werites | (no subject)

I still think maybe you should be at least 10% sneaky, though. Or literally anyone will see you coming.

Perhaps I'm more sneaky when I'm being serious?

[ he looks away dramatically..... ]

I'm not worth your seriousness? Aww...

Ah?

Should we be serious now? I'll put on my serious face.

Sure! I think we need to be at least a little serious to figure out what's going on.

That is a very good point!

[ there's a pause, like he just realized something ]

Where are we?

... Babylonia?

[ With the sweetest smile. ]

Ah! I may have taken a wrong turn somewhere.

[ what the fuck is a babylonia

but he's nodding ]

Where... exactly where you were trying to go?

[ He's... not a lost Servant or something, is he? ]

I had a job to do with some of my companions, and I seem to have been separated from them...

[ he taps his chin

that doesn't answer her question ]

The job wasn't fighting a bunch of demonic creatures, was it?

[ Because that's most everyone's job right now. ]

Ah? Oh, no, we were just... looking for resources.

[ which isn't a lie!! because if it was a more urgent mission tsuru would be a lot more concerned than he is right now ]

Resources...?

I guess with the monsters attacking, that'd make it hard, huh?

[ Surely he knows!! ]

[ monsters...

he taps his chin, and then nods. ]

That kind of things do make things difficult. Is that what you're currently dealing with at the moment then? Fighting monsters?

Um, to put it super simply, yeah... they've kind of been trying to get into the city, so I'm just lending a hand.

[ All of that was an understatement. ]

Ah! Well, in that case, we should stop them from getting into the city.

[ he has decided this ]

Huh? You want to help?

-- Wait, what about finding your friends?

If they're here, then they're most likely helping as well.

[ that's the kind of people they are

... although if they are not here then he is not entirely sure how to find them on his own. the saniwa would probably have to send a search party for him and who knows how long that'll take. ]

Oh... well!

[ She... sticks out her hand?? ]

My name's Ritsuka! Fujimaru Ritsuka. Thank you for your help!

[ he blinks

and then takes her hand to shake. it is a very vigorous shake. ]

Tsurumaru Kuninaga. It's a pleasure.

Same here, Tsurumaru-san! If you want, you can guard the west side with me. The monsters here are kind of really ugly, but they're ugly everywhere.

[ She says this lightly like she isn't wiped from fending them off already. ]

I will do whatever I can to be of service to you.

[ he bows. it's an actual graceful one, and when he straightens up again after, there's a smile. ]

Lead the way.

[ Huh. He's oddly graceful, but she's so used to Servants who make movement look like dancing that she's not even going to question it. ]

Okay, follow me.

[ With a brisk walk in her step, no less. ]

I'm-- what's called a Master. I can summon Heroic Spirits and offer them my energy to have them fight with me, more or less. Otherwise, I'm just your basic boring human.

[ he tilts his head at that, curious. so, she's a saniwa then?

... or something like it? the terminology she's been using is different, and while that doesn't seem too important, tsuru notices those kinds of things. ]

That doesn't sound very boring at all.

You think? [ Ritsuka pauses, tapping her chin. ]

I can't do much, on my own. I can't even fight. The best I can do is support and strengthen the Servants who feel like I'm someone worth fighting for, and someone like me being the one to try and save humanity from destruction was just kind of like a big cosmic accident in the first place.

But--! I'm still going to try my best!

[ oh. she is exactly like a saniwa then.

he's going to have to report this later, but for now... ]

I'd call that very brave. You're still putting yourself out there and at risk, you know! If it weren't for people like you, who knows where the rest of us would be?

[ She doesn't summon swords, though. Yet. ]

Extinct, apparently! [ With a laugh that doesn't accurately sum up how actually legitimately terrifying that is for her. ]

But thanks, Tsurumaru-san! You're very sweet for a ninja I just met.

Ninjas have many charm points!

[ apparently! he assumes! ]

It helps us work better.

Uh-huh. Well, it's true enough that all the ninjas I know are charming.

[ She does indeed know ninjas. ]

See! It's definitely a fact!!

[ that's debatable ]

So this ultra charming ninja is under your care.

... Hm. I wonder if I'm able to help strengthen you too.

[ But he's not a Servant, so. Hm. ]

I wonder if that would work...?

[ he has

no idea how similar her thing is to how the saniwa's powers works, but he is rather interested to find out ]