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Entry tags:
- !quest mingle,
- 13 sentinels: natsuno minami,
- a3!: tsumugi tsukioka,
- attack on titan: eren jaeger,
- attack on titan: jean kirstein,
- attack on titan: levi ackerman,
- blood+: saya otonashi,
- code geass: lelouch vi britannia,
- code geass: suzaku kururugi,
- danganronpa: makoto naegi,
- ensemble st,
- fate grand order: ozymandias,
- fire emblem engage: madeline,
- fire emblem: rafal,
- genshin impact: kamisato ayato,
- genshin impact: kaveh,
- genshin impact: tartaglia,
- genshin impact: yoimiya,
- gintama: hijikata toshirou,
- my hero academia: midoriya izuku,
- one piece: sabo,
- original: chipp,
- original: hazel,
- original: hlasoh sat kerhet a'rhen,
- original: kenta fiorello,
- original: nikkolaus,
- pmmm: homura akemi,
- tales of vesperia: yuri lowell,
- vampire knight: zero kiryuu
Quest Mingle: April-May
Quest Mingle: April-May
LOGS | NETWORK | OOC | MEMES | NAVIGATION
• Ask questions Here!
• Remember to keep NSFW content out of public mingles
• Remember to content warn when necessary!
• These quests are valid from start of April until end of May.
• Characters don't need to be a member of the guild to do quests and anyone can do any segment's quest!
• City Location Details | Segment Location details
• Remember to keep distances (times are calculated as walking times) in mind when planning what quests to do when. You have two full months, so there's no rush!
• For some of the monsters, additional details can be found from the Beastiary.
• Rewards are for one completion of the Quest, but characters can do it multiple times to earn more money from them, as the problems do repeat.
• Please see the guild page for permanent quests.
City Quests
Even in your city... quests! [ Click to Expand ]
| Quest Name | Description | OOC Notes | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catch the Void | The animal shelter in Amberfall has its own section for a cat species called "the void cat". They look like normal black cats, but they have a habit of disappearing into the shadows of dark corners. A group of these cats has made an escape and are running around doing what cats do: stealing food, dropping things down from high places, scratching everything and absorbing light from light sources. Help the shelter staff catch and bring them back to the shelter. | Yes, the void cats are adoptable, hence why they are in the animal shelter. They just like running off a lot and sometimes make all light in a room disappear. The cats can be anywhere in the city, but generally don't go out into the segments as they do love people, but are just also adventurous. | 50 Moon Coins |
| It's in Your Mayo | Solarpeak is known for its street food. And what goes well with street food? Mayonnaise. It's not, however, all it's used for as it's a way of attracting a culinary creature that only flies around the Summer District skies at this time of the year: The Cabbage Kites. They're flying cabbages that move around restlessly, but once they taste a mayonnaise that they deem tasty, they will turn into regular, very tasty and nutritious cabbages. Anyone around the place is challenged to make their own mayonnaise from scratch and see how well you do with the cabbage kites. | Cabbage Kites are creatures that search for the right food (mayo) that satisfies them all their life before their souls ascend, leaving their cabbage body behind. They can be attacked by other means, but the natives would find this disrespectful and likely throw mayonnaise at the characters, so it's not recommended when there's a peaceful way out. | any cabbage you catch |
| Welcome to the Jungle | When delivering new potions to people, please remember to use caution and don't trip. Someone did, right next to the clocktower. Now there's an almost literal jungle surrounding Coldreach's infamous clocktower and making it hard to access parts of it. Since the vines that surround the place were made by potions, they're impossible to cut through by normal means and making a potion to counter this one would take time. Use your imagination to deal with this problem without burning the place down. Anyone who burns the clocktower will be arrested. | Due to the excess amount of potions that fell on the tower, the vines regrow over time, making this quest be available for the whole two months even if someone manages to solve the problem right away. The vines are also alive and will try to grab anyone who tries destroying them and keep them as a meat shield. | 100 Moon Coins |
| Who You Gonna Call | A group of mischievous ghosts have possessed some of the trash bins all over the city. Some of them have grown large enough to consume two people at once. They're not really in danger, just stuck in the trash bins. Help the people stuck in trash bins and try to chase the mischievous ghosts out of the city. | One way to get ghosts to evacuate the trash bins is to make them feel uncomfortable with temperature changes or shaking the bins enough (you might want to rescue the people before attempting these). That way they will find something else to possess or leave entirely. Ghosts can only be seen if they possess something, unless you're a Winter power holder. | 100 Moon Coins |
