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Who: Avenger, Waver, Saber, Bazett
When: 26 Jan
Where: Along the castle
What: Avenger has half of his powers back, everything is awful.
Warnings: Violence, loss of autonomy

[Waver had walked away from the fight at the castle. He had only dared to go near it when his circuits cleared some - the first time in months

Once there, he had found his suit folded neatly in a chest, alongside his beloved red coat, and yellow scarf. Putting them back on felt more powerful than having his magecraft back. He was himself again, for the first time in months. Not entirely, there were little naggling things in his head, but he'd take what he could get.

He fiddles with his scarf as he leaves the building again, taking no time to explore. His patience is still too thin, overriding curiosity. He can head back to his house and see what his limits are.]

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[ He blinks. ] One more, temporarily, dead human.

Well, you can leave him alone if you want! I'm not going to force your hand, Saber. [ He shrugs, unbothered by Saber's fury. ] He's just gonna suffer like this however. Humans aren't supposed to be given my sort of rage.

[ Broken magi BT ]

[Near incredulous, Saber stares at Avenger for a moment.]

You child. [Truly, not even a child would work so messily or cruelly in her mind, but 'moron' isn't quite well-used in her vocabulary yet.

Out of option, she produces her communicator and contacts Bazett.]

Bazett? It's urgent.

[It had taken a while for Bazett to find her items and flee the chaos of the castle. It was harder fighting in a body that she wasn't used to (though it was an interesting experience strangling minions with her now long hair). However, she had done it, and now she had her magecraft, items, and body back.]

[After putting on her suit, she had set out to find her lord and her Servant. However, she cannot see them anywhere inside the castle. Thus, she rushes out, trying to spot them in the surrounding forest. In the middle of searching for them, she almost misses the sound of an incoming message.]

[She flips the compact open, seeing Saber's face.]

What happened?

Edited (forgot that getting regains reverses changes) 2013-06-28 01:31 (UTC)

It's--

[Frustrated, Saber can think of no better way to explain than to turn the camera toward the storehouse, making sure Bazett has a clear view of Waver as he is-- and of Avenger.]

It's Waver.

[She stares at the feed. She knows Avenger and Waver didn't get along, and from Saber's tone, it sounded like something bad had happened. She feels her stomach churn from both anger and horror, but nothing shows on her face but a slight frown.]

Keep them both there. I'll be with you shortly.

[She shuts off the compact and sketches a runes of speed. She misses being able to go this quickly, but she is too preoccupied with thoughts of Waver and Avenger to enjoy it.]

[Content that Bazett is approaching, Saber turns her attention to Avenger.]

You have no idea how little your age concerns me when you act as you do.

[ Avenger is... not looking forward to Bazett's arrival. At all. It shows in the air of increased tension around him, even if he betrays it in no other ways. ]

Eh, still stiff as ever, Saber...

Do you expect me to find this humorous?!

[You've caused her friend a great deal of unnecessary suffering, Avenger.]

[ Avenger finds the most morbid of subjects funny. This is okay giggle material to him. He has to find it funny, or he'll go crazy.

Uh. Crazier, anyway. However, he understands that normal people with functioning moral compasses and rational reasoning patterns think otherwise. ]

... No?

Then why do you insist I react any differently!? Do you--

[She mustn't let rage get the best of her, so she stills her tongue. There is more to worry about here than a matter of humour.

She only hopes Bazett hurries.]

[ Doesn't understand. ]

Huh?

[ It was a remark that she was stiff! Like always! As expected! He can find it funny, she doesn't. Nothing else. ]

[Her patience with you is too thin for comments like that, Avenger, is all.]

Where is she?

[And that is when Bazett arrives.]

AVENGER! WHAT DID YOU DO?

[ Barely resists the instinctive... urge... to hide on the other side of the roof to postpone this.

Quickly covers up this urge with douchery; ]

GAH! Stop yelling, lady!

