Eins

[erbe]

For the elements, silver and iron. For the foundation, stone and the Archduke of Pacts. And for the ancestor, my great master, Schweinorg. Close the gates of the four directions. Come forth from the Crown and follow the forked road leading to the Kingdom. Fill, fill, fill, fill, fill. Repeat five times. When each is filled, destroy it. Set.

Heed my words. My will creates your body, and your sword creates my destiny. If you heed the Grail's call and obey my will and reason, then answer me! I hereby swear that I shall be all the good in the world. That I shall defeat all evil in the world. Thou Seventh Heaven, clad in the three great words of power, come forth from the circle of binding, Guardian of the Scales!

[This is a master (haha) post for Fate/PSLs! If you need anything specific tailored to your character (like a starter that doesn't start with the summoning like the above) let me know! We'll work something out over PM or Plurk.]

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[avaricious]

I wouldn't call her a child, but...

[Before he can conclude his flimsy defense of Rin, the lights of the magical crest light up. A circuit of blue energy emerges and seems to swallow Greed up. But nothing seems to happen to him. He spins around wildly to see what's going on, but doesn't realize his mistake until he looks up.

There, appearing a hundred feet high and glowing in a bright magical energy visible to any mage, was a magnified Greed. He'd been so damn cocky staying in the ring while Bastet stayed on the outskirts and now every Master and Servant in the city would see him. Goddammit.

He conceals himself and turns invisible, but the damage is done already.]

[erbe]

[Shit. Her servant.

Despite being the most vulnerable of the pair, it doesn't make Greed invincible. Rin pumps magical energy into her legs to aid her speed as she darts out of the classroom and back out into the open area where the P.E. class takes place. She stares up at the roof of the building unable to make out what's going on.]

Saber!

[What's happening?! She doesn't want to use a command seal to bring him back to her, but she's scared out of her wits something may have happened to him.]

[ailuros]

[Of course Assassin's signal to leave was that projection magic, but she can't help herself with a little lonely Master there at her feet. Assassin's are only desired for their specialty in killing Masters after all.

Bastet flashes a smile full of teeth as she looks down at Rin. Her hand grips her dagger a bit more firmly just as she leaps off the fence of the roof to come down upon the young woman.]

[avaricious]

[Oh no you don't!

Greed was still reeling from the big spotlight on him that he was almost too late to see Bastet trying to flee. He gives chase, but it's only in that single moment of being in the air that he realizes he's going to be too late. She's there, moments away from taking out his master. If that happens, it's game over. But he's not built for that kind of speed and he has no weapon to use, no energy blast to make use of. Assassin only has to land that hit.

It's the benefit of being a Servant that he has time to think this fast and he looks to his arm, covered in the Ultimate Shield from fingertip to elbow. As sharp as any sword and otherwise indestructible. But from the skin up...]

Oh goddammit all!!

[With a cry of pain, he cuts through arm and rips it off with the other, then with an anime-perfect spin hurls it at Bastet with the speed and force to get her before she gets Rin.]

[ailuros]

[Bastet pulls her arm back as she winds up to slice Rin's head clean off. However before her blow can land, Greed's shielded hand pierces through her shoulder. Blood splashes out of her, and her hand loses its grip on the dagger. The moment Assassin lands she rips the arm from her body, and makes an attempt to flee while snarling.]

[erbe]

[Rin is stunned. Blood stains her face, hair, and some of her clothes. Her arm is lifted slightly in defense with topaz jewels between her fingers as if ready to use them. She would have been too slow, and now as she stands there bewildered it's clear this is her first fight.

Her wide eyes search the courtyard as Assassin moves to take off leaving a bloody trail.]

[avaricious]

[The arm falls to the ground limply and remains there at first, looking as though that it might remain there for all to gaze upon its ruined remains. But then slowly the edges of it begin to crumble into a black powder. The wind picks it up, scattering it into the dust.

Greed lands and is about ready to bolt after Assassin, but the sight of two glowing eyes skirting away in a distant window tells him that this is no time to leave his Master unattended. They're playing for keeps. His left arm does not return. Not yet. He turns his attention to Rin instead, using his remaining hand to clasp her by the shoulder as he stares intently at her.]

Are you hurt? Did she get you?

[erbe]

N—no. No. I'm — We need to get out of here.

[Her free hand grabs his wrist. She stares for a good long moment at where is other arm should be before turning and taking off. Her hand still holds onto him as she keeps her hand with the jewels prepared for any attack during their retreat.]

We can't stick around the scene of a trap.

[Rin frowns. She can feel her stomach churn as the metallic scent of the blood splattered across her person makes her want to vomit. All she wants now is a shower, but there's no time to think about such things.]

[avaricious]

[It's evident to her that in spite of all her bravado, she wasn't ready. Not really. But there's no time for that, because the problem isn't the trap. The problem is that the scavengers would be showing up at any time and he wasn't exactly eager to be taking on multiple servants at once.

His hand twists about to take her by the hand instead and guiding her around to his back instead.]

Climb on. I'm no Rider, but I'm faster than you are.

