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Fate/Red Winter

Right, I'm going to post the actual meeting with the supervisors soon. Its going to be a bit open so you could say you attended if you are unable to wrap up things and post your chars going to the actual meeting.

Mobile Suit Gundam - Those Who Correct - Crossover

Still here.

Fate/Red Winter

Probably plotting something again, those filthy tricksy masterses.

Fate/Red Winter

Marie Andersen

It would seems the little girl was prideful and confident. Surprising. A trait that could be used to trace which hero she was, if not for the very glaring lack of heroes being very young girls. Joan of Arc came to mind, but she did not think the Maid would be this young, nor be associated with the Archer class. To make things more complicated, the Servant offered not their own name, nor any other hint of which hero she might be.

So be it.

In a way, not knowing the name of your own Servant does have its merits.

"..in my name..." she murmured to herself.

Oddly enough she had never even thought of having the wish for herself. Marie had no real need of wealth, nor does she want for anything. Her life right now was enough for her. Surely there were others clamoring for the grail with desires of their own, and with more magecrafts than she had.

"I will hold you to that promise. ...Archer." Though it is not for my sake that you will fight, she thought to herself.

With a final bellow, Gabriel finished his speech, and dismissed the executors, signalling the time to begin preparations for the meet with the Masters. With some final words of encouragements to Marie, he squeezed her shoulder once, and headed out the underground room, leaving them both alone.

"Come, let us walk. The war would officially begin soon, once the Masters are all gathered, and the Supervisors speaks."

---

Lancer
Abandoned Apartment, Downtown

"It is a pleasure to meet you, brave warrior. I, Plain, am indeed your Master and the one who has summoned you..." His Master spoke for a moment before stopping. "I must ask, before we move on to establishing our contract. What manner of Hero are you? And what shall you be called?"

"Ah, forgive me. I seem to have forgotten my manners in the presence of such beauty." Lancer gave a bow, smiling all the while. "I am Cuchulainn, Lancer."

Ah, so it was truly this woman. Lancer had a horrible thought of suddenly having his master killed and replaced by another for some reason. Regardless of that sudden flight of fancy, he was quite pleased to discover Plain not only had very pleasing looks and demeanour, but the energy to supply and power him as well. It was almost enough to make him forget about that rather... excited look his Master had. Almost.

But the first time meeting was hardly the time to pry into someone's business, not without actually knowing about them first.

"So, Master? What is your orders?" He asked.

---

Church on the northern hill overlooking the town - Church Nave

Solemnly Gabriel walked up the aisle, as the executors filed into one side of the church, staring down the Orthodox Knights on the other side. The air was tense, as the Catholic representative finally reached the Orthodox representative standing near the pulpit, each wearing their own garbs, and criticizing the others' clothing.

"Gabriel Mayers." The man, Aleksei Misayev, was shorter than Gabriel, and had a very rugged look upon him, compounded by the eyepatch he donned. In contrast to Gabriel however, he had a more welcoming air to him, along with a gentle smile. The only similarity they shared was the air of authority and power they both emanated.

"Aleksei Misayev." Gabriel replied in turn. "I trust all is accounted for?"

"Everything is in order. Just as agreed, we let you supervise this war, and once it is over, you go home without meddling in our affairs."

Nodding in agreement, Gabriel took his place in front of the pulpit, as Aleksei stood by his side. "The Masters should be here soon. And after, the start of the war."

Fate/Red Winter

Right, so who else haven't posted?

Note that after a few posts in, the Masters will need to attend, in however way they want, the meeting with the supervisors around dusk to hear about the rules, what you can do and whatnot.

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Marie Andersen

She could feel the whole room of people tense up as the glow started to shine it's brightest, each one of them wondering which marvelous hero should step through that light. She covered her eyes as the wind started to move, and at its strongest, finally materialized the form of the hero made to vie for the grail.

Marie stared blankly at the little girl in red standing before her. She could almost feel almost everyone, if not all of them, in the room racking their brains trying to think of a hero this young. Though Gabriel seemed to be a bit uncomfortable with this new development.

"I take it you are the one who has summoned me, little girl?"

"Hoh!" Marie covered her mouth and looked away from the Servant. "Says the little girl. I'll have you kno-"

Gabriel's hand clamped down on her shoulder, as he gave her a stern look. "Y..yes. I am the one who summoned you. Rejoice, for you will be working for a greater good."