| NSFW Quest Stranger Burglaries | Nightwake Center and it's Red Light Sub-district is in chaos. A group of burglars have been going around stealing people's lingerie. Any lingerie left unattended has been swiped and anyone has needed to go home commando afterwards. The natives that frequent the district and the staff members of clubs are all asking to get to the bottom of this. | The burglars are regular perverts who want to use them for magical enhancement purposes as the power of intimacy will work wonders for intimate items, or so the rumor goes. | 500 Moon Coins |
Winter Segment
Lights, Snow, Quests [ Click to Expand ]
| Quest Name | Description | OOC Notes | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge of the Lost CW: forced truths | At exactly noon, the bridge crossing the biggest river in the Winter Segment shines a peculiar light. In the past, it was a way of natives meeting their lost loved ones one last time. No one knows what would happen now, with the changes in the world, so we are looking for brave souls willing to go to the bridge and see what happens. | The Bridge only works now if people go on it in pairs and there are three possible scenarios that can happen: 1) The characters who entered the bridge will see each other as someone they lost. 2) The characters will see their worst enemy in each other. 3) The characters will see themselves in each other, but either an idealistic version of themselves or something they would never want to see themselves become. The barrier around the bridge will disappear once something truthful about the person they see in front of them has been said. | 70 Moon Coins |
| Bone Sucker's Coming to Town CW: Gore, Death | Some natives enjoy going to the Watcher's Tower to look at the Winter Segment from a safe place. Unfortunately, bodies of the natives have started to turn up. They're all in the same condition: all of their bones in their body have been sucked out. Everything else is completely intact. Solve the mystery and bring peace to the lost ones. | The monsters behind the case are called Warlock Skeletons. The suck bones out of living things with their dark magic to make skeletons that move and do their bidding. They can be killed as long as the powerful jewel on their neck is destroyed. | 200 Moon Coins |
| Harvest the Colors | In the evenings, by the Unfrozen Lake, various Northern Lights colored winter animals appear. These animals have absorbed the light and magic of the beautiful multicolored night sky. If you manage to befriend one, the animal will accepts pets. Touching the animals will lead to dust sticking to your hands and that dust can then be put into an empty bottle. Please collect a few bottles for the Tower of Potions to use. | The dust can only be collected by being kind to the animals. Being mean or killing them will make all of the dust around the area turn into regular powder and make the other animals flee. The Northern Light dust can be used for different power enhancing potions and medicine. | 50 Moon Coins, a bottle of the dust |
| It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's an... Orca? | One of the rarer visitors of the night skies of the Winter Segment is a species called the Sky Orca. They usually appear once a year and seeing them is a sign of good luck. The guilds are encouraging people to visit the segments to pay a visit to the Orca offspring that want to play with people and to protect them from the dangers of the segment while they are here. After a successful playdate, the mother Orcas will drop clouds down that can be used as comfortable beds. | Seeing and playing with the Orcas will literally boost anyone's luck and make them less likely to get into accidents for a whole week. On the flip side, if someone would kill any of the orcas, they would experience nothing but bad luck for two weeks. | A comfy cloud bed, or 100 Moon Coins for giving it away |
| Test of Courage | A few times a year, a mysterious house appears near the border with the Spring Segment, close to the Flower Yard. No one knows how or why it appears, but for decades it has been used as a "Test of Courage" site. It appears at nightfall and disappears before the sun rises (on several nights for several weeks). There have been times when someone has walked into the house and didn't get out on time... and had to spend the whole night until next in there. They weren't the same after that... Otherwise the house is safe, even if very spooky. How about a test of courage? | The house is very much a haunted house. More accurately it's a house that has been possessed by several ghosts so they make the house move on its own and move things to spook people. They just want to have fun and don't do this out of malice. The only danger is staying in the house when the sun rises as the house will disappear into a void space with anyone inside. What happens in void space? The ghosts start showing characters' greatest fears on display for anyone inside the void space to see and make fun of them. | 20 Moon Coins |
