( grail war event plotting post! )

[sagittaspei]

Ruby City Holy Grail War

PLOTTING POST

This is the plotting post for the Ruby City Holy Grail War event! Please use this area to partner up in master-servant pairs, and generally get some ideas flowing for the event.


Please be aware: we have exactly one master-to-servant right now, so you should be able to team up. If you haven’t found a partner by Thursday, please contact us, and we will employ the random number generator to pair you up.


The GoogleDocs Spreadsheet has all of our participants, everyone’s stats, and will be updated. When you have found your master-servant team, please contact Fel and Meg so they can add the information into the spreadsheet! This post on Waver’s journal is being used to keep an eye on threads, and will serve as an additional point to contact the mods, ask questions, etc.


Below the cut is a quick list of everyone’s status as master, servant, or interference!


MASTERS
Claudia Kotomine, Saber, Maya, Conrad, Roxy, Integra Hellsing, Xion, Adam Young, Caren Orstenia, Lioriley, Masamori Sumimura, Erwin Smith, Tifa Lockhart, Lamont Toucey, Elana, IB, Areith Gainsborough, Chouza Habaki, Ahiru, Danathanu, Sasha Braus, Machi Tobaye


SERVANTS
Archer: Madoka, Utsuho Reiuji, Rip Van Winkle
Assassin: Jason Todd, Zacharie,
Berserker: Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackerman, Labrys, Oz Vessalius
Caster: Jane Foster, Alice (Lidell), Katherine Shalazar
Lancer: Sephiroth, Obera Yun Fang, Astharoshe Asran, Ishimaru
Rider: Waver Velvet, Jean Kirstein, Celty, Tieria Erde
Saber: Davespirte, Marco Bodt, Link, Cloud Strife

INTERFERENCE
Manak Sajou, Avenger, Lancer, Kirei Kotomine, Hange Zoe, Caster (William Shakespeare), Soga no Tojiko, Ageha Habaki

WE BEGIN 29 SEPTEMBER!
SEE YOU THEN!

Comments

[victoriantype]

So I have some plans about who could be Alice's master; but would anyone like to plot anyway? :|a She'll probably try to be a pacifist for the first fight but then defend her master/herself if push comes to shove.

ETA: Alice will more than likely fall into "Protect my master/protect myself, see if others are hurt" mentality because of her age (and lbr, she's not good at using magic period, so having to use it to help fight will be a big ball of New Things to her). I'm using the warg attack as an example of when instinct overrides common sense, though. If she thought she was close to being killed (or her master was), she would do what she could to keep that from happening. (Either by counter attacking or by running/vanishing. TBH she would look for the run option first.) She'll also be telling about the seal functions once she's found her master. So yeah- reluctant to fight but she can and will to protect herself and hers. That pretty much sums up her fighting style. \o/ If you'd like to plot something, let me know here or on plurk/aim!

[all_onis_are_true]

You may end up having a "big brother" following you and your master around out of fear you're gonna get yourself killed, Alice. Fair warning.

[departed_child_of_gods]

Okay, so primarily, Soga no Tojiko is not going to understand wtf this is all about, and is generally going to end up treating the whole thing like a Touhou "incident" (i.e. somebody's responsible and their butt should be kicked). That said, she could also be distracted from "resolving" the incident simply by having to deal with any civilians caught in the middle of the conflict, so that's one thing to consider. She's also, ironically, less of the "beat them all up and let the Gods sort them out" type than the usual Touhou incident resolver, although she makes up for it with a hair-trigger temper. If anybody wants to have to deal with a danmakuing ghost on top of everything else, or want to have a situation where she needs to interfere just to make sure OTHER people don't get their asses kicked, lemme know.

i just want attention

[gordianknots]

Okay so, Waver has experience with Grail Wars before and wants to stop this one. He'll be keen on gathering allies who are not okay with fighting at all, as well as looking for means of monitoring activity throughout the city. If you're good with science, Waver wants to be your friend.

Waver is also extremely fine with going out and engaging in servant battles against those who are taking this war at face value and plan on using the Grail. He's aware this is very hypocritical, and will be trying to avoid having to do this unless absolutely necessary.

