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[onceandfutureprat]

[Spam for Merlin]

[The last Arthur remembered, he went to sleep in his room. The king pushed himself up on his elbows, scanning his surroundings. That was definitely not where he was now. For one thing, the bed he was on was... completely horrible and he only knew of one person that slept in this tiny, messy room. And that was--]

Merlin!



[Later; filtered to friends; one nice conversation rule applies]

I understand I... slept through a port. How are you doing?

[Private to Arya]

What did you do for the last week?

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[yeahscience]

Arya. Cat. J-- just, whatever, your inmate.

[onceandfutureprat]

[Don't get him started on the name thing.] What about her exactly?

[yeahscience]

I wanna... you know, know the game plan, is all. Like what's your big idea, here, 'cause the other two were not exactly making strides.

[onceandfutureprat]

She doesn't give a lot of ground, does she. [He's pretty sure they didn't have to deal with the crazy Arya that doesn't know what pronouns are either.]

[yeahscience]

Seriously. [He sighs, but not without fondness, rubbing the back of his neck.] So... okay, fill me in. What's the plan here?

[onceandfutureprat]

[Arthur's fond of her too, even when he complains about her. But he doesn't really have a plan, not in the sense that he's used to. Arya's not really a battle that he can win, or a creature to outsmart. And he's only going agreeing to discuss this because he knows that Jesse cares about Arya.

He's quiet for a moment, before crossing his arms over his chest.]

She's going to have to realize she isn't no one before anything can happen. I'd appreciate it if you at least call her by a name.

[yeahscience]

[Wow, imagine that: when he doesn't start things off yelling and making demands, they actually work with him. He tries not to look surprised.] I do. I still call her Cat if she lets me... Shadowcat when she's being all like defensive about it.

[He hesitates, but this stuff is important -- the whole reason he's here is because Arya's the most important thing on this ship to him.] I told her... you know, I don't care what the name is, as long as it's still her. That's all that matters.

[onceandfutureprat]

[Arthur doesn't think he has anything to worry about, when it comes to Jesse interfering with what he wants Arya to do. At least he isn't getting any bad feelings from this conversation.]

She needs friends like that. But you should be more firm. Call her Cat all the time, even if she gets mad at you.

[yeahscience]

Why? [He squints, genuinely curious.] I told you, it doesn't matter to me what she calls herself. Hell, I've had a whole bunch of different names. I mean, I get the point, but as long as there's some name there...

[onceandfutureprat]

It doesn't matter much to me what name she wants either. She's Cat to you. Make her remember that every time you talk. She changes her name to escape.

[yeahscience]

[Congratulations, Arthur: you are already quite probably the smartest warden Arya's had so far, in Jesse's book. He blinks owlishly as the light of what Arthur's saying dawns.] Yeah... okay, yeah. That's a good call, yo.

[onceandfutureprat]

[Arthur side-eyes him for that sentence, purely because the vernacular of 'yo' is several centuries beyond him.]

Anything else you wish to discuss?

[yeahscience]

[Probably so is "good call," for that matter.]

Is that it? Just the name thing?

[onceandfutureprat]

[Basically it's a miracle he understands you at all at times.]

For now, yes.

[yeahscience]

[That's not new for Jesse. :c]

Okay. [He seems uncertain about that, but hey -- having a plan at all for once is better than nothing. He unfolds himself from his seat, hands in his pockets.] So just... business as usual for the rest? She comes over a lot, we hang out. Play Wii.

[onceandfutureprat]

[Sorry you've lost him.] What is that?

[yeahscience]

[Oh, God, you medieval types, catch up.] Games. We play games.

[onceandfutureprat]

[We need like electricity first, alright.]

Aah. I don't see a problem with that then.