:) i am very happy to hear you are getting used to it! pretty soon you will be enjoying all that computers have to offer there is someone who does not believe you are the real merlin his name is sirius black i mean to let you know sooner but i have been working on the botonicaly thing!!! would you like to meet him and prove him wrong??? hehehe
ummmmm people think you were born with a beard? that is incredibly silly and if you are ok with me being honest, a little bit rude of them to ask! you are the real merlin, beard or not, i can see that very easily
everyt ime i say i'm merlin smeone asks me why don't i have a beard like it's impssible i'm not 80 yet one can onyl assume they thinkt he beard was there frm the very beginning
for some reason everyone only knows you as an old man, its kind of funny, i bet you did some amazing things even when you were young and so its kind of cool to meet you before the beard came obviously you grew older as time went on, that is how time works and all beards take sooooooo long to grow i think, well im not sure actually but dave and john didnt have them and john was not even shaving last i saw him :P when i told sirius about you, he said that you would be dust by his time, and i guess the same is true for me as well but you are obviously not dust and frankly i would be pretty upset with you if you became dust at any point now!
i am trying to stay non- dustt so don't worrry about that isuppose to beh onest tnot many peoplre in camelot know i have magic but i don't mind they don't ask me about my invisble beard so often
that is pretty good news to me :) sounds like a luxury! maybe you should do something cool and merliny so that they stop thinking you need a beard to be yourself
well...... yes!!!!! lol but that would be a pretty cool halloween costume :o going as yourself would be sooooo cool, it is amazing to think that is how famous you are i dont know if halloween is coming or not actually, maybe i will ask dharma if thats a thing here! what have you done before to mae people be in awe of your very cool magic??? if you can make a sword i bet you can do other awesome things
a halloween is a holiday! you get dressed up and tell strangers to give you candy or you can play a prank on them i have never celebrated it before noooooooooo not here you would not merlin you called what i can do magic right? well no one has hanged me!
oh tthat's quaint i think i wouldn't minfd but who would give an old man candy? and you aske d what i've done that's impresed anyone and i haven't done much here besiddes make somejuice into redder juice i left all my imrpessive happenings at home i'm afraid wherei'd have been hanged
:p you are not really an old man! if so you are wayyyyy more spry than any other old man i know of what with your whole surviving a crash thingy ok no offense merlin but that is bullshit the most impressive thing you have is you! anything you can do as merlin the wizard i bet is sure to knock their socks off and then no one can ask about your beard
wwell if i were tot dress like an olfd man and idon't think you nderstand what i mean i suppose ic ould do something outrageous with magivc but i'm notgoing to show off juts to prove a point i don;t think i should have to prove i'm myself at all
:( you are right merlin i guess i thought it would be better if people just knew you are who you are well...... i believe you and that is what matters i think!!!
thats a neat way of looking at it honestly its just cool to know merlin at all :O its still weird to think you can do magic and all that but maybe its just something i have not figured out how to do yet!!!! so maybe i can teach you the glowy green spacey thing some day who knows! i think that would be super cool
anyway i am gonna tell sirius black that youre a much more secluded person than any of us realize :p unless you want to meet him he is a wizard as well i think??? that is why he was interested in you i would think....
do yuo wnat to learn some magic because i would be happty totry annd you don't have totell him anythign like that about me as longs as he doesnt demand i prove somethingh ridiculous i don't care
call | post-bepuddling, some time? re: you're gonna stay with the goddamn dragons, aren't you.
[Small miracle: that Merlin knows how to use his phone to speak, unlike his still lingering inability to text properly. There's still a pause slightly longer than necessary before he actually speaks, just in case. Just in case...]
[There's another pause, but not really to think about it, or anything - he just doesn't make the connection about why he should forgive this curiosity... please, it's not rude!!]
No, I don't think I'd like to go back there. I like it here... I think I fit in more than I did being a delivery boy in Olympia.
