7.1
[Fate/Grand Order]
Grail at the World's Fair
Ritsuka Fujimaru never thought that his Loops were uninteresting. Sure, they were harrowing, and at times utterly terrifying. But sometimes there was just something nice.
The moments of peace, such as right now, on a much larger than routine resource gathering mission, inside of a Singularity with a very interesting premise. The St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.
He wished that Mash was Awake, but he would live… after all, he'd brought along quite a few friends for this Singularity. A much larger team than normal, not for combat, but simply to let them have fun amid such a setting.
A setting he was going to enjoy as well, the Grail could wait for the moment, there was a World's Fair to enjoy.
"Alright, I've got this!" a short black haired girl belted out as she hefted a bb gun, her three friends all shaking their heads.
All of them were well used to Nobunaga's antics. The little carnival game was one of the more… anachronistic things that were likely a result of the Singularity, but that was part of the fun.
"You know the rules kid, knock down all three targets and win a prize," the man running the game supplied, a smirk on his face as Okita spoke up.
"Nobu, don't do anything reckless," she cautioned.
"It'll be fine," the Archer proclaimed, flexing her fingers and preparing to pull the trigger on the BB gun she'd been given. It had five pellets in it, and was loaded like a bolt-action rifle. Nobunaga was confident she could win the prizes here.
"I ain't so sure about that Nobu," Helena chided, crossing her arms as she looked the carnival game up and down, as well as the sleazy man running the game.
She was pretty darn sure the game was rigged, but she'd let Nobu figure that one out.
"Have you no faith in me?" Nobunaga questioned, avoiding belting out her normal title. They were surrounded by civilians in 1904 America, not exactly the smartest place to go around proclaiming one's self the Demon King. She wasn't stupid.
"I think she was referring to the game," the last member of their little group, Gareth, chimed in.
"We'll see about that! Vendor, begin!" Nobunaga ordered, aiming the BB gun and locking eyes with her prize, a smirk on her face.
Practically the moment the first target shot up, there was a shot that rang out, the bb pellet smacking into the dead center of the metal duck. It didn't even move as Nobunaga grit her teeth. "Hey! I hit that, dead center!"
"Maybe you didn't aim well enough kid," the vendor provided, still smirking as Helena looked at Nobunaga, the warlord nodding as Helena quietly snapped her fingers.
The bb gun enhanced by extremely subtle reinforcement magecraft, Nobunaga fired at the next target the moment it appeared, this time it was knocked down.
The man blinked as Nobunaga grinned, and fired on the next target, knocking down the metal caricature of a cat before spinning the BB gun around and one handing it. She closed one eye before spinning around and firing on the last target, a metal chicken, before pulling back the bolt on the bb-gun and spinning one last time, resting it on her shoulder before firing at an extra target, the very same duck she'd first shot at, this time knocking it down without any issue at all with a dead center shot.
"Well, victory to me!" Nobunaga cheered, tossing the BB gun back on the counter as the carnival man sputtered.
"You! How!" he growled. "You're cheating!"
"Says the man with the rigged carnival game," Gareth commented bluntly as the man clutched his fists.
About two seconds later his form as a human vanished, revealing a ghost that shrieked, startling several people around them into a panic before Nobunaga summoned a normal rifle, blasting the ghost in the face and killing it. "Helena, damage control!"
"Because of course, Okita, little help?" Helena muttered, shaking her head as she prepared to mentally wipe everyone in the area of the previous ten seconds, and throw up a bounded field as Nobunaga hopped over the counter to begin claiming her prizes. The golden skulls, bottles of void residue, Ghost Lanterns and other resources that had been up for grabs as prizes for the game.
With the 'owner' once more returned to the grave, there wasn't any reason not to plunder this bounty of loot!
Okita sped around as Gareth began to assist Nobunaga with throwing everything into one of Da Vinci's custom bags. Bigger on the inside they were.
As Helena was doing the quick clean up, the communicator beeped, Helena throwing up the flip phone she'd been given. "Yeah?"
"The heck was that!? I heard gunfire!" Ritsuka asked from the other end of the line.
"Ghost with a rigged carnival game, don't worry we got it handled," Helena offered as she waited a moment to actually alter the civilians' memories.
"Oh… oh dear," Ritsuka muttered, their Master sighing as she could hear him taking a deep breath. "And I thought this was going to be peaceful."
"There was only one!" Nobunaga shouted back, hearing their Master over the phone. "We got more materials!"
"We're handling it Rits, don't worry," Helena stated. "We'll keep it on the down low," the Caster stated.
"Alright then… have fun!" Ritsuka said cheerfully before the line went down from him hanging up, Helena shoving the flip phone back into her pocket before finishing up her magecraft and sending the civilians on their way, none the wiser as to Nobunaga's antics.
"Hey Okita! They'd got Feathers in here!" Gareth called out with a cheery smile, holding up the feather of a phoenix as Okita quickly leapt over the counter to join in the looting.
Helena just sighed and shook her head, chuckling. It was rare to have stuff like this happen.
Medusa hadn't been sure what to expect out of Ritsuka Fujimaru.
Oh, she'd heard of the apparently rather amazing fight that the Anchor had gotten into with Rin, and the horrid tales of their Baseline from Shirou. She'd had the… displeasure of encountering Altria, but the alternate of Artoria didn't seem to care about her either way… of course she also said she preferred her Lancer incarnation.
The very same one she'd Awoken as right now. Her short, goddess form back from when she guarded the Shapeless Isle…
She'd decided to play it safe when the male Master who she could just feel wasn't as human as he looked greeted her before offering to show her around. He was very polite… and she'd been honestly a bit shocked at where he brought her.
A large room in Chaldea, where her two sisters and their big friend Asterios were staying, having been summoned months before her. Medusa was practically ecstatic with this new revelation.
That her sisters, her actual sisters weren't just a memory or appeared when she woke up early on the Shapeless Isle. They were here, and there was a chance that they could Loop, because from what she'd learned about Ritsuka Fujimaru, the boy… girl… whatever they were, had a grand friendship and bonds with every Servant under their care.
That and she had participated in Okeanos, where she'd gotten to join Medea in ripping apart Jason. In Medea's case for her own history, and for her because he dared to try and sacrifice her sister to the Ark of the Covenant!
But that didn't matter at the moment, because she was currently wandering the world's fair with her sisters and Asterios, just… enjoying the time they were spending together. Even if they'd had to fit Asterios into some very, very big clothes and hide his horns with Magecraft.
Currently their big friend was carrying all three of the Gorgon sisters, Euryale in his arms and Medusa and Stheno on his shoulders. They were getting odd looks, but she didn't care too much about that.
