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[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

Oh no...

No, no, no!

[There's a very loud whirring sound that sounds a bit... muffled somehow. Possibly many whirring sounds. It's safe to assume that whatever they are, they are not a good sign.]

Please turn off, please! Uhhh...

[Frantic clicks and snaps and maybe a little pounding of a fist against something large and metal can be heard, but the whirring continues with a few added wet slosh sounds until finally, every sound comes to a halt.]

Bloody machines. Maybe you really are evil.

[Did you plan to do laundry tonight? That's going to be a problem. Merlin has claimed all three washing machines and effectively overloaded them. Soap bubbles have seeped out, flooding the entirety of the laundry room, and has seeped out into the hallway a bit.

You know you want to point and laugh.]

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[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[Scrubbin' the floor, doing his thing.]

Legends? What legends?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

About King Arthur and the people of Camelot.

It's been well over a thousand year, but people still know the stories about it. I've heard them since I was a child.

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[He keeps his eyes on the sudsy floor.]

That so? I hope Arthur hasn't heard of them yet. The last thing he needs is another reason to inflate his ego.

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[a soft amused snort] He's heard them, but he considers them all to be rubbish. Puts him in a bad mood just mentioning them. Which after a thousand years, it's no surprise they've been distorted so much.

But in the legends, it says that Merlin is the most powerful sorcerer to ever have lived. So...don't be surprised if people start asking about magic.

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[That gets him to slow his movements slightly, but he continues on]

Me? A sorcerer? I almost wish I was. It'd certainly make cleaning this mess a lot easier, right?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[Allen meanwhile is working unplugging the other washer! He'll humor you boy]

Mm, I suppose so!

...Then again, you were also extremely old in them, so that probably would be a disadvantage.

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[He manages a chuckle.]

And I am definitely not old. At least, I don't look old, do I?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[A small laugh]

Not at all. You even look younger than me, don't worry. [ :>>> ]

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[Hey, thanks!--wait.]

I wouldn't go that far. How old are you, anyway?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[And there's some movement as the last washer is getting shoved away]

I'm twenty.

[I JUST LOOK YOUNG OKAY]

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[Okay, NOW he stops his scrubbing.]

No. Seriously?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Seriously! I just turned twenty last month!

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[He chuckles, shaking his head.]

I'm sorry, Allen, but you don't look a day over fifteen.

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Eh?!

It's because you don't physically age in Paradisa! That's all!

...But I was nearly sixteen back home too!!

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

You don't physically age? How is that possible? I know time stops back home, but it seems to keep moving here.

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Magic, probably. What would be the point of me returning home the same moment I left if I suddenly looked like I was twenty years old? People would find that odder than me going missing for years.

But it is the truth! I've kept very close watch on it! [since...I potentially only have a few days to live back home sfjkldsf SO NOT AGING IS GOOD]

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

I suppose that makes sense. Still, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but... That's terrible.

[Ignore the laughter. He really does feel for you, Allen.]

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Ah...I know...t-though it has some benefits, really!

BECAUSE KRISSY WANTS TO KNOW THE BENEFITS

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[So hard to keep a straight face, but he'll pull it off!]

Yeah? What's that?

OH KRISSY

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[Well I'm not dying right now so that's pretty rad...]

Well...

I always get youth discounts at many places in the city.

[justmerlin.livejournal.com]

[Head tilt at that]

People charge based on age?