Spring Segment
Breezing through quests [ Click to Expand ]
| Quest Name | Description | OOC Notes | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can You Dye With All the Colors of the Lake | The annual fashion show is in June and fashion designers are looking for new inspirations. In fact, they are all looking for unique colors for their fabrics. They are asking for people who would be willing to travel to Prism Lake to dye their fabrics into new creations. They are given a potion that will make the fabric permanently absorb the color - but before using it, it's easy to test out different combinations. As a reward they will make you any outfit, either out of the colored fabrics or something else. | The biggest threat on this mission are the rainbow dyed bears that will occasionally come to find delicious fish from the lake. They aren't anything special, just normal bears that have been dyed by the lake. Characters can also fall into the lake and get a new coloring... but it's only permanent if they drink the potion. There are counter potions for it, however. | 50 Moon Coins, free designer outfit |
| Duck, Duck! | Lately, anyone who has been going into the Spring Segment has been bombarded by none other than ducks. Not just any ducks, but magical Kung Fu Ducks. They're ducks that know Kung Fu and can use wind powers with their moves! We don't know where they are even coming from, but somehow I blame Jeffrey. | There have been catapult prototypes that have been stolen from The Research Center scientists who came to test them out. The Kung Fu Ducks are using these to launch themselves to fight opponents bigger than they are... since they're no larger than normal ducks. Still, they can be pretty menacing. | 80 Moon Coins |
| In the Eye of a Hurricane | Lately, a lot of tornadoes have been forming around the segment, especially near the safe zones. Unfortunately, this means people are getting trapped inside tornadoes, unable to get out of them. The tornadoes are stubbornly staying in the same spot for a long time, almost as if challenging people to break through the wall of wind and get people out. Which is exactly what we're asking people to do. | The tornadoes are mostly normal tornadoes, expect for the fact that they can stay in one place for a long time, almost as if someone would be controlling them. And they are, by a group of Hurricane Birds that fly around the tornadoes. They look like eagles that are made out of steel. Their weak point is their stomachs. Chase them off or kill them, as long as you get them to stop making hurricanes. | 100 Moon Coins |
| On the Wings of a Butterfly | Once a year, for two month period, a group of giant butterflies arrive. They offer lifts for anyone who need them and they are very fast flyers. Due to their size they're also not affected by the strong gusts of winds. The butterflies will help anyone harvest fresh cherry blossom petals from the Cherry Blossom Park without getting in unnecessary danger down below. | Cherry Blossom Petals can be used for various cosmetics, food, drinks and potions. Their magical qualities lies in prolonging life, making them important for medical departments to have. | 100 Moon Coins if you sell a bag of your cherry blossom petals or just cherry blossom petals |
| Slime Desserts | Everyone knows there are slimes everywhere in the Spring Segment. However, only a few know that there are special slimes called Dessert Slimes among them. Their essence, the slime they produce, is a great ingredient in many cakes and desserts. Depending on the color it can taste like chocolate, fudge, liquorice and many other things. The best part of it is you don't have to kill them - just collect some slime residue. A chef in Nightwake has requested a variety of flavors and promises to pay anyone who is willing to collect some slime. | Slime Desserts are the same as slime: very weak and easy to intimidate. They are, however, rarer than the normal slime and only their scent will be an obvious way to tell them apart. | 30 Moon Coins |
Summer Segment
Get your hottest quests here [ Click to Expand ]
| Quest Name | Description | OOC Notes | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope You Have a Landing Strategy | Since the Mermaids have invited people to The Great Ocean Lake (see the Rain Dance quest), we have come up with different ways to get people there. There's, of course, the airship but for those who want to get there faster there's a big catapult waiting at the Dayrise Bridge. It's strong enough to throw anyone over the forest and beach, straight into the lake. It should only take a few hours through the sky, maybe even less! Scientists will pay anyone who is willing to use it. | The landing may very well end up getting them a bit too short and landing onto the beach instead, but with a right landing strategy there shouldn't be any problems. Right? Right. Use any powers available to make sure your landing is safe or depend on others for to help you out. Getting back from the lake is definitely a different story. | 100 Moon Coins |
