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Holy Grail War Meme

Holy Grail War AU Meme

Here's what's throwing down
1. The Holy Grail has appeared in the Drabwurld, selecting seven masters and seven servants to fight for it. An omnipotent wish granting device, winning this Grail could end the war of the courts once and for all.
2. Comment with your character. In the subject line, put that character's name, canon, and which role (Master, Servant, or either) you would like them to fulfill.
3. If you're going with the servant option, feel free to imply that your character reached a heroic status before they died in game. Remember, there's a great chance that there's an old friend summoning you to this fight, and you'll be fighting along side them.
4. Have fun

An explanation is here, contact any of the Fate/ cast with questions.

TWO MASTERS

1. Battle. Who says that Servants get to have all the fun? After all, most Masters try to kill each other, too. Whatever the circumstances, the two of you are locked in a fight. Neither of you are willing to use your Command Spells just yet, so no Servants here. Just two magi duking it out.

2. Alliance. There's a bigger threat out there. Either one Servant is exceptionally powerful, or the situation has changed and the participants need to take action against it. One way or another, you're teamed up with one of your rivals for the Holy Grail. How long will this last before you try to stab each other in the back? Or, will something more develop?

3. Protection. Uh-oh! One of you has lost your Servant! Unfortunately, there's no way you'd get to the church safely on your own, so the other one will help you get there! Or maybe you don't trust the priest presiding over the Holy Grail War and are giving shelter to them yourself? Given their track record, no one would blame you.

4. Death. One or both of you lay dying. It might have been by the other's hand, or by someone else's entirely. How will you spend your last moments in the presence of one of your rivals?

5. You, Too? Surprise! You may have been friends before, but you've just discovered that you're both Masters! How will you handle this revelation?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!

MASTER AND SERVANT

1. Are You My Master? The summoning is complete. Whether intentional or not, catalyst or not, a magus has summoned a Servant. What kind of meeting was it? Was everything totally under control, or did a hitch occur? Or maybe it happened in the middle of a life-or-death situation!

2. Identity. Either the Servant has flat out told the Master their identity, or they unleashed their Noble Phantasm. Either way, the cat is out of the bag. How will the Master react, now that they know their Servant's name and legend? Will anything change between the two?

3. Battle Aftermath. A battle has just ended. Who participated? Are either of you hurt? Did the Master have to use a Command Spell? Any number of things could have happened here.

4. Discord. Uh-oh. It looks like the Master and the Servant don't get along. Here come the arguments! Don't do something stupid, like waste a Command Spell over a triviality...

5. Love. And then, there's the opposite. Sometimes Masters and Servants fall in love with each other. How will this affect things?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!

TWO SERVANTS

1. Battle. This is what usually happens when two Servants meet -- they duke it out. This probably says enough as it is.

2. Alliance. There's a bigger threat out there. Either one Servant is exceptionally powerful, or the situation has changed and the participants need to take action aginst it. One way or another, you're teamed up with one of your rivals for the Holy Grail. How long will this last before you try to stab each other in the back? Or, will something more develop?

3. The Grail Dialogues. Maybe you're not interested in fighting just yet. Maybe you just want to sit down and talk with the other Servant. Find out what they want, what makes them tick. Get some wine while you're at it -- nothing like good wine to go with good talk!

4. Death. One or both of you lay dying...again. It might have been by the other's hand, or by someone else's entirely. How will you spend your last moments in this War in the presence of one of your rivals?

5. Identity. Congratulations, you've just learned each other's identities! Will this change the situation, or will you press onward?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!

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If going with servant mode, here as Waver's noble phantasms and key abilities

Murderblob: Waver's mount is VH, his mercury friend that's saved him time and again. He glides atop it, while it's long reaching arms can wreck everything in it's path.

Magic and Magecraft: He's a mage. Naturally, he can do some damage, and these days with the magic he learned in the Drabwurld before his death, he's got a lot of attack power when it comes to water.

