>>23232088
Be sneaky creep up behind Shinji be menacing

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>>23232189
forgot my tag

>>23232088
Talk to Shinji, for all we know he might be getting forced into this or not know the full scope of the people he's working for.

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>>23232088

>[ ] Confront Shinji.

Konk him on his useless noggin.

I won't be up to participate tonight.
Take the Ebook version of the 26th verse instead if you haven't already seen the link on Twitter.
http://www.mediafire.com/?p1a05d3hd59jnxp

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>>23232088

>[ ] Confront Shinji.

"For Broserker."

>>23232088
>[ ] Confront Shinji.
We find out what the FUCK he's still doing in town when we told him to get out.

>Quick clarification, for 'confront' are you guys wanting to put the sneak on him? Or just step out and talk to him?

>>23232392
Put the sneak on him, grab him, and drag him off into the woods to have a talk. We go full Nightwing on this punk.

>>23232392
sneak up behind him

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>Arc

I have never been in these threads and I think I am just going to back out without trying because there is no good reason for there to be an Arc in any Fate story (that includes Fate/Extra)

>>23232419

>There actually was a very specific reason for it, though 'good' is debatable.

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>>23232392

Yes.

I decide to make a move.

[DC 12 Tactical Operation check]

Rolled 1

>>23232585

NAT 1 FUCK YOUUUU

Rolled 1

>>23232585
ROLLINGU
(ehh, I'll stay for a bit)

>>23232595
>>23232597
ITS HAPPENING AGAIN

Rolled 6

>>23232595
>>23232585
Bugger

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Rolled 8

>>23232595
>>23232597

EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE

Rolled 3

>>23232585

>>23232595
>>23232597
And then Shinji stabbed us in the dick.

The end.

>>23232656
No, it's not over until he faps to our corpse and declares himself to be "the lowest of the low". THEN it's over.

Rolled 17

>>23232585

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>>23232595
>>23232597

>BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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>>23232595
>>23232597

Clearly I should have left when I said I would leave.
...I'd like to hand in my title as sexy faceless god of rolling. I don't think I deserve that title anymore.

Rolled 11

Rolling

Rolled 8

>>23232595
>>23232597

why

>>23232686

HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE time?

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Rolled 15

>>23232688

I am at fault too brother.

Let us commit sudoku together.

>Shit, sorry guys. My internet went out for a second there.

>I'm already writing the next part.

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>>23232995

I step forward crouched, trying to remain as quiet as I can.

The sudden tug catches me entirely by surprise, as a bent tree grabs my ankle and lifts me upside down into the air.

My moment of complete surprise is punctuated by Shinji's panicked yelp as he reaches for a bow next to his tent.

[DC 12 Escape check]

Rolled 11

>>23233046
Buggin out

Rolled 15

>>23233046

FUUUUUUUUUUU

Rolled 8

>>23233046

Shinji's a bitch, we should have no worries even if we fail.

Rolled 11

>>23233046
R-rolli--
>>23233067
Okay, we'll live.
I'll roll a D20 anyway, and if it's under 10 I'm turning dice off the remainder of the thread.

Rolled 10

>>23233104

>lower than 10.
>11

Looks like you make the grade. Barely.

Luckily it's a simple length of rope. A simple projected knife later has me free. And just in time to see an arrow pass where my face was only a second ago.

I hit the ground with a stumble, but on my feet. Shinji looks even more freaked out, but he's also prepared another arrow.

[DC 12 Combat check]

Rolled 9

>>23233160
ROLLIN

Rolled 7

>>23233160

SWORDS MOTHERFUCKER, I AM MADE OF THEM

Rolled 5

>>23233160

ITS HAPPENING

Rolled 1

>>23233160
Dude chill out you look like you've never had someone sneak up on you with a knife before.

Rolled 17

>>23233160

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>>23233186

Where's my luck stat tonight?

Rolled 10

>>23233188
>>23233189

EVERY IS STILL TERRIBLE BUT THANKFULLY LESS TERRIBLE

/nice save

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>>23233200
At E.

Rolled 7, 3, 4, 7, 19, 7, 9, 16, 20, 9, 18, 11, 10, 9, 9, 7, 14, 14, 3, 4, 11, 10, 9, 20, 4 = 254

>>23233185
>>23233186
>>23233188

Well this is embarrassing. And in front of Shinji of all people.

I try to duck out of the way, but the arrow catches me in the shoulder. It's a painful reminder that Shinji's actually a pretty good shot.

I stumble and miss a step, watching him nock another arrow desperately. I could probably close the gap and stop him if I can focus enough to reinforce my legs.

[DC 13 Magecraft]

Rolled 9

>>23233160

Rolled 15

>>23233263

ARRRGH

Rolled 7

>>23233263
Should have brought the gun...

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Rolled 7

>>23233263
BADGERCUNT!

Rolled 1

>>23233263
Here goes nothing

Rolled 1

>>23233263

Rolled 12

>>23233263
>>23233274
wow my dice took for ever too post

Rolled 16

>>23233283
>>23233284

SAVED AGAIN.

