Fate/Grand Order story · Part 1: Observer on Timeless Temple, Fourth Singularity: The Mist City: London
Opportunity
Fourth Singularity: The Mist City: London. City of London
3 scenes, 167 lines
1. Before the battle
8 lines
...Hm... It seems I'm picking up interference on my mic, but speak of the devil? I detect multiple hostiles around you.
There are more roaming around the apartment than earlier... Enough magical energy distortion to disturb communications.
This mechanical sound I believe it's a group of Helter Skelters.
I doubt they'll break in, but they are a nuisance. Get out there and dismantle them.
Let's do it!
We'll finish them off quickly.
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Right, Senpai. Intercepting them in the alley. Let's reduce their numbers.
2. After the battle
79 lines...Good work. We drove off the Helter Skelters.
Mmm. Mmm? Wait... Hold on a second, um... So that means...
Helter Skelters?
Fou?
Yes. That's it! Actually, I've made progress on the Helter Skelter analysis!
As expected, they're machines created by technology unknown to us. I suspect they were builtwith magical energy.
You mean...machines created with a combination of magecraft and science?
Not exactly. They are made by magical energy, but they are machines.
I still don't understand the kind of techniques used but structurally, they're machines. Yet, they were formed by magecraft.
In other words... Um...
What do you mean?
I don't really understand...
Maybe like Noble Phantasms?
Exactly! Good insight!
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...In other words, they're armaments made of magical energy, just like Servants' Noble Phantasms, right?
Yeah. They're half-baked mechanical constructions, which is why I was looking too hard for magecraft-made golem approximations.
Basically, they're Noble Phantasms. Powerful figures woven from magical energy.
Unlike a sword Noble Phantasm that is a "razor edge," Helter Skelters are "fighting machine" Noble Phantasms.
It looks like they operate autonomously, but they're actually controlled by someone like the Noble Phantasm's owner.
They're a remote-controlled robotic squad, so to say. All units should stop if we break the acting controller.
Then, considerable exceptions aside, if we beat the Servant possessing the Noble Phantasm
The robots will disappear. Well, we can see the whole picture now, huh?
So Doctor, where is the Servant who owns the Noble Phantasm?
...I don't know.
...Yes. Right, you wouldn't know.
Not even Da Vinci knows, or rather, she said she can't clean up my mess anymore...
Huh?
Mmm?
What, someone else did the analysis?
...Uuh, that's right... After all, I wasn't getting anywhere on my own...
I'm a medical staff... Considering that, don't you think I'm doing pretty well?
Y-Yes. You're making a great effort, Doctor. Right, Senpai?
Yeah.
Thank you, thank you... Fujimaru...
Where the Servant with the Noble Phantasm is...
Uuh... I feel so lonely...
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...Uhh... ...Uh, uh, uhrrr...
We know what we have to do. Yes. But, we don't know our destination. Do we?
...Urh...
What should we do? If we could trace the magical energy in one shot...
If the example of a remote control is correct, then maybe we can trace the magical energy back.
Da Vinci, wise in the ways of science and magecraft, brought up that example, so I imagine it's right.
But with the effect of the Demonic Fog, doing something subtle like tracing marks of magical energy...
Is not something I can do. It's rather difficult even with Chaldea's equipment.
I give up, too. I'm not a real mage in the first place.
...Urh...
Fran's been making noise...
Somebody here has something to say.
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Fran? You're hiding over there... Is something wrong?
...Uhh... ...Uhh, urrrh...
Oh, she fled from the literary Heroic Spirits next door? I know how she feels. They are annoying.
...Uhh... ...Uhh, urrrh...
Don't hide, show your face here. Come on now.
...Uhh, uhhh...
What, you have something to say to us? Then spit it out.
...Uhh...
I don't mind. As long as you're fine with us, right, Senpai?
Of course.
You can tell us anything.
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...Uhh, urrrh...Ahh...
...Ahh...
...Ahh, uhh...Urhhh, uhh...
...Ahh, ahh, ahhh...
Wha... Is that true!?
I'm shocked. Fran, I had no idea you could do that...
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Tell me, do you really understand? Do you really understand what she's saying?
Somewhat. She also uses gestures, so it's like reading a kind of sign language...
It seems she knows where the Helter Skelter's remote control is.
Huh!?
R-Really?
...Uhh...
Let me double-check. Fran, can you... detect traces of the magical energy that controls them?
