[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
Glad to see you're back. Sorta hope to see a Niamh interlude so we can understand more where she's coming from
[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
[X] Intervene. If Goemon is playing cards you're willing to bet he's cheating at cards after all that talk of stealing he gave when you summoned him, and you really don't want to let this be a lasting impression. Plus, after dealing with Niamh, it might be an opportunity to relieve some stress if you can get him somewhere private to yell at him, even if it means it'll take more time to get something to eat.
[X] Intervene. If Goemon is playing cards you're willing to bet he's cheating at cards after all that talk of stealing he gave when you summoned him, and you really don't want to let this be a lasting impression. Plus, after dealing with Niamh, it might be an opportunity to relieve some stress if you can get him somewhere private to yell at him, even if it means it'll take more time to get something to eat.
[X] Intervene. If Goemon is playing cards you're willing to bet he's cheating at cards after all that talk of stealing he gave when you summoned him, and you really don't want to let this be a lasting impression. Plus, after dealing with Niamh, it might be an opportunity to relieve some stress if you can get him somewhere private to yell at him, even if it means it'll take more time to get something to eat.
How could we ever pass up the opportunity to talk to Goemon?
[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
[X] Intervene. If Goemon is playing cards you're willing to bet he's cheating at cards after all that talk of stealing he gave when you summoned him, and you really don't want to let this be a lasting impression. Plus, after dealing with Niamh, it might be an opportunity to relieve some stress if you can get him somewhere private to yell at him, even if it means it'll take more time to get something to eat.
You remember glowing scarlet eyes and a whipcrack voice, ramrod straight spines and bulging veins and forced-shut mouths as the homunculi that you grew up with had their will ripped away from them for taking too long, or for having another task at the time, or for interrupting when she was doing something else. You remember her turning to you and-
Christ, not only is she a yandere she's also got a brother complex. Bad news for Ea-aaaadward.
[X] Intervene. If Goemon is playing cards you're willing to bet he's cheating at cards after all that talk of stealing he gave when you summoned him, and you really don't want to let this be a lasting impression. Plus, after dealing with Niamh, it might be an opportunity to relieve some stress if you can get him somewhere private to yell at him, even if it means it'll take more time to get something to eat.
Goemon is Edward's servant and thus his responsibility, especially if he's going about and robbing Chadela staff. It won't do to build enmity with the people we'll be working with in the future.
Besides dealing with a feudal Japanese ninja/thief sounds infinitely more interesting than just chewing some sustenance. Opportunistic venting and mother henning here we go.
[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
I am not sure about it ending well for edward here as it feels like a try to establish domminance, and that goemon will react badly to that .
And better not to try to get controll, then the feeling of losing controll. The later should be quite bad for Edwards current mindset after all.
[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
Okay, now I see why Edward is so weird about his sister. Childhood trauma is a hell of a drug. Still, they're never going to be able to work together if they can't act like the adults they are. Soon, somehow, Niamh needs to get a wake-up call and realize that her brother has very strong grievances. And Edward needs to be honest with her and set some clear fucking boundaries.
[x] Intervene. If Goemon is playing cards you're willing to bet he's cheating at cards after all that talk of stealing he gave when you summoned him, and you really don't want to let this be a lasting impression. Plus, after dealing with Niamh, it might be an opportunity to relieve some stress if you can get him somewhere private to yell at him, even if it means it'll take more time to get something to eat.
Okay, now I see why Edward is so weird about his sister. Childhood trauma is a hell of a drug. Still, they're never going to be able to work together if they can't act like the adults they are. Soon, somehow, Niamh needs to get a wake-up call and realize that her brother has very strong grievances. And Edward needs to be honest with her and set some clear fucking boundaries.
Yeah but the problem is that Magi family's are usually pretty fucked up in the head the older the family is so that wake up call for Niamh could end up with her doing something drastic to Edward.
Still, they're never going to be able to work together if they can't act like the adults they are. Soon, somehow, Niamh needs to get a wake-up call and realize that her brother has very strong grievances.
That's a very big "if," on the part of Niamh. Based on Edward's memories and observations of his sister, which were all but confirmed in this chapter, any real change in their relationship would require her to reshape a mindset that was reinforced from birth with an attitude that was justified through her absurd powers.
Yeah but the problem is that Magi family's are usually pretty fucked up in the head the older the family is so that wake up call for Niamh could end up with her doing something drastic to Edward.
