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[whynot]

I'm going to try something. It requires your participation! And perhaps some sparkly text:

~*ROUND-ROBIN COMMENTFIC PARTY!!*~

That's right! Right here on this post. Here's how it works, I think:

1. Anyone can reply to this post with commentfic. Anyone can start, and anyone can continue. That's right, even you!

2. Any genre, any ship, any fandom. Crossovers okay!

3. One commentfic thread is allowed to branch off into several commentfic threads. TITS, you can click 'Reply to This' at any point in an established thread.

4. You can comment with just one sentence, or you can go up to the character limit. If you exceed the character limit, post two comments. Whatever.

5. Threads will go for as long as they have to.

6. If this is your first night at Fight Club, you have to fight.


These guidelines will be added to/modified as the situation arises. Questions/concerns? Go!

Comments

Re: <--- *COUGH*

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

That night, none of them sleeps well.

Morgana wakes up from a terrifying dream to feel something snuggling close under her arm. She looks down and it's the strangest creature she's ever seen, like a beaver with a duck's bill. She yelps and it cries out, "Psy-ay-ayyyyy!", covering its eyes with its flipperlike paws.

At this, she stops and looks at its pathetic little face. "There, there," she says. "It's okay. I didn't mean to scare you. Were you having nightmares too?"

Psyduck nods.

"Well, you can sleep with me if you want. I'll try not to wake you up."

Neither of them wakes again in the dark, though once Morgana tosses and turns for a while, whimpering, and Psyduck whimpers too in his sleep, nudging her ear with his bill. It seems to calm her sleep.

--

The dragon wakes Merlin up in the middle of the night again, practically shouting his name. Meowth wakes up too as Merlin suddenly sits up in bed, and sinks his claws into Merlin's arm, yowling Meeeoooowth!!

"Ow!" Merlin says, trying to shake the strange cat off. To the dragon, he demands, "What do you want?"

Meeerrlinnnn the dragon rumbles.

When he gets down to the cave Merlin stares balefully up at the Dragon. "I've had a long day, you know. There's been an infestation or something."

"I am aware of that, Merlin," the dragon purrs. "All will become clear in due time. I would like you to meet my friend, Merlin. He may not be as articulate as I am, but he and I go way back." He gestures with a claw and Merlin peers around the corner to see another enormous dragon.

"How did he get down here?"

"So many questions, so few of them the right ones."

"Well, then. Er. Excuse me, I've lost my manners. What's... your name?" Merlin inclines his head politely toward the dragon. He can see faintly in the torchlight that it's an orangey color, brighter than the Dragon.

"CHAAARIZARD." It spits out a little fire unexpectedly and Merlin flinches.

Re: <--- *COUGH*

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

"Well, er, hello, Cha-Char-Charizard, was it?" Merlin looks up anxiously at the Dragon for approval. "So, um, I guess this means you're aware of the problem?"

"Yes, indeed," the Dragon intones. "For you see Merlin, great evil will sweep over Camelot. Only with the help of some allies from another land will the young Pendragon be able to vanquish these enemies, for they have powers beyond his."

"You mean...magic?"

"It is not magic, but a power greater still."

"What power?"

"That I cannot tell you, young warlock. You must discover this in your own time."

+

The next morning, Merlin is running errands for Gaius. He's in a hurry and is rushing across the courtyard when he sees the young man.

He has hair as black as Morgana's that sticks up oddly and wears some sort of headgear with a bill resembling a duck. His clothes are brightly colored and he is struggling against the guards.

"I told you, my name is Ash Ketchum and I'm here to see Arthur Pendragon!"