I have no idea what you just said.

>>21336997
I think he said something about an F-Zero tabletop game.

>>21336997

Quest based on Fate that's a semi-rewrite of the Grail war.

I thought it was obvious, what with the giant picture and talking about running it for /tg/.

>>21337043

I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt and assume you're mocking me.

I mean, I can understand if not everything's as clear as I could have written it but I don't understand how you got to F-Zero. Unless you mean FATE Zero, but then that makes less sense.

>>21337080
Twas a joke.

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>>21337043
Fuck yes, F-Zero! So long as we get to bounty hunt as well as race. Maybe a social segment where we show folks our moves.

>>21337089

I guessed as much.

>>21337103
Show me YOUR moves.
No, you show ME your moves.

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Rolled 10

>>21337111
I roll to show moves.

>>21337103
tell me captain falcon doesn't just scream rider class

>>21337111
>>21337103
>>21337132

And there goes any hope of me getting to run my quest.

Fuck it, back to lurking for another couple of years.

Rolled 13

>>21337149
Show me your moves!

>>21337149
Just saying, I'd love this quest.

>>21337149

Nooooooo....

This looked like fun.

God, I haven't played Smash Brothers in years and Captain Falcon still ruins everything.

>>21337203

Bitch, what do you have against Captain Falcon?

>Not playing as male King Arthur

>>21337203
Sounds like this nigga aint got any moves.

>>21337230
clearly he doesn't have any moves

>>21337232
Well maybe if Japan would stop being that faggot that makes everything into chicks and prettyboys, we could be.

Also, FSN Quest sounds like shit. Thank the Moves God for the Falcon derail.

>>21337232
>King Arthur
>male
laughing_waifufags.jpg

>>21337230
He just cant handle the HEERRYYEERREEAAAHHHHHHH

>>21337132
That ain't Falco

OP I support your endeavor.

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>>21337324
>Hes never seen a filenames thread

>>21337230
>>21337242
>>21337243

I learned to hate Captain falcon because I never beat him.

I was easily the best person out of all my friends, but for some reason I couldn't do shit against him. It's like Superman and Kryptonite. If they played as anything other than Captain Falcon, I'd curb-stomp them. If even one dude played as him, I'd be in last place.

Eventually if I went anywhere near a controller, everybody would switch to playing as him.

The weird thing is, Ganondorf I had no issues with. I could whip him all day, but fucking captain falcon ended with me losing a good chunk of my friends because Smash Brothers was the only real reliable fun pick-up thing for us to do when I was growing up.

As a direct result of this, people assumed I was being an anti social prick when I wasn't there to smash because I knew it would be me vs three captain falcons.

I can honestly say that Captain Falcon indirectly lead to my first breakup, getting four broken bones, having a car totaled, and having my house burn down.

Captain Falcon ruins everything.

>>21337257
>Returning when an isle actually is in the brink of destruction should evil win
>>21337276
Everyone else is still female, so it could have worked. Fuck making the protagonist a "normal guy" only in name.

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>>21336915
Check out Nasuverse on SUpTG. A tripfag (and awesome dude) called EGO ran one set in a post Fifth HGW with a real diverse cast of characters and some fun interpretation of the Nasuverse mechanics.

It's worth a Shot! Give er a go, OP

You gotta learn to speed dump his ass. When he is using his range moves, you should roll towards him or wavedash backwards and hit him in the dick.

I am a bit too good at the game. No one plays anymore and it makes me sad...

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>>21337379
>that pic

>>21337379

I was planning to do it here and now, having finally got my courage up.

Then Captain Falcon happened, and a couple guys showed up specifically to insult me.

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>>21337379
>Exalted
>"Which class are you?"

>>21337419
Ignore them. Start your thing. We can take Captain Falcon Show me your moves quest to a new thread.

>>21337419
Ignore 'em dude. Some of us want our shot at Mitsuzuri, thank you very much.

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>>21337379
>EGO
>An awesome dude

>>21337419
Well, it's true that this is pretty faggy and since you're OP you are by definition a faggot as well, but mods are okay with it here so nobody's going to stop you.

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>>21337419
In the immortal words of Sanic the hodgehegg
Cum on, step it up

Alright, question one is whether you guys want to do the prologue.

I mean, my version's going to be a lot shorter, but it's still just additional flavor without as much freedom.

>>21337459
I thought sumac was a plant

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>>21337519

>>21337519
Screw trying to copy the VN. Just run your own game! Take the core concept of FSN and take it how you will

>>21337519
I want you to show us your moves.

>>21337519
I like prologues, you can do one if you want to.

So... One yes, one no, one that I'm not sure on, and one 'show me your moves'.

>>21337630
I second no.

I also second show me your moves.

>Wanting to run a revisionist waifufag fanfiction quest
Yeah, nah, fuck off. This is even more retarded than that Katamaran Yankee shit what with the retarded cripple girls acting like stalkers

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>Fuck it, if you're not I AM.

I hear a brief scuffle, a sharp clang, heart pounding and my chest burning.

My circuits turned on by themselves. It takes a second for my vision to clear past my throbbing head.

Then I see her. She's so beautiful my heart stops for a moment, and and I wonder why she looks so serious, so angry.

"I ask of thee this: Are you my Master?" Her voice is as pretty as she is. It takes me a second to process what she just asked.

"What."

She sighs. Which I think is a bit unfair, I mean come on. She's wearing a metal skirt and standing in the shed of a dude she's never met.

"I, Servant Saber, have come forth in response to your summons. Please give me an order, Master."
She speaks again.The instant I hear the words Master and Servant…

"…!!" A pain shoots through my left hand. It's like a hot iron has been placed on my hand.

I grab my left hand instinctively. That must have been the signal, as the girl quietly nods her lovely face.

"From this point on my sword is yours-" She begins, but I'm barely listening. I try to think back to how I got here-

>>21337889
>Her voice is as pretty as she is.
Let the waifufaggotry commence.

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>>21337889

"I am NOT A GAY SPACE PIRATE!" He screamed, as he tried to stab me with his spear, and I flailed wildly out of the wa-

"Master?" The girl's voice. The one who called herself Saber. I shake off the memories. There he is, in the doorway, poised to strike.

"Ah hell, he was the seventh..." He says, spear up as he takes a cautious step back.

"AH!" I yell in surprise "Look out! That's the Gay Space Pirate that's been trying to-"

He looks at me, taking his eyes off Saber. "I AM NOT-" is all the voice he could give his anger before Saber body-checked him into the yard.

>>21337982
are you sure you're not a gay space pirate? I mean, have you ever tried? You know, to be gay, in space?

>>21338020
He clearly doesnt have moves, so logic dictates that he MUST be a gay space pirate.

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>>21337982

I follow them out of the shed. The man in Blue kicks Saber off of him and flips back. Soon they're battling in the middle of my yard.

I've never seen anything like it.

My head throbs. Yes, yes I have. Earlier this evening.

I remember it with perfect clarity. The two men fighting in front of the school, just as fast as this.

I remember the man chasing me, and then-

My hand registers that the blood on my shirt is already dry. There's a light scar where he stabbed me, like it'd been healed for weeks. For some reason, I'm not scared. Just really kinda disappointed in myself. First real danger to come my way and I die, almost get killed a second time, and then get saved by a girl.

'So much for wanting to be the Hero' I think to myself, watching the two of them fight in front of my house, the wind from their blows making me rock on my feet even though I'm more than a stone's throw away.

I smile. Saber's definitely winning. Which is when the Spear-Guy steps back and the atmosphere changes abruptly.

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>>21338082

They smile.

"What is wrong, Lancer? It would not do your name credit if you just stand there. If you will not come, I can."

"You want to come and die? Go right ahead, but let me ask you something first. Your Noble Phantasm, is it a sword?" The man glares, as if staring right into her heart.

