"Ha... The goddess in question... and the goddess that was sealed... is none other than Ishtar, a God you are quite familiar with."

"Ishtar? That goddess? And you're saying that you had her sealed into a bottle?" Gilgamesh speaks with strangely concealed excitement in his voice. "You mean to tell me that of all things to happen, Ishtar crossed you and you... you put her in a bottle?"

"That's about what happened, it seems, though I had originally only requested for Assassin to break the curse making up her existence on the planet, it does appear as if she went above and beyond in her duties. Of course, this is honestly quite preferable, I look forward to forcing her to act as a maid for the girl she attempted to possess, or at least some some otherwise degrading job for a goddess. Ishtar had set up a curse containing her personality and power to-" You get cut off by Gilgamesh suddenly bursting into uncontrollable laughter.

"Haha... Hahaha! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Gilgamesh starts to laugh uncontrollably. "That... idiot goddess! Sealed!?" He can barely even get any words out as he almost doubles over with laughter. "This is the funniest joke I've heard since... ever!" He continues laughing for almost a minute straight before he begins speaking once again, still terribly mirthful. "And... I know that you're telling the truth too! That idiot goddess really...!" He laughs again.

"I'm planning on perhaps having her be placed in a powerless puppet body, and I'm sure that I can come to some sort of arrangement where I can lend you her services, though I do wish for her to remain as a personal toy of the girl she attempted to overwrite most of all. You understand that, right?" Of all the people who have been wronged by Ishtar at this point, Illya is at the very top of the list. Having been considered nothing but a vessel for her, and being thought of as so unimportant that Ishtar attempted to simply erase the personality of Illya, just as she did to Fillia in a potential future.

"I might just have to take you up on that offer at some point, Outsider! What a level that fool has been brought to! And such a deserved level too!" Gilgamesh wipes a tear from one of his eyes, before finally getting himself under control. "Ahh, Outsider, you are an amusing sort, truly."

"Would you... mind putting the bottle in your vault when Chiyome brings it to us?" You don't want to risk it being broken, and Gilgamesh's Vaults are just about the safest place that anything can be stored. Nobody gets in the vaults except Gilgamesh, or perhaps a Divine Spirit with access to the Key to the Vault, but that's not really a problem here, as Gilgamesh hasn't carelessly just left such a thing lying in a cave to be used against him.

Gilgamesh smirks wildly. "Of course, Outsider. The goddess Ishtar sealed into a bottle as a result of her own foolishness is something I consider equal in value to even the greatest of treasures in my vault! If only for the sake of my own amusement!" Gilgamesh almost goes on a laughing fit again, before he properly regains control of himself.

"Thank you, Gilgamesh. As for everyone else, I've come up with... a plan of sorts, that I believe may just be what allows us to claim victory. First off, Lugh!" You decide against even bothering to keep trying to communicate with Gilgamesh when he might just burst out into laughter again at any moment. You also decide against continuing the deception of using the name 'Fenri' or whatever it was that he decided to make his fake name, there's really not much point in continuing to try to use it now, it's not like anybody is possibly going to betray you at this junction.

"Yes, Shinji?" The wolf boy suddenly perks up when you mention his name, and begins smiling at you for some reason.

"I want to know if you'd allow me and Sakura ride on your back for the purpose of this mission. For the sake of additional mobility, of course. It's a long way down." Three kilometers, and you aren't sure if that's a total drop or a twisting tunnel. A straight drop would of course be far far simpler for you to manage, as you would simply have to ensure you survived the impact, rather than need to travel downwards.

"Of course! I... I mean, I wouldn't mind letting you ride on my back." Well, that's good that he doesn't have any issues with it. Though he was just a little bit too enthusiastic in agreeing to your request, you feel. Oh well, it probably doesn't mean anything anyway. You feel like you ought to spend a little more time with Lugh, considering just how powerful an ally he actually is.

"Well, there's another thing too... Medusa?" You look at the woman, who isn't wearing her blindfold right now. Then again, it's not like she has much use for Breaker Gorgon now that Three Faces allows her to seal her unwanted skills on a whim. Honestly, it's amazing just how powerful that Medusa is now. As a Servant, she's easily one of the strongest that could be summoned. In fact, with as many abilities as she has now, she's the sort of Servant that losing a typical Grail War with would require a very very stupid Master. Unfortunately for you, this isn't at all a typical Grail War.

"Yes?" Medusa steps forwards the moment that you mention her name. "What do you require from me, Shinji?" She's clearly optimistic to get her chance to help as well. You appreciate that you've managed to instill a sense of loyalty and trust into most of your allies. Medusa trusts you to be able to create a plan that will work perfectly.

"I want to ask you if I can... borrow Bellerophon..." It's a very personal thing to ask, to simply tell a Heroic Spirit that you want to borrow one of their Noble Phantasms, but you feel like Medusa will happily allow for you to borrow something like Bellerophon from her. She does seem to actually enjoy your company, after all, and after you saved her and both of her sisters, she should owe you quite a lot. Not that you'd ever hold the fact that you did such a thing over her in order to try to force her into doing something she doesn't want to do.

"Bellerophon? Of course, but... I take it you would like for me to summon Pegasus for you as well?" Pegasus would indeed be a powerful ally here, but not nearly powerful enough for what needs to be done. No, the usage of Bellerophon is for none other than Lugh himself.

"That won't be necessary." You walk over to Lugh and pat him on the head. "It's not for Pegasus, Bellerophon enhances the abilities of any Phantasmal Beast that it is placed on, right?" You ask Medusa something both of you already know.

"That's true, but..." She doesn't seem to have figured out just what you're getting at. So you decide to just reveal things to her and everyone else here.

"Well, allow me to properly introduce you all to Lugh Beowulf here." You pick the boy up to show him off, you marvel at how light he currently is, he squirms just a little at being shown off like some prize vegetable or something. "Lugh here is an Incarnated Elemental in addition to a Phantasmal Beast, and is a three thousand year class mystery, if memory serves me correctly. When it comes to Phantasmal Beasts, Lugh is pretty much in a league of his own." Honestly, the only competition he has in the field of strongest Phantasmal Beast is Alítheia, and potentially Gugulanna, but unless you want to maybe extort the Ishtar in a Bottle into giving you the Bull of Heaven, Gugulanna isn't something that you're going to be summoning any time soon. "I want you to let me use Bellerophon on him. You're... OK with that, right Lugh?" You ask the boy as you put him back down on the floor.

"...Mostly? I suppose. Though if you really intend to properly ride me, you'd best hope you're capable of holding on tight!" Lugh says with a confident looking smirk on his face, he's carried you before, but actually riding him as a mount is quite a bit different. Still, with your Riding at A+, there's nothing to worry about.

"Oh don't worry, there's not a single beast on this planet that I can't ride now, thanks to Medusa." You smile at Medusa as you say that, and the woman blushes ever so slightly. Not the sort of reaction you were expecting from her, it seems like she's really started to act differently around you recently since the prison. "Now, Alcides, I need to ask you something as well..." The man looks up at you, and doesn't respond verbally. "I need to ask you if I can borrow Ares' Sash, it's crucial for my plan."

