Confringentur 2; a Madoka Magica / Fate/Stay Night sequel

Omake, side Kazumi - Arrival of the Seventh
Her footsteps echoed through the darkened halls of the underground lair, her sense of direction long since stolen from her by the endless identical corridors. She'd have gotten lost for sure way without the pair currently at her side to guide her way; fortunately they knew their way around inside the winding darkness. Just a few days ago she hadn't even know magic was a thing that really existed, and yet these two - people claiming to be her friends, if only she could remember them - had come into her life and given her a crash-course in what it was like to be a magical girl, which is what she apparently was; and now, they were guiding her deep underground to meet the rest of their team.

When Kazumi awoke inside that briefcase, with all her memories seemingly nonexistent, she couldn't have imagined any of this was even possible.

"Hey, remind me again where you're taking me?" Kazumi asked. "Sorry. I guess my memories still haven't come back to me yet."

"That's fine," the girl with blue hair - Misaki Umika, Kazumi reminded herself - said. "It might take you awhile before your memories all come back. There's something we'll need for you to do once we've arrived, but once that's taken care of we're just going to monitor you for a couple of days until we're sure your memories have come back."

"Are you sure they will?"

Umika nodded. "Yes. I'm sure they will."

The party of three stopped before an open door, the musty smell coming from within making Kazumi's nose crinkle. "We're here," the other girl, the one with short orange hair - Maki Kaoru - said. Sticking her head inside, she called out "Hey, Niko, we brought her. You wanna see her in here?"

"Bring her in," the voice inside the musty room spoke. Their voice was flat, devoid of emotion, and it sent a chill down Kazumi's spine. Silently, Umika and Kaoru nudged Kazumi, and she entered, not entirely sure what she would find.

The décor inside the room was sparse; a few bookshelves cluttered with volumes, and a single desk, behind which was seated a girl with platinum-blonde hair who was hunched over a laptop. The girl looked up from her laptop, and for a brief moment Kazumi thought she saw something resembling an emotion flash in the girl's eyes, before she asked "Did you have any trouble when you went to collect her?"

"She had no memories when we found her," Umika replied to the blonde's question. "Aside from that, nothing out of the ordinary. Our extraction went off without a hitch."

"I'm glad to hear that," the other girl said, before finally addressing Kazumi "I'm Kanna Niko, by the way. I trust you found your way here all right?"

Kazumi nodded. "Yeah. Would have gotten lost if these two hadn't been there to give me directions."

"You'll find it easier to navigate once your memories return. Until then, it can be confusing to find your way around."

"That's why we're just going to monitor you for a couple of days," Umika chimed in. "We don't want you going off and getting lost while your memories are still blank."

Kazumi nodded. "You said before there was something you wanted me to do for you before you let me take it easy; mind telling me what you need me to do?"

"You've come at something of a bad time," Niko said. "We're in the middle of a dispute with another faction of girls from Mitakihara. They've got… Well, I guess you could call them weapons, of a sort. They're called servants; they're magical entities who take the form of figures from mythology and history, and as far as we can tell they aren't a normal part of our system of magic."

Niko snapped her fingers, and at her side a woman appeared out of thin air. Impossible? Yes, but Kazumi had seen enough of the supposedly impossible to not write anything off at this point. The amazing appearing woman's hair was loose and pink, falling around her face save for a single braid which hung down to her shoulder, and over her clothes she wore a white smock with a blue Maltese-style cross emblazoned on the front. "This is Assassin. She's one of our own servants. We've all got them; it was the only way for us to be at parity with the other faction." Niko gestured to Umika and Kaoru as she spoke, who each nodded in turn as Niko added "You'll meet the rest later when Asami and the others return. Maybe not Caster, unless you're particularly unlucky."

Kazumi had barely arrived here - wherever here was - and already a stranger was bombarding her with what was probably very important information. So, she did the first thing she could think of; she asked "Why's that?"

"Caster hates being disturbed when he's working," Umika said. "And he's always working."

"Only 'cause you're such a slave-driver."

Umika glared at Kaoru, responding to her jab with "You know what's at stake if Caster's work isn't perfect. I can't afford to let him make any mistakes. None of us can."

Niko cleared her throat, saying as Umika and Kaoru immediately silenced their bickering "Can the two of you please have your little lovers' quarrel somewhere else?" The pair nodded, and Niko continued, addressing Kazumi. "Sorry about that. I'm sure you've seen for yourself how lively they can be when they get at it."

"Yeah," Kazumi said, scratching at the back of her head. "So, I take it what you want from me has something to do with these 'servants' you were talking about; is that right?"

