TEST DRIVE MEME

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The grand feast is held in the Eaglais clearing. The food is good, the music is sweet, and the evening is lit by gentle fairy lights. All Shardbearers of all courts are summoned here under a universal truce for the evening. Nature itself has shaped itself into tables, chairs, and long couches so that the new guests can rest. When they’re ready to call it a night, Shardbearers are brought to their court strongholds in a one-way trip by fairies and imps. 02. NETWORK Take advantage of your Locket! The network can be accessed by any Shardbearer with a locket or shardless characters with enchanted devices, and is a quick way to meet new people and discuss the state of the world. 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld! There are lots of places to go, and plenty of trouble to get into in them!

Comments

archer | fate/extra | court undecided (??)

[counterfeight]

ARRIVAL

[ Archer remains distant from the majority of the festivities, a splash of red against the backdrop of woodland greens and browns. Instead of actively engaging or exploring or socializing (lmao as if), he's chilling on one of the tree couches, doing nothing useful in particular. With one foot kicked up onto the other knee and his arms slung over the back of the seat, he watches the rest of the party with a lazy intensity, gaze flitting from one person to the next, taking a brief second to size them up, inspect any weapons they're carrying, and then move on.

( He's also sort of debating taking a nap if it weren't for the fact that that'd be stupid and irresponsible, but, still. He's had a long day. )

Going from being nothing but ones and zeroes strung together into a true, honest to goodness body of flesh and blood... well, it's jarring. He had expected to be deleted alongside his master when he followed her into the core of the Moon Cell, yet... here he is. Solid, without a spiritual tether on the other end of things, and absolutely nothing useful to do.

Silly fairies. Robin Hood is the green Archer, not the red one. You McFucked up so bad.

Sorry, did his creeping bother you? Does he look like he needs a drink? are you also bored as hell or vaguely offended that he feels the need to take up half the couch with his lazy ass? Did you say something to him? He was't paying atten — no, that sounds like it was an accident. It's not. He was ignoring you. ]

... Hm?

[ God, what an asshole. ]

[wwjd]

[Kirei senses something that he thinks is a Servant. Kirei glances over at him.

The problem with this is it's less "casually glancing over" and more "staring in a way that's mildly unnerving" for three minutes straight. Still, he's here, he's in his priest garp—which for this world means a lot of fancy robes—and he's taking more interest in Archer than the cup of wine in his hand, or really anything else at the moment. Yep, this one can creep right back.

He does approach the red Servant eventually. And he won't seem to take ignoring him as an answer; Kirei deliberately steps into his line of sight, and he speaks up once he's close enough, repeating himself quite firmly if it appears he hasn't been heard.]

... You're a Servant, aren't you? From the Holy Grail War.

[counterfeight]

[ Ugh, this guy... Bad enough as an NPC, and worse as the real deal, but... apparently not that real of a deal? Real, but not real enough. Either way, digital or flesh and blood, Kotomine Kirei is still is Kotomine Kirei, and by default, irritating.

The fact that he doesn't know him, however... well, it's best to reserve judgement. Even in the face of a ridiculous staredown. Do you ever even fucking blink, Kirei? ]

Are you going around asking everyone that, or do you just think you already know the answer?

[universed]

[ actually yeah, she did say something. ]

You're sitting on my stuff.

[ it's just bad luck that archer happened to take his seat on the couch where korra had left her pack while she went to grab a thing or two to eat, but now that she's back it's a little Not Cool for her to find this guy sprawled out with his leg over part of the bag.

she's also taken into account just how intently he seemed to be watching the crowd. what's up with that? what a weirdo... ]

Could you move?

[counterfeight]

[ There's a couple other servants here, he can Feel It, so you'll have to excuse him for not paying attention to what he was sitting on. Or maybe he just didn't care.

