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[steelminded]

"Hey, Shirou Emiya here, sorry, looks like I can't get to you right now, so please leave a message, and I'll get back to you shortly."

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AUDIO 🌠 DEC 8

[gandere]

Emiya. [ Her voice is light, breathless. Almost as if she doesn't even have the energy to be up right now. ]

I conducted a ritual some time after you had left and made an error in doing so. I've been injured, but am with a doctor right now so please don't worry. There's no need to hurry back. I'm fine.

Please continue onwards to the Station. And Emiya?

I, I care for you a lot so I don't want to see you blaming yourself for this. This was my mistake and my mistake alone.

[ If he replies back, there's no immediate answer. She's passed out. ]

ACTION 🌠 DEC 18

[gandere]

[ While the party is still going on hard, Rin's taken her leave of it for various reasons. The room has mostly been cleaned up after Jack's wonderful influence, but Rin can be found fixing up her roommate's bed sheets. They haven't had a chance to speak since he's returned other than casual pleasantries as they both have been kept busy. Him with the cooking, her with her research as well as her practicing magecraft. When he does step through tonight, she's fluffing his pillows in her dress, minus the cloak she was wearing earlier out in the cold. ]

Ah Emiya..? You're up here early. [ She might have been trying to avoid him tonight as well. The added presence of Guinevere has her drained both spiritually and mentally. ]

1/2

[steelminded]

[ He was about ready to get some sleep in, what's with all the cooking he did alongside today's activities. Either ways, he's about ready to collapse and sleep the night away, preferably after Tohsaka's asleep. Ever since that message ten days ago, he hasn't really been able to face Tohsaka properly, either due to him being plain busy or having always entered the room while she's sleeping.

Either ways, this was a good timing, the party has quieted down, and most of the guests are either asleep or had headed home through the use of the fairy rings. He can talk to her now. ]

Ah, Tohsaka. I just had to grab some things from my... room...

[ STATIC ]

2/2 have all the ptsd icons

[steelminded]

[♪♪♪]

[ The dress was something he knew Tohsaka wore, having seen her back when she's properly inside. As well as her hanging around Saber, but he's viewing it through a different angle that he didn't really notice one thing. That gaping wound on her chest. At first he thought it was a trick of his eyes, but then everything clicked. Her state of exhaustion when she sent him that message ten days ago, while he's on the way to the station.

Then.

That meant not only had he hurt Tohsaka, what pushed her to somehow attain this wound could probably traced to him as well.

His knees trembled. His lungs burned, he can't speak a word. ]

[gandere]

Sorry if said things are still a bit wet. [ She doesn't notice right away as she continues to fluff the pillow, raising a hand to dry it with a spell anytime she feels a spot of dampness.

Rin's so used to that faraway look in his eyes that she's given up trying to reach him once he's there. In that place alone she can never catch up, so all she can do is wait for him to return to her. ]

I had a disagreement with a winter spirit and he decided to fill the entire room with snow. Can you believe my luck? It's almost like Lancer's.

[steelminded]

[ He blinked.

No. Tohsaka seems normal to him, she's acting normal to him. But he can still see that wound.

No, it's not as if she's acting normal with him, it's because she probably didn't notice that she's showing that wound to him, let alone the fact that the dress was a bad enough news to him. He swallowed the bile accumulating within his throat. And while he's broken off his trance.

He still sounds serious, concerned even. ]

...Tohsaka... how did you get that wound?

[gandere]

T-This one?

[ The pillow is clutched tightly against her chest as she whirls around surprisingly quick. Agile, she avoids tripping over the length of the dress as she stares him down. ]

I thought I had told you..? It was nothing major.

[ Except she hasn't healed it.

The girl who could restore his heart to the way it was and fix him was unable to stabilize herself. ]

audio | RIGHT NOW

[tacticalturtleneck]

Congratulations! You've been selected for a free trial run on How To Archer. Or How2Archer for you hip new folk.

Look, seriously, want to learn how to pick up that person you've always wanted in your bed? Or maybe you just want to kick ass as good as me (or as WELL as me for you grammar Nazis). The commies aren't going to rest and you're clearly not getting anywhere. You might as well just say "Thank you Archer for this awesome opportunity" because I'm totally doing this for free. It's not like Welsh Wonderland has anything that's worth actual money anyway. You might even pick up some cool lacrosse moves along the way.

