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Post by Guinevère on Aug 1, 2010 20:57:29 GMT -5
She felt her self smile and blush slightly. "Thank you for that." She told him glad to have heard him say the words. She knew she could not say more, make promises of looking for him everyday as she was only a servant but she wished she could. If she could she'd have made them there and there. But it was not her place.
She wondered what would become of them, from this. "What will you do until you have saved your father?" She phrased it that way for a reason, "Where will you stay? Will you still be welcomed at your father's table?" She knew she had offered to let him stay here before but he had not given her an reply. She was hesitant to offer it again.
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Post by Arthur Pendragon on Aug 1, 2010 21:24:16 GMT -5
Arthur didn't know the answer to any of her questions. "I don't know," he admitted, trying to think of what he should do . . . what he could do. "As far as I know, he has not yet banished me from the castle, though it's only a matter of time." He was not trying to evoke sympathy; he was just trying to be realistic, especially considering the way things were going right now.
"If he does force me to leave . . . I will figure out what to do when, if that time comes." He did not have a plan right now and he hated feeling this unprepared. "I do think I will try to distance myself a bit from him. I do not wish to provoke him any further than I already have." He would wait for him to cool down a bit before approaching him more so than what was necessary.
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Post by Guinevère on Aug 1, 2010 21:58:50 GMT -5
"Your welcome to stay here for a few hours or longer if you need." She offered, trying to be helpful. Besides it wasn't the first time he had stayed with her. She wondered if e would ignore her again. Maybe he was trying to avoid turning her down. She would not offer it again so not to force a reply from him. The last thing she wanted to do was make things hard for him here.
Let this be his safe place, where he could escape and be himself. She would forever welcome him here and d her best to make him feel welcome. If he took her up on her offer tonight she could create a safe place, with a warm fire, good food and a shoulder for support.
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Post by Arthur Pendragon on Aug 1, 2010 22:06:42 GMT -5
Arthur wanted to take her up on her offer. He was not sure what he would do when he returned to the kingdom. "I may do that," he told her, glad for her offer. "I can not stay for too long. Even if I'm not involved with any of the decisions being made in the castle, I must be aware of them when they are made." He had to stay updated, as much as possible. As much as his father would let him be.
"The ceremony to make Katrina heir is also later today I believe." He tried to hide the bitterness in his voice, even though it was impossible to conceal all of it. How could someone not be the least bit bitter in this kind of situation? "Perhaps I will take you up on that offer to stay for dinner after all," he said, thinking back to her question of him staying for a meal.
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Post by Guinevère on Aug 1, 2010 22:16:49 GMT -5
Guinevère felt hope when he said he might, and might even stay for dinner. "You know where to find me, and the door here is always opened to you." She told him, hoping he knew that. "So fast. Your father seemed to not want to waste time." She did not know the king well but even to her this seemed out of character for her. He loved his son and have never threaten to do things before . . . at lest not beyond putting his son in a cell for a few days.
"Perhaps if you were able to wait a few days and speak with the king while he is alone. That will let you speak with out her there to influence his decisions." Morgana wasn't evil but she did play Arthur like the queen was playing the king right now. "Maybe Morgana can help us. I know you don't want her mixed up in this, but . . . . she knows about how to say the right thing, at the right moment to get the right reaction out of people." She had done it to Arthur for years . . .
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Post by Arthur Pendragon on Aug 1, 2010 22:22:39 GMT -5
"Thank you Guinevère," he said to her. He did not thank servants often, but he felt the need to thank her now. Because it was not something she was obligated to do; most of the stuff she did she was not obligated to do. She was always there for him though, whenever he was troubled. She would forever remain the person he would confide in the most. "No he doesn't," Arthur agreed in a disappointed voice. "He expects my presence there though. He does not have to say that to me for me to know that." Then again, he felt like he didn't know his father any more.
Arthur shook his head instantly once Gwen suggested getting Morgana to help. "No," he said in a stubborn tone. "I will not directly involve Morgana into this." If there was a risk she would be punished, and that Gwen would be punished, he would not take it. "The king so far, favors her and I will not ask her to risk her own safety for my sake."
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Post by Guinevère on Aug 6, 2010 19:03:59 GMT -5
"Morgana might be able to help you, she still holds favor with the king." she said softly, yet encouraging. "We can ask Morgana or simply try to get close to the new queen. If she can win her over, maybe we can reason with her?" Guinevère knew however she would not be reasoned with. She seemed to goal oriented to be side tracked by something so simple as friendship.
Arthur might not want Morgana involved but by coming here it had involved Guinevère. She thought over what she could do to help. She could offer to clean or serve the queen in new ways. She would not try to befriend the queen but she could keep her eyes and ears open to see what she could learn that might help Arthur. Servants over heard things all the time.