"Where go?" Asterios asked, the fluffy Berserker still unable to shake his speech impediment as Medusa looked around. They were currently in the area called 'the Pike', the central attraction of the World's Fair.
It just so happened most of Chaldea was here too, if they could come, and Ritsuka had asked everyone to remain in groups of at least four, so she was seeing Servants everywhere. Of course the chaos that was ensuing was about as epic as she'd supposed it would be. But it was probably fine.
"Hmm… why don't we go see the exotic animals? Perhaps they have tamed Phantasmal Beasts?" Euryale questioned as Asterios smiled. He liked animals.
"Well I can certainly say they have, for a given value of 'tamed'," Billy the Kid said as he and his group of Robin Hood, Elizabeth Báthory, and Nero Claudius, all walked by. "Thankfully no escapes yet," the outlaw gave, waving as he returned to his conversation with Robin… or would have had Nero and Elizabeth not gotten into yet another argument, drawing the poor Archer into it.
"Do you want to see the animals too sister?" Stheno asked, and Medusa nodded. "Onward Asterios," Stheno then ordered.
"Ok!" he started walking, Euryale directing him to follow the signs towards the animal enclosures
As they were going by, they ended up passing by a field, where over two dozen Servants had gathered, all of them cheering for what was going on in the center of said field, causing Asterios to stop as all of the Gorgons looked towards it as well.
Lancelot, Gawain and Tristan, all of them shirtless, currently in a tug of war with Melusine, Barghest and Mordred, all of whom were in casual clothing, and between them a massive pit of mud. And both sides pulling back and forth in an attempt to gain ground on the other, with the midday sun directly overhead.
"Go Mordred!" Mash was cheering… against her father, as expected.
"We will claim victory for King Arotria!" Gawain proclaimed, giving a mighty tug as Barghest tugged back.
"No! We will claim victory! Melusine, Mordred, keep pulling!" the gigantic woman ordered.
"Haha! We've got this in the bag!" Mordred laughed, still tugging herself as Lancelot huffed.
"We shall see about that Mordred!" he proclaimed.
Medusa watched as the Queen of Sheba was running around, gathering bets from Servants and normal humans alike on which side would win.
"Come on! Show them the might of the Round Table! All of you!" Percival cheered from the sidelines with Bedivere by his side, the kindly Saber similarly cheering for both sides.
"Come on! Beat their asses!" Beowulf roared from nearby as he held up a massive barrel of beer, outright chugging from it.
"Who are you even cheering for?" Hijikata asked as Beowulf laughed.
"YES!" he proclaimed, offering a barrel to Hijikata… who similarly began downing the literal barrel of booze.
"You can do it Mel!" Ibaraki shouted, waving a stick of cotton candy in the air before taking a bite out of it. "Pull 'em down!"
"Gawain! In the name of the Pharaoh, show them the might of the sun!" Ozymandias similarly ordered from across the field, currently wearing a suave business suit as he, Nitocris, Caesar and Cleopatra were watching the contest.
As the Gorgons and Asterios joined the crowd of people cheering, Medusa caught sight of two people standing side by side she never expected…
Morgan le Fay and Artoria, who were both just watching the contest with stoic expressions. She knew Artoria was Awake, since Altria was, even if she didn't see the black Saber and her group of 'friends'. But Artoria and Morgan standing together, without trying to kill each other?
"...How do you deal with these buffoons sister," Morgan asked calmly, much to Medusa's surprise.
Artoria finally let out a groan. Ever since Grand Order had Activated and she'd been Looping in, she'd been reunited with her Round Table, pieces of it at least… and had learned that they were all crazy, even without being Loopers.
The answer she gave to Morgan was not a surprise to Medusa at all. "Extra strong brain bleach," Artoria admitted.
Indeed, Medusa had seen the Saber chugging the occasional bottle of said substance after particularly nasty… or weird, Loops inside the Grand Order. Even if they didn't help for very long.
Honestly she couldn't see why Artoria had such issues yet, sure it wasn't the most easy or peaceful of Loops, but it certainly was exciting, full of variety and so far had been rather fun.
Perhaps she would stop Stealthing this one sooner or later. She did want to thank Ritsuka for this chance to reconnect with her family and their new friend.
"Hey Asterios, you wanted to go see the animals right?" Medusa asked, and the Berserker blinked before smiling.
"Right! Animals!" he said cheerily, before they continued onward, leaving behind the contest of the Knights of the Round, both Fairy and Human… and Mordred.
Medea was in paradise.
Well it could have been better, but for what it was, this place was amazing.
Sure, she had to keep her knowledge about time loops on the down low, or similarly about a certain someone, but that was fine, and easy enough to avoid. No, what had put the Looping Caster in paradise was her current group of friends.
Altria Pendragon, who was currently carrying a plate of hot dogs, the first ever made in history going straight down her mouth. Her teacher, Circe, who was practically a joy to be around… and shared many of her habits (perhaps that was where she got them from), and the final member of their group, who she was legitimately surprised by.
Gilgamesh himself, currently in his Caster form of all things.
Ritsuka had yet to summon Enkidu, mostly because Gilgamesh had been among the more recent summons, yet the fact he was so chipper was very odd.
But she didn't care about Gilgamesh, no, Medea cared about the Saber next to her.
She was a mirror of Artoria, save her bleached hair, paler skin and yellow eyes. In many ways, she could be akin to a porcelain doll. They were however very different in personality. Sure, Artoria had opened up quite a bit over their long, long, existence, but.
Well, Altria was a completely different beast. She was utterly determined once she set herself towards a goal. The moment she choose a course of action, she would see it through to the death, even if that action would result in her own demise. Her history as the Tyrant King of Camelot had given her a very different vision and personality.
One which had meant that this Altria, while an utter monster on the field of battle, housed the heart of any human. She was selfish, yet caring. An utter jerk to anyone she didn't like, but perhaps the greatest ally to anyone she deemed a friend. Destroyer of enemies without remorse or mercy unless told to hold back, a careful negotiator with this she knew such an option was available.
She also wouldn't hesitate to wear her heart on her sleeve. She didn't hide her emotions, in fact you could practically always tell just what she was feeling at any given moment. Her nicknames towards those she disliked was another thing she had different from Artoria.
On the other hand she was very willing to try new things… like willingly submitting herself to being Medea's dress up doll.
And taking pride in her appearance, no matter what she was put in. She'd offer a very blunt opinion on it, if she liked it or not, and why, and Medea just accepted the criticism and got right back to work.
Of course, having pleasant conversation while she was working was also something, and she'd found the Saber quite nice to talk to. It helped that she was very ready to sing Medea's praises, and admitted she regularly went out of her way to recruit unAwake versions of her whenever she Looped into their side of the Branch.
