You might as well take everyone, you couldn't really leave the drunks alone without anyone to watch them after all. Luckily you had the ultimate medicine "By my command seal, Servants I order you to snap to your senses and be sober!" Suddenly you felt bliss as silence finally filled the raucous room, why couldn't you have done this in the first place?
"Huh what's going on?" A voice questioned, it was obnoxiously lively, taking a glance at the source revealed it to be Rider, the girl who passed out on the floor before you could even talk to her. You ignore her in favor of a seemingly peeved Shuten-Douji, her face was pale and pinched, it seems she didn't like being completely sober, well too bad you didn't like being near drunks. It seemed she wasn't going to do anything though, so you turned your attention back to Astolfo.
"What's going on is that we were attacked by aliens while almost all of you just goofed off, you would've all died if it wasn't for Arjuna!" Rider just seems more confused as if you told him the moon was made of cheese. Well you didn't mean to start a rant, but you were quite upset, maybe not just at them deciding to have a party, but it definitely contributed.
Taking a glance at your other Servants to see their reactions, you see that Siegfried seems apologetic, his face crumpled under the weight of your words, not giving any protest against his perceived failings. The only one who seemed to be in a good mood was Arjuna, sporting a smug smirk of his face well he did have a reason to be proud.
"Shu, teeen… Where are youuu?" That whine was unmistakably Gilgamesh, you look at him fumbling about even though Assassin was barely a few meters away from him, it was obvious to you that he was still drunk…
You pondered what went wrong while massaging your temples, trying to prevent the burgeoning migraine, probably not immune to command seals, perhaps, no it was definitely because you couldn't command a Red Servant with a Black command Seal, like the one you just used. You even remember Gil explaining something like that earlier this night, right might as well "Gilgamesh by my Command Seal, snap to your senses and become Sober!"
The red full moon upon your left hand turns into a waxing moon, only two red seals remained and for such a dumb reason too, you were going to give the small Archer a piece of your mind once the aliens were dealt with. You shift your head glaring at Gilgamesh with your arms folded, he gave you a sheepish grin in return seems he had the decency to look embarrassed, still you were not amused.
You open your mouth to reply when you were interrupted by rider "Aliens huh, they're from like space right? Well I went to the moon once and I didn't see any aliens. Oooh, but I did mmph." Siegfried covered Astolfo's mouth to stop her incessant chatter.
That can't be right, your progenitor came from the moon after all, so there should be life there, oh you were being silly, Rider just meant aliens and TYPES certainly weren't, otherwise you would be considered one and you definitely weren't, you were born on this planet after all!
"Of course there aren't any aliens on the moon Rider. No wait, that doesn't matter, we need to chase after those aliens before they get away, they had the audacity to attack us, so they should be prepared to face the consequences!" That and you want to destroy all evidence that they ever existed too, a world without Uncle Zel being smug was a better one.
"Now who's with me!" everyone raised their hand, except for Gilgamesh, he looked at everyone before addressing you "While I hate to ruin your parade master, what attacked us wasn't aliens but a Heroic Spirit's Noble Phantasm."
"A Heroic Spirit who's major legend ties into a flying saucer, are you serious?" Heroic Spirits made absolutely no sense, Servants made no sense and trying to wrap your head around them was a good way to drive yourself crazy. Even your other servants were looking at the young king in disbelief, it was honestly too ridiculous to believe. Only Arjuna was taking his counterpart seriously if that focused expression on his face was anything to go by.
Gilgamesh met all your stares with a shrug "Don't look at me like that, I don't know why their Noble Phantasm looks like that either, but that's not what's important. What everyone should be focusing on is that was a scouting attack meant to perceive what state our Master was in by the Red Faction, they're now returning with information that Master now has nearly the entire Black Faction under her command." Gilgamesh gives you all a stoic look, he was trying his hardest to look serious, he could never quite pull it off with his childish features but at the same time none of you could dismiss his words for some reason.
Still you felt relieved as you heard this, it was only the Red Faction the nightmare of what Uncle Zel would do dissipated into the horizon. You weren't really all that invested in this anymore, might as well see what your Servants would do, since this war was mostly focused around them. This would also allow you to see what they were like and their capabilities, this wasn't you being lazy, no sir.
