By request! Holy Grail War repost!

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The HOLY GRAIL WAR Meme
Seven Masters, magi of the present day. Seven Servants, heroes of days past. One Holy Grail, granting whomever claims it a wish. Only one team of Master and Servant may claim it. Who will it be?

For those unfamiliar with Fate/stay night or Fate/Zero, you can find a better explanation of the Holy Grail War here. (Note: The Holy Grail War in Fate/EXTRA functions in a dramatically different way, and one not followed for purposes of this meme.)

Instructions
1. Comment with your character. In the subject line, put that character's name, canon, and which role (Master, Servant, or either) you would like them to fulfill. Add other preferences if you would like. (NOTE: If your character can fill the role of Servant, I suggest you state which class(es) -- Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, or Berserker -- they fall into.)
2. Reply to others' comments. Pick your character's role (and the other character's if they list "Either" as their preference), then use the RNG to pick a scenario that fits the two characters' roles.
3. Enjoy! Though there might be triggers, depending on how the prompts are interpreted.


TWO MASTERS

1. Battle. Who says that Servants get to have all the fun? After all, most Masters try to kill each other, too. Whatever the circumstances, the two of you are locked in a fight. Neither of you are willing to use your Command Spells just yet, so no Servants here. Just two magi duking it out.

2. Alliance. There's a bigger threat out there. Either one Servant is exceptionally powerful, or the situation has changed and the participants need to take action aginst it. One way or another, you're teamed up with one of your rivals for the Holy Grail. How long will this last before you try to stab each other in the back? Or, will something more develop?

3. Protection. Uh-oh! One of you has lost your Servant! Unfortunately, there's no way you'd get to the church safely on your own, so the other one will help you get there! Or maybe you don't trust the priest presiding over the Holy Grail War and are giving shelter to them yourself? Given their track record, no one would blame you.

4. Death. One or both of you lay dying. It might have been by the other's hand, or by someone else's entirely. How will you spend your last moments in the presence of one of your rivals?

5. You, Too? Surprise! You may have been friends before, but you've just discovered that you're both Masters! How will you handle this revelation?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!


MASTER AND SERVANT

1. Are You My Master? The summoning is complete. Whether intentional or not, catalyst or not, a magus has summoned a Servant. What kind of meeting was it? Was everything totally under control, or did a hitch occur? Or maybe it happened in the middle of a life-or-death situation!

2. Identity. Either the Servant has flat out told the Master their identity, or they unleashed their Noble Phantasm. Either way, the cat is out of the bag. How will the Master react, now that they know their Servant's name and legend? Will anything change between the two?

3. Battle Aftermath. A battle has just ended. Who participated? Are either of you hurt? Did the Master have to use a Command Spell? Any number of things could have happened here.

4. Discord. Uh-oh. It looks like the Master and the Servant don't get along. Here come the arguments! Don't do something stupid, like waste a Command Spell over a triviality...

5. Love. And then, there's the opposite. Sometimes Masters and Servants fall in love with each other. How will this affect things?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!


TWO SERVANTS

1. Battle. This is what usually happens when two Servants meet -- they duke it out. This probably says enough as it is.

2. Alliance. There's a bigger threat out there. Either one Servant is exceptionally powerful, or the situation has changed and the participants need to take action aginst it. One way or another, you're teamed up with one of your rivals for the Holy Grail. How long will this last before you try to stab each other in the back? Or, will something more develop?

3. The Grail Dialogues. Maybe you're not interested in fighting just yet. Maybe you just want to sit down and talk with the other Servant. Find out what they want, what makes them tick. Get some wine while you're at it -- nothing like good wine to go with good talk!

4. Death. One or both of you lay dying...again. It might have been by the other's hand, or by someone else's entirely. How will you spend your last moments in this War in the presence of one of your rivals?

5. Identity. Congratulations, you've just learned each other's identities! Will this change the situation, or will you press onward?

6. Wild Card. Roll again, pick one of the previous options, or make one up!

Comments

Inori Yuzuriha | Guilty Crown | Servant - Archer or Assassin

[mydearest]

oh god why fasldkgm also this is servant/master something awful goes here 6

[departing]

A-Archer...san.


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Are you happy with your master?

