I was considering both an OC of mine and Atalanta Alter, actually, considering her alter is just her with the pelt already active as far as I recall. Though I'm not sure how much of that was lostbelt weirdness, now that I think about it.
I want to make this clear, Daniel responded to Don Juan’s telepathic message. I am not really interested in what you do as long as it’s not with my family. Just don’t shatter the domestic bliss of my home life and we’re good, okay? Now, I am going to start a discussion on tactics I want you to listen in on - Can you multitask?
Domestic bliss, huh?Don Juan scratched his chin. Can’t say I’ve seen much of that in my life. Women who got chained to a weak fool who simply wishes to admire them as a trophy, women who shut themselves away like a flower in a walled garden, women who simply threw themselves at the first man to show them affection, without even sampling what the world has to offer… I’ve seen plenty of that. And they’re all happy to throw themselves at me in the end.
He chuckled to himself as he walked down the corridor. Though I’m sure you know your parents better than I do, Master.
Listening in on the tactical discussion, such as it was, Saber had little to add. They were certainly a versatile group, and whatever obstacles they would be facing were hard to predict, specifically. The kid at least seemed able to grasp the strengths of his Servants. Saber was optimistic. He didn’t have much to add, though. In fact, he ended up a little distracted for a while, chatting with a scientist who crossed his path.
Saber, Assassin, I would like to have you know that Raphael will lock you two up in a closet - With each other - If you two don’t come with me and Crazy Horse.
Fair warning, by the way, Chaldea may provide you with prana instead of me - Unless I am misremembering - but they will still be outraged if we fail to coordinate in the mission, especially if I die and their ‘investment’ in raising me dies with it.
Ah, Master, there’s no need for that kind of threat, Saber said, laughing to himself a little. Well, if you want to threaten someone, you need to know what they fear, and I can’t say I’m scared of you or an artist. That Assassin, maybe - but I think he’s in the same situation. And good luck catching him, honestly.
He wandered towards the place his Master was headed, and caught up in no time. “Yo!” He grinned, giving the kid a slap on the back. The sort of slap that would be considered a little hard by human standards, but wasn’t going to do any harm. “Listen kid, I think we got off on the wrong foot, so I’ll give you a little friendly advice. You want a team to work together, you gotta figure out what they have in common, what drives you all. If you want to be a leader, it’s often best to just sit back for a while and figure the team out. It takes a while to develop the kind of skills where you can just look at someone and see what approach is right with them.”
“Really, motivating people isn’t so different from threatening them; you just gotta find the right lever. Honestly, I’m not that great at it myself, but you learn to pick up on things here and there.”
He yawned, theatrically, and picked at his teeth. “If you go in on a bunch of assumptions, you’re just gonna end up making mistakes. And you made a couple of big ones with those command seals.”
His eyes flashed towards Daniel, and his tone sharpened from the friendliness it had held before. “Keep up the attitude, and I’ll fuck your dad. How’s that for a threat?”
For a moment, he held his gaze, before chuckling and lighting a cigarette. “Well, I’m sure it won’t come to that. I’m looking to keep things professional around here. Or, at least, not looking to create a hostile working environment. I have my fun, and then when it comes time to deal with these singularities, we get down to work. Sound good?” He smiled, and almost went to offer the kid a cigarette, before remembering his age and twitching the hand back.
“Sounds like things are getting moving,” The Saber said, brushing the back of his head. “I don’t know if you guys care about the walk of shame or whatever, but it seems like a lot of people had to pull all-nighters. Think they’ll be jealous you got to have some fun?” He looked to the rest of the people in the room, winking cheerily.
The five women were all still looking fairly exhausted. It was going to be a pretty difficult work day for them, most likely.
“Jessica, Angie, Mary, Monica, Tina, right?” He said, making rough eye contact with each in turn. It wasn’t as though he needed to physically maintain his list any longer; that was simply a function of his Noble Phantasm. Plus, women tended to find it rude when you got out the quill right after the deed was done. While he wasn’t above running out on people the morning after, it wouldn’t be a good idea to build up resentment with people who’d be working with him for an unknown amount of time going forward. “I’ve heard people say bad things about workplace relationships, but I’m sure we’re on the same page about what this is,” He said, to little response from the exhausted women. “If you’re feeling up for round two in a week or so, I’ll be around.”
“Adiós, ladies.” He smiled, and spun a cigarette in his fingers before gripping it in a brief salute towards the women. Then, he stuck it in his mouth and casually walked from the room. It was time to get to work.
He hadn’t paid much attention to the other Servants since they were men - he was sure they’d prove valuable allies and all, but chatting about tactics wasn’t his top priority right after being summoned back into the world. As for what it had been, well, that should be pretty obvious.
