Section 1: Run, Holy Grail, Run with Wandjina!

Hostile Servants have been repelled.

I'm surprised we ran into so many other Servants out on the road. You don't usually see this many at once.

I just wish we hadn't ended up having to fight them.

I want everyone to get along...

That doesn't usually happen other than in Singularities that pop up during the summer.

Hmph. I understand they all want the Holy Grail for themselves, but that's no excuse to behave as they are.

Although, I'm sure I'd do the same if I were summoned to a typical Holy Grail War.

Hm? Look, over there. I see some good civilization.

Good civilization? Um... Oh, I see. It's an ice cream shop.

Ice cream? What's that?

...Senpai!

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Waha, so happy!

Thank you.

Yaaay!

You got some for me, too? Uh, thanks, but I hope you didn't expect me to get all excited like a little kid.

Still, if you insist, I guess I could have habanero or ghost pepper flavor... Huh? They don't have those? Yeah, that tracks. O-okay, mint's fine then.

Please be careful, everyone. Ice cream can melt much faster than you'd think.

Ooh, I like this flavor.

Ho ho ho, thank you, but no thank you. I can't have ice cream messing up my prize mustache.

...Hmm. I knew I should have added matcha for a third scoop.

That is very kind of you, Master. I am in your debt.

Not to worry. I am a Servant.

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Mmm, so sweet! So yummy!

Mine's yummy, too! Wanna try it?

Really? Are you sure?

Uh-huh. I've had ice cream lots of times, so it's fine.

Ooh, good point.

We all have different flavors, so do you want to try mine, too?

...Is that okay, Master?

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Yay! Yes, please!

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Mmm, these are all so good! I'm so impressed you humans came up with something like this!

You may need to adjust your notion of what it is that impresses you.

By the way, Wandjina, how much longer until we get there?

Not long. It was just rolling around the beach.

I see. The beach, huh. ...Hm? Hang on. Rolling?

That's right. Just like how life rolls, baby. Although, DO Holy Grails actually, physically roll?

Well, most of the Holy Grails Chaldea has observed have been invisible masses of high-density magical energy.

So I haven't actually seen many of them in person. That being said

Yeah. It's hardly common, but there definitely have been cases of Holy Grails taking physical forms.

For example, remember that Singularity in a museum? That Holy Grail had a physical form.

So, you're saying a Holy Grail, a concentrated mass of powerful magical energy...

...was just rolling around in a physical form that anyone could see?

Uh-huh.

Uh-oh.

It's okay, Fluffy Master. Just say the word.

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Ho ho ho. Leave it to me!

W-we'd better hurry there, too! Everyone, book it!

Come on, guys! Stick together!

One, two. One, two. (No. 1 Servant Carrying Master in Both Hands )

Wahahaha, having fun? (No. 2 Servant Carrying Master in Both Hands)

I'm impressed you're able to enjoy this!

Hardly surprising. You look ridiculous.

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It's not the chaste, innocent heroine in a white satin dress and straw hat I was looking for, but this shiny thing I just dug up is one helluva consolation prize.

Damn, what a find. This baby might even be enough to redefine archaeology as we know it.

Oh myyy! A Holy Grail!!! Now that's what I call treasure!

Good work, Blackbeard. Hand over the Holy Grail, and we'll introduce you to a nice girl.

I refuse.

For one thing, any girl you could introduce me to is practically guaranteed to be a ticking time bomb at best.

Don't worry. She's got the same name as us, Mary Anne Cotton.

Oh, well THAT makes me feel better! Forget it! I'm sick and tired of having to go through life watching my back every step of the way!

Now, now, Blackbeard. Let's just put your pervy obsessions behind us and start thinking of what we're going to do with this Grail!

Even we can't help but pity you, so it's okay with us if you use it to manifest your ideal girl.

Do you really think it would be okay to use a Holy Grail for that?

Absolutely!

Well, no need to think about that any further, then! I am good to go.

Oh, but we'd also like to grant our own wish, so don't take a whole day to come up with your ideal girl or anything, okay?

Who do you think I am? I'm frigging Blackbeard, the world's biggest loser and strongest pirate ever. I've spent years training for this very moment.

I've long since reached a point where I can create my ideal girl in 0.01 seconds and manifest her in 0.09.

Wow. What a great use of your time...

Not anymore! Okay, girl of my dreams, come to Beardie!

Whoa! First my vision gets cut off, and now I'm surrounded by something soft and perky!?

Ho ho ho. Worry not. That is Zerco's butt.

...Is Zerco a woman? Asking for a friend.

He's a male sheep.

GodDAMMIT! Couldn't it at least have been a female sheep!?

Goodness. That sounds pretty awful if taken out of context.

Hey, I know. Why don't we make a supercut of all the worst things Blackbeard's said?

Nooo! Don't turn me into a meme!

Wait. Someone's coming.

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Good thing their idiotic chatter bought us the time we needed. Thank you, Altera.

No problem. Santa's used to slipping in through tight spaces.

What a surprising technical maneuver. To think you would use Zerco's rear end instead of mine.

You're quite the tease, aren't you, Altera? You know, I have a bit of Jurassic flair myself.

What do you mean, "idiotic chatter"?

