>>24778984
"What!" Zelretch says. "If I let you tell it, the players would have gotten a nice, fluffed out infodump going on for posts and posts and posts. This way, the GM doesn't have to spend effort writing out things Rowling already wrote about."

Dumbledore's glare intensifies.

You...
>Ask Zelretch what he means by "Players"
>Freak out because you're ten, and your destiny isn't a happy one.
>Ask Gandalf's Look-A-Like if that's the gist of it.
>[OTHER]

Harry James Potter

[ATTRIBUTES]

[4] Strength - D+ "You're a wiry lad, built fo speed more than strength."
[9] Agility - A "You're fast on your feet and quick with your reflexes"
[6] Endurance - C+ "You're cousin's made sure you can take a beating."
[8] Intelligence - B+ "You're no genius, but you're smarter than most."
[7] Luck - B "You've got better luck than most."

[9] Circuit Quality (CQ) - A [13 Prana per Circuit]
[8] Circuit Quantity (CC) - B+ [26 Circuits, one of which has been opened]

Magic Circuits Open - 1/26
Prana Available - 13/13
Wounds - 0/6

[SKILLRATINGS]
[10] Academics (Mundane) [INT] - E+
[9] Academics (Magecraft) [INT] - E
[8 (10)] Academics (Wizarding) [INT] - F (E+)
[12] Acrobatics [AGI] - D
[9] Athletics [END] - D
[11] Capioera [AGI] - E+
[12] Cooking [AGI] - D
[8] Craft (Mystic Codes) [INT] - F
[10] Discernment - E+
[8] Mystic Eye Lore [LCK] - E
[9] Origin Magic [CQ] - F
[10] Reinforcement [CQ] - E
[11] Stealth [AGI] - E+
[9] Wandlore [CQ] - F

[TRAITS]

Spiteful - Your stealth rating increases by 2 when you're out for revenge.
Compassionate - Your healing spells cure one additional wound.

[PERKS]

Devil's Luck - You may temporarily reduce your luck attribute by 1 step to negate a critical hit against you.
Practiced Runner - Your Athletics rating is increased by 2 when running.
Multitasker I - Multitasking penalties to skill checks are reduced by 1.
Mystic Eyes of Death Perception - You see the Death of things, and deal additional wounds when using a knife.
Parseltongue - You possess the ability to understand and speeak the language spoken by snakes and certain other reptiles.
??? - ???

>>24778984
>proceed to shit a brick that i've got to kill someone
god damn it.

>>24778989
>talk about prophecy dream thingy.

>>24778989
Ask him if he seriously expects you to beat this guy with no magical experience.

>>24778989
>Ask Zelretch what he means by "Players"
OH SHIT HE'S META!

>>24778989
>Ask Zelretch what he means by "Players"

Goddamit Hermione. Out of all the walls you could have blasted him through, you chose the Fourth Wall.

>>24778989
"So what you're saying is, I'm the CHOSEN ONE and I have to defeat the DARK LORD, probably with the assistance of a colorful cast of friends and allies? COOL!"

Lets face it, given our Origin, we probably wouldn't be all that bothered with offing someone as obviously lol-evil as Voldemort.

>>24778989
>Ask Gandalf's Look-A-Like if that's the gist of-
>Wait, what does Zelretch mean by "Players"?

>>24779094
On second thought, I want to change my vote from >>24779072 to this.

>>24778989
>>Freak out because you're ten, and your destiny isn't a happy one.

>>24778989
"I'm not really sure what Mr. Z is talking about, but does that make you my mentor figure, or Mr. Kiritsugu? Because to be honest, I'd rather you die than him."

>>24779031
gonna have to reiterate this, odds are these guys may have an idea as to what the shit.

Let's please not break the 4th wall any further. That's just asking for either a shitty quest or an obliviating/

>>24778989
>Ask Zelretch what he means by "Players"
Oh Zelretch, you're such a card.

>>24779073
>>24779083
Operation of Parallel Worlds is one hell of a drug. Among its MANY other uses, it also gives him the power to metagame his own life, since any world that exists might also exist as a fictional story from some other world in the multiverse.

>>24778989
>It begins with a prophecy told to me by a most reliable Oracle some twelve years ago...
>This way, the GM doesn't have to spend effort writing out things Rowling already wrote about."
I suggest that unless we are told otherwise explicitly, this means we're assuming the oracle was named Rowling.

Also...
>It's quite possible that he's immortal, and your destinies are intertwined that one of you has to kill the other.
"Well, I really hope he's not immortal, then, since I don't think you can kill immortal things. No lines. I don't want to be forced to die on a technicality; that just doesn't seem fair!"
Drop a hint and then see if they catch it on their own.

