ASSHOLE
I WANT BEER

>>18761406
Imokwiththis.jpg

>>18761449
>>18761406
>>18761406
Massster. Alcohol would ssssoothe the chaos in our mindsssss.

You heard the man. He wants beer.

>>18761449
Entropy says, fuck the quest, let it all fall apart, let's go get some Newcastles and get DRUNK.

>>18761458
IT WOULDN'T, TO BE HONEST
BUT I JUST WANT A GODDAMN BEER IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK

>>18761397
Sup dude. This is your dark familiar here. I know that it's traditional to be all doomy and depressing but honestly it gets rather boring keeping that up. Is there any way you could get me a beer?

You know... I hate tramp stamps

>>18761511
...FUCK YOU CAN'T UNSEE

I NEED MORE BEER

>>18761495
Oh, come on. You know Master likes it when we put on the theatrics! I'm just trying to cheer him up, is all!

>>18761397
Your familiar is an alcoholic who happens to have multiple personalities. Most of whom want beer.

Ball is in your court.

>>18761545
>ALL of whom want beer.

>>18761562
Right, my bad. All of them want beer.

>>18761545
There are times when I forget why I come here. But the stuff like this happens and I remember

>>18761521
Come on man, you know if we start going, Oh Hail master of eternal darkness what pitiful mortals shall we prey on, what darkness shall we bring to this far bright world.

He'll get used to it and we'd have to do it all the time, and that would suck.

I got a deal for you, we do something especially awesome we can bust out the maniacal laughter and dark mystique. We'll even make spooky noises! Kapeech?

>>18761595
Do we get bitchin' guitar riffs?

>BEER BEER BEER BEER
Oh god what have I done.
Well, I guess a few wouldn't hurt.

I should explain why I summoned you, before we go, though. It's called the Holy Grail War. Masters from all the world over come to compete for a relic that can grant wishes.

Oh, it's raining today. At least the bar is downhill.
To this end, to make the contest more interesting, I think, the Grail summons for these seven participants a Servant. The Servant is a being from a myth or legend of great power, a Heroic Spirit. There are seven classes, Saber, Archer, Lancer, Caster, Rider, Assassin, Berserker. My family owns this land, where the Grail is forming - so I am naturally one of the participants. And yet I can't bring myself to care. A few days ago I was granted the Command Spell, a Crest upon the back of my hand that looks like a whirlpool of red ink.
The bar is quiet. It's Tuesday, the middle of winter. It's no surprise there's only a few people here.
The question stands - what should I get? I mean, rather...

How drunk, exactly, are we talking? I still have a few more days to go until the the actual summoning for the Servant needs to take place, and when that happens, I might as well have jumped into a kill or be killed arena.

>>18761639
YOU MIGHT BE DEAD IN A FEW DAYS

BETTER GET FUCKING WASTED AS ALL FUCK

>>18761621
In time! C'mon, first things first. We need a drink; Master provides.

YOu heard the consensus, master - give the voices in your head a goot stiff drink o' summat!,

>>18761621
Do you even have to ask, of course we provide bitching guitar riffs but only when deserved.

We'll even provide proper background music for any battles, drums, violins all that cool shit.

>>18761639
Don't get too drunk man, just because the battle hasn't officially started doesn't mean that pieces aren't being moved into place. I'd hate for you to get bumped off before it even started, you know how fucking boring it gets in the void, REALLY FUCKING BORING.

Also go Archer, always go Archer.

>>18761621
No. This isn't Tsukihime Quest, and you didn't get those until the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0neKiun8HQ8

>>18761639
We are going to drink until we forget our name. Unless we already can't remember it. Then we drink until we can.

>>18761665
IF SOME FUCKO TRIES SOME SHIT HE BASHES HIS HEAD IN WITH A BEER BOTTLE, PROBLEM SOLVED

MAKE SURE IT'S EMPTY FIRST BECAUSE BOOZECIDE IS UNHOLY

>>18761665
LANCER MASTER RACE!

>>18761647
Key word is 'might'. Best play it safe, a good microbew beer or a not-too-flamboyant cocktail like a White Russian.
Something that say "Check me out, baby.I'm interesting - but NOT a gay hipster."

/tg/: drunken frat boys

>>18761639
Lightly toasted seems to be a good amount, maybe 3-4 beers as an appetizer.

Since you have a 1/7 chance of being dead by the end of the week, how about using the command spell on the bartender for a couple free rounds of the cold stuff?

>>18761639
A few nice quiet drinks at home, sitting on the balcony and smoking a cigarette. A nice mix or paranoia by not going out, some classy drinks and a bit of anxiety over the face that we'll be risking our life rather soon.

>>18761726
Because
A) it only works on you Servant
and
B) you get three uses, if you use them up you lose control of your servant and are as good as dead.

>>18761704
>not something flamboyant gay-hipster
>White Russian
>pick one

It's Seattle, get a good Northwestern beer. Pyramid Super Snow Cap.

>>18761758
We have some stuff in our home, right? We ARE Mages, we can afford some good stuff, eh?

A good glass of something cold, and a chance to pore over some alchemical tomes while we research our possible Servants.

>>18761758
FUCK THAT SHIT
BALLS TO THE WALL

ALSO MASTER DO YOU HAVE BALLS ON THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING

>>18761805
The Dude abides, bro. The due abides!

There a reason why Saber class is seen as the strongest one.

Also chances of genderbending increase with that class.

>>18761726
Let's start with a White Russian.

I suppose now's as good a time as any to explain how command spells work.

See, Servants are strong. I mean, crazy powerful. The greatest warriors of the modern age would probably fall to a Servant even of middling caliber. So, in order to keep them from just doing whatever the fuck they want, the masters are given Command Spells. They grant you control over the servant. In times of trouble, you may burn one, and the command given is ALWAYS followed - even if it's outside of the Servant's normal abilities. However, loss of all three invalidates me as a Master.

Father wouldn't like that. Losing after putting forth the land ourselves? We'd look right fools.

>research our possible Servants.

I've actually got a few prepared. An oar from a Greek vessel. It's said to belong to Odysseus. I have a sword, from Spain, very old. And an old animal horn from Ireland, even older. Collected at the behest of the Alexander estate. We use some computer company as a front.

>>18761805
After cleansing my palette, I move onto a more local drink, continually looking over my options. There's no way to tell what or who these artefacts will summon, in all honesty. Nor any way to tell yet who or what's BEEN summoned.

>>18761870
Saber is PERCEIVED AS being CONVENTIONALLY strongest.
Archer has highest likelihood of hax.
Rider and Lancer are most likely to be bro-tier.

>>18761885
Horn from Ireland.

>>18761885
The OAR! THE OAR!!

Odysseus is balls to the wall awesome, totally bro-tier and he's a scheming son of a bitch which is just about as important.

Go with the horn.

>>18761870
>Summon Joan of Arc
>lol Genderbending
>Suddenly, gay prana-charging is required

As a ca/tg/irl, I approve!

>>18761885
IF THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL, THERE'S NO POINT IN WORRYING, DRINK AWAY

MAYBE YOU COULD GET SOME TAPAS OR SOMETHING TOO JUST SAYING

>>18761909
We are /tg/, we can handle the scheming.
We need a servant who is awesome, and Irish myths and legends have some of the biggest badasses ever.

>>18761885
Hey, you said we have powers like yours. What can we do?

>>18761909
I gotta go with the Oar. Odysseus wast a pretty dark, dank motherfucker.

>>18761885
The horn for irish myth awesomeness

>>18761885
THE OAR! WE SHALL TROLL ENDLESSLY WITH OUR NEW GREEK BRO

>>18761885
>I have a sword, from Spain
I vote for El Cid.