[Oh. Well, that's something. Merlin both can and can't relate—he left his only life behind when he was forced to come to this world in the first place. Olympia... well, he delivers mail there. It's not the same.]
I suppose there's a first time for everything? Maybe I'll come visit sometime. You should be glad, you know. That you have something you want to hold onto.
You know what? That gives him an idea. But he's gonna need a couple days. He's quiet for a long moment, the only response being a soft hum, like he's thinking hard.]
It's going to take a few days before I'm ready to leave. We have some time.
What is it with all of you who haven't had any bread pudding before? [So far he's 2 for 2, which is technically a 100% failure rating on the bread pudding quest scale, so.]
[Yes, but 1) it existing and 2) it being a thing that is accessible are two different things. The good kind is expensive and why would anyone willingly eat the bad kind?
Tomorrow doesn't give him a whole lot of time. He's going to have to do some shopping. Zevran chuckles.
You're that hungry, eh? I suppose I could manage that.
[ delivered to Merlin's place of residence are two tomes of dragon lore. one is a practical guide on the creatures, while another is a book of fanciful stories. they are accompanied by a handwritten note: ]
Merlin,
I know not who you are, and you know not who I am. Be that as it may, I was given a task of finding you a "gift", and as such, these are two volumes that were of particular interest to me in my time here. May you find some manner of use for them.
Stannis Baratheon of Westeros, Researcher of the Simwe Institute
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i would like to talk about something preeeeeeetty important :o
oh wait do you prefer i call you?
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i think i'md oing much better with the letters actulaly
what do you need?
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i am very happy to hear you are getting used to it!
pretty soon you will be enjoying all that computers have to offer
there is someone who does not believe you are the real merlin
his name is sirius black
i mean to let you know sooner but i have been working on the botonicaly thing!!!
would you like to meet him and prove him wrong???
hehehe
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do yuo know how mnay times i've had to explain i wasnt' born wiht a beard down to my ankles?
it's geting tirseome now
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people think you were born with a beard?
that is incredibly silly and if you are ok with me being honest, a little bit rude of them to ask!
you are the real merlin, beard or not, i can see that very easily
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one can onyl assume they thinkt he beard was there frm the very beginning
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obviously you grew older as time went on, that is how time works and all
beards take sooooooo long to grow i think, well im not sure actually but dave and john didnt have them and john was not even shaving last i saw him :P
when i told sirius about you, he said that you would be dust by his time, and i guess the same is true for me as well but you are obviously not dust
and frankly i would be pretty upset with you if you became dust at any point now!
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to beh onest tnot many peoplre in camelot know i have magic but i don't mind
they don't ask me about my invisble beard so often
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sounds like a luxury!
maybe you should do something cool and merliny
so that they stop thinking you need a beard to be yourself
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yes!!!!!
lol
but that would be a pretty cool halloween costume :o
going as yourself would be sooooo cool, it is amazing to think that is how famous you are
i dont know if halloween is coming or not actually, maybe i will ask dharma if thats a thing here!
what have you done before to mae people be in awe of your very cool magic???
if you can make a sword i bet you can do other awesome things
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i do plenty of imressive magic things but i'd be hangde if anyonye found out
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you get dressed up and tell strangers to give you candy or you can play a prank on them
i have never celebrated it before
noooooooooo not here you would not merlin
you called what i can do magic right?
well no one has hanged me!
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i wouldn't minfd but who would give an old man candy?
and you aske d what i've done that's impresed anyone and i haven't done much here besiddes make somejuice into redder juice
i left all my imrpessive happenings at home i'm afraid
wherei'd have been hanged
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you are not really an old man!
if so you are wayyyyy more spry than any other old man i know of what with your whole surviving a crash thingy
ok no offense merlin but that is bullshit
the most impressive thing you have is you!
anything you can do as merlin the wizard i bet is sure to knock their socks off and then no one can ask about your beard
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and idon't think you nderstand what i mean
i suppose ic ould do something outrageous with magivc but i'm notgoing to show off juts to prove a point
i don;t think i should have to prove i'm myself at all
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you are right merlin
i guess i thought it would be better if people just knew you are who you are
well......
i believe you and that is what matters i think!!!
