Is it bad that I care less about Iri/Saber than I care about Gil's shiny, Proto-licious bow making an appearance?
Is it bad that I care less about Iri/Saber than I care about Gil's shiny, Proto-licious bow making an appearance?
Nope, I threw in the Fate/Prototype reference for that purpose.
Also it's a non-romantic Iri/Saber.
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it's not wrong. In fact, it's only too right.Originally Posted by Fafnir
It is right...yet I felt more for Iri and Saber :3
Perfect balance of fluff and angst Aiden, you did right.
Also...y'kno, I do not see where people get yuri between Iri and Saber. Their friendship never once hit me as anything more than that. Even stretching their feelings for each other in the Zero novels...saying that they cared more than for a friend just feels unnatural to me =/
Santo speaks the truth.
A New Wish, part 2
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Ho?
Saber, of all the wretches he had to oppose him in this war, sought to oppose his will?
He was right. She was amusing, for a pretender monarch.
It would be particularly fun if he, say, pinned her metal limbs to the ground and forced her to stare up at humanity's end as it happened.
Or maybe he'd just play with her a little, see how long she could last?
And if it wasn't long enough he could just go with the first idea.
Truly, he was magnanimous in giving her this chance.
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"Irisviel, I do not know if we will have the energy to stop that, if we must fight Gilgamesh first."
Could they even use Excalibur more than twice, in this situation?
Her pilot was exhausted from dealing with Berserker, and anything beyond that limit would simply-
"Saah, don't worry about it, Saber. Just leave energy to me!"
...
You ever vigilant optimist.
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"Hah! Very well; if you want to keep fighting, Saber, I suppose I can afford a few moments to amuse myself before Enki finishes the job."
Once more he revealed the glory of his vaults, obscuring the horizon behind him.
Merodach Vajra Houtengeki Gungir-
Noble Phantasms as far as the eye could see, beyond counting and comprehension.
No mere wind, no matter how forceful, could deter his arsenal from its target.
This woman's weapon would never succeed.
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Invisible Air would avail them nothing.
...
But they needed to save energy to deal with his noble phantasm.
"Um, which one?"
Point.
Now how to use Excalibur without getting skewered first? That was the real question.
Maybe...
"Of all the treasures you possess, King of Heroes, not a single one shall match my blade. Fitting that you use scores of them, instead!"
He had an ego.
Use it against him.
Very much against her usual strategy. It went against her honor to rely on taunting to draw an enemy into leaving an opening.
...
But it was that, or let him crush her, and destroy everything that lay behind her.
Given those options, the choice was clear.
She opened the barrier, and wind filled the ruins of the outer arcology.
"But if you wish to see for yourself, just stand there and wait!"
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Ah, she was making this interesting.
He could show her the error of her words later. Right now, he wanted to see what this actually was.
Certainly, she would not waste his time with an attack he had already beheld.
If she did, he would simply crush her and be done with it.
The wind was unfurling, and even he had to admit his footing was not perfect in the face of that.
No matter-
What.
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Scaled up far beyond what was able to be wielded by humans, grasped with both hands tightly, and causing mana to seethe from the vents in her armor as the reactor attempted to cool itself from critical levels, was the Sword of Promised Victory.
Her true Noble Phantasm, that blade of purest Britannian gossamer, forged by the fae Lady of the Lake in an era long past-
"Uwaaah... go, Saber! Hit him with everything you got!!"
Irisviel was as excited as her in the revelation of its glory.
They'd had no occasion to use it before now.
Now-
"Acknowledged. Distortion limiter disengaged; initiating Phantasm protocol."
-knowledge fed from the Grail told her exactly what to say.
"Here I go! EX-"
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What was this?
That blade was not in his vaults.
His eyes had never beheld it.
The sheer force of it left cracks in the ground beneath her feet from the charging cycle ...
How could something so powerful post-date the era of His Glory?
"Hah! So perhaps you have something of value after all, Saber! Show me. Show me now!"
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"CALLIIBERRRRRRR!"
Midnight became noon across all of Japan.
A dawn touched the sunless Imperium of the Crimson Moon.
