I mean, techically Jalter was an Alter Ruler in Orléans before being released as Avenger
I think the Condemmed Man is referring to Edison in the interlude
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I mean, techically Jalter was an Alter Ruler in Orléans before being released as Avenger
That is the intention, yes.
That is also the intention, yes.
the literal Whitest Servant backed by the Presidents of USA kicking the Irish out of 1780s America
. And when DW puts forth actual dialogue such as:I have exactly zero qualms pushing the envelope further than necessary. Also, you all might want to note that the Subtitle of E Pluribus Unum is also changed from the original.Edison: It will show those Celts, who can only procreate and fight, that my inventions are the lights of humanity, the power of civilization!
... wow. That's certainly squick as hell. Especially when they chose Medb as the Celt faction leader.
Just a question when they say only America remains: Do you mean only the continent of North America remains or that the United States remains but there's an absence of land where Canada and Mexico would be?Also, you all might want to note that the Subtitle of E Pluribus Unum is also changed from the original.
Much like the E Pluribus Unum the first time round, the latter up to and including the Exclusive Economic Zone for the sea borders. I see no reason to obscure that from OOC view.Just a question when they say only America remains: Do you mean only the continent of North America remains or that the United States remains but there's an absence of land where Canada and Mexico would be?
For reference, All Fictions managed to point me to the Nasu blogpost with elaboration on Singularity resolution in canon, it was just after Babylon. The relevant bit:IIRC it is actually canon that the deaths get 'spread out'; I think it was something along the lines of it resolving as 'damage to the era'. I'd have to go cite-hunting if I wanted to argue further.
Regardless, it only really matters if Ritsuka and Hinako get into an argument over saving people in the Singularity.
Balancing the Humanity Foundation value - the damage done in a singularity is not to "that year", but "that era", so there's a plus-minus to the calculations. As Gil said, at the turning point of an era that has become a foundation for humanity, if the pluses increase, so do the minuses. Things like "this can only be dealt with through sudden death" or "well it might be possible to shorten their lifespan just a bit", and also "this person's debt will be paid back by work from people living in another land", it's that sort of book-keeping.
All the great wizards of the Clock Tower in Chapter 4 ran pretty quickly and most of their talented people were not concentrated in London in the first place. Scotland Yard was a problem, but it was a time of many reassignments and relocations so things worked out somehow.
The Lion King who became the foundation of the sixth chapter was an "impossible thing", so whatever damage caused by her was negated by her defeat. The accounting is then based on the damage caused by the mysterious Servant defeated by the Lion King.
Same thing in Chapter 7. Tiamat and Gil disappear, so the damage of Tiamat doesn't count anymore, and the new damage is instead ascribed to the Three Goddesses Alliance. Hm? There's one more chapter yet to be accounted for? Well, that, we'll see.
Hi Merlin!Excepting that there's a faint aroma of flowers, one that even her senses would be hard-pressed to notice, emanating from the stream so high up.
It's good to know that Dagobah is willing to help.Search for a Suitable Training Singularity: 28 - 15 (Damaged Command Room): 13
Thunderous storms echoed up from high. The ground is wet and damp with features of a marsh etched into it. It is a terrible place to train and yet, this is what she gets.
But this is surely a cursed training mission. A triple 13 and low twin rolls of 33? Just a trinity of bad luck.Gudako's Training: 13 + 20 (David and Billy): 33
Endurance+ activates!
Gudako's Training II: 13 + 20: 33
The answer was death.
Potential social link exclusively for Hinako?The aging man started his career as an aide to an UN rapporteur attached to Truth Committees across Latin America. He was introduced to the Moonlit World this way, stumbling upon several atrocities enacted by means not wholly mundane. He has seen the cruelties that man can inflict on another in all the ways and the scars those left.
Yeah, shittalk the DAEQ. See how that turns out."Permission to leave on training then, Master?"
"Are you certain that you do not wish to spar with me?"
"Good joke Master but no, I'd rather not hurt you so unfairly."
