video 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin

[defenceless]

[the video opens to display the... somewhat incriminating desk of one rin tohsaka. are those vials and knives? yes, those are vials and knives. a few of the vials contain weird-colored liquids but don’t think about it too much.

apparently this is no reason for a tiny cygnet not to be hopping all over everywhere, chirping happily and nibbling away at a slice of apple rin holds between chopsticks. the gray downy baby swan wears a black collar inlaid with beautiful amethysts and diamonds. lazily leaning her cheek onto her hand, she speaks.]

I’ve developed a means of repelling that godawful holiday plant and withering any sprigs of mistletoe in your immediate vicinity. Simply state clearly,

"Verkümmern, Mistel."

And they’ll die. The catalyst for the enchantment has been sprinkled all across Chantes, so the spell should work wherever you are. Just don’t say the words wrong; I can’t be held responsible for what might happen, in that case.

[r.i.p. thirst. anyway, rin reveals a strange object that those more modern-familiar in alastair will recognize as a bedazzler gun.]

Now, then.

[rin sets down the apple (much to baby swan's dismay!) and calls to the servant carrying a tea tray behind her.]

Archer.

[a tall man in black armor and a pink apron glances over his shoulder. only his back is visible.

she spins her finger, gesturing for him to turn around. he does so with a rather impressive line face. there's a sword bedazzled out of shiny silver rhinestones stuck right to the front of his apron, just at chest level. rin faces the network again.]

Can anyone tell me what this [she lifts up the bedazzler gun and frowns in disgust/confusion.] is? The designs it creates are awfully tacky.

((OOC: The mistletoe-deactivating spell words will actually work, per discussion with the mods! Feel free to do whatever you want with it. Archer may reply to some tags/threads in this post.))

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[grunehexe]

[Admittedly in her haste she's forgotten that someone could simply adjust their translators to understand them... But that's what comes of naivety. Sieglinde, in an effort to respect the privacy of those around her, doesn't read others' postings even when public... So surely most people are good and also do not do that!

But she dives for some parchment, shuffling through some of her own notes and finding a blank scrap and quill before nodding enthusiastically.]

Raptly so!

[defenceless]

[it's okay. rin would share this information with anyone else if they asked, so she isn't that concerned with it. (she also doesn't snoop, but it's more a case of technological ineptitude than being polite, at this point.)

rin waits patiently until sieglinde is ready.]

—To start with, it's essential to find a base for the enchantment to take effect. My main goal was to kill the mistletoe, so what do you think I had to find and bring back to my room?

[grunehexe]

Mistil, of course!

[Ever the eager student, Sieglinde all but blurted out the answer before Rin had even finished asking the question.]

[defenceless]

[sieglinde...]

Yes! Yes... Mistletoe.

[she offers a wry smile, though she continues elaborating.]

It was easy enough to snatch some. The plants are growing everywhere, and they were even popping up around me themselves for a long time. I ground down several leaves, stems, and berries with my mortar and pestle.

[grunehexe]

[She is sometimes teachers pet yes...

Still, she nods along, and even appears to be taking notes if the movement of the quill is any indication.]

Hmm, hmm, yes, I did the same...

[For vastly different purposes but what she's saying is "I follow", really, eyes bright and waiting expectantly for the next step.]

[defenceless]

[sieglinde... rin has to wonder just why she was grinding up some of the mistletoe for herself.]

Okay, and after that? I really wanted to kill all that mistletoe for some reason. [the reason is not actually a mystery to rin.] I had to decide what type of enchantment to use. I figured they absorb water or another kind of moisture to live, so to kill them?

Cutting off their access to that moisture would be one method.

[grunehexe]

[Certainly not for anything remotely like a virility potion... or anything...

Sieglinde's brow rose at "for some reason", though. Wasn't it... on account... of the kissing... ?]

A localized thirst spell- wouldn't that be difficult for every plant in the city?

"a localized thirst spell" yes

[defenceless]

[sieglinde.

she's reluctant to mention the reason because part of it happens to be very scandalous. involving "gilgamesh-and-being-pushed-up-to-walls" scandalous. (sieglinde should totally ask about it.)

she waves a finger.]

Not if I made it take effect gradually, piece by piece.

weirdly enough that was not intentional...

[grunehexe]

[She can't ask, because... that potion might be... for someone... involved in that story.............

Scan... dal...]

Triggered by a set word?

oh no i totally thought it was... it works, anyway

[defenceless]

[gilgamesh doesn't need any extra help where virility is concerned. none.]

A set phrase. Which is what I've already introduced.

I'm a subconscious genius?

[grunehexe]

[She was going for an impotency potion but it ended up with Side Effects... Mistletoe and shaved antler horn and all sorts of oops.]

Amazing- you must be such a powerful Mage! I'd need to put the catalyst directly onto each plant if I did that spell-

[Because hers would end up being more an acidic weed killer than a spell, but she doesn't really know that ssshhhh]

Did you have your servant distribute it around the city?

you are always a genius

[defenceless]

[who cares about side effects, tho]

—Oh, Archer? Well, he is valuable. So, yes. But I covered a lot of ground on my own.

Bless

[grunehexe]

[Exactly.]

Your hard work will surely be most appreciated by the magicless among our number! After all, I'm sure no one truly enjoyed being accosted intl the streets...

[Then why does ur fais look like that, Sieglinde...]

[defenceless]

I know I didn't. [... wait.] Sieglinde, why are you making that face?

[grunehexe]

Wh- what are you referring to?

[You're not supposed to point it out!!!]

[defenceless]

[*suspicious*]

Are you feeling all right?

[grunehexe]

I am merely feverish with worry for those poor persons who suffered beneath the misfit earlier. It must have been. Terrible.

[defenceless]

[SHE DOESN'T TRUST YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN, SIEGLINDE.

which is terrible to have to experience with a young girl like her, but...]

... Ah, it was pretty terrible. That's why I decided to invent the enchantment.

[grunehexe]

You were... much accosted, then?

[defenceless]

I was.

[. . .]

Although with that pompous golden jerk, simply being in his presence is being accosted by him.

[grunehexe]

But you mean to say you were... More than simply in his presence?

[defenceless]

Of course! That bastard stole a kiss from me in the roughest, most brutish way possible! He pushed me up against a wall!

Do me a favor and promise me you'll never speak to a man named Gilgamesh, Sieglinde.

[she doesn't switch to a private feed. this is mainly because she doesn't give a f if anyone hears, they can all know how horrible gilgamesh is.]

[grunehexe]

[............... What is this bizarre feeling? Jealousy? Anxiety? Fear? Titillation? It's quite the curious mix, enough to turn her cheeks redder and her smile to twitch slightly in the corners.]

That will be somewhat difficult for me to abide... I beg your understanding of this weakness...

1/3

[defenceless]

Sieglinde! [rin is loud, that's for sure. she may come off as too much of a protective "big sister" figure.] Why is that? What reason could you possibly have—

2/3

[defenceless]

Don't tell me you've already met him...!