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[wizardblizzard]

[There's a big, furry white thing on the feed. A polar bear--? Wait, no. It's just Merlin and his huge beard.] Oh... oh! There it is! Oh dear, I thought this thing had gone into the abyss. [He then begins scrubbing off something marring the screen with his sleeve.]

Well, now. [He clears his throat.] Everyone can hear me, correct? Yes, yes, very good.

Whether or not you remember who or where you are, there is something very peculiar going about, as you have no doubt noticed. However! Thanks to the good work of some of our refugees, we now know where the source of this... this... [He waves his hands about for a moment as if that'll help him find a proper word for it.] ...discombobulated mess, yes!

The King-- [And he pauses to give the camera a very severe look. Yes, that look is for you, Hades.] The real one... [And then he goes back to normal.] --has requested my help in reversing this. It will take a little bit of time, but you will all be back to your... your normal selves soon enough.

In the mean time, do not listen to anything that old witch, Maleficent, has to say! She's up to no good again, I can just smell it. It reeks of rottenness, I say!

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[blitz_acing]

Hey, uh...Merlin? I want to talk to you about what's going on. In person. I think I can help.

[Video]

[wizardblizzard]

Yes, yes, of course. You're always welcome here, boy. Come on, then. I haven't got all day.

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[blitz_acing]

[Not much later, Tidus is knocking on Merlin's door before he decides to let himself in. He's about to betray the guy, so manners don't seem all that important. He frowns deeply, clearly conflicted about what he intends to do.]

...Hi.

[Action]

[wizardblizzard]

Ah, there you are, lad. [Merlin is moving around and about, a million books laying open all over the place while he works on a solution.] What is it you had to tell me, hm?

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[blitz_acing]

[He walks around and starts eyeing each book, searching for the right one.] Oh, uh. Just that I know some magic too so mind if I look at these?

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[wizardblizzard]

Ah, yes. I remember. A small collection of magic. [Nod nod.] Go ahead, boy. Just be careful! They are not toys and should be treated with... with utmost respect!

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[blitz_acing]

Don't worry. I'll be careful... [he mumbles the words mostly to himself and starts looking through all of Merlin's books. Occasionally, he pretends to read them for a bit, to try and look less suspicious, but none of them look like the grimoire in question.]

[kazeninaru]

[Haruka's gotten the low-down from a few of the other senshi... sort of... but that doesn't mean she actually knows what's going on with everything. Including who the guy with the beard and the pointy hat is.]

And who are you?

[And if he knows more than she does, she wants to find out what that is so she can damn well do something.]

[wizardblizzard]

[Oh, another poor soul who hasn't heard of him. Well, he certainly doesn't mind introducing himself.]

I am Merlin, greatest magician in the land! Er, land...s, rather. And who might you be, asking me who I am?

[kazeninaru]

[ ... didn't think this through. Haruka isn't sure who to introduce herself as. Are they keeping their identities secret here? Well... at least it's only voice, right? She hopes?]

Sailor Uranus. I'm used to actually doing things against enemies, not sitting around letting other people do things, for me. So what's up, grandpa?

[For the record, she just called him "oji-san" which, while it technically means "grandpa", it's also a term of respect. Really! Well, sort of, anyway.]

[wizardblizzard]

Sailor... hmm. What an odd name. I digress. That would depend. There are many things that are "up". The sky, the moon. This tea pot. [He pokes it with a spoon.] I assume you mean it with that dreadful slang nonsense. You must be more specific with that you wish to know.

[kazeninaru]

[Haruka takes a minute to figure out just what he's on about, and then she chuckles. Just a little.]

I mean, grandpa, what's going on? What's happening? What's with this Mal-efu-sent person, and what can we do to help?

[video]

[wavesinherheart]

She's behind this too?

[video]

[wizardblizzard]

Oh, yes, indeed. Some fellows found the source of these portals in that new... fancy castle bit of hers. She's behind a lot of a mishaps around here, I'm afraid.

