[X] Darnic
The blue-haired man was waiting patiently by the door, smiling to himself as Morgan reappeared.
"Caster." He greeted. "I see that you have successfully prepared your pocket dimension."
He hid it well, Morgan noted, but it was still obvious to see. Darnic was planning something, involving Accolon. Between his behaviour at their previous meeting, and the way he brought the topic up immediately now, it was plain to see.
Which was fortunate, really. If Darnic required her pocket dimension for something, then she was valuable to him. Whatever use he had of it, Caster would be someone he needed for that purpose. In other words, she would be protected more then the other Servants of Black.
It was a shame that Morgan had raised the possibility of another accessing the pocket dimension without her, however. Since Darnic knew that it would be possible to force his way in if she fell, he would know that he could have her eliminated if he felt that she was a threat.
"Indeed." Morgan replied. "I may have neglected my poor Master until now, but Accolon has been fully prepared. With the supplies inside of it as they are, it would be possible to hide the Masters of Black away for the duration of the Grail War."
The words are chosen, partially, to probe Darnic. Whatever he wanted of her Noble Phantasm, it wasn't likely to be protecting the other Masters. If it was as simple as that, he would have said as much already.
"Yes, keeping them away like that would protect them from an Assassin." Darnic mused. "But I have other ideas of what we could use it for."
Morgan concealed a smile, as Darnic confirmed her suspicions.
"I would like to speak to you in relation to this later, Caster." He continued. "Before then, I would like to ask you to come with me, to witness the summoning of the remaining Servants of Black."
Oh? The summoning was now?
"I look forward to meeting our comrades." Morgan replied.
Darnic turned to the door, before turning back to her. "Oh, and Caster? I would like it if you kept Accolon a secret from the other Masters of Black."
In other words, Darnic wanted to conceal what he was doing with her Noble Phantasm from the rest of his faction.
Why was that, though. Did he intend to betray them once the Red Team had been defeated? If so, then did he also plan to betray Caster? Was he confident in his ability to pierce the barrier that sealed away Accolon?
It was a question that Morgan wanted the answer to, sooner rather then later.
"As you wish." Morgan replied. "Now, shall we go and witness the summoning?
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The four soon-to-be-Masters of Black stood around a great magic circle, a larger version of the one Fiore made to summon Caster. Homunculi were scurrying around it, making corrections to the silver and gold ritual, as well as thee Homunculi who stood behind the Masters, holding the Catalysts.
The exception to this was a plump man with a moustache, who presumably held his Catalyst in the case by his side. Apparently, he did not trust the Homunculi to handle it.
Fiore waited beside her brother, and Caster moved to stand behind her. Darnic, meanwhile, moved to stand beside a throne, which was presumably reserved for Lancer. The Servant himself was in the room, merely in astral form.
As he reached his place beside the throne, Darnic looked at the assembled group.
"Caules." He called. "If you want to preform the extra step of the ritual to ensure that your Servant is summoned with the modifications, I suggest you start now."
"Understood." Replied the boy, who stepped into the circle, and began to recite an aria under his breath.
"Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start."
As he spoke, the Homunculi passed their Catalysts to the Masters.
A small boy, no older then thirteen, was given a small piece of golden wool.
A grey haired woman, holding a cane, held a piece of green fabric.
The man with a moustache put his case in the circle. It was open, but facing away from everyone.
Caules, finishing his aria, was given a piece of aged wood.
All four stepped into the circle. Confirming the positions of the four summoners, Darnic lowered his head in reverence towards the empty throne.
"My Lord, we will now begin the summoning."
In response, specks of light gathered on the throne, forming together into Vlad Tepes. The Servant observed the room, and as he looked over the Masters, they trembled before his gaze.
It was only natural that they were afraid of him. He was a mighty hero, and in this land, his might was peerless. Before him, a mere Magus was powerless.
When Lancer spoke, his majestic voice echoed through the chamber.
"Now, begin! Call forth the Heroic Spirits who would serve under me!"
Darnic looked over the Magi of the Yggdmillennia, watching for even the barest hint of their conviction faltering.
All four summoners stood strong. And, as one, they began to channel Prana.
The ritual being preformed was that of multiple Heroic Spirits being summoned. Even in her life, Morgan did not often see this much Prana thrown about at once.
"Let silver and steel be the essence. Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation. Let Black be the colour I pay tribute to. Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall. Let the four cardinal gates close. Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate."
The circle was glowing, as the four Magi poured everything they had into the ritual. Failure was not an option, here.
"Shut (Fill), Shut (Fill), Shut (Fill), Shut (Fill), Shut (Fill). Repeat five times. And once filled, shatter."
The ritual seemed to produce wind from nowhere, resulting in it bellowing dramatically against the Masters.
"I announce!"
"Let thy body rest under my dominion, let my fate rest on your blade. In the name of the Holy Grail, if you share this purpose, this wish, then answer my call."
The four voices spoke in unison, the four Masters acting as one.
"An oath shall be sworn here. I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven; I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell."
Upon this, three voices cut out, resting. The plump man continued, however.
"
Yet you shall serve with your eyes clouded by chaos. For you would be one caged in madness. I shall wield your chains."
The verse to summon Berserker. The man with the moustache intended to summon the Servant of Madness, it would seem.
The three other voices resumed their chant, just in time for the final verse.
"From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power, come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance!"
There was a flash of blinding light, which faded quickly. In it's wake, four Servants stood.
The first that Morgan saw was Caules Servant. The bow on his back gave away his class as Archer. His face had the expression of one who had travelled far, and had one last journey, one last quest, before they could return home.
The second was the large man's Berserker. He was a beast, his eyes more like a wolf then a man. Berserker wore no armour above his waist, revealing a body covered in scars and hair.
The third was before the young boy. She was a woman, clad in a dark robe, with a hood to hide her face.
Finally, they was the Servant of the woman with grey hair. Morgan turned to them, before taking a step back in shock.
"You!" Called Gawain, his face twisted in hatred. Excalibur Galatine was raised above his head, and Morgan covered her eyes, just in time to evade the blinding flash of light.
Voices rand out from Masters and Servants, shocked and confused. Morgan ignored them, in favour of planning how to evade Gawain's wrath.
The Knight of the Sun howled like a Berserker, as he charged at her.
[X] Reinforce your body. Gawain won't expect you to respond by punching him in the face, and his confusion should buy time for the other Servants to shake off the blindness.
[X] Use your Magecraft to hold him. He may have Magic Resistance, but a sudden wall should slow Gawain down.
[X] Run. Fly, if you have to. Just keep away until someone else interferes.
[X] Get behind Gawain's Master. Use her as a human shield.
[X] Write-in.