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.))

Comments

[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...!

3/3 i'm so sorry

[defenceless]

[she whispers to herself in a low tone, but it's still rather easy to listen.]

No, don't tell me. That guy likes to hang out with...

[dun dun duuuuun

lolis]

[grunehexe]

We have indeed already become quite well acquainted...

[which okay, no one warned her beforehand really, and she's being careful still, no contracts, no exchange of ahem, certain bodily fluids, so she's not in the wrong...]

I believe he enjoys women of considerable charm and ability such as myself- yourself, as well.

[WOMEN. She'll just... Size up Rin, good once over... That may or may not make the older girl feel like a prized mare for a moment there.]

I can understand the appeal, of course...

[defenceless]

[she feels confused and blown away by what's happening right now.]

S-Sieglinde...! It doesn't matter if he thinks you or I have... charm and ability, the point is that he shouldn't get everything he wants!

[no!!! that wasn't the correct way of phrasing it!]

He's a dangerous man! Bad dangerous!

1/2

[grunehexe]

Well, of course no man should receive everything he desires- it is not as if have yet succumbed...

[Wait, okay- that part is assuredly most all in her head maybe, but WHY DID SHE SAY "YET"?]

[grunehexe]

... but I have been made aware of the dangers. From his own lips, as well as others'.

[But... she's also measured the risk, and deemed it worth taking.]

[defenceless]

["yet succumbed"... could it be that sieglinde is into older men, as well? this is an unexpected side of the little witch. rin doesn't know how to process it.]

He's going to lie about himself to make him sound good. Gilgamesh is a Servant from my world like Archer is. The man is heartless and sinister—he cut down a young woman about your size, killing her with a hand shoved through her chest.

[does that wreck your romance novel fantasies, sieg?]