We are clearly a schizophrenic alcoholic.
Thus we should summon an Irishman and be epic drinking buddies.

>>18761975
We can tell Master to do shit for us. That's about it.

Another round! And check in on the evening news, it looks like it might rain later and we don't have an umbrella

>>18761979
DARK DANK STANK

EL CID PUNCHED MOOR SHIT ALL DAY AND DIDN'T AFRAID OF ANYTHING GO FOR THAT

>>18762009
You know what, you're right. I voted for the oar >>18761979
but I take it back. Whiskey and Guinness >> Sangria >>>>>>>>> Ouzo

>>18762061
You DO realize that Guinness is "that shit the pubs stock for the tourists" right?

>>18762054
>punching Moors
>didn't do it when they were at their prime like Martel

Take the horn. Spain sucks and Odysseus was boring.

Should summon without a catalyst. Uryuu did it, and he got the biggest of bros.

>>18762112
WUT U SAY NIGGA? SEAN BEAN WILL KILL YOU!

Keep one, put two of them for trade on Ebay, see what other artifact can we get.

>>18762144
OH YEAH SELL RELICS OVER THE INTERNETS THAT HAS NEVER GONE WRONG BEFORE

>>18762157
Have you heard about mechanics on Yahoo? Call a museum, if you want. Probably they have something old that they don't want to throw out because it is too lolunconfirmed.

>>18762157
MFW we get Caligula as Berserker

"I SAY MY GOOD SIR LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THAT TIME MY HORSE AND I WENT ON A DANGEROUS DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO GIVE MY SISTER DICKINGS! IT WAS EXACTLY LIKE THAT GORE VIDAL FEATURE WE SAW LAST NIGHT!"

With Odysseus F LUK, I fully expect some kind of fuck up to happen in the summoning.

>Go to local bookstore.
>Search for the book 'journey to the west' or 'stories of the mid-Autumn festival'

Journey to the west gets you Sun Wukong, A lancer with a 'spear' which could change its size, multiply itself, and fight according to the whim of its master. It also weighed 8.1tons.

The other book nets you houyi, a Chinese legend that shot down 9 FUCKING SUNS with nothing more than a bow and some arrows. Dude also killed some water demons in his free time.

>>18761904
>>18761922
>>18761941
>>18761991
>>18762061
>>18762112
> Horn

>>18761909
>>18762000
>>18762142
Oar

>>18762054
>>18762002
Sword

I flip open my phone and confirm that the horn is the Artifact I require. They confirm the order. It shall be at my place... before I arrive. Ordering another round, I think on my tactics. Oh, and I have to meet the Church, after I summon. To confirm... and all that.

>>18761975
My mastery over Entropy and darkness allows me to manifest a single miracle - Dark Luck, the family spell. Our only spell. It reduces 'luck' on an opponent, or a series of opponents. It is especially good at ruining the true bane of mages, that is, modern weaponry. You can manifest a limited version.

>>18762278
A mere storybook is not enough for a reliable summoning. Specific summons require very precious artifacts - such as the first snakeskin ever shed - that are related to the Servant.

With this knowledge, is there anything else to do here? Or elsewhere? Or should I just stay and get drunk. Er. Drunker. More drunk?

>>18762351
GET THE DRUNKENEST

>>18762278
Sun Wukong is a god, if I recall, and thus ineligible.

>>18762316
Make sure our web of contacts is in place to identify new arrivals to the city who are moving into somewhere luxurious or reserving large amounts of room or a whole mansion or something like that.

We won't catch all of the mages but we'll get the locations of the rich ones this way.

>>18762351
FOR TOMORROW WE GET DRUNK IN HELL.

WELL NOT REALLY. BUT IT WAS A COOL THING TO SAY.

Go back home, keep drinking.

For each full glass of spirit down, place a jewel infused with Dark Luck somewhere around our turf, try not to think that much about where.

SEND IN THE BOOZE

rolled 48 = 48

>>18762428
A swift series of calls ensures I will recieve an email in the morning regarding the topic. The agent asks if I have any further inquiries, and I ask him to keep an eye on any nearby museums or internet trade websites, in case anything shows up at the last moment.

The other two artifacts will be handled discreetly by trusted employees, to hide them from other masters during the time of the War.

>>18762413
>>18762438
>>18762442
A few bottles bought, and I wander home. There is a large box secured in one corner, out of the way. Good. They know my habits.

>Jewels
Who do you think I am, Tohsaka? I do know rudimentary rune placement, however, and decide this is as good a time as ever to excercise it. Soon, the house is warded from intruders with my Luck. Good. I slump heavily onto the large couch, finishing off one bottle and tossing it aside. Something shatters, I don't really care, staring at the ceiling which seems to slowly rotate.

Another bottle opens easily, and the fluids slide down my throat with burning ease.

((From now on, please roll d100 to gauge how close he is to passing the fuck out.))

rolled 72 = 72

CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG

rolled 72 = 72

>>18762578
Talk to our familiar a bit, see if we can learn its origins and who else it has advised in the past.

rolled 57 = 57

Make a shake before you pass out. You will need the calories and electrolites waking up.

Bananas and apples should be enough.

rolled 25 = 25

>>18762578
Super Drunk

>>18762351
>>18761885

You know what? I just noticed. Our head is full of chaos. Literally. Our mind and our thoughts are mad of hundreds of voices and booze. Probably.

Then why shouldn't we embrace this and become Chaos Incarnate?! Fuck those baubles and Artifacts from whoever and whatever!
We'll draw a summoning circle while we're still drunk and summon the bestest and most awesome servant on a whim. because we don't fucking need a catalyst! We are Entropy, and we'll do it Entropy-Style while every single one of those other Chucklefucks quivers at what he should summon!

>>18762789
The Joker's fictional, he can't be summoned as a Servant (unless this quest runs on different rules than the mainline Nasuverse).

>>18762609
Goddamn, it always tastes better when it hits the back of the tongue. So you HAVE to chug it, really, with this cheap shit.

There's another one.

>>18762612
A Familiar only appens once, a soltary existnce. You'v nevr assisted anyone else.

Man. It's amazing how fast a six-pack goes.

>>18762635
I stumble into the kitchen, mumbling about a shake. I get some ice and fruit into the pitchr-thn and hit the butn.

>>18762729
>>18762789

Yeah, fck thse fckers! I'mma... Imma summn... Smmon...

[DISCONTINUITY]

Why does it feel like my head's covered in tiny pins, each coated in acid?

>>18762789

>Then why shouldn't we embrace this and become Chaos Incarnate?

Kotomine tried something similar

Didn't work.

>>18762820
THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW THE BOOZE WORKS

I ALSO HAVE NO INDOORS VOICE WHAT DO YOU THINK

Brain hurt causes unreliable counsel.

Drag brain to freezer.

>>18762820
Wake up, make a mental note that this is the only binge drinking we're going to have for a long while, we've got shit to do and preparations to make.

Keep our contacts gathering information on people and odd artifacts and packages entering as well. Keep a very close eye on if any museums have been raided in the past year. This should cover the big families who get a mansion and the smaller time mages who steal an artifact.

We'll miss out on poor random summoners but we can't do anything about that and we have the advantage of preparation over them anyways.

>>18762789
I didn't mean we should summon the Joker, just that we should embrace our implusive and chaotic side and instead roll with it. Russian Roulette-Style. We summon SOMETHING or SOMEONE and will just find out who or what it is after summoning! I mean.. our family is only two generations of mages, I pretty sure the other Combatants few us as little more than guttertrash and how could we better humiliate them, if not by spitting in their faces and saying "Fuck you!" to all those Rituals set up by them!

