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[ex_cashcow493]

☙VIDEO;

[ Enjoy the sight of what appears to be the tongue of a feline licking at the lens with the start of this call. After a few laps, it'll be discarded on the floor to show a hotel room with a few boxes scattered around. Boxes of green and red, containers of ornaments and the sort. A lion cub pounces on one of them in the distance (presumably the one who was gnawing on the phone earlier), earning the attention of it's master.

It's master who was knelt before a tree barely over two feet tall with an ornament in hand. Glancing lazily towards the cub, she has a distant look in her eyes. A solemn appearance as always, Saber moved to hook the tiny figure on a barren branch. Letting her hands fall to her side, her gaze focuses on the tree as she refuses to move. Seemingly lost in her thoughts, she remains solitary until the video feed times out. ]

☙TEXT;

[ A couple hours after midnight, Saber will use her phone once more. ]

Is it acceptable to give a gift to someone with whom you may not be on good terms with? The concept of this holiday is not entirely lost on me. However, I do not wish to offend. Any advice would be appreciated.

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[ex_cashcow493]

These things just happen.. do they not? Regardless, we are capable of resolving it quickly. [ A pause. ] Right?

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[croibhristeoir]

...I certainly hope so.

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ If his intent was to make her feel better, it was hardly working. In fact, she's probably more ashamed of the situation than anything else. Sitting silently, she'll brood in place, trying to think of a resolution right now and thinking little of anything else. ]

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[croibhristeoir]

...Arturia?

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[ex_cashcow493]

Diarmuid?

[ Hi, I am oblivious to how uncomfortable silence is. ]

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[croibhristeoir]

Please, don't trouble yourself excessively. We'll talk to Emiya and work this out together. I swear to you, I will not let this end badly.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Shirou...

[ Now she's back to thinking of the IMPENDING DOOM. Good going. ]

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[croibhristeoir]

...

[Back to looking like a kicked puppy.]

I-I should go, I've...done enough damage here.

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ And leave his husbando all by her lonesome? That look of disappointment and slight apprehension at being alone? That's just his imagination. ]

If you must.

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[croibhristeoir]

...

[Nope, he totally caught that.]

I...have nowhere else in desperate need of my attention. If you wish me to stay, you need only say so.

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[ex_cashcow493]

What of your own wishes? If you truly wish to stay, would you not do so of your own accord?

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[croibhristeoir]

...I want to stay here. But at the same time I do not wish to intrude upon you if my presence is a damaging thing to your relationship with Emiya.

Believe me when I say I care about you as though we were family if absolutely nothing else. If I were to cause you to suffer as I have done to others in the past, I do not know how I could live with myself.

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[ex_cashcow493]

If the damage has already been dealt, what good does it do to place distance between ourselves now? Have we not both fallen for the charm of the other's company? Is it wrong to indulge any further than we already have?

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[croibhristeoir]

...no, I suppose it is not. It is not as if we are going to act on such sentiments. We would just be two nights--friends, rather--enjoying each other's company.

Right?

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[ex_cashcow493]

Right.

[ That's all. Nothing more. Nothing less. Just two trusted allies in a hotel room together. ]

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[croibhristeoir]

[Right. Totally. Nothing else.]

[Except that really awkward silence.]

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ Way to make things awkward. ]

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[croibhristeoir]

[Oops.]

Arturia, might I ask a strange question?

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ Ex-Rank in Awkward. ]

You may ask whatever it is you would like of me.

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[croibhristeoir]

...Why is there a tree in your room?

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ ... ]

Oh. [ That's right. ] It is for the holiday season, Diarmuid.

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[croibhristeoir]

Ah, I wasn't aware this was the standard custom now.

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[ex_cashcow493]

You are to decorate it... for some reason.

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[croibhristeoir]

That's a little strange. I wonder where they got such an idea.

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[ex_cashcow493]

I have no idea. I just do as I saw.