"I'll come out and say it. There are seven classes of servant, and currently we're one short. We need for you to summon the missing servant, Lancer."

"What do I have to do?"

With her head, Niko gestured to Kaoru, saying "Maki will brief you on the way. I need to speak with Misaki about something important."

Blue and orange looked to each other, nodding. Kaoru said to Kazumi "Come on, I'll take you to where we're heading next," as she gestured for Kazumi to follow her. "We've got everything set up from when the rest of us summoned our servants. All you have to do is not get lost, and to repeat after me once we're ready to begin the ritual." When Kazumi made no response to Kaoru, she added "I'm sorry. I know it must seem like we're just throwing everything at you and hoping it sticks. We'll have time to explain everything in greater detail once Saki and the others are back from their trip, but for now you've just got to trust us. Easy, right?"

Kaoru's hand briefly brushed against Kazumi's own as they walked; it was surprisingly warm. Or perhaps it was the overwhelming coldness of the tall, double-wide doors they had just passed that made her hand seem so warm. "What's behind those doors?"

"That's…" Kaoru shook her head, muttering something to herself before saying "That's Niko's private workshop. It's off limits to the rest of us. Lots of dangerous stuff in there, you know? Best to just forget about it."

Kazumi nodded; but despite understanding Kaoru's words, something within her tugged at the thought of what lay behind those doors. She wouldn't have time to ponder what lay beyond, because after just a few more turns the pair had arrived. The room was wide, with a tall ceiling and no decoration to speak of, save for the elaborate circle drawn into the stone floor.

"Just hold out your hand," Kaoru said, standing in front of the circle and posing to demonstrate for Kazumi. "I'll guide you through what you need to say to summon your servant."

"Do I at least get some time to think about this?" Kazumi asked, getting into position in mimicry of Kaoru's form. "I'm sorry, I know that sounds selfish of me to ask when you're all counting on me, I just-"

"You'll be fine, trust me. Just hold that pose, and repeat after me. "Fill; fill; fill; fill; fill…"

"Repeat five times, but when each is filled, destroy it."

"Heed my words; my will creates your body, and your sword creates my destiny. If you heed the Grail's call, and obey my will and reason, then answer my summoning!"

"I hereby swear that I shall be all the good in the world. That I shall defeat all evil in the world."


The circle swelled with light, and were it not for Kaoru's hand to guide her own Kazumi would have instinctively brought it up to shield her eyes.

"Seventh heaven clad in the great words of power, come forth from the circle of binding, guardian of scales!"

As she spoke those lines, the light of the circle erupted, blanketing the dark room in white, before subsiding and revealing to Kazumi the form of the servant she had summoned. She was tall, clad in a dark, skintight bodysuit decorated with black and gold. Her pale face held sad eyes of deep crimson, framed by locks of dark auburn that fell to her waist. At her forehead, resting in the center of a thin chain which hung from her rear-facing veil, sat a small but brilliantly-shining ruby. Kazumi was at a loss for words, so Kaoru opted to speak for her. "Nice work, Kazumi," she said, patting Kazumi on the back.

The woman that had been summoned knelt before Kazumi - that felt really weird, having someone kneel before her - and said "I am servant Lancer. I guess I should call you my master?"

"Uh, yeah, I guess so," Kazumi said, offering a hesitant hand to Lancer. "Sorry. I'm really new at all this. I don't know what I should be saying at the moment."

"Then say what you feel, master. It isn't my place to complain."

"Okay!" Kazumi redoubled her efforts to offer a hand to Lancer, saying to her "I'm Subaru Kazumi. It's nice to meet you!"

Lancer took the hand of her master, saying "Likewise. I am servant Lancer. It is good to meet you, my master."​
 
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"I'll come out and say it. There are seven classes of servant, and currently we're one short. We need for you to summon the missing servant, Lancer."
She was tall, clad in a dark, skintight bodysuit decorated with black and gold. Her pale face held sad eyes of deep crimson, framed by locks of dark auburn that fell to her waist. At her forehead, resting in the center of a thin chain which hung from her rear-facing veil, sat a small but brilliantly-shining ruby.
Aha, so that's who you were having summon Lancer. TBH, I was expecting her to be Saki's. By the by, we're even more f***ed now.
 
The amazing appearing woman's hair was loose and pink, falling around her face save for a single braid which hung down to her shoulder, and over her clothes she wore a white smock with a red cross emblazoned on the front.

Large red cross - indicating a Crusader or another Christian hero? Martha would be amazingly fitting for a doctor; but not too sure. Worst case? This is Pestilence.

