*stares* You're right this was more evil. *snicker*

See, told ya so. :)

I have been enjoying this very much. And I'm from Maine, so I know just how you feel about the whole sub-zero thing. We're having to keep our dogs in the house right now so they don't turn into pupsicles.

And no, poor Jack really never stood a chance.

Poor pupsicles. My mom's dog loves the snow, but then he comes home all happy and shivery and immediately runs to the fireplace. Mind you, he's a beagle, so I think the main reason he loves snow is that no one comes out to yell at him if he digs in it, lol.

Yeah, Jack was just way out of his league... mind you, he's also sort of lucky it was only his office Merlin redecorated. Redecorating the halls of the entire SGC would've also been within Merlin's powers (although, admittedly it would've packed less of a punch then, because Jack would've half-expected the office by the time he got to it).

Thank you for all of your work, effort, and time. This story, short though it is, never fails to put a smile on my face. I was curious, would you mind if I PM you occasionally to discuss a story I'm writing? Sometimes, I just need to bounce ideas off of another writer and you happen to be one of my favorites.

You're very welcome! =D And absolutely feel free to PM me! I'd be happy to be your idea bouncer offer (and not even going to pretend that I'm not tickled pink that I'm one of your favourite writers) and help however I can with your story. Is it one that's already partially posted or something new you've got at the drawing board stage? I totally get the need to bounce ideas off of other people. Sometimes I find even just explaining an idea to another person helps because you've got to articulate it and think it through out loud.

Well, we all know he's been waiting for the return of Arthur in some form or another. Poor Jack. I hope Hammond makes him clean that up all by himself, just for chasing Merlin away...

Thanks for writing

Lol, oh I'm pretty sure Jack will make sure that's all gone before Hammond comes to visit. Of course, he'll be forever hunting down the remaining photographic evidence. And Merlin probably would've left around this time anyway so that he could protect Arthur from afar regardless of what Jack had done.

You're welcome. Thank you for reviewing!

can't wait for the next chapter!!! every time i get an alert that you've updated i get so excited- thanks so much for this!

You're welcome! I'm excited that you're excited. =D See you next week!

Does everyone know just how cold -26 C is? Yeah, it's -14.8 in real degrees... :)

Real degrees? What is this real degrees? I just go with what the majority of the world uses. :P

Love what Merlin did to Jack's office as a final, 'shock and awe' strike in their prank war, but I'm even more intrigued by the fact that he apparently set up the old 'sword in the stone' gag with Excalibur in the Gateroom, so that someday the reborn King Arthur will need to be let in on the secret of the Stargate, in order to get that big, honkin' sword out of the middle of their Gateroom floor. :)

LOL! Yup, Merlin's laying the groundwork for Arthur's return. It's not quite going to play out the way you seem to be envisioning it, but yes, in a way, Arthur will certainly have to know about the Stargate in order to get the sword. And that's all I'm saying. =D

So that's it, a part from the epilogue of course. Excalibur returns waiting for the King to return, and Merlin gets one last prank on O'Neill. He is right though, there is always hope.

For the weather, Texan here and I get whiny when it gets into the 30sF, or well I use to until I started to keep the track of the weather in Northern Minnesota so I could keep it all in proscriptive.

Er, I call it an epilogue, but it's almost grown to become a three-part sequel... I'm not entirely finished it yet, but I have a feeling it's seriously going to almost double the wordcount of this story once it's published.

Lol, Texus is sounding rather nice right about now... Oooh, I have a friend in Houston I could visit! Anyway, I had my own perspective checked when I went to check facebook after posting and my sister's status mentioned Ottawa's weather at -38 C.

Very very good

Thanks! =D

What did he do to the gateroom?!

He stuck a sword into the cement floor! Lol!

This story's really picking up, though I must admit I was surprised by its direction.

Excalibur in the gateroom--I assume that's what Merlin went to see the Lady about last chapter--Arthur on his way...

With Arthur not even born, though, I'm wondering where we go from here. Are we heading toward a time-skip? Or is there more work for the SG-1 crowd to do in the here and now? What are they going to do about the rather ostentatious sword int he gateroom? What will the SGC's visitors make of it? Is Jack going to believe Daniel and the marines when they tell what they saw? How is Merlin going to get close to the boy Arthur--if that is indeed his next step?

I really can't wait to see what twists and turns you have up your sleeves for us next. Keep up the excellent work!

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Yup, he'd definitely gone to see Freya to get Excalibur in the last chapter. Glad to hear you're surprised by the direction this story is taking. It's what I was going for after all: lull my readers into a false sense of humourous predictability and then WHAM! Lol!

I hope what comes next doesn't disappoint. I will say this much though, there is A LOT more that could be done with this story that I won't be doing. Not that I don't think there's an interesting story there - because I think that story could be amazing - but because I think I like the sort of impact the ending I've decided on will have.

Thanks for reviewing!

Great new chapter, keep up the excellent work. :)

Lol, thanks! =D

you know that was just plain evil an probably set off so many of Jack's "what the hell?" bells. *snicker*

*snort* If you thought that was evil, just wait and see what Merlin does to him in the next chapter.

Wait? This story has a point?!

I just thought it was an awesome comedy!

I eagerly await more.

LOL! Well, it started out as just comedy and then it developed a point along the way. Er, sort of. This ending bit has actually been planned from the start, but there's simply been more of a build-up to it (some of that might become more obvious once you read the next chapter and then the three-part conclusion). Thanks for reviewing!

I mean, wow yes. But don't you think there's now a bit too much to be brushed off as coincidence by the SGC, even if most people still would?

Oh probably. If they're given the time to figure it out that is. I'll give you a bit of a spoiler: the reason I'm posting the next chapter this week is because, unlike every other chapter in this story, there's more or less no time delay. It takes place the next day - the next morning to be precise.