Flute Concerto in A Major

[collector]

[Irving Braxiatel appears on the Plane with a small information kiosk. You can tell it is an information kiosk because it is a kiosk and it has the word "INFORMATION" on a sign above it.

He picks up one of the brochures at the kiosk and flips through it, smiling to himself.]

Really, Broderick...

[Setting the brochure back down] And that takes care of that. For now, anyway.

Comments

[collector]

Yes, I have. I decided not to introduce myself as your Master. Didn't mention you at all, actually. I thought it may be for the best.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

It is indeed for the best. Luckily she...does not know me. She is from either an earlier time or a different world. Still, it would be...unwise to provoke her. {Which is mostly re: herself}

[collector]

I'll try not to. [thoughtfully] Did you ever find out what she wanted the Holy Grail for? Something she was asking me made me wonder...

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

I do not know. What did she say?

[collector]

She was interested in the effects and possibilities of changing history. Making a small change to save a large number of people.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

How surprising. I can only wonder why she would want to.

[collector]

A feeling of personal responsibility, perhaps? The things people can't resist changing tend to be those directly connected to them.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. I...am only concerned out of curiosity. I would prefer not to fight, but as Servants continue to appear, I can only wonder if the Grail War is reenacting itself here.

[collector]

Rider, at least, is from a different war. It wouldn't seem reasonable to host a Grail War here when two Masters can't access it.

[looking at her curiously] Would you want a Grail War here?

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

{She almost looks down, but keeps her cool face on} I...No. I am content to live as your Servant just as I lived as Souichirou's. It is what I desire.

[collector]

[He looks at her closely, scrutinizing her not out of distrust but something almost like concern] If you are certain.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

I am. I want my revenge upon the Gods, but I know that it will not bring me happiness once it is done. My life was taken away from me, so I wish to live it.

[collector]

Very well. [smiling] And it would be so tiresome to try to raise a griffin between battles, I can only imagine.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

Ahh, yes, it would be. Luckily the bulls do not need as much care as a griffin. While we're on the topic, I was considering summoning it today.

[collector]

Certainly. Though if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to be there to see it? [Hey, this is shiny and new and cool to him.]

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

I was going to recommend it anyways. If you are there when it is summoned, it will recognize you as the summoner as well, because of the nature of our contract. That way, it will take orders without question and be quite loyal to you as well. Like a pet.

[collector]

Yes, on that note, have you decided what you will name it?

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

I thought that Afratos would would be a good name for it. They are...very cute, as hatchlings.

{guess what afratos is greek for :'D}

[collector]

[Braxiatel's face breaks into a slow, amused grin] Caster. Is that really what you want to call it? I won't argue with you, of course...

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

...I-It's a cute name, I thought.

[collector]

[He laughs briefly and genuinely] I think so too. Afratos it is. You'll have to tell me if I need to arrange any buildings for it as it grows.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

A small stable should be enough through its lifetime. They do not grow much larger than a horse.

[collector]

If we added an extra building to the Great Stables, we could move the horses out of the Small Stables and give that to Afratos.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

Whatever is the most convenient is fine. It will not need them for several months after summoning, after all.

[collector]

Will you want to keep him in your rooms initially?