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[onceandfutureprat]

[Arthur's been back for a few hours actually, but he's been spending that time trying to reconcile everything that happened at home with what he knows from the Barge. And it's a confusing mess in case you were wondering.]

How long was I gone from here?

If we haven't met, I'm Arthur Pendragon, king of Camelot and a Warden here.

Merlin, if you're still here, I'd like a word with you.

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[onceandfutureprat]

That's the natural progression after marrying the king, I've been told.

[youwillgotohell]

You're a fool, Arthur. Taking to wife a woman who's betrayed you? She'll do it again. She's very talented at betrayal.

[onceandfutureprat]

[Man he still has some of these doubts but like hell we're discussing this]

I wouldn't expect you to understand and you'd be wise to hold your tongue when it comes to my wife, Morgana.

[youwillgotohell]

She was my servant long before you even noticed her. I'll talk about that traitor however I like.

[But she is not going to leave well enough alone, nope nope nope. :c] Just because Lancelot is gone doesn't mean another won't come along.

[onceandfutureprat]

Drop it, Morgana.

[youwillgotohell]

Why, am I striking a chord? I did you a favor, brother, you should be thanking me.

Not marrying her.

[onceandfutureprat]

Excuse me? [What do you mean, did me a favor >|]

[youwillgotohell]

[YOU HEARD ME >|] Gwen is quick to call someone friend, I imagine it's the same for love with her. I only wanted you to see how quick she is to change her mind, too.

[onceandfutureprat]

What did you do? [He has a pretty good idea but he wants her to say it >|]

[youwillgotohell]

[She's kind of getting the sense that she's digging her own grave, but can't back down now. >|]

I brought him back and sent him to her. And I made certain she wouldn't fool anyone into thinking she was loyal.

[onceandfutureprat]

[Your grave is so ten feet deep right now]

You-- [take a breather, Arthur. Breathe. Breathe.... Nope not working.] The hallway. Now. I'll leave my sword if you leave out the magic. [He just wants to yell at her face not this stupid future journal thing]

[youwillgotohell]

[Lol whoops. And now she's a little :\ and would say something about WHY SHOULD SHE TRUST HIM but she's self aware enough to know that she's the bigger liar between them. But she laughs because she's nervous and she wants to hide it.]

And what do you mean to do, yell at or throttle me? [Why should she come out >|]

[onceandfutureprat]

I won't touch you. [But he makes no promises about the yelling.] I'm tired of talking over these things.

[youwillgotohell]

Why, is it too much magic to deal with on so regular a basis? [Yeah she's sneering but she's also not the smartest person ever and she wants to prove she isn't afraid of him, SO. She's just killing the feed and heading into the hallway.]

[onceandfutureprat]

[Arthur let her have the last word on it, since he didn't have to go out and break down her door to get her to say this to his face, instead of hiding behind future technology. He left his room a second after, leaving his armor and sword behind like he promised.

He approached her slowly, staring at her like she was a stranger.] "Tell me you're lying, that you didn't dishonor a good knight and ruin a good woman's name."

[youwillgotohell]

[If there was a twinge of guilt or shame, it stayed hidden. She lashed out at him instead, still sneering.]

She wasn't a good woman, she was a servant who didn't know her place!

[onceandfutureprat]

[Arthur supposed that he would have to get used to hearing people talk about Guinevere like that. If they were smart they wouldn't do it in front of him now that she was queen but he knew that there'd still be whispers. Not everyone loved the idea.]

"You begged me to go rescue her once. Was she just a servant then?"

[youwillgotohell]

No, she was a friend then. And if I'd known how quickly she'd turn on me, I would have begged you to leave her there!

[onceandfutureprat]

"She didn't turn on you. You turned on her. You're the one who's changed here, Morgana. You used to actually care about people, and now you're running around betraying those same people and killing innocents? That's not you."

[youwillgotohell]

[She wants to slap him, but she doesn't, just curls her hands into fists at her sides.]

Is that what you think I've been doing? You really are a fool, Arthur. Those innocents cheered every time Uther exocuted a real innocent, they stood by and let him kill their friends and neighbors without a word! Camelot isn't full of innocents, no matter what you want to belive.

[onceandfutureprat]

"They are guilty only of living under a king who couldn't be reasoned with when it came to magic, and of wanting to protect their family and their lands. You can't fault anyone for that." [And that was maybe the closest Arthur would get to actually saying that Uther was dead wrong when it came to magic, because he was a good king in every other regard. And no king was perfect, he'd learned that the hard way.]

[youwillgotohell]

[It's close, but nowhere near close enough for Morgana. She needs to see perfection at this point. Probably needs it shoved in her face before she could accept it. :c]

Excuses, Arthur, that's all you have.

[onceandfutureprat]

"And what do you have? Lies, betrayal, murder, jealousy? You must be so happy."

[mightymorbid]

Excuse me?

[onceandfutureprat]

[No response to this ever]