His Master, though, had certainty stood out. Some kid, who’d had the guts to boss him around right off the bat. “Still, to think he’d go that far…” Saber muttered under his breath. Not only using a command seal, but using even three. Perhaps it was better for him to use all of those command seals right off the bat than on some other whim later, but it was annoying nonetheless.
“I guess I do have that kind of reputation.” He sighed. Three command seals made for a pretty strong order, overall. But there was a flaw in the wording. For a Servant like Don Juan, a command to not touch a single woman in any particular group - it was as good as an order to sleep with every single other woman in that group.
Still, he’d pretty much been planning on that from the start, so all that the pressure from those orders did was give him a nasty itch that he could feel beneath his skin.
Scratching it had been fun, though.
Oi, Master. Don Juan spoke telepathically, Hope you didn’t try and see through my eyes last night. It was the sort of show a kid shouldn’t see. Well, he knew the kid hadn’t been peeking, he just wanted to needle the kid a little. In fact, you should stay out of my eyes while we’re in Chaldea. You never know what you might see~
He wandered through the halls, trying to get a sense of the layout of the place that would be his home for the foreseeable future. For the time being, there was no need to rush.
A long-lived myth and a story with many forms. Don Juan is a seducer who sleeps with hundreds or even thousands of women, often duelling men to the death or committing various other sins.
The earliest written version has Don Juan continuously sin with the excuse that he will eventually repent on his deathbed, he fails and is dragged to hell. Indeed, most other versions of the tale follow this general pattern, including the famous opera Don Giovanni.
However, this is the ‘hero’ Don Juan, summoned in the class that contains various shining knights of the sword. Though most versions of his story end with him in hell, Jose Zorilla’s Don Juan Tenorio ends with him redeeming himself and heading to heaven. This is the story that most informs Saber’s summoning.
After winning a challenge of who could win the most duels and seduce the most women, the loser challenged him to a further test - to seduce the only type of woman he had not yet managed; a nun about to take her vows. Naturally, Don Juan’s demonic charisma allowed him to succeed in a single night.
Though he almost built a relationship with this woman, Dona Ines, he soon got into a fight and had to flee the country.
Eventually, after encountering ghosts and having some more duels, his death drew closer - but just as he was about to be dragged to hell, he reached out to heaven for mercy, and Dona Ines appeared and took him to heaven.
Personality
A hot-blooded man who acts entirely on his instincts, fighting any who challenge him and seducing any who catch his eye. Though ‘anyone who catches his eye’ is pretty much any woman with very few exceptions, and some men.
Since this is the most ‘heroic’ Don Juan that exists, he has absolutely no inclination to trick or force people to go along with his desires, relying instead on simple honesty and charisma. Sometimes he can be a little too honest, however. Though his incredibly rapid movement from one conquest to the next may seem callous, it’s simply an earnest expression of his love (lust). In his eyes, all women deserve love, and he’s more than happy to give it to them.
Similar to a certain other Incubus-blooded man, he’s the type to simply breeze into someone’s life with a smile, feed on their dreams, and leave like a plague of locusts. But unlike that man, he has a greater understanding of the human heart. After all, he’s one who lived completely among humans. Though he pretends to take everything casually, when it comes down to it, he would rather ‘save’ someone than ‘seduce’ them.
His experience with human women is boundless, but he would salivate at the thought of meeting various types of demi-humans who he has not yet managed to love.
In his more villainous forms, perhaps he would be a being akin to Beasts - an enemy to mankind, or at least to womankind.
Character Objective: Have fun, save the world, get a harem of cute monster girls.
Parameters
STR: C ||| END: A+ ||| AGI: B ||| MAN: B ||| LCK: A
Class Skills
Magic Resistance: C
A skill that grants protection against magical effects. Cancels spells with a chant below two verses, but cannot protect against magecraft on the level of high-thaumaturgy.
Riding: A
Don Juan being Don Juan, there is almost nothing or no-one he can’t ride.
Personal Skills
Nature of an Incubus: B
The nature of one’s being as a demon of seduction. Whether it’s because of one’s reputation as a ‘devil’, because any man who could seduce so many women must be an incubus by definition, or the person that the Don Juan stories were based on in reality had the blood of an incubus - whatever the case, this skill remains.
One can consider it the Western equivalent of the Oni, phantasmal species known as demons. A composite skill that encompasses Monstrous Strength, Natural Monster, Mana Burst and Charisma at equivalent rank. In addition, the acquisition of magical energy from sexual encounters is massively increased in efficiency.
Thrusting Techniques: EX
An ability encompassing various sword skills, specifically those of a duelist using a rapier. A natural skill for a masterful fencer (seducer). Includes the ability to inflict death (orgasm) with a single thrust, the capacity to penetrate armour, disarming techniques, and even the capability of inflicting mental interference on the target through one’s thrusts.
