A metal door opened revealing a medium-sized bed sitting at the back wall of the room. It had dark blue covers which was the only form of color the room had outside of silver and white. In the corner of the room was a door that led to a personal bathroom.
Standing at the doorway were Ritsuka, Ari, and Ghost, who looked at the rather bland room. "I think this is your room," Ritsuka said with a slightly uncertain tone in his voice.
Ghost zoomed off around the room, looking around as if it were an amusement park. "I don't think it is needed, since we Guardians and I believe Servants don't need to sleep," Ari told Ritsuka who shrugged to himself.
"Do you not want it," Ritsuka asked in a teasing manner.
Ari rather dramatically moved in from of Ritsuka, with a very animated expression. "No, I like it, Master," Ari quickly responded.
Ritsuka laughed at her antics and gave her a kind smile. "Well I will let you get settled, I will be searching for Gudako. Knowing her she will be devouring the rest of our food supplies," he said with a small laugh walking away.
Ari waved at her master with a smile. She walked farther into the room, and the door closed automatically. Ari placed her helmet on her bed and sat down. Ghost turned toward her flying over to face the Guardian. She ran her clawed hands through her blond hair, releasing a long sigh.
"I must say, Guardian, this is rather nice, if not a little bland," Ghost noted, his eye darting around the room while he spoke. Ari's attention turned to the small drone.
"Do you think we could win," Ari suddenly asked without warning. The ghost seemed shocked, his eye now focused on the Guardian. "I couldn't save her life, I failed..." Ari trailed off with Ghost looking at her meaningfully.
"We have saved humanity from far worse, Ari. We stopped Oryx and Ghaul, sometimes we will fail," Ghost told his Guardian with a polite and calm voice.
"I know, but I saw her die. I saw the fear in her eyes, when- when," Ari stuttered, gripping her arms. Her eyes glared down at the floor. "I just don't know, it feels weird seeing someone die like that, every death we witness we were too late, or it is a sacrifice, but never was it because I just couldn't save them," Ari cried curling up into a ball.
Ghost was silent for a moment, staring at the wall in front of them. He hummed himself a moment, thinking about their journey before they came here, starting as a New Light and stopping at the Black Garden to save two entire planets from two separate invasions.
"I guess sometimes you can't save everyone, I mean if we could then Cayde, Rohan, Sagira, Amanda, and so many others would be with us, or at least still in Sol. But their sacrifices made us who we are, and we cannot forget that," Ghost spoke softly and rather nicely to her. Ari gave a hollow chuckle.
"I guess your right," she responded, wiping her eyes. "Do you think we will see any of them again? I mean if we are Servants maybe Master will summon them or his sister could," Ari asked with Ghost giving what seems to be a shrug.
"I don't know, but let's put a pin in that and figure out how we should decorate this room," Ghost said changing the subject to something less harsh on them.
Ari's expression got warmer as she smiled and gave a soft yet kind laugh. "You didn't want to decorate the inside of the ship when we traveled across Sol," Ari pointed out with a smile, earning a playful glare from her small companion.
"Yes, but we could see the stars mixed with the lights of the planets," Ghost explained turning his gaze to the industrial-style lights on the ceiling.
"I understand," Ari smiled, getting up from the bed. She remembered flying through the void of space with all those vibrant stars that many Guardians and people hope to one day see up close. She remembers marching across Europa's tundra, looking up at the sky to see Jupiter. She remembers the ivory castles of Savathun's throneworld and the misty landscape of the Dreaming City. "After all we've seen, I don't think we will ever truly be satisfied with mild decoration."
"Says the one who celebrated when they put grass in the tower," Ghost retorted, with what could be assumed to be 'really' look.
"In my defense, it was nice grass," Ari huffed, crossing her arms before the two laughed together. Ari and Ghost soon stopped, their expressions turned neutral before they let out a sigh."I heard that we have a famous artist here, maybe, we can get them to help decorate our room," Ghost suggested turning toward the blond Guardian. "I mean, we could paint the ceiling like a night sky and add some grass to the floor," he half-jokingly added.
