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藤丸立香 (Fujimaru Ritsuka) ([personal profile] prunedworlds) wrote2023-07-01 09:30 pm
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Ritsuka Fujimaru


"Hi! This is Ritsuka. I can't answer right now, but leave me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!"
fionnuisce: (the one thing I won't do)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-15 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Waver was very quiet at the explanation, but at the end there was a tense line to his jaw that implied he was grinding his teeth and a tremor to his hand as if he was trying very hard not to shatter the cup in his hand.

"I made extra if you want it." The anger in his voice wasn't directed at Ritsuka, of course, but it was present no matter how hard he tried to restrain it.

He knew, or at least had suspected. And he hated it, reviled the concept with every single part of who he was as a person. He'd been disgusted by the idea ever since the briefest thought of what would have happened if I hadn't stolen it passed his mind ten years ago.

"I had wondered why the Makiri didn't seem to have any presence, so that...makes sense. One of the two I never met would have had to have been Kariya. And what you're saying explains both Assassin's mutiple forms and Caster's-..."

He elected not to finish that sentence, setting down the half-finished cup of tea before he launched it out the window. It all seemed to click together in a way that was slightly-off center from Waver's perspective, and given what little he knew he was willing to guess Assassin had bene paired to the nameless serial killer. Caster's Master had been...no, the less he thought about that, the less nauseated he was.

"Irisviel was pretending to be Archer's Master as you say, but Kiritsugu--the assassin you mentioned--was the one actually holding the contract." Waver confirmed, hand moving idly to a pendant half-hidden under his collar. "I never met him back then, as evidenced by the fact that I'm still breathing."

One thing at a time. Unpack every single thing in a breath and he was going to walk out and start breaking things.
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[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-15 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"...That much is definitely the same for me. There's a lot on that front I don't know, and doubtless you and I have a lot of the same questions about how things ended. I know the casualties of that night alone included Tokiomi Tohsaka, Kiritsugu Emiya, and Saber's Master as well."

At least, as far as he knew.

"Caster's Master--Kariya, I assume--died shortly before a monster appeared on the Mion River midway through the war, and Assassin's Master followed in short order that same night. Kayneth picked what should have been an easy fight and died anyway a couple nights after that. Which is sure as hell sounding ironic now."

He shifted uncomfortably in his chair at what seemed like a troubling recollection, hand falling away from a shard of ivory on a chain around his neck as he folded both on the table.

"When all the dust finally settled, it was just myself, Irisviel, and an associate of Kiritsugu's that were left. So for my part, it might be more accurate to say all the other Masters died whether from the disaster, poor circumstance, or their own stupidity."
fionnuisce: (may i first just say i'm sorry)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-15 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah...sure, go ahead."

Which gave Waver a minute to just sort of...put his head in his hands and breathe slowly rather than start screaming. It all made him sick to think about--the recollection alone was already enough to feel nauseating, and piled on top of the confirmation that another worldline was...not wrong necessarily, but twisted in so critical a way. In a cosmic sense, the discrepancy was so minor that he doubted it would matter. But as far as Waver himself was concerned it was...unthinkable.

It wasn't fair, but when did the universe ever give a shit about what was fair or not?

"...fuck."
fionnuisce: (bearing this miracle)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-15 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"...I'm the one who killed Kayneth."

He said that with a slow, quiet sigh--as long as they were retreading some of his worst memories, he might as well have committed. Straightening up somewhat with a look of deep exhaustion, he gestured vaguely to the cane leaning against his chair.

"Cost me a lot more than he was worth, and I can't really blame him for hating me enough to send Berserker after us. But it's not like there's ever much choice, when it comes to two mages meeting each other in combat."
fionnuisce: (words that would give my life meaning)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-15 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like he'd ever listen to me." Waver said with a scoff that was halfway to a derisive laugh. "I'd have to be a much better liar than I am to sell that one, so congratulations to my bleeding heart other self."

...There may have been something slightly bitter to that.

"But...well, even if it amounted to nothing, I know I wouldn't just let people die in front of me if I can help it. Even that complete bastard."
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[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-16 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, he was also an idiot, so that does make sense. But it sounds terribly futile, if it really would all amount to nothing. If it were me looking at a situation like that..."

Waver shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck uneasily.

"...It's selfish, but I think I would want to know whether things could have been different. If a better outcome was ever going to be possible, or if the whole ordeal was doomed to burn to the ground from the start. So I can see what he was probably thinking--a mad endeavor to help everyone, even if it ultimately helped no one but myself."
fionnuisce: (to give you a future)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-16 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
"...Did anyone ever determine what was wrong with the Grail?"

He asked hesitantly, hand pressed to his head in a mixture of exhaustion and frustration.

"Even Irisviel doesn't know for sure, and all I remember is some godforsaken cursed something running all over the place before Fuyuki caught fire."
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[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-16 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
"...Sorry?"


What.
fionnuisce: (waiting on some beautiful boy to)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-16 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
"What th--the incantation's not supposed to be taken literally-"

I shall be all the good in the world. I shall defeat all evil in the world. When he'd spoken those words ten years ago, how was he supposed to know that would ever actually be the situation he found himself in? More to the point--destabilizing the system was one thing, but what if something as unthinkably powerful a concept as the concept of evil actually did manifest fully? Even a fraction of it had burned the residential district to ash, this really could be the whole world at stake like he'd suspected.

...Sometimes, Waver hated being right.

"Fucking hell."
fionnuisce: (may we stay lost on our way home)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-07-16 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
"...I can't say with absolute certainty whether or not that's the case." he admitted, knowing damn well it sounded like wishful thinking. "But given what I saw back then and what it resulted in? Yeah, I would be willing to believe the problem is that bad."