Disengage: C+
The ability to withdraw (pull out) from an engagement, with the bonus effect of resetting conditions to their status at the beginning of the encounter. Additionally, the effect of certain status ailments, particularly disease, are wiped out.
The skill of one who variously withdrew from both duels and certain illicit encounters.
il Catalogo è Questo List of Reviews
Rank: E+++ Type: Anti-Unit Range: 1-10 Maximum Targets: 1
A list recording the names of Don Juan’s various conquests. Though this is more associated with the Don Giovanni opera, it is also present in various other versions of the tale. It also happens to include a rating out of ten for each name, though this is not present in any of the versions of the legend.
Including both his conquests in love and war, the two become interchangeable for the purpose of this Noble Phantasm.
Once the target has been ‘penetrated’, their name appears on the list, and the Noble Phantasm can be activated. It is a conceptual attack that takes the form of a completely honest evaluation of the target. The evaluation is limited to one’s body, techniques, and personality; any history and unknown information is not covered. The more information Saber has on the opponent, the more thorough the review is.
Since it’s honest, it earnestly points out both flaws and points of charm in a fair balance. In that sense, whether it’s an attack or a method of encouragement depends on how the target takes it. At its worst, it’s a vicious mental blow that targets the enemy’s deepest insecurities with a brutal honesty that cannot be argued. At its best it encourages the target deeply by complimenting their best features.
In either case, it inflicts mental status effects on the opponent, ranging from encouragement, to anger, to depression, to infatuation or even love with Saber. Since its effects are unpredictable, though, it’s not a reliable combat tool.
Tan Largo me lo Fiais! It is Never too Late for Forgiveness!
Rank: EX Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Unit(Self) Range: 0-1 Maximum Targets: 2
The crystallization of Don Juan’s existence, and the words he lived by. Tan Largo me lo Fias, roughly meaning “what a long term you are giving me”. The idea that no matter what sins are committed, there will always be time to repent later, even on one’s deathbed. In most of the stories of Don Juan, this proves false - he does not repent in time, and is instead dragged to hell. However, his summoning as a heroic Saber represents the few stories where he was redeemed, ascending to heaven instead with his lover Dona Ines.
In this sense, the Noble Phantasm represents an infinite capacity for forgiveness and repentance. Even an evil demon of lust can be redeemed if he wishes to be. Indeed, if it wasn’t for Saber’s personality, this Noble Phantasm would be enough to qualify one for the Saver class.
With a physical representation of an hourglass of sand that represents Saber’s own lifespan, it has the passive effect of relativity, slowing Saber’s perception of time the closer his death comes. With enough speed and luck, it’s even possible to avert the end.
However, its greater strength is in offering redemption when invoking its true name. Not only Saber himself, but anyone, so long as they hold love in their heart, and are willing to redeem themselves, can have every last one of their sins washed away by this Noble Phantasm. If these conditions are fulfilled, even the great Beasts, the enemies of humanity, can be saved.
A long-lived myth and a story with many forms. Don Juan is a seducer who sleeps with hundreds or even thousands of women, often duelling men to the death or committing various other sins.
The earliest written version has Don Juan continuously sin with the excuse that he will eventually repent on his deathbed, he fails and is dragged to hell. Indeed, most other versions of the tale follow this general pattern, including the famous opera Don Giovanni.
However, this is the ‘hero’ Don Juan, summoned in the class that contains various shining knights of the sword. Though most versions of his story end with him in hell, Jose Zorilla’s Don Juan Tenorio ends with him redeeming himself and heading to heaven. This is the story that most informs Saber’s summoning.
After winning a challenge of who could win the most duels and seduce the most women, the loser challenged him to a further test - to seduce the only type of woman he had not yet managed; a nun about to take her vows. Naturally, Don Juan’s demonic charisma allowed him to succeed in a single night.
Though he almost built a relationship with this woman, Dona Ines, he soon got into a fight and had to flee the country.
Eventually, after encountering ghosts and having some more duels, his death drew closer - but just as he was about to be dragged to hell, he reached out to heaven for mercy, and Dona Ines appeared and took him to heaven.
Personality
A hot-blooded man who acts entirely on his instincts, fighting any who challenge him and seducing any who catch his eye. Though ‘anyone who catches his eye’ is pretty much any woman with very few exceptions, and some men.
Since this is the most ‘heroic’ Don Juan that exists, he has absolutely no inclination to trick or force people to go along with his desires, relying instead on simple honesty and charisma. Sometimes he can be a little too honest, however. Though his incredibly rapid movement from one conquest to the next may seem callous, it’s simply an earnest expression of his love (lust). In his eyes, all women deserve love, and he’s more than happy to give it to them.
Similar to a certain other Incubus-blooded man, he’s the type to simply breeze into someone’s life with a smile, feed on their dreams, and leave like a plague of locusts. But unlike that man, he has a greater understanding of the human heart. After all, he’s one who lived completely among humans. Though he pretends to take everything casually, when it comes down to it, he would rather ‘save’ someone than ‘seduce’ them.
