[Video // Private]pratservantSeptember 18 2011, 11:54:00 UTC
[Rukia? Yes, of course you'd be hearing Rukia's voice. She was among the first, easy to pick up and make whole again.]
[Wake up.]
[Confusion at that. His lashes flutter and he still looks asleep after his eyes open. But then there's a rush to sit up. He looks down at his hands first - they're shaking. And then to the Forge.]
Video. 1/2superciliousSeptember 18 2011, 10:56:05 UTC
[ Arthur doesn't even see this until the next morning. Certainly doesn't realize his reaction's being broadcast, not just the Forge switching on accidentally, but more along the same lines, the Mist and the device working together against him. ]
[ It's horror, an instinctive recoil. At the magic, yes, but at Merlin's magic specifically, the feel of him like this. A corruption. And he doesn't regret at all, that two week limit, wishes he could extend it even as he wonders if a connection like that could ever truly be severed or suppressed. ]
[ There's the other kind of horror, too, that this is public and can never be deleted. Even as he's afraid of Merlin, just a little bit, he's also afraid for Merlin. Anatole is full of people with unsavory intent, and Merlin's kept under the radar so far. But this reeks of power. Christ. ]
[He's ready as soon as Arthur says his name. He's had time to prepare, of course. It wasn't like he'd seen Arthur's reaction, disgust and fear written all over it. Fear for him. Fear of-]
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[Wake up.]
[Confusion at that. His lashes flutter and he still looks asleep after his eyes open. But then there's a rush to sit up. He looks down at his hands first - they're shaking. And then to the Forge.]
Rukia?
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You wouldn't mind?
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Is he aware though? ]
Merlin?
[ Tonks starts to shout. ]
MERLIN?!
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[He doesn't hear her the first time, not over the sound of chewing. But she reaches him with the shout. Merlin gasps and his eyes fly open.]
Tonks? What's wrong?
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[He takes a deep breath, tries to dismiss it.]
I thought someone might be hurt.
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[ It's horror, an instinctive recoil. At the magic, yes, but at Merlin's magic specifically, the feel of him like this. A corruption. And he doesn't regret at all, that two week limit, wishes he could extend it even as he wonders if a connection like that could ever truly be severed or suppressed. ]
[ There's the other kind of horror, too, that this is public and can never be deleted. Even as he's afraid of Merlin, just a little bit, he's also afraid for Merlin. Anatole is full of people with unsavory intent, and Merlin's kept under the radar so far. But this reeks of power. Christ. ]
[ He wonders if it was a nightmare, or a dream. ]
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Merlin.
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[He's ready as soon as Arthur says his name. He's had time to prepare, of course. It wasn't like he'd seen Arthur's reaction, disgust and fear written all over it. Fear for him. Fear of-]
[He didn't see it.]
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You did say you were having nightmares.
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