Medea looked over the various ritual circles she'd created, with Okita currently in... The Caster quickly wiped the drool from her lips, gods that body was PERFECT!
"I-is this really necessary!? Your just looking over my Spirit Origin to figure out how to modify it right!? SO WHY DO I NEED TO WEAR THESE!?". The blushing red Okita screamed.
"Of course not! I am a magus from the Age of Gods, do you think mere clothes would stop me? No, I just want to see more of that sexy body and you'll stay in that until I'm done if you want my help!". Medea slapped the Assassin's ass, causing her to yelp.
"H-hentai!". The blushing Okita squeaked, she just had to deal with this for a few minutes as the Caster figured out how to modify her Spirit Origin without completely destabilizing her body. But seeing the look Medea was giving her, the Assassin felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Fuhuhu, now... We get to the really fun part". Medea grabbed a pot filled with ink and a brush. "Now stay cooooompletely still for me, kay".
"W-what are you doing!? BACK! BACK YOU SHE-DEVIL!".
Its going to take a bit more then one action to cure Okita I'm afraid, Medea isn't exactly skilled in changing classes, so it will take a bit more. At least she's taking that time to become very well acquainted with our dear Saberface.
"She's gorgeous! How could I hide that under a hood!?". Medea was looking at Aleister as if he was mad, the Caster was holding Iris in her arms possessively.
"...She's twelve Medea...". Aleister was a bit uncomfortable with the Caster's sheer excitement, he understood the age of consent had been lowered in many areas of the world, but twelve was way to young!
"I haven't even touched her like that! I'm a pervert but even I have my limits!... And I could just age her up with a potion...". The witch whispered that last bit, but her master heard. "Anyway! I have a perfectly ordinary outfit for a young lady to wear".
Aleister quickly looked away when Medea began changing Iris, who this entire time was still in a trance-like state (After all, he couldn't have her awaken with her new appearance and find it off).
"Taadaa! May I present to you the newly improved Iris Dawn!".
Thank god it wasn't something that'd get the FBI on them, was the first thought that went through Aleister's head. Second he was wondering why Medea had clothes in exactly Vista's new size (Alchemy really did allow for some bullshit when doing body and face surgery), and finally he was wondering where she got the tennis racket from.
"I'm going to be honest, I was expecting to find her in a wedding dress". He admitted.
"The dresses come later, casual clothes first".
"...Okay who are you and where did you put Medea?".
"You do remember I'm a princess? I know when to put duty over pleasure!".
With that, we have another Saberface who will likely be brainwashed into thinking she's Okita's younger sister (Which I may just do without an action being spent on it, since its so obvious to do why wouldn't Aleister to do?).
Creating fake skin was harder then it looked, especially if you wanted it to completely fool everyone.
Aleister carefully applied tiny pieces of technology that would ensure heat, sweat, and even smell would be mimicked. It was world filled with Thinkers, meaning the outer layer of his robotic minions needed to be perfect to avoid detection.
He'd modified the robians a bit, careful what parts he removed and replaced just in case he needed to reverse the robotization process, but he was hopeful no Thinkers would be able to realize something was wrong.
In the future, fake skin will automatically be created for each robotized minion.
Aleister wondered if perhaps he had wasted time, getting a proper area to work on Project Babel was great, he'd expanded his basement some more... But he was also aware he'd need a new base soon.
His parents had already given him calls asking about his living arrangements, he didn't have access to proper water or heating (Constantly asking Medea to heat the Workshop up and supply warm water was sure to get on her nerves eventually), and he was just plain running out of space. He could only expand his basement so much before he reached its limit.
Thankfully, with Medea's help and a bit of Flash Air, once they had a new location for the Workshop figured out, it'd only take a couple hours to move and set everything up.
He glanced to the unfinished Babel, now being held up by wires, he began musing. With Vista now under his control, did he even need Babel?
No, Babel was needed still, he had no idea how Rhongoymniad would react with a Demi-Servant, for all he knew Iris would slowly start transcending into a Divine Spirit and he was under no illusion brainwashing would work on a god. Even if he left the spear in her hands, Babel was required to control its powers more and then finally...
Escape this dying world.
The various upgrades to the Workshop will be carried over when a new base is chosen, so don't worry about a wasted action.
"Why aren't we doing anything?". Okita asked, Aleister raised an eyebrow, waiting for further explanation. "We're strong, all I've seen of these so 'capes' is nothing impressive-".
"And if your disease acts up? What then Okita? I can't kill criminals as Leonardo and everyone is after Faust for breaking the Endbringer Truce. I don't like it ether, but right now we should focus on increasing our versatility and getting details sorted out, like getting you a proper legal identity, along with Iris". The master made his points clear, he knew Okita wanted action, but they needed to be careful. "Look, I'll be sending you out soon, we just need to be careful and have some backup prepared for you".
"I... I understand, just sitting back is best for now...". The Assassin clenched her fists, anger coursing through her. "...Why did you brainwash that Iris girl? I understand Cyber, but was it really necessary".
"Do you know what Heroic Spirit is bonded with her?". Was all Aleister asked, he'd been prepared for this question for a while and was just surprised it'd taken this long.
"No but surely that can't-".
"Its a Divine Spirit, or at least close to it as can be". The master's words froze her Assassin. "Rhongoymniad is a Divine Construct, Vista is an excitable child... So that left me two options, three actually. I kill her and attain mana for the Holy Grail, I have Medea rip out the Servant and likely kill her, or I follow the one path that involves no death, I brainwash her".
"You could've kept her knocked out...". Okita didn't even believe her own suggestions, no drug or chemical could effect a Servant unless it was specifically made to, a Divine Spirit? Impossible. "Ugh, fine!... But did you have to make her believe I'm her older sister?".
"Considering you share identical faces? Its easier to believe... I'm just thankful your both different enough in appearance to Artoria and Jeanne nobody's caught on or just thinks its a coincidence". Aleister truly was thankful for humanity's ability to fool itself, he'd not even needed to use any magecraft and everyone who looked at Okita didn't even have the slightest clue she was near identical to Artoria.
"Its still creepy to think we all look so similar...".
"I blame the Counter Force, if something weird is going on, always blame the Counter Force".
Bond up.
Okita Souji: 2.
A bit on the short end today, we'll see if next chapter is longer. I have decided to automatically do the brainwashing to have Iris/Vista think she's Okita's little sister (Because its just the logical step to take with how identical they now are). I will soon be making Iris her own character profile in Characters.