"Who knows?" She responds lightly, as though discussing the weather. "It might be a battle axe or it might be a spear. It might even be a bow, Lancer."

"Heh, keep talking, Saber." Perhaps it's really funny for him. The man… the one called Lancer lowers his lance. It looks like he's indicating that he doesn't want to fight anymore.

Saber seems confused, but I know better. He did something similar at the school. Whatever he's planning, it's the same as he was going to do against that man in red.

"…I'll ask just in case since this is our first meeting. Do you want to call it even?"

"What." Saber and I respond at the same time. He stabs me in the heart, follows me home, breaks into my house, and now he just wants to walk away?

"It's not a terrible deal, I mean my Master's a Coward and yours is an idiot-"

"This coming from a Gay Space Pirate." I respond automatically. Apparently near death situations make me a bit of an asshole.

Lancer clench his teeth. "Call me a Gay Space Pirate one more time. I fucking DARE you."

"Asking for peace and then threatening my Master? I refuse." Saber responds, tightening her stance.

"He started it."

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>>21338167

"Grow thicker skin if taunts bother you that much. What kind of a Hero can't handle a ribbing?"

"I'll show you exactly what kind of a hero." He responds, cocking back his arm. "GAE-"

The spear flies at her feet and she leaps.

"BOLG!" The man finishes, and the spear suddenly changes direction. Straight into her heart.

"Ha, kuh…!"
…She's bleeding.
The girl, who hasn't even received a scratch so far, is bleeding badly from her chest.

"A curse… no, a reversal of causality…!"

She seems as surprised as she is pained, but since I saw it from a distance, I can tell better than her that the attack just now was a strange one.

The lance was definitely aimed at her feet.
But it suddenly changed its course, moving strangely in an impossible direction, and pierced the girl's heart.
But the lance itself has not grown or bent.
It looked so natural that it makes one think that the lance was already in her heart… and for that reason, it's strange.

It's not as simple as the lance changing its course and piercing her heart.
The lance did not change its course, but changed the means so that the result would be so.

…The lance thrust with that name carried the "result" of "piercing her heart" as a premise.
In other words, the process and the result were reversed.
As long as there was the result of the lance piercing her heart, the course of the lance was merely something added later to prove that fact.

Impossible to dodge, guaranteed to kill.

>>21338227

And yet she lives.

At the last second she avoided the fatal blow. and with a trickle of blood coming from her mouth, she smiles. "So that's it then. Ireland's man of light-"

Lancer looks more pissed than ever. but after a moment of glaring, he clicks his tongue and sighs, hostility vanishing in an instant. "…I screwed up. If I'm going to use this move, it needs to be fatal. Geez, I guess being too famous is bad too…" He shakes his head in annoyance. "And now that you've evaded my lance my Master is telling me to retreat instead of finishing you while I have the advantage."

He turns, and Saber calls to him. "You're running Away, Lancer?"

"Yeah. I don't mind if you follow, just be prepared to die when you do." And then he easily bounds over the wall, doing a little flip and shooting an irritated glance at me.

Show off.

Saber goes to pursue him, but I run to stop her. It doesn't seem necessary, since she stumbles at the wall and gasps in pain. But when I get there to examine the wound-

"…The wound is… gone…?"

Bullshit. Even if it wasn't directly to the heart, she wouldn't recover that fast. Not even healing magic could-

I finally find my voice.

[ ] Who are you.
[ ] What are you.
[ ] What the HELL just happened?

>>21338303
>[ ] Who are you.
>[ ] What are you.
>[ ] What the HELL just happened?

[x] Today's Monday isn't it?...

>>21338303

I feel like Shirou would at least want to be nice about it.

[x] Who are you?

>>21338378
monday guy here, i'm not being sarcastic, just breaking the ice with Saber

>>21338378

I'll second that, for the lulz.

>>21338378
This

"Today's Monday, isn't it?"

Saber gives me a blank stare before turning her head quizzically. "... Is that supposed to mean something, Master?"

"Apparently not. And do you have to call me Master?" I ask, becoming more and more exasperated at the situation.

"Very well." She responds. "What's your name?"

"Emiya Shirou." I answer plainly.

"Very well then." She continues with a nod. "I'll call you Shirou." For some reason, having her say my name reminds me of the immediate lack of danger. Having nothing else to focus on, I'm all the more keenly aware of her grace and beauty and-

As soon as this is over, I'm taking a long cold shower.

"I think I like the sound of that better." She comments off hand.

I want to tell her that she isn't helping matters at all, when she suddenly freezes. "Another servant? Shirou, heal me." She commands.

"Wait, what? Sorry, but I don't know that kind of magic. Besides aren't you healed?"

"…Then I shall face them as I am now. The regeneration only healed the outside, but one more fight should not be a problem."

"What?"

"There are two enemies outside. Judging by their presence, it should only take a few seconds to defeat them." Then she calmly leaps over the wall into the night.

Like hell I'm not following her. I rush to the gate and outside, and I see her already preparing to strike someone down.

Something feels wrong.

[ ] Stop her.
[ ] Don't stop her.

>>21338527
Since you seem to be starting straight off the VN, I guess you should stop her, so that in case Ilya does not play along, you can secure some backup to take down Berserker.

>>21338549

Same starting place certainly, but I have no idea where this might end.

It's gonna open more and more, especially once we start really getting into it.

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>>21338527
>Something feels wrong.

.....

[X] STOP THAT RUNAWAY TRAIN NOW, i mean stop her

>>21338573
Been a few years since I read it, but as far as I can remember the characters, we could probably get Ilya to play along just fine if we can find her during the daylight hours.

>>21338578

I never thought this would be a thing I'd type, but is she giving that rabbit a blow-job?

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>>21338593
who knows, i found it on a little sidetrip to /an/

I don't know what compels me to intervine, but something about the way he isn't defending himself, and the girl behind him... If Saber kills him she'll go for her next.

"SABER! STOP!" I yell, and I feel the force of it more powerfully than I should, reaching out and through me. A sharp pain hits my hand and shoot as bolt of lightning up my arm. I see a strange mark on my hand, divided into three parts. As I watch one flashes and begins to fade away.

She freezes, and in that instant of hesitation the man in red dances away and strikes a more ready pose.

I recognize him, it's the man who was fighting Lancer.

And the girl behind him-

Wait, is that?

"Are you insane, Shirou? We should have been able to defeat Archer and his Master here. So why did you go so far as to use your Command Spell to stop me…!?"

I look at her, unable to comprehend what's going on. These are the same people who helped me earlier, and she wants to kill them?

"Master, please. Retract your order. If you act like this I cannot defeat our enemies."

"No, don't do it. To be honest, I have no idea what's going on. But the one you're about to attack is someone I know. I can't let you attack someone I know." I hate to admit it, but the girl with the man she called Archer is someone I don't want to kill.

"Hm. So that's how it is, amateur Master-san?"
She calls out to me with a polite yet harsh voice.

Well, someone I didn't want to kill. But there's no mistaking it now that I have a clear look at her.

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>>21338709

"Tosaka Rin." I say, lacking even the slightest witticism to throw her way. I'm not sure what else I could say to her. 'Hi, you're beautiful and I'm sorry my new magic sidekick just tried to kill yours' or maybe 'This might be horrible timing since I'm still recovering from a bad case of death and you showed up to kill me, but you wanna go get coffee'?

"Huh? Oh, you know me? Then this should be easy. First of all, good evening, Emiya-kun." I don't know what her intentions are. But Tohsaka greets me with a big smile.

[ ] How are you so calm?
[ ] Are you a Magus?
[ ] Can you kindly tell me why you've decided to call upon me at this hour? People will talk.

