Please read fully before you exit, in case you think this is just another author's note about how this story isn't ever going to be finished. There's stuff here. I promise.

To whom it may concern:
I haven't kicked the bucket, abandoned this story or anything besides losing interest in writing, as I tend to do with the amount of projects I usually start. Essentially this means other things brought more enjoyment and were deemed more important than writing.

To make matters worse for those who looked forward to my stuff in general, I have to let them know that I ditched FF for AO3. There's some stuff over there but I digress.
I want to write more consistently, because it helps with the Big Sad™.

There was actually a 4th chapter in the works and half-way done, but I never did finish it.

Anyway. I'll probably pick this up again and continue over on that other site, albeit I will make some major changes to the exposition.


Dan suddenly picked up a sword from the Aftermath of Kid Gil's noble phantasm and attacks the director who cries in agony and surprise to being slashed by a golden broadsword.
As Olga falls to the ground, Daniel turns to his servants. All but Gil, who looks smug as heck, wear a shocked expression on their faces. From Mash's wrist Roman can be heard.

"Are you crazy, Daniel? Why did you suddenly attack the Director?"

Silence. And then with the most decadent of expressions he turns to you, the reader. "It's time for the Director's Cut, what else?" and the world explodes in a meme montage as I pull the plug on this story to make room for the upgraded version.


There you have it. This one will be archived (lol) and I'll re-do the whole thing, but not from scratch. I still have the chapters and it would be a waste to throw out everything. This time, however, the story will come with more inappropriate jokes and even more ridiculous mannerisms by some character marked by years of customer service.

You can find me as "AnotherDokutah" over on AO3. See you guys over in that singularity.

To round this one out, here's the new rules and guidelines for whatever I'll name this story over there (please suggest something, I am mentally bankrupt). Have fun:

You thought the old rules were bad? Too bad, so sad - here's the reworked list of shit rules you have to contend with until I forget about them like a fossilized senior whose entire vocabulary screams Alzheimer, decide to change them on a whim, because artistic license is the mightiest tool in the shed of an author, or just decide to pull a Nasu and establish them just for the sake of breaking them in the next paragraph.

It's always Ars Almadel Salomonis in the Singularities and all that jazz. So here's the rules, along with some changes to the overall story to go with them like a fine wine. They aren't proofread or spellchecked however, as this is a somewhat work-in-progress thing.


Section 1 - Singularities & You

Give the man a break: There will be an unfixed amount of time between each singularity. Since Chaldea is working with few members, I assume preparations for a rayshift take time.

NEW - Man's gonna break regardless: Expect some chapters to be like Fragments of Chaldea, but worse, because up in this place, the main character is whacky, his adventures are ridiculous, and the cast is unshackled. Nothing is sacred. Expect hijinks and other stupid happenings to be described in great detail. Maybe the real danger were the pauses between our quest through the singularities?

Been there, done that: Servants remember the events from singularities. I feel like this was a cop-out by the writers to make things easier on the devs/budget. If you gotta ask why? They bothered to appear to kick Demon God Pillar's asses when we fixed the singularities. Why show up to the afterparty of some event you can't remember?

Silent Bystanders: It makes sense for a mobile game with a cast of infinite potential outcomes, but servants in the party will interact with the stories of the singularities instead of only 'standing by for action'.

NEW - All Singularities & Lostbelts Any%: It is very likely that you know the story of the game. I also know the story of the game. Why repeat stuff that won't be changed. You probably read a billion explanations on how summoning servants work in other FGO stories. I'll not do it again. This also means I'll freestyle the events of the singularities as no one wants to go through france again with 50 instances of "oh no, wyverns, we must fight". Plus Dan will pull a henderson sooner or later and derail the story.

Section 2 - Summoning is Serious Business

Gacha is Life: Summoning will work as it does in the game, this time with all the embers, but still no Fous, because that is a ridiculous concept, even for me. Dan will still have to dig through dirt for Saint Quartz.

Powered by Friendship: Friend Points summon are real. Though instead of calling them friend points, this is normal magic power that is slowly being accumulated by the system as singularities unravel. Blame the amazing genius of Da Vinci, if you will. It's scuffed though, because Saint Quartz have big summon energy while Friendship just doesn't pay the bills for summoning.

Artistic License - Magic: Craft Essences will appear as fragments of lore in form of cards that can be fused (equipped) to a servant to bolster their strength. Embers are food and servants can 'eat' them to boost their saint graph somehow. It's magic. Neither Dan nor I know how that shit works, we just roll with it.

Unlimited Servant Works: Each servant that is in the game can be summoned and there can be more than one form of servant around. This will be limited by the protagonists luck which is arbitrarily decided by you and me. This also extends to servants beyond what the MC has played himself. This means for all intents and purposes, we can cruise through France with Napoleon. Or bring Morgan to the Camelot singularity. If they're locked behind the story, however, they won't be summonable.

