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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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What's that? You suddenly mind having existed?

I think you're exempt thanks to Rider.

Up until I got pulled into the Drabwurld, I had zero problems with my life! And even afterwards, certain people made it well worth my while.

Haa, and here I thought you were miserable the entire time.

Regardless, if what I said is true and you're exempt because of magic beyond this world... well, it's just a matter of convincing me to give up my own place.

You showed up, so that's impossible.

[Waver's got no warmth in him, except for those words.] And I could never demand that of you.

We ca either use wise words to trick the Grail into ensuring our survival and that of others while ending this war, or say fuck it and take it apart as we have. Your call.

I haven't decided yet. [ Good call. ]

There's not enough information known. I'm not entirely sure where it's manifested only that it has and High-Queen Morla asked me to oversee it. I decided I didn't really like that idea and well.

I'm certain I'll have pissed her off yet again.

[Waver grins, and gives Rin a gentle squeeze. There's pride in that action, doubled with that grin still on his face.]

You're not dead for refusing, so you're in a fine place.

Mostly because she's not able to track me. [ Rin's gotten really good with her shard. Why, she might even say she's better than the monarchs even if the statement is untrue. ]

You're smiling a lot for a Heroic Spirit. It's odd.

[ She's used to serious people like Saber and Archer, as well as Berserker. What's with this? ]

Because you've done so fucking much and I'm proud of you for it? Even if the circumstances should have me scowling?

Admittedly I was expecting you to chew me out for a good long while after this... ah, but what can I say? I'm pleased with myself.

Do you want me to chew you out?

You shouldn't say that to a lonely and sexually deprived woman. I might take it the wrong way.

[ She always did have a thing for her Servants. ] I mean, I don't know what I was expecting. Not this.

[ Not the scales and horns either. ]

Rin!

[He groans, realizing that he ought to have expected that. But since he must have the last word on that matter:] I'd do terribly at that and you'd regret summoning me.

[He'll probably get shoved for that, even if they're snuggled up together. Worth it.]

Well, you have a loyal servant who's done this before and wants to make sure this is done right. You must have expected that, at east.

I know. It's why I called you instead of any of the others.

[ He can dismantle the Grail. He knew more than she did. There were a lot of reasons, but the one at the top of her list was one created from loneliness. She just happened to miss him more than the others. ]

I don't know who the other Servants or Masters are. It's been a few days and I'm already so behind.

I'm not sure if I'm insulted or flattered.

[Neither, really. But he shifts Rin a little, and lets his mind wander thoughtfully.]

Perhaps others have been slain already. If that's the case, we're in a good place.

[ Resting her head against his shoulder, she'll think on the possibility. It's true, that sort of bloodshed could have happened so far. Since she summoned him so far out and was meant to be the original overseer, there's a good chance the High-Queen will still message her with updates. Maybe. ]

We're in a good place regardless due to our history. This will be the second war for us both.

We also have the advantage of knowing what we're doing, and how these things work.

[Waver rests his head atop Rin's, careful to avoid the little horn stubs lest he cause greater pain.]

The game is rigged. That makes it easier to beat.

[ The game is rigged. What a terrible thing to remind her of and for a moment she considers not telling Waver. Wouldn't he have known all this time..? Her father knew, but did the rest of the magi from the Fourth Holy Grail War know..? ]

Rider... Waver, um, there's something I have to tell you about the Grail.

In order to make a wish, it requires seven souls to be placed back within it to unlock it.

--

[Waver falls silent.

The silence does not stop for a very long time.

Some part of Waver isn't surprised. It wouldn't be a mage system if something like that wasn't hidden. Why would taking the Grail be so easy as winning a trophy? Why wouldn't it require that sacrifice to be made?

Would he have done that to Rider if they had won the Fourth War?

He nods, acknowledging. But there are still no words that he can muster in response to that cold truth.]

It's a trick I didn't know about originally. [ She confesses this out loud as if it'll ease the blow any. ]

I only discovered it when Gilgamesh spoke about using the Fifth War's Servants and taking the Grail for himself.

Jesus.

[His arms fall from Rin's side, still drinking it all in.]

It probably should've been obvious from the get go, huh?

[ It's so painful. Why didn't he know about this? He was her elder in the war and... no, of course he wouldn't. His circumstances weren't like her own, but they were close enough. A child brought into the war without any prior knowledge. ]

Rider...

[ Gently reaching towards his face with both of her hands, she squeezes his cheeks in her palms. One soft, one not. ]

[It had never come up in their discussions. Take the Grail apart, don't talk about how it's supposed to work in an ideal world.

He leans into the softer hand, a quiet sigh escaping him. Funny. He doesn't need air anymore, but the breathes he takes now are more important and expressive than what he needed in life.]

It's fine.

[It isn't, but it'll have to be.]

It isn't. [ Rin argues, but what else is there to say on the matter?

Either he leaves her with a wish they both can share and hopes she goes through with it. Otherwise they can't use the Grail for a wish at all. Out of all the Servants she could have called, she chose him because of his reliability.

When in actuality he was the one out of the four that would have trouble dying for her. ]

[Rider - he has to think as Rider now, not Waver - an accept the idea in theory. He'll do it if he must. And he will have to, no matter what.]

We could be worrying about nothing, you know. Maybe taking apart the Grail will let me stick around somehow. Just. Hang onto your prana, and just be a familiar.

Why would you submit yourself to that kind of torture? [ She asks with a pained laugh.

Wouldn't it be nice to dream of that happening? Instead of believing in it, she shoves it off and turns it into a joke. ]

You'll be tired of me within a week.

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