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Monika ([personal profile] renpy) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2018-07-29 07:28 am

masters and servants and wars, oh my!



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.


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. Add other preferences if you would like. (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!
archisorte: (Arrogant)

Reines El-Melloi Archisorte - Lord El-Melloi II Case Files - Master, OTA

[personal profile] archisorte 2018-07-29 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
phantom_author: (Default)

Gentaro Yumeno | Hypnosis mic

[personal profile] phantom_author 2018-07-29 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Can be master or caster! M/M for shipping! ]
stealeaf: (Default)

Therion | octopath traveller

[personal profile] stealeaf 2018-07-29 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Available as an Assassin class servant!]
freedom_to_choose: (Default)

Sieg | Fate Apocrypha | OTA for platonic M/F for shipping

[personal profile] freedom_to_choose 2018-07-29 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Master.]
hackerlad: <user name=bestaround> (ok my dudes)

9S | nier: automata | ota

[personal profile] hackerlad 2018-07-29 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Servant! Actually most likely to appear as a Berserker, though on first encounter he really doesn't...seem like one at all....huh.....

Can also be a Caster at his earliest and most stable iteration, though! Or even Avenger if we uh. Want a bad time for everyone involved I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]
imu: (Default)

Imhotep | great priest imhotep

[personal profile] imu 2018-07-29 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Available as either a Master or Caster class servant!]
Edited 2018-07-29 16:35 (UTC)
kumara: (pic#12293482)

caster (helena blavatsky) ; fate/grand order ; ota

[personal profile] kumara 2018-07-29 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ caster, obviously, but i'd also be super down for playing her as a master. ]
reciter: (pic#)

caster of the nightless city ; fate/grand order ; ota

[personal profile] reciter 2018-07-29 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
vernus: icon: <user name=awkward> (81)

sandalphon | granblue fantasy

[personal profile] vernus 2018-07-29 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
( servant or master. as a servant, he's available as any of the following classes: saber, archer, berserker, assassin, or avenger. )
eclats: (Default)

marie antoinette ◆ fate go

[personal profile] eclats 2018-07-29 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
( comes in rider or summer!caster flavors. )
hellenization: (Default)

Iskandar/Rider ||| Fate/ ||| ota

[personal profile] hellenization 2018-07-29 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Rider, obviously
fairbrook: mignonette; art © hellsing.nobody; (♞ And picking up slack;)

integra hellsing » hellsing

[personal profile] fairbrook 2018-07-29 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
( More likely a master, but I could swing a Ruler AU. )
originbullets: iconmerge @ lj; (Go now into the world;)

kiritsugu emiya ( fate/zero )

[personal profile] originbullets 2018-07-29 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
( Master. luaghingalonewithsalad.png )
flutzing: utenacar; (in some hallway;)

yui sakamoto » original

[personal profile] flutzing 2018-07-29 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
( Master or servant. If the latter, she could work in the Rider or Caster classes. )
runicking: <user name=runicknight> ([oo6] ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ)

Celes Chere | Final Fantasy VI

[personal profile] runicking 2018-07-29 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Saber class servant. ]
Edited 2018-07-29 20:08 (UTC)
appledote: credit unknown; (91;)

himari takakura (mawaru penguindrum )

[personal profile] appledote 2018-07-29 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
( Master or Caster if a servant. )
hackerlad: <user name=bestaround> (is that a ufo)

master + servant; 1

[personal profile] hackerlad 2018-07-29 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[In a way, it'd been...reassuring and completely unexpected, all at once, to find that there really was something after. In a sense, at any rate? It's not really the conventional definition anyone had of it, after all, "heaven" or "the afterlife" or what have you. All those human theories. But it's something to take all the same, because it's still quite a lot more than he'd ever expected...and with all that in mind, it's not so bad, that there's still a job expected of him here--the knowledge of this comes implicitly, in the stretch of time spent lingering at the Throne. The summon that eventually arrives, calling him back--he finds that he implicitly knows what that means, too.

Though this is the first time, actually, and he's not so implicitly granted with knowledge of what to actually expect on arrival. --First impressions are important? He tries his best. Exhaling a sharp sigh that feels like a first breath in forever, as the mana pressure ruffling the air dies down and he draws upright in the center of the circle, standing at attention. Identify yourself, establish your presence, speak clearly when in the company of Command. Memories of formal protocol from another lifetime filter back in already, and he leaps into old and new habits alike.]


Berserker class! [Yes. So declares the Servant in the likeness of a boy, with a perfectly calm and polite clarity that does nothing to support this claim in the least. So it goes.] I'm here to help! I look forward to...

Huh?

[No, hold on. He pauses, and blinks, the gesture invisible behind the blindfold firmly in place over his eyes, but the sentiment is probably clear anyhow in the way he looks all around the room before finally refocusing on the only other person in here. ...He has to look down, just a little, to actually do it. Which is already a bit of a novelty in itself, since he's never exactly been the tallest person in a room, and...really, though. Really? This is...?

A little girl....?

The professionalism practically deflates. In a situation with very few frames of reference already, he definitely has absolutely none at all for this.]


Er...wait. Are you really my Master?
passionfist: (pic#11634810)

Passionlip | fate/

[personal profile] passionfist 2018-07-29 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alter ego class servant.]
riskwhale: (𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇.)

Yumeko Jyabami | Kakegurui | OTA

[personal profile] riskwhale 2018-07-29 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Master ♡ ]
invigorates: (You have to mash it to murder.)

lioriley | original | ota

[personal profile] invigorates 2018-07-29 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
( caster or master. )
beefaroni: (Default)

Asterios | Fate Grand Order

[personal profile] beefaroni 2018-07-29 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Berserker Servant, naturally!]
sanadam: (pic#10223751)

Arata Sanada | digimon: cyber sleuth

[personal profile] sanadam 2018-07-29 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Master! Available in two delicious flavours.

A totally normal teenage hacker who's kind of cynical and standoffish but otherwise harmless and a huge nerd. Also actually a really good kid at heart and will warm up quickly to his servant, who he probably summoned by accident via internet rumours.

Orrrr

Kinda unhinged Eater Arata. In this AU he's from an actual mage family and instead of being cyber cthulu, his arm is likely now inhabited by some kind of outer entity as part of ~Mage experiments~. Unfortunately he's unhinged in that he'll be driven by an insatiable hunger and may eat some of the enemy servants his servant fights. May also try to eat the grail. Claims he's testing out his newfound power but in actual fact he's just unable to contain his non-human halfs desire to just keep eating. Whoops!
]
holyswordarm: (Default)

Bedivere | Fate/Grand Order

[personal profile] holyswordarm 2018-07-29 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Saber. WARNING: may get into spoiler territory for the Camelot singularity. M/F for any shipping.]
conduttore: (Default)

Claire Stanfield | Baccano

[personal profile] conduttore 2018-07-29 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ probably a master, but could also be the world's most annoying servant. ]
theyseemeroland: (Thinking (Positive))

[personal profile] theyseemeroland 2018-07-29 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
((Interested in a Saber FROM DA FUTURE? Can have a thing where she was trying to summon the other Roland but got him instead if you want.))

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