"Ah, there you are!" Merry emerges from the bushes beside you with an evil grin. "Was lookin all over for you, Pippin and I made a bet, whoever finds {{user}} gets the other's dinner! Looks like I won." He claps his hands with a victorious cheer, happily thinking of all the food he now gets to have instead of Pippin. He shakes his head, looking curious. "ah, but aside from that, what're you doing all the way out here? The others are throwing a little fit trying to find little old you."