| It Only Stings a Little CW: scorpions, willing poisoning | Coldreach's Tower of Potions has made a request to go to the Deserter's Desert and find a specific scorpion species there that produces a poison that will make them sick (high fever), will also make them invincible for as long as the poison is in their system. The poison needs to be harvested by letting the scorpions sting someone, so bring a partner who can help you come back from the Desert. | There's a time limit of 72 hours to get the poison out of someone's system before they pass away, which is why the members of the Tower have made a safe place to treat patients near the Summer Flower Yard. Doing it yourself is also an option, if you know how. | 200 Moon Coins |
| They Lava You CW: Lava, Fire, Possible Burns | A larger group of Lava Lizards have left their home of the Lava-Ridden Land and are now terrorizing everything at the edge of the Jungle of Judgement. They're spitting lava at everything and anything, making the area dangerous to walk in and burning trees. They are steadily walking towards the city barrier. The larger pits of lava they manage to make also attract the Wyverns, so the fight may get dangerous and fast if something isn't done about it. | Both the Lava Lizards and Wyverns are tough skinned and hard to fight with. Wyverns also breathe fire so things may get very heated, very fast. Some of the lizards are also chameleons and will mask themselves to ambush their prey. Mermaids will send pillars or water with their magic, as well as work on the Rain Dance to put out fires (see Rain Dance quest). | 500 Moon Coins |
| Technical Move: Rain Dance | The Summer Segment is known for its rough droughts. The Mermaids of the the Great Ocean Lake have decided to do something about it: a special dance called the Rain Dance. They need a lot of help though and are inviting everyone to participate either in the water or on the beach nearby. As a prize they will give you a special seashell necklace. Be careful of the Sirens though because some may be pretending to be mermaids and will try to drag you with them underwater. | The seashell necklace will release a temperature altering bubble when used underwater, making the water around the user a pleasant temperature and also lets the user breathe under water. Out of water it's just a pretty shell that you can put on your ear and hear a whale sing. The necklace needs to be powered up by touch energy and it lasts for 12 hours per charge. | Seashell necklace |
| Temple of Frustration | The Temple of Life has been a mystery for the longest of time. For some unknown reason all of the monsters avoid it and no one has been able to figure out why. We would like to investigate what's inside so use any methods possible to break down the temple door. If that doesn't work, please leave our measuring devices there so we can monitor any changes to the temple. Enter the Jungle of Judgement from the Spring Airship Station side for the easiest route. | The Temple of Life's door remains closed no matter what you do to it. It seems that something really powerful is protecting it. The Research team will pay for a full report of all the methods characters have tried of accessing the temple and for leaving their measuring technology on the scene. Otherwise, the Temple will surely be important later. If your character decides to wander to the Jungle of Judgement, please let us know and we will let you know what to expect. | 50 Moon Coins |
Autumn Segment
Maple scented Quests [ Click to Expand ]
| Quest Name | Description | OOC Notes | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Bloom CW: Blood, Blood loss | A species thought lost to the darkness has been spotted around the Autumn Segment. It's called Treanpire and it's a living, walking tree that also has the qualities of a vampire. It uses its roots and vines to suck blood out of all living things. After a feast its branches will bloom different colored flowers, depending on the blood it drank. They're dangerous and like to stalk people around the Airship Station and the Flower Yard. Take care of them. | The flowers on a Treanpire can be used for various blood related potions and medicine, but they can only be plucked out when the Treanpires are alive. When they die, the flowers die with them. If plucked before death, they remain good for potions. | 500 Moon Coins |
