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Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Take 2!

Can we blame the soy sauce for the black outfit? :D

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Take 2!

Kumozaki Keisuke

"Well, honestly, I'm more curious about what science might be able to fiddle with. Despite technically being a magus, I wasn't dragged into this mess for a good decade of my life. Most modern principles stuck around in my head even after some formal training, and I'm honestly curious about how this thing's body works. Human innovation is often inspired by nature, after all," he said, nodding his head at Atalanta's comment on Medea's usefulness before pausing a moment.

"Actually... Can you explain your relationship with Medea in a bit more detail to me while I set up something I have in mind? I have an... Admittedly stupid idea, but with this blood here, I might as well try it out. I'll get right to helping you out with preparations after I'm done."

Without giving a chance for the Archer to respond, Keisuke calmly walked over to the jars of sea serpent blood and, taking a nearby ladle, scooped some out before glancing around. Enough space was left on the ship's deck him him to set this up, and if the abundance of mana in the air was any indication, this was a good a time as any to bolster their forces.

Quietly walking around and pouring the blood in the shape of the all-too-familiar summoning circle, Keisuke pondered for a moment if summoning a Servant on board a ship while Medea was working on her project was the smartest of ideas. All things considered, it probably would be fine as long as it didn't result in either some sort of giant or a Berseker that would shred through his mana reserves like it was paper.

Too bad he was lacking any sort of catalyst at the moment. All he could do was hope for the best.

With that in mind, he began the summoning incantation, staring intently as the circle began to glow under him. If Medea wasn't happy about it, well...
He'd know soon enough.

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Ozymandias

The Rider chuckled to himself as he noticed Nero's reaction, however subtle it was, before turning his attention towards the Saber that was running towards them at full speed. Her campaign to fight the storm, at least, wasn't fruitless... On the other hand, chasing whatever the source of this raging storm was towards the vessel was also not something he would have preferred.

On second thought, that blue Saber wasn't bringing it here as much as it had come of its own volition. That brought up a variety of problems on its own, the least of which being that the apparent source of all their troubles was now right under them. Joy.

"Do we have any way of—" Ozymandias began to ask before the landscape in front of them was transformed in front of his very eyes. The colosseum that wrapped around them took him marginally by surprise, considering he had his own Reality Marble to use, but disregarding that issue for the moment, the pharaoh was pleased to see that the enemy had been dragged into Nero's territory upon its activation. With the humans spectating on the sidelines, Ozymandias smirked at Nero's call to arms.

"Hm... This shall do. Nothing as great as my own Noble Phantasm, but I shall accept this as a suitable location for a battle!" he declared, spinning his staff around before pointing it at the whale-like creature. In an instant, a multitude of laser beams seemed to shine from the sky above the stadium and rain down onto the beast, causing it to flail about. It was all for naught, of course; with no water for it to travel in, the beast was stuck and essentially had its death already determined by the gods.

Or, rather, it might, had the storm that it had been casting from within the ocean suddenly materializing abovehead. The spontaneous torrent of water was marginally annoying, but the creature seemed to be directing streams of water at them as a form of attack as it attempted to flood the colosseum in order to be able to move again.

"Hm... Tenacious, aren't you?" Ozymandias asked, not expecting any sort of answer as he continued to rain lasers upon the enemy.

@Raineh Daze@Rin@VitaVitaAR@KoL@Grey Star@RolePlayerRoxas

Winds of Change: A Re:Creators-Inspired Multiverse RP

@GreatSalmon: Aah, sorry for being MIA. I've had a giant (figurative) gun to my head to work on stuff the past few days, but I'm here now.
Let's see...

Hm. Doopliss, huh? I think the biggest problem I have with adding him to the cast is that he feels more like a pseudo-joke character than anything else. That, coupled with the general power level trends of the RP (and the higher likelihood for him to be off in his own world instead of interacting with the cast) means that he'll likely not fit in. Especially considering the tone of everything right now. Paper Mario's pretty lighthearted until you start poking at the major antagonists, and honestly Doopliss isn't an exception.

