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[medicatus.livejournal.com]

[ It's night time. The flurries of snow have come and gone. Morgana is sitting on her window pane, looking at the sky, of all things. She's wearing a long dress that pools at her feet and occasionally rubs her hands together. ]

Funny. How the stars look the same even though this is hardly Camelot. Almost as if it is the same one. 

[ But that's not the point. ]

My name is the Lady Morgana Pendragon of  Camelot -- now of the Heimdall house. If you need anything, by all means, let me know.

[ It sounds brave and responsible to her. Fitting for a Pendragon.

It reminds her of Arthur.

Perhaps there is a shadow of sadness on her face. ]

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[medicatus.livejournal.com]

I am king Uther's ward, daughter of Lord Gorlois.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

[the names mean nothing to her, but she's clearly very interested]

Hm. What's your land like? Is it very big?

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

It is one of five kingdoms. A rather vast one surrounded by many forests.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

Five! It must be pretty big.

[she smiles almost apologetically] Sorry. Never been outside my own country before now. 'Curious' might be an understatement.

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

It's quite alright. What is your country like?

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

I think...it's probably very very small. It's hot all year round, and surrounded by desert. Communication with the outside world is difficult and takes weeks. ...But my country was very beautiful. There was a thriving city once, with great towers; a valley with the observatory and sciences of the past, and the palace and Temple.

I'm not sure I can even imagine a forest very well. The Ahura didn't have any. Is it really trees, as far as the eye can see?

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

Yes, quite a lot of trees. One can be easily get lose in the forest if ones knows not the way.

What happened to your kingdom?

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

I wish I could see it. Where you come from sounds very beautiful.

[she rolls her shoulder in an odd sort of shrug, indicating 'it's complicated' and her emotional attachment to her home]

It just...fell into decay. The people forgot the importance of their duty over time, thinking it done, instead of remembering it to be a constant and eternal vigil.

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

That is -- that's terrible. I'm sorry. Have you left it and moved to another?

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

How could I? It's my home, and-- [she hesitates, debating for a moment] --my family hasn't forgotten what we're meant to do.

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

That is good. If some are still loyal to the cause, your kingdom could be great again one day.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

[she doesn't say anything for a moment]

That's my hope.

...I'm sorry, I don't mean to hog the conversation. I was asking about you. I didn't get out of my own home much, so I love to hear about different and new places.

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

You didn't at all. To be truthful since I came to Camelot I have not left the kingdom much.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

Is that something you regret?

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

Very much so. I longed to. Yet the king would not usually allow it.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that. I know how that is. I never understood that confining aspect of being nobility...

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

Nobles are tied to their castles and their crowns. That's why there are things most of them will not see.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

Oh, that I definitely understand. ...I guess I just prefer to be among the people, to go everywhere they are, to hear what they have to say. What they need, what I can do.

[a thoughtful silence]

...I haven't been entirely truthful. I'm Elika...priestess and princess of the Ahura.

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

[ She inclines her head. ]

Lady Elika.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

[she laughs a little]

You don't have to do that. I can hardly call myself that anymore. Just Elika.

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

Alright then, Eilka it shall be.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

And Lady Morgana. [she smiles and inclines her head this time] A pleasure. I'd love to hear more of your land and your people, whenever you want to talk about it.

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

If you are Elika then I am Morgana.

[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

[her smile broadens]

I think that's probably fair. We even have a secret to keep - I don't see the point in people knowing what I was. It's done now.

So, Morgana - what do you think of this place so far? And these "gods"?

[medicatus.livejournal.com]

It will be safe with me, I promise.

-- It is the most odd kidnapping I've heard of, to be sure. I am not entirely sure I believe the story about them beings gods.