[center][h1][color=crimson][i][b]Sophia von Einzbern[/b][/i][/color][/h1][/center]

[center][i]Main Room, Einzbern Manor/Compound, Einzbern Forest, Miyama Southwest[/i][/center]

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Sophia could see it all through a familiar she had been looking through on occasion since the start of the blaze. A terrible storm, a giant....was that a world?!......falling from the sky and obliterating a notable portion of the foreigner's district/miyama. Or however it had managed to land, it regardless was a piece of rather good news. The good thing was that the damned cursed fire in all its black and strange visage was gone. It was interesting how that could have started, at the very least, between the things her familiars had seen in regards to the fire and what had fueled into it. But as it were, she could not sit back and breathe a sigh of relief yet. Sure she had a full moat, no dirt wall at least, and her main maids among the 5 mage ones had been pulled back by now to the compound again. Yet her servant soon informed her of parties entering the bounded field and Einzbern-owned forest proper. Not that her bounded field hadn't already alerted her and the maids to this the moment the first two parties of concern had entered. 

[color=crimson][i]'Confirm the intentions of those there, and report them back to me. Be ready for battle as potentially needed. My maids from this morning's shipment are already deployed within the compound, are armed, and are prepared for battle at any moment. Some further homunculi hands can be available beyond that if an emergency occurs, but not all of the other hands right now.  

If the parties are the Tohsaka or Matou, and they want to meet for an alliance in peace, tell them their servants must remain materialized and in your personal line of sight for now as a show of trust after the chaos of current events. No suspicious actions should be taken on within the forest at all. Then lead them to the compound down the main path only. Upon arrival they will leave their servants outside, materialized still, under your supervision and then personally enter to speak with me. In such a case my maids are already around for my personal protection just in case. It is simply all precaution, and considering what just happened it would be reasonable to be prepared. 

Failure to meet my terms by anyone will mean they are barred entrance. Should this mean a fight i trust you to handle things there.  

Beyond this, there were signs of another party coming in this direction in general, according to those familiars i had watching around the borders of the fire. One individual who might have added to the fire. I am sending a minor homunculus already in the fiend to intercept them and question them. Should push come to shove, we might have a two-front battle on our hands at worst, so stand ready for further communications.'[/i][/color] 

It was a long communication, but Sophia wanted to be as prepared as could be possible for this. Regardless, she was wary and defensive and was not the kind to go in full "open arms" without some courtesy terms to go by. Not after this fire, not after the events she'd at least been able to observe remotely, and not after sensing another set of people coming from the other side of the forest. Likewise, one minor homunculus had been deployed to intercept and diplomatically approach the other two. She could work from there with those two as needed. Should she sense the homunculus having expired, and she would know if it was killed or such, she would strike without mercy. 

She and her servants would fight to the bitter end to defend the grail, and she would die before letting any enemies into the Lesser Grail's presence. Already the compound was on high alert, the production fueling a potential defense effort now whilst the others would be finishing the last two of her other tasks from the list. Step 3 overall had already been done by now, thankfully, so she didn't have to worry about that as Step 2 was being wrapped up with its list of tasks. 

Rubbing her temple with her right forefinger, Sophia von Einzbern sat in her comfortable chair, cup of tea on the table and almost cold by this point after being mostly emptied in her attempt to soothe her nerves. A light sigh emanated from her lips at things, her face showing rare signs of stress. 

It had been a long day, and this was going to be a long night. 

[@Cu Chulainn][@Seirei No Hai][@Sageage][@Reflection][@Kyoka][@Undyingregret][@BlueHelix]