A snort from the third occupant of the room resounds.
... if EMIYA ALTER wasn't locked in before, it is now."Depends, really. Mister David said that it's gonna depend on if we get good compressed mini-Singularity. His Master wants an in on the training."
"...Ritsuka got a training regimen?" At that, the gunslinger chuckled.
"Kinda, yeah. Da Vinci got some firearms Mystic Codes ready just in case so I can teach her some gun training. So if you don't have anything else to say, I'll take my leave."
We didn't do so hot on the Singularity rolls, but there at least was some benefit out of it."Medea, where's the backdoor?" The Fourth Master remains in her usual state, lazedly perched atop her bed. Knowing that said Master would not leave, Medea proffered a small smartphone tablet via levitation. Said tablet of course, contains the rudimentary application that details the Singularities observed by Chaldea as a whole.
It would be unbecoming to say that Hinako Akuta is worried for her fellow Master, but knowing what sort of training she might undergo is of interest. If only because she is, for better or worse, her junior.
Taken graciously, Hinako Akuta looks at the display. And her eyes blinked at the reading.
"That is not good."
Interesting. Secrecy is the nature of the Moonlit world, but for Anselm to be involved... curious.Whether or not that was the case is irrelevant. Truthfully, many had thought that she would be like her father. That the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree.
Of a more curious import was the memorial itself. It had seemed that none but her and Anselm was in charge of this. Why then, is there a need for confidentiality all the sudden?
None know, and if any do, they are not telling. What is important, however, was that the end of the week is a time worth looking forward to, in a world burning with the Chaldeans as the sole survivor.
And so, the Chaldeans wait.
... I'll be right back, don't wait up for me. I need to get the Anti-Magical Girl Idol gun. We are free of Merlin's main target, we shall not lose anyone to that insidious thing.Excepting that down here, closer to the ground as she made her near single-handed work on installing each turbine of its rotors, the chill isn't as bad as it could be.
Excepting that there's a faint aroma of flowers, one that even her senses would be hard-pressed to notice, emanating from the stream so high up.
Interesting.
She will keep this out of all reports except those that go directly to Olga Marie's own, no one else would need to be made privy of this providence.
Of course, Maxamed and the Captain would figure this out sooner than later but as far as she's concerned, those two are not compromised.
Not that anyone else could be compromised but even a genius such as her should take some caution.
There's a reason the Tohsakas were the only one of the three families not considered 'utterly evil' by Zeltrech. You have to be a special kind of crazy to seek the Rheingeld to power your reality-warping device."Analyst, you sense it, do you not?"
"Now I do, Miss Medea. It is fascinating that of all the possible basis for a Holy Grail, one would choose this."
Rotten. Tainted. Corrupted. Not wholly of its own merit, of course. Das Nibulungen alone could not be the sole tainter of the Holy Grail retrieved from Fuyuki. No, a more pervasive taint, perhaps the very same one that caused the Singularity to occur is present here.
"How much of the accumulated power is salvagable?" The query from Maxamed is a simple one. Even now, in a heavily warded room at the edge of Chaldea, Medea stands alone in it. Maxamed remains in a connected room, heavy protected with blast shields ready.
"Mayhaps enough. But the structure itself is more important. Power is not wholly needed but the structure of a 'wish granter' is, in the end, imperative."
"Even if it is patterned off the Rhinegold?"
"Conceptually, the Rhinegold in itself is not cursed. The ring however, is." Medea explained patiently, even as weaves arcane interpose and layer themselves around the Grail. "One can say that the Rhinegold once transformed bears a curse and it is true here."
Well, we didn't get alot of power out of it, but it's a very stable battery. Let's just make sure we don't blow ourselves up when we plug it into the outlet."That- is something we will find out now." Even from an adjoining room and behind blast shields, the purple light to come out is blinding for Maxamed. Even as he closes his eyes, he feels the power that both Caster and the Grail emits. More than that, he can feel how perilous it would be to harness the energy without anyone experienced in this.
