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

[dereban]

You can name everyone in the game.

[ Priorities. ]

[liveandforgive]

......

Inaba, I've got a condition.

[dereban]

What is it? It better not be anything stupid.

[liveandforgive]

You can call me "Jerkass" but...

Just...don't call Tifa or Aerith anything weird.

[dereban]

That's fine, but... on one condition.

[liveandforgive]

What?

[dereban]

This.

[ It was wicked, what Inaba was thinking of doing, but ultimately, she was being a tease as she brushed her hair over her ear, grinning slightly as she moved from where she was sitting to somewhere closer to him as she (surprisingly!) and quickly brought her lips towards his own for the shortest of seconds before reeling back, sticking her tongue out playfully. ]

[liveandforgive]

[he blinked once, twice as she brushed her hair back over her ear and closed the gap between them. before he could so much as question her though, his body tensing up only in the slightest, he wasn't sure what he was expecting, but a kiss was not one of those things. her lips were surprisingly soft, and she didn't stay there for too long or press anything about it either...]

...................

[Rider was just sitting there, staring at her...blinking only a couple of times here and there. ...was he blushing?]

.....................

[dereban]

Oi...

[ She decides to poke him on the cheek playfully as he stares at her quietly before he starts to blush. ]

Earth to Cloud. Are you just going to sit there and say nothing?

[liveandforgive]

A-Ah................

[dereban]

If you're not going to say anything more, I guess I could always take your pants off.

[ THAT'S RUDE, INABA ]

[liveandforgive]

Master!

[nooow he's barkin']

[dereban]

Oh, now you talk? I didn't think it would be this easy to fluster you.

[liveandforgive]

[now he's crossing his arms, trying to give his best "i'm scolding you" look. it doesn't work too well]

When you do that to a guy or say you're gonna do something like that, no duh.

[dereban]

... Ah, really? That makes me kind of happy, you know.

[liveandforgive]

Happy...? [while he's still flustered and perhaps trying to be grumpy still, her answer surprised him] What do you mean?

[dereban]

I won't repeat it twice, but... seeing you flustered like that means you didn't hate it. S-So that's why I'm happy.

[ And now look at who's being the tsundere one. ]

1/2

[liveandforgive]

.....

2/2

[liveandforgive]

[confused as he was at first, it amused him all the same. and...funny as it was, something about it seemed to lift some sort of weight off his shoulders. after his brief encounter with Saber, and the weight of what Sephiroth being here genuinely meant, it was like a wall of ice had slowly started to freeze and build up. and Inaba came in to knock it all down.

it was strange to him, realizing that in this world he was a work of fiction, but Cloud was still Cloud in the end. it'd be a little weird to thank her for that; and he didn't want to give her the wrong idea either, so what can he do?]

Mm.

[he smiles]

That was a weird condition.

[dereban]

Shut up.

[ TSUN TSUN DERE TSUN ]

I just... wanted to try that once. It doesn't mean anything. Anyway, I was just joking about earlier. I'll keep the names as is. Anyway let's just continue.

[ Totally changing the subject in her favor. ]

[liveandforgive]

[she wanted to try that... what, kissing someone? or kissing him? she really was a fangirl, after all...]

Maybe you should take a sip of your soda, Master. You look kind of-

[suddenly lego Barret]

...what...the...

[dereban]

M-Maybe I will!

[ She doesn't answer that before realizing that her face is warm. Oh. Shaking her head, she brings her head back into the game. ]

... Oh, right. Everyone looks like that. And here you are now. [ Look, it's a lego Cloud. Is he wearing purple? Or is it black? IT IS A MYSTERY... ]

[liveandforgive]

...............

[okay NOW he's speechless again. for a couple seconds or so]

...the PS1...couldn't really handle anything better, could it?

[dereban]

Actually, if you play Final Fantasy 8, the sprites are a lot better. But then again, this was Square's first game with 3D models. I can't really blame them.

[liveandforgive]

Oh. [hand in chin] So we were the guinea pig game.