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Pine Garden
SINIB:
--- Quote from: Elf on July 29, 2019, 02:20:47 AM ---Emiya
Emiya blinked as his forehead was flicked.
With what he knew was his own arm. Which meant he literally was hitting himself. Which I've done countless times before, but I'm usually the one doing the hitting first, not the other way around, he thought with a frown.
He shook his head and said, "It wouldn't be the first time that I made Rin cry, and it probably wouldn't be the last. When she shows up again I'll apologize properly."
There, she'll like that, he thought with a nod, knowing all too well how Rin liked to have power over people. Even if it was subconsciously, she enjoyed having the upper hand. Which is why he enjoyed pissing her off so much when he was summoned by her, just he had a feeling that he always took it too far.
He leaned forward and gripped Sakura's shoulders lightly and peered down into her eyes. "Still, I'm going to help the three of you, I promise," he said, "Hell, it would be the first time I actually have a reason to fight for a Grail and not just my self-destructive bullshit."
He gave the shoulder with his arm a squeeze and said, "And besides, this is a ticking time bomb. It would be a ticking time bomb even if Emiya Shirou was the host. The three of you aren't compatible spiritually with this. Hell, at this point in time I would be leery if it was compatible with me, and I don't know how you've kept this body from being skewed by Unlimited Blade Works for eight years."
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Sakura
"Hehehe, thanks~" Sakura said. "You shouldn't underestimate the power of a holy grail, Archer. My wish fixed all those troublesome problems that would normally kill me." Her purple eyes shimmered a bit as she held back tears. "Be honest. You've never heard of three people sharing a body and magic before, have you? According to all our fundemental knowledge, I should have exploded the moment this was attempted, or fused into a new person entirely, at least. You can't assume it's dangerous at this point. Now, it's just my-Tsumiko's arm."
Elf:
Emiya
"So, how did Tsumiko-chan come about? She's not like you or Rin. Not exactly," Emiya said, shaking his head.
He frowned, let Sakura go, and folded his arms over his chest. "She's not like Ilya either," he said in a very soft voice.
Please don't say Ilya is in there. I couldn't . . . The former Archer shook the thought from his head with a scowl.
SINIB:
Sakura
"Eh-hem." Sakura looked away. "Well, that's complicated. Do you know what I was going through, Archer? Back then, and before that?"
Elf:
Emiya
Emiya frowned as he answered, "When I was your age, not really. I knew that Shinji was an asshole, but other than beating him up there wasn't really anything I could do. And as dense as I was back then, I knew if I kept beating him up, he'd make things worse for you so I had to stop. Which is why I let you come over whenever you wanted, at least then I knew you weren't with them."
He sighed before checking the cake in the oven. It still had a little while before it needed to be pulled out. Nodding at it, he turned back to look at Sakura.
"It wasn't until I was Summoned as a Servant I got more and more glimpses. More like records I can look at. Zouken's worms and his experiments, like he tried to make you a Grail like Ilya, but he didn't realize due to their fuck-up during the Third War that would also get into you. Meaning that corruption could manifest in you when you were finally pushed to the edge. Which I've also experienced apparently."
He shook his head and said, "Apparently it was so bad at times that I was pulled from being a Servant to acting as part of the Counter Force again to keep you from potentially destroying humanity. Then there were others where I sacrificed myself to save Rin and keep Emiya Shirou alive long enough for him to destroy the Grail and save you."
SINIB:
Sakura
Sakura's expression didn't waver, but after so many times seeing this face, Archer could tell. It was obvious. She was holding some very conflicted emotions back, keeping herself in check, and pretending everything was fine when it very distinctly was not.
"Then, you know what happened. I won. I made a wish on the grail, and it granted my wish before attempting to destroy the world."
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