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capeandcowllogs2012-11-28 06:50 pm
everdistant_utopia) wrote in capeandcowllogs2012-11-28 06:50 pm
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WHO: Saber and YOU
WHERE: Around the Porter building, radiating outward
WHEN: 28 November
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Freshly ported to the City, Saber goes scouting and hopes she turns up one of her allies.
FORMAT: Prose to start, tagger's choice
Typically, when awakening in a strange place, there was a certain protocol the beings nebulously called Servants, named by the magi who summoned them for the purpose of fighting for the Holy Grail. Under normal circumstances, the first thing a newly-summoned Servant would have laid eyes on would have been her Master.
It had not been entirely unlike when Emiya Kiritsugu had summoned her, but the inherent need to recite her part in that ritual had failed to surface, to say nothing of any memory of being defeated and returning to her own time first. But what had been a more pressing concern was the decided lack of connection to the Holy Grail, which not only imparted knowledge of the era and her potential opponents, but kept her anchored to the physical plane. That lack of anchor would have been worrying if not for the fact that she no longer seemed to need one.
The petite blonde was conflicted. The lack of a Grail meant no Masters and by extension no Command Spells she was compelled to obey; for all intents and purposes she was as free to act as independently as any Archer-class Servant. Similarly, she was no longer dependent on the elusive artefact to anchor her to the material plane. On the other hand, the existence of the Grail -- and more importantly, its wish-granting property -- had been her entire reason for submitting to the Holy Grail War in the first place.
Saber would have demanded answers from her would-be Master, had there been one to ask. Instead, she had been greeted by a mechanical voice requesting her name. Belatedly she realised she should have been more cautious; in her bemusement she had given her true name instead of her class designation and immediately cursed herself afterward. The "hero alias", on the other hand, had been even more bewildering. Had the machine meant her class designation or her title as the King of Knights? She decided on the former; at least that would afford her some level of anonymity...if other Servants had been summoned to the unfamiliar city as well. For the moment, she sensed none. However, that might have been due to her new status, whatever that was. Nearly all her abilities as a Servant had been sealed or removed, leaving a few of those she had possessed during her natural lifetime. As best she could tell, Arturia was human again. She wasn't sure whether to be glad or frustrated by her renewed status.
Whatever the situation truly was, Saber was now on her own. The request to be returned to her proper place had been met with frustrating silence, and what scant information she had been given wasn't anything she could use in the immediate sense. Simply staring at the strange device she had been given would yield no answers. The petite blonde decided that, if this was no conventional summoning, the possibility that either her Master or Irisviel -- her decoy Master and whose company Saber admitted she would have preferred -- had likewise been "summoned" existed. Perhaps it might not have been the wisest course of action, but the King of Knights decided that reconnaissance of the city was in order. And if her search turned up Kiritsugu or Irisviel, all the better.
WHERE: Around the Porter building, radiating outward
WHEN: 28 November
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Freshly ported to the City, Saber goes scouting and hopes she turns up one of her allies.
FORMAT: Prose to start, tagger's choice
Typically, when awakening in a strange place, there was a certain protocol the beings nebulously called Servants, named by the magi who summoned them for the purpose of fighting for the Holy Grail. Under normal circumstances, the first thing a newly-summoned Servant would have laid eyes on would have been her Master.
It had not been entirely unlike when Emiya Kiritsugu had summoned her, but the inherent need to recite her part in that ritual had failed to surface, to say nothing of any memory of being defeated and returning to her own time first. But what had been a more pressing concern was the decided lack of connection to the Holy Grail, which not only imparted knowledge of the era and her potential opponents, but kept her anchored to the physical plane. That lack of anchor would have been worrying if not for the fact that she no longer seemed to need one.
The petite blonde was conflicted. The lack of a Grail meant no Masters and by extension no Command Spells she was compelled to obey; for all intents and purposes she was as free to act as independently as any Archer-class Servant. Similarly, she was no longer dependent on the elusive artefact to anchor her to the material plane. On the other hand, the existence of the Grail -- and more importantly, its wish-granting property -- had been her entire reason for submitting to the Holy Grail War in the first place.
Saber would have demanded answers from her would-be Master, had there been one to ask. Instead, she had been greeted by a mechanical voice requesting her name. Belatedly she realised she should have been more cautious; in her bemusement she had given her true name instead of her class designation and immediately cursed herself afterward. The "hero alias", on the other hand, had been even more bewildering. Had the machine meant her class designation or her title as the King of Knights? She decided on the former; at least that would afford her some level of anonymity...if other Servants had been summoned to the unfamiliar city as well. For the moment, she sensed none. However, that might have been due to her new status, whatever that was. Nearly all her abilities as a Servant had been sealed or removed, leaving a few of those she had possessed during her natural lifetime. As best she could tell, Arturia was human again. She wasn't sure whether to be glad or frustrated by her renewed status.
Whatever the situation truly was, Saber was now on her own. The request to be returned to her proper place had been met with frustrating silence, and what scant information she had been given wasn't anything she could use in the immediate sense. Simply staring at the strange device she had been given would yield no answers. The petite blonde decided that, if this was no conventional summoning, the possibility that either her Master or Irisviel -- her decoy Master and whose company Saber admitted she would have preferred -- had likewise been "summoned" existed. Perhaps it might not have been the wisest course of action, but the King of Knights decided that reconnaissance of the city was in order. And if her search turned up Kiritsugu or Irisviel, all the better.
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[ Irisviel? The name doesn't ring a bell, but it is filed for later. ] Tokiomi Tohsaka was my father.
[ Was. The topic is enough to draw discomfort from the young teenager as her gaze averts Saber's own, finding interest in the grass beneath her. ]
He was killed ten years ago. [ She adds before Saber can ask about it. Better to come out on her terms than others. ]
Sorry for the late, router died T^T
[She's clearly surprised now]
..Ten years ago?
[She's thoroughly confused now. Was she to win the Holy Grail War? But if she had, why would she have remained in that era? Then a chilling thought occurs to her, and she tries piecing together all the new information. How else would she have been recognised?]
There was another Holy Grail War so soon after the Fourth?
it must have taken my rp drive with it HA, now I counter apologize for being late <3
[ Rin explains without any hesitation.
That was her role pretty much in Fate/ after all.]I don't know much of the events that took place, but I do know that as a result my father was killed. Clearly he wasn't the victor, so someone else during that time must have won.
Ugh, tell me about it T^T RL sapped all my drive this week
There are a few things that do not seem to make sense...
[Shaking her head]
However, if the Holy Grail is indeed corrupted, then my own battle...
[...Is pretty much pointless. She has to bury the internal angst for the moment and figure out what to do in the immediate sense.]
Perhaps I was summoned here for good reason, after all. Hoever, the machine responsible was infuriatingly vague on that point.
stupid RL /beats it into submission
since Rin still doesn't know about Rider oops. ]Who knows? I arrived and shipped off to another country within a couple days. There's a lot of strange incidents that occur here and to be frank, this place could use a hero like yourself, Saber.
I will be so glad when cold season ends
Strange in what way...aside from those who are not Servants being summoned? I had been under the impression the situation is dire, but what this machine deems a 'hero' seems to be some matter of debate.
just a few more months e_e;
I don't know much of the politics here, but individuals like ourselves are frowned upon by the populace. That sort of thing. [ Completely helpful. Not. ]