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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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We have never been formally introduced, but I have seen you in town. You live in the Ryudou Temple, correct?

Yes, I do. My father is the temple head.

[A nod.]

The girl I referred to before is Sakura Matou. She is my charge.

I see. I thought she matched your description, but she certainly wouldn't be the only one in the world to have that appearance.

She isn't here. Emiya Shirou is, however, as well as a few others from Fuyuki.

[So Shirou is here, too... That would mean that Rin is the only person home with Sakura, and she'd be returning to London in a month.]

Who else from Fuyuki is here?

Well... Will it seem strange to say 'Emiya Kiritsugu'?

[What.]

But he died several years ago...

I know. Those who are brought here aren't always from the same point in time.

[Is that even possible, even with the Second Magic? Rider doesn't know, so she can't rule it out.]

And they do this without disrupting events to come?

[Unless this was one of those disappearances that Kiritsugu took.]

I have no idea. I haven't been home since coming here.

[...This situation is complicated.]

Is there no one who knows more?

No one has been here longer than a few months. It's impossible for us to know very much yet.

You also said that the natives know nothing about these Shadows. Is that truly without exception?

It is. If you've seen any of the coffins tonight... Those are what the natives turn into during this hour.

[No, Rider hadn't seen any coffins. The street that she appeared in was barren.]

I suppose I will simply have to see for myself another night.

I'm sorry I'm not more helpful.

Err, what is your name?

Rider.

-I can't call you that. I seem to have gotten myself pulled into serving a different Rider.

...A different Rider?

Alexander the Great.

[Wait, what. Wow. Of all the people to be summoned into the Rider class, it was another Greek hero...]

Then why not address him as such?

[Sorry, Issei, but getting this Rider's name out of her is harder than pulling teeth.]

I do, but when those around me consistently refer to him as Rider, it gets confusing.

[Issei has a point. Rider thinks this over for a few seconds...]

...Then you may refer to me as the Fifth Rider should you need my attention.

That will work. Thank you.

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