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[conquering]

[ Morgana looks awful. Though shame on you if you mention it to her. More tired looking than before, somehow. The gray disease took its toll on her. That does not mean, however, that she doesn't look regal, for she is. Head held high as if she is a queen on her very throne is the only way she will allow the city to see her. ]

Asgard.

No new magical flowers grown for my return? I am sourly disappointed. I was certain that the deities would have us all sing songs in matching rhymes after the forced kisses and being bound to those I had little desire to be bound to.

I suppose this is how the Gods prepare for the great war that would be upon us all just as soon as the false queen of the Giants would find her courage again.

I hope your stay continues to be -

[ what's the word? oh yes. ]

Uneventful. On behalf of the very queen of Camelot. We are three now, as it happens, two kings and queen of the very same kingdom among you, if it would please you.

[ if it does, you would the first to be pleased. ]

As it would have to please us.

[ to those who wish to find her, she would be found in the park, wrapped in a heavy dark cloak, a book on her knees.

Perhaps she needs the sun today. ]

Comments

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[dumbguy]

You're not married to one of those kings, are you?

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[conquering]

I'd tear my own lungs out first.

[ said very seriously. No way in hell. ]

[Video]

[childofthewickedday]

Queen...? Has Arthur gotten married?

[Video]

[conquering]

Not quite yet, no. His queen would be queen by hand-fasting alone.

[ Gwen, she knows but says nothing. ]

The Queen of Camelot wishes for her throne for it is her right, for it is in her blood, not because she has somehow charmed Arthur.

voice; you rang? /bricked

[gwenhwyfar]

Queen, Morgana?

voice; jfhjkfhf

[conquering]

Queen, Regina.

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[starktomboy]

[Arya pulls a face at the mention of singing and flowers. This girl sounded like the little high born girls that Arya had been forced to play with as a child.]

I highly doubt the gods celebrate every time one of us comes and goes in this place.

[Luckily, Arya has a guess at how succession works in Camelot, since it is so similar to Westeros. Either she's Arthur's wife or his sister. Though the Targaryens often married within their blood so it wasn't unheard of.]

Are you Arthur's wife? [Process of elimination?]

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[conquering]

His older sister, as it happens.

[ she inclines her head a tiny bit. ]

Arya Stark.

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[mullets]

Nah...nah, see, I don't think that's how it goes. See, I'm looking at your name here, and you're definitely not Guinevere.

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[conquering]

Am I not?

[ really, she tries her best to seem surprised. ]

If you could read so wonderfully perhaps you will enlighten me as to what it is, I was not aware. Perhaps I should reconsider my introduction.

[pratentious]

[ It please nothing and no one, circumstance or countenance both. Time changes nothing, it should seem, not here or in Camelot. He can set space between himself and Morgana to the end of their days and still, she will carry this anger unsheathed about her. Weapons in her words if not in her fingertips for the lack of her magic, here.

Nothing changes. Queen, she claims, and injustice burns still within him. For his father's throne that he witnessed her steal; for his father's lies that stole it from her in the first place. Absolutely nothing ever changes. ]

What fanfare is afforded Kings and Queens and fools in this city? I hope it should find you well, in spite of its simplicity.

[ An insult and an inquiry. You look like Hell, Morgana, and you behave the part. But Arthur worries, still. Damn his bleeding heart. ]

[conquering]

[ Queen, yes, and for Morgana, this is why it is all lost to begin with.a She will die a hundred painful deaths before she relinquishes the title, despite the fact that many would tell her to put it aside together with her pride for the benefit of everyone, for the benefit of her heart, of having back what the title stole from her.

But still, she would die first, for much was lost to give her this title and for a moment, her eyes are drawn down, to Morgause's bracelet, a constant reminder of her sarcrifice and who has done for Morgana more than Morgause? That she would throw it all aside and for what? To be rehabilitated by the same crowd of fools that will judge her to begin with?

But then there is Arthur and in front of Arthur something will always change, Morgana's mask of confidence will always slip away. There will always be wanting there, a painful longing that shouldn't be written clearly on her features.

The King and Queen of Camelot and she wants to laugh, for surely there is a joke here. ]

Do you you truly, Arthur? I could have swore you hope for something else altogether.

[ she tries for the facade but there is truth there. No king needs a usurper sister in the city, and in place of finding her well, perhaps he would have hoped to find her still gone and lost.

She knows she's wrong, knows it clearly. It helps to think of it still. ]

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[ex_surprising150]

Morgana...

[This should be something Gwen was used to by now, but it wasn't. Seeing Morgana like this still only brought the maidservant pain. Still, she wanted things to go back to normal, her normal. It was an impossible task, but something she wished for.]

Was this truly necessary? [Her introduction. Gwen was so happy to have Morgana back, but this state she was in, full of so much hate, would forever trouble her. All Gwen wanted to do was to help Morgana find happiness once more and leave her bitter side behind.]

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[conquering]

A little reminder is always very necessary when others would forget that which is important to you, Gwen. Or will you deem my rights as unnecessary? I do not know if I should be surprised.

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[sworntovalor]

[He still doesn't know how to approach her, but still approach her he must. Nothing could change if they all continue to do nothing; he may not be of importance, but if he can make the smallest of changes it's worth his while.]

How does one go from refusing to be called by her own title of lady to taking on one that was never her own?

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[conquering]

Perhaps when one realizes that one deserved something they were never given, one would tend to treasure it more than the thing given to them initially.

[burping]

[ This post bothers her in a way she cannot explain. She knows Morgana as an enemy of Camelot but also as her friend here. And to call herself queen of Camelot when two kings are here unsettles her.

Almost as if it's a quiet declaration of war.

As does Morgana's appearance, her lips curve downward, just enough that a frown is starting to form. She is not getting better, Mithian realizes, but only falling deeper into her bitterness.]

Morgana, are you well? Are you in need anything? [ Killin' them with kindess!]

[conquering]

No.

[ freeze your heart and lock it away. And forget who you were, she reminds herself, forget the girl you were and become the woman you need to be. A queen. ]

I need for nothing. I can fend for my own.

[Video]

[smartwinchester]

[ -- oh. Well.]

Morgana?

[She's more than a little different.]

[Video]

[conquering]

[ . . . ]

Sam Winchester. I did not know you have returned.

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[badwolf]

[Queen huh? That's interesting. Should she add another Queenie to her 'met' roster?]

You're back.

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[conquering]

[ ttly a queen, Rose. ]

I am.

[voice]

[soulcontracts]

Does this mean you'll be returning to your room in Hel?

[voice]

[conquering]

[ oh no, not you. ]

Why.

Audio - belated, sorry about that

[samantha_grey]

Wait, Queen? God, we've not talked in too long. You thump your head, or you go back home or something?

Audio - worry not

[conquering]

I was always a queen; yet the Deities graced me with the memories a few months ago.