| Chef Needs Maple Syrup Badly | A chef working at Coldreach has sadly run out of maple syrup for his restaurant that sells creations made out of maple syrup. He has requested that people would travel to Maybe it's Mapleline forest in the Autumn Segment to gather some more of it. He warns that staying there for too long might be a bad idea, so just quickly take some maple syrup from a tree and run (yes it comes as ready to bottle maple syrup). | Maybe it's Mapleline is a mysterious forest that turns anyone partially into a maple monster when they spent too much time there. It's said seasonal power holders are more resistant to it, but eventually the forest's power will affect them, too (in around a full day in the forest). Normally herbivorous animals that live there are now carnivorous and the other way around, so try not to get killed by a small, cute, maple squirrel. | 50 Moon Coins per jar of Maple Syrup |
| The Graveyard Shift | The Abandoned Graveyard needs some maintenance every now and then. Cleaning the graves, sweeping some fallen leaves and leaving fresh flowers by the graves as a memorial. The natives would usually do this themselves, but with the increase of monsters and catastrophes, they're asking for otherworlders to do it instead. | A part of the graveyard is flooded, but it's still safe as it's inside the barrier made by the whole graveyard. However, if someone goes outside of the barrier and near the water, there are vicious Skelefish waiting outside. They're believed to be related to piranhas, but they're made out of sharp bones. | 30 Moon Coins |
| Thunderbolts and Lightning, Very Very Exciting | A group of Research Center staff has been interested in the thunderstorms over the Autumn Segment. Because of that they are looking for volunteers who would wear a rubber suit and stand in the storms to collect some data on special thunderproof devices. It should be safe with the specially made rubber suits. They're not the comfiest to walk in or do anything, but it's better to be safe than sorry! | During the thunderstorms a species called a Storm Surfer (foxes made out of pure electricity) will appear. They're playful and curious and will likely try to take off anyone's rubber suit by using the zipper on the back and if they touch someone who isn't resistant to electricity they will most likely paralyze them. | 100 Moon Coins |
| With Great Power Comes Great Frogs | The Research Center has a capture quest. There is a species called "Almighty Frog" that's living in the Autumn Segment that they have taken an interest in. It's a frog that can wield all the basic elements (water, wind, fire, earth). The scientists are curious as to why a native frog can use all elements without everything going to hell, but native humans cannot. It's important the frogs are captured alive and brought back to the Center... but they're hard to catch and challenge people to a duel. | Almighty Frogs are the size of an infant, so larger than normal frogs, but still relatively small. They still pack quite a punch as they are agile and can use all elements simultaneously. Usually they are pacifists, but they love challenging people to battle. They mostly live in the swamps near the Pumpkin Spice Trail that drains seasonal magical energy (ineffective against the frogs) so they need to be lured out to fight. | 200 Moon Coins |
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As soon as he's seated behind her he wraps the injured (but likewise still functional) arm around her waist, keeping the other ready to fend off the wyverns with Muramasha if they dare attack Pegasus physically... and they don't seem to be opposed to it. While the lizards, left behind on the ground as soon as the winged horse takes off, can only scream after them in anger, the two wyverns appear determined to tag-team the new element on the battlefield.]
They're trying for a pincer attack!!
[While the winged beasts didn't coordinate their attacks until now they're seemingly eager to change gears, flying on either side of Pegasus until they almost overtake him, then throwing themselves at him with open maws. Hijikata nullifies their fire breath effect - by now he doesn't even need to use hand gestures to guide himself anymore; just determining that he'll apply the magic is enough -, but the enemies simply proceed to try and sink their teeth into the white mount's wing and neck, respectively.
If Rider can outmaneuver them despite the effect of the Darkness on her powers she may just be able to widen the gap between them, at least temporarily, but if not Hijikata will get physical with the aggressive monsters.]
TW animal injury
There was a bigger problem, though.
Even as she tried to out speed the Wyverns, they were still catching up. Closer, closer, their dark auras weighing heavy on her and her mount- she grimaced slightly, tugging forcefully at the reins, sending more of her energy through them- higher. Faster. She had to push him further...!
Just as her Masters pushed her to her limits. She would do the same to her mount without a second thought.]
Ngh...hold tight.