>>18762827
Of course it did work! After all he was pretty much the only one who survived the Grail War and nearly got the Grail for himself and keep in mind, by the and of the Grail War he was doing this pretty much just for Shits and Giggles aka: Delighting himself in Human suffering.
While we aren't THAT twisted, it did in the End work out pretty well for him.

He died, doing that what he enjoyed, doing in the best way he could and nearly, nearly triumphed in every Route, if it weren't for the boy with his Twilight Braclet. I mean Noble Phantasm I mean Reality Marble.

>>18762926

The only route where he came close to winning was Heaven Feels, really. He got betrayed/killed off pretty damn fast in the other two, I wonder what route EGO chose as canon.

Anyway, it didn't really work out too well for him, so we shouldn't repeat his mistakes, m'kay?

>>18762926
Also, you can't summon a Servant without a catalyst.
Period.
There's no way to bypass that part.
You MUST HAVE a catalyst.

>>18762884
I stumble into the kitchen. My head is wracked with pain, and I drink deeply the orange juice I keep there while sticking my head in the freezer.

>>18762838
Adorable.

>>18762827
He's also very dead.

>>18762924
I check in with my contacts - and, yep. There's a hit already. Someone from the Einzbern family has bought the whole top four floors of a hotel near the convention center.
I keep them working.

And that's about when I notice two things.

Someone broke in through the windows while I was drunk asleep. They cut themselves on the glass. There's also rubber material on the frame - did they slice open their shoes as well? There's blood on the floor, too, where the shards from my bottles landed.

And someone stole my horn.Or at least, it's not where it was before.

>>18762979
Yes, you can. You summon the spirit most like yourself if you don't have one. Like the serial killer got Caster, Sakura got RIder.

>>18763005
Crap. I guess its time to get a hang over cure and look around. Wait am I covered in my own blood?

Note to self, avoid binge drinking.

Do we recognize the effects of Dark Luck? If so, the culprit is probably having one hell of a very noticeable bad day. Get to tracking him or his clues.

>>18763005
Well shitballs. This is the opposite of good.

We have their blood can we do any nasty sympathetic magic with that. Make sure it's not ours first and do a quick check around for the horn.

If we can do sympathetic magic with it curse them with all the bad luck fucking possible and track them down like the dog the thief is.

>>18763005
Well, we know that there's an enemy mage in town, and that our horn is gone.

You don't need to be a familiar to draw this conclusion.

>>18762964
What are you talking about? The only route where he didn't triumph was UBW and only because Lancer proved to be tougher than expected. He didn't even summon Lancer in the first place but stole him from another Mage.

In Fate-Route he nearly opened the Great Goatse of Hell nearly drowning the world in the corrupted matter of the Holy Grail and in Heaven's Feel nearly stopped Shirou from destroying Angra Manyu.

And I don't even know how would say that he embraced Entropy if he.. well.. just didn't. He planned ahead. Caster and Zouken planned even more ahead and were did it leave them? It sure as hell didn't help Kayneth "Fast Wheels" El Melloi, either.

I say: Fuck the Traditions. Fuck planning. We are drunk, we are here and now. We will show them that a true Magus, doesn't need to agonize over every little detail. We'll just go all Entropy on their asses.

>>18763074
Assumptions are BAD.
We need to hunt this bastard down and utterly destroy his anus like it's Hiroshima at 8:15AM on August 6th 1945, but we shouldn't just assume it was the other mage.
We can track them down with the blood, and we shall do so.

>>18762979
But that's wrong.

>>18763023
This. I second this. Fuck the catalyst. Let the summoning begin and let's see what it spews out.

>>18763103
Is their any rule that says we can't fuck over an enemy mage before the war begins?

>>18763061
Seems the vandal was hit as soon as he got inside. The fact that their shoes were ruined along with a goodly amount of flesh is pretty damn telling of that.
And yes, it's theirs. And it's not a magus. You'd know magus blood right away, it carries a lot of mana. More than a normal person's anyway.

>Summon without a Catalyst

If I do this, I might deprive the theif of a use of the Servant the catalyst pertains to, by virtue of filling the class. It's actually a viable idea. But then, so is attempting a scry with their blood. You know the basics, but the person hiring this theif might be able to obscure them.

Final answer: Summon without catalyst, or attempt tracking?

>>18763155
Attempt tracking, and at the same time sympathetically fill the target with enough bad luck that they're likely to stumble right into us when we're looking for them.

>>18763155
Track them down and make them rue the day they crossed us.

>>18763155
Track them down and put them to death.
After taking their ocular virginity with a corkscrew.

>>18763155
Oh....

What the hell? Lets roll the dice and see what fate decides. Then, we can go after the horn thief anyway. Fairs fair. He did break into our house.

>>18763148
Not really. If you look back, all the past Grail Wars were Clusterfucks. The only one which went a little bit like it should, was the fourth. And even then it was pretty much staged by the Church and the Mages in form of Tohsaaka and the Old Kirei.
In the Fifth grail war three Masters were killed before even the war began, one of those even by Kotomine Kirei who was supposed to act as Judge.

>>18763155
Track the thief down.

>>18763155
>>18763102

Fuck off, chaos is so uninspired.

>>18763140

Track!

Should we summon from one of our Dark Luck runes?

>>18763155
SUMMON!

Dies irae, dies illa, solvet seaclum in favilla!

>>18763102

His entropy was enjoyment of human suffering, but agian embracing it is oging to be a very bad thing in the Fate verse.

Because there were people that, indeed, got fucked over by planning.

But then you have people like Kiritsugu that threw monkey wrench in plans by outwitting and lo and behold, planning. Free yourself of traditions like he did, but don't be a fucking drunk morons either, Fate/Zero should have teached you that competent mages trying to kill each others do not fuck around

>>18763174
>>18763176
>>18763188
>>18763223
>>18763236
I quickly call the main house and ask them to send a replacement, just in case. They say only one is left. I say send it anyway, I don't give a damn.

Immediately, I begin the small ritual of seeking someone using their Od. It is time consuming, but not utterly. Within a few minutes I can sense him - an intangible link between us, like a string. I grin. He's not a magus, so I open my Circuits, and let the good times roll as I step outside. Well, good times for me.

This is the most efficient method of attack in my arsenal. It's not the most stable, as the link could be severed by anyone with a degree of competence, but soon enough I cannot push in any more bad luck - and the first manifestation's a biggie. A huge white, blue, and green bus slams into him, crushing him beneath the wheel. The compressed dark luck explodes from his body - Oh fuck, that was a mistake.

And strikes about half the passengers on the bus. Well, it's not enough to kill them, but...

Eh. Any magus on that bus could have easily defended themselves from something of that magnitude. But now I have to get to the scene before the cops arrive.

I beat feet - it's only a few blocks away!
(d100 please.)

rolled 82 = 82

>>18763337
Well, that could have gone a bit less destructively. Oh well, we're a wizard, no sense of right or wrong!

>>18763271
Yeah, and neither do we want to be a Kirei-Clone, nor a Kiritsugu one.

Kiritsugu WAS thinking out of the box at that time and was pretty succesfull with it. If the past wars do indeend exist I really doubt that this approach would work again, simply because I don't think our Enemies would not take some exception like Kiritsugu's Guerilla-Tactics into account after they were so successful at that time. Kirei was lucky because it was staged by his Father and one of his Allies whom he fucked systematically over.

I'm pretty sure, that going all Doomsday on them IS pretty much out of the box, simply because none of the mages did do that before.

rolled 93 = 93

>>18763347
Nice

Rolling anyways.

>>18763347
Oh yeah, addendum to this. When we get there tell everyone we're a doctor/paramedic/cousin or some lie like that so the crown parts around him and we're able to get a closer look without a crowd around us.

