FujiwaraPhoenix

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Uehara Mitsuki

Given his own upbringing, it was hard for Mitsuki to not agree (at least, in part) with what his Servant was saying. Practicing onmyoji brought with it all of the traditions that the practice had been steeped in, which included regular visits to the shrine where his grandparents lived. Jumping between the city and the more rural regions of Japan made him feel like he was traveling through time. That wasn't a bad thing, per se, but...

"I suppose that industrialization would have that sort of effect on people. Even so, I think that's partially why people come to places like this every now and then despite having so much else to do," he responded with a shrug of his shoulders. "Personally, I think that losing that connection is fine, so long as it isn't forgotten. The past is meant to inform the present to pursue the future and all that, right?"

The suggestion of a picnic had piqued his interest, though; if it was earlier in the year, he would have followed it up with a suggestion for cherry blossom viewing with friends, but now?

Well, summer seemed a good a time as any to try and buy into foreign traditions and do an American barbecue or something. With a city like Fusang, it wouldn't be difficult to try and do something like that if they got enough people on board...

Right?

"Sure, I wouldn't mind a picnic or something like that," Mitsuki said, nodding his head. "You know, I've never actually had a chance to try your cooki..."

Before he could finish his sentence, though, the sight of a rather energetic young woman escorting a far more disheveled one through the park had caught his attention. Though it was not his place to intervene in the affairs of others, something about how panicked the latter was worried him, if only a little.

"...Hm... Archer, I'm going to poke my head over there for a bit. For some reason, I feel like that lady's going to collapse from exhaustion any second now," he said, gesturing towards the pair in question. Without waiting for a response, Mitsuki promptly walked over, raising one hand as he called out to them.

"Hey, uh, 'scuse me, but... Is she doing all right?" he asked the girl leading the way, gesturing towards her companion once she had noticed him. "It looks like she's pretty out of breath, so..."

@KoL@Raineh Daze@RolePlayerRoxas

Alter Ego — Meltryllis

With the figure now in her possession, Meltryllis was at least open to listening to her Master's (somewhat uneasy) request for her to buy some clothing. Of course, the Alter Ego had to take a moment to consider what that entailed; after getting those (rather unsightly) 'replacement' prosthetic legs, she was in no real mood to have a change of clothes picked out for her.

With that said, being able to pick her own outfit out was a different story entirely.

"Mmm... Sure, I suppose. A change of clothes wouldn't be bad in this day and age," she said, nodding her head in agreement. "Fine, then; I suppose I'll simply have to keep this figure safe until we're done, then."

---

Putting her own attachment to the figure aside, Nanako had been surprisingly prompt in bringing her over to a clothes store. Nothing inside looked particularly bad at first, but being as picky as she was, "okay" wouldn't do.

"Hm... A lot of these clothes are sort of..." she trailed off, her eyes darting around before they seemed to fall on a single article of clothing.

"That looks like it would do. Could you take that off the rack there? I want to try it on."

A large jacket with a black-and-white motif that would be all-too-familiar to Nanako was what had caught her eye, and at this point, it was probably far less 'open' than what she was wearing right now. The price tag, however...

@VitaVitaAR

Inside The Jewelry Store

As far as things were going right now, the five thugs conducting their heist had found no better success than with the new tools that they had picked up. It had cost them a pretty penny, mind, but given how all of the clueless idiots outside seemed to not be doing a damn thing and their luck in finding a place without any Masters in sight?

Well, they were about to make off with a hell of a lot more than they had spent to get to this point in the first place.

Just as one of the thugs had just about finished cleaning out one of the displays, though, another seemed to be nudging him and pointing out the broken window towards the street. There was good reason to do so, of course; a Servant (and one of the most famous ones in the city at that) had just turned to look towards them.

Not only that, but she had just transformed and barreled inside, ignoring the illusion that had been set in place.

"Shit! Elle, you're up!" the former called out, deciding to abandon getting the rest of the accessories inside in favor of escaping. "Kenji, you too!"

With a nod, the two in question quickly pulled out a set of vials from the insides of their clothing and, without asking for confirmation, promptly threw them all on the ground around them before grabbing what they had gathered and beginning to run.

Immediately, the liquid within spilled out as the vials shattered, and before long a set of magic circles had inscribed themselves into the floor without any need for them to do the work themselves. As the thieves hastily attempted to make their exit, the circles began to glow an ominous purple color, and before long, a pair of shadowy human facsimiles seemed to materialize from within their boundaries.

