The Deck, Early Saturday Morning

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Winter was a while off yet, but it was considerably cooler than a few months ago. Naturally, this called for hot coffee. It was a good thing then that Edmund had been into town to the bakery and coffee shop. There was a large Thermos of hot coffee with some disposable cups and a box of pastries on the table if anyone came by. For now, Edmund was content to sit back in his deck chair and enjoy his breakfast.

[OOC: Open as decks often are. I'm asleep now though. Sleeeep.]

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[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"In some denominations, I suspect it is. I find that church is for those who need a way to worship, to express their faith and to reconnect with the Almighty. When you've met Him, church doesn't seem necessary anymore."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...Him?"

When a Christian allegory and pagan turned Christian allegory meet.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"In my world, he's called Aslan, the Great Lion, creator of all things. Here I'm pretty sure they just call him God. Or Jesus. Both, technically."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin opened his mouth as if to say something, but... yes. What does one respond to that with?

"I think I need to learn a bit more about this now."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"There are probably plenty of books in the library," he replied encouragingly. "Or the caretaker at the church might be able to answer your questions. Keep in mind though that with all of the different worlds meeting here, there are probably a lot of conflicting explanations, and for all we know, they're all right."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"We never really had much of... the church in Ealdor. Still a bit of the old religion there."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"Ealdor is...home?" he guessed. They hadn't started out in Camelot in the books, after all.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"It's the village I'm from," Merlin replied brightly. "It's just outside Camelot's borders."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"And you still follow the old ways at home?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"As far as I can tell, it's a bit of a mix of them?"

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Edmund nodded in understanding. "Arthur doesn't give you trouble for not going to church with him?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"He goes with Francine," He said with a shrug. "I always thought it was a bit of a peaceful time for him."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"That's a good thing for him to have. And that's a good thing that he doesn't give you trouble. Some people, no matter their religion, can be insistent about you doing what they do."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin frowned at that. "You can't force someone to believe."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"I agree, but history has shown - or, well, the future for you most probably - that that's never stopped people from trying."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Huh. I think I rather prefer now. None of that here."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"Don't watch CNN."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"I watched that channel with all the yelling," Merlin replied brightly. "Though, I don't think I'll be doing any of that for the paper."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"That's good, Merlin," Edmund replied in an encouraging way. "Journalism over the last 70 or so years has gone considerably down hill. It's less about what's going on in the world and more about telling you what you should believe and why believing the other side of the argument is morally wrong and makes you a bad person."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Though no one gets killed over it," Merlin pointed out. Which was a plus.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"No, they don't," he conceded. "I wish that was the case in all of their stories. People are capable of great cruelty against one another."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"I think that may be the case no matter what the time."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"You'd think we'd learn. But then you watch reality television and realise that some people consider it the pinnacle of entertainment and then come to terms with the possibility that we're doomed."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

There was a pause. "...do those cake shows count as bad entertainment?"

Don't you judge his love of sweets.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"The cake shows never count," he said solemnly.