The Barrel: A little house can appear, teleporting Waver and his Master away from danger

Edited 2015-01-07 14:55 (UTC)

[ After losing Berserker, she swore she would never take on another Servant. That was well over twenty years ago and Rin held true to her word... until now. It couldn't be helped now that a Grail had manifested within the Drabwurld. While it's true she could have played the part of Overseer, there was just something about that title in particular that made he queasy.

So from the skies she plans the proper ritual, but when the time came she did come to land to sort it out. There were no ley lines in the skies, only on the dying planet's surface, and if she were to call someone whose body returned to the earth, wouldn't she need to be close to it? This time she puts less than her best on for the ritual knowing she had no other competition and instead of calling for the one she always admired up close, she seeks out the one she loves.

... It was probably unnecessary to bring that many electronic consoles to the circle, but as far as Rin was concerned she was doing the Station a favor by cleaning out those vintage devices.

Like before she felt the sensation of magic trying to transform her into something she wasn't, but unlike before magic was ever present in this world. Knowing the sacrifices made, she'll have to survey the physical damage once she's confirmed he's been called forth. ]

Emerge from the ring of control, guardian of balance…! [ Silence. ]

... Ughhh, why does this keep happening to me?

[ Bringing a scale-covered hand to her face, she tries her best to ignore that change and focus more on the reality that something else was off. Was the catalyst not enough? Maybe if she lit them on fire, he'd show up to put it out?

... May as well. She does need to take her aggravation out on something. The pain lingers from the modification made to her body, but it feels so much better to call forth flame to light up the area. In-between the wisps of smoke, one can see a woman with blood dripping down her head from hr head being pierced and scales covering most of the back of one hand. ]

Damn it, why aren't you here!

[Waver had passed in a fight that, as far as he was concerned, worth it. Defending his principles, and ensuring the safety of others. It had not been pleasant, and he had not enjoyed it, but he knew it would further the goals he had. That others had.

Besides. He had returned to the Hetaroi, full of knowledge that in another timeline, he was never in the Drabwurld. That he had completed his own goals in the Association, and lived a full, happy life. One where Rin hadn't gotten pulled into the Drabwurld either.

But upon summons, those thoughts are crushed out of him, his mind focusing on the prana in the air. Drabwurld energy. But also a familiar trace in it.

The smoke from the summons clears, unfolds, revealing Waver within the summoning circle. His cloak flaps in the wind along with his hair, and for once and perhaps the only time, he looks like a proper Heroic Spirit. The black robes of the Hetaroi are under that cloak, and he shakes them out just to ensure he looks his best.

Then he sees Rin across the room, and everything leaves Waver. Scales?! The fuck had happened since he left.]

I accept this pact.

[He murmurs it. If he'll serve anyone besides Rider, it will be Rin. And with that, Waver steps over the threshold, and becomes Rider himself.]

Is that-? [ Her anger leaves the moment she hears those words as she conjures the wind to snuff out the flames.

Once she has visual confirmation that it is Waver, she books it across the room and leaps up to throw her arms up over his shoulders in a chorus of insults, most having to do with just how stupid he is for being here. ]

[Two seconds in, and it's like he's never been gone.

Rider permits himself a single moment of sentiment, taking those arms on his shoulders as a way to hug Rin tight. He'll take the insults, roll with them, fuck, she could rattle them off forever if she wanted. For all Rider knows, she's been sitting on them for years here.]

[ It can't be helped. Rin hasn't seen him in years and now that she's messed up by getting the Drabwurld mixed up in this ritual, she needs someone who she can rely on. Someone who has taken it apart. Knowing he has the strength to hold her, she just rests there for the moment, the exhaustion of the ritual weighing her down. ]

[If he wasn't a Heroic Spirit, Rider would have dropped Rin almost immediately. So Waver holds her for a few moments more, kisses the top of her head. Waver can't imagine what this is like from her perspective. Doesn't want to.

But he has to break the sacred silence.]

So.

[He hopes it feels like nothing's off, like this is picking up where they've left off.]