HOLY CARP

Rolled 11

>>23233263

TRACE, ON
TRIGGER, OFF
SET: LEGS, DON'T FAIL ME NOW

>>23233284
>>23233287
I'm glad you people aren't being counted - it's only the first 3 rolls that are linked to the post that are.

>>23233284
>>23233287

Oh god we are going to get killed by Shinji.

Why.

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>>23233287
>>23233284
>>23233189
>>23232597
>>23232595

Rolled 18

>>23233327

They rolled later.

Be at peace anon. Only:
>>23233278
>>23233281
>>23233283

count.

>>23233317

Oh, it was changed? Aw, I liked the earlier system of 20s and 1s canceling and shit.

I guess keeping track of SO MANY NUMBERS is a pain.

Rolled 5

>>23233339

Par for the course

"Oooh noo, don't bother taking the gun. It's useless. There's no humans in the Grail war who'd pose any kind of threat to us anyway."

YOU SURE KNOW BEST, MOTHERFUCKERS!

>>23233339
The bike has a brother named Shinji.

>>23233365
We want information from shinji, Information is a bit harder to get when someone is dealing with the shock of a GUNSHOT WOUND. Shirou is also not good at fixing *any* wounds, but he's much more likely to be able to create nonlethal ones with his methods than with his fathers.

>>23233348
They do cancel, but in any case only the first three count.

If our first three rolls are a 1, a success, and a fail, then the 1 cancels the success leaving us with a fail.

>>23233348
The system was always first three rolls, best one counts. the 20s and 1s only cancel if they're both in the same roll.

>>23233406

Does a natural 20 mean anything?
What would 1/20/1 get us?

>>23233401
Because Shinji is TOTALLY gonna try and use a bow against a guy who's got him at gunpoint.

Rolled 5

>>23233426

1, 20 and 1 means final score 1 and a very bad day.

>>23233426
Probably a critical fail. One 20 only cancels one Nat 1.

>>23233426
Nat 20 is generally just a success. 1/20/1 would still be a crit fail.

I kick the ground heavily, and go right under the arrow. He doesn't fire a fourth.

I knock the bow aside with a quick backhand, and he drops the arrow he was picking up while raising his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"Shinji."

"Shirou." He responds, clearly struggling to remain calm.

"You just shot me."

"You were sneaking up on me with a knife. I thought you were going to kill me."

"I wasn't, but now I'm not sure." I respond with a slight growl. He winces, but stays his ground.

[ ] What he's doing.
[ ] Why he didn't leave.
[ ] His allegiance.
[ ] The Hostage.
[ ] Other.

>>23233401
How about the prana bullet gun? Seems less lethal than thrown bladed weaponry.

We should totally invest in non-lethal weaponry/magic to continue this superhero shtick.

>>23233437
>>23233445
>>23233450

So 20s aren't a double-success or anything. Okay.
(Although perhaps succeeding on a[n uncancelled-out] 20 could still result in "exceptional success" or whatever.)

>>23233455
>[ ] His allegiance.
First things first.
>>23233456
Like maybe a tazer?

>>23233455
"Who the hell is that in the cage, and what are you doing with them?"

>>23233471

Seems to. It's how we got away with that spectacular flimflamming on Gil a while ago.

Rolled 2

>>23233455

>[ ] What he's doing.
>[ ] Why he didn't leave.
>[ ] His allegiance.
>[ ] The Hostage.

ALL OF THEM in that order.

>>23233456

Shirou can't do the non-sword magic. Trying to will result in horrible catastrophic failure for everyone.

>>23233455
>[ ] The Hostage.

>>23233455
>[ ] Why he didn't leave.

>>23233471
20s are only canceled by Nat 1s. If there's only general failures and successes, we still have some kind of exceptional result. The failures and successes will moderately influence it though. Getting two 20s tends to be when we pull the stupidest shit in this thread.

>>23233492
He did it before. It has horrible consequences when we don't have the energy to accomplish it.

>>23233492
The mana bullet gun is from the magic crest that archer gave us, and that's works simply by running the prana in our body through the portion of the crest that activates that spell. We can do it, but it's still probably lethal to the average mook like shinji.

Rolled 14

>>23233455

Credit wheres its due.

He didn't shoot once he recognised it was shirou.

Maybe hes not so hopeless after all.

>>23233455
Ask about his allegiance. Also Shinji I'm a better shot then you, why should I sneak up on you when I could've just shot you?

>>23233455

>[x] What he's doing.

"Tell me what these runes and the ones scattered in the city are for. I know you are working for someone who uses them."

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Rolled 16

>>23233541

Can you imagine the amount of shit he would be in if he killed us and Arc found Shirou's body with his arrows in it?

I kinda want it to happen just to see the glorious smackdown our girls will administer.

>>23233554
yes taunt Shinji this pleases ClericMan

>>23233581
but he doesn't know that

>I have no idea who voted for what.

Rolled 7

>>23233609

When in doubt, everything.

>>23233609

His allegiance seems to be most important, then the other 3 are equal.

"So. You're working for the guy setting these sigils around town?"

"Avenger." He responds. "I was getting on a train to get out of town for a while when he grabbed me and told me I can work for him, or die horribly." He frowns. "Then he gives me jobs with a high chance of terrible death, but it's not like any other option looks good."

