Okay so originally I planned to recruit Jack this chapter, but then I realized it would be better to have Artoria do some stuff first. Interacting with her Servants, dealing with those captured inside her shadows, and working on her plans.

COMMENTS!

KresnikMBM: She may show up eventually, But Okita Alter is near impossible right now.

Durandal? Entirely possible and very useful.

Jack is the only one I can say for absolute certain would join Artoria, Fran from my research is very likely thought. Atalanta could go either way, but using her to recruit Medea is a good idea.

True, Avicebron does gain a heart eventually, but this isn't that Avicebron yet. As for Mordred, I think she'll probably fight Artoria first and then join her, is this an excuse purely for a Mordred VS Artoria fight? Yes.

Sieg is easy to recruit, save his family. As for Jeanne, I like normal Jeanne it's just hard to get her to work with a clearly villainous character like Artoria. I don't know why so many people like DxD Jeanne, she's such a boring character to me, sure she has a few neat abilities but her personality isn't good.

Yea Karna, Vlad, and Chiron are basically impossible to get to join Artoria. Without you know being brainwashed.

daoist 832572: Artoria doesn't really consider "love" at the moment, its more just sexual attraction.

Kolt999: Jack is amazing and best daughter.

Masia turning into a Dead Apostle? As neat as the idea sounds at first, there's already a few issues. Avalon Underworld is corrupted but has nothing to do with Dead Apostles so it won't work, nor do I think turning into a Dead Apostle automatically makes you turn into a psychopath.

Kirei is absolutely terrifying, do you see that Mapo Tofu? That'd make Zelretch shit in fear and Kirei eats it regularly.

darknachouva: Well Artoria is willing to admit she finds both Okita and Jeanne attractive, she's not going for a SaberFace Harem, although she won't say no ether…

Yea Artoria X Mordred is just, feels uncomfortable.

ptl: Of course not, but they can certainly influence them.

PittBullBytes: Hmm interesting materials. True Achillies would require some serious things to be convinced to join, while Jeanne may require being consumed by the shadow. The current Artoria is a fusion of the Soul from before and Artoria, so she's not really a fake Artoria. Sieg and Astolfo is easy to convince.

Corrupt who with All the Worlds Evils? Masia?

myfunvideos: I think Vibranium is something most people would want when making armour, same with Uru. Goblin Steel and Beskar huh? Both interesting things.

As for Masia thing, I don't think she'll become a True Ancestor but I am reconsidering it.

kuraxt: Yea some kind of corruption is happening, but what exactly that corruption is and the end results haven't been decided.

Blood Fluffles: That is fucked up, but honestly possible. Who knows?

I quickly realized an issue with trying to recruit Jack, it's been so long since I've seen Apocrypha I can't remember where she actually was. I needed to find a newspaper, see if I can find some information about murders or the return of Jack the Ripper. But perhaps it may be a good idea to wait on recruiting Jack, she and her master could be rather mentally unstable from what I remember.

So with that, I decided to work on my goals a bit. We had 12 bedrooms, so I set each one up for my different Servants. Bounded fields, barriers and all sorts of trickery to protect the mansion, I planned to make some golems to defend this place but I lacked the supplies currently.

Next I let Fabi and Felicia out of my shadow, the 2 blinking confused before noticing my presence and bowing.

"Mistress, may we know what just happened?". Felicia asked, good she was still submissive and understood who was in charge here. Fabi stayed quiet, letting her sister do the talking.

I began to explain what happened, except changing it to say I had stolen Masia's wish, attaining a body between both Servant and human, along with transporting to another world to anticipate in another Grail War to gain more wishes.

Both were of course shocked and more than a little worried at the idea of entering another Holy Grail War, but I had assured them that they would simply stay in this mansion and keep it in order. I hadn't fixed their bodies yet, but that I was close to (Not really, but they didn't need to know that. Note to self, work on that).

"So our duty shall be as maids mistress?". Fabi asked, with a nod and a quick explanation, they began cleaning the mansion. I may have made it stable and look okay, but it still wasn't super clean, I had more important things to focus on.

I was considering using my Challenge Boss: Lavos. I've never played Chrono Trigger, but from what I'm aware Lavos wasn't a god or some impossible to beat entity, just extremely powerful. But it was probably better to play it safe till I had some other Servants I could bring into the fight without them asking to many questions. I know Serenity would join without question, and I could control the others to join, but I'd rather not manipulate them to much yet. I had plans and those plans needed my Servants mostly of their own mind.

So what to do, train? I did that a lot already but I was going to be dealing with some absurd Servants soon, so it could always help. I could use {Independent Manifestation} to go to other worlds and attain the materials I want for my armour, however I'm not sure I wanted to risk leaving the war even temporally.

I could try stealthy capturing Servants and controlling them through my shadow, but while my {Presence Concealment} was great against modern humans, against a Servant? I'd be found out quickly. One part of me just wanted to say fuck it all and break all of canon, but could I handle that? Possibly.

Actually, now I think about it. Did canon really matter? I was already fucking with it immensely with the presences of a third faction, so why the hell was I trying to stick to canon!? I wouldn't be surprised if the Grail summons more than 1 Ruler class Servant with the chaos that's going to unfurl with 3 factions.

I know how to manipulation things to my advantage, so why waste time sticking to canon? It was time to introduce some chaos. But first, I needed to speak with my faction. And with a check sense of my magical senses, I could feel most of them would be arriving soon.

Waiting a few minutes for my Servants to arrive, I was greeted with the pleasant site of them in modern outfits. Their normal outfits were pleasant, but there was just something about seeing Servants in modern outfits that made it even more attractive.

