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Ixidor "He sent you to go through the nine circles?" she asked wide eyed."That's cruel. No one ever managed to do that as far as I know. As for me, I work here sending the doomed back to their beds before the sun comes up. There's more than enough suffering for them in the night." she answered, appearing to be sad for the loving dead. She looked back for the boy. "So... does your wound feel better mister... Oh sorry, I didn't ask your name yet." "

Lucas stood there holding the magic device Caster gave him, worried. It seemed the war had already started at full throttle. Besides, what the other Master said did make him worried. Despite his carefull preparation for the war, he did not know the details behind the previous Grail Wars, since it wasn't exactly easy to find info about them - specially when he tried to avoid mages. "You know, I don't think we should be standing here dumbstruck like this. Don't you have a safer place were we can discuss our plans, Master?" he heard Cleopatra's beautiful voice speaking. "if I hadn't I wouldn't be worth being your Master."he answered with a smile. "Let's go." Assassin turned into spirit form, vanishing in thin air, and both walked out of the theater together.

Ixidor "i'm not trying to be a creep here miss Mia, but such beauty it's hard to ignore, it's like seeing a face of an angel in the midst of this hellish place." Mia instantly blushed after hearing Ixidor's compliment, lowering her eyes in a shy motion. "I.. thank you, you're very kind to say that." she answered. "wait...what do you mean it has been much time since you saw someone alive here? is there something i should know about!?" She noticed the change in his tone and hurried to answer. "No, it's just... I've been here for a long time and it's very rare for someone new to come in, apart from these doomed souls you saw. You said Minos sent you here, but... why, if you're still alive?" Phantom The girl looked directly at Phantom now. Her gaze told nothing about what she felt, it was like she just accepted his presence there. "My name is Meridian. Who are you?" she asked simply.

Yay, things are going kinda fast now. As for the Murphy's law thing, I actually use Smith's law. Smith said that Murphy was an optmist:" Everything that can go wrong will go wrong, in the worse possible moment and causing the biggest damage possible. " XD But be rested, now that you've met the new guys your nights won't be so hard for some time.

Ixidor The girl kept her worried look at Ixidor. "This doesn't seem like "little" for me." she said."I'm Mia. I understand you don't trust me, but let me at least help with this bleeding." she took a handful of leaves from a plant nearby. "These have some medicinal use, you just need to put them on the wound." she said, handing the leaves to Ixidor. "Now, if I can ask, who are you? It's been much time since I saw someone alive here." Mia asked, her blue eyes still locked on the boy. Marcus "Well, then you might want some orientation right?" the ginger asked him with a smile. "Though I don't know if I should help you. It's not very polite to draw a knife for a lady, you know?" Phantom "They are beautiful, aren't they?" a voice asked the Phantom while he was looking at the flowers. As he looked to the source of the voice he saw a young woman with long dark hair and startling green eyes standing next to him. She seemed lost in tought staring at the flowers too, and she slightly remembered Phantom of someone he knew.

Marcus - Frontliners Marcus started to lose his cool now with the way Sigurd talked to him. Just how much air did this guy have in his head to think they could kill the Gentleman without help? "Ok Breeze Head, tone it down. You think I can't recognize a warrior when I see one? Orpheaus is a good fighter, and you was the one who proved that by the way. I say we need help to beat the Gentleman, else we are screwed. And if you're not convinced Orpheaus will be helpful, let's just see how he fares in battle. If either you or me kill more than him, than I'll be the first to support you." he said, angry. Then Bjorn appeared. "Listen, Sigurd, about that so-called Gentleman, I think I know somebody who might know more."

Ixidor Suddenly a gap opened in the wall of flames around Ixidor, and someone passed through it. "Oh my, it was you that screamed a little while ago? Here, let me take a look on this." The newcomer kneeled next to Ixidor, and extended a hand to him. When he looked he saw a beautiful blonde girl in a white dress, sky blue eyes looking at him with worry. "Please, let me see what I can do for you." Marcus As Marcus walked of, a whistle came from right above him in a tree. Leaping from it down to the ground with agility and grace, a red haired woman stared at him. "Hi there, are you lost?" she asked with a playful voice.

