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

[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.

[liveandforgive]

Mime can work like that?!

[dereban]

Of course it can. Just W-Summon and Mime and you can defeat bosses pretty easily. I mean, that's one of the ways I defeated the Weapons during one of my playthroughs.

[liveandforgive]

That is........definitely not how I remember those fights going down.

[not a complaint. but wow, what a way to exploit the system. he couldn't tell Yuffie this. though considering the fate of his world and how he became a Servant...he couldn't tell her even if he wanted to, he imagined]

[dereban]

Well, maybe that's because you're not as good at this game as I am.

[liveandforgive]

That's a little unfair to compare. I mean, a game has rules. Fighting the Weapons wasn't so easy in real life.

[dereban]

A game may have rules, but it's not as if it wasn't difficult. I spent a good amount of hours playing and replaying this game constantly.

[ She answers as she finishes up the boss fight and the timer starts. Time to mosey on outta there! ]

[liveandforgive]

Guess you couldn't have picked a better Servant.

[dereban]

I guess not. But you better not make fun of me for it.

[liveandforgive]

No promises. [especially if she takes a jab at him here and there. that and he's getting her back for that kiss from earlier]

[dereban]

That's rude, you know. I'm your Master.

[ Don't be such a little shit, Cloud. Though admittedly, she will be making jabs at him a lot throughout the entire game, even if they don't get through the whole thing tonight. Once she finds a good saving point after several hours of playtime, she decides to quit for the meantime. ] Haah. . . That was a good playthrough for tonight, don't you think?

[liveandforgive]

[he mockingly shrugs at her. goodness it looks a lot like the way he shrugs in the game. sorta]

I used to be a mercenary that worked for AVALANCHE. You should know that me and authority don't mix.

[shades of the former SOLDIER were showing, or was Cloud doing that on purpose? admittedly, he was opening up to the idea of learning and possibly even seeing his own journey from the outside. which is why he doesn't mind playing the backseat gamer to Inaba as things progressed onward. from heading back to see Tifa back at the 7th Heaven, to the next bombing mission and even finding Aerith after he fell through the roof of her church... there was a lot to recollect. they were getting close to the end of their tales in Midgar now]

...the sun's probably out by now.

[he pauses at that. it's strange, but he feels like he's bonded with his Master a lot more than he ever thought he would. he didn't feel like a Servant obeying his Master for the Holy Grail. in a way...it was a nice escape]

That was... [oh don't be a stick in the mud, Cloud. be honest] That wasn't so bad.

[it was fun]

[dereban]

[ Don't mind her as she tries to shift her gaze to hide her slightly tinged cheeks. She sees what you're doing there, Cloud. Yawning a little as she stretches a bit, she manages to smile. ]

... Ah, in that case, I should probably go and take a quick nap. You should rest up, too. [ She laughs bitterly, rubbing the nape of her neck. ] Though you probably don't need to sleep, huh.

[liveandforgive]

Yeah. My prana was running pretty low before, but I'm doing pretty good now.

... not gonna lie though, [he rolls his shoulders as he gets up from the bed so that she can crawl into it] It's still weird not needing to sleep.