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Fate/esoterica

We now have two confirmed Masters who are childish enough to be scared of dying, and a grand total of... I think five female Masters? Also multiple female servants.

THIS IS A WAR WHICH MUCKS ABOUT WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

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Mira Grace

Dɪᴀʟᴏɢᴜᴇ Cᴏʟᴏʀ ✦ #8AB8E6 || Tʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ Cᴏʟᴏʀ ✧ #EBB40E

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As the remaining two Servants both departed just as swiftly as they'd come, Mira took a moment to catch her breath. The adrenaline slowly began to thin in her veins, and as she stopped pumping Prana through her circuits, the feeling returned slowly to her extremities, while the heat in her blood began to subside. Suddenly, she was... cold? Was this sweat across her brow? How long, she wondered, had her legs been shaking like this? She found herself gasping for air, before exhaling it in a sigh of relief.

"Two Servants on the way into the city alone... Perhaps I underestimated this war," She said shakily, adjusting her hat as she tried to process all that had just happened. The Master of Rider hadn't seemed keen on continuing the fight with them herself... and Rider's last speech to them had been almost friendly. Assuming he could be trusted, then that meant... he wouldn't attack them again until the war's end, right? Not having to worry about such a dangerous enemy would make things significantly easier for them, especially if they wanted to maintain a defensive strategy. Even if he didn't have Magic Resistance, Rider's speed alone might negate all the advantages provided by her home's Bounded Field, which would make clashing with him difficult even on her own home turf.

But what Berserker's Master had said also gave her pause. All she'd heard were her last words, but... what did she mean about Rider abandoning her Master? Why would an enemy care about such a thing? And that much aside, why would Rider want to give up on the one who supplied him with Prana in the first place? It made no sense... And what was all that talk about fate supposed to be?

No matter. Speculation would only get so far, and she could already feel a chill running up her spine. She'd thought she was relatively safe before, but... Just as she'd thought, the outside world really was terrifying! She wrapped her arms tightly around herself, clinging to what little warmth she had as her blood ran cold, her fingers fidgeting and fretting with the hem of her cloak. She hadn't even had time to notice that she was being attacked before Rider had already been upon them... Which meant even now, there might be other Servants hiding around every corner, just waiting for the chance to strike. Saber had been incredible, but could she really count on her to protect her from every single possible threat? Statistically speaking, it seemed like sooner or later, someone could get her. She couldn't just stand idly around here. It wasn't safe. Where would the next attack come from? Above? Behind? The flank? Below, even? Nowhere was safe.

"S-Saber, let's hurry and go, okay?" She tried her hardest to keep her teeth from chattering as she began muttering under her breath. "The outside... The outside isn't safe. Mother was really right, we can't afford to stray too far - not for long. They might even be watching me right now... Where? It doesn't matter. Let's hurry to the church and then go back. Let's try again on a different night. I don't... I don't want... No, no, no. Ah, I should have brought my broomstick... If we'd flown, this might never have happened...!" Her voice trailed off into an inaudible, squeaking whimper as she shook her head and set her eyes on the path ahead. Normally, she'd have taken off running just to get away from this terrifying place, but... Until Saber agreed to go with her, she didn't want to budge from the cursed ground she now occupied. She didn't want to move for a second if it might mean exposing herself to another attack! Her crows' eyes darted frantically across the ground all around, looking for even the slightest sign of movement. She couldn't find anything... But that only made her more afraid, since didn't that mean that if there was someone there, they were well and truly capable of approaching her without being discovered? Witches were supposed to work best at night, and Mira had never particularly feared the dark. But...

She knew better than to not be afraid of what lay hidden within it.

@VitaVitaAR@Blackstripe@Raineh Daze@Crusader Lord

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

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Fumika blinked at her new friend's sudden gesture of thanks, and then nodded a bit sheepishly. "You're welcome," She parroted back, as she'd always been taught. Formulaic interactions like these were easy enough to follow, although she wasn't terribly good at initiating them. Still... Yoshida seemed happy, so she'd managed to do it right, hadn't she?

