The Salle, Monday Morning

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It ws morning, it was Monday, and Arthur was in the salle, going over the edge of his own sword to make sure it was still decent for actual combat. Sure, sharpening the thing wasn't strictly his job, but he liked to make sure just in case something showed up.

He was also still mildly cranky over the phone thing, but it wasn't like mildly cranky and Arthur were strange bedmates.

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But they were friendly, at least!

Well, Merlin was friendly enough to make up for Arthur. Hopefully.

"Hello!" Merlin called from his spot on a bench, polishing armor.

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"Good morning!" Roy said, smiling at the kid with the ears. He appreciated someone being friendly, anyway.

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"Are you new?" Merlin asked, cutting right to the point. "I mean, I haven't seen you before. But it's not like I know everyone here."

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"Yeah, I'm new," Roy confirmed, heading over toward Ears Kid so he could offer his hand to shake. "Roy Harper."

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"Merlin," He replied, jugging the armor for a moment before he coulc shake the offered hand. "How do you like it so far?"

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"It's uh." Roy glanced over at Dinah. "It's different. I think I'm settling in okay, though."

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Merlin followed his gaze and nodded slowly. "You get used to odd things here."

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"People keep telling me that, and then more weird stuff happens before I have a chance to process the first weird stuff," Roy whined complained.

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"It could be worse!"

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"How?" Roy asked doubtfully.

Maybe if the island was covered in poppy fields or something?

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"You could be bitten by a gremlin."

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"I've heard about them," Roy said. "I'd like to avoid them." Hallucinogens = bad.

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"That would probably be for the best," Merlin replied. "I thought I was a very gay Irishman when I was bitten."

Which was soooo different from normal.

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"Yeah, I'll definitely try to take a pass on that," he decided.

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"Just run away from anything small and green," Merlin advised.

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"Well, I'm not a big fan of green right now anyway, so I think I can manage that," Roy said wryly.

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"What's so wrong with green?" Merlin asked.

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"...it's a long story," Roy said.

He seemed to be saying it a lot.

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"Ah." Merlin nodded. "Do you fight then?"

Since he was in the salle and all.

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"No, I'm an archer. I thought I'd check this place out, though."

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"Oh! I hadn't thought, well, anyone did that here."

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"It's not the most popular hobby," Roy said with a shrug, "but there are still a few of us around."

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"A hobby here, yes," Merlin replied. "Everyone seems to prefer guns."

He made a face at the word 'gun'.

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"Yeah, they're the more common choice. You don't have to have the arm strength, for one thing," Roy said. That was the main reason he was currently thinking of giving them a shot, so to speak.