So... Refusal, but not based on powers. Sorry, mate.

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Take 2!

Kumozaki Keisuke

"Medusa's sisters, you say...? Well, that's a bit of an unorthodox request. Honestly, I can't say I'd envy your position right now. Let's hope we won't have to come clean up a shipwreck and retrieve you in a few hours with the rest of the group," Keisuke quipped, turning his katana back into a ring and slipping in on as he spoke. "In any case, I'll be sure to keep the spine and brain intact if I can. Can't guarantee freshness, though, unless Medea decides to do us a favor and make a bed of ice to keep it on for a while. Best of luck to you; I'm sure you'll need it."

With that parting remark, Keisuke ended the call and slipped the device back into his pocket as he watched Nobunaga decide to actually go through with her earlier plans of making sashimi out of the sea serpent. He was tempted to point out how most people wouldn't even consider eating something like that off of a whim, but decided against saying that once Atalanta suggested that they try some of the sea serpent meat themselves—cooked, of course. He couldn't fault her; it was better that than accidentally catching some random, rare disease from consuming the meat raw. Servants didn't have to worry about that, all things considered. At the same time, though, he was not a Servant and did not have that excuse.

It seemed that annoying Medea was going to have to be necessary, one way or another.

"I don't deny that it's probably a once-in-a-lifetime chance, but I, personally, don't think it's safe for a human to just consume something like this on a whim. Since I was curious about what Medea was making down there anyhow, I may as well ask for some way to handle all our problems in one go: keeping the meat fresh, preserving the other materials, and maybe getting something just in case that meat has some fatally poisonous material inside," he said to Atalanta, raising his hand as if to motion to wait for a moment before he walked down below deck.

The small amount of purple smoke floating about at his feet was a bit disconcerting, but Keisuke was used to seeing things that were more volatile in his line of work. Without letting it faze him, Keisuke continued on to find the source of the smoke: a room that Medea had, it seemed, completely dedicated into changing into a miniature workshop. It made sense now why she had wanted to get back here so desperately, but that wasn't an issue at the moment. Medea herself was poring over the bones and the fins, and as far as Keisuke could tell by the hazily-lit room, Medea was in the middle of creating...

"A propeller?" he asked out loud, at which point Medea stopped working and slowly turned towards him.

"Yes, a propeller. I was surprised at how much apparently superfluous information was inserted into my head when I was summoned, but it seems to be somewhat useful. That only adds to my own variety of questions, but in any case... Did you need something?" she asked, placing the mechanism off to the side for a moment to address him.

"Yes. I'm sorry to be a bother, but could I ask for some method to keep the organic stuff cold so it doesn't rot on the seas? Also, Atalanta seems to want to want to cook some of the meat for us; do you have any idea as to if that creature is poisonous to eat or not? Well, that and if we could borrow some seasonings, but I doubt that you have any on board..."

"Hm... The first comment is a valid concern, and I will address that once this propeller is complete. As for cooking the serpent... That's certainly something that Archer might suggest. To allay your fears, I can calmly say that the meat is not poisonous to consume. I should note, though, that there may be some residual mana within, though that would only really be dangerous if you were to consume its offals. Seasonings... Remember, this used to be someone else's vessel. I only modified the rooms closer to the exit; there may be something of note further in the back," she responded, nodding in turn.

"You're being awfully polite to me. I thought that cooperation would only mean that you would work with us, but you've already done such a great deal. Is there any particular reason as to why?"

"Do you really think I can afford to be brusque in my current situation? Frankly, you're far more polite than a fair deal of people I've had the pleasure of dealing with in the past, and you control two Servants for whatever reason, one of whom is an Archer who I know just as well as she knows me; not only that, but you three are volunteering to help me of your own volition more than anything else. I would prefer we remain on cordial terms, at least until the current situation is resolved," she responded, motioning for Keisuke to leave her be. "In any case, I should finish restructuring these objects. Luckily, this seems to be far simpler than I expected; I should be done in roughly two hours and will supply you with an answer to that cooling problem soon after."

