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locked_down2018-09-01 08:15 pm
lockdownmods) wrote in locked_down2018-09-01 08:15 pm
Week 4
[ It's now Week 4 at Fayflower University. With the new week comes another memory, and a new floor to explore. That's nice, after everything, right? Right, of course it is.
However, other things have changed besides the floor access. The wall has always been a point of contention after the fiasco in week one. And then the frog, and now the investigation. However, going within three feet of the wall is oppressive now, in feeling. It feels as though you're being watched-- and targeted for something.
Be careful~]
However, other things have changed besides the floor access. The wall has always been a point of contention after the fiasco in week one. And then the frog, and now the investigation. However, going within three feet of the wall is oppressive now, in feeling. It feels as though you're being watched-- and targeted for something.
Be careful~]
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[ There's a shrug of his shoulders, laughing a little bit. ]
In reality, I'm just some unknown guy. I'm nothing. Quite literally, in fact. Besides, dyin' and coming back to life ain't something new. I remember dying a lot. So many times, in fact.
[ He can't stop laughing. It's kind of weird to have some semblance of control, even if he's aware that this personality of his won't last for long. ]
I don't know. The memory I got was recent, so I probably... well, if it wasn't looping anymore and I ended it, well. I probably wouldn't have been in this form anymore. This isn't my true form, after all. And well, formin' a contract... it's something that mostly people with high magical ability can do. Since it's a strain on the Master to provide mana for the Servant.
...Well. There is another way, but I'm sure you won't like it at all! And Waver-san is actually from the past of my world. I told him about the Holy Grail War, so he's probably going to attempt destroying the grail. But you see, that would mean that he's going to kill me. That's how it was supposed to be, after all. I gotta die so that everyone else'll be saved. Then again, the 'me' in the grail-- the tainted me that doesn't have a personality and is nothing but the demon that the people wished for-- will destroy so many lives.
[ He stops, for a moment and then his voice shifts. The way he speaks goes back to the way it was. As Shirou. ]
I won't be sad, though. There's nothing to be sad about. This was how it was supposed to end. Besides, my personality isn't real to begin with. It was just a fabrication-- one that was created using the person possessed by the 'nothing' as a sample.
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You.... have powers in your normal form then... correct? It... it could be that you're in this form, simply because of what they did to bring us all down to normal. We could... see if they could just not turn it off. If you could stay this way.
[Poe's face hardens. He may be fond of Waver, but don't think he won't try and stop him if Waver might kill Shirou with whatever he's going to do.]
As for Waver... what is this Holy Grail War? What is a Master? What's a Servant? Is... is that related to what Alexander was asking the first day we were here? Also... You said you need to be destroyed so that everyone will be saved... is... is there no other way?
[And as for that personality thing...]
Does it matter if the personality you have now started out as a copy of someone else? People are dynamic creatures... you are already different from the Emiya Shirou your personality came from. You have new memories now that he will never have. Memories of this terrible experience, yes, but memories nonetheless.
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[ As the one teaching a clueless person about what the Holy Grail War is, anyway. But where to start... ]
Simply put, the Holy Grail War-- Fuyuki's Holy Grail War was a ritual, where seven people, magi, the Masters summon Servants of different classes. The seven classes are Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin and Berserker. These Servants, however, are Heroic Spirits. And heroic spirits are generally ancient heroes from the past. There are a few exceptions, though, but I don't want to make this too complicated.
Anyway, each Master is then granted Command Seals.
[ He lifts his left hand, revealing the command seals tattooed on there. ]
These Command Seals are what prove that someone is a Master. And it allows them to command their Servant for up to three times. If the Master loses all their Command Seals, they lose their right to the Grail, along with the ability to keep their Servant intact in this world.
Angra Mainyu is an exception... in regards to the class system. He was summoned as an Avenger, but was sucked into the Grail before the fourth Holy Grail War. That's when he became a demon that people wished for. Because Angra Mainyu, he...
