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Kariya Kwest [Fate/Zero]
Biigoh:
[X] Look for an empty lot or abandoned warehouse and confront the watchers.
It was clear to you that you were being observed.
Being herded out of the public eye.
It was so very obvious, really. Not just to you or Saver... but if any of the other Grail War masters were here, it would have been obvious to them. Even that young magus, Waver Velvet.
The shifting shadows,
The indistinct figures that hinted at flowing lines and far too inhuman motion.
The occasional slurping sound of wet flesh rubbing against itself, against concrete and the hard asphalt road.
You had a dark suspicion as to who or possibly what was being essayed against you.
An unknown servant, possibly Caster, or some one who could do summoning and binding magic. Which meant either Lord El-Melloi, Tokiomi, or well... you. It was possible that there was someone else looking to take out of the masters and "buying in" as it were. And that was always a danger with such events as the Holy Grail War.
And thus, you take your time to mender about, your connection to your familiars had an ever growing cloud of them in the heavens above you and Saver. More than that, she was ready for a fight.
Thus, you drew them off to an area where you could have privacy if it came down to a fight as you suspect it would.
It might surprise some that there were industrial areas in the city of Fuyuki where warehouses and buildings lay abandoned given how prosperous the city appeared. After all, the economy in Japan was booming at an unparalleled rate that some might call unsustainable.
And thus, the two of you wandered into the industrial area.
And from there, into a most disreputable region with run down buildings, overgrown empty lots.
Standing resolutely as you did in an empty street between abandoned warehouses and factories, you projected an image of a man who brooked no nonsense. "You can show yourself."
There was more of that disgusting moist flesh against flesh sound from the shadows.
Slithering and skittering.
That was when he walked out of the shadows.
A tall man, clad in a gray overcoat, with bulging fish eyes. The smile that he bore was insincere. The aura that hung around him was bloody and dangerous. More than that, he radiated the feel of inhumanity.
This was the master of those creatures hidden in the shadows.
This was a being that was... dangerous despite his not quite comical appearance.
"Greetings, Magus of the Matou." His voice was low pitched and sibilant. There was a sense of familiarity to him, as if somewhere in the memories of the countless Matou and Zolgen magi within your mind, he had been encountered before.
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Kariya Kwest : Night 5 / An interloper
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.What Do?
[X] Fighto! [An actual battle plan would give bonuses, you have your familiars in the sky, Saver, and Magic based on control and sucking in magic]
[X] Diplomancy! [Please give an approach for conversation, aggressive, neutral, curiosity, etc]
[X] Write In
Biigoh:
[X] Diplomancy! [Neutral]
(8:44:44 PM) bii-sleeping: gentlemen... please roll for me 1d100
(8:44:56 PM) qqdice: gibbousmoons rolled 1d100: 75 = [75]
"Greetings, Magus of the Matou." The voice of the stranger was low pitched and sibilant. There was a sense of familiarity to him, as if somewhere in the memories of the countless Matou and Zolgen magi within your mind, he had been encountered before.
Certainly, ther appearance of that being was unique enough that he should have been remembered. Given his height, that being hunched over only gave him the impression that he was of a normal human height there was the way his eyes bulged like that of a fish or perhaps a frog. An impression made more overt due to his hairless brow that bulged like muscles.
The fact that you didn't recall him was just another layer of uncomfortable unease.
"It appears that you have the advantage of me," There is a smile from you and a polite incline of head as you stayed to the side of Saver. High above in the night skies, your familiars prepare to spend themselves to buy you time. "Perhaps, you could grace me with your name?"
"How cautious of you, Matou," The... man said before he laughed. "Still, you may call me Blue Beard."
That name does not inspire confidence in you. Still, it was a hint of who he was. Certainly, the name and that inhuman presence he bore... there is the suspicion that this was a servant as opposed to an intruder into the holy grail war.
And yet... a single glimpse with your master's vision reveals that this was no heroic spirit summoned by the holy grail. It was something more natural...
He might be a dead ancestor.
Or perhaps a demon or elemental.
Or perhaps a magus whose dabbled in certain forbidden arts...