Waver is extremely open to negative CR, considering that he's going to spend the entire event going "DON'T DO THE THING!!!"

Also, Fox. If you want to make good on that idea you threw out ages ago about a Kirei and Waver fight? This would be the time, Waver would feel safest getting into a fight with Kirei if he's a servant.

[departed_child_of_gods]

I don't suppose recruiting an outsider ghost who doesn't even get what the hell is going on would be of any use, would it?

[tatakaeru]

have you ever dreamed of having your own shingeki? well look no further because mikasa ackerman might be what you're looking for! compared to most of her castmates she's quiet and intelligent (and might have a brother complex), so you don't have to worry about that. also she kicks ass, and is a berserker. WHAT A GOLLY GOOD COMBINATION (i think).

mikasa is in need of a master! she'll most likely be cooperative in the game to keep an eye on eren, so she'll fight if she has to and kill if she has to, she knows people come back to life here anyway vOv however she will not by any circumstances kill people who aren't threatening her or her master (or Eren and his master)... also she'll probably hesitate fighting her castmates unless they attack her first

BUT she's so powerful and i'm terrible so it'd be a whole lot of fun to have people bring out the monster in mikasa use command seals go ahead i'll kiss you but hey let's plot see what works out and whatnot /o/ also if anyone wants to kill her go ahead tho she doesn't go down w/o a fight yeehaw

[gordianknots]

CRYING AT YOUR FIRST PARAGRAPH, BLESS YOUR SOUL

[sagittaspei]

SO LET'S DO THIS THING.

I tentatively have a Master for Madoka already, but I am totally up for any other plotting if anyone would like to fight or team up with Madoka sometime during the event!

Madoka's main goal in the war is going to be trying to find out as much about the situation/grail as possible, with the eventual endgame of wanting to destroy it. BECAUSE, UH, GUYS? SERIOUSLY? WISH-GRANTING DOODADS NEVER END WELL. Other than that, she'll want to be doing her best to protect the people who should really not be in a grail war good god, and also trying to persuade people not to fight because seriously guys. Seriously.

also, if someone could give her an excuse sometime during the event to use her Noble Phantasm i would be forever in your debt.

[gordianknots]

we need to have the saddest birthday party

Lancer!Sephiroth Plotting

[neverbeamemory]

Ok, so as plotted already on Plurk. The plan is for Elena to be Sephiroth's master for the HGW. It's going to be full of all terrible-ness because, since when has he relied on anyone else for his existence!

Other than the initial 'Hey, you're a Master and this contract might end up mutually beneficial actually' thread we don't have anything else planned so hit up all the ideas here! (Oh but if you think he's going to tell her about Command Seals, NOPE! xD)

P.S. Amber you probably won't see this until tomorrow but if you could confirm that Elena will be claiming Sephiroth here just for easy ref so that spreadsheet can be updated that'd be cool! Also we need to thread out their contract within the first day or this whole thing will be for nothing!

[gordianknots]

Checking in to confirm your master-servant pair with Elena. Is it okay to add to the spreadsheet?

WHO WANTS TO KILL A BIRD

[crowsicle]

So Davesprite is pretty set to be Xion's Servant, but I need someone to kill him before the first week is up to free Xion up to gank someone else's Servant. Who has a Servant willing to kill (or a Master willing to force a Servant to kill, or interference who want to force the Grail War to transpire by killing) a fourteen-year-old crow boy who largely doesn't want much to do with all this? Davesprite's mostly in this to protect Xion and to try to keep the Grail from falling into bad hands.

Also, if anyone wants to fight him, I'm so down. Davesprite doesn't really want to kill anyone but he will to protect Xion or others and he may try to incapacitate other combatants if he thinks they're up to no good.

[gordianknots]

Checking to make sure that marking Xion down as Dave's master in the spreadsheet is okay for now - I'll update it when things change, of course.

Dave, Waver wants to get in touch with you if you are trying to keep the grail out of the wrong hands.

