[] Reprioritize. Target disabled. Provide assistance to Ally Defense.
With your gun fixed on the enemy Master beneath you, there was little stopping you from doing the deed. One bullet would be sufficient to blow a hole through her skull and you could fire it in a manner in which it would spin within her skull before exiting. A quick and pitiful death, the most she truly deserved.
But you didn't. Rider's call had forced you to stop before you assessed the situation. She was no longer a threat and while it would be efficient to kill her to disable Assassin, you decided that it was enough. In that split second you came to decide to spare her life given the damage she sustained both physically and mentally had become acceptable in your parameters.
In other words, she was no longer worth your time.
It seemed that the pseudo personality had changed too much of your system... No, it was more like you were infected by some manner of virus or curse. You were becoming more positively predisposed to Rider's words due to the pseudo personality's interference. A system reset would be ideal but... Not now.
You moved your hand and aimed past Rider's head, pulling the trigger and shooting Assassin. The bullet struck her between the eyes before she was sent staggering back.
Rider's eyes widened before you moved to face her, giving her your orders, "Defeat her."
Your Servant hesitated before turning to swing Caladbolg at Assassin. Carmilla hissed and parried the blow before unleashing her power to create blades from blood to rise up from the ground.
Rider dodged and cut through the blades, shattering them.
"A...assassin..." Olga rasped on the ground.
You looked down on her as she slowly bled out before you kicked her head. She went out a like a light before you approached Rider and Assassin as they were locked in battle. Assassin never let Rider score a hit while the latter servant dodged and weaved through the Blood spikes.
Iron Maidens appeared to try and swallow your Servant. You held out your hand and began chanting, your magic circuits flaring as prana coursed through your body. Golden lightning turned silver as you kept your gaze on your foe.
"Goddess, Moonlight, Huntress. Patron of the Hunt, become the Light that seeks my foes. Grant me charity and may this Prey be worthy of your Divine Wrath," you declared as silver arrows lined up behind you all at once,
"Silver Arrows."
Streaks of silver shot through the air, darting around before homing towards Assassin. She saw your projectiles coming before sinking into the ground to evade. The arrows struck the ground and nothing else.
"Rider, to me," you ordered as your Servant dashed to your side and caught Carmilla's scepter.
You held one silver Arrow in your hand before you launched it at point blank. Assassin barely managed to avoid it as she weaved past Medb's swing. You summoned your shield before you and Assassin clashed with a devastating impact.
"You've gone too far, girl," Carmilla growled as you stared right back into her eyes.
"Words are pointless," you declared as the two of you broke apart. You summoned another Arrow as Carmilla's clawed hand reached for you.
Rider was there to intercept the blow as you raised your hand.
"I demand that you die," you continued as the arrows struck the servant right in her forehead.
Except that you saw that she used the smoke and dust to hide her presence as she pulled away. Rider grabbed your clothes and pushed you back while keeping herself between you and the other servant. The two of you watched as Carmilla kneel beside Olga and grab her shoulder.
"We lost again..." Assassin said as she held her Master's shoulder, "You stupid girl... Give up already."
Olga slowly raised her remaining hand and held on to Assassin. The two of them sunk into the ground until they vanished from sight. They're gone again...
This causes the meteor shower to stop entirely once Olga and Assassin had vanished. It was the type of magecraft that would be connected to the mage after all and with her gone, it no longer functioned properly. Rider stood before you before turning around and grabbing your clothes.
She had a furious expression before she snarled at you, "Don't ever go that far."
You didn't understand.
"Why not? I was merely systematically going through the most optimal course of action in eliminating a threa-" you began before Medb hissed.
"You're not my Brie. Give her back. I won't allow it. Fighting or no, the killing will remain my job. I will not allow you to stain her hands with blood. Not while I'm around!" Rider yelled at you as she grabbed you harder, "Do you understand, you piece of junk!"
"Your thoughts bear no importance. I am your Master. You will follow my orders-" you began.
"Brie is my Master! Not you! And that's it! You won't use her body to kill anyone! I won't leave that burden on her when you're the one to do it!" Rider roared as she lifted you up, "Got it?!"
You simply stared down at her before narrowing your gaze, "It is my purpose. It is our purpose. To kill. Every Athena Unit was manufactured with this purpose in mind."
"A... Athena..?" Medb murmured in surprise as she slowly let go of you.
"This unit is designated as the latest model of the Athena series in the attempt to recreate the parameters of
Celine Derrinsmith Luctworth. ID number: 294," you replied as you had finished scanning the area for hostiles. Your core may be newly installed but it was still inadvisable to overheat it.
Servant Rider stared at you with a stunned look until you relaxed. Emergency Mode Shut down...
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You opened your eyes to find Rider staring at you with a speechless expression. You felt hot all over, your body felt like you had a fireplace ignited within your body. It was hot, you felt like burning up as you staggered.
"Ri...der..?" You murmured as you fell forward.
Medb caught you with her slender arms before holding you tight. She let out a shaky breath before pulling you close and hugging you.
"You're okay... You're okay now..." Medb said as she embraced you.
You felt weak. You closed your eyes and succumbed to the darkness.
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Waking up, you weren't in that parking lot anymore. Memories of that night felt like a distant dream as you stared at the ceiling. You only knew that you were lying on your bed but you didn't recognize the ceiling above you.
It was morning and you felt like you were just run over by Medb's bulls.
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And then it all came rushing back to you. You shot straight up as images flashed into your mind.
What you did to those bodies.
What you did to Olga.
What you said to Olga.
What you said about Servants.
You remembered, you remembered it all and you felt like screaming. It was bloody. You created that sea of blood. You alone and you hurt a girl who didn't deserve all you did to her. You should have just beaten her, you could have just left it at that but you dug and dug and dug into her darkest thoughts only to pull them out.
You couldn't breathe. You... You were going to kill her and feel nothing about it.
You...
A pair of slender arms hugged you from behind as you began to shake.
"Oh god... Rider... Rider I'm sorry," you began to say as you turned towards her but she simply hugged you tight.
"Shhh... It's over. It's over now," Rider whispered into your ear as she held you tight, "It's okay. You won't do it again."
"I... I hurt her so much. I overdid it. I... She didn't deserve that much hurt. I... Rider I did that. I..." You rasped as you held her hands.
Rider slowly pulled away as you faced her. She held your hand with a worried look on her face before offering you a cup of golden honey. You looked down on it before meeting her gaze.
"I... I never used this Noble Phantasm like this but it should help. Just calm down and listen to me, okay?" Medb said as she held it towards you, "Please drink, it'll make you feel better."
Red Mead
[] Drink it. You knew what this is but... You trusted Rider not to take advantage of you. You need it now.
[] No. You'll be fine. You just need to hug her for awhile. If only you could calm down, you just need her by your side.
[] You want to know what happened afterwards. You can force yourself to stay calm. You're just... Overwhelmed. It should be fine now.
[] Write in...
