We did the Once. Is this the Future?

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Characters: Arthur, Nimue, (Soon Gawain, Asclepius, and Ariadne)
Date: Wednesday
Location: Seattle
Rating: PG, probably
Warnings: /Maybe/ Language
Summary: Arthur arrives in Seattle, ready to talk business with his associates.


Adam Parry touched down at the airport in Seattle. When he got his bag and went outside, he assessed the situation. Still Wet. Not nearly as hot. Much more familiar. He scans around, looking for Nina, whom he'd sent the number and time of his flight. It was going to be so good to see Nimue again. And Gawain... goodness, Gawain. He'd better get here quick. It was still so hard to believe they wouldn't just slip away.

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"Oh, lovely, because that went so well the first time."

He sighs, then meets her eyes. "I just want to say, before we're in the thick of it, that if the universe had been so kind as to warn me that I'd have to fight the good fight with limited resources, and gave me any choices in the matter... you and he would both have been on my shortlist."

[nina-drake.insanejournal.com]

Her brows lifted and she faced him more. "What about Merlin?" That bastard of a mystic had been at Arthur's side from the very beginning. Arthur had trusted him perhaps more than he had trusted Lancelot. At least in Nimue's mind.

[sitsatcircles.insanejournal.com]

"Oh, he'd be on the shortlist too, I'll admit. But there is something you always had that he never did."

[nina-drake.insanejournal.com]

"Breasts?" she offered with a small smirk, trying to break the tension a little.

[sitsatcircles.insanejournal.com]

He chuckles. "That, too. But when it comes to being tested, you've never made me feel like the exam proctor watching my every move. You were the kid who had to take the bloody thing too, and helped me study. And occasionally tried to get me to crib off you when I wasn't supposed to."

[nina-drake.insanejournal.com]

She chuckled along with him, inclining her head towards him conspiratorily. "Yes, well Merlin was an overbearing git so is it any wonder I came off seeming better than him?"

[sitsatcircles.insanejournal.com]

Adam just smiles.

[nina-drake.insanejournal.com]

Which tells her he wasn't willing to speak ill of Merlin. Part of her sends out a plea to the powers that the druid not show up, even if he would be invaluable for what might be coming their way.

"We can drop your luggage off at my home then we can go to my store. I thought we could all meet there."

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He nods. "Sounds like a good idea."