taxonomites | þridda • [ visual / action ] • [ location : royal chambers ]

It was just a normal morning. Guinevere did her typical routine; up around sunrise to get herself ready before checking in on Morgana. There were a few extra things she had to do herself now that ~~almost~~ all of the Extras had been banished from the chambers, but it only delayed her an extra half an hour or so.

When Morgana did not respond to the knocking at her door, Guinevere entered with little delay, but dropped all the sheets she had been carrying once she saw the state of the room and the lack of its Lady. There was clearly a struggle, objects from the vanity and the very linens had been ripped away from the bed. Her window was wide open, possibly the point of entry as the path of the struggle lead clearly towards the door.

Guinevere looked around herself, mortified and mentally cursing herself that she had not heard any of it happening just two rooms away. She took her tablet from her bracelet, frantically hitting whichever button she could quickly and paying little mind to the method she used to begin her transmission. It was all still new and confusing to her, but she needed to get the message out quickly.

“Arthur! Mr Casey! Lady Morgana has been taken from her chambers. I know not by who or where they went, but there was clearly a struggle. Please, help!”

[ ooc • backdated to right after they were taken by the Master. Feel free to jump in; Gwen's not savvy and this was transmitted publicly. ]

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"Were there Extras in the castle?" the Doctor asks. He's trying not to sound half as panicked as he feels. Morgana. How could he have let her go back? He thought he was doing the right thing, getting her away from him, but he was wrong. Now she's been taken.

"No, Morgana had them all removed recently," she does not mention the nightmare, as Gwen might be the only person who saw a correlation (thought Morgana would never admit to it to Gwen). "But...they were hostile earlier towards me just outside the castle."

"Not just to you," the Doctor says, gesturing to the bruise on his face. "She knew, though." He says the last in a quiet tone. He knows that Morgana trusts Gwen, he can feel it in the fact that even now he wants to trust Gwen, but there are some things she keeps form even her best friend.

"We need to find her," he says. "They wouldn't have sent her home this way, it's not like them. It's not their M.O."

"Yes, she was very upset with them after a dream." Gwen furrows her eyebrows at that last part, wondering his meaning, though not wanting to put her suspicion and the implications together. It was better she did not for Morgana's sake.

"You mean our captors? If not them, then who would be capable of something like this?"

"It can't be," he says, thinking of the only person he knows who could hypnotize a population that quickly.

"I don't know," he lies. "But we'll find out."

He hardly quells Gwen's curiosity, but she's fairly used to being kept out of the loop on this sort of thing. She nods, keeping her eyebrows drawn together.

"Thank you, Doctor, for thing," she says with quiet sincerity. "Just tell me what I need to do to help."

"I will," he says. "Just keep an eye out. I'll make some sort of an announcement when I know something."

She nods once more, pausing for a moment before saying one last thing.

"Take care of yourself, sir."

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