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[angramaintsu]

Characters: Dark Rin & YOU.
Setting: Floor 48
Time: November 9
Format: Quick to start, will match
Summary: The tower taunts Rin when she's already in a poor mood.
Warnings: Characters are likely to be endangered if they provoke her.

    ►►► FLOOR 48;
[ Rin knew the moment he was taken from her. Any Master can feel the bond ripped from them and if that wasn't enough indication, the Command Seals along her flesh went dormant. In fact it was the hand she found herself gazing upon in the graveyard, sitting on a freshly dug (up?) patch of dity, the formerly vibrant red seals now barely seen against her pale skin. If that wasn't evident enough, then the stone marker with the name L A N C E R was indication enough of who she lost. Rin's never had anyone in her life, so for the brief time she held a Servant was the most social interaction she's ever had.

Losing him stung more than she's willing to let on.

For those brave enough to seek her out, they might feel a more ominous presence in the air around them. Yes, she's vulnerable without a Servant, but in no way is she weak. Willing to advertise that much, she hopes it's enough to keep people away.

Later on the evening, even if she's left, Rin will return to this place not to mourn. No, she'll wait around as though expecting him to return. For all of those jokes she often cracked about him being a puppy, it was her that will wait patiently for him to come pick her up. ]

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[swordedpast]

[ It takes him a little while to find her. This is the top-most floor, after all, and he doesn't at first want to admit to himself that Rin would be in a graveyard. But he's noticed that Lancer is gone, and he saw her gathering flowers the other day; it doesn't take him too long to put two and two together. After that, it's just a matter of reaching the floor in question.

He approaches her silently. He knows she'll sense him anyway, so what's the point of warning her further to his presence? ]

I see; you're the moping sort after all.

[ She'll feel better if she beats him up, right? That's sort of his logic, except he's a little worried that this one might actually kill him. But he'll take that risk. ]

[angramaintsu]

[ There's no witty words to be had whenever he does speak up. Instead, he gets a rare gasp as she's easily startled. Having been too caught up in her thoughts, she didn't notice him up until he was too close for comfort. ]

If only. [ Clucking her tongue in defiance, she looks away from him and the tombstone. ] I came here only because it's a foolish gesture, you see?

Who makes a grave for a ghost?

[swordedpast]

[ He dares not let her know that he takes satisfaction in that gasp. Not now. He just crosses his arms over his chest. ]

You're mourning ironically? No, I don't think I'll believe that. It's a little much even for this version of you.

[angramaintsu]

What do you know about this version of me or any others, hm?

[ He grates on her nerves easily and it shows in her fingers digging into the fine soil underneath her. ]

Ever since you've shown up... geez, it's as though you were brought here to be a pain in my short skirt.

[puppy_lancer]

[This graveyard looks very different from the ones he was used to. Even in Japan, all the gravestones at least had some organization to them. This place just looked like a haphazard jumble.]

[Most of the names he didn't recognize, though one or two make him raise an eyebrow. He had met those people in the tower before, so why were there graves for the living?]

[He notices the girl bending over the grave. Reading it over just makes him confused. Well, maybe they were giving him a grave because he technically wasn't alive anymore.]

[Or maybe it was just another Lancer.]

You know, all Servants are technically dead. There's no real reason to mope about seeing their name on a grave.

[angramaintsu]

Mope?

[ Rin rolls her head to the side of her shoulder just to look up towards him lazily. Feeling the bitterness swell up inside of her, she's almost tempted to make him suffer as a result of his arrogance. Instead, she shakes her head. ]

No, I'm not moping. I'm concerned over this. [ Pointing to the tombstone. ] If this is evident of them no longer being in the tower, then this is a lot of people who were rescued and then what? Killed off and not revived for whatever reason?

I want to know that reason.

[puppy_lancer]

Between the three or more dickheads who run this place? I'm sure each one has a different reason. Funny, though. Didn't think they'd be nice enough to give these guys graves. Would make more sense if they were put on display.

[Lancer leans down and places a hand on the tombstone. In his other hand, he manifests Gae Bolg.]

Only one way to find out then.

[He wouldn't be comfortable with desecrating the graves of others, but seeing as how this was technically his own grave, he felt less awkward about digging it up.]

[angramaintsu]

What are you doing?

[ That hostile air around her directs it's full attention on Lancer as she stares towards him coldly. ]

I know it's typical of a dog to dig to bury a bone, but it's unlike one to dig that same bone up when someone is around to see. Don't you think?

[fingerbangingood]

[Such a presence went ignored by Yusuke for the most part, curiosity always pulling him towards possible danger. He didn't expect to find anyone at the graveyard, anticipating more undead beings or other supernatural forces.

What he didn't expect was Rin, and sad of all things. At least just looking more miserable instead of angry or pissed. Ignoring the danger, he walks towards her, waving.]

Yo! You looking for ghosts or zombies too?

[angramaintsu]

Hasn't the season passed for that sort of thing?

[ An arrogant reply is what he'll find in return as whatever remorse she felt retreats quickly at the sight of another. ]

The tower's seen enough of those types, wouldn't you agree?

