Rolled 11

>>22911939
>it was the worst possible time to notice that there's no way Rin's skirt would be keeping her modest right now.
FUCK YOU ARCHER, FUCK YOU.

Rolled 13

Archer you bastard, you've won this round.

Rolled 11

>>22911939
WE CAN DO THIS

Rolled 17

>>22911939

SHITTTTT

Rolled 17

>>22911939
ARCHER WHY

>>22911957
WE CAN'T DO THIS

>>22911957

fuck youuuu

>>22911957
live with your shame.

>>22911939

AND THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THE MAGIC SKIRT

OUT OF MOUTH OUT OF MIND

Rolled 16

>>22911954
The doesn't count if not quoted rule is still there.
Right guys ... guys?

>>22911957
the ONE TIME i decide to not lurk.

of fucking course.

>>22911957

Why.

WHY.

Why did you post you shit?

>>22911984

>Don't let it discourage you, this is hilarious.

>To me.

>You guys might be screwed.

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AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRCHEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!

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ITS HAPPENING AGAIN

>>22911997
BACK ON THE SADDLE, BABY!

>>22911951
>>22911954
>>22911957
>trip fall, face first into the ground look up, shout "Go on without me" or "You guys go on ahead I'll take the rear"

>>22911992

AC-GUUUUUUUUUUUUY

>>22911971

ruling pls

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>>22911984

I crash to the ground and tumble, and I hear Rin call out. I yell at them to keep going, and as I tumble and rise again I see Avenger rise out of the shadow like a bullet.

I summon my swords and get ready to counter his attack.

[DC15 Mortal Combat]

Rolled 18

Thank you for not updating Twitter...
>>22912025
ROLLINGU

>>22912025
not stupid enough to try and redeem myself. I know random number god's game.

Rolled 18

>>22912025
Time to sword so hard we sword ourself.

Rolled 12

>>22912025
Go!

Rolled 12

>>22912025

FUUU

Rolled 1

>>22912025
in b4 FATALITY

>>22912025
DA NA DA NA DA NA DAAA NAAAA

>>22912033
>>22912037
BASED DICE GODS

Rolled 9

>>22912025
TEST YOUR MIGHT

>>22912044
You are so lucky that doesn't count, or I'd hunt you down.

>>22912044
Nope. With that roll, you're in DURING it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAwWPadFsOA

>>22912044
Whew. Dodged that bullet.

>>22912033
>>22912037

Tripping was merely an elaborate ruse to draw out Avenger.
He has fallen into our trap.
Now FINISH HIM!

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Rolled 16

>>22912033
>>22912037

I manage to flip out of the way of his initial blow, and parry the barrage of attacks he lays down with his daggers.

He's faster than me, but I have reach and that's good enough to keep him back while I recover. He catches onto my game though and makes a spear of some kind before advancing again.

I realize that he isn't wielding normal weapons, but blades made from that inky blackness surrounding him. I wonder if that means there's something worse about them.

[DC12 Combat]
[DC12 Perception]

Rolled 12, 15 = 27

>>22912092

FARK YOUR SHITTTTT

>>22912092
ROLLINGUs

Rolled 20, 17 = 37

>>22912092
Fuck it.

Rolled 17, 20 = 37

>>22912092
Eeeh.

Rolled 2, 10 = 12

>>22912092
DOUBLE ROLLING ENGAGE

Rolled 15, 16 = 31

>>22912107
Fuck, one more time

Rolled 11, 6 = 17

>>22912092

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>>22912110
>>22912112

My god its full of stars

FUCK YOU AVENGER

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>>22912110
>>22912112

>>22912110
>>22912112
fuk yea

>>22912110
>>22912112
Nice and nice. Too bad Avenger.

>>22912100
>>22912110
>>22912112
Boom son. 6 rolls, 6 successes, fuck his shit.

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>>22912110
>>22912112
welp time to win forever

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>>22912110
>>22912112

>>22912107

Thank you for failing so badly

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>>22912110
>>22912112

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>>22912110
>>22912112

You two win one gorrilion internets

>>22912110
>>22912112
And from the sky, a blinding light,
Shook the very earth that night,
A god's descent, his foolish pride,
Crushed 'neath Shirou's steel backside.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9J-J30B3o

>>22912141
Never have I been so happy to fail.

>>22912110
Another 20 in combat vs. Avenger?

We may have THIS BIKE but he dun got GAE BOLG

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>>22912110
>>22912112

>>22912167

Everytime he meets us, his ass gets handed back to him on a silver platter.

I imagine hes finding this a little old.

>>22912167
...You know, now I'm curious about what would happen if Avenger meets the bike and what would win. If It's Avenger that would be an odd combat triangle.

>>22912214

We set him on fire.

Avenger sets the bike on fire.

The bike sets us on fire.

We are on fire.

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>>22912167
Son it gets better. It's the best of three unless you roll a one, and Nubum cocked up, so we rolled a twenty for combat and a twenty in that perception roll.

Whatever's going on here we hit a homerun.

I see what he's doing and leap back out of the way, overloading and throwing my swords at him.

He manages to block one, but the second catchs him on the shoulder and send him flying away as it detonates.

"You asshole! Learn to fight proper, don't just throw exploding swords at people!" He grabs a block made of darkness that appears next to him and uses it to stand up again. "You're worse than Archer. You just throw weapons at people."