>>21338713
Ask her intentions, obviously.

>>21338709
>>21338713

Wait, why is my name on one post but not the other?

What?

>>21338713
>[ ] Can you kindly tell me why you've decided to call upon me at this hour? People will talk.
We no longer clueless.

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>>21338713
[X ] Can you kindly tell me why you've decided to call upon me at this hour? People will talk.
keep it professional as possible for at least the first ten minutes or so

>>21338767
damn it, forgot to greentext the flipping option

So, OP, while in the midst of some rather dull procrastination, I came across this thread and arbitrarily decided to type out some amateurish writing on an utterly random thought not unrelated to its subject matter. I hope you don't mind if I leave it here:

---

As lights swam before the dazed Emiya Shirou's vision, an unfamiliar voice called out to him, "I ask of you: are you my Master?"

---

Across the Kaleidoscope, in another realm, Shirou Emiya summoned the Servant Saber, Arturia Pendragon. Indeed, the catalyst within his body - Avalon, the Everdistant Utopia - made it almost certainty that this event would come to pass in any universe - such as, for instance, the one with which we are concerned - where it was still embedded within him. Almost certainty.

Almost.

It is known that in the absence of a catalyst, the Holy Grail War's summoning ritual defaults to the servant most suited to the summoner in question. Indeed, even sans Avalon, the Shirou Emiya in many of these universes may still have summoned Arturia Pendragon to his side. The young magus and the King of Briton were more alike than one might think - had they never met, their core values of self-sacrifice have led, or would yet lead, them both onto a path that would most likely end in despair. After all, Emiya Shirou was little more than a Hero of Justice, a Faker, a Sword.

This is not our Emiya Shirou.

>>21338795
The Emiya Shirou with which we are concerned holds within him not an endless field of nameless blades, but a thousand nameless and anonymous, gibbering and howling voices - much like the split personalities of the Hundred-faced Assassin of the Grail War before him, yet twisted and amplified many fold. Is it truly, therefore, a surprise that such a distortion, such insanity, within him that dwarfed even a Servant's could override even the catalyst that was the Everdistant Utopia? As Emiya Shirou was flung onto - and thus activated - the magic circle within the recesses of his home, was it ever in any doubt that the Servant he would summon could have been anything other than a Hassan?

---

The blue Servant Lancer gaped. He had blinked for but a moment in his advance upon the cornered boy, and suddenly before him was a great swath of cloth, as though from a curtain or tent far larger than the confines of this little shed.

It was like no Magecraft he had ever seen. Indeed, it seemed pointless - almost harmless - save for the emanations of prana he could feel from it, and that was what made him wary; clearly it was Territory Creation, perhaps on the level of a Serv-

Lancer's ruminations were interrupted as a booming voice resounded from within the confines of the tent:

"WELCOME, NEW CUSTOMER! WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY A CAMEL?"

>>21338795
If I paste this into Google, it will not lead me to a fanfiction site, will it?

Hate to leave you guys hanging, but my roommate just informed me that we're about to be hit by a hurricane.

If you guys want to keep the thread alive, I'll continue it from my sister's house in Maine tomorrow.

Sorry it's so sudden, but this whole 'cataclysmic storm' thing rather snuck up on me.

>>21338812
Fuck no, I'd hope not, seeing as I've just written it. But if OP doesn't want it clogging up his thread, I'll delete it.

>>21338864
Do you live in New York? No? Then stop panicking about fucking nothing. That will be the only place where it could possibly end up more than a little rain.

>>21338869
Not OP, no.

>>21338864
>this whole 'cataclysmic storm' thing rather snuck up on me.
How? I live in fucking western Pennsylvania and I've known it's coming for days.
Ah well, it's cool man. Looking forward to it.
Tohsaka/Shirou/Mitsuzuri OT3

>>21338908
Funny way to spell Ilya.

>>21338917
Funny way to spell Taiga.

>>21338922
I did not honestly like her all that much, maybe because every time she was on screen I could only see her as an obstacle that he had to remove before he could continue doing anything of value.

>>21338877

>New York.

Nope, Mo-fucking Delaware. We're gonna get hit in the dick a few hours from now apparently.

Posting this from car on roomies phone.

Anybody want some Taiga dojo while we're here?

>>21338908

I am horribly unobservant. I got my girlfriend after she was apparently crushing on me for ever a year, only because she got drunk and started making out with me before offering me a blowjob.

First words out of my mouth: "Wait, are you into me or something?"

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>>21338938
>an obstacle that he had to remove before he could continue doing anything of value.
Fair enough. I just have a weird preference for the "hero-addresses-her-like-a-sister-but-she-isn't" character in most Visual Novels. Pic related.

>>21339035
I also thought Saber was a bit boring and did not like Sakura at all. Tosahka was okay, but the only girl I really liked was Ilya, who did not even have a route. Compared to, say Tsukihime, in which I was rather fond of the cast, in particular among the girls an actual heroine, and I completely fell in love with the protagonist. I liked Shirou, but Shiki was even crazier, and it was awesome.

>>21339048
Agreed, Tsukihime has a much more likable and interesting cast.

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>>21339048
>>21339056
And of course my favorite heroine was, as you've probably guessed, Akiha.

>>21339095
>>21339048 here. I liked Kohaku.

>>21339019
>Anybody want some Taiga dojo while we're here?
If you're still on, yes. More Fuji-nee is always good.

>>21339048

Personally I liked Sakura. I'm not sure if it's because I liked her as a character or because I know people who are like that: shat on by life at every turn and still trying to be optimistic that one day not everything will be terrible.

I mean, I'm not sure if I liked her in a romantic sense, but the first thing I thought when I saw her in the game was 'That girl needs a hug'. And spent about two and a half routes going 'give her a hug' when she popped up on screen.

Illya and Taiga I have a slightly harder time seeing as romantic targets, just from how they're presented. I mean, Taiga's a lot older than him and clearly looks at him in a motherly/sisterly way. Illya is his, adopted I'll grant you, sister, which just feels weird to me. Then again, I've never personally seen the attraction for the little sister type myself.

Saber I liked because she seemed so selfless in that she saw little worth in herself besides helping others. I actually like her and Shirou together as a couple since they actually really play off each other in that way.

Personal favorite was definitely Tosaka though. The soft loving core wrapped in crazy bitch and then dipped in composure makes her a more interesting and complex character in my eyes. She manages to hit a lot of the classic 'Elegant Tsundere' tropes without feeling like a walking cliche like Sakura does sometimes with the whole Woobie/moeblob thing.

Fun Fact: Some anon did a census on /a/ recently about the Fate franchise.

Sakura won most liked girl. She also won most hated girl. Take this however you'd like, but I thought it'd be interesting to share.

>>21339111

Also, Archer's method of being her friend/confidant while also constantly pissing her off makes me laugh.

In part because Archer's 'fuck you, I'm awesome' snark is EXACTLY how I would act as a servant.

>>21339105

Less Fuji-nee and more 'bonus content' after the thread.

Feel free to post questions, while I type some shit up.

I'll personally be keeping the OP's '99%' of the base material being the same.

Some shit I don't like. 'Why does Gil wear platemail' being one of them. Does it REALLY affect anything? Nope. Does it matter? No. Am I changing it because my inner history buff is offended? Bet your ass.

So basically all the published shit from before amounts to being MOSTLY canon. Pretty much everything I'm changing is flavor stuff. All the major events happened about like they did in the main series.

>>21339111
Oh god the "I love you" conversation with Rin is so funny! She just can't say it and it's fucking adorable.

>>21339161
Actually, he does wear it for a reason. It is incredibly strong magical shit. He does not need to wear it, usually, but he chooses to do so because it is less than a thought to put it on and promotes his heroic image. Also, he has a god damn spaceship and a sword that existed before the concept of sword could even have been thought of, so you really should not be offended by it.

