[ it has been a while since morgana has appeared on the network and when she does, she does so suddenly. the feed clicks on to reveal her as she steps back from the tablet, there is more of a coldness to her face, edges gained only by time. pale skin is stained with blossoms of red, scraps and cut still unattended (she had a bloody cave dropped on her head not too long ago, thanks merlin), fain traces of dust collected in her hair. ]

And I thought my loathing for this place could grow no more.

[ as striking as morgana herself the large white form behind her begs more attention. the creature croons softly, head lowering and wings folding in tight. ]

Her name is Aithusa. [ even morgana's tone is colder now. there is a pain to it, joy and pain. aithusa her dear ally and friend, brought here to this dreadful rock with no sky to stretch her wings and fly. yet part of her is happy to have the dragon here, at her side. ] And she is under my protection. [ aithusa's head raises and the dragon pads forward a single step. morgana exhales, her hands balled into fists that none can see. they shake. ] She is not to be harmed. This is the first and only warning any of you will receive.

Heed my words or you shall regret it, unimaginable suffering will follow if you do not. [ it is a threat, plain and simple. lacking in subtlety, but she could care less, she will have herself understood now and understood plainly.

and just as quickly as morgana and aithusa appeared, the feed cuts. ]

I've been doing some thinking, and I've realized I've taken a lot of photographs while I'm here. I'd like to organize them in some kind of scrapbook but I'm not really sure how to get started. After all, I'd hate for all these pictures to sit here and collect dust, so I might as well use them for something, right? [She moves the video to show the photographs that are scattered all over the floor of her room. It looks like she's making an attempt to organize them. She smiles sheepishly.] As you can see, I've got a lot of them to go through yet! So if anyone could help, I'd be really grateful.

[She pauses a moment.]

That reminds me, I'm running low on film for my camera. Does anyone know where I could find some more?

[The answer is probably missions. She doesn't realize the answer is probably missions.]