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[ The tablet displays a man in chainmail and plate armor face down on Charon's raft a few feet away - device still being held by the boatman. For a moment the body is still, and then a loud groan emits from it.
The head moves. Glances around. Stills.
A sigh and it's like the whole man deflates with exasperation. ]
Merlin. [ Tone just seething with annoyance while he begins picking himself up ] As much as I do love waking up to a face full of rotted wood and that stinks of mold and something like dead rats, you had better pray, for the sake of your scawny hide and brittle twig of a body, that you can stutter out a halfway decent explanation before I -
[ He doesn't get the chance to end his tirade because when he turns, he catches a full view of Charon in all his creepy, skeletal glory ]
Before I... Before... [His mouth moves for a moment with no sound coming out. Then, slowly, he begins to reach for his sword. ]
Y-You- ...What in- [ The display goes spinning madly as the tablet's tossed to Arthur, startling him into catching the thing and abandoning the move for the sword. He's baffled with staring at the glowing slab long enough to be shoved out onto the docks. That certainly gets his attention and now he's whirling around, putting on his Prince voice - tone confident and commandeering as his voice booms across the water with an innate undertone of dignity and pride. ]
What manner of sorcery is this? I am Prince Arthur Pendragon of Camelot and I demand answers! This kidnapping is an attack against the Crown and it will not go unanswered for!
[ With the boat now long out of hearing range, he stares at the device for a moment, expression showing brief confusion before the tablet is tossed aside to the ground in disgust. Gravel crunches, accompanied by a harshly whispered curse, as he starts to walk away. ]
The head moves. Glances around. Stills.
A sigh and it's like the whole man deflates with exasperation. ]
Merlin. [ Tone just seething with annoyance while he begins picking himself up ] As much as I do love waking up to a face full of rotted wood and that stinks of mold and something like dead rats, you had better pray, for the sake of your scawny hide and brittle twig of a body, that you can stutter out a halfway decent explanation before I -
[ He doesn't get the chance to end his tirade because when he turns, he catches a full view of Charon in all his creepy, skeletal glory ]
Before I... Before... [His mouth moves for a moment with no sound coming out. Then, slowly, he begins to reach for his sword. ]
Y-You- ...What in- [ The display goes spinning madly as the tablet's tossed to Arthur, startling him into catching the thing and abandoning the move for the sword. He's baffled with staring at the glowing slab long enough to be shoved out onto the docks. That certainly gets his attention and now he's whirling around, putting on his Prince voice - tone confident and commandeering as his voice booms across the water with an innate undertone of dignity and pride. ]
What manner of sorcery is this? I am Prince Arthur Pendragon of Camelot and I demand answers! This kidnapping is an attack against the Crown and it will not go unanswered for!
[ With the boat now long out of hearing range, he stares at the device for a moment, expression showing brief confusion before the tablet is tossed aside to the ground in disgust. Gravel crunches, accompanied by a harshly whispered curse, as he starts to walk away. ]