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[nonacquiescent]

Characters: Waver Velvet nonacquiescent  and open
Setting: The media room (floor 14) December 31st-January 1st and the halls/room 1-16 on January 1st
Format: Starting action but I can match if you want some intense video gaming prose
Summary: It's not like Waver likes video games or anything. Don't get the wrong idea.
Warnings: Proobably nothing

Floor 14, December 31st

[Waver headed down to the media room in the afternoon, planning to pick out a video game to play for a few hours, just until dark, so he could get back to his room without running into any monsters. Of course, he quickly gets caught up in it and forgets to look at the time.  He had an important campaign going, so he couldn't just stop in the middle of it!  By the time he realises it, it's already well over the time he had to leave in order to avoid the monsters.  ...So there's nothing wrong with playing for a little while longer, it makes no difference by now. It's better than going to sit in his room.

He probably needs to stop playing games of conquest, though. He doesn't want to be caught at all, but it will look especially bad if he's seen with that kind of game. After a little while he slinks off to look at the other games. Maybe an RPG, or an FPS...he hates that he's coming to learn these terms, but, there's really nothing else to do in the tower, so...!! As long as no one finds out, he's good.

Oh yeah, he's still wearing that Christmas sweater he got. There's a teddybear on it.]

Floor 14, January 1st

[Eventually he falls asleep, controller in hand, and within a few minutes, in big red letters, 'GAME OVER' flashes on the screen. He'll be upset once he realises, possibly more as someone sleeping outside their room is a pretty easy target for all kinds of pranks and such...]

Halls or room 1-16, January 1st

[Once he does wake up and realise he's been in the media room all night, Waver quickly hurries back to his own room, desperately hoping he doesn't run into anyone he knows and have to explain himself, since it's pretty early for him to be up for the day already.  And once he gets back to his room, it's a quick dash into bed. You'd think he was doing something illegal with all that desperation for secrecy.]

Comments

[nonacquiescent]

[Rude, Archer?!]

What?! I do so! Someone who isn't a Master or Servant can't win the Grail, right?!

... [He sighs, giving in a bit.] I don't want it anyway, I have nothing to wish for. I don't think Rider does either, not as long as we're here. If he wanted to, fine, I guess, but I don't see that happening.

[swordedpast]

That's a lie.

[ He says this in a matter-of-fact manner, with only the most casual of judgments. ]

The Grail wouldn't have chosen you in the first place if you didn't have a wish, so why wouldn't you keep fighting for it as long as you live?

[nonacquiescent]

[Waver frowns, another sigh escaping him.]

I realised it was frivolous, and I shouldn't have entered the war. ...That's all.

[swordedpast]

Is that so...?

[ And his next words are just as casual. ]

Then you died, back in your world? I mean, people who abandon their course don't really live long in the Holy Grail War.

[ He might sound slightly bitter; it's to cover up the surprise that still shows a little in his eyes. ]

[nonacquiescent]

No way! Actually, I think I might have been only one of two to survive.

[Himself and Kirei, of course. It's not like Kiritsugu would have lived and fostered some kid, right??

Although he knows he would have died several times over if not for Rider.]

[swordedpast]

Hmm. Maybe you're more formidable than you look, Rider's Master.

[ His voice is grudging, and after a moment, he has to add something-- ]

And more formidable than your gaming skills suggest.

1/2

[nonacquiescent]

Heh, well, you're not the first to underes-

[nonacquiescent]

That only happened because I fell asleep...!! It doesn't reflect on my ability at all!

[swordedpast]

Ah, I see.

Then if you fall asleep when being hunted by an enemy's Servant, you'll get a do-over instead of a blade through the heart, I guess? Because it doesn't reflect on your ability.

[ Now he's just being a jerk. ]

[nonacquiescent]

Who would fall asleep then?! That's just stupid! A game is just that, a game, there's no pressing need to be one hundred percent attentive!!

[swordedpast]

Get used to letting your guard down when it matters little, and it becomes easy to do it when your life is on the line. That's a really simple philosophy...you lived through the war with such a sloppy mindset?

[nonacquiescent]

No way! I'm always careful when it matters even remotely! I've beaten this level already, so it doesn't matter at all here.

[Because it would be a world of difference if he hadn't, then he would have to give it his all for sure. Although even in this case it's embarrassing, really, but he can't just admit to that...]

[swordedpast]

Then--

[Wait, what?]

What the hell, kid. Why are you playing a level you've already beaten?

[nonacquiescent]

To beat my own score, obviously. Just beating the level doesn't say much about your skill.

[swordedpast]

[He has to grudgingly admit--]

That makes sense.

[nonacquiescent]

Of course it makes sense, why else do you think I would be doing it?

[swordedpast]

Because you're an insufferable child with meaningless pastimes? That's only a guess. I don't have all the answers.

[nonacquiescent]

[Gettin' real tired of your shit, Archer.]

I'm definitely not a child...!

[swordedpast]

Hmm. A foolish young man, then?