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Characters: Saber (Alter) and You! (One prompt will have both Saber (Alter) and Irisviel von Einzbern, still open to anyone who wishes to talk to them both.)
Setting: various floors over Dec 14th - 17th (4th, Cafeteria, 47th, 8th and 25th)
Format: Starting Action, but I'll match.
Summary: Saber is sick and takes a moment of indulgence, which leads to problems for the ~~king~~ knight.
Warnings: Stage 2 symptoms involving hallucinations which may lead to violence for the prompts after the first. Also, Fate/Zero spoilers in the 3rd prompt.

[Dec 14th - Floor 4 - with Irisviel (OPEN)]

[With the heat out in the Tower and her lady sick, Saber felt the need to see to Irisviel as best as she could. Never mind that the knight was sick herself - at least she didn't have a fever - her prana still made her the equivalent of a space heater. So it was with the desire to keep the Einzbern magus warm that one could find Saber and Irisviel sitting quite close together on a couch. Draped over them both was Saber's royal blue and fur trimmed greatcloak. The cloak mostly hid the way Saber had her arm about the woman, holding her tenderly against her.

She needed to keep Irisviel warm, after all, and this was quite... relaxing. Even so, the knight watched the passage of the others, coughing a little now and then.]

[ooc: Responses in this prompt will come from both Saber and Irisviel.]

[Dec 15th - Cafeteria]

[Saber was crossing the cafeteria when she suddenly stopped upon the sight of someone. Eyes going wide as if she had seen a ghost, Saber half-reached a hand out before closing it into a fist at her side. She then strode purposefully toward an occupied table with a few empty seats still. Once there, she put both hands on the table.]

My knig--

[She then cut herself off, eyes blinking rapidly as she looked over the empty seats with confusion, paying little attention to those actually sitting there... for the moment.]

[Dec 15th - Floor 47]

[In full armor, Saber moved through the hanging curtains as if searching for something.]

Wait! You and I must speak! I must know if I was the one responsible!

[She suddenly spins around, a look of caution and... paranoia on her face before pulling a sheet aside. Instantly, a monster descends upon her, but the King of Knights was a powerful Servant and the monster was cut down almost as quickly as it appeared by a sword obscured by swirling black and red prana, making it neigh impossible to determine it's exact shape or size.

Once dead, the sword disappears and Saber suddenly looks to the side. Heading that way, she calls out again.]

I am your king! You must heed me. Halt, Lancelot!

[A moment later, Saber stops with a disgruntled sound in the back of her throat, hand coming up to massage her temple. Was she seeing things? Lancelot wasn't there. He couldn't be. She would've felt his presence. Right? So why was she seeing him?]

[Dec 16th - Floor 8]

[She'd seen him go into this maze. The mental puzzle was something that certainly would've appealed to him. She would find him. He would have answers for her.

...and she sorely wished to see her old teacher again, the wise man of great magics that guided her when she was young. If only she could FIND him. Saber wandered through the maze, in search of him, sometimes speeding up, sometimes slowing down. Perhaps someone would come upon her when she stopped, hand on the wall, brow furrowed in thought as she caught her breath.]

[Dec 17th - Floor 25]

[Saber sought out the refuge of the meadow. She sat looking very much unlike the strong, stoic knight she normally was. Arms propped on her knees, she held her head in her hands, bowed with her eyes closed. Her greatcloak spread out across the grass as it hung from her shoulders, and her pale hair was fully down, loose about her shoulders.

...she was going insane. She had to be. Why else would she be seeing them?

Feeling a presence nearby, she glanced up at something in front of her. Oh. Him. She felt the phantom pain in her side where his blade had pierced her, striking a fatal wound in another life.]

Go away, son. I have nothing left to say to you that I can put into words. Please... leave me be.

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Earth? Yeah, I am... Though to be honest, if you're a king of a country there, I more than likely won't know who you are.

[Since history has more or less been wiped out in April's world.]

If you know the legends, you may very well know of me. I am a King of Britain.

I don't know any legends- [She stops, staring at Saber in shock.] ... A-a King of Britain?

... W-wow, I never thought I would meet a King of my home...

[Saber raised her head a little, meeting the woman's eyes. That look tells her April knows who she is, or at least thinks she knows but seeing Saber is female is throwing her off.]

[Sadly, it's neither. The shock is from something completely different. After all, April wasn't kidding when she said she didn't know any legends.]

... I-I didn't know my home had any Kings before the war... I-I remember hearing about a Queen or something, but that was years ago... [She trails off, sighing quietly.] I-I'm sorry, I don't know who you are...

[Saber breathed a sigh of relief.] If you still count your years in centuries, my reign was at the end of the fifth century.

... Nope. The year is aroooound 2300 back home, so I'm gonna estimate that your reign was a really long time ago.

Close to two thousand years.

Yep, a really long time ago... I guess you're relieved that I don't know who you are?

I am. I would rather be seen as a knight, not a king.

Okay. Then I'll make sure to think of you as a knight from home, rather than a king.

Thank you. I appreciate it much.

I did not know you were British. What has become of my country? The last I was aware of its state, it was near year 2000.

You're welcome!

And, uh... Well... [Now she looks very nervous.] ... It's... changed a lot, but not in a good way...

[Her eyes turn even more serious than normal.]

What happened?

[April glances down at the floor for a moment, looking uncertain, before she sighs and looks back up at Saber.] ... There was a world-wide war a while ago, and it did a lot of damage. And now it.... it's basically a wasteland. Buildings are in ruins or destroyed completely, plants don't grow anymore...

... We're rebuilding, but it's a slow process right now.

[She frowns.]

...what caused this war?

Someone found a chemical in the ocean, one that could give people powers and make people live for longer. The countries started to harvest it for themselves and when the natural supply of it ran out, they started to attack each other in order to acquire more.

And who attacked Britain?

[She frowns in thought for a few moments, before shaking her head.]... No idea. Most of the exact details have been lost, but from what I know, it was a case of everyone attacking everyone. It was a short war, despite the damage it's done.

[For a moment, Saber gets a pained look and then looks down at her tea.]

I see. That is... unfortunate. It is easier to rebuilt when the enemy is known.

... Mmm... But, things are slowly getting better, at least. But, unless we can find someone still alive from the war, which was around 100 or so years ago, I doubt we'll ever know who the enemy was.

That is unfortunate. I would like to know who was responsible.

[So she could know who to hate.]

If I do manage to discover who did it while I'm here, I'll make sure to let you know.

Thank you, April. I appreciate it more than I can express.