That does it. No more Miss Nice Girl.

You there. You look like you're of noble birth. How about we show you how pirates do things around here?

At minimum, I am more noble than the pair of you. Certainly mentally.

Now hand over that Holy Grail, and be quick about it.

Oh, it's like that? Fine. When someone picks a fight with me, I always make a point of striking back twice as hard.

When we're done with you, we'll be selling your lives AND your bodies for a pittance!

I take it from your foul manner of speech that you are pirates from a foreign land? Then your heads are forfeit.

Ha! Every pirate worth her sea salt can swim for at least three days and nights even after losing her head! If we're going down to Davy Jones's locker, we're taking you with us!

Heh. Then we shall see if you can put up a fight comparable to Shima's Kuki navy.

All right, time to switch to pirate mode! Ha! Not gonna make this easy for them!

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Right! I'm sorry, Blackbeard, but we've got to go all out now!

Gaah! They know how I operaaate!

Nooo!

Gaah!

Whoa, have I still got a head? Tell me I've still got a head!

Worry not. I used the back of my blade.

But you were REALLY cutting at us!

With a simple straight slash. You shouldn't let your guard down so easily.

How is that better!?

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Hmph! Fine, do what you want with it! Hell, you can even do whatever you want with ME while you're at it!

Really? Whatever I want?

...Anything that doesn't involve torture, execution, or sending me out against an enemy force alone, ma'am.

Then I have no use for you.

(Sniff...)

So what about you? The kind of dopey looking one? Aren't you going to capture us?

Come on, capture us. You know you want to.

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Man, Anne Bonny's relentless no matter where she's summoned...

Hooray! We got the Holy Grail!

We got it!

...Hm?

Is something wrong, Wandjina?

...Wat.

Wow. That's weird.

Waha! What a funny-looking Holy Grail!

No, Master! Unfortunately, I'm seeing them clear as day, too!

Those are definitely feet!

If Mash is saying it, then it must be true. And if it has feet, perhaps it means to use them?

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It ran away!?

C-come on, Master! We need to capture it!

...This is turning out to be way more of a thing than I expected.

Okay, Blackbeard out!

Aww, he left. Too bad.

But look on the bright side. Now we know there are Masters like that out there.

Maybe one will even summon us at some point!

Ever the optimist, aren't you, Anne?...By the way, are you SURE I still have a head?

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I don't know! But at this pace, we should still be able to keep up with it.

Altera went on ahead, so we should be able to surround it!

Something just came out of it!

This feels like...Demonic Beasts!

Of course. This is a Holy Grail! Churning out a few Demonic Beasts should be easy as pie!

What kind of pie?

Haha, good question. I am partial to blueberry myself.

Hmm?

Oh, for... It is only an expression! Understand!?

Not the most patient guardian, is she?

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Hrn!

Hostile entity signals have disappeared! They appear to be more like ghosts than living beings.

Ugh, these things are so annoying!

Come back, Holy Grail! Get out of our way!

Aw man, it got away!

Yeah. That's too bad.

Hey guys! Da Vinci here! I'm afraid I've got some bad news!

The Holy Grail just escaped by the skin of its...er, feet!

Right now, it's... Huh? Is this right? No way...

Umm... It looks like it's at the Grand Canyon now!

R-really!? As in, THE Grand Canyon!?

Wait. Is this Singularity THAT big!?

Well, it was just Australia in our initial observations, but now...it seems to have expanded rapidly since then.

Or rather, the initial observation values were all over the place, so maybe it was always huge?

Hold on. Just a moment.

We are Servants, yes, but leaping from Australia to America in a single bound is still well beyond our abilities.

Yeah, fair enough. Well, now what do we do...

Ooh! I know!

Yes, Lady Wandjina?

I still don't really get what's going on, but you all want to go to where that Holy Grail went, right?

Y-yeah, that's right...but we don't know how we're going to do that.

I do! Here, Master of Chaldea, hold my hand!

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Come on, everyone. Hold hands with your neighbor!

Okay, here goes.

O wind, O wind...wind that dances nimbly around the planet...

Cross the land. Cross the sea. Cross the world itself.

Trace a path to the farthest reaches and carry these people where they wish to go.

Temporarily restoring Spirit Origin scale. Initiating Seven Stars hyperspace magical energy link.

Oh...

What is it, Dumuzid?

Air. It covers the entire planet, and is the very definition of freedom. It flows wherever it wants, unbound by the world's textures.

It's very impressive. Good thing Ishtar isn't here, or she'd be demanding this power for herself.

Okay, here we go! Let's flyyy!

W-we're actually flying!?

Y-yes! We're all moving through the air at incredible speed!

Waha! This is fun!

Yeah, I love it! Earth's sky is so pretty!

Eep! Wait! My skirtOh, it's not fluttering at all. How strange!

Indeed. Strange, but welcome.

Ho ho ho, what a handy technique. Santa wouldn't mind having it for herself.

Oh well, so much for job security. Perhaps I could pivot to one of those electric sheep androids are always dreaming of.

Okay, everyone! We're gonna head straight for the Holy Grail!

Just leave everything to me!

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Good! Okay, here goes! Zoooooom!