>>24779215
I actually kind of like this, even though I am usually against showing my hand recklessly

>>24778989
>>Freak out because you're ten, and your destiny isn't a happy one.
>>Ask Gandalf's Look-A-Like if that's the gist of it.

How much longer do you plan on running this, Chaos?

>>24779094
Yes.

I mean come on, we're 10. Sure, we have to kill a bitch, but Gandalf & Friends didn't save Middle Earth without killing a shit-ton of Orcs now did they?

>>24779335
And men. They killed a good number of men too.
"It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad that he could not see the dead face. He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would rather have stayed there in peace."

>>24779335
This IS kind of amusing, since after we explain the whole Hero's Journey-summary of what we're prophesied to do, we can go quiet for a minute and then go...

"... are you SURE you're not Gandalf?"

>>24779094
I agree. Tie in some snide parallels between our destiny and that of the ringbearers should do fine.

On a side note, Zelretch is the fucking MAN right now.

Thanks to him, we don't have to derp around for fucking ever being ignorant of the impending Voldepocalypse like canon-Harry did. Now we have in IC reason to do all the crazy Magus-style war preparation shit we've been talking about.

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You turn towards the guy who most certainly isn't Gandalf the Grey, and tilt your head inquisitively. "Is that the gist of it, Mr. Wizard Gu-"

You pause for a moment.

Then blink.

Then turn towards Dr. Zelretch. "Wait a second, what do you mean 'players'? Is this some sort of game? Is it some..."

Zelretch shakes his head. "Don't worry about it. It won't concern you unless you get involved with the Second Magic, and the odds of that happening considering all of the other crazy shite that your involved in, well..." He grins. "I won't say that's a no, but it's unlikely. A very, very, very small infinity has that happening."

You try not to contemplate the concept of a small infinity, and nod along, deciding that indeed, it would be best not to worry about it. You turn back to Gandalf.

"So what you're saying is that I'm some sort of chosen one?"

Not!Gandalf nods gravely.

"And that I'm destined to face off against the Dark Lord that murdered my parents."

Albus continues nodding, looking ready to console you if you flop into despair from the realization that you will have to cause death. Of course, he doesn't know that you are, essentially, Death, now does he?

"And that I'll likely have to gather together a colorful cast of friends and allies to have the support and power to defeat him?"

A single tear forms in Not!Gandalf's eye. You have but three words to say.

"Best. Destiny. Ever."

The old man chokes on his lemondrops again. The other old man starts laughing, though breaks long enough from it to put Hermione down, in a chair.

"I think you owe me that Galleon, Dumbledore," Zelretch says. "I told you he'd take it better than you'd think."

Begrudgingly, Dumbledore tosses your Maths teacher one of the large golden coins.

You...
>Ask Zelretch if he's an Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizard.
>Ask why there was a bet on how you would react.
>Ask why Dumbledore thought you'd be compatible with the Holly-Phoenix wand, now that you know it's him.
>[OTHER]

>>24779457
>Ask why Dumbledore thought you'd be compatible with the Holly-Phoenix wand, now that you know it's him.

>>24779457
I want to ask them all, but let's focus on the wand. There will be time for Zelretch later, if need be.

>>24779457
Ask Zelretch if he's a ancient Babylonian spaceship

>>24779457
>Ask Zelretch if he's an Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizard.

Now that we've got the Chosen One thing sorted out, thats clearly the most interesting topic available to us.

I mean, Chosen Ones and Dark Lords pop up every few hundred years like clockwork. But Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizards? Now THAT is some cool shit.

>>24779457
>Ask all these things, and also why Hermione is a magical girl

>>24779457
Sir, why is Hermione a Magical Girl?

>>24779457
>Ask Zelretch if he's an Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizard.
>And if he taught Hermione to shoot Ancient Egyptian Laser Beams.

>>24779457
>Ask why Dumbledore thought you'd be compatible with the Holly-Phoenix wand, now that you know it's him.

>>24779457
>Ask Zelretch if he's an Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizard.
>Why is Hermione a magical girl? And what did you do to make her so angry?

>>24779604
>And if we can learn to shoot Ancient Egyptian Laser Beams, too, or if that is only for magical girls and vampires

>>24779457
>Are you an ancient alien psychic from a long dead civilization who taught my incestuous pseudo-sister's probably a-romantic girlfriend to shoot laser beams?

>>24779500
hes our pet snakes ride?
wat?

>>24779678
yes, YES!
this needs to be said.

>>24779678
This a couple of thousand times.

>>24779678
This and >>24779673 this. Hilarity AGO!

>>24779673
You forgot white-haired men who are boh deliciously camp and gorgeous.

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"Wait," You say, looking at Gandalf in shock. "You're Dumbledore?"

The old Gandalf look-a-like nods. "Yes. Albus Wulfric Percival Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, amongst many other titles the Ministry has tacked onto me which I have forgotten the precise meaning of over the years."