"It works, and I don't care about your opinion." I look around and see where the Shadow had almost swallowed me while I was distracted by him. "Nice try with the flanking shadow by the way. I think there's an expression about a pot calling a kettle black?"

He smiles, and starts laughing. It's an honest sort of laugh, warm and friendly. But it doesn't confuse me nearly as much as what he says next. "We'll make a proper hero out of you yet. I wonder if I've slowed you enough for Archer to catch up."

I turn and run again, willing my everything into moving as fast and smoothly through the trees as possible.

[DC 15 Nope check]

Rolled 9

>>22912225

RUN

Rolled 12

>>22912225

Rolled 9

>>22912225
Rollingu...

Rolled 8

.

Rolled 3

>>22912225
Athletics and motor vehicles will be the death of us.

>>22912228
>>22912233
>>22912238
aw dildos

Rolled 17

shiiiit

>>22912228
>>22912233
>>22912238
NO ITEMS
ARCHERS ONLY
FINAL DESTINATION

>>22912233
>>22912238
>>22912244
And we're done.

Even if we die here we die happy for we have seen Rin's panties.

If we survive we make sure to let Archer (not gil) know asap.

>>22912270
Something tells me we've stepped out of our bounds by coming here in the first place.

>>22912228
>>22912233
>>22912238

Only way out of this is chair projection. It's just that we'll be in the blast radius.

>>22912308
No we didn't.

Archer was right, its a Magic skirt.

>>22912308

I dont think we even saw it.

>>22912308

We're not going to die. We're probably going to slam into a tree at full speed, but we won't die without a dodge that shit check.

>>22912331
A magical skirt to conceal magical goods.

Rolled 19

>>22912238
>>22912233
>>22912228
Time to find another shortcut.
>>22912225

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Whoa. I've missed some interesting developments, gentlemen.

I look over my shoulder as I hit a smooth part of the trail, seeing if he's behind me somewhere.

I don't see anything, and I turn around to see him standing about thirty feet ahead and waving cheerfully.

I skid and twist, trying to sto0p myself, and manage to halt about ten feet away from him. "Archer."

"Mongrel." He says with a smile. "I told Avenger that you'd come back if we were patient. I also told him he'd get his ass kicked."

"You're two for two then. Well, one and a half. I DID realize it was a trap before you sprung it."

"Yes indeed. For all the praise he sings, he has a terrible habit of underestimating you."

"Great. How long do you think that's going to keep up?"

"As stubborn as he is? I'd say at least one more ass kicking before he admits he can't take you."

".... Are you at all angry with me over this? You know, thwarting plans, tricking you, beating up your ally?"

"Avenger getting beaten doesn't concern me at all, since the only thing he's risking is his pride." He grin turns slightly predatory as a ring of light appears in front of him, with another larger one appearing behind him. "I do however remember a promise to beat the difference in status between us into you."

Knowing his Identity, I can see what I'm up against.

http://pastebin.com/fu5dFrQs

.... I am so screwed.

[DC18 combat check]

Rolled 8

>>22912610
Ain't gonna suck itself.

Rolled 4

>>22912610

Rolled 17

>>22912610
ROLLINGU

Rolled 4

>>22912610
And that new exit will be straight through archers chest. We are a demon after all, time to fight like one.

>>22912623
Ugh, so CLOSE.

>>22912623
>>22912622
>>22912619
So. Screwed.

Rolled 7

>>22912610
"Let's Rock, Gilgie."

Rolled 1

>>22912640
>>22912610
LIKE A DEMON I SAID!!!

>>22912610
>Charisma: A+
Uh what. Did he write his own stat sheet or something?
>>22912619
>>22912622
>>22912623
Oh well, at least we'll get to see some of the shit that's about to hit us.

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>>22912619
>>22912622
>>22912623

Rolled 19

>>22912677
Fuck.

>>22912689
WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE ROLLED THIS EARLIER

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>>22912689
YOU.

>>22912689
Turn your dice off before we end up strangling you.

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>>22912678
It's in the game.

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Rolled 1

This is us.

>>22912732
What did we just say about dice?

And yes it is.

>>22912708
Yeah but he acts like a complete and utter dick.
>more like a curse
oh god he does it on purpose because he doesn't want anyone to get close to him
>>22912732
>1
Yeah pretty much.

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>>22912732
> one of these days

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>>22912732
Pretty much.
Pic was a post in a previous F/SA thread

I watch as he summons a sword into the ring in front of him, and suddenly it fires at me like a bullet.

I shock, I leap back and manage to dodge the blow, and see a second one prepared to do the same. Having no time to dodge, I copy it on instinct and deflect it.

Gilgamesh blinks as though confused and quirks an eyebrow. He launches a second at me, and I block it the same way.

He stares at me for a long moment, but then he smiles, as though making pleasant revelation. "Oh, so you're a FAKER. You can copy and summon weapons." He smiles. "A rare talent, and versatile. Dangerous in the right hands."

"Nervous?"

"Of course not. You ability makes you like a lesser version of me. Granted you couldn't choose a better person to imitate, but there's only so much a copy can do against the original." He shrugs almost apologetically.

"I don't know. I can make blades forever. Is your treasury endless?"

"No." He says, and then smiles. "Well then. If you can deflect and dodge every weapon in my treasury, you can win easily." I feel my stomach drop, already knowing what the next words out of mouth before he says them. "Let's see if you can!"