>>18763359

Depend on what you mean by Doomsday, I'm pretty sure trying to blow up Seattle won't work.

Still, Kiritsugu methods were a huge slap in the face, I'm not sure what different methods there is by now, beside possibly involving non magic users but that is one hell of a land mine.

rolled 76 = 76

>>18763337
I actually think that we did pretty well. It was flashy. Funny. Gory and will mark us as ruthless motherfucker in case other mages find out about this.

Though, I'm still for going all out on the summoning and just ignoring the catalyst. Or even better.
Let the catalyst where it is keep an eye on it, It should work well as a lure to whoever wanted to steal it in the firstplace. We can turn this whole thing in our favour, instead of just using it up for our summon.

>>18763359
given the general secrecy surrounding the grail war, tactics from past wars are not terribly likely to be well known.

I get there, but sirens wail in the near distance.
"Excuse me, I'm a doctor." I say, loudly, pushing through. They part for me easily. I don't need magic to lie, done it plenty in the past. It's a simple skill.

The man was horribly ruined by his encounter. Ignoring the guts, I grasp the case - a padded briefcase. I know it's in there already as soon as I lift it up, the weight is the same.

I might be able to divine more info if I search the body - But then, I think I should hurry home...

... The seal's broken on the case. The catalyst may be compromised in a number of ways, further, they may know what it was.

I have only a few minutes before police arrive.

>>18763424
>Still, Kiritsugu methods were a huge slap in the face, I'm not sure what different methods there is by now, beside possibly involving non magic users but that is one hell of a land mine.

I was thinking of something between Kiritsugu and Bluebird. He actually had a good Idea with the whole "Using Children/People" als Meatshields and Kiritsugu had a good Instinct about blowing stuff up. So I propose we catch/charm a few people, starting with people no one will miss, like homeless, orphans and turning them WITH MAGIC! into living bombs. I also think, that using the Kanalisation as our headquarters would be a good idea, to store and move larger quantities of our explosive Allies without being seen.

>>18763482
A quick search for a "medical bracelet" if we've lied in the past a simple tap on a pocket with a lift shouldn't be so hard. Then we leave the way we came, quickly and unmemorably

>>18763490

...Seem like yo uwant to turn us into someone worthy of summoning Gille de Rais

>>18763482
Quick ruffling through the pockets, grab his wallet and any shiny identifying objects and pocket them. Make a show of being the frowning doctor who shakes his head and says that there was nothing he could do. Then skedaddle.

>>18763454
Also, Kiritsugu's tactics worked because of the disdain most magi have for technology.
That's not really something that CHANGED after the fourth Grail War, so a lot of the same tricks could theoretically be used again.
Like blowing up the building an enemy magus is in.
He'll be expecting attacks via Magecraft, and be prepared for them, but not for C4 in strategic locations to bring the whole building down on top of him.

>>18763482
Leave the catalyst, mark it with magic, if were able to do something like that and treck it from afar, to find out who's behind this and possibly find out where his base of operation is.

>>18763482
Keep the catalyst, people already know where it is and maybe even what it is and even if we don't decide to use it, which I think we should, we don't want anyone else to have access to it. Take it, the guys wallet for ident and leave.

>>18763521
This is the best Idea, I think. We can always summon a different servant ans it will give us a heads up on who we're fighting.

Information is key.

>>18763520

Man I laughed my ass off at that part.

Incredible intricate trap spawning two entire level of the building.

A big boom and it doesn't mean shit anymore

>>18763548
Kiritsugu is a PC.
No seriously, that's how smart players solve shit.
Kiritsugu is totally a PC.

>>18763521
Yeah, Lets track the horn, and take the roulette. There's too much of a chance that they've id'd the artifact already.

>>18763520
I don't thing ANYONE would be expecting exploding hobos either.

>>18763511
I actually do think, that Gilles had some pretty neat ideas. While I don't want to go full Gilles on the City and release the Lord of Terror, I think that vanishing hobos wouldn't be something someone would catch up on quick.

But we are just juggling Ideas now. We'll see how many more possibilities we will have after our summon. Worst case scenario would be, that using the catalyst summons something that isn't really in unison with our ruthless approach on things. This is pretty much the second argument, why I wouldn't want to summon some goddamn hero.

Summoning something at random has a bigger chance that it will be similiar to us and a Servant that works against or that we have to keep our eyes on everytime would be a big hinderance.

>Leave it, mark it somehow?

I think for a moment, then open the case and place another rune carrying dark luck on the catalyst. Too much more of this in such a short time and it might effect my abilities. I tap his wrist, check ankle, mutter something about ID and take the wallet - leaving the suitcase as I leave.

Too much a chance that they've already learned who is behind that catalyst.

And then I notice something, walking away from the scene. One of the cars that passes me is absent a passenger - and the one riding it is leaking prana.

As if fueling a Servant. But before I can get a good look at it, it continues on. A magus in the police? I'll have to run a check on that. Arriving home, I find a long, slender item has replaced the horn's former position. An oar.

I run my fingers through my hair in thought.

I could summon randomly. But then, Odysseus was a planner and a scemer - a known teller of lies like myself. I might get him either way.

I agree with everyone saying to summon it now.

Quest threads aren't for sensible decisions, guys. Where the fun if we don't fuck around?

It's very doubtful that we can be Kiritsugu, I'm pretty sure we're a traditional mage. The only reason Kiritsugu could do his thing is because he wasn't a real mage as such.

>>18763636

Swag

>>18763636
Well true, we can't BE Kiritsugu, not to that extent.
But we CAN steal some of his tactics.
Specifically, if you can take someone out without endangering either yourself or your servant, DO IT.

>>18763616
Hmm... someone could of taken notice of the transaction which brought us this oar, but that might be excessive paranoia.
I say lets use it. Odysseus seems like our kind of hero from what I remember.

>>18763616

Random that shit, I say.

>>18763616
Ignore the oar, summon at random.

I don't really thing that we would summon Odysseus at this point. I mean.. our first deed on this war was pretty ruthless and cold. We squashed some poor bloke that was probbaly just hired to steal this thing and we didn't even give a fuck about involving other people with our spell.
I would be very surprised if a ..somewhat goodaligned Heroic Spirit like Odysseus would answer our call. But that depends how twisted of a person we really are and how far we are willing to go with involving bystanders.

>>18763616
Summon mothafucking Odysseus, he's a damn good hero, we know we're getting something good out of it, we have similar mindsets so we won't run into him objecting about us plotting or fighting unfairly and nobody knows we have him. Also we can bro it up.

If we do a random it might turn out good, we might get someone who isn't high on the power level and get fucked. Also with Odysseus we have his Oar, this might mean he gets to use a noble phantasm based on his 10 year journey easier instead of him having to burn more magic for it.

>>18763681
>Thinks Odysseus was good.
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Odysseus was basically a very self-interested Chaotic-Neutral AT BEST.
He fought DIRTY.

>>18763681
>>18763616
He was not a heroic guy, sure Athena liked him because he was a scheming bastard. He cared for his crew and his family and pretty much nothing else. He was CN to a tee, hell he wanted to avoid the war and stay home but he was forced to go. We'll get along with him.

Summon Odysseus!

>>18763616
Go for the horn still Irish legends tend to have more raw power behind them.

>>18763743
Yeah, but dude.
Odysseus.

>>18763743
We left the horn there, too many people knew about it, probably knew who it summoned. We left the bad luck variety of explosive runes on it.

>>18763710
If Gil can be Chaotic Good, so can he.

>>18763754
Damnit we might be missing out on the greatest character from the statting threads.

>>18763710
I don't think he was entierly good. But.. Remember, the most common things we know about him, is that he cared about his home/country and family. That probably means that he IS a family man since he endured all this shit just for them, even going as far as givving Poseidon the Finger. Anyway, this means there is a line that he won't cross.

