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[January Catch-All]
WHO: Minato and queeeests
WHERE: Everywhere!
WHEN: January
WHAT: Quests, probably other things, there's an open prompt for demon-hunting in here
[Minato's definitely hanging around the edge of the woods, and if he sees someone heading that way--]
Are you...heading out there to try to fight the demons?
[A small frown!]
... You shouldn't go alone.
[Or you can just come harass him for demon-hunting, he's here for it.]
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WHERE: Everywhere!
WHEN: January
WHAT: Quests, probably other things, there's an open prompt for demon-hunting in here
[Minato's definitely hanging around the edge of the woods, and if he sees someone heading that way--]
Are you...heading out there to try to fight the demons?
[A small frown!]
... You shouldn't go alone.
[Or you can just come harass him for demon-hunting, he's here for it.]
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He's thankfully pretty impossible to offend, so he ultimately just shrugs.]
I can hold my own okay... I have a lot of healing and support spells too, so I can help keep you safe.
[Which is what he definitely prefers.]
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I see, I see. That would be the most efficient and familiar arrangement. For me, to be your blade on the battlefield. For you, to be my...[ not Master, but...] backup. I trust you have little objection.
[ It is not a question. ]
Do you know anything about the demons we are to defeat?
[ She doesn't, and Mephistopheles isn't here!! ...Not that she'd be able to get straight answers out of him anyway. ]
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In that case, thanks, Saber-san.
[The demons, huh... Minato looks contemplative, tilting his head.]
I know a little bit about the demons people have found in the woods before... but I don't know if they'll be the same demons. But I can tell you about them, if you'd like to know that.
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Nero nods. ]
Information is power. A modicum of combat data is better than none. If it proves to be incorrect, then that can also be valuable in and of itself.
[ She gestures for him to continue. ]
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A long while back, a group of people went into the woods to try to find some answers. What they found instead were...demons.
The demons took the form of people they really, really cared about...so that they would hesitate to attack them.
And when one of them failed to fend off their demon, it took all of his color away.
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...That does sound like something demons would do. What does it mean for one's color to be taken away?
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He lost all of his emotion, too.
When he lost all of his color--he looked the same as the things in the town without any color--he didn't seem to care about anything at all.
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Her footsteps on the snowy forest ground crunch beneath her, and she stands at rapt attention, keenly focusing her senses on any possible enemies around them. ]
...Was he able to recover?
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But...then again?
That's what he was fighting against back home all along.]
Yes... he was. With time, he recovered. But there was nothing any of us could do to fix it for him. So we'll have to be careful.
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How long did it last?
[ A month? A week? A day? ]
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[Minato looks contemplative, keeping his eyes fixed on the trees around them as they walk.]
But I think it was maybe around a week? Not too much longer than that, anyway.
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[ Any amount of time is, really. Nero proceeds, trusting that her temporary Master of sorts will follow along for the time being, and then, due to her enhanced senses, senses another being stepping in the snow and feels that someone (or rather, something) is eying the two of them. She wordlessly holds up a hand, and in the blink of an eye, grabs the handle of the large red blade that's suddenly stabbed in the ground. ]
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Okay.
Right.]
... Enemies?
[He reaches for his gun-shaped Evoker, holding it loosely in one hand.]
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More likely than—
[ "—not", is what she wanted to say, However, her head quickly whips around, hearing the crunch of snow beneath another's footprints. She could swear she spotted a flash of wavy brown hair, and the light tan of a school uniform. Just around those trees. ]
—Hm?
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Minato catches the school uniform, at least; he pauses, lips flattening into a thin line.]
That's...
[... He raises his voice a little to call out.]
Is someone there?
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Come out! You cannot escape from me! If you were truly my Praetor, you who has bared your soul to me, you would not hide from me, of all Servants!
[ Of this, she is certain. More likely than not, Hakuno would seek her out first thing...unless she found another Servant? Or circumstances prevented her? But the girl-appearing-demon hid instead. She readies her blade, but the demon in the guise of a young brunette woman steps out from its hiding spot, a girl who seems for all the world, kind of..squirrelly. Like a small woodland animal. ]
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Hm...
The girl steps out, looking as non-threatening as can be, but... Minato will defer, of course, to Nero here.]
Saber-san... do you think this is....?
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...Why didn't you seek me out sooner? Am I not your most steadfast Servant? You should put me first, before anything else!
[ "Sorry, Saber. When I saw you, I thought you might've been a demon, and...and..." The girl trails off, and then looks at Minato, addressing him.
"Are you her Master...?" She looks like her heart could break any second, depending on his response. ]
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Minato's pretty sure this is the demon; she's sweet and realistic and plain and he's positive that this person isn't here. This person can't be in the Town, right?
Because...
Because this is how the demons work.
Firmly, he shakes his head.]
I'm not. But... I don't think you are, either. It isn't kind to take the form of people that everyone cares about here.