"That thing?" Alcides suddenly materializes a band of fabric in his hands. "Sure, I wasn't planning of making much use of it anyway, so if you want to use it, feel free." He tosses you the powerful Noble Phantasm almost carelessly. Despite there being a tremendous amount of magical energy and divinity in the sash, he tosses it aside like it's actually nothing but garbage. Seems his dislike for divinity is burning quite a bit brighter today. Definitely something that you can blame Ishtar for. Speaking of Ishtar...

"Jason!" You call out to the blonde man, who's looking smugger than usual for whatever reason. You've got no idea why though. "Ishtar took you and Alcides' to the docks to complete your Noble Phantasm, didn't she? Did you make any progress in it?"

"Well, actually, I completed it after I was command spelled... but none of my Argonauts responded to my call for help. It turns out that none of them were willing to respond to my call for aid when the goal of the request was to 'help assist an insane Mesopotamian Goddess attempting to overwrite the mind of an innocent girl to achieve her vengeance on two heroes she doesn't like.' This of course left her very much unable to command the force of Heroic Spirits that I had offered to her. The lack of her expected aid gave your Assassin the extra time she needed to save my Master." Jason has a smug smirk on his face as he reveals that he managed to deceive Ishtar. Maybe he isn't such a bad guy after all? If he really helped that much in subduing Ishtar, he's at least worthy of some praise.

"Thank you for helping Illyasviel, Jason. Perhaps... I may have been a little wrong in my initial judgment of you." You aren't about to apologize for hitting him for badmouthing Medea, that's still a no-go, but Jason, while on the surface a self-serving asshole, does have the qualities of a hero. If he didn't then Chiron never would've even considered training him! He's proved himself as a hero already, his quick thinking allowing for Illya to be saved from Ishtar with greater success, though in truth, you don't actually know the full story about what happened on the boat yet. "Now, I need to ask you whether or not you can attempt to resummon the Argonauts? If you purposely failed in your original attempt at doing so, shouldn't you be capable of summoning them now that your goal is to save the world from an insane God?"

"I can, but... Well, I'll need to be on the boat itself for that." Jason explains. "A ship cannot sail without its captain, after all." Makes sense that he needs to actually be on the Argo to attempt to summon the rest of his crew, you keep that in mind. You'll have to decide whether you want to send Jason to actually go and attempt to summon the rest of the Argonauts or whether you want him to stay with the group here.

You turn to Ciel as you fish a well folded piece of fabric from out of one of your pockets. "Ciel! You gave me this, and I think that it's about time I returned it to you. I... I'm going to need to ask you to wear it, so you can be undetected as we approach Orochi... Do you think that Lance of yours can kill a god like him?"

"I don't have a single doubt that the Lance of Longinus is capable of killing a god, Shinji. This weapon has been anointed in the blood of the Messiah himself, and as a weapon, it not only guarantees death, but it also has an incredible aptitude to slaying divine spirits and gods. This spear can pierce through even defenses that could block concepts from reaching something, if it is being wielded against a so-called god." Huh, it really does sound as if it is the ultimate anti-divine weapon! With any luck, a single stab with it will be all you need to take Orochi out! Though you honestly don't think you're going to be nearly that lucky.

"Good, good. Next up, Nobu..." You blurt out only the first two syllables of the girl's name as you call her next. "...naga." You finish her name after an awkward delay. She raises an eyebrow at you, but doesn't say anything else. "When we enter into the cave, I want you to use the Bluff of Okehazama to mask your presence OK? Your power might be crucial in allowing for us all to overcome Orochi, and if you can remain undetected in order to deal a lethal shot to the god, then all the better." With her anti-divinity specialization, Nobunaga will be as much a powerful ally in this battle as Gilgamesh and Enkidu both.

"Sounds fine by me." Nobunaga sounds glad to have been given a shot at actually killing the insane god herself. Though you make a mental note to only call her 'Nobu' when you've been given actual permission. It's a bit strange to give somebody you've only known for a few minutes a nickname, after all.

"Then Medusa, you're to take on your most agile form and wield Harpe as your main weapon. You can use your maximum strength and Cybele while sealing your divinity, right?" Three Faces ought to allow her to do something like that, right?

"I can do that, if Sakura provides me the energy to do so, it will be quite a draw so-" Medusa is about to explain the limitations of her newly gained skill, but it's simply something that doesn't really apply considering just who her Master is.

"Don't worry about that, Medusa, I don't think it will end up being a problem!" Sakura beams a smile at her Servant, and you know exactly why. Now that she's seemingly got more control over the power she is receiving from Tiamat, that also might mean she's got control over the magical energy of the Beast Class Servant too, of course, this means that she's potentially got about seven times as much magical energy as a Holy Grail available to her, and with that much power on her side, she could likely use even her basic magic to completely engulf an entire city in a great black shadow, at a far far greater level than the Shadow in Heaven's Feel was capable of.

"I understand, then..." Medusa is suddenly engulfed in white light as she takes a smaller, and in some ways cuter, form. "I will take on my smallest and most agile form, a smaller target is beneficial when you're just as powerful as you would be otherwise!" She cheerfully explains, and her general disposition seems to have changed a little as a result of her taking on the form of a child.

"Very good, Medusa... As for everyone else, the general plan of attack is to bind him in human form. If it can be helped, killing any of Orochi's Servants should be avoided, as his Caster, who I believe to be Paracelcus, is clearly only working with him unwillingly, and may be a great deal of help in reversing whatever Ritual that Orochi is attempting down there. Gilgamesh, Enkidu... When we reach him, do you think you'll be able to bind this God with your chains?"

"Of course. No god can resist the power of the Chains of Heaven." Gilgamesh states with great confidence, and you... know that isn't quite true. Tiamat managed to break out of the Chains of Heaven after only a small amount of time, and even somebody like Heracles was powerful enough to break the grip that they had on him with the last vestiges of his strength. However, with two sets working together, the chains may just have more success at doing what they're supposed to do.

Well, now that everyone knows the plan, you suppose that there are a few last decisions you need to make.

>Send Jason to the Argo to summon the rest of his crew?
>>Yes
>>No

>Wait for Chiyome to come through before heading off to fight Orochi?
>>Yes
>>No

>Contact Chiyome telepathically to see how progress is going with healing your unconscious allies?
>>Yes
>>No

>Ask for any other allies that might be helpful for defeating Orochi who are still at Rin's home?
>>Yes (Who?)
>>No

>Write-in?

Also, do you want another Interlude soon?

>>4752077
Yes

>>4752077
Yes, those are pretty fun.

>>4752070
Ehhh, didn't Kingu hold Tiamat for 1 hour since GO dude falls asleep and Tia breaks out only when they wake up?

>>4752077
Yeah

>>4752077
Yes, I want to read about Zouken seething against Shinji.

>>4752089
Oh shit, did it happen that way?
I completely forgot.
So did Shinji.

I also have to insert some theory autism before planning takes the center stage.

Setanta profile from GO Arcade says this:

(In other words, a situation where the materialized hero Cu Chulainn does not possess either this Skill or the Noble Phantasm Gae Bolg————should be essentially impossible.)

Which means... Lostbelt Odin hiding in Cu Spirit Origin in Singularity F (which itself was mysterious) theory confirmed?

Awakening talk made me remember and look it up.

Now its plan autism time.

>>4752089
How strong even was Babylonia Singularity's Tiamat? Stronger than Our Gal, or was her wrecking shit this hard as a Beast to be expected?

You know what they say: If you need luck, generate your own luck. In the very literal sense from a certain half fairy.

