(open | february log)

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Who: Ozymandias + you!
When: All month!
Where: Lots of places!
What: Open prompts for speed-dating quest/general + closed starters. Feel free to message me at rebreather or this journal if you'd like a closed starter!
Warnings: nsfw in caren's thread

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[Her reasoning for asking is certainly sensible enough. Most are willing to simply follow his lead insomuch that he has declared himself as Ozymandias and, therefore, it seems safe to assume that is his preferred name. But he doesn't mind that she would rather seek clarification and avoid offense.]

[To her follow-up question, he shakes his head. She makes a sensible guess supposing that it might be a chariot given his exploits in Kadesh. But he is an incarnate of Ra. He could not be without his sunboat.]

Are you familiar with Mesektet?

[sealeted]

[When you had a Servant like Gilgamesh, more often than not it fell to you to handle damage control and whatever miniature disasters he inevitably left scattered in his wake. Tact is a tool and a lifeline, some days.]

Mesektet... Mesektet...

[She puts a hand to her mouth, brow furrowing.]

...I'm sorry, I never ran up against Egyptian Servants so I'm a bit rusty. I know it's one of Ra's boats, but I don't know if it's the morning or evening one. But, that's yours? That's... not remotely less alarming than a cannon-bearing fleet, so I can't say I'm too disappointed I only get to meet you now.

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[There is no change in Ozymandias' expression that would indicate any sort of approval, but he is quite pleased. It's rare that he comes across anyone who would even recognize the name alone, and so it seems negligible that she is uncertain which of Ra's vessels it is. And yet, although his laughter is certainly and plainly boisterous, there is a degree of warmth to it as well in wordless praise for her knowledge and her wisdom.]

A fleet pales in comparison to Mesektet! To any of my Noble Phantasms. Were it my will, I could raze an entire city even in the absence of a Master.

[He almost did once, so it is not such empty boasting.]

[sealeted]

My point exactly.

[Drake was rough sledding all on her own.]

Ah, then you were probably a Servant excluded from normal selections by the Moon Cell in my War. Gilgamesh was too, but things got... weird.

[Very weird.]

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Leave it to the King of Heroes to ignore the rules altogether... [Ozymandias says this more to himself than to her before he huffs another, quieter laugh. His attention focuses back on Hakuno.] So, you were his Master.

[Coming from someone else, that might have been phrased more like a question, but it seems the only natural conclusion here.]

[sealeted]

His modus operandi, yeah.

[In so, so many ways.

Her smile is as rueful as it is fond.]

Well, I'm not going to argue 'is' or 'was' because he'll find something to get huffy over that. But we're partners, yes. We won our War, and left the Earth behind, and ended up here.

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[Ozymandias says nothing of the way she talks about Gilgamesh, but he can't help but notice the familiarity. Most wouldn't dare describe him as ever becoming "huffy" regardless of whether they thought his reasons for upset were justified or not.]

So he told me upon his arrival.

[It's quite difficult to tell from a first glance whether or not a newly arrived Servant to this world is the same from Chaldea. There is a degree to which it is a bit of a disappointment that Archer is not the one that Ozymandias knows, but he keeps the thought to himself.]

How fortunate then that you do not find yourselves separated. You seem quite attached to one another.

[sealeted]

[Most haven't spent literal ceaseless weeks in the King of Heroes presence, or started off on quite the same foot as she did, with him. Shelling out all of her Command Seals for relatively minor permissions within the first few seconds of knowing him had unending dividends, she's found.]

Uh...

[Still, hearing it put quite like that makes her reel back instinctively, as if Gilgamesh could still materialize from the ether to berate her for presenting him so soppily, or some such condemnation.]

Well, I don't know if that's the phrasing I would use, but it's hard to imagine him letting me go easily after everything he's done for my sake. ...well, my sake and his own amusement, obviously.

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[Although the good humor does not slip from Ozymandias' expression any, he considers her reaction. It's true that the King of Heroes has a sense of entitlement that is befitting that of a king and tyrant. It would be of no surprise if, at this point, Gilgamesh felt entitled to this young woman, particularly if he invested as much in her as Hakuno claims he has.]

[But the King of Heroes also bores quite easily. Just as quickly as he takes an interest in someone or something, he can lose it.]

Do you not consider it fortunate then? Are circumstances merely what they are?

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Oh, I got so lucky it beggars belief.

[Don't let the calm expression fool you, Ozymandias; Hakuno is, at all times, extremely aware of just how fortunate she is, to be as she is, where she is, and with whom she is. It was a quirk of fate that brought the King of Heroes within reach, but she still reached out and grasped with both hands, when the opportunity struck.]

Circumstances are what they are. I'm happy enough about them, but... well, I'm supposed to be learning how to be greedy now, I think.

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[Ozymandias chuckles.]

Just don't become overzealous in that venture or you'll risk his temper.

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I always do.

[She's risked it like three times in this conversation alone, so far.]

I'm learning from his example, so really however I turn out, he'll only have himself to blame. ...for being too good of a teacher, of course.

[Look at this picture of doll-eyed innocence, King of Kings.]

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[Ozymandias raises an eyebrow, but in the end concedes once more to (loud) laughter as a bell is rung, and people are now meant to wrap up their conversations and change tables. Gilgamesh will no doubt be irritated with her progress regardless of which direction, but even more with the fault laid directly at his feet. It's not something he will ever accept.]

[What an interesting Master Gilgamesh has managed to acquire... Ozymandias will need to keep his eye on this one.]

Then I wish you luck, Hakuno. May you learn well from the King of Heroes.

[And drive him positively insane.]