Part two of an alternative future :)
The elves walk in silence for a short while.
'Ah!' Vardarianna screams.
The other elves look toward the maiden, not seeing her at all.
'Vardar!' Daerundros shouts, stepping forward and then stopping; before her is a split in the path and a sort of deep pit, like a hole.
'She's...' Minyelaire begins, then from within the hole she hears a pained moan followed by a procession of words with foul meaning.
'Hmmm...' Dearundros tries to suppress a chuckle. 'Are you ok down there?' She shouts.
'Yes...' Vardarianna shouts back, her tone filled with annoyance.
'I will help you out!' Minyelaire shouts down. She shakes off her backpack and from it she takes out a length of rope.
'Maybe we could leave her down there for a while.' Daerundros jokes.
'Hey!' The Gondorian maiden protests. Minyelaire hands the rope to the other elf maiden, smiling up to her- humour lighting up her features. 'I know you are both having a good laugh...' Vardarianna sulks, sitting down heavily upon the wet and muddy floor.
The elves look to each other, amused, before unraveling the rope and dropping it into the dark, but not so deep, hole.
'Tell us when you have it securely and then we will pull you out.' Minyelaire shouts down to the girl.
'Ok!' Vardar shouts upward, taking the rope with force and tugging on it to be sure that the elves are holding it with enough force. Quickly, with an eagerness to be free from the hole, she ties the rope around herself and then places the loop beneath her bottom.
'Pull me up... Slowly!' She commands, grimacing as the maidens begin to pull her upward.
'Women are so heavy...' Daerundros protests, in jest.
'I CAN hear you, you know!' Vardarianna shouts upward, though laughing at the maiden's words.