>>4752098
Basically Tiamat gets Chain'd, you fall unconscious and when you wake up is when Tia breaks out, some dialogue says its an hour iirc.

>>4752103
I think they are equal? I don't think Tiamat ever dies or can die while life exists as a Beast. She just got pushed into Imaginary Number Space, so they are both living existences, even if Beasts manifest in what would be qualified as Saint Graphs.

Gil is having pretty good time.
>>4752077
Yes. We have pretty big list of possible fun ones.

>>4752103
>How strong even was Babylonia Singularity's Tiamat? Stronger than Our Gal, or was her wrecking shit this hard as a Beast to be expected?
Absolutely wrecking everyone's shit despite being held back by her own consciousness .

>>4752107
How convenient.
I love tell don't show as a writing technique.

You know what, if it isn't too spoilery, I'll let you choose your own interlude.
Who do you want to catch up with?
This isn't a vote, just... giving me ideas.

>>4752070
I would suggest voting, because I am going to call the vote in 40 minutes.

>>4752119
I kinda want to see what the fuck is going through Paracelsus' head but that may be too much info for us?

We should be able to give Ciel some buffs with Reinforcement, right? I don`t recall us every giving them to someone else.

>>4752119
As I said before I want Zouken's POV right before Shinji teleported in and he summoned Orochi.

Or Waver preparing his travel to Fuyuki and what he has done since.

>>4752077
Yes

Alright, planning time.
I think we should send Jason to the Argo, but not wait for them before we leave. Alcides will manage without the buff. Assclap will need some time to tend to the cursed. If he's confident that he can protect them from Orochi's curse then we should have them follow us a bit later on, after preparing for cursefuckery. They will arrive in our time of need. And if they don't get there in time and the cave collapses around them, spirit form should allow them to get out in time.

I don't see why we wouldn't want to wait for Chiyome. She only needs a touch per ally, it'll only be a minute

We shouldn't disturb our ninja while she's working.

The only other ally we have that we would want to come with is Aoko. The fifth would be pretty convenient to have. I say we ask her.

Also, we should ask Gilgamesh to keep an eye out for Obeithion in the coming battle. He shouldn't object to protecting the fairy saberface, and her being a fairy makes her vulnerable to Arc's power that Orochi gobbled.

And we certainly shouldn't forget to headpat our ninja and tell her we're proud of her when she brings us the bottle.

>>4752119
Waver's group for me. It was an option before. Mordred's battle otherwise, it was also an option.

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>>4752064
>Though he was just a little bit too enthusiastic in agreeing to your request, you feel. Oh well, it probably doesn't mean anything anyway.
Oh no. Please tell me it's not what I think it is.

>>4752119
Second briefing that happened after we went to save Medusa. Preferable from Ciel`s perspective.

>>4752129
He wants you to "ride" him, if you know what he means.

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>>4752129
He doesn't have a specific gender, so in the unlikely event that he finds a mate, he can adjust his sex according to his partner.

>>4752135
I'm fearing having another contestant in Shinjibowl, not a cute wolf.

>>4752127
I fully agree apart from
>Also, we should ask Gilgamesh to keep an eye out for Obeithion in the coming battle. He shouldn't object to protecting the fairy saberface, and her being a fairy makes her vulnerable to Arc's power that Orochi gobbled.
Let Mordred handle it.
And as I said in >>4752125 lets try to buff Ciel.
And SHIKI too.

>>4752119
>Jason's S-
Just kidding.

An interlude from the POV of waver's group would be beneficial to us.

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>>4752140
But he is a cute wolf.

>>4752129
>In b4 Lugh adds his cute femboy behind to the harem all by himself

>>4752119
Neco-Arcs at Ahnenerbe when it isn't a Carnival.

>>4752141
Alright, we tell Mordred to protect her aunt(?). As long as someone's keeping an eye for her, it's all good.

I don't think we can reinforce other people, and I'm not sure we can afford to spend the mana even if we can. Truth is mana hungry, and we don't have Alitheia boosting our regen anymore.

>>4752119
Waver

>>4752135
Phantasmal Golden Werewolf OP even in this category

>>4752119
Lugh

>>4752145
To be honest I'm disappointed there isn't a Lugh plushie out there, I would buy it in an instant.

>>4752143
yeah this would really be a help
>considering Waver just walked into the craziest grail war ever and his daddy's life is at stake

>>4752119
Waver’s group, I’m wondering how much Waver’s been smoking since he’s gotten here
>>4752135
>more dangerous people who want Shinji’s dick
No way in hell that Shinji’s not going to be drained repeatedly after all of this is done

>>4752149
Don't worry anon. Back Alley Alliance Nightmare confirmed Neco-Spirits as canon to non-Carnival as Lev Lainur Flauros gets stuck there while travelling from Singularity F towards a different worldline.

You may give up thinking that there are limits to the degree that jokes are not jokes in nasuland. haha

>>4752119
Waver interlude would be fun

>>4752150
Lugh should know some magecraft. As a Phantasmal he should have Regression to the Age of Gods to simulate AoG magic whenever, iirc? So he can probably use something.

>>4752150
>aunt(?).
Technically, both Mordred and Obeithion are Saber's Clones.
This family tree is now a complete and total mess.
You may actually want to perhaps officially introduce Obeithion.

>>4752163
The composition of his regression is the Phylogenetic Tree up to the 18th century, meaning he's pretty much just the ultimate shapeshifter and can take the form of anything he feels like.

>>4752119
Got few other fun ideas.
Altrouge catching up on current situation in War.
First meeting of Chiyome with rest of our allies before the docks also sounds fun.
And I think you only did first part of Rin confronting Kirei.
>>4752150
I am not sure about our skills in reinforcing other people but idea to give Ciel some extra speed to get better use of her spear looks like a worthwhile investment.
Most of our training was focused on ourselves but I think we should be able to do that.

>>4752164
Yeah, it's probably a good idea to get Artoria used to having clones of herself running around.
Grey too for that matter, I wonder if she'll stop feeling sad about losing her identity when she finds out there's like fifty Artoria clones in existence all with unique lives and personalities.

>>4752070
>Send Jason to the Argo. Don't wait for them before we leave. Have Asclepius tend to the cursed. If he is confident he can protect the group from Orochi's cursefuckery, they should follow us later on. Spiritual form should keep them safe if they happen to be late and the cave collapses around them.

>Wait for Chiyome. It'll only be a minute. Headpat her when she brings us the bottle and tell her we're proud of her

>Don't contact her before she finishes.

>Ask Aoko to come with

>Introduce Obeithion who is something between Mordred's aunt and sister. Ask our King to keep an eye for her in the coming battle

>>4752164
Obeithion has some of Saber's memories, which is why I think she's more like Saber's sister. We consider BB something like a sister to Sakura, and it's a pretty similar situation.

>>4752168
To put it in another way, Lugh has the same powerset as Ultimate Kars.

>>4752168
Is Medusa capable of anything like Reinforcement, given she summons Pegasus through magecraft?

>>4752171
Imagine if Gray learned of Servant Universe and the Mysterious Heroine line.

>>4752174
Based.

>>4752174
WhatIs, can we Reinforce other people or is it just a self-buff?

>>4752172
>>4752070
+1

>>4752175
Perhaps if she was taught how to reinforce herself.
Back in the Age of Gods, reinforcing your own body with magecraft seemed to be pretty unneeded. Espeically for people as naturally powerful as Medusa.

