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The Epic of Beginnings - Fragments of a weathered scroll

Being used to the social structure of the modern-day globalized world did not make things any better for Misaki as she followed Lazirha into the village; the odd stares from those who lived here made it obvious that they were foreigners, and some part of that irony was not lost upon her given how Japan usually was. Of course, being aware of that which was 'foreign' was but human nature, and so she couldn't necessarily fault them for much of anything. Rather, given the current situation (and how they didn't seem to be going after them in any meaningful way), it seemed best to let sleeping dogs lie.

At least, for the moment.

"Your house? Well, if it wouldn't be any—" she began to say, only for the arrival of a massive beast to stop her mid-sentence. Of course, it wasn't like she could do much of anything about it; the arm that fell from its maw only solidified that idea within her mind. Going after it for the moment would be tantamount to suicide, and though the various spoils of previous hunts adorned the village, the exasperation from one of the apparent hunter at seeing one sent mixed signals. Regardless of that, though, it wasn't as if there was much she could do regardless.

"Sorry, but I've never held a weapon in my life," she said, taking a step back as she shook her head. Seeing Nobunaga move so confidently forward to take on the beast, though, gave her a bit of reprieve in that regard. Escaping death thrice over in a single day was already insanity enough, given how she had already crossed that boundary once already...

@VitaVitaAR@Rune_Alchemist@Crimson Paladin

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Oh, I forgot to mention when I posted last night: the Waver set will be updated when we have an update from Artoria (just so things flow a bit more easily). Everything else should be more open after that follow-up post, too, so please wait warmly until things are done preparing.

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Uehara Mitsuki

"No phone number, huh? That's a bit unusual, but..."

The young man trailed off as he took in the blonde girl's words, considering the best way to find someone who might teach a class here. Of course, given the aforementioned Mystic Code at her side, it didn't take much for Mitsuki to presume that the target of their pursuits was one more inclined towards teaching magecraft. The way she spoke of the Clock Tower's Lords in so casual a manner only gave further credence to his assumptions of her status being higher than he had expected, but that didn't exactly change the current situation in any meaningful way.

His Servant's words (and reaction to the blonde girl's teasing) were not left unnoticed, though, and a slight frown and furrowed brow crossed the young man's face as he gauged the Archer's reaction. It wasn't anything to call out, per se—and if she didn't want to finish her earlier thought, then so be it—but it seemed that their thoughts were as one with regards to finding the girl's relative.

"Well, I guess we should just head to the center of the city, then," Mitsuki stated simply, shrugging his shoulders. "It's probably the best place to start, given how many colleges and universities have set up shop there."

Even so, there was a sinking feeling in the young man's stomach that this matter wouldn't be so simply resolved by finding that girl's 'elder brother'...

@KoL@VitaVitaAR

Alter Ego — Meltryllis

The sight of the Shadow Servants recovering so easily from her own strikes was nothing too jarring for the Alter Ego, given that she had experience dealing with a few who had much of the same constitution before. It was almost comedic, how much damage they could take from a Servant before falling apart at the seams.

Not like it really mattered at the end of the day, though; in the end, what had piqued her interest was the word 'sister'. There were only a few people that matched such a description (if they could even be called people), but as far as she could tell, two of them were far too distinct and naturally destructive to even consider as being the ones in question. It would, however, explain BB's directive to send them here in the first place.

"Hmph. Is that all?" she asked, tapping her foot for a moment as she glared at the Servant in front of her, the slightest of smiles appearing across her face. "I suppose insects like you only exist to be a nuisance. No matter; swarm all you wish, but the result will not change."

With that, Meltryllis leaped forward, planting her knee into one unfortunate soul's face before he promptly melted into nothing more than a puddle on the ground. A simple sweep of her leg took out two more, sending them crashing with force into the nearby wall. The bullets and blades, she simply danced around, their own speed as wielded by a human nothing more than a feeble attempt at resistance.

The sadistic grin that had begun to spread in turn as she cut through the opposition as if toying with them said more than any words could.

With that said, though, the ghosts that had risen from the opposing Servant's shadow seemed to be doing nothing except posture aggressively and move forward, which made them far less worrisome to the Alter Ego at the moment. The fact that they were ghosts and not giving her much in the way of amusement didn't exactly give her inclination to strike out at them. The same could not be said of the shadow Servants, however, as they once again attempted to charge at her despite their grotesque deformation from her earlier strikes. Given that she did not wish for their presence to continue to attack her eyes as they did now, Meltryllis did what she assumed would be the best usage of their own ill-gotten existences: crush them, completely and utterly, and turn them into 'experience' for herself.

