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[color=7ea7d8][h2]Evan Strauss[/h2][/color][i][h3]Strauss Workshop, Shinto Town[/h3][/i]
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Well, everything seemed to be going acceptably so far. 

Fire was started, scapegoats assigned, everything was just swell. 

...well, except that he'd been stood up by that golden accordion girl. He'd need to relay with her again at some point, he couldn't pass up the opportunity that a business transaction with her represented. 

Still, though, if she'd shown up then he wouldn't have had the chance to do this, so eh, win some, lose some. 

He'd been relaying with Assassin rather regularly, so there wasn't much to worry about there. All he really had to do was keep an eye on things and make sure it didn't get out of hand. Burning down the entire city would be a bit problematic, but come on these were [i]Heroic Spirits[/i], surely some slipshod alchemy wouldn't be more than they could handle. 

There would be some losses from this operation, granted. Given the nature of the vessel for the curse, he doubted anyone would be able to figure out enough about it to be problematic for Evan, but nonetheless he was playing his hand reasonably early, even if nobody knew the proper details. 

Ah, well, the chance to clean house this well didn't come along often. 

Besides, this had the potential to cause some further opportunities in its own right, and so...

[color=7ea7d8]"Alright, you know your job. Head out there, but be careful."[/color]

[color=2e2c2c]"Understood."[/color]

So it went.

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[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/G70pU5v.png[/img] [color=a2d39c][h2]Carly-Beth[/h2][/color][i][h3]Stepping off a Boat, Harbor[/h3][/i] [@MrCellophane] [/center] 
The doll turned to face the Servant, paused for a few seconds, and then let out a sharp laugh. A grin split her face as she shook her head slightly.  [color=a2d39c]"Oh, we're gonna get along just great, I can tell already."[/color] She remarked, her voice not betraying even a hint of insincerity.

Stepping onto the dock below, she crossed her arms behind her head, pivoting on her heel to face the side of the city currently aflame.  [color=a2d39c]"Well, see, that's probably the result of a Servant fight, and it's on the other side of the city, so as far as I'm concerned it's none of our business. I've already got one of my, uh, associates checking it out though, to see what's up."[/color]

It was probably for the best that she didn't mention the associate was a literal ten year old girl. 

 [color=a2d39c]"Anyway, how about you send me all your info through this neat little mental connection we've got, and I'll do the same? We can decide what to do from there, can't exactly make a plan if I've got no clue what you're able to do, yeah? 'Sides, it's just dumb to go running into the middle of a warzone, better if we can set the terms of the conflict. Or at least, that's what Jesse's always saying. Don't talk to Jesse, guy's kinda a dick, same with Joe."[/color]

Was she referring to more masks?

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[h2][color=aba000]Chiron [Lily][/color] / [color=bc8dbf]Dionysus[/color][/h2][i][h3]Pelion’s Pub, Edge of Shinto[/h3][/i]
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[color=bc8dbf]"..."[/color]

[color=aba000]"..."[/color]

Bartender and manager shared a glance. 

[color=bc8dbf]"You felt that, right? What just happened? That...it's on the level of months, years even."[/color]

[color=aba000]"Hells yeah I felt it. Too fast, way too fast. The hell's going on in this city?"[/color]

Something was affecting the bar. Something was occurring in the city, but this sheer scale, it was...absurd. Even with the conflict that had been expected, something like this should have taken more time than the Grail War even allotted for to manifest, and it had happened in a matter of minutes. For that to have happened but for the city to still exist, the nature of what was occurring meant that it had to be...

Damn. And the kid was all stressed and wanted to go out there.

Ordinarily, Chiron would have allowed that to happen. After all, what his Master did was none of his business. 

...however, that was impermissible in this specific case. This human couldn't die, because if he did...

Right. Rule number one. He wasn't about to break his own rule to himself. 

[color=aba000]"Kid, you ain't goin'. Neither am I. Leave it ta the othas."[/color]

A declaration was made with no room for compromise.