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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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[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.

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[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.

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

You heard correctly. Come, let us go to the hotel, I shall explain things as best I am able.

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[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

Very well. Lead the way.

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

[ Garviel leads them back to the hotel, and sits down on a heavily upholstered couch in the bottom floor, the immense man settling into it with a creak. ]

Well, here we are then... have a seat where you like.

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[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Rider takes a seat on an empty couch. She says nothing.]

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Let us start with names then. I am Garviel Loken.

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[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

...Rider.

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

....

[ Garviel goes to get some wine before continuing. ]

Do the names Saber and Lancer mean anything to you?

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[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

So then you know them, as well. But the Lancer here is not the Lancer I met back home.

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Aye... That I do. There is more than one Saber here, in fact.

But this is unimportant, beyond ascertaining you are all from roughly the same time. I myself am from the 30th millennium of Mankind, to give you some idea.

How much have you been told thus far?

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[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

I know that this is an island city called Prospero, and is within America. Our powers are gone, though we are given a new power to awaken to fight the Shadows that appear for one hour every night.

...Or so I have been told.

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

You know as much as the rest of us then... though men like me have no powers at all, just... an awareness. [ MOre like he's in denial. ]

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[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

As you saw, though, I can still hold my own as an ordinary human. My skills have been dulled, but not erased.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

So you say. Will you join us, then?

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

If it will ensure my survival long enough to return home.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

We will see to that.

[ He grunts, and looks slightly abashed. ]

I have been rude. Do you take wine?

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

Normally I would, but not tonight. I want to ensure I have my bearings before consuming such a drink.

[That, and she has no way of knowing whether or not snake was used to make that wine.]

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

A sensible response.

[ He nods solemnly. ]

So, you were a warrior before as well, then? It would seem many of those who choose your... odd sobriquets were warriors of some sort.

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

In a manner of speaking. I was less a warrior and more a guardian.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

An admirable position. Who did you protect?

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[There was a short pause. His questions were getting closer and closer to home, and she wanted to avoid people discovering her true identity.]

My family.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

A worthy thing to fight for.

....

There are so many people from your time in this place. I must confess I do not understand why a man like myself is here. [ He takes up his glass and contemplates it, grimly. ]

This is all sorcery.

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

To refer to them as coming from "my time" is an inaccuracy. I have yet to encounter anyone from my world who is truly from my original time period.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Rather, the one in which you all seem to occupy... and take your aliases from. [ He gives her a penetrating look, not angry, just a bit annoyed. ]

I hate secrets, they're dangerous things, you know.