It was quite nice to have her value recognized, and to be an ally rather than some sort of hastily discarded tool.
"Are you enjoying the fair Medea?" Altria asked, taking a bite out of one of her hot dogs as Medea hummed, looking around.
"It's not the first I've been to, nor has it been the first time I've been to this specific World's Fair… but it's certainly the first time I've done so with such a large and exciting group," Medea noted as both she and Altria stepped aside to let the trio of Jack the Ripper, Nursery Rhyme, Jeanne Alter Santa Lily run past them, with Amakusa hot on their heels trying to keep his eye on the children, and Semiramis following them as the fifth member of that particular group.
"This Singularity isn't an uncommon one, but it does have its differences," Altria noted softly as Medea smirked. There was just something fun about wandering around with someone that could be called a friend.
"You see, I like that about this place. So much variety," Medea noted, if there was one place this Loop had her origin one beat, it was the sheer amount of things that could happen. There really wasn't an exact 'baseline' here, just a broad outline to be followed because Chaldea needed resources to survive, so it needed to go to additional Singularities to secure such resources. The sort of grey area where things just happened to… 'happen' as it were.
"It's never dull, that's for sure," Altria admitted as Gilgamesh walked between them.
"I must say, this 'World's Fair' is impressive. Nowhere near as impressive as my own treasury, but for Humanity to come together to share each other's art and progress, I suppose I shall see if this place is within my Gate later," Gilgamesh said with a laugh as Circe followed behind him.
"Really Gil? That's what concerns you?" the witch asked with a smirk on her face, Gilgamesh laughing as Medea was still trying to process that this was the Grand Order's Gilgamesh.
Still arrogant, still a massive ego, but a man who could at least accept others' worth and be friendly, if not a friend. He reserved that spot still for one special individual. Of course, he sung the praises of those who proved their worth to him as subjects.
"Hello everyone!" Medea looked ahead as another group of four people in rather casual clothing was walking towards them.
Merlin was waving to them, a wide brimmed straw hat on his head and shades covering his eyes, wearing a white coat and tan pants. Beside him was Bedivere, the knight currently wearing a fancy suit and tie alongside a top hat. Chevalier D'Eon looked the same as always, aside from their sword not being summoned at the moment, while the final member of Merlin's group, Arash, was also waving towards them.
"Merlin," Altria noted, frowning as the Magus of flowers and his group walked towards them.
"Well how are you doing on this fine day? It's been a while hasn't it?" Merlin questioned, laughing as Altria looked him up and down.
"What are you doing Merlin?" Circe questioned as he smiled, leaning back.
"Oh seeing the sights, gathering ideas, a bit of chaos on the side," Merlin replied as Bedivere bowed to Altria.
"Altria," the knight said politely, rather than speaking to her in the usual manner. Calling each other by titles among the World's Fair might attract strange looks.
"Bedivere," Altria nodded to him as Arash spoke up.
"Have you all been on the train yet? I recommend it!" the Archer offered with a smile as Medea scoffed. She'd been on the Hogwarts Express before, what was another train, that wasn't even magical at that.
"Oh I would second that opinion," Merlin noted with a chuckle, causing both girls to raise their eyebrows.
"Oh, would you now Merlin?" Gilgamesh asked with a smirk.
Both Altria and Medea watched the two men, the Magus of Flowers and the King of Heroes eye each other, before simply passing each other by.
"Where do you think you're going?" Circe asked as Merlin's group followed after him.
"Do this train, I will see what that magus thinks is so important about it," Gilgamesh noted.
"After them?" Altria asked, nodding her head as Medea nodded. This had gotten quite interesting quite fast.
"This is not at all what I was expecting."
As the words escaped from Rin's mouth, she was currently walking alongside Shirou, Sakura and Illya, with Ritsuka walking alongside them. She had been summoned as 'Ishtar', while Shirou was 'Muramasa'. Illya was 'Sitonai' while Sakura was 'Parvati'. But all of them were Awake, and all of them were just walking around the World's Fair with the boy they currently had to call Master.
"What were you expecting revenge rather than what's effectively a break?" Ritsuka asked as he smiled at her, walking backwards with his hands behind his head.
"Rin everything's fine now," Sakura offered as Rin scoffed.
"No, I mean, this didn't happen last time," Rin stated as Ritsuka shrugged.
"Fujimaru," Shirou stated, and Ritsuka waved to them both.
"Due to how it works, there's always going to be different Singularities. After all, we have to keep Chaldea running between the big Singularities. And stuff like this is how we do it, supply missions to minor Singularities," he offered, just trying to avoid the nasty 'Goetia' attack.
"Which are always different?" Illya asked as she looked around at the World's Fair, seeing the Servant versions of her parents currently walking alongside Sigurd and Brynhildr… and holding hands with each other in happiness, just enjoying the day that they could share with each other.
"Yeah," Ritsuka said softly as he looked towards the sky. "See… it's stuff like this that helps me move forward. Sure, life is hard but… well, when I see something amazing like this?" Ritsuka threw out his arms, smiling as they looked down the Pike. "It just helps me know that keeping our world turning will be the right thing to do in the end."
Shirou remained silent as Rin closed her eyes. After she'd calmed down, they'd had a rather… lengthy conversation about Ritsuka's situation. The deeds they had to perform, and the people they had to work with. Shirou in particular was rather critical over the mere fact Ritsuka would accept the aid of Vortigern whenever he was summoned… in fact, he'd been avoiding the Vile King who was also here, currently having a 'miserable day' with Andersen, Yagyu Munenori and Yan Qing.
She'd reserve her judgement now after she'd actually had a chance to mess with the Lostbelts further herself. She was stubborn and wasn't about to give up easily.
"By the way, if you don't mind me asking…" Ritsuka started, drawing Rin from her mental musing. "What the heck had happened that you were so mad that time?"
Rin sighed. "It started with a Bureau, and let's just say it kept getting worse and worse, the times where Altria showed up did not help." she complained as Shirou shook his head.
"The one right before we met you was really bad," Shirou similarly complained.
"...How bad?" Ritsuka asked very carefully.
"Heaven's Feel nightmare variant," Rin stated. Sakura winced as Ilya looked to Rin with confusion.
"It couldn't have been-" She started.
"It was worse than the last one," Shirou cut off his sister, and Ilya shut her mouth.
"What does this have to do with the Third Magic?" Ritsuka questioned as Shirou just shook his head.
"Just forget about it. Needless to say, after about twelve increasingly bad situations neither of us were exactly in a good state at that time," Shirou ended, clearly not wanting to talk about it further.
"How about we all just enjoy the fair okay?" Sakura suggested, everyone looking towards her as she held a smile on her face.
