Thirty-Fourth Projection

[wontdieifkilled]

[Audio; Action for Violet City]

[Now that the weather has cleared up, Shirou is outside and laying down on the grass, near the pond on the northern edge of town. After thinking for a while, he decides to muse a bit.]

You know...I've never had a mother figure before. I don't remember my birth mother. I had a father figure and a big sister figure, but that was all I had growing up. I used to try to ignore this day when it came, because there was no point in observing it and there was no point in dwelling on it.

So to finally get one now...it's strange. It just feels different. I'm eighteen years old -- though I guess I'm still seventeen back home -- and now I have someone who I should have had all my life.

Well, better late than never, I guess.

[Video; filtered to Irisviel]

Hey, I sent you a package. Did you get it yet?

[Said package is a brand new umbrella. It's pure white, with silver trim, and it's high-quality.]

Comments

[video]

[riastrad_ridire]

[Lancer didn't say anything for a minute, leaning his head on his hand with a bored look.]

...Had one mother, two fathers, and a friend close as a brother. Of all of them, I haven't seen my mother since I was younger than you.

What's got you on a subject like that?

[video]

[wontdieifkilled]

[Shirou wonders about "two fathers." He's just assuming that he had a stepfather, though.]

Today is Mother's Day. That's why.

[video]

[riastrad_ridire]

[Yes and no. Shit was weird.]

...Okay, seriously now. Do you people just sit around throwing knives at a calendar and assigning holidays to wherever they land?

[audio]

[hurtitselfinconfusion]

Parents and things like them are overrated.

[audio]

[wontdieifkilled]

[Uh-oh.]

What's that supposed to mean?

[audio]

[hurtitselfinconfusion]

Exactly what it sounds like!

You say you should've had a mother all your life? Ha! They're for idiots who can't take care of themselves. Useless.

audio;

[ex_cashcow493]

Um, Shirou, it is nice to see you speaking this way of her, but why have you made your feelings so public?

[ Saber's exhaustion might be easy to pick up on either through her voice or the fact she's clever enough to stick to the audio call. ]

You are eighteen years of age as well? I knew I was your elder, but I did not know you had become a man.

audio;

[wontdieifkilled]

Why not? I'm not ashamed of my feelings, and I was just sort of hoping someone could listen.

[He notices, but waits for the right time to bring it up.]

Well, uh. I was seventeen when I got here, and I've been here for well over a year.

audio;

[ex_cashcow493]

Hm, is that a common thing? To speak and hope that someone out there will listen? What of potential enemies in this land, Shirou? Speaking boldly on something that may be a weakness of yours... well, no matter. If anyone is foolish enough to raise arms against Irisviel, I will handle them personally.

[ No one touches the lady after all. ]

Ah, I was not aware of your age. I knew you were still in school during the Fifth Holy Grail War, but... [ It seemed pointless to ask him questions that were personal. ] Never mind it, I am acting silly.

[video]

[ex_aeroga402]

This world's the first place I got the feeling of what having a mother must be like, too. I think it's pretty nice.

[video]

[wontdieifkilled]

Oh, really? Was it someone who was related to you somehow back home, too?

[video]

[ex_aeroga402]

We'd met before, but I don't think we're related. I haven't met anyone I'm related to by blood or anything, as far as I know.

[Video]

[forcefateshand]

And you elected to share this with the populace at large why?

[If he sounds a little grumpy, well the guy just trekked the last three days through that storm to finally reach the Violet (because he's semi-nuts and very convinced of his own strength) so it's probably understandable. Also, though he has the video option on, it's recording his surroundings, namely the entrance to the city, rather than his face.]

Is today some sort of occasion for reflecting on family matters in this world?

[Audio]

[wontdieifkilled]

[Well, if he isn't going to show his face, then Shirou is keeping his gear on audio.]

Okay, I guess I should have mentioned it. The second Sunday of May is observed as Mother's Day by...a huge chunk of the world. At least where I'm from.

[Video]

[forcefateshand]

A day like that would be like a knife in the hearts of many of the children where I come from. A brutal reminder of what they've lost.

[Azeroth is not a nice place. Illidan's surprisingly offhand mention of this is interrupted by a Gible leaping into the video and latching onto his hand with its mouth.]

... Azzinoth, how many times do I have to tell you not to do that?

[action]

[returntospring]

[As Shirou talks, he might notice the sound of someone walking up next to him. Sakura stays silent while he records the video, and when he's finished, she takes a seat next to him. She's been a little mellower, since the incident with Kariya when they were trying to clean the city up, and today is no different.]

Is it bad? The feeling you have now?

[action]

[wontdieifkilled]

Hm?

[Looking over at her.]

No, it isn't. I don't think getting a mother would feel bad at all.

video;

[gandrdere]

Better late than never, yes.

Was she how you expected her to be?

video;

[wontdieifkilled]

Not exactly. I wasn't expecting her to look, well...youthful.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

Don't remember mine either. But I had a father figure. And there is my younger brother.

[Is it really okay to ask, he wonders... whatever, biting the bullet.]

What's it like now that you have one?

[video]

[wontdieifkilled]

We haven't had a whole lot of time together, but, um. It's...nice. It's like feeling like you're just learning to walk for the first time, and you know that if you fall down, there's going to be someone right there to pick you right up and make you better if you hurt yourself.

[Audio]

[usedcharm]

You're very lucky.

I know it can't make up for those earlier years, but at least you can do something about it now, right?

[She sounds beyond wistful at this point. The memories she has left of her own mother are beyond hazy at this point worn away by years and GF use.]

[Audio]

[wontdieifkilled]

Yep. I'm going to make the most of this opportunity while I've still got it!

Video; filtered

[justicareplica]

Yes, it was really nice of you to give me something for this day.

[ She does smile sweetly to him. ]

Video; filtered

[wontdieifkilled]

Well, it was the least I could do...um, did you like it?