Fate/Hate Boner, Part... I Lost Track

[mayoninofukucho]

WHO: Hijikata and OPEN
WHAT: Hijikata tries to deal with his spectacular fuck-up!
WHEN: August 1st (a couple of days after Medusa first turned into Gorgon)
WHERE: Sunwaning and/or Solarpeak
WARNINGS: Unwarranted Manpain (OK no, he'll try to take responsibility!!)

[OOC: This is yet another little chapter of the ongoing drama between Hijikata, Medusa, and Ozymandias (and their friends and affiliates, and innocent bystanders too)!

Associated posts (for anyone who would like to follow along at home):

OOC Plotting
Hijikata starting the whole shitshow by siccing Medusa on Ozymandias
Ozymandias live-shaming a consequently petrified Hijikata
Quest: Going Gorgon

This installment is mostly for people who want their characters to give him a talking-to in person, but rest assured that he's got the pet-shaming sign on him, and further additions are being retroactively added!]


[When Hijikata regained consciousness he was at home, not at the Secret Getaway, and in front of him was his mentee Shoto, caught between concern and relief... not his suddenly tall-as-a-house, winged and snake-bodied Servant Medusa.

Naturally the most important items ("Why am I here", "What date is it", "How did you get me unpetrified") were addressed first, and all the answers - that Shoto took him home from Solarpeak after Ozymandias brought him there, that a couple of days elapsed between now and when he last saw Medusa, that Shoto sacrificed White Amaryllis, the sword forged out of his admiration for his mentor - drove it home more and more deeply that he made a colossal, terrible mistake.

Hijikata wanted to stay with Shoto, somehow make up for his sacrifice, reassure him, answer his many questions... but he simply couldn't leave Medusa alone out there in that state. So he made up a convincing lie (another thing to feel bad about later, because damn it, why does this boy put so much trust in him), promising to be back very soon, and set out - not to where he said he'd go, but towards the Summer Guild's headquarters.

Shoto-kun said she's in the Jungle of Judgement. I just need to teleport to the Temple of Life, and then--!

And then what?, a voice in his head asks. Medusa - no, Gorgon - is draining his mana. All of it. He felt her suck it all up like a giant maelstrom when she first transformed out there, and he can still feel it now, despite the distance between them. The remaining two Command Seals on the back of his hand - the third smudged and blackened, as if it was burned up - are testament to their bond still existing. Shit. Rider...

He stops, trying to form some kind of plan, but it comes back down to just: I'm her Master, I need to help her. But how can he do that now when he can't even summon enough of a fireball to light a cigarette anymore? Maybe he can undo this with another Command Spell..? He stares at the red triple tomoe (now just a double tomoe, really). Won't this only make it worse..? But this is my duty, isn't it?

(If anybody notices his weird behaviour... please stop this man. He's done enough!)]

Comments

[kerontribution]

Human.

[When Oryou sees Hijitaka, she zips to directly in front of him, floating at a height where they're at eye level with each other so he can get a really good view of her narrowed pupils.

She Is Mad.]

Where are you going?

After her own fight with the Gorgon

[sangreine]

[ Saya's on her way to the Guilds as well, just a pit stop after a very hard -- equally matched -- fight with the Gorgon. She's spattered with blood but the skin beneath her torn clothes is long healed over. Thank goodness for her magic resistance, or she'd be a statue out in the jungle herself. ]

[ Spotting Hijikata, she's overwhelmed with irritation and anger. Whether he's trying to help (and she's sure he is) is irrelevant, really. He's no match for his Servant as she currently is, and in fact he might make things substantially worse. ]

[ There's a blur of movement and suddenly Saya is blocking his way. She looks most unhappy... which is like facing off with a hungry lion that's about to pounce at you. ]

Don't.

[triompheduhimbo]

--Annnd where do you think you're going, huh?

[ That would be Napoleon's hand on Hijikata's shoulder, giving it a squeeze. ]

Good to see you're not a statue anymore.

[ It is sincerely said, but it's also not nearly as jovial as his tone usually gets, missing that cheerfulness he usually had. ]

[pyramidsmash]

I see you've been brought back... but where do you think you're going in your condition?

[It's your favorite person! Just what you needed, right? He seems calm, at least, but he's very much angry with Hijikata. He was preparing for a trip to the Jungle to face Medusa, but decided to check if Hijikata was finally around. Lucky he did.]

If you're thinking about going after her, you're solely mistaken. You won't do any good against her.

... hello!!

[greedyvixen]

[Rin is on her way to actually try to help Medusa with Archer (who's here with her but currently dematerialized / invisible), when they see Hijikata on the way to the same direction too. Oh, oh hell no!! She tells Archer to let her go there, she's going to-- do... Something! She has no idea what she's going to do or say, she'll just see what happens but there's no way in hell she'll let that man anywhere near Rider! Not that she really needs to say any of that to Archer because he knows her and he'd let her go there anyway. Really, he'd fly her down even if she wouldn't know about Rider's Master being there.

The girl lands near him on her feet agilely like a cat from the way how Archer's carrying her and she has never seen this man before but she sure isn't even trying to look all prim and proper this time.

Congratulations, Hijikata, it's rare for Tohsaka to meet someone for the first time and instantly glare at them as much as she's glaring at him right now.]

What the hell do you think you're doing?

[. . . That's one way to say hello, very nice to meet you too from a girl, who still has all of her three Command Seals on the back of her right hand.]

No, let me guess, you're on your way there to "help" by thinking of using one of those for trying to force her to calm down and then if or when that doesn't work, you'd use the other for trying to force her to stop whatever she's doing, right?

[She better be wrong and she's mostly being sarcastic with all of that even if she wouldn't even be surprised by any of that.]