WEEK ONE

[lockdownmods]

[ Well that Orientation... happened. Whether you feel more informed or not, the truth remains. Here you are, within Fayflower University. You have your run of the campus, indoors and out.

There's also your tablets to play with. There are several apps-- and even a game! They didn't leave you without some entertainment. The music is a bit dated though...

And should you wish, there's still time to talk to the "staff" in a more... private setting. The office. They're not hard to find. Well-- your Professor, Han and Megumi aren't. Oswald is a bit more... difficult. ]

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[swordsinternally]

Yeah, it is. I don't mind hearing your thoughts, though.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Alright. I um... apologize for how grim this is going to sound.

[How to break this theory gently....]

The only other instances of quotation marks around a name was with Tess' nickname. So they use it for things the person goes by that's not their full name.

[Poe lays out his own tablet and navigates to the profile screen.]

In a considerable amount of the profiles, you can find links between the person's title and something in their other information. Such as Gogol's like of birds linking to his title as Apprentice Avian or Grantaire's title referring to him being an skeptic.

[He hopes Shirou is following so far...]

It lists 'identifying swords and creating fakes' in your skills. So presumably that is where your title is from. Apprentice Faker. But why just put that and not Sword Faker? I.... can only guess that it might have a double meaning of some sort.

[He.... has theories on the double meaning, but.... would they even be possible? It... seems kind of cruel to say out loud.]

I... um... I... I want to first state that this is pure speculation and you should absolutely be skeptical of it. So.... um.... ah.... well...

[Poe takes a deep breath and folds his hands together. Come on. Say it.]

I... I think that faker could possibly be an... um... referential title like Grantaire's. So your title is saying you are either a fake or otherwise fake a lot. The... the former is supported if you consider that those could be Scare quotes around your name.... I... ah. Can explain those if you... um don't know what they are... but ah... a way to to think of it is as if they put 'So called' in front of your name..... Is.... is that even a good example?

[Poe trails off muttering to himself. He's been growing increasingly uncomfortable explaining his thought process and well.... telling someone they might be a fake is both outlandish and cruel.]

But! I... I could- no- probably am wrong! It's an outlandish idea I never would have entertained before yesterday and um...! Well.... once you've met an alien, an android from the future, and numberous other things that repeatedly shatter your world view in the course of an hour... well... most things seem possible after that. So this theory... its... not something I personally believe. It's... it's just a theory cobbled together from context clues and comparison. In all likelyhood, it's just whoever put these things together being insulting.

[Backtracking to avoid hurt feelings like an pro there Poe.]

Besides! If you were a fake, you would probably know it!

[...Unless the memory loss theory is true. But um. Let's not.]

......God. At this rate I'll turn into a conspiracy theorist. It's... it's probably either the other option of them saying you fake things a lot or them just not choosing to clarify what kind of faker you are. Just.... forget the conspiracy theory level speculation. It's ridiculous and I feel ridiculous for sharing it.

[.... just. Let him die of embarrassment now.]

[swordsinternally]

Ah, yeah, I can make fake copies-- or rather, imitations of swords, but that title might be because of what that bastard calls me...

[ Since Gilgamesh actually does call him a Faker. It's decisively annoying to the point where he considers Gilgamesh to be one of his natural enemies alongside the shitty fake priest and Archer. ]

But Emiya Shirou isn't a nickname. It's my actual full name. I mean, I wasn't born with the 'Emiya' last name since I was adopted, but... it really is my actual name. And I don't think I'm a fake. Or that I would be faking anything. At least, I don't think so. I mean, I think I get what you mean by scare quotes, though.

I don't think it's funny or even the slightest bit ironic. It is true that this situation is definitely strange, though.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

[Oh. Oh thank god he's not offended. He's lucked out.]

Ah. So... that's... that's probably it then. A reference to your Ability or what you are called by that uh.... person.

[Is... is he supposed to comfort him or something? Or is it fine to just continue?]

I ah... um... I see.

[He... relates to being adopted.]

Well. If... if it's any consolation, you are not the only one with rather terrible or confusing titles.

[swordsinternally]

[ It's honestly pretty difficult to offend someone who is barely a shell of person, so he's fine. Besides, Shinji is a lot worse than this guy is... ]

Yeah. That's why I wasn't really bothered by that title, since it's not necessarily untrue in terms of my abilities. I haven't tried using them here yet, though.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

I see... Well. I haven't tried using my Ability yet either. Either they don't keep any books other than textbooks on campus... or I've been looking in all the wrong places.

[swordsinternally]

Well, I could attempt using mine, even though it won't help anyone get out.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

If you wish. There's no harm in trying.

[swordsinternally]

[ Shirou puts his hand out and then says the two words, chanting it like a spell: ]

... Trace, on.

[ But there's nothing. ] That's... weird.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

.....Nothing happened.

[Well that's... concerning.]

[swordsinternally]

Yeah. I couldn't even feel my magic circuits. It's like I couldn't access them, or something.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

.... Magic Circuits.

[So magic is a thing now too. Wonderful.]

[swordsinternally]

Yeah. That's how I'm able to use magic. But they shouldn't be blocked, since they're a part of my body...

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Could... could they be removed somehow? Or... blocked?

[swordsinternally]

I don't think they can be removed. I mean... they'd probably have to rip my circuits out to do that and if that happened, I probably wouldn't be standing properly like this. Blocked is possible, but I'm not sure how it would be done.

I'm not well versed in magic, though, to know the answer.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

I.... I see.

[He... thinks he's following so far?]

So it's most likely being blocked then.

[swordsinternally]

... yeah.

But that just makes me wonder: by what?

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Some sort of... anti-magic perhaps?

[He can't believe he is seriously suggesting that. This is his life now.]

[swordsinternally]

Maybe? But how would it even work?

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

I... have no idea. I only just learned that magic apparently exists from you.

[Why is this his life.]

We... could try asking Megumi-chan about this maybe. Or Han.

[He favors the former personally, but the latter is still fairly decent so far.]

They did give answer some questions when we asked about them, so perhaps they will answer this one as well.

[swordsinternally]

I could definitely ask later. Since I also wanted to ask about the kitchen, too.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

I... was planning on seeing Megumi-chan soon anyway as well... I want to ask if she's managed to locate Karl yet....

[Where in the world is his sweet precious innocent Karl???]

[swordsinternally]

We can both ask in that case, then. See if they give us different answers and then confer.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

A good plan.

[Poe nods to himself. Hm..]

Or... how about this. You ask Han and I ask Megumi-chan. That way, we have two separate sources' answers to compare to each other.

[swordsinternally]

Exactly what I was thinking. Feel free to find me whenever you have an answer.