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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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I would think it is hard to confuse being non-human with being human.

Then.. how do you know for sure that you're human? [ blink. ] If there's a way, I'll go try right now.

Were your parents human?

I thinkt they were. They never told me otherwise..

Then it is most likely they were human, therefore so are you.

I see, so I'm human after all.. [ she nods. ] .. Thank you for helping me figure it out. That's very kind of you.

[Saber reaches out to place her hand on top of the girl's head.]

Thanks are not required. Simply try not to listen in on my conversations again.

.. I won't. It's a promise.

[ And despite the blankness it seems genuine enough. After all, she likes the sort of headpat enough to nearly smile a little. ]

[...this girl is so weird.]

Do you have a name, child?

[ That's still an understatement, Saber.. ]

Urotsuki. I'm Urotsuki.

I am called Saber.

.. Ah. Your name's a little like the others.. Like Archer's. [ Not that she even sees the connection, she's purely going off name similarities here. Since she's just that weird. ]

It is, yes. [No point in denying it.]

It's cool. And a little special. .. I'm glad that a person like you got a name like that.

Why do you see it as special? It is just the name of a type of sword.

It's the name of a sword..? [ blink, apparently she didn't even know that much. ]

I just thought it was a little cool since it sounds foreign. Or maybe a little like a superhero's name.

Those of us with names like that were indeed once heroes.

[ despite the blankness, something in her eyes almost seems to light up. ]

Really..? I knew it. There's really a reason why all of you are so cool.

...cool?

Yes, cool. It means that you're.. .. um..

[ .. give her a moment to silently think of how to explain it. ]

It means you're really amazing.

I know what the word means. I am just unsure how I am 'cool'.

Well.. I think you're pretty smart. You just taught me a few things, after all. [ a small nod. ] I think that people who can teach others things like that are very cool, since they're so wise.

And being a hero is very, very cool too. Probably even more cool.

[Saber thinks about it a moment.]

Very well. I will accept your words.