A/N: Didn't get Skadi, but honestly not bothered by it that much. My roster is so geared toward Art and Buster that Skadi wouldn't be as valuable to me. My GSSR, on the other hand, bothers me a lot, come on Ivan get over here already!
Yes, Iskandar isn't bad by any extent, maybe he comes so he can chill with his bara bro Napoleon. Yes, I also have Napoleon (his banner) and Artemis/Orion now (while rolling Skadi). Also, funnily enough, Nitocris come to my Chaldea, so maybe this fic might work as a catalyst… we might see Tamamo, Castoria, Waver, and Merlin earlier in this story…
I am getting ever closer to fulfill my dream now… a dream of having Five-Stars Servants in every of my support slots! Only three left! Lancer, Assassin, and Caster! Pray for me!
Beta by ekaterina016
Gudako, the Supreme Master of Chaldea
Make It Rain QP
It was quiet in the infirmary of Chaldea. Then again, it was two in the morning.
In the stillness of the night, one person had yet to sleep.
In her room, Olga could only stare at the grey ceiling. Many things were going through her mind. Humanity had ended and they were its last hope, Lev had betrayed them and sabotaged the facility resulting in the death of so many people she knew personally… and then there was her body.
She held her hand up and looked at it. This was the body of a homunculus which was hastily modified to allow her soul to possess it. She sighed with a heavy heart. While commanding Chaldea and getting it back in shape was a straightforward task, she was more worried about herself. She was now a homunculus. How long did she had to live? Were there any side effects to her mind and memory?
Was she still Olga Marie Animusphere? Or just… a duplicate made to take that poor girl's place?
She just didn't know. She just couldn't do anything. She was just… usel-
"Hello, Director," a familiar voice greeted. Olga quickly turned her head to her left and discovered Gudako was now laying down beside her, with that terrifying dead-fish eyes wide open.
The white-haired girl screeched and jumped out of her bed. "W-What are you doing here!? Weren't you petrified by Medusa?!"
"Oh, that?" Gudako said, getting up. "I broke free to watch the fifth-anniversary stream and the new FGO opening theme just make me want to groove out." The short abomination swung her hip from side-to-side. "Ahh, Sakamoto-san is truly a magnificent singer."
"Umm…" As usual, Olga didn't know how to respond to whatever came out of Gudako's mouth.
"By the way, Director, how are you adjusting to your new body? It's not too… tight, is it?" Gudako asked as a creepy smile formed on her face, and her fingers began to wiggle with lewding intent. "I can adjust your body a bit more if you want."
"N-No thanks!" Olga firmly declined
"I see. Well, would you mind testing it out in the Summoning Chamber later? I want to see how well it suits you," Gudako requested.
"Wait, why the Summoning Chamber? What can I test there?" Olga asked back, curious.
"Test to see if your new body will be enough for you to become a proper Master," Gudako explained.
Olga's eyes slowly widened. "You… You're saying I can become a Master?" Olga was speechless at possibility. For her entire life, the fact she had zero aptitude for being a Master had been a mark of shame for her and her family. Now it was possible to rectify that?
"Duh, you got a new body now. Do you know how hard it is to transfer your entire Magic Circuit and modify the homunculus body to fit to become a Master? If I didn't read so many Illya's doujins, I wouldn't have the necessary knowledge regarding homunculus autonomy to make this work. A shame I couldn't turn you into a loli—it would have been funnier seeing Mashu calling a loli 'Senpai!'... and it would be more…" Gudako audibly swallowed a lump of saliva. "…lewd." The orange-haired abomination began hugging and rubbing herself. "OLGA! LOLI OLGA! KAWAII-NEE! OH! LOLI OLGA KAWAII! OHH! KAWAII! LOLI DA! LOLI RIGHT IN MY HAND! OHH! LOLI OLGA!"
At this point, the Director just scuttled to the point she had her back against the wall furthest from Gudako. She was shaken a little at the possibility of what her savior/harasser would do to her.
A door hissed open, interrupting Gudako's rumbling about 'lolis'. Stepping into the room was none other than Medusa, who had taken off her eye cover in exchange for a pair of glasses.
"Oh, so you're alive, Master… How disappointing," Medusa scoffed upon seeing who had made a commotion which could be heard through the entire infirmary.
"Ah, Medusa, just who I wanted to see!" Gudako took a break from her degenerate rumbling about 'lolis' to talk with her Servant. "Come with me."
The Rider was hesitant to ask, but she mustered up the courage and spoke. "Why?"
"Well, I might have gone too heavy on enchanting the CE, and now I am nearly out of QP," Gudako explained.
"...what are those?"
"Was that the shoe meme, or are you asking what are 'QP' and 'CE'?"
Medusa hung her head low, before letting out a long aggravating sigh. "What are 'QP' and 'CE'?"
"Well, 'CE' is just a short way to call Craft Essence, and 'QP' is Quantum Piece. Just consider it currency to do… everything really."