But he finally tears his eyes off the crowd, and focuses properly on Korra — albeit briefly — before he shifts, and wordlessly fishes the bag out from under his leg to hold out to her instead. Despite being plenty heavy with camping gear, he holds it out to her with two fingers just hooked under a strap, arm not even quivery from the effort. D rank strength is still better than human strength, I guess. ]

[universed]

[ strong people don't surprise her anymore, and this guy looks ripped to heck, so she's not surprised that he can lift her pack so easily. she reaches out and takes her pack by one of the handles, shrugging it on. ]

Thanks. [ ... okay, a lot of things about her might have changed, but her natural curiosity will never leave. ] Are you looking for someone?

[counterfeight]

[ We're going to form the Strong Arms Team, Korra.

Is he looking for someone, though? He'd know if Hakuno were here, and if she were, he'd have wasted no time going to her side, but... who is he looking for? ]

Not particularly.

[universed]

[ we'll wear tank tops in the dead of winter and arm wrestle for money. ]

So you're just people watching?

[ that sounds boring. ]

[counterfeight]

[ Oh yeah. B) ]

We've been summoned without call and you think it's odd to want to observe before doing anything else?

[ he is boring. ]

[universed]

[ oh.

no that actually makes sense, though yeah, totally boring. ]

...You're right. I've been here before, so it's sort of like my second home.

[counterfeight]

... Before?

[ In his experience the only way to get out of being summoned is to die, and there's something about this girl that reminds him of a Spirit, but he... just can't put his finger on it. ]

[universed]

[ her head bobs in a nod. ]

Yeah. I don't remember leaving, I just remember everything that happened to me when I got back.

[counterfeight]

And time passed between your return and this summoning?

[ He tips his head to the side in curiosity. ]

[universed]

[ again she nods ]

About three months.

[ here.

don't ask how long it was back home. ]

[counterfeight]

[ Well isn't that weird. ]

Hm.

[universed]

... What?

[counterfeight]

-- What?

[ He was thinking! ]

[universed]

What are you "hm"ing for?

[ it takes two people to be in a conversation. unless you're talking to yourself, and then it's just weird. ]

[counterfeight]

[ Haven't you seen the Fate/ anime? It's almost nothing BUT another version of you talking to yourself. ]

It's odd. Summoning the same person to the same timeline, twice? For all intents and purposes, you should be in a separate one from your original summon, or at least an offshoot of it.

[ Timelines are fucking hard. ]

[universed]

[ ... what. ]

What?

[ what. ]

[dayknight]

[Yes, he did feel like he was being watched, actually...and it's kind of rude dude. He decides against ignoring it and just getting straight to the point, approaching Archer and very obviously Clearing His Throat when he's close enough, arms behind his back. He even stands like a tool knight.]

Ahem. [Yes, you.] It's rude to stare. If there's something you need, you should be clear and say it.

[counterfeight]

[ Well excuuuuuse me, princess. He distinctly remembers you getting your ass deleted. You wouldn't stare if you saw other servants you beat in the war wandering around like it's nothing?

by doing exactly that, apparently. ]

There's only so many ways you can tell someone they should be dead, and ask why they're obviously not. Is the Moon Cell's grasp on its deleted Servants that tenuous?

[dayknight]

[He is really glad to finally hear someone mention the moon cell, even if it's from someone so rude. Everyone thinks a moon computer is ludicrous compared to a fucking magic cup.]

If that's where you've come from, then exactly the same reason as you're here, I imagine.

But it's better to focus on the fact we are here rather than why we shouldn't be, don't you reckon, sir?

[independant]

[ Geez, when was the last time she bothered with physically attending one of these? At one point it seemed as if it would become tradition: show up, look for familiar faces, explain the situation, and then leave them to fend for themselves. The last step rarely happened, Rin often feeling responsible for them, but if there's one jerk she could leave behind... ]

Ahem. [ He'll notice her eventually, right? Arms crossed and with an expression just as cross. ]

[counterfeight]

[ How could he not notice her, standing there like that? An enemy master, and one he knows didn't make it out of the Moon Cell's war. There's another possibility, but he knows better... She couldn't be the Rin he remembers from his life, not if she's singling him out like this — it's simply just an unfortunate coincidence that the hacker happens to look like the magus, and he'll treat her accordingly.

Eventually, Archer's attention finally shifts to Rin, and he gives her a detached stare, raising his eyebrows as if to ask, "What?" ]