[destructiveprinciples]

Avenger will be making a plot-significent network post regarding the Grail War a couple days into the event (as discussed beforehand with Meg), but as far as interference goes, he will primarily hands-off and staying on the sidelines to make snide commentary because lol he's Angra Mainyu and could be potentially overpowered when it comes to the Holy Grail! Which would be no fun. Plus, he has experienced Grail Wars before as a Servant and knows how these things work.

Anyway, he'll be siding with Manaka and the Kotomines during all of this! If they decide to do THINGS, he will likely going along with that. Nor will he be opposed to killing Servant/Masters if he runs into them at some point in the city.

So :|a anybody want to plot with me for this event?

[gordianknots]

waver is going to yell at avenger so much when that network post happens okay

you don't even know

you don't even know.

claudia (master) & manaka (interference)

[unhealing]

Claudia is a Master, and is therefore in need of a Servant! She's a kind lady who...will probably not be pursuing the Grail for herself, honestly. Instead, she'll be operating entirely on the instruction of her husband, Kirei, and possibly claiming the "overseer" role in this War alongside her daughter Caren, depending on how said husband feels about that. Of course, carrying out Kirei's orders will probably involve both scouting for information and directly messing with people, so...

Manaka, because she's bored and still mad about the DR event, just wants to fuck up all the shit. Congrats, Ruby City, you too can participate in the proud tradition of having a grail-zombie cause problems in your Grail War! She will more than likely be doing...whatever she's going to be doing in cooperation with Avenger and Kirei, because yes.

[gordianknots]

I am so terrified of Team Interference, and just waiting to see what shit they're going to pull.

EREN JAEGER; BERSERKER GREEN

[greatrage]

HELLO EVERYONE. This is Eren Jaeger, and he is your FAVORITE GIANT PEOPLE EATING BERSERKER. Well... he doesn't eat people. Unless you want him to.

He is set with a master for the end of the war (he will be joining up with Xion once Davesprite kicks the bucket), so he needs a master for the first part of the event! Someone who is willing to let him go to be with his crush friend!

Eren is HELLA POWERFUL but hard to control. He tends to get caught up in the fight, but he'll be kind of horrified the first time he kills someone jsyk. Afterwards he'll be aiming for incapacitation and not killing. Here is his stat sheet for reference

SORRY IF I AM SLOW TO ANSWER TODAY, I am studying hella intensely.

[gordianknots]

........is it an unofficial snk rule that you guys have to make the mods cry laughing on im because you keep doing it and we love you all.

[9thbest]

Sasha is going to have Jason Todd as her servant, and the two of them are going to be mostly hiding out and trying to avoid fights. They probably won't be attacking anyone, but they are available for being attacked, if anyone wants to do a fight with them.

[gordianknots]

Adding their master-servant pair into the spreadsheet now, thank you!

JEAN KIRSTEIN

[honestguy]

SO I'VE GOT PLANS FOR JEAN well vaguely, in any case. He is all set up to be Lioriley's Servant, however it is my goal in life to make him suffer and THUS I want him to be killed in a fight with Marco because I live for this kind of pain. THAT BEING SAID Jean will probably not want to fight initially since he holds no stakes in the Grail, really, but he'll take it seriously since being a servant lets you know this shit is real. He's also probably a bad Servant in that he's going to have much more to say about leading than following orders, but that's up to Lior to see how far it goes.

YEAH um. Also he has Disengage which could be really useful for a battle but his Mana is also F so I'm not sure how that's gonna work. (But I figure it means he'll be able to almost-lose a fight and then reset it?) And he has an almost-sadness-powered flame power which I am going to enjoy.

So, who wants to fight? :')

[gordianknots]

I'm inputting Jean's master into the spreadsheet now, please let me know if anything changes!

Waver is interested in getting in touch with him if he doesn't want to fight. 8D

[ultraempath]

SO WHO WANTS A QUESTIONABLY SANE ASSHAT FOR A MASTER.

As a note Caren's interest in the Grail will be purely academic; where she's from there were two completely different Grail Wars operating on completely different rules... which also means she may get them mixed up in this one. Assuming things go ahead, she will be joining her mother Claudia in declaring themselves the Overseers of this War; not participating to win but instead to react to Masters behaving badly by hitting them with a bigger stick. Her father played this role in a previous Grail War and it's kind of a Fate/In Joke.

