yeah uh

y i k e s.

I'm sure that comment was made from the perspective of Brie and Medb as our PCs. In the words of a great philosopher:
 
[X] "That's besides the point now. Let's get back on topic. I need your help and I'm willing to call a truce until we solve Berserker."

Member the good old days when the worst threat we had was edgy Cu?
 
[X] "Rider. Explain. What happened between you and this lady. You've been acting real weird, Rider. What did you do?"

I still need to catch up, but eliminating Kiara is something we should do, and it sounds like she might have done something to Medb, so we have reason to inquire.

Shame we don't know enough IC to go for the kill right away.
 
[X] "Rider. Explain. What happened between you and this lady. You've been acting real weird, Rider. What did you do?"

Kiara's legitimately terrifying, and the worst part of it is that you'd never be sure if she's gotten into your mind or not.
 
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[] "Rider. Explain. What happened between you and this lady. You've been acting real weird, Rider. What did you do?"

You couldn't help but wonder what's gotten Rider all tensed up. Maybe this alliance thing wasn't going to work out and you were already having second thoughts about it. Still, you should at least give it a swing more than anything. But before that you had some questions you needed answering.

Rider was behind you and was giving the woman before you a wary look. You weren't sure what happened but something did and it was enough to rattle the Queen of Connacht.

"Rider. Explain," you began asking as you glanced back at her, "What happened between you and this lady? You've been acting real weird, Rider. What did you do?"

Medb sighed as she spoke, "I was out gathering mana when I met her. One thing led to another and we sort of spent the night together."

"It was quite the experience as well," Kiara said as she giggled on her seat. She took her teacup and blew on it, "I never would have thought she was a Servant."

"And you didn't seem like a Master either," Rider replied as she crossed her arms.

"Rider... That was risky. Be more careful, okay?" You told her with a pointed look.

"Yes. Carefulness would go a long way especially after such a night. Tell me, Rider, is that man doing well?" Kiara asked as she sipped her tea. She let that hang in the air for a moment as Rider froze up.

The woman continued and smiled, "Perhaps you ended up taking a bit too much in your fit of passion?"

Rider took a step forward before Archer placed his attention on her, keeping her place. Medb schooled her expression and didn't give anything away.

"Rider?" You frowned in your seat.

"It's nothing," Rider said as she grimaced, "Please don't ask any more."

"That would be a shame to the soul you took. Tell me, when you're gathering mana, was that truly the first time it happened? If I didn't know who you were, I might have guessed you for a succubus, Miss Rider," Kiara said as Rider tensed up by your side, "How many accidents have you had since you started?"

Accidents?

Rider narrowed her gaze before speaking, "We're not here for that. Get on with it or we're leaving."

"Dear me, I was just making conversation. In any case, you may be correct. Let's discuss the matter of Berserker," Kiara said as she leaned back on her seat, "What do you think should be done?"

"You're... On board?" You blinked in surprise.

"Why of course. Defeating the greatest threat benefits us both in terms of living longer. We'll still be fighting after the battle but that's to be expected," Kiara said as she crossed her legs and smiled your way.

You stared at her before glancing at Rider. She must be giving you the reins as a show of trust. Which meant that you can use this chance to figure out the best way to take out Berserker. Kiara had the manpower and resources to contest even Hans should she truly want to, making her a boon.

But...

You were worried about Rider.

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[] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
[] Stop this for a moment. You need to talk to Rider. Maybe you can go out and take a breather, you're not feeling relaxed here.
[] Write in...
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.

Okay, don't get distracted on Kiara's bullshit. She's probably telling the truth about the accidents, because she really likes using tbe truth to really screw someone up, but for fuck's sake, having an argument in front of the manipulator who is an expert on fucking up human psyche is not the way to do it.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
-[x] Place a hand on Rider's shoulder, this talk is not one to have within earshot of this woman but you want to give her some sign you're here for her.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
-[x] Place a hand on Rider's shoulder, this talk is not one to have within earshot of this woman but you want to give her some sign you're here for her.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
-[x] Place a hand on Rider's shoulder, this talk is not one to have within earshot of this woman but you want to give her some sign you're here for her.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
-[x] Place a hand on Rider's shoulder, this talk is not one to have within earshot of this woman but you want to give her some sign you're here for her.

...Well, we need to do something about Medb accidentally eating souls, but I'm not going to be angry about an honest mistake. For now, we need to focus on the problem at hand.

We'll kill this monster later.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
-[x] Place a hand on Rider's shoulder, this talk is not one to have within earshot of this woman but you want to give her some sign you're here for her.

The best thing we can do for Rider is to finish this as quickly as possible to get to a safe location to actually talk. Once we hammer out the truce we can regroup, reassure Medb, get intel from Emiya and hopefully get in touch with Ruler.

Hopefully as we get more info on Kiara we'll be able to convince Ruler to eventually step in or get some assistance. Short term, Cu could rampage and destroy the city, but Minerva seems more interested in combat data than actually doing anything with the wish which actually meshes pretty well with Cu Alter. Long term Kiara...well, whatever she ends up doing with it will be be bad for everyone.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
-[x] Place a hand on Rider's shoulder, this talk is not one to have within earshot of this woman but you want to give her some sign you're here for her.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
-[x] Place a hand on Rider's shoulder, this talk is not one to have within earshot of this woman but you want to give her some sign you're here for her.
 
[X] Discuss your current allies and plans on how to defeat Berserker. You both have to be on the same page if you're going anywhere with this.
 
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