I spend the next few minutes dodging and deflecting, running backwards and flailing desperately against the seemingly endless flood of weapons.

I copy them as fast as I see them, tracing five, ten, fifteen at once.

It's not enough. A hammer smashes my guard and sends me reeling, and the only thing that spares me from dieing of an axe is a fallen tree blocking the stroke. I fall to my knees panting and feeling my circuits stressed to the breaking point.

>>22912808

"Yes, I think I like you on your knees." Gilgamesh comments as he strolls forwards casually though the freshly made clearing. "Learn your lesson yet?" He smiles at me. "I'm sorry, out of breath? Worked up a sweat? I bet you could use a bottle of water." He then calmly draws a goblet full from the Seal and sips it, making a face of almost orgasmic joy. "So refreshing."

I stare at him disbelieving, but as I do I hear something.

Wing beats. I have a chance to escape if I can seize it.

[DC16 Escape Check]

Rolled 2

>>22912814
Escapin

Rolled 1

>>22912814
fleeeee

Rolled 18

>>22912814
FUCKDAMN SHITCUNTS HOLY PENIS CANNON this ususally works

Rolled 15

>>22912814
ROLLINGU

Rolled 4

>>22912814
>Escaping!

Rolled 6

>>22912814

Rolled 13

>>22912814
Fuck escape, magic crest go!

Rolled 1

>>22912814
Away!

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>>22912824

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Rolled 11

>>22912824

Rolled 12

>>22912814
RUN TO THE HILLS

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>>22912824
.......balls

>>22912824
Fleeing to the afterlife.

>>22912824
Goodbye arm.
We weren't that fond of you anyway.

Rolled 18

/tg/ dice: the quest

Rolled 17

NIGGERTITS

>>22912867
>>22912869
STOP

>>22912867
>>22912869
pffffffffffffffffffffffthahahaha

>>22912869
>>22912827
SEE

Cursing like a sailor makes the dice better.

Remember this.

>>22912883
Could be the ALL CAPS, anon.

Rolled 10

SODOMIZING COCKMONGLERS
Gotta try that too.

>>22912895
It's probably all caps. ROLLINGU usually gives me good rolls.

...
Hey, stop scrolling up to my other posts. I said usually, not always.

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>>22912821
>>22912824
>>22912827

>>22912814
Malik: Copy the Seal of Kings, damn your eyes.

It's got a hilt, and Gilgamesh wears it on his hip like a sword. It's a key blade.

Copy the Seal of Kings. Steal Enkidu. Troll Gil Forever.

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>>22913099
My mind = Blown

I stand up quickly enough that Gil is surprised by the movement and dash past him. Rider's there, reaching out her arm on her Pegasus.

I hear a loud whoosh behind me, and I already know I'm not going to make it. His swords are much faster than my exhausted legs.

I hear a trio of sharp clangs behind me, and Rider pulls me onto the horse. When I look back, I understand. "Berserker?"

"You really think you can just interrupt like that?" Gilgamesh asks, outrage creeping into his voice.

Cain just stands there smiling, that same peaceful grin as always. "It is my duty to. Ameerah would be rather cross with me if I just allowed her brother to die."

"Even if your own life takes it's place?"

"We shall see." He responds with easy confidence, while Gil just stands there surprised at his calm demeanor. Cain then turns back to me. "One last piece of advice, Malik, in case this proud Lion has claws to match his growl. Who you are, not what, is what really matters. Remember that."

"... That's it?" I respond, suddenly at a loss for words.

"That's all we have time for. I have a good deal of advice that would benefit you, but you should manage with out it. That is the most important thing I can say for now." He then refocuses his attention on Gilgamesh and a suddenly approaching Avenger. "If we do not meet again on this Earth, take care of Ameerah yes?"

"Of course." Rider and I answer together.

"Then I can battle unburdened."

"Archer, Kill this fool while I bring my Brother back."

"I think not. The Shadow of Avesta and the King of Uruk? That's almost a fair fight. Almost. Perhaps I shall place one hand behind my back?"

"You'll pay for your arrogance, Dog." Gilgamesh growls through clenched teeth as Rider kicks her mount into the sky.

On the edge of my hearing as we retreat, I can just barely make out Berserker's apologetic tone as he replies "Sorry, rather presumptuous. Would you prefer blindfold?"

>>22913128

We touch down again outside the forest a few moments later, and I look at a concerned Rin. "Berserker?"

"He... he went back to...." I can't bring myself to say it. I managed to get a friend and ally killed because I made a poor tactical decision and let myself get distracted.

I almost want her to scold me, tell me why it was a bad idea and how I failed as I explain our mistake. Her hug takes me completely by surprise. "You can't win every fight."

"I think I just got Berserker killed."

"Then make sure his death isn't for nothing." She responds, forcefully. Rider also give me a gentle pat on the back, and with one last look back at the forest, we begin the long trek back home.

>Anything you want to say/do first? Or should I skip ahead to the dinner meeting?

>>22913128
Cain is now my favourite servant.

>>22913135
Wait why are we upset? Cain is just going to come back if he's killed. It's on his stat sheet and everything.

>>22913135

Ask Rin if her familiars can be remotely detonated, so that Berserker gets a chance to escape.

>>22913180
>Coming back from Ea
>Ever
Though I really doubt it'll come to that.

