On being accepted at towerofanimus and some new icons!

[prototyper]

 Ah, well congratulations, mun. Your confidence is boosted up now, just be sure you'll focus on school and all. Your grades are good, so lets keep it that way. I'm just happy that we were accepted. Hopefully, being in a new community will make things less boring for you.

Plus, keeping an eye on Lancer won't be too difficult now!

And, thank you for the new icons. They're very nice, even if they're not as fancy as some icons out there. Maybe in the future they'll be replaced?

Comments

have some Ayaka!Archerko?

[glassesgottago]

Congratulations!

[It's nice seeing Ayaka so confident for once.]

As a muse who shares Lancer's headspace, I would like to concur that the pup does need to be leashed.

[prototyper]

[ Blinks, staring a bit before smiling softly. ]

Ah, thank you! A-And you don't have to worry about Lancer! [ Besides Misaya, Ayaka pretty much has him wrapped around her finger. ]

[glassesgottago]

He's a nice boy. Just keep him close enough so he won't be making too many enemies, and keep him far enough to he won't take advantage of you.

...A blast to the face always works to teach him when he's gone too far.

[prototyper]

I don't think he would take advantage of me... [ Womanizer or not. ] But I will keep a close eye on him. The last thing we need is enemies in the Tower, and I don't want to take the blame for his actions. [ She would apologize for them, however, because Lancer's her responsibility now. ]

... It's tempting. [ She's trying to cut back on her temper. Howev, right now she's too busy staring at Archer. ]

[glassesgottago]

[She notices the stares.]

Yes? Is there something odd about me?

[prototyper]

... You just remind me of someone. It's nothing.

[ blink. ]

[glassesgottago]

Do I? I suppose we Servant all do give off the same feeling.

[Hopefully, Ayaka's realization was just a weak one.]

[prototyper]

It's something... Personal, I guess.

[ Like she should know this servant... ]

I know you're not of my war....

[glassesgottago]

You are right.

[Not a lie, but nothing specific.]

[prototyper]

Yet you seem so familiar to me.

[ fixes her glasses. ]

[glassesgottago]

Perhaps it was another version of me. All I can tell you is that I do not remember being in your War as a Servant, even if the Grail's memory wipes were not involved.

[prototyper]

Hmm... Maybe it's just my imagination, then....

[glassesgottago]

You'll know one day.

[Yeah, she's just kinda trolling at this point.]

[prototyper]

[ Wow rude, she suffers enough of that from Saber and Lancer! ]

Will I?

[glassesgottago]

[But Archers have trolling as a passive ability.]

Yes. Whether or not you would regret it probably depends, though.

[Generally speaking, no, she never regretted her life. However, there were still moments when she would take a look at the carnage she had caused or the people she had lost, and, just for the moment, wish to take it all back.]

[prototyper]

[ and apparently they sparkle. ]

Regret? What else do I have to regret?

[ She's trying not to regret anymore, trying to push those feelings away. She was in a war, she couldn't have these kinds of feelings. ]

[glassesgottago]

Old regrets go away...new ones come. It's all a matter of just working with it.

[prototyper]

You're kind of speaking in riddles.

[glassesgottago]

[A quiet chuckle.]

Am I now? I suppose I must have done it so much during the Grail War that the habit stuck. Why don't you try asking "yes or no" questions. There's no way for me to dodge those.

[prototyper]

Are you me?

[ straight to the point. ]

[glassesgottago]

[Well, that was so straightforward as to be unexpected.]

Yes...and no. True, Ayaka Sajyou was my name in life. I did participate in the Fifth Heaven's Feel with a Saber Class Servant. But am I the future of the Ayaka standing right here, right now? That I cannot say for sure. Certainly, we might have had a similar starting point, but we might branch off in different directions. It all depends on your choices.

[She holds a finger up to her lips.]

But don't ask too many questions about the future, okay? It won't be as fun if I just hand you everything.

[See? She's not as much of a douche as she could have been!]

[prototyper]

[ Ayaka doesn't fuck around. ]

... I.. I see. [ No wonder she seemed so familiar. She can't help but wonder what mistakes she made to make this future and as curious as she is, she holds back. She's gotten enough freebies in life. ]

I've obviously changed, then, in this possible future.

[glassesgottago]

[Maybe that's why her future self isn't an angsty, tortured soul.]

It's impossible for anyone to remain unchanged as they move forward in life.

[And back to talking in riddles.]

[prototyper]

[ so much angst in the past ]

Hm, I gues you're right. Still, I didn't think I would change that much....

[glassesgottago]

It was a gradual process. I think there might be a decade or two or three between the two of us.

[Not that anyone could tell. Servants called up from the Grail often looked no older than their early thirties.]