Their targets, of course, were simple; the Servant standing in front of them, and the people who were on the ground, unable to move as they had done their work.

@VitaVitaAR@Rin

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

@1Charak2: Helena fine. Accepted.

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Uehara Mitsuki

Mitsuki quietly contemplated his Servant's suggestion before nodding his head in agreement. As far as things went, a nice walk in the park would prove to be more useful to him than trying to find something to do back at home. Of course, finishing his food came first, but given that it was almost done anyways...

"Park it is, then; I don't think this is the occasion for a visit to any of the beaches on the island... Or any of the religious establishments, for that matter," he said, polishing off his slice of pizza before cleaning his mouth. Of course, paying at the counter meant that they could just walk out, so long as they didn't leave a mess behind. Self-service was nice like that sometimes.

---

Given the time of day, it was no surprise that there would be people of all sorts walking around Fusang Park; their reasons may have been varied, but the amount of people present, though not impossibly dense, did show that even in a city surrounded by the hustle and bustle of city life, people could still appreciate some nature in their lives.

Of course, there was a zoo and botanical garden here as well, but that was far from their goal today.

"You know, I'm always surprised at how large this place is," Mitsuki mentioned offhandedly, his hands in his pockets as he glanced around. "Though I guess some Servants might get uneasy seeing nothing but skyscrapers for ages..."

@KoL

Alter Ego — Meltryllis

Meltryllis' smug face as she held the bag containing her new figure hooked in one of her arms showed how pleased she was with her new acquisition. Of course, it wasn't her money that had bought it, and she was aware of how her Master had reacted initially upon pointing it out, but this was...

A gift. Right. A gift. It was a gift, so there was no need to feel guilty about anything, right?

In fact, she didn't even mind having to carry it herself; there was no way she would let it get damaged next to everything else that her Master had to carry—doubly so, given she only had one arm to work with—which meant that the only logical way to manage this was to do it herself.

"I'll have you set this up later, then," the Alter Ego said as the two walked out of the shop, now seemingly even more aware of her surroundings. Without a need to find a store that sold figures, all of her energy could be spent protecting what she had come here for.

Well, and her Master, too. That was probably a higher priority than the figure.

"So... Shall we head home, then? I suppose there's not much else for us to do right now..."

@VitaVitaAR

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Uehara Mitsuki

It was a bit weird, hearing food referred to as 'imperfect'—ordinarily, the way things were presented in media compared how to they actually were tended to be overly perfect. Most advertisements were in line with that line of thought, and even though he didn't play games anywhere near as often as his Servant did, it seemed perfectly reasonable to think the same line of thought could apply there.

But that mattered little to Mitsuki, who was casually eating his pizza as he considered the Archer's question. It was the weekend and his classes hadn't actually given him anything in particular to worry about; all of the things he needed to consider for the near future were handled, which meant that he had ample free time to pursue his hobbies.

Of course, that came second to actual responsibility.

"I... Hm. After eating, huh...? I was thinking about restocking the fridge and pantry, since it's probably a bit easier to eat at home," he said, shrugging his shoulders. "After that... Nothing in particular. If you wanted to do something else, though, I'll probably tag along."

Of course, knowing his Servant's newfound affinity towards games, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to pick one up to practice...

@KoL

Alter Ego — Meltryllis

Upon hearing that there might actually be a shop with the figures she so desired nearby, Meltryllis seemed to subtly brighten up a bit more than she had as she was explaining herself. That upswing in her mood only continued as Nanako ceded in bringing her there, and before long the two were standing inside the shop in question. The AC-cooled building was a nice change of pace from the mildly warm streets outside, but it didn't take long for the Alter Ego to immediately go off hunting on her own for what she wanted.

Two minutes. Two minutes was all that she needed before she came across the figure displays; after that, it seemed as if she was putting more effort into poring over the make and quality of each and every figure that was for sale than she had in anything else for the last week.

"Mmm... The joints are visible there... That pose is a bit boring..." she muttered to herself as she continued to scan over what was present before finding something that caught her fancy. Given that her Master was right next to her...

"That one. Buy it."

With one arm pointed near one of the showcase exhibits, Meltryllis seemed to have completely bypassed the "ask" part of their implicit agreement as she gestured at a $300 1/7 scale figure of a girl in rather complex armor.