Grail War in the Drabwurld?

Yeah.

[ Her grip loosens a bit on him. ] I fucked up.

[ That's probably new or maybe it just comes with the age. He cursed a lot in his last few years of mortal life. ]

Depends. Is the Grail the broken thing of sludge from back home?

[ Rin hates to admit out loud when she doesn't know a thing, but there's really no easy way to go about this, is there? She frets a bit in place, letting go of him fully just so she cross her arms across her chest. Tapping her foot, she thinks and thinks.

Finally: ] The hell if I know. My first priority was securing a Servant for myself, you know!

Okay, okay!

[Waver holds his hands up, trying to figure out everything that he's missed. And he looks at Rin quietly. Thoughtfully.]

Where are we?

The lost city of Atlantis. [ She declares proudly.

If he happens to look around, he may just realize this a small island surrounded by water. Lots and lots of water. ]

It was a lot of work to find grounds like this buried under the sea, but since I collected maps I was able to determine where I could find something of this nature.

[ She could have just landed somewhere logically... but for some reason she had to raise the earth, then summon him. Hm! ]

[Rider breathes out, and finally takes a moment to breathe in his surroundings. Buried under the sea?

Taking an experiment in slipping into spirit form, he becomes nothing but gold dust, then invisibly, sets himself down beside Rin.

Oh he's gonna have fun with this.]

It seems like a good place to start conducting a war. You chose well.

[ It's been years and he's already back to hiding from her. Geez. Why did she summon such a grouch in the first place again..? ]

Of course I have. I don't need to hear unnecessary praise.

Doesn't mean I won't say it.

[He manifests again, practically on top of Rin.

So, Grail's here. You've got a servant. Do we know about anyone else yet? [Who else from their time has been summoned? Died after he did?

... I see. [ Here she expected a heartfelt reunion, but he was more focused on others.

Pulling out her locket, she'll toss it at him, the enchantment dispelled. He can see for himself. ]

[Waver catches it without even looking up.]

Am I going too fast?

[Idiot he is, the focus is too pointed. Idiot, for only catching it now.]

And is it a trick of the light, or have your hands changed?

Unfortunate side-effect of summoning in this world. [ She thought it may happen, it had felt so real in Fuyuki City, but here... what feels real is likely a reality. ]

My head hurts. I suspect there's something wrong with it as well, but... [ A bit too scared to look oops. ]

I'll clean up. You catch up on everything you've missed.

[Rider pockets the locket instead, and offers Rin his arm.]

C'mon. Let's get you somewhere that's got a chair. Or I'll just sit down and you can use me in the chair's stead.

I'm fine. [ For the most part.

She's just bleeding from her head and has a hand full of scales. It's cool. Perfectly cool. ]

You're flat out full of shit. Don't make me pick you up and carry you to a chair. I will.

Are you really that concerned? I thought you'd like to stay on the ground a little while longer before we left.

If you're in a rush to get started though, let's get out of here.

[Waver narrows his eyes, looking at Rin pointedly.]

Miss Tohsaka. Master. There is blood coming out of your head and you appear to be turning into something pointedly non-human. What I would like is to focus on you, and what I have missed in the past ten years, in that order.

D-Don't call me-!! [ Stuffing her face into both of her hands, she ignores the discomfort of one hand as she hides her vision from him.

Of course she's a Master so it makes sense he would call her that, but to call her Miss Tohsaka as well? How embarrassing. It's almost too much for her to bear. ]

Anyway I said that it's fine, so why can't you believe me?

How many years have I known you? How many horrifying events have we been through?

[He knows when you're putting up a front, Rin.]

C'mon. Head injury at least.

Holy Grail War AU Meme

MASTER OR SERVANT (RIDER, CASTER)

master/servant: are you my master and what the fuck are you doing rin

every single regret ever

we haven't even hit the next tear of pain ;)

HA HA HA FUCK also i got a summary of the new novel

shrieks in excitement

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