The Arda kindergarten AU meme

[durinsdaughter]

~ Arda nursery, kindergarten and pre-school ~


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1. You are a kid! Maybe you are a toddler in nursery or already in pre-school, or anywhere in between, but you are a kid who comes here more or less regularly, interacts with other kids and the teachers and the nurse and is dropped off in the morning and picked up sometime later during the day.
2. You are an adult! Maybe you are a teacher, or doing an internship, or you are a parent or older sibling picking up their kid, or the nurse or whatever an adult would do in such a place...
...of course you can change which one your muse is depending on whom they thread with.

And as for scenarios - you can of course do whatever you want, but a few ideas:
I. The first day in kindregarten. Being left behind by mommy or daddy, encountering new friends, so many things to discover...
II. Nap time! Maybe you just need to tell your friend this story before falling asleep. Or your teddy has gotten lost. And as for adults, oftentimes the parents will be present for the first few days of nursery to ease their child into things. Don't glare too many daggers at that other parents who is easing their child into the situation at the same time, you might make a child cry... Cuddling with their child is a much nicer option, yes?
III. Playground! Maybe you build a sandcastle together, or maybe you kick each others sandcastle down, who knows? Or maybe you are in the crafts room, or in the dolls corner, or you are having a class...
IV. Uh oh. Something isn't going too smoothly, and you have to mend things with another child or explain yourself to a teacher or maybe discuss a case with another staff member, or even call in the parents...
V. Field trip! Or maybe it is some holiday, or a birthday/conception day is happening in your group, or or or...

Comments

[tallbeechtree]

[Slightly sad look.]

I fear it will not be possible, for we must make a long journey the day after next.

[elf_king]

But adar, I like it here, why must we go? [He is trying not to pout so much. It's not an easy thing. He wants to be a good child for his father though.]

/screws with timelines and info so bad.

[tallbeechtree]

[Gently strokes the side of his face.]

We must cross the blue mountains, for our safety. I do not wish to see you nor any of our people harmed, young one.

AU has no timeline Ada!

[elf_king]

But why ada? Are we not safe here? What gonna happen? [Thranduil doesn't want to panic. It's beneath him, isn't it?]

but it does have info which I have to purposely ignore/change XD

[tallbeechtree]

[He hesitates, not wanting to frighten the child further but he also did not want to lie.]

I fear there is a growing darkness. I can feel it in the air... but do not despair, ion-nin, do you not trust your Ada to do what is right for your safety?

[elf_king]

[Thranduil is quiet, processing this information. He really doesn't want to leave. He just started making friends here, and his teacher is nice.] But what if it's nothing ad we move for no reason and I never see anyone again?

[tallbeechtree]

Some of them may chose to come with us. Many feel as I do, that we will be better off beyond the mountains.

[He looks his child in the eyes.]

...and you will make new friends. As many as your heart can hold, for you are Eldar and have all the time you wish.

[elf_king]

[Nope, he still does not like this option. He isn't a princeling yet, though his fathers line is certainly proud. His face twists into one of unhappiness.]

Will we have to go far? Who else is going with us Adar?

[tallbeechtree]

Much of our kin. Gaelon and Alfirinor, also your nursemaid Caedwen.

[A pause, he did not wish to upset his child, but there was not much to be done. Thranduil would have to learn of the harsh realities of the world one day, though Oropher had hoped it was not this soon.]

It is indeed far. Over the mountains to the south, and the journey may be hard on us.

[elf_king]

... Alright adar... but can I say bye to my friends first? There are a bunch of them. [There really weren't Just that one girl with the silver hair.]

[tallbeechtree]

Yes, my springtime song, you may say your farewells.

[Oropher gently kisses his child on the forehead, then puts him down so that he could see his friends for the last time. It was difficult to ask his child to endure this, when he should be carefree and joyful, but dark times were coming, and the wood to the south would shelter them through the storm.]