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Characters: Saber (Alter) and You!
Setting: Dorms (Room 1-09), Graveyard (floor 48) and Forest (Floor 32)
Format: Starting Action, but I'll match.
Summary: A 'gift' from home makes Saber think on the past maybe a bit too much.
Warnings: none expected, but remember no superpowers on 32nd floor

[Dorm]

[When Saber had seen the basket of food, she was quite happy. After having been ill and with the limited food, she'd barely eaten anything all month. Of course, being a Servant, she didn't require food, but she so did love to eat. And then she saw what kind of food it was in the basket - things she hadn't had since she walked the hills of her homeland.

It made her go to hide it in her trunk and that's when she saw it. Wrought of the finest gold, sparkling sapphires inlaid into the band... it was her crown. The royal crown of King Arthur. She picked it up and held it before her, pale eyes drinking in the treasure. She could tell it was hers and not a reproduction; a king knows his crown.

Walking away from the trunk, she hesitantly put it on her head. It fit as she remembered, the weight as it should be and it rest perfectly. And then her eyes widened and she snatched the crown off her head. No, no, no, she didn't want to be king anymore. She wanted to reset things, change her destiny... redo the selection. Save Britain from herself.

So it was laying on her back holding the crown above her, turning it slowly in her hands with a distant look in her eyes, Saber would be found in Room 1-09. The door was half-open, unnoticed by Saber, as she thought about the past.]

[Graveyard]

[Saber walked through the graveyard, past stones, until she came to one that was broken. In rubble at her feet - the letters S BE visible in a few pieces - she stared down at the stone. She now knew who this grave belonged to. It was her own, but not her own. And so, thinking she was alone, she spoke to it in a quiet voice.]

A battle has been fought and is now over. Place your sword upon the ground and rest in the temporal peace. After dozing in the warmth of a dream, a new day will begin. The days keep passing by...

And we still chase the same star we once saw.

[Saber folded her hands into her greatcloak and bowed her head.]

Forest Floor 32]

[To clear her mind, Saber chose the forest where she felt the most human. Here her prana was quiet and she had to rely on skills and knowledge learned from her childhood, her time as a squire, and not the might of a Heroic Spirit. It was calming.

Quietly, she moved through the forest, downwind, as she tried to sneak up on a grazing deer. She was close, waiting patiently behind cover, when something made the deer raise his head, antlers brushing the branches above. And then it took off, having noticed whoever came upon Saber in her game of skill.

Sighing, she stood up, revealing her concealed presence.]

...great.

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[Saber looks over, lowering the crown to rest upon her chest.]

My crown.

A crown...? I thought you were a knight.

[She walks over, looking down at it curiously. It's really a beautiful crown; she'd never seen anything so fancy before in her life, with jewels and gold like that]

I am a knight.

[Saber sits up, crown in her hands, and sighs.]

But I am also king.

A king? Wow... wait.

If you were a king... and a knight of the round table... wouldn't that make you...?

Arthur.

[She set the crown down on the bed next to her.]

So you're King Arthur...

[Wait...whaaaat?]

How does that work!?

My true name is Arturia Pendragon. I am the true and rightful heir of Uther Pendragon.

...my gender was concealed for the king could not be female, so history remembers me as Arthur.

Ooooh... wow, to think something like that had been hidden all this time!

[She blushes and flusters a bit]

And to think I've been cooking for a King this whole time!

The King is quite pleased with you, Kazumi. And I would still rather be seen as a knight instead of a king.

Eheheh... I'm glad you approve.

Is that why you kept it hidden? That you were a king...

Partly. Also, if my enemies in the Holy Grail War were to know my true identity, they would be able to gleam strengths and weaknesses.

Ohh, that makes sense. Is that why you all have names like Saber and Caster then?

Exactly. Those are out Class names. They give an idea of what our capacities are, but not who we really are as many Heroic Spirits that can be summoned into one of many classes.

Ohhh. Oh! [Now it finally hits her "seibaa" is the word "saber"] Eheh, so of course Saber is a Knight!

Close. There are three knight classes: Saber, Lancer and Archer. The Saber Class favors close combat with a sword. The Lance Class prefers mid-range combat with a polearm and the Archer Class favors long-range combat.

[She would like to say with a bow, but both Archers she knows uses swords...]

Ohh, that makes sense. And of course, you have the famous sword, Excalibur, right?

I do. Excalibur is my noble phantasm. I do not use it often because once I do, I am unable to hide my identity.

Ohh, right. Not much point if you wave around something you're well known for.

I guess that means you can't go around wearing the crown much, can you?

I will not be wearing my crown. It will be locked away in my trunk with other remnants of a time gone past.

I am a knight, and that is all I wish to be.

Mm, okay. I'll be sure not to tell anyone as well.

It's kind of a shame though... it is really pretty.

And far too valuable to be displayed. If you ever wish to look upon it again, you need but ask.

Oh, thanks. Eheh, well, once is enough. I wouldn't want you to be revealed if someone walked in while I was looking.

So have you always had this with you?

No. I found it this morning.

Oh? Maybe it's like a Christmas gift then!

Perhaps. Not a gift I ever wanted, though. But it is as it is.

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