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[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Action]

[As the Dark Hour came to an end, so did the horde of Shadows that had gathered in the street. In the middle of the horde was a beautiful woman with ankle-length hair, clutching a pair of nail-like daggers with chains hooked onto their ends.

In Rider's mind, though the threat was gone, there was still more than enough reason to keep her guard up. This was a place unfamiliar to her. She doesn't know what causes those monsters to appear. Her status as a Servant is gone, and she can tell from her strength and speed. Breaker Gorgon is gone, yet she seems unable to petrify anything with her gaze. But most importantly, she doesn't know where Sakura is.

Looking around, Rider notices a cell phone on the ground. No one in her family uses one, but she's seen other people around Fuyuki use it. How difficult can it be?]

[Audio]

If anyone can hear this, I have three questions I require answers to. First, I wish to know where I am. Second, I want to know what those...creatures were that I just fended off.

And third, I am looking for a girl with waist-length purple hair and a red ribbon, and want to know if anybody has seen her.

That is all.

Comments

[Video]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

Hm, I don't know anyone in the city - Prospero, in America - with that description. I imagine she must be back at your home.

As for those creatures, those are the Shadows that we fight every night.

[Video]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Wait, what? That's one of Shirou's friends, isn't he? The one who lives up at the temple? Fiddling with the phone now until she can figure out the video function.]

America? Impossible. We could not have crossed an entire ocean in a matter of minutes.

[Yes, she's including you, Issei. She thinks you know who she is. Hell, at this rate she's also surprised that you can't identify Sakura from that description alone.]

Shadows?

[Video]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

[He thought of her, but surely she isn't the only person with long purple hair and a ribbon in the entire world.]

Apparently, we have.

Creatures that show up at midnight, that the ordinary citizens here don't recognize. I don't know why we call them that, actually.

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

I haven't seen anyone matching that description, sorry.

But you're in a city called Prospero, and I can only assume you're referring to the Shadows.

[video]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

Prospero...I have never heard of a city with such a name.

Perhaps I am. What are these Shadows?

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

It's somewhere in America, though I don't know precisely where.

Unfortunately, I admit I can't give many specifics on that either. We know that they exist, they only appear for an hour each night, and that more powerful ones appear when there's a full moon. What specifically they are and where they come from, I'm not certain.

[Video]

[best-king.livejournal.com]

[Well, hello there Medusa. Isn't he just such a nice sight to see here? Of course, he's not really aware of who he's talking to, but he isn't one to hide behind a mask of audio only so...]

Another mongrel joining the ranks of the chosen ones, hm? I'm sure others have filled you in on the other questions, so I'll merely inform you on the last. There is no one here that looks as what you described. [Though that does sound awfully familiar...]

[Video]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[That's okay, Gilly, Rider doesn't know who you are, either. But she's not impressed.]

"Mongrel?" You should choose your words more carefully.

[Video]

[best-king.livejournal.com]

[That's the usual reaction, yes.]

Why would I ever feel the need to do that? A king is born with the right to say whatever he wishes, you know.

[Action]

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

[Don't mind Kaiji here

Just

being really impressed with all that]

H-Hey, um... you okay?

[Action]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Rider casually rolls up the chains on her daggers, since she can't dematerialize them any more.]

Yes, I am fine. Those creatures posed no threat to me. Eliminating them was rather tedious.

[Action]

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

That was some fast work. I think you got most of 'em tonight.

[Action]

[berry-paunch.livejournal.com]

[He came to investigate, but when he sees that Rider seems to be fine, he simply gives an acknowledging nod. Looks like he wasn't needed here after all.]

[Action]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Upon seeing Tatsuma's body language, Rider gives him a curious look.]

[Action]

[berry-paunch.livejournal.com]

[Since there's no danger, he just smiles and waves.]

Audio

[twinribboned.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I'm still figuring stuff out for myself, but from what people have told me we're on an island called Prospero.

I'm not allowed to go out after midnight but during the daytime I can help you look for your friend.

Audio

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Huh, that sounds like a young girl. Rider's tone softens a little.]

...Do not worry. From what I have been told, she is not here. She is still back home.

Audio

[twinribboned.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay, that's good. I'm glad.

... Hi, I'm Mei. Mei Sunohara.

[action]

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[He was fighting in the area, until he saw someone being sur-

...oh looks like she can take care of her-

...hang on.

Is that.]

Rider?

[action]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Rider stops winding up her chains.]

Shirou?

[action]

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[Battle stance get.

He's wary of her okay.]

...what was the last thing you remembered?

[action]

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

[ Garviel stands exhausted, at the end of the dark hour, a 6 foot tall man with a bastard sword held in his hand, breathing heavily. He looks to Rider, and nods sternly to her. ]

Another warrior come to join us then? Welcome to Prospero.

[action]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Rider looks at the man, and that's when she comes to the realization that she, too, is tired. Having been a Servant for so long, it's an unfamiliar feeling to her.]

I hear that this happens frequently.

action;

[ex_cashcow493]

[ Guess who's quick to tense up the moment she runs into Rider? Hardly out of fright. No, Saber is ready to do battle. ]

Rider.

action;

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Uh-oh. Rider gives Saber an examining look. She's clearly untainted, which means either she came from before that or from a parallel world.

It also means that Rider's odds against her aren't very good should they come to blows.]

Do you mean to carry the Holy Grail War to a different world, Saber?