I think I'm spotting some of grandpa Kitsurugi in Ritsuka. I can just see him having the same blank and dead eyes when he's in "I'd rather be dead mode" and "I'd actually rather be dead mode."
Fate/Sunny Order (FGO)
- Thread starter Swordomatic
- Start date
- Location
- Singapore
Ritsuka's punishment to Medea is going to be "you are getting a broom closet to rebuild your temple in and no spatial shenanigans to make it bigger, also fuck you talk it out with saber seriously you are both adults STOP FIGHTING LIKE CHILDREN'
Well, either that or he lets Herk have his way. He's going to have fun making her call him Uncle.
Well, either that or he lets Herk have his way. He's going to have fun making her call him Uncle.
Y'know, Herk and Medea might get along. They are old roommates and the reason she had to move out is that his neighbors were assholes, not that they had a falling out. They're old friends.
- Location
- Singapore
Herk walking in on this is the equivalent of walking in on your niece doing something spectacularly stupid that nearly fucked over life for everyone.
He might be exceptionally aggressive about making her call him uncle, too.
Fair enough. Honestly, I've not seen much interaction of any sort between Medea and Herk.
Chapter Four - Pt. 4
- Location
- Singapore
By the time Ritsuka and Kana arrive to the scene - well at this point it was more like a battlefield - it is something like the aftermath of a natural disaster. Dust and rubble are everywhere. There are people scattered everywhere, too, and at least one caught under the rubble. Arturia is by the corner, desperately trying to wake Okita - who is literally covered in her own blood - and Mashu, propped up against the other side of the hallway covering her red face. And then inside what was once the Temple itself are Medea and Nobunaga, collapsed in a pile around a large crack - and Attila, standing aimlessly between the two of them.
"Man I'm glad we let Caster tether a spatial subdimension to this room instead of actually using the room for her Temple," Kana comments idly. "Imagine if the explosion wasn't contained by the walls of reality before exploding."
His first instinct is to run to Mashu. And there is no reason to ignore his instincts so that is exactly what he does. "Mashu! Are you okay?!"
"E-Eh?" She looks up, her face completely red. Mashu spots Ritsuka sprinting towards her and immediately looks away. "E-Eh?! R-Ritsuka-senpai?!"
He kneels beside her, meeting her eye level. "Is everything alright? Are you hurt?"
"N-No, senpai, everything's good! No drag maid--I MEAN NO DAMAGE TAKEN! AT ALL! P-P-PERIOD!"
"...Okay," Ritsuka frowns. "Mashu, look at me."
"W-Why? I'm fine! As I said, no dra--DAMAGE!"
He grabs her chin and pulls her head to face him. Ritsuka looks firmly at her, eye to eye. Mashu starts shivering. "A-Ah, uhm, s-se-senpai, uh…"
He lets go quickly and lets out a sigh of relief - as does she, looking away quickly and darting her eyes between all the rubble that isn't around Ritsuka. "No concussions, thank goodness," Ritsuka says. "Alright, I should give you some space. Do you know what happened, Mashu?"
She shakes her head. "I, uh, we, I mean Nobu and I attacked the Temple to try and get King Arthur back. I fought Attila and sh-she... beat me." A beat. "Y-Yeah. With no support. At all. Yes."
Ritsuka frowns. Did Medea do something to her? Medea definitely did something to her. "Oooooookay. And how did you get Nobu to help you?"
"...I made a deal."
He sighs. She seems incredibly clammy today. "Alright. Just… take it easy, Mashu. I'll get Kana to take you to medbay--"
"No it's fine I'll go myself!" Mashu hops to her feet with incredible speed and holds her shield up at Ritsuka, hiding her face like he wouldn't notice. "G-GOOD DAY, SENPAI!"
She runs off at full sprint without another word, and even Agility D is a pretty impressive speed, but he doesn't have time to deal with that. He looks over to his sister. "Kana, I'll leave the Sabers to you?"
"JUST HANG ON, OKITA! I'LL SAVE YOU!" Kana, being Kana, is being woefully overdramatic. She is kneeling besides their Japanese Saber, holding her hand in hers. "The medics are coming, Okita, don't close your eyes!"