On the orter hand: We don't know how much of the Odysseus from the Story the Heroic Spirit will be, After all, it could turn out that the myths about him are entierly wrong.

I would still think we should summon something randomly that using the oar. Better having somethign weaker that we CAN control, that some known Hero, that decides that he wants to rule the World again.

>Summon!

All fucking right. Let's do this. The circle is easy to inscribe.

"Silver and iron to the origin. Gem and the archduke of contracts to the cornerstone. The ancestor is my great master Schweinorg.
The alighted wind becomes a wall. The gates in the four directions close, coming from the crown, the three-forked road that leads to the kingdom circulate.
Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill).
Repeat every five times.
Simply, shatter once filled.

――――I announce.
Your self is under me, my fate(doom) is in your sword.
In accordance with the resort of the Holy Grail, if you abide by this feeling, this reason, then answer.
Here is my oath. I am the one who becomes all the good of the world of the dead, I am the one who lays out all the evil of the world of the dead.
You, seven heavens clad in three words of power, arrive from the ring of deterrence, O keeper of the balance！ "

The ring shines, and a man stands before me. His head is like a mane, hair curling like water in a storm. His skin is rough with callous, his eyes, tired. In his hand he holds the largest bow I've ever seen, simple, yet strong looking, unstrung. And in his other hand, the oar.

He looks down at me, wearing not a toga as I had expected, but the rough leathers and clothes of a man at sea. His eyes stare into my soul, it seems, and he speaks, his words resounding through the room.

"I ask. Are you my Master?"

>>18763775
"Nope."

augh no Finn Mccool you fools we would've had the most raw power of the summons.

>>18763786
((Hush now. Metagaming is uncool. ))

>>18763775
Yes I am, lovely to meet you Odysseus. I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

I assume you're up to date on the fact that we're involved in a holy grail war. So lets get to know each other better.

What are you after the Holy Grail for, do you have any abilities that the stories of you did not really express fully and would you like a drink?

>>18763795
Sorry I'll stop now.

>>18763775

Should have been a woman for Grail trolling, but I guess we'll take what we can.

>>18763775
Introduce yourself to Mr. Odysseus. Be polite, he is a king and has gone through worse shit than you.

>>18763800
I think this is a little too wordy.

A simple, "Yes, I am. Would you like a drink?" would suffice for now.

>>18763775
The proper procdure would be to announce that yes, we indeed are his master. On the other hand, I want to know WHO exactly we summoned and what his class is before answering any of his questions.

And hold your Sigil in check, just in case. If he does any sudden movements, tell him to kill himself.

>>18763816
He looks like he is in desperate need of one.

>>18763826
>It's blatantly Odysseus
>He's holding a giant fuck-off bow
>Telling our Servant to kill itself

Holy shit, who made you so paranoid?

OH SHIT YES ODYSSEUS AS ARCHER!
ALL ABOARD THE GAR BOAT MOTHAFUCKAS!

>>18763837
Judging from our initial performance, I'd say we're in desperate need of one.

Just, as a general rule.

>>18763800
>>18763775
>>18763815

HE is probably a king, Still WE are his master. We should clear and precise, not acting like we summoned him to a party.

>>18763858
We can be clear after we've gotten some booze in both of our systems. After all, regardless of his kingliness, he was still a soldier and a sailor for a large chunk of his life.
The man can probably appreciate some nice wine.

>>18763775
"Hail. Odyssius, King of Ihaca, Hero of the trojan War. Yes, I am your master."

>>18763840
As a Magus we know that being a Magus in the Nasuverse is not a happy life and there is probably constantly someone trying to fuck us over.

>>18763864
Yeah, NICE wine, not the swill we were drinking earlier.
We DO have a wine cellar, right?

>>18763858
Oh come on, LOOK at him.He looks like we plucked him right from that shitty boat.

At least a glass pf water or something.

>>18763816
This. Offer the man a drink and then we can confirm his identity.

Get us a drink too, obviously.

>>18763879
>>18763887
>>18763888

Riiiiiight. After all, acting like a Partyhost worked so well for Tohsaka.

>>18763903
Yeah, but Rin's kind of a bitch sometimes. And Emiya's a dick all of the time.

>>18763888
A word of advice for dealing with sailors:
NEVER insult their boat.
The boat is kind of like a friend.
I can talk shit about it all day, because it's MY boat to talk shit about.
If somebody ELSE talks shit about it, then I break my foot off in their ass.

I think I finally understand the disrespect and derision directed at Quest threads. OP, your opening post is great and your writing style is okay if not good, in fact it makes me want more.

And there's the problem. You aren't writing more based on your imagination or how the story would naturally evolve - you're only following the cues of random internet people.

>>18763903
You mean having the Servant with the most swag?

>>18763912
The story can evolve naturally. But it'll move in response to our actions.
Which may be stupid sometimes.

>>18763916
The most GAR you mean.
By that age his swag had turned into GAR.
After all, Archer never woke up covered in bitches.

>>18763927
But it's stupid most of the time.

What was the VERY FIRST reply in this thread? I would very much like to see the writer continue from the OP.

"Yes. I am your master." I say, and he relaxes - but just slightly. His eyes seem ever-fearful, as if the world itself is ready to throw him about. I gesture to the couch. "Can I get you a drink?"

"That would be excellent." Odysseus states, seating himself. "It seems there has been unrest within your home." he remarks as I pull the best drinks I have from my personal stash.

"Yes, someone intruded and was punished rightfully." I reply, placing the drinks before him with glasses. He grunts in affirmation and picks up the wine glass, pulling the cork free with his hand and pouring himself and me a glass. As he sets down the bottle he nods, almost to himself.

"Before you start asking questions." he said. "I am of the Archer class. My bow and my ship are my noble phantasms - the bow will always strike true, regardless of defensive mechanisms - and the boat can move through any waters without trouble. Now that that is clear - have you any other questions?"

He leans back drinking indulgently, patiently awaiting my response.

>>18763909
I was talking about her father. He was killed by his allies. All he did was pose, walk in circles in his room, drink wine, give wine to his servant, was pretty much treated like a carpet by his servant and look like a smartass.

>>18763912
It's not that bad of a quest, until now, I think. Ego probably should ait a bit longer until he posts his next segment, but other than that...

>>18763954
We have a boat, and a bow that always strikes true.
I'm voting we go out into the ocean and just snipe bitches.

>>18763954

How far is he willing to go in order to win this war?

Would you prefer to fight on the seas?

>>18763954
Did Homer get it right?

>>18763954
What is your wish?

>>18764010

Pretty damn sure that shouldn't be asked right off the bat

>>18763954
I would like to know about his other Abilities and Stats. Other than sniping. How good is he in Melee?
To me it seems like we pretty much got a Run-of-the-Mill Archer, no matter what his name ist. Which pretty much turns our Entropy-Thingy upside down. I actually hoped for Berserker, Rider or Assassin. Oh well.

>>18764020
Oh shit, is that a faux pas?
Oops.

>>18764010
Oh, I think that's pretty easy to guess...

>>18764022
He may not be the strongest in direct combat, but he's a SMART motherfucker, and a brilliant strategist.

>>18763954
Well, damn convenient that we have quite a bit of water in these areas.

What did Homer get wrong about you, I'd hate for there to be any misconceptions.

How far are you willing to go to win, are there lines you refuse to cross, please let me know now before we start making strategies.

>>18764037
The cleverest man in all of Greece.

>>18764010
>>18763954
>>18764020
>>18764028

Right of the Bat it's pretty much a No-no. Keep in mind that Servants are not your Friends and only in a Best-Case-Scenario your Allies. We probably have heard more than enough stories - or at least read about - servents screwing their masters over.

