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Agape4Gondor · 31 August 2012 · Chapter 65: The Three Amigos Go to College

Sorry you've not got the holiday off. NOT! All I could think of is that I'd have to wait another day to find out what's going on and my finger nails are shot! The three amigos didn't cause this problem. Go figure. *g* Great chapter. Had me on my toes.

6336 · 31 August 2012 · Chapter 65: The Three Amigos Go to College

Pui-en-orch! If I may borrow Glorfi's favorite curse! Well that has certainly set the cat loose in the pigion loft! If Ratty does not work for the agency who does he work for and who the h e double hockey sticks is he! Some secret Black Ops agent? This was turning out to be such a nice chapter too, the Three Amigos were behaving and seemed to be enjoying themselves, there was no bomb under Alex's car, they did good in their classes, well apart from Alex and his mixed up Sindarin, and then Alex gets the e-mail and disapears on them, I hope not to do anything foolish, but knowing Alex Artemus has taken over! More please, (Hopefull, Puppy Dog Eyes look?) Huggs, Lynda p.s. Back in Cliffee King mode I see, you should get an award for this!

UTfrog · 31 August 2012 · Chapter 65: The Three Amigos Go to College

Loved the chapter title. Glad to know everyone is getting along better. So Farrell is not what he seemed. Somehow I am not shocked, but where is Maddy? Good reading to start the holiday weekend. Thanks as always.

Agape4Gondor · 28 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

Since I hail from the car-bombing capital of the United States, my mind naturally jumps there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_crime_family They even made a movie last year about one such bomber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Greene (R rating due to language in this one)

Agape4Gondor · 28 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

Well, I'm glad Nate's around. I shudder at the 'car' implication. I know Alex was angry at the interference, but all he had to do was turn that key.... Yikes!!!! I would be glad for such interference. Farrell is not someone to be looked upon lightly.

bookworm · 28 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

*amused* and after the alcohol comes sport XD Violent? They think NFL is VIOLENT? HAH I agree with Alex they should watch some Aussie Rules - and we certainly are an odd bunch ('s what happens when you live in a place where Everything Is Trying To Kill You and your main European influence was a bunch of convicts) And Farrell is back grrrr. I hope something extremely unpleasant happens to him soon. But Derek! Oh Derek, he's MAGNIFICENT. Steady as a rock, and eminently practical. "You’re going to sit here and finish your dinner and we’ll have dessert". Oh wow I think I kinda fell in love with him a little~ He's exactly what Alex/Ambrose needs right now, isn't he.

Rhyselle · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 63: The Morning After the Night Before

In this chapter, again, we see Derek take charge of his gwador, and stand up a bit to the elves again, before things start to be dealt with. I keep saying "Poor Alex!" as I read this fic. What a horrific nightmare! I love the idea of all those Elven Healers. They're going to have to know how to deal with Mortals when the Dagor Dagorath happens, so best to get practice now. I really liked how, in all the concern about Alex, the elves were also concerned about Derek, and his needs. The description of the ellith being evicted from the sunroom was good. You gave me a great mental image of the scene. And so now we find out a little bit more about Derek (I liked his impression too!). I liked Derek's interaction with Findelaure in the sunroom, and liked even more, Alex's dragging Findelaure into the kitchen for the hangover remedy. I occurred to me after I wrote the last review, that if they'd alternated each of those deadly drinks with a glass of water, the three amigos would probably still feel horrible, but at least a little bit of the impact might have been moderated. I don't drink, but my friends who do swear that if you keep yourself hydrated with water between alcoholic beverages, you can prevent standard hangovers. Now I do have to agree that the aftermath of the Elven Tour Guide is anything but standard! *wry grin* I thought it telling in a good way that Findelaure caught himself before saying "the Mortal" and referred to Alex by name. In any case, It's nice to see that Alex, Derek and the boys are getting along a bit better by the end of this chapter. One more chapter and I'm caught up! Yay! :-D

Tari · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

Farrell's back; that's not good. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that he put a bomb under Alex's car. Namo to the rescue. Again.