>>21339129

EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU LIKE IT.

>>21339182

It only got better with the 'good' end.

She flat out says that she need him to help her and saber with Prana transfers, and then does everything in her power to keep him from thinking about what she said too hard after she realizes that she actually managed to come out and fucking SAY it.

>>21339235

Yeah, the armor's awesome. But why does it have to be platemail? I could be that shit he was rocking in the prototype illustrations. That shit looked cooler, fit the Mesopotamian aspect, and wasn't fookin stupid.

That's what I meant by changing it. It doesn't HAVE to be Plate. It could be any kind of armor in form and still have the same magic effects.

>>21339268
I have not seen his prototype illustrations so I will say nothing for that, but it is grander and more imposing than era-appropriate armor. And no, golden plate mail does not look stupid, it looks awesome.

>>21339238
He may have his flaws as a writer (like his mollusk fetish) but Nasu KNOWS how to write a good tsundere.

>>21339276
>I have not seen his prototype illustrations
Google "fate prototype" and you should be able to find it pretty easily. Stuff looked awesome. And Prototype Lancer looked far more badass and feral, and far less like a gay space pirate.

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>>21339276

This is what he looked like originally.

I like the regular armor just fine, but this shit is at least a million times cooler. I mean, look at it.

Gaze upon the true form of the king of Heroes.

>>21339306
Does not look bad. I do not particularly like it more than his final armor, but I do not like it less either.

>>21339303
But how could he Gay Bulge without his gay?

>>21339306
>Gaze upon the true form of the king of Heroes.
More like the King of Pimps.

So Op. why not a game of Tsukihimay in place of Fate quest no.#1312121?
nasuverse is large and wide, why people only sticks to the grail war?

>>21339331
In other type-news, how bad do you expect the Turkeyhandle remake to be?

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>>21339317
Like this.

>>21339331

Well, I can't speak for the OP, since he's a pussy who abandoned his shit and I'm awesome.

I mean, I picked up the mantle because it sounded like a fun idea. This thread existed when I got here.

Personally, I just like Fate more. It's that simple. I mean yeah, you could argue that the vampire fucking game is better than the wizard fucking game in terms of writing and pacing, but I just feel like the Grail-War concept has more mileage to it.

Summon heroes, fuck bitches, earn wishes.

>>21339334

Meh. I played it already. If they do a Saccihn (I can't remember how it's spelled) one I might check it out, but otherwise the next Type-Moon game I want to check out is Hollow Ataraxia.

>>21339334
>bad
>the only mistake they made is Arcade's skirt
>implying that the original wasn't bad also (from a product quality perspective)
>implying that Akiha wasn't already a Homura lookalike
> La Tua Faccia Quando Ciel is ten times better
>Everybody face when she wins the Nissan lion

>>21339386
Sacchin route is confirmed.

Surely, Fate on hard mode would just be:
>I walk outside
>As you walk outside you see someone you recognize across the street. They're the school's resident *BAM" ARROW IN THE NECK. DEAD. DO NOT PASS GO. DO NOT TIGER DOJO. DO NOT REROLL. DEAD END.

>>21339401
...is that a new character?

>>21339468
IIRC there is one part of Fate/HA where Archer is insanely good about that.

>>21339468
Depends on whether hard modo gets rid of Tohsaka's crush on Shirou or not. And if it does then she doesn't save him in the hallway at school and he dies by Lancer's hand. Well, lance, actually. But "dies by Lancer's lance" just sounds stupid as all hell.

>>21339556
It sounds like he was vigorously fucked in the ass and collapsed from exhaustion and dehydration.

>>21339569
Well he IS a gay space pirate...

>>21337379

There is so much wrong with that pic.

Archer should be sniper, he can even have a bow.

There's an actual Assassin class that could be Spy.

Lancer Should be Scout since he's the fastest.

I have no problem with Heavy being Berserker.

Saber should be Sword Demo.

The others I'm drawing a blank on.

>>21339592
Caster could be Engineer. Needs set-up time for best results, but turns out almost invincible. Well, Engineer kinda sucks, but still. Alternatively, Caster could be Soldier, at least the fifth war Caster.

>>21339592
You are now picturing the Demoman being summoned as Saber.
And in proud Fate tradition he is now a she.
A drunken one-eyed Scottish black girl with a claymore, a bottle of Scrumpy, and a bad attitude in the middle of Japan.

>>21339626

>A drunken one-eyed Scottish black girl with a claymore, a bottle of Scrumpy, and a bad attitude in the middle of Japan.

Whyboner.jpg

>>21339592

>Saber should be Sword Demo.

I have this mental image of Arturia wearing an eyepatch totally smashed belligerently telling Shirou to get the hell back in the kitchen until it's time to eat or time to fuck.

>>21339616
>Engineer kinda sucks
Ever had to try and push past (competent) Engineer spam in Payload?

>>21339654
Soldier, Demo, Medic, and a good Spy can all shut down an Engineer pretty effectively.

>>21339626
>A drunken one-eyed Scottish black girl with a claymore, a bottle of Scrumpy, and a bad attitude in the middle of Japan.
Isn't this in NerfNow?

>>21339638
Because /tg/ has conditioned you to desire a strong black Scotswoman who don't need no Englishman.

>>21339556
I would assume that Hard Mode turns everyone but Shirou into Kiritsugu and Saber is summoned on the verge of death, then spends the rest of the war bleeding on your kitchen floor.

>>21339654
Dude, fuck spam. One time, I had two of my friends with me, with me as an Engie, one as a spy-checker Pyro, and one as a sniper.

We held one point for a fucking hour against 15 VERY talented and determined people while the rest of our team ran around like a bunch retards trying to hump a door-knob.

>>21339663
So your measure for it "sucking" is that it can be countered?

>>21339680
Hard Mode turns everyone into Angrya Manyu, with all the power of the grail at their command.
And Ilya-Manyu summoned Mordred as Berserker

>>21339680
If not for the fact that Saber was the most overpowered class and Ilya was obsessed with Shirou, that would be almost impossible.

>>21339690
Hard countered by half of the other classes.

>>21339703
In exchange for being near-perfect area denial against the other half of the classes.

>>21339712
The Sniper, ideally, will be sniping, but I suppose it will ward off the other three pretty well. Of course, how often can you effectively rebuild in a match if you get taken down once.

>>21339723
The other thing you're forgetting is that Engies aren't really SUPPOSED to fight and kill. They're a support class, focused on facilitating their teammates doing their jobs, much like the Medic. Watch what happens in a match where, of two otherwise evenly matched teams, only one has an Engineer.

>>21339742
Once it is established where he has set his shit up, it is easy to remove, unless you keep on the move, and if you leave some of your buildings behind, they will die off pretty quickly.

Quick bump, hopefully the guy running this comes back.

>>21343715

I'm monitoring the thread now, if anybody has questions. Won't be able to run for a couple hours though, since my roomie is pissed that I made him do all the packing and then drive us to Maine.

Back and typing a bit. In part because of my Roomie, Brian.

Dude, you knew we were going to Maine. If you're so fucking allergic to shellfish you should've brought chips or something.

"Good evening Tosaka." I respond, somehow managing to keep my cool. "Can you kindly tell me why you've decided to call upon me at this hour?" She looks genuinely surprised by my question. "I mean, my reputation means little to me. You however are a distinguished young lady. Arriving a a mans house at this time of night.... people will talk."

She gives me an amazingly blank look, while the man in red snickers at my response. "You can keep your cool, but is now really the time for jokes?" He asks me.

"All I really have is snark and a strong work ethic." I respond, watching the two of them.

"Archer." Tosoka says. "I'm going to have a talk with Shirou. Go into spirit form and keep watch."

