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вєяяу тяαρρєя! ([personal profile] mytarget) wrote in [community profile] oddsandends2018-11-15 09:17 pm

55th ♫ | beyond the barbed wire, two race to the peak




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!
dawnuntildusk: (ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴍɪsᴛᴀᴋᴇ)

[personal profile] dawnuntildusk 2018-11-28 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[That gets her to laugh a little, but it can be hard to tell with Dawn when that's genuine or not. It just comes naturally to her, regardless of how she's feeling.]

That's quite the wish. Do you think it'll be granted?
tricksandstones: (pic#12711403)

[personal profile] tricksandstones 2018-11-28 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if I'm lucky, maybe it could be granted right now!

[kanin's luck is rank EX

not because she's that absurdly lucky, but because her luck swings wildly between 'that absurdly lucky' and 'the universe is conspiring against her'.]
dawnuntildusk: (ʙʟᴜʀs ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs)

[personal profile] dawnuntildusk 2018-11-28 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't count on it.

[I-ICE COLD...]
tricksandstones: (pic#12711420)

[personal profile] tricksandstones 2018-11-28 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[she staggers backwards, hands over her heart like she's been shot]

How- How cruel... Ah, I can feel the life fading from me already...
dawnuntildusk: (ɪᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋs ᴛᴏᴏ ꜰᴀsᴛ)

[personal profile] dawnuntildusk 2018-11-28 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that easily? This will be a fast war at this rate.
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[personal profile] tricksandstones 2018-11-28 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
... You could play along a little, you know.
dawnuntildusk: (ɪ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ɢᴜᴇss ᴍʏsᴇʟꜰ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ)

[personal profile] dawnuntildusk 2018-11-28 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid that's never really been my style.

Now, do you have a real wish, I wonder? Or are you just playing at war, too?
tricksandstones: (pic#12711383)

[personal profile] tricksandstones 2018-11-28 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[For a brief moment, a small crack appears in her facade.]

If I told you my real wish, would you even believe me?
dawnuntildusk: (ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴍɪsᴛᴀᴋᴇ)

[personal profile] dawnuntildusk 2018-11-28 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That depends on what you say, doesn't it?
tricksandstones: (pic#12711438)

[personal profile] tricksandstones 2018-11-28 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
...

What I want is... a happy ending. For us stories. A proper happily ever after for us. For all of us. So maybe, I won't have to lie anymore then.
dawnuntildusk: (ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ ɪ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ)

[personal profile] dawnuntildusk 2019-01-03 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
...Mhm. Isn't that a nice thought?

[It's hard to tell, if she means this. Or if she really believes what she's being told, at all.

Maybe she doesn't even know herself.]


And do you really think... you'll get it? Your wish?
tricksandstones: (pic#12711438)

[personal profile] tricksandstones 2019-01-03 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know.

[This is... the most vulnerable she's been in a long time. The most vulnerable she's felt. It's scary.

But.... It's Dawn. Kanin hopes, in her heart, that maybe... this will work out.]


But I do know I'm going to try it anyway. For myself. For you. For her.