[@Turboshitter]

Giorgio Armadi
[Mion River, Under the Bridge]

Oh. It appeared that Giorgio had made a mistake. As he had originally thought, perhaps the Berserker he had summoned might not have had a lot of anything intelligent to say. In fact, perhaps the garble of sound were less barbaric than this woman’s current actions and statements. 

Berserker had assaulted her own Master, pinning them against the wall in a grip which acted as a vise to the backing of a wall under the bridge. Hardly able to breath,  Giorgio might have been in more trouble had the other truly wanted to hurt him. After all, Giorgio, able to discern their own Servant’s stats, were able to see rather high parameters in most respects. This woman was a warrior through and through, and a mad one at that. Perhaps it was all clear now as to why the Woman had been summoned as a Berserker. All too clear.

His Servant, identifying themselves as Penthesilea, a name that Giorgio recognized as the queen of the amazons during the Trojan wars. A person who had fought against Achilles, dying in the process. Of course, Giorgio did not really have a complete grasp of her identity besides but a few passing-glances. Perhaps later he could dig up more information regarding her identity? But to be compared to one of the great heroes of Greek Mythology in terms of looks was not the worst thing to Giorgio. Though, perhaps Penthesilea did not mean this in the kindest of ways. 

At least, he would have considered this option a lot more in the event that there wasn’t a rather constraining hand around his neck. As one would expect, one’s ability towards rational thought tended to decrease in capacity during a “strangling”. Or perhaps this was a shakedown? Giorgio had, during his time, done actions similar to this, but had never truly been on the receiving end of the stick. It felt rather … bad might be an apt means of putting it. 

For a moment, Giorgio considered utilizing a Command Seal to stay his Servant’s rage. After all, a Servant is but tool to the Magus in the end. Though, Giorgio was not the sort of person to want to force another to back down through force if he did not need to. Giorgio preferred to fight others with his thoughts rather than straight-up violence, or in this case, powerful bursts of prana written as a spell on the hand. Even if this “person” was merely a Servant, a projection from the throne of Heroes, summoned by the Grail in order to do battle against other Servants, he would still like to consider his Servant as a “person” rather than the contemporary idea of magi thinking of familiars as mere tools. 

[color=Gold] “W-Well so much for hoping to get along,” [/color] Giorgio said, a tad bit dejected being an understatement. If it was Giorgio’s Servant, they should have been more closely related to himself. A Servant who is not one to talk is not someone that Giorgio would consider good company. After all, this was more or less a “game” of sorts to Giorgio. To have fun and to test himself against others. Such a backwater magi war tended to be less interesting to Giorgio than anything else. Someone who preferred a bottle of wine and an evening of music than the likes of a war. It might be odd for someone like Giorgio to consider joining this, but perhaps a change of pace is always needed in life. Happens to make it less dull, and to be a dullard was to not live at all. 

But Giorgio could not really say that a “change of pace” he would be looking for was being nearly choked by some woman who demanded he refer to her as either “Queen” or “Mistress”. After all, he was not some degenerate that enjoyed these sorts of rough foreplay. 

[color=Gold] “I suppose it is a bit too late to discuss the war over a bottle of Moët de Chandon? Honestly, when you grabbed me I considered using a Command Seal against you, but since you are so … ‘ kind’ … as to lessen your grip, I suppose that it would not be necessary. [/color]"

[color=Gold] “However, that does not mean that you can simply attack me like that. Even if you do not wish to think highly of me, and even if you don’t want to win the Grail War with me, I am still your Master. Though I would rather not win your charm off of something as petty as a Command Seal, I would have to say that I also think dying in a petty way in a dispute with my Servant the moment they are summoned is not exactly in my ‘to-do-list’ for the day. If you offer me your Blade I will fight besides you. If not, I cannot say I have much of a reason for this war. However, being a legendary hero, there must be something you want from the Grail. I might be a sleeping slave to fate, but others try and break out of their destiny. Perhaps you are one of those people? As for the whole “Queen” thing, I don’t have too much of an understanding of it. They abolished the monarchy long before I was born in my country. The only “Queen” I know is Mercury, May, Taylor and Deacon. A name is just a name though. If that is really what you want me to call you, I want to get an alternate name as well. The Emperor is me, Giorgio!” [/color] 

... Alright, even if Berserker was willing to call Giorgio that, he would not not want her to call him that. It seemed a bit...silly. Either way, that was his cheeky way of saying "no" to Berserker.