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[genius_idiot]

Hello new fake family members! That would be Issei, April, Sakurako and Cú Chulainn. This afternoon, Kaiji will be stopping by your residences. Working for a pizza shop has its advantages. Namely, cheap pizza and beer! Okay, and soda for the minors. So he'll be stopping by these places today to catch up with his "family". Have a Kaiji knocking on your door with a grin on his face and some food in his hands.

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[unknownrival]

[Issei opens the door and beams at his older brother.]

Welcome, welcome! Please come in and take a load off.

[technologic]

[And she opens the door, giving him a bright grin.]

Hi, Kaiji! Ah, come in.

[lunch_ticket_millionaire]

Dad!

[Sakurako jumps forward and hugs him as she opens the door. Someone totally hasn't been questioning this week's strange impulses very hard.]

[genius_idiot]

[Kaiji gives him a grin.]

Thanks. Thought ya might be hungry, so I figured I'd drop on by.

[genius_idiot]

[She gets a big smile in return. He's also holding up some pizza and a six-pack.]

Hey! You don't me dropping by, right? I didn't come empty-handed, at least.

[genius_idiot]

"Da"--

[Kaiji only just manages to stay on his feet when she does that, keeping the food and drinks above his head.]

Whoa, kiddo!

[technologic]

I don't mind at all! [Her grin brightens a bit as she moves out of the way so that he can get into the room (Her roommate having gone out for a while).]

[unknownrival]

You're far too thoughtful. You really should come in.

[genius_idiot]

I figure if someone shows up at your door with free food and beer, it's hard to turn 'em down.

[My goodness he does not know why he's in such a good mood, but he sure wants to share it.]

[genius_idiot]

Hey, it's nothin'. Least I could do. [Have a six-pack of cola tosses your way, Issie.]

[lunch_ticket_millionaire]

You brought pizza!

[Master of the obvious, aw yeah.]

[technologic]

Hehe, that's true. But, I wouldn't turn you down anyway even if you didn't have free food and beer, even though it helps.

[Cause hi little bro hi.]

[unknownrival]

[Catch!] Still, it's worthy of my thanks.

[genius_idiot]

Sure did. And some Coke. Ya hungry?

[lunch_ticket_millionaire]

Yeah, starving! Let's eat!

[action] - ugh i am so late sorry /eeeeases back into having a real computer

[athngabla]

[You know what help with any day, crummy or not? Family visiting. Cu Chulainn opens the door, grinning when he sees Kaiji.]

'Afternoon, brother. To what do I owe the pleasure?

[And his grin gets a bit wider when he notices the now-familiar cans. What a convenient way to transport alcohol -- he'll give the modern era that much.]

What's with the box?

[Pizza however is kind of a gray area. He quirks an eyebrow at the cardboard container.]

no worries!

[genius_idiot]

Hey, man. Hope ya don't mind me droppin' by like this.

Pizza! Ya hungry? [He opens up the box. Hope pepperoni is to your liking.[

[athngabla]

Not at all -- wasn't doing anything in particular today, myself.

[And woah does the scent of pizza hit a body like a haymaker when it's just coming fresh out of the box. Lancer lets out a low, appreciative whistle as he moves aside, gesturing for Kaiji to join him.]

Smells fantastic. Mind if I ask what's in it?

[genius_idiot]

In it? Uh, it's dough, cheese, tomato sauce and in this case, pepperoni. That's about it. You've seriously not had any yet?

[athngabla]

I've only been in this time with an actual need to eat for... Oh, three months, I think. With that amount of time, I haven't gotten around to sampling all the native cuisine, you know?

[genius_idiot]

American food is okay. Gimme Japanese any day, though. I sh-- Wait. A "need" to eat?

[athngabla]

[A beat.]

Ah, noone ever told you the details of...

Alright, long story short: I was more like a spirit or a familiar directly before I came to Prospero. Human further before that, of course, but spirits and the like don't really need to eat.

[genius_idiot]

Holy shit. So you're... Wait, are you one of those hero guys? [All of this hasn't been properly explained to Kaiji.]</small?

[athngabla]

Hmm? Oh, you are in the know? Well that makes it easier, then.

Doubt you'd know the name offhand -- but my name's not really "Lancer", though you could've guessed that much, I suspect. It's Cu Chulainn.

[genius_idiot]

Kinda... not really.

Doesn't ring a bell - but I'm guessin' that if I look it up in some history books, it'll be there?

[athngabla]

...Good question. I never really bothered to check, myself.

[He'd lived the stuff, what use would reading it have for him?]

Anyway the "war" thing's a boring story. Short version: magicians summon seven heroes. Last one standing wins. We get the class names so no one can exploit whatever weaknesses we have immediately.

[genius_idiot]

So you're... killing each other? A real war? For what? [No bro this is not cool]

[athngabla]

Holy Grail. People go a bit strange in the head with the chance for anything they could wish for comes into play.

[And he yet sounds almost bored thinking about it.]

[genius_idiot]

That's what the Holy Grail does? Grant wishes?

[athngabla]

Supposedly. I never saw or really cared about it.

[A shrug and a laugh.]

And if the magi are lying about it, they'll have some pretty pissed off, pretty powerful, people to deal with.

I hope it does for their sake, I guess.

[genius_idiot]

I guess so, if there's a lot of you guys summoned. But... how is the winner decided? [He thinks he knows. He doesn't like where this is going. Sounds dangerous, bro.]

[athngabla]

What do you think happens when a bunch of people like that are brought together?

[Answering without answering. Brilliant!]

[genius_idiot]

Shit. Then I guess it's a good thing you got brought here. Ya seem pretty relaxed about the whole thing, though.

[athngabla]

...Well, if I was going to admit everything, I was looking forward to the fights more than I was the whole "wishes" part of it.

[Spoken without a hint of shame.]

[genius_idiot]

So long as you were the winner in the end.

[athngabla]

Nah, I'd be happy with a good fight more than I'd be with some vague "wish." Even if I think about it, there's nothing I can think of I'd wish for.

[genius_idiot]

Can you wish for anything? And you can't think of anything? I could think of a million things.

[athngabla]

[He shrugged.]

I had my time, lived and died. Could wish to change one of the more... disappointing aspects of my life, but what's the point? That wouldn't be true to myself, or the people I encountered.

...Maybe "world peace" or something. Doesn't matter now, anyway. [And he laughs. He really, honestly, doesn't seem to care about any "wish".]

[genius_idiot]

I guess not, since you're here now. Still, you're way more noble than I could ever be.

[athngabla]

Noble? Ha! Try seeing if you could get Saber to agree with that; it wears a bit thin on a man's pride when the king of knights treats him like an undesirable animal half the time.

[Despite that, there's nothing resembling malice in his words, exasperation, perhaps. And amusement? Maybe a little.]