EPISODE 25

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PERCIVAL : 

Hello, Mordred.

You⎯

KAY : 

Quietly. 

And sit down.

PERCIVAL : 

( …He’s completely ignoring me. )

KAY : 

Mordred, come here.

PERCIVAL : 

( After all…
I did say some pretty harsh things.
Maybe he hates me now. )

KAY : 

Did Gawain leave Lothian at any point during her quest?

MORDRED : 

…I don’t know.
She didn’t tell me.

KAY : 

Go sit back down, you’ll be more useful that way. 

I’ll ask Gawain myself.
( irritated )

…As usual.
What, you think I'm enjoying this?
Just because you can’t be assed to give me the details? 

MORDRED : 

I wasn’t with her, I’ll have you know.

KAY : 

Take it down a notch right now, Mordred.

MORDRED : 

( bitter ) 

Can you imagine, for one second, that I may not be the problem?
Does it make you that happy to take me for an idiot? 

KAY : 

Do not raise your voice with me, understood?
Understood?

Wh⎯

You, stay down. It’s none of your business.

PERCIVAL : 

Yes, it is!
He didn’t disrespect you, he just said he didn’t know!
Why are you harrassing him? 

MORDRED : 

Percival⎯

[ kay stands up ]

KAY : 

You sure you want to keep that up?

PERCIVAL :

( He’s…
…huge! )

KAY : 

That’s what I thought.
Go back to your seat.

PERCIVAL : 

(swallows)
Or else what?
You’re gonna hit me too?
Come at me, you gargantuan arse.

KAY : 

Heh.
Welshmen, I swear.

[ echoing voices ] 

KAY : 

Go on, get moving!

?? : 

Yes, Kay?

KAY :

Here. You wanted to see him, you’ve got him. 

[ basically tosses percy in ]

?? : 

Oh, you didn’t⎯

KAY : 

I’m going out for a walk!

?? : 

My, my…

Please forgive my brother. He’s in an especially bad mood today.
Percival, is that right?

PERCIVAL : 

Yes, I…
You’re…

ARTHUR : 

Arthur, yes.
King of Britain.
I wished I could have met you sooner, young Welshman. [ amused ]
You see, Pellinore was a very good friend of mine. His memory is dear to me.
I didn’t expect you to look so much like him.
…
You seem quite gloomy, young man.

PERCIVAL : 

…So do you.

ARTHUR : 

Oh.
You’re rather direct.

PERCIVAL :

(embarrassed)

I…
I’m not sure how to behave in your presence, my lord. 

ARTHUR : 

There’s no need to be so stiff, Percival.
If you wish, I can even tell you what's troubling me so…
…and you’ll tell me about your own woes in return.
Deal?

[ percival nods ]

ARTHUR : 

A king’s life is a lonely one. 

My knights would rather chase after adventures of all kinds…
…than stay here and keep me company.

They see it as the better path for them,

but their absence weighs on me all the same,
especially since I fill that space with Kay’s company, among other things,
and as you may have noticed…
not every day’s a barrel of laughs with him.
So tell me, what’s bothering you? 

PERCIVAL :

…I⎯

KAY :

Arthur.
The two jokesters just got here, they want to talk to you. 

It’s an emergency, apparently.

ARTHUR : 

Let them in.

PERCIVAL : 

( …Jokesters? )

KAY : 

C’mon, get in there.

ARTHUR : 

My knights.

TRISTAN, DINADAN : 

Sir.

ARTHUR : 

Come sit, my knights.

TRISTAN : 

Percival?

KAY : 

Sit down and shut your trap.
That said, is the kid staying?

DINADAN : 

Yes, it’s his business too.
Plus, we’re not in a meeting, are we?

KAY : 

I wasn’t asking you, Dinadan.

And what do you think we’re doing here, if not having a meeting? Playing darts?

DINADAN : 

Maybe we should, that’d loosen you up some.

ARTHUR : 

Please, don’t start.
If this is an emergency, then speak.
What is this all about, that Percival would be involved?

TRISTAN :

(serious)

My lord.
I fear that Pelles of Corbenic…
…has been hiding something very important from you.

GAWAIN :

It’s fine, Kay.
I managed to get it b⎯

…Where is he?