"Huh. Not just polite, but honest, to boot. Or, well, I assume. Not like I'm in a position to complain, though. Thanks; I'll leave you to your work, then," Keisuke said, bowing in a mixture of gratitude and respect before leaving the room. Following the Caster's directions, Keisuke made his way further into the ship and, after peering into a few rooms and looking around in curiosity, eventually did find a few odd spices in what seemed to be a storage of some sort. That would warrant a bit more exploration (and maybe disposal) in the future, but for the moment the Enforcer simply took what he had and left the lower deck.

Making his way over to Atalanta, Keisuke laid out what he had in hand and nodded.

"She said it should be safe, we'll get some cooling for this once she's done, and we'll likely be seeing some more anachronisms attached to this ship. I wonder how much those modifications will alter the speed of this boat..." he said, trailing off as he looked at the other items on the ship. The blood in particular reminded him of the ritual to summon Servants...

All things considered, it might actually be a possibility to pull more from the Throne to help. There was the load on his own body to worry about, but the memory of Zelretch vaguely mentioning something about manipulating leylines on his first day or two there was still fresh in his mind. Maybe something had been done to him in regards to how much mana could be supplied to the Servants without... Well, killing him. He would have to ask about that later. For now, he wouldn't question it. Two hours in the middle of an ocean laden with mana from the Age of Gods... If there was a time to try something stupid, it was now. Probably.

But first, food. The curiosity at eating such a thing piqued his interest, even if he wasn't particularly inclined to eating fancy food in the first place. It was like... Eating fugu for the first time.
That was certainly an experience.

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Ozymandias

The bold smile that Ozymandias held faltered for a moment as he watched Nero steer the ship towards the edge of a whirlpool, his eyes widening as he moved behind Nero to grab the wheel for a brief moment and shift it ever so slightly off to the side. The ship lurched off to the side, throwing a few unlucky pirates off as it swung around the whirlpool and launched itself further into the storm. The pharaoh stepped back and let out a sigh of relief, silently wishing those unfortunate souls luck in the afterlife as he looked at the sea again.

"You were almost perfect with that angle. Impressive, considering that you are a Saber and not a Rider like I am," he remarked, turning towards the ships crew and sticking out his staff. "Stand firm! If any of you slacken, your lives are more at risk than ours. The light of Ra will shine upon us once more soon enough!"

As that was occurring on the ship, the waters below where Artoria had thrust her blade immediately surged multiple times over, causing giant waves that would cause even the most seasoned sailor to balk to form. The momentary glimpse of the laser piercing some sort of beast's flesh would be fairly clear, and the thrashing under it all caused the storm to whip around even more. Whatever the creature was, it attempted to dive deeper into the sea in attempt to dodge being hit by the same attack twice. There was a stream of blood now forming from where the weapon had met its mark, but the dark waters melded with the blood to make that in and of itself a hard sight to distinguish—above the water, at least. At the very least, it seemed to be heading for deeper waters and away from Artoria; unluckily enough, that 'away' also happened to be towards the ship carrying the other Servants and crew.

@KoL@VitaVitaAR@Rin@Raineh Daze@Grey Star

Winds of Change: A Re:Creators-Inspired Multiverse RP

@VitaVitaAR: Well, we discussesd the limitations of Youmu already, so as long as the speed is within reason (and I do put emphasis on that), then you're free to swap Suwako out for Youmu. Accepted, but with that caveat.

Crescendo of Steel and Magic: An Isekai genre RP

Byron Silverwood

Seeing as how his mistress looked as if she was at a loss about what to do, the butler took the initiative to wave one of the nearby patrolling guards over. When he came close enough to speak with, the Butler (quite succinctly) made clear the situation at hand. Conveniently leaving out the fact that the half-alv girl was from Grandia, Byron simply stated the chain of events as they occurred; no more, no less. The guard, of course, seemed to get the gist of the issue and moved to attempt to arrest her in turn.