"... Is this necessary, Master?" He asks, looking at her.

"They had us by the throat and chose to spare us. If nothing else I say a proper 'thank you' is in order. Besides, if you're here Saber won't relax and if Lancer returns he might catch us off guard."

The one called Archer sighs. "Very well then. I'd caution you about behaving too recklessly. Regardless of what else happened tonight, circumstances forces these two to be our enemy."

Having delivered his warning, he vanishes into nothingness.

Tosaka then turns to me. "You're taking all this in stride." She responds. "And you managed to summon Saber, you must be well prepared for the war."

"Actually, I have absolutely no idea what's going on."

>>21348119

She gives me an incredulous look. "..Can we continue this chat inside? The street's a bad place to talk about sensitive matters."

"Sure." I respond, gesturing to the gate. She passes by and I catch a whiff of her perfume. I have to take a moment to steady myself from how close this girl who I-

"Easy boy." Archer's voice whispers in my ear. I turn slightly to see if I can hit him, but his current form renders that impossible.

Saber quirks an eyebrow at my hesitation, clearly either unaware on uncaring as to the subtext of this whole event. Her persence, while equally unsettling helps me collect myself and I enter my own home, feeling like an intruding stranger given how much changed her tonight.

"Your house is huge." Tosaka comments from up ahead of me. "I am not used to this Japanese style. Oh, is that the living room, Emiya-kun?" I nod and she enters.

Saber catches my sleeve. "Shirou, I know not her intentions here. Are you sure she's trustworthy?"

I think back. Some memory seems to be pushing at the back of my mind, something I can't quite grasp. Something that says...

"Yeah. I think so."

"But how do you know?" Saber asks, insistent.

"...Just a feeling. If she was a danger to us right now, I think I'd know."

Saber hesitates, then nods. "Very well. I'm not sure I understand, and I certainly don't like it, but I'll trust your word."

Relived, I walk into the living room. Tosaka's standing there, looking at the piles of broken glass. She then looks to me.

>>21348248

[ ] Sorry about the mess.
[ ] Lancer sure did a number.
[ ] ...Did I miss a party?

>>21348251
[X] Show moves

>>21348251
Shrug it off, relay dashing tale of fighting off a Servant as non-chalant as possible.

"Sorry about the mess." I respond weakly. "I didn't exactly have time to clean up after Lancer's attack."

"It's fine. Saber saved you, huh?"

"Yeah. I was barely managing to fight him off before she arrived. Or, I summoned her, I guess."

She turns to me, genuinely impressed. "You managed to defend yourself from a Servant?"

"For certain definitions of defend." I respond. "It wasn't really a fight I could win, I just managed to not die from here to the shed-" I gesture outside "-After he backhanded me through the window."

She seems satisfied by the explination, before gesturing at the glass. "Do you mind?"

"... Mind what?" I respond weakly, trying to deduce her meaning.

"I was gonna offer to fix your window with my magic real quick. It's a pretty pointless use of prana, but it's better than having this talk in the cold."

"You can do that?" I ask honestly surprised. I've never put my magic to such a use. Granted, I've only ever done ONE THING with it....

She gives a blank gaze in exchange. "You don't know how to fix a window?" She responds, smile slowly coming to her face, as though begging me to be joking about it. "It's extremely basic magic. Did nobody teach you?"

"My master passed on before he could impart much knowledge. All I can really do is basic structural magic like tracing and reinforcement."

"An odd choice to teach...." She says, looking at me curiously.

"He said the same thing. But it's something I have an affinity for, so he said it'd work for a start."

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>>21348534

"So you don't even know basic repair? I mean, glass is easy. The structure is simple and this only broke recently."

"I'd be thankful if you could fix it, it'd save me the time and cost of installing a new window. But no matter how basic it might be to you, I was never taught it."

"...Fine then. It's just a small demonstration. It won't be enough to repay you for sparing me, but I have to do at least this much." She says after a moment.

"You're gonna show me your moves?" I ask, intrigued.

"I'm hardly doling out ancient guarded secrets Shirou." Her voice takes on an irritated tone as she shoots me a glare. It's so different from her normal composed self it's jarring.

She pricks her finger with a small piece of broken glass while tracing a symbol with her finger. "Minuten vor Schweißen" She mumbles under her breath while reaching out towards the window.

Moments later the shattered glass recombines itself. The repair is so seamless, you could never tell it was broken.

"Now then." She begins turning to me. "How could you not know something so basic?"

"Is it really that bad? I only learned a little bit from my father before he passed on. I don't even know how lacking I am in the basics."

"…Wait. Then you're saying you're just an amateur who can't even run his own workshop?"

"…? I don't really have a workshop."

…Well, I do have that shed as my training area, but I think Tohsaka would get mad if I called that my workshop.

She glares anyway, accusing.

>>21348666

"…I'm going to ask, even though it's impossible. Could it be that you don't know how to handle the five main elements, nor how to make a Pass?"

"No, sorry. All I can really do is the basic structural magic."

She gives me a look. It's hard to describe, but I imagine you'd get the same one from a chef when they asked you how to cook and you answered that you knew only how to make Cheese Dip.

She sighs. "In a way, I guess this makes it easier. If you know nothing, then I know that anything I have to teach you is an improvement." She sighs. "Well, if that's the way things are.... Emiya-kun, you don't know what kind of situation you're in right now, correct?"

"Not really, no." I respond honestly. "I didn't even know that there were other people in town who did magic." I respond.

"I thought so. Well, it was obvious, but I had to make sure, right? It's only putting flab on my mind if I explain it to someone who already gets it."

I want to tell her that she doesn't have any 'flab' that I can see, but I get the feeling she might kill me for saying it.

"To put it bluntly, you have been chosen as a Master. You have a holy sign on one of your hands, right? On your hand or on your arm. There are personal differences, but there should be three Command Spells engraved. That is the sign of a Master."

I hold up my left hand, and look at the strange sigil on the back.

>>21348761
I do not think you actually have to sit through the explanations. I would be more surprised if anyone here was not familiar with Type-Moon works.

>>21348761

"The Command Spell enforces unconditional obedience. That mark overrules your Servant's will and makes them obey your command. There's no spell needed to activate it, and it will be activated when you put your mind to using it. You'll be killed if you lose all your Command Spells, so be careful."

"What… I'll be killed?"

"Almost certainly." She responds. "Being a master in the Holy Grail War paints a target on your back. In order to win, you have to kill the other master involved."

"Wait, back up. 'Holy Grail'? You mean THE Holy Grail?"

She smiles. "No, not really, it's just some cup we painted gold. We just thought the name would be hilarious." She responds lightly, before she rolls her eyes. "I'm not sure if it's THE Grail," she continues, more serious. "but it's clearly an artifact of great magical power. That's enough to get most people interested, before we even begin to consider the other effects claiming the prize might have."

This all sounds so impossible. I feel slightly sick, and decide to sit down.

Rin looks more than slightly sympathetic, placing a hand on my shoulder. "I understand how you feel, but I'm just telling you the truth.…Besides, you should understand deep down. Having nearly been killed by that Servant twice, you should know you're in a situation you can't run away from." She looks at me with a small smile. "Actually, you did die once. You're looking awfully well, all things considered."

>>21348792

It's part me buying time while I desperately re-read all three routes at once (and the wiki) to make sure I'm not forgetting anything, and partly me getting to take jabs at the characters and the setting.

I'm also condensing it as much as possible while keeping the flow intact. I think I have like half the word-count of this scene in the VN. Don't worry though, things are going to speed up a lot soon.

>>21348844

The shock of the situation comes back to me as I remember everything. Then a little detail strikes me as odd.

"... You knew Lancer managed to kill me?" I ask, after a moment's thought.