And like I said before in this Thread, our course of Action and our tactic will depend on the Servant we get. Having a Archer reduces us pretty much to fortifiyng our Workshop and waiting until someone comes around or of course going out, Setting up traps, sniping shit, and playing Hunter all night long. So pretty much one of the most static classes.

Oh. And ask him if he his any questions on his Side.

>>18764068
Ah.. wait. Did we tell him OUR name?

>>18763967
Do we look like a doormat? We aren't a NEET like he was, we already killed a guy BEFORE we summoned our servant. Nor, I think, do we have any attention of being his bitch.

>>18764022
To get that information...

I just look at him, and envision the best way for me to see information.

Odysseus
Archer-class
STR: B
END: C
AGI: B
MAN: C
LUK: F (Below human standard)


Skills -
Independent Action (EX) : Odysseus can function without mana from a Master

for as many as ten years before dispersing.

Tongue of the Cunning (B) : Odysseus's words ring true, regardless of

context. Anything he says is taken as the truth, unless evidence is brought

forth against it within a few minutes.

>Eye of the Mind (True) (B) : Heightened insight that was refined through experience.Capable of calm analysis of battle conditions even when in danger and deduce an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament. So long there is even a 1% chance of a comeback, this ability greatly improves the chances of winning.

... It seems some things are not visible at the moment.

"Did Homer get anything wrong?" I decide to ask.

"A difficult question." he says, his fingers steepled. "There are some matters that were downplayed, and some that were exaggerated. But on the whole, he was accurate." he said. "Minor things, like the number of axe-heads? Maybe more, maybe less."

"How far are you willing to go to win?"

"You have read my tale. What do you think?"

I raise an eyebrow at that.
"Any questions of your own?"

"What of your capabilities?"
I explain in short what my magic can do as he goes into thought, adding in what my range of allies can do.

"It seems we have three clear enemies at present." he concludes. "At the least. The rest, occluded."

>>18764068

You also need to know that the biggest reason why those servants screwed over they're masters was because said masters were complete douchebag that gave no fuck about they're ideals.

I'm pretty damn sure becoming a bro with Odysseus can be accomplished.

>>18764088
We killed a Non-Mage. Whoop-de-fucking-doo..

>>18764068
I think we can be more active than that.

If you've read F/HA, you'll recall Archer sniping from atop the building - remember how effective that was?

And if we have a bow with effectively unlimited range...

>Independent Action (EX) : Odysseus can function without mana from a Master for as many as ten years before dispersing.

Wait, so theoretically, we don't have to supply any mana for him at all, right?

>>18764094
This.
Odysseus was tricksy, but if you were one of "his" people (family, subject, crew, friend) he was a total bro.

>Eye of the Mind (True) (B)
Oh my goodness yes

>Tongue of the Cunning (B)
If we can't find a use for this, we're shit tier.

>>18764092
My main worry is the Einzberns at least for now, they're big, have piles of resources behind them and will stop at nothing to get the grail.

Dangerous people, a bit old fashioned in their thought process at times but they're willing to adapt or at least hire people to adapt for them.

Also whoever drove by me recently, they know more than I do and that worries me.

>>18764124
If we could find out who the other masters are, we could make things very difficult for them. Get the authorities involved, accuse them of being terrorist or something.

>>18764124
Use for Tongue Of The Cunning: have him tell enemy servants that their master plans to betray them.
Then, when they're on the back foot for a moment while they contemplate this *TWANG* arrow through their Master's throat.

>>18764105

We do, actually, its just that if we die, he can still stay in the world and do stuff, but he's effectively cut from a prana source so he can't fight effectively until he get another contract, or find a way to recharge his batteries.

>>18764156
Damn wonky descrpiton.

>>18764092
Lets re-ward the house. Pull up some maps of some usable high rises, mountains, and similar things in our area. Cross reference with Odysseus about where he'd be comfortable shooting it out. Also can we get him some more....modern clothes for when we traverse the city?

>>18764156
Considering who h is, I think he could manage to find another way to get some Prana.

>>18764167
Servants can travel around as invisible little balls of energy or some shit.
No reason to worry about that.

>>18764092
>Tongue of the Cunning

Well, shit. This probably works on us, too. And it could be, that this is why doesn't really speak so much in the first place.
We should carve out a cross in our left palm, when we're alone. Just to remind us that he has this ability that everything he says should be noted with caution.

>"It seems we have three clear enemies at present." he concludes. "At the least. The rest, occluded."

Ask him to continue and elaborate. Tell him, that while we are a Mage, we would like to hear what a seasoned Veteran and Leader like himself thinks of our Situation and what his course of action would be. Also, tell him about the Horn we marked.

>Well, shit. This probably works on us, too. And it could be, that this is why doesn't really speak so much in the first place.
We should carve out a cross in our left palm, when we're alone. Just to remind us that he has this ability that everything he says should be noted with caution.

Hold on a second. We're his Master. It wouldn't be too difficult to assume that it won't work on us, since it could potentially fuck us over.

Why not just ask him?

While I doubt our entropy magic would be effective at actually hurting a Servant, I wonder if we couldn't use it to make life difficult for one charging an entrenched position. Like, say, a sniper on a rooftop.

What tier magus are we, anyways?

>>18764196
It probably means precisely very to a servant with decent magic resist, but we drop it on one without that we can maybe take a rank off, maybe more if we pour a lot into it, that will not be good for them. It means that one of the viable defenses against his bow is gone. We toss it on someone like a lancer with E luck they are going to be very sad.

>>18764211
I accidentally a phrase there, very little and jack shit to sabers and the like who have absurd magic resist.

>>18764211
Yeah, they'll have about as much luck as our Servant.

>>18764187
You mean. Why shouldn't we ASK him about his Ability that makes everything he answers us ring true? ..Really?

Look. Some Servants are cursed. Some have Abilities that they can't really control or turn on/off. I think this is one of this Abilities. And now, of course we shouldn't act like a dickwad to him. Thats why I said: Be distant, and professional. If there is the right time and place to bro it up, it will be.

Other than that: We know, that someone knows we live here. This means we fucked up and should probably look up for a new place to set up our new workshop instead of staying here and fortyfing it.

The guy who left a message to OP on foolz.

/tg/ sucks at Type-moon, and every fate thread so far failed, though EGO just might do it. So far like where this is going. I would advise every poster itt reads up some lore at, say, http://tatari.byethost33.com/fuyuki/index.htm before he starts spewing BS because it hurts me to read your Rommels, Stalins, Teslas and Peco Bills.

>>18764228
You speak as a wise man.

Luck is the ability to defy fate. Let's just hope we're fated to win.

"Would you lie to me?"

"Only in the event such a thing would bring benefit to you." he replies. "Such as a gambit where your ignorance is a necessary part. But such plans turn to folly easily.." he grumbles.

"And the foes you mentioned?"

"Magus do not like to involve those untrained in magic. So your thief, vandal, assassin, that you punished, who was most likely mundane, since his blood lays upon the floor, was not hired by the Einzbern. They are a traditional magus family, yes?"

"How do you know that?"

"The Throne of Heroes supplies some necessary information. Otherwise, many servants would be troubled upon summoning. At any rate, nor is the one who hired him the magus among the police you spoke of -"

"Wait, I didn't speak of any."

He blinks at me, then sighs.
"Troublesome..." he mutters. "As I said, it could not be him - for if it were, he would have come here - pretending to be a responder to a robbery would have been an excellent chance to end you."

That's true.

>>18764228
"Should we relocate?"

"... I thought we were drinking this because it was too much trouble to move it. By all means, yes. We must find another location immediately. We have some time before we must act - " he displays this with another long sip, "- But not a great deal."