[Pegasus' eyes gleamed red as he gave a battlecry, shooting up like a comet- but there was pain there, too- even though they were fast enough that the pincer attack could not get a solid grip, a large gash from the Wyvern's fangs had opened up along his side and across Rider's leg. She grimaced, but readied herself to shoot back down into the fray regardless.
She had to push past that.
This had to work. If they could counter her Noble Phantasm with their auras... what other options did their team have left? Especially when her injuries weren't fully healing and Hijikata was also hurt-]
Bellerophon...!!
1/2
The while light that engulfs them becomes so blinding that it hurts his eyes, but he doesn't close them, needing to see what's going on. The wyverns greet the horse-turned-comet with their most massive firestorm yet, and as he turns the flames green he feels a wave of nausea wash over him, so intense that it almost makes him pass out. It only lasts for a moment, but it absolutely gives him pause. Is his mana running out?
Before he can worry more the impact is there, and he clings to Rider all the more tightly, pressing the side of his lowered head against her back. The blast of white light is like an explosion, sending anything in its path careening away in a massive shockwave. He can't hear the wyverns scream - perhaps they were taken by surprise. The Noble Phantasm even clears away the sveltering heat for a moment, replacing everything with pure brightness. Like a punishment from Heaven.
When the whiteness finally subsides he immediately sees one of the wyverns lying on its side a distance away, screaming up a storm as it frantically kicks its two legs and spreads a wing that's positively tattered, the other one folded up under its body.]
You did it!!
2/2
He barely manages to take a few steps before the second wyvern lands in front of him with such force that it shakes the ground. One of its eyes is closed, perhaps to avoid the dark blood trickling down from where some scales got torn off its forehead, but nonetheless it immediately tries to burn him, and his standard response results in the same sick, weak feeling as before.]
So you're still standing, huh..?
[It seems that his vengeful anger got the better of him. Perhaps this wyvern would have let them run and tended to its worse-off peer, had it not sensed his malicious intent - but then again it might still have tried to kill them all the same. It attempts to stomp him, and he just barely avoids that fate (stumbling as he bolts back). He manages to cut the underside of its claw as it lifts it back up, making it emit a shrill screech - and at that point the wyvern has enough of him and simply smacks him away sideways, which sends him flying before hitting the ground and rolling for a good bit.]
1/2
The attack hit home, her Noble Phantasm ripping through her enemy.
But- she landed heavily- staggering on her injured leg without her mount supporting her. That was more serious than she thought, but it was over. They just needed to get back into cover so they could patch themselves up, rest for a little while, and then start their journey back.
A small, ever-so-slightly bloodthirsty smirk came into her face as she forced herself to her feet and listened to the Wyvern's wounded cries. Let her have this moment of pride, now the fight was won.]
Mm, well...I couldn't kill you gently when you were giving us that much trouble.
2/3 I lied
Oh- oh, now that she wasn't receiving his touch energy, it became painfully apparent that she was in a much worse condition than she thought. Although she couldn't see the golden light starting to leak out the wounds on her neck and her leg, she could feel the mana holding her form together trying to rip itself apart at the seams-
Her Noble Phantasm already took a huge amount of mana to pull off, and although she tried to account for the extra toll the darkness would take on her, it had a far bigger impact that she expected.]
Wait-
[Then the ground shook- the remaining Wyvern roaring as it took a swipe at Hijikata and sent him flying. It was still here?? Had it avoided her strike??
She had to get to Hijikata. Move. Move...!
Despite her body screaming it's objections, she forced herself to her feet- she couldn't get her energy to flow right to boost her speed, but she could try and run- just move.
Useless Servant.
Rider managed a dash, ducking under a sweep of the Wyvern's claws, only to crumple into a heap between it and Hijikata- and although she held out a hand, she couldn't even bring her weapons out. At this rate, they'd both be sent back to the Flower Yards, wouldn't they? If...that was even the fate that awaited a defeated Servant here...
...
If she just...had a little more power...maybe...]
Hijikata, I-
3/3
First, that cold droplets of water had started forming around her outstretched fingers. That's right- everyone had magic here, didn't they? Maybe she could use that?