She lapsed into silence after that, though, and he didn't seem inclined to break it for the moments that followed. Wait, was she supposed to say something? But she didn't really have much else to say... It would have been fine with her to just listen to him talk. He was good at talking. She could tell because whenever he smiled, it made her want to smile too. He was always very friendly and energetic and nice, and so listening to him talk as also nice, because she felt like he wanted her to hear him. It wasn't always that way with other people. Sometimes, it felt more like she just happened to be in their presence. Here, it felt like she was being talked to, and that made her happy.

Oh. She'd stopped paying attention again, because he hadn't been saying anything... He seemed to be watching the people who were slowly trickling back into the classroom. She, of course, hadn't noticed them either, but wasn't surprised to see them. After all, she'd expected the exercise to likely be over, so it was only natural that they'd be on their way back to class, just like Yoshida had said. Yoshida knew a lot of things, now that she thought about it. She was glad he had talked to her.

Then, all of a sudden, he spoke to her again, and she snapped to attention. "Okay seriously, we got the right room, right?" She nodded immediately, without any hesitation. After all, she'd seen the sign over the doorway quite clearly when she'd returned, and remembered it perfectly, even in her tired state. Besides, the view from the windows was the same, too, so there could be no mistaking it.

"This is the right room. There's no mistake," She confirmed absolutely, before leaning over towards Yoshida and tapping on his chair. "See? The main character seat is here."

As she straightened back up again, feeling a slight pain in her back as she did so - her bruises were still aching, try though she might to ignore them - a few more people returned to class. This time, Fumika recognized them immediately - the boy who'd introduced himself as Jett and held the door for her on her way into the classroom, and the shiny girl from the exercise, Mina. Yoshida called out to them, though, which made her curious - was he already friends with them? She hadn't realized.

Somebody else approached, too, but Fumika didn't have much data on her, since she'd only seen a glimpse of her before the exercise, and had no idea what her name was or what she could do. Yoshida seemed to be on good terms with her, though, since she was very enthusiastic when she greeted him, and addressed him by his first name. According to Haruka, that was a big deal, since she'd been surprised when Fumika had called her that on first meeting her. Personally, she didn't really get it, since more people shared family names than given names, so it had confused her a lot as a child. But people acted weird when she did it, so she'd stopped. In any case, Yoshida had only called her by her surname, so she'd done the same, but this girl didn't seem to have that problem... Did that mean they were best friends instead of just friends? Also, Fumika couldn't help wonder what an MVP was, though. Oh! But Yoshida was talking about her, so she couldn't afford to get too distracted wondering about things like that. Still, what he said was strange, and she wasn't really sure what he meant.

"Why am I a cookie?" She pondered, tilting her head to one side in that oddly bird-like sort of way as her antenna curled once again to the left. It might have just been a total coincidence caused by her lack of energy to keep it upright, but it still looked oddly like a question mark...

@Lucius Cypher@Zeroth

Fate/esoterica

@Raineh DazeWell, yeah, that was my assumption. Although, I guess Assassin might be in a bad way even if she one shotted Mira, since Saber wouldn't likely just let her walk away or give her the chance to re-conceal herself, so I guess there's still a chance for Mira not to just be insta-gibbed the moment she's finally gone outside. XD

Fate/esoterica

Wait, does Magic Resistance apply against Maria the Ripper? Because it's a curse, but it just takes the form of physical damage...

Fate/esoterica

Will whip up a Mira post later this evening. Although, with everyone else having left, there's no longer any logical reason for Team Assassin to not just off her, and there's really not much that can be done to stop them unless Jack somehow slips up - unlikely, to say the least - so I'm not liking her chances of getting out of this unscathed. ^^;

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@Raineh DazeEh, still highly unlikely. While I guess her Mystery might help her resist it - since in an odd sense, her Mystery rank might actually be HIGHER than Assassin's since she's a modern spirit and all - there's just the sheer volume and power of the curse to take into account. She'd have a better chance if she was inside her Bounded Field where her Origin gives her even higher priority, but out here, she'd be just as screwed as anyone else unless she realized somehow that Assassin was making her move and just had Saber nope them both with a Command Seal.

Although, if Assassin approaches to take her hostage or attack her, she might run afoul of the curses that Mira placed there in advance when she mistakenly assumed that Johanna was Assassin's Master, so that might also help her chances.

