？2：One minute we're fighting, the next we're enjoying a veritable feast.
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＠Da Vinci
Whoa, these gnocchi are so good! I love how versatile potatoes are, no matter what world they come from!
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＠Senji Muramasa
These oysters are amazing, too!
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＠Senji Muramasa
I was a little shocked when they came out on that huge plate piled up to the ceiling, but damn if I couldn't eat these things forever!
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＠Altria
Don't let the fancy presentation fool you. It's not nearly as impressive as it looks.
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＠Altria
Just look at all those meat pies dominating the table. There must be enough here to cover Gareth's entire shield. That makes pretty clear how vain Baggie is.
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＠Altria
She's obviously trying to break our concentration by overwhelming us with quantity and flourishes. Won't work on me though.
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？1：So, you're not aware that you're taking a[csr]bite of meat pie even as you speak?
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＠Altria
Oh man. This IS really good...
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＠Barghest
There. I changed back to my usual armor now that I'm done with both fighting and cooking.
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＠Barghest
I do hope you like the food. I apologize that I couldn't make anything more than these simple dishes.
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＠Barghest
Normally I would have had my chefs do the cooking, but I had to give them a leave of absence as part of my house arrest.
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？1：You mean...you made all this yourself?
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＠Barghest
That's right. But it's nothing too impressive.
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＠Barghest
I merely imitated flour-based human culinary techniques and drilled them into me.
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＠Barghest
It's a far cry from the gourmet cuisine they serve in Camelot.
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＠Altria
H-huh, is that so? I didn't think you Tam Lin were so...domestic.
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＠Altria
It must be hard being the lord of a hick town like this if you have to do your own cooking.
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＠Barghest
Hm? I don't understand. Shouldn't everyone who plans to get married someday be able to do all manner of housework?
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？1：Oookay, let's not go down that path any further.[csr]Besides, we have other things to talk about.
？2：Ahem! Everything was great, but I think we should get down to business.
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＠Barghest
Indeed. Now that we've come this far, I will be completely frank with you.
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＠Barghest
I want to keep the residents of Britain safe. That is why I pledged my horn to Her Majesty.
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＠Barghest
But...Her Majesty does not share that goal. In fact, she is actively working to worsen the Great Calamity.
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＠Barghest
She cares only for Faerie Britain itself, not the fae who inhabit it.
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＠Barghest
So, here is my proposal to you, Child of Prophecy.
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＠Barghest
If you mean to ring the Bells of Pilgrimage so that you may truly save Britain, I am willing to fight for your cause.
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＠Barghest
If need be, I will even rise up against the queen herself during the battle of Camelot that is now sure to come.
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＠Altria
...You're serious about this, aren't you?
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＠Altria
I don't mind having you on board, but what about your pride as a knight?
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＠Altria
You really want to join our side, even after you destroyed the human ranch and burned down the Welsh forest at the queen's command?
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＠Barghest
That's right. Even if it is too little, too late, I still wish to join you.
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＠Barghest
As to my crimes, you are welcome to convene a court martial after the battle of Camelot.
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＠Barghest
Rest assured that I will expect no mercy. I will accept whatever punishment fits my crimes.
If that is true, and you two are willing to tolerate faeries living among you...
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＠Barghest
...then I would ask that you please give the matter some thought.
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＠Barghest
Her Majesty has already told me that our Britain is what is known as a Lostbelt[line 2]
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＠Barghest
A world that was meant to disappear to make way for Proper Human History.
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＠Barghest
...I believe it. I have no doubt that this Britain should never have come to exist.
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＠Da Vinci
...What makes you say that, Barghest?
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＠Da Vinci
You want to protect Britain, right? So why do you think it should never have existed? Aren't those two ideas mutually exclusive?
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＠Barghest
...Because we fear this land. Every one of us.
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＠Barghest
I suspect you could ask any faerie in the land, and they would give the same answer.
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＠Barghest
At any rate, under Queen Morgan's reign, every faerie will perish by the end of the year.
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＠Barghest
I naturally have no notion of what our lives would be like under the Child of Prophecy's reign.
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＠Barghest
But if there should be faeries who, under her reign, wish to move outside the world, I hope you would take them in.