He was a useless nobody. A person whose name isn't recorded in any history books. Nobody remembers it. Not even me. He was used as a sacrificial lamb to pay for everyone's sins. In order to keep people pure and free from sin, they threw all the sins onto one person and deemed that person "all the evil in the world". That's what tainted the grail. I told you, didn't I? About the Fuyuki Fire? It was Angra Mainyu that caused that. And Angra Mainyu also caused Sakura so much pain...
[ He hates it so much. He wants to curse himself to hell for that. It hurts. It hurts. ]
I... suppose that might be true. But I always acted like Emiya Shirou in those situations. A lot of it was due to the memories that I have of that past.
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[Poe quietly listens to the explanation about the Holy Grail War. He... thinks he understands how this is functioning now. At the end he just.... counts to three and tries to control his emotions. After a few moments, he speaks.]
Okay... I have one last question I have about the Holy Grail War. What happens when the Grail is claimed? As for the rest of what you said though...
[A tightly controlled anger slips into his voice.]
What was done to Angra Mainyu... was ridiculous. People are never going to be pure and free from sin.... Whoever thought that just... foisting all their sins onto one person and calling them "All the evil in the world" would do that... they were an imbecile. There's always going to be more sin and evil in the world. And... As for Angra Mainyu causing the Fuyuki Fire... did Angra Mainyu do that knowingly or did it simply happen?
[There's a huge difference in culpability between the two.]
Finally.... consider this. You are Angra Mainyu, but with the memories and personality of Emiya Shirou, correct? And along with the new memories made here... could you be considered to be neither of them... but an combination of them? A new person, if you will.
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But that wish wouldn't be properly granted in the end, due to the fact that the grail was corrupted to begin with.
In the end, all the Masters were used as tools for the summoning ritual. Because they needed the souls of the Heroic Spirits to recreate the Third Magic.
[ tl;dr: The three founding families of the War fucking suck. ]
It wasn't just a single person who did that -- it was many people. They needed a scapegoat and just a random person for it. And that's how he became Angra Mainyu. He took on everyone's sins and died with those sins carved onto his body. [ He's stating this rather matter of factly. ] As for the Fuyuki Fire... no, he didn't have any control over it. At that point, Angra Mainyu was just simply as I said before. He didn't have any shape or form. He was simply a hollow shell. One without a personality, or name, or even a real body.
That could be possible. If I'm a completely new person. I'd... like that. But I can't stay like this forever. I promised that we'd one day find the object that turned off everyone's abilities and either turn it off or destroy it. And when that happens, I probably won't be able to hold onto this form.
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Then at worst the Fuyuki Fire was Involuntary Manslaughter. But really... can you even be blamed for those deaths anymore? If Angra Mainyu wasn't sentient... then wasn't he just essentially the weapon used to cause the Fuyuki Fire? Shouldn't the one who released him be blamed?
[As for the object that turned off everyone's abilities....]
That object... do we even know exactly how it works? Depending on how it does... there could be ways we could work around it. Everything has limitations... and I'm sure this object probably has them too.
[It could have an specific range... or it could be modified to target only Shirou/Angra. Or... God, Poe knows he's reaching, but if it's possible, then he does not want to loose someone he actually cares about to something other than murder. If there's a possibility for Shirou/Angra to live... then he's going to try and find it.....]
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[ He shakes his head, however. ]
I don't know. What I do know is that... I don't want my powers to be sealed just simply to keep me around.
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[He's... not happy with this answer... but... it's not his choice in the end.]
So.... then the you we know now... will either disappear at the end of this... or die here.
[Both terrible options.]
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I want to spend the most time with everyone before either of those things happen.
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[This is fine. Right. Well. Time to ask the other probably important question this brings up.]
Right... um.... do... do you... do you still want to be called Emiya Shirou... or do you want to be called something else?
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[ He shrugs. ] I'm not particularly attached to either of my names. So the name of the host is fine.
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[He pauses.]
Are you... are you planning on telling the others?
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[He sounds awkward, but he means it.]
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