"And what is 'Quantum Piece'?"
"No idea, the dev never explained." Gudako shrugged. "Now, you see, there are several ways to get QP, but there are two best methods." The short girl began advancing toward Rider. Medusa backed away, only to discover the door had somehow been closed and barred her only escape. "First is Raid, but those are for special occasions only. Second…" Gudako's two round hand grabbed Medusa by her shoulders, "…is by farming Doors, and they just happened to be Casters, so guess who is best for the job?"
At this point, Medusa was trying to pry herself away, but she had no hope.
One of Gudako's hands let go of Rider's shoulder and reached into her skirt's pocket. The hand searched for a while and then came out, holding a large chunk of golden Wisdom, jars of Void Dust, several Rider Pieces, and a few Serpent Jewel.
"OPEN WIDE!" Gudako ordered.
Olga could only look on as the horror unfolded.
"W-Wait Master, that's not how you-UMHASPMASDJNOP"
Olga was wrong. She couldn't even bear to look at what was transpiring.
Lancelot walked through the empty and dimly-lit corridor of Chaldea. His steel boots produced a clanking noise with each step. While he was not assigned any official duty yet, his habit made him go on a patrol around the facility as he did back in Camelot.
The Knight of the Round couldn't help but sigh at his circumstance, mainly regarding his Master. Everything about her was just wrong. Even if it was to save humanity, the Knight couldn't help but wonder if the price his Master had paid was worth it. Was forsaking your humanity necessary to save humanity itself?
"Hey." A voice suddenly called from behind him. Lancelot turned around and was met with two giant hands grabbing his head… and everything went dark.
Cu (Lancer) was having a sweet dream.
What was he dreaming about? He was standing above Queen Mebd, a piece of cheese in one hand and a cheese grater in the other. He began grating the cheese down on the sulking Mebd's head. He was also wearing sunglasses and biting his lower lips.
"Hehe, cheese go brr…"
Cu chuckled in his sleep. At this point, EMIYA had already left—annoyed by Lancer's loud snorting and laughing. Then, a shadow fell over the Irish Servant's face. As a seasoned warrior, his body quickly responds to the change in light and quickly opened his eyes.
He did not even have time to scream when a pair of hands grabbed him… and everything went dark.
Lu Bu was sleeping. Nothing could wake him up. He was dreaming Chen Gong turned him into an arrow and shot him into the sky. When he hit the enemies (a bunch of golden hands), he exploded and died, but that couldn't have happened… right?
Even as he was dragged out of his bed, he didn't wake up from his weird dream.
Geronimo was sitting on the floor, doing nothing, and contemplating his existence. He felt like he was just stabbed in the chest, even though he didn't get into any fight.
Probably because Phantom of the Opera got a buff on JP, which now made Gerry the worst Servant in the game. Angra Mainyu is worse, but he was designed so as a joke, while Caster Gilles got his niche—that wasn't the case for Gerry. [1]
Alas, poor Gerry.
"Alas, poor Gerry," Gudako lamented as she walked up to Geronimo. The Caster glanced up at her and discovered the girls were dragging with her four other Servants: Medusa, Lancelot, Lan Cu, and Lu Bu. Lancelot and Cu Chulainn were struggling, bound in rope, while Lu Bu and Medusa who were still sleeping…. no, wait, Medusa was unconscious – there were differences! "Come with me, Gerry, we're going to farm."
Knowing better than to offer resistance in any form, Geronimo got up and nodded. They began walking away. "Where are we going?"
"The Rayshifting Chamber. We are going to farm Doors."
As soon as Medusa regained her consciousness, she quickly jumped to her feet and materialized her weapons. She scouted her parameter and discovered her fellow Servants; Geronimo, Cu Lancer, Lu Bu, and Lancelot.
"Where are we? And where is Master Gudako?" The youngest of the Gorgon asked.
Cu Lancer, sitting on the ground and looking bored, shrugged. "She said we are in 'Temple of Doors' and we are here to farm 'Doors'. Master said she will go find some," Lancer explained.
Lu Bu snorted loudly as if in response.
Medusa observed her new surroundings. They appeared to be in a giant golden chamber with a golden arch leading into identical chambers, beyond which seemed to go on infinitely. Her eyes suddenly picked up something on the horizon. It was blurry, but the small orange dot made it pretty obvious who it was.
"Guys! Get over here! I found some Golden Doors!" Gudako shouted as she ran up to them.
All of them just sighed. "Let's just get this over with, I want to go back to sleep," Cu said.
"...but we don't need sleep…" Geronimo pointed out.
"Please just focus on the task," Lancelot reminded, as he went to grab Lu Bu and dragged the Berserker along with them, hoping this process will wake him up… though it soon became clear it didn't work.
"So what do you want us to do here, Master?" Cu asked.
