✶✩ In a land of myth and a time of magic ...

[abidan]

Hello! Another new addition to this pre-apocalyptic tea party. I'm Pearl and this here is Merlin (from the BBC series of the same name), although for the purpose of this AU he'll be going by the name of Emery Ayliff. He's a bit of a hippy, a lot of an artist, and a very much from the rolling grasslands of Wales, but he's studying his Fine Art degree at Locke City University because.

Well.

Of course he is. :')

In theory I run on GMT (although that wll probably fluctuate wildly until the end of June), so please feel free to hit me up for plotting and chit-chat whenever suits you best! I'm available on AIM @ perfusus and plurk @ twerks — I'm open to all manner of everything and welcome nudges in all their forms.

Looking forward to playing with you fine chaps and chapettes in the near future!

♥

Comments

[threadspell]

Merlin! Aaaaah, I used to play him ages ago, so I look forward to seeing him around here!

*ahem* Anyhow, I'm Blue and I play Sandry here, from Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic series. She's a stitch which too, so perhaps she and Merlin will have something in comment when they eventually get their magic back XD

[abidan]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Blue! I'm sure their magical selves will have great fun figuring themselves out together. I think I'll slowly amass magic users so that a club can be formed at a later date ... ♥

[threadspell]

Oooh, I am always up for magical clubs XD THough I'm not sure yet who else we have to has magical powers...

[abidan]

In the words of Theoden: "More will come".

/forever living in hope!

[threadspell]

Of course they will! And if not, well, Merlin and Sandry can just be the awesomest magical club of two, and everyone else will look on at their amazing magical powers and be totally jealous.

/lives in hope with you

[abidan]

Oh, everyone else will be endlessly jealous, because nothing's cooler than magic.

Except for perhaps magic in matching jackets.

[threadspell]

Sandry is a stitch witch. SHE CAN MAKE MATCHING JACKETS. MAGICAL MATCHING JACKETS.

[abidan]

SOLD TBH. Merlin is impressed already, despite being little more than a memory right now. That's how impressed he is.

[threadspell]

Just think what she could have done with Arthur's clothes, Merlin! Dirt-repellant! Stain-repellent! Prat-repell...okay maybe not that much.

[abidan]

No, no, skip back to the prat-repellent idea! You sounded like you were definitely on to something ...

[threadspell]

But Sandry's a mage, not a miracle worker :P

[northless]

can I just say that when I saw your app I nearly screamed

MERLIIIIIIIN

ALSO. Hi! I'm Effy, I play Robb Stark here from A Song of Ice and Fire. Currently, though, he's Robb Smith, and he's studying Film at LCU and working as a barista at Starbucks part-time, among others. He has a string of other, shorter-lived part-time jobs, sob.

[abidan]

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN MY FACE WHEN I SAW AU ROBB. I have such a deep and abiding love for AU ASOIAF characters, you have no idea. Or maybe some idea since you play one but.

Yes.

Clearly we are destined for greatness together! Character bonding over barista-ing, perhaps?

[northless]

FFFF AU ASOIAF IS THE BEST AU TO PLAY OUT. Especially since canon is so painful, sob.

YES THAT MUST BE A THING. Bitching at each other about some of the ruder customers and the professors, that should totally happen.

[abidan]

It's not painful to me any more because it destroyed my capacity to feel.

/deadeyes into eternity

YES good excellent this will all happen and it will be marvellous. They should also be arty-farty together because Film and Fine Art are clearly an excellent mix.

[northless]

I'm not there yet and but I am close, I can feel it.

ffff Robb may enlist Emery's help at some point for an actual film. Probably bribe him with free cookies idk DO YOU WANT FREE COOKIES...

[abidan]

WHO REFUSES FREE COOKIES. Seriously, I don't even like cookies but I'd take them anyway. Emery will have raisin and almond please and thank you.

