"So, you're telling me that you have a power that is granted by a multi-dimensional god that is conveniently named Gaea, the same name as the entity currently suppressing magecraft in this world?" Medea asks.
"Why yes. Yes, there is." I merely respond as I start looking through Gallista's junk. Nothing. Assassin has astralized and is currently waiting by the door to the workshop.
"Can I...have a look into it?" She says with a slightly hungry expression on her as I go through the Options, have there always been one(?), and activated the Familiar Menu option.
"Yep!" I absentmindedly respond while I find two books on basic Alchemy. I keep one for myself while handing the other to Pyrrha who starts to flip through it with intrigue.
You have received "Basic Alchemy" (Rare)!
Basic Alchemy (Rare):
Description: The Beginner's guide into Alchemy. A school that focuses its studies around the flow of matter, most alchemists research on conversion of matter, but those of Atlas delve in the conversion of phenomena.
"Intriguing." She muses as she starts to go through the status screen while nodding alongside with the information presented in the status screen. I'm going to assume that it's the same as presented in the Fate Wiki. I turn back to the door to see Assassin with the status screen also in front of him as he looks at it with a raised eyebrow. It's not my fault if its a game in real life.
Ding!
Huh? Did we complete the mission? I thought that it would've triggered when I summoned Assassin! Okay then. I mean, it must've only completed now because the Hidden Objective was completed. But what?
Mission Complete!
You have received Identification Papers! *(Automatically filed)
You have received a Mithril Marriage Ring! (Unique)
You have received "Beta Tester" Title!
Beta Tester:
You actually made it past one world with the System. And now you're explaining it to others. I'm so proud of you.
+5 LUC
Okay. Wait, wait wait. Marriage Rings? What age are we?
[You are both currently of age 19. Newlywed and moved to a house next to Homurahara Academy. I have filed for a teaching license in English, the stereotype.]
Okay. Great. But married? Already? I quick glance at Pyrrha and I can see that she has a blush as she also fondles her own ring.
"Soooo." I look at Medea, who is still looking at her status screen while also drawing sigils onto the air. She stops and looks at me with an annoyed glance. "Do you know much about contracts?"
"Yes." She answers with an annoyed tick, "Even if I am considered the Witch of Betrayal, it's not like I don't know how to form them."
"Can you marry us?"
"Yes. I ca-" She chokes as she stares at the two rings that both of us are holding. "Aren't you rushing things?"
I flash to when she and Souichirou will meet in the story. Right. We're rushing things. Please note the sarcasm.
"No." I plainly answer as I grab Pyrrha's shoulder as she also confidently juts her head out. As if she is truly announcing it. I guess that death really does change one's' perspective.
"I have no regrets now." She proudly proclaims as Medea looks at the two of us with a bitter smile. Right. Jason. Shiii-.
"I hope that I can have a love just as good as yours." She responds, "But I doubt I can, he has tainted it for me." She spat out the word "he" as if it is an anathema to her.
"I'm sure that you can find someone." I say, "Hey, system. Can you actualize her existence?"
[So…. Haha… You should probably see the Skill Tree]
Wait. The skill tree. The Magics can be in there. Shit… I immediately go to the Skill Tree page of the screen. Gotta go look at the op new shit.
"Wait, Medea. I think we can actually get you a body." My eyes click into the Nasuverse branch and behold! The Skill Tree with new OP shit! Mwa ha ha ha! I raise my arms as I start to appraise new and glorious skills. There are even some skills that we can get along with choosing another branch.
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Skill Tree (Available Points: 5)
Touching Heaven:
Homunculi Creation (Cost: 1)
Lesser Holy Grail Creation (Cost: 3)
Healing Magecraft (Cost: 1)
Wishcraft (Cost: 7)
…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...
(NEEDS ALL FOUR PREVIOUS SKILLS)
Third Magic: Heaven's Feel (Cost: 20 & Requires Access to Akasha)
Conceptual Fabrication:
Item Construction (Cost: 1)
Signature Weapon = Noble Phantasm (Rank C) (Cost: 3)
Runes (Cost: 2)
Airy Scripture (Cost: 5)
…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...
(NEEDS ALL FOUR PREVIOUS SKILLS)
Fourth Magic: Primordial Transmogrification (Cost: 20 & Requires Access to Akasha)
Are you a Vampire?:
Bloodsucking (Cost: 1)
Blood Ritual & Magecraft (Cost: 3)
Vampiric Might (Cost: 1)
Marble Phantasm (Cost: 5)
…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...