That last one was the most likely one. After all, you are well aware of how inhuman certain magus can get with their obsessive focus on attaining the source of everything.
Which left you with a slight problem, namely... how to work out what this man wanted.
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Kariya Kwest : Night 5 / Diplomatic Probing
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.What Do?
[X] Write In
Biigoh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmhZ6FYoNEs
[X] What do you want from me?
(8:46:10 PM) qqbot: Fallenblades643 rolled 1d100: 17 = [17]
"What do you want from me?" The cool look you directed at the... man before you and Saver was calm, even and measured.
Certainly, that he held the knowledge advantage meant that you couldn't simply do as you pleased. Still, your familiars covered the heavens above, even if distance and ambient sound ensured that no normal human could hear the buzzing of their wings.
More than that, while Saver, no... while Sakura stood behind you to the side, she could protect you with her offensive abilities while you utilized the Matou mysteries.
And yet... and yet, that he knew who you were meant that he likely had an idea of what you could do, or at least the theories behind some of your mysteries.
It was... vexing, which was why you opened with with a direct question. It would throw him off. Perhaps, his reactions would allow you to see the things he had used to guide you to him.
"What I want?" There was a wide smile now. "So direct, so to the point... very unlike the other magus, hmmm?"
You settled for just giving him a lazy look as if to ask "so?".
Eventually, he sighed as if disappointed that his attempts to needle you had failed. "Very well... what I desire is to be able to set up a workshop here in Fuyuki."
"And you don't believe that the current second land owner won't give you permission." It wasn't very hard to work what he wanted, an alliance against Tohsaka Tokiomi.
"Just so." There was a nod from 'Blue Beard'.
At the silence from you, his lips slowly curved up. "I shall give you time to think on this, yes?"
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Kariya Kwest : Day 6 / Offers in the Dark
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"Kariya ojiisan, I don't trust him." You were once more ensconced within your home, deep within the basement. Sakura sat on your lap, her body leading against yours, warm and soft. The heady scent of cherry blossoms filled your nose.
The skittering sound of your familiars squirming against each other was comforting to you, helping to focus your thoughts... despite the sound once being something that you could not abide.
The countless voices within you murmured, the one thing that they did agree on was that this 'Blue Beard' had done his research. Which meant that there was a very dangerous reason for why Tohsaka wouldn't allow him into Fuyuki.
Always with research into Thaumaturgy, there were lines... boundaries that no magus should cross, but there were always those who did.
Was this 'Blue Beard' one of them? Or was he simply one whose research into the root one that did not appeal to the sensibilities of the Tohsaka?
What Do?
[X] Get in contact with 'Blue Beard' and accept his offer.
[X] Get in contact with 'Blue Heard' and reject his offer.
[X] Get in contact with Tohsaka, the enemy you know verses one you knew not...
[X] Take the day and night off from all of this nonsense?
-[X] Write In action for what you'll do?
[X] You will deal with this issue later, first... you had to win the Holy Grail War...
-[X] Write In action for the day.
[X] Write In
Biigoh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9b399P-2WY
[X] Write In : Investigate Bluebeard
(7:58:04 PM) qqbot: gibbousmoons rolled 1d100: 6 = [6]
It was only common sense that if one encountered an unknown variable, that one had to make it known. This was a known thing since time immemorial, the unknown was dangerous, always.
A fact that you had witnessed in the years while you traveled across the world as a photojournalist. A fact that you knew within your heart as the Matou Magus as you crawled beneath the earth, walked upon the world....
You knew this. You had always known this.
And so, to make that which was unknown known, you would need to get in contact with certain people in the Clock Tower. There were minor magi there beholden to the Matou lineage, branch members as it were. And the request was easily done.
But if you were this 'Blue Beard', then you wouldn't have just settled for contacting the rival and enemy of the second Land Owner. No, chances were that he had contacted the other Masters in the Holy Grail War.
After all, if he wanted to just set up shop... it wouldn't have taken much for him to simply set up a workshop without notifying Tohsaka.
Which mean... that he likely had a workshop as it was in Fuyuki already and that attention was potentially being directed at it.