"You will live, Okita!" Arturia is there as well, in seiza. Using her lap as a cushion for Okita. Okay then. "Just breathe, and talk! I do not want our first duel to be our last!"
"Heh… I finally… went down fighting…"
"NO OKITA CHOOSE LIFE!"
He rolls his eyes, pulls a gemstone loaded with a healing spell from his pocket, and tosses it at Kana's head. Idiot. She has healing magic too, but call it pity. Or irritation. Pirritation? Whatever.
He strolls in through the gigantic hole in the side of what was once Medea's Temple, dreading what he might find.
----
"You fucking what."
Nobunaga and Medea were awake, as turns out. Just too weak to move after the explosion. But they could be at full capacity and he would still kick both their asses. He holds them both up by the face, gripping tight on their skulls. They are heavy, sure, but reinforcement provides the strength, good leg posture provides the foundation, and sheer apoplectic fury provides the impetus. "You fucking what," he repeats.
"I asked her to pay with her body!" Nobunaga is completely unrepentant. She even sounds smug while in a literal headhold. "And Shielder accepted it! It's only fair that she give me her body for my help, so it can't be helped--GYAH IT'S TIGHT IT'S TIGHT!"
"I'm sure you're just wording it like that to get a rise out of me so just try me I have command seals," he snarls. "Also just in case I forget you made another bomb?! I said no bombs!"
"BOMBS ARE GOOD BOMBS ARE GREAT LET GO OF MY SKULL OR IT WILL BREAK"
"You're the great Demon King of the Sixth Heaven! Deal with it!" He grabs her head tighter and turns his sharp glare at the Witch of Colchis. "And you! What is wrong with you?!"
"Lancer stole my figures and Saber was right there so I decided--"
He tightens his grip over her head too. "Hey here's a tip don't kidnap people. If you really wanted to have Aunt Arturia in a photoshoot in cute outfits fucking ask her."
"B-But... our past history," Medea gasps. "She… would have… refused…!"
"You're an adult. She is an adult. Do what adults do. And talk like adults. You stupid love-drunk witch." He stops, trying and failing to get a handle on his anger. Ah fuck it he'll shout. "UNDERSTOOD?!"
She nods weakly - though considering he's holding her up by her head it's translated by her body kind of swaying. Ritsuka clicks his tongue and looks at the dark Saber. "And you! Are you Attila the Hun?"
She nods. "Yes, Master."
"You helped kidnap Arturia?"
She nods again. "Yes, Master."
Ritsuka exhales and tries to compartmentalise as much as possible. She's new, she seems like a blank slate, and she's not a repeat troublemaker or the mastermind of a kidnapping. "Why did you kidnap her, Attila?"
"Because she was cute. And could become cuter." Attila tilts her head. "Why?"
"...Kidnapping people because you find them cute is incredibly wrong, Saber. Don't do it."
She holds her tilt. "...Why?"
Ritsuka wants to throw his hands up. He really does. But his hands are quite literally full right now so instead he does it mentally. Figures, besides everything else that happened he's going to have to explain the concept of morality to Attila the fucking Hun. Who, in case he somehow forgot, is a magical girl from space. Or, at least, looks like one. He sighs with the weight of the world - and the consequences wrought by a bunch of fucking idiots - on his back and lets go of Nobunaga and Medea. Both of them land on the ground in crumpled heaps.
He points at Nobunaga. "You are going to be Da Vinci's guinea pig for a month." Ignoring her crushed expression, he points at Medea. "You are never going to have a Temple larger than a broom closet, and that means internal volume. No space shenanigans or I'm going to get angrier than Berserker." Ignoring her crushed expression, he points at Attila. "And you are going to be Da Vinci's guinea pig for two weeks."
"That's unfair, Master," Nobu mumbles.
"And that's two months," Ritsuka says.
"I'm sorry I'll be good."
