catchall for emma

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[leaberator]

[ ... he's silent, for a bit, before he admits, quiet: ]

Death isn't always that final. Speaking from experience.

[foodbin]

It's... different than what I thought it would be, that's for sure.

[But, after a pause:]

I'm sorry. For whatever happened to you.

[leaberator]

Tell me about it. I'm up to like, three?

[ he thinks. the last one is admittedly fuzzy on whether it counts and whether it really happened or not. ]

[foodbin]

...Jesus. You weren't kidding when you said there were people who had it out for you.

[leaberator]

[ there's a long pause, as if he's considering, before he admits: ]

One of 'em was me. [ she'd seen the scars, and he'd-- mentioned where they came from. it's not hard for her to figure it out, maybe. ] Truth is, I'm kinda hard to get rid of.

[foodbin]

...But you were trying to protect somebody, right?

[leaberator]

Sorta, yeah. [ it makes it sound so much better than it was when it's said like that. ] I was a big part of the reason he was in that mess to begin with, though.

[foodbin]

Right. I remember we talked about that before.

[Or, like. Argued about it. Same thing!!]

...I can't tell if you have really good luck or really, really awful luck.

[leaberator]

[ he does a so-so gesture with his hand ]

Eh? It's hard to tell. Most of the bad stuff that happened to me I brought on myself, unless they were all part of a bigger conspiracy by one old dude who was bent on ruining a lot of people's lives.

[foodbin]

[After a moment:]

Old people are the worst.

[leaberator]

[ he just. laughs ]

Right? I think the only ones I've met that aren't were old wizards.

[foodbin]

[A low chuckle.]

Somehow, it comes as no surprise that you’ve met a wizard.

[leaberator]

Two. They both have grey beards an' wizard robes, so to answer your question: the stories are true.

[foodbin]

Do they say abracadabra and ride broomsticks?

[leaberator]

Maybe Merlin? Never seen him do it, but he's a little kooky.

[foodbin]

His name is really Merlin...?

[is this fourthwalling i genuinely do not know]

[leaberator]

[ it'll be fourthwalling if she ever hears about mickey mouse ]

Yeah. He's pretty infamous, right?

[ also merlin has somehow traveled through worlds and time in kh as well as his own canon so axel just accepts this. ]

[foodbin]

I bet he's weird to deal with in the flesh.

[leaberator]

Super weird. I don't think he's all there.

[foodbin]

Yeah? What kind of stuff did he do?

[leaberator]

You ever tell someone to meet you for something but not tell them where? Imagine that on a scale when you travel to different worlds all the time.

[ where, in the world is, merlin sandiego ]

[foodbin]

Worst interplanetary road trip ever.

[leaberator]

Yeah, especially when your only hint is that he's drinking tea somewhere. Turns out there are a lotta places to drink tea!

[foodbin]

At least you got to take a lot of cool pictures on the way, right?

[Maybe.]

[leaberator]

[ he puts a finger to his lips in thought ]

Well, the guy who had to fetch him probably did. [ so this is. a secondhand Merlin story, fair ]