wontdieifkilled | Thirty-Fifth Projection

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Thirty-Fifth Projection

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[Those of you in Azalea Town will have not seen Shirou -- or Rin -- all day. Come evening, you will find out why.]

To those who knew Rin Tohsaka: she disappeared again. She was sent back home.

[Text; filtered to Sakura and Kariya]

I'm going to Blackthorn City to get the last badge in Johto. You can come with me, or I can buy you train passes so you can go to Saber's breeding center in Celadon City. I'll let you decide.

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I don't know the full story about the fourth. But something was wrong with the Grail, so it didn't really grant a wish and came back ten years later. Kirei Kotomine was the mediator, but he had a Servant of his own. He tried to kill

[As Shirou is composing this message, he stops here. Probably shouldn't say he tried to kill Rin.]

an ex-Master and got stabbed in the back by his own Servant for it.

[Tokiomi pauses before he responds; something like this...yes, it was to be expected, in some ways. Rin was still alive; so was Kirei. It logically followed that Kirei had won the Grail. He didn't like what he implied for his own fate, but for the time being, he would let it be.

He had, of course, begun drafting his own will before the fourth Grail War; the death of Father Risei had made him pull it back out.]

I understand. His tactics were entirely dishonorable, then?

Edited (...FFS...) 2012-06-11 02:54 (UTC)

Yes. He took advantage of a moment in which the former Master wasn't capable of self-defense. But his Servant had his own code of honor.

If the fifth Holy Grail War is anything like the fourth was, honorable tactics fell by the wayside early on.

Kotomine Kirei is

[He pauses for a moment; as much as it kills him, he backspaces a little before continuing on with the text as it will be sent.]

Kotomine Kirei was a strong person; clever and resourceful, skilled in many areas. A fast learner. If the fourth War taught him anything, I have no doubt it was how to survive.

While I'm disappointed in my student for resorting to such things...if I'm honest, I can't say that I'm surprised.

Pretty quick. But I held out as long as I could. He learned that pretty well. Some of the other things he did just to stay alive surprised me. I thought for sure Caster had killed him when she took control of the church.

Again, he always did show great resourcefulness.

You seem to know the outcome of the fourth Grail War, even if you don't know details. Am I to assume that Kirei was the victor?

[Again, it's the logical conclusion; at the same time, he needs to have it verified. He...simply does.]

There was no clear victor. The other remaining Master tried to destroy the Grail. Both Masters survived.

And who was this other remaining Master?

Saber's Master.

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