>>22913135
I...I know it's probably futile by this point... but I want to get to Illya and have her use a command seal to teleport Berserker out of the forest.

>>22913135
Before dinner get Rin to see if we have Avalon inside us. If so give it to Souchibro.

>>22913156
He wasn't already?

>>22913180
Pretty good odds that Avenger knows who he is. In which case we've won.

That, or we have a MASSIVE advantage if they're convinced he's dead.

>>22913135
Skip ahead.

>>22913180

If someone figures out who he is, he loses that ability and Avenger was already close to guessing at the church.

Also, it's entirely possible to kill all his 'masks'. I mean, there isn't an endless supply of one-ups there.

Rolled 11

>>22913128
... Cain... noooo.

Shirou, tell rider to circle from a high elevation. Use your magic circuit, summon the bow and enhance your eyes - were fucking providing fire support for Cain. Broken phantasm hruntings at max power. While riding on the back of pegasus

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>>22913128
>"I think not. The Shadow of Avesta and the King of Uruk? That's almost a fair fight. Almost. Perhaps I shall place one hand behind my back?"
Fuck yeah, Cain.

>>22913196
Hehehe... Call her. On the phone. Right now.

>>22913210
This sounds good.

We can at least keep Gil occupied enough for Berserker to be able to slip away.

>>22913196
...huh that's a really good idea. Call her!

>>22913229
>>22913228
>>22913223
>>22913210
>Shirou: Provide covering fire for Berserker
>Rin: Call Illya and tell her to summon Berserker with a command seal

guys, we rolled a 1... he's gone QQ

>>22913223
OH shit, that's right, she has a phone. Call Ilya, and then
[x] Bring Berserker BAck

>>22913135
See: >>22913099

>>22913180
If Gil knows who Cain is, the resurrection bit won't work - it only works if he's fighting someone who doesn't know it's Cain.

>>22913196
Do this. Right now.

Something for the future- Do we know Avenger's identity? cause otherwise we should look up the Shadow of Avesta

>>22913240
No fuck you.

This is Nasuverse.

When you can't win, CHEAT LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER.

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>>22913229
Maximum over-Troll call her and port out Berserker

>>22913253
>That gif

I have been giggling for a minute nonstop. What have you done to me?

Rolled 11

>>22913236
Also.... We can tap into the bounded fields avenger set up for vision, we could hrunting or gae bolg from right where we stand with a bit of concentration. Neither of them miss- ever.

>>22913278

If that character in the top left is who I think it is, it's from She-ra.

>>22913290
>we could... gae bolg from right where we stand with a bit of concentration
I don't think we've personally encountered Hrunting, sadly.

>>22913290
IT took us half an hour to tap into the bounded fields and find Gilgamesh and Avenger.

>>22913298
Well we've got an advantage since we know were they are and we've done it before.

Not like we can't just enhance our eyes to snipe though.

>>22913290
>ARROW OF STRIKING DEATH
>GAE...BOLG!
I can see it.

Rolled 8

>>22913298
Because we were searching everything - we know where we were, all we have to do is charge that shit up and shoot it out of the tree line where it arcs back down and promptly impales those smug faggots and then hopefully explodes.

>>22913308
If we fly over Gil is just going to use the equivalent of anti-air on us. Not to mention that Avenger is agile as hell, and just as likely to jump onto the horse.

I suddenly have a thought, and call Ilya.

"Onii-chan?" She greets confused.

"Ilya. Can you use a command seal on Berserker to call him to you?"

There's a long silence on the phone. "He.... He apologized to me a few moments ago."

"Excuse me?"

"He said that he was severing the contract between us. His Mad Enhancement skill...." She takes a deep breath. "I can't handle that much power drain. He can survive briefly without a contract, so he could do that and the recontract later to recover. But..... He apologized right before we cut the link. What happened?"

I tell her that I'll tell everyone when we get back, and hang up. Which is when a sudden and violent shock from the ground throws myself and my two companions through the air. An earthquake?

No... this is them. The battle. I look back towards the forest. Berserker probably told us to run so he wouldn't have to hold back.

>>22913236
>>22913210
>>22913228

>You guys have literally no magic left. None. and your circuits feel like you've been pumping acid through them.

>It's actually kinda amazing you're able to stay awake, much less walk.

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>>22913278
>>22913294
its He-Man you can see him riding in the getaway lizard

>>22913343
She-Ra is a He-Man spinoff though...

>>22913338
Welp hope his Mask holds.
gtfo

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>>22913354
yes, yes it is

> was heresy, I think you called it captcha

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>>22913338
You're strong, BahSaKa...

Rolled 15

>>22913338
... Get rin to give us some prana, she has jewels or blood or something - we need at least one final fuck you to help cain

you're strong bahsahkah

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>>22913378

These guys get around don't they?

>>22913379
thanks for having that ready says >>22913383

>>22913380
Obviously the solution is to start shooting arrows while having a threeway with Rin and Rider.

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

>>22913380
No, no, no no, no, and no.
Last time that happened we almost died, and we don't have time for Mana Transfer.

>>22913380
The last time she did that we pretty much exploded.

>>22913338

Call upon the tree network.

DRAIN IT DRY

FUCK EVERYTHING

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>>22913398
Good plan or BEST PLAN?

>>22913407
This actually sounds like a good idea.