"Horrible death?"

"Trying to track down Lancer's Master. Trying to blackmail the Red Archer into killing certain targets. Now I'm on guard duty. I don't know who that even is, but it's pretty much certain that if she leave's the Gold Archer buddy of Avenger is going to use me as Target practice."

>Questions?

>>23233808
Runes. What are they for? How are they deactivated? (Preferably en masse.)

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>>23233808
Ask him about the MAGIC RRRRRRRUNES LADDIE!

Rolled 16

>>23233808

"Where did you pick that girl up and what are those runes for?"

Dammit, are we going to have to bring him into our protection? Hes still Sakura's brother...

>>23233808
Any idea who she is? Or what she is?

I'm actually feeling a bit sorry for Shinji, tries to get out but they keep pulling him back in.

Do we nead a maid/toady/yesman/slave/puppychewtoy/riderchewtoy/rinchewtoy/practicedummy/club if so i say we take him and the hostage home under the conditions that he gets locked in the closet and he gets regular beatings

>>23233872
Just tell him that we'll keep him safe from everyone but his sister. Any problems those two have, he's going to have to handle himself.

>>23233848
Unless he's lying through his teeth, then it looks like it.

Fucking fucker playing to our good side. Fuckdamn shitcunts.

Rolled 9

>>23233848
>>23233864
>>23233872

You guys do realise that in light of what he did to Sakura, Rin is going to kill him if and when we bring him back?

doitdoitdoittotallyokwiththis

>>23233899
Fuuuuuck. Thats a good point. Bringing him back to the house would be MORE dangerous for him.

Well Shinji, looks like you're shit out of luck.

>>23233872
Put him under Arc watch duty. He wants power and ladies? Fine, give it to him in droves.

>>23233939
He can be her guide/translater. Someone will finally be able to explain baseball to Arc!

>>23233939
Do you WANT to watch him get cut to ribbons by Shiki?
This is a great plan. Let's watch.

>>23233939
>>23233950
>>23233964

Oh god yes. This.

>>23233939

How exactly are we ordering Arc around, I wasn't here for that
Her personality is more of a wanderer who will listen to nobody for any reason.

>>23233989
It's really more "Both of us want to know why the FUCK there's a vampire dicking around with the Grail War, so we're working together." thing, really.

Rolled 14

>>23233989

We don't.
We offer her suggestions and shes on what she sees fit.

>>23234005
>>23234007

I think it's going to be a very hard check indeed to convince that vagrant to watch someone like Shinji.

"Alright. What about the runes? What are they for?"

"The ones on the shed? Anti-scrying and containment I think. I can't think of anything else he'd bother with."

"What about the ones around town?"

"... Around town? I know there's one at the school I think that one's a alarm more than anything."

"Alarm?"

"Yeah. If anybody does any magic near it, he'd know. Between You, Me, Rin, Sakura..... How many other Masters and Magi might be connected to the school? Seemed like a safe bet to me, so he put one there."

"And you don't know about any of the others."

"Nope."

"How do I know you aren't lieing?"

".... Because you have me at your mercy and I'm not exactly a loyal minion? If It weren't for this freaking mark I'd switch teams right now."

"Mark?"

He rolls up his sleeve slightly, showing a mark around one wrist like a bracelet. "Tracking. And I don't know what else, they started laughing when i asked them if it could do anything else. I mean, it's not like it needs to...." He looks away frustrated. "So unfortunately, I get to be a meat-shield until Avenger wins or I get killed. Assuming he decides to let me live when this is all over, since he doesn't have a high opinion of me." His eyes come back to my face, a mixture of sad and irritated. "Then again, I don't think I'm in ANYBODY'S good books at the moment. Some reasons more deserved than others."

>Actions?

Rolled 14

>>23234032

Take a picture.

Send to Rin.

THEN CALL HER, ask her to go over it with Caster, see if theres anything we can do.

>>23234032
"well it looks like will have to amputate"
I vote we remove his arm

>>23234048
This. We have people back at the house who know FAR more about this shit than either we or Shinji do.

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>>23234069
I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! Let's do it!

Rolled 16

>>23234069

Are you crazy?

That sport belongs to Ayako and Sakura

>>23234032
Um... Crying hostage in the shed? At least reassure her that things will be alright.

It won't.

>>23234032
Any idea who the hostage is?

Then take picture see if mark can be removed, only start messing with it after the hostage is dealt with one way or another.

I snap a couple of quick pictures, and send then to Rin. A moment later, I get a call.

"Shirou? What is this I'm looking at? And where are you?"

"The pictures are of Shinji's wrist. I found him, by the way. Apparently Avenger kidnapped him and was using him for some sort of disposable labor."

".... Wait, when did you leave? Why are you alone?"

"I told you I was going, and it's not like I can take a servant into the anti-magic forest."

".... Wait, when did you tell me you were leaving?"

"Right before Sakura and Rider went to talk to you about something." I respond confused. "You don't remember?"

"NO!" She yells, suddenly... flustered? "Listen, I don't know what those marks mean."

