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They all slowly woke up in a large circular room, last memories were of their deaths.
Wearing clothes that they don’t recognise in designs that they had never seen before, they begin to look around and take in their surroundings. All coming to the conclusion that the situation was very unusual.
Before anyone was able to speak, a loud female voice boomed through the room startling all of them.
“YOU HAVE ALL BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE LIVING AS PART OF A PROPHECY ALMOST AS OLD AS TIME. WHEN THE DARKEST DAYS COVER THE LAND, THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING WILL RETURN TO SAVE THE PEOPLE.
ALBION NEEDS YOU.
ARTHUR PENDRAGON, THIS MEANS YOU, AND YOU WILL BE AIDED BY YOUR QUEEN GUINEVERE AND YOUR ONCE TRUSTED KNIGHTS, SIR LANCELOT, SIR PERCIVAL, SIR LEON, SIR GWAINE AND SIR ELYAN. MORDRED IS ALSO REQUIRED FOR HIS UNIQUE SKILLS AND TIES TO THE DRUIDS WHO ARE FEW IN NUMBER.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU HAVE WALKED THE LAND AND THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW, MAGIC HAS SLOWLY BEEN FORGOTTEN AND TECHNOLOGIES HAVE ADVANCED. YOU WILL BE TAUGHT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD UNTIL YOU ARE NEEDED, TIME DOES NOT EXIST IN THIS PLACE SO TIME WILL NOT BE WASTED DURING YOUR LEARNING.”
Arthur had been looking around as the voice spoke and realised that the voice didn’t just miss a name, there was a person missing, Merlin. “Where is Merlin, was he forgotten?”
“REST ASSURED PENDRAGON, MERLIN IS NOT HERE AS HE DOES NOT NEED TO LEARN WHAT YOU WILL BE. HE ALREADY KNOWS AND IT WILL BECOME CLEAR SOON.”
Well that wasn’t helpful at all.
“THE LIVES YOU LIVED BEFORE YOUR DEATHS BECAME LEGENDS SPREAD THROUGH THE LANDS, BUT YOU ONLY KNOW THEM FROM THE WRONG SIDE, I AM TO EDUCATE YOU ON THE ASPECTS THAT WERE KEPT FROM YOU. YOU WILL WATCH WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FORM OF VIDEO WHICH IS A FORM OF MOVING PICTURES THAT HAVE MORE DETAIL THAN PAINTINGS, THERE WILL BE AUDIO TO LISTEN TO AS WELL.
INFORM ME WHEN ANY NEED A BREAK, BEDROOMS ARE DOWN THE CORRIDOR ON THE LEFT AND THE DINING AREA IS ON THE CORRIDOR TO THE RIGHT.
YOU EACH HAVE YOUR OWN BATHROOMS ATTACHED TO YOUR BEDROOMS AND FRESH CLOTHES IN THE CUPBOARDS WHICH HAVE MORE PERSONALITY THAN THE BAGGY GREY SETS YOU ARE WEARING NOW. EVERYTHING IN YOUR ROOMS WILL HAVE INSTRUCTIONS OR EXPLANATIONS THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ, EVEN IF YOU COULDN’T BEFORE. THEY ARE BASIC FORMS OF MODERN LIFE THAT WILL HELP YOU GET USED TO THEM.
UNDERGARMENTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN MULTIPLE FORMS THAT ARE COMMON IN MODERN TIMES, PLEASE PICK THEM AT YOUR OWN COMFORT. GUINEVERE, WOMEN TEND TO WEAR DIFFERENT UNDERGARMENTS THAN BEFORE, THEY ARE EXPLAINED AND PLEASE WEAR AT OWN COMFORT.
FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED AND PLACED ON THE TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM. COLD DRINKS WILL BE FOUND IN THE METAL BOX IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM, IT IS CALLED A REFRIGERATOR AND IS USED TO KEEP THINGS COLD. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY SNACKS WHILE WATCHING, THERE IS CUPBOARDS BESIDE THE REFRIGERATOR THAT CONTAINS BREAD AND CURED MEATS ALONG WITH SOME NEW, MODERN SNACKS.
PLEASE GO AND MAKE YOURSELVES COMFORTABLE AND WHEN YOU RETURN, WE WILL START.”
Percival, Gwaine, Mordred, Lancelot and Leon all immediately went to try the refrigerator and the snacks that had essentially came from the future. They wanted to experience the cold drinks that it held and the colourful food that had shown itself as soon as the cupboard had opened.
Arthur and Gwen embraced each other, not even wanting to remember the situations that they had last seen each other alive. Gwen had lived and ruled childless after Arthur’s death, eventually falling ill and the last thing she remembered was laying alone in their marital bed years after his death.
Elyan had hung back, watching how the others ran to try the foodstuff and watched his his sister and her husband, his king, embraced. He waited his turn until his sister were done with her husband and embraced him as her older brother, she had missed him too after he had died.
It was all too much to talk about their deaths, but they had a suspicion that they may relive them again if they were going to be shown things from the past.
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They all shared some of the food, experiencing what it was. The things’ called crisps were very nice and it seemed like they were the perfect vessel to mimic the taste of other things, it was labelled on the packet. They each had their own opinions on the packets that had been opened. Gwain and Lancelot had complained a bit about having no alcohol available but the voice had informed them afterward that they it would be available to them to at the at the 2 later meals in the day.
Mordred took the opportunity to apologised to everyone about his actions that had lead to his death, that he had been trying to be good but her death had hit him too hard. He was very apologetic to Arthur, who apologised in return for killing her, saying that he would have done the exact same thing if he had been in that position as well.
All was forgiven, and Mordred was accepted by the knights as well. Most had forgiven him as soon as hearing his explanation.
They eventually made their way around and got to look at the clothing provided to everyone and the workings of what had been called the bathroom, the warm water coming out of the tap surprised everyone and indicated that humanity had advanced so far without using magic. They had though that magic may have eventually ruled the land but it seemed that things had advanced so much that it seemed like magic, but the explanations said that nothing they were using involved magic.
Arthur’s wardrobe was filled with reds and golds, similar to what he wore during his life but they were a lot easier at putting on, he decided to wear something called a sweatshirt and comfortable trousers that tied around the waist, they were darker in colour. It was something he found himself feeling comfortable in, not liking how the jeans restricted his movements.
All of the rest of the knights found themselves dressed similarly to how Arthur had dressed, with some slight changes. They were dressed in different colours, colours that they may have considered favourites of themselves that had embroidered details and prints that resembled their own personal interests. Mordred had chosen something called a hoodie in a dark green colour and he found himself drawn to it because of the hood, he had liked wearing his hooded cloak when he was living. Percival had opted for a thinner material than the rest of them, a t-shirt, but it had no material covering the arms, he said that he felt comfortable not having material on his arms.
Gwen took the longest to change and refused to let Arthur into her room because she had chosen to try on the clothing that had been left for her to find out which ones she preferred. She was overwhelmed at the selection of trousers within her cupboards, but had chosen a long brown skirt that she felt more comfortable wearing along with a purple sweatshirt that had details embroidered into it with gold thread.
They were then ready to take a seat and watch what the voice was going to try to show them.