[h2]Saber-Arturia Pendragon[/h2]

"Indeed, we shall demonstrate an honorable battle."

Fionn mac Cumhaill. One of Ireland's most famous heroes. To think, she had clashed with so many of the foremost of Ireland's heroes not once, but three times now... But the circumstances here would be markedly different. This was to be an honorable duel, a sparring match between fellow Servants. Not to the death, but merely to test one another in battle.

It was an opportunity Arturia Pendragon could not claim she did not take pleasure in. To fight a duel like this...

The King of Knights thrust one arm forth. With a brilliant flash of light, her suit seemed to evaporate to be replaced with a gleaming silver gauntlet and blue sleeve. Then, following that, her other arm followed suit. Then, her body, now clad in an armored blue dress and a shimmering breastplate... the last thing to appear was a sword gleaming with golden light. It was elegant, yet deadly. Razor sharp and decorated with fae letters. A two-handed sword that appeared familiar even to those who had never seen it before.

In a friendly duel, there was no need to conceal the blade of Excalibur.

Arturia smiled.

"Let us begin our duel, Lord of the Fianna!"

The earth beneath her armored feet crumbled. In the blink of an eye, she had cleared the distance between herself and her opponent, dress and ribbon fluttering.

This first blow was not intended to to strike. Rather, Arturia wished to gauge her opponent. Naturally, she knew that the slayer of Aillen would be a skilled warrior, but she had never met him in battle. As such, she wanted to know how her opponent fought. The opening of a fight between two skilled fighters invariably would include their attempts to understand one another, after all.

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[h2]Mihama Nanako[/h2]

Initially, Nanako had been running on the high of realizing she hadn't eaten anything for a whole day, the sheer hunger she felt motivating her to get going as fast as possible. But the longer she went, the slower she became as the lethargy caused by a lack of food got to her. Indeed, by the time she actually [i]left[/i] her apartment building she was blearily shuffling along. Naturally, she could only assume that this display was serving to make Meltryllis angrier at her in some way. But she had to eat. She couldn't help it.

She ended up going to an old standby, a tiny nearby restaurant owned by a family from Osaka.

The bell jingled when she opened the door. Behind the counter was the owner's son, an athletic young man with a friendly demeanor.

"Oh, it's you, Mihama-ha-Whoa! You finally summoned someone!"

After a moment, Nanako simply nodded and made her way over to sit down.

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