星夜空想

INDEPENDENT. MULTI MUSE. SELECTIVE. PRIVATE. WRITTEN BY CALW.

// Alright. Pretty much everything is setup. Now to make a new promo.

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Allen just stared at the massive pile of paper, a bit confused. None of them seemed to have anything to do with him, or each other for that matter. What was Chaozii bringing them to him, for?

And then a small receipt caught his eye and it all made sense. He groaned as he covered his face with one hand and dragged his skin down.

It felt like he had been gone for months. Maybe even years. Truthfully, no one could tell. To Lancer, it was only seconds. That’s what it meant to be a Grail Servent. Centuries could pass but in the aether of the grail it’d fly by in franctions of time. He opened his eyes to a familiar place, though a bit more dusty than he remembered.

A bolt of orange and yellow whizzed toward him with a voice roaring at him. “Huh- HEY!” Cu dropped his spear to catch Simba as he lept at him, almost falling back.

This he could do with no problem. After all that fiddling with yarn and bits of metal for various, erm, “supplies,” Akira knew how to tie a good, sturdy knot. Still, he watched Kanji carefully, marveling at how fluidly he worked. He obviously had a passion for this.

Akira nodded after Kanji finished his demonstration, and took to working carefully. One thing he’d learned in his own private crafting was that it was better to get it done right than to get it done quickly, so he moved cautiously, weaving the threads with a determination that bordered on reverence. 

After a few long, lingering seconds, he succeeded: a double knot, nice and close to the fabric.

“What do you think?” he asked.

He watched closely, eyeing Akira’s handiwork. Kanji just kept smiling at him, arms crossed over his chest. “Heh- if I didn’t know better I’d say you’ve done this before! That’s near-perfect, man!” He examined the now-repaired garnet closely and nodded. “Seriously, that ain’t half bad!”

His cheeks flushed a little as he sheepishly nodded his head.  “…Yeah, I probably go there a little too much but the food there is just so good! Plus it’s a great place to go out with friends!” Maybe with any luck, he’d be able to try out some new places with Kanji! 

“I do like to go to the arcade.  I especially like the fighting games and the racing games.  What kind of games do you like?”

“Oh uh, ya know! The normal stuff, heh heh.” 

A lie. Kanji didn’t play games at all but he was still trying to be as agreeable with Ryuji as possible. It wasn’t that he didn’t like games; just that he didn’t play them. Usually he spent his personal time doing more quiet activities.

“Fight games, uh, jumping games...gun games. Anything is cool ta me! Hell, lets vs each other in ‘em!”