Her eyes, widen, and then she smacks her hand to her face. "... I guess I got carried away...." She mumbles before regaining her composure. "forget it, it isn't important. What is important is for us to go and speak to Kirei."

"Who?"

"The overseer of the Grail War." She responds. Saber, who's been quiet until now, demands to come with. After she ignores my request to wear something less conspicuous, I fish in the closet for something she can wear over it.

[ ] Give her one of Dad's old coats.
[ ] Give her the rain-coat.
[ ] Look deeper for something more.... feminine.

>>21348959

[By 'it', I mean her armor. I can type faster than I can proofread, apparently.]

>>21348959
We are going to see Kirei, we should wear the coat. Give her the raincoat.

>>21348959
>[x] Look deeper for something more.... feminine.

>>21349078
Agreeing we should wear Kiritsugu's old coat though.
Just to fuck with Kirei.
It's also the closest we have to a robe and wizard hat.

>>21349106
Note for later: Buy robe and wizard hat.

>>21349078
I feel like if we gave her something feminine instead, it would set up a flag for her, and I want Ilya this time damn it.

>>21349184
Seconded. She gets the derpy looking raincoat.

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>>21349184
>and I want Ilya this time
>Ilya
Okay, I've seen it as Mitsuzuri, and I've seen it as Mituduri, but I have NEVER seen Ayako's name romanized like you just did before.

>>21349253
Who was she again? I really do not remember this character. I think she was in the archery club or the tennis club or something?

>>21349280
Archery Club, yeah. Tohsaka's friend from the prologue who may or may not have had a bit of a thing for He of the Immeasurable Density.

>>21349321
Speaking of the archery club, I want to help out Shinji. He got a lot of shit over F/SN, and I want to give him the chance he deserves to be his own person.

I hand Saber the rain-coat. The bright yellow isn't exactly ideal camouflage, but it's better than Platemail and a battle skirt.

I hesitate. I have my own coat, but....

I slip my Father's old coat off the hangar, and put it on. I'm not sure what I expected to happen, some magical effect maybe? A sense of comfort from having a piece of him with me with the sudden uncertainty?

All I note is that it's a bit heavier than mine. It's longer too, reaching just past my knees. Glancing at a small mirror in the hallway I note that it almost fits me perfectly, before turning to Saber.

She's giving me a rather strange look from under her hood. "Saber?" I call out to her gently, and she seems to snap out of it.

"Ready then?" Is all she says, before turning away and walking to the door. Tosaka says nothing, just a glance between me, the coat, and Saber before giving me a quizzical look I can only answer with a shrug.

"So." I say turning to my fellow Magus. It feels wrong thinking of her like that. "Maybe you can explain the whole 'servant' thing to me?" I ask. "I mean, they seem human, but Archer can appear and disappear like magic, and the weapons...." I say, hesitating. "It's weird saying this, but it's less like they're wielding swords and more like they're wielding concepts given form."

>>21349344
>help out Shinji
I fully support this, if by "help out" you mean "chop the little rapist fuckhead's dick off".

>>21349377
No, that is exactly the opposite of what I mean.

>>21349397
Then go die in a pit. A pit of rape bugs.

>>21349397
No deal.
But in seriousness, I'm willing to put in effort to keep him alive, so he can become a better person on his own initiative, but the things he does...
Fuck it, let's try anyway. I'm in.

Tell Shinji to fuck off, I don't care if it's meta.

(if this doesn't end in Rin/Saber/Shirou three-way relationship I will be sad forever)

>>21349321

>He of the immeasurable density

I really really should post Heartcatch Mitsuzuri.

>>21349411
Shinji...I don't get why he gets all the hate. FSN is just written to make him out as the bad guy, when really he's no worse than any of the 'protagonists' and a better person than most of them.

What are the main complaints? He raped Sakura and stole Rider to use in the war?

Okay, let's get this straight. He never fucking raped Sakura. He never did it. He never did it. He never did it. He never did it. He fucked Sakura.

Let me ask you this. WHO IN THE GAME DIDN'T FUCK SAKURA? You can't even name one fucking character who hasn't plugged her loose cunt! She is the kind of bitch who will act like she doesn't want it when she really does. She'll say No! while having multiple orgasms. Shinji knew this, he's a fucking ladies man. He knows what filthy whores like Sakura want.

And there's this other big bitch you guys have with him. He supposedly stole Rider and used her in the war for his own greed.

Objection! He was worried about his one and only precious sister. Is keeping your loved ones from a brutal war so wrong? When Shirou does the same thing to Saber it's like 'oh he's so manly', but when Shinji does it it's wrong? He just wanted to protect Sakura. He probably was going to use his Holy Grail wish to tighten her cunt back up or cure her syphilis or something.

Look, gonna de-rail this for a second, I do like Shirou. But Shinji was not in a good position, raised by a monster, and his choices were to be tortured or to become a decoy for magical warheads.

>>21349457
I didn't know Shinji posted on 4chan.

>>21349453
No, fuck you, Ilya or bust.

>>21349453
>Not Rin/Saber/Shirou/Ayako/Sakura/Ilya polyamorous relationship
Do you even Harem Route?

>>21349477
Ok Ilya can join too, but she's going to die soon anyway thanks to lolmonculous body being shitty.

>>21349493
Saber is shit, Sakura is worse, the others are worthless, and Rin is meh. Ilya or bust.

>>21349457
Yeah, he pretty much lost his right to the "good guy in a bad situation" argument when he tried me use an entire school as magical fuel by MELTING THEM ALIVE.

Also Rider deserved better.

>>21349457
Shinji, please go.
My main hate is what he did to Ayako. Petty little fuck couldn't take being turned down. What's your bullshit rationalization for THAT?

>>21349321
>implying Ayako is not hard-gay

>>21349514
He was being practical. He had no magical powers himself, so he had to do it, or he would almost certainly lose.

>>21349520
People actually cared about Ayako? I seriously forget her three minutes after she leaves. She is irrelevant.

>>21349527
It's like he really IS Shinji! If you're doing this on purpose, bravo.

>>21349493
>Bludgeon Sakura over the head
>Use her as the Grail
>Stab Angry Mandude in the dick for getting his rage-juice in our Grail.
>Wish to fix Ilya's shitty body.

>>21349537
You have my full support.

>>21349536
I am being fully serious.

>>21339095
>>21339099
>Not Hisui
>do you even waifu?

>>21349527
>Mass murder is TOTALLY okay if you're doing it to save your own worthless life gaiz!
Seriously Shinji, NOBODY here doesn't recognize you.

>>21349527
>He was being practical.
CASTER was being practical. If Shinji hadn't been straight-up murdering people, he could have avoided the Excalibur Pain Train and maybe accomplished something.

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>>21349527

The way she squirms whenever rider pops up is adorable.

>>21349457
>>21349457
What? no. He hates Sakura for being better at magic than him (Read: Capable of doing magic at all), and taking all of grand pappies attention. His wish probably would have been something like "I wish for all the bitches." Granted, thats what my wish would have been, but still.

>>21349558
You are the one who would die instead of taking the chance to fix the mess of your life that some faggot old pile of worms caused.

>>21349560
Shinji was not a magus, so the easiest way to supply Rider with the prana he needed to keep her fighting was to kill people.

>>21349371

She smiles back at me. "Sharper than you look, though I suppose that isn't hard." She responds offhandedly, either ignoring or simply not noticing my wince from the masterfully delivered backhanded compliment. "That's pretty close to how it works. Servants are less people, and more like really powerful familiars." She responds. "When people accumulate a certain level of power and prestige, something that marks them out as extraordinary, the world remember them. They go to a place removed from our understanding of time we call 'the throne of heroes'. Servants are summoned reflections of those heroes."