"Caster hates being disturbed when he's working," Umika said. "And he's always working."
So, more of a technician than a performer. Also male. Avicebron is my panic guess, but we don't know enough to circle the dots.

She was tall, clad in a dark, skintight bodysuit decorated with black and gold. Her pale face held sad eyes of deep crimson, framed by locks of dark auburn that fell to her waist. At her forehead, resting in the center of a thin chain which hung from her rear-facing veil, sat a small but brilliantly-shining ruby.
Scathach? (Who I still thank Plague for telling me how to pronounce) The ruby is throwing me off a bit. Could it be version of Medusa?
 
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...Why, SVS?

When will your sadism be satiated!?.
 
Aha, so that's who you were having summon Lancer. TBH, I was expecting her to be Saki's. By the by, we're even more f***ed now.
Thanks, Plague.

Also, we're fucked now.
Technically, you're no more fucked than you were from the start. You're just more consciously aware of your fucked-ness now.
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...Why, SVS?

When will your sadism be satiated!?.
When Gotham Mitakihara is ashes, then you shall have my permission to die cry.
What would be the point of Assassin's second Noble Phantasm if it fundamentally wasn't going to be used in story?
I think you've misunderstood what Fáinne Connla does. It's twofold, and neither effect is dependent on the other in order to work. First, it prevents Assassin from being able to fight her sister. Second, it lets her curse someone else, and prevent them from being able to fight her. I'm not understanding why you think it wouldn't be used in the story when, even if the enemy Lancer isn't Scat, it will still be useful in preventing someone from fighting Assassin if we don't want them to run her over. On the flip side, if Lancer is Scat it will prevent Assassin from fighting her, even if we never have her use it on anyone else.
 
I honestly forgot that second part existed. Anyway, this isn't the end of the world. I doubt we'll have to fight every member at once and if we can't beat a servant we just kill the master. Another thing is that I doubt Kazumi knows about the Saints whole soul gem stealing thing so if she finds out she might not be liable to fight us anymore. SVS said it themselves, we won't be challenged with something we cannot beat.
 
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Well...my first thought reading this was: Oh dear God, how is she summonable?
Which was soon followed up with: Oh dear God, please keep her away from Archer.
 
Well...my first thought reading this was: Oh dear God, how is she summonable?
Which was soon followed up with: Oh dear God, please keep her away from Archer.
I want you to refer back to Plague's post where he lists off the enemy servants by how much they were changed.
discounting Atalanta, how would you rank the Blue servants from least to most changed?
Probably something like:
1. Berserker of Blue
2. Nightingale
3. Sigurd
4. Caster of Blue
5. Lancer of Blue
6. Ramesses
7. Atalanta

Edit: Sorry, did that in most to least.
Then ask yourself "What are the odds that Lancer of Blue was changed in order to make her summonable?" That is how she is summonable.
 
Damn it is completely like Apocrypha now. The enemy faction has far more stronger servants than we had now. Out of the Servants we have that can match their strongest are Gilgamesh, Brynhildr and Achilles. Gilgamesh is nerfed since he was not summoned on his prime class, Brynhildr is going to be busy with the enemy Saber, and Achilles will not be able to match the enemy Rider on his own especially now that the enemy Rider now is more cautious and alert. The only way now is pick them off one at time and not to fight time all at the same time.
 
Damn it is completely like Apocrypha now. The enemy faction has far more stronger servants than we had now. Out of the Servants we have that can match their strongest are Gilgamesh, Brynhildr and Achilles. Gilgamesh is nerfed since he was not summoned on his prime class, Brynhildr is going to be busy with the enemy Saber, and Achilles will not be able to match the enemy Rider on his own especially now that the enemy Rider now is more cautious and alert. The only way now is pick them off one at time and not to fight time all at the same time.
While there is no doubt that they have more strong Servants than us, it is not Apocrypha level yet.

At least some of our Servants are actually capable of fighting against them! Compare that to the Black and Red factions on Apocrypha, where nobody in the Black Faction could beat Karna after Siegfried went and sacrificed himself for Sieg (Which at the moment was simply nameless Homunculi #25364, so good job Saber...).

Besides, we already have confirmation that Ozymadas/Ramses II was nerfed for balance proposes to be actually beatable; Scathach is even worse considering the fact that the World itself said that she was so OP that she was now essentially immortal by any way possible way; So I would bet my money that she was also nerfed, even if its only a little.

TLDR: I would have faith in SVS, he has shown himself/herself/themselves(?) capable of managing a Quest since quite a while, I doubt that he/she/them(?) would put us in a 'No-Win' situation.
 