"That's not good I assume, we will lose the element of surprise if they find out our capabilities." Siegfried was actually insightful, seems he wasn't just a dumb oaf. Assassin didn't seem to care though looking at her cup of alcohol mournfully too distracted to even notice the events around her, perhaps she's the type who's more aware when drunk?
Arjuna's smirk widened as if he expected this turn of events while Astolfo was struggling to talk through Siegfried's hand in vain, you didn't really care that much, that was a lie now that you think about it, since Rider's voice was really grating, Good job Siegfried.
"You are correct Siegfried, there are really only two options, we let the scout return to the Red Faction or we intercept them before they reach their target." Gilgamesh was back to his normal insightful self now that he wasn't intoxicated, you were never letting him touch alcohol again since he was a lot more helpful in his normal state.
"How is catching them an option Gilgamesh? That Noble Phantasm is faster than us and it also has a head start since we've been wasting all this time talking." Arjuna gave the question everyone was asking in their heads, it seemed impossible to catch that spaceship after all. Gilgamesh didn't seem to mind though as his tense expression turned into a haughty smirk "You should never doubt my capabilities as well, behold the Viimana!"
A green winged vehicle of some sort materialized out of Gil's Gate, didn't Arjuna just mention that Viimana thing? You looked at the Indian hero to see his reaction to this turn of events, you weren't disappointed "You… how do you possess the Viimana?"
The younger Archer merely widened his grin in response "All treasures in this world belong to me, there is nothing my Gate of Babylon lacks!" for some reason it seems your two Archers were having a subtle competition perhaps they wanted to prove who was the better Archer?
"This Viimana can travel at the speed of thought, easily capable of allowing us to catch that interloper before they meet up with their Faction." Sparkles seemed to be emanating from Gil's figure as he boasted of his treasure's capabilities, his entire demeanor seemed to scream 'praise me' hmmm perhaps he didn't want his impression from earlier to stick.
You walk over to him and pat his head "There, there Gil, we know you did a good job." Letting him know all was forgiven for now, Gil just seemed mortified however, perhaps you read him wrong? Oh well, head pats were the best way to praise people. Len loves them after all and when she gave Gil some he seemed to like them as well and best of all, you liked giving them.
"So, Gil, we just get on this Viimana thing and we can get that fake alien, right?" Gil nods from under your grasp "It seems fun so why not, let's go everyone!"
You feel a tapping on your arm as Gil tries to escape your grasp, you loosen your hold a little, Gilgamesh suddenly rises up as he gasps for breath "Master you're too strong…" You merely tilt your head. "Never mind, what I meant to say is that chasing the scout might not be the wisest option, since if we do get rid of the scout the Red Faction will be on alert, what might be better is to give the Red Faction a surprise attack when they least expect it."
Well that doesn't sound too bad either, all your servants are looking at you in interest to see what you decide, well except for Shuten-Douji, she's still staring at her alcohol trying to drink but unable to. She's collapsed on herself in a heap of suffering and self-pity, you didn't think your order would affect her this adversely, perhaps you should help her as well?
What does Arcueid do about the Enemy Faction?
[] Go after the scout, they need to pay for attacking you!
[] Surprise attack the Red Faction, they won't know what hit them!
What Will Arcueid do about Shuten-Douji's sober suffering?
[] Nothing, maybe she'll learn to not be a bad influence on her peers.
[] Looking at her in this state is quite pitiful, you'll give her mercy and have Gil help her or something.
A/N: So finally, I broke my schedule of at least one chapter per day, do people like the slower schedule or the rapid updates or just nor care? Anyways kinda feel like I could keep the pace up, I haven't hit any writer's block, or anything just don't want to set other stuff I'm doing to the side, neglected.
Also, as I wrote this I kind of noticed that there are quite a few characters that will appear in each update, while it's still at a manageable level if I add any more Servants I fear that will give the characters we already have less screen time than they deserve. Still for now it doesn't seem to be a problem, but I fear it may become one.
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