"He said it was probably just tracking. Would amputation help?" Shinji's eyes go impossibly wide as I voice the question.

".... No. Even if you could stop the bleeding, they could find the arm and use a sympathetic link to track him pretty easily."

>Actions?

>>23234177
Okay, let's check out the hut. See if we can see the hostage.

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>>23234177
"What about dissolving the arm in hydrofluoric acid, yo?"

>>23234177

Wuhoh.

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>>23234177

Raw magic can counteract magic, although the results might be unpleasantly explosive.

Consult Rin if this would be a superior alternative to amputation.

>>23234204
Or fire. Fire is nice

>>23234177
>Airhead Rin

Was... was she masturbating when we spoke to her or something?

>>23234177
I'm more worried by the fact she doesn't remember that we had left than Shinji at the moment. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

>>23234177

"And Caster? It might be a old magic since you don't recognise it."

>>23234177
Don't suppose burning the mark off would work. Any way to tell if the mark is just a bluff? Or if it is just tracking why not just have Shinji leave with Arc? I mean worse case scenario they go after him and Arc curbstomps them.

>>23234240

Checking archive now.

She was apparently seeming kinda distracted, so maybe she isn't a sinister doppelgänger.

This time.

>>23234242

No. We've had shapeshifters before.

ALART. FOLKS PLEASE CHECK IF THAT RIN WAS A FAKE.

>>23234177
When in doubt - Trace on. Trace the blody thing and see if Shirou can tap into it like he did the Einzbern Family Forest. Perhaps summon up Rule Breaker (Shirou saw it used on Red Archer in the church, and also saw Red Archer's Traced Version hit Saber that same night) and try breaking the enchantment that way.

>>23234177
what if we cut it off then destroyed the arm?

>>23234242
Ditto. I'm hoping she was just very distracted at that point, otherwise this could be another Avenger imposter plot.

>>23234177
Since the coast is relatively clear, I guess we can give Arc a heads up on the phone now.

>>23234177
Time for Rule Breaker projectan?

>>23234177

"We can grow a new hand from cells right?"

If yes we can cut off his hand and burn it and later restore it.

>>23234261
Nah, that was Rin doing a "Prana Transfer" and / or "Servant Switching", I'd guess.

Of course, could be wrong. But the flustered thing fits with Couitus Implicatus.

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>>23234286

OH FUCK YES.

THIS.

I'm an idiot for forgetting about this.

>>23234261
Y'know it's also possible that she went to talk to Rider and Sakura about our request to mana transfer and she's distracted with thoughts of the impending foursome.

Just kidding she's totally an imposter

>>23234306
Prepping to switch Rider aback to Sakura?

Purplecest is best cest

>>23234286
Third'd

>>23234286

THIS

Rolled 4

>>23234286
PREEMPTIVE 1 USAGE!!

>>23234286
Let it be done!

"Just a little prick. I take no pleasure in this."

>>23234286
>>23234355
>>23234359

..have we even *seen* rule breaker? I Don't think we have.

>>23234386

Yes.

You do remember that Saber is no longer our servant?

>>23234386
See
>>23234269

tl;dr: Yes.

>>23234386
We have when Shirou tried to heal Sakura. Archer also projected it during his betrayal.

>>23234386
Yes. Twice.

Oh Goody.

Goddammit Rin.

We know it wasn't Arc this time (unless shes just trolling the everliving fuck out of us), so assuming Rin isn't just being a ditz then WHO THE FUCK DID WE TALK TO?

>>23234504
>unless shes just trolling the everliving fuck out of us
Let's be honest here, she would.

>>23234504

I think her brain was overheating at the thought of shacking it up with !Shirou.

>>23234514
yeah... she would.

But for the sake of my sanity lets assume she isn't just fucking with us for no reason.

"What if we destroyed the arm when severed? Like in acid or burned it or something?"

".... Not sure that would help. I mean, it would have to be COMPLETELY destroyed."

"What about tracing it and breaking it with magic?"

"... That could work, if it were a trinket or enchanted item. It usually destroys it though. All you might do is blow the arm off." There's a pause. "I'm not sure how I feel about you suddenly being so cavalier about someone's life."

"Well, it is Shinji. Is there any way we could make the arm regrow If it were cut off and destroyed?"

".... Not that I'm aware of. I mean, there's ways to heal, but healing isn't the same as regrowing a lost limb. I mean, there's probably a way, but I don't know and we aren't equipped for it."

"... Damn. does Caster have any ideas?"

There's a long pause. "She says she'd need to see it in person. And she doesn't want to go anywhere near one of Avenger's tracking spells."

"Would using the Contract-breaking dagger thing help?"

".... She says 'maybe', but doesn't recommend stabbing him in the wrist. Especially since you don't know healing spells."

>?

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>>23234532

The butt, then.

Big things, like big ass needles, go in the butt.

>>23234532

jesus fuck Rule Breaker only needs to stab in like half an inch deep to take effect, Shinji can fucking deal with a band-aid.

>>23234532

...alright, let's put this thought on ice for a minute and go look at the hostage instead.

Because that's niggling at me.

>>23234532
Does Rule Breaker actually care where you stab them?