>>18764248
While I can obviously understand the first 3 (as they're pretty retarded), what exactly is wrong with Pecos Bill?

Beyond that, given some of the suggestions OP has considered, it's pretty obvious he's playing fast and loose with lore.

>"Wait, I didn't speak of any."

Wait a second.
I don't like where this is headed. Not one bit.

>>18764248
((Pecos Bill (and other tall tales) are pretty much american folklore, the closest things America has to myths and legends itself. I thought I might try for one since this HGW takes place in America.))

>>18764272

Between booze and getting caught flat footed, I'd sacrifice the booze.

Beside we can always get more, or just move our collection.

How are our funds? We probably need to set up a temporary location in a hotel, or if we do have a good amount of money, rotate locations.

Still, we've got the Matou and Einzbeirn Master to worry about and there most certianly one from the Big Ben as well, after relocation we really need to try some informations gathering.

>>18764290
The fact that he was a cowboy, presumably.

>>18764316
Why the FUCK isn't this guy a Rider?

It's a shame he doesn't have enhanced sight ala FSN archer.

At this stage in the game we should play defensively and gather information.

>>18764272
We should craft an alter ego for Odysseus right? To help throw people off of who he is. He's got the tongue of cunning so I'm sure we could craft a reasonably effective guise.

Afterall disguising who you are is half the battle in the HGWs.

>>18764272
Houseboat or something like that. Given your abilities we want to force anyone who comes to engage us to go over water, you can traverse it easily unlike many others so they are stuck trying a ranged battle with Archer, sheer folly, or meeting a born sailor on the seas.

>>18764350

Mobile fort made of a Noble Phantasm?
I like it.

>>18764327
I don't quite see how that prevents him from qualifying as a Heroic Spirit. His deeds are superhuman enough, certainly. Beyond 'what one could achieve through training' (by virtue of, you know, not being real).

>>18764342
If anyone asks, he's Sir Francis Drake.

>>18764359
I wouldn't suggest that. Noble Phantasms tend to be relatively mana intensive. His may be an exception, though.

>>18764272
"I see. It is good that we both agree on relocating."

Excuse yourself, go fetch a Map of the City if you have one. Pack those Belongings and Magic Stuff you will probably need, then set the house on fire. We don't want to leave any possible pursuers ANY clue at all nor do we want to leave personal belongings they could use to track us with. Also it could act as a diversion. One of the other mages could think that you ware attacked, possibly even one of those that now where you Workshop was.
I think it would be a good call to use the kanalisation to move around until you decide on a new hiding place.

You probably know this City well since you lived here, so give him the map to look at it ask him what locations he would suggest. Meanwhile make a List of Locations up in your head, check how many of those match or somewhat match with Archers Suggestions.

Ah yes, ask him to keep his magical Output low and also keep your own Aura in mind. We don't want anyone to find out about us while we relocate.

>>18764359
I was suggesting a Yacht/Houseboat, keeping his boat up might be mana intensive.

Hell if we stick the oar on a plaque or something he might just be able to gift our boat with the Noble Phantasm at a moments notice.

>>18764350
>>18764272
>>18764359
Noble Phantasm means a lot of magic. It would act like a big shining Beacon over the whole City, telling everyone that we are here. And we don't want that. That's why we relocate. Caster can probably track us anyway with his Abilities.

But thats why I suggest the Canalisation, since most mages will use Birds as Familiars because they can relocate fast, they shouldn't be able to spot us.

Question: OP, why are you starting this quest so late? It's 3 in the morning where I am.

>>18764377
"...Your boat. Is it mana intensive? Draining?"

"... I can see where you are going with this. Not exactly. Calling it can be labourous, but once summoned, it is simple enough to maintain. However, it is a very distinct vessel."

"What about another boat?"

"... Possible. Very much so. Can you acquire one?"

"We could just steal one."

He nods.
"Yes, that will do nicely. Where is the water?"

I pull out a map. "It's northwest of here." I say, unrolling it on the table. "My familiar also suggest burning out."

"Excellent. That should work perfectly. From the water, an attack will have to be clear and present, unless they move underwater. Not many heroes were known for that, however."

"What about a disguise?"

"All I need is a hat and a coat. Until then, I can remain in this form." he says, and I feel a presence on the other side of the room. But I don't see anything.

I nod.

"A shame." he says, eyeing the alcohol.

"Save the wine. We're using the rest." I say, picking up the bottles of hit proof and shattering them around the already-messy area. I can't pack clothing, only grab a few necessary things. I move outside, light a rak in the last bottle, and toss it in.

Time to move. I bring my coat in tight, and move downhill, towards the docks. The flickering fire lights up the darkening night.

>>18764464
((d100 please))

rolled 74 = 74

>>18764464
Rolling because I'm uncreative and can't do anything else.

rolled 72 = 72

>>18764466
Well, everything is off to great start.

No sarcasm, things could be going a lot worse, we have a competent servant, it looks like we'll work well together and we've got a game plan. Shame about the rum though.

and I feel a presence on the other side of the room. But I don't see anything.

Ho boy.

>>18764483
((Bad wording - Servants can sublimate into a ghost form that limits how much mana they suck up and hides them from the world, but the Master can still sense them.))

>>18764483
That was Odysseus shifting to spirit form, a less mana intensive and harder to notice form that has no physical substance and can't engage in battle. All servants can do it, it's not a hidden enemy, if it was one of the stealthy servants we couldn't sense it at all until the moment it decided to attack.

>>18764464
When it comes to stealing, I would actually say we look for a boat /yacht that isn't deserted.

It's better to charm/hypnotize the people then outright stealing them. If we think that one of the other Mages works with the police a stolen Boat after the Fire will be a somewhat obvious hint. So either let Archer use his Tongue to charm the people on the boat, or charm/hypnotize them into thinking you're part of their familiy that they waited for.

rolled 85 = 85

>>18764503
>>18764464
>>18764464

Ah, crap. Wrong field.

>>18764503
This. Hypnotism is good. Magic lying also good.

>>18764503
As we approach the docks, I feel something on me. Attention. I turn, and something shines in the distance. "Archer!" I call, and he appears behind me, bow string, pulling it back. His muscles ripple until he finally releases... But no arrow is notched.

Instead, the arrow simply comes into existence and flies out, the man leaning out the window clutching at the arrow in his chest as he falls out. We both mutely watch him fall.

"This is what it feels like to be a wanted man."

A strong hand pats my shoulder, then fades, and we continue moving, onto a boat where a party is taking place. It feels like Odysseus is tugging me there, and we eventually move to the cabin, where the apparent birthday boy is.

Oddysseus laughs as we convince him to leave the port.

"There." he says, later, as we sit belowdecks. "They cannot chase us here - to do so would be to attract attention from normal folk. All we must do is wait for the revelry to end. There is an isle I saw not far off - it is where our wonderful captain 'bro' is taking us. It should be an excellent location to set up 'shop'." he smiles. "I will admit, I had not looked forward to being on the water again... But it is comfortable, in its own way."

>>18764604
It'll be nice to have a large amount of open water between us and whoever wishes us harm. I doubt there are other nautical heroes, though that would put a damper on our plans, this means they have to approach a long distance, on our territory, against a master of ranged combat.

This means we can sit tight, gather information and let others battle it out pretty readily. It would take a bit of a madman to assault us, which leads me to be slightly afraid of Berserker.

>>18764604
That's... not terribly subtle. Oh well.

>>18764604

Try to remember what the man Archer shot down looked like, Odysseus did mention one of the possible Master was working with the cops, didn't he?

Also nearly 5 am for me so i'll have to quit, see you next time EGO

>>18764604
Island fortress? I like. But what do we know about it? Inhabited? Also what shall be done with Captain Bro and his revelers? We do need to move back and forth from the isle to the main land without him.