The Master of Chaldea sighs and folds his arms. "We can't have this bullshit happen, people. The entirety of humanity and all history is literally at stake here. If another incident like this happens I'm going to have to get creative. Seriously. This isn't some stupid fucking Grail War. This is a war for the salvation of a species that no longer exists besides me, Kana, and the rest of Chaldea. Nobunaga is a born troublemaker--"
"Hey!"
"--three months--but you, Medea, are someone I trust." Ritsuka makes an aggrieved expression. "Please don't give me reason to rescind that trust."
Medea says nothing. She looks away. That's probably the most he's going to get.
The ground rumbles behind him. He hears Arturia cry out 'OH GOD WHY' as Berserker enters the ruined chamber, and Ritsuka sees why; Herakles brings both Lancer and Archer with him by the leg, held up like slaughtered chickens. The black giant walks up to Ritsuka and drops both Lancer and Archer on the ground before grunting.
Ritsuka smiles at him. "Thank you, Berserker. You, I can trust to keep the peace."
Herakles grunts. He turns his gaze on Medea, yellow eyes firm and disappointed. Medea, unbelievably, wilts under his gaze. And wilts some more. And more, and more, the longer he keeps his gaze on her. It looks like the disappointment of the God of Strength is akin to a wasting curse, or a high power spotlight frying a dandelion.
...Shit, he's starting to feel pity for Medea.
"I'm sorry please don't look like that at me, Herakles," the witch wimpers quietly.
Okay now he definitely feels pity for Medea. "Berserker, wait for me outside."
Berserker complies and walks out, pebbles jumping with each of his footfalls. Ritsuka looks down at Medea, now more like the downtrodden and abandoned Princess instead of the old and bitter Witch. "...I'll consider letting you have a proper Temple again if you don't cause trouble for a while," Ritsuka offers.
"...Thank you, Master."
"Uuuuuuunfaaaaaaairrrrrrr," Nobunaga groans, face down on the ground.
"And that is six months."
"...Bluhhhh..."
"...I'm sorry I used that illusion of you in drag to distract Shielder," Caster whispers.
"It's okay, Cas--wait you what."
"Man I'm glad we let Caster tether a spatial subdimension to this room instead of actually using the room for her Temple," Kana comments idly. "Imagine if the explosion wasn't contained by the walls of reality before exploding."
His first instinct is to run to Mashu. And there is no reason to ignore his instincts so that is exactly what he does. "Mashu! Are you okay?!"
"E-Eh?" She looks up, her face completely red. Mashu spots Ritsuka sprinting towards her and immediately looks away. "E-Eh?! R-Ritsuka-senpai?!"
He kneels beside her, meeting her eye level. "Is everything alright? Are you hurt?"
"N-No, senpai, everything's good! No drag maid--I MEAN NO DAMAGE TAKEN! AT ALL! P-P-PERIOD!"
"...Okay," Ritsuka frowns. "Mashu, look at me."
"W-Why? I'm fine! As I said, no dra--DAMAGE!"
He grabs her chin and pulls her head to face him. Ritsuka looks firmly at her, eye to eye. Mashu starts shivering. "A-Ah, uhm, s-se-senpai, uh…"
He lets go quickly and lets out a sigh of relief - as does she, looking away quickly and darting her eyes between all the rubble that isn't around Ritsuka. "No concussions, thank goodness," Ritsuka says. "Alright, I should give you some space. Do you know what happened, Mashu?"
She shakes her head. "I, uh, we, I mean Nobu and I attacked the Temple to try and get King Arthur back. I fought Attila and sh-she... beat me." A beat. "Y-Yeah. With no support. At all. Yes."
Ritsuka frowns. Did Medea do something to her? Medea definitely did something to her. "Oooooookay. And how did you get Nobu to help you?"
"...I made a deal."
He sighs. She seems incredibly clammy today. "Alright. Just… take it easy, Mashu. I'll get Kana to take you to medbay--"
"No it's fine I'll go myself!" Mashu hops to her feet with incredible speed and holds her shield up at Ritsuka, hiding her face like he wouldn't notice. "G-GOOD DAY, SENPAI!"
She runs off at full sprint without another word, and even Agility D is a pretty impressive speed, but he doesn't have time to deal with that. He looks over to his sister. "Kana, I'll leave the Sabers to you?"