His experience with human women is boundless, but he would salivate at the thought of meeting various types of demi-humans who he has not yet managed to love.
In his more villainous forms, perhaps he would be a being akin to Beasts - an enemy to mankind, or at least to womankind.
Character Objective: Have fun, save the world, get a harem of cute monster girls.
Parameters
STR: C ||| END: A+ ||| AGI: B ||| MAN: B ||| LCK: A
Class Skills
Magic Resistance: C
A skill that grants protection against magical effects. Cancels spells with a chant below two verses, but cannot protect against magecraft on the level of high-thaumaturgy.
Riding: A
Don Juan being Don Juan, there is almost nothing or no-one he can’t ride.
Personal Skills
Nature of an Incubus: B
The nature of one’s being as a demon of seduction. Whether it’s because of one’s reputation as a ‘devil’, because any man who could seduce so many women must be an incubus by definition, or the person that the Don Juan stories were based on in reality had the blood of an incubus - whatever the case, this skill remains.
One can consider it the Western equivalent of the Oni, phantasmal species known as demons. A composite skill that encompasses Monstrous Strength, Natural Monster, Mana Burst and Charisma at equivalent rank. In addition, the acquisition of magical energy from sexual encounters is massively increased in efficiency.
Thrusting Techniques: EX
An ability encompassing various sword skills, specifically those of a duelist using a rapier. A natural skill for a masterful fencer (seducer). Includes the ability to inflict death (orgasm) with a single thrust, the capacity to penetrate armour, disarming techniques, and even the capability of inflicting mental interference on the target through one’s thrusts.
Disengage: C+
The ability to withdraw (pull out) from an engagement, with the bonus effect of resetting conditions to their status at the beginning of the encounter. Additionally, the effect of certain status ailments, particularly disease, are wiped out.
The skill of one who variously withdrew from both duels and certain illicit encounters.
il Catalogo è Questo List of Reviews
Rank: E+++ Type: Anti-Unit Range: 1-10 Maximum Targets: 1
A list recording the names of Don Juan’s various conquests. Though this is more associated with the Don Giovanni opera, it is also present in various other versions of the tale. It also happens to include a rating out of ten for each name, though this is not present in any of the versions of the legend.
Including both his conquests in love and war, the two become interchangeable for the purpose of this Noble Phantasm.
Once the target has been ‘penetrated’, their name appears on the list, and the Noble Phantasm can be activated. It is a conceptual attack that takes the form of a completely honest evaluation of the target. The evaluation is limited to one’s body, techniques, and personality; any history and unknown information is not covered. The more information Saber has on the opponent, the more thorough the review is.
Since it’s honest, it earnestly points out both flaws and points of charm in a fair balance. In that sense, whether it’s an attack or a method of encouragement depends on how the target takes it. At its worst, it’s a vicious mental blow that targets the enemy’s deepest insecurities with a brutal honesty that cannot be argued. At its best it encourages the target deeply by complimenting their best features.
In either case, it inflicts mental status effects on the opponent, ranging from encouragement, to anger, to depression, to infatuation or even love with Saber. Since its effects are unpredictable, though, it’s not a reliable combat tool.
Tan Largo me lo Fiais! It is Never too Late for Forgiveness!
Rank: EX Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Unit(Self) Range: 0-1 Maximum Targets: 2
The crystallization of Don Juan’s existence, and the words he lived by. Tan Largo me lo Fias, roughly meaning “what a long term you are giving me”. The idea that no matter what sins are committed, there will always be time to repent later, even on one’s deathbed. In most of the stories of Don Juan, this proves false - he does not repent in time, and is instead dragged to hell. However, his summoning as a heroic Saber represents the few stories where he was redeemed, ascending to heaven instead with his lover Dona Ines.
In this sense, the Noble Phantasm represents an infinite capacity for forgiveness and repentance. Even an evil demon of lust can be redeemed if he wishes to be. Indeed, if it wasn’t for Saber’s personality, this Noble Phantasm would be enough to qualify one for the Saver class.
With a physical representation of an hourglass of sand that represents Saber’s own lifespan, it has the passive effect of relativity, slowing Saber’s perception of time the closer his death comes. With enough speed and luck, it’s even possible to avert the end.
However, its greater strength is in offering redemption when invoking its true name. Not only Saber himself, but anyone, so long as they hold love in their heart, and are willing to redeem themselves, can have every last one of their sins washed away by this Noble Phantasm. If these conditions are fulfilled, even the great Beasts, the enemies of humanity, can be saved.
I might have an idea that could work for Poe. I'll kick things around in a document and see if they come together, and if not I'll fall back on my other ideas.
Nallore,
The Irish Tree
