fate/legend of gotham

[eldestt]

[ WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN, FOLKS ]

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[eldestt]

. . .

I have never heard of any Ryner Lute.

[ flatly. picking the book up. what the fuck. ]

[lonelydemon]

That's impressive, since you managed to summon me anyway. Normally you'd have some sort of catalyst, even.

[eldestt]

The catalyst . . .

[ pauses, and he bends down to pick up what's in front of him—two gems ]

Perhaps these are flawed. I had thought these would be adequate as magic substitutes, but it seems that isn't the case.

[lonelydemon]

[he eyes them for a second, seems unimpressed for another second, then gets very pale.]

...You've got to be kidding me.

[eldestt]

Green quartz. Though a completely ordinary gemstone, it seems these were extraordinary, somehow. Potent, full of an inexplicable magic. They were hard to obtain, but better than the alternative. Expensive, however.

[ idly, toying with one and letting the torchlights reflect off of the jewel ]

I'm somewhat inclined to believe I was ripped off.

[lonelydemon]

...Those aren't quartz, or really stones at all.

You aren't wrong about their magic, though.

[eldestt]

Well. Regardless of what they are, they were supposed to substitute a virgin human.

[ muttered ]

. . . Perhaps I should have killed Timothy after all. . . .

[lonelydemon]

You were literally already using bits of a virgin, hold your horses!

[eldestt]

[ . . .

what ]

You're saying these pieces are human?

[lonelydemon]

"Human" is too strong a word, maybe...

They were my eyes.

[eldestt]

[ . . . regarding them with some disgust now not even gonna lie ]

Your eyes were crystals.

[lonelydemon]

No, they were just inside my eyes. Don't look at them like they're gross now, goat slaughterer.

[eldestt]

That is just as disgusting, and I don't look to my crimes with any pleasure.

[ irritated ]

Very well, it seems the culprit of the problem has been found. Now. Tell me just precisely the situation; it seems I have summoned you for some apparent tournament of some sort.

[lonelydemon]

I'm not the culprit. You summoned me with my eye crystals, so I'm definitely not at fault here.

I'm supposed to be your Servant in the Grail War.

[eldestt]

No, it is your eye crystals' faults for being misleading.

[ clicks his tongue ]

Grail. The Holy Grail, I presume.

[lonelydemon]

[PUT OUT NOISE.]

That's the one. You can get your immortality if we win that.

[eldestt]

So it can grant that, you can guarantee.

[ i don't care if you're put out or not ]

How long will this take.

[lonelydemon]

I can't guarantee anything, but it's a better option than killing poor Timothy to summon Stan or whoever he is.

It'll take however long it takes. We'll have to be the last ones standing to win.

[eldestt]

Satan.

[ also I wouldn't really kill Timothy but you don't know that ]

How many opponents?

[lonelydemon]

Whatever.

There should be seven master-servant teams, including us.

[eldestt]

Seven.

[ sniffs. ]

That should be easy enough. Hardly a challenge—very well. We'll finish this tonight.

[ turns—there almost seems to be a sway in his movement, but he's straightened himself up and he's walking to the exit of the cavern ]

[ . . .

you're probably supposed to follow ]

[lonelydemon]

[...finally stands, falling into step with him... just long enough to grab his collar.]

Uh. No. You need rest, and we have no intelligence on the other groups yet.

[eldestt]

[ makes some kind of attempt to pull away from that, like he'd detected the movement happening but didn't quite make it away in time, and he scowls ]

—Rest can happen after I have obtained immortality.

[ but you have a point on the intelligence thing. hm. ]

Every summoned Servant must be summoned through these methods, correct? A summoning circle in blood and a catalyst, something like a personal belonging. If they are just as expensive as your eyes—[ snorts ]—eye crystals are, then there are not many people who can afford such a thing in the first place, not in this city. But if they aren't in this city then it's even more imperative that the search begins tonight.

Now.

Unhand me.

[lonelydemon]

You're of no use to either of us if you drop dead from sleep deprivation. There's no guarantee I was even the last one summoned. The war may not have begun yet.

[He does let go, though.]

You might be on to something, but it can wait until after you've slept, or you can have me follow up on it while you rest.

[eldestt]

[ ughhh but i faillleddd ]

If it hasn't begun then it's time to prepare, so that we have the advantage when it begins.

[ read: he's going to plant bombs and traps in this entire city ]

Tt. I am fine, I know the limits to my own body.

[ in fairness he is also aware he is rapidly approaching said limits, but ]