>That wasn't a cop-out to seal his fate or anything, that was a thing already in the notes. With a big enough battery he could theoretically take down Arc.

>Theoretically, since it would require about as much energy as the SUN and there's a better than decent chance that the escalating power-levels between the Mad Enhancement boost and the way Arc's power works (her power level effectively being Her opponent + 1-2) would DESTROY REALITY.

>EX rank Mad Enhancement is a hell of a drug.

>>22913407

So if we do this and contract with berserker...?

>>22913407

Tap into it, funnel it towards Berserker?

Hes in the forest after all.

Rolled 12

>>22913400
But this is a life or bahsahkah situation, we can handle it - shirou would risk it because he values his life less than others. Cain is also completely bro tier and belongs to the little princess. Shirou will shut up omnomnom those jewels and fire off at least one arrow before retreat because fuck those smug pricks.

>>22913434
>>22913428

I think if we did it, we would die.

Ilya's a living magic Circut and couldn't keep up with the power requirement while hard-wired into the Grail.

I think SHIROU would shit out his own lungs.

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>>22913428
>He could theoretically take down Arc with a big enough battery
>EX Mad Enhancement
>In a forest full of magical trees
Guys I think Gil's fucked

>>22913467

Heres the thing.

Shirou still regenerates.

WE CAN TAKE THE PAIN

>>22913467
We regenerate and it only has to be for an instant to link him to the trees.

We'll probably be out of it for at least the next 24 hours and will have directly caused a tree genocide though.

>>22913407
It's not the Blood Fort.
I think the only thing we can do is hope Berserker tears them several new assholes.

...You know, Gilgamesh and Avenger are busy fighting Berserker. If we got Saber to join us over here we could finish off what remains of Avenger and Gilgamesh after the battle.
I mean, they CANNOT escape this battle untouched.

>>22913475

>It's not a forest full of magical trees. It's a forest full of ENCHANTED trees, which have both less magic than normal trees and don't work like that anyway.

>>22913476
Shirou doesn't regen that much. Remember the sheer number of bad ends in fate?

>>22913475
Boundary Fielded trees and magical trees are different things.
However,...
I say we try it. Fuck everything, Mana him up!

Rolled 19

>>22913459
>>22913407
>>22913445
Drain the tree network, eat as many jewels as rin will give us and nail one of those faggots with an arrow.

>>22913495
>If we got Saber to join us over here we could finish off what remains of Avenger and Gilgamesh after the battle.
Not just Saber. We get Archer, Caster, Lancer and everyone else together to end this shit right here right now.

>>22913512
We would have to roll multiple Nat20's and effectively turn into Zelretch to pull this off, I think.

I say we let the law of narrative casuality decide. In your arpeegeez when someone tells you to run and he'll hold them back what is the correct thing to do? Move the plot forward. If you're good enough later the DM might give you a present and say he survived.

On a slightly less idealistic note, Cain's death might advantage us. The one who kills him gets cursed after all. We're talking about the deity of a man who let his prophet wander for 40 years and die before reaching home because he couldn't keep his people in line, who tossed nukes at two entire cities and stoned (salted) the person empathetic enough to look back. Gil and Avenger are fucked if they kill him.

Something just occurred to me.

Cain. MOTHERFUCKING CAIN. Is about to go on an EX Mad Enhancement rampage, and his opponent is Gilgamesh.

Maybe we should be thinking less about helping, and more about not being in the blast radius.

>>22913539
Right now he has Mad Enhancement on. He's just as likely to kill everyone as he is to accept their help.

Rolled 1

>>22913507
Presumably the network would allow us to drain what prana they have, plus the amount invested in the fields... Plus it's a whole forest, even if it's not a lot per tree... Well as the guardsmen say "that's a whole *lot* of diddly"

>>22913555
No, we should be getting some popcorn. This is a fight I wanna see.

>>22913560
>after the battle
If Gil wins then he's no doubt more than a little fucked up from the fight, and in perfect position to get overwhelmed by numbers.

If BAHSAHKAH wins he's probably still berserking and will need to be stopped.

Either way we'll probably want to be ready to step in the instant its over.

>>22913555
And this guy just reminded me. What are the rules for fighting Caine?

You die

>>22913517

>I'm not opposed to you guys trying to daring plan your way out of this, but Rin's not going to feed you a Jewel that might kill you, especially after Berserker just apparently sacrificed himself to save you.

>You can't drain the trees like that, as noted >>22913507

>And you physically do not have the mana to even form the bow, much less do something with it.

>If you guys come up with something workable I'd let you do it, but there's not much on the table for you right now.

>>22913517
This WILL kill us.
100% unavoidable death, no rolls involved. Do not pass go.
Do not collect your waifus on respawn.
>>22913539
I only said Saber because we don't know where Lancer or Archer are, and Caster won't move away from Souichibro-sama.
>>22913560
In my post I specified after the battle.

>>22913550

The forest and the castle DOES lie on a ley line.

Maybe we could tap into it.

Shirou's bloodhound nose should be able to find a source location near the surface.

>>22913598
We could probably get Rin or Rider to do something with it if we find the Ley Line, right?

Would Caster have something to restore Prana?

>>22913598

UBW might be possible with that sort of source...

>>22913593
I vote to go home if it's any consolation.

