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[Daiki]

The idea of Rin being carried by Ruu is hilarious.

[Cherry Lover]

Well, I think you've managed to annoy both Archer and Lancer there....

[Elf]

More like amuse the he hell out of Archer, and Lancer's already annoyed as all get out due to Dark Archer being there.   Not to mention Archer's being rather forthcoming about his intentions to Rin.

[Alice]

lol, I'm probably (albeit somewhat unintentionally) playing Rin a bit too naive here too. But yeah, like Elf said, D. Archer'll just be amused, and Lancer's already pretty on edge. Heck, he may even see it as an opportunity to get Rin away from D. Archer finally, but we'll have to see how things play out.

And yay, more people joining! The more the merrier.

[Cherry Lover]

Does anyone have comments on Milbunk's character? Do you think he'd work well as an antagonist here?

[lantzblades]

Reed seems fine antagonist is a fairly broad term but as a "bad guy" he seem feasible

[Alice]

I think Reed would work just fine, especially given he was (if I remember right, what I know about the game Reed's from mostly comes from looking stuff up ^_^") one, if not the, primary antagonist in his own game. (also, if you want me to spoiler that, tell me).

And on the subject of recent posts, in terms of Rider and Fore walking along and talking, I'm not going to have Archer say anything, but he does have some thoughts on some of the stuff that got talked about, especially the more recent stuff. Should I wait until they're at the hotel/he has something to say directly to write his thoughts, or should I go ahead and post them now?

[Cherry Lover]

Well, it's up to you. There's no reason not to include his thoughts right now if he's having them, but equally you don't need to do so if it doesn't involve interaction with us. If you want to post them, then do so, but don't feel you need to.

[Milbunk]

Heh thanks for the reply sorry I'm still a bit new to this forum and the constant pain from my wisdom teeth being removed led to me being a bit impatient about things.

What did you guys think about his powerlevels?  Do you think it's around a good level for it or is it too far in one direction?

[Alice]

lol, it's fine- trust me, I remember getting my wisdom teeth out, and I don't have entirely fond memories of the recovery. ^_^"

And I think he looks fine for a villain/antagonist. I haven't played the game that he's from, but that seems reasonable. I didn't do an uber through analysis of it, but from what I got, I think you're fine.

[Cherry Lover]

OK, so, does anyone have ideas for the sort of weapons that a version of Shirou from the 2030s could realistically be using? He has Yakuza contacts, so any weapon they could realistically get hold of he can get, and he also has the ability to use reinforcement to improve the performance of items which means that something that is usually of limited use can be made more widely applicable.

For example, I've got him having an invisibility cloak, which is as a concept viable (we can already make them for microwaves) but which is likely to be difficult to extend to hiding a human being, particularly a moving one. But, using reinforcement he can make the meta-materials in the cloak do their "job" better and, thus, give him the ability to hide himself even when moving. But, I'm struggling to think of other futuristic weapons or tools he could make use of.

Remember that this Shirou is not a full-time monster hunter like MoS Shirou is, he doesn't really go looking for trouble. But, nevertheless, he appreciates the fact that Sakura is a juicy target for a lot of unscrupulous magi, and he also assists Rin and Sakura in protecting Fuyuki, so he makes sure he's well-prepared for when he does need to fight.

When he fights, goals are in order of priority:
1. Protect his family.
2. Protect innocents.
3. Protect himself.
4. Deal with the incident with as little loss of life as possible, including the target unless the target is someone who simply cannot be allowed to live. Note, however, that Shirou is not particularly interested in enforcing the law, either magical or mundane. He considers it just as legitimate for a person to die by his blade as he does for them to be executed by the government or the Association. So, he'll happily let someone who was brainwashed or similar escape even if legally they would be charged with murder, and would even actively assist them in some cases.

Note that this implies that non-lethal weapons are handy, but certainly not essential. The life of the person he's fighting comes below that of anyone else, although he'd try to spare them if at all possible, especially if they're not really to blame for what is happening.

[Elf]

It's not refined, but a shotgun with Rock Salt ammo isn't fatal, but it hurts like a bitch and will knock pretty much anything human down.  Same thing with beanbag rounds.

[Alice]

If anyone's waiting on me for whatever reason btw, go on ahead. I'm still on the fence about posting Archer's thoughts as of now, and I'm waiting for someone to get to the apartments before I have Mille and/or Finn act, so anyone that's waiting for me to post something is free to go.

[Cherry Lover]

It's not refined, but a shotgun with Rock Salt ammo isn't fatal, but it hurts like a bitch and will knock pretty much anything human down.  Same thing with beanbag rounds.

Well, that makes sense, but what I am looking for specifically are futuristic weapons and other equipment. Something that would be state-of-the-art in 20 years, but which would still be plausible for a human magus with reasonably good contacts to obtain. Additionally, I'm looking for things which would probably not quite be at the level of being useful in 20 years, but which a magus could reinforce to bring up to scratch.

Also, Shirou doesn't have issues taking down normal humans non-lethally, and even if he did Rider could handle it. So I doubt something like a shotgun with rock-salt ammo would be worth him carrying around, at least into another world where he's not sure of the situation and will have to carry it with him, at least initially.

If anyone's waiting on me for whatever reason btw, go on ahead. I'm still on the fence about posting Archer's thoughts as of now, and I'm waiting for someone to get to the apartments before I have Mille and/or Finn act, so anyone that's waiting for me to post something is free to go.

Yeah, sorry, I've been busy the last two days. I'll definitely post tomorrow, though, hopefully not too late.

[Cherry Lover]

OK, I've managed to reply with Kiyoshi, but I'm having a bit of trouble with Rider, because Elf's last post has made me have to work out more of Sakura's backstory to determine exactly what she would think of what Rider said, and what Rider would think of it.

I'm currently prevariacating about whether or not she'd be a patron of a charity for abused children or the like, and if so whether she'd have admitted to being abused herself (although, of course, not the details). The way I see it, she's not likely to be too bothered, because all of the people who she cared about finding out already know. In particular, if she can cope with Shirou finding out, I think she can cope with anyone else finding out....