With that issue having apparently been handled, Byron promptly collected the knives that were still floating in the air before returning to his mistress' side. There was the underlying feeling that he was 'missing' something, but it wasn't worrisome enough for him to warrant any sort of activity that might cause a ruckus.

"Princess, I apologize for the delay. If your business here is finished, I suggest we return for you to eat something," he commented, showing no reaction towards the automata's words. It wasn't as if he didn't want to respond in turn to the gesture, but a job was a job, and acting unprofessional right now was not something he'd much prefer to do.

@VitaVitaAR@Rune_Alchemist@Crusader Lord@Polaris North

Winds of Change: A Re:Creators-Inspired Multiverse RP

Shokuhou Misaki

Though her face didn't show it, Misaki was quite concerned by how the weird man managed to see through the holes in her (admittedly hastily-generated) excuses over the course of a few seconds. The comment about keeping her locked in here, though, caused chills to run down Misaki's spine. That worry seemed to be somewhat unfounded, though, as the man held out an acorn (an acorn?) and opened up a portal back to Tokyo. Hesitating for a few moments, Misaki reached out and carefully took the acorn from the man's hand before quickly leaping back out of the portal. Even if that acorn was a tracking device of sorts, so long as he had some sort of vested interest, she probably wouldn't be caught in some sort of terrifying situation like that again.

Or so she would have liked to home, but even she knew that this would likely only be the start of her troubles.

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Leonardo Watch

With this weird ragtag bunch of people now following him, Leo decided to (for once) take charge and lead the way. The city thus far seemed to be quite similar to Hellsalem's Lot, with the distinct exception of both a lack of fog over the sky and the more unnatural buildings and frequency of death. In that regard, this city was a lot more normal, and the idea that this was a New York City before the Great Collapse was finally starting to have some merit to it. It didn't being him any closer to finding the answers about his eyes, of course, but at least he wasn't running for his life like usual.

It didn't take long for the group to reach a park, and the abundant greenery and trees at the entrance alone definitely gave Leo a calming feeling. There were a few weird looks from passersby here and there, but once the group moved a bit deeper into the park, people in general didn't really appear. That was likely due to the time of day, of course, but all the better for them.

"Well, uh... I think this is a good place to sit down for a moment," he said, letting himself sit down on the grass as Sonic scampered its way back onto his head. "Um... Would this be a good time for everyone to introduce themselves? I'm not entirely sure how to go about this, but... I guess I'll start? My name is Leonardo Watch. The monkey on my head is named Sonic. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Leo, of course, knew how awkward trying to say all of this was, but at the very least if there were other people caught in this strange predicament, it was only right to try and help.
Right?

Granted, though, the sounds of helicopters flying overhead wasn't exactly the most reassuring of things to hear...

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Hinanawi Tenshi

Tenshi cocked her head to the side at the blue-haired girl's mention of the "Mecha-Mecha Squad" or something along those lines. The terminology was almost completely and utterly foreign to her, but given how the other girl didn't seem to want to come into contact with them, the Celestial found it safe to assume that they were likely... Not someone pleasant to have to deal with.

"I guess I can't help but follow!" Tenshi exclaimed, a battle-hungry smirk on her face as she flew off after the two girls in pursuit of the cowardly stranger. Though this place didn't follow the same rules of Gensokyo, there was nothing wrong with getting some payback for swinging at her before running away. Even if he didn't land anything, it still felt like she had to return a blow after all of that!

Increasing her speed as she flew forward, Tenshi quickly summoned two keystones, one at each side, before firing off a large barrage of bullets towards her target.

"Yep, if it's come to this, then danmaku has to be the answer! Though, uh... Hopefully that doesn't attract more attention here..."

@KoL@VitaVitaAR@Raineh Daze@Dezuel@Grey Star@TheFake

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Take 2!

