[Luckily catching up to said nymph shouldn't be too difficult, because Merlin walks much like someone who has forgotten how. His entire movements are stiff, like his limbs became frozen, which is hilarious considering how hot and spicy the scene he just witnessed was. Oh what a terrible friend he is, ruining their special moment like that.]
No no, that's quite alright! [NERVOUS NOISE THAT WAS PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO BE A LAUGH.] You are free to frolic to your heart's content! I'll just go and...eat.............egg.......
[Ah, his brain is apparently shutting down in real time. Why yes, why doesn't he just go and eat egg?????]
[Oh god, he really did think the worst, didn't he!]
No-no-no, we weren't frolicking! I swear! It-- it's not like that, she's a married woman!!
[It's not embarrassing to be caught with her or anything it would be an honor actually but he won't be having her reputation ruined by being caught with him, whether or not anything happened!]
Please don't get the wrong idea! We're just friends!
[Yeah he could also go and eat egg, and his foot, and then feed himself to a monster bigger than himself so he doesn't have to live with this embarrassment anymore.]
[Merlin stops, spinning on his heel to face Hanna and clapping his hands in a way that is somehow accusatory. The wrong idea? Just friends? Merlin isn't sure WHAT kind of world Hanna comes from, but he can't recall ever doing anything like this with HIS friends.
They'd probably, like, pinch him or something to get him to leave-]
[Hanna nearly collides with the nymph, his hooves skidding to a stop on the wood plank floor, just in time. Offering a broad, nervous grin before taking a wide step backwards to get out of Merlin's bubble.
Then the accusatory tone comes and he has to scramble for a solid defense that somehow doesn't make things worse.]
We were just! Hanging out!! She came to me with a problem, I wanted to be a good friend and like, offer her some kinda help with it! And then we like hugged and the mood was real nice and stuff and then I started glowing and I wanted her to see if like, everything was glowing, because I didn't even know I could do that and--
Oh right, silly me, the very normal friends-only hugging in bed.
[Yes, he's sure the mood WAS very glowing, and he rolls his eyes and shakes his head before going up to Hanna and spinning the horse man around. With some very gentle patpats, he then begins to try to herd him back into the bedroom.]
Listen, I get what's going on here. "Oh, Merlin's the youngest so let's treat him like prince of the babies." Don't think I'm unfamiliar with this gameplay, it was EXACTLY the same back home, and I will have you know that I'm JUST as much of a man as you are. Married as well, I'd like to add, so I'm not sure why you think you can fool me.
[And as Merlin continues to try and gently push Hanna back towards his escapades, he can't help but finally notice the speckles of blue lighting up his kelp.]
[And Hanna is being scooted along down the hallway, even as he tries his best to dig his hooves in and stop him. Of course resistance wanes just as soon as "princess" processes and he just sort of goes limp in Merlin's hands.]
Princess... [He murmurs, staring off into the distance. Luckily, the stars in his eyes aren't visible from this angle. Of course he snaps out of that little daydream dissociation real quick once he hears that he has an out--]
[Merlin lets out an impressed whistle once confronted with further proof.]
Very impressive. [And he is quite genuine about that.] I suppose that means you now match the two of us!
[He rustles his own glowing leaf-hair, as if Hanna needed further proof of that...for some reason.]
...Well, I won't interrupt you any further, then. So sorry about that, you can blame the hero in me. I hear screaming, I stop screaming, everybody celebrates and so on.
[Idly now, he begins to slap the end of the ladle in his other hand, filling what would otherwise be awkward silence with a just as awkward "twap twap."]
Sooooo I better...return this... Seeing as I won't be...needing it...anymoore.
[As if the gods themselves have informed her that Merlin is trying to make an akward exit, Maya prevents an even more awkward re-entry by sticking her head out of the door to interrupt them.]
Are you two coming back yet?
[She is still giggling every few breaths, but at least she seems to be making an effort not to.]
It sounds like you're dancing with a horse out there.
[He's just. Gonna ignore that. As if his jokes are any better.
Wheeling back around to face Maya, and trying to look even the tiniest bit chill right now with his hand on his hip and ]
Oh-- yeah! Yeah, I'm comin'.
[She?? Wants to resume what they were doing?? --Wait, no, she's asking for Merlin to come too. Definitely friend time. That's fine! Totally fine. At least he can shake off this fluttery feeling in his stomach for now.
He turns back to Merlin, offering a crooked grin.]
[Maya reaches out and swats at Hanna, and then whispers in Way Too Loud a whisper—]
Shhh! Don't let him back in if he's not gonna be cool about it!!
[She warns, holding up the preroll she's brought for them.
Ah, so that was the original plan— feel bad with your bestie, then cheer up by getting high, just like when Hanna and Adrian were in pain from their changes—
Anyway there's no way Merlin didn't Also Hear that.]
[Merlin's eyes dart back and forth between them, suddenly trying to remember the state he left his room in. It shouldn't be....too much of a fire hazard. He thinks. The candle will probably be fine.
[She opens the door more, as if this is her room, and scampers back over to Hanna's bed to fish around for wherever a lighter might be. Probably under a book. Fire hazard much?]
[Once again Merlin's eyes start darting, but this time between Hanna and his now offered arm. It takes like two seconds before Merlin has an equally stupid grin and begins fanning himself aggressively.