>>4752178
It's dangerous and won't last very long, but theoretically?

>>4752170
oh shit yeah i wanna see how Rin's confrontation with Kirei went too

>>4752183
Alright, not worth it then.

>>4752184
I'm pretty sure there was already an interlude about that.

>>4752185
we didn't see the whole thing though

>>4752185
there was

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If only you knew somebody who had incredibly potent reinforcement magic.

>>4752188
Ah, right.

I recently read through some of the archive, and I'm really happy to see you haven't burned out the way I did, What. Good on you.
That said I want to clear the air on one thing. Fate/Awakening Mirror was a garbage fire by the end, with inconsistent pacing and characterization, and no clear direction. The entire thing was brought down by a lack of planning, a problem I didn't have in Akeldama.
It turned out so bad, and so unpleasant to write, that it effectively killed my investment in the entire Fate franchise.
Please don't confuse apologists for the quest with me.
That said, I do still intend to come back and finish it once I've put together some kind of coherent direction for an ending to go in. I would appreciate personally if you don't take it on yourself to do some kind of reinterpretation here.

>>4752185
It ended right before Kirei was about to tell her all things he did.

>>4752191
Yeah, but can she Reinforce someone from so far away and keep it up without coming into contact with Mr. Snake-Godbreaker? I actually don't know so uh, maybe we should ask.

>>4752194
Oh, and also tone. Horribly inconsistent pacing, tone, and characterization.

>>4752070
Switching >>4752172 to
>Send Jason to the Argo. Don't wait for them before we leave. Have Asclepius tend to the cursed. If he is confident he can protect the group from Orochi's cursefuckery, they should follow us later on. Spiritual form should keep them safe if they happen to be late and the cave collapses around them.

>Wait for Chiyome. It'll only be a minute. Headpat her when she brings us the bottle and tell her we're proud of her

>Don't contact her before she finishes.

>Ask Aoko to come with

>Introduce Obeithion who is something between Mordred's aunt and sister. Ask our King to keep an eye for her in the coming battle

>Send SHIKI and Ciel to the mansion and ask Medea to reinforce them while we're waiting for Chiyome. Reinforcement good, can't risk to bring Medea here.

>>4752191
Oh damn, why didn't we think of that in the first place.

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>>4752194
>>4752201
Wow, I thought you'd abandoned the board forever.
Now I feel kind of bad.

>>4752070
>>4752205
+1

>>4752194
I will never forgive you for what they tell me you did to Shirou and Sakura.

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>>4752119
I'd like a Taiga interlude to find out how she became a Master, and who is her Servant.
Waver's will likely win, but maybe afterwards this one will make it.

I want a sakura interlude. GIVE ME THAT FLUFF QM!!

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>>4752211
Honestly, inconsistent characterization is one of the main reasons I want to reboot my Castlevania quest instead of continue it, I felt like it would've been better ending it when Arthur became a vampire and figuring out a sequel from there instead of just allowing it to keep going on but I didn't want to let my players down.

Sacchin interlude!

>>4752194
Nice to see you're still alive sweets

>>4752070
Supporting >>4752205 since it covers just about everything.
>>4752194
>>4752201
Neat. But are you sure you don`t want to adjust Awakening in some way and redo second part all together? You kind of painted yourself into a corner among other many things that went wrong.

>>4752218
ΟΗ! The helicopter ride! What mother and daughter talked about! This needs to happen! Thank you fren, great idea!

>>4752070
>>4752205
This

>>4752070
I’ll support >>4752205

>>4752211
Close to it. The last 6 months of that quest left the mother of all bad tastes in my mouth.

>>4752213
Heard it all before, anon. If it makes you feel any better, the first change I'd make in a rewrite would be cutting them from the story entirely.

>>4752223
It would absolutely be the best way to fix things, but I do feel like I'd be letting everyone who stuck with it to that point down.

>>4752194
why'd u gotta make it edgy and have your MC kill Shirou tho

>>4752070
Supporting >>4752172


>>4752220
This is kinda painful to look at. I guess she heard we confessed to Sakura.

>>4752070
>>4752205
This

>>4752070
>>4752233
Actually the variant with sending immortals for buffs is fine too if Gil doesn’t mind

>>4752233
The image represents the QM's regrets.

>>4752172
>>4752070
+1

>>4752231
>the first change I'd make in a rewrite would be cutting them from the story entirely
for the best, rubs me off the wrong way when fanfic or sequels or anything kills off the main cast by using the new main characters

>>4752231
It does not make me feel better. You cannot undo the past. You can strive to do better in the future, and I do wish you luck in that. I will certainly not be following though.

>>4752233
>This is kinda painful to look at. I guess she heard we confessed to Sakura.
It is. The MOMENT we're done saving the world, Monica, Bazett and Cu, we absolutely need to talk to both of them and tell them we love them both. It's the only chance we have at a happy ending.

>>4752231
I dunno, I participated in the quest, but I would be fine with you restarting from the end of akeldama. I just want more content and a good ending, and if a full redo of awakening mirror was necessary for these things, I would fully support it.

>>4752194
what are your honest thoughts on this quest?

>>4752231
I wouldn't mind a reboot starting from the beginning of Awakening.

Maybe we can keep Ayaka's brother alive this time

>>4752244
I didn't play it and don't want to give my opinion on something I'm not fully familiar with.

>>4752242
>>4752233
Bros, the Medea images with the bleeding and crying came when Sweets came in and WhatIs realized they are still here while Awakening was talked about before.

Not to say Medea and others(!) shouldn't be handled carefully and well, but no need to panic as of this moment. You may panic at the first sign of trouble or sadness IC tho.

Yes, this is my optimism and hope. Also Lugh wants in on the bowl it looks like kek

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>>4752070
>>4752205
Support.
Also damn, you sure this isn't the final boss?
With this level of preparation, I can't really think Manaka will be worse than this.

>>4752251
>you sure this isn't the final boss?
You know, he honestly might be if you don't hurry up.

How bad is it if Our Loving psuedo divinity Grandpa summon Lucifer or Satan?
Is Lucifer more stronger version of Satan or they will be separate entity

>>4752231
Gonna break my lurking streak to say a reboot sounds really good at this point. I'm not sure anyone would enjoy continuing where we left off.

>>4752249
Even if she didn't see it, many other people did. The will talk. This is what happens tomorrow if we don't nip it in the bud today. I am optimistic as well, but not if we keep avoiding the situation

>>4752251
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Paranoia carried us this far, let's not forget it.

I'll say one last thing before I disappear again. The core problem that's kept me from coming back to Awakening Mirror for this long was my realization, partway through that quest, that many of the players were way, way, WAY more invested in the overall Nasuverse than I am. End of the day, the only Fate I really cared about was the 2004 VN, and that's a problem I still don't have a solution for.

>>4752231
If you're actually asking to gauge interest, I'd enjoy a reboot too.
Preferably from the vote where we picked our class.
With no Saber and no Heilig available.

>>4752070
>>4752205
This

>>4752231
>It would absolutely be the best way to fix things, but I do feel like I'd be letting everyone who stuck with it to that point down.
So long as you give it your A game and try not to repeat past mistakes they'll come around, if you do end up going the full reboot route hope you'll reshuffle some of the cast if only to avoid metagaming around the servants/masters we saw previously.

