Camelot, Saturday
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bitchprinceThe guards of Camelot were up well and early tonight. This, as became immediately apparent to the villagers, would not be one of the peaceful days.
"Search the stables!" Arthur bellowed, stomping across the roads within the city walls as if he owned the place, which technically, it did. "You, check the kitchens. And you, go see about the guards above the South Gate!"
Homes were rifled through, shops were poked at, people were questioned. And all barely after the first rooster had crowed, at that. Whatever was happening, it was obviously big.
[[ the below contains spoilers for Merlin episodes 2x05 and 2x06 ]]
"Search the stables!" Arthur bellowed, stomping across the roads within the city walls as if he owned the place, which technically, it did. "You, check the kitchens. And you, go see about the guards above the South Gate!"
Homes were rifled through, shops were poked at, people were questioned. And all barely after the first rooster had crowed, at that. Whatever was happening, it was obviously big.
[[ the below contains spoilers for Merlin episodes 2x05 and 2x06 ]]
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Arthur's Chambers, Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 11:06 am (UTC)"You need to get out of here! The king's ordered me to arrest you."
Re: Arthur's Chambers, Morning
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Date: 2010-09-11 04:15 pm (UTC)Re: Arthur's Chambers, Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 04:19 pm (UTC)He grabbed Arthur's jacket, pulling him forward for a quick kiss. "I have my mobile."
Re: Arthur's Chambers, Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 04:20 pm (UTC)Someone banged on the front door. "Sire?!"
"I'll text," he said, pulling back to throw said door a quick look. Then he pushed Merlin towards the back one. "Just go," he snapped.
Re: Arthur's Chambers, Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 04:24 pm (UTC)If that was even possible.
Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 11:09 am (UTC)He pushed open the doors, and stalked into the audience chamber. "Sire," he said, formally, "Lady Catrina. I fear that Merlin appears to have fled."
He could lie straight to his father's face these days. He was not going to think about that.
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 03:57 pm (UTC)Him, she at least got to say "Seriously?" to. Arthur while his father was in the room, not to mention Queen Bitchface? (She wasn't being mean; the woman was beating out Arthur for it today.) Not so much.
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 08:29 pm (UTC)Catrina's eyes were calculating. And a little suspicious. "You're very quick to give up the chase," she murmured.
Right. This would not be easy. "That is because I know my quarry is long gone," Arthur said, after a long beat, and very carefully. Not that it helped any.
"How can you be so certain?!" Uther barked, with his usual disappointment clearly in his eyes. If it hadn't been that this charade was all for Merlin's sake, Arthur would have flinched worse than he did. As it stood, his eyes merely dulled, a little bit. This was important.
"Well, despite appearances, Merlin isn't stupid," he said, rubbing at his eye to hide it. "He must've gotten wind we were looking for him, and left."
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 08:37 pm (UTC)"It appears so," he said. Lightly.
Catrina's lips pursed, and she leaned over towards Uther. "I thought your men aspired to the same high standards that my father instilled in you," she said.
"When I led the army," Uther said, thoughtfully, "They did."
And wasn't that a kick in the pants.
Arthur considered the floor. "There's no saying he's even still in Camelot. He could be anywhere."
"And that," Catrina replied, tilting her head up fiercely, "Is a good enough reason to give up?"
He did bristle, this time.
"I'm not. It's just that I believe that our resources--"
"I've heard enough of your excuses," Uther snapped. "We both have. I want the boy found!"
And anything he said would just make this end... very badly. Arthur bowed his head. "Sire," he said, and then muttered, mostly under his breath, "Milady," before he spun around, and began to stalk out of the audience chambers, past Katchoo and Francine.
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-11 10:16 pm (UTC)She'd already known the situation was dire before they'd arrived; she'd nearly been run over by a pair of guards while struggling with armfuls of wet laundry and it hadn't been hard to deduce they were looking for Merlin when they'd been yelling about it so much.
She counted to five -- slowly, gritting her teeth, glancing toward Francine several times in a hopefully meaningful way -- and muttered a few hasty excuses before backing toward the door after Arthur.
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-12 01:02 am (UTC)"The hell?" she whispered to Katchoo when they were just (or maybe almost) out of earshot of the royals and struggling to catch up with Arthur.
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-12 01:19 am (UTC)He was also headed for a quieter part of the castle. Possibly to talk to them. Possibly to tear his hair out in clumps.
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-12 01:46 am (UTC)"The hell if I know," she hissed back through her teeth. Thank God Arthur wasn't taller, or this catching-up thing would be a much taller (pun intended) order.
At least he was still in visual range; Katchoo'd been trying to memorize the layout of the castle as much as possible but that was a long way from a done deal.
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Date: 2010-09-12 02:32 am (UTC)Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-12 02:57 am (UTC)It wasn't just Francine's question that prompted that, by the way.
"And," she said, the look on her face implying something the complete opposite of the scandalized tone she was affecting, "he's just disappeared?"
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-12 06:15 am (UTC)Hopefully.
Then he added, "Not that kind of Seal, for God's sakes, Francine."
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
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Date: 2010-09-12 11:26 pm (UTC)Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-13 05:50 am (UTC)He'd gone for dry, but... Francine-mocking was a little ingrained by now.
Re: Audience Chambers, Later That Morning
Date: 2010-09-13 04:23 pm (UTC)Excruciating as that was.
Gaius's Chambers, Noon
Date: 2010-09-11 11:11 am (UTC)He walked up to the small barrel of grain at the back of his workshop, and knocked on it. Lightly.
Re: Gaius's Chambers, Noon
Date: 2010-09-11 04:26 pm (UTC)Re: Gaius's Chambers, Noon
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Date: 2010-09-11 04:36 pm (UTC)Re: Gaius's Chambers, Noon
Date: 2010-09-11 04:42 pm (UTC)OOC
Date: 2010-09-11 11:12 am (UTC)