(NEEDS ALL FOUR PREVIOUS SKILLS)
True Ancestor (Cost: 10)
Beings of Legendary Descent:
(Can be chosen in addition to other)
Determine Self (Cost: 1)
Grant Skill (Cost: 3)
Grant Noble Phantasm (Cost: 5)
Mystic Eyes:
(One eye can be picked with others, but Gold, Jewel, and Rainbow Class cannot be added to Magics or RM skill path)
Common Random (Cost: 3)
Gold Random: (Cost: 5)
Jewel Random (Cost: 10)
Rainbow Random (Cost: 50)
The True Faker:
Structural Grasp (Cost: 1)
Structural Observe (Cost: 2)
A Hero's Ideal (Cost: 1)
Tracing (Cost: 3)
…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...
(NEEDS ALL FOUR PREVIOUS SKILLS)
Reality Marble: Unlimited Weapon Arsenal (Cost: 5)
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Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Who the fuck doesn't want to be a magician? However, what the fuck are these skills? We can have a "false" ancestry with one of the Heroic Servants and basically gain their skills and Noble Phantasm? Neat. Very Neat. So I have 5 points. Ermmm, let's do this shit!
I click Determine Self, let's burn that point! The Status Screen starts to glow red before a loud Ding! Comes from out of nowhere.
Title Gained!
You gained "Descendent of Leonidas"! **(Replaces "The Warrior")
Descendent of Leonidas:
You have found out that you have spiritual ancestry with Leonidas, one of the greatest Spartans!
+20% DMG reduction
+20 VIT
+20 STR
That's neat. So, my previous title just got upgraded to be even more powerful.
[Whisper: I was actually tempted to make you the descendant of Astolfo…. _]
Wait, what?
"What did you do?" Pyrrha asks before she tightly grabs my arm, "And did you forget?"
Right. Let's just do that.
"So yeah. We can gain Heaven's Feel." I say with a slight glance at it, "If we have 20 Skill Points."
"That's a lot." Medea says, "But what's more years waiting." She then looks at the two of us.
With a cough, she starts to form a magic circle and hands Rule Breaker to me.
"Just drip some blood, both of you." She says as the circle starts to lightly glow like it is alive. "It is still a ritual dagger, not just a magecraft breaker."
"Okay," I say as I make a light scratch with the dagger. The dagger actually bypassing the protections of the Gamer before the skill, Gamer's Body, immediately reasserts itself when the dagger parts from my skin. Huh. So the Gamer System is technically magecraft?
[I was lazy when programming it, okay?]
I should feel worried about that comment. I mean, she's a god, she can just channel Divine powers into it and form it, right? Magecraft is probably harder than divine mystic arts. Handing the ritual dagger over to Pyrrha, she swiftly drips a single drop of blood into the circle. The circle starts to crackle with lightning as a prompt appears before the both of us.
[Do you agree to be married?]
□ Yes - □ No
Well, duh. I check the Yes. With a cheerful Ding!, the rings jump out of our hands and insert themselves onto our Ring fingers. Medea looks at the spectacle with slight intrigue.
"You do realize that I was supposed to be the Celebrant?" She asks with some humor as she tries to prod a reaction out of the System.
[And? We cannot have the three-day Ceremony.]
She pouts before pausing. "True. I bet they already had sex." She said with a forlorn look before shaking it away. "So, can we move to the new house instead of my former master's workshop."
"Yeah," I respond as I tightly grip my wife's hand. Welp, that sounds weird.
"Okay, Pyrrha." I respond, "I was just looking at the Skill Tree and there is something that determines one's spiritual ancestry. And I clicked it because it was cheap. It seemed like an interesting way to gain skills."
She opens the Skill Tree for herself. "True." She absentmindedly remarks as she also clicks the same choice.
"So, who did you get?" I ask as she stares at the new Title she received.
"I got Boudica." she stammers as she reads the bio of her "spiritual" ancestor. "I feel bad for her."
Huh, Boudica. Is it ironic that we both got redheads, or is it luck?
"I got Leonidas." I merely respond as I see that the workshop has a bounded field. I doubt it'll take kindly for us to leave it. Holding out Yamato, I prod the magecraft, causing it to fizzle a bit. Hmm. I've never actually tested my sheath's magic deflecting ability to its fullest. Meh, no reason to start now. I'm a gamer, not a magus,
"I'll do it," Medea answers with a sigh as she just stabs Rule Breaker into the bounded field. A bit aggressively, but then again. Her former master.
"So, where's our house exactly?" I ask the Gamer System. It only gave a vague location by the school that Shirou and the gang go to.
[Right. RWBY-verse was very straightforward. Here's a map.]
A map appears out of nowhere that has an arrow and leading in the general direction of the house. Thanks. Hey, Game, if I were to learn Magecraft, would the rest of the System start being affected by Gaea's influence? I know that the Gamer System is technically Gaea's creation, but I'm pretty sure that Nasu's Gaea is different from the multidimensional entity.
[Hold Up]
A sound not unlike a modem turning on screeches from nowhere and all of us pause as the screech finally ends.
[Gaia: Who's talking?]
Is that Gaea? Everyone is staring at my screen at this point, realizing who we're talking to.