Yuuko Kanoe | Dusk Maiden of Amnesia | Servant - Caster or Assassin

[duskmaiden]

m&s → 3

[skirting]

Is it... over already?

( In what is already a hideous situation thanks to some grand, cosmic design that allowed her to summon such a servant in the first place. Now, of course, there's the battles to worry about. Especially ones like this that manage to catch her off guard like this one, though Kirie tries not to let it show.

Especially around her. )

Sena Kashiwazaki | Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai | Master

[semoponume]

[ a really bitchy master i'm sorry ]

oh m-s 4 how appropriate...

[combat_butler]

*So it's been roughly half a week since she summoned her Saber Butler and all he's done is basically chores and ... ... ... yeah chores and grunt work and maybe fending off a single servant scout. Which is why Hayate is suddenly materializing to bring this up while Sena is trying to engross herself in some awful vidya in her room.*

--Master, I think it's about time that I politely point out the difference between "binding your time" regarding this war and just flat out being a hikikomori...

ange ushiromiya → umineko no naku koro ni → master or servant (caster)

[entreats]

...3 (Master)

[impulsives]

...

[There's a figure in armor just standing there, silent as the summoning circle died down, the prana around the air reducing as the person looked over the girl that summoned him with what seems to be a mix of disdain and... concern?

Of course, this lasted for but mere seconds as the figure just knelt before her, as if paying respects to royalty.]

I ask of you, are you my Master?

leon kuwata → dangan ronpa → master or servant (baller-- I mean archer or berserker)

[tsunball]

[naicha]

[ I WANT ROCKER

So Taiwan will jump right in front of him once the summoning's all done. ]

Hi! Are you my Servant?

[ NO YOU GOT THE SEQUENCE ALL WRONG!!! ]

Taiwan | Axis Powers Hetalia | Master or Servant - Caster

[naicha]

kyouko sakura → puella magi madoka magica → servant (lancer)

[selfished]

m/s->4

[icantbelievethis]

I can't believe you, Lancer! What do you mean you don't care!? They just leveled the school!

Yozora Mikazuki | Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai | Master or Servant - Archer

[playerkills]

both masters - 2 SORRY I WANTED MORE HIDEOUS

[entreats]

[ guess who's suddenly there on your doorstep that's right, it's another one of those Masters from the war.. and she's standing there pretty casually, as if it isn't a big deal in the slightest for her to pop up in this place, instead Ange just has her lineface on. ]

.. Mikazuki-san. Before you unleash your Servant on me or something like that, I have something we need to discuss.

Lelouch vi Britannia | Code Geass | Master/Caster

[doublechecks]

M/S -> 4

[geas]

[ Congratulations are in order, Lelouch. Somehow the laziest Servant of all time (literally) has been called under the command of a teenage boy. It had been fine and dandy up until a certain someone's wallet went empty.

A Servant's gotta eat Saber got away with it okay and this guilty party can be found with a slice of pizza halfway in her mouth. ]

Hayate Ayasaki | Hayate the Combat Butler | Servant (Saber)

[combat_butler]

master - servant 1!

[uuing]

[ Hey, Hayate, once you might find yourself summoned, you might notice your current Master is.. a nine year old girl. Who looks even younger than that with her cutesy clothing and personality and all. Despite everything, she seems to be smiling happily for some reason, though.. ]

Uu-! You are a Servant, right?

Shinn Asuka | Gundam SEED Destiny | Servant (Saber, Rider or Berserker)

[impulsives]

Master and Servant (Rider Shinn) 3

[thirdtimesthechar]

[That could have gone better. Char had had to use a Command Seal to save Rider from Archer's trap, and he himself would have fallen to some carefully placed explosives if his magically-enhanced senses hadn't warned him. Good thing Char is an expert at running away, even if he doesn't want to admit that.]

Rider. You can't just charge blindly into a situation like that. It'll just get you killed.

Kyle Marlon | Vocaloid - Story of Evil/Evillious Chronicles | Master or Saber

[principediblu]

Bedivere | F/SN (Arthurian Mythology) | Servant Saber

[bedwyr]

Master and Servant. 1.

