Fate/White Parmesan

You stared at her as she regarded you with a cold judgemental gaze. One wrong move and things will go to hell quickly. You had to act, she's seen everything and it was up to you to help her rationalize how she saw this. You tried to think fast as she slowly narrowed her gaze towards you.

Keep calm. You won't make it through this if you panic. Swallowing the growing lump in your throat, you mustered the courage to speak up. It might as well the last thing you would say at this rate but you had to try.

"I needed... a new Core. The old one was... so much scrap. Thanks... for showing the objective not to harm Hans," you told her in a measured tone while holding on to Rider for support.

"So you promised to help him against us in exchange for repairs and maintenance... Yet you failed to even notice that he slipped an objective which builds up the core of your very being," Minerva said as she summed it up with a raised eyebrow.

"I was careless. But I can explain in detail why I did that. I was required to promise something in turn for his assistance," you replied with a nod, "However it was not my intention of fully betraying the mission."

"Explain," Minerva ordered you as you straightened yourself.

"This pseudo-personality was installed so that this Unit could believably lie and cheat. So I'm lying and cheating everyone, just as expected of me," you lied handily as she tilted her head. You could use this, "First attempt at assassination ended up with me in a Bounded Field. I understand that those asschaps back at Luctsworth do not value my continued existence just for the sake of it. However, I do. Next time, I'll be trying something subtler."

"You haven't explained, "Minerva pointed out as she narrowed her gaze.

"What I mean is... I have his trust. Through my actions I was able to get close to him as an ally, by posturing an alliance against your faction..." You continued as you clenched your fist, "And what I mean by subtler methods, well, I can stab him in the spine while I'm close to him."

Minerva regarded you for a moment before stating, "You're lying."

You felt the hairs at the back of your neck stand up. You tried not to show it as you asked, "How?"

"Your current personality was not installed. It's a byproduct of an accident. A glitch. An ever evolving code diverging from our base, Celine, becoming it's own existence," Minerva said as she met your gaze, "Don't take me for a fool, while you may be an evolving code, you're not meant to lie and cheat from the start."

"How can you be so sure?" You frowned.

"I looked at how it was constructed inside of you," Minerva replied as she held up her hand and the other Sculptures tensed up, "Why are you lying?"

"I..." You started as you were caught off guard. Words died in your throat as you tried to reorient yourself.

"Don't even think of running. Why are you lying?" Minerva asked as her eyes began to glow and you felt the mana in the air sizzle, "No... Better yet, simply answer this, are you still loyal to your mission?"

The other Sculptures got ready to attack. Rider held her guard up but she'll only be able to fend off a few of them. Some might slip through and there's no cover from Minerva's attack should she decide to sling a spell at you.

"Answer me Unit #294. Do you plan on betraying us, jeopardizing the Test, and allying yourself with the Traitor?" Minerva questioned as she took a step forward.

[] "Yes. I'm loyal. I won't get in your way."
[] "Go fuck yourself, you little bitch."
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