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Part 3 will be soon enough. Feel free to criticize, if you think I did anything poorly.
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It continues!
*Flips his shit*
MOAR.
...
who am I kidding, we know GURUGAMESHU is going to Ea that silly mech. ;_;
Daaamn, Aiden. Daaamn. That was great.
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Hee hee. I don't see anything particularly wrong; Gil is having fun, at least? He always likes seeing something new and awesome that he can kill the owner and take. ... I'm assuming this will not happen to Saber.
*still eating up the snippets like crack-coated popcorn*
My Fanfics. Read 'em. Or not.McJon01: We all know that the real reason Archer would lose to Rider is because the events of his own Holy Grail War left him with a particular weakness toward "older sister" types.
You keep outdoing yourself mate.
Only thing is a nitpick...are you going for phonetic? Cause it's spelled Excalibur, not Exaliber. That's the only thing that bugged me.
Keep em coming cause I for one am immensely enjoying this (^-^)
Yes, I'm going phonetic.
Notice, I never spelled Excalibur outside of that one shout.
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I did indeed notice that actually.
So I was a tad confused by the use of "Excaliber" I was stuck thinking "Waitaminute.jpg...he got it right earlier...but wrong here...what the feth? (O.o)"
'la 'tis how mine mind works :3c
I am immensely disappointed to find no part 3.
(MORE. MORE NOW. NOW. THAT EVIL CLIFFHANGER.)
You're begging for more, or demanding?
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Demanding. I never beg.
The answer to those questions Lyco...is yes.
A New Wish, part 3
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From the Fuyuki Arcology to the western coast, a thankfully barren stretch of territory with a presence meant only to artificially channel leylines with its many tunnels and patterns of forest and river ...
Was just gone.
Annihilated utterly by the light of Excalibur, whose mystery known as 'glory' still visibly seared the ground and air alike.
Space was distorted by the steam for miles; the clouds were parted by the light, leaving an unnaturally clear sky above the wasteland created by the human dream of the warrior.
...
It had never been this destructive before.
Logically, it made sense that the weapon would scale up so that the effect would be worthwhile against her foes while trapped like this.
That could not change her terrified awe.
Certainly, amidst that steam, there could be no survivor.
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...
And they let that thing into their arcology.
What leave of absence had overtaken the reason of everyone in the command bunker at this moment?
Well, certainly none for the man known as Emiya Kiritsugu. He knew exactly what he had done.
He'd made sure he would win.
Now, they just had to go to the mountain and access the Driver-
"Alert. Hostile is not down! I repeat, hostile is not down!"
What?!
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He was almost out of mana, much like the Saber whose excess had poured out of her vents to saturate the battlefield.
He'd lost a defensive noble phantasm, and it would take weeks for it to be restored.
His armor had ablated a full layer, leaving a much leaner prison-frame to house his spirit.
That prison was steaming with the unbearable heat of the aftermath...
And still, he lived.
"Heh... heha... Hahahahahaha.... AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Gilgamesh howled his triumph over death to the sky with laughter.
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"That's... that's not possible. Nothing could survive that-!"
Irisviel was right. Should have been right.
What they were seeing here was a blasphemy against the mystery of her blade.
Victory had not followed, and so its mythology was false.
...
She'd just have to hit him again.
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"Yes, yes, Saber! Truly, your actions have redeemed humanity in my eyes! For such a weapon to exist, in this time, and outside of my armory...-!"
His thoughts were a mess, now.
It was probably the energy deficit he was suffering through right now.
That was the logical explaination!
Logic didn't apply to Gilgamesh, though, so we will discard that potentiality.
"But, Saber. It won't matter soon. Enki will drown them all. Survive, if you like, so that you may watch it unfold. Join me, if you wish to be more than a footnote before the glory that will come after!"
That was a generous offer on his part! He did not often make such an outreach effort to other beings, for few in number were those worthy of being his slaves in this fallen era.
"Or you may continue trying to beat me ... ah, you would not like that result."
But he would enjoy watching the light fade from her eyes.
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"That-"
She knew. They had to silence him, that, that...
"... horrible, impudent man!"
