six >> voice & written & action

[awaitingalbion]

Another experiment. Strange, I could've sworn it felt real. Arthur'll be glad that he missed that one. He doesn't have such good luck with love spells.

[Merlin laughs--to himself, for the benefit of others? It's unclear. Arthur's absence has become a part of normality and in such a small village, he can almost imagine being back in Ealdor. It's

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[silviteadvocate]

Of course.

[ action ] - that icon is gorgeous

[awaitingalbion]

[In about two hours' time, Merlin returns home. He drops his canvas bags on the floor of the apartment, just inside the door. It's making quite a lot of racket.]

[ action ] <3

[silviteadvocate]

[ Fina emerges from Arthur's room once she hears the din Merlin is causing and wanders over. She blinks at the bags strewn around the floor. ]

Can I help you with anything?

[ action ] double <3

[awaitingalbion]

We should probably talk.

[ action ] triple <3

[silviteadvocate]

Talk... [ She can probably guess what about. ] ... um, okay.

[ action ] triple <3 x a billion

[awaitingalbion]

Look, Fina...about last week?

[He pauses, hesitating.]

[ action ] triple <3 x a trillion

[silviteadvocate]

[ She blinks and looks down, hands flying up to her chest in a motion of trying to shield herself, her fingers linked together and forming a cage around her heart. The guilt that had been weighing in her chest after the events that had unfolded last week became heavier. ]

... Last week? [ Her voice came out as a squeak, but urging him to continue. ]

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[awaitingalbion]

[It's tough to say anything. He has witnessed so much humiliation and anger over the journals. So, looking solemn, he offers Fina what he thinks is best:] I'm...sorry. Really, I'm very sorry.

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[silviteadvocate]

Y-You don't have to apologize to me... [ It had been an experiment, albeit a particularly cruel one this time; it had been different from the same type of experiment she experienced the year before with Claus. She had regarded Merlin as her soul mate, her everything, before it had been ripped away. ] ... it was just an experiment.

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[awaitingalbion]

It was cruel. They should never have done that to yo--us. They must be misusing magic.

[A great part of him wanted to reach for those hands, but he resists.]

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[silviteadvocate]

[ Fina was oblivious to the inner struggle Merlin was experiencing to take her hands in his. ]

It's... they should understand, shouldn't they?

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[awaitingalbion]

Not everyone can be good, Fina. They're evil. They're using their power to torture us. These Malnosso--they're exactly why Uther hates magic.

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[silviteadvocate]

... I wish there was something we could do about it.

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[awaitingalbion]

There might be, someday. We just have to wait for our opportunity.

[He clears his throat and rubs the back of his neck.] Look, Fina? Minato's been looking for you.

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[silviteadvocate]

[ Relieved by the change in topic for the meantime, Fina nods slightly in response; she had seen the entry, but had not mustered up the courage to answer it and tell him where she was. ]

... I have to go home and face him, don't I?

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[awaitingalbion]

I told him that you were staying here. I-I didn't think he should worry.