Because if it doesn't, just give him a cloth to bite down on and stab somewhere fleshy and non-vital.

>>23234564
like the butt?

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>>23234564

The butt.

Rolled 5

>>23234532
Give him Archer's old arm.
Remove the shroud.
???

>>23234532
Even if Shirou doesn't project it, take a moment and Trace Rule Breaker to learn exactly what it does. It might have more effect(s) than just 'Contract Nullification'.

Doing so should also allow Shirou to know exactly how Rule Breaker needs to be used.

>>23234564
Stab him in the ass dont go near the captive till Arc shows up

>>23234564

The only places we've ever seen it been stabbed is directly in the heart. It probably does not need to be localized, it would just instantly apply to all contracts that the target is under.

Do we count this thing as a contract? It might be some other weird magic that Rule Breaker doesn't affect at all.

>>23234557
I second this notion.

>Clarification: You would need to stab him in the mark, which is right over an artery.

>The reason the Rule Breaker could sever the Master/Servant bond is because they're connected magically. For a specific rune, the rules are slightly different.

>>23234623

Ah. Point. Servants are basically made out of prana, so I guess it wouldn't matter there.

>>23234623
Can we stab him in the butt anyways?

>>23234623

Thats a very small mark then.

Aim for fleshy bi-

>Arc is coming

NOPE LETS STOP.

LETTING HER SEE BLOOD IS A BAD BAD THING.

>>23234623

Shirou could probably manage the skills of nicking it shallow enough to not harm Shinji, but Shinji being a twitchy coward will probably throw him off leading to BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

Let's hold off on it for now.

>>23234623
fuck it lets find something to tie him up with while we wait for Arc, still against going near the shed with out her

>>23234623

Then let him know we have an artifact that can sever contracts. We'll get him out of this in abit.

We should bring him into town with a first aid kit and stab him later.

In any case, LET RIN KNOW THE PURPOSE OF THE MARKS AROUND TOWN.

>>23234652

He kinda shot us in the arm already. We are bleeding.

>>23234726
That's a very good point. We should do something about that.

>>23234674
When Caster dispelled the Boundary Field (Blood Fort) around the High School, she mentioned seeing two vampires, but nothing specific.

Granted, Rider does drink Blood, and we have Arc running around, but I'm sure that Caster can tell the difference between a Servant draining people of Prana and a Vampire draining people of life. Plus, Arc did say she just got here.

The girl, if not a friend, is probably a Vampire. As Shinji who it is.

Also, Blood in front of Arc is probably a bad idea as well. Shirou needs to fix that arrow wound he received, yesterday.

>>23234726

Better heal up then.

>>23234758
Calling it, the girl is Altrouge.

>>23234652
>>23234747
>>23234758
>>23234763


Has Arc been injured or in any form of distress? She can handle blood if she has nothing compromising 70% of her internal power schema.

>What's the plan exactly?

>>23234787
You sound like you haven't read Tsukihime.

It's a psychological compulsion for human blood. Arc is very much not human.

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>>23234781

...FUCK

>>23234810

HEAL UP. CLEAN UP BLOOD.

Tell Shinji, we'll save him but for now we need to tie him up for our safety and his, example if he attacks us, we might kill him. Assure him we'll break the contract without losing his arm.

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>>23234781
Oh God Damn It.

>>23234810
Seeing a lot of wait for Arc and fixing the arrow wound.

>>23234814

To be fair, Arc got chopped into little pieces very early in Tsukihime, and that was kinda throwing her off for most of it.

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>>23234816
>not loving the Dick
Oh please, EVERYONE loves the Dick. See >>23231809 for more information on why you should love the Dick too.

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>>23234814

Arcueid was in extreme duress for the Far Side of Tsukihime, being cleaved into 17 parts put her at around 50% maximum energy.
She had less than 1% to herself and was stressed beyond recognition to hold back her bloodlust. Her natural state balances 70% restraint, 30% free energy.

She can handle blood normally. She can't when she's running on -20% required output to restrain her bloodlust.

>>23234834
FUCKING SHITTY FANART, ALTROUGE DOESN'T HAVE A CANON DESIGN.

>>23234816
On the bright side, if she's a hostage that means Avenger can somehow keep her on lockdown and prevent her from horribly murderating us.

>>23234866
Just because Altrouge can't murder us doesn't mean we can't still get Primate Murder'd though.

Rolled 20

>>23234810
Stab shinji in the ass with ruru braker.
Clean up blood.

>>23234866
I posted that for one reason, Mr. Capslock: She's Number 9. IX. The signature on the note we got out of Rin's Rune-corrupted Familiar.

If it IS Altrouge, then she's the one doing the rune magic around town.

>>23234884

If it's Altrouge, we're getting Primate Murdered.

Primate Murder is not really a thing you can avoid killing you, if you end up fighting it.

If you're human, at least.

But I suppose we might not be.

>>23234901

Yeah, well, her hand is backwards.

>>23234908

It doesn't just work against "humans". It works against "primates". Servants, vampires, spirits, humans, apes, all fall under the umbrella and under Primate Murder's supreme killing dominion.