...So yeah.

Also if you are A) male, B) a suffering child or C) magically evil there may be hilarity involved given Caren's personality and ability.

[gordianknots]

IF WAVER WAS NOT DEAD SET AGAINST ANYTHING WITH KOTOMINES INVOLVED I'D SIGN UP FOR THIS MASTER-SERVANT PAIR IN A HEART BEAT. HOWEVER, WAVER HAS PLANS ALREADY AND THIS WOULD END HIDEOUSLY.

also they should probably and seriously get in contact about how this grail war seems to be working, since she is familiar with the cards rather than what we're running on

Zacharie (Assassin)

[justavideogame]

Oh boy. Zacharie here is an Assassin who currently doesn't have a Master so if anyone wants a 4th Wall breaking merchant turned fighter (who may be kind of ?!?! about it because he's totally not a fighter) he's your guy. While Zacharie may be curious about the Holy Grail, he's not looking in it to win the damn thing.

Still, I like being horrible to him so if anyone would make him fight, that is 1000000% okay by me :] He will probably pester his CR throughout the event to make sure hopefully no one dies either. Zacharie can't sell anything if you lot die on him after all :[

In short, plot things with me :D

[crowsicle]

Sorry Z Davesprite's totally dying

Lancer - interloper

[puppy_lancer]

Seeing as how Lancer and Kirei aren't part of this Grail War, they still carry their previous Master/Servant bond. And, like a good little Servant, Lancer is running reconnaissance for his Master on all these new Masters and Servants. Which means he'll be stalking them and even picking a fight here or there.

And of course he'll work alongside any Servant who signs up with Caren or Claudia. Overseer team has got to stay together, you know.

[gordianknots]

...somehow i am just suspecting if waver finds out there's a servant who isn't apart of the grail war this time around he's going to flip his shit

[ceded]

Okay! Xion is pretty much full up on Servants as it is - Davesprite will be her Servant for the first part of the event, and after he is killed, she will be taking on Eren instead. So really what I need is two things:

1) SOMEONE WANT TO KILL A BIRD? (you know you want to kill the bird. kill the bird. if you'd like to do some bird-murderin' you should tell the bird as well as myself.)

2) SOMEONE WANT A JAEGER FOR A WEEK? (helpin out mah girl over here.)

3) Additionally - and this is not required but it would be a super duper bonus - does anyone who might want to kill the bird ALSO want to briefly live just like the animes? Because there will be slow glittery deaths and tearful love confessions and like, everything, the fuckin WORKS up in here. So if you have ever wanted your life to have an extra dose of shoujo sparkles in it come talk to us. Our lawyers can help you.

ANYWAY ASIDE FROM THE SLAUGHTERING OF INNOCENTS AND THE GANKING OF SHINGEKI BERSERKERS I am open of course for other sorts of plotting! Alliances, rivalries, you name it. Xion does have a wish for the Grail, but like Davesprite, she's more in this race to keep the object away from those who would use it for nefarious purposes. After Davesprite's death Xion will completely give up any designs on it for herself and will make it pretty clear if asked or pressed that all she wants is to keep it out of the hands of Bad People. She's also going to be oh so slightly out of her mind with grief, so: I'm very open to negative CR in this event. If you want a fake ass Disney princess to hate your guts for some reason, come at me, broski. Friendships, support, unlikely alliances, etc are also ofc welcome.

[crowsicle]

Tell me u love me

VAMPIRIC LANCER SEEKS MASTER

[tigress_of_kiev]

Astharoshe Asran needs a master! Who wants a Vampiric Lancer?


Also, Rip and Asthe so need to fight. Asthe being killed would be awesome for other plotting purposes...

I'm pretty flexible about things, but a bit of information about Asthe's fighting abilities. Her attacks are weaker while the sun is up and get stronger as the sun sets. Its all a part of being a MethuselahVampire.

[shadow_spread]

Hey, who wants a master who will...actually do his best to be reasonable about working with you because taking good care of subordinates is kind of his thing?