"JUST HANG ON, OKITA! I'LL SAVE YOU!" Kana, being Kana, is being woefully overdramatic. She is kneeling besides their Japanese Saber, holding her hand in hers. "The medics are coming, Okita, don't close your eyes!"
"You will live, Okita!" Arturia is there as well, in seiza. Using her lap as a cushion for Okita. Okay then. "Just breathe, and talk! I do not want our first duel to be our last!"
"Heh… I finally… went down fighting…"
"NO OKITA CHOOSE LIFE!"
He rolls his eyes, pulls a gemstone loaded with a healing spell from his pocket, and tosses it at Kana's head. Idiot. She has healing magic too, but call it pity. Or irritation. Pirritation? Whatever.
He strolls in through the gigantic hole in the side of what was once Medea's Temple, dreading what he might find.
----
"You fucking what."
Nobunaga and Medea were awake, as turns out. Just too weak to move after the explosion. But they could be at full capacity and he would still kick both their asses. He holds them both up by the face, gripping tight on their skulls. They are heavy, sure, but reinforcement provides the strength, good leg posture provides the foundation, and sheer apoplectic fury provides the impetus. "You fucking what," he repeats.
"I asked her to pay with her body!" Nobunaga is completely unrepentant. She even sounds smug while in a literal headhold. "And Shielder accepted it! It's only fair that she give me her body for my help, so it can't be helped--GYAH IT'S TIGHT IT'S TIGHT!"
"I'm sure you're just wording it like that to get a rise out of me so just try me I have command seals," he snarls. "Also just in case I forget you made another bomb?! I said no bombs!"
"BOMBS ARE GOOD BOMBS ARE GREAT LET GO OF MY SKULL OR IT WILL BREAK"
"You're the great Demon King of the Sixth Heaven! Deal with it!" He grabs her head tighter and turns his sharp glare at the Witch of Colchis. "And you! What is wrong with you?!"
"Lancer stole my figures and Saber was right there so I decided--"
He tightens his grip over her head too. "Hey here's a tip don't kidnap people. If you really wanted to have Aunt Arturia in a photoshoot in cute outfits fucking ask her."
"B-But... our past history," Medea gasps. "She… would have… refused…!"
"You're an adult. She is an adult. Do what adults do. And talk like adults. You stupid love-drunk witch." He stops, trying and failing to get a handle on his anger. Ah fuck it he'll shout. "UNDERSTOOD?!"
She nods weakly - though considering he's holding her up by her head it's translated by her body kind of swaying. Ritsuka clicks his tongue and looks at the dark Saber. "And you! Are you Attila the Hun?"
She nods. "Yes, Master."
"You helped kidnap Arturia?"
She nods again. "Yes, Master."
Ritsuka exhales and tries to compartmentalise as much as possible. She's new, she seems like a blank slate, and she's not a repeat troublemaker or the mastermind of a kidnapping. "Why did you kidnap her, Attila?"
"Because she was cute. And could become cuter." Attila tilts her head. "Why?"
"...Kidnapping people because you find them cute is incredibly wrong, Saber. Don't do it."
She holds her tilt. "...Why?"
Ritsuka wants to throw his hands up. He really does. But his hands are quite literally full right now so instead he does it mentally. Figures, besides everything else that happened he's going to have to explain the concept of morality to Attila the fucking Hun. Who, in case he somehow forgot, is a magical girl from space. Or, at least, looks like one. He sighs with the weight of the world - and the consequences wrought by a bunch of fucking idiots - on his back and lets go of Nobunaga and Medea. Both of them land on the ground in crumpled heaps.
He points at Nobunaga. "You are going to be Da Vinci's guinea pig for a month." Ignoring her crushed expression, he points at Medea. "You are never going to have a Temple larger than a broom closet, and that means internal volume. No space shenanigans or I'm going to get angrier than Berserker." Ignoring her crushed expression, he points at Attila. "And you are going to be Da Vinci's guinea pig for two weeks."
"That's unfair, Master," Nobu mumbles.