>>22913613
You ARE aware that tapping a leyline is akin to plugging yourself into a magic electric circuit? There's a process/ritual involved and when you're exhausted and near to collapse is not when you want to be playing with anything that can put a few hundred thousand volts through you in a moment of carelessness.

>>22913593
And thus a cunning plan goes to waste... Unless arcruied has alaya on speed dial and can convince her to do us a big one. We do have arcruieds phone number

>>22913658
>We do have arcruieds phone number
Oh shit.
We need to call Arc.

>>22913641

We don't need to plug directly into it.

Daddy used explosives to damage the leylines in fuyuki city. That there might be a tendril of power coming up to the surface due to the damage is a possibility.

>>22913627
Ubw is babby tier compared to archer fighting like an archer... Not to mention leyline

We also still have command seals... If we can cannibalize one of those for prana we'd still have one left and a temporary surge of prana

>>22913658
>Marble Phantasm the leyline to spontaneously connect to BAHSAHKAH

>>22913722
I thought we lost those when Archer threw RB at us.

Fuck, this would be the perfect time for iron throne summoning.

Anyway, >>22913722 sounds like the best option.
Everyone will live in this route. We won't allow berserker to die.

>>22913736

No you don't, those remain.

Remember that in Fate/Zero, a reward of a command seal was offered by the overseer....

Speaking of which, can we pillage the lot which MUST be left in the church from the legions of retired masters.

>>22913771

>4 wars worth of retire masters command seals

,....

squee

>>22913732
>shirou is aware of marble phantasm in this canon too.

Get arc on the phone we need marble phantasm to connect leyline to berserker and shirou.

>>22913722
That may work. We should still have them, since as far as I know the only way to remove a command seal is to rip it off or voluntarily give them up.

Its not like we're using the damn things anyway, what with the whole "can't form contracts because we're actually an inhuman monster" business.

>>22913786

>Arc doesn't have a cell phone, but has put it on her 'to do' list because of an earlier thread.

>>22913722

>Command seals don't really work like that. And even if they did, casting any kind of magic will have terrible consequences right now.

>>22913771

>Shirou is unaware of this fact.

>>22913828
If noone can come up with something intelligent soon, I put my vote to going straight home.

>>22913784
Kirei had, at the end of F/Z, about 7 or 8 left after his fight with Kiritsugu.
However, at the moment those are useless because we don't have time to get Kirei over here and convince him to give them to us.

>>22913828
Kirei used his command seals instead of his circuits when he fought Kiritsugu in F/Z, so it's not that they don't work like that and more like only Kirei knows how to get that to work.

>>22913828
Shirou is likely aware that command seals are prana despite them not being INTENDED to work like that. He could probably try to cannibalize one.

Also breaking down and asking in character wouldn't hurt. "guys, I know a way to heavily tip the scales in cains favor but it's risky as fuck and I need prana lots of it and right now". Consume a command seal for yourself and see whatever help rin and rider can give.

(honestly acguy you're kind of coming across as a stick in the mud about this)

Avenger is the only one who might guess his identity right?

If we call out to him to fight us again, since, according to Gil, he'll probably want one more asswhoping, he won't be there to tell Gil Berserker's identity.

When berserker is killed, he can retreat safely.

We just need to fight until then.

>>22913907
(He really isn't, its just that most of our ideas either don't fit the Nasuverse mechanics, don't fit the characters, or are generally going to get us killed whilst having a less-than-zero percent chance of success

If we can copy the Seal of Kings, go into the Gate, and toss all of the Noble Phantasms you can out the window to reality.

Gil cannot summon what isn't in the Gate of Babylon. Granted, there's a lot of stuff in there, including the original version of Avalon, which should heal us back to full without the Aurturia connection / prana requirement.

Hell, nab Durandall, and Wish for Gilgamesh to become your truest friend and ally. Then wish Avenger into the fucking sun.

Use third wish to summon the true (original) grail, so everyone's happy.

>>22913936
This. We're pretty much grasping at straws here. I think the only viable plan so far is to prepare to move on the victor with all our forces, and even that could backfire.

>>22913907

>I'm not trying to be.

>I can't really tell you guys 'x' plan would work, both as the GM and because I honestly can't think of a workable plan.

>The thing is nobody's suggested a plan that's even remotely workable. Every plan you've come up with that I see either flat doesn't work, requires expertise/knowledge Shirou doesn't have, requires too much time, and/or will get you killed immediately.

>I honestly apologize if I'm leaving a bad impression here. I like Cain as a character as well, but I don't think this is gonna work out for you guys.

>That said, he is currently kicking enough ass to cause an Earthquake. He's getting you SOMETHING good out of this, even if it's just time for the two of them to heal up from near death experience.

>>22913907
We lost our last HP. We're luck that we're still alive and Berserker saved us. We should be missing a limb right now and bleeding out, waiting for someone to take us to the church and have Archer give us his arm. To be honest, AC-Guy has the right to say "Nope, fuck you. Berserker's dead," but he's still giving us a chance for whatever plans follow >>22913936.

Should we manage to generate enough mana for a shot it should be directed at avenger as he's closest to figuring out who Cain is.

There is canon precedense for command seals to be used instead of circuits cause of kiritsugu kirei fight. Shirou could easily be willing to try such a grasping at straws tactic

>>22914011
We only lose HP when we're injured. Despite how badly that last fight turned out for us we weren't hurt unto death. Losing Cain is our price for shitty rolling, not HP. (Could be wrong of course)

Also Jesus what AC-Guy. If Avenger's our brother and he's Angra-Mainyu then Shirou's Ahura-Mazda. Mymindcannotcomprehendthetrueformofthisattack.jpg

So how do mana transfers work?
Are they only finished on climax or do they start when engaging contact?