[ Pay no attention to the Waver Alter over there, too angry to string together a coherent thought. ]

[She looks from Avenger to Waver.]

...Sir? What did he do to you?

[And then she turns back to Avenger.]

DID I NOT ORDER YOU TO RESPECT LORD EL-MELLOI?

[ NO

If he pretends Bazett didn't yell that at him, he can ignore it for a bit longer. She glances from him to Waver and back to him. ]

I. Um, [ Don't like him, you have lick his boots and that takes away the fun from nagging you, he's a human, felt cocky and threatened because of paranoia enough to want him dead for a day, wanted to traumatize/freak him out enough to not try killing me

Avenger coughs angrily. ] might have made a oversight with him.

[ Defensively; ]

Him being like this is an accident!

Accident.

[She repeats. Her voice is dripping with skepticism.]

And what, pray tell, did you accidentally do to him as to cause an emergency?

[At least he's still standing.]

[ He glares at Waver Alter. Why are you so useless, why didn't you just die like you're supposed to when the black mud washes over you. ]

Eh, I got a lot of my powers back today and I was testing the extents of 'em...

[ Wait, that's not what she's asking for.

...

Ugh!

Why do acts of paranoia-driven murder and hate have consequences. And now he's moved from glaring at Waver to glaring a bit at Bazett. A grumble; ]

... He was snooping so I pushed him into the contents of the Grail.

[ You know, Bazett. The contents of the Holy Grail. The horrid, vile setting-fire to-huge-portions-of-cities poisonous ooze that looks like liquid darkness. That's currently still seeping out of the storehouse and pooling around it. That mud Waver is currently standing in without any visible sighs of discomfort. ]

...What?

[She is so angry and confused and scared that she has circled back to being completely calm.]

...What?

[So for the time being, all Avenger is getting is flat "what"s.]

[ Not good. Because he expected shouting, and Bazett behaving in a calm manner when she's angry isn't good. Sullenly; ]

This wasn't the result I wanted.

...

[ Her flat reactions lead him to making a prediction there is a lot of yelling and pain in his immediate future. He snaps down at the currently silent Waver, and his tone shifts from sullen to rather mocking. ]

Hey, magus. Your underling is worried about you, say something annoying like you usually do, why don't you? [ Stop being an asshole just because you feel annoyed and upset, Avenger. ]

What reason do I have, you've demonstrated your amazing ability to fail at murder, I should quite think I'd like to see you deal with consequences - and then some.

[That felt good to get out, even if Waver's throat feels as if it is trying to speak while swallowing hot coals. There is nothing but ash and bitterness in his voice, and the pitch is lower than it should be - almost a rumble, like Rider's was.]

[She frowns. Not even being hoarse from exhaustion should be able to create such a deep rumble. But right now, it seems there is nothing else wrong with her Lord.]

M-my Lord...? You sound different...

[But still, he seems be alright. So for the most part, this leaves...]

AVENGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The next second, there's a fist headed at his head.]

Edited 2013-06-29 03:15 (UTC)

[ He rubs his forehead and looks exasperated at this response from the tainted magus. Waver, you're annoying. Even as an Alter. Then there's that furious bellow that erupts from the lady and Avenger looks up in well-conditioned alarm. ]

—how the hell did you—?!

[ Even get onto the roof that fast, but then her fist impacts and holy shit, he forgot about how much getting walloped by Bazett, even at half power, hurts. Stupid fighting machine, she is.

There's a hole in the roof now, it appears she successfully punched him through that back into the storehouse. ]

[ It takes, like two or so minutes, but Avenger reappears from the newly-made hole in the roof, bleeding and nursing his skull. Gotta love the benefits of being a Servant.

He seems to be staggering a little. ]

Holy cow, lady, ease it up, I think you cracked my fuckin' skull. And a few ribs. Possible, my collarbone, too.

...

Oww...

Edited 2013-06-29 03:31 (UTC)

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