Just say yes and you're on your way to epicness (have I ever mentioned how that word has been ruined by internet culture). Or on your way into my bed, depending on your gender slash sex slash age slash attractiveness.

[steelminded]

...What kind of person makes an ad for this kind of thing?

[ Sounds like a vague adult ad that he doesn't really need right now tbh. ]

[tacticalturtleneck]

Uh....awesome people like me?

[steelminded]

You realize those kind of things will just bring trouble later on, right?

[ he's not even sure on who this 'Archer' guy is, but he's quickly learning that anyone with the name or title 'Archer' is kind of a dick. ]

[tacticalturtleneck]

Reality check. The most awesome things come from brushing the path between trouble and even more trouble. Or are you trying to say that Indiana Jones was completely innocent?

[Audio] December 29th, Morning

[red_branch]

Yo, kid. You and I need to chat for a little bit.

[steelminded]

Lancer, something the matter?

[ it's rare for him to actually contact him out of the blue after all. ]

[red_branch]

[He pretty much ascertained from Rin that Shirou would be a tough sell to simply 'run and stay safe'. He didn't like the idea of him saving the guy only to have him run into worse trouble before he could seriously improve.

So, he wanted to find a way to honestly deceive him into spending more time with Rin and thus--away from the upcoming battles.]

I'm lookin' for a gift for this lady. I figured she might like ribbons and wanted to ask what you thought of it.

[steelminded]

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<small[ While that's definitely true, if there's one thing that's harder than Rin's head, it's Shirou's own head. Therefore if he actually decided to fight...

Yeah. Won't go over well, but there's that. ]</small>

Ribbons sounds like a good present, but isn't that kind of... normal even for you?

<small>[ Weren't Irish men more about getting a good drink and then giving the girl a more... extravagant gift? ]

AUDIO 🌠 January 19

[gandere]

Emiya. [ Why is it always audio with her..?

This time she even sounds as though she's been crying her heart out. ]

I need to talk to you about something.

[steelminded]

...Did something happen?

[ He didn't even ask if she's alright or not, from the way she's speaking, it's already clear that Tohsaka's distressed over something. ]

[gandere]

Something... has been happening, but I never knew the extent of it until now. I, I seriously screwed up.

[ Now he knows she's distressed if she's admitting something like that out loud. ]

Where are you, Emiya? I, I think we should speak in person? I, I much rather do this in person.

[steelminded]

South of Caer Scima, by the river crossing. I'm currently building a settlement alongside several builders Saber lent me for this cause.

[ ... ]

Just take a deep breath, Tohsaka. Don't force yourself too hard.

PACKAGE 🌠 January 23, afternoon

[gandere]

[ Delivered via amethyst owl (as a real bird would have kept it), is her other ribbon. Yeah, his teasing was super effective. There's no note because one is obviously not needed. ]

COMPASS 🌠 February 4, afternoon

[gandere]

[ Once Waver's returned to Alyosha's, he passes his compass to Shirou for a bit for the two of them to talk privately. ]

Emiya? Are you there?

There's someone from Fuyuki City here that you should know about.

[steelminded]

...Yeah, I am. Is something the matter?

[ it must be really important if Waver had to give him his compass for them to talk to each other, after all. ]

[gandere]

I just told you that there was someone here from Fuyuki City and you ask me what's the matter-? You should be able to determine that what troubles me is the fact that someone from home is here.

[ She's just a bit on edge right now. Hard not to be when there's a battle being fought right now. ]

It's your friend from school, Matou? You remember her, don't you? It's been a while since we've been there, but she used to come by all the time before the war. After her brother was hospitalized, she couldn't spare the time... or it was something along those lines. I don't keep up with your friends.

[steelminded]

...

[ ...Within a second, Shirou's eyes widened and fortunately, there's no other reaction other than his breath hitching for a second.

Sakura is here.

To Shirou, who already knows that anyone from any point of time could arrive here, this doesn't really bother him much except for the fact that it's someone that is completely unsuited for war. If anything, this meant that in addition to keeping Rin safe, he'll have to take care of Sakura too.

Even if it's been a long time ever since he saw her, he was sure that she's doing fine at home and didn't have to worry about her.

And she's here now. ]

We keep in touch at times, with letters.

...Is she safe?