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hellofist[It's late, it's been dark for hours and she's pretty sure everyone else is sleeping, but Cass can't. It's not really a new thing, since generally crime fighters are out all night anyway, but the events of the port haven't helped much.
She's in her room when she turns the feed on, dressed in her Batgirl costume except for the cowl and gloves. She feels more like herself, dressed this way.]
What are... tips, for sleeping? Or... to do, to make tired? Don't say reading.
Is anyone else... even up?
[He said she could visit when she wanted. She even told him it might be at night and he said it was okay. That's why Cass is at Merlin's door in the middle of the night, not knocking before she just goes right in. The door was unlocked, so maybe he remembered she said she'd visit. She doesn't look around before she closes the door behind her because she's not really sneaking, so getting caught isn't exactly on her mind.
It's dark inside, which is good. It means he's sleeping instead of staying up all night doing magic things, or whatever it is Merlins do in their spare time. She makes her way to his bed, then climbs onto it to sit beside him and poke him in the shoulder.]
Hi, Merlin.
She's in her room when she turns the feed on, dressed in her Batgirl costume except for the cowl and gloves. She feels more like herself, dressed this way.]
What are... tips, for sleeping? Or... to do, to make tired? Don't say reading.
Is anyone else... even up?
[He said she could visit when she wanted. She even told him it might be at night and he said it was okay. That's why Cass is at Merlin's door in the middle of the night, not knocking before she just goes right in. The door was unlocked, so maybe he remembered she said she'd visit. She doesn't look around before she closes the door behind her because she's not really sneaking, so getting caught isn't exactly on her mind.
It's dark inside, which is good. It means he's sleeping instead of staying up all night doing magic things, or whatever it is Merlins do in their spare time. She makes her way to his bed, then climbs onto it to sit beside him and poke him in the shoulder.]
Hi, Merlin.
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27/11/12 08:19 (UTC)[Who knew. She'll have to look into finding some way to get music into her room, now. She's not likely to use magic to fix her insomnia, but now she's curious, so she has to ask.]
Do you do magic?
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27/11/12 13:44 (UTC)I do.
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27/11/12 23:57 (UTC)[She means both, but it's something she doesn't think to clarify.]
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28/11/12 03:51 (UTC)[ A beat. ]
What kind of magic?
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29/11/12 07:35 (UTC)[That's like the weirdest word she's heard, but she'll look into it.]
Yes. What can... you do?
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29/11/12 15:04 (UTC)As for the question, a better one would be....what can't he do, really. ]
I was trained in the use of offensive and defensive magics, as well as the healing arts.
[ Which is pretty broad, but magic itself is pretty versatile so. ]
In my latter years, I find the last two have proven more useful than the first.
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29/11/12 18:18 (UTC)How come? If you... have good offense, don't need others.
[Of course, her idea of defense is just letting herself get hit and moving on, so she's not really a good judge when it comes to that.]
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30/11/12 04:01 (UTC)In some cases.
It's rare that I find myself in battle.
[ Though he can kick some ass with the best of them, if need be, he is retired for a reason. ]
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30/11/12 18:49 (UTC)Bet you have... lots of stories.
[Because anyone who fights and has lived as long as he has has got to have some good ones.]
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1/12/12 15:16 (UTC)I have been to many places.
Some tales are always worth retelling.
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3/12/12 04:19 (UTC)Tell some? If you... have time?
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3/12/12 04:47 (UTC)I do.
[ There's a brief pause as he considers where to begin. ]
Many years ago, when I was still young, I paid a visit to a land whose king had begun to fail.
During my time there, I met his eldest, a youth both kind and fair-minded, who had no wish to assume his father's throne. His younger brother, well-spoken and clever, desired greatly to be king in his brother's stead.
It came to a head, one day, when the king named the eldest his successor. In a fit of jealousy, the younger son arranged an attack on his elder brother. The plan backfired; he was scarred over his left eye, and the elder saved the younger.
The relationship between the two was strained after that, and though they made peace with one another, a seed of bitterness was sown in the scarred brother's heart.
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5/12/12 20:32 (UTC)What happened, to scarred brother? Did he... make up with brother?
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6/12/12 16:56 (UTC)[ Or at least not in any meaningful way. ]
The bitterness the scarred one harbored drove him to effectively murder his brother and drive his brother's son, the rightful heir, into exile.
It was some time before the youth returned and re-claimed what his uncle stole.
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10/12/12 08:30 (UTC)Don't like this story.
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10/12/12 16:25 (UTC)It is no happy tale, but things that were made wrong were eventually righted once again.
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