Grail Reserve Purification: 17 + 25 (Mana A): 42
Grail Structural Integrity: 73 + 25: 98
He feels it, the sheer evaporation of energy uncounting. Energy enough that would have been useful for Chaldea but irrevocably tainted and unusable. He can feel them being shunted and consigned to entropy through some means. His eyes are still closed, after all. Eventually, the torrent of power subsides and as he opens his eyes, Maxamed sees the Grail. It is still golden and yet somehow there's a pure sheen to it.
"It is done." On the Caster's face, there's clear exhaustion present. "There is some use to this Grail, with how well the structure is preserved. We might be able to use it repeatedly, if we have the power collection capacity."
"Which is a pipe dream. But for the now, how useful is it?"
The Caster gave a simple shrug. "A diminished wish granting device is still a wish granting device. With the power remaining… give me until the end of the week. You will have your report then."
... this is what you used your family's magecraft for, Olga? Countless generations, your father's winning of the Grail War, spent on a memorial to each and every individual person in Chaldea. Not just a name, you show the people, the lives that were lost."-And so, to commemorate the fallen," She stepped back, holding a rope that holds the tarps together. "To all of us, this is my tribute." The lights of the room turns off as the rope is pulled and-
Stars.
Replacing the lights, stars uncounting occupy the whole of the walls. Etched through magic and technology both, names of Chaldeans dead and living lit up. In constellations and asterisms of varying brightness and colours, the links of relations inside and outside the burning Earth are shown. Parents, children, lovers, friends, and more. For every one of the four hundred members of the Security Organization, there are at least three links to the outside world.
More than a thousand names, and more than a thousand pictures.
In a week and in secrecy, worked with by but two people, the facade breaks.
The assembled move aimlessly, tracing the connections through patterns and constellations aplenty. Some cry in silence, some break down in ugly sobs, all trying to be dignified and not quite succeeding. In darkness lit by the stars, people mourn together.
And they heal together. Everyone heals together.
Aaaaaaaand here's the moment I started crying.She spots Medea, the Caster facing a section of a wall for her lonesome, tracing her shaking hand on a singular name etched next to her own name. Her frame seems all the smaller even as the Celestial approaches and sees it clearly for what the name is. A grave.
Kuzuki Souichirou.
A loved one.
It's far from what Medea ever wanted. But it's more than she ever had. Her moment of happiness, the truth of her personhood shattering the legend, has been etched into the very fabric of this world. Solomon's ruination of Medea's happy ending will be avenged by the simplest, most pure defiance possible: Remembering."Master-" Hinako ignored the faint sobs coming from the Caster, less awkward that way. "-know this. Know simply that for this closure, I will treasure this memory. That even if our contract is severed, this will be remembered."
Hinako considered her next words and actions. "Thank you." A comforting hand is laid on the Caster's shoulder. No words need to be said.
...As far as memorials go, and for as much as these events can be rated, Chaldea topped the list.
Maybe, maybe not~ Though each of the Department head has their own background and stories, Hinako's story is one decidedly rooted with the Servants than the Chaldeans. Not that I am going for much in the way of mechanical SLs anyway.
Aside in the event of utter Crit Fails, Ritsuka has her protagonistic vibes to not fall down if she hits an obstacle. Stumble, yes- but there's always secondary benefits to it.We didn't do so hot on the Singularity rolls, but there at least was some benefit out of it.
For the record, while Medea may have let go of her vengeance, having her punch Solomon in the face is still on my list of priorities... As is figuring out how to make Kuzuki a Pseudo-Servant.A Memorial completes. Synergy with Turn 1's Medical Actions activates! Chaldea's morale stat revealed! Morale went up from "Grim Acceptance" to "Grim Resolve". Morale might improve. Medea of Colchis lets go of her vengeance. Further effects to come.
Good to see, Ritsuka! You just keep working on those Bond Points.Gudako's training continues despite the trio of 13s. An excess of free time bonds her with the two Archers. Bond with Mash progresses. ??? Gained.