I suggest we sweet talk him out of the boat. Have Brodysseus become visible on the island, and start silver toungin' it.

>>18764604
Welp.

That didn't go as smoothly as I hoped.
At least one person now probably knows where we are or where we are heading.

Secondly, we, the familiar should now keep watch if we see anything that could be familiar itself so it can be intercepted.

Third. We apologize to Odysseus for the Inconvience and the rush after his summoning. Apparently we understimated our Foes when it came to buying/importing artefacts and our Foe moved faster than we anticipated, but assure him, that we won't make this Mistake twice.

Fourth. Ask him if he is sure about the Isle. While it is probably indeed easy to fortify and defend, on the other hand, if their Escape was spotted by too many people, they'll be like sitting ducks on that island. Also the Island seems to be awful Obvious base of Operations. Tell him, that if you were looking for another Master, this would probably be one of the first places to check.

And Thats the last one for me, though. It's getting late here so I'll go to sleep now. Thanks for interesting quest, EGO. It's very entertaining and thrilling. I hope I#ll finde this thread again later.

>>18764672
"What shall we do about returning?" I ask. "Surely the captain..."

"I will have him circle around behind the isle. I assured him it was an excellent locationf for revelry, for the wind is still, but the night is warm. When he awakens and drives back, we hail him, and then hire him as a ferryman - convincing everyone onboard to pay their proper dues as well to him."

"Isn't that getting others involved?"

"Just as much as using the world at large as a weapon." he says simply. I look at my watch as it ticks towards midnight, then pull out my phone and call the church.

"This is - ah. The mage from the Alexander family. You have completed your summoning?"

"Yes."

"Excellent. It shall be recorded."

"Is everyone else finished with their summoning?"

"As of your call, all other six masters have completed their summoning ritual."

He hangs up. as the clock strikes midnight. Those above us celebrate a young man turning twenty one.

"I'm sorry for the rush." I manage. He chuckles.

"Ah, well. There are some things one cannot prevent. We should spend this time to compare notes and rest. It is unlikely we will be attacked for some time."

I nod, and we begin to talk more extensively about the matters of the time before his summons, while we head towards our future base of operations.

END OF THREAD ONE / DAY ONE.

>>18764790
Wunderbar.
When can we expect day 2, if you don't mind my asking?

>>18764833
Possibly a week from now.

I'll be popping into #HGWseattle on Rizon when I wake up and shit, so yeah.

SOMEONE ARCHIVE THIS SHIT

>>18764842
archive foolz man

http://archive.foolz.us/tg/search/text/HOLY%20GRAIL%20WAR/username/EGO/tripcode/!b0vpMZLBb6%20/order
/desc/

Everything is automatic

>>18764842
Actually I can recommend to anyone who is interested in the nasuverse and the holy grail war or other things about the quest or setting to go into the IRC channel. I would be more than happy to give you some quick introductions into how the world works and what you can expect of your opponents and so on. So check in and ask away.

>>18764851
>foolz
>not sup/tg/

Well someone beat me to it, it's on sup/tg/ http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18761397/

>>18765018
>not using nasuverse reaction images
shit son step up your game

>>18765035
don't have any

>>18765136
How can you not have any? Never actually read/watched/anything nasuverse?

Also google image search bro

>>18765168
Played F/SN (Fate route) and read some of it, attempted to play Tsukihime but then HDD fried and haven't bothered to touch it again.

>>18765179
First of all I recommend you read the rest of F/SN. While there are some similarities to each route the Nasuverse is inherently extremely complex and has lots of information in every route. And they're also pretty nice reads, albeit far from perfect.

Tsukihime is kinda my preferred Nasuverse storyline (spanning 2(ish) VNs and a fighting game) so I'm gonna do something I usually don't and normally do not like doing.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kosub3h3d9pewkh

Keep in mind though, Tsukihime doesn't have much action in it and the action it does have is not animated in any way. Still its a much better collection of stories than FSN is and tells you a fuckton more about the Nasuverse than FSN does.

Drop into IRC if there's anything you wanna talk about as well. I might not respond instantly or anything since I'm at work (leaving in 40 minutes for 2 hours as well...). But I'm still here for those 40 minutes, maybe a bit more.

The rest of the guys who usually frequents it are in bed. They're Americans. There are actually more than a few currently reading FSN just now since the last quest building thread or people inexperienced in the seting.

>>18765237
Word of warning from sameguy here. While Tsukihime does talk a lot about the Nasuverse and reveals a lot more about it than FSN it does not deal with magicians at all. Its all about other supernaturals. Mainly vampires, which are very different from any other kind of vampires in other settings.

Now that I think about it, isn't Archer probably the class with the biggest potential for hax servants?

I mean, sure Saber types are the most famous, but Archer types are often heroes who Get Shit Done.
Both Gil and EMIYA were hax as fuck, then there's Rama, the guy were running with at the moment, Freistuucke, Lynceus, Hercules, David... hell even Robin Hood from FS/E was this unholy combo of the Faery Magic, the Green Man and Orion.

>>18765454
Sabers are dependable and have high stats. Usually intending to beat a Saber head on involves having a nuke in disposition and hoping that you don't get outnuked.
Lancers have a dependable, solid NP and are very mobile. Lancer is a great pick if you are competent in battle magecraft yourself, as was Bazett's case.
Archers have hax NP's but are useless if you get past the NP. They are trickster class. Good in cooperation with other classes.
Riders are tricksters like Archers, they have solid to hax NP's(And we haven't even seen the gloriously absurd NPs like Perseus would have), they actually have to risk melee, but are less likely to get fucked in it.
Berserkers are absurdly strong with absurd stats and it's unlikely that an other servant will be able to take one out by himself, but are easy to make setups and traps on. Also, summoning one is very bad for your health. Berserker's master is going to get gank'd a lot, but if you have a Berserker in the final battle, you are set up for victory, if you can survive long enough to get there.
Casters are meta class, like blue in mtg. Too bad their players always suck. Might have to do with how they make you a bit useless as a magus.
Asassins are the best class if you don't want to actually fight servants. There is seventeen different Hassans, one of the three known is very hax(the 3rd war one). But if you eliminated other masters and got all servants to kill each other and there is the one victorious servant left against your Assassin, if you go with Assassin to a final battle, you are propably fucked.

>>18765454

wasn't Herc the berserker in the first run?

>>18768402
Yes.

>>18768402
He was summoned as Berserker, but he had the potential to fill any class but Caster. (And technically Assassin, too, I guess, since canonically it has that bullshit "Hassan only" rule)

>>18765656
>Too bad their players always suck. Might have to do with how they make you a bit useless as a magus.
More it has to do with the 3 Knight classes having magic resistance built into the classes themselves, and having a plethora of high powered heroes to choose from.

just asking but what were the other servant possibilities?

>>18770248
If I recall the building threads correctly, the Horn was Fin McCool, as... I'm not sure what class, and the sword would have been El Cid as Saber.

No, that's wrong. Finn is Saber, El Cid is Rider. Thanks, only archived building thread.

>>18770455
Can we expect Mr Quixote?

>>18768437

Well, if Medea could get around that, I dare say that somebody else could.

>>18770535
Looks like he's Lancer, according to http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18730396/

>>18770581
Even Zero Caster did okay, considering he wasn't even trying to win.

>>18768437
>(And technically Assassin, too, I guess, since canonically it has that bullshit "Hassan only" rule)

is there any Servant more underwhelming than Hassan?

>>18770455
>>18770248
>>18770535
Nothing is certain, by the way. Not even NP loadout. I've changed a fair number of things from the building threads to keep shit fresh.