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WHAT Last chance for timefuck except not really
WHERE Wherever
WHEN Day 127, whenever

[So, you've been messing around with time.]

[Okay, we've actually been doing that, yeah. Quiet Mounds is still a bit unpredictable, with the seasons and the clocks a little haywire. Today, there's another little pulse of magic. Maybe some of you find yourself back to normal? Or maybe more people are suddenly the wrong age or timeline. Maybe Deadpool shows up. I don't know.]

[Last post for deage/age-up/etc event, though obviously you can continue to backthread or play at your leisure after this.]

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Could it be because you were summoned to Niflheim first...?

[ stepping into their apartment which is thankfully still all cleaned up. ]

[ thank god ]

Yes - I can only assume so. But I've never heard of being taken to an entirely different world, right after summoning . . . This is quite an unusual Grail War.

[ pausing, as he looks around ]

Though - it already is one, given the participants.

I must agree. I do say, being kidnapped wasn't involved in any of my planning for my participation in the war.

What are your plans then, Master?

First, I should ask - what is your goal?

Well.

Leaving this place does take precedent.

Naturally. And, afterwards?

I was aiming to topple a kingdom.

A political rival, then?

Something of the sort. We have a bit of a history together.

[ well.

he doesn't actually care about felling an entire other kingdom anyway - these politics aren't his to worry about ]

. . . I see. Still, is this not something feasible through means of your own occupation?

It's more ... insurance. If there's to be a war at all I wouldn't want any of that to throw a wrench in my plans, hmm?

So you would even go out of your way to summon a Servant in an impossible class. . . ?

I'm not the sort to settle for half-measures.

Mm, I can see as much. Yet, I must say - you have surely made a mistake in summoning a Ruler, for I am a fairly weak Servant. Though, since you did summon me, I will do my utmost to win this War - it would have been far better to summon a Saber, or a Berserker.

Oh, it was no mistake on my part. I'm less about brute force and more about ... control, myself.

. . . I see. We're similar in that respect, then.

Is that so? Well, I'm relieved to hear we're compatible.

I'm glad to hear as well - ah, I have yet to introduce myself, however.

[ taking off his baseball cap, letting his Servant clothes manifest over his casuals ]

Ruler, Amakusa Shirou. My apologies for also deceiving you earlier, Master, but I'm sure you understand, due to the nature of True Names and such.

[ there's a grandiose bow ]

I've already introduced myself, with my true name, even. But it's a pleasure to properly know you -- to know your identity, that is.

[ with a polite bow in turn, much less grandiose ]

It's a pleasure. Then, as our first priority, have you any knowledge of this realm that we are trapped in now?

Unfortunately, only the basics. I've ultimately not determined a way to leave, for example.

Do you recall how you arrived here, at least?

No, not at all. Do you ... ?

. . . The summoning process was somewhat disorienting for me, so I was not able to take note.

I see, I see. It's unfortunate none of us seem to recall...

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