Kumozaki Keisuke

Keisuke watched in silence as the two Archers fired their weapons at the sea serpent, hitting it dead-center in the middle of its skull before almost causing it to crash into the ship. The now-deceased body of the beast floated in the water, the blood now streaming from the gaping hole in its skull into the ocean below. With that settled, Medea let out a sigh and motioned for Keisuke to take his hands off the wheel before pointing her staff at the corpse of the serpent. She was no adept at necromancy and had no desire to start experimenting, of course, but it would be dangerous to leave something in the water to attract more enemies to them.

The materials of the serpent, however, might prove to be useful. So, without a moment's delay, Medea caused the body to rise into the air before systematically dismantling it. No part that hadn't already been lost to the waves was separated, each being placed onto a different location of the ship so as to balance it. Most of the stuff seemed to barely fit on board, which left Keisuke wondering what sort of power Medea had control of during her life. Was this just a result of being a Servant fed mana from the land she was born in?

"Since you felled the beast, I'll only take a few of these teeth to replenish my own supply. You three are free to decide what you want to do with the rest; if you give me most of the fins and a few bones, though, I may be able to repurpose them to make our journey faster," the Caster said, motioning to a pile of thin, semi-translucent fins lying off near the back of the ship. "It may take a while, though, so you three will have to handle any threats on your own if you do decide to do so."

Without waiting for his Servants to give their own input, Keisuke immediately nodded yes and motioned for the Caster to go ahead. With a bow in return, Medea took a few of the materials and retreated below deck, at which point Keisuke stood back at the ship's helm and took the wheel again to turn it back to its prior direction.

"Hm... Well, Medea stuffed the blood in those weird pots over there, the bones are all piled up near the masts, the meat's at the back, scales near the sides... You know, if I was a normal magus, I'd probably be salivating at the chance to use these materials," the Enforcer remarked, pulling out the phone from his pocket with one hand on the wheel and dialing for Meran.

"Progress report. We've just taken out a sea serpent and have just... Dismembered the corpse to improve our vessel. Don't ask how or why this happened. How are things on your end? Do you want me to save anything in particular for later usage?" he asked, the phone now propped up against his shoulder and towards his ear again.

The Servants were free to repurpose whatever they wanted to from what was left, of course; they could probably make use of it all better than he could.

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Ozymandias

Ozymandias sighed as he turned away from the storm, ready to start on his own preparations, before noticing Nero's speech as she took control of the wheel. The diminutive blonde Servant had the bright idea of charging further into the storm, at which point the Rider's eye twitched. After all, he was a Rider, and thus would have been the more logical decision to captain the ship. Given the pirates' reaction, of course, this was more akin to a hostile takeover by a single person more than anything else.

"You act as if leaving the sails open in a storm will do anything except destroy the-" he began to say before noticing that the other Saber had decided that charging into the storm ready to fight was a smarter idea. At this absurdity, Ozymandias stopped for a moment, closing his eyes and massaging his forehead. After a few moments, the sound of some chuckling could be heard under his breath until it blew up into full-on laughter.

"Hahahaha! Very well! If this is the path that we have chosen, then I shall allow it! Go forth, without fear or hesitation! We shall pierce through this storm with all of our strength!"

At this, the pirate captain could only sigh as the old man calmly walked down to the lower deck. With the ship and storm now finally meeting, the feeling of whipping winds and sharp rain combined with the turbulence of the water only emboldened the Rider.

"Whatever it is that awaits us, we shall not back down!"

The appearance of various giant whirlpools within the storm, however, shook the confidence of the pirates just a smidge. The charisma of the two at the helm of the ship could only do so much, after all.

As Arturia ran forth through the storm, she too would encounter quite a few whirlpools around her. If she was careful, of course, the slight glimpses of something far larger lurking beneath the surface would pass by her line of sight. It was only a shadow deep beneath the sea, and it only barely appeared beneath the dark, lightless waters, but otherwise, no trace of its existence was to be had.

@KoL@VitaVitaAR@Grey Star@Raineh Daze@Rin

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Take 2!

Kumozaki Keisuke

Medea glared at Nobunaga as the term 'witch' slipped through her lips. She would remember that slight, of course; Atalanta could half get away with it, but the both of them knew how to spite the other if the need be. For the moment, the best it could be considered was a treaty of non-aggression, if anything.