He then proceeds in the stupidest voice he can muster:]
Oh goodness, SUCH a noble steed. I may very well faint~
[He flutters his eyelashes obnoxiously before taking Hanna's arm.]
[teases Maya over her shoulder, muffled slightly by the presence of the joint in her mouth. They might hear the flicking sounds of a lighter followed by a slightly-karmic tiny yelp.]
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And then her face splits in half with her smile.]
Aha. Ahahaha!
[The laughter starts suddenly, and then pours out like a fountain.]
Ahahahahahahaaa!
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[Oh.]
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the closeness.]
Aw, man--
[And then he's bouncing off the edge of the bed and bolting after the nymph, hurriedly gathering his shirt back together as he jogs down the hall.]
Hey! C'mon, man!! It's not what you think!! Come back!!!
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No no, that's quite alright! [NERVOUS NOISE THAT WAS PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO BE A LAUGH.] You are free to frolic to your heart's content! I'll just go and...eat.............egg.......
[Ah, his brain is apparently shutting down in real time. Why yes, why doesn't he just go and eat egg?????]
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No-no-no, we weren't frolicking! I swear! It-- it's not like that, she's a married woman!!
[It's not embarrassing to be caught with her or anything
it would be an honor actuallybut he won't be having her reputation ruined by being caught with him, whether or not anything happened!]Please don't get the wrong idea! We're just friends!
[Yeah he could also go and eat egg, and his foot, and then feed himself to a monster bigger than himself so he doesn't have to live with this embarrassment anymore.]
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They'd probably, like, pinch him or something to get him to leave-]
Oh? Then please, enlighten me.
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Then the accusatory tone comes and he has to scramble for a solid defense that somehow doesn't make things worse.]
We were just! Hanging out!! She came to me with a problem, I wanted to be a good friend and like, offer her some kinda help with it! And then we like hugged and the mood was real nice and stuff and then I started glowing and I wanted her to see if like, everything was glowing, because I didn't even know I could do that and--
[Well... at least all of that is true.]
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[Yes, he's sure the mood WAS very glowing, and he rolls his eyes and shakes his head before going up to Hanna and spinning the horse man around. With some very gentle patpats, he then begins to try to herd him back into the bedroom.]
Listen, I get what's going on here. "Oh, Merlin's the youngest so let's treat him like prince of the babies." Don't think I'm unfamiliar with this gameplay, it was EXACTLY the same back home, and I will have you know that I'm JUST as much of a man as you are. Married as well, I'd like to add, so I'm not sure why you think you can fool me.
So hurry now! Your princess awaits!
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Why Hanna, you're positively glowing—
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Ah, alright, yeah no, I get it now.
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Princess... [He murmurs, staring off into the distance. Luckily, the stars in his eyes aren't visible from this angle. Of course he snaps out of that little daydream dissociation real quick once he hears that he has an out--]
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A-ah-- yeah, see! I told you! This is new and I wanted her to check and see if it was my all of me that had spots! And it does! And it rules!!
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Very impressive. [And he is quite genuine about that.] I suppose that means you now match the two of us!
[He rustles his own glowing leaf-hair, as if Hanna needed further proof of that...for some reason.]
...Well, I won't interrupt you any further, then. So sorry about that, you can blame the hero in me. I hear screaming, I stop screaming, everybody celebrates and so on.
[Idly now, he begins to slap the end of the ladle in his other hand, filling what would otherwise be awkward silence with a just as awkward "twap twap."]
Sooooo I better...return this... Seeing as I won't be...needing it...anymoore.
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Are you two coming back yet?
[She is still giggling every few breaths, but at least she seems to be making an effort not to.]
It sounds like you're dancing with a horse out there.
[Clop clop clop.]
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[Jesus fucking christ shut up.]
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As if his jokes are any better.Wheeling back around to face Maya, and trying to look even the tiniest bit chill right now with his hand on his hip and ]
Oh-- yeah! Yeah, I'm comin'.
[She?? Wants to resume what they were doing?? --Wait, no, she's asking for Merlin to come too. Definitely friend time. That's fine! Totally fine. At least he can shake off this fluttery feeling in his stomach for now.
He turns back to Merlin, offering a crooked grin.]
Yyoouu... wanna come chill with us?
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Shhh! Don't let him back in if he's not gonna be cool about it!!
[She warns, holding up the preroll she's brought for them.
Ah, so that was the original plan— feel bad with your bestie, then cheer up by getting high, just like when Hanna and Adrian were in pain from their changes—
Anyway there's no way Merlin didn't Also Hear that.]
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[And then turning back to Merlin.]
Are you gonna be cool?
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Surely he has time to chill.]
I can be cool.
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He said he can be cool!
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[She opens the door more, as if this is her room, and scampers back over to Hanna's bed to fish around for wherever a lighter might be. Probably under a book. Fire hazard much?]
Then let him in!
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Shaaaall we~?
[Surely the prince must need an escort to the Cool Kid's Club.]
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He then proceeds in the stupidest voice he can muster:]
Oh goodness, SUCH a noble steed. I may very well faint~
[He flutters his eyelashes obnoxiously before taking Hanna's arm.]
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[teases Maya over her shoulder, muffled slightly by the presence of the joint in her mouth. They might hear the flicking sounds of a lighter followed by a slightly-karmic tiny yelp.]
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