[FROWNS. He's not stupid or that little] It was ugly. You should burn it. [wets his lips and looks around] Dunno. Making fun of your stupid hat, I guess.
[Elena laughs and tries to stifle it, but it comes out like a sort of scoffing/snort giggle] That is still the ugliest thing that I've ever seen. [And that's coming from someone who has no problem roaming around with her gown ripped. Well, not that she does that when they have visiting nobles anymore] I tried to tell him but it just made him all the more eager to put it on your head. [Look is sheepish and apologetic but her lips purse like she's about to laugh again]
Sounds like Arthur. [Since it's Elena, he's not even going to bother pretending. He draws the dreadful thing out and stares at it forlornly] No chance of convincing him, is there?
You could always burn it. Hide the evidence and then say that you lost it.
Oh! I know. You could say that I burned it. Or! [she's quite liking these ideas] That I was taking it tooooo .... [wracks her brain, then lights on an idea] there is a local woman that I met at the tavern, she adds bells to her children's clothes. I was taking it to have bells added [starts laughing slightly at the utter ridiculousness but the only reason it'd work was because she'd been going on about the bells last time. Arthur could do with some bloody bells.] because I thought that he'd appreciate it. And then I tripped and it fell and then it was trampled on. Then we had to throw it away. Certainly not fit to wear by the prince's servant.
Just start it out with 'Elena was trying to be helpful ... ' and he'll fall for it. Only don't sound too earnest. I'm not that helpful. [wrinkles her nose. Elena speaks from experience. She and Vivian used to do it to King Olaf all the time]
[His mouth twitches. Then, laughter spills from his lips] Bells, your Highness? [He teases, adding the formal title for extra effect] I really don't want to know what you and Arthur have been planning together, do I?
[It takes another look at the hat to set off another round of chuckling] It's hideous enough as it is. I cannot imagine what bells would do to it.
Arthur makes you wear that to banquets? I knew he was a prat but I didn't think he was that cruel.
[He claps a hand on Merlins shoulder in support.} My friend, this recquires some kind of payback. How long do you reckon it will take us to talk the laundresses into dying everything he owns pink?
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Oh! I know. You could say that I burned it. Or! [she's quite liking these ideas] That I was taking it tooooo .... [wracks her brain, then lights on an idea] there is a local woman that I met at the tavern, she adds bells to her children's clothes. I was taking it to have bells added [starts laughing slightly at the utter ridiculousness but the only reason it'd work was because she'd been going on about the bells last time. Arthur could do with some bloody bells.] because I thought that he'd appreciate it. And then I tripped and it fell and then it was trampled on. Then we had to throw it away. Certainly not fit to wear by the prince's servant.
Just start it out with 'Elena was trying to be helpful ... ' and he'll fall for it. Only don't sound too earnest. I'm not that helpful. [wrinkles her nose. Elena speaks from experience. She and Vivian used to do it to King Olaf all the time]
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[It takes another look at the hat to set off another round of chuckling] It's hideous enough as it is. I cannot imagine what bells would do to it.
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Especially at the banquets.
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[He claps a hand on Merlins shoulder in support.} My friend, this recquires some kind of payback. How long do you reckon it will take us to talk the laundresses into dying everything he owns pink?
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