Swords and Dust

The End of the First Night and Narrating Redacted
[X] Plan Hero of Justice

Your words come out of your mouth before you can even think about what exactly you're going to say. Your dream is something you've known about for years and is something you can say with pride.

"As I had said before, my father had saved me from a catastrophe. That's my earliest memory, and it probably helped put me down this path," You start speaking, remembering that day. Remembering that smile. However, this of course isn't the end. "Then, before he died, he told me that he attempted to be a Hero of Justice when he was younger…," you continue, and the minute you do Artoria looks at you in shock, confusion, and intrigue. Right, apparently the old man did something that made Artoria's family see him as some bad guy. Maybe this will change her mind. "I want to be someone who saves people, no matter what, because I was saved," You state, thinking of the smile for the second time, but two smiles overlay themselves in your mind. The smile when you were saved and the smile from when you told him you'd follow his dream. It's not just his dream though, that was just a catalyst, and the fire was the driver. As you speak the words of your dream, you can feel your voice rising, but you can't lower it as your final words come out. "In short, I want to become a Hero of Justice!" You practically shout, conviction most definitely shining in your eyes. A speech from a hero, a rousing speech of ideals and dreams! It probably was an amazing sight to behold, a step forwards towards being a hero!

At least, it would've been

If this was a show

And you weren't in a barn filled with teenage huntsmen and women in training…

"BWAHAHAHAHAH"
"Hey, I thought it was cool!"
"What a stupid dream,"
"What, do you think this is a kid's story,"
"He looks so embarrassed!"

Voices call from all around the barn, and your face quickly heats up to be the same color as your hair. Honestly, you really should've remembered your setting. Is this what it feels like to be Taiga? You should really apologize for how often you called her Tiger.

"HEY! Some people are trying to sleep, can you all shut up!" A familiar voice calls from another area in the barn, and after a bit, people quiet down. The lights in the barn go off, but some people do continue to softly talk.

"I...I think your dream is beautiful, Shirou," Artoria says with a barely noticeable smile under the darkness of the barm. You can feel your face coming up in its own smile at this.

"Thanks, Artoria. I'm going to get going now, I have something else I want to do tonight as well," You respond, your smile wavering only at having to leave. Artoria gives a nod with her smile in response. You then get going, to find Ozpin and hopefully get some help unlocking your aura.

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"Um, I'd like to agree, but I don't really know who you are?" You respond to the girl in white, and instantly her expression becomes one of aggravation. She groans as she ends up laying on the rock akin to how a child would when complaining.

"Trying to be all mysterious and everything and you're ruining it! I mean, I'm certain most of my students would anyways, but come on! I really don't want another Arthur or Glynda, so why are the interesting people always bummers!" The girl whines.

"Um...what," Your brain tries to catch up with what the girl has stated, changing from the mysterious girl to a child. Plus, who's this Arthur or Glynda? Last names would help!

"Maybe you're not so bright," The lady suddenly says shocking you. Before you can respond to the insult, she speaks after having sat up on the rock. "Fine, I'm one of the last teachers and practitioners of Magic, my name is Merlin!" The lady shouts as a staff appeared with more of those flowers. "Now, do you understand my greatness?" She asks with a proudful smirk.

"Not really," Is the response that comes out of you. The girl gives an 'ehhhhh' and is starting to remind you of a specific tiger…

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The morning sun has risen, and so have you. With a yawn, you rise from your sleeping bag, feeling rested. Getting up, you can see people already up about their day. Everyone seems to either be talking to each other, on the phone or doing their own morning rituals. Looking around, you decide to-

You can take two actions before Initiation starts

[ ] Try and talk to someone
-[ ] Artoria seems to be going through her daily rituals, maybe she'll be fine if you join and talk
-[ ] Look for Merlin, she said that your training starts tomorrow, but you can at least talk to her first
-[ ] Look for that little girl that threatened yo
-[ ] Look for that familiar voice from before
-[ ] Just talk to someone! (Random Option No 6549)
-[ ] Write-In
[ ] Do your own daily rituals
[ ] Call someone
-[ ] Taiga
-[ ] Grandpa Raiga
-[ ] Issei
-[ ] Ayako
[ ] Practice some of your combat techniques
-[ ] Practice with one of your Weapons
-[ ] Your Guns​
-[ ] Your Bow​
-[ ] Your Sword​
-[ ] Your Fists​
-[ ] Your Explosives​
-[ ] Write-In​
-[ ] Look through some of the books you have on it
-[ ] Kiritsugu's Diary​
-[ ] Fighting 101​
-[ ] How to not blow yourself up​
-[ ] 'Taiga's totally awesome fighting techniques!'​
-[ ] Practice with your 'Magic' as Merlin put it
-[ ] With No Dust (Only Option until Dust is bought)​
[ ] See if there's a place you can cook some food
[ ] Write-In
 
[X] Plan Die Lorelei.
-[X] Try and talk to someone
--[X] Look for that little girl that threatened you
-[X] Practice some of your combat techniques
--[X] Practice with one of your Weapons
---[X] Sword

So... a brief respite from Artoria and we go to search Illya.

I would have attempted to see if I could find one of my Husbandos (Hakuno-kun...), but I want to get some Illya and training.

Also, did we got our Aura unlocked? The text doesn't really make it clear...
 
It's a I'm being vague for the point of being vague
Well... I'll work on the assumption that we did, then.

Also, to get into other themes, how proficient we are with our weapons? I would like to know before the Initiation (Ozpin throws Child-Soldiers off a cliff! He truly is the Ultimate Lifeform Evil!)
 
[X] Plan Reinforcement
-[X] Do your own daily rituals
-[X] Practice some of your combat techniques
--[X] Practice with your 'Magic' as Merlin put it
---[X] With No Dust
 
Well... I'll work on the assumption that we did, then.

Also, to get into other themes, how proficient we are with our weapons? I would like to know before the Initiation (Ozpin throws Child-Soldiers off a cliff! He truly is the Ultimate Lifeform Evil!)

Oki Doki

Shirou is the most proficient with his Bow. Then his second-most proficient weapon is his sword, then guns, then explosives. He was a natural-born protege with bows, and he had training in kendo with Taiga for awhile. Kiritsugu and the Yakuza taught Shirou pretty late into his training, and he ended up learning more about bow and sword once Kiritsugu had died.
 
I see... I believe that practicing a little with the Sword would e good, considering how everything ended in canon.

Bow, I think, would be best to have it as a reserve until we either get that juicy Tracing with Dust-filled Arrows.
 
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