"One of my star pupils, this one!" Zelretch says, patting him on the back. Albus gives a look. "And the only Wizarding one to boot, even if he never got the Second Magic down all that well." Zelretch chuckles. "If he did, why, I doubt the prophecy would have been necessary to ensure little Tommy's downfall."

Dumbledore frowns at Zelretch.

"If you would intervene, then... nevermind. We can save this for later," Dumbledore turns back to you, "I understand the... debacle with your relatives may well have left you with a... dislike of me, not that I can blame you. What do you wish to know?"

"Huh?" you ask. "Why would I not like you? I just want to know why you thought I would be compatible with Illya's wand, is all. Mr. Ollivander said something about that..."

Dumbledore looks, regretful.

"As for the first, it is simply that you were marked as Voldemort's equal; I had assumed that you would have been a match for his wand's brother, given the circumstances." He sighs. "As for the former, it was ultimately I who was responsible for your treatment at the hands of the Dursleys; I was the one who, in absence of the man who had been named in their will, made the decision of where you were to be raised."

You...
>Engage spite mode against Dumbledore.
>Be angry, but understanding that people make mistakes.
>Demand to know why it wasn't found out sooner.
>[OTHER]

Can we get a summary of our Origin and the major events so far? I don't want to have to read through a bunch of archived threads, if the old ones have even been archived.

>>24779824
Next time, then. But for now, we should probably be angry. We never liked those people.

>>24779824
>Be angry, but understanding that people make mistakes.
>Ask him jokingly how he intends to make up for it.

>>24779824
>Be angry, but understanding that people make mistakes.

To be perfectly fair, if we had never been sent to the Dursleys, we would never have met the Einzberns. Alls well that ends well, and all that.

>>24779824
>>Demand to know why it wasn't found out sooner.
If he fails to answer satisfactorily, then
>Engage spite mode against Dumbledore.

No point in making that a trait if we're going to ignore it.

>>24779824
>[OTHER]
"I guess you'll just HAVE to owe me a favor then."
With a big grin.

>>24779824
>Be angry, but understanding that people make mistakes.
"Did you know that my aunt enjoys the Grateful Dead? That should have tipped you off that they are horrible people. Nobody who does not possess a twisted and evil soul enjoys the Grateful Dead."

>>24779850
>a favor
>not nine years' worth of favors

>>24779824
>>Engage spite mode against Dumbledore.
We chose spite. Gotta live with it. However...
>>[OTHER]
Imply that he might be able to do something to get in your good graces again. One chance.

>>24779867
Oh yeah, definitely need to blackmail him if he's gonna feel guilty about it.

>>24779824
>Be angry, but understanding that people make mistakes.
AND
>>24779850

Harming us clearly wasn't his intent, and we might be able to get something out of this. Plus, sending us there allowed us to meet Ilya, which is awesome enough to largely offset the years of bullshit.

>>24779857
Whoa buddy, watch where you point that thing

>>24779824
>Be angry, but understanding that people make mistakes.
to be fair, this fits our personality best, mind you guys he did try to help us ultimately by trying to get us a home after out parents died.

>>24779902
>implying the Grateful Dead don't suck the sweat off a dead man's balls
>implying they don't have one of the most obnoxiously obsessed fanbases ever
Fuck Deadheads.

>>24779835
we have death and we MEoDP so we are essentially shiki.
nasuverse is mixed with the potterverse because the grail wasn't corrupted this runaround and saber actually decided to go back and be a proper empress the second time round.
kerrytugu got his family of iri and illya and adopted harry because the dursleys are jerks and zelretch is our math teacher and we just found out about him.

>>24779835
>Kiritsugu, iri, and Illya moved in before the quest started after a noblebright 4th holy grail war where he wished on a non-cursed grail for Irisviel and Illya to survive. Saber wished to start over her reign, and everyone recognizes Queen Arturia rather than King Arthur.
>We go to Illya's house one day, notice the bounded field, and begin training to be a Magus.
>Illya unlocks our origin the next day at school, and we enter a coma for 3 months.
>Origin is "The Death of Things" and it gave us the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Yes, we know that's not how the eyes work. Yes, we know having such an origin should make us unstable. We've argued it before in almost every thread and it's too late to retcon anything.
>Kingsly drops by, meets Kiritsugu and between them they manage to have the Dursley's slandered in the Wizarding World and let Kiritsugu adopt us. Kiritsugu had to "be friends with" the Malfoys to do so.
>We go to Diagon ally to go shopping, and found out/revealed to the Wizarding world that we can talk to snakes after chatting with a golden snake. We buy said snake and Illya names him Gilgamesh.

That's the cliff notes version of what happened so far, I'm sure others will fill you in on things I missed.

