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[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

{The man that appears on the Plane is no ordinary man. The first thing that you would likely notice is just how big of a person he is--seven feet tall, at least, and muscular from head to toe. The second thing would be his clothing. It's unmistakably Greek ancient armor and clothing.

But enough about that.

Because this very large person has just been pulled from one battle into what he thinks is another. But, surprisingly, he crosses his arms with a hearty laugh}

Ha! I wouldn't expect you to be so quick, Caster! But this is more to my liking! You decided not to bring Saber or Archer, or even my Master, so we can have a true battle, face to face!

{And he waits...but no Caster. So instead he looks around }

The setting could use some work, though. So, with a realm like this, who are you really, Caster? Aurvandil, perhaps? I could respect a Norse warrior, but this battle is already won!

{...and still nothing. So Rider uncrosses his arms to scratch his head}

Hm, perhaps this is a more unique Noble Phantasm than I thought. I don't even feel any prana here. Well, then! Come out, any who may be here! Certainly there are those who lay wait in this odd darkness!

Comments

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

You should be fine around here. There are a lot of pretty strange things going around. Most people won't stop to question what you're wearing. Though it might confuse them a bit.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Hm, then perhaps I should consider it. Luckily these clothes are made of prana, so it's of no concern to change.

{And he doesn't think Martha is a threat, so he dismisses the armor, which just leaves a pretty Engrish-y t-shirt and jeans, as if he were just wearing that underneath}

Do you think this is better?

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[oh great now she's surprised again]

Uhm, probably? [aren't Japanese people short? How DID they find clothing in Alexander's size?] When you said 'modern world,' what did you mean?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

{The magic of mail order!}

Hm, the year of 1994? Fairly modern! Much more than the last time I was upon the Earth!

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

Do you mind, Mister 'the Great' [yes she is teasing which is rather disorienting, really] if I ask how you managed to end up in 1994?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Not at all! To put it quite simply, I'm fighting in a war for the Holy Grail. Not the one you're thinking of, but it's a wish granting machine. A magus named Waver summoned me, and together, we're fighting for the chance to seize that grail.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[a wish-granting machine sounds dangerous!] You should be careful about anything that says it will grant your heart's desire.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Ha, indeed! But I have little interest in the Grail itself! If I am to win this battle, then my wish is simple enough. And if not, then I am glad to fight with such great heroes once more! I was just drinking with King Arthur and Gilgamesh, in fact! The grail is of little concern, for I would rather dine with fellow kings, and fight and seize glory like I once had.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

...You were drinking with King Arthur and Giglamesh? Gilgamesh as in the Epic of? Who else is in this fight, Alexander?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, who indeed! We hide our identities behind our Class so that our enemies cannot gain an unfair advantage, but we've mostly been revealed now...

{Counting off his fingers,} There's the Rider, Saber, Archer, Lancer, Caster, Assassin, and Berserker classes. Berserker is the only one that we still do not know, but in order, there's me, King Arthur, Gilgamesh, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, Bluebeard, and Hashashin. Though, I'm the only one that knows who Archer is. So that one is still a bit of a secret! I will not reveal his identity to others, for he has promised me a great battle.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[is picking up what's important to Alexander here pretty quickly]

...isn't Bluebeard... fictional? I mean, so is Gilgamesh, but I thought it's old enough that maybe it's only half fictional --- but the Grail isn't real too.

[huh]

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

It's quite real! Just not something that many know about.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

I guess I can buy that.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Then what of you, Martha Jones? Have you nothing extravagant or beyond belief?

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

There is the time-travelling aliens bit.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Ha, is that so? Then tell me about it, please!

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

Well... I have this friend. He's called 'the Doctor.' Just the Doctor. And he has this blue box, calls it a TARDIS, but it's bigger on the inside. A lot bigger. 'Dimensionally transcendent.' And it can travel through time. Any place, and time in the universe, we can go there. And that includes other planets, because there is life on other planets. I've met some of it. The Doctor's from one of them. And the universe, it's - it's amazing. Inside a nebula, watching stars form...

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you have quite the sense of adventure! I was given knowledge, briefly, of what Earth knows of the universe, and it's quite a bit different from what I knew in life! The Earth is round, rotates around the sun, and there is even life in other planets, now you say! It sounds incredible, to say the least.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, you still had the Earth-is-flat thing. Don't forget that the brain is the seat of the mind, not the heart.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course! Though, the mind being set in the heart, it sounds much more appropriate.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

Why do you say that?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

It's just about how strongly emotions can take you. Those may actually be in the brain, but it's a feeling in your chest, in your heart. There's nothing like riding into battle, for example! It's a feeling that's in your heart, not your head. That, and a great deal else, I've found. So it's not surprising that we thought the heart was the seat of the mind! For that's where we feel, more than our brain.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

I guess I can see your point. Though it's a bit more than the heart where you feel things, if we're not talking about the brain.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Surely! But perhaps it's the poetry of The Iliad speaking, in that case.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[Don't do it, Martha! It's a trap!]

You've read The Iliad? I didn't think you'd have the time for it, between conquering the known world and all.

[and there she goes]