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adropintheocean) wrote2015-05-19 09:40 am
adropintheocean) wrote2015-05-19 09:40 am
[MEMORIES 12 - 23]
The castle banquet part two: Assassin attacks. The march of the Ionioi Hetairoi. (significant neutral)
[a gift (after the Prince's rescue) | Day 426 | nonshareable (flower seed; plant)]
Scene transcript - episode 11.
+ Taken onscreen.
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Robbing the library. "TINY! Your ambition is tiny!" (trivial negative)
[Game 333 - death - Dog | Day 428 | shareable 4/5 (white carnation; pluck petal)]
Scene transcript - Episode 2.
+ Taken offscreen.
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Learning about his grandmother and the Velvets' (limited) history of magic. An ambition is born. (significant positive)
[Game 336 - scavenger hunt - Eliza's Brother | Day 433 | shareable semi-indefinitely (scrap of paper; write on)]
Pre-canon memory.
+ Taken offscreen.
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Assassin is dead! Having a minor tantrum at Rider for not wanting to do anything. Seriously Rider can you do something besides eat snacks and watch TV? (trivial neutral)
[Game 337 - a bet - Chance | Day 434 | nonshareable (chocolate coin)]
Scene transcript - Episode 3.
+ Taken offscreen.
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His parents' funerals. (significant negative)
[Game 340 - Personaquest - Marjory & June | Day 438 | shareable ~4/5 (apple; take a bite)]
Pre-canon memory.
+ Taken offscreen.
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Receiving his letter of acceptance to Clock Tower's Evocation Department. (significant positive)
[a gift (after defeating the Darkness plague) | Day 441 | shareable ∞ (pink plastic teacup; pretnd sip)]
Pre-canon memory.
+ Taken offscreen.
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Camping out on a leyline in order to restore Rider's mana. (trivial neutral)
[Game 342 - make a hero - Snow White | Day 448 | shareable ∞ (quill pen; write)]
Scene transcript - Episode 20.
+ Taken offscreen.
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Being publicly called upon and ridiculed in front of his peers; Kayneth tears his thesis apart and discards it. (significant negative)
[Game 345 - what is love? - Cutie Velvet | Day 452 | shareable ∞ (plush fish & Kunzite globe; attach together)]
Scene transcript - Episode 1.
+ Taken offscreen.
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Caster's nightmare workshop. "If my Master were unmoved by such a sight, I would have to strike him." (significant negative)
[Game 347 - the fearful garden - Maleficent | Day 454 | shareable ∞ (silver-backed mirror; look into)]
Scene transcript - Episode 9. GRAPHIC GORE/BODY HORROR WARNING.
+ Taken onscreen.
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Battle at the Mion. Caster's horror. Second summon of Ionioi Hetairoi and the release of Excalibur. (significant neutral)
[knight brokerage activation | Day 455 | presumably nonshareable ([memory form unknown?])]
Scene transcript - Episodes 13-15.
+ Taken onscreen.
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SWEET HOLY MOTHER OF ROAD RACES. Saber destroys Rider's Gordius Wheel. The long walk home and the rooftop conversation with Glen. (significant neutral)
[Game 349 - roles - Story | Day 457 | shareable ∞ (prism containing his Command Seals; hold & contemplate)]
Scene transcript - Episode 22.
+ Taken onscreen.
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"My Servant, by the seal upon my hand, I command you...Rider, fight until you achieve victory. Win the Holy Grail. And...take the world for your own." (significant neutral)
[Game 350 - a bow, a blade, and teeth - Giant | Day 459 | shareable 3/4 (ball of cloud; pull off some fluff)]
Scene transcript - Episode 22.
+ Taken onscreen.
The overall impact of these is a lot of game-changer revelations with regards to the actual events of the Grail War; a lot more of his actual bonding and formative experiences with Rider and the War back; a whole lot of guilt and upset (some of it survivor's guilt of a sort, with regards to the dead in Caster's lair); a profound sense of how deeply serious the Grail War got and just how in over his head he was; the novel experience of someone finding out he was a deceiving mage brat and accepting him in anyway; the equally novel experience of Rider truly acknowledging and befriending him after their trials by fire; and the action he took with all of these things weighing down on his head.
Or, in emote form: щ(ಥДಥщ) ??!?!?!?!!??!?!
MEMORY 22
Waver: Is someone chasing us?
Rider: Oh, so it's Saber. Saves us the trouble of searching for her. By the way, boy, are those contraptions usually so fast?
Waver: She's on a bike? ...no, that's impossible. But with Saber's Riding skill...
Rider: So, that's the game. Well, this is fun; I'll has to respond in kind.
Waver: We're landing?!
Rider: Change of plans! We'll settle our feud with a race.
The chariot touches down; Waver braces himself to not fall out, frightened and exhilarated.
Waver: Fine! Just don't do anything stupid!
Rider: Fear not! Nothing in heaven or on earth can stop me!