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>>4752254
>You know, he honestly might be if you don't hurry up.

>>4752231
I feel like you don`t have a lot of room to work with considering how things were going in your last threads. Sword suddenly starting to hit people would feel really cheap.
And as somebody how participated for the most of Akeldama and Awakening I would be totally fine with you restarting second part. Preferable with other Servant class like Archer, Assassin or even Caster. Something for players to play creative with and avoid previous pitfalls.

>>4752254
Final preparations and we're off. We should be fine. Right guys?

Right?

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Some lore autism from Hollow Ataraxia to distract myself from the dangers we're about to walk into and what awaits after the War The Shinjibowl Navigation

Hollow Ataraxia has the first on screen and mentioned presence of a singularity. Illya explicitly calls it a singularity where the "future leads to the past" and "malfunctioning causality" appearsa and where "anything's possible", being a "mini-terminal". Good job Rin?

Image related as to what are examples of possibilities like Alien God, the Singularity where chinaman wanted to make an Elixir and the bleaching of the World/Singularity F? Also some weirdness with Kirei never surviving in any worldline and the Kirei-pseudo being suspicious as fuck and disappearing from the world entirely in 2004.

>>4752257
Not saying we don't have to hash it out pronto, but we should be absolutely clear then, and also not deceive them even unintentionally. Re:Others than these two as well, and including these two. Deception is death.

>>4752267
>Deception is death
Agreed. We are Truth, and Truth will guide our way.

>100 posts already
Damn, you niggas are fast.
>>4752260
yeah, that sucks, but you do need to know a shitlot of whatever you are writing or the players will out autist you.

>>4752268
Speaking of, I think WhatIs has used 'honestly' at least once in like every update

Shinji is nothing if not truthful

>>4752231
>It would absolutely be the best way to fix things, but I do feel like I'd be letting everyone who stuck with it to that point down.
As someone who stayed till the very end, I'd love to see a Redux of Awakening Mirror.

>>4752205
>>4752070
+1

Should we uh, just go in and have Chiyome follow us when she gets here while providing distraction?

Has the vote been called?

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>>4752295
I am now writing.

>>4752297
Why haven't we rubbed or kissed those ears yet? Hell even lick them.

>>4752302
Reminds me of a certain doujin.
But yeah, we should.

Since we may see a Waver interlude in the...somewhen, we find out something interesting about Waver and why he's disliked in the Clocktower...I did not expect this, but I should have. Truly a modern magus.

In fact, the main reason why so many mages want Waver dead is because his MO is figuring out the inner workings of other people's magecrafts, changing them, and then patenting them under his own name.

>>4752290
If Orochi has smart traps it is better to have her around.
>>4752260
>I still don't have a solution for.
It is actually has a very simple solution.
You should just avoid escalating things too high so a lot that extra stuff won`t play an important role.

>>4752302
>>4752297
I wanna pet Gorgon's snake hair

>>4752314
I want to put our dick in one

>>4752302
Because up until very recently we've been playing oblivious protagonist. If all goes well, tomorrow will be a good day for elf-ear rubbing. Truth is on our side.

>>4752316
Would it be like some of those succubus tails

>>4752311
Waver has this bizarre ability to see how a spell works by just looking at it being used, its weird.
Dude decreases mystery just by existing.

>>4752319
Prob like Bobanons Manticore monster girl tail

>>4752321
Hot

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Speaking of Waver, how did the Zhuge Liang thing happen anyway?
Is it gonna happen here?

>>4752328
Marisbury just shoved a chinaman into Waver, fate of the world yadayadayada.

>>4752328
they both got overworked to death i think, thats why he just let waver on the driver seat.

>>4752328
>Is it gonna happen here?
Zhuge Liang in a bottle.

>>4752335
Waver is the one in complete control tho.

>>4752337
Zhuge Liang MAY get out of this without being bottled.

>>4752340
Not Sima Yi-Reines tho.

>>4752317
not really oblivious, more like purposely avoiding it

Goddamn it I tune out for a day and we get Istar promised to being a maid. Why ya gotta nuke the dream!

Ishtar Rin is dead before it even started.

Madea making a mystic code takes awhile doesn't it? Just find something to give fox wife so she can do it quickly.

We don't want to give Orochi more time.

>>4752386
We would never shove her inside Rin. Rin wouldn't agree.
At best we make a puppet body of Rin to put her in.

>>4752393
She would agree knowing the kaladeosword would kill Ishtars ego while giving her the positive benefits of being Ishtar Rin.

Also why send Curl back? She's already fighting on the level of a servant. Besides you don't need them to go back of your having Madea create a mystic code to buff them.

>>4752403
We're not asking Medea to create a mystic code. Reinforcement should be pretty much an instantaneous cast. We're waiting for Chiyome anyway, why not use the time?

>Her rank makes her capable of creating healing potions that grant limited immortality
Speaking of Medea, why did we ever want Assclap's stupid potions anyway?

>>4752456
Assclaps makes actual True Immortality with Gorgon blood that Taoist dudes would end the world for.. I kinda want one desu.

>>4752439
How long are the effects of it active for? Plus we have the hope buff that is all around better.

We also don't have to wait for the ninja Madea could teleport her or use a command seal. Time really isn't on our side and waiting is probably going to allow final boss tk be summoned.

>>4752456
Aside from his immortality potion Assclaps can also ressurect dead people.
Assclaps is a match for us when it comes to healing.

>>4752466
Sadly only works if there is an Underworld to hold the soul or if you are fast enough that the soul hasnt dispersed yet. Not a lot of time, but not instant iirc.

>>4752463
You know, it's probably a good idea for you to have these discussions when plans are being made rather than an hour after the vote is called.

>>4752469
Wasn't around when the discussion was going on admittedly.

>>4752460
>>4752466
Gorgon blood is needed for the resurrection potion, right? WhatIs confirmed it wouldn't work properly on a normal modern normal human, as it needs a soul and souls get instantly eaten by the Root in modern times.

>>4752463
Should be active for as long as Medea can sustain it, which should be forever now that she's not doing anything strenuous. Hope buff is good, but both are better.

Medea just told us that the mental link wasn't working properly until we opened the Gates of Babylon to link our location with the mansion. I bet Orochi has set up Master-Servant link ECM around here. I don't want to have to rely on mentally contacting her and bringing her to us with the interference.

>>4752466
>Assclaps is a match for us when it comes to healing.
Assclaps can't heal cut death lines.
He can probably bypass them somehow by rearranging the structure of the body, but you can straight up no-sell them.

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Here's your limited collab SSR bros

>>4752475
Nice.

>>4752475
Noice.

>>4752475
Gonna be honest here, the previous black and red coloring suits him better
Nice though

>>4752475
Cool.

Reading through now I have questions. Why are you guys planning suicide via harem attempt? Is it meme voting?

You've known few of these women more then two weeks. If anything propose dating first and seeing if Sakura approves. Honestly if you guys wanted a harem outside Madea, Shuten, Sakura and Madea telling Sakura you loved her so.soon was a mistake. Should have allowed them to get to know each other first. We have already seen issues crop up because they haven't had the time to know eachother like the argument in the other city.

>>4752475
neat

>>4752478
And now onto the next question, if SHINJI is the hot new whalebait, which ParadoxReincarnator is going to be the welfare?

>>4752475
Nice.

>>4752472
Main thing about gorgon potion is immortality, resurrection is a side effect iirc.

