♔ | 6 On The Other Side

[not_a_clotpole]

[The day has not begun particularly well...primarily because Arthur is not Arthur...he's Merlin instead!

And life as Merlin is not one to be envied, at least not for the now King of Camelot, who's used to sleeping in a nice soft bed when at the castle and having a nice fire to keep his bedroom warm.

Oh and waking up at a reasonable hour, rather than having Gaius pound on the door at dawn and warn him that he better hurry.

Waking up His Royalness is no picnic either, Arthur had figured for some reason that Merlin would be stuck in his body, but no...he's still...him. And in a very bad mood indeed. Really, does the prat...er...him have to throw things? That's just dangerous! And rude for that matter.

He's bad tempered in the morning, isn't he? And very demanding, Merlin - or Arthur-as-Merlin rather finds himself being run almost off his feet by the demands of the King.

Finally, His Royalness is dressed and having his breakfast and Arthur-as-Merlin has time to himself until the horror that will surely be training.]

"Am I always such a nightmare?" [He grumbles to himself in annoyance.]

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[gardeningaia]

"Are you?" Aerith's a simple maid in this dream, carting about a basket of clothes to wash, but that doesn't keep her from being cheerful as usual. And a little curious just what her fellow servant means.

[not_a_clotpole]

"Yes! Er…no…that is…"

[Arthur-as-Merlin has to think about this. It's getting a little confusing.]

" The King, I mean. He can be... difficult."

oh man. I've just been dead horrible with OPN lately, orz

[gardeningaia]

"He's certainly not easy to get along with," she agrees. "Always making new laundry for me! I don't think he even considers how easy stains are to make, and how hard they are to get out."

It's fairly good-natured though--while she knows of his grouchiness, she hasn't had any horrible encounters of her own. It's just gossip about the boss.

That's OK, I've been complete crap at it too LOL

[not_a_clotpole]

[Arthur-as-Merlin might flush slightly, because well...with Guinevere and all he likes to think he's good to the servants - Merlin excepted.]

"How hard is it? To get the stains out, I mean. Laundry's not my thing."

[gardeningaia]

"So you've never tried getting blood out of a white tunic. There's a reason some of them go with pink!" It wasn't always considered a feminine color. Though Aerith cocks her head a moment afterward and adds with a wry humor, "But that's really not fair, I'm sure he tries very hard not to bleed. Wine, on the other hand..."