The Man In The River
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Word of many sightings had reached the ears of red-cloaked knights on patrol. A tentacled man, the village inhabitants would say, a docile thing. With dark hair and midnight appendages and eyes that shone brilliant as the sun.
He would rarely come on shore, and when he did it was in the dark cover of night—few had seen him take human form, but those who had could only watch as he snuck crops from their gardens and grew more with sorcery to replace their absence after. Then, he would disappear, presumably to his lake where he would dine on his stolen goods.
The first time Arthur met him, was one of these evenings.
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There have been sightings of a magical creature-man in the river near a village at the edge of Camelot. Arthur was sent by his father to investigate and eliminate the magical threat.
Instead of a beast, though, he meets Merlin--a seemingly ordinary, if not extraordinarily beautiful, man who's able to change forms when in and out of water.
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- Part 1 of The Man In The River
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Arthur nodded slowly, setting the potato back down on the grass. “Where is your mother, then?”
“She lives elsewhere.”
“Why do you not live with her?” Arthur questioned. He couldn’t help but be curious—after all, if his mother were alive, he didn’t think he’d ever leave her side. Merlin curled into himself slightly, looking from the stars down to the ground.
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Arthur learns a bit more about Merlin, and makes an impulsive offer that shocks them both.
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- Part 2 of The Man In The River
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“Arthur!” He called out, silently cursing the joy in his voice.
The prince’s eyes snapped to him, widening, before he relaxed and walked over. Merlin tilted his head to the right curiously when he noticed Arthur hiding his hands behind his back.
“What have you got?” He asked suspiciously when Arthur came to a stop at the edge of the water.
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Merlin debates going with Arthur, and Arthur brings Merlin a gift from the village.
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- Part 3 of The Man In The River