"Errr, this is Ezra Scarlett. I was just wondering if your suppression of magecraft will interfere with the Gamer System?" I ask as I absentmindedly ponder how the hell the Gamer System just hooked me up with what is supposed to be an instinct? How does that work?
[Gaia: Yeah. Nothing wrong will happen. Just… hmmm, let me call Alaya.]
The four of us are just standing there shocked as a ringing sound starts to emanate from the glowing square.
[Alaya has entered "Gamer System".]
[Alaya: You called?]
Why? Just why?
[Gaia: Do you care about the Gamer System that we discussed once?]
[Alaya: Nah.]
[Gaia: Cool, here's Ezra. He's our chatroom.]
I'm their chatroom?! What the absolute hell?
[Alaya: Oh. Let me see your skill tree….]
Another screen splits from the glowing square and starts to flick through the Skill Tree.
[Alaya: Hmmm…. Yep. I'll not send the Counter Force if you go to the Akasha.]
What? Isn't Alaya supposed to prevent anyone from reaching the Root?
[Alaya: Gaea's disciple wouldn't abuse the power while in the universe. And I really don't care outside of it.]
[Gaia: Anyway, I don't care if you use Magecraft as long as you only use Recyclable trash and don't pollute the planet during your stay.]
Hold up. Hold up. How is that an excuse? I should really be taking my cake and eating it, but why do the two forces legitimately don't care. I think Medea's face is also shrouded in confusion as she gapes unseeingly at the two forces acting…..human.
"Err. Gaia." I say, "Do you really hate humankind?" What? I gotta ask.
[Gaia: Not really. It's just that they're sooo stupid. I made PETA and the organization just gets insulted. smh]
Gaia… made PETA? That raises so many questions. Also, texting lingo? Shouldn't it only be….. Alaya, I guess? I mean, Unconscious Force of Humanity, right?
[Alaya: Well, gtg. Have a nice day to you, Gaia. And Gamer, tell EMIYA to make some of his Ice Cream. He'll know what it means. (≧‿≦ ✿)]
[Alaya has left "Gamer System".]
Sigh. Alaya likes ice cream?
[Gaia: Now. I have to go. Just make sure to destroy the darned cup. Thanks for hosting this!]
[Gaia has left "Gamer System".]
Why in tarnation did that sequence of events happen? I feel so lost. Oh well. I-
"Can we leave?" Medea says as she has already waltzed off with Pyrrha in tow. Yes. Yes. Dear.
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We arrive in front of a classic ikkodate. It had sand brown and cream walls. It's nice. I open the door and the four of us stroll in. The raised wooden floor telling us to remove our shoes. I do, just stuffing the shoe back in my inventory before picking up the cotton slipper and slipping it on. The rest mimics my action as we start to venture more into the house.
We arrive at a Chabudai and all of us sit down.
"So, what's our plan of attack?" Medea asks as I start to shuffle through the papers in our possession. Yep, there is a teaching license and a Degree in English. Hmmm.
"We should probably determine our element and origin." Pyrrha says, "It looked interesting and will probably help us determine what to study."
"Yes." I merely muse as I look at the license, "I'll be a teacher at the school. Maybe I can buy a hypnotizing skill or just see if there is an open post."
Ding!
Quest: "Prologue to the War"
Description: The war is about to begin. Only Saber and Archer are needed to be summoned. Hopefully, you don't alter causality for that. Prepare your forces. Remember, the Avenger is considered a servant of his own right. And never forget, you are fighting for a wish.
Objective:
Determine Origin & Element
Apply for Teacher Application & Get Accepted
Go talk to Kirei Kotomine
Hidden:
?
Reward:
50k EXP
100 Gold
New Skills (based on Origin and Element)
"Teaching" Skill
A chance to meet ?
Hidden:
A chance of salvation for Sakura Matou
That settles it. We're going through with this. I hope that we can win with little bloodshed. But knowing our luck, it wouldn't be like that.
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So. Should I nuke canon and introduce different servants or not? Because it is always interesting to see Shirou with different Saber Servants. Or maybe Bazzett should live? I really don't know. Anyway, I want to see if any of you can assume their element and origin. It is probably both vague and on the nose. Anyway, I think that I should see if I can contribute a Stanley Parable fic for Fate/Stay Night. Actually, that sounds cool, but I never played the VN, so…. That's hard. Meh, I'll just use my own dialogue. Cough cough. Enough rambling. I have to say. How the fuck do I purify the gosh darn cup? Maybe bs a mechanic? I mean I doubt that Alaya nor Gaia will appreciate its existence….
Also, I just realized that if they become Magicians, we'll going to be having some very OP verses appear after this, lol. Maybe I should keep them as a tease and they never received it. I mean, Wishcraft and Runes are OP in their own right. Yep, that's what I'm doing. Gonna cockblock the skill-whore. *Proudly Standing*
Tata!