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[ During the Dark Hour is an accidental video of a familiar maiden's sobs. She's near a source of water as the sound of waves drown out most of her crying, barely audible over the mass of the ocean around her. Perhaps she's returned to the place she resurrected at. With a hand over her face, her body trembles heavily as her hair falls free of it's usual binds. After a few seconds, the video cuts out expectantly and without any warning.

She isn't too terribly hard to find.. if you can make it to her and all. ]

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[video]

[croibhristeoir]

...Arturia? Arturia, what's wrong?

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[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

[ Tired of these kind of interactions yet, Diarmuid? ]

Everything is the matter, Lancer.

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

[i dunno let me thin--YES.]

What has you so upset? Are you wounded?

text;

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

Tell me what I can do to help you.

text;

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

Do you recall that school you met with me after my revival? A couple miles out is the shoreline. I do not like water, Lancer.

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

Wait there. I'm on my way now.

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[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

I will wait.

voice;

[nrvn-qsr.livejournal.com]

[]

Saber? What is it?

voice;

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

I do not believe myself fit to live in this place. To be given a second chance at life.

voice;

[nrvn-qsr.livejournal.com]

Hmph, you speak boldly and without considering the weight your words carry. I have to wonder what is the source of such a sentiment.

But worry not, once I reach you I will make sure to listen to what you have to say.

voice;

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

You plan to make your way here? A futile endeavor.

voice;

[nrvn-qsr.livejournal.com]

[]

Perhaps! This isn't the first time I hear this.

voice;

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

Then why bother in the first place?

voice;

[nrvn-qsr.livejournal.com]

Why not? What is the point on doing things if not to excel in them? And if you fail, then what is the problem? We learn from our mistakes, provided we can arise from them.

You sound like somebody that gave up. Are you really who you calm to be, Pendagron?

[video] Do you still want me to make a backdated post? :|a

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

Saber!? Are you alright!?

[video] If you like or we can do a current one. Either way, Saber's a wreck without knowing ;w;

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

Shirou, my heart's delight. You are the only thing worth existing in this place.

[video]

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[He was about to say that he's glad.

But he knew from her tone that this is not the one he knew.]

...What have you done to her!?

[video]

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

Nothing I cannot handle.

[ Knowing how much damage Saber took during their war? That can be the understatement of the year. ]

I thought you would be the only one to understand the true me. I am uncertain if I can allow you to remain close though. Are you not the one who believed others over my own word? To think I have given the impression of a loose woman..

[video]

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[Dammit he's never going to live THAT down is he?]

That was a mistake I have made back then, and you know it!

[Reasoning with her Shadow, of all things, would be dangerous, but he had no way of knowing whether Saber's safe right now.

He failed.

He had failed to protect her.]

[video]

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

[ Turning the camera around to show her face fully, the golden eyes stare back intently through the screen. ]

A mistake that was only proven right as time went on. [ There's no emotion behind her voice. ] For I have claimed Lancer's heart for my own. It seems the legend is true.. no lady can resist him, no?

[video]

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[While the golden eyes unnerved him, he's going to stare back anyways.

At least, until the part with Lancer hit him.

...He knows that she is telling the truth, considering his experience with his own Shadow (he believed it, as he had come to terms with his darkness, but couldn't bear for anyone to see it) but... sometimes...

the truth hurts.

it hurts it hurts it hurts.

Enduring the pain in his chest, he did not deny her words nor did he accept it.]

...Perhaps it is.

[video]

[caliburnt.livejournal.com]

I was never fit to be your beloved for more than a handful of days. How easy it is to fall in love.. Doing so just makes you vulnerable in ways you never thought possible.

Is that not right, Shirou? [ Just the way she says his name is full of fright. If there's someone Saber's shadow is afraid of, it's him. ] Why, even Kiritsugu thinks nothing but poorly of me even though I did what he asked of me. I hated it, but I still did it. Even if he was a Master I could never see eye to eye with, I was loyal to him!

Then he repays me by showing up here to claim you for his own? I know who you will choose! Why stay by the side of a girl who you only loved for a brief amount of time in your life when your precious family is here? My word is not even worthy enough to be considered in your mind, my actions and thoughts just as well.

Yes.. I know what my mind refuses to accept. That Shirou Emiya truly does not love me. [ Even if she laughs, it's full of sorrow more than anything else. ] That is why my last service to you, precious Shirou, is to ensure she can never bring harm to you again.

[video] whoops

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

[Reasoning with her is useless.

...The Shadow doesn't hear a single peep of all the words he will say.

But truly, Saber is worth more than Kiritsugu, despite him owing a lot to his father, considering that was what really happened.

He loved Saber more than anyone else in the world, he knows that. But perhaps his action of doubting her led to this mess.

Or his general idiocy.

But...]

...There is one thing that you should know.

I love you. Even if we had our ups and downs, I'll still love you in the end.

So please, I beg of you.

Don't kill yourself.