>>4752480
I think black and red would suit the Counter Guardian version and that the blue and grey would suit his human look. Now that I think about it

>>4752472
So how do you propose we get them there and back. Gil has to be getting pissed with ferrying people in and out of his gate.

>>4752488
Yeah, it's the skin

>>4752484
Uhhh....
Well, lets see
SSRs would include Sakura-Tiamat, SHINJI, Obeithion...
Kaleido-Ruby Rin, is probably the welfare.

>>4752484
SHIKI not only is he the paradox reincarnator he is also not that strong aside from his immortality and blood swords.

>>4752482
Part ensuring Enkidu was secured, part wanting to.

>>4752491
Gate of Babylon is still open. We are currently Gil's second best friend, especially after what we did to Ishtar.

>>4752495
>SSR
>Obeithion
Holy shit

I'd actually like to see where you'd put each Servant/Character not already in FGO on the scale of 5 star SSR to 1 star servants.

>>4752504
She's got a gamebreaking buff NP.

>>4752488
Remember when you said Lugh was going to BTFO superchina Xianren? One of them, an exile, is Wuzhiqi, said to be the prototype of the story of Sun Wukong, from 9th Century BCE. Could be older because Proto Wukong. Tanks Rhongo+Dragon reactor. Reasonably certain they could eat 3 God fusion pseudo. You underestimated asian nasuwank. Am I underestimating Lugh and his Golden Werewolf bullshit?

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>>4752495
>Kaleido-Ruby Rin gets summoned
>Sees Ishtarin.
Who wins?

>>4752495
>Sakura Tiamat.
Are gachadudes getting a Beast finally? Tiamat-Sakura summon in next Carnival?

>>4752504
Orion style NP but AoE

Her skills would offer insane passive stargen, np gain up, omnibuffs for the party and huge self crit up and star absorb so she's both a party support and artscrit monster. Like a significantly better masked chink

She'd be able to pair with her caster variant

>>4752508
Kiara and Kama are both summonable

>>4752506
Tanking a Rhongo from Gray is like the world's least impressive thing, honestly.
It's like when in DBZ they use those ki barrage attacks and the big cloud of dust shows up before slowly dissipating to reveal that they are completely fine.

Lugh has gone on multiple adventures with Touko and remained undefeated through all of them, meaning he defeated the Kraken, fucked up an Elder Title Dead Apostle Ancestor, that sort of stuff.
He's like Arc's dog cousin.

>>4752506
I cut it off too soon for some reason. Her(his? Its a male deity/xianren in a female clone body) gets sucked intob a spacehole by Ruyi Jingu Bang which due to being the Dragon Kings Ocean Stabilizing Pillar, is a Rhongo like Texture pinning tool. cause its cool and prob means Wukong is hiding a lot of power. Watch out for them.

>>4752512
Aren't they in Alter Ego class and not Beast Container?

>>4752514
Yeah I was underestimating Lugh. Mountain hobo fisting him must have colored my impression, even tho its more like an autism thing than actual defeat.

>>4752515
Nothing summonable in that container no, Kama is an Assassin but effectively class changes via Mara Papiyas into an anti-alter ego class which doesn't even exist in the standard class affinity matchups

>>4752505
SHIKI is the Izou of the banner, 3* Assassin that may end up being surprisingly popular

Sacchin 4* with her RM as NP, Nightingale-esque with the inflicts severe Atk down and NP damage down on enemies

>>4752516
Yeah, he got his autism triggered because he got his heart exploded before immediately regenerating from it.

>>4752510
I have actually never played F/GO and I understood about half these terms, but what I understood is tl;dr Obeith OP. I was underestimating her.

SHINJI is a 5* Saver that when summoned suddenly unlocks a busted Strengthening Quest for every single servant you have that requires him soloing some difficult CQ based on their internal world where wrong dialogue options actually dead end you before the fight itself

>>4752522
Lugh is actually capable of doing that offensive suicide bomb thing as well, iirc.
So he's actually a complete nightmare to hurt if you're trying to put him down, in addition to being immune to all magecraft created in the AD calendar.

>>4752516
>>4752522
It was basically a cascading blow to his psyche as he realized that if he could get hurt he could lose and if he could lose he could die, and he got hit by a human which is something he discounted as especially impossible until it happened.
All of this gave him a fetish for humans with disproportionate destructive potential.

>>4752531
>disproportionate destructive potential.
>deleting Roa
>Sword of Truth

Uh oh

>>4752534
He's also actively seeking 'the Greatest Mystery' in order to fight them.
Can you guess who that is?

>>4752538
Which four guests Orochi is inviting over for dinner tonight?

>>4752524
>busted Strengthening Quest for every single servant
We never did that for redman, did we? Or Medea.

>>4752538
Oh, fuck.

>>4752545
Shinji would have actual free time in Chaldea and LB releases only happen once a year now. Dead game

>>4752545
What would you even give Medea?

>>4752538
I want to say its God since its a who. Who would be more mysterious?

It could be us, if some Clairvoyant set us up

>>4752548
Another child. Her daughter + blessing is already a buff

>>4752547
They're really trying to stretch it as much as they can, aren't they?

>>4752548
Our love.

>>4752545
>>4752548
>Or Medea.
We have actually never used our power on Medea, our most useful servant by far?

>>4752552
Nasu came out in an interview and said Fate ends after the lostbelts before his wranglers put him back in the cage and made him renig

>>4752548
Ear nibbles.

>>4752545
Fucking give Medea her Goddess Core already, or an Authority bit like a demigod.

I know its supposed to be part of Rule Breaker but thats all Helios' blood combining with spirits amounted to?

>>4752554
She is already perfect

>>4752558
See >>4752559

>>4752548
Dragon.

>>4752555
Lmao.
I can't wait for the next FGO threat after the Lostbelts end.

We usually give them their concepts when saving them from their evil sides/someone else's control.
Medea just let us be her master, so we didn't really get the chance.

>>4752564
You know what has multiples of that require long story arcs to fight and may get a sneak peek?

Its ya bois, the TYPES!

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>>4752548
Our virginity. I'm sure it's important for a magus.

You know what concept to install into Medea if we get the opportunity? Magic.

>>4752564
He's gonna pull a Taro and make people delete their accounts for the golden ending

I clapped/10

>>4752574
The types are merely a front for the true villain.
The company that built Lev's bomb.

>>4752574
>Its ya bois, the TYPES!
Pretty sure they'll have to deal with ORT in LB7

>>4752579
Apply the concept of Perfection

Come out of the trance

Find nothing has changed

Just for completionism's sake

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I do think we should buff Medea, she's the most useful.
People already said to give Redman Boundlessness, give her something fitting.

>>4752588
>give her something fitting.
A wedding ring.
Along with Sakura, of course.

>>4752578
Did she splooge all over our tatami mats?

Truly the evilest of witches

>>4752582
Whoever they are, they're practically the only regular humans upholding the idea of science overtaking Mystery nowadays.

>>4752582
Ah, those guys just like Tokiomi's unnamed "contacts" in Zero that somehow find and deliver the Original Shed Snakeskin to Tokiomi and dont bankrupt him or keep the fucking most ancient potential Mystery catalyst outside Avalon

Biggest fight so far is coming right up and our first servant is sleeping through it

I hope she can at least be there for the Manaka encounter

>>4752605
>our first servant is sleeping through it
It's so she can make a dramatic entrance and save the day with Kaiju Beaky.