I don't even know what to say about this race. Saber uses her powers to literally armor the motorbike into a laserhorseTronbike and make it as fast as the wind yet still able to cut tight sharp corners; Rider uses the spikes on the chariot wheels to gouge entire boulders off the roadside cliff face to fall on Saber; Saber divebombs them on her bike only for Rider to deflect her sword with his own, bike and all; and finally they both stop on a stretch of road. Saber realizes they don't have Irisviel but prepares to attack anyway.
Waver: Hey, Rider...are we really going to charge from here? At this distance? Head on?
Rider: The sword of light she used at the river requires a moment before activation. We'll strike then.
Waver: Why take such a crazy risk?
Rider: Precisely because it is crazy. If she loses after all this, she will be utterly defeated. Perhaps she may be convinced to join my ranks yet.
Waver: You desire that so much?
Rider: On the battlefield, she is like a star sitting upon the world. But only by joining my army will she learn to truly shine.
Gripping Rider's cloak, Waver thinks, with a chill of understanding, He never cared for his enemy's territory or treasure. He wishes to rule their very souls, but without humiliating or destroying them. That's what made him the King of Conquerors.
Waver: [letting the cloak go, folding his arms] All right, Rider. Just win, however you must.
Rider: [puts an arm around his shoulders] Boy, you've finally begun to understand conquest, haven't you?
They grin at each other momentarily, then Rider brandishes his sword, pulling up the reins until the oxen rear. They ride Saber down as she prepares to strike.
Rider: Glory lies beyond the horizon! Let's go! Via Expugnatio!
Saber: Excalibur!
Waver quite possibly passes out from the force of the attacks; when he comes to, he finds himself dangling from Rider's arm. Rider himself is stuck up in a tree. The Gordius Wheel has been utterly destroyed. Saber looks up and marks them.
Rider: Sorry, boy. I screwed up.
Waver: Rider! Ionioi Hetairoi!
Rider: [shakes his head] I'm only willing to expend the chariot on Saber.
Waver: But still...
Saber changes her mind about attacking them further, gets on her bike, and roars off.
Waver: She's gone...
Rider: So that's a motorbike, eh? Marvelous...
Waver: THAT'S what you say after being defeated?!
Rider: ...
Waver: Say, Rider . . . how do we get back to town?
Rider: Well...We'll have to walk.
Waver: I was afraid of that.
The actual walk home is offscreen and takes a few hours, but Rider stays dematerialized. They talk, to keep Waver from passing out on the roadside; not of new things exactly, but without much snapping and with a better understanding of each other. As Waver staggers up the front steps, he hears Glen Mackenzie call from the roof.
Glen: Hey, Waver! What are you looking at? Over here!
Waver: Grandpa? What's going on?
Glen: Never mind that, come on up. I want to talk to you.
Waver: Why must it be on the roof again... Grandpa, can we talk later?
Glen: Come now, boy.
Rider: He likes you.
Waver: That's just because I hypnotized him-- [covers his own mouth]
Rider: Oh, go on! That old fellow seems like he really wants to talk. I'll hang around and keep an eye on things, so relax. No need to be shy.
Waver: It's not about being shy...
Nevertheless, he heads up to join Glen on the roof.
Glen: This here is the best spot to watch the sun rise. Have a seat. I made coffee, so warm yourself up.
Waver: Grandpa, how long have you been up here?
Glen: I woke up early in the morning and you still hadn't come home, so I thought I'd watch the sky and wait for my grandson. We used to stargaze this way all the time when you were little...Do you remember?
Waver: Yeah, I do.
Glen: When Martha and I decided to live in Japan, we built our house here on Miyama Hill, and made sure to include a skylight allowing roof access. So we could sit out here, like we're doing now. That was our old dream, to stargaze on the roof next to our grandchildren. Never thought it would come true, though.
Waver starts as Glen puts a hand on his shoulder.
Glen: Our real grandchildren never once came out here with me. I've always watched the stars all by myself. Waver, you aren't our real grandson, are you?
Waver: ...!
Glen: I'm not sure why Martha and I thought you were for so long. Honestly, you've always been a bit too nice to be one of ours.
Waver: Are you angry?
Glen: Well, I suppose I have the right to be. But lately, I've been seeing Martha smile cheerfully. I never would've imagined it. Honestly, I'm grateful to you two. Besides, I can tell from the look of you that you don't mean us any harm by living here.
He pours Waver -- who is fortunately too tired to flail from confusion and shame -- more coffee.
Glen: Well, how about it? I'd like it if you could stick around a while longer.
Waver: ...I'm sorry. But I can't promise that. There's no guarantee I'll even make it back alive again.
Glen: So the two of you are risking your lives?
Waver: Yes.
Glen: Well, I don't know what could be so important you'd be willing to die for it. But when you've lived as long as I have, and you take a moment to consider your life, you realize that really, nothing out there is worth more than it.
Waver -- who's stood up by now -- glances quickly back at Glen, and then out at the skyline, an odd look on his face. Is that true...?