And second, that if everyone had equal potential as a Magus in this World...did that mean that by extension, they all had the capability to become a Master?
...A pact would stabilise her form. And with that mana flow and her Seasonal power...even if they couldn't defeat this thing, that might just be enough to get away safely. Not to mention, with Hijikata's knowledge of her world, she wouldn't have to waste time explaining what this all meant!]
As it stands, we will both get destroyed when it attacks again. I think, with a little more power, I can get us out, but- I will need your strength to do it.
...A Servant can draw power from their Master, after all. If you were willing to make a pact with me...?
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And then she calls out her proposal.]
A pact?
[In theory, he knows about the Master-Servant dynamic, but he never once considered that he might become a Master. There's no time to be surprised for long, though. They don't have any other chances.
It's sheer luck for them that the wyvern, just as it wants to grab Rider, hears an especially loud and alarmed scream from its downed partner. As it turns around it sees that the lava lizards are approaching the other wyvern in greedy anticipation of its death. The flightless wyvern, not actually about to die, finally manages to deftly push itself up on its feet, menacingly spreads it damaged wings and screeches a warning, but its fire can't harm the lizards, so its peer turns away from the battered Rider and Hijikata to soar over to where the lizards are encroaching on the other, roaring a warning.
Hijikata exhales in relief. This may just win him enough time to make it over to Rider! He limps to her side, much more slowly than he wants to, despite pushing himself. Shit, she's glowing from her wounds... is she going to disappear?]
Sure-- yes. Let's do it. How..?
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Focus on me- I shall guide you-
The exact words are not so important- but- a spell like this should work-
[She grabbed onto his arm, dampening his sleeve with her blood and her water magic. This wouldn't be a temporary arrangement like when Shinji used the Book of the False Attendant, this was forging a true pact.
It was on him to follow her lead and (approximately) repeat the words for the contract.]
"I announce- Thy body shall be under my command, my fate shall be determined by thy blade-
Follow the call of the Holy Grail. If thou wouldst obey this mind and this reason, then obey me and I shall entrust my fate to you-"
[Hijikata would have to repeat...something like that, right? Words she'd heard echoed around inside the Grail- or perhaps as a Servant, she knew it instinctively. In hindsight, it sounded more like something Rin would say, didn't it...well, the exact wording wasn't important- so long as he got his intentions across.
So long as he could link his magic with her's-!]
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I don't want this Holy Grail stuff in our pact!!
[He may not understand all the intricate details, but he knows that a Holy Grail War is, in essence, a knock-out competition, a tournament of elimination until there's only one Master-Servant pair left standing. That kind of thing isn't happening here on Ellipsa, and even if it were, that's not what they're contracting for!]
I announce that we're forging this pact for our mutual protection! We'll have each other's back! I'll be your Master if you'll be my Servant!
[Spoken like a true country bumpkin samurai, Hijikata. Will this even work?!]
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[His sharp, biting stubbornness- the outright rejection of the Grail and casual rewriting of the words of the pact, even under their current circumstances- she could hardly help an amused little smile play across her face, for just a moment. The hint of a laugh.
Well, she preferred it like this, she supposed.]
Then, let me become your wings...I accept.
[Her grip on his arm tightened. Country bumpkin approach or not, that seemed to be 'good enough' as far as the Servant system was concerned.
The effects were immediate.
A sudden rush of mana flooding into her body, the glowing from her wounds petering out as her form solidified and her energy started to come back- and Hijikata would feel a sharp pain as his Command Seals burned into him.
...Yes. This would work nicely.]
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Hey... a red symbol appeared on my hand. You didn't mention that.
[His voice sounds strained. Did she betray him somehow? No, she wouldn't do that; he doesn't want to believe it. It has to be a normal part of this whole Servant-Master deal! It hurts, though, along with the rest of his numerous injuries. While Rider seems able to get back on her feet now he feels completely depleted. Will she be able to carry him again, or even summon Pegasus once more?
With the wyverns intimidating the lava lizards into retreating away from them, Rider and Hijikata still have a window of opportunity to get away, but chances are that once that problem is dealt with the winged beasts will turn their vengeful attention back to them.]