...Uhh. Uhh.
There, you see? She nodded. All right, this makes things easier. Let's get moving!
3. Before the battle
80 lines...You know, even though I've gotten used to it, this poor visibility is irritating.
...Uhh.
Say, Fujimaru. Your court mage... Dr. Maron, was it?
Can't he make us a far-seeing crystal or something? That would have been a snap for Merlin...
Roman! My name is Roman! And don't compare me to Merlin!
He was the ultimate hermit wizard! I'm just a modern-day doctor!
Fou, fou!
Margarine?
Marmalade?
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Huh!? You're a mage and you're saying you don't know!? Merlin! I'm talking about Merlin!
King Arthur's successor and mastermind of the Round Table. He was a great mage born half-human, half-incubus.
He isn't famous anymore? Haha! That feels great! Serves him right!
Merlin was one of the world's most renowned kingmakers. He was also behind Arthur pulling the sword from the stone.
Apparently, he had extraordinary magecraft skills, but was ultimately imprisoned at world's end for woman trouble.
Yeah. I heard he's all crabby and in a tower at a corner of Avalon, unable to leave or die.
How can I put it? He was a flighty bastard. Imagine a perpetual flurry of flowers behind him... do you get me?
I do.
I don't.
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Well, whatever. Enough about him. He's so spineless he can't even rush over to London's calamity.
...More importantly. Tell me, Fujimaru, are you okay with that?
Okay with what?
What's wrong?
Fou...
What's wrong, Mash?
You seem down, Mash.
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...Yes. Physically, there's nothing wrong with me, but... ...mentally, I have a problem.
...I'm sorry, Senpai. Our battles are getting more intense, but I haven't been improving at all...
Fou?
...It's my Noble Phantasm. Servants' true fighting powers lie in Noble Phantasms.
I've seen many Noble Phantasms up till now. All of them have been miracles worthy of their heroic names.
Yet, I still can't use my Noble Phantasm properly.
...At this rate, I'm just a burden. I know that, but I still can't remember his True Name...
Even without a Noble Phantasm...
No, I need a Noble Phantasm!
Ah, um... I'm sorry I yelled at you. But it will definitely become necessary...that's my hunch.
It's not your fault, Mash.
...Indeed, the merge was due to a sudden accident. But he entrusted me with everything...
The point is, I'm not oblivious of the Noble Phantasm's true value. I don't even know his True Name...
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So that's what this is about. You heard Helter Skelter is a Noble Phantasm and became depressed.
True, a Servant who cannot use a Noble Phantasm is no Servant at all.
No matter how weak the Noble Phantasm, its very existence is proof of that hero. It's a matter of pride.
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But you're different, Mash. You're you. How you think and your honor are different from that Shield bastard.
It's true you haven't mastered using that Noble Phantasm. From what I've seen, you're about a third of the way there.
The remaining two-thirds are untapped. Or maybe you, being you, won't get to 100% and that's that.
...So it is like that.
The "Demi" side... The human part of me is dragging Senpai down...
Fool. That's ridiculous. Listen until I'm done talking.
You're not fully utilizing your Noble Phantasm. But I'm sureyou're stronger than the original Heroic Spirit.
Huh? The original Heroic Spirit... You mean the Heroic Spirit that I merged with?
Yes. You're much, much stronger than him. That's coming from me, so there's no doubt about it.
You may come up short not having a Noble Phantasm, but not anywhere else. Am I right, Fujimaru?
For you, Mash is the perfect partner, isn't she?
Of course!
I'll do something about that Noble Phantasm!
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... I-Is that really the case?
...Okay. If that's the case, I feel much better.
There, you see? In the first place, it's a Master's job to take care of their Servant.
Whether you can utilize the true value of a Noble Phantasm is Fujimaru's problem, not yours, Mash.
Right, Fujimaru?
Before Mash can become a full-fledged Servant, you need to become a first-rate Master.
We'll be first-rate together.
I'll teach you how to use it eventually.
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Fouuu!
There you go. So don't worry about it, Mash.
Fujimaru is the one who's sitting in the hot seat.
Right!
...All right, can we get moving soon? I'm sorry, as everyone is in a good mood, but...
Ah...
Hmmph. Fujimaru, summon a Rider Servant and have it give Maron a swift kick with its hind legs.
Yeah, yeah, it's all my fault. My fault! Now, time for combat. Multiple hostile readings approaching!
Go rout them to liven things up!