This is likely the reason Niamh won't be acting like an adult anytime soon, unlike Edward who compromised indulging his sister's fancies against his will in favor of cooperation. From what I've gathered Niamh's fundamental flaw is that she sees herself as a Disney princess in the Nasuverse. The Mary Sue whose perfections have created imperfections that has everyone around her responding appropriately with fear. In her mind she is metaphysically incapable of being wrong or villainous as evidenced by how she has her familiars treat her, how she deflects blame onto Chadela and her parents, and even in the first chapter's character options she describes herself as flawless.
It's honestly quite chilling if you take a moment to think about it. Unlike most spoiled rich kids she never grew out of her fantasies of fairies and magic because that is literally what she has. Unfortunately for Edward it's likely she sees him as the prince to her princess, just another character in her story albeit an important one. *Shudders*
It could also be the reason she can't summon a servant through compatibility, with the grail thinking along the lines of 'There is no human, semi-human, monster, demon, or cyborg as messed up as you are!'
It's honestly quite chilling if you take a moment to think about it. Unlike most spoiled rich kids she never grew out of her fantasies of fairies and magic because that is literally what she has. Unfortunately for Edward it's likely she sees him as the prince to her princess, just another character in her story albeit an important one. *Shudders*
Now the question is if it's only a sibling prince that she see him as or is it a romantic prince because again magi family are typically fucked up in the head in someway.
[X] Ignore it. If he's playing cards and he's introduced himself to people like he did to you, it's their own fault for getting fleeced by him. You need food and you need it now, and besides, it's not like you're the only one who can take care of things. If it gets really bad you're sure someone will call Da Vinci or something like that.
Goemon seems like the type who would take getting suppressed pretty badly, and this isn't too bad.
Also we really need food.
[X] Intervene. If Goemon is playing cards you're willing to bet he's cheating at cards after all that talk of stealing he gave when you summoned him, and you really don't want to let this be a lasting impression. Plus, after dealing with Niamh, it might be an opportunity to relieve some stress if you can get him somewhere private to yell at him, even if it means it'll take more time to get something to eat.
After that shit he had to put up with, I feel like Edward's perfectly in the mood to just donkey-punch Goemon and scream at him to pack it in, because if there's one thing being powerless to retaliate against the person actually causing you trouble does it's make punching down a whole lot more appealing. Also fuck Goemon.
But yeah while I'm stuck without my laptop I can't go into much detail but I just want to say the dynamic between Niamh and Edward is absolutely awful and I love it. She's like some kind of horrific fusion dance of a Disney princess, an otaku, and the Purple Man (in the episodes the show was still good that is), essentially using her magic to live out an idyllic and very much childish fantasy while creepily asking her onii-chan why he doesn't want to join her while the thriller strings start playing. Things between her and Ed have clearly congealed into something so incredibly toxic that there is no way, absolutely zero chance, of 'fixing' it without shattering her entire identity in one swift blow, and that's probably only on the cards with some kind of outside influence while they run around a singularity. Until then Ed needs to stay far the fuck away from her, and hopefully his Servants can protect him from her without triggering a full-blown yandere rampage. Either way, placating her isn't going to last forever.
[X] Intervene. If Goemon is playing cards you're willing to bet he's cheating at cards after all that talk of stealing he gave when you summoned him, and you really don't want to let this be a lasting impression. Plus, after dealing with Niamh, it might be an opportunity to relieve some stress if you can get him somewhere private to yell at him, even if it means it'll take more time to get something to eat.
Found this today and binged it. Initially thought Ed's grievance with Niamh was her being a spoiled brat who followed their parents orders to the letter but I was SO wrong. It's so much worse than I thought.
You're not dealing with this right now, not dealing with this shithead thief fleecing the employees. If they're stupid enough to gamble with a Servant then they deserve everything that's coming to them and more, and you know that if you go to Goemon now you're likely to say or do something you'll regret. All at once there's this terrible, burning frustration inside your chest from the littlest bit of annoyance and you know that you just need to let it die. Lashing out would feel better for a moment, but you can't. Just...suck it up and let it go.
Breathe.