NEW - Gotta Summon 'em All: Tiamat? Summonable. Goetia? Summonable. Some historic figures I really think should be servants, but Delight Works and Type-MOON can't be arsed to make, because the 69th version of Artoria sells? Summonable as heck. So for all intents and purposes, hit me with your fan servants, and I'll see if they make the cut.

Who is this devilishly handsome fellow, wait, that's me!: If a servant appears in a major singularity and plays a main role in it, they are highly unlikely to be summoned before then. Unless they have been called upon by the audience and myself. In that case, they re-enact the spiderman meme.

You don't count: Some servants play absolute minor roles in singularities and can be summoned regardless. If I can't remember them being part of the singularity, they probably weren't important anyway. Sucks to be them, because they'll get their screentime in all the worst possible ways.

NEW - Me and the Boys screwing with your plans: If Dan has had a high bond of at least 6 with a certain unit when this whole business was still a game to him, then they are very likely to make their appearance sooner than later. There's also some good things in there for Dan. For those who have read the old version, you know, but for everyone else here's some spoilers: They, like Pepperidge Farm, remember. They also appear leveled as they were.

Section 3 - The Universe is your Oyster, or something

Legend Lore (E-): Prepare to get your jimmies rustled, because I will likely end up writing something that doesn't make much sense in the universe of Fate at some point.

NEW - Jimmies WILL be rustled: Fair warning, I won't pull punches, aim below the belt, and piss on people's graves with this one. Like I mentioned earlier, nothing is sacred. Absolutely nothing. Expect some of the following:
- Inappropriate humor
- Politically inaccurate statements
- Edgy humor
- Racism
- Fantasy Racism
- Mentions of unsavory things

In essence, if your jimmies get rustled easily, because I wrote a joke about color, religion, politics, history, mental illness or any other thing that some might consider inappropriate, then turn around before it's too late and you get all angry at me in the comment section. I'm all for equality, so everyone's going to be the butt-monkey at some point or another. I'm not going out of my way to write like an edgy poster from a certain board I don't visit, but there will be some things that will make you go "Hol' up, he didn't just do that, did he?"
This doesn't mean I condone or see the things from the same perspective. Just sayin'.

NEW - Clairvoyance EX: Do you know the story of Cassandra? The priestess to always speak true prophecies, but no one ever believes here? No one but the servants Dan used often will know or accept that he has played FGO on a phone. Thus he will have to bullshit together a web of lies for all his knowledge.

NEW - The six-pack was humanity's greatest invention: In FGO you can choose 6 servants to come with you into the singularity. In this story, the heroes' team will be any masters and Mash, joined by up to six additional servants who can be traded back and forth with other servants on the roster as needed.

NEW - I'll take a number 49, large, with extra canon: Remember when there were 49 masters in the original, because I kept mentioning that there might be the main MC? This time, they will make an appearance, and they will be just like in the story - a goody two-shoes that can be a gremlin sometimes. For some reason I really don't want to muddy Mash with my OCs behavior.

NEW - This wasn't in the game!: Jason was in Okeanos right? But only as an NPC without any true relevance. I'm taking it upon myself to revisit these parts of the story and include the versions of servants that were released waaaay after the storylines they first appeared in.

Section 4 - Daniel Müller wants you to feast thine eyes on his fields of fucks to give (they are barren)

NEW - Expanded knowledge: The original version I wrote when I was a wee lad. Imagine Swole Doge vs. Cheems. That said. Dan has been upgraded from someone who has played until the end of the Solomon Arc to the current state of affairs. Which means he knows shit up until the Atlantis Lostbelt, where he will be out of his lostbelt depth.

NEW - Lost his soul to retail: In the original, Dan was still working at a convenience store as a wageslave. This time he's been fired, because he didn't take more crap from customers and exploded. This will shift his character to give even less of a crap about the opinion of others. He's still fighting for humanity though.

NEW - The balls on this man: Dan will also be less of a pansy. The more annoying the servant's antics, the less likely he is to deal with their shit. This time expect him to punt Gil sooner or later. Wrestle with Dan the chef, prepare to die a horrible death. He's not gonna wrestle with some, like Gilgamesh, regardless. Well, unless we add liquid courage into the mix.

Section 5 - And they rode into the sunset, living happily ever after

NEW - Olga Marie: Nothing changed from the original. She will survive, but not unscathed. How, you'll find out.

NEW - My Cousin Roman: Dan really wants to make sure he can go bowling with the Doctor once this is all over. Can he save this existence? Who knows?

NEW - We resolve problems realistically: Kiyohime going yandere? We can try to fix it, but there's no easy way to do so, and it might fail. There's no catch-all method to deal with the struggles of some servants, but there will be attempts made to overcome them.

NEW - A few hundred men and women in a confined space: In the original, I didn't plan any sort of romance between any character. This time it will be different. Some ships will sail if we want to, however, you decide some of them. They don't have to be Dan with a harem of servants, but we can also make Ritsuka the most wanted character, and even help Romani get laid.