藤本獅郎 :: Shiro Fujimoto (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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backyardbbq2019-05-13 08:51 pm
lionson) wrote in backyardbbq2019-05-13 08:51 pm
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[The year is 1999 and fuuuuck timelines, so here's a canon mashup with the excuse of having old men meet.
Because Shiro is totally on a mission to find this 'holy grail' and figure out what people are doing with it. Luckily he already has some knowledge of magecraft, so he totally works out that there's a grail war going on and that he needs to get in on this shit to get that grail.
Being the fucking loser he is, he's going to be sneaky about getting in. He's not going to steal relics of heroes, oh no. That would be too obvious! Instead he just goes down to the public library and grabs a copy of 'the memoirs of sherlock holmes'. Because Arthur Conan Doyle and his ability to write compelling novels should translate to excellent detective skills, right?
But Shiro made a key mistake: the copy of the book isn't a manuscript that Doyle touched. So it's not Doyle who gets summoned. No, in a twist of events, a character is getting summoned instead. Let's just see how long it takes him to figure that out.
Not that he's going to have much time here. Because everyone in the area is going to feel or see that influx of magic, and even in the middle of the night like this it won't be long before people are swarming here. And he would prefer to go undiscovered for a while.]
Because Shiro is totally on a mission to find this 'holy grail' and figure out what people are doing with it. Luckily he already has some knowledge of magecraft, so he totally works out that there's a grail war going on and that he needs to get in on this shit to get that grail.
Being the fucking loser he is, he's going to be sneaky about getting in. He's not going to steal relics of heroes, oh no. That would be too obvious! Instead he just goes down to the public library and grabs a copy of 'the memoirs of sherlock holmes'. Because Arthur Conan Doyle and his ability to write compelling novels should translate to excellent detective skills, right?
But Shiro made a key mistake: the copy of the book isn't a manuscript that Doyle touched. So it's not Doyle who gets summoned. No, in a twist of events, a character is getting summoned instead. Let's just see how long it takes him to figure that out.
Not that he's going to have much time here. Because everyone in the area is going to feel or see that influx of magic, and even in the middle of the night like this it won't be long before people are swarming here. And he would prefer to go undiscovered for a while.]
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The clothing he's wearing is certainly Victorian in style - along with the cane he holds in one hand - and he looks older and distinguished enough, with the gray hair, mustache, and black glasses.
...Yet, the odd blue butterfly-styled cape on his shoulder is a little odd, isn't it?
For a moment, he stares impassively, before -
He laughs, in a way much more at home with some kind of performer or saturday morning cartoon villain.]
Hahahahahaha! You're quite the strange Master, to have summoned me!
[Placing his feet in the proper position, he bows flamboyantly to Shiro.]
My class is Archer - but for now, I will hold off on revealing my True Name!
But - I am strong regardless! I guarantee it, in fact!
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...huh. You're not Doyle.
[That said, he is perturbed rather than upset. He's never heard of a character being summoned as a servant. It's always been real people. By his line of thinking, the summoning should have either grabbed Doyle or failed entirely.
But hey, no need to look a gift horse in the mouth, right? If this is a character from Sherlock Holmes, then he's probably still a great detective, which is exactly what Shiro had been going for in the first place.]
No matter, you'll do just fine. A strange Servant to match a strange Master.
[He's not going to deny his own strangeness either. Not only is he a homunculus, but he's a male homunculus from the Asylum project. Very, very few people like him survived that in the first place, which already sets him apart. And to have one talented at magecraft, but also separated enough from it to not tackle problems by traditional means? Well, it's going to make for an interesting Grail War.]
Alright Old Man- [Yep, he's not using Archer's title there.] -let's get right to it. I'm not interested in some stuffy old mages who have their heads up their ass with some fancy war to show off magical power. My only goal here is to make sure the grail doesn't end up in any of their hands. So we're not gonna sit around and fight this war in the usual way. We're gonna find the grail, and steal it.
You game for this? You're probably not going to get a wish out of it, but I'll at least make sure the ride is interesting.
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Just fucking yells at his new master.]
I'M NOT AN OLD MAN!! I'm in my 50's, at most! To think my Master would say such a thing while he's got a head full of white hair!!
[But - with that done, his eyes narrow at Shiro, and for a moment...it feels like he's being watched by some kind of massive, shadowy being...
Before he laughs, again.]
Stealing the grail, is it? Such a wonderful crime you've come up with, Master, and even better that you're stealing it out from under those hated Magi's noses! I need no wish - I have never had any interest in the grail, only the variables around it!
Come, Master! Let us take the holy grail, and then dash it against the very rocks to make a mockery of them all! Wahahahaha!