Before anyone could respond, there was a sound like lightning, a crack of thunder. Practically every Servant, and even civilian on the street looking towards the noise as a beam of light shot into the sky.
Ritsuka was already running the moment they'd seen the light, but Rin just cut the middle man and snapped her fingers, teleporting herself, Shirou, Illya and Sakura to the source of the beam… and then staring in surprise.
"Karna! We need circuits!" a man with a lion's head roared, the Servant Thomas Edison, wearing a fine pressed suit, shouted as he was busy tinkering with the inside of some sort of massive mechanical monstrously.
"Mori! The combination wrench!" Another Servant, Nikola Tesla, who was working on the same device commanded as the son of Surya brought Edison his box of circuits.
"Alright you don't have to shout!" Nagayoshi Mori said, running around trying to find the combination wrench as across the warehouse, about twenty meters from the Servants, another part of inventors and their own pair of helpers were hard at work.
"Sir Arjuna, I need those vacuum tubes!" the living, and completely human Thomas Edison ordered as he was currently halfway inside of his own mechanical marvel of a machine. "Tesla! How is it going down there?"
"I require more hydraulics! You, Toshizo, give me that box!" the living Nikola Tesla ordered, both in response to his rival and trying to get more parts for their machine.
"What the…" Illya muttered as her eyes were going between the two versions of Edison and Tesla… who were notorious for not working together, working together…
To beat themselves in a science duel apparently.
"Edison!" Arjuna called, throwing up several vacuum tubes as the human Edison held out his hand, grabbing the tubes out of the air behind him and quickly putting them in place inside the top of the machine.
"Alva, what's going on down there!" the Servant Tesla called.
"I've almost got the legs working, how is the dynamo!" The lion headed Servant shot back.
"The AC/DC converter is working, as much as it pains me to admit," Tesla noted.
"Is ours working Edison!?" the human Tesla asked as well.
"It's on, but we're not done yet, back to work!" Edison ordered as Tesla scoffed.
As they were still very rapidly building and arguing, Ritsuka ran in. "What's going on in here!?"
"Ritsuka," Shirou started as Ritsuka looked at him. "I'm gonna ask this once, please answer truthfully."
"What Shirou?" Ritsuka responded as Shirou took a deep breath.
"Is this normal?" he asked as the group, alongside all the gathering civilians and Servants that were watching the construction taking place at a beyond rapid pace.
Ritsuka looked between the human and Servant versions of Edison and Tesla, before sighing. "Situation isn't… but the fact that my Servants are clearly doing something crazy is."
"How the hell do you keep control of all of them?" Rin questioned in amazement as she realized what was being built.
Both sides of the scientists were building giant robots, probably to do battle with each other. Because of course they were, why wouldn't they.
Ritsuka hummed as he joined them, just deciding to watch the chaos. "Well I don't exactly keep them on a tight leash. They're my friends, so I tend to let them do what they feel they need to and stop them when they go too far."
"And what would you call this?" Sakura asked as there was another loud crash, this time from the human scientist's side as the arm they were now building for their own mech fell off. This of course had them prompting more Servants to aid them, while the Servant Edison and Tesla did the same, rival Servants joining either side for their chance to help get one over on said rivals.
"Honestly, doesn't even make the top ten when it comes to what these two have done before, even accounting for all of that," Ritsuka said, pointing behind the current build project.
Rin balked at the fact that she'd missed the rest of the warehouse filled with mechanical marvels of all shapes, sizes and designs. Illya on the other hand looked very interested. "What!? We've only been here for five hours!"
"They're actually going slower than usual," Ritsuka noted calmly as Shirou took a very, very deep breath.
"Alright next question," Shirou started as he mused with a smirk. "Is this the sort of thing that keeps you trying to save our world?"
"The constant chaos, the innovation and friendship. Moments like this that would never happen if they won?" Ritsuka said softly as the giant robots were beginning to take their first preliminary steps. "Well There's a lot more reasons but… yeah. Like I said, it's stuff like this that keeps me going. None of the other possibilities have this," he stated softly as the two very different marvelous machines were continuing to be improved, Illya sneaking off away from the group to start Pocketing stuff she thought was interesting from the warehouse.
"...I'd like to ask a promise then, Ritsuka Fujimaru," Shirou offered, Ritsuka looking at him as the redhead looked. "Promise me you'll at least try to save someone. We both know how bad they are, but the people aren't," he said, referencing the Lostbelts as the Human Edison and Tesla declared their mecha ready, the already five story tall mecha looking rather advanced for something built from 1900s era materials.
"I can try Shirou," Ritsuka said, not directly promising, but Shirou nodded. Rin sighed, exasperated as she shook her head.
"Oh you two…" Sakura chided.
"What's going on in here?" Everyone looked as Kiritsugu and Irisviel joined them in the warehouse.
"The usual chaos," Ritsuka said with a warm smile as there was a massive clang of metal, the two giant robots, now being piloted by the scientists, taking their first steps out of the warehouse through massive doors to go do battle in the open field.
"Usual huh?" Kiritsugu asked as Irisviel gasped, tapping Kiritsugu's shoulder.
"Look! Look at that car!" she cheered excitedly, drawing their attention towards a vehicle on the Servant Edison and Tesla's side of the warehouse. A very fancy looking but still old fashioned car. It looked like some sort of supercar though, very pleasing with a black paint job and silver highlights.
"They made a Mercedes-Benz three-hundred SL…" Rin mused as Kiritsugu vanished, and seconds later the car did much the same, likely Pocketed in the middle of stopped time by the Assassin.
"Knowing them it's probably far more advanced than a mere three-hundred SL," Ritsuka stated bluntly as they all walked outside to watch the giant robots fight.
"You can do it Edison," Karna cheered happily waving a giant foam finger he'd gotten for someone.
"This is so golden!" Kintoki shouted as the human scientists' robot fired a burst of electricity at the other mech, which threw up advanced shielding and returned fire with lasers, which were blocked by another electrical barrier and dispersed before any damage could be done.
"There's always going to be hardship. It's not always," Ritsuka mused with a chuckle. "After all, stuff like this happens all the time."
"Well I certainly enjoy it!" Illya called out as she came out of the warehouse. "I got everything I think I wanted."
"Illya what did you steal?" Kiritsugu asked as she hummed.
"Is it really stealing if it's from 'Master's Servant'?" she asked, holding a finger to her mouth and giggling as the two giant mecha started punching each other.
"You're going down Tesla!" the Servant Edison cried out through the mechs speakers.
"NO! You will, lion Alva!" the human Tesla commanded as the two machines kept going at it.
"They'll be fine right?" Sakura asked as Rin scoffed.
