wontdieifkilled | Thirty-Fourth Projection

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Thirty-Fourth Projection

[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.]

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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.

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.

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.

Well, it isn't like I said her name. They'd have to make a guess if they wanted to find that out. Besides, what would they want with someone like me? I haven't really done anything to stand out.

Huh? No, it's okay. I don't mind talking about my age.

Right... My apologies, Shirou.

[ She's just worried about the two of them being attacked due to her fight against Team Rocket. The sounds of fidgeting is easily picked up as she grows silent. ]

We will celebrate your birthday this year, will we not? Now that you have family and your girlfriend here, it would be appropriate.

Huh? Well, wait, hold on. My full family isn't here. We still need a few people.

Er, I did not mean to imply everyone was here. Illyasviel would be a nice touch.

[ Don't dare mention the other one. ]

Hm... Kay could join us here at any given time, could he not?

Don't forget Fuji-nee.

...Kay?

Ah yes, she would be another to add.

My elder brother. [ Her adopted brother, but who's counting? ] It would be a strange sight... I think he would not know which direction to point his Pokemon in a battle though.

Oh, oh, okay. But why bring up your family?

You were discussing your own first.

Er, sorry. I made things uncomfortable without realizing it.

It's okay, it's okay. Let's just try to figure out where this conversation is going.

Ah, well, do you happen to know what today is?

[ Sounding just a tad bit hopeful. ]

Yeah, Mother's Day.

[Nope.]

Mother's... day?

[ What is this silly day's purpose? ]

You didn't know? It's a day set aside to celebrate mothers.

Is it always on May thirteenth? If so, what a terribly strange way to celebrate that day...

No. It's always the second Sunday in May. Why, what's special about the date?

You just said what was special about the date. The celebration of mothers, correct?

That's the day, not the date. I said Mother's Day always falls on the second Sunday in May, regardless of the date.

Ah, so you are asking me what is so special about this date?

It is nothing you should concern yourself with, Shirou. Have you been well despite the past week's incidents?

Saber, please be honest with me. You wouldn't have brought it up if there was no special significance to it.

I am being honest with you, Shirou. If it were a date that was important, I would tell it to you. Instead, I spare you the trivial details. How is that dishonesty?

Answer wisely, for I do not take kindly to the insinuation that I tell falsehoods.

[Uh-oh.]

Well...um...

You asked me if I knew anything special about today. You didn't know about Mother's Day...and specifically asked about the date. There's something about the date that you're hiding from me because I didn't answer the way you wanted me to answer.

It was a simple misunderstanding in relation to dates. You have a reason to celebrate this day and I have my own reason to celebrate this day. Although I cannot find joy in my heart for something I wish never happened in the first place.

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