Room 407, Friday Afternoon

[bigdamndestiny]

After the list of chores that comes from the morning after Arthur's broadcast and then class, Merlin was just settling in to have a spot of private time to read his book. Anything about drinking blood and red eyes would be good to find out more on.

No such luck so far. But he wasn't giving up hope!

[[Closed door, open post]]

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[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Sounds unpleasant," Hannibal said. "This place has different ways of public humiliation. They're just as bad but without the whole stuck in place thing."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"I think I prefer the stocks," Merlin replied.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I heard about your little...incident on the radio," he said. "And that everyone and their brother decided to visit that common room on that exact night."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that was a bit odd, if you ask me." Or, you know, the universe conspiring against him. It did that, you know.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Porn brings all the boys to the yard?" he tried, going for humor.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Common room, actually." Way to miss the joke, Merlin.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

His little brother was so innocent. It was cute.

"Right, that's what I meant," he said. "It's okay to watch those type of movies, you know that, right?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin rubbed the back of his neck. "Yes, Tony and Emmett and Cal and Inara--" Who had been positively lovely about it. "--all informed me of that."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Wow." Hannibal blinked. "I sort of failed in the whole big brother thing by not coming around but I'm glad you had...help."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"That would mean some of their help was welcome." Only two of them really had been. The other ones, he was certain had only meant to torment him.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"At least the first big humiliation is over?" Hannibal asked. "And hey, it wasn't a gremlin bite!"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...is that worse?" He was screwed.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I think it depends on the gremlin," he said. "One of my teachers thought he was a singer and dressed up in a leather leotard and sang out in front of the dorms."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"..." Merlin was not going to laugh. Really. "Which one?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Professor Dex," he said. "But Professor Skywalker was with him. They were playing husband and wife."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Okay, now he couldn't help but laugh. "I certainly hope that never happens to me."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Don't jinx yourself," Hannibal said, laughing himself. "And if you see a gremlin, just pray that you're quicker than it."

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"What do they look like?"

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"Small, green and not at all human," he supplied. "They like to hide but they're not always quiet about it."

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"That, I will keep in mind." There was a pause as he thought about it. "There aren't any... dangerous side effects?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Not that I've seen," he said after a moment. "Just silly, mostly. I mean, it hurts when they bite you but then you kind of just go insane for a few hours."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

...maybe it wouldn't hurt Arthur to be bitten.

"Have you even been bitten?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Nah, I've just witnessed one," he said, shaking his head. "I've heard a lot about them, though. They get mentioned in the same breath as glitter and shirtlessness a lot."

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"Glitter and shirtlessness?" God help Merlin's sanity. "What do they have to do with insanity?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"...I have so let you down but so has everyone else," he said. "Shirtlessness is easy. Girl's like when boys take their shirts off. That's all."