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Eins

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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That's a fair point. [He leans back a little, holding onto the back of the chair to support his weight.] But you're not really a woman. Not yet.

[With a small 'hmph' she turns her nose up at him.]

Is that so?

[She assumes it's her age that sets her apart despite only being three years away from being considered an adult in Japan. Is 17 really that young? Now that Rin is thinking about it, he doesn't look too much older than she. Her curiosity gets the best of her. Rin scoots in close to Greed, and leans toward him to get a better look at his face.]

Meh? What the hell are you doing?

[He leans away a bit, not entirely sure what she's doing. Is this some kind of mage shit?]

Trying to figure out how old you are. Sit still.

[Rin's hand thrusts out to grab him by the leg so he can't get too far away from her.]

[He doesn't quite give in, but he doesn't try pulling away anymore. Instead he snorts in amusement.]

Well good luck with that. Guess all you want, but this isn't actually my original body. You might have noticed, I don't exactly look Amestrian.

[Rin's frown deepens. Her hand reaches out and pinches his cheek before tugging it.]

Well this body looks my age. If this isn't your body I bet you're ancient.

[He just sort of... accepts this. His skin is pretty youthful, so it pinches easily. But he's not happy about it at all.]

If you must know, my old body was pushing two hundred years old.

[So yeah. Ancient.]

[That gives Rin a laugh, and she drops her hold on his cheek.]

Two hundred? Jeez, you must have really been falling apart at the seams. Or at least getting a bit crusty.

[He smirks and tilts his hand, showing off the tattoo that's on his back hand. It actually wouldn't be hard to mistake it for command seals.]

Hardly. I was a Homonculus. That means I didn't age a single day. And if I manage to stick around in this world, I'll be giving a repeat performance.

[Oh, would you look at that. Rin's not very familiar with Greed's legend, so it quickly piques her interest. She takes his hand in hers and carefully rubs her thumbs over the the tattoo. It looks incredibly similar to her command seal because of the circular nature of them both.]

Well, at least your name is apt.

[He kind of just stares at her, a mixture of amusement and irritation that doesn't quite settle well. It's a good thing she's cute or this would be really off putting.]

Personal space isn't really a thing for you, is it?

Normally? Yes. But we're connected, aren't we? And it's just your hand.

[Nothing mentioned of how she grabbed his leg or tugged his cheek. But if he's gonna be upset she'll just let his hand go, and stand up from the table. She didn't get to finish her pizza, but that's fine.]

[He stands up too, since it seems like it's time to move on. They're connected, after all. It means a lot of following.]

So can I assume that works both ways?

Sure, if you promise not to rip off or break anything.

[She holds her hand out to him like nobility would to get their ring kissed.]

[Well, if she insists. He takes her hand and not so gently turns it around, taking a look at the command seals. He even pulls her a little closer so he can lift her hand to eye level. He uses his other hand to trace the burned out seal.]

So two more of these, huh? Then we're in this as equals.

[He's the one who ask if it went both ways! This way she can not look like a hypocrite if he tries to touch her in a way she doesn't like later. Because he's already used his equivalent touching by taking her hand.

Though she does stumble a little when he pulls her forward. She's not a very tall young woman. 5'2" to be exact. Hearing him say that they're equals makes her heart lift. That's truly what she really wanted.]

Yes.

[The day comes and goes without much fanfare after they seem to come to an accord. The next day Rin goes to school, which is largely uneventful aside from realizing there's a bound field around the school. Greed will probably be incredibly bored hanging around invisible all day. Rin will let him know about the mage families she's aware of, and how the only other family that goes to this school hasn't been strong enough to produce a magus in generations. If he does stick around he'll find she's fairly proficient in more than just magic. She's a perfectionist in nearly all aspects of her life.

It only gets exciting after school has let out, and the students finish their after school activities. The sun sets, and Rin makes her way to the roof.]

From what I can tell there's a sigil up here that I might be able to deactivate.

[With the bound field she's not sure what to make of who could be behind it. A teacher? A classmate who is not from one of the big families? Whoever they are, they're in the wrong for trying to make a move in public.]

[Talk about dullsville. Greed had suggested, early on, that he simply masquerade as a student himself. He certainly could pass as one given that even if he wasn't Japanese, a Xingese student wouldn't look that out of the ordinary. Too bad Rin had turned him down, because creeping around invisible was only so much fun. He wasn't even a pervert enough to go sneaking into the girl's changing room during sports or into the bathroom when Rin had to take care of business. Even a nasty Homonculus could apparently be a gentleman.

At sunset, he finally allows himself to be seen. They're alone now and he's intrigued by her discovery.]

Ballsy move placing one up here. Either they're confident or a complete dumbass.

Since it's on top of a school? I'd venture to guess 'dumbass' is what we're dealing with.

[Rin places a hand over the seal. It begins to glow as she uses her mana to deactivate it. Just as she starts to stand the chain-link fence that surrounds the roof makes a sound.]

[Atop that fence is a dark figure accented by moonlight. The ambient light from the street helps make out a woman with long, wavy hair clad in white clothes and golden jewelry. Her eyes shine cold blue into the darkness.]

Would you look a that. Two rats in a cage.

[Greed doesn't immediately go on guard. Doing shit like that just makes you look jumpy. At best he does a kind of cool eyebrow raise as he turns to the source of the sound. And well, would you look at that. His hands go black as he coats them in his shield and he nonchalantly places himself between Rin and this woman. This is clearly a Servant.]

Squeak squeak. How's it going up there, sweetums? We were just about to bust up your seal down here. We hope you don't mind.

Oh, so it seems like one of you isn't as dumb as you look.

[Bastet eyes Rin checking out their perimeter. It's clear the small Master is working out a strategy. The enemy Servant stands from her crouch, and summons to her hands two daggers. Not her Noble Fantasm, but at least workable weapons to fight with.

A wild grin spreads across her face like the promise of a fight is exhilarating.]

[They're at a disadvantage caged in like this. Even if Greed can handle himself, she'd be a sitting duck encased in a place like this. She has to go, even if he doesn't come with her. Rin pumps her legs full of mana to give more power when she takes a running leap.

She's able to clear the fence on the opposite side of their enemy, but she'll have to use more mana to strengthen her legs to take the impact if Greed isn't going to help her stick the landing.]

[She's welcome to use all the mana she needs, because Greed has a pool of it far greater than her own that he's more than capable of relying on. He doesn't take his eyes off Bastet for a moment and trusts that all that talk she's been so far is going to pay off.]

You know, I really do hate fighting women. But it's probably pointless to ask you to back down. [A step forward, then he breaks out into a sprint with his two hands outstretched into claws. They weren't particularly long, but they really didn't need to be. It wouldn't take long to cut right through her and despite his announced reluctance, he doesn't hesitate to try and take the first blow.]

[Bait. Set. And trap.

The Tohsaka girl leaps into range much as he expected her to. The Old Man hadn't really been sure which mage they would catch in this particular snare, but it made sense it would be one of the students. That meant she was young and inexperienced, but that was no reason to relax. Even a novice mage could prove to be a headache.

The bolas that went whipping towards her feet lacked the usual technology he used, since they would be useless in this kind of fight. They were pure iron, enhanced with mana that created a magnetic effect when reacting to a larger source of mana, such as a mage. Killing her wasn't the objective - but he had no intention of letting her interfere.]

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