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[lr] another abbreviation for you

[counterfaith]

[ good morning extra haus! it's not really morning though and it's not really good and it's not even really a haus anymore, because the farmhouse in question is like, broken to the point of the rooms splitting open, tree branches shooting through holes in the floor. the hallway has been completely blocked off by the overgrowth; the sunlight is completely obscured by the full leaves, if it's even light outside. just how did you sleep through this? most of the shit that you might have accumulated during your time living here has probably been broken or lost, given the state of the place, but you're welcome to explore it too if you really want.

if you peer outside, there's more overgrowth. though, there's also the sound of something very big and very heavy stomping around, so maybe going outside wouldn't be a really good idea right now...

anyway, where the fuck are your roommates? ]

Re: [lr] another abbreviation for you

[counterfaith]

[ if you go down to the barn area there's THIS roommate who's very precariously balanced on a branch that extends out into the open space, barn having become more vertically oriented. notably, he's 1) reading at a way lower power at the moment, even his holy shroud not being materialized, and 2) not dematerializing himself to get back to a more safe area because, well, do you remember the dragon baby? he's got it carefully held in his arms, securely grasped, but also, you know

getting back is a little more difficult than getting there, especially when he can't just spirit across now. ]

My goodness. . .

[ehnnui]

[THIS roommate upon awakening also decided to track down the hatchling, just to be careful, so at least Kotoshirou isn't hanging out on that branch overlong before he's found.] Ah. You seem to be in quite a predicament.

[counterfaith]

Ruler.

[ with a little exasperated sigh, not towards him but just with the situation in general ]

I would say we're all in something of a predicament, at the current moment. For something to happen to three Servants. . .

Honestly, I'm almost embarrassed.

[ehnnui]

That makes two of us. I didn't see this coming at all. [which in and of itself is one hell of an admission, bc, wow. anyway he's picking his way closer with what looks like surety but is absolutely caution, trying to find an angle from which he can help.]

[counterfaith]

I wonder if even Clairvoyance would have saved us. . .

[ softly, letting the implication of something bigger and greater than the both of them being involved in this situation hang in the air ]

Ah, it goes without saying, but please be careful.

[ the branch itself seems to be pretty weak in comparison to the giant overgrowth in the rest of the house, newly formed -- though that does mean that with enough weight it'll just bend without breaking, so there's that. on the downside though, the barn's wall isn't exactly the sturdiest to land on and who knows what's beyond it, so dropping down would likely not be a good idea. ]

[ehnnui]

...I'll be back soon.

[he's gonna try and find supplies to finagle this, because using magic would be an option but they're both pretty much on fumes and... who knows when a source will become readily available again.

Ruler can't feel Shinya, here.]

[counterfaith]

[ he can't feel rin, either -- in terms of empathy bonding, given their arrangement. which might be for the better, honestly, he was planning on getting that bond broken eventually

carefully inching his way forward though, he hasn't moved much by the time izuruler comes back ]

[ehnnui]

[he returns after a little while filled with careful navigation of the rest of the shattered household, but when he does it's with a rope, which he begins rigging to the more solid bits of the growth through their home.

Then he approaches the branch with the remaining length of rope slung over one arm.]

[counterfaith]

[ that's a good idea because at this point i've been contemplating wrapping the baby up in my priest jacket and then hanging the bundle over my sword sheath and precariously throwing the baby over there

so rope is definitely a better idea here ]

Ah, that was intact?

[ wait is this the sex rope ]

[takemyshot]

[idk about roommates but there sure is a white-haired dude with a demon-weapon rifle who is making his way through the underbrush. from his appearance, he's probably been battling his way through the jungle for... a long... while...

which is why he just stops and looks absolutely surly about the fact that this is not the way back to the city.]

--you're the one who said this was a good direction.

[... and apparently he's talking to himself.]

[despairorhope]

[the connection to Ruler has been missing for a while now, but there's an abrupt moment where it just

snaps

back into place

so why is it that the man who appears directly beside Shinya with little to no warning doesn't at first glance seem to be his Servant?]

[takemyshot]

[that's a good question but instead of asking that, Shinya's immediately aiming Byakkomaru at this new arrival in an almost reflexive motion. bayonet pointing right at his face.]

[despairorhope]

[the absolute impassivity with which he regards that bayonet might, however, actually be familiar.]

[takemyshot]

[... yeah, that face is annoyingly impassive as ever.

Shinya tilts his head a bit, less a considering kind of mannerism and more a... listening. sort of thing. before he carefully lowers the rifle.]

--ehhh... no way. Go back to looking like your just crawled out of a TV.

[despairorhope]

I'll pass for now, if it's all the same to you.

[takemyshot]

But it'll be nostalgic?

[h-haha. oh boy. look, Ruler, he's fine. completely fine. how r u?]

[despairorhope]

Between the two I'd pin this as more nostalgic. [stepping forward, though, looking him over carefully.]

[counterfaith]

[ and this one is materializing near him too, as soon as he can be detected. though he probably looks familiar as a young girl, and if not, he's still wearing his priest clothes, which are now somewhat ill-fitting. ] My, my, so it's you. I wonder if I should be relieved or not.

[takemyshot]

[... I CAN ONLY AIM AT ONE OF YOU AT A TIME???

but at least those features sure are recognizable, though he. squints a bit like he's not even sure, but there's also the slight tilt of his head that makes it look like he's listening to something.]

--Kotomine?

[counterfaith]

[ get good ] Hiiragi-san, the man you're pointing that gun at would be your Servant.

[takemyshot]

[... yeah, the expression or lack thereof gives it away.

he eventually lowers and dispels the weapon.

then looks between the two of them.]

... secret engagement? Eloping?

[counterfaith]

[ here's a question, is this face the face of complete and utter innocence or is this the face of blanking out to absolutely not take your shit whatsoever ] Hm? Such a thing is impossible for me. I am a priest, after all.

[takemyshot]

[tough call. Shinya's still learning this guy's face, tbqh.]

... married to the Church?

[says it the most dryly because well fuck religious organizations, really, but he's trying to be polite about it.]

[counterfaith]

No, not to the Church. [ dropping that, though ] Are you good at climbing?