>>4752607
>Kaiju Beaky
One can only hope.

>>4752605
Kinda funny isn't it

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Update imminent.

>>4752633
fucked up if true

>>4752633
Big if true

>>4752633
small if false

"OK, Jason, return to the Argo and summon the rest of your crew if you can, it will be better if somebody like Asclepius is around to tend to those that were cursed not so long ago. Of course, if he's confident in his abilities, he should have the ones that he manages to resuscitate follow him to this area, along with the rest of the Argonauts." With somebody like him focused on the recovery of your allies, you won't have to worry about them anymore.

"Alright, sounds like a plan, but... are you absolutely certain that you won't need me here?" Jason asks, very unexpectedly, seeing as the man himself should be taking any opportunity he can to flee this battle, as he's pretty dreadful in combat. Then again, seeing as the world will probably end if Orochi wins, it's not like there's actually anywhere can run away to. Even if he sailed away on the Argo, the results of whatever Orochi is doing will be felt worldwide, you can feel it.

"What's the problem, Jason? I thought you liked commanding from the back?" You ask the Lancer, who frowns a little. While he's a coward, he doesn't seem to like being thought of as a coward. What an odd personality that he has. There's definitely a hero in there somewhere. If only Jason had been blessed in life with the strength of Heracles or the invulnerability of Achilles.

"Well, that's... true, it feels kind of personal for me and this Snake Bastard. He did try to eat me, after summoning me, and that's not the sort of thing that you end up forgetting very quickly." Jason has an angry look on his face as he remembers the traumatic experience of being summoned by the god. You can't imagine that a Heroic Spirit would take it very well, to be summoned and then immediately dismissed as 'too weak'. So you can see just why Jason wants to prove Orochi wrong. "Well, I'm sure that it won't be too long until I can catch up with the rest of the Argonauts to assist you in killing the son of a bitch." You have a brief thought, if they end up following you and the cave collapses, then spiritual form should keep them safe. Well, that and the fact that a regular old cave-in shouldn't have the mystery required to actually damage spirits like Servants anyway.

With those parting comments, Jason leaves through the still manifested portal to Rin's house, and a few seconds after he goes through the portal, another person comes through the portal. Namely, Chiyome, who immediately kneels upon catching sight of you, and draws a bottle from a hidden pouch to present to you. "My lord, I successfully managed to rescue your ally from the clutches of the evil spirit goddess, I have taken a... liberty in sealing her instead of dispersing her, forgive me if I have misread your intentions and I shall immediately see to the complete destruction of this 'Ishtar'." Chiyome's loyalty is actually kind of excessive.

>>4752633
True if big
(Also test to see if my internet is being fucky)

"Woah woah, hold on there, Chiyome." You approach the girl very quickly, before you place a reassuring hand on her head. "I'm glad that you met with success, and I'm even happier that you managed to capture the goddess in such a way. With her captured in that bottle, Illyasviel will be able to properly have her vindication against the goddess for trying to steal her body... I've been thinking of perhaps forcing her into servitude, mostly, but I'm sure that there are other potential uses for her if I really think about it." You take the bottle from Chiyome's hands, and raise it to eye level. "Perhaps I should see about using her as a Mystic Code? Or perhaps a potion that uses the essence of a goddess? Or maybe I'll have her used as a component in a strengthening ritual? There's many ways to deal with a goddess like this one, however, for as long as she behaves as a maid, I don't think erasing her will be strictly neccessary... You understand me, don't you, Ishtar?" You feel the bottle shake. Good. She's aware in there. You would've hated for her to have been given an out of not being conscious through this humiliation. "Good, then you're going to love this!" You lob the bottle towards the King of Heroes. "Oi, Gilgamesh!" You call out to the man, and he quickly snatches the bottle out of the air.

"Ho? Is that really you in there, Ishtar?" Gilgamesh has a mad grin on his face as he speaks to the bottle. "It is, isn't it? I'd feel that disgusting divine aura of yours anywhere! But now for all that power you were born with, you can't even break out of a simple charmed bottle! Maybe you should go crying to your father to help you? Oh wait! You can't!" He begins laughing wildly as he lobs the bottle over his shoulder and a golden portal opens to catch it. You hope that it doesn't break... Then again, it's unlikely that treasures contained within the Gate are even capable of being damaged in such a way... You wonder if the bottle being placed in the Gate of Babylon means that from now on, every iteration of Gilgamesh is going to be summoned with the sealed Goddess...? Probably best not to think about that too hard, even though it's actually kind of hilarious. You really hope it worked out like that. Gilgamesh being able to bully Ishtar whenever he is summoned in the future is something that's simply too funny.

There's a few more things you need to do as well, and they mostly revolve around your home base, thankfully, your connection to Medea still seems to be functioning, so whatever is blocking it is either incapable of doing so with the Gate of Babylon link to Rin's mansion, or it is only capable of blocking connections that originate from outside the forest. 'Medea? Can I get you to ask Aoko to come through the portal? I could use her help here, as I have no idea just what sort of threat I'm about to face. Oh! and I'm going to send SHIKI through to you for a moment, would you mind using reinforcement magic on him to increase his combat capabilities?'

'Of course, Master. Give me a few moments and send him through...' You stroll over to SHIKI quickly after being given the go-ahead by the powerful Caster. You were considering also asking Ciel to go to Medea in order to be reinforced, but that's not needed at all, the girl already has all the magical knowledge of Roa, who was himself a magus on the level of one from the Age of Gods, so self-reinforcement for her is actually very simple, and she won't hesitate to use it.

"Oi, SHIKI, I need you to return home for a few seconds, I'm going to have one of my allies make you more powerful temporarily, so you can be of more help in the coming battle." You tell the freshly made immortal to go and make himself actually useful for the coming fight. As he is now, he's pretty much just a punching bag for anybody with superior physical abilities.

"Alright." SHIKI doesn't say much at all as he quickly jogs through the portal. You can tell that Gilgamesh would normally not be all that pleased by having his Gate used for such a mundane purpose, but at this point, Gilgamesh is probably at around the happiest he has ever been. You doubt that there's anything that can knock him off of his current high at this point. Enkidu has come back to him and is now immortal, he's found a girl he fell in love with, and to top things off, the woman he hates the most has been put into a bottle.

While you wait for SHIKI and Aoko to arrive through the portal, you move over to Obeithion. "I... probably should have introduced her a little earlier to everyone, but this is Obeithion! She's... what happened after I saved Manaka's version of Saber. It turns out she was some form of copy based on her spirit and her memories, though... an imperfect one." Obeithion looks down to the floor awkwardly, trying to avoid eye-contact with all these unfamiliar people. "After I used my abilities on her to imbue her with hope, she... became a Fairy. So I suppose that you could call her a Fairy Queen?" You then look over to Mordred. "I guess she's... something like your aunt, Mordred? Or maybe your sister? It really depends on how you want to go about it."

"An aunt or a sister...?" Mordred looks at Obeithion with a discerning eye. "Does it really matter? She's younger than I am, and she's related to me, so I'll treat her like my sister!" The king makes her declaration, before walking over and looking at Obeithion, the apparently shy fairy slowly raises her head to meet Mordred's gaze, before being given a friendly smile from the King. "Let's get along, OK?" She pulls the fairy into a slightly awkward hug. Huh, you weren't expecting Mordred to so quickly accept the existence of this new relative of hers, but you suppose it's for the best. Mordred seems to have learned from the mistakes that Arturia made, and seems pretty proactive about not allowing them to repeat. So when she sees an existence who is both a fairy and could be called her sister? It's pretty obvious that a good relationship needs to be formed.

