video 🧙 npc: Merlin

[isleofnpcs]

Good day, Otherworlders. Merlin here and I decided to do an AMA because I'm currently stuck indoors, sick with this magical flu. You don't want me to go around sneezing on people, so I have to stay at home.

[He looks amused.]

... though you should have seen the donkey ears I accidentally and temporarily grew on Arthur!

[But anyway, onto the actual business, right?]

So, all questions are fair game, but I reserve the right to not answer if I feel like it. Ask me what has been burning in your mind.


Oh and happy anniversary to those who arrived around a year ago!


[ OOC NOTE: Merlin will reply to new top-level comments posted before the November 15th in order to maintain feasibility for mod replies. Threads posted 11 / 16 or later will not be responded to. Any threads started before that time may be continued after that, but may be cut short due to this being an AMA-style post. Unlike Arthur last month, Merlin is more likely to answer to troll-y posts with trolls of his own, but those may be even more short-lived. ]

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text; un: tenjikubotan

[irritated]

follow for a follow?

[Yeah, that's it. Looks good if he has Merlin following him.]

[isleofnpcs]

I see we're starting off with the important questions.

So, what have you got to offer on your page?


[Truth to be told, he is likely following everyone on a second account, but if someone puts in the effort, maybe they'll get a follow from the OG account.]

[irritated]

1. almost to 2 mil followers. not near you or anything but i won't hold it against you~
2. a fan account someone made for me and my bf is doing pretty well. almost to 100k followers
3. my posts get at least 20k likes.
4. becoming bigger in the party planning scene.
5. good for both of our reps.

[He's just being honest. Which like, yeah, Merlin doesn't have to care about his reputation? But if he looks engaged with the audience he has then that's sure to boost his likes up as well.]

text; un: hpotter

[phoenixwiz]

How are you coping with the flu right now?

[isleofnpcs]

Eh, it's not my first magical flu. I'm coping with it fine.

My room and its furniture? Not coping that well.

[phoenixwiz]

Yikes! I’m really sorry to hear about it. I have not much luck in not trying to accidentally set things on fire whenever I sneeze as I’m also stuck with the flu too.

video; un: red gem

[greedyvixen]

It really has been a year already, huh. Thank you. And it would have been great seeing those ears on him.

[Pictures or it didn't happen, Merlin! Also yay, telling Arthur to tell Merlin to do an AMA too actually worked?? Kinda. Well, at least he is doing this whether or not it has anything to do with Rin saying that to the king... But greedy first things first...]

So, when are we going to get even more magic types to ourselves?

[isleofnpcs]

It sure has been. Perhaps I should make you all a fireworks show later in the month.

[When he's not accidentally sneezing fireworks?]

How about you master the two already given to you first before dreaming about a third or more. I bet you still have work to do especially with your secondary.

[greedyvixen]

That would be fun. Also could you take a video next time, when you sneeze around Arthur, please?

[Or any of the staff, really, she's not picky about that. Or a whole video of how it looks anywhere around him, when Merlin has the flu...]

A very good point, working on that. But how about you switch my secondary magic type to something, that I wasn't born with to make it even more challenging to me?

[... or she could eat the plant / flower / thing in her room but she hasn't done that, she's not even sure she wants it to change!! What if it changes to something, that she doesn't even want? >C Even if she wants to learn all of them eventually because she's greedy about magic ... just like that.]

@stranger; voice

[eightfoldfiend]

You are one of the beings managing that barrier, correct?

[isleofnpcs]

Don't you think it's a bit rude to call me a being?

[eightfoldfiend]

...Is it?

[He doesn't know, humans find all sorts of strange things rude.]

Whatever.

Answer the question.

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[cantgetanyworse]

Hello Merlin, I'm terribly sorry to hear that you're not feeling well.

[Sounds like she means that, too.]

At the risk of repeating myself, as I did ask Arthur something of a similar question-- but given the circumstances it does seem appropriate--

[Get it together, Jane!]

Would you object if I sent you some tea?

[isleofnpcs]

Thanks. It's nothing I can't handle, but not really fun either way.

[Well, it is amusing whenever he does something minor.]

I would never object tea, especially when it comes to someone as kind and thoughtful as you.