"And that's two months," Ritsuka says.
"I'm sorry I'll be good."
The Master of Chaldea sighs and folds his arms. "We can't have this bullshit happen, people. The entirety of humanity and all history is literally at stake here. If another incident like this happens I'm going to have to get creative. Seriously. This isn't some stupid fucking Grail War. This is a war for the salvation of a species that no longer exists besides me, Kana, and the rest of Chaldea. Nobunaga is a born troublemaker--"
"Hey!"
"--three months--but you, Medea, are someone I trust." Ritsuka makes an aggrieved expression. "Please don't give me reason to rescind that trust."
Medea says nothing. She looks away. That's probably the most he's going to get.
The ground rumbles behind him. He hears Arturia cry out 'OH GOD WHY' as Berserker enters the ruined chamber, and Ritsuka sees why; Herakles brings both Lancer and Archer with him by the leg, held up like slaughtered chickens. The black giant walks up to Ritsuka and drops both Lancer and Archer on the ground before grunting.
Ritsuka smiles at him. "Thank you, Berserker. You, I can trust to keep the peace."
Herakles grunts. He turns his gaze on Medea, yellow eyes firm and disappointed. Medea, unbelievably, wilts under his gaze. And wilts some more. And more, and more, the longer he keeps his gaze on her. It looks like the disappointment of the God of Strength is akin to a wasting curse, or a high power spotlight frying a dandelion.
...Shit, he's starting to feel pity for Medea.
"I'm sorry please don't look like that at me, Herakles," the witch wimpers quietly.
Okay now he definitely feels pity for Medea. "Berserker, wait for me outside."
Berserker complies and walks out, pebbles jumping with each of his footfalls. Ritsuka looks down at Medea, now more like the downtrodden and abandoned Princess instead of the old and bitter Witch. "...I'll consider letting you have a proper Temple again if you don't cause trouble for a while," Ritsuka offers.
"...Thank you, Master."
"Uuuuuuunfaaaaaaairrrrrrr," Nobunaga groans, face down on the ground.
"And that is six months."
"...Bluhhhh..."
- End Chapter Four -
"...I'm sorry I used that illusion of you in drag to distract Shielder," Caster whispers.
"It's okay, Cas--wait you what."
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Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
And now the Temple will be no larger then a shoebox.
A feat that, if successful, should qualify him for a spot on the Throne of Heroes by itself. A good spot. With a nice view and comfortable furniture, or whatever the equivalent is in special Akashic databases of heroes.
Wow. Just imagine if he was able to talk. The guilt would be a Noble Phantasm all on it's own.
Ooooohhh... yeah... that's gonna be awkward as fuck.
Mizu
Software Developer
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
me reason to rescind
Poor Ritsuka. I see he's ever beleigered by terribly-behaving Servant, the unfortunate fellow.
- Location
- Singapore
Saber Alter: "I suppose your talents have finally become useful, Ritsuka."
Jeanne Alter: "If this weren't such a disgustingly good look for you I would laugh."
Kana: "Maaaaan I'm jealous of you, Rits!"
Ritsuka: "this is my life"
- Location
- Georgia
This is wonderful.
Everything about this story is wonderful.
The very beginning set a tone of sincerity and snark that stays strong and relentless, what little we've seen of the characters suggests oceans of depth waiting to be explored, I can already taste the meaningful divergences being hinted at with respectful subtly, leaving me desperate learn to about everything that happened before Chapter One, and the fight scene in the third part of this chapter was Boss.
I literally found Fate/Sunny Order less than twelve hours ago, and the only Fate story that beats it out on my favorites list is Chaos Theory, and I have been with that story for Years.
Thank you for making this story Swordomatic. It's just plain wonderful.
Everything about this story is wonderful.
The very beginning set a tone of sincerity and snark that stays strong and relentless, what little we've seen of the characters suggests oceans of depth waiting to be explored, I can already taste the meaningful divergences being hinted at with respectful subtly, leaving me desperate learn to about everything that happened before Chapter One, and the fight scene in the third part of this chapter was Boss.