@VitaVitaAR

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

@Heavy Snark: I probably overlooked that bit, but fundamentally it doesn't actually change much, if at all. In the end, you said it yourself: "if he's in the mood and wants to". That implies that a majority of the time, your character would seldom interact with other characters, which given the premise, is a bad idea in general.

Also, my other points went unaddressed, so I'm going to remain steadfast in my decision here. No wolf.

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

@Heavy Snark: Okay, where do I start...
Well, how about the elephant in the room: that's a wolf. You'd just be playing a wolf. A wolf that wholly understands human speech, yes, but a wolf nonetheless. No speaking, no active interaction, no nothing. Already, that's a big problem, as I am fairly certain that the other people with Masters are not particularly inclined to simply having a sapient wolf for a Servant (as opposed to, like, Lobo). I could be wrong (and people should be correcting me if I am), but given who does and does not have a Servant already, this is my current opinion on the matter.
That aside, we already have precedent for a character using cursed pelts to transform with Atalanta, who can more or less swap to Calydonian Boar form and back with that NP active. Being locked to wolf just seems sort of needlessly restrictive.

Ergo, rejected.

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Uehara Mitsuki

Seeing Tomoe casually playing games as they walked down the street was no longer a surprise to the young man—doubly so after the first week, where she had somehow managed to do all that in the middle of rush hour without bumping into anyone or losing her focus for even a second. More surprising, really, was how she had managed to so seamlessly adapt to modern life despite her own constant wariness about being summoned in the first place (and, admittedly, it was a bit strange to have so many Servants walking about without needing to worry about conflict). If anything, though, he felt that if the Archer was comfortable enough to be acting as she was now instead of being covered in armor as they walked about, this city, at minimum, was at peace.

Or, well, peaceful compared to the Japan that Tomoe knew during her lifetime. Sure, there was still conflict, but that sort of thing would occur so long as humans were... Well, human. There was nothing more to be said about that from him, really.

"Pizza, huh...? Sure, I wouldn't mind a slice," the young man responded, nodding his head as he searched for the nearest pizza place on his phone after stepping to the side of the street. There was a bit of a pause as he began to glance between the device and the shops on the street, but after a few moments Mitsuki put the phone away and motioned off to the side.

"That place should be fine, then. Let's go.

---

The restaurant that they had entered was unsurprisingly rather busy, with more than a few people relaxing with their friends as they chatted, food in hand. Ordering and paying for the pizza took no time at all (a slice with pepperoni and olives was enough to tide Mitsuki over for the moment), and bringing it to an empty table only took waiting a little while for another pair of guests to decide that it was time to move elsewhere.

With a glance at what his Servant had chosen, though, Mitsuki glanced at the game console still in Tomoe's hands before looking at his own slice of pizza.

"Well, here it is. I know games have a tendency to make it look a lot fancier, but I don't think we have any reason to buy an entire pie," he said, shrugging his shoulders before taking a bite.

"Huh. This is better than I expected for that price point. Maybe I'll come back here in the future..."

@KoL

Alter Ego — Meltryllis

Following Nanako around as she went to go restock on whatever had been running low in her home meant that she had no time to actually look for the store in question. It was a bit annoying, and hearing her Master ask her about snacks or drinks here and there as she was picking things out almost always ended with a noncommittal 'do as you wish'. It wasn't like she would be the one consuming them anyhow—at least, not in any way that didn't make her look like a complete idiot.

Once they had finally left with all of those items slung over Nanako's shoulder in a bag, though, Meltryllis breathed an internal sigh of relief. Finally she could start looking for a figure store again.

The question that came from her Master's mouth soon after, though, was more than welcome. She had never said anything until now, but if she was given the chance...

"Well, I suppose that now is as good a time as any to tell you, then," Meltryllis responded, a smile on her face as she began to speak. "Of course, it has to be figures. I don't mean those crude little things that you see advertised on TV here and there—I'm talking genuine figures, of course! Scale figures would be ideal, since both you and I know that my ability to handle a garage kit is, quite sadly, nearly nonexistent, and I know for a fact that unless I directed every minutia of your actions, you would fail to be able to even make it look like even a tenth of its full potential. So, in other words, a figure store is what I am searching for. Though I suppose that they might be more inclined to be hiding away from the main streets of this place..."

Of course, she could go on and on, but when weighing the cost of preaching to her Master the wonders of figures to the time spent actually searching for a shop...