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Post by Arthur Pendragon on Aug 9, 2010 16:47:37 GMT -5
Arthur shook his head. He would not ask her to do that. "No, just continue to appear to support him for now. I need both of you to do that for the time being, until I can figure out how to get him to reconsider his decision." Arthur knew it was not easy; maybe even impossible. He just wanted to express that he would take care of this . . . and that he did not expect Morgana or Guinevère to speak for him. He did not want Gwen or Morgana to be arrested -- again -- or far worse. The king was not showing any compassion right now, not even to his own son. His ward's position was also suddenly extremely questionable and possibly quite disposable.
"All I ask if that both of you, as I said before, be extremely cautious and not draw attention to yourselves." Which is what apparently Merlin had done, and now the servant had disappeared . . . hopefully not for good. "Keep distance from the Queen, unless you are obligated to do otherwise. I don't want her to get . . . suspicious of anything."
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Post by Guinevère on Aug 9, 2010 22:38:04 GMT -5
"I am a servant, Arthur, I am more used to you then you might think. Do you recall when we went though the servants steps? Watched the knights and the others? Servants often move about and are over looked as if we are the painting on the wall, or the chair in the room. I could help you." She offered, but knew she answer. "I am not going to leave you alone in this."
She could not leave her prince fighting alone, not when the people needed him so badly. She knew if things got much worse, if the new queen raised taxes and keep hurting her people a rebellion would start. They would try to over though the king. Arthur would have to pick between this father, and his people. "Let me help you."
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Post by Arthur Pendragon on Aug 11, 2010 17:24:15 GMT -5
Arthur could not forget that day they had sneaked in the servant's hidden passages. It was memorable . . . in the worst day possible, for Arthur had been scarred for life by a horrible sight; the sight of Sir Leon, naked. Arthur tried not to cringe as he thought back to that, with a distant expression as the horrible image re-entered his mind. "How could I forget," he answered in a solemn tone. It was a terrible time, a horrible image . . . one that Arthur wanted to burn from his memory, forever. And then he snapped back into reality, continuing their conversation about her offer to help him.
"It's too dangerous." He was not about to change his mind with this. It was out of the question to ask for her help . . . when she could be sentenced to death, and with the ways things were going, she would not have to do much to get such a sentence. "I appreciate your offer Guinevère, truly I do, but if you want to help me, then you can do so by promising to stay safe. To tread carefully. To not put yourself at any risk, especially on my behalf." Arthur had known people, witnessed people, risking their lives for him . . . Guinevère had even done so in the past, but not this time.
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Post by Guinevère on Aug 21, 2010 19:33:09 GMT -5
"Yours is the only behalf I would so willing risk it for." She admitted to him, "It's not just your title on the line, it's the kingdom's well being. I do not know the queen well and with my station I doubt I ever will, but I know know how to tell a good ruler from a bad one." She told him, not letting him talk her out of not helping. "I fear for the same Camelot that I once held hoped for, if it's under her care."
"I could be wrong, but she seems to not know what is best for the people." Guinevère explained. "How can I not help you?" She hoped he understood she was not going to just sit by and do nothing. While not brave, and strong and very quick she was not helpless. She could over hear things, try to help him in whatever ways she could.
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Post by Arthur Pendragon on Sept 6, 2010 16:40:50 GMT -5
While it meant a great deal for her to say how willing she was to risk herself for him, he still could not let her. Not that he seemed to have much control or authority on what he could and could not do. He also knew she was right, in that the entire kingdom was at risk and that Catrina did not know what was good for the people. She had ulterior motives. For her, it seemed to be more about the power. After all, she was the one who told his father to question his son's judgment and council . . . to the point of disinheriting him.
"While I do appreciate you so willing to help me Guinevère, I can not let me conscience allow it." If something ever happened to her . . . "This should not be your burden to bear. I will not let Camelot fall under a corrupt ruler." So maybe it was going a bit far to call her corrupt, but there was something indeed off about her. He was giving his word though. He may no longer be the Prince of Future king but it did not diminish any love he had for this kingdom. His father could never strip him of that. "I will figure something out," he muttered in a low voice. He wanted to, desperately. But he had no idea where to even start.
He gave a bit of a smile when she questioned how he expected her not to help. How could she not? "Very easily actually. Just continue your duties casually, and leave everything else to me. Do not fear for Camelot. My father had built this kingdom far too much to let it fall under such a dismal fate." Surely, such a grand kingdom would not be remembered to have ended by the wrath of Lady Catrina and a temperamental king. "Do not fear for the future of Camelot. Trust me." He knew that he had not yet laid out a plan to reassure her that she should in fact trust him with this, but it was all he could do, all he could say to prevent her from putting herself in danger. Even the slightest bit was too much.
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