I literally found Fate/Sunny Order less than twelve hours ago, and the only Fate story that beats it out on my favorites list is Chaos Theory, and I have been with that story for Years.
Thank you for making this story Swordomatic. It's just plain wonderful.
- Location
- United States
And then his father walks in, also wearing a dress, and shows his son how a true man wears a dress.
- Location
- Singapore
Heh, and thank you for reading! It looks like I have a goal in mind now.
What happened in Fuyuki and France will eventually be covered in side chapters, same as what will happen in Rome (though I will make reference to what happened regardless). The reason I'm making this split is because what happens in the singularities is different (i.e. more serious) than what happens in Chaldea, and the tonal shift will be jarring. Its why I started after Fuyuki; while the natural starting point to show the divergences, its also not a good tone setter precisely because its the two of them going about a burning city of the dead - their home, in fact.
I mean I'm still going to post them here. But they'll be threadmarked separately from the actual updates.
TimeDiver
Herald of Dis Lev
- Location
- In-between the parallel worlds...
The following (random-as-all-hell) thought occurs to me:
Should Berserkles repeat the 'disappointed relative's stare' often enough, could Medea literally revert to her Lily form out of utter shame?
RexHeller
Title Incoming. Please Hold.
- Location
- Somewhere else.
Yay! Everybody who needed to got punished in the end. You know, a lot of comedy fics seem to forget that actions have consequences and let troublemakers go free, or worse, punish the buttmonkey of the fic and still let the troublemakers go free. I know that it's done for comedic effect but it just never sits right to me. But this was a good example on how to round out a chapter: the people who deserved it got punished (although Kana still needs that spanking) but it stayed in tone with the rest of the fic and didn't bring the story down.
Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
Question about Command Seals: can you issue an order to multiple servants at once? Also, is "stop being a fuckwad" a valid order?
Grue
滅亡迅雷
- Location
- -
Yes, but it may be too broad to be much use. Command Seals are best when used for very specific things, such as 'Kill X Right Now'.
- Location
- United States
Command Seals are like little tubs of butter. The more toast it needs to cover, the less flavor you have per bite.
No, I haven't had breakfast yet, why do you ask?
- Location
- Singapore
I've been debating the topic of whether or not Command Seals should have a 'wide' setting, as it were. Currently leaning towards 'no', because regenerating Command Seals are incredibly powerful as is.
Also it opens up plots where a group of concerted servants, intent on getting what they want, work together and force their Masters to spend all their command seals on frivolous bullshit so now they're forced to actually stop the shenanigans. And subsequently get wrecked because Ritsuka gets stronger the less he has at his disposal. And he already has no shame, no respect, and no fucks left to give*.
*Much to Mashu's confused disappointment, since she's still grappling with the idea of being with him together eventually maybe
Also it opens up plots where a group of concerted servants, intent on getting what they want, work together and force their Masters to spend all their command seals on frivolous bullshit so now they're forced to actually stop the shenanigans. And subsequently get wrecked because Ritsuka gets stronger the less he has at his disposal. And he already has no shame, no respect, and no fucks left to give*.
*Much to Mashu's confused disappointment, since she's still grappling with the idea of being with him together eventually maybe
Rogue Gemini
Wanderer without a Twin
- Location
- Here
Say, how's the Mystic Code stuff gonna work once London rolls around for your characters?
- Location
- Singapore
There will be a joke about the Battlesuit. Ritsuka will be like 'wow these spells *suck* did you design them for normies' to which the answer will be 'uh yes'. Kana will somehow shoot Literal Swords. Ultimately, Mystic Codes are just pre-loaded packets of spell data for Magi to utilise at a moment's notice, only needing mana to cast at a moment's notice - though casting time can still vary, and be fairly lengthy. Ultimately they're designed to support and buff Servants in combat, or distract/harm enemy Servants, much like in the game. Gandr might do a lot more than just stun though.
At some point Master Mystic Codes will be supplanted by Install Cards, once the Prisma Ilya singularity rolls around. Because there is zero reason Da Vinci wouldn't go 'that's a great idea' and commit Heroic Spirit Heresy.