"Are you kidding? Those over engineered monsters can't even hurt each other," Rin noted. She had enough experience with giant robots to see where this was going…
Part of her wanted to grab both of them for later, because she was certain that the Servant built one was partially magical at least, while the human built one was pure tech.
"Hey by the way Rin, can we fight again some other time?" Ritsuka suddenly asked, leaning over to her as she blinked.
"I'm sorry what?" she asked as Ritsuka shrugged.
"It was fun, wasn't it?" he asked.
"I mean it was good stress relief that's for sure," she admitted.
"Evidently not enough…" Shirou muttered, still recalling Rin's explosion at Altria the moment she'd been summoned by him. That had been far more understandable than her explosion at Ritsuka.
"Why are there giant robots doing battle here?" Artoria asked as she and her knights walked up to the still growing crowd, people taking bets. Rin noted that Lancelot, Gawain and Tristan were suspiciously clean of mud… and looking behind them, so were the fairy knights and Mordred.
"Edison and Tesla, also who won the tug of war?" Shirou asked as Artoria sighed.
"Neither. The rope broke and then they kept doing other contests in the field," she noted, still shaking her head. Her knights were insane…
"So who-" Rin started before a building exploded, a massive chariot charging out of said building and a familiar giant of a man beginning to belt out a speech of conquest to the world, holding up a golden goblet.
"Oh hey, there's the Grail," Ritsuka noted offhandedly, before going for his communicator. "Hey everyone, general alert, we found the Grail. Please come to the battle between giant robots. No, the giant robots do not have it," he said into the communicator before putting it back in his pocket.
"...Oh god he's Awake!" Sakura shouted in shock as everyone went pale. They hadn't summoned Iskandar to Chaldea yet.
"Ok! New plan! Stop him now!" Ritsuka ordered in slight panic. None of them wanted to end victims of Goetia's latest mass murder if Iskandar said something incrimiating.
"Right to action then!" Shirou summoned a sword as Rin summoned Maana, even Ritsuka pulling out a large rifle from his Pocket that Rin noted wasn't the divine Exagryph rifle, before they alongside all the other Servants who listened to Ritsuka's orders springing into action to face down the Looping King of Conquerors… to stop him from saying something that would get them all blown up.
They certainly lived in interesting times after all.
7.2
[Fate/Grand Order] [Super Smash Bros]
Smash it Out
He dropped down from above, landing amid the siege of a castle. Sanson frowned as he looked around, grasping his familiar T-shaped sword as he spun around. "So, what will it be this time?" he mused, noting that he was fairly cut off from everything.
As he looked towards the tower he was standing behind. Something formed above his head.
Charles Sanson Executes Battle!
"Uncalled for," Sanson mused as the big letters faded away, and several other individuals appeared. A blue haired swordswoman with a far thinner blade than he, a teenager wearing a rather nice black coat and a white mask carrying a knife, and a pink creature with big blue eyes.
"Excuse me, what's going on here?" Sanson asked the closest person, which happened to be the swordswoman.
"Smash Loop, we fight for fun," she noted.
"Ah, no death?" Sanson asked as he raised his blade, the other two fighters politely waiting as the girl nodded.
"Not really. You ready?" she asked, spinning her sword and preparing to fight.
"Very well, let's get to it," he said with a small smile, before rushing the woman, engaging her in a clash of blades as the pink creature and the masked teenager went at it themselves.
Sanson was grinning as he chucked another red and white orb. They'd been appearing frequently throughout the match and every time one had opened they'd caused all sorts of unpredictable chaos with the creatures they summoned for a short amount of time.
This time the one he threw slammed into the pink puffball creature, and bounced off, landing near him and opening as a little white and blue otter creature appeared, before charging in another direction as Sanon looked up, leaping and grabbing another orb and throwing it, bouncing it off of one that the swordswoman threw and both landing near them as the young man in the black coat was carried off the stage by the otter.
When his landed, it popped open, revealing a massive dragon-like creature, grey with white ice surrounding it. "Oh this one's new," Sanson mused as the creature roared.
Suddenly nearly half the stage was covered in ice and both the pink puffball and the swordsman frozen solid, the large green goat that had been summoned by her own ball charing at him, but Sanson simply leapt over it before swinging his sword upwards in midair, catching the pink creature with the edge of his blade, sending them rocketing into the distance with a large explosion, leaving just him and the swordsman life with one 'stock' each.
As both their monsters vanished again, the girl broke free of the ice, both of them standing several meters away before a new object appeared between them.
An orb, a glowing rainbow that floated in the air. Seeing the woman dive for it and attack the thing, Sanson did something a bit different.
She smashed the orb midair with a swing of her sword, sending it in his direction, but rather than attach it, he went for her. With her overextended swing she was vulnerable. With a thrust in midair, he caught her in the stomach, sending her flying backwards as he lept backwards mid-air, using the weird physics of this place to leap over the orb and putting his blade below him, dropping like a guillotine upon the rainbow orb.
It went down towards the ground with him as the swordsman leapt back onto the platform, rushing towards him as he swung behind him, breaking the orb with his final swing.
Surrounded with a rainbow glow, the swordswoman stopped, he could see the steam coming off of her as he waited patiently before she started running backwards.
He strode forwards, waiting for her to leap into the air before jumping after her, she dodged preemptively, and then he pointed his blade. "Let it Fall!" he summoned an array of grasping black hands where he pointed, barely catching the woman on the edge with it.
The guillotine was summoned as Sanson was now standing before it, as if he'd dragged them both into a Reality Marble. "La Mort," he planted his blade before him as the blade fell. "Espoir!"
Then it all faded and he fell through the air, landing on the stage as the woman vanished. Completely, big green letters flashing overhead.
GAME!
"I do hope she's alright…"
A few minutes later Sanson was in a lounge alongside the others from his match, watching another. Thankfully the woman, Lucina, was alright after his… 'Final Smash' as she'd referred to his Noble Phantasm.
"So where are you from Charles?" Lucina asked as they watched the screen, showing several people, a portly man in red, apparently a vampire hunter with a whip in blue, a swordsman wielding a golden blade and a princess in pink all clashing on top of a castle.
"Nasuverse, as I've been told. Been traveling for a long while at this point, still haven't gone home," he noted, grabbing a can of cola from the cooler in the lounge and taking a sip from it. Fizzy, a bit much, but it was either this or water. "Though if I'm here two others should be as well."
"You're a Traveling Looper?" the teenager, who'd just insisted on being called Joker, asked, and Sanson nodded.
"I am, as are my companions Abigail and Lavinia," he commented as the battle on screen was drawing to a close, with the man in red coming out on top. "So this is a tournament?"
"Yeah, and you're going onto the next stage once all the matches are done. Seems we were first," Lucina noted as Jigglypuff started downing water, which Sanson questioned how it was holding the bottle with no fingers.