Goemon doesn't even look at you as you move to take a tray and grab some food and honestly, you'd prefer to keep it that way. As far as you're concerned, dealing with him can wait until tomorrow. You can feel that familiar creeping exhaustion sluggishly spreading through your body like poison even after all the time you spent unconscious, and you're pretty sure that as soon as you get a hot meal you're going to have to fight to not conk out on the spot. Of course if you did, that would mean that Goemon would probably try to steal from you, or Circe would...you're not sure, but you're not particularly enthused to imagine it, and if either of those happened then Archer would end up getting involved...
You suck in a deep breath filled with the scent of bulk-made Italian cuisine as you load up your plate with enough spaghetti and bolognese that you'd be embarrassed if you hadn't just fought your way through a hellish alternate history and hadn't eaten since before that, summoning up the will you know you'll need to ignore the siren song of a full stomach convincing you to nap. At least in your own room you'll probably be safe from anyone intruding. A few shakes of Parmesan on top and a hastily filled glass of water later, and you're marching your way towards the emptiest corner of the cafeteria you can find. Unfortunately that still means you've got a half-dozen people relatively close by, but mercifully they seem inclined to leave you alone. Whether it's your armor or your attitude, people seem to get that you don't want to be bothered.
It's a wonderful minute or two where you can just gorge yourself on your food and, well, it's damn good actually, you don't have much experience with cafeterias but Olga's clearly kept the power of a good meal in mind when it comes to morale. Part of you wants to scoff at her for the obvious manipulation, but as it happens ground beef in tomato sauce with some sharp cheese on top is a pretty good argument that sometimes manipulation is perfectly alright. You're even calming down a little after that awful visit to your sister, and as long as you grit your teeth and staunchly ignore the whoop of glee from across the room as Goemon wins another hand, it's almost nice.
You're midway through a long gulp of icy water when you hear footsteps, and a moment later a familiar face is sliding onto the bench opposite you. Da Vinci looks as flawless as she did before, not a single hair out of place or blemish marring her skin, but that's just how it is with Servants. Hell, you have to imagine that it's especially prominent for her, considering that she's quite literally a work of art. It still doesn't make it any more pleasant to have to deal with company, and you're too tired to restrain the half-glare you shoot her when she sits down.
For her part, she breezes past it like it wasn't there, turning to glance at Goemon as he gives another smug laugh and frowning. "He's...certainly quite something, isn't he?"
"He's annoying, yes. I'm not dealing with him today." You're prepared for some kind of disappointed look, maybe a lecture about how you all have to make sacrifices now. What you didn't expect is her giving you a gentle smile and a little laugh that you really wish didn't sound so nice.
"I get it. You've been through a lot over the last while, everyone has. We're all putting on a brave face, but what happened wasn't easy to deal with." You take another deep breath as Da Vinci trails off, pushing away the memory of the few hours you spent with the bastard who'd pretended to be Roman. Stupid Origin. She's looking at you a little more sympathetically now, and you'd rail against it if you weren't so wrung out already. "Edward...you and Olga are a lot alike, you know?"
That's enough to make you freeze entirely, and the withering glare you shoot at Da Vinci has her holding up her hands in a placating gesture. You're half surprised that you're able to glare at her like that considering how deeply she rattled you the first time you met, and as much as you'd like to attribute that to your newfound power putting you on a more even playing field, you're pretty sure that you're just too tired to care.
"Hear me out! I've worked with Olga for the last few years, I know how she responds to crises. She doubles down and acts like nothing is wrong and that everything just bounces off her, but it doesn't. People don't work like that, you know? She gets tired and upset and afraid like anyone else, especially after...well, after everything that happened." She looks a little more sad than you'd expect, but if she's really been around for years then it's not completely impossible she and Olga could have grown close. Just because before you'd have preferred to jump out a window than speak with a Servant for very long doesn't mean everyone shares your good sense.
"My point is that she acts like she's not human like the rest of us. And you...you walked out of your bed after Fuyuki and started working right off the bat. You didn't even sit down to eat until just now." She looks more serious now, and you're a little transfixed. You haven't known her very long, but it already seems weird to see her without a smile. "I've been trying for years to make sure Olga takes better care of herself. I'll do it for you too, if you're going to go down the same road as her. That's all."
You're...not sure how to react to that. You'd expected a lecture about how you and Olga should try get along and how you need to just suck it up and let your betters walk all over you, not for her to borderline threaten you into making sure you're not pushing yourself too hard. You're tired sure but that's not- that wasn't avoidable, not with all the fires you had to put out immediately as soon as you got up. You want to be upset, maybe to snap back that she's being pushy but it's-
It's pathetic, really. How long has it been since someone's sat you down just to tell you that they're looking out for you? And you're sucking it up like a dried sponge dunked into water. Idiot.
