Because This Will Surely End Well... [Video]

[oathshackledbird]

[Lancer is slowly getting better at this network thing, though he still doesn't know how to do anything fancy with it and doesn't really like it.  He would much rather be talking to people face to face, but he knows in this case, that is just not a feasible option.  Not if he wants to find what he's looking for in an acceptable amount of time.

The face that greats the network this afternoon is somewhat pale and uncertain, though very focused on his task.]

Forgive my intrusion, but I was wondering if I could ask for some assistance from the residents here.  After last week's experiment, I would like to try and find a few things to gift to others.  I arrived shortly before the experiment started and so, I'm afraid I don't really know where to start looking for these things.

Specifically what I'm looking for are things related to tea and serving it, but I'm open to other suggestions if you have them.  I don't have a whole lot since I'm new, but I am a skilled fighter among other things and very willing to offer my services in trade for any assistance I receive.

I thank you all in advance for your help.  It is greatly appreciated.


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(OOC:  This post is open to anyone who would actually like to help Lancer with his task, but also to people whose characters would like to troll, hurt, or otherwise take advantage of this poor sap who apparently still hasn't learned his lesson about being so trusting.)

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[puppy_lancer]

Don't think there's any tea in the Tower for the time being. You might have to scavenge it from the forest floor or one of the islands.

[Oh, here's your roommate, looking as stupidly cheerful as ever.]

Although I think there was this one old guy talking about tea a while back.

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[oathshackledbird]

Ah...

[What little color that is left in Lancer's face drains out, though he tries to cover it with a forced smile. He'd been happy when he'd woke up and found his roommate away like usual. How exactly did one face someone after what had happened between them during the experiment?]

I was hoping that someone might have some put away from previous months or maybe even had arrived with some that they would be willing to part with. I guess I shouldn't have expected it to be so easy.

Do you think you could tell me more about this man?

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[puppy_lancer]

He's stoutly built, a little on the short side. Gray beard and topknot.

[Lancer peers at his roommate's face over the feed.]

Hey, you okay there? Your face looks kinda pale.

[Diarmuid had by far probably been the one who got fucked over the worst by the experiment. That plus his sad state during the experiment made Lancer feel just a little protective about his fellow Servant.]

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[oathshackledbird]

I'm fine.

[The answer is quick--to quick--to be believable. Lancer should have realized his roommate would just shrug things off. It's how the man seems to work.

It's just too bad Lancer himself can't do that.]

Thank you for the information. I don't suppose you have a name for him, do you? It would make things easier.

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[puppy_lancer]

...Don't push yourself too much.

[He scratches his head.]

Can't think of any off the top of my head.

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[oathshackledbird]

I'm fine. You didn't hurt me that badly.

[He looks away from his roommate and then adds very quickly under his breath.]

Besides, I deserved it. So, don't worry. It's not important.

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[puppy_lancer]

I won't worry about it if you aren't worrying about it.

[Lancer could chalk everything up to the experiments messing with people easily enough.]

And no, you didn't deserve that. It never would've happened if the Tower hadn't turned you into that, and nobody deserves to get hit with something like that.

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[tohko_amano]

Well, the restaurant has some tea, but I wouldn't recommend taking up any of their offers. There are a few floors here that have plants, so I could help you search those floors for tea leaves, if you want.

..By the way, how were the books I left you?

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[oathshackledbird]

[Lancer blanches at the mention of the restaurant. Oh, he knows well the dangers of that place. He clearly remembers the game he played with them for so long.]

Thank you, Lady Amano. I will let you know if I need to go to that extreme. I was really kind of hoping someone might have some they were holding onto from previous months or something like that.

The books are fine, though I have only just started them. It is okay if I keep them, right? I would still like to read them...

Also, while I've figured to the basics of the network, I would like to take you up on your offer to teach me it...if that offer is still open after how I behaved toward you last week...

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[tohko_amano]

Hmm..I don't know anyone who has any leftover tea packets, but there might be someone who does. I'm sorry that I can't offer you any more help with that.

And that's fine! Keep them for as long as you need! I'm glad you're enjoying them.

And my offer is always open, Diarmuid! Where are you? If you'll tell me, I'll run towards you and tell you what I know.

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[oathshackledbird]

No, that's fine. I appreciate your offer.

Ah...I'm at the terminal on the 4th floor of the dorms, not far from my room. You don't have to rush over here, though. It's not that important. I've just heard that you can do things like filter and lock messages, and I thought it might be useful to know how to do that even if it doesn't always work the way it's suppose to.