Rhyselle · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 62: Explanations and Apologies

Well, that was interesting to read! I do like how Derek and Alex stood up for themselves. No, mortals don't play by the same rules as elves, and that's something the folk from Valinor as well as the elves who have been resident in Wiseman will have to come to terms with. It was interesting to see how Derek has stepped forward in the last couple of chapters. No longer just Alex's roommate, he really is Alex's gwador now, and a strong character in his own right. "'Alex, mate, let her go,' Derek said calmly but with grave authority." I really liked this line. More and more, Derek reminds me of several sailors that I know from my own Navy career, and he is just the person that Alex needs as his friend and brother as Alex deals with all of the varying levels of stress that he has from trying to sort out and integrate his own identity with the alter-egos he's created and lived over his time with the Agency (not to mention the stress of dealing with Farrell's mucking about with his mission. The military isn't exactly like spy work, but Derek has enough experience with military intelligence to understand where Alex is coming from, and he's got the steadiness, ability to focus, and the courage that Alex needs when the spy's world starts going off-kilter. I don't really feel sorry for Nielluin; what she said to Alex was rather foolish. But she really hadn't seen the worst of him yet. I would hope that she would take him more seriously in the future. Alex isn't immortal and doesn't have the elves' physical strength and stamina, but he has been trained to be a ruthless killing machine, a critical thinker, and is darned good at what he's been trained to do. Of course, I'm sure that this chapter's conversations will take some time for the characters to absorb (and me too!), so maybe there will be future opportunities for the new (and old!) elves to learn not to discount what our mortal lead characters are capable of. Well done!

Rhyselle · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 61: The Elven Tour Guide at the Blue Petrel

I'm catching up again. :-) I rather enjoyed watching the three amigos go through the drinks tour list, although I admit to shuddering at the thought of anyone ingesting even one of those concoctions! Things weren't going too horribly until Elennen and Findalaurë got into that fight. I rather feel badly for all of them now. I don't know if any of the other reviewers mentioned it, but I'm more than a bit leery of Patty, that girl who knows all of those languages... it seems a tad "convenient", in some ways. But then I've been trying to figure out who could be Farrell's Academy contact ever since we realized he's really a bad guy, so maybe her language facility could simply just be a coincidence of a plot device which serves to make the protagonists nervous. *grin* Those lads are really going to hate themselves in the morning... I love the description of how Finrod looked when Alex looked up at the end of the chapter. I do feel that he's probably going to pull out his book of appropriate and creative punishments again... I do love going back and re-reading your stories, Fiondil. Going back and re-reading the earlier chapters of this fic has been fun too. I just wish that my brain would quit making my fingers type a different alliterative name than the one I meant to type ("Derek" vice "Daeron", and suchlike) when I review. As usual, very well done! :-)

Larner · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

I am glad Namo is seeing to it that the five of them don't come his way in the immediate future! So, Farrel just happened on them, did he? Nah!

6336 · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

I was wondering when Ratty would show up again, nasty little man! I wonder if he was a bully when he was in school, he sounds just like he could have been. It would be interesting to find out whio is feeding him information. Did Derek make a good guess at who he was or has Alex given him a description? Just who were those two 'Loggers', interested bystanders or something else? Good to see Nate again, he always looks and is stunning! Loved his little warning to the three Amigos, the Valar do love the Children especially when they are children! Poor Alex, he is going to need a long holiday when this is all over, but it looks like we still have two to three months of Fiondil angst to get through! Huggs, Lynda

Whispy · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

Oh, now rugby's am extremely violent game. We don't have a football team at my school, but we do have a rugby team. You can tell who's on it by the constant bruising and the fact that they are constantly wearing bags of ice. XP Oh, so Farrell shows his face once more. Now, why do I have the feeling that he will be up to his old stunts now that he knows that Alex is back... Ach, it's been a rough one for Alex lately. I don't think meeting Namo---again---is going to help that any. Is he in for another psychic break? Excellent chapter; looking forward to Friday's update! Whispy