>>22914060
Calling it now.

Avenger isn't Angra Mainyu.

He's UBW/HF/whatever Shirou.

I'm willing to vote for attempting to consume a command seal kirei style and firing off a single shot at avenger then beating a hasty retreat - if no one else is for it we can move on. A failure would lose us a command seal, a success earn us a shot, acguy decides dc obviously

>>22914091
I'm fine with this, assuming that we do in fact have command seals and they weren't removed by Rule Breaker.

>>22914060

>Technically, it's not so much 'HP' as it is 'How many setbacks before TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES'.

>Technically, you guys are still at Zero for that.

>And the Shirou/Avenger thing looks a lot less/more mindfuck from my side of the screen.

>I'm not going to tell exactly what it is, it could even be that he's just fucking with you or doesn't mean it literally.

>All I can promise is that it makes sense, and doesn't technically break the rules of the game-universe.

Rolled 3

Okay then.
Since everyone's being full retard, I'm throwing in my "Go the fuck home" vote.

>>22914091
Trying should work.

>>22914112
>>22914091

>Yeah, the part about 'command seals don't work that way' was more directed at 'do not work at all without a servant contract'.

>They're fueled by the grail, the Servant is the connection to the grail.

>Without a Servant, they're about as usefully as a fake tattoo like you get at the mall.

>>22914131
>>22914143
This now makes 3 votes for "Go the fuck home".
I think that makes something of a consensus?

>>22914143

So we can try to use them to bluff dumb girls into thinking we're hardcore and get laid?

Convenient, but not useful at the moment. I put a vote for flee.

>>22914091
OOC knowledge, AC-Guy just said that.

Voting that we go home, again.

>>22914121
Just going with what I know about Avenger from HA I think I actually know what's up... I'm mostly screwing around and overthinking this stuff. I think I'll go to bed, it's really fucking late.

>>22914143
Well, we've now run out of straws to save Berserker.
...I'm still going to make sure Gilgamesh dies.
[x] Call home, get Saber here ASAP. Once fighting is over, Saber and Rider rush in to make sure Gilgamesh is dead, and if he isn't dead, fucking kill him.

SO
Emergency Rin/Rider/Shirou threesome?

>>22914197

First, Rin told him about that method, he didn't know about it on his own.

Secondly, concern over the possible death of a friend kills the mood.

That said, as we go home we need to ask Rin what the hell's up with her skirt. That's what started this train-wreck.

>>22914229
>Secondly, concern over the possible death of a friend kills the mood.
Well, that didn't stop Rin in Fate after Archer died to stall Berserke--
>death of a friend
>friend
Oh, never mind. You're right. Carry on.

>>22914229
Ask Rin/Illya (she's still on the phone)/Rider about I NEED MANA GUYS HELP. Get informed of various and assorted methods.

>>22914265
That's the least we can do.

>>22914229
>as we go home we need to ask Rin what the hell's up with her skirt.
Seconded.

>>22914229
This skirt is a nuisance. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. This skirt. ThisSKIRTTHISSKIRTTHISSKIRTTHISSKIRTTHISSKIRT

>>22914229

And shift the blame onto Rin?

>>22914282
>>22914229

Thirding the skirt question.

Just work it in when we have time. It already got Berserker killed, we need to settle this once and for all before it claims another.

>>22914298
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>>22914294
>>22914282
We can only live unburned once we know what the hell is up with that thing.
It's like she wants us to ask. Seriously, it's too weird to NOT bother us.

>>22914298
Fourthing the skirt question, but not right now. As for our immediate action, ask Ilya/Rin about ways to restore mana, but if they don't have bright ideas then get the fuck out.

>>22914229
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>>22914319
So we're ignoring an opportunity to make sure Gilgamesh is dead to go home and lose Rin points?

...

>>22914342
Asking is the in character way to handle this.
Seriously, we are out of mana and we don't know much about magic. Obviously we'll ask.

>>22914346

I'm still voting for a counterstrike.

>>22914297

No. Nonononono.

Just mention that we noticed it again and that archer used it to fuck with our heads.

Mention no connection to the incident. At all, ever.

>>22914370
>>22914297

Agreed. We are Shirou. Since when do we shift blame, ever?
(Other than onto that dick Archer)

>>22914364

>>22914342 here, I'm also all for planning a counterstrike so long as we're get out of the way first. If we stay on the scene, we're just going to be a liability.

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Oh goddammit.

Rin's full of mana right?

Mana restoration is obvious.

We just recreated the fate scenario, at almost exactly the same location.

Call home, gather the servants and bring them forth, get the maids down to look after the house.

Give Rin the full descartes to recharge or form a link for mana.

Well, I already left my plan for a counterstrike. Use that if you want, or anything else that'll kill Gilgamesh.
My vote at this point is pretty much [x] Kill Gilgamesh.
In the meantime, I'm tired as fuck, so I'm going to bed. Goodnight/morning, and I hope we're not dead when I wake up.
(thread's archived btw)

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>>22914414
Popping in from outside this thread, but I just wanted to say that I love how "descartes" has become a euphemism for "the dick" and also "fucking someone."