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[tohko_amano]

Ah, alright then! It is good to know how to do that. It was a little tricky to figure out, but I can help you with that! Hang on. I'll be down there in just a minute!

[Tohko was typing from the third floor library. As soon as she sent that message, she'd be running down to the dorms, and when she reached the fourth floor, she'd start looking around for Diarmuid.]

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[oathshackledbird]

[When he sees her arrive on the floor, he stands up from the terminal and waves to her.]

Here, Lady. Thank you for coming so quickly. I appreciate it, though it wasn't necessary. How are you?

[She might notice as she draws close to him that he's having trouble meeting her eyes despite the kind tone in his voice.]

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[scorchedchivalry]

[Someone doesn't want to actually talk to you, Lancer, after having observed what she did during the event. Really, she's thought about not even acknowledging him. But...]

I am not sure you deserve to have any of the tea from Britain I was given recently.

-S

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[oathshackledbird]

If I wronged you during the experiment, I would hope that you would be willing to give me a chance to apologize for whatever I did to you. Indeed, the gifts I am gathering are for just such a thing, though they are only a start. I know something so simple can't hope to make up for the things I did, but...

If not to help me, would you be more willing to help comfort a young woman named Mami Tomoe? The teas I'm trying to gather are for her since I know she gets such joy from them. She discovered a very harsh truth about herself and her world during the experiment and I did little to help her.

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[scorchedchivalry]

You did no wrong to me; you disappointed me.

Tell me of your actions, Lancer.

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[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid wants to type, 'Who are you?" but he doesn't. He's afraid to know.]

Where would I start? I believed that I had been here in the tower for over a thousand years and every time I had tried to help someone, I failed. As a result, I stopped caring about everyone and everything. Everything I did was about me.

I said such cruel things to those who had reached out to me during my short time here before the experiment started. I lied to the man who let me call him master. I don't care that everyone says it made him happy. They don't understand. I still lied to him! And what is worse I made him promises I knew I would not be able to keep just to cover the fact that I failed him.

I no longer have the right to call myself a knight...

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[scorchedchivalry]

I am inclined to think you lost that right when you cursed a king.

What has your actions told you about yourself?

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[oathshackledbird]

[And suddenly he has a much better idea who this is...]

Saber? But Catarina's Saber then, not the one I have already met.

I'm sorry. I don't know if that means anything to you especially after the experiment, but I wish to say it anyway. I don't know how to begin explaining to you what happened in those last moments. Something in me woke and what I said...

...what I said I have regretted ever since. That...thing is still awake in me now. It wants me to stop lettings others walk all over me. To forget helping others and focus just on myself. I believe it was me giving into that that allowed me to become what I was during the experiment.

Now I am determined to ignore it and those people who have told me it is okay to be more selfish. Even if I'm no longer worthy of being a knight, I will still act like one and focus on helping the others in this place as much as I can.

That way, maybe someday I will begin to make a dent in all that I owe others for my recent behavior...

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[stalemates]

Oh? What kind of tea do you want~?

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[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid smiles. This is a face he doesn't know and he's touched she would be willing to help a stranger.]

Good day, Lady. I'm looking for anything actually. I know supplies are limited in this place so I'll take what I can get. The girl who I wish to gift it to finds great comfort in tea of all kinds. It's why I am looking for it for her. She had a...trying time...during this last experiment.

[stalemates]

Oh, for a girl, huh? I get it, so it's like that~

[She sticks her pinky up and waves it a little, grinning.]

Tell me what she's like and I can come up with the perfect tea for her!

[oathshackledbird]

I-I'm sorry. I think there has been some misunderstanding. If you mean 'it's like that' the way I think you do...

[Diarmuid blushes slightly and shakes his head.]

No, most certainly not. She is a brave and wonderful girl, but she is young enough to be my daughter. I merely wish to help ease her pain from the experiment especially since I didn't to anything to help during the experiment.

[In fact, he had actually made things worse...]

[stalemates]

Hey, I'm not looking for your life story here, just tell me what she's like so I can figure out what kind of tea's best for her. I mean, if you don't want me to make some, then, whatever, but...

[oathshackledbird]

No, no, I do. I just didn't want you to get the wrong idea about her.

[He pauses.]

You can make tea? I don't mean to be rude, but I was led to believe that it's rather rare around here. It would be wonderful if you would make her some. What kind of things do you wish to know about her?