"I died ten years ago."

Pretty spry for a dead guy.

"For how much people talk about your cooking skills, which I'm still waiting to try by the way.

This right here? THIS is a crime.

"Oh don't you fucking lie about lying, you have like five different tells depending on how innocent it is.

Ayako has no time for this bullshit.

your pose is all wrong and you stick your ass out."

"You… were looking at my as-"

"Girls can like asses too dipshit!"

Keeping him off-kilter, good strat.

Also I don't give a fuck

Ayako is the best.

If I ever hear you say that again, or if I sense you are thinking it. I'm going to kill you. Got it?

Definitely the best.

"You'll kill me if I think about dying?"

Ayako shrugs again. "The stick will fix it."

This is, objectively speaking, the best way to manage Shirou - with absolutely no subtly.

"I want a nice fucking date, and we're basically bonded for life."

Nice home-cooked meal by Shirou, go for a nice walk, maybe a movie... Medea can run overwatch.

And definitely keep her. She's probably the only person around who can knock some sense into him... or apply the metaphorical spray bottle when he starts being dumb.

[X] [Ritsuka]
A new plan. Help.
 
[X] [Ophelia]

Yes! Now that was the telling off and statement of "oh fuck your past, you matter!" That I was counting on Ayako to deliver.

Great update @Erien . Managed to do a great job with verbalizing shirou's mentality, and achieved god tier with Ayako rebuttal. Thanks.
 
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Ayako… no longer looked angry, or even confused. She instead looks horrified, the exact reason you didn't want to tell her, or anyone else this. "I've known you for over five years and you've never mentioned this? I thought we were friends!"

Yeah, it's not just Ayako that's gonna be thinking that if/when this gets out a bit. Sakura and Taiga seem the most immediately likely, and they'll be upset too. I think if Ilya finds out, she's just gonna latch onto the opportunity to be a big sister!

"Stand out. I don't feel the need to tell anyone much of anything. So I fear… there is little you know about m-"

"You always start with your meat at meals."

"... Pardon?"

"For how much people talk about your cooking skills, which I'm still waiting to try by the way. You're kind of picky. Meat first, then vegetables, and they can never touch while they are on your plate."

Man, observant little detail to pick out! She's been WATCHING.

"You'll kill me if I think about dying?"

Ayako shrugs again. "The stick will fix it."

While I'm sure Ruby could and would fix it, I think she would extract a price you're very uncomfortable with Ayako.

[X] [Ritsuka]
A new plan. Help.

Ritsuka really does have a lot of power and ability to help to leverage, I'm quite curious what she has in mind. Let's goooo!
 
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Excellent, this is p much exactly what I wanted from the previous vote. Girl has earned her place in his heart and ours as a true heroine!

Really like her having a different dynamic with him than the other girls too. You've made a good couple here, Erien, quite a few of them actually.

[X] [Ritsuka]

Let's see how our non-romantic heroine and her servant are doing
 
... this is all great, Tomboy GF for the win



Medea:.. ... *offers friendship*

[X] [Ophelia]
Not enough in Fate tbh.

This is, objectively speaking, the best way to manage Shirou - with absolutely no subtly.

[X] [Ophelia]

Yes! Now that was the telling off and statement of "oh fuck your past, you matter!" That I was counting on Ayako to deliver.

Great update @Erien . Managed to do a great job with verbalizing shirou's mentality, and achieved god tier with Ayako rebuttal. Thanks.
Thank you! She's been a fun addition to this story.
Yeah, it's not just Ayako that's gonna be thinking that if/when this gets out a bit. Sakura and Taiga seem the most immediately likely, and they'll be upset too. I think if Ilya finds out, she's just gonna latch onto the opportunity to be a big sister!
Gonna be some drama.
Picnic in Illya's courtyard. All the awesome of a nice date, all the security of wards only Gilgamesh can bypass without warning.
It's cold put there.
Excellent, this is p much exactly what I wanted from the previous vote. Girl has earned her place in his heart and ours as a true heroine!