[promised_victory]

[Through something very handwaved and contrived involving the Unlimited Blade Works True End, Rin figuring out where Arturia was 'sleeping' waiting for another Grail War thanks to the 'Once and Future' part of her legend, and some wackjob deciding he wants to use the Grail War not for the Grail itself but to make the Servants his personal army and Shirou, Rin, and Arturia being all "FUCK THAT," Arturia is a Master for the Sixth Grail War.

Part of her is kind of nervous about it. Being human without the perks of Servitude again is weird and made twice as strange by being on the other side of the ritual. The point had been made that if Arturia used herself as the catalyst then she'd most likely get one of her own knights as a Servant. Who better a Servant than a person she could trust? What she hadn't expected was the very last of her knights she ever saw while alive.]

....Bedivere?

[NGL, she was kind of expecting the worst possible person: Kay. Not that she didn't trust her cousin--he'd basically been a big brother to her for her entire life--but because she didn't want to hear the inevitable constant calls of 'HEY WART!' for however long this War would take.]

Atsuro Kihara | Devil Survivor | Master or Caster

[babel_hacker]

Aoto | Ar Tonelico Qoga | Master or Servant (Saber)

[manlypassion]

Oh sup Aoto. Have the protagonist from the first game as a DLC member. Also M/S 3

[funbun]

[Well, that battle ended with a bust. Still, Saber here will sheath his sword away and places a hand over his exposed and wounded shoulder and having a rather upset look on his face.]

I'm not really okay with others running away from battle, but we may as well use it to our advantage to recover and regroup. Master, let's return to base for the night and think about what we know about the enemy Servant so we can use it to our advantage.

Yamato Hotsuin | Devil Survivor 2 | Master

[toliveistoprotect]

M&3- 3

[technologic]

[Good news, they took down the enemy Servant.

Bad news, it was a difficult fight and Caster is not looking that great. Of course, she's worried about her Master.]

Master, are you all right?

Emmy Altava | Professor Layton | Servant (Rider)

[snapandscoot]

Major Alex Armstrong | Fullmetal Alchemist | Servant (Archer or Lancer)

[sculpted]

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne ▪ Fate/ZERO ▪ SERVANT: Lancer or Saber

[diarmuid]

1+2 since it's the first thing she will ask

[godsholder]

[Somehow her perfect catalyst has gotten stolen when she left it under Kirei's care. Bazett can't believe how could anyone steal from a Church. With nothing left to offer as substitute, she hopes her normal earrings and her personality should be enough.

Naturally, she is expecting her hero to withhold her sense of honor and seriousness. And her wish: her sole wish to turn tragedy into a happy ending for him. The great ancestor in her family. So as the smoke clears, she sees a red spear and exhales sharply with anticipation.]

Are you Cú Chulainn?

Rin Tohsaka ✦ Fate ✦ Master or Servant

[anklegandr]

[ Teen or petite size. P: ]

Petite; Master & Servant; 1

[thousandblades]

[Okay. Archer. Stay calm. Don't be afraid. Rin Tohsakas can smell fear. Panic is only going to make this worse. Stay calm. Be confident.]

A-Are you my master?

[Shit.]

Azula | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Master or Servant (Assassin, Caster, or Berserker)

[fearwillkeeptheminline]

Mirajane Strauss | Fairy Tail | Saber

[satanicservice]

[Don't be too disappointed with your servant Azula. She may act more like a cookie baking sweetheart than a warrior, but she got the nickname Demon Mirajane for a reason]

How can I help you today Master?

Ko-Gil | Fate/hollow ataraxia | Archer

[kingofshotas]

5 Servant/Servant

[puppy_lancer]

...Are you kidding me.

[This is the only thing Lancer can say in response to Archer's identity.]

Enkidu | Fate/Strange Fake | Servant (Lancer)

[trapofthewilds]

Two Servants: 4 because I'm the worst

[askstheforest]

[Well, it's come to this. Deep down Caster suspected she wouldn't last long in this war, being the smallest of the participating Servants and not very skilled at close combat. But even as she lies here bleeding, she's still happy in a way. She never expected to make it as far as she did.]

Satsuki Yumizuka | Tsukiblood | Master or Servant (Berserker)

[wheresmyroute]

C.C. | Code Geass | Master

[immortalize]