#also i will never pass up the chance to write perelyaine

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merlin, arthur and the knights going on a cable car because i said so :D

merlin: rides the thing atleast once a month before the knights and arthur arrive- could just fly since magic, but prefers being around the people. says its like riding a really slow dragon. is secretly just a lil bit terrified and places safety charms on everyone when he gets on (leaves charms on after finding out there was an accident that left almost 100 people stuck in those boxes for almost five hours)

arthur: hates it. fucking HATES IT. will never return (inevitably returns a few times from the others insistance). he likes it when you get to the top though, the cool air reminds him of early fall in camelot and being around the nature reminds him of going hunting (merlin brings him hiking and on nature walks after he admits this.)

lancelot: is pretty willing to do some daring stuff. rides the ones without windows just for the shits and giggles (he fears no man. the fact his life ended at his own volition does not help this). he trusts merlins magical abilities enough to be able to ride with ease (and i like the hc that merlins and lancelot got to the others via kilgharrah in the darkest hour pt2) switches between riding with arthur+merlin or with the knights (between going up and down)

leon: loves being in the cable cars, is fond of the heights and breeze and wants to ride the ones without windows, the others (gwaine and elyan) adamantly refuse to go with him. in the end he rides with merlin and lancelot on the ones without windows (merlin has experience riding dragons so hes used to the height and stuff, tho he does ask why leon likes it so much. the answer is ‘i dont fear death anymore, nothing scares me’ ....this concerns merlin alot, so he places more safety charms on them just to be sure)

gwaine: acts like everythings fine but the moment it gets a little bit windy this man is SHAKING. refuses to go up sober, is atleast a bit drunk whenever he does go up just to calm his nerves (tried flirting his way into bringing whiskey up and almost had security called on him). repeatedly asks merlin if he really did put charms on them (merlin swears he does). weirdly enough, he still ends up riding with the knights (and leon, once) for some reason, screaming the entire way (physically and mentally). also tries to feed the monkeys at the top

elyan: same energy as gwaine, but covers his anxiety less well. is shaking alot and is clutching percival (with gwaine on the other side, holding onto percival for dear life). plays it off cool once they get to the top, being the responsible one who stops gwaine from feeding the monkeys (“WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET TRAIL MIX?!”). weirdly enough, he was the same one who even suggested they try riding the hell machines things. once, it started raining while they were at the top and elyan saw a small boy drenched in rain and it brought back bad memories.

percival: lowkey enjoys going on them, tho refuses to ride the ones with glass floors. if given the option he would not ride the skycabs at all, but given the fact his boyfriends elyan and gwaine insists he go, he usually ends up going. comforts a child whos got spooked at the top. at one point got elyan and gwaine to climb onto his shoulders (either separately or together is up to you to decide) to see the scenery (and lancelot, though the man was a bit reluctant). after seeing that, multiple kids got up on his shoulders for a better view. despite all these good things, you will never catch this man riding one of the cable cars unless hes asked and confirmed with merlin mutliple times that tis safe (merlin understands of course, given what happened in their past life).

riding list because i need to talk about this too:

leon, merlin and lancelot (on windowless ones. merlin tries to disappear the rails completely just for the shits and giggles but lancelot (and leons common sense) stops him)

arthur, merlin, lancelot and gwaine (riding with merlin calmed gwaines nerves enough to look out the window and have fun)

gwaine, percival and elyan (chaos boyfriends. percival ends up crouched on the floor while the duo hold onto him cuz sitting on one side wouldnt be balanced)

everyone at once (DANGER, IS NOT EVER BEING REPEATED EVER AGAIN, IF ANYONE ASKS, THEY ALMOST DIED- poor percival ends up on the floor again but merlin sits there with him (still being the skinniest of the bunch has its perks yknow)

bonus: merlin and leon (on the maintanence cart. for reference, heres what the maintanence cart looks like