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]

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.

[dereban]

Don't be upset. A lot of people enjoyed it. Myself included. Why else would I own the entire Compiliation and-- well, yeah. [ If he dares mention why she stopped herself mid-sentence, she's slapping him. ]

[liveandforgive]

[minus the occassional slip of calling her Master, he's almost forgotten that he was a Servant right now. which is exactly why,]

Fangirl...

[something about the way that Cloud said it though wasn't exactly meant to be spiteful or annoyed however]

[dereban]

What did you say? [ She heard that. She totally heard that. ]

[liveandforgive]

Hey, the graphics got better. [the battle is starting] I think you're fighting now.

[dereban]

Oh, right. The sprites look a little more decent in battles.

[ Still somewhat blocky, but what can you do. And Inaba just decides to hold circle... she's lazy... it's not as if she has to do anything else. ]

[liveandforgive]

[phew. dodged a bullet. maybe not the ones in game, but,]

We're going to bomb the reactor...

[dereban]

Yeah. And then there's a timer after that-- ten minutes, if I remember correctly. But it's pretty easy. [ Oh, and if you think she forgot about earlier, think again. There's even a smarmy smile on her lips. ]

And what was it that you called me again, Cloud?

[liveandforgive]

Least one of us is paying attention. [he shrugs before attempting to non-chalantly shrug off her question] Nothing you haven't heard before, Master. Just keep goin'.

[dereban]

That's rude.

[ Hmph..! ]

Well, whatever. [ She'll continue regardless, easily running the game Cloud through the area. ]

[liveandforgive]

[and as Biggs says, "Didn't catch your name..."]

...so what's it gonna be, Inaba?

["jerkass"?]

[dereban]

Fine, fine. I'll be nice. [ Besides, she was just joking before, just like she said. And she just goes with the default name. See? She can be nice! ]

[liveandforgive]

...

[horray]

I'm gonna pay for this later, aren't I?

[dereban]

You will. After all, I haven't even gotten to the humiliating scene in this game yet.

[liveandforgive]

...what's that?

[dereban]

You should know. [After all, it's his game.] It's really early on.

[liveandforgive]

Something really early on...

[nope. doesn't ring a bell. you sure? or maybe he forced himself to forget. he's playing dumb now. but as Inaba gets further along, finally-]

... I remember that thing. [the robot scorpion boss! careful not to trigger its counterattack!]

[dereban]

Yeah. I'll talk to you about it when we get there.

[Mostly because when she does she can poke fun at him.]

Ah, yeah. This is a really easy boss fight. [Just going to spam Bolt over here and just guard when its tail is up.]

[liveandforgive]

[as he sees his PS1 self casting Bolt over and over again, Cloud can't help but think to himself,]

Wonder why I kept summon Materia but nothing else... Y'think if I got summoned as a Caster, I'd get the rest of my stuff?

[his physical attributes would probably turn to crap though as per the usual with Casters]

[dereban]

Because obviously the Holy Grail War system doesn't want you to be broken and spamming Knights of the Round and Mime. Because that shit's totally OP.