First Lecture -- Audio

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

This is Zelretch's fault, I'm certain of it.

My name is Lord El-Melloi II, and I would appreciate it if someone would inform me of where the hell I am right now.  And don't tell me 'in America', because I already gathered that.  I'm looking for information that's a little more specific.

[The voice that comes over the phone was calm and coolly confident; the voice of a man who has grown used to being listen to and obeyed, with undertones of 'it's been a very long day and it's only going to get longer' and 'this is shit only I would have to deal with'.  It is the tone of a patient man, but of one who it patient not because he has some kind of predisposition towards being long-suffering, but simply because it is the only manner of preserving his sanity.  It also doesn't sound like this is the first time he'd shown up in a strange new place before.]

[Shit always happens to him.  He has long since accepted this fact, but that didn't mean that he had to like it.]

I am a very busy man, and I can already tell that I'm going to be wasting more time that I can afford to getting back to where I need to be.  I swear to God, if my research gets set back because of this...

[Priorities, clearly he has them.]

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[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

Rider.

[Wait until you actually see him. The kid shot up a good ten inches and turned into a walking example of Hot for Teacher.]

Of course I have. It's been a long time since I saw you last.

[lol-waver.livejournal.com]

Has it? I only just fought Archer and lost from my perspective. You don't cry so much anymore, do ya?

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

...No, I daresay I don't.

[Not since Rider died. If he had been younger, he would have been flustered or angry that his former Servant brought up such a thing, but by now he knew it was just Rider being tactless.]

These discrepancies in timelines will be difficult to get used to. It's been ten years since the Grail War ended for me.

[lol-waver.livejournal.com]

That hardly matters. You're still my little Master! Bahahahaha!

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

'Little' isn't quite accurate anymore, Rider.

[Apparently, the sheer manliness of being around Rider and standing up to the King of Shoulder Pads was enough to jump-start Waver into puberty a growth spurt.]

[lol-waver.livejournal.com]

Oh it isn't, is it? Care to meet and prove that, little Velvet?

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

Of course. Choose a place and I'll be there.

[Not that he cared much about the height-- to Rider, everyone was little-- but he did want to see his former Servant, and his king, again.]

[lol-waver.livejournal.com]

You are old enough to share a drink with me now, yes?

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

I was old enough to do that before, I just didn't want to. But, yes, I'll drink with you.

[He just hadn't liked the taste of alcohol. He didn't drink much now, either, but he didn't mind imbibing a little.]