so, i ask of thee, are you my master?

[anonily]

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. Though not mandatory, it would be preferred that you give a brief summary of your character as they will (most likely) be AU'd into the setting. (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

[scary_music]

Ibuki became Caster-chan's master?! B-but what does that even mean?!

[... Ibuki slowly pulls her hand away]

Um, Ibuki won't deny she's a bit of a delinquent, and you're totally cute and have big-wait I mean, Ibuki doesn't move that fast! Especially with somebody she just met! Aren't you the one suggesting we've already been doing this and that by calling Ibuki your Master, Caster-chan?!

[vulpetuous]

Hmm. I don't think you're lying. And you might not seem too bright, but...do you really not know what is going on?

[ Caster wonders if she is the one mistaken here, but no matter how she looks at it, this girl is definitely 100% her Master. She can feel it deep down. Even if Ibuki were lying, that doesn't change the fact Caster can tell the girl has roughly jack squat in the magical department. ]

Oh no, does this mean Caster will become a delinquent, too? I'm the cute, popular type...

1/2

[scary_music]

Whoa, hey now, don't be so hasty, Caster-chan! Ibuki's the cute, popular type, too! [Well okay maybe her popularity has taken a bit of a hit since she transitioned her music to metal but-] Ibuki's not a hundred percent delinquent! Just a teensy weensy little bit!

2/3 I lied

[scary_music]

Also, yeah, Ibuki doesn't have a clue what's going on at all!

... except that her arms are bleeding because her guitar exploded for no reason-!

3/3

[scary_music]

W-wow ow ow why did Ibuki's guitar have to explode like that?!

[vulpetuous]

[ She is still not sure how she feels about all this, but her Master is her Master, sooo... ]

Then, as the first act of my love, I'll treat Master's wounds.

[ To her shame, healing magic is not her thing--like, at all--but she can treat wounds the old fashioned way. She reaches into the sleeve of her kimono and pulls out material for bandages, a towel, and a nurse's cap to wear. ]

[scary_music]

F-first act of love? Does that mean Ibuki is spontaneously married to you, Caster-chan?! Is that what happened?!

You're even putting on a nurse cap!

[... not that the nurse cap has anything to do with... everything...]

[vulpetuous]

Yes!

[ No. ]

Caster is here to be your loving and doting and adorable wife, Master. Now you're getting it!

[ Maybe there are some benefits to being stuck with a completely clueless Master. She at least gets Ibuki cleaned up quickly enough. ]

[scary_music]

Mm...

[Well, Ibuki's always had a thing for cute girls and ... well, here she is. A cute girl doting over her and nursing her wounds]

Well, maybe it's not such a bad thing Ibuki's guitar spontaneously combusted, if it resulted in this sort of conclusion. [Rockers sometimes bust their instrument on stage, after all]

Still, Ibuki's genre savviness is tingling... is there more to this, Caster-chan?! You're not going to go yandere on Ibuki, are you?! Or try to make Ibuki shave her hair?! That would be terrible!

[vulpetuous]

Whaaa? Do I look like the type to act crazy and horrible like that? i would never shave Master's hair!

[ No comment on the yandere thing. ]

But your life miiight be in danger.

[scary_music]

Ibuki just met you! Ibuki doesn't have a full grasp of your personality type yet, Caster-chan!

[... well, yandere is 'crazy' so she pretty much assumes Caster replied to it]

W-what do you mean Ibuki's life is in danger!? She's too young to be in danger, Ibuki still has a full life ahead of her!

[vulpetuous]

You might have accidentally become a participant in a game where the winner gets any wish they want. So, you know! People get a bit aggressive.

[ She might have to be the first Servant in history to give up. She wonders if the Holy Grail will acknowledge her screaming 'uncle!' at the first enemy that shows up... ]

--But, uh. Don't worry! The lovely and talented and hardcore Caster will protect her well-meaning but useless Master!

[scary_music]

W-whaaaaaaaat?

... um... the wish thing kind of sounds cool? But... what kind of aggressive are you saying, Caster-chan??

[vulpetuous]

Weeell. They refer to it as a 'war', sooo. I'll let you fill in the details.

[scary_music]

A... a war?!

Ibuki's been drafted into a war?! Can we enter negotiations or something?!

[vulpetuous]

...It's a bit of an exaggeration. There's usually only a dozen people involved.

But whatevs! Don't you worry, my useless and jittery Master! Caster is here to protect you.

[scary_music]

Whoa... you know, Ibuki can generally brush off name-calling... but isn't it kind of weird to call your master useless and stuff?

Even if Ibuki totally sucks in a fighting, she can be morale support!

[Is this really the thing she should be focusing on right now?]

... does fighting really need to be involved?

[vulpetuous]

Normal things are for normal masters! Master...is not a normal master. For instance, not wanting to right is weird!

[ Thankfully, Caster's interests only fall within what her Master(s) wants, and not so much winning... ]

Buuut. That might be for the best. Like my title suggests, I'm all about magic! But Master has no magic so that limits me. And I'm as soft and squishy as I look, so no falling back on muscles or weapons...

[ She feels so useless. ]

[scary_music]

... Squishy...

[Ibuki no don't stare-]

Um, well... whaaaaat do we do so we don't get our soft and squishiness all squished, then, Caster-chan?

[vulpetuous]

We'll have to lay low. Which shouldn't be so hard with such low magic levels.

With a little care, my soft and squishiness will be reserved solely for my Master.

ngl I think Ibuki's wish would just be to have Caster around permanently if they somehow won

[scary_music]

Lay low...

Soft and squishiness just for Ibuki makes Ibuki happy even if she just met you today but...

D-does that mean Ibuki has to forget about her concerts...?!

and tamamo's wish would be whatever ibuki wants but secretly hoping it was that

[vulpetuous]

Concerts? I know you mentioned a guitar, but the fact it exploded suggested you weren't that good...

Is Master secretly talented?!

daww. Yeah I really can't think of anything Ibuki would really want more than that

[scary_music]

Whoa, Caster-chan, Ibuki never makes her guitar explode by accident! The only reason it happened was because of the magic thing???

[It was a defensive failsafe against tampering that the Master-to-be-but-won't-be-now put on their prepp'd summoning circle. The guitar just happened to be in the way... not that Ibuki could tell that]

And yeah, Ibuki totally rocks music! She's not the Super High School Level Light Music Club Member for nothing!

[... even if she's moved on from light music as of recent]

[vulpetuous]

[ She is beginning to suspect the cause of her summoning, but even if Ibuki stumbled into someone else's preparations she is still the master.

Caster is actually impressed. If only the power of music fuel Caster's magic. ]

Ah, Caster always wanted to become an idol! And her Master turns out to be a rock star!

[scary_music]

Ooh, can you sing, Caster-chan? You can be Ibuki's backup singer! Maybe even pick up the bass guitar or drums or something while you're at it, too!

[... though the question is how well would Caster like Ibuki's brand of metal?]

[... also maybe they should be more worried about the war situation? Oh well]