Really like her having a different dynamic with him than the other girls too. You've made a good couple here, Erien, quite a few of them actually.

[X] [Ritsuka]

Let's see how our non-romantic heroine and her servant are doing
I enjoy writing romance... perhaps too much.



Thank you all for reading! And happy Thanksgiving from here in the states!
 
It's cold put there.
I'm pretty sure the courtyard is magecraft heated? Based on that one scene in the anime where Illya is having tea in it without either her winter coat and wearing a skirt without any leggings or alternative means of keeping her legs warm?

Even If it isn't, either of the witches could seal a bubble of warm air into place to keep things tolerable.
Thank you all for reading! And happy Thanksgiving from here in the states!

Happy thanksgiving/stuffings day.
 
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Ayako nods. "Neat, would have liked to meet him. Also I don't give a fuck."
And this is why she's the wife and Circe is the mistress, Don't ask me what Medea is, I choose life and have probably already said too much
I'm pretty sure the courtyard is magecraft heated? Based on that one scene in the anime where Illya is having tea in it without either her winter coat and wearing a skirt without any leggings or alternative means of keeping her legs warm?
Illya's also weird biologically speaking, there's even odds on if it's just her being German and thus used to it for as short a time as a tea break would be, her altered body providing some workaround like overheating itself or something, or just her being in some level of constant pain and thus not giving a fuck when she's drinking something warm.

[x] [Kirei]
On the one hand, knowing more of what's happening in England can't really hurt us, but it's also a world away, and Rits is working with us, so anything we find out through that, we'd probably learn soon enough anyway. With Kirei though, that's concerning if he's the one getting betrayed, he's normally the one doing the traitoring
 
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Great chapter. It was entertaining, but also incredibly amazing and heartfelt to see Ayako dressing down Shirou. Shirou is like "woe is me, my life is so dramatic" and then Ayako comes and tells him "slow down Edgar Allen Poe, you're not that mysterious."

[X] [Ritsuka]
 
That was great. 10/good, would read Ayako arguing with Shirou's issues leading to sloppy makeouts and awkward virgin sex again.
You stare at each other for a moment longer, then you lean down at the same time she leans up. A second later Ruby is pitched out of the room screaming, the door slamming shut behind it.
Could be worse, she could've thrown you out the window. You'll have to behave a lot better if you want in on this, Ruby. Maybe talk Medea's mom, I'm sure she has ideas.
Even If it isn't, either of the witches could seal a bubble of warm air into place to keep things tolerable.
Don't be silly. Pinics in cool temperatures are for getting close and snuggling under a blanket. Don't change the weather, use it.


[X] [Ritsuka]
 
[X] [Ophelia]

Ophelia is one of the mages that Sauron got to summon a servant at the Clocktower. Fortunately she didn't accept a gift from him so she isn't mind hacked like the others. She's escaping the Clocktower with the Rider Servant El Cid last we saw her (at least that's probably who he is).

Also she's the Crypter of the Second Lostbelt in FGO. Has a really powerful mystic eye too.
 
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Ayako Is having none of Shirou's Self-destructive BS!

She Will watch him, date him, marry him, if It means keeping him alive and feeling loved despite how much he believes otherwise!

[x] [Ophelia]

Ritsuka Will speak with Shirou later, and with Rin's death, I feel Kirei Will be More than happy to Monlogue
 
Adhoc vote count started by Erien on Nov 28, 2024 at 9:39 PM, finished with 24 posts and 20 votes.


Results so far.

I'm quite happy with how Ayako has become a fleshed out character in this.
 
[X] [Ophelia]

I would feel vote for Kirei, but i feel Ritsuka would be the worst/least interesting of the three options, so i'm going with my second pick.
 
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Get him, Ayako ... in more ways than one.

Short chapter? Yeah, but a good one. I like that she was able to deliver that tirade mostly uninterrupted aside from some dumbfounded echoes from her boyfriend.

Shirou: "You were looking at my ass?!"

Ayako: "It's a nice ass and don't change the subject."

[X] [Ritsuka]
 
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