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[scorchedchivalry]

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.

Comments

[chainsawn]

A while. [ Apparently she doesn't think much of listening in on other people's conversations.. or, well, monologues. ]

I was just listening.

[scorchedchivalry]

Do you always eavesdrop on people you do not know?

[chainsawn]

Sometimes. ... Why, is it bad..?

[ She seems to be genuinely asking it, considering she's blinking a little as if she's curious. ]

[scorchedchivalry]

Many consider it rude to do so.

[chainsawn]

[ There's a pause as she has to think about it. Really, she doesn't know much about what most people think, just like she's only learned here what most people find weird and all.. it's difficult to get used to. ]

So then I should stop doing it..? [ Apparently she's not even sure of it herself. ]

[scorchedchivalry]

That would be wise. There are some that would see eavesdropping as reason enough to slay you. Or worse.

[chainsawn]

.. Ah. Yes, I know.. That's happened before.

[ Even though that wasn't exactly for eavesdropping, but not like she knows that.. ]

I can usually run away though..

[scorchedchivalry]

Why risk it?

[chainsawn]

[ She seems to hesitate for a moment - or maybe she's just so blank that she's a little slow. ]

I like it. Listening to other people like that, seeing what they do.. it's fun. It's like you get to know them.

[scorchedchivalry]

There are better ways to get to know someone without being rude or deceitful. To continue like that will greatly shorten the potential length of your life.

[chainsawn]

.. How then..? [ She moves her hands behind her back, one of them fiddling a little with the fingers of her other hand. ]

People don't notice me easily.

[scorchedchivalry]

Make them notice you. Walk up and introduce yourself.

[chainsawn]

I've already tried that with some people before, but.. they still ignored me. Maybe they didn't like me..

[scorchedchivalry]

Perhaps. Or they were busy with something else.

Make them notice you.

[chainsawn]

[ make senpai notice her, huh.. ]

.. How am I supposed to do that..?

[scorchedchivalry]

That depends upon your skills, child.

[chainsawn]

Oh, I can do a whole lot of things. .. I think. [ maybe someone else would not consider it 'a lot'.. ]

I'm just not sure if they're suited for that sort of thing.

[scorchedchivalry]

You think?

[Saber turned and focused her full attention on the girl.]

You should have confidence in your skills. What are they?

[chainsawn]

[ .. Oh! She's looking at her now, huh? Urotsuki actually thinks that's a good thing, so it makes her a little more eager to demonstrate. Out of seemingly nowhere, a chainsaw appears in her hands. ]

I use this.

[scorchedchivalry]

[...it was like she summoned her Noble Phantasm. What the hell kind of hero would have a chainsaw as a Noble Phanta--

Nevermind. It didn't matter, so Saber dismisses the pondering thought.]

And how did you call it forth?

[chainsawn]

How..? [ That makes her think more though. She's never really bothered with the how, it just appears when she wants it to, right? But everyone else said it's weird - ah, didn't Archer say it too? Usually people don't pull chainsaws out of nowhere.. ]

I don't know. I just can do this. .. Is that weird?

[scorchedchivalry]

For a human, yes. Are you a human, child?

[chainsawn]

I don't think I've ever been anything that's not human.. [ discounting some of her effects, but then again, she's human with most of them. ]

[scorchedchivalry]

...that is an odd way too answer that question.

[chainsawn]

Well.. people here have said that I'm weird, but I don't think I'm weird. But if I don't realise that, then I might be something other than a human too without realising it.