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i appreciaet that
technigcally they know hwo i am jus tnot at the right time
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honestly its just cool to know merlin at all :O
its still weird to think you can do magic and all that but maybe its just something i have not figured out how to do yet!!!!
so maybe i can teach you the glowy green spacey thing some day
who knows!
i think that would be super cool
anyway i am gonna tell sirius black that youre a much more secluded person than any of us realize :p
unless you want to meet him
he is a wizard as well i think???
that is why he was interested in you i would think....
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annd you don't have totell him anythign like that about me
as longs as he doesnt demand i prove somethingh ridiculous i don't care
call | post-bepuddling, some time? re: you're gonna stay with the goddamn dragons, aren't you.
[As though anyone else on the planet has his accent. He continues.]
I've a bit of a question if you don't mind.
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Oh- sure! Shoot.
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I hope you'll forgive my abrupt curiosity, but have you decided whether or not you're going back to Olympia?
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No, I don't think I'd like to go back there. I like it here... I think I fit in more than I did being a delivery boy in Olympia.
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I will admit, it's far more like most of the cities I've lived in before than Olympia.
[Sort of a bit slapdash and jumbled together, he means. Though most Theodosian cities did tend to have districts, more like Olympia.]
I take it it's not about the weather, either.
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Oh, yes, that's a bit unfortunate. I suppose it's always going to be hot.
[He can live with that...] Are you going back to Olympia?
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[A pause.]
I'd not expected to ever say such a thing, but I have a life there, and obligations.
[Also, all of his stuff is there. And it's near the sea...]
It's a strange feeling, you know? I'm used to being able to walk away--to having to walk away.
[His voice grows quieter, thoughtful.]
The feeling is rather new to me.
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I suppose there's a first time for everything? Maybe I'll come visit sometime. You should be glad, you know. That you have something you want to hold onto.
[hey did you want unsolicited life advice?]
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Dryly: ]
Such is the life when living on the run, yes?
[He's quiet for a long moment. Does he have something to hold onto?]
Hm, I suppose so. Well, if you do decide to visit, you'll always have somewhere to stay.
[Yes, that's an offer.]
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Oh, really? Thanks. Someone's bound to have taken over my old house by now.
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[Aaaaand y'know, if need be, he can probably get it back. Maybe.]
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[Ha, Merlin having worldly possessions... funny.]
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You know what? That gives him an idea. But he's gonna need a couple days. He's quiet for a long moment, the only response being a soft hum, like he's thinking hard.]
It's going to take a few days before I'm ready to leave. We have some time.
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Time for what?
[To... chill?? Are they going to hang out some more??]
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Socializing?
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Alright, if you want. I'm not exactly busy lately.
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At the very least, allow me to feed you.
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Do you like bread pudding?
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We ought to get some.
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Have you ever had savoiardi?
[It's asked rhetorically, with an expectation that Merlin won't know it; hard to find Antivan cooking when there's no Antica.]
But yes, we should. Any preference of date?
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[Good effort, though he's pretty sure most worlds have bread and wet stuff to put bread in. But fiiine.]
Tomorrow?
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Tomorrow doesn't give him a whole lot of time. He's going to have to do some shopping. Zevran chuckles.
You're that hungry, eh? I suppose I could manage that.
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Didn't you know, I don't eat except for when you're telling me to. I'm starving. I'll start eating my boots soon.
Secret Santa
Merlin,
I know not who you are, and you know not who I am. Be that as it may, I was given a task of finding you a "gift", and as such, these are two volumes that were of particular interest to me in my time here. May you find some manner of use for them.
Stannis Baratheon of Westeros,
Researcher of the Simwe Institute
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