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one >> action/audio

Jan 09, 2010 11:28

[Merlin wakes up in the forest, face first in the snow. He blinks, groans, and rolls over. It's cold and pretty wet, but it is also a more welcome pillow than horse manure. And, so, it means that he isn't in Camelot's stables. That is troubling ( Read more... )

*ic, *action, introductions all around, *001, merlin has a big mouth, *audio

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[ voice ] calmbeforethe January 8 2010, 17:47:10 UTC

Oh well. You never know until you ask him.

By the way, who's Arthur?

[ voice ] awaitingalbion January 8 2010, 17:55:16 UTC

Arthur's this...guy. [He aims for vague, but reconsiders.] He's my employer.

[ voice ] calmbeforethe January 8 2010, 18:01:06 UTC

Is he a good one?

[ voice ] awaitingalbion January 8 2010, 18:11:41 UTC

I think--[he pauses, so very unsure of his words]--I think he can be.

[ voice ] 1/2 calmbeforethe January 8 2010, 18:24:06 UTC

Oh. The kind with potential then. [Laguna knows all about that.] Well, I wouldn't think he'd blame you for this. It's not like you could control it, after all.

[ voice ] 2/2 calmbeforethe January 8 2010, 18:24:30 UTC

...Er. You can't, right?

[ voice ] awaitingalbion January 8 2010, 18:29:02 UTC

[The alarming part was that Merlin considered himself fully capable of the kind of magic that might be able to do this. Or a part of this, at least. But that would be the very wrong tack to take in this conversation.]

What, me? No, no. I'm just a servant. I polish armour, at best. Make beds. That kind of thing.

[ voice ] calmbeforethe January 8 2010, 18:39:38 UTC

Oh! Oh, okay. Right. Sorry, I just had to make sure, cover all my bees, that kind of thing.

[Awkward, awkward, until a thought occurs to him.]

Wait, servant? I had no idea there were still servants around. Huh. That's odd.

[ voice ] awaitingalbion January 8 2010, 18:41:51 UTC

Still around? Of course they're still around. What would egotistical princes do without someone to dress them?

[ voice ] calmbeforethe January 8 2010, 18:51:45 UTC

Er. Hire a valet? There are valets in your world, right?

[ voice ] awaitingalbion January 8 2010, 19:18:06 UTC

What's a valet?

[ voice ] calmbeforethe January 8 2010, 23:14:24 UTC

You don't know what a valet is? What kind of a world are you from? I mean, servants. Honestly. Valets dress people, and iron clothes, and pick out matching shirts to go with your hair or something.

[Momentary silence, until Laguna's teasing tone sounds through.]

Isn't that what you do for your egotistical prince?

[ voice ] awaitingalbion January 8 2010, 23:16:45 UTC

[So ashamed to admit this.]

Err, yes. That's me. Merlin, the valet. But he calls me a manservant, instead.

[ voice ] calmbeforethe January 8 2010, 23:31:39 UTC

[No shame in an honest day's work, kiddo.]

Valets don't polish armour or make beds.

[ voice ] awaitingalbion January 8 2010, 23:41:40 UTC

Then I am certainly not a valet. I've polished more suits of armour than I care to remember. [Very audible sigh.]

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