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

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[returntospring]

That would kind of ruin things... but wouldn't it be better to show up late than to not show up at all? I'm sure she would appreciate a visit, no matter what.

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[wontdieifkilled]

But what if Tohsaka decides she's going to challenge Falkner again while I'm away? I want to be here in person when she does.

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[returntospring]

If seeing your mother is really important to you, I'm sure nee-san will understand if you want to go. She can challenge the gym anytime, but this holiday only comes once a year.

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[wontdieifkilled]

Um...that's true. But I should talk to Irisviel first.

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[returntospring]

Then do it! [She's not forceful; just encouraging!] You don't want to waste too much time, do you?

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[wontdieifkilled]

Oh, um. Right! That's a good point!

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[ex_cashcow493]

Then I will think of a lovely gift...

Perhaps a weapon. [ Really Saber? ] Yes, something she can use to defend herself just in case.

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[hurtitselfinconfusion]

I bet you just tricked them into it.

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[gandrdere]

Better late than never, yes.

Was she how you expected her to be?

audio;

[wontdieifkilled]

Hold on just a second!

[What the hell is she thinking?]

First of all, can she even use a weapon? Secondly, you'll get her arrested!

[audio]

[wontdieifkilled]

I'm the last person who'd trick someone. Just ask someone else I know and they'll tell you how honest I am.

video;

[wontdieifkilled]

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

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[gandrdere]

That's not a bad thing, is it?

video;

[wontdieifkilled]

No, I wasn't saying it was a bad thing. It's just unexpected. That's all.

video;

[gandrdere]

You don't sound too grateful.

video;

[wontdieifkilled]

What are you talking about? I'm happy to have Irisviel here.

[Video]

[forcefateshand]

So you said, yes. Situations like that were not uncommon where I came from.

[And they probably became more common after the war.]

Typically, though, it would have been the Priestesses of Elune that took in the orphans. Male adopters were not unheard of, but there was no organization for them to join that had such tenets.

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[hurtitselfinconfusion]

I'm not going to trust the word of one of your lackeys that you're honest!

You think a whipped dog admits that it's unhappy?

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[gandrdere]

...okay. Be polite to her and everything.

[Video]

[wontdieifkilled]

Well, er, if I hadn't been adopted, it would have been up to the church to raise me. It ended up taking in the other children who were orphaned. I just got lucky.

[audio]

[wontdieifkilled]

...Lackeys. I.

...

...What.

[He does sound pretty genuinely confused. His mun, however, is dying of laughter.]

video;

[wontdieifkilled]

Huh? Of course! What kind of person do you take me for?

[audio]

[hurtitselfinconfusion]

Well... you could have those people under your control! They'll agree to anything you say!

[The mun is glad that Chris' fail logic is amusing]

[audio]

[wontdieifkilled]

That's...seriously one of the craziest things I've heard since I got here. You know how badly they'd object to being called "lackeys?"

[audio]

[hurtitselfinconfusion]

How should I know? I've never met them!