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[justmerlin]

Oh no...

No, no, no!

[There's a very loud whirring sound that sounds a bit... muffled somehow. Possibly many whirring sounds. It's safe to assume that whatever they are, they are not a good sign.]

Please turn off, please! Uhhh...

[Frantic clicks and snaps and maybe a little pounding of a fist against something large and metal can be heard, but

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[leadthedance]

[He was just idly heading to his room after getting a drink but kind of... stops when he sees suds. In the hallway. And thus, curiousity takes him to the laundry room to peek in. And stares.]

What the-?

[justmerlin]

[Merlin, standing knee-deep in bubbles, turns and gives him a desperate look before putting his hands up.]

I didn't mean to, it just happened!

[leadthedance]

[Gino might be resisting a chuckle because of the 'knee deep in bubbles' thing, while he steps in and glances about at the millions of bubbles.]

And the worst part is, I believe you when you say 'it just happened.'

[justmerlin]

How in the world do people use these without drowning in soap? [He sloshes through the thick of the bubbles in an attempt to move closer to the door, almost losing his balance when he almost slips on the wet floor.]

[save_the_souls]

[Over the journal since he's in the city]

That doesn't sound...

Merlin? What happened?

[justmerlin]

[His head pops up from beneath a pile of suds like a gopher poking its head from the ground. He looks every which way.]

Allen? Where are you? These machines... I don't think this is what they were intended to do.

[save_the_souls]

I'm in the city...at my house-

Which machines are you talking about?

[justmerlin]

[Ah, so he's speaking through the journals. It figures it would open at for Merlin's finest hour.]

They're these giant... metal things. I was told they're meant to wash clothes, but all they've managed to do is wash the floor.

[bedninja]

[There is a child now seated on atop one of those washing machines, the one that just happened to be slightly out of Merlin's initial line of sight for a second. Said child is staring down at this mess, chin propped in his hands and elbows propped on his knees, with his legs dangling off the side of the washing machine.

There aren't really any signs of him having walked around in the mess at all, as his clothing is spotless.]

It seems you have made quite the mess of this room... did you not think to ask anyone how one should work these machines before you attempted using them?

[justmerlin]

[His head whips around when the boy speaks, brows furrowing at the very sight of him. How did he get there? He hadn't always been there, had he?]

The directions were inside of it and seemed easy enough. Poor the soap flakes, press a few buttons. It just didn't seem like I'd put enough in there.

[bedninja]

[Certainly not! But to the brow furrowing - which Pharos probably doesn't notice at all, actually - he just lifts his head and smiles at Merlin.]

So the problem came from however much soap you happened to add? It seems like you must have added quite a bit to cause this much of a mess... How much did you actually put in as opposed to what the instructions told you to do?

[justmerlin]

[He's going to feel stupid every time someone asks him that. Defeatedly, he sighs.]

The instructions said a cup. [uses one hand to gesture the size of the cup]

I used the whole box. [uses both hands to gesture the size of the box]

[onlyanapple]

Well, well. You are back.

[justmerlin]

[Hello, random voice from nowhere! Merlin looks around a bit before realizing that, oh yes, his journal is STILL open.]

Who's that?

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley briefly considers trolling Merlin. The he remembers how good Merlin is at annoying Arthur, and decides to let this one slide]

Name's Crowley.

It's been a while.

[justmerlin]

I suppose it has. [Not that Merlin would know.] I take it you knew me from my first go around here?