Truly we live in magnificent times.

>>22914414

Except we have a way to escape from the forest without the transfer.

So AC-Guy, we done for the evening or what?

"Is there anything we can do?" I ask, staring at the trees. "If I had some more Mana I could do something, but I burned it all up trying to stay alive back there."

"Like a prana transfer?" Rin asks, looking at me. "I don't.... I don't think so. I mean, there's ways but nothing that we could do in time to make a difference."

"What about calling in other Servants? I mean, they'd be weak after the fight even if Berserker lost. Maybe we could-"

"Shirou, I hate to be the bearer of bad news here...." Rider gently places a hand on my shoulder. It feels like an anchor. "But we don't know where Lancer is, Archer's turned on us and Caster won't leave her Master unguarded. We might have Saber help us. That's not enough right now, and if we can't do it now it would be smarter to play it safe and run with the chance he bought us." I feel my fists clench, as Rin puts an arm around me as well.

"I hate it too, but right now we need to put some distance in. You're hurt and too worn out, and the way things are right now going back in will get us killed unless we have a plan."

"So we just leave him?"

"If going in there would accomplish anything other than getting us killed, I would've gone back as soon as you were clear." Rider responds. "But I'm not sure we can do anything other than get in Berserker's way. I mean, can you FEEL that?" She says with a gesture towards the trees. "Because I can TASTE that. And if he's going that full out it's because he NEEDS too. Especially if they're still going."

After a long moment, I hang my head. "... Could a Command seal be used for a recharge?"

Rin blinks. "Maybe. I've never heard of that happening, but can you even use them without a contract?"

I close my eyes and focus. I can feel them, but they refuse to act, just remaining dull and lifeless. I slowly start to shake my head.

"It was an idea." Rin tells me, as her and Rider begin to lead me away. I don't resist as much this time.

>Slip in skirt question?

Well, AC-Guy, if coping the Seal of the King won't work, would now be a good time to consult Rin about pulling magical artifacts out of people?

Or is it possible to trace the goblet Gil was drinking out of? Chances are good it was full of delicious Mana Potion, for full mocking effect.

>>22914492

NO

May as well.

>>22914492

Sure, along with >>22914503

>>22914492
YES
IT NEEDS TO BE ASKED
BERSERKER MIGHT DIE FOR THIS SKIRT

>>22914503

Well, that'll be something Shirou will be doing tonight.

Tracing every damn weapon that fucker threw at us.

THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING GOOD THERE.

>>22914492

NOOOOOPE

>>22914492
Not now. Awkward timing and all.

>>22914492
Not now.

>>22914492

Fuck no.

It indirectly shifts the fucking blame to Rin for wearing that magical skirt and will get his shit caved in.

>>22914492
Not now. Later.

>>22914522
>Well, that'll be something Shirou will be doing tonight.
>Tracing every damn weapon that fucker threw at us.
>THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING GOOD THERE.

That's actually a very good idea. We basically go slightly mad from losing the first servant.
It will also help us calm down.

"Hey Rin." I ask, trying to get a couple of questions off my mind.

"Yes?"

"Could someone have a magic artifact of some kind implanted in them?"

".... There are ways, why?"

"I was thinking about Saber's sheath. It would explain why I heal so good and how I managed to summon her."

Rin blinks, and as we walk along places one hand on my chest and another on my neck. She closes her eyes, and furrows her brow. "I feel.... something. it's not a sheath though. I think it's a sword."

"I have a sword in me?"

".... I don't know." She give me a concerned look. "It doesn't really feel like a different thing inside you. It's like it's supposed to be there. Like Kidneys, heart, lung, sword. Just natural."

"..... That's weird, right?"

"Kinda. Not as weird as most things you've been doing." She sighs. "Someone storing a conceptual weapon in their own body would have similar marks. But there would also be a clear boundary between 'person' and 'magic item'. But for you it feel like you're both 'person' AND 'magic item'."

"Isn't that like a magic crest?"

"... In a sense. But crests work differently, they're more organic. You just have a.... thing."

We walk most of the way home in silence, interrupted only briefly when I realize that Rider never went into her spirit form.

Which is when I realize she's been carrying Ilya's luggage the entire time.

The trip home was uneventful. I almost wished something would happen just so we'd have something other than the failed mission to focus on.

Along the way, we feel more than one tremor. None of them are as strong as the first, but they at least give us some hope that he might still be alive. As soon as we're home safe, Rider heads back and confirms that there's no sign of any of the three Servants at the scene.

Ilya tells us hopefully that Berserker might not be dead because his vessel's essence hasn't gone back into the grail.

It's a tiny comfort, but the meal is rather somber compared to earlier affairs.

>>22914625
>His vessel's essence hasn't gone back into the grail

Oh shit.

>I'm gonna cut it off here for now.

>Sorry the thread had to end on such a down-note today.

>Also, Jesus Christ, we went through an entire thread in like four hours.

>I would say to fill the last bits with jokes and funny paranoid ramblings but that seems... wrong somehow. So Goodnight /tg/.

>I will probably run Fate/Again next week sometime. Not sure of an exact day, b ut expect AC-Quest to happen first.

>>22914649

Told you we'd have no problem filling the thread.

Thanks for running AC-Guy.

Today has been a day of sorry. Both here and MGNQ