So yeah, Masamori here is going to be a Master. The thing is, he'll want to use the Grail to get everyone home, so he'll be looking for allies to try to rig the War so this wish comes through. That could cause some conflict with whoever ends up as his Servant, too, in spite of his desire to work cooperatively. He can get ruthless when he's determined (spoilers: he's almost never not determined).

Oh also he's kind of a ridiculously strong shonen hero himself. So that's a thing.

[sagittaspei]

so

i will need to talk things over with Jiyu too assuming that Integra ends up as Madoka's master but

do you want conflict with Madoka re: what should be done about the Grail

[singinghuntress]

So. Why wants a psychotic Nazi vampire as a servant? Rip's an Archer, so at least that's in her favor? lol

But seriously, I have no plan for anything just yet so please plot with me on this?

As for Rip, she's used to following orders coming from a military background so it just depends on how she gets along with her Master on whether she's agreeable or trouble. ^^;

[gordianknots]

Iiii'm so interested if Rip is going for the Grail or not because reasons

lookin for a master!!

[unyu]

DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS OR ANYTHING YET!! Kinda want new cr, though.

Anyway, everything about Utsuho is here or here.

SO OKAY LEMME ADVERTISE I GUESS.

Do YOU like astrophysics? wait what do you mean you hate that class Do YOU think on scales grander than the earth? Then look no further: "We are all star dust" is something this servant will recognize, and as one who controls what is essentially the power of the stars themselves, she knows how to take any fight to the cosmos. She was a final boss in her game to boot so yeah. She knows how to fight! Wow wow I hope that sounds cool. Probably not cuz Utsuho's a big dork.

WARNING: Biggest issues and caveats for any tentative Master:
(1) Utsuho's power lies within nuclear fusion. Power level aside, what that does mean that to her powers there is a huuuge risk. I'm using this to warn that if your character doesn't have some technology/magic that protects from the electromagnetic spectrum (aka "light" in every single wavelength), they are at risk experience radiation poisoning. Also, areas where she fights with more powerful attacks might end up being contaminated. Think of it being hit with a bunch highly powered gamma or x-rays or, like, Chernobyl; completely undetectable by the typical human body, but it messes up DNA and cells preeettty badly and you might end up throwing up within the next ten minutes and then comatose within hours. Note that it takes the earth itself a sphere of iron the size of the moon at its core to divert the sun's radiation away from us, and only a portion at best. So think exceptional magnets, lots and lots of cement, or powerful magic that works with physics/science to combat this.
(2) Her attacks are indiscriminate. Meaning, if you're her master and get caught within the crossfire, you could get hit with that radiation and heat. The surface temperature of the sun is 5,778K. A organic compound would instantly sublimate at that temperature. Her suns aren't at that great a temperature, but they can boil away metal and water rapidly.
(3) Gravitational tidal force. One of her noble phantasms involves making a more formal sun. It's been depicted to be able to pull things into it. Given how low in volume it is, to be able to exhibit this force naturally makes it extremely dense, hence being able to generate gravity. Dense objects able to have a profound effect on gravity exhibit time-space relativity. For a real world example, the tidal force of Jupiter was able to tear apart a comet hundred of thousands of miles away from is atmosphere just by how close the two objects in space are. Her suns won't last more than ten minutes, though, so they won't do anything cool like that!!
(4) She's dense as hellllll. Easily manipulated. Kinda like "eat this, it's not poisoned" she probably would. Etc. Etc.
(4) Obviously this all means she uses a big supply of mana so.... idk she'll probably burn out quickly without a substantial force. I'm totes okay with that happening. :|b

In other words, she kinda... yeah, she kinda sucks in the fact she's got a lotta caveats.

[gordianknots]

CHINHANDSES BECAUSE WAVER'S GOING TO SCREAM IF HE LEARNS SHE'S A SERVANT

[untilavalon]

SO this is a quick mobile tag and I will include more info when I get home, but I have masters Arturia Pendragon, Maya Fey, and Conrad Achenleck. Maya is most likely going to be paired with Ishimaru, but if any servants are left over and in need of a master, Arturia is fine with multiple contracts. I don't think this is an issue anymore though, luckily.

Also, Katherine will be contracting with Adam.