[video]

[wavesinherheart]

I should have known.

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[wizardblizzard]

We all should have, but hindsight is rarely a kind thing.

[video]

[wavesinherheart]

I know. But that doesn't mean I can't wish I'd known sooner.

[video]

[letdownmyhair]

Who's... Maleficent?

[video]

[wizardblizzard]

A very evil old witch that you would do well to stay away from.

[video]

[letdownmyhair]

A witch...? Like the kind in storybooks?

What does she look like?

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[caseofthetruth]

I apologise if I sound rude, but I don't believe I've been told about Maleficent?

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[wizardblizzard]

All you need to know is that she is a creature of evil that will manipulate and scheme to meet her ends. She has been terrorizing this kingdom for quite some time now.

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[caseofthetruth]

[She pauses for a moment, yep that does seem pretty bad,.]

Yet has no one done a thing about it?

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[exsistingismysin]

[But Merlin, white rabbit Oz is late...but thankfully out of that small cell.]

Okay, keep an eye out for some. I'll try but I really am late for a very important event.

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[wizardblizzard]

Why shuffle about, wasting time telling me so? Go then, boy!

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[exsistingismysin]

I don't know, I felt like it was a good idea at the time.

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[mean_girls_rule]

Maleficent, again?

[Icy didn't try to mask her annoyance. Sure, she appreciated evil deeds but this was getting ridiculous. Icy should be the one everyone feared not this sorceress!]

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[wizardblizzard]

You will be hearing that name around here a lot, I'm afraid.

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[mean_girls_rule]

Not if I have anything to say about it!

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[no_souls_here]

[Normally, Ciel might care more to hear what this old man had to say.. but he hadn't had the most pleasant two weeks professing his allegiance to a deity he vehemently detested.]

So you were just going to stand by and do nothing unless "the king" requested otherwise?

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[wizardblizzard]

I do plenty, boy, not that you would notice with the way you hole yourself up from civilization and wave everyone off with your cane.

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[no_souls_here]

[The response came as a bit of a surprise but still more of a nuisance.]

If you knew as much then you would also know that my name is not "boy", it's Ciel Phantomhive.

[Oh how he loathed being called "boy"]

Who else does the "king" employ that we'veenot had the pleasure of meeting?

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[quiet_devotion]

[Kaname was admittedly a bit groggy after his forced nap, but he tried to listen to what Merlin had to say. The last few days were such a blur..]

.. and.. w-who are you? [He spoke softly, and pressed a hand against his neck. His neck still felt sore, but... why? Hadn't his being bitten been a dream?]

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[wizardblizzard]

Merlin. [He'll just drop the title for now; it's a bit exhausting repeating it.] Are you feeling alright, lad?

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[quiet_devotion]

[Like from old lore? He really shouldn't have been surprised, really.] As well as can be expected given the circumstances.

[He began to speak more effortlessly, as he tried to feign that nothing was wrong]

A wonder that we had not been told of your presence before. [Yet anyone even mildly aware of the Arthurian legends would know that Merlin was a powerful wizard]

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[olympian_herald]

Woah, dig that crazy beard, cat. Not everyone can pull of one of those but on you it works.

Say lay this one me again? This Maleficent, babe, conjured up some hocus pocus that shifted us all into different forms? What is she, some kind of demi-god? Her magic has to be powerful if it can effect a God.

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[wizardblizzard]

Oh, yes. Well, thank you. [Here's some beard stroking; he's quite fond of it, too.]

That... That is what worries me, you see. She was never this powerful before and no one knows where she got all this power. It's quite frightening, thinking about it. We need to find out. Quickly.

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[olympian_herald]

You're quite welcome.

You'd think with the whole omniscient thing that either me or Hades could get to the bottom of this in no time flat, but hey what can I say.. [It was more Zeus's bag anyway and even he wasn't watching what was going on all the time.]

You think she might not be working alone?