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It really is a terrifying thing, habit.
Neither Maverick nor Dai had noticed their own state for hours now. When opportunities arose to find clothes they'd simply forgotten about it — the urgency of staying alive had a way of overriding everything else. By this point the sense of shame had been replaced by something more like ambient background noise.
[Chat]: laughing to death. how do these two have the nerve to blame each other.
[Shipping_Chat]: I suggest they just get together at this point
[Counter]: my only request is that between them they find one pair of pants. one pair. shared.
[Realistic]: please don't make impossible requests
[Prophecy_Chat]: I have a terrible feeling they're going to finish this entire Holy Grail War like this
[Counter]: don't. I already have the mental image.
The danger of the reunion, as the veteran viewers immediately understood, was not the two Masters. It was the two Servants — both injured, both now in proximity to each other, both with opinions about music and the appropriate moment to share it.
"To celebrate this touching reun—"
They hadn't even gotten the full sentence out before both Masters moved.
Maverick set Elizabeth down before she could draw breath. Dai got Nero off her back. The singing party was interrupted before it started.
Both Servants accepted this with visible reluctance and the resigned air of artists whose performances are perpetually underappreciated.
After the exchange — each side now carrying the other's Servant, which the chat noted was a strange kind of hostage situation — they started walking toward the city together. The unified excuse: beautiful singing attracts enemies. Temporary ceasefire on musical expression.
[Chat]: Maverick has never felt so clever in his life
[Dai_Chat]: Dai has considerable self-satisfaction right now
[Both_Chats]: they are exactly the same person
They hadn't gone far when a large figure under the billboard at the city entrance stopped them both.
The figure's condition: technically functional. The Death War Elephant's premature detonation had been handled by Darius III personally — he'd taken all the blast damage to protect Teacher Pu, and it showed. Dead tissue at the margins. Visible structural damage. The Reshaping the Situation skill running quietly in the background, holding things together. His expression: exactly as composed as always. He had been sitting here waiting, and the wait was fine.
"Berserker!" Nero stepped forward. "I didn't expect you to still be alive."
"Roar."
"Incredible. Those are your inherent skills — Battle Continuation and Reshaping the Situation." She turned to Maverick with decision. "Master. We're bringing him."
"How are you two communicating right now?"
"Roar."
[Chat]: Nero learned Darius's language
[Chat]: she learned it during the concert planning session
[Chat]: of course she did
Before Maverick could form an objection, Nero had already cut down the nearby billboard with the Primordial Flame, located two thick hemp ropes from somewhere, threaded them through, and tied one end around Maverick and one around Dai.
"What are you doing?" (Maverick)
"Displaying your masculine charm, Master. You won't disappoint me."
"Why am I in this?" (Dai)
"Berserker is my dear friend's friend, which makes him my friend. Lending a hand is only natural."
Darius III was loaded onto the billboard.
Maverick and Dai looked at each other.
They picked up the ropes.
[Chat]: GOOD NEWS: Teacher Pu's missing Berserker has been found
[Chat]: BAD NEWS: someone else picked him up
[Chat]: TWO MASTERS PULLING A PERSIAN KING ON A BILLBOARD
[Chat]: with two injured Servants riding on their backs
[Romantic_Attempt]: I tried to picture this as an idol drama. amnesiac female lead replaced by Darius III. Teacher Pu as male lead. Maverick as second male lead who finds her. I cannot stomach it. please don't.
[Counter]: this man can summon ten thousand zombies. that is its own genre entirely.
[Final_Chat]: the farm tool is making the farmer pull the cart
[Correction]: he's a Persian king, not a farm tool
[Response]: I only see two farmers pulling something forward with two beautiful girls on their backs
[Chat]: this is the Holy Grail War
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