^yes

"Sorry for not meeting you face to face ,I'm a bit busy right now. Caster isn't giving you any problems is she, she can be a bit hard to control at times even for me. So what did ya want to talk about." "No she's being fine." Lucas answered the other master. He made a mental note that this was Caster, however he still couldn't discover who she was exactly. "As for my business, let's just say I know when I'm outpowered. The Servant we just faced here, with a little more preparation, could probably take both you and me unawares, so I'd like to ask you to consider an alliance until we get rid of him."

Oh geez, she'd fit the description perfectly...

"Why m'lady, that would be the boss. You'll need to go up, she lives in the top level of the garden." Aighan answered. Then he looked at his wrist watch and made the world famous "Oh, so late!" face. "I apologize, but I need to get going. Soon day will come, and I need to put all these fellows back on their places. Hope I see you again!" he snapped his fingers and the Loving Dead started going back to their places beneath the trees. Than he bowed again to the group and walked away with a smile.

Oh my, I'm screwed. Now I'll have to try and outsmart the guy of the Trojan Horse. And a Tohsaka. Anyone up for an alliance yet? XD (btw, Elizabeth Hubbard. Am I right?)

Cleopatra looked up with an annoyed gaze to the misterious girl. "Thank you, but I'll pass. So, would you mind to tell me the real reason why you interrupted our fight, or you expect me to believe your Master dumb enough to waste an opportunity like this for nothing?" While Assassin asked that for the newcomer, Lucas stood only half concentrated on their talk. This had been close. Way too close. He still coudn't forgive himself for having walked on a trap as easily as that, not to mention the fact that this Tohsaka Ryu obviously had been following him and he didn't even notice. For someone as proud of his stealth as Lucas, this was unforgivable. Still, it was highly improbable that the boy would do that alone. And as he himself said, his Servant was probably the one responsible for such mastery in this ambush. So Lancer probably was a strategist, just like his own Assassin. A great greek strategist. Only one name came to Lucas's mind, and the weapon and Noble Phantasm that the Servant almost used on them only confirmed his guess. "Odysseus." he whispered, half in respect and half in anger. Few people in history could match the famous idealizer of the Trojan Horse in terms of cunning and tactics, and unfortunately that was exactly what Lucas was relying on in this war. Even in balanced circumstances it would be an heroic feat to surpass this Lancer in strategy, and considering he also had the wealth and strong thaumaturgy of the Tohsakas on his side, as well as being a skilled fighter himself, made the task all more impossible. Snapping out of this line of thought, Lucas turned to the little girl Servant over him. "Thank you very much for helping us." he spoke calmly, despite the more harsh words of Assassin. "I don't know if your Master was already thinking of this when he asked you to intervene but... I would like to speak with him in peace before the fighting starts.Could you ask him that, please?"

"Ah you see, the hierarchy here is quite simple. There's the boss, and staff members. These fellows troubling you are just the residents." Aighan answered. "Living humans are much more interesting than them, with your emotions and all... You fascinate me. As for how can I help, I can't actually do much for you or I'd have to explain myself to the boss, but I guess I could give you some orientation. Forgive me for asking, but where are you trying to go to?"

Wait a sec, burnt pole... Holy crap, is this Odysseus we are talking about?!

Ellaria snaped ou of her shock when the noise started to fade, reapering beside Ethic - and apparently oblivious of what she just did. Still shaking in fear she listened to the talk. "We just arrived here a short while ago, actually... while the sun was still up." "Oh, nice! By day it is really beautiful in here dont you think?" the newcomer answered Ethic in a happy tone. Then he turned, listening to Rose's question, and opened a broad smile as he saw the girl. "Ah sorry, it was too impolite of me not to introduce myself, specially to such a pretty lady. My name is Aighan and I'm a humble staff here. It's pleasure to meet you all." he said simply, bowing graciously towards her. Finnally, to answer Mr. Taylor he said. "Oh, no need for fear my good sir, as i said i'm just a subordinate. I understand if you don't trust me, but i think I could help you a bit."

Of cooooourse, he's a nice guy. *cough, cough*

Oh well, Super asked for hellish so hellish I gave you XD. Serious now, if you think I'm going too far please tell me.

And now that Chile won with two goals of diference, Spain's life is worse than ever. Correct me if I'm wrong, but either they have to completely wreck someone or they cannot lose any more games, right?

