ITP: Ideals That Are Starting to Crack

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[Action; Morning - Evening]
[Someone seems to be missing class and work today, as Emiya Shirou could not be found everywhere you go. Though you might get some glimpses of him here and there in the town, patrolling the surroundings as well as having bags under his eyes.

Looks like Shirou is being paranoid regarding the recent sets of deaths and missing bodies.]

[Video; Afternoon]
...Does anybody know why corpses are appearing out of the blue on the shore?

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

I gathered.

[There's the slightest trace of an amused smile on her face, before it shifts to a sympathetic one.]

You wanna talk about it? I'm no priest here for confession, but even I know bottling things up hurts more than it helps.

[Something she knows better than most, actually. But that's neither here nor there.]

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[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...can we talk about this in private?

[Because he doesn't want to talk about these matters in public.]

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Sure. D'ya have any place in mind, in particular?

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[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

....what about the alleys?

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

[One moment, biting back an "if I didn't know better, I'd say I'm setting myself up to take a float in the ocean" crack. Too soon. No taste. Simply dreadful, it would be.

Okay it's passed. She'll nod slightly.]

Sure.

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[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[And now they're in an alley together.]

...

Saber. She...

[He can't finish it. Its too painful.]

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

[Saber? She'd seen Saber the other day... well, the red one. Devola, unfortunately, had never seen both Sabers in the same place at the same time via contrivance but she had heard that Saber was... well, twins.]

[Still, with the way Shirou was acting, it was easy to make a(n accurate, in this case) assumption as to what had happened. Devola reached out, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder.]

Y'don't have to push yourself... I think I can guess what you're saying. Y'gonna be okay?

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[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...I lost her once.

...

[There's another period of silence, but he breaks it.]

I can deal with it.

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

I can't say that's the best-sounding mindset... but I guess I've gotta believe you if you say you'll be alright.

[A pause, as though her brain processed something on a delay, and now that it's gone through her expression drops further.]

Wait. "Once before", you mean she already had-? [Yeah. Don't wanna finish that statement.]

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[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[There's a nod, and he's not saying anything more.

You need to try harder if you want to get Grail War info.]

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

[Devola's interest and knowledge about any "grail war" would remain at a steady 0%

Really, she's more worried about the kid putting on a tough-guy face in front of her.]

Sounds like you've been through your fair share of troubles already, huh? [And quieter, almost a murmur.] It's way too early for you to have lost a loved one...