"Rider, where is your Master?"
"I'm not sure at the moment. He's still alive, but I don't know what happened to him or where he was taken. I can't hear him, but his orders are certain. Getting you through this week alive. Now then, are you ready to take on the mantle of a Master and lead your Servant to battle?"
"I have no real choice, do I? To step up to the plate, that is."
This place.
Welcome, young Master
I've experienced this feeling before, when I was brought into this tournament, this Holy Grail War.
To the Far Side of the Moon
Did I die? Or is this something else, a procedural error within the Moon Cell?
A place where you will be set free from the shackles that bind you
What happened to Rider? Hakuno and Caster, are they alright? And what of me? Will I manage to make it back in one piece, back home? I'm sure they're worried sick about me, passing out at graduation.
I know the actions that I must take, but I don't know if I can actually kill someone, even in this digital world. He did it to protect me, so why can't I return the favor? I'm not a frail woman who needs to be protected. I will still need help, because I am human. We all make mistakes, but I don't want to be someone who seen as being made of glass.
Free from the chains that torture you
A school, simple and appealing.
It is here that you will chose to inherit the order of this world
A place that seems more like... home. A place of rest for the weary. And there, NPC's entering, wearing a school uniform.
Or destroy it
A cherry tree in full bloom. There's someone standing before that tree.
Young Sovereigns, show us the path that we must take to ensure the survival of Humanity
Still, I want us both to make it out of this alive, and I would like for everyone else to survive. But that's impossible, a pipe dream. But still, I don't think it's wrong, just unrealistic. I want to live, but I don't want to kill people. But to live, I have to ensure that others don't. This the reality we live in now, a dog-eat-dog world with everything on the line.
Your dreams, your wishes, your hopes, your vices, your nightmares, your desires
"Well, you must be my Master. My name is Noire, but you should just call me Saber. I'm not exactly sure of what's going on, but I'll be here to help you."
All of these things will show us the path going forward
"Well, will you follow me? If nothing else, this is the local dungeon, and the school will be our base. Are you ready?"
That is all we ask of you
The tree raised out of the ground, revealing a gate. "Saber, before we enter, I would like to take a look around our base."
"Okay." I slid open the door and stepped inside. A simply designed school, at least by Japanese standards. A library, a kiosk and a service desk.
"See anything you want?" Saber took a look, but shook her head. With that, we go upstairs. To the right, a pair of classrooms. To the left was the student council room and a hallway that takes a left. And at the end of that hallway is a room that I assume has the same role as the Personal Rooms of the Holy Grail War Proper.
This place, I wonder if it was a test bed for the rules and regulations of the Holy Grail War as we experience it today? Well, nothing else to see here, so I guess we have some dungeon crawling to do. "Shall we just take a look around and figure out what we're going to do?"
"Took the words right out of my mouth, Saber." We descend into the depths, and endless expanse that opens to a glorious senset. "It's beautiful, isn't it, Saber?"
"It is." Her face was red, but that was obviously the sunset casting it's light. How do I know she wasn't blushing? Because my hand was the same color of red.
"Master!" I…can't see. Am…am I falling? Yes, it seems I am. Why am I falling? I didn't trip. Ah, I'm losing consciousness for a second time. I…understand. Just…why am I so lucid? Why can I think so clearly? So quickly…this seems to be it.
It seems interesting times await me. I smile at the thought. It's the last thing I do. Darkness comes for me…and I face eternity.
beep...beep...beep...beep...beep...beeeeeep...beeeeeeep...beeeeeeep...beeeeeeep...beeeeeeeeep...beeeeeeeep...
"Ma'am, I'm very sorry. We did everything we could." Michael's mother didn't seem to hear the doctor, but Michelle did. She ran to the room as quickly as she could, but there was a sheet over her brother.
"He's really gone, isn't he?" She shook her head, tears tracking down her face. "Goodbye, big brother. You'll watch over me, won't you? Please?"
Once the Regalia is claimed, life will flourish anew, and all of this will play out again
It is your choice…To embrace, or renounce this…
Great Sovereigns, take your throne
What lies ahead, only you can see.
Rightful Sovereigns of the Moon Cell
Take your thrones
For the future that is so dark and empty, a future even the Eye of God cannot see
Sempai, what happened to you?
A certain NPC knew that something happened to a certain individual that was of interest to her, something that should not be possible. The Moon Cell didn't seem to care about her violations of the regulations concerning the relationships between NPC's and Masters, even a false Master such as him.