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Day 3 Chapter 1

Having Amy in your life is a lot like being the mother of a young child. At least, it's what you assume being the mother of a young child would be like, as you don't know and most likely never will know what having a child is really like. But she's close enough. You wake up and she's crawled her way into bed beside you, even though she has her own mattress to sleep on at the foot of your bed. Nope, she'd rather sleep in your bed next to you. You're very grateful that you don't have a cat allergy, because there's no way you could keep this silky black ball of fur otherwise.

"Good morning," you say, running your hand through Amy's fur as she stretches and does what you assume is the cat equivalent of a morning yawn. "Sleep well?" You never get any more than a simple "Mew" when you ask Amy anything; but it's plenty. You hug Amy, drawing her in close and nuzzling your cheek against hers. "I'm glad to hear that."

Like the small child you assume Amy to be, she's also needy; she wants to play with you at just about any opportunity she can get; but like the mother of a small child, you find it difficult to say no to her. Pulling yourself out of bed, you grab for one of Amy's toys and play on the carpet with her for a few minutes before the scent of breakfast fills your nostrils. "Come on, let's go get breakfast."

Fortunately, the one place where Amy differs from what you assume small children to be like, is when it comes to eating. She's far from a picky eater, and she'll eat whatever you, Archer, or Minako put out for her. Granted, Archer always makes sure to get quality food for her, and never fails to give her fresh fish or chicken at least once or twice a week, so she's got no reason to be picky. Amy's breakfast isn't anything fancy, but she goes straight for her food and water dishes as soon as the two of you have entered the kitchen. You take a more leisurely pace, stopping to give Minako a hug on your way to be seated. "Morning, mom," you say, as you wrap your arms around Minako, taking care not to knock her morning coffee over on her laptop as you do.

"Morning, sweetie," Minako responds, kissing your cheek before you and she break your hug. "Archer told me you girls had a busy time last night. You're making sure to stay safe, right?"

"We're doing our best to stay as safe as the situation allows us to."

"Is that right?" Minako looks over to Archer, who is busy preparing breakfast, as he does. "You know, when I was a kid, I never imagined that both my daughters and my boyfriend would get caught up in some crazy magic stuff while I just have to sit back and hope they all come home safe each night."

Archer nods, stopping to receive a hug from you and Minako both as he serves up breakfast. "Last night was pretty rough, but we're all in one piece. Hopefully things'll be better going forward now that we have a better idea of what we're up against."

Minako sets her laptop aside as she pokes at breakfast. "And, what are you up against,? Do I ever want to know?"

"They're all a bunch of pretty scary customers," Archer replies. Turning to you, he asks "Did you find anything last night that might be useful?"

You shrug, saying "Who knows?" as you break the last night's fast. "Ramesses suffered from a toothache before he died, but I don't think we're going to get much out of that; and if we're wrong about their identity, knowing that's going to be less than useless. Sigurd?" You shrug again. "I assume Lancer would be able to tell me more than an online search could."

Minako stares as you and Archer have a back-and-forth about the enemy servants, not sure of what to say outside of "I have no idea who any of these people are."

"They're some of the enemy team's servants."

"And, is that a... Good, thing? A bad thing?" Minako's eyes wander between you and Archer as she says "I don't even know enough to know how worried I should be."

Archer leans over, draping an arm around Minako's shoulder as he says "I know I can't stop you from worrying. But for the moment, things are at least manageable. So you only have to worry about us a little bit."

You aren't sure whether you can share Archer's optimism, so you remain quiet as you eat your breakfast. You've got a long day ahead of you; and you still have to tell Madoka and Sayaka what's going on. Today is going to be a long day, you can feel it.

Over breakfast, do you
[ ] Talk
-[ ] to Archer
-[ ] to Minako
-[ ] to Amy
--[] About what? (write-in)
[ ] Don't talk more than you have to; speed through breakfast and get to school
[ ] Other (write-in)

After breakfast, do you
[ ] Talk
-[ ] to Madoka
-[ ] to Sayaka
-[ ] to Hitomi
-[ ] to Kyouko
--[ ] About what? (write-in)
[ ] Don't talk; just answer their questions and don't say anything more than you have to
[ ] Other (write-in)




Friday, 5 October 2012

Major objectives
- Keep Everyone on your side alive.
- Solve the mystery of the new Witches
- Win the coming Great War against the Pleiades Saints
- Find new masters and summon the Saber and Assassin servants
- Find Hijiri Kanna a place to stay

2 major objectives accomplished! [ ] Set new objectives?
- Protect your family
- Protect your allies
- Find a way to incarnate into a real body
[ ] Do you want to set additional objectives?
 