[gordianknots]

I'll enter Kat and Adam into the spreadsheet.

Saber and Waver are going to need to talk.

[machitobaye]

I have Master Machi Tobaye here, a lot less cute than you're probably expecting this time!

(Machi is partnering with Labrys, because everybody wanted that outcome.)

I'm really looking to plot here, I want to do things.

Machi is kind of at a psychological disadvantage here because he's like... a nervous pianist. Not a warrior, not a mage, not a Shingeki. A shy pianist. Also he looks like... nine years old. So that's kind of awkward.

Given the opportunity and the realisation it's an us-or-them situation, though--plus a prize at the end to go for, you know--he might end up being surprisingly brutal about it though.

Come plot with me and Labrys-mun, we're really excited!

[gordianknots]

Got you on the spreadsheet!

[chiabrows]

Both my babies are spoken-for Masters, but I'm still entirely up for plotting!

As for IB and ALICE, as stated in Alice's post way up above, they'll be generally staying out of the way as much as possible, only fighting when they absolutely need to. No plans as for specific fights, alliances, enemies, etc., so have at it!

LAMONT and WAVER, on the other hand, are going to be rather involved in trying to get people to stop fighting over the stupid cup. There are definitely allies/enemies built into that, but I don't believe we have any specific fights planned so far? Correct me if I'm wrong on that, Meg. Come plot with us!

[gordianknots]

Weeee have two planned. Both involve Sephiroth, one is definitely going to be killing off Davesprite.

so you know this'll be exciting.

[nonesodangerous]

WHO WANTS TO COME UP AGAINST THIS HORRIBLE CHILD AND HIS MASTER (which seems at this point in time to be one roxy lalonde bc let's be honest tieria is used to taking orders from alcoholics and little girls) I PROMISE YOU WON'T REGRET IT who am i kidding everyone will regret ever even talking to him

THINGS THAT COULD BE FUN:

+ Tieria is a Rider but there is a general absence of things to ride in Ruby City. If your character has any type of mount (horse, bicycle, ...3DMG????) would you consider having it stolen for COMEDY VALUE and general awesomeness? You can by all means attempt to hunt him down and steal it back/take it back/KILL HIM FOR HIS TRESPASSES.

+ In his world, Tieria literally exists to stop all war! WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO TEAM UP WITH TIERIA IN REGARDS TO WRECKING THE GRAIL WAR'S SHIT? He doesn't for a minute believe that wish-granting cup is a good idea, and in fact sees it as something that must be destroyed for its ability to incite war. Of course, that doesn't mean that he's against using deadly force to defend himself, his master, and any allies he might have gained.

+ More details about Tieria's powers can be seen here! As you will note, his Noble Phantasms are Kind Of Big and will require teamwork or extreme!!! strategies!!! to take them out should they ever be unleashed. If anyone wants to do something with this, I am all ears :3c

+ Last but not least, having mentioned teaming up above, as Servants know they must defeat one of each type to succeed in the Grail War, Tieria will eventually come to the bright conclusion that Servants of one type will be safe from other Servants of that same type (at least temporarily) and will attempt to find other Riders and team up with them, whilst attempting not to disclose his type to other Servants. This logic isn't exactly sound (see: competitiveness, backstabbery, trade-kills) but this won't necessarily occur to him straight away. If anyone wants to do anything with this (even if it involves misleading him!), that would be awesome!

ALSO IF YOU JUST GENERALLY HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BRING IT ON.

[sagittaspei]

so i hear you have an interest in wrecking the grail's shit

[libriomancy]

Dathanyu here is a Master and he's pretty heavy duty magic wise. I think a caster servant would be perfect for him. BUT I AM OPEN TOWARDS ANY CLASS TBH! Darin is also really...not big into fighting. I think he would honestly use the grail to try and get people home or even just make everyone's lives here as comfortable as possible. He's more into peaceful negotiations than anything else. Which might not fly with a lot of servants, rofl.

If anyone is leftover then I will be cool with that. >3>

[sagittaspei]

Madoka is a Servant (and already has a Master in Integra), but she is very interested in talking to anyone who is more into peaceful negotiations before fighting. :'|;;;