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"Kind? ...There's no room for kindness in a Holy Grail War. Only bloodshed...fighting...progress..."
And that statement combined with her suddenly tightly pressed lips, furrowed brow, settles it. This isn't her Master, the one who wept for her opponents after defeating them, who reached out to an assassin's hand in his last moments, who wanted to stop the cycle of death and rebirth by fighting with all she could. Nero holds her blade in a defensive position, and sidesteps to get right in front of Minato, more concerned for his safety than her own. ]
...You are correct, Minato. This is most certainly a demon. One that shall pay for taking on the face of the one who means the world to me!
[ The demon in question balks at the sudden defensive stance, and then narrows its eyes. In but a few moments, its skin turns completely black, its eyes completely white, iris-less, and pupil-less, and it holds out a blackened arm, its hands seeming more like claws than anything human in that short span. The crimson emperor steps forth to strike at the figure with her giant red blade, but the demon's now-featureless eyes narrow, its voice still a nigh-perfect imitation of that of the young woman it's trying to imitate as it calls forth to block Nero's sudden slash:
"Shielder!"
The clang of metal against metal sounds out, Nero's blade blocked by the metallic (robotic) hand of a blond young humanoid woman with crystal-clear blue eyes. ]
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It's for the better that Nero seems to snap back to herself. She's really so, so incredibly strong, isn't she...? That's all Minato can think as she lifts her sword, standing in front of him and facing down someone who clearly is so important to her.
Minato lifts his Evoker, dragging in a slow breath in that brief moment, the calm before the storm--
And then Nero is flinging herself forward, and blocked; Minato grimaces, and lifts the Evoker to his temple.]
Chi You!
[The Persona comes forth alongside Minato pulling the trigger. The Tarukaja boosts Nero's attack significantly--HAVE AN ATTACK++]
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That is what it means to become one's blade on the battlefield. Did she not already swear to herself that she would treat him with a similar amount of respect?
The sudden pull of the trigger, the brief materialization and the surge of energy coursing through her body surprises her for a moment, but he did notify her before that he was a support type. The Evoker's usage is a touch more concerning, but those questions can come later. Right now, she has an enemy in front of her, a robotic-seeming young woman,
who sounds strangely similar to Jeanne D'Arc too?, one that Nero doesn't recognize, but who must be important to Minato, if his grimace was any indication. She swings her blade again.The corner of her mouth curves upwards; it is to be a battle between Masters and Servants. That suits her just fine. ]
I will handle this demon! Minato, you will face that one!
[ It's easier on both their hearts this way. Minato doesn't have to fight, one-on-one, someone he considers important, and neither does Nero. Plus, things are more evenly matched this way, as the one Nero is facing seems to be physically much stronger than the demon-Hakuno who fires off a strength buff toward its own partner, and then immediately guns straight for Minato, poisonous sharp claws outstretched and ready to slice and dice at him with wild abandon. ]
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Minato drags in a shaky breath, and nods.]
Understood. You can count on me!
[The demon Aigis trains gun-fingers on Nero, firing rapid machine gun fire at her, eyes narrowed. But Minato doesn't have time to watch much more than that, because then demon-Hakuno is right there in his space.
He stumbles back (one step, two--), avoiding nasty claws and lifting the Evoker once more. Another fire, and this time he goes for something far more dangerous.
Thanatos appears from nothing, slicing a nasty sword demon-Hakuno's way. She catches the blade on her claws, but it flings her backwards, buying Minato space to breathe.]
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Meanwhile, Nero manages to block some of the bullets with her blade, tink tink tink, but not all of them, as the tell-tale sting of her cheek and leg confirm it without even requiring her visual focus. She grits her teeth, but pushes onward, certain that if she can get close enough to hit it, she could end the battle fairly quickly with a major impact. Nero leaps forward and her blade clashes directly with demon-Aigis's hands, trading blows at speeds clearly inhuman, bullets raining in her direction and dodging between tree branches until Nero pauses for but a moment, glowing momentarily as she readies Très Fontaine Tempestes to stun the demon on a successful guard, should it go for another strike. ]
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While Minato, diving out of the way, is still unfortunately clipped by that shockwave. He stumbles and falls, hitting the ground hard, though he's quick to roll to his feet even so. The tell-tale feeling of his limbs, his muscles seizing up is unfortunately familiar; it's far from the first time he's been shocked, and he's endured nastier.
He endures now as well, gritting his teeth as he lifts the Evoker to his temple. He just has to fight through for a moment, just enough to pull the trigger...
And he does, this time summoning Messiah. If demons are the embodiment of what's nasty, of darkness and all that that entails... then surely, he should fling light at them?
The Hamaon spell makes the fake Hakuno shriek as it envelops her, throwing the demon to the ground with the force of its light--and, unfortunately, Minato also crumples to one knee, gritting his teeth at the shocks still running through his limbs.]
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