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＠Barghest
...If worse comes to worst,[sr]and this Britain really does disappear...
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＠Barghest
I could ask for nothing more than to have the faeries born here live on in your world.
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？1：What do you think, Technical Advisor?
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＠Da Vinci
I think it's a great idea. In fact, I can't come up with a single reason to refuse.
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＠Da Vinci
The Storm Border is big enough to hold up to five hundred refugees.
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＠Da Vinci
They would have to live there until we resolve the Bleached Earth Phenomenon, of course...
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＠Da Vinci
But as long as they're okay with that, they should be able to get by in the Border just fine.
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＠Da Vinci
Besides, this is exactly what the Storm Border was designed for. It's a modern-day Noah's ark.
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＠Da Vinci
While there aren't very many of them, there have been a few vessels like that in Proper Human History. They served as literal lifeboats to preserve the future of the species they carried.
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＠Senji Muramasa
Five hundred ain't a whole lot compared to the faerie population at large, though. You gonna be okay with that, Barghest?
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＠Barghest
...Yes. Saving even a small number is far better than failing to save anyone.
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＠Barghest
As long as you remember this promise[line 2]no, my wish...then I will gladly become a filthy turncoat for your cause.
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＠Barghest
...Of course, I am sure Sir Gawain would think poorly of me for this.
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＠Barghest
However briefly I used his name, I admit the very idea of betraying one's lord must be unthinkable to him.
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？1：Gawain would have some choice words for you,[csr]but he'd also be proud of you.
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＠Barghest
I-I see. So he really would scold me...
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＠Da Vinci
But I have to ask: Are you sure about this, Barghest? Never mind the politics. Are you sure you can trust us, your enemies?
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？2：...Are you really sure about this?
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＠Barghest
I'm sure. You said something like this[sr]before yourself, [%1].
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＠Barghest
Even if the world is about to disappear, you didn't want to let what might come tomorrow ruin today.
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＠Barghest
...And you were exactly right. Instead of worrying what might happen tomorrow, I should focus on what I can do today.
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＠Altria
(Sigh) All right. I can't possibly turn you down at this point.
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＠Altria
Forgetting for a moment how in the world I'm going to explain this to Oberon...
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＠Altria
Tam Lin Barghest, if you really want to help the Child of Prophecy, you can do so in Camelot.
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＠Altria
Once the fighting there begins, you're to refrain from attacking the Round Table Army. That part is absolutely nonnegotiable.
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＠Altria
Aside from that... Well, if you feel like neutralizing some of the queen's army for us, I'm not going to stop you.
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＠Altria
Anyway, those are my only instructions.[sr]Any thoughts, Barghest?
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＠Barghest
...I'm surprised you didn't ask me to open the castle's gates from the inside for you. Did I not say you need not hold back on my behalf?
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＠Altria
I know, but I just don't trust you enough to rely on you for something so crucial.
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＠Altria
All you have to do is fight within your means.[sr]We can break down the gates ourselves.
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＠Barghest
...Good point. If I were lying, you would certainly be in dire straits if you trusted me to open the gates for you.
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＠Barghest
You've made the right choice... But I must admit, I didn't expect you to be so severe.
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？1：Personally, I don't think it's gonna come to that.
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？1：By the way, on a much lighter subject...
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＠Barghest
Yes? I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
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？1：Could you introduce us to your significant other?
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＠Da Vinci
Yeah, I'd love to meet them, too![sr]We heard all about it in town.
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＠Da Vinci
They say you come back to Manchester all the time just so you can spend time with your new squeeze!
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＠Barghest
...It's not “all the time.”[sr]I just come here as often as I can.
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＠Barghest
Besides, he's not my significant other at all.[sr]He's just a human boy I take care of.
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＠Barghest
I only love the strong.
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＠Barghest
I would never even dream of taking a lover as weak, incapable, and devoid of a future as him.
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＠Senji Muramasa
You sure about that? They say love is blind for a reason. You could just as well end up falling in love with the last person you'd suspect.
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＠Barghest
I-I could? ...I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that Proper Human History's culture is so...advanced...
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＠Barghest
But, um, I digress.