"Well then let's see who's next," Sanson mused as they watched the screen shift with 'Mario' victorious.
Abigail smiled as she walked through a door, Lavinia behind her as they passed through it onto a stage with Lavinia as her 'partner'. They were together in some sort of fountain arrow, a fountain of dreams.
Abigail Williams Unlocks the Battle!
Lavinia Whateley Sees the Stars!
"Seems we're a team fighter," Lavinia noted, before she clapped hands with Abigail. "Swap if you need me," she said, before leaping backwards, vanishing into black sparks with that proclamation.
Abigail tilted her witch's hat, summoning a single large key and grasping it by the shaft rather than the handle as Kirby, Ganondorf, and the Ice Climbers also appeared on the stage, entering via a warp star, a dark portal and flown in by a pterodactyl.
"Let's see how we do!" Abigail proclaimed as she warped herself, appearing behind the Ice Climbers and stabbing at them with her key as the match started.
A bit of fighting fun. What wasn't to like?
"Lavinia!" Abigail burst into black sparks, swapping with Lavinia as Lavina instantly started pulling out objects from her pockets.
Abigail had quickly figured out this Loop had subjected her to a more up close and personal moveset, with her longest ranged ability being a near stage crossing teleport. Lavinia on the other hand, knew she had something far more dangerous.
Projectiles. And a lot of them.
"LET ME IN LITTLE GIRL!" Ganondorf shouted as he was hit in the face by an explosive bottle, covering him in poison as Lavinia huffed.
"No," She said, bending down and laying a trap that if anyone stepped on would release a long lingering cloud of poisonous dust. She happened to have a lot of poisonous effects, she noted.
"Abigail," she swapped out, Abigail coming back in as Ganondorf charged, rushing them with his foot extended, covered in darkness as Abigail teleported to the other end of the stage, leaving the king of darkness to have a cloud of dust explode on him.
"This is just cruel," Kirby noted, currently sprouting a small horn from when he'd sucked up Lavinia to use as a powerup, granting him her poison bottle toss, chucking one at Abigail who jumped into the air, grabbing it out of the air and then throwing it back at Kirby, who jumped to avoid it as the Ice Climbers caught poor Ganondorf in a chain grab and started beating on him even further.
Really it was more impressive he hadn't been flung out of the ring yet.
But as Abigail teleported, disengaging from fighting Kirby, and appearing behind the Ice Climbers, she pulled back with her key, swinging it hard like a golf club and sending both Nana and Ganondorf flying, the king of darkness screaming as he flew into the distance, as Popo rounded on Abigail, swinging his hammer. "Lavinia."
She swapped with Lavinia at a decent moment, avoiding the swing of the hammer and allowing Lavinia to dodge before throwing an explosive downward, blasting herself into the air and catching Popo in the blast, only to be nailed with an explosive from Kirby and being sent flying herself, finally knocking the pair out.
Ganondorf dropped onto the stage again as Lavinia did the same, the King of Darkness already preparing a warlock punch, only for Lavinia to bop him on the head with her stuffed doll, breaking his concentration before she held Migo between her hands, using the teddy bear as a channeling focus and releasing a small storm of magical energy that knocked Ganondorf and Popo away, the Ice Climber being flung off the stage, and without Nana he was unable to recover as Kirby began beating on Ganondorf again.
Lavinia took the opportunity to run away, grabbing the Super Scope that had just fallen onto the stage and spinning around, charging a shot with it as Ganondorf was thrown backwards by Kirby, and blasting the pink puffball with a fully charged shot.
Kirby was sent flying, off into the distance as Ganondorf climbed back onto the stage, Lavinia just throwing the Super Scope towards him, and nailing Popo in the head, tripping him up before laying down another trap and throwing more poisonous explosives from her corner of the Fountain of Dreams.
"Abigail," she swapped out again, Abigail grabbing Popo with a tentacle she summoned as a grapple and bashing the ice climber with her key before chucking him off stage, Nana trying to follow him only to set off the trap explosive and then subsequently vanishing from Abigail keeping her from saving Popo, causing a ring out and the lost off their last stock.
At the same time Ganondorf had managed to finally kick Kirby off the stage, getting that one good hit in to knock the hero of dreamland out of the match, leaving just him and Abigail on stage.
"Alright kid, I'm gonna win this tournament this time! I still owe Mario back for the last tournament!"
"Sorry, but I think you'll be in the loser's bracket instead," Abigail mused as she vanished, Ganondorf swinging behind him… only for Abigail to appear directly above her previous position. "Lavinia."
They swapped again as Ganondorf ran towards her, ready to smash the albino before she hit the ground. She chucked an explosive downward, Ganondorf grabbing it out of the air before throwing it upwards, Lavinia just avoiding it by moving to the left and landing on the highest platform and begging to jump around, throwing more explosives and just stalling Ganondorf as she laid down another trap.
"Come here kid!" Ganondorf charged, his fist enveloped in dark energy as Lavinia dodged backwards and then snapped her fingers, summoning a copy of Migo and throwing it forward, the flying teddy bear just sort of floating there as Ganondorf ran fist first into it.
The bear laughed before stunning Ganondorf. "Abigail," Lavinia swapped out, and Abigail moved just close enough that her next attack would send the still stunned king skyward. She charged, and summoned a tentacle from the ground below him, it climbed into the sky as Ganondorf was flung high into the air and out.
Game!
"This is fun!" Abigail cheered, as she and Lavinia were teleported to the victory platform, standing together as the Ice Climbers, Kirby and Ganondorf (half-heartedly), cheered for their victory.
Admittedly, they'd had the advantage of being new and confusing, but having fun was part of the game.
Sanson was quiet as he sat with Abigail and Lavinia, alongside the rest of the smashers as they watched the last battle taking place. Mario, Ganondorf (Who had crawled his way out of the losers bracket), Sephiroth and Falco were all fighting on 'Final Destination'.
"I'll bet three bottles of Chateau Romani on Mario," Link offered as Sanson hummed.
"I don't have much, but I'll bet my best hat on Falco," Sanson offered as Samus scoffed.
"It's a sucker's bet, Mario's won the past six tournaments here," she stated, her helmet off as she took a drink from the beer she had.
"I'll bet the Yami Yami no Mi, and the Gura Gura no Mi on Ganondorf." Abigail suddenly said, all eyes on her.
"Where did you get Whitebeard's fruit!?" Fox asked, already looking to bet in as Abigail smirked.
"Turns out that if you try hard enough, and have eldritch powers, Blackbeard can be killed. I opened a portal in his skull and shoved a key through it, then dragged both the Gura Gura and the Yami Yami to me via just watching the nearby fruit," Abigail admitted as Lavinia rolled her eyes.
