on watching end game slowly unfold

[angramaintsu]

You're not permitted to get nostalgic now. We're not going back whatsoever.

... though I am interested in knowing how everyone is doing. It was unfair of you to pull me from there without a proper send off, you know.

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[puppy_lancer]

...Most of us are fine. Your uncle is taking it kind of hard, though.

[angramaintsu]

[ Naturally. ] How so?

He has his Servant there, doesn't he?

[puppy_lancer]

He does. But he still misses you and Sakura. I guess he's just closer to you than he is Lancelot.

...You know, he actually walked into a freezer looking for you guys just the other day.

[angramaintsu]

... A freezer?

[ Frowning. ] Doesn't he know that when people leave... they return to their world?

[puppy_lancer]

Yeah, I think he does. He just expect everyone he knows who left to come back at any second.

[Then again, in the Tower, it could be true.]

He...he hopes a lot.

[To the point that it seems delusional.]

[angramaintsu]

It's... wonderful that he's still able to have hope like that in that place, don't you think?

[puppy_lancer]

Yeah, I guess it's pretty good. A lot of people over there have been having hope. After all, we've made progress going against the administrators.

[He sounds a little unsure. Most of the hopeful people didn't go diving into refrigerators.]

[vermicompost]

I miss you, Rin. I worry about you.

I hope you're all right.

[angramaintsu]

[ Her heart aches just a little. ]

--A little. I'm all right just a little.

I've been thrown somewhere else and without the memories of that tower. Life is cruel.

[vermicompost]

Oh. Maybe it's best you don't remember.

[Even if he wishes she remembered him.]

It's not as if it's a good place to remember. I'm glad you're a little all right. [He's not sure exactly what that means...] Life can be hard sometimes. I hope you like the new place more. Is it better?

[angramaintsu]

Sort of. [ At least here she can recall both places at once. Isn't this universe amazing? ] There's a lot of people there--people like Sakura, but not the way I remember her from home. The one who visited the tower briefly, she's like that world's Sakura...

Father is there too, but he doesn't really... well, he's not my father. Then there are other people I'm not able to speak fondly of.

I much rather go where you are at any rate.

[vermicompost]

Sakura! So she's all right too. I'd say to tell her I'm thinking of her and I miss her too, but if you can't remember... Then you won't be able to. No matter what, you're sisters, so it's good you're together.

[They're supposed to be together.]

Tokiomi? [Kariya frowns.] Did he upset you? No one's being unkind to you, are they?

[They'd better not be. Uncle is worried! But he smiles, and nods.]

I'd rather be where you are, too. I think of you all the time.

[angramaintsu]

Shinji's father is here too. [ That should be enough on that topic. ]

The world is strange, but not all that bad. It seems everyone else has a better idea of what's going on since I was pulled in during... unfortunate circumstances. [ AKA she's evil, sorry uncle Kariya. ] Archer usually handles everything for me so I try to not worry about anything other than Sakura and ahh.... Shinji is a girl there, isn't that strange?

[vermicompost]

Oh. I'm sorry about that.

[That's even more worrying. He knows what his brother's like. Kariya's smile fades. No, Rin, don't be evil!]

I wish I was there-- Archer's with you? So you have someone you can depend on. I'm relieved to hear that.

[That makes things sound a little better.]

He is? I mean, she is? Is she very different?

[angramaintsu]

[ She knows he is, but she refuses to let that man have any power over her now. ]

Yes, Archer is my master in this world. It's strange, but I try to not think much of it... everything is strange. It feels as if everyone I know isn't the same person.

[ Shirou Kotomine, her father being younger than herself, a male Saber... it's really weird, uncle. ]

I guess it's nicer than the tower, but... [ A sad laugh. ] I was a lot stronger in the tower. There were people who relied on me there, so I had to pick up the slack.