MORDRED : 

At the Round Table.

GAWAIN : 

Your cheek…?
What happened to you?

MORDRED : 

It’s nothing.

GAWAIN :

Nothing? But you⎯

MORDRED : 

Stop it, Gawain.

GAWAIN : 

…
I know I’ve been cold to you lately. 

I've got a lot of things on my mind…
But please don’t see me as a threat to you, Mordred.

You know you can always talk to me, right?

MORDRED : 

And you could always bring me out on quests with you.
You know that,
right?

GAWAIN : 

…

( sigh )
…It’s complicated, Mordred. I’ve got my own reasons not to bring you along.
I’ll take you with me sooner or later. I’m just asking you to be patient a little while longer.

MORDRED : 

Hm.

GAWAIN : 

Do you want to come joust with me? 

[ forehead kiss aww ]

MORDRED :

I’ve got something to sort out first. I’ll go and find you later.
( He stood up to Kay.
He didn’t stand to gain anything from that, though.
Making an enemy out of Kay is a bad idea. All he had to do was look away, after all.
So he did it all for…
…me? 

That’s not really like him, though. What could possibly have happened in Corbenic? )

ARTHUR : 

So, this Grail is of utmost importance to Britain’s continued prosperity, as long as its guardian cares for it?
And Pelles hid all of this from us all these years?
It’s all rather hard to believe.
And Merlin mentioned starting off the Grail quest…
He could have done me the kindness of telling me in person.

KAY : 

Oh, you know how his schedule is.
That said, what you’re describing does sound like a giant.

[ percy is intimidated ]

TRISTAN : 

Pelles claims that it’s no giant, but instead his father, Pellam.

DINADAN : 

I believe it. 

It was too big and too mindless to be a giant.
It really did behave like an animal.

ARTHUR : 

We saw peculiar giants back in our days, you know.
I’d rather not dismiss the possibility out of hand.
In any case, a decision must be made. 

Very well. This is what we’re going to do.

Kay, do you feel up to the task of putting a feast together?

KAY : 

Due when?

ARTHUR : 

In a solid week?

KAY : 

That could be done, yes.

ARTHUR : 

Perfect. Thank you, Kay.
Everyone, please put that time to good use to rest, train and prepare yourselves.
I will use it to think this over.
Every knight will be invited to this feast, and if this quest appears to be relevant by then…
I will announce the start of a new common quest, with everyone present.
[ he stands ]
If not…
It will still make for a pleasant time to be had all together, no? 

You may go, my knights.

DINADAN : 

Percival!

TRISTAN :

You scared us, you⎯

DINADAN : 

Merlin took you away all of a sudden and⎯

TRISTAN : 

How are you? 

PERCIVAL : 

I’m fine…
But you two look…
hurt…

TRISTAN : 

We said it before, didn’t we?
It’s our duty to protect you.
We’ll all live to fight another day, so don’t feel bad. 

DINADAN : 

Oh, hey. Were you waiting for us, Mordred?

MORDRED : 

You three look like hell.

[ exhaustion! ]

TRISTAN, PERCIVAL, DINADAN : 

Yeah…

DINADAN : 

I’m going to sleep for three days, I think.
Actually, I’m gonna go do that now.
Catch you all later, okay?

TRISTAN : 

Oh, Percival, we’ll meet up for your training, I promise!

PERCIVAL : 

Yes!

[ mordred and percy turn to face each other at the same time aw ]

PERCIVAL :

…Mordred, I⎯

MORDRED : 

Perciv⎯

[ … ]

MORDRED :

(embarrassed)

…Thank you for stepping in.
That’s all I wanted to say.

PERCIVAL : 

Wait.
I’m sorry about what happened in Edinburgh,
and what I said to you.
I’ve made nothing but terrible decisions lately…
…but I really was happy that you and I were getting along.
So, I hope
we can still be friends…?

MORDRED :

(blushing) 

…I’ll think about it, yes.

?? : 

That’s cute and all.
But I’m not done with you, kid.

KAY : 

To answer your question from earlier…
No, I’m not going to hit you.
But if you’re thinking you don’t like me already,
I’ll give you a good reason to hate me.

ROUND TABLE TRIVIA 

The current setup of the Round Table is as follows