Clouded Leopard · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

It would seem Farrell is back to his old tricks again if certain people can't drive their own cars again. If he can't get Amroth out of the way let's try for his student Alex then, he's much easier to get to. That guy's not playing with a full deck. I wouldn't be surprised if those two loggers weren't Maiar in disguise looking out for the kids. Nice to see Nate again. Glad Glorfindel and Findel showed up when they did or there would be some very unhappy family members. Now that Farrell is back in the picture, things are going to get very interesting.

someone · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

Did "Nate" tell Glorfindel and Finrod to get those five home? And why didn't he tell Alex if there's a bomb under his car? This may sound odd, but it was good to see Farrell (at least, now we know he's still there and doesn't know everything about the Elves). Otherwise, this was a nice and calm chapter and the three Amgos did nothing stupid for a chance.

Sunny · 27 August 2012 · Chapter 64: After the Game

So the three ellyn think football is violent, do they? They should be used to the annual tournament back in Aman, when the various contestants do their level best to pound each other into the ground. And also the practice beforehand, when the wannabe contestants practice the pounding-into-the-ground. Now, I don't really know anything about American-style football - on this side of the pond it's soccer that is the big thing, but I don't really follow that either. So now Derek has met "Nate", and come out of that meeting still cool as a cucumber. But then Nate was in civvies, so to speak, so he would have appeared to be a quite normal person until the end, when he disappeared into thin air. Derek would certainly have guessed that something was up, given the reactions of the three young Elves, and with a bit of thought he would probably have figured out just who Nate was. I find myself wondering a bit about those loggers that were so conveniently on hand to help Derek out with his confrontation with Farrell. Were they loggers, or were they something else? _Someone_ clearly was on guard, and caught Farrell fiddling with Alex' car, at least. I hope Alex will be able to sleep this night. The previous night was very bad for him, and the day certainly wasn't a good one - especially as it ended with a face to face meeting with Námo, which was unlikely to do his poor, frazzled nerves any good.

obsidianj · 26 August 2012 · Chapter 63: The Morning After the Night Before

Oh, I remember that hangover cure. My dad used to make it after especially long parties. I loved the bonding part that came from everyone feeling the after effect of the night before and concocting/drinking the hangover cure. I'm not so sure how I feel about the NFL game watching expedition. On the other hand, I think they are all still feeling the aftermath of last night and should be more circumspect.

obsidianj · 26 August 2012 · Chapter 62: Explanations and Apologies

So, the elves came up with that list of toxic brews? What did they expect to happen if something like this hangs on the wall in a bar? Especially with students around? *shakes head* Alex's attack on Nell shows that he is dangerous and still not in control of his two persona. They need to do something about it, or he is a danger to himself and everyone around. They still have Farrell to deal with and Alex as a loose cannon is not a good idea.

Rick · 25 August 2012 · Chapter 63: The Morning After the Night Before

Hi, Fiondil, as usual, you keep getting better. Nice to see the young elves finding out all about modern Earth. Also very entertaining. I can't wait to see what the next trouble they all get into is.

someone · 25 August 2012 · Chapter 63: The Morning After the Night Before

In these last three chapters one can just see the disaster coming...It's very difficult for me to read something where I know it can get only worse and the characters just continue to act stupidly (what were they thinking, taking those three Elves to a bar with other students to witness their behavior!). I wonder what those students in the bar thought about it all. But somehow that bar night cleared thing between the Elves, Alex and Derek, so perhaps it was for the best after all. "Hates your guts. Thinks you’re the bane of his existence. Wishes he could safely strangle you and stuff your body into a deep, dark crevasse where it will never be found. But he doesn’t despise you." That was priceless! Derek's "job interview" was also great, in the future it'll prove how well he adapts to different jobs... if he survives the Elf Academy first, which doesn't seem to be easy. Are there all the time normal studies going on for the other students in the Academy, or have the problems and the arrival of new elves mixed everything?

