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[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?]

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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.

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[Hang in there, Rider, it gets better.]

It's possible to leave the city, yes. But I'm not entirely sure this world is quite the same as what any of us have been taken from.

[...So that's it. Someone must have whisked her away from home using the Second Magic. That would make returning home even more complicated. Rider doubted if even Rin could manage something like returning home after being displaced from her world.

This meant that she was stuck here. Stuck, separated from her Master...]

Has there been anything that would indicate a path home? Any evidence whatsoever?

[Someone has been hitting the mystery novels.]

[itt: badass bookworms...?]

Nothing yet. I've been here for several months now, and as far as I know I was among the first to arrive.

[Several months...Rin was home right now, but that was only for a month. Sakura could take care of herself, and Shirou was there -- admittedly, he was still trying to recover his abilities, but he could at least do something. But Rider nevertheless worried for Sakura's well-being if she were kept away from home for such a long period of time.]

...Is there anything else I should know?

[Time to form a badass book club?]

Yes, now that you mention it. There was one more thing.

Strange as it may sound, it seems that all of us brought here eventually awaken to a particular kind of power that enables us to fight Shadows with less difficulty. They're called Personas--I would compare them to some kind of summoning magecraft, but I don't think it really applies.

...Personas.

How does one awaken to this...power?

Most commonly, they seem to manifest when one's life is in danger. I wouldn't recommend pushing your luck, myself--it's a little troublesome.

I have no intention of letting myself die. I have a duty to uphold, and I will see it through.

An admirable sentiment. One you might find several in this city more than likely share.n

I'm sorry, I must have missed your name in the initial confusion.

It is customary to introduce oneself before asking for another's name, is it not?

No, you're right. My mistake--my name's Diarmuid Campbell. Most just call me Lancer.

[Worst alias? Worst alias. Oh well.]

[Diarmuid. Rider recognizes the name -- the Throne of Heroes can be thanked for that -- though she doesn't know where. But it's the second name he mentions that catches her attention.

Lancer.]

[But wait. He isn't the Lancer that she knows. After all, that Lancer was Cu Chulainn, and he introduced himself as Diarmuid. But that could only mean...]

You were summoned during a Holy Grail War. Which one?

...

[Oh, well that was unexpected. Lancer seemed relatively calm about the sudden question, showing no real hostility.]

The fourth. I take it you are from a different one?

[The Fourth Holy Grail War. Rider doesn't mind telling him a little more then.]

Yes. I was summoned into the Rider class for the Fifth Holy Grail War.

Rider? I wouldn't have guessed--the one I know is remarkably different, to say the least.

I assure you that my abilities fit the class quite well.

...Or, rather, they would were I back in my own world.

I didn't intend to call that into question.

As for that...yes, it would seem the other Servants here are in a similar predicament. The few magi I've spoken to have presumably lost their magecraft, and anyone more than human has lost those qualities in the same way.

But in return, we are instead given a new power, called Persona.

...I would not consider this a fair trade.

I suppose I wouldn't either, despite how effective they are in a fight.

I have one last question for you, Lancer. What are we expected to do for shelter and food?

There's a hotel in the city likely not too far from where you are now. For whatever admittedly peculiar reason, they don't seem to charge. Most of us rely on that until we manage to secure some form of income to survive on.

It's all considerably troublesome, but possible.

Then I shall make that my first order of business in the morning.

Thank you for your information, Lancer.

Of course, Rider. If you should need anything, you can either call me or find me working at the bookstore a block or so from the hotel.

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