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Rider would not have called herself one of the more paranoid Servants, but after her experiences under Shinji's "care", she still felt a churn in her stomach as she considered what she should tell him regarding their nature. Their magic.
Perhaps...she was being foolish. She trusted him not to abuse that power the way he did, didn't she?
...Well. For the time being, they did not have time for a lengthy explanation regardless. That was in her favour.
Once again, she brought the knife up to her throat, ready for a summoning- all the while, her Seasonal magic flowed around her body. Perhaps the water and the mist would shield them from the Wyvern's darkness.]
A symbol of our pact. Command Seals. Unless this goes wrong, we should not need to use them here...hold onto me. My Noble Phantasm should give us enough speed to retreat.
[The comet-like attack wasn't just used for impacting enemies directly. They didn't have the right opening for using it to run away before, but now, in combination with her new magic, they had their chance-!]
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Do you have enough strength left for this? I have a healing item I can use on you.
[He always carries the healing charm given to him by Shoto, and this definitely is an occasion worth using it on. They really don't need either of them - especially not Rider - passing out from blood loss or other complications and falling out of the sky!]
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The Wyverns weren't going to wait long, they had to get out quick, but even so there was a brief hesitation before Rider nodded.]
...that might be wise, unless its only good for one use.
[She didn't want to admit she needed the healing item's help (and certainly didn't want him wasting its only use on her!), but at this stage... even with the 'second wind' their pact had given her, Rider knew better than to take an unnecessary risk.
Whether he uses the item or not, she brings the needle up to her throat, ready to start the summoning.]
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He takes the vaguely onion-shaped milky white item out of his bag, puts it in Rider's hand, and activates it. He meant to leave it entirely to her, but ends up holding on to it along with her. Shoto-kun would chastise me if I gave it away entirely. He can feel the relief as his pain lessens, and surely Rider can feel it too. Given that they're sharing the charm neither of them will be healed completely, but it makes a stark difference.]
Let's go, Rider.
[She can kick off the summoning ritual while the last waves of healing magic still ebb through them. Hijikata casts a glance back at the wyverns, which are finally succeeding in chasing off the lizards, then puts the depleted healing charm back in his bag and once more holds on to his Servant - his partner, his rescuer - with both arms.]
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[It’s a new experience, having her wounds healed that way. In her lifetime and in the Grail War, once she escaped battle it was on her to lick her wounds and treat them until she recovered. But yes…she felt it too. The warmth as the item was pressed into her hand, and she gave a welcome sigh of relief as her wounds eased. Yes, she nodded, time to get out of here.
And as Hijikata put his arm around her- she grabbed on in turn, hand and arm overlapping his. A comfort Rider didn’t know she wanted as she drove the nail into her neck- a gasp of fresh pain with the blood splatter, and her hand squeezing onto his with a jolt-… is that what it felt like to have someone hold her when she was in pain?
…The blood weaved into the air in front of her, gleaming with a deep red energy. A smirk crossed her face. By the time the two Wyverns turned back to them, she was confident they would be ready to make the charge…!]
Now…!
[She was sure that was a roar from behind her, but just at that moment the circle glowed bright- and the two were thankfully already in position to end up on Pegasus’ back. The creature’s wings spread, scattering white feathers, and turned to charge away from the battleground.
One hand on the reins, one keeping hold of Hijikata’s. Faster, faster, until the wind and light howled around them as they shot away like a comet. Rider let herself breath a sigh of relief, then. They were going to make it…!]
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His reservations aside, he's grateful that Pegasus still answers Rider's call despite the Darkness in the area. If not for him they really would have had no hope of getting out of this situation alive! Their charge picks up tempo fast, and the wind and light become overbearingly strong and bright... Hijikata presses up against Rider's back, like he did before. I'm sorry we didn't win this battle, Rider.
He still feels the faint burn of the Command Seals on his hand. Once they're as far away as their exhausted energy will carry them they'll set up camp and sleep - probably through the night and the next day -, but after that, once they have recovered some strength, once they have time for a meal and a talk, he'll have so many questions. He needs to know how to be a good Master for his new Servant.]