Her hand reaches for yours and yours twitches out of instinct, and she doesn't push it. You wish she had, and you're not sure if it's because after what she said you're dying for some kind of anchor for the words or because you're just looking for an excuse to explode at her, but she doesn't and so you're left there, sitting in silence with a woman who's told you she cares, and you sort of believe her.
But she's a Servant.
A loud guffaw from the other side of the room breaks through the awkward silence and you both turn to watch Goemon punch his fist in the air as the staff he'd been gambling with curse and reluctantly hand over whatever it was they'd bet, and apparently Da Vinci's content with your lack of response, because she gives another smile, this time confident and proud. "Oh, don't worry about that. I'll handle him."
"Uh..."
"Like I said, don't worry. I can get Olga to behave when she's in one of her moods, Goemon's gonna be a piece of cake. Just leave it to me!" She puffs up with pride as she speaks and you- honestly you just don't care enough to fight her on it if it'll get her away from you so you can stop thinking about anything awkward and just finish your meal in peace. You manage a nod and she seems satisfied, and you watch her begin to march over to Goemon's ring of gamblers for just long enough for your stomach to growl in protest of having been interrupted. The food is still good, but after what Da Vinci said you're just eating to be done eating rather than for pleasure. A few moments later you hear a yelp, and when you glance back you see that history's greatest polymath has Goemon lifted by the scruff of his neck with an enormous mechanical gauntlet providing the last few inches of height she needs to get the man aloft. It's all you can do to stare for a moment at the bizarre sight, but then she gives you a thumbs up and a smile and between that and the look of confusion on Goemon's face you can't help yourself, snorting with suppressed laughter and immediately turning away so she doesn't see.
It still felt good, though.
Class: Caster
True Name: Leonardo da Vinci
Stats:-
STR: E
END: E
AGI: C
MAG: A
LUK: B
Skills:- Territory Creation: B
Class Skill of the Caster class, representing the capacity to create a workshop that proves bonuses towards one's mysteries and magecraft. While all of Chaldea is effectively part of Da Vinci's conceptual workshop, the majority of its benefits towards her manufacturing and inventing capacity are restricted to the laboratory Da Vinci spends most of her time in. For all other locations, Da Vinci receives a simple but significant boost to her efficiency, requiring an extremely low amount of mana to maintain her existence so long as she does not leave Chaldea.
Item Creation: B++
Class Skill of the Caster class, representing the capacity to create magical items to help allies or hinder enemies. Da Vinci is capable of creating powerful tools based on magecraft, modern technology, or a mixture of both. Due to her Polymath skill, Da Vinci possesses an incredibly broad range of potential creations, far eclipsing most other Casters.
Polymath: EX
A skill unique to Leonardo da Vinci, representing her incredibly broad range of interests, and the incredible talent she possessed in each one. Effectively a composite skill, this skill grants Da Vinci an A rank in skills based on a foundation of intellect and science, such as Astronomy, Engineering, Mathematics, Chemistry, and so forth. As she was not a magus in life, her rank in Magecraft is effectively only C and applies only to theoretical knowledge, but her time in Chaldea has given her ample practice with blending mystery with machinery.
Noble Phantasm:-
Donna Universale: Renaissance Woman (Anti-Unit (Self) - E)
Leonardo da Vinci is remembered as the greatest polymath of her time, a mind beyond compare constrained only by the technology she worked with, for her vision far surpassed what could be brought to light in her life. As a Servant in the modern day, this is no longer the case. Da Vinci's intellect has effectively sublimated into a Noble Phantasm, allowing her to learn, understand, innovate, and create at a pace and on a level that would put modern scientists and engineers to shame. Problems considered impossible are rendered merely improbable, so long as Da Vinci has enough resources to learn and experiment, and even the blending of magecraft and modern technology becomes a simple matter of course for the Universal Woman. It is through this Noble Phantasm that Chaldea has been able to grow into the facility it is today, and it is only by her continued maintenance and presence that it continues to function without threat of failure.
