8th Spell [Accidental Voice] (After all of the rescues)

[lastdragonlord]

[The first sort of sound to filter through the PCD is a horrified, male scream. There, that ought to get everyone's attention, right? Followed by a muted, sniffling sound that transitions slowly into heaving sobs that eventually translate into words.]

Oh n-no, oh no. No, no, no, no. Sorry - 'm so sorry. Don't want to, didn't...

[His mutterings

Comments

[Video]

[marsfireignite]

... Merlin.

[Video]

[lastdragonlord]

[Sounding so terribly uncertain.]

R-rei...

[Video]

[marsfireignite]

[She seems hesitant, because she was so worried over her friends... how she stayed up all night trying to figure out a way to rescue them without harming either party, how she and Toushirou -- who was affected by the same horrible event that drove Merlin to do such things -- searched Adstringendum into the early hours of the morning trying to find the captives. How a gargoyle nearly took off her head when she was trying to do the right thing by the same friends she stayed up all night trying to find.]

... stop crying.

[Video]

[lastdragonlord]

[He takes a deep breath and tries to let it out steady. And then again, and again.]

S-sorry.

[Voice]

[juniorarchiver]

[A long pause]

Watch who die?

[Voice]

[lastdragonlord]

[And the only reason he's telling you now, Lavi, is because he's far too distracted to clam up like he would.]

A-arthur. [An abortive sob.] I k-knew I should have. Have let them kill Mordred, but I-he was just a kid and, and...

It's all my fault that Arthur is going to die.

[Voice]

[juniorarchiver]

It's just how the legend goes, yeah? If it wasn't you, someone else might have saved him.

You going to be all right over there?

[Voice]

[lastdragonlord]

[Mostly to himself.] The dragon told me to kill him.

I. I-yeah. Y-yeah, I guess. I'm sorry for, um, p-putting you to sleep an' all.

[Voice]

[innerfirewithin]

[You may or may not hear an annoyed 'tch' at this, Merlin.]

[Voice]

[lastdragonlord]

[Um, no. Sorry, Zuko, the crying sort of drowns out the derisive noise at this point.]

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

... thought it was.

[Voice]

[lastdragonlord]

S-sorry? [His voice is sort of wet and wobbly, but he's trying to stop the tears - let's see how long that lasts, shall we?]

W-what was?

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

[He's being a little careful, but it makes sense.]

... you didn't hurt anyone. You just kept them away from the others. Why?

[Voice]

[lastdragonlord]

I didn't... I'm not.

[Take a deep breath and think it over, Merlin, you're going to have to examine your motivations of the past week sooner or later.]

I just... just wanted to keep everyone safe. If I was always there I could make sure that nothing happened to them, right?

B-but, I shouldn't have done that. I wasn't myself. I'm so sorry.

[Voice]

[siriuslymagical]

[Sirius will spare Merlin having to look at the burn mark on his face for the moment.]

See you're back to normal.

[Voice]

[lastdragonlord]

[Oh thank goodness, Sirius, because the things that are setting him off crying again are very small; that might actually make him hyperventilate or something.]

S-sirius. I'm so, so sorry.

[Voice]

[siriuslymagical]

[Sirius knows it wasn't Merlin's fault...but it's really hard to forgive the guy that burnt your face off.]

It's fine...just don't make a habit of it, alright?

[Voice]

[lastdragonlord]

I-I don't intend to.

Are you... are you okay?