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[graciousness]

[ the voice that can be heard is full of nervousness and skepticism ]

Alright, then. I know this is working, it worked for everyone else, no reason it wouldn't for me - aside for the matter that I do not know what I seem to be doing at all -

[ but then, video! at first you might see only freckles and then she'll step back and you'll see a young woman with dark curls, a purple, flowery dress and one bottom lip that seems to be busied between her teeth. ]

-- Greetings to both courts, I have heard there are two. I hope there are not more and if there are -

[ she might be offending someone. oh no. she'll take a quick yet graceful curtsy ]

to those who can hear - see! me. My name is Gunievere - Gwen, really. of Camelot! I - the fairies -

[ the fairies. this is so unsettling ]

I was told I was brought here to help. I will do all that I can but I - I am but a maidservant. I do not know what I can do, truly but whatever you might need of me, I am in your service.

-- They will send us home when our duties are through, will they not? I have other.

[ erm ]

duties! at home. I am already in the service of a Lady and she might be unsettled with me being gone.

[ and morgana being unsettled is bad news to all ]

--- It's nice to meet you all, I'm certain. Whatever I can do, truly.

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[plantboy]

Oh, don't do that for me. I'm hardly anyone to curtsy for.

[Even with all of his fame in Emelan he hardly thought that. And he wasn't even in Emelan.]

Hope can be crippling when things go bad, too, mi'lady. I'd rather be a realist myself. At least then it means when things go bad I'm ready, but if it turns out alright it's a nice surprise.

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[knightscode]

Most anywhere you wish. You are a guest here, not a servant, difficult as it may be to accept.

[ He offers her a small smile, gestures up the hall with one hand. ]

The courtyard has a decent garden, if such things interest you, else there is a wardrobe where they make clothes, a feasting hall...

[ Pick a place, he will lead on! ]

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[graciousness]

I believe you.

[ said uneasily because as much as she'd like to believe this is all a desperate cry for help during war, gwen is not a fool. ]

Just - be careful. The truth does not worth your life.

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[graciousness]

I understand.

[ in a way. everyone has a right to keep all that's important to them saved. she simply wonders why it's important to anyone to begin with.

it's not your place, she scolds herself. ]

You are very well read, then.

[ rare for women in camelot unless they're ladies but she had said that she is not. ]

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[graciousness]

One day I shall repay the debt.

[ said with a smile that's warm, rich in what comes most naturally to a servant girl, kindness. ]

no matter how small it is.

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[graciousness]

There is fabric there?

[ she picks up on that and brightens at once at the concept of something to do. ]

At the wardrobe? Are we allowed to take some? Perhaps I could sew.

[ for herself; for morgana. ]

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[knightscode]

Of course, I have no doubt they would be grateful of the assistance -- although I suspect they would rather be making something for you.

[ His smile turns a touch rueful for a second (he understands, of course, but he cannot help but imagine what Guinevere's life might be like were she no longer a servant. Were she truly Queen of Camelot, beside Arthur) yet he takes a breath -- gives a half turn to orientate himself before gesturing. ]

The wardrobe is this way, I can take you there.

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[graciousness]

Thank you.

[ he will walk and she will follow, fall to his side in a a pace that's east and perhaps somewhat familiar. she looks at him for half a moment, bites her lip. ]

Tell me how you've been?

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[bolincredible]

Yeah, totally! If they never kicked me out for being too loud or something, there's no way they'd kick you out! Since you're super polite and everything.

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[knightscode]

[ Lancelot shrugs, a little shy suddenly. It feels strange, to walk so close at hand with her. To speak so easily with her, when in his heart he knows he cannot be with her as he wishes. She has devoted herself to Arthur. Lancelot can only respect that, even if he is not here. ]

Busy.

[ He links his hands together, twists them absently as he tries to think of something to say that isn't please do not get hurt please don't leave me please be safe. ]

Caer Glaem is a beautiful city, but it has much that needs doing. I am nowhere near as experienced as many others would be, but it has fallen to me, so I do my best. Try to keep as many safe as I can.

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[rube]

I will, but- [he hesitates,] sometimes it is.

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[graciousness]

You are a good man, Lancelot.

[ she says it softly and with absolute sincerity. there are many bad people in the world but some people are so inherently good that they give people who meet them the same sort of hope. she smiles a but. ]

This city is very fortunate to be in the hands of someone so kind.

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[graciousness]

Never.

[ stubbornly. ]

there is nothing here that would be worth your life.

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[knightscode]

[ He presses his lips together, fights the urge to demur again. ]

It is not in my hands entirely. I am marshal of the forces, simply, and use them to do what I can. More complicated adminsitrative duties go to those with a better head for numbers and figures than I.

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[rube]

[there's defiance in his tone,] Let's see you live here for nine months and say that.

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[graciousness]

I would prefer living here a hundred years than you dying to find an answer on how to leave.

[ she can do defiance too. when called for it. ]

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[rube]

What if it would save the rest of the people here?

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[graciousness]

No.

[ she shakes her head ]

we will find another way. We cannot treat anyone as if their life is less worthy of our own.

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[rube]

You let me know when you figure somethin' out.

[he doesn't believe her, and his tone definitely gives that away. he knows his destiny at home, knows it could end up with him dead so long as it saves the rest of humanity. maybe this is all a part of that, and if it is -- he's okay with it.]

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[graciousness]

Perhaps I won't, I am only a servant girl but -

[ she bites her lip ]

Your life is no less important to me than mine or any of my friend's. I would not want you to be harmed.

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[rube]

Status don't matter here.

[don't know if you've noticed, gwen, but he's from a place where he's the poorest of the poor.]

Don't know a damn thing about me.

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[graciousness]

Do you have to know a person for them to matter?

[ come on, Ben. ]

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[rube]

[oh, shit. he frowns at her.]

No. But it ain't none of your business what they do in their time.

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[graciousness]

Perhaps not.

[ she frowns too ]

But I am allowed to care, even if they prefer that I won't.

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[graciousness]

It hardly matter - Lancelot.

[ she places her hand on his arm, remains standing for a moment as if to emphasis how important what she has to say is. she so very rarely treats her words with an air of importance. it always changes around a friend. ]

I am very happy that they see your value - I only regret the king could not have done the same.