[h1][center][b][color=0054a6]Reiki Matou[/color][/b][/center][/h1]
[h3][center]&[/center][/h3]
[h2][center][b][color=9e0039]Scáthach[/color][/b][/center][/h2]
[h3][center]'DDD' Hot Spring, Foreigner’s Lowlands[/center][/h3]
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The awful feeling enveloped her, as Reiki felt it uniquely through each worm. An undeniably evil [i]wrongness[/i] came from the beings that were swarming the city. This was [i]her[/i]. The one central power had been replaced by many. However, numbers did not mean weakness.

There was no doubt. A threat to mankind.

[quote][color=darkorange][b][center][h3]"So to everyone who wishes to help me save this city and stand by my side, put your glasses on and let's get to it!"[/h3][/center][/b][/color][/quote]

Glasses? But she didn't wear-

Oh. He must have handed them to her while she was stunned. It seemed most of the people in the room had a pair, including her Lancer. Pretty stylish, as far as Reiki could tell. And there was a certain [i]energy[/i] coming from them.

[color=0054a6]"Lancer, I want you to focus on supporting everyone here with your runes."[/color] Lancer was already moving.

As she donned the glasses, all became clear. She stood up straight and held her head high. It had always been her goal to stay strong in times of crisis, and so in the greatest crisis she would bring forth the greatest strength. [color=0054a6]"No offence to Benita, but there are much safer places out there from which to conduct an operation to seal that dome."[/color] Reiki exited the meeting room just behind Xerxes.

She would do her part, they all would, and the sun would rise again.

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[h1][center][b][color=9e0b0f]Air Squadrons[/color][/b][/center][/h1]
[h3][center]Above Fuyuki[/center][/h3]
[center][@floodtalon][@Paradox Witch][/center]
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The skies of Miyama and Shinto were [i]abuzz[/i] that night. Surveillance was key with such a large number of powerful enemies about. But surveillance was not where the capabilities of these insects ended. A storm of rats, pidgeons, and bugs allowed for complete communication between any willing parties in the city.

Moreover, these mere insects had been given equipment by a slayer of gods.

Therefore, as the brave heroes fought against these Lyaeus, as they found that their weapons were just barely insufficient to finish off these foes with constantly restoring shields, the runestones would drop.

It was not merely the Pioneer of the Stars who was provided with this air support. Anyone who was already in the process of battling the Lyaeus would see burning stars fall from above toward their enemies at just the moment they prepared their own attack.

Around Fuyuki, the explosions began.

These new abilities, though, did not distract those assigned from their original purpose of surveillance. What were the additional one-hundred-and-one creatures getting up to?

Across the city, they would learn all they could.

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[h1][center][b][color=9e0039]Scáthach[/color][/b][/center][/h1]
[h3][center]'DDD' Hot Spring, Foreigner’s Lowlands[/center][/h3]
[center][@GreenGoat][/center]
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[quote][color=0054a6]"Lancer, I want you to focus on supporting everyone here with your runes."[/color][/quote]

She was already moving.

The feeling that had come from that bar had been perhaps the most dreadful thing she could recall experiencing. As one who defended humanity, she could identify such a threat immediately, although not by name.

When it was replaced by so many smaller sources, though...

[color=9e0039][i]I've seen worse[/i][/color]

As a Servant, a shadow of her true self, she would certainly have to work together with the other heroes. Nonetheless, if it was just a large number of beings that did not belong, they would be overcome and driven back with time. Scáthach was a hero who forced out beings without the right to exist, and so it was only natural that it should be impossible for the being trapped under that stone to emerge while she was present.

Well, it would have been unwise to rely on that idea.

If this was not the location they were to stay in, then the best use for her runes would be enhancing the other fighters.

As "Lancer Prime" had already left, the next most battle-ready one was...

This man. His armour was high-quality, his bearing noble, and yet he seemed a bit unruly somehow. Regardless, if he had come to fight, she would make sure he didn't waste any time.

[color=9e0039]"You. Don't move for a moment."[/color] As she approached him, she produced something that looked like charcoal from a satchel. With that, she began inscribing the first rune of enhancement on the Servant's left pauldron. [color=9e0039]"This is to save the world."[/color]

She worked efficiently. Strength, and Endurance had already been inscribed, although they remained dormant for the moment. [color=9e0039]"I'll get to the rest of you soon enough."[/color]