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Besides, we already have confirmation that Ozymadas/Ramses II was nerfed for balance proposes to be actually beatable; Scathach is even worse considering the fact that the World itself said that she was so OP that she was now essentially immortal by any way possible way; So I would bet my money that she was also nerfed, even if its only a little.
There was no way for Ramesses to escape being brought down to a manageable level, but Scat doesn't necessarily have to have been nerfed, only changed. As long as she - be it her kit or her backstory - was changed just enough for her to be summonable in this continuity, that would be enough to constitute her placement on the changelist. You can refer to Plague's list of how much each servant was changed from their base higher up on this page, and that should give you an idea of how much of an altered Scat we're in for.
TLDR: I would have faith in SVS, he has shown himself/herself/themselves(?) capable of managing a Quest since quite a while, I doubt that he/she/them(?) would put us in a 'No-Win' situation.
Correct. I will never put you into a situation where you cannot possibly win. You can lose if you make stupid choices in difficult situations, but you'll never be put into something where your loss is determined from the start.
 
[X] Plan: Let's talk a little! (Alternate title: I really should leave plans to Plague, shouldn't I?)
-[X] Talk
--[X] to Archer
---[X] Um... Have you, managed to find a job for after... all of this?
--[X] to Minako
---[X] So... How is your job going?
--[X] to Amy
---[X] Ask her why she's such a good cat, and pet her after her answer.
----[jk] In the case she actually answers with words, become dumbfounded and then hug sword dad Archer and Minako.
--[X] Before going to school, ask Archer what he really thinks about our situation; with Minako out of earzone.
-[X] Talk
--[X] to Madoka
---[X] Ask her if she has any new hobbies, and be happy around her in general.
---[X] Any new shows/books/anime/whatever you've seen recently that you liked?"
---[X] You should at least tell her a little about your situation, maybe lowplaying some aspects for her peace of mind, like making the skirmish sound a little less awful and the info about how Sigurd was able to seemingly hold both Bryn and Lancelot without problems...
--[X] to Sayaka
---[X] The same as Madoka, but sightly less bright and happy.
---[X] It should be good to tell her about what has been happening, if Kyouko hadn't told her already; make sure to say it in a way that doesn't end with her wanting to do something stupid.
--[X] to Hitomi
---[X] Ask her about how is she doing with Saber, is she fine? Has she had any problems with him or with his Mana consumption?
--[X] to Kyouko
---[X] Ask her how she is after yesterday, with what happened to the church and all that...

I'm serious about that I am really bad at planning. Seriously.

EDIT: I changed the question to Archer a little to fit a little more with our situation.
 
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Alternate title: I really should leave plans to Plague, shouldn't I?
No no no, go ahead and make plans. I think you've actually done a good one; far better than I could probably do, because my specialty is combat and pre-combat, not slice-of-life, so I'm useless here. Though I will note, usually [JK] votes should be separate from the real thing.

[X] UNKNOWN01
 
No no no, go ahead and make plans. I think you've actually done a good one; far better than I could probably do, because my specialty is combat and pre-combat, not slice-of-life, so I'm useless here. Though I will note, usually [JK] votes should be separate from the real thing.

[X] UNKNOWN01
Huh...?

D-did I just...?

Made a decent, Plague approved Plan!?

*Explodes in happiness!*

...Ok I'll stop. But anyways, I will say that I'm also quite bad when it comes to slice of life sections, it's just that I remembered some topics that could work. My speciality lies more in strategies and actions.

Also: Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep that in mind for the future.
 
I'm serious about that I am really bad at planning. Seriously.
No no no, go ahead and make plans. I think you've actually done a good one; far better than I could probably do, because my specialty is combat and pre-combat, not slice-of-life, so I'm useless here.
...Ok I'll stop. But anyways, I will say that I'm also quite bad when it comes to slice of life sections, it's just that I remembered some topics that could work. My speciality lies more in strategies and actions.
You see this, people? Even when this poor, unfortunate sap thought they were bad at making plans, they still stepped up to the plate and gave it a shot. So all of you have no excuse for not contributing if you can.
 
You see this, people? Even when this poor, unfortunate sap thought they were bad at making plans, they still stepped up to the plate and gave it a shot. So all of you have no excuse for not contributing if you can.
Why u bully m bruh?

So that's your secret tactic to make people make plans, SVS...!? To make an example out of me in your regime of Terror!? Your evil truly does not have a limit!

...'Kay then, keep going!
 
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