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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. 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 against 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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ 2000 yen is not going to afford cigars. ... Well it might afford like one or two but regardless, cigars won't be in some random convenience store like this in any great quantity, or at least not any worthwhile brands. But all for him, he holds up his hand and clarifies, ]

I'm below the smoking age! My delinquent years were spent fighting, not smoking. So no idea!

[ I mean he could point out some brands he sees others use, bu...t. ]

( Well, she's not entirely clueless. Or at least, she's read enough to know what brands are used in war novels, but not enough to know which are worthwhile. )

Well, hm. Kurt Vonnegut once wrote that Pall Malls were a classy way to commit suicide.

( Integra, the average Japanese teenager is not even going to know who that is...

Wait. )

Delinquent years?

( What kind of wish does this kid have, anyway? )

A joke, a joke.

[ He waves his hand dismissively, and laughs. As if laughing at the idea of her taking it seriously. That same hand that had been raised in order to make the point about cigarettes. No, he doesn't really know the reference... specially. He knows know who Vonnegut is, of course, but...

Well, no point for playing that up, anyway. ]

Unfortunately, I don't think they actually could kill me at this point.

( There's a dark laugh at that. She smoked in life, almost carelessly, because if cancer didn't get her, her job as expert vampire hunter on a government paycheck almost certainly would have.

But she's settled on the Pall Malls. If they're good enough for Vonnegut, right? )

Eeeeh, well, that's unfortunate. I suppose that's the same sort of curse Dazai was on about.

[ not really, but Get it?

... Not really.

Either way, he'll bow to her opinion, following along. He's not really hungry nor does he have anything else to pick up here... right? No, he doesn't think so. ]

( Yeah, um... she's not entirely sure how that ties in there, Kida. But... )

I think I'm more of a Soseki woman.

( She responds to him, dryly, as she set the cigarettes on the counter along with the yen. )

Oh yeah? I could see that.

[ He shrugs!! Rocking on his heels ]

( Japanese literature was... not her area of expertise, if she were being honest. Her studies at Oxford consisted more of English and Russian classics, but she remembered a fair amount Soseki. )

What makes you say that?

( The cashier bags her cigarettes and hands her the change. Ah--. )

It's twofold, really.

[ And it's honestly a little surprising, if you think about it, that the guy can keep up this sort of conversation. It does betray there is more going on in his head than he might imply... but then, Ruler did meet him on a more serious moment, so maybe not. ]

Soseki's more well known to foreigners than some others, as far as I know. But aside from that, Soseki's more... classic's the wrong word, but maybe an origin point's a better way to put it? The vibe Ruler-san gives is a pre-modern one I'd say.

and so the fights begin once again

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