"That was our second loop by the way," Lavinia muttered and shook her head.
"I'll bet an Arwing on Mario," Fox declared as Lavinia shrugged.
"I'll bet a full set of unused Materia on Mario," Cloud offered as well.
"Two Energy Drops and two Talismans on Sephiroth," Ike bet back as Lavinia smirked.
"I'll bet the Glint Glint no Mi and the Goro Goro no Mi on Ganondorf," Lavinia offered, several people all starting to chime in as Sanson shook his head.
Most people started betting on, most of them on Mario or Sephiroth, a few on Falco, and only Kirby and Bowser also betting on Ganondorf with bets of a spare Star Rod and a set of power-ups up for grabs. Most people had put up stuff they could easily get back in their home loops, but there had been a few outliers like Mewtwo betting an Intelligent device on Sephiroth's victory and Mega Man offering up a literal battleship on Mario.
When the betting was done, they all settled in to watch the final struggle of the Smash Tournament for the loop. And it was coming down to the wire.
"Darn it!" Dedede complained as Falco was finally knocked out by Mario, leaving several people groaning as Sanson crossed his arms.
"Well there goes my hat," Sanson complained. Shame, he liked the nice steampunk hat he'd picked up from that one loop. It had a certain class he enjoyed about it.
"I knew this was a sucker's bet," Samus said, the only one not to bet in on anyone as Sephiroth was sent flying as well, most of the swordsmen groaning as they began to pull out stuff from their Pockets to prepare to pony up to the eventual victors of the bet.
"What made you so willing to bet on Ganon?" Link asked as the king of Darkness and Mario engaged in one final struggle, both of them being extra careful as everyone was on the edge of their seats.
"Simple," Abigail said with a smirk. "He's driven, very driven. I could see it, and as the one who crawled his way out of the loser's bracket after his admittedly unfair loss to us."
There was a crack on the screen as everyone gasped, Mario currently standing dazed as Ganondorf had cracked his shield, breaking it with a well timed kick from above.
"It's that he really, really wanted to win," Abigail said with a devilish grin as Mario was Reverse Warlock Punched directly off the stage, a massive explosion going off as the final 'GAME!' was sounded.
Ganondorf had won the tournament.
"Hat's off to you then," Sanson handed Lavinia his hat, and she chuckled before stowing it away in her Pocket.
"Wo!" Kirby cheered as Bowser laughed, proud that Mario had lost finally, that winning streak had been going on for a while!
As the battlers from the last round appeared in the crowded lounge, an announcement came over the intercom, a pre-recorded message saying the Loop would be ending in fifteen minutes.
"Well this has been fun," Abigail noted as she, Lavinia, Kirby and Bowser went to divy up all their new spoils, and Abigail waved Ganon over as both she and Lavinia pulled out the Devil Fruits they'd taken.
"What are these for?" Ganondorf asked as he took them all.
"Winning silly!" Abigail giggled as the king of evil Pocketed the Devil Fruits.
"Can I have the Materia, the Chateau Romani?" Lavinia asked.
"Sure kid," Bowser passed them over, Lavinia putting the bottles and the materia away in her Pocket as Abigail looked the pile over.
"Um… can I take the Yato, the energy drops and talismans, the Hammer Copy Essence, and the Poltergust five-thousand?" Abigail asked as Kirby held up the Poltergust.
"Trade me the hat and we have a deal," Kirby offered, Lavinia shrugging as she pulled out Sanson's hat.
"Well, never getting that back," Sanson muttered as Abigail cheerfully Pocketed her own spoils as well.
"Anything else kids?" Bowser questioned as Mario was currently congratulating Ganondorf on taking the trophy… for now.
"Yeah, one more thing," Abigail said as she pointed at the "I would like Lucina's mask, the Crystal Skull from Joker and the Mirror Shield," she asked.
"You did start the betting on Ganon, so sure," Bowser passed the objects over, Abigail Pocketing them as Lavinia grabbed one more thing.
"No problems if I take these?" she asked, holding up the bet from Pikachu. A pair of evolution stones, Dusk and Dawn.
"You're good," Kirby offered, Lavinia Pocketing the two stones as Kirby Pocketed his new Steampunk hat. Bowser ended up taking most of the stuff that people had offered up for bet.
"Pleasure meeting you kids," Bowser offered, laughing as he went over to Ganondorf and clapped him on the back, Sanson watching as he nodded to Link and Samus.
"Well I do say we'll be meeting again soon. It was a pleasure to fight with you all," Sanson shook hands with them.
"To you as well mister Sanson," Samus noted and Link nodded.
"Yeah, hope to see you all in Hyrule sometime. Ganondorf will probably be happy to see you if he's Awake," Link noted.
"He'll be happy to see the girls that is," Sanson commented as everyone waited for the final countdown.
All in all, it had been a fun time, if a relatively short one for everyone involved.
7.3
[Fate Grand Order] [Various]
Gawain in Pain
The following footage has been taken by Ritsuka Fujimaru, showcasing shenanigans involving various loopers getting pissed at Sir Gawain.
[Dragonball]
'Vegeta'
"As long as the sun is shining-" Gawain started before Vegata pointed his hand at the sun.
"THAT'S IT! BLOWING UP THE SUN NOW!" Vegeta screamed, spinning around towards the sun with hands cupped.
"Wait no Vegeta-" Mash started as Ritsuka was recording. This was going to end very badly.
"Welp, punishment Loop incoming…" Ritsuka muttered as Vegeta screamed.
Madness Enhancement was a bitch sometimes.
"FINAL FLASH!"
As the Saiyan fired said massive beam of destruction towards the sun, Ritsuka just awaited death. It came about twelve seconds later when the sun exploded, and the Loop crashed from her death. At least her footage was safe in her Pocket.
[MLP]
'Princess Luna'
"As long as the sun is shining-" Gawain started as Luna, summoned as Caster, scoffed.
"Really? As long as it's shining?" She asked, before her horn lit up.
Everyone watched as the moon eclipsed the sun rather quickly, Gawain blinking and Ritsuka just held up his camera and kept recording. "Oh this one's going in the album."
"The sun… no…" Gawain rather pitifully cried before Luna turned her horn towards him and blasted him through about seventeen walls and right into the Holy Lance.
Inside said Holy Lance, Rhongomyniad blinked as Gawain was planted face first through her throne, and then looked at the eclipse going on. "Hmm… perhaps Chaldea is a bit stronger than I presumed," the goddess mused.
[Schlock Mercenary]
'Petey'
"As long as the sun is shining-" Gawain started, and Petey cracked his neck.
"Shining? Is that all? I can deal with that, wait here," he vanished.
"Wait, where did...?" Gawain muttered before suddenly the sun shut off. "What is that!?"
