midnight texting

[lowlaw]

The Midnight Texting Meme It's the middle of the night and you're trying to catch some z's — or brooding alone in the alleys, as one does — when your phone dings and suddenly a stranger or a friend is texting you. What could they possibly want at this hour? Is it important? Stupid? Are they drunk or maybe just needy? Do they need help hiding a body??? Pick up your phone and find out! Rules: ● Post with your character's name and canon on the subject line, indicate preferences as needed ● Tag others ● Have fun!

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[grail]

Of course not!
I’d get in trouble if I got caught in the kitchen this late…
But… sometime soon, okay?

[ A moment passes as she rolls over to check the clock, and then: ]

Speaking of the time…
Are you feeling restless, Avenger?

[ Not that he needs sleep, but. ]

[owarifool]

[ welp ]

how'd u guess, master?

[ tbh, she could probably feel it. like background noise in her own mind. ]

[grail]

I just had a feeling...

[ That, and it isn’t often that they talk late at night like this. ]

Is there something on your mind?

[owarifool]

[ ... ]

hey master


[ ... ]

let's run away.

[grail]

[ ... ah. ]

... you know I can’t do that, don’t you?

[owarifool]

by summoning an avenger, by summoning me, u already broke whatever 'rules' there were.

so it doesnt matter, does it? no matter what happens, i can protect u.

[grail]

[ That first point is one that’s hard to argue with, isn’t it? But— ]

... it’s more complicated than that.
Even if we ran away

[ Her finger slips, prematurely sending that message off, and the rest of it doesn’t come for several minutes. ]

Even if we ran away from all the fighting, I’d still have my family to worry about.

[owarifool]

[ Her family... he really hated them. He hated any mission he had to do with Shinji. He despised even hearing her grandfather's voice. ]

without me, ur family has no power. i care way more about u than anything they have planned.

[grail]

[ She’s not ready to concede— she might be too cowardly for it, in the end— but, selfishly, she’d like to. So... ]

... where would we go?

[owarifool]

always wanted to make a go at the continent. we could visit china, and just head west from there, right?

[ it wasn't much of a plan... ]

[grail]

We could...

[ In theory, at least; it’s true that it’s not much of a plan. ]

Would that really be okay with you, though?
It might get a little boring...

[ Maybe that’s just her self-esteem (or lack thereof) talking, though. ]

[owarifool]

no way, master!

every day ive gotten to spend with u has been a gift. and the selfish part of me, the Fool i am, it wants to hold onto that gift.

for as long as u will allow me.

[grail]

Oh.

[ And that’s all she sends for a long moment. ]

Then, um...
I mean
If that’s what you want, then I’d like to keep spending time with you, too.
It’s been... really nice.

[owarifool]

then lets do it! ill take u to the see the ends of the earth! every corner of it, ill show it to u! no limits!

[grail]

[ Is that really okay with you, she wants to say, but… ]

Wouldn’t it be better to wish for something like that, instead?

[ Not that she has a terrible amount of faith in the Holy Grail (or her ability to win it, for that matter), but if it’s as great as everyone says, a wish like that would be easy to grant, right? The two of them running off together without a word, on the other hand…

Even if she wants to (and, against all odds, she does), she still can’t bring herself to imagine that it’d be as simple as he makes it sound. ]

We… wouldn’t have to worry about anything if we did it like that.

[owarifool]

[ ... ]

are u rlly prepared for that? what it means to fight for the grail, on ur own terms?

[grail]

... I don’t know.

[ It should be a simple enough decision to make, an easy yes or no, but when she tries to weigh having a wish granted against needing to fight against other Masters... ]

It would be hard, wouldn’t it?

[owarifool]

[ ... he didn't feel right, feeling like he was burdening her with a decision, suddenly. What right did he have to say any of that? To just steal her away from her responsibilities, or to remind her of the stakes of the war?

... He felt no better than her family, in that regard... ]

no matter what

its ur decision

and ill stand by u, till the end.

[grail]

You really are too nice to me, Avenger...

[ And in moments like these, she isn’t sure what she could’ve possibly done to deserve that. ]

I’ll think about it, okay?
I promise.

[ Whether that means severing her ties with the Matous and leaving, or fighting for a wish of her own. ]

[owarifool]

this isnt about me being nice

u earned my favor and admiration.

my loyalty.

[grail]

I don’t know about that...

[ As far as she’s concerned, she hasn’t earned much in the way of anything, let alone admiration. ]

But... I appreciate it, regardless.
That’s all I was trying to say.

[owarifool]

i understand u, master.

[ he knew it couldn't be easy for her, accepting his praise. but he could never be anything besides his most honest self, with her, either.

he was her Fool, after all. ]

just remember that, okay? im on ur side, no matter what happens.