[cantgetanyworse]

Aw!

[She can't quite help the exclamation she lets out at the compliment, but finds herself blushing as well. It's always nice to be told that someone thinks that way about you, even if they're a stranger.]

I mean-- that's very nice of you to say. I can send you some biscuits as well, if you like.

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[notquitetamed]

So if someone has actually mastered their magics, what else can we do if we're not getting more?

[Okay, Hawk's fibbing slightly and hasn't touched anything to do with Earth element, but he has indeed got enough skill with both magics that he's bored with it. Seriously sucks sometimes to master things so quickly even if magic took longer than most things.]

[isleofnpcs]

Are you sure you've mastered both of them? Because there are a lot of things to these magic's you might not even realize. You could try using them in different ways, too and then you would need to master that.

Video / un; Chasseur

[resistetmords]

...Do you have pictures... of him with the donkey ears?

[Or any fanservicey recruitment posters? Both are good.]

[isleofnpcs]

Alas, I didn't have my phone with me at the time. But you've seen Arthur. Maybe you can draw him with those or ask someone to do it for you.

video; un: 7😆H!TA1

[arf]

Lord Merlin, sir, amazing wizard of wizards, I beseech thee...

[ This is how you speak to The Merlin, right???? ]

How do I make it so that I'm not separated from someone I love here? We have to go home to our worlds when all this is over, but like, what magic should I be learning so that I can travel between worlds and remember all of this? That sounds way bigger than healing or technomancy, but it's really what I want to do! Sire, your magicoliness!

[isleofnpcs]

Just Merlin would suffice, but I appreciate your enthusiasm.

['I beseech thee' he hasn't heard that used in centuries or more.]

The magic that brings you here is still very unknown even for me. However, should there be even more people who wish to be able to remain with their loved ones after this, I could look into how it could be done. I can't make any promises, but I can promise to put in the effort.


[Time to start a petition Taichi. You can do it. You did a GoFund me already.]

video ; un: m.kyrielight

[unfalteringwall]

[There's a positively furious-looking(?) little creature in front of the camera when it turns on, his tail puffed up (well, more than usual) and his ears arced.]

Merfou foouu! Fou, kyuu! [(Special translation: People don't want you around regardless of whether or not you’re sneezing on them! You're always gross! Get lost!)]

F-Fou, calm down. This isn't our Merlin, so shouldn't you give him the benefit of the doubt? Fou fouu! [(Special translation: All Merlins are scumbags!!)]

... [Sigh. Fou is carefully lifted out of the way, revealing young Miss Kyrielight looking very apologetic. He crawls onto her shoulder and scowls.] It’s nice to meet you, sir. I'm terribly sorry about him, and that you're feeling under the weather. I do have a question, though it's mostly for my own curiosity. You’re surely one of the foremost authorities on magic in this world, right? Everyone is assigned types of magic when they arrive here... is that random, or is there some system to it?

[isleofnpcs]

I have never felt so hated by a fluffy creature before... Don't apologize, I'm sure he has his reasons for hosting all Merlin so much.

[Though it does make him slightly curious about what might be going on back where they're from.]

As far as we can tell it's random. Some people just have gotten lucky and gotten matching ones to their canon abilities or personalities.

I can assure you though, I don't decide those.

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[angel_of_death]

[The bow Walter extends is markedly shorter than the way he has carried himself in response to King Arthur's transmissions, but he does so with the intention of conveying respect.]

I... admit I do not quite know how to address you, Sir. However, I do have something weighing on my mind.

Do you know anything of the background or nature of the giant stone figure that now rests in the Forest of the Felled? I have journeyed to the Archivist's library within the Forest of the Fisher King to find out what I can, but... anything, anything at all you may know and would be willing to share, I would like to know.

[isleofnpcs]

Just Merlin is fine.

[He says that, but knows some people are stuck with formalities. He should know, Arthur is usually one of those people.]

It was something done long, long time ago. The information was lost to time, considering that the elemental giants are ancient beings from before some gods even formed worlds. And it's really hard to tell what all Morganna has given life to since the fae don't share a lot with Camelot, because of past grievences with humans.

So I'm afraid that beyond what the survivors of Lestari have told us, there is not much to go on.