And thus, you found yourself talking to the underground detectives... your requests for information on individuals that looked like 'Blue Beard' were made, but there was no promise on when you would acquire the information. Still, while it was unlikely that you would find more information on him via the mundane side of things... there was always a possibility that he had been careless.
And now, you just needed to wait and see what information would make its way to you.
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Kariya Kwest : Day 7 / Investigation
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It was almost an afternote... but it appeared that the Einzbern master had acquired back up. How distasteful... but there was no denying the effectiveness of the Einzbern Homunculus in a combat role.
More than that, it was almost a requirement given that Saber was crippled as she was by the effects of Lancer's cursed spear.
What Do?
[X] Target Tohsaka, he was the strongest player with Gilgamesh.
[X] Go after the Einzbern, nothing wrong with taking out an enemy, right?
[X] You had a nice target in the form of Lancer and El-Melloi.
[X] Search for the Waver boy, nothing personal... but war is war, right Iskander?
[X] Chase after Kirei and Assassin... after all, he specializes in dealing with supernatural beings.
[X] Continue to investigate the serial murderer?
[X] Write In
Biigoh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPMhpbCFPnM
[X] Continue to investigate the serial murderer?
Investigation is not a simple thing, despite what some might claim. And it is nothing like what is shown on television or films, it is not simply a matter of things falling into the lap of the investigator or detective, who would at the end of the show go ah ha and show how everything had happened.
No, true investigation was dirty work. It required casting a wide net to acquire information, to chase after leads, to piece it together. All too often, one ended up with incorrect information, be it from tampering or things being not what one was expecting.
You were not like Tokiomi. For one, you believed in using mundane resources. True, it required an extra layer to confirm that there were no... supernatural influences on them, but that just required redundancies.
Directing your investigators, your detectives, your paid police officers... you studied the timeline of the murders and found things were not as simple as you had imagined it would be.
For one, the murders were not simply a case of 'random occult' scribbling that came from a deranged mind. Not when blood was used to paint thaumaturgical wards... or more accurately, it was a summoning circle painted in blooded.
Crude, disguised among random occult symbolism, but the fact was... it appeared that a magus was disguising their attempts to use the murders as a catalyst.
And the last known set of murders might have been successful. Four girls butchered, nothing surprising there. It was the fifth... the fifth had been freed before dying horribly as she attempted to escape.
It was unlikely for the murders to continue, given that the summoning was successful... and yet... it worried you, as to who or what was summoned. The behavior and appetite of the Heroic Spirit might require that the murders continue.
Well... if you focused on that servant summoned, you would deal with the murderer and resolve the issue.
Based on the information collected, the murderer was male or a tall female with a matching upper body strength, as well as a propensity of using small and very sharp bladed weapons.
The other issue is that, the murders didn't explain the rash of disappearances. One might believe that the murderer was responsible for the disappearances of various people who wouldn't be missed or easily missed, but there were holes here and there... the pattern of disappearances didn't fit with the murders.
Rather, it appeared that the disappearances was a result of someone taking advantage of the serial killer.
You had the suspicion that 'Blue Beard' might be responsible in part for either one or possibly both of these issues.
How vexing, which is why you're relaxing at home on the sofa as you listened to the radio play soft music while Sakura rested her head on your lap. You had been 'promoted' from a Matou magus to a lap pillow!
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Kariya Kwest : Night 8 / Results
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What Do?
[X] Get in contact with 'Blue Beard' and accept his offer.
[X] Get in contact with 'Blue Beard' and reject his offer.
[X] Get in contact with Tohsaka, the enemy you know verses one you knew not...
[X] Get in contact with the mediator of the Holy Grail War and [Write In]?
[X] Target Tohsaka, he was the strongest player with Gilgamesh.
[X] Go after the Einzbern, nothing wrong with taking out an enemy, right?
[X] You had a nice target in the form of Lancer and El-Melloi.
[X] Search for the Waver boy, nothing personal... but war is war, right Iskander?
[X] Chase after Kirei and Assassin... after all, he specializes in dealing with supernatural beings.
[X] Write In
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