tatty_bye: (old man)
Reaver ([personal profile] tatty_bye) wrote2011-10-14 12:44 pm

-34- [Fail!Private to Merlin]

[The following text should not be public, but a jumble of improperly sequenced keystrokes appear to be to blame for the filter not setting properly, as the writer's hands are shaking too much for him to get it right.]

what have you done you WRETCHED LITTLE BEAST WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

(ooc: Merlin has cursed Reaver with old age. He is presently holed up in his room and after the initial tantrum is too physically tired to manage a greater distance than that between his bed and his writing desk. ALSO YAY CHRISTOPHER LEE.)

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[identity profile] tatty-bye.livejournal.com 2011-10-16 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well he'd have a point, Merlin :| Nothing stopping you from coming down to level four. As it is he appears some time later, time taken not dragging his feet, it seems, but dressing and cleaning himself up and powdering his face. The faintest hints of marks can be seen under the foundation. He sinks shakily down into a chair across from him, eyes baleful.]

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[identity profile] takeyouapart.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Merlin doesn't bother with pleasantries because he knows Reaver won't want them. He just offers a corked glass vial.]

It won't hurt. It'll just...happen.

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[identity profile] tatty-bye.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He takes it and uncorks it, choosing not to let an 'it had better' hang in the air, though he's obviously thinking it. He drinks it down in a full gulp.]

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[identity profile] takeyouapart.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[That remark can chill out with 'if you mess me around that enchantment is going right back on'. Merlin just leans back and waits; in his experience the potion's effect is almost instantaneous.]

[spam] I really need more facial expressions for him.

[identity profile] tatty-bye.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[And the change is instant. The wrinkles, the age spots, the thinned hair and grayness...all of it seems to melt away, and with it much of his tiredness goes. The relief is spelled explicitly on his face]

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[identity profile] takeyouapart.livejournal.com 2011-10-18 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Merlin's a little relieved himself, although he's careful not to show it. Ageing magic can be kind of...delicate.]

I want to meet and speak with you twice a week. You can choose where and when. We don't have to start now.