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[solas_ion]

Hey.

[The video flickered on to show a man in blue—with a hair color to match—and sharp crimson eyes.]

Listen up, I'm only gonna say all this once. First, someone want to tell me just where my weapon is? [He chose his words somewhat carefully—if this was some weird aspect to the Holy Grail War, best to keep his class a secret for now if he could. Lancer gave the camera a clear look of annoyance, less anger and more 'this is ridiculous' in the expression than anything else.]

Second, anyone know where I can find some normal clothes? [Crossing his arms, he stepped back slightly...making the silver armor worn on his shoulders much more obvious.]

And finally, might as well ask...any of you seen a girl with dark hair in pigtails? Probably in a red sweater or something. She's most likely with some stubborn redheaded kid, too. Goes by the name Tohsaka.

[Beat.]

And I mean the girl, not the kid.

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

[A-Ahem. Regaining composure after fumbling with the gear for a moment.]

Lancer?! How--

[And she can't quite help the fact that she's breaking out into a smile right about now.]

...Never mind that. There should be a change of clothes in your bag, first of all. Any abilities or powers we had at home have been disabled here... and weapons taken away, and replaced with little monsters to protect us.

Yes, it is very ridiculous. No, we don't have a choice.

...I'll give you a minute to swallow that.

[She's smiling ambiguously as she explains it. Feel free to interpret this any way you wish.]

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Trust me, you're asking the wrong guy 'how'. And I kind of noticed the bit about monsters.[He focused the camera on the Houndour at his side for a moment.]

[He paused, giving Rin's words some thought.]

...last I checked, Servants didn't go to some weird monster-filled world after they died. And I'm pretty sure I wasn't supposed to keep my memories of the previous war.

So yeah, 'very ridiculous' sounds about right. [And that's was when something else occurred to him.] What about the other Masters and Servants? We the only ones?

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

Emiya-kun is here too. Other than that... yes, we're the only ones.

This world is strange, to put it one way. There's no way back to where we belong, as far as anyone here knows. And most of us are pretty sure it's just a video game of some kind, anyway.

...Well, think of it this way: it's probably more fun than being removed from most of the universe as a heroic spirit.

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, fair enough. Least it's something to do.

Got one more question for you, just to double-check. You seen a girl with red hair around here? Wears a suit, acts all serious?

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

...Never heard of her.

[Eyebrow quirk.] Skirt-chasing, are you?

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Doesn't count as skirt-chasing if she doesn't wear a skirt.

[Shrug.]

Just figured I'd ask.

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

[Have a look that says "yeah, sure it doesn't".]

Well, I don't know of her. Who is she, anyway?

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Nobody you need to know about, if she isn't here.

And on that note, assuming you and the kid are the only Masters here, what am I supposed to do without one?

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

[An interested hum, and she smiles slowly.]

You know, if you're that desperate for one, we can always make a contract here, even if we don't have the power to make it fully binding.

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Real cute. I'm just looking not to disappear in the next five minutes.

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think that'll happen here, since the rules have completely changed for everyone, not just us. But I suppose the only way to find out is to wait five minutes and see.

So if you're not gone in that time, it must be safe to say that doesn't apply here.

[Isn't her logic great?]

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

...

[Simply awesome.]

And if it does apply, I'm screwed. Right?

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

Most likely.

But I have a feeling you don't have to worry, considering all powers have been taken. And even if whatever brought us here was so stupid to not take the necessary precautions, there's not much I or anyone else here can do about it right now.

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

...Anyone ever tell you you're pretty blunt when you want to be?

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[zelretch.livejournal.com]

I've heard that before, yes.

[She's beginning to adopt that innocent tone again. As though that makes it any better.]

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

[Shirou stares at the broadcast for a few seconds, unable to believe his eyes. He was, after all, supposed to be dead.]

Lancer?!

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's me. Figured you'd end up being here too, you're harder to drop than a bad habit.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

...Yeah, I'm here. I've been here for three months. Tohsaka, too.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Three months? Huh. Last I looked, you guys were off to do your own thing. We're talking a matter of minutes, pretty sure.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Really?

Well, I guess it wouldn't be the first time here. Seems whoever brought us here can pull us from different points in time.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

That's the least of what's confusing me, frankly.

I'm pretty sure this isn't where I was supposed to end up.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

It isn't. None of us are supposed to be here. No one knows how we got here -- just that we're in a place called Johto, and that there's Pokémon here.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

That what this thing is?

[He turned the camera on a Houndour for a moment before focusing it back on himself.]

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Oh, you got a Houndour, too? Someone else I know has one of those.

...Oh, right. Yeah, that's a Pokémon. We're supposed to catch and train them, and then pit them against each other in battles.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

So it's like some twisted kind of familiar. Right, got it.

...a Servant with a servant. This is getting pretty screwed up.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

It's a lot more complicated than that. There's a book in the backpack you got when you arrived.

And believe me, it only gets weirder. Wait until you're around for something to go haywire.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Haywire, huh?

Sounds like my kind of fun.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Having everything turn pixellated and all the music turning creepy is your idea of fun?

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Hey, anything beats sitting around and doing nothing.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

You won't be doing nothing, trust me. Pokémon trainers are supposed to train their teams to take on eight Gym Leaders. Beat them, and you go to the Pokémon League and battle the Elite Four.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

...Right.

And they're not like Servants how, exactly?

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

They're living creatures, that's how. They don't live on your prana.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

But other than that? Same story, different world.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

And no killing people, either.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

...


What.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Pokémon battles are between Pokémon only. You're not allowed to attack other trainers.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

...well, that's boring. Why am I even here, if that's the case?

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

If I knew, I'd tell you.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

So I'm supposed to use Olldóiteán here to catch other things like her and fight.

But I can't fight myself.

...I'm not sure if that's strange or just flat-out boring.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

It may seem boring now, but it won't stay that way.

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

Sounds pretty screwed up no matter how you look at it.