>>23234901

We did ask Arc about the number nine and any significance it might have earlier.

She said it shows up in two places connected to vampires, and what was going on here didn't really look like either.

So pray that it is not Altrouge.

>>23234932
Oh, I am. The little I know about Arc's Older Sister places her firmly in both the 'Do Not Want' and 'Catastrophe' categories.

Heal up, and ID the prisoner, STAT.

[x] Aski Shinji about the Hostage aka "Little girl."
[x] Tell him also what we`re up to

"Look Shinji. As it is right now, I can prbably save you. I can also probably protect you from Avenger and rest of the people who try to gut you like the pig that you are... There are risks involved. You could die when I try to get that mark off of you. You could die in 1001 ways different and horrible ways while we`re retreating and even if we make it to my house, aka the Base of Operations for this Grail-War where actually most masters are gathered right now there is a chance that some of girls there might want to have your head of a silver plate..

But, despite all that happened we were friends in the past and even now I wouldn`t able to look at myself in the mirror if I would leave a friend behind.

So the decision belongs to you, Shinji. Do want to flee your whole live ... or do you want to take the hard route and start making amends for it. It`s never too late to do the right thing."

This is how I Hero of Justice.

>>23234972

At least three of the people who want to gut him like the pig he is are on our side, you realize.

>>23234986

Rin would gut him like a fish
Rider would smack him into a wall
Saber MIGHT spare him but grant him her withering glare all day, everyday.
Ayako just want to kick his ass into next week
Sakura... would probably just forgive him... goddess

I set Shinji down and calmly yank the arrow out of my arm. "Alright. I might try and save you in the future, but since I can't see a way to do that right now, I'm gonna tie you up and leave you here."

"Yeah. Avenger or Archer are probably coming here right now actually." He responds looking away. "I mean, he'd know I was distressed. He probably has no shits to give about me, but he wanted the Hostage for SOME reason."

"What about the hostage? What's their deal?"

He shrugs and hands me a length of rope from behind the tent. "I really don't know. I was basically told 'you are my personal bitch, you are on guard duty until further notice'."

I finish tieing him pretty quickly, and Arc calls me to let me know that she got turned around somewhere, but she THINKS she knows where I am now.

So I need to figure out what to do, before either Avenger or Gilgamesh arrive.

[ ] Release the Hostage.
[ ] Talk to the Hostage.
[ ] Leave.
[ ] Wait.

>>23234986
You.. do realize that I also wrote that down, right? Did you even read the damn thing before you posted?

So yes, I am aware that it might upset our allies but don`t forget that this is Shirou and its pretty much In-Character for him to offer that sack of shit help despite that.

Shirou is kinda retarded like that, you realize.

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>>23235031

That depends on a combination of how much leeway we give Sakura and how much Shinji controls himself.

>>23235036

...RELEASE THE HOSTAGE

If anything, it'll fuck up Gil's and Avenger's plan.

Then grab that silly frakker and run.

>>23235036
[X] Other: Trace Saber's current sheath (Invisible Air), Project it and hide in plan sight.

Failing that,
[X] Talk to the Hostage

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>>23235036

>[ ] Talk to the Hostage.

Even if it is Altrouge, IC, shirou has no reason to NOT release and attempt to rescue the little girl.

>>23235036

>Arc calls me to let me know that she got turned around somewhere
Next time Shirou goes on an excursion, he is gonna pack a flare gun and a couple of flash and smoke grenades.

>[x] Talk to the Hostage.
Ask for a name, give reassurances, the works.

>>23235086

>trace Invisible Air

>tracing something that CANNOT BE SEEN

>>23235036
>[ ] Talk to the Hostage.

This is going to end up eating time we most likely don't have but better to get a clue who the fuck this is.

>>23235036
>[ ] Talk to the Hostage.

But BE QUICK about it. Avenger isn't a big deal, but we can't afford to fuck with Gilgamesh at the moment, so its 50/50 odds.

>>23235036
Well we KNOW someone is on their way, and IC shirou saves innocents.
I say we free her and bring her back to our place.
We also need to deal with this shinji situation before anyone else shows up.

>>23235119
Technically you see Invisible Air all the time, as it just makes what's inside it invisible. You see Invisible Air instead of Saber's sword, as it's magically condensed air that's meant to obscure what's inside it.

It's a sheath, and therefore *possible* to trace and project. Be terribly funny if Shirou could.

And I did offer an alternative action.

>>23235036
>[ ] Talk to the Hostage.

We should try to get her out, but we can't in good conscience release her until we verify that her name isn't Vampire McMurderKill.

>>23235036
kill time waiting for Arc, if just avenger shows up we have one more good ass kicking to give him or so says Gil, if its Gil we can just talk while taking turns kicking Shinji

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>>23235036
[x] Save the Loli
[x] Rule breaker the Rapist
[x] Save the Loli
[x] Tie off his injured arm with your belt so he doesn`t bleed out
[x] Save the Loli
[x] Ride of into the Sunset
[x] With the Loli.

>>23235183
Kotomine, what is wrong with your forhead

did your skull get caved in

what

>>23235180

The problem is that it's not actually a "sheath" at all, it's a bounded field and therefore a type of magecraft. It has no physical component and is probably ineligible for tracing.