Ari nodded, thinking about the decisions for a moment. "We could also add a banner with the Warlock symbol, I mean what's wrong with old-fashioned class patriotism?"
Ari soon stood up with a small smile on her face, with a new goal on her mind. The ghost disappeared in blue mist.
Ari cleared her throat; staring at the metal door. She debated whether she wanted to ask since she didn't know who this person was. Then within a second, she began to rapidly knock on the door. Ghost appeared by Ari, staring at her with a deadpanned look.
"That is a bit excessive," Ghost noted, Ari paused and slowed her knocking causing the little drone-like being to laugh.
Ari continued, until the hiss of the door opening, revealing Da Vinci starting at her. Ari gave a nervous smile and slowly put her hand to her side. Da Vinci blinked very slowly in an irritated manner.
"Can I help you," Da Vinci asked staring at Ari, not entirely recognizing the guardian.
"Well, I heard you were an artist-" The Warlock began before Da Vinci's demeanor changed entirely. She went from what seemed to be a tired woman to a flamboyant showman in only a mere couple of seconds.
"Well of course I am, you must be that Servant from the future, right?" Da Vinci expressed ushering the Guardian in. Ari followed her, put off by her explosive personality.
"She is certainly an expressive one," Ghost muttered to himself following Ari.
They entered this warm and nicely lit room. Unlike the metal walls of the rest of the building, it felt like a cabin, with a workable at the center, and a canvas to the side where paint was splattered. Ari felt fuzzy, like a blanket wrapped around her near a fireplace upon walking into -what can be assumed to be the artist's workplace. Ghost stared at the blueprints of rather impressive if not slightly primitive designs.
"So whatcha need?" Da Vinci asked laying her chin upon her hands, with her elbows resting on the work table. Ari hummed for a moment, her eyes starting on Da Vinci. "Don't be nervous, I know you came here because you need something from the magnificent Da Vinci," she said with a giggle.
Ghost hummed, flying toward the artist. "Well we would like your service as an artist, to help us decorate our room," he asked the artist who quickly took notice of him.
She zoomed toward Ghost, surprising Ari in the process. It was almost like she teleported. "Is that so, well it won't come cheap."
Ari figured that. "How much Glimmer, you probably want silver," she corrected herself on instinct earning a curious look from Da Vinci and an annoyed look from Ghost. "I'm going to assume you don't know what Glimmer is."
"No, I do not," Da Vinci answered rather quickly, followed up by: "What is it?"
Ghost let out a small sigh. "Glimmer is programmable material, it sorta looks like a tiny blue cube. It can be used as a power source or can be transmuted into almost anything." Da Vinci somehow had a notebook and jotting stuff down. She nodded as Ghost explained what it was.
"Do you happen to have this, Glimmer on you?" she asked Ari who nodded quickly. The guardian went digging into her pocket if you could call it that. She managed to pull out a hand of tiny blue cubes of different sizes. Da Vinci took it from her hand and watched it rather carefully. "To be honest all I wanted was information about the floating eyeball. Now this would be helpful, however, so I will accept this."
Ghost was astonished, not at the fact that they wasted a bunch of Glimmer, but at the fact he was called a "floating eyeball." Ari was trying to hold back her laughter, huffing with great amusement. It wasn't long until she burst out laughing on the floor, which soon caused Da Vinci to chuckle as well.
After Ari had settled down the three were ready to continue their conversation. "So what would you like me to do?" Da Vinci asked. Ari leaned forward toward Da Vinci to explain what they wanted.
Ghost and Ari waited outside their room calmly. Ari hummed a soft tune she heard when she was alive. Ghost 'paced' in front of the door when Ritsuka walked by with Mash, who was dragging Gudako behind them. Mash was wearing what seemed to be a lab coat and glasses, and much less like the warrior she was during the singularity.
