[PCs] team trust no bitch aka team hat aka chuuya & caren

[doublesmall]

[but is it really team hat if only caren has one, though? that's the real question here.

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(there is age difference ship content here but nothing nsfw)]

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[sexorcism]

[oh god

Yeah, he's so casual about it, she can tell that that it's normal for him, but the lack of eye contact makes her decide to push the issue.]

Do you have a bad temper you haven't yet told me about, Chuuya Nakahara?

[doublesmall]

My temper is just fine. Anyone would react to some shirtless bastard trying to pick a fight.

[so, the short answer here is 'yes'.]

[sexorcism]

I wouldn't pick a fight with that one, no matter how angry he makes you.

Of course, I can't stop you, but an Assassin by nature is someone who was particularly skilled at killing in life.

[people die when they are killed]

[doublesmall]

What else would they be called assassins for, huh...

[but for all that he sounds dismissive at first-

chuuya breathes out a sigh a moment later, shaking his head.]

I figured that much out when he won. I'm the best martial artist the mafia's got, I shouldn't be that easy to beat, but-- ah, shit, maybe I was just thrown off from not having my ability.

[he has to salvage some pride about it, here.]

[sexorcism]

It's more than that. Immense skill, skill enough to be immortalized.

But if you'd like to argue that you're simply out of practice, we can say that.

[Too bad Chuuya's lying down so he can't see her shit-eating demon of a smirk.]

[doublesmall]

It's true, isn't it...

[he assumes the smirk is there, honestly, he's used to that being the case... thanks a lot, dazai.

he does roll on to his side to face her, there.]

You sound like you know this guy, though. What do you mean, immortalized?

[sexorcism]

[Looks like Chuuya might be taking first sleep, so Caren stays upright just to keep herself charged.]

I've never met him. But I do know his kind - that is, Heroic Spirits.

It'll mean he has a strong reason for leaving this place alive, so he could be hostile.

[stop

fighting

shinshin.]

[doublesmall]

We're all spirits here, aren't we...? He doesn't seem especially heroic, either.

[i'm so sorry but caren's gonna have to give him some more detail on that part]

You're not wrong about the hostility, though, he seemed awfully eager to fight.

[caren explains fate]

[sexorcism]

He asked me, too.

[But she's an adult, so she just said they could fight later.] You shouldn't go out of your way to defend me, but I'm probably a more obvious target than you.

But what you said about spirits isn't correct. We are dead, but we aren't like Assassin. Assassin is the spirit of a man notorious by name in history. Even before we ... came here, he was a spirit, waiting for a chance to fight for the Holy Grail.

thanks professor caren

[doublesmall]

Before we died, you mean.

[it is what it is, phrasing it differently doesn't change anything. something about it just rubs him the wrong way, a bit.

chuuya considers that for a moment, but-- really, it brings up more questions than answers.]

So he just... died again, somehow? If he's that notorious, who the hell is he-- and what do you mean, a chance to fight for the Grail? That's real where you're from too, huh?

1/2

[sexorcism]

[She'll call it what it is from now on.]

He has forgotten his True Name. If we were alive, anyone who knew it would have an advantage over him, but I don't know if that'll be of any used to us in a situation like this. [Then she shrugs.]

I'm just supposed to be an observer of those matters, anyway. [Caren Two-Servants: I'm not going to use these.]

this isn't a shitpost i'm leaving this here 2/2

[sexorcism]

[Caren starts walking in circles across the rooftop, around Chuuya, while she talks.]

sorry we can't be partners anymore

[doublesmall]

So you were... what, something like a judge, or just keeping an eye on it all?

[the name thing, though-- that explains why he's listed without one, and in the midst of this exposition chuuya just sits right back up.]

--hey, wait, so if he doesn't remember his name... you think it'd piss him off if anyone figured it out?

damn guess i'm getting erased

[sexorcism]

[She glances down at him as she keeps pacing in her circle.] A little of both. The War that occurred was merely a construct, so I mostly observed.

[She thinks about what would happen if someone managed to pin down Assassin's identity before he could figure it out for himself.]

He'd be furious, no doubt.

cause of death: exposition circle.

[doublesmall]

Then let's work on it. If he's supposed to be known in history or something, it can't be that hard, right?

[chuuya will come to regret those words, probably, because he doesn't know shit about the right kind of history. but OH WELL.

besides, there are other things on his mind, too.]

So- if we've lost things like our old abilities, I know it might not all apply, but... tell me more about the kind of spirit he's supposed to be.

[there is a nonzero chance he's asking so that he can be a shit to assassin later.]

[sexorcism]

We'll put our heads together and see. [She has a feeling it'll be a more difficult mystery to solve than that.]

A magus would summon a spirit like that to do battle for them in the Holy Grail War, a ritual to grant the victor's utmost wish.

[At least, that's how the ritual is supposed to go. The wishes granted by that vessel would ultimately be different, in the nature of all the evils the world. Something tugs inside of her, and she ignores it.]

Assassin would have skills to facilitate killing, of course. Concealing his presence, disabling enemies.