fate/legend of gotham

[eldestt]

[ WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN, FOLKS ]

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[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 ]

[lonelydemon]

And I know a workaholic when I meet one. I know what a man who hasn't slept in too long looks like, too, but you take the cake.

Rest. These things don't start quickly. Mages hate to tip their hands too early, so there will be weeks of circling each other like sharks at the start, I reckon. No reason not to sleep sound while you can. The advantage can wait a night.

[eldestt]

[ . . .

looks to his watch, glancing to the crystals still in his hands

looks to the blood on his hands, too. and the blood on his clothes. good thing he wears only black.


sighs ]

And where will you go, while I am resting?

[lonelydemon]

I'll get a feel for the city, see if I can detect anywhere magic has been used recently. I doubt anyone would be so careless, but it's worth trying.

[eldestt]

How long will that take you.

[lonelydemon]

I'll be back when you wake. If not, you can call me with a thought. Since were connected now.

[eldestt]

. . . [ huffs, pocketing the gems and wiping at his hands against his sleeves ]

Finish in three hours.

[lonelydemon]

[Relaxes visibly once they're out of sight, tbh]

Sleep longer than that.

[eldestt]

[ sternly: ]

Three hours, Ryner Lute.

[lonelydemon]

Fine. But if you sleep in I'm letting you.

[eldestt]

I do not sleep in.

[ pauses, suddenly realizing something, and he's thoughtful ]

. . . Wayne. Damian Wayne.

[lonelydemon]

[Blinks, like he hadn't expected Damian to ever introduce himself... Which is probably true.]

Damian. Hi. Nice to meet you, I guess.