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Ava Blackmore
Unlike the great Iskander's entrance, Ava was relatively quiet in her entrance of the Tohsaka manner. She simply walked up to the door and waited to be invited in. Once she was, she entered with little fanfare. Gudrun would be following closely behind she was sure, whether it be in spirit form or a physical presence was entirely up to her. "Thank you for your hospitality." Ava said in a neutral tone as she found a chair to sit down in, observing the house around her. It was quaint really. Eastern Magi really were an interesting sort.
"Do you know when the others will be arriving?" She asked aloud, a question for the room more than it was any one specific person. "Also, could someone bring me a glass of water? I find myself a bit parched." It was a strange question to follow up with, but it was one she felt needed to be asked. She had forgotten to bring her own bottled water and she hadn't brought her wallet with her either, so she couldn't buy some from a convenience store around. While she could have asked Gudrun for some money to buy water, she really hated asking for money. So here she was, asking for water from the person who had drafted her into a war where she could die at any second.
"I would prefer sparkling."
"...I see. You simply don't understand...no, you can't understand. You can't see their wishes or their karma, you can't see what they pray for, and so you assume they are the same as you. You assume that is what they live for."
Tesla's body tensed as he began to move to the side, Disengaging from the conflict entirely as his armor focused on speeding up his movement as much as possible.
"A genius cannot understand ordinary men. I do not blame you, Nikola Tesla, as that would simply be to blame what you are, but I cannot accept it. I cannot accept a world that causes them to suffer, and neither can they. Those who have lost their homes and loved ones, those broken by meaningless tragedy, those who rage at death and scream at life, I cannot ignore their prayers."
Every one of his attacks hit, but Tesla could tell. He knew it wouldn't be enough, he just needed the distraction to get away.
"You are indeed a Star of humanity, but are you not aware? Monsters kill humans. Heroes kill monsters. Humans kill heroes."
A fact Tesla was all too aware of. Vines burst from the ground where Tesla once was, but he was no longer there. He was now completely focused on Disengaging from this futile conflict, he would need to regroup with Darius at the Church if they were to fight off these men.
"And in this moment, I stand beside humans."
And that is why you will fall. Because just as men slay heroes and heroes slay monsters, monsters slay men. And Tesla held within his fortress the most powerful poison created by a monster.
The time was now. A wave of primal madness swept over them, but it was nullified by the Charisma that strange man with the glasses gave off. Altera put on her own pair with little fanfare, they were merely another tool after all. She then calmly walked out the door, closed it behind her, and drew the Sword of Mars.
"As my Master said. Chop chop." Mana was channeled into her legs via the Crest of the Stars, increasing her speed immensely as she scanned the Lyaeus before her. These Beasts while threatening, were nothing compared to the monster she had faced down in the bar. Only a few were in her line of sight, but those few would be destroyed. It was her purpose after all, she was a killing machine. It would be very embarrassing if the machine failed at it's first job.
Her eyes locked onto the one warping space, with a single step she was already halfway to him. The second step had her spinning in a circle, her sword extending outwards like a whip to cut anyone coming towards her in half. The third step was to control her momentum, stopping in front of the Lyaeus and redirecting her momentum into a single punch to the face. The mana to her legs was cut and redirected to her arms, that fist coming in at mach speeds.
"Crumble to dust."
Her fist slammed into the Lyaeus's face, sending it flying backwards as Altera cut off the flow of mana to her arms. She turned to the next one, the sun reflecting off her sunglasses as she prepared for the real fight to begin.
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They kept pace with him easily, shields appearing to block Tesla's attacks as they ignored his Incitement entirely. Were they simple monsters with no mind but for slaughter? Or did they simply have the capability to resist mental attacks? Either way, further attacks seemed to be useless for now.
"Nikola Tesla, one who worked for the benefit of humanity. A prodigy without equal who mundanized the power of gods, who dreams of creating a great system of electricity that spans the world."
Tesla almost stumbled, he had not expected his pursuers to even speak, let alone compliment him. The compliment was genuine as well, as if the one who spoke them truly respected him. Tesla listened as he continued firing, the intensity of them decreasing to conserve energy.
"Why do you not join me? I do not wish to take the lives of you and your allies, and even fighting you with these humans' bodies means that they might die before I return them to normal at the end of this. You too must realize it. This world is something that restrains humans. The laws of reality that have been created in this world prevent human imagination from reaching fruition, and cause humans to pointlessly suffer in tragedy and death. Won't you stand beside me?"