With a nod, Gabriel turned to the others, giving a passionate speech once more about their duties in the Grail wars. Say what you will about the man, he knew how to get back into his own pace quickly. She noticed he didn't much emphasize anything about her and her Servant this time around. Perhaps he was still coping with the rather unspectacular looking servant she had pulled out.

"You know... You don't really look that impressive yourself." With barely a shift in expression, she jabbed straight into the question most of them were undoubtedly thinking, but didn't have the heart to say.

---

Lancer
Abandoned Apartment, Downtown

Without fanfare or pomp, he simply accepted that weak link pulling at him, walking through the bright light.

His vision filled with white, until it finally cleared, revealing the rather shabby room, and the woman standing there just looking at him. Was this her home? He sincerely hoped it wasn't. Such a cute lady shouldn't be living in such a space. If anything, this would perhaps be her temporary base to make the summoning circle in peace. And if it was, well... he didn't really want anything but a good clean honorable duel, so perhaps she could use the Grail to do something about that.

"Yo, I assume that since you're the only one here, you're my master?"

It seems he had gotten lucky this time. With such a cute master, he could take on the world! Probably.

Fate/Red Winter

First post is up.

Take this time to summon your servants and stuff. ^^

Fate/Red Winter

The city of Chernyy Ushchel'ye.

Those traveling through and to the city would oft note the tranquility of the far flung city in the eastern part of Russia. Snow piled upon snow, lending the quiet city an otherworldly look, almost as if the city was frozen in the past. The large church overlooking the city from a hill nearby served only to solidify the illusion, a tall brooding building that seemed to have jumped out of some old medieval painting.

Beneath that peaceful facade however, the civil war between the Mages raged on.

Magecraft against magecraft, families against families, each clash of power hidden from public eyes served to push the balance of power in the city ever so slightly.Even during lulls in the battles for control over territory, sharp minds clashed against each other, pushing tactics and counter tactics, making maneuvers and counter maneuvers, battle plans and retreat plans, deciding battles almost before they begin. But ultimately, all sides were unable to push each other back. If one gains an advantage, the others were quick to suppress it, leading to a vicious cycle of breaking and keeping the power balance.

However, when the Command Seals started appearing, the mages started getting into a frenzy again. It was something one could have never calculated, the appearance of the Grail in the city. If one were to have even one Servant on their side, the power balance would be tipped considerably, and a real chance of breaking the stalemate with total victory would appear.

And as such, both the Magus Civil War and the Holy Grail War begun anew.

***

Day 1 of the War

He paced back and forth, his weathered face creased deep in thought as he stroked his mane of a beard. The assembly of Executors, the church's heretic hunters, stood straight on each side of the large stone room, though for the uninitiated in the church's ways would see only a line of solemn priests and nuns. All except one, who was standing nervously on the raised platform in the middle, lightly touching the emblem on the back of her hand as she stared into the magic circle drawn on the platform. The musty air this early in the morning wasn't doing her nervousness any good.

"Brothers!" The man with the mane of a beard spoke suddenly, his booming voice reverberating through the stone room. "And sisters, we stand today to witness, that the Lord indeed moves in mysterious ways. Why else would one of our numbers be blessed with such a gift, if not to wield it in His name?"

Marie Anderson clasped her hands together and closed her eyes, listening intently to Gabriel Mayers, the most senior priest of them all, speaking. She had come here as an entourage to protect him when he supervised the war, but had instead suddenly gained a Command Seal, placing her securely as a contestant in the Grail War. She wondered briefly what sort of servant would come through that circle. Gabriel himself had drawn the circle, and taught her what words to use.

His hand rested on her shoulders, as he came to stand beside her.

"You may begin."

With that, she spread out her arms and chanted, each word reverberating through the room, as the circle finally started to shine.

Fate/Red Winter

And thats all of us. The IC OP will be posted soon. The master servant pairings has been posted in the Char Tab OP, and are as follows.

Rose - Caster
Dante - Saber
Carly - Assassin
Plain Doll - Lancer
Marie - Archer
Frederica - Rider
Fatima - Berserker

A Certain Academic City

Yup. I don't think Uiharu will be needed for now then.