I'mma gonna put all my crack snippets in this thread, because my head is busting with them, and because Blaz/stay night and INSURMOUNTABLE have both hit obstacles. See, for those two, I actually went ahead and did several chapters ahead in response to a few choices I'll have you guys vote on. But I've run into writer's block, so those can't go any further. Here's this.
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Table of Contents
1. Kiritsugu Fun Times with Shirou
2. Heartless
3. Arching with Archer
4. Casting with Caster
5. Riding with Rider
6. Lancing with Lancer
7. Issei's Secret
8. Shinji Matou and the Chamber of Secrets.
9. Reforged (Archer x Saber centric)
10. This Is Our Land (Issei/Fuyuki centric)
11. For A Shining World (???)
12. Lean On Me (Sakura x Shirou centric)
13. For Someone Else's Glory (EMIYA centric)
14. Follow Our Brothers in Arms (Shirou/Archer/Lancer/Berserker/Saber centric)
"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Tale #1: Kiritsugu Fun Times With ShirouOne night, when Shirou was thiiiiiiiiis widdle, Kiritsugu came in to find he was having a bad dweam. So, Kiritsugu sat Shirou on his lap and read him a book.
"Once upon a time, there was a man. After some time passed, there wasn't anymore. The End."
"But dad, what happened to the man?" young Shirou questioned.
"He died," Kiritsugu said flatly, "like everybody eventually will. Now, go to bed."
Shirou never had a bad dream again. Because he didn't want to hear any more of Kiritsugu's bed time stories. But that book stayed on his mind. It was a big tome, far too big for Shirou to carry by his little self, and yet that was the only story in there? But Shirou was scared to open that book and look for himself. That book frightened him.
So one day, Shirou asked Kiritsugu a question.
"Dad, was that the only story in that book?"
"Yep."
"But that doesn't make sense! That book is huge, how could it only have one story?" Shirou was naive.
Kiritsugu sighed, and went and fetched the book. He stretched out his arm, offering it to Shirou.
Shirou hesitated, and eventually shook his head, "No, forget it dad. It doesn't matter."
Kiritsugu nodded, and put it back, and it was never mentioned again. In time, Shirou forgot all about the book, and what it might hold. In time, the world forgot about it too. The book holds his life's story. It holds all the stories that ever will be and ever were. Inside the book is the universe.