"So wait, Saber and Archer are both heroes from some ancient past?"

"As is Lancer, and the other four servants." She responds. "The Grail prepares vessels for these heroes suited to seven classes representing different powers, aptitudes and abilities."

"So.... Someone like Musashi would probably be summoned as a Saber 'class'?"

"Almost certainly. And if he were summoned here, the fact that Japan is where his adventures and deeds take place he would be more powerful here than in, say, Europe."

"...And a European Hero would be less powerful here?"

"Exactly. There's also boosts based on how famous they are. Someone like say, Odysseus would be fairly powerful wherever he was summoned, given how well know he is."

"Huh." I say, turning to look at Saber, and picturing Archer walking beside. I wonder who they are?

>>21349589

I show the two of them a shortcut to the bridge, and soon we're on the long hill leading to the church. "So Saber." I say turning to her. "Is this at all weird? being summoned to a place and time you've never seen?"

"No." She answers simply. "The Grail compensates for such things. For the most part, we're aware of the things a normal person of the era would be aware of, no matter how wondrous they might have seemed in life. I have also been summoned into this Era before."

Tosaka seems taken aback by Saber's comment. I meanwhile point out helpfully that we've arrived at the church.

Saber says she'd prefer to wait outside with Archer, so Tosaka and I head into the church.

[ ] Ask about the Priest.
[ ] Ask about Archer.
[ ] Ask about her.
[ ] (insert choice here).

>>21349553
>Hisui
mah nigga
>dat shyness
>dat professionalism
>dat Androphobia
>dat not wanting to wake me because I'm such a peaceful sleeper
Why is she so perfect?

>>21349595
Tough call, but go for Archer. If Kirei takes too long to show up, we can try to ask about him, but that seems unlikely.

>>21349595
>[x] Ask about her.

>>21349595
[X] So... is Saber your type?

>>21349595
Archer.

The faster we find out about our bitchin' sword sword swordy swordington powers the better, because bitches love guys with superpowers.

>>21349603
Fuck I need to replay her route now. Thanks a lot.

>for estorsui
no it's HIsui

>>21349689
>our bitchin'… powers
You mean the ones Tojsaka doesn't know about, much less that Archer is US?

>>21349709
>Impling you aren't glad of the excuse to make her happy again

>>21349711
Harp on about Archer enough and someone will eventually put 2 and 2 together.

If nothing else we'll get to the point where we start copying him faster.

>>21349729
And this guy is planning on having him tie the line a bit more, I think. I do not at all recall him whispering in Shirou's ear.

>>21349729
Fair enough.
Admittedly we've already jumpstarted that a wee bit at least on a superficial level. We're already wearing a long coat.

>>21338908
Head buried in the sand, I guess? I've known you guys were getting ready for some wrath of god shit for a week now, and I live on the other side of the Rockies.

...am I the only one who wants Saber/Rin to be a thing and Shirou can have someone else?

>>21349763
Sure, they can go at it. Saber will vanish in a few weeks and Gilgamesh might kill Rin, but sure.

>>21349772
I meant AFTER the glorious everyone lives and nothing sad happens ending.

>>21349792
I can promise you that will not happen.

>>21349772
no man what we need is to put the screws on Rin so she starts making her infinite power sorcery dagger. That way she can maintain a contract with Saber indefinitely.

>>21349806
She needs a proper rival to push her to her limits!

>>21349907
Hmmmmmm, would her sister be a suitable rival do ya think?

Looking around, I see nobody present. "So where is he?"

Tosaka shrugs. "Some other part of the church? It's a large building. He certainly knows we're here, didn't you feel the boundary field when we walked in?"

"I felt.... something, made me feel uneasy. Is that what it was?"

"Yeah. Just a basic alert type, since he wouldn't want to obliterate people coming to worship or whatever." She responds with a shrug.

A minute passes in silence. "So Tosaka...."

"Hmmm?"

"How's Archer treating you?"

"Fine." She answers, just a little too quickly.

"Really?"

"Yes. There was a slight hiccup at the beginning, but now we've reached an understanding." She responds. The answer manages to feel both less forced and more evasive.

"A hiccup?" I ask, looking at her. "How so?"

She stares at me for a long moment. "Why do you care so much?"

I shrug, looking away. "Just making conversation."

"Well then what about you and Saber?" She asks, turning the tables on me.

"We met about an hour ago, she beat up a gay space-pirate for me and then tried to kill you. The rest of it you were there for."

"...That's it? That's the sum and total of your thoughts right now?"

"A beautiful girl who you just told me was the reincarnation of a hero from the past appears from nowhere, fights someone else with super powers, and then you arrive and I get an info dump I'm still trying to comprehend. I feel like I fell into a huge, fast moving river. Right now I can try to swim or get swept away and drown."

>she beat up a gay space-pirate
My sides have reached orbit

>>21349965
I can just imagine some fat neckbeard sitting in a basement, half his house underwater, his face almost painfully seriously, commenting about how he was so thoroughly amused, laughing so hard, that his body had blown apart and exited the atmosphere, orbiting around the planet.

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>>21349925

She considers the answer for a minute. "Yeah, it's a lot to just take in. I'm not sure I'd be doing as well in your place, especially given your shortcomings as a Magus."

"Your compassion is noted and appreciated." I respond, putting only the slightest measure of sarcasm into my voice. Then I notice she's blushing ever so slightly. Before I can say anything-

"Sorry to keep you waiting." a voice states plainly from the other side of the room. "I do hope I'm not interrupting something?" The man in the priest's garbs asks as he approaches. A chill runs down my spine.

That eerily calm, firm voice. The intense, knowing gaze. The firm, authoritative stride. That gentle smile that goes nowhere near the eyes.

'This man....' I think to myself, unconsciously taking a step back at his approach.

Could this man be.... a Pedophile?

>>21350046

"First you don't answer my requested call, then you arrive unannounced with some strange boy." He turns to Tosaka, his voice managing to be both jovial and accusatory. "Rin... I know adolescence is a trying time, but I hope it isn't blinding you to the immediate future."

It takes me a full ten seconds of Tosaka's shocked silence to realize what he said. Three more for me to realize he was only teasing, since he seems fundamentally incapable of jokes, and another five for my heart to resume beating. She's much faster on the uptake, thankfully.

"No." She responds coldly. "Why would you even THINK that I was with him like that?"

"Ouch." I comment, with an exaggerated wince. The Priest nods at me sympathetically.

"That's not what I meant-" she turns to me, flustered "-It's not like you're... never-mind. Kirei? This is Emiya Shirou. He's the seventh.

[ ] Shake his hand.
[ ] Nod gravely.
[ ] Wave. "Sup?"
[ ] Say nothing.

>>21350056
[X] Nod gravely
Let's get this bro-rivalry started right.

>>21350056
>[X ] Nod gravely.

Its what Kiritsugu would have done. He is our role model, after all.

>>21350056
We do not wish to be casual here, maintain a serious atmosphere, so the latter two are certainly out. Shaking his hand seems too forward. Nod, but maintain firm eye contact, and wait to see what he does. If he offers his hand, a good shake is not bad, but we should not initiate it.

>>21350046
>Could this man be.... a Pedophile?
Onii-chan, my sides are moving on their own!
>>21350056
>[ ] Nod gravely.
It's how dad would have done it.

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So, you guys aiming for the harem? Its /tg/, I know you WILL try

>>21350342
I am certainly aiming against harem. Never liked it.

>>21350342
I just want Saber and Rin any extra is unnecessary.

>>21350342
Just Rin and Saber. Which isn't even Shirou's harem. It's RIN'S harem.

>>21350378
>>21350393
I am going to have to try harder to prevent this than harem, huh?

