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BAD END QUEST (Fate universe)

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[X] Propose that Capitalist buy you temporary lodging under an assumed name.

Are there other freelancers like Kiritsugu around? Maybe we could hire some with money in the future.
 
[X] Propose that Capitalist buy you temporary lodging under an assumed name.

We have the best superpower.

Money.
 
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    • [x] Propose that Capitalist buy you temporary lodging under an assumed name.

    "No need," you say. "Capitalist, you there?"

    The familiar old, top-hatted man materializes in front of you. "Yes, Master. But I should warn you that I am very low on Prana, even after the rejuvenating cocktail Waver prescribed you. I would recommend a period of extended rest with myself in spirit form."

    "We can get to that in a second," you reply. "But first, would you mind buying the group of us lodgings under assumed names?"

    Capitalist nods, conjuring a wad of bills. "We'll be staying in the finest of accomodations," he says, before vanishing into the spiritual ether.

    "Your Servant seems to have an extremely useful ability," Bazett says.

    "No kidding," you gasp back, the Prana drain of manifesting your Servant for even a brief moment exhausting you in your drained state. "Go find the fanciest hotel in town."

    "Rider, go to the tall building you see near the bridge," Bazett says. "I considered choosing it as my base location, but I decided it was too ostentatious and difficult to leave covertly. Still, it should be a serviceable place to spend the night."

    -----

    With the speed of Rider's chariot, it doesn't take more than a few minutes to get to the hotel. Iskandar pulls up his chariot in the drop-off circle, and hands the reins to an incredibly confused valet, before stepping inside. There, Capitalist is engaged in a heated discussion with the woman manning the front desk, placing new piles of yen on the desk every few seconds.

    "Ah! My wonderful friends! I have succeeded in purchasing the hotel's honeymoon suite for the next few days. We shall have no shortage of lodgings, not even with the group of us here."

    "Did you even try to be subtle?" you ask weakly.

    "Subtlety was not part of your request, my dear," Capitalist winks. "Now shall we go? The room should be prepared for us now."

    Your group hops onto the elevator, somehow managing to squeeze in the three Masters and Capitalist alongside Rider's massive frame.

    "Honeymoon suite," Waver huffs, shifting as far away from Bazett as possible. "Is there any way this could possibly have been more embarrassing?"

    "There is nothing to be ashamed of. Perhaps we are not yet married, but we shall be someday, and my responsibilities at that time will likely prevent us from staging a proper celebration."

    "Should I...sleep in a different room?" you ask politely.

    "There's no need for that!" Waver yells. Everyone else looks at him oddly.

    "I see no problem with that." Bazett says flatly. "The suite is likely to have multiple bedrooms. Since our Servants have no need to sleep or remain corporeal, it would be easy to have Nora take a separate bedroom from us."

    Waver sighs and turns away, folding his arms angrily. You roll your eyes. This is gonna be a long night.

    -----

    [DAY 1 END]​

    Tomorrow morning...how do you want to start your day?

    [ ] Sleep in. You're exhausted from the Prana you spent yesterday, and need to regain your strength.

    [ ] Check on Waver and Bazett. Did they get up to anything interesting in bed last night? They will be married, after all.

    [ ] Summon Capitalist and ask how he's doing.

    [ ] The hotel has a continental breakfast. Go determine its quality on Waver and Bazett's behalf.

    [ ] The hotel has a pool and jacuzzi. Go relax for a bit and let off some steam.

    [ ] The hotel has an arcade. Go play some video games.

    [ ] Write in
     
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    • [X] Sleep in. You're exhausted from the Prana you spent yesterday, and need to regain your strength.
    -[X] Remember to Summon Capitalist and ask how he's doing.

    We have the best lodgings in the city. Let's enjoy what our friend's money has payed for.
     
    [X] The hotel has a continental breakfast. Go determine its quality on Waver and Bazett's behalf.

    Best way to recover energy is to have a great meal.
    Approved by King Arthur
     
    [X] Check on Waver and Bazett. Did they get up to anything interesting in bed last night? They will be married, after all.

    More bad ends!
     
    [] Sleep in. You're exhausted from the Prana you spent yesterday, and need to regain your strength.
    -[] Remember to Summon Capitalist and ask how he's doing.
    Edit:
    I forgot that this is BAD END QUEST!:oops:
    Must correct answers to get all the dojos!
    [X] Check on Waver and Bazett. Did they get up to anything interesting in bed last night? They will be married, after all.
     
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    [X] Check on Waver and Bazett. Did they get up to anything interesting in bed last night? They will be married, after all.

    Here we go.
     
    [X] Check on Waver and Bazett. Did they get up to anything interesting in bed last night? They will be married, after all.
     
