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Fate/Crimson Dusk - War of Light, Grey, and Dark

No such issues here. I'm just waiting for the others to confirm their participation with Orson before doing anything else.

Fate/Crimson Dusk - War of Light, Grey, and Dark

August Thane

Headmaster's Office, The Clock Tower

"Naturally, I'm in as well," August affirmed to the Director without standing up, "After all, no single force should dominate the entire world. Some amount of conflict is required to keep things active..Even if their cruelty is not aimed at us, the Greys receiving their wish can only make the world a sad and stagnant place." It was a fine answer, but ultimately a perfunctory one. August had received his task, one that also offered a chance at a wish, and so he had no doubt of his own commitment, as his expression made clear. If Orson is providing a private plane, I think I'll take along a few extra weapons. He considered the sorts of tools that might be required to deal with a challenge on this scale, as well as what functions might be made obsolete by the presence of Servants, before reserving that train of thought for after the meeting had concluded.

August glanced briefly around the room, and his thoughts were taken to the relic contained in his briefcase. "It seems that all the Masters of Black have been brought together, but we're still missing our Servants. Director, should we clear these chairs for a summoning circle, or do you have another room reserved for that purpose?" As he said this, August rose to his feet, clearly prepared to act on either answer. Although he was still processing everything he had learned from the briefing, nothing that had been revealed so far had given him significant pause, and while he valued the strategic information that had come to light and there were obviously various details that would have to be investigated and dealt with on site, in that moment he was simply prepared to take the next significant step towards becoming a true faction in the Great Holy Grail War. August thought of his briefcase and his allies whose capabilities he had learned of so far. "The sooner we summon our Servants and see what they're made of, the sooner a real strategy can take form."

Fate/Crimson Dusk - War of Light, Grey, and Dark

Yeah, it's been a few days I think we can continue.

Fate/Crimson Dusk - War of Light, Grey, and Dark

If Orson is running us past airport security then August might pack a few more guns. Is that fine in terms of what my character has access to?

Fate/esoterica

I probably won't do that, then. I'll watch, though.

Fate/esoterica

Looks like Rider is free. Maybe I'll app one later.

Fate/Crimson Dusk - War of Light, Grey, and Dark

@vancexentanLooks like you mistook Teresa for Esmeralda just now?

Fate/Crimson Dusk - War of Light, Grey, and Dark

August Thane

Headmaster's Office, The Clock Tower

August listened intently as the Director began to explain the situation. The idea of Mage supremacists reassembling such a powerful artifact troubled him, and questions peppered his mind as more details unfolded. Once Orson paused for questions, August spoke up, "This mansion the Greys have moved into... is there a town or other useable location nearby to it but outside of the radius of this forest's misleading curse? Somewhere we could base ourselves that would be effective for combat?" August disliked the idea of attacking the enemy without a place to retreat to and defend if things went wrong, and if their faction's Caster-class Servant worked the way they were supposed to in the stories of past Grail Wars they would need a place to set up territory. "Speaking of the effects of the forest, does this misleading curse and mauling sound like the sort of magic the Greys are known to practice, or is there any chance it's something caused by one of their Servants? In either case, do we have a way to break through or resist it, beyond the powers our Servants might or might not have?" Each question was asked with a methodical seriousness that seemed to imply August had much experience in dealing with issues of breaching locations and bypassing traps and deterrents.

As he waited for the Director to address the issues he had brought up, August looked over his fellow Faction members. His eyes lingered on the odd boy with hair covering his face, but most of all he was still bothered by the absence of one Master. "Apologies, Director, but if I may ask an additional question, who else is it that was meant to be joining us today?"

Fate/Crimson Dusk - War of Light, Grey, and Dark

August Thane

Headmaster's Office, The Clock Tower

August was idly speculating about his new teammates' abilities when the green-haired young woman who had been arguing with Anderson mentioned something about being a Magus Hunter, completely distracting him from the sickly-looking boy who had only just entered. Really? I guess Anderson has probably done plenty of that work, too, but at least he had the courtesy not to mention it in a room full of Mages. The way this girl sucked up to her superior reminded August of himself from many years ago. Of course, if she was like he had been, that attitude was born out of a fear of punishment, so he figured it was best not to ostracize her despite her rudeness to both Anderson and the Mages. "No harm done. If your skillset is similar to Anderson's, here, then I'm just glad to have you on board for the operation." August gave her a professional smile that might have helped to settle down the situation, but then again he supposed to both of those involved in the argument it was the smile of a sinister heretic. At least she was no longer making a scene.

Surveying the room's occupants, August gave a small nod of satisfaction with his new allies. Assuming everyone here but Orson aimed to summon their own Servant, six of the seven masters were in the office. August didn't want to leave one Master out of the loop, but enough time had passed that he was willing to let them pay the price for their own lateness. "Perhaps we had better move along with the briefing, Director." He suggested, taking only a moment to look away from the executioners, where tension still felt somewhat high.

Fate/Crimson Dusk - War of Light, Grey, and Dark

Yeah I agree. I'm just saying if August speaks up it's gonna push things towards the next stage of the scene, so I'm gonna withhold my post until other things are complete, like if @Seirei No Hai wants to respond to Anderson or something.