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futurology2016-01-06 05:56 pm
defenceless) wrote in futurology2016-01-06 05:56 pm
Entry tags:
- alice liddell (american mcgee's alice),
- archer (fate/),
- bolin (legend of korra),
- dipper pines (gravity falls),
- eren jaeger (attack on titan),
- gilgamesh (fate/),
- hellboy (hellboy/bprd),
- kida (atlantis),
- koltira deathweaver (world of warcraft),
- levi (attack on titan),
- masamune date (sengoku basara),
- olivia (fire emblem: awakening),
- papyrus (undertale),
- rin tohsaka (fate/),
- sans (undertale),
- sieglinde sullivan (black butler),
- steven quartz universe (steven universe)
video 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin
[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.))
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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To prevent another "incident" like that day with the mistletoe, he told me I should consider what I could offer in exchange.
[ Naturally, this did not go over well. ]
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[curled up in her chair, she turns her head and brings a hand up to her chin. the mental pensiveness will filter over to him. she also strongly indicates that he shouldn't feel he needs to check on her.]
What could possibly be the value in something like that? I know he's the type to want something just because he can't have it, but even then, it makes no sense. He has to know it's futile and pointless, in the end.
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Though Archer isn't the sort to pace, he does radiate irritation in waves before he finally appears and slumps on the couch with an aggravated look on his face. The pensiveness quells some of his agitation but not much.
Archer knows exactly why the other Servant is pestering him so much, and it bothers him a great deal. ]
There is no point.
He finds entertainment in the struggles of humanity -- their foolishness and despair.
[ And he, like a proper fool, showed Gilgamesh his own Achilles heel. He scoffs under his breath. ]
He's playing a game with me.
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[it's said with some immediacy, more because of the swiftness of his arrival than anything else.
she stands from her chair and exits the bedroom, entering the sitting room where the couch is.]
If he's playing a game with you, that should be an easy solution, right? Just don't give him a reaction.
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He looks up at the ceiling and closes his eyes. ]
He knows what I am, Rin.
[ A counter guardian, a slave to the world, and a faker of a Heroic Spirit. ]
I showed him my hand already when I came to help you.
[ There was nothing else he could have done, of course, and he doesn't regret it. Maybe he should have controlled his anger a little better, but it is what it is.
He lets out a frustrated sigh. ]
I don't plan on bargaining with him.
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[when he's like this it makes her angry. not angry enough that she would show it outwardly, but— the reason for the anger is plain to understand, because:]
So what if he knows what you are? It won't change the fact you're strong enough to take him down, Archer. If he has to figure that out the hard way, so be it.
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It's different now. He knows it is because even if he would find the strength to continue in the event that she disappeared, it would still hurt. To lose her to someone like Gilgamesh and be unable to save her would be devastating, and he knows it.
She has become the center of his world here, and that has negatives along with positives.
He doesn't know how to explain any of that (or particularly want to) so he's quiet for a long moment. Instead, he says something else, and it may very well be a surprise for her to hear. ]
...I do not wish to be at war for the duration of our stay with ALASTAIR, Rin.
[ It's not that he can't fight (and win). He's just tired of it, in a lot of ways, and he wants to savor the small things he does have here while he can. It's what she asked of him, after all, and he didn't simply dismiss it. ]
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she may have not been thinking of this point before, so archer's good to voice it.
but... seriously? dear god, every emiya is incredibly daft. she's the one who advised him to stop whipping out swords and start chilling out, and here he's saying his fee-fees are hurt because gilgamesh keeps kicking sand on him in the sandbox and he won't be happy until the teacher makes them both behave?]
Do you think he considers himself "at war" with you?
[no, really.]
He's probably trying to put the moves on his Master right after being a perverted creep where we can see him. That guy doesn't care about anything.
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No - it's more he's actually terrible at finding a middle ground with anything he does. He feels the need to be fiercely protective of Rin when it comes to Gilgamesh, which means plotting and planning to do things whether or not they meet with her approval. Her safety is of paramount important to him -- and yet, she wants him to try to live, even though he never knew how, even before he became a Heroic Spirit.
He feels torn between two very different worlds, right now, and he doesn't know how to handle it.
Closing his eyes, his pinches the bridge of his nose. ]
What he thinks makes no difference, Rin.
[ Archer couldn't give less of a shit what Gilgamesh thinks. He just knows himself to well not to see a mess in the making. ]
...I cannot be two different things.
[ Or at least, as of right now, he hasn't figured out how. ]
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I see. This is about what I asked you to do earlier, isn't it? Jeez, I should have known. You'll struggle with this type of thing, because you'll always think you can only be one or the other. [she allows a pause to linger between them. of course it is. she's not truly asking him a question, because she already knows.
rin sighs. she's not finished with him, simply thinking.]
—Sadly, you can't have one or the other, Archer. You have to be a recruit, you have to be my Servant, and you have to try to live without worrying about the rest. You have to be different things, and you can, because I am.
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When he opens his eyes, he looks down at his hands. There's blood on them, he's steeped in it, and there's nothing that can change that. ]
I am not like you, Rin.
[ He is not a human any longer, that he can be as flexible as someone with an actual future. Change does not come easily to him, and he's been this way for too long. ]
If I must be something, I will be a Servant before anything else.
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[she's upset, making a frustrated sort of sound deep in her throat. she moves her hand to tap his arm, low key punching him.
she understands it's hard. maybe it's impossible. perhaps he would never be able to feel his emotions honestly, again, and he'd have to settle for a shell.
but this archer has let his emotions through, to her. this archer does have an actual day-to-day future.]
Just be everything else, too. Even if you're acting at first, I won't accept you not doing your best. ... Do you need suggestions?
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The light punch isn't unexpected, and he doesn't flinch or comment on it. This is just the way it is between them. He doesn't really mind. ]
You would know if I was acting, Rin.
[ Some things he may not share, but Rin is, perhaps, one of the few people where he feels like he can be more 'human' with. Besides that, he doesn't think he would get away with 'acting' for very long.
As for the question...well. ]
...Not right now.
[ He isn't in the best mood right now, unfortunately, and he doesn't really want discuss the issue further. ]
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Fine.
[she allows the matter to go. indeed, nothing will be changed overnight. all she can do is counsel archer when he has his "problems"—it's the duty of a master, and of her (whatever they are to each other, some important role) to him, so she'll never forget it.
what an emotional life they're turning out to lead in alastair...]