Of course, that could come back to bite her later, but it wasn't like she was so foolish to strike out at stationary targets when she had others aiming to strike out at her in the first place. Of course, their growing number beyond the few that had already spawned were slowly causing them to become a bit more worrisome in the back of her mind...

@VitaVitaAR@Rune_Alchemist@Pyromania99

The Epic of Beginnings - Fragments of a weathered scroll

The lack of any incidents en route to Lazirha's hometown came as a pleasant surprise to Misaki, who would have much appreciated a bit more time to examine the entire situation regardless. To the young girl's questions, though, the foxgirl could only find it within herself to respond with a slight half-grin. Given what she could see regarding the current state of the world, such curiosity was nothing if not admirable, but describing modern Japan and everything it (and the world at large) had to offer might sound too outlandish compared to what little she could make of the settlement in the distance. Even so, given that she planned to tell Nobunaga everything once they had actually reached the village (or, to be accurate, that she expected to have to tell everything), it seemed more useful to find more time to figure out how to describe everything in the simplest of terms.

"I'll tell you more once we sit down. There's a lot more to explain than you'd expect, but I'm not sure if you'd believe half of it," she said, shrugging her shoulders. If anything, though, starting in a location like this with at least some semblance of livelihood already meant that they wouldn't be floundering about aimlessly in pursuit of the basic necessities of life. So long as they could make themselves useful here, then it was possible to establish this location as a temporary base, if only for a short while...

Novak's question came before Misaki's own, but if anything, it was aimed right where she had planned to target anyhow, and so the young woman simply continued on quietly as she waited for Lazirha's response in turn. Asking about any problems that the village had would have to wait until they got to look around the place, but with the sudden influx of knowledge planted in her brain, development wasn't entirely out of the question so long as the villagers wanted it.

@Crimson Paladin@Rune_Alchemist@VitaVitaAR

The Epic of Beginnings - Fragments of a weathered scroll

With a pensive gaze, Misaki quietly considered the girl's words as she seemed to circle about. That childlike curiosity, if anything, was a bit refreshing after a few brushes past death, and if she was giving out all this information freely, then they would likely be all the better for it.

Of course, that natural curiosity had already given them enough to work with—a nearby village, travelers, and other people like herself further to the north—which already provided a starting point. Lazirha, as she had introduced herself, was already curious enough about them, after all; pulling out more information was probably the only thing they could do at the moment, anyhow.

"Lazirha... Was it?" the foxgirl asked, nodding her head before smiling. "You can call me... Right, I suppose family names might be a bit confusing for now, so Misaki it is, then. It's a pleasure to meet you. For now, though, uh... I'd be happy to answer your questions, but at the very least, can we move somewhere a bit warmer? The chill in the air is a bit..."

Of course, shelter took a bit more priority than information, but there was nothing saying they couldn't get both at once...

@VitaVitaAR@Crimson Paladin@Rune_Alchemist

The Epic of Beginnings - Fragments of a weathered scroll

As the group proceeded along their escape route, Misaki slowly found the strength to not need to rely upon Nobunaga for further support. Given that the worst of things (for her ears, at least) had come and gone, the foxgirl, having regained her full retinue of senses, began to observe the land more closely. Though the colossus at their backs was still a bit of a pressing concern, the three of them were still essentially foreigners to this land, which made at least trying to orient themselves a more pressing concern.

Of course, the briny smell of the coast gave at least a little away in terms of what sort of location they were in now. If anything, though, proximity to the ocean would prove valuable regardless of what they planned to do.

"Hm... I suppose this is our cue to..." she trailed off as the sound of something nearby immediately caught her interest. Of course, she herself was not aware that her ears had twitched the second they had caught wind of whatever that was, but it was an obvious enough tell to the source if they had deigned to look.

After a moment, Misaki turned towards the sound and, after motioning to the others to follow, walked forward to speak with the young girl. Nobunaga taking the lead in doing so was probably for the best, though, but given what she could see so far...

"I'd also ask if there's anywhere nearby where we can warm ourselves up a little. This place is a bit..." she trailed off, tail flicking back and forth as her gaze panned towards the blanket of white that seemed to cover everything in sight.

@VitaVitaAR@Crimson Paladin@Rune_Alchemist

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Sorry for the delay; things are fine now. Ended up distracted by a myriad other things. Post up, all good. I think.

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Uehara Mitsuki

The bluntness of the blonde girl's demands caused the young man to blink for a moment, unsure about how to react. Most of the time, a simple apology and response was well enough for everyone to be moving back on their way—such was city life, after all—and so to be suddenly accosted as a guide while on the way to go somewhere else...