Okita was wearing a simple outfit, but it was not what I expected. A black t-shirt with a pink flower design over her left breast, grey shorts and black trainers. She had a pale red leather jacket over this. I'll freely admit I expected her to wear… well I'm not exactly sure, I'm not an expert on fashion in any of my previous lives, but I didn't expect this.

Bradamante was wearing a white shirt with blue lines crisscrossing across it, a black belt and a cyan skirt. Her legs were covered in black leggings leading to white heels. Her hair was in a long ponytail bound by fake white flowers. She looked good in it but… her skirt was very short and I'm sure a strong wind would reveal her panties, at this point I'm half convinced it's a fetish.

Sita wore a simple red dress, long black socks that went to below her knees and red shoes. Her hair was being left to flow freely. If not for her incredible beauty I'd assume she was just your average civilian enjoying the outside.

Serenity wore a black shirt and a black jacket that covered most of her upper body, with a hood that'd probably be up any time she was outside. Her legs covered by black trousers leading to black shoes. Likely she was covering up as much as possible to avoid poisoning someone accidently.

Dobrynya was wearing a simple grey dress that went a bit below her thighs, her legs covered in silver leggings leading to white boots with a small heel. She also wore a white jacket with a fluffy white hood, and her head was covered in the same hat she wore in her first ascension. Confused at a lack of a tail I quickly realized it was hiding in her jacket, good she realized she needed to hide her inhuman traits.

Melusine was just wearing her stage 2 ascension outfit, I guess I'm lucky to have her be wearing something somewhat normal.

Of course I to had changed to a more modern outfit, I had almost went with Saber Alter's Shinjuku outfit, but considering I was playing as Artoria Caster, I had went with her stage 2 ascension outfit. I'll never admit it out loud but I had to cast some spells on the heels to actually walk about. I was in my Artoria Avalon form, so I looked essentially the same as her at this point.

(I am no good with fashion or clothes so if something is wrong, sorry).

"I hope you've all managed to get more acquainted with the modern world? The grail may give us some knowledge, but I've found experiencing it a bit can be rather helpful". I said beginning the conversation.

"It's rather strange, hearing it from the grail made it easier to take in but it's still odd to see the modern world". Was Okita's reply while Bradamante had started excitedly explaining all the amazing things about the modern world. The others mainly gave nods or just stayed quiet.

"Good, Master and I have discussed our plans. For the next few days we'll be setting up, training together so we won't trip each other over in a fight. If you desire any supplies or enjoyment from the modern world, please inform me and I'll handle it. Master has also sent to homunculus maids to keep this place clean and in order, they can help you if you need it". My words got everyone to nod, a few having excited gleams in their eyes over the idea of enjoying the modern worlds luxuries. My plan was simple, get my faction used to fighting together while I worked in the shadows to get people dancing to my strings.

This would also give me time to work on my forces, creating golems and potentially even starting on my new armour. If I planned to throw canon to the side, I needed to be extra prepared.

First things first is killing Amakuse, he had no use for me and would just be a pain. Shakespeare and Spartacus would have to go as well, Karna would be an issue but if I could find his master and promise them safety in return for Karna's life, he'd be out of the picture. Achillies and Atalanta I hoped to get to my side, but I wasn't confident on getting them on my side. Semiramis I planned to use the Slave Collar I got in a recent Gacha to control her, while Mordred was a traitor what the poisoner would do to her got my blood boiling. Perhaps that was a maternal instinct peeking through.

Mordred I planned to just, talk. I NEEDED to talk to her, but I expect I'd be forced to fight her first. If she refused to ally with me, I'd give her a warrior's death. I don't want to corrupt her in my shadow… I, I want to try another chance with my child, not one built on lies or manipulation.

While the Red Faction would be mostly destroyed, I believe I can get the Black Faction on my side far more easily.

Vlad would die, he was too proud to obey me. Siegfried was a monster of a Servant and one of my worst enemies, a dragon slayer, but I know his weak spot and hope to get him on my side using the homunculus, or simply let him sacrifice himself to save Sieg. I'm hoping at least Sieg will exist, if not that throws a wrench in my plans. Chiron needed to die as well, he desired his wish to much. Astolfo could be convinced using a mix of Sieg and Bradamante hopefully. Avicebron was very likely to join me, I could give him entire empty worlds to experiment on.

Jack was risky because of her mental stability, but if she did go wild I planned to capture her in my shadow and modify her Saint Graph. Fran was an interesting one, her desire was for a mate, something I CAN produce if she doesn't want to become one of my lovers, so she'd absolutely be on my side.

Jeanne was hard, she'd go against me on principle, but principles can be bended if given the right incentive. I couldn't transform her into the proper Jeanne Alter as much as one part of me wanted that, not without a wish on a Holy Grail.

As for the masters of both factions, I couldn't really care for them to be honest. Or at least, most of them I couldn't care for. Fiore was really cute, Reika was a bit crazy but sexy, and Kairi was important to Mordred, thus he was important to me.

For now though? The smell of delicious food was in the air and I was starving, I heard Fabi mention she was cooking steak…

What do you guys think? I know the original plan was to get Jack this chapter, but after thinking it over for a bit I realized it wasn't the best idea. Artoria is going to murder canon as just following canon would be boring, so look forward to the chaos there.

The Mordred bit took me like half an hour of thinking to decide on, because Artoria Alter may be a monster, but Mordred is her daughter so she wants another chance to correct mistakes. This is also some influence from the Gamer half of Artoria as despite having merged memories, they were different people before and I feel the Artoria Alter half has been focused on a bit too much recently.

But next chapter? Next chapter we're getting some FIGHTS!