"Hello, Ari, what are you two doing?" Ritsuka asked, looking at the Guardian.
"Oh, we are waiting for Leonardo da Vinci to finish decorating our room," Ari said, gesturing to Ghost. "Why is Mash dragging Gudako?"
"She is pouting that we won't allow her food until 6," Ritsuka explained, which the person in question huffed, crossing their arms. Ari looked at the redhead with amusement.
"Please, Senpai, get up," Mash pleaded with Gudako to no avail. Ghost turned toward them and probably was smiling if he had a mouth, of course.
Before the two could intervene, the metal door opened with Da Vinci behind it. She was covered in a plethora of colors of paint. Ari looked with an excited smile, and Ghost seemed eager as well. Da Vinci had a fantastic smile on her face.
"I, Leonardo da Vinci, present to you," Da Vinci began as if it were some sort of ribbon-cutting ceremony. "Your new room!"
Ari and Ghost stepped inside to see a wonderous ceiling of the night sky of all the locations they visited. They saw Europa in the far corner of the room, by Titan and Jupiter; towards the wall was what seemed to be a ship with Saturn behind it; closest to the door was a swirling black hole of sorts with the iconic tower of the dreaming city; Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Neptune we're all present; at the center of it all was Earth. Just above the bed was a mural of sorts, with the emblem of the Warlocks.
Ari and Ghost looked around with awe. Ritsuka managed to sneak a peek; Gudako attempted but failed. Da Vinci seemed proud of her work, and Ari and Ghost sure were too.
"This is perfect," Ari stated, her eyes tearing up slightly. "Thank you."
"Don't mention it, next time the price is information on the flying eyeball," Da Vinci responded. Ghost said nothing, giving her a small glare, causing the artist/inventor to let out a chuckle.
Ari smiled and turned to Ritsuka, who looked around the room with awe. He knew Da Vinci was an artist to some degree, but he always contributed stuff like this to Van Gogh.
"This fits you perfectly," Ritsuka noted, staring at the room with awe. "Dr. Roman said we could summon more Servants, you would like to come?" Ari nodded. The question earned a look from Da Vinci.
"You are not going to summon anything without me, Roman is most likely going to break it," Da Vinci said running off. Ritsuka and Ari stood there rather confused.
The two looked at each other and shrugged, joining with Mash and Gudako, and began to walk. With Gudako being dragged behind.
A/N: This is probably my favorite chapter I wrote so far. The next chapter is a summoning chapter meaning the new Servant Profiles.
Althryios: That is understandable, I will keep most questions in the chapters unless these chapters actively affect how the story is written.
Awesome Jalapeo: Deep sight is something most Guardians have, however, each Fate Servant turned Guardian will have an Exotic or subclass that is similar to their original Noble Phantasm, If example Arash was a Guardian he would most likely wield Touch of Malice.
Ignisha: It's fine. For, this is a small headcanon for this universe. The Ghost when reviving Guardians is similar to a summoning, however, due to the Traveler's influence and paracausal powers, that heroic spirit is ripped from the Throne of Heroes, basically stripping them of all memories.
The next chapter will have all the answers but I would like to play devil's advocate for the case of Saber and Gilgamesh. 1st Ari is a combination of Gameplay and Lore, so she is unable to switch between subclasses on a dime, unlike those of the Vanguard, and for multiple fights needs more than just herself. Saber is likely on the same level as most Dungeon Bosses gameplaywise. Gilgamesh is equal to Aksis and Atheon so Ari will have a rather tough fight.
I do still think Ari would beat both of them.
Here are the questions if you like to answer them. Here at the questions:
1. How do you think Stay Night would change if Ari replaced Cu as the Lancer?
2. Who would win Saber vs. Ari?
3.What will the Nightmares of the Fate Stay Night cast if they were to encounter the Lunar pyramid?