[There's a slight surprised choke when Daigo mentions Earth destroyed. Waver presses his lips together as though he's gotten an unwelcome reminder, before he chuckles again.]
Most people I know prefer something a little more old fashioned... or unconventional. I'm not opposed, but it won't be my first choice.
[ Daigo's laughter is warm, leaning over the back of the couch with his arms folded. ]
Don't tell him that unless you want a loud, joyful diatribe about how all problems can be solved with a properly deployed grenade.
They fight some alien thing, it sounds like a video game to me. You might have more luck with it. Although whenever it gets too deep even he gets bored with it and pawns the conversation off on one of his friends.
When he isn't blowing things up, he likes literature. I've never met anyone with that much Shakespeare memorized.
[ He slouches further against the back of the couch. He likes this space opera idiot. And it makes him nervous in a way that he isn't about Waver. Nervous about being left behind and let down no matter how often he's told otherwise. It's inevitable with those big hero types, isn't it? ]
Oh, I know that type. [Waver groans, making an exaggerated face.] Wouldn't be my first time getting into that sort of argument, and definitely won't be my last.
[Iskandar was a bit like that. No. Iskandar was a lot like that.]
Hm... [The sound upswings with a thoughtful questioning.] Maybe. Depends what he's in the mood for. [Talking about the Wars with survivors and other Servants can be like that. When they can talk. Then his lips quirk in consternation like he's been reminded of...] Talking about... say, Shakespeare, though. That would be interesting. I know the Bard beyond his body of work, even if he's not what I'd call my cup of tea.
[Yes. Yes. He IS implying that. That he's actually met the man. There's a wry look.]
The Throne of Heroes is essentially something like a data storage archive that exists outside the temporal and spatial axes of physical reality. What it stores as information is souls removed from the cycle of reincarnation.
The general, original purpose is for the protection of the planet and those who inhabit it.
[You know, until mages decided to get involved and fuck everything up...]
If a person makes enough of a mark in history to engrave themselves in human memory across the ages, they are a candidate to be selected and brought to the Throne.
Well, that's usually how it happens, anyway.
In times of extreme crisis, these people, these Heroic Spirits, are summoned from the Throne to counter the threat in question.
[ Mmm. He knows these things are serious to the people who experience them. When you're on the outside being told something ludicrous though, your mind really wanders in ridiculous directions. His head tilts slightly as this aliens vs Shakespeare battle continues to play out in his imagination. That's very silly. ]
Usually, they're summoned into specialized containers, and therefore called Servants. These containers are divided into classes based on their characteristics... Saber, Lancer, Archer, Caster...
[His hand moves to indicate more. Etcetera, in other words.]
When that can't happen, a human host is used and a Servant is created that way. Usually the spirit has control, but there are rare times when it is the opposite.
Which is my case.
[And he waits for the reaction to that bombshell.]
[ Daigo is nigh on helplessly compassionate, and it sounds... very difficult to know so little about something that has changed your life. His head tilts, looking deeply. ]
The term encompasses both magical energy and life force. It's... not quite the same as the manna here. But since most Servants count among the dead, they don't produce their own.
I am not dead, but what I generate by myself is not enough long term for both of us. Flat was supporting me before, but...
[Waver's lips press together as he sinks against the couch. He doesn't like causing Daigo worry at all.]
If I'm lucky, I'll find another person to be able to support me like Flat did. A 'Master'. It's what I'll be looking out for the long term... but, it would absolutely have to be the right person. The consequences could be severe, even fatal, for at least one of us if I don't.
[That sounds ominous, doesn't it?]
In the meantime...
If there's no Master, then there's more temporary reprieves. I'm feeding from the land, but not all Servants can do that. Feeding by drinking the blood of or having sex with the magically powerful we find more effective. So, I'm going to see if I can arrange to get regular donations to supplement what I'm already doing.
[Daigo can already guess how Waver feels about the sexual option. So blood it is.]
I mean... I've already been relocated to an alien planet and turned into a monster at regular intervals.
[ So his disbelief is actually pretty easy to suspend. It's about as palatable as Shaxx being an immortal warrior in some hard to parse war against the Darkness. ]
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Date: 2022-02-07 04:54 am (UTC)From:Most people I know prefer something a little more old fashioned... or unconventional. I'm not opposed, but it won't be my first choice.
Now paracausal entities...
[A mystery, that. A mystery.]
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Date: 2022-02-07 05:27 am (UTC)From:Don't tell him that unless you want a loud, joyful diatribe about how all problems can be solved with a properly deployed grenade.
They fight some alien thing, it sounds like a video game to me. You might have more luck with it. Although whenever it gets too deep even he gets bored with it and pawns the conversation off on one of his friends.
When he isn't blowing things up, he likes literature. I've never met anyone with that much Shakespeare memorized.
[ He slouches further against the back of the couch. He likes this space opera idiot. And it makes him nervous in a way that he isn't about Waver. Nervous about being left behind and let down no matter how often he's told otherwise. It's inevitable with those big hero types, isn't it? ]
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Date: 2022-02-10 11:33 am (UTC)From:[Iskandar was a bit like that. No. Iskandar was a lot like that.]
Hm... [The sound upswings with a thoughtful questioning.] Maybe. Depends what he's in the mood for. [Talking about the Wars with survivors and other Servants can be like that. When they can talk. Then his lips quirk in consternation like he's been reminded of...] Talking about... say, Shakespeare, though. That would be interesting. I know the Bard beyond his body of work, even if he's not what I'd call my cup of tea.