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＠Barghest
Adonis is very weak. He's been sickly all his life.[sr]He's currently recuperating here in my mansion.
And I haven't been able to get him the medicine he needs thanks to the imminent Great Calamity.
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＠Barghest
So I want to at least let him get all the rest he needs.
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＠Barghest
That said...I would be very grateful if you could come here to meet him after the battle at Camelot.
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＠Barghest
I may not be able to come back myself, but I know you would all get along very well.
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＠Altria
...
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＠Senji Muramasa
Gotcha. Sorry for the uncouth request.
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＠Senji Muramasa
I guess faeries aren't the only[sr]people you want to keep safe.
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＠Barghest
Of course not. I may not hesitate to discipline uneducated humans, but even that is no more than the basic training humans need to survive in this world.
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＠Barghest
Faeries and humans are two halves of one whole. You cannot treat them separately. Protecting faeries means doing the same for humans.
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＠Da Vinci
Well, this has been a really productive talk.[sr]I'm glad we stopped by Manchester.
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＠Da Vinci
I think this has been a good respite for you too, Altria. You must've enjoyed getting to talk with an old faerie friend of yours, right?
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＠Da Vinci
Sure, you might've been acting huffy, but you clearly also enjoyed the meat pies, seeing how you ate so many.
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＠Altria
A respite!? Hardly! This wore me out even more than acting the part of the Child of Prophecy around the Round Table Army!
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＠Altria
Now, if we're done here, let's get going already! We still have to make it to the Lake District by nightfall!
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＠Barghest
The Lake District?[sr]...I see. So you're going to Orkney.
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＠Barghest
There may not be very many mors up north, but each individual mors there is stronger than what you are accustomed to.
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＠Barghest
And those in the Lake District are especially strong at that. Be careful out there.
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？1：Thanks for the heads-up.
？2：Got it. See you later then.
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＠Barghest
...
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＠Da Vinci
What is it, Barghest? Still got something on your mind?
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＠Barghest
...Yes. I was just thinking about the relationship between Master and Servant you told me about during our meal.
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＠Barghest
Her Majesty has told me about Servants as well.
[k]
＠Barghest
Servants are spirit beings that are retrieved from the chronicle of human history... A place beyond time known as the Throne of Heroes.
[k]
＠Barghest
They come into being when their Master summons them for a particular purpose.
[k]
＠Barghest
These Servants then stay by their Master's side, and should their Master die, they vanish.
[k]
＠Barghest
...Do I have that all correct?
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＠Da Vinci
Pretty much, yep. Why?
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＠Barghest
...Then it doesn't make sense.
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＠Senji Muramasa
What? That a Servant'd obey a Master when the Master's weaker?
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＠Barghest
I've wondered about that too, but no, that isn't what I'm talking about now.
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＠Barghest
...I'm talking about Beryl Gut.
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＠Barghest
He claims that Queen Morgan is a[sr]Servant he summoned himself...
[k]
＠Barghest
But Queen Morgan has never called Beryl Gut her Master.
[k]
＠Barghest
And above all, he only came to Faerie Britain a few months ago, while Morgan has been queen for over two thousand years.
[k]
＠Barghest
That's what doesn't make sense. Her Majesty was alive and well long before this man came along.
[k]
＠Barghest
Unless... Is it possible to summon a Servant version of a currently living person?
[k]
？1：I've never heard of anything like that before, but maybe...
？2：Honestly, I've been wondering about that, too.
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＠Da Vinci
I can think of one possibility.
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＠Da Vinci
There have been a few cases where the future forms of Heroic Spirits with exceptionally complex histories have been summoned in the present day while their original selves were still alive.
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＠Da Vinci
And since in Proper Human History, Morgan was known to have three separate personalities, it could be that one of them was summoned here.
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＠Da Vinci
But of course, if that were the case, it would also mean there are two Morgans here in Faerie Britain.
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＠Da Vinci
I don't suppose you've seen any signs of a second Morgan, or even heard rumors to that effect?
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＠Barghest
No, I haven't. There is only one Queen Morgan, and she is not a Servant.
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＠Barghest
I have served Her Majesty for two hundred years. I am absolutely certain she is a faerie.