"Ah, well..." he trailed off, turning away as he scratched the back of his neck before the mercury maid (or, at the very least, what seemed to be one) made herself known. Regardless of the actual status of the girl in front of him, there was something of an intimidation factor in having a Mystic Code like that pop out of nowhere next to its master. Of course, being in pursuit of her brother while being new to the city was a problem, but...

"Prota-hey, wait, what do you mean by that?" he asked, having turned towards the Archer after realizing what it was that she had said. "Coincidences are just coincidences, you know. But, well..."

Given that request, Mitsuki could in no way simply walk away at this point. Examining that escape room would have to wait, it seemed.

"In any case... Well, the two of us were heading somewhere, but if you're looking for someone, I suppose that I can at least try and help? Do you have some sort of mobile number or some other way to contact this brother of yours?"

Really, it would be ideal if he wasn't just dragged around the city, but something in the back of his mind told him that escaping this wasn't going to be likely...

@KoL@VitaVitaAR

Alter Ego — Meltryllis

"Of course. What sort of mess did that AI get us into this time...?"

The amount of annoyance in Meltryllis' voice was quite obvious as she moved in front of her Master, eyes narrow as she glared at the opposition preparing to take them out. It was clear that those below them were not exactly the most savory sort of people to be dealing with, but that did not so much as faze the Alter Ego. The Shadow Servants that were appearing were likely to be annoying to deal with as usual, of course, but her biggest worry was the fact that they were on a rooftop with strikingly little to use as proper cover.

"Well, in any case, I won't have you throwing yourself into danger again, right?" she continued, taking a few steps back as she rolled her shoulders. "They have actual weapons this time, so stay out of harm's way. If they make it up and you can't hold out, let me know and I'll come get you."

With that, the Alter Ego began to run, leaping off the building and spinning in midair as she aimed her legs towards the nearest thug with a gun. The landing, of course, was more than a little bit lethal (as would be expected from taking such an impact at such his speeds), but at this point, a few dead bodies was the least of her concern. Immediately, Meltryllis turned her attention towards the closest shadow Servant and, with a twirl after landing, launched her target through the closest wall of the warehouse.

"How garish. Really, couldn't you have at least picked something less ineffective as your foot soldiers?"

@VitaVitaAR

Fusang Streets

With Conner's own Servant taking that Saber's focus away from himself, Waver had enough time to take a deep breath and calm his nerves. Despite himself, the Fusang he was in now was most definitely not the Fuyuki of over two decades ago, and the Fourth Holy Grail War was only a memory. It was one that he treasured dearly even now, of course—the catalyst he had used then remained with him even now—but that did not mean that it had to grip him as it had the past.

"R-right. Well then..." he began, slowly forcing his body to stop tensing up as he turned towards those present. "I suppose that in my role as a professor, I should also hope that you have the requisite materials for the course..."

If anything, he had to keep his own worries in check. It was quite possible that the Saber in front of him wouldn't recognize him after all these years. Grey, on the other hand...

"...Though I suppose if there is nothing else, we should be off. I would rather not miss my appointment to check the Servant database of the city."

Of course, if Grey, silent as she was now, could escape without catching the attention of the King of Knights, that would be all the better...

@Rin@Rezod92@VitaVitaAR

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

@Rezod92: I guess it falls to me to ask, then. Could you edit to accommodate for that, please? Saber Alter shouldn't have existed in this continuity, so... Yeah.

I'll likely update once you do, though.

The Epic of Beginnings - Fragments of a weathered scroll

Still leaning on Nobunaga's shoulder for support, Misaki slowly continued onward with the others to leave the area. Of course, the first thing that caught her attention was the massive stone colossus that seemed more fitting in a video game or anime than it did any sort of reality. The sight alone had left her without breath, and it was only after a brief pause that it seemed to click that this was the sort of 'guardian' that had been referred to by that goddess in the first place.

Of course, actually fighting it was tantamount to suicide, and it seemed that the other two were well aware of that fact as well. Running away was the only prudent option, but with her still trying to get a hold of her senses and the giant on the apparent hunt for them...

Well, it was obvious that a swift course of action was necessary. Nobunaga's own assertion to keep moving, however reasonable, did not sit well with Misaki, though. Until she recovered, their slowed speed would make them prime targets to be swatted into the ground should they be sighted, and given how open the area was...

Honestly, it didn't hurt to suggest otherwise; their time, however short, seemed to afford them at least a moment to weigh their options.

"...That may be so, but that area being untouched could also provide us with some time to regroup. If there is something more fearsome deeper within, we could just as well hang around the outskirts of that formation, could we not?"

She would go along with whatever the others decided upon, of course, but even a little time to reassess the situation could help everyone present... Or, well, so she hoped.

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