Merlin was always interested in a new adventure, and when he had seen the Enterprise coming into orbit of the planet, he had not been able to resist. He had been in the middle of a sleep cycle just then, and so he had let himself relocate, via teleportation, to an unused maintenance closet on a rather less used deck, and shapechanged into an unused broom at the back of said closet, then gone back to sleep. His magic stilled alarms and quieted sensors, and he slept for some time.

And when weeks had past and his sleep had passed with them, he woke, stretched, and rose. He pondered places to go, and decided that it was best to simply go to the top first, after all! Without ado, he did so, appearing on the bridge quite quietly. he was standing in a back space, near a usually unused control console, and smiling as he looked around.

"Well, this is going to be rather amazing, I think."