text; un: berserker; open.

[dehanded]

[ the fact that she manages to text half as well as she does is no small feat, thanks to her literal claws. you thought people with inch long acrylics made clicky noises when she texts? well ibaraki's claws are harder than... most substances found under the earth.

so, for that reason alone, she should be excused for typing with the caps lock on. ]

HELLO DA VINCI

DA VINCI

DA VINCI READ THIS !!!!!!!

DA VINCI

DA VINCI

DA VINCI

DA VINCI YOU ARE USELESS GET OUT OF THE STUPID SHOP AND READ THIS MESSAGE I AM SENDING YOU

OR I WILL SMASH YOUR BIRD DA VINCI

DA VINCI

YOU ARE A TERRIBLE CASTER

DA VINCI!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU THINK YOU CAN HIDE IN YOUR SHOP WITH YOUR EXTRA FOUS

BURNING SERVANTS

AND BEING USELESS? FINE. WE DO NOT NEED YOU.

[ end message. its fine that da vinci didn't respond. ibaraki doesn't need her! she's not tired and hungry and definitely not wanting to go back to chaldea and get some good real food. and real mana and maybe also not be in trouble for... various crimes.




she's not desperate, which is why 2 minutes later, she sends this message: ]

RULER DETECTIVE, IF YOU ARE SO WISE YOU SHOULD READ THIS AND PROVE YOU ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE USELESS CASTER DA VINCI

YOUR NAME IS HOLMES YES?

ELEMENTARY YOURSELF TO SEE THIS

HOLMES

HOLMES

[ reminder: she is not desperate, and deserves commendation for typing all this with her nasty gremlin claws. ]

Comments

un: aqua

[keytoblivion]

[Well, Aqua doesn't know about the claws or she would compliment her… but she is a little concerned about those messages. So, really to get to the heart of the matter, she asks:]

Are you all right?

[dehanded]

YES

IT IS A MATTER BETWEEN MYSELF AND DA VINCI AND HOLMES

[ please. someone call her on the phone. i am begging you. she is tired of texting. ]

[keytoblivion]

[Without any cue to do so, Aqua's going to stick to text for now, sorry. ;;]

Are you sure that your friends were called to this world?

If they have not answered yet…

[Aqua is all for optimism, really, but there is optimism and then there's self-delusion…]

[dehanded]

COMMUNICATION TO A SINGULARITY SUCH AS THIS IS WITHIN THEIR POWER. THE ONLY OBSTACLE IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE LISTENING

[keytoblivion]

How can you be sure? Magic here is not the same as it is in other worlds. I'm barely able to access my own…

[dehanded]

PERHAPS YOU ARE WEAK WILLED

MY MAGIC WORKS FINE

[ this is, technically, a lie. kind of. somewhat. it works fine, considering she doesn't have a proper contract! yeah, sure. ]

[keytoblivion]

Maybe…

[Aqua isn't about to deny the possibility – maybe it's her own doubts that are holding her back. Still…]

But I don't think it's just that. All people that I've spoken to aside of you have reported similar trouble.

[dehanded]

FEW HERE COMPREHEND A SUMMON CONTRACT. IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH OTHER THINGS AS WELL

PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD AND BLADE, AND YOU SHALL BE GRANTED YOUR WISH UPON VICTORY. IT IS ALWAYS THE SAME

[keytoblivion]

…A summon? Is that what you are?

[Aqua has read about them, very long ago, in the library of her home. They are rare beings, called from their own world and capable of materializing only for a short time.

Whether this person is the same as the ones she has read about… well, she can't assume that, yet.]

Blood and Blade… what do you mean by that?

[dehanded]

I AM SUMMONED AS A BERSERKER

I MEAN YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR WISH WITH YOUR BLOOD, SPILLED IN THE NAME OF YOUR MASTER, AND WITH YOUR BLADE, KILLING IN THE NAME OF YOUR MASTER. AND WHEN YOU HAVE BLED AND KILLED ENOUGH FOR A WAR, YOU MAY MAKE A WISH

[keytoblivion]

You speak of the war here? Between the Court and the Temple?

There has to be a better way though, no? No wish can be worth bleeding for…