"Oh hey, dyson sphere," Da Vinci mused in utter darkness as Petey appeared again.
"Buuthandi is deployed, long guns are warming up," Petey mumbled with the air of someone running through a checklist. "Ready. Let's get back to business, shall we?" the digital koala suggested, and Gawain roared before a wormhole opened up before him and disgorged a powerful laser that shot him straight through several dozen walls.
"Hey, can you please turn the sun back on?" Ritsuka called out, the Master freezing slowly as Petey rolled his eyes and vanished again, the light returning as he did.
"Apologies, but I don't much care for people who think I cannot circumvent their strengths," he said. "What's next?"
[Kirby]
'Kirby'
"As long as the sun is shining-" Gawain started, before a powerful gust began to pull on him. "Hey! Wait!"
"Oh dear…" Mash started as poor Bedievere had to watch Gawain struggle before the night of the Sun was sucked up into the black hole that was Kirby's stomach. He swallowed, and then a flaming sword appeared in his hands as well as a nice fancy cape around him.
"Fire sword already? I would have thought it would have been one or the other," Kirby mused as Ritsuka just started snickering. That was one way to get rid of Gawain.
[Warhammer 40k]
'Leman Russ'
"As long as the sun is shining-" Gawain began again, and Leman snapped his fingers.
"Yeah, don't care, why don't you meet a tank," he ordered, pulling a Leman Russ tank out of his pocket.
Gawain had about two seconds to bring up Galantine to block the tank shell, and was subsequently punted into the walls of the holy city before Leman loaded another shell and smashed him again. "Swordsmanship doesn't matter when I have a tank!" Leman declared.
"You cowardly-" he got nailed with another tank shell from the main gun, this one putting him straight through the city walls as Leman laughed.
"Tough shit eh!?" he shouted as Ritsuka started leading civilians away.
"Just keep it up Leman!" Ritsuka ordered, the currently male Master climbing into the car with Da Vinci, Mash, Altria and Cu.
"I'm having fun with this punk!" Leman laughed as Gawain pulled himself out again, and then got shot with another tank shell, punching him through about five more buildings and collapsing a bakery on top of him.
He would go through about twenty more buildings before finally dying due to nothing but excess tank shelling.
[Sword Art Online]
'Kirito'
"As long as the sun is shining-" Gawain declared as Kirito rolled his eyes.
"You know what, duel me," he ordered, pulling out both his basic blades as Gawain raised his sword.
"You think you can best me at my strongest?" Gawain questioned, igniting Galantine.
"I know I can," Kirito said with a smirk before rushing forward.
The two clashed maybe five times before Kirito got behind him, stabbing him through the shoulder and then trying to decapitate, but Gawain blocked and punched the black blade away, and followed up with trying to slash Kirito across the chest.
Leaping himself exposed for the swordsman to drop both his swords and stab him with a pair of knives in both eyes.
"GAH!" Gawain flinched backwards, flailing his swords as Kirito grabbed both his blades and leapt upwards, cleaving Gawain's head off as he came down and smirking.
"So much for the might of the sun," he said, as Ritsuka, Mash and Da Vinci all held up score cards. 6, 10, and 4.532.
"Everyone's a critic."
[RWBY]
'Yang Xiao-Long'
"As long as the sun is shining-" Gawain began as Yang walked towards him, menacingly.
"Really now? Well I'm hotter than the sun 'Sir Gawain'," Yang noted, cracking her knuckles as Gawain huffed.
"You may look fine young lady, but if you think you can face me without a weapon you're-" he started, before Yang was face fired with him, Ember Celica deployed.
"Wow you're a dick. I like Chaldea's better," she noted, before uppercutting the knight of the sun about fifty feet into the air before leaping upwards, turning into a dragon and grabbing him in her mouth.
Ritsuka was just recording with his video camera with a large smile on his face as Yang started flying Gawain higher and higher into the sky.
"Well I don't think we'll be seeing him again. Oi! Everyone! We're leaving!" Da Vinci signalled the civilians to evacuate, and they began running as Gawain's distant screams continued to echo in the air.
[Sonic the Hedgehog]
'Sonic the Hedgehog'
"As long as the sun is shining-" the knight Gawain started as Sonic tapped his shoulder. Smirking at the knight that currently shared his appearance with his old friend Knuckles, just a bit different from the Gawain from the Black Knight variants.
"What happens then pal?" Sonic questioned as Gawain stared at the hedgehog.
"...Have you not been paying attention, hedgehog?" Gawain questioned.
"Nah, not really," he mused, tapping his foot as Gawain frowned.
"Well I shall not repeat myself then. Perish, Servant of Chaldea," Gawain ordered, raising his sword and leaping at Sonic.
Who suddenly vanished, Gawain leaving a crater behind.
"Hmph, the coward flees," he turned towards Ritsuka and the others. "Then I shall-" before he could finish, a golden shape tackled him, and rather comically his cape was left behind, alongside his sword, the cape fluttering to the ground as Galantine just dropped.
"What was that?" Ritsuka (who was currently a mobian rabbit) asked comically, snorting before laughing.
"Well that was quick," Altria commented as about a second later a large cloud of dust and a golden streak passed them by and left a massive hole in the wall, everyone holding up their hands as the dust cleared Gawain being planted in front of them, without anything but a pair of heart spotted boxers on, groaning as Sonic, in his super form appeared, the Holy City falling to pieces behind him.
"Hey, speed's my name. This guy's tough," Sonic noted as Gawain groaned, trying to rip himself out of the ground before Sonic landed and punted him, kicking him straight out of the ground.
"I WILL BE BAAAAAAAAAACKKKK!" he screamed as he went flying, before becoming nothing more than a twinkle in the sky. At that, Ritsuka just fell to pieces laughing with the camera still rolling as Sonic landed, turning back to normal.
"Oh dear," Mash muttered, the once-girl-now-hedgehog rubbing the back of her neck as Sonic spun around on one heel, waggling a finger with a smirk.
"Piece of cake, one knight of the sun sent packing," he taunted, before looking at Ritsuka. "Yo, can I get a copy of that film for later?" he asked.
"Why?" Da Vinci, presently a fox, questioned.
"Oh, just want it for later," Sonic chuckled, Ritsuka tossing him the camera as they started leading all the mobian civilians away from the holy city.
"You know, I wonder what Rhongomyniad is?" Altria mused, she herself also a hedgehog as Da Vinci stared at her and then rolled her eyes before Altria suddenly realized what she said and facepalmed. "Ask a stupid question…"
7.1: Enjoy the fair, and enjoy the ride!
7.2: Settle it in Smash!
7.3: I want to say 'Poor Gawain', but he deserves this.