onceandfutureprat

[Video Post thing to settle a bet with Cass]

[So a week ago, Cass bet Arthur that if she beat him in a sparring match, then he had to clean up after himself for a whole week. And show everyone. No one will probably understand the significance of this except for Merlin who has previously done all of the cleaning and Cass and Guinevere because she was around. This seems like an accidental post honestly. So here you go, people of the Barge, here's nearly five minutes of Arthur straightening up his room. He comes back to the communicator eventually and picks it up, and now you know this wasn't an accident.]

Happy, Cassandra?

[There's a small pause, and he looks like he isn't sure he wants to ask this but:] ... is it... customary, where most of you are from, to give gifts at this time of year?

[Private to the Admiral]

For Guinevere, a pair of earrings befitting a Queen.

For Merlin, a better mattress. The one he has now is awful.

For Arya, a set of chainmail useful for her size and some treats for her wolf.

For Charles, that ~~ugly~~... thick tunic that seems to have found its way into my room.

For Cass, a nice dress. ~~Girls like those sort of things, right~~

For Cashmere, a... trinket for her hair.

For Emma... a bracelet.

For Tim, his own sword and mail.

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Batman had a bunch... of Robins. Never got my own, for long. Would let you... wear pants and everything.

[Again. There is sense here. You don't have to wear booty shorts and elf shoes unless you really want to, Arthur.]

[Good thing cause he really doesn't want to.]

Why wouldn't I be wearing pants?

... Have to ask Batman. Don't know. But first two Robins? No pants.

[She shrugs, because for some reason, this is all common knowledge and weirdly fine. Go figure.]

[Man I just remembered that British pants are underwear so. This is just, really extra weird.]

Perhaps it's a mystery better left untouched.

[Poor, poor confused Arthur.]

Yeah. Doesn't matter anyway. Do you like... red and green?

I'm fond of red. [He wears a lot of it, idk if you noticed, Cass. It's sort of the color of his family.]

[Wait so does that make black the color of her family? Is that how that works?]

Batgirl and Robin King. Could work.

[That's exactly what it means.]

What happened to Batking?

Said you didn't... want to dress like bat.

I assumed it a metaphorical title.

Have to have batsuit. With ears. It's in... the rules.

[That's a complete lie, but why not troll a king? Seems like a good plan to Cass.]

[You're just like Merlin :|]

I think it's time you seriously reconsider this path in life, Cassandra.

[So, so true.]

Why? Should stick with... what I'm good at.

You can be good without the... ears.

Am good anyway. Ears make me better.

[She doesn't actually believe that in any way, but still. Trolling. She can't just give up now.]

[That doesn't even make sense.]

I'm sorry?

They give me... my powers.

[She doesn't even have powers, but this is fun.]

[It's really not funny to joke about magic powers with Arthur, especially hiding them from him because secrets do not make friends and they especially make it really hard for Arthur to trust you :|]

Your what?

[Don't be like that, Arthur. You're gonna lose all your friends that way.]

Joke. There are people... in my world, called metahumans, who can... do things. Things Merlin does. But I'm not one.

Would it be bad, if I was?

[Arthur's been lied to by those closest to him one too many times to be able to handle it well, sorry :c]

... No. No, it would not be... bad.

[It's okay, we can work on this kind of thing.]

What would it be?

[Good, he needs to work on it. He's an emotional cripple :c]

... part of you, I suppose.

[Hang on, give her a second, she's still bad at these stupid communicator things. After a few moments of fumbling, she's able to switch them over to a secure feed.]

Yes. Something I can't help. My abilities... were taught. Born to be a killer, taught to be one. Given all the power, could do bad things.

But I don't. I help people.

[He's bad at them too. Go team.

If we're talking about Merlin, that's not the problem. The problem is that they had a one way relationship for years and Arthur has no sense of worthiness as a king left. If she's paying attention to his expression, it's sort of resigned and a little lost.]

I know, Cassandra.

[Quick name their team.

She's talking about Merlin and herself, really. They have so much in common it's hard not to take some of this stuff personally. And she does see how hard this is for him, so she sighs and nods.]

Just don't forget. People like me... need people like you. Friends who... don't judge us. Don't punish, for things we can't help.

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