Fragments of Chaldea

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No idea when I’ll be able to push the next fragment out again, but after throwing all that effort into a difficult fragment I’m able to push out some shards again.

Thanks for all those who expressed interest and followed along during the long wait, and especially to those who’ve stuck around!

That sums up this year’s updates in a nutshell, but it wasn’t calculated delays this time around. Turns out I have far more trouble writing OC entries than I do ones about servants. I’ve had to revise this one several times over at this point because Skyler is a fragile balance I need to get right or people will just blanket oversimplify him into generic labels. 

Unfortunately the delays just keep getting worse thanks to unexpected developments, as is obviously the case with this fragment again.

As for why I don’t task out, I’ll try and put a few key points in what would otherwise be an essay’s worth of a “no”. 

The majority of readers are here because of the consistency of the writing standard, as shaky as it can be at times. To hand out all those plot points would also mean we’re now waiting on others to make a minimum 10k entry that they may not even be invested in completing. There’s still an order of operations that will be maintained. 

Now that she’s been in Chaldea longer, let’s see what Artesia (Arturia Alter) has to say now.

- There’s a robot specifically assigned to handling her food orders now. Yes, that robot was previously assigned to garbage duty.

- Joan’s one of the few other servants who have actually seen her new Chaldean room. She’s the only other servant who’s glimpsed the inside of her closet. Their friendship is complicated, yet surprisingly close.

- She not-so-secretly wants a motorcycle. Apparently three craft coins (one primary, two spares) of that mystic code bike don’t count.

- Chaldean Edison asked if she’d ever change her body to the more mature alter they’d come across on several occasions. She flatly refused, stating a tyrant has no need for useless body proportions.

- There’s a hair-trigger unspoken “ceasefire” between her and Lobo due to the ‘shared custody’ of Cavall II. So long as the other doesn’t harm the furball, no sparks will fly.

- She’s flown some of the Vigil’s prototype jets so the Vigil Edison would know how to improve their safety for normal pilots. She finds the planes boring and unlively despite flying far, far faster than a horse ever could.

- You want to get on her good side? Her favorite order for January is three double-doubles, seven large fries, and two chocolate milkshakes. Or the Chaldean rough equivalent since McDonalds doesn’t have a venture in the secret organization. Yet?

- She’s maintained zero interest in the Emiya Family and New Camelot. As far as she’s grown to be concerned, Skyler and Vanguard are her real comrades. 

- During a benign singularity turned malignant, Artesia and Arturia worked together for the first and still only time. And by worked together, they released their noble phantasms at the same target and dealt far, far more damage than anyone could have predicted. As Tyler joked, “Unless all hope is lost, don’t cross the streams.”

To address it directly: I’m sorry, but I won’t be revealing that information.

These other large projects are completely unrelated to Fragments of Chaldea, and I have a possibly strange interest in keeping my interests from directly influencing the success of the others.

Honestly the fluffy shards are my favorites to write aside from the excerpts from Thronebook.

All questions regarding Proto Merlin addressed here

I’m sorry. Given the current upload time, I can’t given any promises on when anyone could pop in. She hasn’t really caught my eye, but I was wondering when she’d drop considering all the teasing.