It was too early. They should not be able to charge the noble phantasm again so soon.
The ether from her overloading reactor poured from the vents, coalescing around the sword as she cannibalized what was left of her internal reserves-
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
-and her pilot did not force her to act alone in this.
"!"
Irisviel's plentiful energy flooded through her system, cooling the oversized reactor circuit.
"We'll beat him together, Saber!"
The king was not alone.
...
Damn you, Irisviel, for proving him right.
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He watched with amusement as the blade began to shine once more with the light of human dreams; had he a mouth, his grin would be threatening to split his face in two.
But he had his own addition to this next clash.The ur-sword, the star that split heaven and earth.
The crimson drill blade named after the ancient god whose glory was but an ember before the inferno that was Gilgamesh.
With Enki's brother in his hand, there would be no second strike upon his person.
"Awaken, Ea."
The segments of the drill began to move.
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Whatever retaliation the King of Heroes sought to unleash, it would not be fast enough. He'd waited too long, and Excalibur could not be denied a second time-!
She took the stance, two hands holding the blade aloft behind her frame.
"EX-"
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Hah. Even at a fraction of its true glory, his most treasured sword would not fail beneath his opponent's magnificent treasure.
His own eclipsed all others, as his myth overshadowed all that came after, and had no precedent before it worth mentioning.
The typhoon surrounding the spinning and grinding drill was almost ready.
"ENUMA-"
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Legend met legend.
"-CALIBUURRRRRRRR" "-ELISH!"
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The meeting could have destroyed the entire island as light struck wind, uprooting forest and shredding nearby structures for miles around.
Chunks of stone and metal and wood that were not vaporized in the exchange slammed through mountains, through the reinforced dome of what was left of the arcology on that side, like a hot knife through butter.
The audible shine, the unending howl-!
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It was winning.
Somehow, that megalomaniac's blade was winning!
"Saber! I'm giving it all I got!"
The friction of Irisviel's presence was diminishing by the moment as prana supplemented mana.
She should object-
cheering children, calling out to them after the defeat of Caster
-but they needed her. Everyone behind her, behind them, was counting on this promised victory.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!"
Light inched forward.
For the only true king here did not fight for herself, nor did she fight alone!
That was what made her greater than him-!
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"What?!"
Impossible. Ea, even at this limited charge...
It should have blown away all opposition, no matter how potent.
This drill that could bore its way through space, tunneling through to form the very boundaries of the universe!
Nothing stopped it, save his own will!
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...
But neither could maintain that struggle forever.
The ground beneath them was almost gone, and the destabilization of the soil was going to bury them beneath a mountain of rubble.
Just... just a few more inches-!
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And they both were forced to their knees.
So tired...
There was nothing left in either monarch to sustain the attack, and so each was allowed to annihilate the other.
All that stood in the aftermath were their mechanical forms, unable to stand and unable to fight any longer.
Steam was all that came from Saber's vents.
Liquid ether seeped from the joints in his armor, boiling as it struggled to cool down his interior.
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Hah... hah...
A draw was good though, right?
That was what she thought at least. Saber had pulled through for them, and if neither could do another attack like that, then the people behind them were safe!
Her husband would be proud of her for that.
She was helping his dream too, right?
Now she just...
Oh, she could barely stay awake.
Her circuits were burning.
But...
At least that was it-
"Servant Saber."
K-Kiritsugu?
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When she could get back on her feet, the battle would be over. All it would take is a single strike of her sword to finish him off, now.
But-
Why? Why now?!
"By the power of my command protocol, I order you: defeat the noble phantasm in the sky above us."
She... how had they forgotten that?
Enki.
It was still positioned to unleash its attack at any moment, but she could stop that if she just took out Gilgamesh. She knew she could.
So why order her to stop it that way?!
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"A-Ah..."
The Einzbern pilot was perfect for their purposes.
She was just as bound by the command protocol of another while in the cockpit.
And so she would not avoid death when the Sword of Promised Victory drained her dry.
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Part 4 will be coming soon.
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Daaamn. Just...daaamn.
Aiden, you're awesome, just to reaffirm that to you.
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