Ellaria Ellaria was scared and confused as never before and constantly hearing the howls of pain of the Loving Dead was making her dizzy. She did not know how much time had passed since this hell (literally) broke loose, nor did she know how long she would be able to endure this. Through all the scene, she tried to remain quiet with her hands covering her ears. This was madenning. In her dark world she never saw light and could rely on her other senses, and now all her hearing told her was pain, and all her nose could perceive was blood. She wanted to stay down, to stop hearing, to stop smelling until all of this passed, and she could bear no longer. So, when Ethic caught her hand and screamed to Annie it was almost automatically and without thinking that she screamed back, snatched her hand away from his, covered again her ears and curled up in the branch. And disapeared. ======================================================= Group 1 (Rose, Ethic, Annie, Enya, Ellaria, Mr. Taylor, Byron) All the while the Loving Dead kept closing in, more and more of them. The situation was starting to get critical, since now there were so many of them that they threatened to bring down the trees. All the group could hear the cracking of the roots, and they all understood they needed a miracle to escape. So, it was with utter surprise that they heard someone scream "Back off!" and the monsters start to do exactly that. A path started to open between the mass of Loving Dead, and by it passed a young and very handsome man, well dressed in a polo shirt and black jeans. The dead seemed to make way for him, and none made any movement to try to touch him. He looked up for the group over the trees with a puzzled expression. "Oh, hi. I don't think I've seen you around yet, are you new here?" he asked as that was the most natural situation in the world.

Aahm, what about the trees you'll be on? They'll come from there too you know.

^ Kkk I think if Argentina wins the cup here we will have a civil war XD. But yeah it would be very nice to have a game like that in the finals. Sooo What you guys think of the opening game?

^ Yeah, none of us got it easy, Rusty is as evil a host as us XD . Hope I manage to escape Tohsaka, my character is one that likes setting ambushes, not falling on them.

Uuf, Lancer right away? Tough. By the way, is Ryu Rin's son?

Lucas's eyes narrowed while Ryu made his presentation. He didn't like this situation at all, since generally it was his style to get people unawares. Slowly rising beside Cleopatra - no reason to hide who she was now - he considered their situation. Lancer was obviously better in one-on-one combat then his own Servant, even more so due to them not knowing who the hell he was. And then he had Ryu, whose last name was Tohsaka. Despite his young looks, just that name already told Lucas his opponnent was a skilled magus. And that's what made his mind. "You boy speaks boldly." he said with a calm tone."And dumbly. A powerfull servant alone is not enough to win this War. This is a competition of wits, and I've been killing mages like you since you were a baby with mine." All the while he was preparing, even if it didn't seem so. His backpack was near his right foot. His knifes were within reach in both pocket and sleeves. He only needed a distraction now. And then, Cleopatra took a step forward, looking with despise for him. "Oh, you say you're smart then?" she said in a venomous tone. "Then you know the obvious choice to make." then, stepping ahead of Lucas she turned for Tohsaka and Lancer. Her tone changed into a charming one immediately. "You two make a charming duo, and obviously a strong one. For conquering the Grail, one must have strenght, and I don't mean to give up on it so soon. Forgive this peasant's words, for I will promptly join your party." Lucas made a surprised face "What?" he said angry. "No you will not! I command you to..." The Queen in a quick motion drawed a dagger and pressed it against Lucas's neck before he could finish the sentence. "I don't think a poor soul like you can order me anything." she said aloud. For a moment, the tension was high between them, probably for Tohsaka's joy. It seemed he woudn't even need Lancer, Assassin would take care of her own Master for him. Cleopatra whispered in Lucas ear. "Ready?" "Ready." he whispered back. Turning fast as a viper the beautiful Queen of the Nile threw two of her daggers: one straight at Ryu Tohsaka, the other at the big chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Clever, she couldn't kill Lancer this way probably, so she aimed for the master for at least buying them some time. The little scene they had made before was exactly what Lucas needed to set the detonator inside his bag. While the Servant threw her weapon, he kicked it on their opponent's direction too. He had not a big charge there, but it would give them much needed cover. The bag exploded, launching splinters of wood from the stage in all directions and creating a wall of smoke. The chandelier also fell over where Ryu was standing. Chaos had been summoned into the theater, and while that happened the Assassin duo ran for their escape.