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[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

{Conveniently close to the bar, a circle of marble floor has appeared, with several pillowed couches arranged around a point, though what that point is hasn't be brought with him. The couches are generally meant for two people, but Rider is such a huge guy that he takes up the whole thing. There's a large vase full of wine towards the center of the circle, and several pitchers around it. Well-read members of the plane would recognize the set-up as a Symposium.

Rider holds up his kylix, speaking to anyone that may be on the Plane}

Libations have been offered, and a hymn sung for the green shoot Demeter, and now I am ready to drink! But what is a Symposium when you drink alone? I have brought the finest wine in Brucheum.

Today we speak of tales of life and tales of death! I have fought my battle in the War and lost it honorably, but the Plane did not let me go! But now I have returned to the Throne of Heroes, with my own Alexandria taking place of the void.

So come, come, my friends, and drink! There is enough wine for everyone! Hou, and I imagine some of you will find Greek wine a bit stronger than you expect!

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[bit_impossible]

From Brucheum, really? I haven't been there in ages! [takes a seat on a nearby couch, putting his feet because, well, he can] But even Grecian wine isn't enough to knock me off my feet. I'm a bit of a heavyweight there and--

--Hold on. [an eyebrow is already raised on his forehead as he glances at Rider] You were fighting a battle, presumably died from the sounds of it, and yet the Plane still brought you back? I thought that sort of thing could only happen while you're on the Plane.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

{He laughs with a grin}

And I thought the same, my friend! But luckily I am in the favor of the Plane, or perhaps it is simply a misunderstanding on our part. Either way! I give thanks to them, for the new home I have is an interesting one! I have already dined with Vlad Tepes, if you are familiar with him.

[bit_impossible]

[makes a slight face] I am with my reality's version of Vlad. Nearly married an old companion of mine, once. [amongst other things that happened during that particular adventure.]

The Plane does seem to be a bit hot and cold when it comes to being merciful or not. Between the experiments, the deathmatches, the random Easter eggs and now your symposium, it's difficult to tell just what it wants.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Really! Haha, how lucky she did not take his offer! He is an interesting man, but one that I wouldn't imagine that he would treat a woman well.

{He laughs} Perhaps! But this symposium is not a machination of the Plane, only the one of my own desires. Otherwise, this place holds its charms and horrors, does it not?

[bit_impossible]

Well...I didn't really press her for details afterward. Her business, you know?

[a bit absently as he mulls over other trains of thought in his head] It does, yeah, but so you simply brought this place from your reality, huh? [wonders if this is related to the holographic message he received about a holiday in the universe of his own.]

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Of course, of course. We can't blame anyone for being susceptible to love, or any other things, really.

{He drinks from his kylix deeply, gasping contently at the power of the wine} I did! It seemed unfit to have a Symposium without the proper set-up. Luckily it's much easier to find in my namesake's city then Fuyuki. I can't imagine I could have at all, there!

[bit_impossible]

Why is that? And where is Fuyuki located anyway? I'm afraid I've never heard of it before.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Fuyuki? Ahhh, it is a small city in Japan, though I cannot say just where. It is where I was summoned, so I had no say. An odd place to stage a war, Japan, but it matters little, in all honesty.

[bit_impossible]

I had a feeling it was Japanese, but I'd never heard of a specific city named that. Unless it's a nickname or rename of another city and I simply missed the memo. I really ought to check my postbox more often.

But why does it matter little where a war is fought? Never mind your presence in Japan, which just has 'anachronism' spelled out in bold letters by the way, but there is barely enough room for rice fields let alone a battlefield.

[oliverplus]

[for once his knowledge of ancient history is coming in handy!]

An actual Symposium, really? Can anybody join?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Of course! I will even allow women, since I should think something of modern times, as unorthodox as it is.

[oliverplus]

[snorts] No need to worry about that yet! [has a seat on one of the couches] So...you said you're celebrating losing a battle?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

I am indeed! I fought a fine one against a fellow king, and we waged it fairly. It is the course of the War, and he bested me. It is to be celebrated! No one could do it in my lifetime!

[oliverplus]

[blinks] In your lifetime? You don't mean...

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

I mean when I lived as Alexander III of Macedon instead of using the alias of Rider! It is a complex thing, to be a Servant, but the basic explanation is that I pledged my soul to protect the World, and it allows me to be summoned by accomplished magi to fight in a war to seize the Holy Grail.

[oliverplus]

[gapes] Whoa, wait wait wait! You're Alexander the Great!? I'm sitting at a real Symposium with Alexander the Great!?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

{Grins} Indeed you are, my friend! I do not boast my title, but it is a pleasure nonetheless to see how well known I am, even long past my mortal life.

[ex_fatalist246]

[Satoshi opts to focus on this aspect of Plane functionality instead of on the booze and how very loud Rider is.] Then you're free of your purpose.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Not entirely! I could easily be summoned again.

[ex_fatalist246]

Is that all right with you?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Of course! I would never turn down the chance to battle against other great heroes! It is an honor!

[ex_fatalist246]

["You're weird"] I guess. [But then, Satoshi does himself enjoy battles with Dark. He would enjoy it more if he could do it without cost.] And for another chance at your wish?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

{He scratches his beard, looking almost shy! As shy as he can possibly look, which isn't much}

Well! My wish is only to have a physical body back and live on the Earth. Nothing else, really. It is a simple wish compared to many other Servants.

[ex_fatalist246]

[Satoshi does actually recognize the 'shyness' there.] There's probably someone here with the magic for that, if you really want it.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

I imagine so! But I do not care for it unless I earn it fairly. If I were to have everything placed so easily in front of me, then there's no fight at all!