Your good mood, if you could call it that, lasts long enough for you to return to your room when you've finished your meal. It's only once the door hisses shut that the cheer bleeds out of you like an open wound. Last time you were here, it was with Bael after you'd seen your sister for the first time in years. That alone is enough to twist your stomach, even with the exhaustion weighing on you like a boulder, and you glance at the ashtray on the bedside table, the lighter and cigarettes beside it, and you know you're not going to be able to resist. Your armor clanks slightly as you sit on the bed, and in seconds you're inhaling the familiar scent of smoke, bringing it to your lips and waiting for that first hit of nicotine to relax you.
You wait, and you wait, and you wait, but nothing happens. The scent is comforting, sure, but you know what you should feel like and this isn't it. All it is is a bad taste in the back of your throat. You take another pull in the desperate hope that something was wrong, but already you're pretty sure you know what's happening. A few seconds of nothing happening is enough to confirm it to you, and with a low growl you viciously stub the stupid stick of chemicals out in the ashtray and leave it there. You're a Demi-Servant now, and you've got a Servant's resistance. If it takes magical poisons to do serious damage, then of course mortal poisons would just wash right over you. You want to- you want to kick something, to just let out the frustration you feel building, but there's no point to it, no point to any tantrum you could throw. Are you really going to complain that some miracle that saved your life and gave you the power to fight back stops you from poisoning yourself?
Idiot.
Forcing that bubbling red frustration down takes a few moments, especially since you're not sure if the addiction will continue even without your ability to feed it, but by the time you do you're at least cognizant of the fact that you should clean yourself up before you sleep. You don't smell like the dead and dying so at the very least they dealt with that while you were out, but now that you're not running around Chaldea fulfilling obligations and feeding yourself, you're a lot more aware of how long it's been since you've had a chance to clean yourself off. At the very least, it'll give you a chance to relax.
Your armor disappears the moment you think about it, recalling how Servants seem to summon and banish it at will, but the clothes you bring back aren't exactly in good shape. Your coat survived, mostly, but it's still singed and torn from the explosion that went off right next to you. Your shirt, shoes, and trousers are all practically destroyed, and with a long sigh you start stripping. The coat goes on the hanger attached to the wall, the rest tossed unceremoniously in the corner, and your chains coiled by the door to the bathroom. Your communicator you treat a little better, setting it down on the bedside table. A quick check at the nearby closet confirms you've got a few copies of the uniform and that's good enough for you, and as soon as you figure out how to get the water running you're stepping into the shower and groaning in satisfaction as you feel the heat seep into your body. It'd be too hot normally, but at least your new endurance is good for something. It's the least you deserve after it's robbed you of the chance to seek refuge in your smoke.
You spend the first few minutes just standing there and feeling the water pour over you before you start to properly clean yourself off, scrubbing at your body until every last scrap of dirt and smog and blood is gone. Whatever becoming a Demi-Servant did, you're relatively sure you're no more or less muscular than before, and you're certainly no less scarred. As you start to wash your hair (shampoo provided, thank the gods), you wonder if the change is only when your armor is around, but aside from the fact that you've been dousing yourself with boiling hot water for the past few minutes poking a hole in that theory, you're not nearly stupid enough to armor up while you're in the shower. At worst you'd end up slipping and crashing and making a bunch of noise, and if you alerted Circe or Archer or gods forbid Niamh-
The door to your room hisses open.
Your body floods with magical energy as you burst out of the room, your awareness connecting to your chains as they snap to life and wind around your arm, your fingers curling around the familiar weight of the blade at the end as you point it towards the intruder. Already you're berating yourself for having forgotten to lock the damn thing, a snarl coming to your lips directed towards-
"Fou!"
Fou?
The little catdog thing is sitting there in front of your door as it hisses closed, staring up at you like you're the one intruding. A moment passes and he raises his paw to lick at the back of it, and you make a noise that you're not certain humans should be able to make, something like if you crossed a groan with a steam-train's whistle.
"H-How did you-"
"Fou."
Your chains slide from your arms back to the floor as you march over to the door and slam the lock button, trying not to be embarrassed about being naked in front of the team pet. He wasn't a familiar, was he? No, he couldn't be. Matthew would have said, right? Just because he's smart doesn't mean someone's using him to watch you. Right?
"...I'm finishing my shower."