>>23235182
Gil was pretty adamant about murdering our ass last time. i wouldn't risk it.

>>23235208

He's running at 60 km/s, his hair is being blasted back.

I feel like we're missing an important thing here.

Gil is likely on his way. Arc is definitely on her way.

I want to see them fight. So badly. Every Nasuverse thread I've witnessed on /a/ that gets derailed into powerlevels is SCREAMING at me to see this fight.

>[ ] Release the Hostage.
>[ ] Leave.
>[ ] Talk to the Hostage.


All 3 in this order.

>>23235219
It's listed as a sheath in the wiki, if I recall correctly, and it also states that it blunts an object's sharpness when it is equipped.

It's worth a shot. Invisible Shirou sounds wonderfully broken. Shriou is, after all, a very big, and very foolish sword.

If AC-Guy say's it can't be dne, it can't be done. No harm thinking outside the box.

>>23235254
Isn't Invisible Air loud?

>>23235267
Only when it's beign released

>>23235254

>I have to shoot down every bad idea manually?

>>23235254

>It's listed as a sheath in the wiki

Please do not use TMWiki for canonicity. It is... a tad incoherent in that respect. It's a "sheath" in that it covers her sword, but its form is that of magecraft. It is entirely without a physical component, even the air it draws in is simply from the environment and not generated by the noble phantasm itself.

There's no conceivable way to draw it from the hill of swords, as it is not an item. It'd be like tracing God Hand, there's nothing to trace.

>>23235277

Yes. MANUALLY.

>>23235277
You are now breathing manually.

>>23235343
FUCK YOU!

Talk to hostage then free them. REally regardless of how bad an idea freeing them is we'll do it any way but let's talk first.

Also you guys do realise we can't trace invisible air and it'd be retarded if we could right? It's a fucking spell. We can't trace spells.

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>>23235277
>>23235319
>>23235343

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>>23235277
It saves on the 'was that a viable idea' and 'which idea was the setting breaking idea?' questions that have arisen. I figure any suggestion you completely ignore is either game breaking or completely idiotic.

When you just list >what do? commands, I toss stuff out there to see what sticks. I'm not wholly familiar with the can and cant's of the Natsuverse. Who knows? I may yet add an idea to the 'so stupid it's brilliant' list.

In the mean time, put another on my 'Why would you do that?' tab and carry on.

>>23235277
If it's Nasuverse mechanics, I think the various anons could call out any ideas that could work/not work or too stupid to do.

I'm okay with vetoes on actions like when majority decided that taking Rin's skirt from the laundry was a good idea to uncover its magic secrets. (Citing in-game relations with other characters that would make this action a really bad idea.)

>>23235431
Shirou can trace physical objects, spells and runes are right out. Him hacking into the forest should've been impossible so things are a bit hinky in that respect but the previous is a good rule of thumb.

I walk up to the door and give it a gentle knock. "Hello? Can you hear me?"

"Hello?!" A girls voice returns. She seems excited and confused at the same time. "I can hear you!"

"Hi." I say with a smile. "Are you alright? Can you tell me your name? I'm gonna try and get you out of there."

"I... I'm fine." She sounds like she's crying with relief. "My name's Satsuki. I don't... Where are we?"

I walk around the shed, looking for an obvious opening of some kind, a door to kick open. "Outside Fuyuki. Do you remember how you got here?"

"... I got a letter from a- a friend." She says suddenly. "I uh... He asked me to come here, and when I got here weird man was waiting at the train station. He basically called himself 'the boogeyman' and grabbed me. After that, I don't remember anything but this... room."

"That's it?"

"He implied that he lured me here, and laughed at his 'brilliant scheme'. Other than that...."

[ ] Let her out.
[ ] Leave.

>>23235487
>Satsuki
>Satsuki
>Satsuki
>Satsuki
>Satsuki

RAD ALART RAD ALART

>>23235487
>Satsuki
>Depletion Garden

SON OF A BITCH FUCK SHIT COCK

>>23235487
>Satsuki
SACCHIN?!
HELP HER RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!

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>>23235487

>My name's Satsuki.

Answer, "Oh, so there's nobody in there"


okay no but Shirou would let her out in a heartbeat. Leaving without saving her is totally out of the question.

>>23235520
Oh of course

Shit's going to end so badly, but we are morally obliged to let her out.

hell, she could be working for Arc or somehting

>>23235487

She just seems like a normal innocent girl!

Tell her we're going to try and get her out of there.

Probably best not to start screwing with the place until Arc's arrived. Still don't know exactly what those runes do, just what Shinji THINKS they do.

>>23235487

>Sacchin.

FOUND OUR VAMPIRE HERE.

IC, we need to grab her and run.

Ask Shinji if he still has his cell phone? We'll rescue him and thats a promise.

>>23235503
>>23235513
Uh, AC-Guy said that Satsuki didn't end up as a vamp in here. Heck, she never even encountered anything supernatural throughout the course of Tsukihime in this story.

>>23235487
That said...
>[x] Let her out.
Don't care if it's a trap, Shirou never leaves a damsel in distress.