[Once she's secure, he takes a few cursory steps forward before leaping into the air. With his strength as a Servant, he's able to leap dozens of feet into the air easily. Not ideal for normal travel, but practical enough in the dark where they're unlikely to be seen.]

[erbe]

[A yelp escapes her when he takes to the sky. Rin holds with a tight grip as she presses herself flush against his back for fear of falling. If it wasn't for the life or death situation she'd find flying through the skies exhilarating, or even fun.

For now she buries her face in his shoulder sans her eyes looking over it. The wind makes her squint, and her eyes water, but she's determined not to hide from all of this.]

[avaricious]

[He keeps them moving for several minutes and avoids taking any straight path and instead veers through a residential path as he zigzags their way. It's only when he thinks that they're well away from being followed that he stops on top of a small apartment building. It's not the Tohsaka Mansion, but there's a really good reason for that.

He gives her a little nudge to prompt her to let go. Somewhere during all that he probably would have choked if it wasn't for him realizing he could place his shield around his neck.]

Here's our stop, boss. We're uh, probably gonna need to take the bus.

[He actually has no idea where they are. Whoops.]

[erbe]

[Her footing is a little unsure when he sets her back down, so her hand grips his sleeve when she releases her hold on his neck. After blinking vigorously to get her eyes back to normal she rubs them briefly. It takes her a while to get her bearings, but when she does she groans.]

Let's start walking. It's a little ways until the next station.

[Her hand reaches up to touch her cheek. Can she really get on a bus looking like this?]

[avaricious]

First thing's first.

[He steps away from her, giving himself the room he's going to need in just a moment. His eyes close and he begins to concentrate. It took a mental effort to stall his healing, so he releases the mental block he had placed there. Suddenly the dark evening is illuminated by the red crackling that emerges from his left elbow. Within a few seconds, his wrist and hand is completely reconstructed from bone, to muscle, to flesh. Once it's completed, he stretches his hand out and nods satisfied.]

[erbe]

[The reconstruction of his arm catches her by surprise. The crack of red and the flesh as it all knits back together... it's a bit sickening. Her stomach flips, but other than look a little queasy her reaction is kept to a minimum.

Well, she does notice one thing at least.]

You... didn't use any of my mana for that?

[avaricious]

[He closes his regrown fist and opens it again, stretching each of the fingers out. Yup, works like a charm. He's glad about that, because he wasn't entirely sure how that was going to go now that he was a Servant. It looks like his Philosopher's Stone was completely in tact.]

Don't need it, boss. I've got more than enough for the both of us.

[Which sort of puts the servant-master relationship on its head. He doesn't need her for her mana. Just her credit card.]

[erbe]

Good. That means I don't have to hold back in order to have enough to keep you materialized.

[She wonders perhaps then if she can manage to pour some more of her mana into the gems she has just in case.

Either way they should get going. Rin begins walking toward the nearest bus station, and tries wiping away the blood on her face with her scarf. It's already ruined. She'll have to toss it.]

[avaricious]

[Greed follows after, not bothering to make the effort to conceal himself. Right now the biggest threat they have to worry about is some after dark lowlife deciding that she looked like easy pickings. He follows behind her, his hands buried in his coat pockets.]

... so we might have a small problem.

[erbe]

Are we being followed, Saber?

[She doesn't turn her head to address him. She doesn't move to look around. Her eyes scan the immediate area while she tries to sense any nearby magi. If they didn't have their circuits blocked off to conceal their presence she should be able to make out if a powerful magus is close.

However because of her father's death the training she got from Kirei was mostly combat oriented tilted toward self defense. You know, instead of the formal training a magi at Clock Tower would get.]

[avaricious]

[He stops a moment and blinks. Followed...?

A moment later and he chuckles softly.]

Poor choice of words, huh? No, I meant about before. See, I kinda think the entire magi community knows my face now.

[erbe]

Was that what all the rumbling was about? I thought maybe that servant was using her Noble Phantasm on you. Well, if they know your face you probably shouldn't materialize outside of the house.

[Her posture becomes less intense, though it's still guarded quite a bit.]

[avaricious]

Mm. [She's probably right about him materializing. Which is a total bitch, because he really wanted to be able to enjoy himself in this modern world.] It was some kind of projection spell. She was only an Assassin, so the whole thing was just to lure another Servant.

[He kicks his feet at a loose stone on the ground and grunts unhappily. He hates that he was tricked like that.]

[erbe]

Then we better be wary about being followed. It's another block or so to the bus stop. You can dematerialize now, though.

[A suggestion he probably won't like, but that means even another magus won't know he's there unless their servant tells them.]

[avaricious]

Kinda have the feeling that a pretty girl like you walking alone at night is gonna get a lot more unwanted attention than I am.

[Besides, it's dark. Recognizable or not, his face isn't gonna be spotted easily.]

[erbe]

Oh, is that what you're worried about, Saber? How noble of you to escort a lady alone in the dark. But I'll have you know that kind of trouble isn't more than a girl like me can handle.

[Yes. This is what you get for calling her pretty.]

[avaricious]

[He glares daggers at her and his temper gets the better of him. The last thing he wants to be called is something stupid like noble.]

It's not that you can't handle it! But I'm your goddamned servant, so you shouldn't have to!