"See those Doors over there?" Gudako pointed at beyond the next arch. Indeed, there seemed to be… three golden ornate doors just… standing there. "Go kill them and then open them." All four of them just exchanged confused looks. "Dusa, you take the lead. They are Casters, so they are weaker against you. Lancelot and Cu, you guys go and help her kill them. Gerry stays back as a support. I will wake Lu Bu up if we need help. Got all of that? No? Too bad! Go and get me those QP!"
All four just sighed and strolled toward their targets. As far as they could see, the Doors were inanimate objects, so why were they needed here for a task as simple as opening doors?
"Oh, I almost forgot." Gudako halted them. She pulled out a CE, this one had a picture of an old man in the black void and some strange device. "This is Kaleidoscope, probably one of the only other good shit I got from my roll beside Lancelot. Here," the girl just shoved the CE into Medusa's midriff. It magically fused with Rider and she could immediately feel the surge of power. "You should be able to use your Noble Phantasm almost immediately with that; just go hit the Doors a few times. Make it count though. After the first one NP, your meter will go back to zero." With that done, the female Master of Chaldea walked away.
"So… how about you just use your Noble Phantasm and get this over with?" Cu Chulainn asked Rider.
"Where is your honor as a gentleman?" Lancelot chastised the blue Lancer. "Letting a lady do the work for us? I don't think so." The cucked knight stepped forth, passing the arch frame. "I shall-"
He didn't get to finish the sentence as a bolt of magical energy hit him straight in the face.
The Doors began to bombard the Knight of the Round Table with bolts after bolts of magical energy. One of the Doors opened up to let a minigun out, and soon it barrages Lancelot with more bolts. At this point, the Knight of the Round was on the ground, spasming and screaming.
"Forgot to mention! Those Doors are at max levels! They out-level everyone except Dusa!" Gudako shouted from afar.
"We better do something," Cu urged.
"We should distract them. I will take the left and you will take the right. Geronimo, get Saber out of there as soon as you get the chance!" Medusa commanded.
"Understood," Caster affirmed.
The two Servants sprang into action, crossing the arch frame. Two of the Doors shifted their focus toward them. Both were agile enough to dodge all the attacks, or in Cu's case let them hit him without consequence, but they had to end this before the Door still focusing on Lancelot killed him.
Medusa threw her chained daggers at the Doors. Her attack bounced off the hard surface, but still managed to do some solid damage. Then she felt it: another surge of energy within her. What was that?
"You just attacked with an Arts card. Now your NP gauge is at 100%! Unleash your Noble Phantasm, Dusa!" The voice of Master Gudako boomed, but she was nowhere to be found. Remembering the same thing happened in Fuyuki, Medusa decided to ignore the voice and did as she was advised.
Magic Circles appeared in front of the Gorgon. Within a few seconds, a brilliant light shone from it. Once it subsided, Medusa was on her steed, a Pegasus. Now, all the Doors shifted their focus toward the new flying enemy.
After seeing Cu clearing out and Geronimo dragging Lancelot to safety, Medusa knew it was the moment to strike. She channeled her Mana into her weapons and her Pegasus, before charging toward the Doors. Even as her enemies continued to intercept her, it was futile.
"Bellerophon!"
Medusa and her Pegasus speared through the Doors, leaving a trail of teal-colored energy behind them. She slowed down her steed as the trail began dispensing. Now, there were only three collapsed Doors on the floor.
Seeing her task was done, the Gorgon breathed a sigh of relief and guided her Pegasus toward her fellow Servants. "How is he holding up?" The lavender-haired woman asked, concerning about Lancelot.
"Ugh…" Sabelot groaned as a reply.
"He's holding up, but he needs medical attention," Geronimo answered.
"...or a heal," Cu added.
"Got it," Gudako suddenly appeared beside them. She used her Mystic Code to heal the Knight of the Round.
Lancelot took a sharp inhale as he sat up. "Oh, God, this is even worse than that time in Franch!"
Gudako ignored him as she walked over to the Doors. Her Servants observed her as she went. The short abomination opened one of them and saw the door filled to the brim with a small blue crystal. "OH! QP! SMALL AND BEAUTIFUL QP!" The orange-haired girl held the door over her head and let the QP rained down on her. She savored the moment until the QP ran out. Ritsuka looked at the QP on the ground before turning to her Servants.
"Does that thing have any experience in hauling?" She was pointing at Medusa's Pegasus. "We still have a lot more Doors to farm."
Everyone knew this was going to be a long night.
A/N: Short chapter, but I have my reason. You see, I will be holding off on doing this story for a little while (not going into hiatus, next update will just be a while away). I want to get another story which has become a white-whale for me since it's stuck on the same arc for nearly a year now; I need to get that out of the way.
Also, holy shit, I finished this chapter right after the 5th Anniversary stream.
[1] I felt like genuinely leveling up my Geronimo because of his status as two competing for the title of worst Servant in the game who isn't Angra, especially after Phantom got buff on JP. If you, however, can prove me wrong Caster Giles is worse than Gerry then go ahead.