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>>21350396
>prevent
>prevent Rin from receiving her just reward for being best girl

>>21350416
Like I said, Ilya or nothing.

>>21350423
>Ilya
Fucking lolicons, sticking their fetish into our quest thread based on a pornographic Visual Novel...

>>21350396
Yes
>>21350393
GRORIOUSU

>>21350441
Hey, if not for the little girl I would be actively trying to kill all the potential love interests.

I give him a single, solemn nod, but don't say anything yet. for some reason, things my Father taught me come back. He's not going to start anything yet, so let him make the first move and reveal as little as possible.

"I see. Well, I must thank you Shirou. Without your interference, Rin wouldn't have come here." With that, he walks to the alter and pulls out a ledger of some kind. Setting it on the podium in front of him, he beckons us closer. "Now then, you're Saber's Master, correct?"

"Something like that." I respond. "Though honestly, I'd like a better idea of what I'm signing up for before I agree to anything."

Kirei seems genuinely surprised "…I see. This is serious. Does he really know nothing, Rin?"

"I gave him some of the basics, but we've had less than an hour to talk. He knows effectively nothing."

He sighs. Must be some kind of respiratory problem going around. "First, let us correct your misunderstandings. Listen, Emiya Shirou. Master is not a role you can give to someone else nor is it something you can stop being once you are chosen. Those who have the Command Spells carved on them cannot resign from being a Master. You must accept that fact." He pauses, and looks at me. "The grail will grant the wish of whoever obtains it. If you wish to have nothing more to do with this... all you have to do is win. Anything you desire can be yours: money, power, women, purging that guilt your wear like a cloak."

"Wha-" I feel dizzy. It doesn't makes sense for him to-

>>21350480

"Kirei, don't go off topic. I asked you to tell him the rules. I didn't ask you to open up his old wounds." A voice cuts in.

"T-Tohsaka?" That clears up my dizzy head.

"I see. It is pointless to say anything to these kinds of people, so I was trying to take away his morality while he still misunderstood. …Heh, I guess it is true that compassion is not good for others. And I rather enjoyed it too."

"That was trying to help him? Really? How does that help anything?"

"Helping others means helping yourself, Rin." He responds calmly. "I merely wished to give him... perspective on what he acts like he might turn down."

He turns to you. "In any case, I need an answer out of you. If you wish to surrender your place in the war, say so now. I'll remove your seals and allow you protection here until the war ends. Otherwise you'll have to bear the burdens of the conflict after I finish explaining the rules.

[ ] I'll continue the war.
[ ] I'll surrender my seals.

>>21350488
Absolutely not. Riding this war to the bitter end.

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>>21350488
>[ ] I'll continue the war.
Oh yeah, we're really gonna quit, meaning no more quest, and then accept "protection" from KOTOMINE FUCKING KIREI.
Do we LOOK that stupid Kirei-sama?

>>21350516
Or, you know, giving up the seals in the VN lead to us getting brain-in-a-jar'd by Ilya less then ten minutes later.

>>21350488
[X] "Rin, Saber and I will do this together!"

>>21350531
He did refuse protection, after Kirei made it clear that leaving without his Servant meant dying more likely than not.

>>21350537
No, fuck you. For one, that is retarded as shit, because Rin is absolutely an enemy at this point.

>>21350545
>Rin
>An enemy
He's retarded, but that lasts for all of a day, tops.

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>>21350516

Come on, do I really look that untrustworthy?

>>21350560
It's not even the look. Name one heroic character voiced by Jouji Nakata. That's right, you can't.

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>>21350560
I need an adult!

>>21350560
I think Kirei is one of the most agreeable and relatable characters in Type-Moon.

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>>21350575
I AM an adult.

>>21350573
Sol Badguy.

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>>21336915
Cool, we're back online. You still around Kirei-sama?

KIREI
GET YO ASS IN GEAR SON

I think about it.

For about three seconds. "Somehow, I doubt it's that easy. I think I'd have better odds of surviving with Saber helping me than if I just handed over the seals and went home." I respond.

"You wouldn't have to leave. I'm perfectly capable of keeping you safe here." He responds, gesturing around. "I could hardly oversee affairs if I had no means of enforcing rules and being above reprisal by the participants."

For some reason, looking around at the church makes me feel that my choice is the right one. "No." I respond. "I think we're done here. Only real way out is through."

".... Very well then." He responds. Over the next several minutes he explains his job, the rules, and how to win. The goal is the elimination of the other servants, either by removing them or their masters. In theory, the last man standing gets the prize.

Kirei tells Tosaka that they technically have to cut ties until the war's over, which she answers with a curt nod and telling me she'll wait outside. Kirei confirms that all servants have been summoned, but he only knows who three of the masters are.

What haunts my thoughts as we walk away is the last thing he said to me before I left the church. "Rejoice, Shirou. You wish is about to come true." When I asked what he meant, he smiled and told me."You should know. Your wish will not come true unless there is a clear evil. Even if it is not something you approve of, a superhero requires a villain to defeat."

>>21350711
I agree. A hero without a villain is a madman in a cape.

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>>21350723
>a madman in a cape.
Perhaps the same could be said of all heroes. But enough talk. Have at you!

>>21350711

"HEY." A voice calls to me from my left. Tosaka's staring at me. "Are you listening to me?"

"Er, no. Sorry. My mind was elsewhere." I respond, trying to push the thoughts of the Priest aside.

"God you're hopeless." She responds, with a deep sigh. "Listen, I'm being lenient because of the circumstances of today, but if you're in this war then technically we're enemies. I'm willing to give you a pass for tonight, but tomorrow...." She lets the thought hang for a minute. "Understand?"

[ ] Yes.
[ ] No.
[ ] That's rather narrow minded of you.

>>21350752
Tell her that if she fucks up, she can come running to us for help.

>>21350752
>[ ] That's rather narrow minded of you.
I mean I don't really have anything I want out of this thing, so it's not like we couldn't just work together and at the end you could... Say, Tohsaka, what DO you want from this "Holy Grail" anyway?

>>21350752
>[X] That's rather narrow minded of you.

Now babe, don't be like that

[X] Yes.

Screw her, by which I mean don't screw her.

"That's... rather narrow minded of you." I respond after a moment looking at her.

"What? That's the way things ARE Shirou. If we both want the Grail, we-"

"Stop. You're making several assumptions. Some of them are reasonable, but completely wrong. Firstly, I have no interest in the Grail myself."

She blinks, and Saber also turns to me shocked. "Wait, what? Why get involved in something so dangerous if you don't care about the prize?"

"Three reasons. One is self preservation. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't live 24 hours if I just tried to walk away, with Kirei's help or not. Second is mitigation of damage. If the Grail's as powerful as he says, then what if someone evil got it? Imagine the damage something like that could do in the wrong hands. Third... Saber wants it. She's already saved my life once, so I feel like I owe it to her to at least give it a go. I mean, worst case scenario from there is I can surrender and run back to the church whenever."

>>21350827
You do realize that if we piss her off we will be facing >>21339468 happening to us, right?
This is Fate/Stay Night on hard mode. Pissing of Tohsaka will make it Fate/Stay Night on European Extreme mode.

>>21350848
Fucking GOOD

>>21350848
Not quite. Likely, but not quite. This is a much different Archer from the visual novel.

>>21350852
So wait, you WANT to die by arrow to the neck and/or have our house Broken Phantasmed into a giant crater? Y'know, like the cemetery in Unlimited Blade Works?

>>21350855
Where has anyone said that? At the moment we have NO reason to assume he isn't our future self come back to kill us to prevent us from ever going down the road that caused him so much suffering.

On a side note, im pissed that Kiritsugu never taught us his awesome I-move-super-fast-fuck-you combat magic.

I'm mad because i realized that + UBW = ZA WARUDO