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[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

{Sitting in a church doing nothing is boring as shit. Here, it isn't much better. However, it does have the advantage of Gilgamesh opening Gates of Babylon without Kotomine knowing (or so he assumes). And thus, this is a perfect time for Gilgamesh to check out his stash. There's a wall of golden light behind him where literally hundreds of weapons of every kind are poking out of it seemingly randomly. Gilgamesh is taking out these weapons one by one, inspecting, maybe polishing, and commenting on them. Feel free to bother the King of Heroes, because he does indeed have enough swords.}

((ooc: As a note, you're welcome to try and touch/grab them, but unless you have significant spiritual power you won't be able to hold it for much a longer than a moment. Also, if you're a history buff/weapon's expert, Gilgamesh has some pretty famous ones in there (Balmung, for example)))

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[cybercentric.livejournal.com]

[is going to stare with his jaw dropped.


staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaring]

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

{Out comes Merodach (http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa315/SeeNoReasonToSmile/Fate%20stay%20night%20and%20Zero/Weapons/Weapon2.jpg), or at least before he glances over to the boy}

You gaze upon a king's treasure, boy.

[cybercentric.livejournal.com]

[is still staring with mouth hanging open, but is lifting his glasses up and down, apparently disbelieving what they show (or don't?) him]


These... These are REAL?!

How'd you get 'em?!

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

Of course they're real! I would not collect fakes!

{Thoughtfully} Various ways. Each one has a different story of how I came to possess it.

[cybercentric.livejournal.com]

Are you a ronin or something?

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

Ha! Such a titles is only fit of mongrels lower than a proper warrior. I am a King, and a God-King at that! I am King Gilgamesh of Uruk, the King of Heroes.

[cybercentric.livejournal.com]

...You're pretty full of yourself.

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

As only suitable for a king of my stature and power. One is allowed arrogance if they have the strength to support it.

[cybercentric.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess.

But seriously - a King of Heroes? Heroes don't have kings! They ARE kings or they SERVE kings or they're against bad kings, but they don't hang out in groups! They don't live in the same kingdom! It doesn't make sense!

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

It was a title given to me. I don't care for whether the linguistics of it are correct.

But if that's such a problem, then I'm also the first King of civilization. Uruk was my city and it attained glory unsurpassed in 4600 years.

[cybercentric.livejournal.com]

Oh. Never mind.

W-what?! But that's impossible! You can't be that old!!

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

I ruled in the era of 2600 BC, as it later was recorded. I died like all mortal men do, but I exist as a Heroic Spirit, summoned to fight for the Holy Grail. I am a spiritual being now, but my soul has lived in Heaven for that long.

[cybercentric.livejournal.com]

Why is this place full of crazy stuff?! That stuff doesn't HAPPEN!

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

That's quite a stash you've got there, mate. Are you going to war?

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

Not at all. It's been a few centuries since I properly looked at the weapons I've collected. So here, away from Kotomine, there's nothing to stop me.

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

What, you can't look at them whenever you want?

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

Most of the time when I open my Gates, it's when I'm fighting. And besides that, it takes Mana that I don't have to open them. So I'm just taking my chance now instead of later.

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

'Mana'? You mean...magic?

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

Not really. It's a type of energy. Mana is just the energy of the Earth, Prana is what a magus uses for their magic, and Od is the energy that humans produce. I'm a spiritual being summoned back to Earth, so I need to 'feed' off that Od to exist on Earth again.

So for using my Noble Phantasms, I need a bit more than my foolish Master is willing to spare for my enjoyment.

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

You're really bound up in that contract, then. [starts poking at a spear]

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't touch those. They're all Noble Phantasms.

{Crosses his arms lightly} I guess so. But that's the price all Servants pay. We all want the Grail, so we don't really care about being bound to out Masters. After all, the one that summons us, they're like us. Magi always summon spirits similar to themselves whether they want to or not.

...Of course, my original Master is dead. But Kotomine is more interesting anyways.

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

Why can't I touch a Noble Phantasm?

So at least you're paired up well. What's this Kotomine like?

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

They're dangerous. Most people can't touch them anyways, but some of the weapons are holy. It depends on the skill of the person that wields them, but there are some weapons that are able to tear the Earth apart and create mountains.

He's actually a priest, which is stupid. He was just born into it, apparently, but he's not fit for it. He has no nobility of spirit and just kills whoever is in the way so that we'll win. He's a manipulative man, but that's why we'll win. None of the other Masters know that he's a Master too.

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

Oh, well. [drops her hand] Guess I won't, then. I like Earth intact.

Sounds like a real winner all right.

[gb2-kitchen.livejournal.com]

{He does pull the spear out for her to see, though; but pulled all the way out, it's not actually a spear but more some kind of cross between a scythe and a spear: a naginata} This one is one of the few originals that I managed to get. Most of my vault is filled with the prototypes because the final products are protected by their wielders. It's a Japanese weapon, called Ame-no-nuhoko. It created one of the islands of Japan, actually.

I pretty much hate the bastard, but I can't say I would like anyone else, though. Having to serve someone else, it doesn't sit well with me.