"Fool. Do you really think that us four—no, us three could subjugate such a creature without slaying it? Not to mention, in order to make a creature of that caliber my thrall I would need immensely more resources than we have on this vessel. You can check for yourself how much is actually on here, if you truly don't believe me," she responded as Keisuke ran up take the ship's whee-

"Oi, hold on, how the heck does this ship have a wheel? Isn't this a few centuries too early?!"

"I stole it from some hooligans and repurposed it to fit my own needs," Medea stated curtly, cutting the Enforcer off as she let the man take control of the ship. A magic circle quickly formed at her feet soon after, and a strong gust of wind blew from behind the ship. The Enforcer took that sudden surge of speed and ran with it, causing the ship to curve around at a pace which forced Keisuke to brace himself with all his strength. The serpent, of course, was temporarily taken by surprise, but soon decided to breach the surface of the water from within the curve in an attempt to slam the apparently-prone Servants off of the ship and into the water.

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Ozymandias

The Rider took a deep breath in as the ship sailed forth, the smell of the water tickling his nose as he stood at the forefront of the vessel. The sound of the pirates behind him screaming as they handled everything aboard the ship was a bit of a mood-breaker, but in this scenario he could not afford to be picky. As things were, the trip would take some time, and given how the Master travelling with them had been brought to a cabin on the lower level to rest, that meant that only that Meran girl, the old man, and the pirates were left. Well, in terms of who needed actual sustenance, of course.

Needless to say, that brought issues of its own. He couldn't just waltz up to a town off the coast and demand provisions, but at the same time he couldn't leave the others unable to survive. Cheap alcohol was indeed there, but he would rather the group not dirty their bodies with that swill. That could prove to be... Problematic.

"...Medusa, was it? Do you know which way we are to head?" he asked, turning towards the blindfolded woman who was currently standing at the bow of the ship, apparently staring out towards the ocean.

"Yes, I... I believe I should. The direction of the wind is oddly familiar to me. So long as we travel this way, we should reach the island in... A day's time? This vessel is far faster than what I am used to," she responded, slowly nodding before walking back onto the deck. That evaluation, odd as it was, stuck within Ozymandias' mind. This speed was unnatural, and the distance predicted was oddly small given what information had been given to him back when he had first been summoned. There were too many oddities in this situation, and—

"Captain! What's that in front of us?!" one of the lower ranking pirates cried out, beckoning a few of the others on the vessel to peek over to see what he was screaming about. Out of curiosity, Ozymandias turned to look as well, his eyes widening in shock as he saw what was in front of them.

In the midst of the clear blue sky, a giant wave of ominous black clouds seemed to loom right in front of them—no, rather, it seemed to be coming towards them. The torrential sea seemed to be far more restless than the surrounding water, which only placed more suspicion within the Rider's mind.

"Can we avoid it?" he asked, walking over to the old man as he did so. All he got in response was a bitter face and a grim shake of the head.

"Not at the speed we're going at right now. You'd all best brace yourselves for some rough seas ahead. Any of you who can't take the rain, I'd recommend you head under right this moment."

With a grimace, Ozymandias turned towards Medusa, who immediately nodded towards him before making her way down to the lower deck. It was a fair decision, all things considered; in her condition, she was more likely to be flung off the side of the ship instead of helping the vessel stay afloat.

"All right, you bastards! You know the drill by now! Get to work!" the captain yelled, at which point the various pirates scattered on deck began to move about and prepare for the worst. Ozymandias simply stood by, staring at the clouds, almost as if he was trying to make something out past the raging sea.

@Grey Star@KoL@VitaVitaAR@Raineh Daze@Rin

Winds of Change: A Re:Creators-Inspired Multiverse RP

@Lost Cause: I mean... We have Nanoha and Vita, so I see now issue if they aren't the main focus of the character. I'll probably evaluate on a case-by-case basis otherwise, so yeah.