"Oh...OK then... sister?" Obeithion really doesn't seem like she has much confidence with this many people around, which is strange, considering just how much hope and willpower she is able to infuse people with when she uses her Noble Phantasm. It's quite ironic that she seems to be so shy. Then again, she doesn't exactly have much life experience outside of a week of being a Servant to a psychopath and whatever she's got from Arturia's memories that were retained.

Mordred walks off with Obeithion somewhere in order to talk with her sister somewhat privately, and while she does, Enkidu finally finishes moving the last of the rubble from the entrance to Orochi's lair, at around the same time that SHIKI and Aoko are walking through the portal, the two of them chatting rather amicably with one another before stopping upon coming through the portal. Your allies are all together now, and everything seems to be in order. Is this it? Is it finally time for you to go and face Orochi?

>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
>No, you need to do one last thing (what?)
>Write-in...

>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
There's nothing we can do now that's worth the delay.

>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
Nothing else to do. Let's go kill grandpa.

And oh god, did we really just give every future instance of Gilgamesh Ishtar in a bottle? I'm laughing like a madman.

>>4752676
>>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
Let's fucking go

>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
Time to job.

>>4752676
>>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.


Are you gonna try and squeeze in another WhatIs?

>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
Lets go!

>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
LET'S FUCKING GO

>>4752695
Of course.
Maybe two.

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>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
Everyone put on your war face!

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>>4752706
Based.

>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.

Finally time

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>>4752708
Ok.

>>4752714
Is dude on the left Nagato?

Should I call in ten minutes?

>>4752723
Call now

>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.

>>4752676
I hate it when I get the feeling we’re forgetting something. Maybe we should grab Betty after all. But we can just CS teleport her to us if it comes to that right...

> Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.
Enough lollygagging.

>>4752723
This one is pretty unanimous, we've been planning for like the past two threads

>>4752723
Just call. It's obvious.

>>4752729
if we keep fingering our asshole he guaranteed gets off all 4 summons. we're well beyond the point of diminishing returns on time investment

>>4752723
Call now

>>4752732
Called.
Let's go then!
Hey, can somebody remind me of the capabilities of Command Spells and the man who created them real quick?

>>4752738
So I guess it’s not a good idea to rely on those in his presence? Good thing our allies are naturally loyal to us at least.

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>>4752744
Haha, yeah.

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>>4752738
>>4752746
Aw fuck

>>4752738
They are Curses that do shit. They are vast amounts of magical energy. They can make ether bodies do absurd shit or boost living beings ala Kirei or Kintoki.

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fastest vote in the quest

shame the fastest gun in the west isn't around to brain zolgen again after deadjew stick cucks his immortality somewhat

>>4752750
But what's one very special thing that they can do?

>>4752738
Well, it's not like we could ever go after him without bringing any servants with us.

>>4752757
They can incarnate to life a Servant if youbuse up 3?
Otherwise I don't remember a unique thing compulsions or other Magic cant do

>>4752676
>Yes, the time of Orochi's death has come.

>>4752757
OBEY. SUFFER. OBEY. SUFFER.

I guess he could try ordering Servants to suicide if its a very intrinsic use?

>>4752762
Well what can we do about risk of spelljacking anyway? Incarnate all our Servants here and now?

>>4752768
We have pretty much no counter to this and we never did, so I doubt it. I think he can just hijack them, which is also a problem.

>>4752770
In that case we’d also have to incarnate the absent ones I guess if we don’t want Medea to relive Jason’s wedding day in new setting etc. although honestly I don’t think Medea would do that even if Commanded.

Anyone have the full list of allies here at this very moment?

As far as I can see every servant here has A rank or better/equiv Magic Resistance

>>4752792
It doesn’t matter, you can force magical energy into command seals to make it more powerful

Oh and off topic but in Nigkita's NP chant she mentions Vastness, Freedom and Boundlessness, stack them together to form Endlessness

Which should imply Endlessness is the composite concept of the three in fate.

Might be worth considering for something

>>4752797
It's enough delay for Chiyome+Gil or Shinji to do something about it though

>>4752770
Incarnation requires absurd amounts of power, like a Grail or bullshit like having Caliburn acknowledge a new King of Britain. We MIGHT be able to do it if we steal his philosopher's stone, but it'll be impossible without Para and extremely difficult anyway.

So, assuming he can hijack Servants in his presence:
Our Command Seals are screwy, and we are Truth. We might be fine. Regardless, Chiyome is impossibly loyal to us, and Command Seals are curses. She'll help us pull through.

Sakura might be able to dab on him with Nullification. Losing Medusa and Nobu will be devastating otherwise. And we were planning to give her Para.

Mordred is incarnated.

Enkidu has no gods, no masters.

Gilgamesh laughs at the pitiful god's attempt to control him.

Alcides is probably the one in the most danger of being controlled by yet another god today. He will SEETHE.

I don't think we have any more servants around after we sent Jason away.

Assuming he can hijack CSs in his presence, even if the Servant is elsewhere: Shuten, Medea and Morgan suddenly attacking is probably game over for the mansion.

>>4752800
Also Enkidu since he can simply flee it now, but yeah we should warn Gil that Orochi might try something with command seals

Also, this explains why he wasn't concerned with us stealing his Servants.

>>4752757
Allow the Master who won the Grail War to betray the last Servant and force them to kill themselves, because you need souls of all 7 Heroic Spirits?
Haha....
That would suck.

>>4752802
That's an easy mention for the ride down

>>4752801
As CS are confirmed not a free action he'll have to order Alcides to do even the most mundane shit with a CS order every single time, Chiyome can fix that and as she's not attacking, just using PC and dispelling curses Alcides actually can't detect her properly

>>4752812
Yeah. If I'm right, it'll be a big blow, but not a devastating one. At least if Sakura can resist him too.

If I'm right.

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>>4752800
Speaking of Majin Okita, how do we contact Alaya next time?
We were hoping to free Redman and Saber, maybe getting Okita too.
Do we have to wait for her to call us?

>>4752814
Absolute metagaming without proper knowledge but we could have also had Medea RB Obeithion before all this as she doesn't need a master

>>4752812
Yeah but he has eight heads tho

Ah, crap. We gave Nobunaga to Rin. Sakura has Obeithion. This might be a problem.

>>4752825
They both have IA, the risk is if they're without CS he just force contracts them anyway though

>>4752823
>could have also had Medea RB Obeithion
Too late now. Medea is not here, and I'm not risking asking her to teleport here in the god-eater's cave.

We would have had no chance at this without detouring away to pick up Gil and Enkidu though, what gives God?

>>4752757

Can we use Truth to encrypt and obfuscate the link, in the way we strengthened it before?

>>4752827
We don't really know what he can do. I'm assuming he can hijack existing contracts, but not auto-contract servants. And assuming Sakura's Nullification dabs on him but Rin's normal spell doesn't, we'll need to break Nobu's contract again, and under Orochi's gaze now.

He also may have a limit of seven at the same time, or he wouldn't have needed to eat the first batch in order to summon a second one.