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Merlin (morethanblood) wrote in ridgewayresort,
@ 2012-05-08 21:35:00

Entry tags:

!closed, merlin, x-23

Who: Merlin and Laura
What: A meeting and a conversation
Where: at the playground.
When: On the seventh
Ratings/Warnings: TBD
Status: Closed and Ongoing

The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Merlin had learned that the hard way. Life had never been easy, but never been the worst it could be. Some days he wished he could do more for others.

He smiled as he popped in at the playground on a bench set there for parents to watch their kids. at the moment, it was deserted, and he settled on the bench sitting, to wait for Laura and her child. He was not sure what it was she wanted, but he knew he would do his best for her, as he would for anyone here.

That was his way, always. Or at least he tried to make it so.

So he waited...

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weapon_x_23
2012-05-13 08:33 am UTC (link)

"With your help I believe I will have all three." Her eyes went to her eldest son, he was watching them rather intently. Wiser beyond his year.

"It is easier for me to accept what I know, than it is to try and relearn another way. And while it may seem stubborn... It works." Even if she didn't quite feel like she fit in.

"Would you like to meet him?" She nodded toward the toddler. "He knows you are different without having to touch you. That is a first for him and he is very curious."

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morethanblood
2012-05-13 05:09 pm UTC (link)

Merlin acknowledged her words with a small nod. "Good. That is my hope. I just want a chance to make you all happier." He eyed her and her son, eyes almost glowing.

"Of course. If it works for you, then it is a good path." He smiled at her. "And I find you very not wrong as you are." He grinned wider.

His eyes widened and he glanced at her son. "I would be honored to know him." He favored Logan with a curious smile.

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weapon_x_23
2012-05-14 05:40 am UTC (link)

"I do not doubt you will succeed." Already Laura felt more hope than she had when she walked up. She was unsure what 'talking it out' would accomplish. And she knew that she could not be placed on medication, as it would only work for so long.

Laura chuckled again. "Very not wrong oh?"

With a little nod from Laura, Logan toddled over. "He might wish to touch you, it is how he communicates things that are beyond his level of speech. I will warn you, he is an empathic, telekinetic, telepath, I am not sure why he can only communicate through touch. But if there is anything you do not wish for him to see or sense you may wish to block it."

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morethanblood
2012-05-14 05:55 am UTC (link)

Merlin smiled at her, feeling himself buoyed by her and this chance to do a good thing. He felt like he was being given chances at this place to be better, stronger, and smarter.

When she spoke about her son, he kept his eyes on the boy. "Is there anything you do not want him to see? I have little to hide. But violence and sex and many things most people see as perverted are within my memories, all as fresh as my memory of this conversation." He nodded and held out a hand, waiting on her decision before extending it all the way.

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weapon_x_23
2012-05-14 07:48 am UTC (link)

"I do not wish to censure you, but I find myself blocking the violence and sex from him. I do not find it perverse, but I feel he is too young to learn about that part of my life." Laura confessed. It would make it easier to teach him about the 'birds and the bees' later, though. Perhaps she would ask Merlin, if he was still at the resort. If she was still at the resort.

Logan stared at the hand stretched out before him. Raising on his toes just a little so that he could reach for it, as his mother and the new stranger spoke.

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morethanblood
2012-05-14 04:46 pm UTC (link)

Merlin nodded and those thoughts and scenes simply vanished from his mind like a fading dream. When it was done, he touched Logan's hand, smiling, letting the other do as he would. Merlin's mind was a place of wonders, and magic all around. At the core of it, at it's heart, was the man standing, staff drawn, glowing with red, gold, and black light, and standing between the world and the darkness outside of it.

Merlin's mind reached out warm, full of greeting and salutation.

"Thank you, Laura."

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weapon_x_23
2012-05-15 05:49 am UTC (link)

Logan had questions, all spoken into the mind of the other man. Who was he? What was he? Why was he talking to his Mommy? There was an odd surge of protectiveness over his mother. He let on that he knew about what happened between Laura and Gabriel, he gave glimpses of his mother in tears, alone, clutching a bulging stomach. The sense of emptiness the house gave before the triplets had been born. The depth of his mother's sadness, what he felt from her. It was almost as if he wanted to point out how fragile Laura was, and how he didn't want to see her broken again. Even for a toddler there was little doubt on the power he wielded. It didn't surpass Merlin's, of course, but it surpassed his mothers.

Laura smiled, "You are very welcome Merlin." She only hoped that whatever Logan let on was not too much. But there was little she could do if he had.

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morethanblood
2012-05-15 06:35 am UTC (link)

Merlin answered in a calm mental voice that carried respect and care. His intention of helping Laura, showing her smiling more, happier, and his intention of helping Logan, showing him happier too, and strong and happy with his mother and siblings, flowed along the link.

Merlin's answers about himself were just as simple, showing him as a man, but with three images all overlapped. Magic was the simplest word for him, and the sense was of a man who changed things, trying to make them better.

All of his images were against a backdrop of warmth and honesty, and of wanting nothing more than to help them both.

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weapon_x_23
2012-05-15 08:26 am UTC (link)

Oddly Logan dropped the protective act, it as the best way he could show acceptance. He let the other man feel how much he loved his mother. And his father, and Gabriel. Nothing would change that. But he would accept the other man in too. Once it was clear, he stepped away.

Pausing to pat Laura on the hand, offering her that sense of love and devotion. That made her smile. "He does not speak often, because of that. I think he gets frustrated that he cannot quite say what he wants to say, clearly." Laura confessed. "He has watched over me and his father since he was quite young. Little more than a new born."

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	morethanblood 2012-05-15 08:39 am UTC (link)
	Merlin nodded and smiled at Logan as he went, and turned to Laura. "He is a good child, and an intriguing one." Merlin smiled. "Someday, fate will ask much of him, but there is time." He tapped her gently on the arm. "Time for him, and for you, too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weapon_x_23 2012-05-15 09:01 am UTC (link)
	Laura nodded, she knew that was the truth of it. As she watched Logan plop down and play in the sand. "I hope you are here long enough to stand by that. I have seen many come and go. It makes me wary to get close to someone else." And Gabriel was one of those who came and went, even if it was of his own choosing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	morethanblood 2012-05-15 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin smiled at her. "I hope so too. And I understand that. I will do my best, dear woman." He liked her, and thought her to be a good woman, and a good person. Perhaps... well, who knew what would happen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

weapon_x_23
2012-05-16 07:37 am UTC (link)

At a glance at the perfect moment to catch a great yawn from Logan, Laura smiled. "I hate to depart company, but I believe it is naptime. I do hope to see you tonight. I am staying in the cabin closest to the row of houses." She could not go far away from her children, even if she was in a different domicile. "There is no one else inside, so feel free just to enter. I will know you by scent."

Standing she moved to scoop Logan up. He held his arms up for her, knowing, and wanting, what was to come. "Come on my little bird."

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	morethanblood 2012-05-16 07:55 am UTC (link)
	Merlin nodded and rose. "Be well, to both of you. I will be there tonight, and be ready. I hope the rest of the day treats you both well." he bowed to them, and smiled. They were a good family. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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