    Traditional Values
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    • @Heaven Canceler : You wanted values dissonance, you got values dissonance.

    [X] Check on Waver and Bazett. Did they get up to anything interesting in bed last night? They will be married, after all.

    You roll out of the insufficiently soft bed, rubbing your eyes. Because of your Prana drain, you slept like a log, but it still wasn't enough. Your reserves still feel dangerously low this morning, although they're higher than they were last night.

    Turning to the clock beside your bed, you notice that it's 8 AM. A perfectly wonderful time of morning, when the sun is high enough to light your entire room without creating too much glare.

    You quietly dress, throwing on the one set of clothes you brought with you to Fuyuki. Capitalist left a note atop them saying that he had taken the liberty of washing them last night while you slept. You enjoy a brief chuckle at the thought of Capitalist sitting in a coin laundromat trying to stuff thousand yen bills into a washing machine, but then it's time for business.

    Namely, seeing what Waver and Bazett got up to last night in the main bedroom of the honeymoon suite.

    You open the double doors quietly, tiptoeing into the middle of the room. You're not prepared for the sight in front of you, but then again, who would be?

    The two Clock Tower mages are lying apart from each other on the massive bed, fully clothed and with no part of their bodies even coming close to touching the other. Using the spare pillows in the closets and on the chairs around the room, they seem to have constructed a dividing line down the middle of the bed.

    "A loveless marriage, huh?" Rider remarks, materializing in a chair across the room. He leans on his hand, braced on the armrest of the chair he's perched in. "I suppose that's not too different from how things were in my time. Then again, some arranged marriages between an older man and a young woman went a rather different direction."

    "We don't think of things that way nowadays," you say. "Modern society doesn't believe that people younger than a certain age can make decisions that important for themselves."

    "While I understand their reasoning," Iskandar begins, "I don't agree. I became king of my nation when I was barely twenty years old, yet modern society would not trust me with a bottle of wine until I was twenty-one!"

    "So you approve of thirteen-year old girls being taken advantage of by men three times their age?" you ask.

    "Waver is hardly three times her age," Rider points out. "And even in my day, young people would experiment with each other years before they turned twenty. It's not as if they wouldn't know what they were doing."

    "What's that supposed to mean?" you ask. Rider laughs softly.

    "Have you ever seen anyone capable of forcing an unruly teenager to do something they don't want to do?"

    "Are you implying that every victim of an arranged marriage wanted to be paired off with a older man who had no love for them and only wanted to use them for sex?"

    Rider looks at you for a moment, seemingly taking your measure. Then he says, "Nora, things were different when I was your age. Many young women were raised to be married back then. I'm not claiming that it's right under your modern moral standards...only that it was the way things were, and most women who were groomed that way eventually ended up happy, or close to it. At the very least, they were provided for-no family would trade their daughter to a man who couldn't support her ably."

    Your thoughts turn to Sakura, whose situation was much the same. Sold by her family to another they barely knew, with only the promise of the magical education they refused to give her as payment. But still provided with food, water, books...enough to grow into a truly magnificent magus, if they kept their end of the bargain.

    "I don't agree," you say bluntly. "Selling off women like that is cruel and demeaning. Selling off anyone in that manner would be. What if the husband does end up treating his new wife poorly? If he beats her or forces her to do things she's not comfortable with...what can she do to protect herself? She can't fight back against an older, stronger man, and if she runs away, what then? How does she support herself?"

    Rider begins to respond, but is cut off by a fire alarm cutting through the air, sending Bazett and Waver springing out of bed.

    "There seems to be an alarm of some sorts," Bazett says, as Waver yells, "Were the two of you watching us sleep?"

    [ ] Respond to Waver's question.
    -[ ] Confess.
    -[ ] Pin the blame on Rider.
    -[ ] Tell Waver and Bazett about your conversation, so they can join in.

    [ ] Stay in the suite. The fire alarm will blow over, and it's probably nowhere near you.

    [ ] There's a fire alarm, and you're on the top floor. You need to leave the building immediately.
    -[ ] Take the stairs.
    -[ ] Take the elevator.
    -[ ] Jump out the window.
    -[ ] Write in

    [ ] Write in
     
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    • [X] There's a fire alarm, and you're on the top floor. You need to leave the building immediately.
    -[X] Take the stairs.
     
    [X] Respond to Waver's question.
    -[X] Tell Waver and Bazett about your conversation, so they can join in.

    Since we somehow dodged a Bad end last time.
     
    [X] There's a fire alarm, and you're on the top floor. You need to leave the building immediately.
    -[X] Jump out the window.

    Now this may look crazy, but if I'm right the entire hotel will blow up soon, so taking the stairs or elevator isn't going to save us.
     
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