Sadly, the latter weighed out.

@VitaVitaAR

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

Uehara Mitsuki

Despite the chaos of the market streets, Mitsuki found himself quite at home in Fusang. Though he hadn't grown up in, say, Tokyo or Kyoto or any of the other major Japanese cities, they were always far more enticing to him than the laid-back suburban scenery that he had become all too familiar with growing up. It had been a few months since he had moved here for college, in no small part in thanks to his parents, and much of the time between then and now had been spent reorganizing all of his belongings and making sure that everything was in proper order.

Of course, given that he was in the city known for having Servants, it had only been a matter of time before he had gathered enough time and courage to do so himself. His grandparents had been requesting that of him since his arrival; after all, the possibility of contracting someone like Abe no Seimei left even them excited.

The ritual itself had gone as planned, but the result had both disappointed his elders and intrigued him.

Archer, Tomoe Gozen. The famed onna-bugeisha whose appearance in the Genpei War had etched her name into history, was now contracted to him.

That was two weeks ago, and here he was now with his new Servant as the two of them walked along the streets searching for food. Despite an admittedly awkward start (which involved explaining, among other things, that this was most notably not a situation that involved any sort of conflict), the fact that he could move about without worrying about anything superficial like 'keeping up appearances' said more about how things had settled more than any words could.

"Hm... Now that we're here, I'm not sure what to get..." he sighed, shaking his head before turning towards his Servant. "You have any preference, or should I just grab somewhere randomly off my phone?"

@KoL

Alter Ego — Meltryllis

When Nanako moved towards her face with a tissue, Meltryllis unconsciously shifted away from her, closing her eyes and furrowing her brows as the young woman cleaned what had been left off of her face. It was a bit unpleasant, having to rely on her for such trivial matters, but given the alternative, she reluctantly accepted that this was a necessity.

Once that was finished, the Alter Ego simply stood up and, after somehow manage to crumple the crepe wrapper into a ball, unceremoniously dropped it into the nearest trashcan before crossing her arms.

"Fine, then. If you've had your fill, then we may as well get you some more exercise. Let's go; I was getting sick of the crowds here anyway."

---

A few minutes of walking had promptly brought the pair to the shopping district, and lined with malls and all manner of stores, Meltryllis' eyes could not help but move around in search of something she so desired.

The lack of figures in her Master's household was a travesty, of course, and one that needed to be rectified promptly.

"Hm... Not here, then...?" she muttered to herself as they continued down the streets, her eyes constantly scanning about in hopes of something catching her interest.

@VitaVitaAR

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

• Name: Uehara Mitsuki
• Age: 18
• Appearance: "Oh, sorry, I'm in the middle of something. Give me a moment."
• Personality: Mitsuki is a bit more sociable than one might expect, and despite his occasional weird bouts of focus or aloofness, he does have a tendency to get along with most others if given the time. He does not tend to anger easily and is often times able to keep a cool head in more stress-inducing circumstances, but that does not mean he cannot have lapses in judgement or respond to malice with malice. Due to his relatively strenuous upbringing, though, Mitsuki is a bit of a busybody; boredom (or what he perceives as such) is the bane of his existence, and there is only so much of it that he can take before he will actively search out something interesting to use his time and effort on in lieu of laying about aimlessly.
• Abilities: As a descendant of a long line of onmyoji, Mitsuki is proficient in the creation and manipulation of Bounded Fields via the usage of ofuda. Coupled with his elemental affinity of Water, though, his Fields are able to shift in shape and location without sacrificing any defensive capabilities. Furthermore, Mitsuki is able to layer those Bounded Fields on top of one another, further increasing their defensive capabilities, or invert them to keep whatever is inside from leaving rather than entering. As is standard for onmyoji, Mitsuki is also able to create and use evil-warding talismans and charms, and, provided enough time, charms for protection or luck. Of course, the latter do not work for himself, but they are quite useful to make (and sell) when he is in need of money. Exorcism is also within his repertoire, as he can dispel lesser evil spirits with next to no work, but he is by no means able to handle anything beyond that without far more training or preparation.
• History: As far as growing up went, Mitsuki found himself walking the odd line between modernism and tradition; though his grandparents were very steadfast in attempting to raise him as they had (with all the pride and decorum that came with being from a centuries-old line of onmyoji), his parents were nowhere near as conservative. That dichotomy had brought with it an increasingly more complex set of relationships—on one hand, he had an obligation to carry on the intense training that came with his lineage. On the other, however, the allure of modern-day life (and all the luxuries and excitement that came with it) only served to push him towards a lifestyle that, at the very least, would allow him some respite from the same monotonous cycles he had drilled into him.
  The rapid rise of Fusang in the public eye gave Mitsuki the perfect the solution to both of his problems. Though he was by no means a prodigy, a decade of his life being spent taking in the wisdom of his predecessors had, at the very least, allowed his parents to push his elders to let him travel overseas to study there. Not only that, but a land full of Servants, of Heroic Spirits with all their past experiences, might even allow him to find one of the founders of their craft and study under their tutelage directly.
  Of course, that last bit was more of a way to convince his elders more than anything; Mitsuki had no reason to pursue even more strenuous training so long as he was caught between these two ways of living. If anything, his time in a place like Fusang would only allow him to choose for himself what path to live.
• Other: Surprisingly, he is multilingual; as onmyoji has roots from within Chinese mysticism, learning all three languages was something half-forced onto him. He's not fluent in Mandarin, but given the writing system, he can at least understand most of a piece of written Chinese if it becomes necessary.

