![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
tekia.livejournal.com posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
tamingthemuseTitle: Tell Me, or Insults
Fandom: Original
Prompt: Great minds have purposes, little minds have...
Warnings: Part of something greater. In no order...
Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five
Part six
Part seven
Rating: G
Summary: Saya and Rurik study under Merlin’s ‘careful’ watch.
Saya chewed on a bit of straw and stared out at the grounds below the tower Merlin had long ago claimed as his sanctuary. She has a vacant look on her face and hadn’t spoken for nearly an hour.
Rurik was slightly worried. He shot her glances over the old, worn book he was supposed to be reading and memorizing. He carefully turned the page and winced as the paper crackled. He shot her another look before murmuring the passage softly to himself.
Saya moved, but didn’t leave the window and didn’t speak. He tapped out the rhythm of the spell written in the book and Saya finally looked at him. There was something to her thoughts written on her face, but he felt it was better not to ask. Not if he wanted to stay out of trouble. He quickly ducked his head and continued with his reading.
He finished the passage and moved on to writing out the spell in his own penmanship and casting it to memory. He copied the words four times and spoke the words without their magic as he wrote.
Saya had returned to staring out the window and Rurik wondered if Merlin knew what she wasn’t doing. Was he going to appear in the room suddenly and punish them both for her absent mindedness? He clenched his hand around the quill and tried to focus.
And in walked Merlin just then. Rurik ducked his head and tired to ignore how the old wizard walked toward Saya and leaned against the wall with her. He gaped when nothing happened, no reprimands, nothing. He set aside his quill and watched as the two stood in silence.
Something was up. He narrowed his eyes and leaned back on the bench and folded his arms over his chest.
Merlin turned to face him and smiled. “Tell me what you learned.”
“Uh,” Rurik stammered before he stood and began reciting his lesson. Merlin nodded at intervals and smiled when he was finished.
“Good, very . . . Book-like.”
“Uh, not good?”
“No, no, it is, but you need more than books to learn.” He slanted Saya a look. “What have you learned today, disobedient one?”
“Birds float more than fly.”
Merlin gave a surprised laugh and went toward the shelves lining the far wall. “While that is true, what magic have you learned?”
She shrugged. “Nothing.” Then she grinned. “Rurik will teach it to me without me having to read at all.”
Rurik gave an outraged squawk and Merlin nodded. “That is also true.” Rurik protested by Merlin held up a hand to stop him. “You know it’s true, don’t deny it.” Rurik sighed. He knew when he was defeated.
“You’re not angry at her for not studying?”
“I’m not. It’s not me she’s hurting, but herself. If she doesn’t want to learn, then she won’t learn.”
“I’m learning. I’m just letting Rurik do the work for me.” Rurik glared and Saya smiled and waved her fingers at him. “You know I love you, big Ruru. It’s just that books don’t work for me. You’re the book worm.”
“But I’m doing all the work!”
She threw her hands to her hips and frowned at him. “And I make the magic work. Between the two of us, we make a good wizard.” She smiled then. “And I get you to live a life outside of books. You’ll thank me for it.”
Merlin chuckled to himself, loud enough that the two of them turned to him. He tapped his nose, “You know what they say, great minds have purposes, little minds have-” He paused when Rurik turned the glare onto him. He smiled. “Uses?”
Rurik snorted. He felt an embarrassed flush coming to his cheeks and wished his hair were longer to hide the heat.
“No?” Merlin said, “How about secrets?”
Rurik gave a start and turned panicky eyes onto the old wizard. He shook his head and shot looks to Saya. She grinned. “You have a secret?” She clapped her hands and pushed away from the window. “What is it?”
“I-I don’t have a secret. I don’t! Merlin!”
Merlin was gone. He gasped and looked around the room, then cursed.
“Oh, look at you. You’re red! Tell me!”
“No.”
“Tell me. Tell me, tell me, tell me.”
Fandom: Original
Prompt: Great minds have purposes, little minds have...
Warnings: Part of something greater. In no order...
Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five
Part six
Part seven
Rating: G
Summary: Saya and Rurik study under Merlin’s ‘careful’ watch.
Saya chewed on a bit of straw and stared out at the grounds below the tower Merlin had long ago claimed as his sanctuary. She has a vacant look on her face and hadn’t spoken for nearly an hour.
Rurik was slightly worried. He shot her glances over the old, worn book he was supposed to be reading and memorizing. He carefully turned the page and winced as the paper crackled. He shot her another look before murmuring the passage softly to himself.
Saya moved, but didn’t leave the window and didn’t speak. He tapped out the rhythm of the spell written in the book and Saya finally looked at him. There was something to her thoughts written on her face, but he felt it was better not to ask. Not if he wanted to stay out of trouble. He quickly ducked his head and continued with his reading.
He finished the passage and moved on to writing out the spell in his own penmanship and casting it to memory. He copied the words four times and spoke the words without their magic as he wrote.
Saya had returned to staring out the window and Rurik wondered if Merlin knew what she wasn’t doing. Was he going to appear in the room suddenly and punish them both for her absent mindedness? He clenched his hand around the quill and tried to focus.
And in walked Merlin just then. Rurik ducked his head and tired to ignore how the old wizard walked toward Saya and leaned against the wall with her. He gaped when nothing happened, no reprimands, nothing. He set aside his quill and watched as the two stood in silence.
Something was up. He narrowed his eyes and leaned back on the bench and folded his arms over his chest.
Merlin turned to face him and smiled. “Tell me what you learned.”
“Uh,” Rurik stammered before he stood and began reciting his lesson. Merlin nodded at intervals and smiled when he was finished.
“Good, very . . . Book-like.”
“Uh, not good?”
“No, no, it is, but you need more than books to learn.” He slanted Saya a look. “What have you learned today, disobedient one?”
“Birds float more than fly.”
Merlin gave a surprised laugh and went toward the shelves lining the far wall. “While that is true, what magic have you learned?”
She shrugged. “Nothing.” Then she grinned. “Rurik will teach it to me without me having to read at all.”
Rurik gave an outraged squawk and Merlin nodded. “That is also true.” Rurik protested by Merlin held up a hand to stop him. “You know it’s true, don’t deny it.” Rurik sighed. He knew when he was defeated.
“You’re not angry at her for not studying?”
“I’m not. It’s not me she’s hurting, but herself. If she doesn’t want to learn, then she won’t learn.”
“I’m learning. I’m just letting Rurik do the work for me.” Rurik glared and Saya smiled and waved her fingers at him. “You know I love you, big Ruru. It’s just that books don’t work for me. You’re the book worm.”
“But I’m doing all the work!”
She threw her hands to her hips and frowned at him. “And I make the magic work. Between the two of us, we make a good wizard.” She smiled then. “And I get you to live a life outside of books. You’ll thank me for it.”
Merlin chuckled to himself, loud enough that the two of them turned to him. He tapped his nose, “You know what they say, great minds have purposes, little minds have-” He paused when Rurik turned the glare onto him. He smiled. “Uses?”
Rurik snorted. He felt an embarrassed flush coming to his cheeks and wished his hair were longer to hide the heat.
“No?” Merlin said, “How about secrets?”
Rurik gave a start and turned panicky eyes onto the old wizard. He shook his head and shot looks to Saya. She grinned. “You have a secret?” She clapped her hands and pushed away from the window. “What is it?”
“I-I don’t have a secret. I don’t! Merlin!”
Merlin was gone. He gasped and looked around the room, then cursed.
“Oh, look at you. You’re red! Tell me!”
“No.”
“Tell me. Tell me, tell me, tell me.”