[fingerbangingood]

Oh definitely; I'd rather be fighting something that can give a challenge. But hey, life likes to throw curveballs or weird stuff, like anti-perv robots in jungles.

[That was actually a thing back at the facility.]

[angramaintsu]

Anti-perv robots? In jungles?

Do you ever listen to half the absurd shit you say or does it just flow naturally from one end to the next?

[ Definitely in a bad mood if she's dropping curse words. At least they're the cosmetic kind and not the kind that leaves him puking for seven days straight. ]

evening

[scorchedchivalry]

Are you really that lost without him?

[Saber calls this to Rin after finding the girl hovering around the one grave. She, herself, was sitting on a pile of rubble - a broken headstone - not too far away. If Rin bothered to look, she could make out S A one on larger piece and R on a smaller one among the pile the knight sits upon.

[angramaintsu]

[ Just one letter off from GAR, huh? ]

I'm not lost. [ Her confidence blinds her as always, as Rin holds her nose up in the air to match. ] I'm just trying to wrap my head around this. A heroic spirit shouldn't have a grave, right?

[ Not much of a subject change, but she's trying. ]

[scorchedchivalry]

[Saber is silent for a while. She had been asking herself that question since she found the formerly intact headstone she was currently sitting up the other day.]

A heroic spirit should not have a body, Rin. A grave does not require a body.

[angramaintsu]

That's true, but a heroic spirit should also not have a gravestone to remember them by because no one is supposed to remember them. This goes against all of the rules of the Holy Grail War, don't you know?

[ It bothers her for more personal reasons, but she's not in the mood to talk about herself for once. ] That is why it bothers me. Is this place making a mockery of them or is it simply trying to help us 'feel' better over it?

[doesnotgetit]

[As dense as she is most of the time, Hakuno is surprisingly observant when it comes to her surroundings and such. She can feel the heaviness in the air, different than the usual uneasy feeling she got while passing through this new floor...

It was an odd feeling, a bad one definitely, but it was familiar. She was sure she knew what this feeling meant, so she chose to investigate, stepping out onto the floor and looking around until she spotted another figure: yep, she was right.]

... Rin?

[She approaches slowly, cautious, yet there's a look of concern on her face and in her voice.]

If this isn't alright, let me know? <3

[angramaintsu]

[ It's her? Of all the people she might have run into in a graveyard, she wasn't expecting someone who seems more cheerful than most of Rin's other 'allies'. She's silent for a few minutes, giving Hakuno a glare anytime she might think of opening her own mouth to disrupt it.

Finally, when she's sure the girl just might actually want to stick around, she'll face her fully. ]

Yeah, I'm in this stupid place. Go on and say something profound that's supposed to make it go away.

[ Quite the heavy responsibility. ]

Just fine with me <3

[doesnotgetit]

[Hakuno just stands there as Rin stays silent - she may be optimistically cheerful most of the time, but she knows there's a certain attitude you're supposed to adopt in a graveyard. Especially when you're close by someone who's visiting one of the graves.]

I don't know if I can say anything profound, sorry. [She actually sounds apologetic for not meeting Rin's expectations...] But... why do you think it's stupid? I'd call it "mean", instead. Reminding people of those that are gone...

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch doesn't know why it's this place of immortal mortality that he frequents these mornings when he doesn't wake hungry. Is it because he, too, is mortal again in some strange way? Or is it because he hopes to learn somehow if it's true or false? He dares not desecrate the graves just to find out.

But something he does find himself doing is approaching mourners, and Rin is certainly looking like one now.*

Would you like someone to speak to?

[angramaintsu]

Wha-?

[ He takes her by surprise only because people usually fail to notice her. Maybe it's the ominous aura she puts up or the fact she looks like a demon with that look on her face. ]

No, does it look like I want to talk to someone? Geez, if I did, I wouldn't be sitting around with a bunch of dead guys.

[ But a part of her deep down is nice, nice enough to add: ] If you need someone to speak with though, I suppose I've got nothing else better to do.

[warriorscribe]

No, no... *Enoch steps back, giving her more space.* I've...only found that it...sometimes helps to speak, in mourning.

[doublechecks]

...

[He noticed her alone in the graveyard, just being all around miserable in front of a gravestone that bore a simple word. They met a few times before, and while they're not exactly close friends yet, he figured she needed the space judging from how his mind is running slight alarms upon setting foot in this floor.

So he's going to just. Walk around, not even bothering to get close to her, he figured it'd be better to just stare at the names found on the gravestones.]

[angramaintsu]

What do you want?

[ He might not be near her, but she's able to notice that he's around. So she'll shout from across the graveyard to get his attention. ]

[doublechecks]

Giving you some space.

[He's currently parked over a tombstone that has the name, 'Anya Alstraim' engraved upon it. Odd, to be honest; her name was mentioned before by Suzaku as a sign that in a version of their world, everything went just as planned before it ended anyways.

Seeing her tombstone here regardless of what happened when they're sent back is probably the Tower's way of telling him that they're probably pretty damn dead in that desolate world.]