Fate/Eternum — Reboot

@KoL: Tomoe accepted.

Now I can use this Master I've had on hand!

Onmyouji Power

• Name: Uehara Mitsuki
• Age: 18
• Appearance: "Oh, sorry, I'm in the middle of something. Give me a moment."
• Personality: Mitsuki is a bit more sociable than one might expect, and despite his occasional weird bouts of focus or aloofness, he does have a tendency to get along with most others if given the time. He does not tend to anger easily and is often times able to keep a cool head in more stress-inducing circumstances, but that does not mean he cannot have lapses in judgement or respond to malice with malice. Due to his relatively strenuous upbringing, though, Mitsuki is a bit of a busybody; boredom (or what he perceives as such) is the bane of his existence, and there is only so much of it that he can take before he will actively search out something interesting to use his time and effort on in lieu of laying about aimlessly.
• Abilities: As a descendant of a long line of onmyoji, Mitsuki is proficient in the creation and manipulation of Bounded Fields via the usage of ofuda. Coupled with his elemental affinity of Water, though, his Fields are able to shift in shape and location without sacrificing any defensive capabilities. Furthermore, Mitsuki is able to layer those Bounded Fields on top of one another, further increasing their defensive capabilities, or invert them to keep whatever is inside from leaving rather than entering. As is standard for onmyoji, Mitsuki is also able to create and use evil-warding talismans and charms, and, provided enough time, charms for protection or luck. Of course, the latter do not work for himself, but they are quite useful to make (and sell) when he is in need of money. Exorcism is also within his repertoire, as he can dispel lesser evil spirits with next to no work, but he is by no means able to handle anything beyond that without far more training or preparation.
• History: As far as growing up went, Mitsuki found himself walking the odd line between modernism and tradition; though his grandparents were very steadfast in attempting to raise him as they had (with all the pride and decorum that came with being from a centuries-old line of onmyoji), his parents were nowhere near as conservative. That dichotomy had brought with it an increasingly more complex set of relationships—on one hand, he had an obligation to carry on the intense training that came with his lineage. On the other, however, the allure of modern-day life (and all the luxuries and excitement that came with it) only served to push him towards a lifestyle that, at the very least, would allow him some respite from the same monotonous cycles he had drilled into him.
  The rapid rise of Fusang in the public eye gave Mitsuki the perfect the solution to both of his problems. Though he was by no means a prodigy, a decade of his life being spent taking in the wisdom of his predecessors had, at the very least, allowed his parents to push his elders to let him travel overseas to study there. Not only that, but a land full of Servants, of Heroic Spirits with all their past experiences, might even allow him to find one of the founders of their craft and study under their tutelage directly.
  Of course, that last bit was more of a way to convince his elders more than anything; Mitsuki had no reason to pursue even more strenuous training so long as he was caught between these two ways of living. If anything, his time in a place like Fusang would only allow him to choose for himself what path to live.
• Other: Surprisingly, he is multilingual; as onmyoji has roots from within Chinese mysticism, learning all three languages was something half-forced onto him. He's not fluent in Mandarin, but given the writing system, he can at least understand most of a piece of written Chinese if it becomes necessary.