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towerofanimus2013-09-07 04:40 pm
god_damned) wrote in towerofanimus2013-09-07 04:40 pm
To see a world in a grain of sand
Characters: Kirei Kotomine and OPEN
Setting: The Dormitories (1-04). Floor forty-eight (the graveyard). Aaaand wildcard meanderings which you can happily place at your leisure!
Format: Brackets.
Summary: Kirei wakes in the Tower and explores his new surroundings.
Warnings: General disclaimer that Kirei is an awful person, discussions of suicide in his thread with Claudia, and specifics will be added as necessary.
Dormitories
[ He reads the letter, and he feels nothing.
What should he feel? Sorrow? Perhaps another person would label his utter lack of response as a state of shock or disbelief, as if he were denying the gravity of the message. However, while Kirei is reserved about taking those words as full truth, it is not a fool's hope which motivates him to such skepticism. What was lost in that world that he could mourn? Very little, in the end.
However, there is the War he left behind – and with it, he left behind the Grail, and his one chance to have his questions answered.
Perhaps it isn't nothing after all, but the feeling in his chest is not that of an honest man. But does it matter? Now, there is no remaining trace of his life save for a trunk of impersonal, unimportant things.
Regardless, he opens it, changes into his vestments, and exits into the hall. ]
Floor Forty-Eight
[ It is only natural that he finds himself in a place like this.
The graveyard stretches before him: like an echo of the world which he has been told is gone. He steps toward and kneels before a stone, trying to read its worn lettering with no success. It is difficult for him to determine why he makes the effort; perhaps he expects to see a name he recognizes.
Perhaps he expects to see his own. ]
Wandering
[ It is similar to the day he woke with the Command Spells, in a way, when he finds himself in this place. He was thrust into a world of unknown to him, of magi and their Holy Grail War. At the beginning, he had not understood his involvement in such a battle. Then, he spoke to Archer...
Perhaps this Tower is the same: he does not understand it now, but he can explore. He can discover more of it, and of himself.
But will what he finds favor him, or destroy him? ]
Setting: The Dormitories (1-04). Floor forty-eight (the graveyard). Aaaand wildcard meanderings which you can happily place at your leisure!
Format: Brackets.
Summary: Kirei wakes in the Tower and explores his new surroundings.
Warnings: General disclaimer that Kirei is an awful person, discussions of suicide in his thread with Claudia, and specifics will be added as necessary.
Dormitories
[ He reads the letter, and he feels nothing.
What should he feel? Sorrow? Perhaps another person would label his utter lack of response as a state of shock or disbelief, as if he were denying the gravity of the message. However, while Kirei is reserved about taking those words as full truth, it is not a fool's hope which motivates him to such skepticism. What was lost in that world that he could mourn? Very little, in the end.
However, there is the War he left behind – and with it, he left behind the Grail, and his one chance to have his questions answered.
Perhaps it isn't nothing after all, but the feeling in his chest is not that of an honest man. But does it matter? Now, there is no remaining trace of his life save for a trunk of impersonal, unimportant things.
Regardless, he opens it, changes into his vestments, and exits into the hall. ]
Floor Forty-Eight
[ It is only natural that he finds himself in a place like this.
The graveyard stretches before him: like an echo of the world which he has been told is gone. He steps toward and kneels before a stone, trying to read its worn lettering with no success. It is difficult for him to determine why he makes the effort; perhaps he expects to see a name he recognizes.
Perhaps he expects to see his own. ]
Wandering
[ It is similar to the day he woke with the Command Spells, in a way, when he finds himself in this place. He was thrust into a world of unknown to him, of magi and their Holy Grail War. At the beginning, he had not understood his involvement in such a battle. Then, he spoke to Archer...
Perhaps this Tower is the same: he does not understand it now, but he can explore. He can discover more of it, and of himself.
But will what he finds favor him, or destroy him? ]
how did you boomerang that fast
My name is Kotomine Kirei. [ He offers this with a short bow. ] And yours?
it's my mission in life to frustrate people that way
[Even so, there really was little point to secrecy when half the tower knew his name and his Servant's. Not to mention he'd been generally up front with most of the others involved in the war even by extension.]
Waver Velvet. [Spoken flatly, as though he almost expected some form of reaction. Surely the war's mediator would have had some idea even as to the last minute and ill-suited Masters, right?]
i'm sorry that i'm a snail
How can that be? How warped is time in this place? ]
You survived the War. [ Kirei states this bluntly. He has no need to hide his own participation in the War. The man did not react to Kirei's name, so they certainly could not have been enemies. Nor did he expect him to be the kind of man to continue a battle outside of the Holy Grail War. ] And you've grown.
How long has this place kept you?
it is a-ok do not worry one bit u3u
[Waver folded his arms, put somewhat at ease by the lack of hostility. While it would be absurd to continue the war here, one never really could tell what kind of grasp on logic the average magus actually had. And though the Church did maintain peaceful relations in some measure with the Association, if Waver was to be honest he had to admit the organization as a whole put him on edge. Who the hell knew precisely how peaceful those relations even were to begin with or how quickly that could change, after all.]
Needless to say, it's been a long time. Forgive me for asking what probably sounds like a stupid question, but have we met? My experience doesn't quite seem to match with the general recollection of the war--thank Second damned Magic for that one.
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[ So he had told himself, but then pain had seared through the back of his hand and his Command Spells...
Kirei tightens his hand, idly, as he recalls Gilgamesh's encouraging words. ]
I am not your enemy.
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[Waver certainly seemed casual about the matter now, at least.]
It's complicated--actually, that summarizes the whole blasted place quite nicely in two words.
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[ His tone is blunt; not confrontational or judging. He is genuine. ]
I expected more men to resist their keepers.
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I should have specified there's certainly no war for the Holy Grail. Past that, this place is quite a considerable mess of things.
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[ He focuses on the graves, his eyes narrowing. ] I assume many of the ones named here were not so fortunate.
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[ He has heard about the monsters here. Is it simply a gentler way of saying that no one had seen them die, or something else? ]
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[Waver shrugged, sounding as though he'd long since stopped asking why the tower was impossible and instead opted to look for ways to deal with it.]
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[ Kirei is, technically speaking, still newly brought into the world of magi. There is much still beyond is skill, and his knowledge. ]