♥

[professorwolf]

Hello hello! Welcome! :) I'm Gail, and I'm another book-media player here (since you've got two people already from books greeting you XD ha). I play the local high school biology teacher, who is slightly dorky, overprotective of his students, and will eventually turn back into an undead werewolf :)

Fun, right? His canon is the Parasol Protectorate books.

Anyway, I look forward to scening with ya!

[abidan]

He sounds like a big cutie! I'm sure he and Emery will get along splendidly - birds of a feather, and all, and since they have dorky overprotectiveness in common ...

Thank you very much for the welcome!

[secondcomingof]

Sassy English dudes CR?

Sassy English dudes CR.

Yep.

[abidan]

Naturally even though Emery's Welsh ... but whatever, he lived in London for a while . They can drink tea together and out-sass everyone else, y/y?

[shiromadoushi]

Hey and welcome! I'm Fran who plays this nerd from card game land who's actually 3 guys all named Bakura wrapped up in one messy package. Emery may have seen him drifting around campus since he wastes a lot of time there, despite being only 16 :)

[abidan]

Sounds good! Emery's very friendly ... so maybe they've even chatted once or twice. You know. Over a split seam in a bag or something. c:

Thank you kindly for the welcome. I'll look forward to giving Bakura a nudge!

[elfstoned]

Oh man I just finished Merlin last week and loved it even though it hurt! It's great to have you in the game! I play Aaron Strider, who runs a sketchy charity-clinic and deals pot on the side to help cover the costs. Any chance they'd know each other?

[abidan]

Oh, it hurts deeply, bur that's all part of the charm! Thank you very much for the warm welcome - I hope to do Merlin the justice he deserves. ♥

Also. Can I just say. I'm incredibly impressed with AU Aragorn and will probably be stalking him like a creeper. I'd love to have Emery know him! Maybe he bought pot from him in the past and they forged one of those rare dealer/buyer friendships? Orrr maybe Aaron saw one of his art shows and they became acquaintances after that?

[elfstoned]

alkdjs thank you <3 I love AUing characters, so this game was right up my alley! Hmmm--I think the drug-dealing is more likely, since Aaron doesn't get a whole lot of time to himself.

Also I'm going to say they're not very close -- on amiable terms, certainly, but Merlin only knows him as Strider, and they haven't interacted much outside of professional stuff. I've established that Aaron doesn't really have friends, and I'd like him to start the game off as lonely and build up close relationships in-game. because I adore playing Strider-era!Aragorn who is creepy and scary but who wants friends like burning

Sound good to you? :D

[abidan]

God, me too, AUs have a special place right in the middle of my heart. I'm so looking forward to seeing where this one goes.

That sounds wonderful, my dear. Bless poor Aaron - he can't help that he's kind of creepy and scary looking despite having a heart of pure gold!

/chinhands ♥

[elfstoned]

.+.+.

so noble

so alone

tirelessly protecting the thankless people of Locke City

.+.+.

[abidan]

Merlin knows that exact feeling. Emery? Not so much. One perfect day they'll be able to bond over it. :')

[elfstoned]

oh god I didn't even think about that until just now

poor babies

adorable babies

[abidan]

Tohoho yes. It's only going to get worse.

[chalicejoker]

Hi! I'm Airdra, and I play Hajime Aikawa from Kamen Rider Blade, who is kinda-sorta in the process of very slowly turning into an apocalyptic bug-monster and will probably be unamused by the irony of a giant roach-man running his family's restaurant. If Emery likes Japanese food, then Hajime's your man.

[abidan]

Hello Airdra! Man, that sounds like an awful lot for one person to have on their plate. Truth be told, though, Merlin's definitely seen worse, and Emery adores Japanese food so please feed him every day.

Yes, good. c:

[really8adegg]

thoeretically gmt high fiiiiive (i say as i wake up at 12:30am as if this is a normal time to wake up)

(welsh characters always make me extra delighted wow)

anyway uh yes hello i am harry, i play prof. Arianna Serket here, who lectures in history at LCU – Emery may have been subjected to her at some point if he's a student there, she is not the nicest of teachers