Tesla stopped as one of them materialized in front of him, stopping his attacks as he genuinely considered the words of the Beast. Tesla smiled, but it was one of sadness, perhaps pity. This thing truly believed in what it was doing, no. No this thing. This man, this man honestly believed that the destruction of the Human Order would mean the end of suffering. But...
"...regrettably, I cannot be a pacifist here. I ask for your answer. A simple answer, to whether or not you will join me. I truly do not wish to battle with one of humanity's stars, but I will have no choice if you are set on opposing the world I seek."
Tesla let out a deep sigh as he shook his head, one hand on hip as he closed his eyes. "While you are right, you are still wrong."
"Yes, this world restrains humans. People die every day due to the foolishness of others, brave inventors like myself oppressed by those with more money and power. However." Tesla opened his eyes, fire in his gaze as he stared the Lyaeus down.
"That struggle, that is what being human is about. That is what gives our lives meaning. Our struggles, against god, against nature, against each other, in that struggle something greater is born."
Tesla pointed up at the sky with his left hand, his gaze trailing upwards as he continued.
"It is only in our ambition, our rebellion against our self imposed laws, our constant reach for the stars that we can truly be called human! In our suffering we strive for greater! In our rebellion against the laws of humanity, we become more than what we once were! Your love for humanity, it would lead to our very destruction!" Tesla's gaze locked onto the man before him once more, his hand now pointing at the Lyaeus.
"Even the men you've possessed, they too continue their struggle for greater. Despite the fact that they've lost it all, their homes, their wealth, some losing even their family, still they continue to struggle in the hope that things will become better! Yet you wish to stop their struggle? You believe you know what's best for all of mankind, so you strip away their freedom to fulfill your own purposes? What makes you different from those same laws of humanity that you so despise? Every human has struggled for their future and the future of those to come! If you destroy the laws of man, you would make the struggle of everyone who has come before meaningless! In your blind love for humanity, you have become like that which you wish to tear down! Everything you love about mankind, our beautiful struggle, you seek to destroy it all! That is why I cannot join you!"
Tesla's eyes glowed a bright blue, bugs flew through the sky and dropped several runestones towards the Lyaeus surrounding him. A mighty engine rumbled in the distance. Quickdraw activated, Marksmanship activated, Human Anatomy Understanding activated, Eye of the Mind activated.
"For I am Nikola Tesla, the Modern Prometheus! The Pioneer of the Stars! The one who will bring lightning to all men! The Star of Humanity!"
Draw.
Tesla's right hand flew up at the Lyaeus behind him, firing at his chest three times, each blast an A ranked shot of Tesla's fight for the future of the world. His left hand aimed at the head of the Lyaeus in front of him, three more A ranked blasts. The runestones descended toward the beasts, exploding in midair and forcing their shields on.
Each of Tesla's shots rung true, the first shot shattering the shield, the second and third tearing through the Beasts with no mercy.
Darius sped by the Archer, grabbing him roughly and depositing him in the chair by his side. He barely even noticed the uncomfortable chair as he looked over at the Berserker beside him. "Hand me the wheel if you please. I have Riding as a skill, which would be greatly useful for getting us out of this unfortunate situation." He lightly tapped the handle of Darius's axe, completely refilling it's energy and then some as he leaned back into the really rather uncomfortable slab of metal. "I wonder if all Holy Grail Wars are this chaotic." Tesla casually remarked as he focused on his familiars.
Altera
Altera didn't even react as the her Master burst into the room, the only acknowledgement of his existence being a twitch of her lips downward as she remembered how he would not let her battle Rome. Were it not for his cowardice, none of them would be in this situation to begin with. She was not insulted by his casual treatment of her either, she instead just looked over to Scathach. "I will require your runes next if I am to fight off the destroyers of humanity."
She would stand completely still as Scathach worked, thinking about what had been revealed about the enemies so far. Automatic shields which could defend against several attack before needing to be renewed, a resistance to bindings, and likely more hidden up their sleeves. This would be a difficult battle, but it was yet to be seen if it were unwinnable.
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Saber
Frederika Bernstein - Gawain
Richard Montag - ???
Sylvia Plessis - ?
Archer
Arthur Thompson - Semiramis
Lancer
Liliana Mortensen - Telamonius Ajax
Sir Morholt
Caster
Mina Noël - Circe
Clay Dimadome - Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Rider
Thomas Gardner - Hua Mulan
Chen Dai - Sargon of Akkad
Assassin
Berserker
Avenger
???
Andrei Ozihidani - Nero Augustus Claudius
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