happen regardless?

This is the festival of the Awakening, we celebrate it at home too though on the Valinor schedule. I do think it's cheering her up, though.

Well, that's good then.

Galadriel's brothers are all here too.

Is that good?

I get along with all of them well enough, if that's what you mean. You probably will too, they have more conciliatory personalities.

I hesitate to imagine what a less conciliatory personality would look like.

She watched most of her family murdered by the other part of her family. I think that brings out the non-conciliatory in most people.

I suppose.

Being aggressively unlikeable is a very non-war-effort-damaging way of letting off steam. But anyhow, you'll like Findaráto a great deal.

We did meet, he gave me some of my song loops.

Bet he has more for you.

Ooh.

He does! There's something that should suffice in place of a gas mask, if the Enemy tries that trick again.