[ OPEN ] June Catch-All & Quest Log

[tryhard]

Who: Waver Velvet & various
When: throughout June
Where: here and there...
What: June catch-all for shenanigans including event prompts, quests, and general settling in
Warnings: will add as needed!



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[futhark]

Master of Rider. Fourth Grail War--- if this world brought not just Servants but all kind of people, why not mages? Why not Masters, current and former. Caster repeats the pat, this time a lot lighter, without any force to it. It's like he was checking if Waver is real. His smile grows a tad bit more feral too.

"Fuyuki, I presume?" Who knows how many different Grail Wars in all different timelines happened, but the numbers lines up. And Fuyuki is such a repeated location, no wonder it went terribly wrong, tied itself into a pretzel of doom and death and become a singularity.

Cool stuff.

"I'm from Fifth." Kinda, sorta. "Memories" and "Servants" always being a strange thing, and Chaldea and their system is weird enough that he figures it's probably best to keep his mouth shut about that particular detail.

On the other hands, other Servants probably does not so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ time for the most important question.

"Did you win?"

aaah so sorry about the delay!

[tryhard]

"Fuyuki," Waver confirms quietly, and then... a pause, weighty and just a few beats too long.

Finally, he shakes his head, very slightly. He doesn't look upset, doesn't make excuses. He looks serious, and though there's a nostalgic sorrow in his eyes, his answer is matter-of-fact.

"No. But it was a glorious battle, to the end."

ahhh don't worry, it's all okay (I was slow too)

[futhark]

Till the very end.

For some, only victory matters, anything else is just means to an end. To mages especially. It's all about getting the desired wish, isn't it? Not many of them can recognize and understand what matters far more for the familiars they work with—

Looks like this is the rare breed that can.

Caster's expression softens and there is an echo of something like respect around their temporary Bond.

"That sounds like a victory to me." Glorious battles, fated meetings, and partings. Leaving a mark, something to never be forgotten. That is more than enough.

phew, thanks :>

[tryhard]

Waver can feel it, like a ripple on the surface of clear water. Something in him relaxes in response, that knot in his chest loosening ever so slightly.

"...yeah," he breathes, offering a nod, the faintest bittersweet smile. "I think he'd agree."

Rider wouldn't want him to make it sound as though he had any regrets.

Their Bond reflects his ache though, deep and persistent. It's something he carries with him -- a reminder, a bond of a different kind.

Waver takes a breath.

"And you... Caster? What sort of War were you summoned to?"

Re: phew, thanks :>

[futhark]

That Rider sounds like such a swell guy. Anyone who leaves an impression like the one Waver carries about him must be. But pressing about the details such as True Name is in a bad taste even though he is very obviously curious...!!

Then the question comes and makes Caster pause. It's not something he likes to talk about, but because of the Bond he'd be caught on deflection. So one longer hum later.

"Not like yours, I have to say..." Hardly could it be called a glorious battle. Battle yes, but not glorious. It turned the city into a place of death and fire. There are ways to get Servant tethered to the existence without a Master, they are there— but they ain't pretty. At least it got a happy ending in that it got to be wiped out from the corrected timeline, right? "It went sideways very quickly. Something was very wrong with that Grail."

They advertise you an awesome battle royale between heroes, and you get something like that.