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Mira Grace

Dɪᴀʟᴏɢᴜᴇ Cᴏʟᴏʀ ✦ #8AB8E6 || Tʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ Cᴏʟᴏʀ ✧ #EBB40E

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Her plan seemed to be working. With the newfound power surging through her system, Saber had planted herself firmly on the brink of the crater, and in the split second that followed, Mira was able to discern her drawing her sword for a swift counterattack. This blow... if it hit, it might just turn the tide of the battle!

And yet, in the next instant, Rider swerved sharply, and where he'd just been standing was struck by... A third Servant?! But that didn't make any sense. Neither her Saber nor the girl's Rider had sustained any injuries as of yet, so why would a third party choose now to interrupt, when both of his prospective opponents were at their best? There was no tactical reason for it. If anything, it would only serve to make him the enemy of both of them. And, although she hadn't been able to hear much of their conversation over the roaring wind, she could hear Rider's master shouting an order to her Servant, clearly referring to the other woman who'd showed up to watch the fight.

The new Servant sprang into action. He appeared to be holding a staff of some kind... Was he Lancer? No, his bestial roar and transformation a moment later changed her suspicions. Suddenly, his earlier reckless charge into battle made more sense. Of course he wasn't fighting tactically - this was Berserker! He dived immediately for the woman who was evidently his master, pulling her out of the way as Rider circled to attack. But, at that moment, the magus launched a counter-attack towards the other Master. The ground began to split, cracking and crumbling away beneath her, as if to drag her under.

Mira made a split second decision then and there. Rider's Master had seemingly agreed to the terms of Saber's duel, and hadn't interfered. She'd also never made any directed attacks at Mira herself. So, she was probably willing to see reason and keep from endangering Mira's own life. However, this new woman... Had she been threatening the girl? It didn't make much sense why she'd suddenly snap like that otherwise... And she showed no hesitation in attacking a child, either. Between the erratic behavior of both her and her Servant, nothing was guaranteed. In that case...

Divide and shift. Three steps, two bodies, seal and displace!

The splitting earth beneath Rider's Master suddenly vanished completely, replaced by an untouched patch of loose dirt which sank only slightly beneath her feet. At the same moment, a few paces to the left of Mira, the ground split wide open and crumbled away. She breathed a sigh of relief. Even with her ravens scouting the area, and even though the substitution she'd just performed wasn't terribly complex - nothing more difficult than moving earth from one place to another by hand - it hadn't been easy to select the precise start and end points in such a short time. Even so, she'd managed it. The other Master wouldn't be in any immediate danger until she had the chance to prepare herself, and hopefully, she'd realize that Mira still intended to uphold the earlier terms of their engagement.

"I believe we agreed not to involve Masters in this battle, yes? Personally, I rather liked that arrangement," She said quietly, shaking her head. Of course, she'd rather not kill the other woman, either, hence why she'd only intervened defensively. But, at the same time, she didn't want to risk Saber trying to interrupt a fight between Berserker and Rider, both of whom seemed to be tremendously powerful, least of all to protect the life of a self-proclaimed enemy. These modern magi were one thing, but Heroic Spirits were quite another. In any case, so long as Saber didn't end up matched up against multiple enemies at once... It didn't quite sit well with her, but what other option was there at this point? Hopefully, they'd stand down, and if they didn't, then that meant that whatever happened to them was their own responsibility... didn't it? She was, as always, just defending herself. This was the only way to stay safe. Right... So, even if she didn't like it, she pressed on. It was already too late to turn back now.

Saber, I think we can count on Rider to uphold his word for the time being. These two, though... I have no idea what they'll do. For now, I think it's best if we deal with them before considering a battle against Rider. If all goes well, we may not even have to fight him, or at least might be able to relocate to a more advantageous position for you.

@Raineh Daze@Cu Chulainn@Blackstripe@VitaVitaAR

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@Seirei No HaiAlright, I'll post again as Mira for now, then. When you do post, feel free to include mention of a small rock skittering across the floor and tapping against Lancer's leg, so that we can get straight to the action. :D

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I'll hold off on making another Mira post until tomorrow, since it's already late here, and besides, I'll likely need to make a Lancer post soon once @Seirei no Hai gets the chance to post. So, until then.