DEATHLESS.

    “– God, what is with you people and sneaking up on me like that?!” no, she didn’t jump. absolutely not. “ Start announcing your presence normally! Have you no manners?! As a former member of the A-Team, you should know better!!” 

  okay, maybe she’s being a little dramatic but she’s jumpy right now. “ I’m going to let that mini comment slide. As for your question, you try remembering something deathly embarrassing from a year ago and be calm about it!”

        ❛   Okay, o-kay, I get it !  Jeez, you’re so loud sometimes.   ❜   

            POT   meet kettle much ? At any rate, she didn’t really think she was doing much sneaking... Even her Presence Concealment is pretty damn low here. Yu’s pretty sure she didn’t notice because she was too busy dying of embarrassment, apparently.

    “ It’s August already…..” the month didn’t matter, though. no, what mattered was the fact she was distinctly remembering what happened around this time last year and is half-horrified, half-embarrassed at the recollection. really, it just looks like the drink in her hands has offended her, murmuring to herself.

    “ I squeaked. I screamed at a firework. Who the hell does that?! I am over twenty years old why did I stutter, oh god what was wrong with me–”

           THE   longer she listened, the less sense Animusphere made. That seemed like a paradox. It’s probably ( definitely ) none of Yu’s business, but the pure visceral explosion of color on her face was hard to ignore. Honestly, she’s probably lucky no one else came along and decided to make it their business. 

     “That implies you believe them to not be fascinated with anything that’s different from them. Are you sure you lived enough lifetimes around them?”

   “ Don’t get your panties in a bunch, grandma. It’s only natural for humans to explore what they fear in such a manner.”

Archimedes Ward was known for its beauty, and so Medb only found it a natural backdrop for one of her latest videos– vlogs, they were called, or so her Master had happily explained some time ago. So now, the Queen was all too happy to record herself as she shopped, ate, and walked around as she pleased.

However, as she turned the video on herself to take a ‘selfie’, the Rider noticed that she was not the only person in the shot.

Medb frowned. 

Where had that woman come from? She hadn’t noticed her at all until their eyes met in the reflection of her smartphone. Snapping her head to face the other Servant, Medb was quick to show her annoyance.

“Won’t you move?! You’re in my shot!”

@undyingcurse​

           THE   view had been almost breathtaking before she ruined it. Swathes of white and blue, reminiscent of Greece; nature and human architecture often blending together, fighting for coexistence in a sort of harmonious dance. She was more partial to the isolated, open areas, but places like this gave human pursuit some of its very, very limited charm. And here comes this Servant to trample all over that rare moment of peace, their gaze sharing a mutual glower of annoyance through the viewfinder of her camera. Naturally, Yu does what Yu does best— find an utterly unnecessary hill to die on ( so to speak ). 

     “To make fun of what refuses to have it. That woman must have found you predictable, and I am starting to see why. Does it bother you that empty talk fills nothing? You call it, wasted breath. And somehow you still indulge in it.”

   ah. well, that’s an easy question to answer. “ Because relationships with someone aren’t always sunshine and disagreements happen. We may not always like the same thing or think the same way and get upset. That’s perfectly normal. I don’t always get along with a Servant, but it doesn’t change that I still care about them. Most I know used to be enemies of mine but I don’t hate them. ” some examples are necessary here. “ I hardly get along with Goetia but I still like him as something of a half-friend. I’ve fought with Mashu before– we didn’t get along for a time, but does that mean I despise her? No..”

“ Whether or not a person is fond of me is for them to decide. However, if I have already decided to care about them, then I’ll continue to do so– even if they hate me. That’s…all there is to it. ”

      ❛   'That’s all there is to it’. Hm.   ❜   A   soft chuckle leaves her, more a syllable than a laugh— especially since it lacked any humor. She should be angry that a Mage is trying to explain something as basic as relationships to her, as if she doesn’t know that ‘disagreements happen’. She should remind her that she’s been on this earth long before her ancestors were even a thought, and gained and lost relationships that no one else would ever know. But honestly... Yu supposes the minutiae of them has been lost on her— at least, more in-depth dynamics. It’s quite simply been too long. She’s woefully out of practice.

     “I could agree with you, but then we both would be wrong. It’s never wise to use all your vocabulary in a few sentences. Especially if the perfectly fine mind is lacking in wits.”

    “ You don’t have to get along with someone to like them! Trust me, there’s plenty of people I don’t get along with but I still like them. But– whatever you say, Yu! It won’t stop me from liking you, though.” how can you say no to that earnest smile?

           HOW   can she just say things ?!  Yu rears back as if bitten, glancing at her up and down. Her mouth opens and closes several times, for once lacking something to say right away... but eventually it occurs to her that she probably shouldn’t be surprised. She’s been in Novum Chaldea for some time, after all. She knows how this Master, her Master, is. Instead of broaching the incredibly baffling part about like and dislike, she opts to focus on logic instead.

     “I could explain it to you but I can’t understand it for you. A loud voice is no indication of a keen mind.”

● Indecisiveness was not something that Fairy Knight Tristan had been known for during her service as a knight, but it was something that had plagued Baobhan Sith plenty since becoming a Servant. Doubting her own decisions had become common, torn between two versions of herself as she was. She wanted to be better, like the kind of fairy she used to be, but fear of being treated as she had been then kept her poor attitude locked in place as well.

This woman, on the other hand, appeared to be incredibly cynical when it come to humanity. Not that she couldn’t relate, but she was being strangely encouraging for some reason. Why? Did she have something to gain from it?

But that was just how the fairy had been wired to respond to kindness at this point, really. 

“Worms will be worms, you have a point I suppose. But even then, I have no idea what good it will do. Most people have their minds made up, and no one is going to listen to me anyways! Maybe if people were rallied to me like they do my mother, or my Master, but I’m the kind of person that pushes others away.” Sometimes literally.

         ❛   It takes a great amount of... skill... to draw people to you like that.   ❜   SPOKEN   with great reluctance, almost as if through gritted teeth, but sincere nonetheless. If their Master was the same as hers, and it was difficult to imagine otherwise, she could acknowledge their strength — no matter how begrudgingly. Lord Xiang Yu was that way once... Many admired her in those days, but moreso as a marvel than a figure. She was someone anyone would watch, and he was someone anyone would follow. 

         ❛   Maybe it won’t make a difference at all. But if it were me, I would rather trust my instincts and accomplish nothing than roll over because it seems useless. Who knows ?  You could inspire a fool or two that might be feeling the same way, but were too cowardly to make the first move.   ❜   … Why was she talking so much ?  Yu felt like she was stepping off a soap box of her own making. Is it because this Servant was a clear, distinct non-human ?  Maybe. Or maybe she just wanted a break from venting out her ire in pointless fighting for a land she didn’t really care about one way or the other. She clears her throat with a sidelong glance, suddenly acutely aware of how vocal she’s been.

   “ So you don’t deny there is a club about me? Interesting, interesting…. well, since you seem to think they followed me, then the Beasts obviously would show up! Or people who don’t like me. And because you said you wouldn’t go to those meetings, does this mean you like me?” 

     “And yet, here you are. If you expect others to stay away, do not get into their business.”