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[hetairoooyjenkins]

Listen well, hegemon!

I don't know what your business is in removing me from the Grail War. But you've taken me from right before the very best part - the climactic pinnacle! What could you possibly offer me that surpasses the nobility of an unbarred mortal duel between kings and warriors?

But if it's to be so then let it be so! I will face this new land and these incredible beasts as befits the King of Conquerors! It's been a while since I've been able to wrestle a bull, now that I think about it...

And in the end, I shall make this world - or any other - part of the grand empire of Alexander!

Comments

[hetairoooyjenkins]

Hah. Do I look like the kidding type?

[riastrad_ridire]

The loud ones usually are.

[Pot, kettle, etc.]

[hetairoooyjenkins]

Wrong!

In war, you must be subtle. You must deceive! But outside the battlefield, a man presents his intentions honestly and clearly!

[riastrad_ridire]

Gotta tell ya, I was not the subtle one in a fight.

[The guy that turned into a blood-spurting murderbeast, not subtle? Never woulda guessed.]

Worked well enough for me.

[hetairoooyjenkins]

If you have strength, then use that strength as you see fit. Let it be your cudgel.

But the most awe-inspiring of victories are won without the swing of the sword!

[riastrad_ridire]

What's that supposed to mean, exactly?

[hetairoooyjenkins]

You mean it isn't obvious?

[riastrad_ridire]

You're talking to a guy that solves his problems by killing them or beating 'em senseless until they aren't exactly a problem anymore.

I don't really do any other ways to resolve shit.

[hetairoooyjenkins]

Then that failing is your own. Not every problem is meant to be battered into submission! Maybe not even most of them!

Show your opponent that there is no way to fight, or better yet, no reason to fight. The most skillful generals win their battles without a single arrow loosed.

[riastrad_ridire]

...


. . .


Where's the fun in that?

[hetairoooyjenkins]

Victory is its own reward!

But if you must fight, and you often must, then you must be relentless and without mercy.

[riastrad_ridire]

That much goes without saying.

[hetairoooyjenkins]

It seems that much needs to be said to a man who does not understand warfare!

[riastrad_ridire]

Tch, I understand warfare just fine. It just seems like we've got pretty damn different ideas of it.

[hetairoooyjenkins]

And who could have a more thorough idea of warfare than Alexander, King of Conquerors?!

[riastrad_ridire]

Cu Chulainn, Hound of Ulster. Wouldn't say I know it any better than anyone else, but I know my way around a battlefield.

[hetairoooyjenkins]

If the Grail would truly choose a Heroic Spirit who didn't, I would doubt its wisdom!