[Yes. Yes. He IS implying that. That he's actually met the man. There's a wry look.]
Long story...
[... yes...
So inevitable.]
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Date: 2022-02-12 02:33 am (UTC)From:[ He had promised to ask more questions, so clearly now is the time to climb over the back of this couch with a bounce. ]
You can't tease me like that.
[ He could, he may. ]
I am ready for a long story.
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Date: 2022-02-12 02:47 am (UTC)From:[There's a wry laugh like he knows Daigo's brain might short circuit half-way through.]
...
Well, I have to explain the Throne of Heroes first. So, bear with me on that.
[He had to explain that one someday, anyway. It's too relevant.]
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Date: 2022-02-12 02:52 am (UTC)From:[ But he will absolutely listen. Not much of a hardship when it's someone you care for, is it. ]
So, after you, hm?
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Date: 2022-02-12 03:28 am (UTC)From:The Throne of Heroes is essentially something like a data storage archive that exists outside the temporal and spatial axes of physical reality. What it stores as information is souls removed from the cycle of reincarnation.
Very particular souls.
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Date: 2022-02-12 03:50 am (UTC)From:All right.
[ Disbelief suspended. ]
To what purpose, exactly?
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Date: 2022-02-12 06:13 am (UTC)From:[You know, until mages decided to get involved and fuck everything up...]
If a person makes enough of a mark in history to engrave themselves in human memory across the ages, they are a candidate to be selected and brought to the Throne.
Well, that's usually how it happens, anyway.
In times of extreme crisis, these people, these Heroic Spirits, are summoned from the Throne to counter the threat in question.
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Date: 2022-02-12 05:56 pm (UTC)From:All right. I'm following.
[ Oh no, he is definitely imagining Shakespeare fighting aliens. ]
Mhm.
[ They've only just started is he already short-circuiting? Keep it together, Daigo. ]
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Date: 2022-02-12 11:03 pm (UTC)From:[There's a long self-aware sigh. It sounds absolutely ludicrous from the perspective of a normal person, he knows.]
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Date: 2022-02-13 08:22 pm (UTC)From:I'm... ready.
[ Probably. ]
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Date: 2022-02-13 09:26 pm (UTC)From:[His hand moves to indicate more. Etcetera, in other words.]
When that can't happen, a human host is used and a Servant is created that way. Usually the spirit has control, but there are rare times when it is the opposite.
Which is my case.
[And he waits for the reaction to that bombshell.]
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Date: 2022-02-14 12:35 am (UTC)From:Oh. What does... that mean for you... ?
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Date: 2022-02-14 12:48 am (UTC)From:... well... to start, I'm not human now. My needs are in line with regular Servants, pretty much, rather than what they were before.
Long term? I can't say. I'll likely keep my memory when this ends and I go back to normal, which is abnormal for regular Servants, but beyond that...
[He doesn't know for certain. There's a helpless raising of his hands.]
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Date: 2022-02-14 01:08 am (UTC)From:Ok. What is it servants need?
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Date: 2022-02-14 01:52 am (UTC)From:Mana.
The term encompasses both magical energy and life force. It's... not quite the same as the manna here. But since most Servants count among the dead, they don't produce their own.
I am not dead, but what I generate by myself is not enough long term for both of us. Flat was supporting me before, but...
[Surprise, your boyfriend is an energy vampire.]
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Date: 2022-02-15 02:03 am (UTC)From:Have you been all right?
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Date: 2022-02-15 03:16 am (UTC)From:I've been careful about not using any magecraft and feeding from the land, but it's not the best situation.
I know my options. They're just varying levels of less than ideal.
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Date: 2022-02-16 12:25 am (UTC)From:What are you going to do?
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Date: 2022-02-19 02:41 am (UTC)From:If I'm lucky, I'll find another person to be able to support me like Flat did. A 'Master'. It's what I'll be looking out for the long term... but, it would absolutely have to be the right person. The consequences could be severe, even fatal, for at least one of us if I don't.
[That sounds ominous, doesn't it?]
In the meantime...
If there's no Master, then there's more temporary reprieves. I'm feeding from the land, but not all Servants can do that. Feeding by drinking the blood of or having sex with the magically powerful we find more effective. So, I'm going to see if I can arrange to get regular donations to supplement what I'm already doing.
[Daigo can already guess how Waver feels about the sexual option. So blood it is.]
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Date: 2022-02-20 02:19 am (UTC)From:Ok. There's a lot of those around.
[ So that seems like something that can be accomplished. ]
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Date: 2022-02-20 02:50 am (UTC)From:There are. Which is honestly relieving.
[He just has to arrange it carefully.]
You alright? This is... a lot. [A quiet chuckle.] I haven't even told you the story yet.
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Date: 2022-02-20 06:18 am (UTC)From:[ He's not the hungry manna vampire. ]
I mean... I've already been relocated to an alien planet and turned into a monster at regular intervals.
[ So his disbelief is actually pretty easy to suspend. It's about as palatable as Shaxx being an immortal warrior in some hard to parse war against the Darkness. ]
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Date: 2022-02-20 10:23 am (UTC)From:Touché.
[He's going to drink this tea before it goes stone cold on him first.]
... well, the story boils down to roughly this. The world experienced an apocalypse and Servants were summoned to correct it.
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