>>23235487
HELP HER LIKE THE FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

Its daylight right now, correct? So if she's a vamp, she should refuse to come out into the sunlight right?

>>23234927
Ah yes, but we may be a demon in the shape of a man, rather than an actual man... similar to zouken being the worm-that-walks.

>>23235607

Still a primate until you completely abandon your musculoskeletal system.

>>23235487
So Avenger is planning on tapping into the grail and destroying it via depletion garden? No that's not quite right but I think we've found a key piece of his plot.

Eh free the girl and watch as hell breaks loose within two or three days.

>>23235635

Unless avenger planner for this.

Fucker reads us like a book sometimes.

>>23235656
Then we hit him with an exploding sword. Does that ever not work?

>Berserker didn't go to the grail when he died
>runes all over Fuyuki
>Satsuki hostage next to one of them

Oh mother of shit! Avenger's spread Satsuki's Reality Marble over all of Fuyuki to drain any defeated servants and use her as the grail!

I find the door. "Stand. Back."

I hear a shuffling noise as I call Berserker's sword and slam the door open.

There's a noise, and a sharp laugh as a man rushes me with claws extending from his hands.

[DC 15 Combat check]

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>>23235487

HAHA! TIME FOR CREEPY STALKER VAMPIREGIRLFRIEND-ROUTE!

>>23235617
Shirou can do that - His body is made of swords.

Primate Murder: 0
Athiests: 0
God: 0
Shirou :1

>rip in piece legalize gay weed

Rolled 15

>>23235698
GODDAMNIT!

Rolled 1

>>23235698
GODDAMINT YOU ARE NOT A CUTE GIRL AT ALL!

FUCK NSQVSR

Rolled 14

>>23235698

Claws? This is new.

EAT SWORD, CLAW MAN

Rolled 16

>>23235698

Dammit Kirei!

Rolled 18

>>23235698

"You sir, are no gentleman!"

>>23235713
Anndd there goes my barely made it roll...

>>23235713

well

I enjoyed having blood in my body

>>23235697
Is this possible?

>>23235713
>NSQVSR
It's "NRVNQSR", pronounced "Nero".

>>23235745

If Sacchin is not supernatural, there's no reason she's tapped into her RM.

Of course, Avenger might rip her internal world outside somehow anyway. But without being a vampire, is her life defined by "eternal loss without gain"? There's a lot of variables, but I'm going to think it's not related to Depletion Garden at the moment.

>>23235713

EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE

>>23235713
Welp no more rolling for me

>>23235752
Didn't Kirei state that NRVNQSR, Nero, the Crawling Chaos had been killed a few weeks ago?

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>>23235779

1. believing Kirei so easily?
2. he has 666 lives and is extremely hard to exterminate. Unless Gilgamesh did it while we weren't looking.

Did Tsukihime happen at all in this universe? It's getting murky.

>>23235707

Just because it can't arbitrarily Rocks Fall him doesn't mean it isn't still a giant prana-saturated dog with thousands of years experience killing things.

>>23235779

He did

Then again, faulty intel is always possible. How many times has man said they killed off something or someone only to be proven wrong?

>>23235802
>Unless Gilgamesh did it while we weren't looking.
Or Shiki did it.
And yes, Tsukihime happened, but it's a weird amalgam of various routes.

>>23235802

Allegedly it did, using some sort of odd fusion route. Either way, NRVNQSR is probably actually dead.

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>All these ones

>>23235845

Kneel before the random number god, and praise his name on high.

>>23235845
The bike didn't follow us here, did it?

>>23235881

It stalks us. We cannot escape it. Doors will fall before it's mighty treads. Stairs will not foil it, for it's previous master taught it to conquer them. It follows us. And it will see us to our grave.

I feel a crushing blow, and fly back against a tree.

His dark form dances away, leaping between the shadows and pausing only long enough to sling Shinji over one shoulder as he runs.

A girl steps out of the shed a moment later, looking dazed. "What? Who? Where am I? What's going on?"

"Hi. I THINK I saved you." I respond, slowly standing back up. My phone rings.

"Emiya."

"Shirou?" Arcueid's voice answers. "What's going on? I felt something weird just now."

"Well, good news and bad news. I found the Vampire, and I think he's going to eat Shinji. The Weird thing is I'm not sure which half of that is the upside."

"Evil vampire getting fed is always bad." She responds. "Any idea which way he went?"

".... West I think. Towards the city."

She tells me she's going after it. "By the way, there was a girl locked in there. What should I do about that?"

"Does she have glowing red eyes? Fangs? An evil aura? Visibly flinching away from sunlight?"

".... No. She looks totally normal." I respond, looking at the dazed girl.

"Well then take her home and add her to your collection or something. Make sure her head's down until I've dealt with the Vampire."

I look back at her as the line disconnects. She's looking at me, confused and curious. She's clearly dazed by her experience, but I'm not seeing anything like bite-marks.

>Actions?

Rolled 2

>>23235870

Thats far from enough.

You need to offer his randomness your 1d3 born child.

>>23235929

>we dont see any marks

The answer to his shock addled mind is obvious.

Strip search sacchin