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I feel like that could be an interesting way to kick the scenario off, if anything. Then again, I've also got no preference for this one way or the other, so anything everyone else is on board with here, I'll follow.
Alter Ego — Meltryllis

The idea of leaving the house to go and get street food was not exactly the most enticing of thoughts for Meltryllis, who had already decided to follow her Master as she wandered around regardless of her final destination. Though her body would remain the same no matter what she ate or what she did, the same could not be said of her Master's. Coupled with an empty stomach, and...

Well, so long as she could maintain some level of restraint, that wasn't exactly an issue in her mind.

"Street food? Fine, as you wish," she responded, shrugging her shoulders as the two walked out of the elevator. "I would have preferred something a little more sophisticated, but I suppose it can't be helped."



As Nanako had said, the market district had stalls set up left and right; some seemed to be in preparation for a night market instead of simply appealing to the students who wished to while away their afternoons, but there were enough to warrant at least a few careful looks here and there. The tantalizing smell of foods from all over the world seemed to drift about, and despite the street that they were walking down having more than its fair share of Japanese street food available, there was definitely enough variety to surpass many of the other famous multicultural meccas of the world.

Having Heroic Spirits from across time and space tended towards that, anyhow.

"Have you found anything that you want yet?" Meltryllis asked, making sure to stay close enough to her Master to make sure that she wouldn't get lost in the crowd. Her gaze seemed to linger over a windowfront crepe shop for a little longer than it had for most of the other shops and stalls in the area, but she soon returned to simply looking over the area carefully. The crowd made it a bit harder to memorize the area, but there was enough that stood out about the place to name that less of a factor than it might have been compared to the residential areas that seemed to blend into one another.

@VitaVitaAR
I'm fine with either 2 or 4, personally.
Alter Ego — Meltryllis


Nanako pointing out the supposed 'upside' of her injury only caused Meltryllis to roll her eyes in mild exasperation. She had expected her Master to be somewhat less gung-ho about her injury, even if it had almost healed, and touting the lack of use of an arm was nothing to feel happy about.

Doubly so, given her own lack of properly functioning arms, but that was that and this was this.

Once she had finished her preparations and opened the door for her to lead the way, though, Meltryllis nodded and obliged, stepping out of the apartment (properly) before waiting for her Master to lock the place up.

"So we're going to get you something to eat so you don't end up starving, right?" she asked, crossing her arms as she waited Nanako to finish before walking with her to the elevator. "Do you have anywhere in mind, or are we simply going to wander about until something catches your fancy?"

It wasn't as if she knew much about what shops there were on the ground as opposed to what she had seen from moving from building to building over the last few days; her knowledge of what was at ground level was limited almost wholly to what she had witnessed on their first few excursions, and no more. That lack of information, as nonessential as it was, bothered her.

"I don't mind either way, though."

@VitaVitaAR
I'll get a post up in a bit. Was trying to finish up a paper before sitting down to focus on this.
Alter Ego — Meltryllis

It was, admittedly, a bit surprising that Nanako had decided to head outside today rather than order food; the purple-haired Alter Ego had fully expected her to dawdle about in her room—doubly so, given her injury—but at this point she supposed that there was no point in pushing for her to stay behind. In many ways, escorting her to whatever place she decided she wanted to eat at was likely safer than playing rooftop guard again. As much as she wanted to get a better feel for her surroundings, Meltryllis had to admit: it was a lot easier marking locations mentally at ground level despite an aerial view making scoping out the area far easier.

Well, that and the fact that those skyscrapers made it difficult to move about without being spotted. She still despised the prosthetic limnbs that Nanako had forced her to use in public, but at this point, it was better than drawing more unneeded attention at this point.

"Fine, fine," she complained, materializing the prosthetic limbs in question before standing back up. "I'll keep you to that promise, then. I'm not going to let you get away with doing anything rash, though, so do keep that in mind."

A few days ago, going along with her Master like this would be near-intolerable, but at this point, there was some semblance of obligation to at least keep her alive. As blockheaded as she had been, it would have been unbecoming of her to let her get into trouble after going so far as to throw herself in front of an arrow like that.

"I'll wait until you're ready. You're the one in need here, not me."

@VitaVitaAR
Alter Ego — Meltryllis


When her Master showed that her injury had all but subsided, Meltryllis sighed before crossing her arms and leaning back into her seat. Both of them were aware of her inability to do much of anything to make things slightly more bearable as the arm in question healed, which obviously included preparing or producing any sort of food or drink. As far as she could tell, there wasn't actually anything she could actually do besides play bodyguard at the moment. It was a bit of a shame, but after that incident, even she would prefer to play it safe if possible.

"Well, if it's just about healed, then I guess that those Casters really are something special," she scoffed, motioning with one arm towards Nanako's injured arm before hearing the sound of her Master's stomach growling.

"...Well, if you're a human, I guess it can't be helped. Are you going to call for food again? If so, I'm leaving; there's no point in me staying around and causing needless panic if it's for a simple meal."

@VitaVitaAR
No, no, we understand how Servants can be summoned in different classes. The question was regarding the justification for Caster class in particular as a supposed 'best class' more than anything else.

And 'Noble Phantasm' and 'Skill' refer to two different things. There are active and passive Noble Phantasms, but a 'Noble Phantasm skill' is just a confusing way of referring to... Anything, really.
I mean, fixing it is fine and all, but Vita was asking for an explanation, not necessarily for a fix re: Caster (yet). It'd be appreciated if that, at least, could be answered.

I mean, no problems if it's excised entirely of course, but... Still.
@LukasVolkov: That argument is fundamentally flawed. On multiple levels, actually.

The Nasuverse has a confirmed precedent for noting that Servants closer to the Age of Gods are more powerful than those of the modern era, as we can clearly see by Gilgamesh's power relative to... Pretty much everyone that might fall under the 'modern' bracket. What you're essentially describing—at least, as far as I can tell—is that an Olympic archer could shoot as well as an ancient-era archer on horseback, regardless of scenario. Even placing aside relative skill, you cannot say with the utmost confidence that you could place the two into the same in-combat scenario and expect ANY sort of comparable result.

Or, if we want an example focused around Heroic Spirits, comparing Orion and William Tell. A man who can hunt and kill any thing alive, as opposed to a guy who shot an apple off the top of his son's head? No contest, match in Orion's favor.

It just doesn't work. Period.

Also, yeah, what Rain said.
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