Fou doesn't react beyond tilting his head, and even with the ironclad logic protecting you from embarrassment you slip back into the shower a little faster than a composed man might have, making sure to grab some underwear at the very least for when you're done. You finish up quickly after that, drying yourself and clothing yourself at least enough to preserve your modesty, and you bring the towel with you to clean the water from the floor. Fou's moved onto your bed, and to his credit, he at least focuses on grooming himself on top of your sheets as you find the provided pajamas and pull them on. Not exactly your preference, but even though you're sure he's not a familiar...
Well, it can't hurt. And the clothes are comfy.
"You're a little bastard, you know that?" You grumble as you nudge Fou out of the very center of your bed, flicking the lightswitch after you've dumped your chains onto the bedside table. The sudden darkness provokes a squeaky "Fou!" from your uninvited guest, and you can just make out the shape of the fuzzy intruder before he plops himself down on your chest once you're lying down. You'd expected it to be a bit more uncomfortable, but it's...well, it's kind of nice. You reach down to scratch behind his ears and you're rewarded with a sleepy repetition of his name, and it's almost like a trigger for your own exhaustion to come crashing down on you. You're warm, clean, comfortable, fed, and so, so tired.
Sleep comes like a kiss in the night, and you're only too happy to succumb.
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A beeping from your bedside wakes you from whatever formless, shapeless dream you were having, and you blearily scrabble to nab the source. It's your communicator, and as soon as you blink away the fuzzy vision from having just woken up, you're able to see the message hovering over the device: "Command Room, 10 AM. Bring Servants." From Olga, naturally.
Another quick glance at the corner of the projected screen tells you it's 8 on the dot, so that gives you time. You'd be a little more annoyed about the wake-up call if you didn't feel so rested, but as is you feel pretty good. A stretch and a yawn is enough to wipe away most of your grogginess, and you glance down to watch last night's intruder give a wide yawn of his own before he turns to you and gives an expectant yip. You realise you're smiling a little as you reach out to pet him, but you'll give yourself that, at least.
It takes you a little longer than normal to get dressed considering Chaldea's uniforms aren't at all built to be able to hide your chains and you can't pretend it's mail while you're out of your armor, but fortunately you at least have more than one uniform in your closet, and a few are a little bigger than you'd usually need. With your chains secured around you and a moment taken to make sure it doesn't look too off, you head out of the room with an hour and a half to spare, and a passenger wrapped around your neck as he dozes off again. He manages to keep sleeping even as you dip into the cafeteria to grab a quick breakfast, but you still don't linger. It's only when you're munching away on a croissant in the hallway that you realise you've got a little over an hour to kill before the meeting.
Well, you've certainly got options, at least.
[ ] Find out where Archer is and have a chat with her. She seemed shaken yesterday from something as simple as not rooming near you, and everything before that has given you some concerning vibes. If you can tease out just why she's so obsessed with proving herself to you, it'd be much more helpful going forward.
[ ] See if you can figure out where Circe is. You're reasonably sure she won't have moved from her room while setting up her workshop, and you'll have to call her anyway for whatever Olga's got in mind. You've no particular reason to need to speak with her, but if you're being honest, you're starting to just flat out enjoy her company. Dangerous, sure, but you can indulge yourself a little, right?
[ ] Grit your teeth and find out what happened to Goemon. You can still feel that thread at the back of your mind that connects you to him, so he's certainly still around. Getting to chat with him and lay down some ground rules would probably be healthy for the both of you, in that it'll stop your inevitable attempt at strangling him.
[ ] Figure something else out. Chaldea's got plenty to offer for leisure, and you're pretty sure a little time at the gym wouldn't go amiss. Sure, you won't get an opportunity to talk with your Servants, but that might be for the best. You'll probably be more relaxed going into the meeting, at least.
[X] Grit your teeth and find out what happened to Goemon. You can still feel that thread at the back of your mind that connects you to him, so he's certainly still around. Getting to chat with him and lay down some ground rules would probably be healthy for the both of you, in that it'll stop your inevitable attempt at strangling him.
[X] Find out where Archer is and have a chat with her. She seemed shaken yesterday from something as simple as not rooming near you, and everything before that has given you some concerning vibes. If you can tease out just why she's so obsessed with proving herself to you, it'd be much more helpful going forward.
[X] Find out where Archer is and have a chat with her. She seemed shaken yesterday from something as simple as not rooming near you, and everything before that has given you some concerning vibes. If you can tease out just why she's so obsessed with proving herself to you, it'd be much more helpful going forward.