6336 · 24 August 2012 · Chapter 63: The Morning After the Night Before

Well, I was right, we need to track Artemus down and put a bigger lock on his cage!Poor Alex, what a thing to imagine, we really need to take care of the Watcher, sooner rather than later! Alex seems to have come out of his fuge state, Finrods playing has helped and I think being among those who know his history has also helped. I think most people have forgotten just how soon after his little tumble down the hill this is all happening, it can only have been a few weeks at most and he is still recovering. Oh dear, sometimes the cure is worse than the hangover, but it seems to have worked! I hope Alex, Derek and the Three Amigos enjoy the game! Huggs' Lynda

Kitty · 24 August 2012 · Chapter 63: The Morning After the Night Before

Poor Alex, that doesn't sound good. This job is destroying him, I really wonder what would have become of him if he hadn't ended up at the Academy and with the Elves. They might be the only ones able to help him. At that rate, the Agency might have ended up killing him because he becomes a security risk – for himself and others. Now I am glad Finrod came; his music really appears to help Alex. Glad to see the youngster is coming around. Though I can't recommend that method to make friends ;) In the end, he got along with Alex rather well. Hmmm ... I'd fear Finrod more than Celeborn, too. He seems much more ruthless.

Kitty · 24 August 2012 · Chapter 62: Explanations and Apologies

While Alex is somewhat right that the three Elves aren't exactly children any more, I'm not sure it was a good idea to scream that fact out so publicly. Oh well, what's done is done. Some already know, and the others hopefully forget about it. *sigh* Don't like it that Alex attacked Nielluin. That was rather uncalled for. It seems he really can't take much more, though there's still the problem Farrell hanging over them. If I'm not mistaken, Thanksgiving and with it that deadline is coming rather close. So Alex can't afford to react that badly to something rather harmless. Amazing how the Elves order everyone around and the mortals do it. Though again, Finrod hinted at their true identity with quite a few strangers around. Hm ... does that mean that the Valar or Maiar intervened once again? Alex taking charge and talking with Finda that way was a bit surprising, but nice. All in all, it seems things weren't as bad as I initially feared. Boring? Ha! Alex and Derek may not know it, but they are in the company of some of the worst troublemakers in all of Valinor. That has to be rubbing off on them, after all!

Kitty · 24 August 2012 · Chapter 61: The Elven Tour Guide at the Blue Petrel

*snicker* Now that's a strange menu Elennen chose! Patty was definitely speaking the wrong languages too well. But who would have expected it? Luckily Findalaurë had the idea with the vow only to speak English, that should help – until they speak Quenya ... *sigh* Baiting the three into that challenge wasn't their best idea, was it? Pity Elennen didn't win the argument. From the descriptions, I'd not have managed even the first drink, truth be told. Nightmare indeed! But then, I prefer water anyway. Less dangerous, and tastes much better. Oh, and btw, Ellie found really funny names for the drinks! I should probably feel sorry for Calandil and the other two for being so sick, but I can't really say I do. They should not have taken the challenge in the first place. Typical male. Uh oh. Why do I suspect trouble has arrived?

Kitty · 24 August 2012 · Chapter 60: ‘And this is my Cousin Larry....’

Glad to know the night went without any incidents. With you, one never knows. Oh man, just considering what the Valinórean Elves are going to have to learn in the kitchen alone makes one realise what a harrowing undertaking the whole thing is. Ha, Mithlas too! Nice to see more and more familiar names pop up. On the one hand, it's good when Farrell leaves them alone, but on the other hand, I find it slightly suspicious. As is the fact that Alex didn't hear anything from the Agency yet, even after sending the papers. Did someone intercept his post? Well, to use Alex and Derek, of all people, as babysitter for the three amigos is something I'd not have tried, but oh well. It's your risk, not mine ;) *grin* I guess our two intelligence officers should have thought about the backstory for the three Elves a bit beforehand. That didn't go too well.