>>24779958
Also, ProtoGil is the Gil of this universe.
So we named our snake after him. Because ProtoGil is a bro. He's still got a bit of an ego, but it doesn't have sufficient gravitational pull to fuck up the Earth's orbit like his counterpart's did.

>>24780031
>implying it doesn't and he just now knows how to act in public this time round

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"Wow," Zelretch comments, "That just... darkened the mood in here. I almost regret patching up the wall. At least with it down, we'd have had a little sun in here, yeesh."

You're not quiet sure what to say. On the one hand, you should be furious, that this was ultimately the person who was responsible for your nine years at the Dursley residence. On the other, he actually seems to regret it, which is more than you could say for them; and more importantly, he's -not- them. He was just the guy who thought that the best place for a child to go when his parents died was to his family.

It's just a damned shame that you're family is a bunch of jerkheads.

"I can't really blame you all that much, I guess," you say, seething with just a bit a of rage. "However much I really want to, you just sent an orphan to his last remaining family; because mom's magic was blood magic, it was the safest, right?"

Dumbledore nods slowly.

"And besides," you grin, "Without living at the Dursley's place, I would have never met the von Einzbern's - and where would I be without them?" Your grin intensifies. "I guess that just means you'll have to owe me a favor sometime down the road."

The twinkle returns to the old Wizard's eye. "I suppose I do, don't I?" He looks to you and Zelretch. "Well, I must be off. Term has just started, which no doubt means that the paperwork is beginning to pile up - Hogwarts doesn't run itself, much as it may seem that way some days." He looks at you and Zelretch in turn. "Kishur, it's been a pleasure, as always. Mr. Potter, I hope I'll be seeing you at the start of next term. Farewell!"

And with a pop, he vanishes.

You...
>Ask Zelretch if he's an Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizard.
>Ask Zelretch why Hermione's a Magical Girl.
>Ask Zelretch if he went to Hogwarts to learn Magic.
>[OTHER]

>>24780065
>Ask Zelretch if he's an Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizard.
>Ask Zelretch why Hermione's a Magical Girl.

>>24780065
>Ask Zelretch if he's an Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizard.

>>24780065
Zelretch, are you an ancient babylonian spaceship?

>>24780065
>All those things and
>>24779673

>>24780065
This isn't going to be nearly as funny the second time around.

>Are you an ancient egyptian vampire wizard who taught my incestuous pseudo-sister's probably a-romantic girlfriend to shoot laser beams?
>And for that matter, are laser beams a package deal with the whole "mahou shojo" thing, or can you tell me too?

>>24780065
>Ask Zelretch why Hermione's a Magical Girl.

>>24780052
He has an enormous ego, but now the A+ Charisma is actually A+ Charisma. He's also taken from the end of his Epic, so he's not a titanic fuckwad anymore WHICH WAS THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE STORY, NASU.

>>24780065
>>Ask Zelretch why Hermione's a Magical Girl.
This is really fucking weird.

>>24780147
Are you an idiot? Heroic spirits are summoned with a body from the prime of their lives, BUT, they have all of their memories and experiences.

>>24780155
He was here on Thursday too. Apparently he can't grasp the concept of "infinite kaleidoscope of realities, yo".

>>24780171
He also seems to have misunderstood A+ Charisma. People fucking loved Gilgamesh; when he went shopping, people gave him free shit all the time and bent over backwards for him. It's just that he didn't feel the need to play nice with the participants of the Grail War, all of whom he was going to kill.

>>24780031
>>24780009
Oh, and ProtoGil actually succeeded in bagging Saber.

If I remember correctly, they broke a bed at one point, though that may just be something we came up with. But it probably happened anyway, because i doubt any bed in the known universe could survive two Servants furiously going at it.

>>24780009
Left out the bit about how after we woke up from our coma, we ran into a werewolf that had made its way into the hospital somehow, and were interrupted by Kaleidostick-powered Magical Girl Hermione who channeled a universe in which she was a super saiyan musclegirl and beat the piss out of it while more reasonable people fled the scene.

>>24780206
Especially since they're two Servants the vast majority of the planet knows at least a little about. I've never met anyone who hasn't at least heard of The Epic of Gilgamesh, and everyone in the Western world knows King Arthur.

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[Last Post For Tonight. If Thread's Still Up, Will Continue Tomorrow.]

"So..." you look towards Zelretch.

"So..." Zelretch nods towards you.

"Professor, are you an Ancient Egyptian Vampire Wizard?"

There, you did it. The question that has been boiling on you chest since well before Christmas, ever since that red-head Indiana Jones guy told you about the Ancient Egyptian Sorcerer Zelretch and the possibly prophetic nature of your dream. Zelretch's reaction was priceless, as well - he had been sipping on his coffee when you pulled out the question, only to spill half of it on himself in shock.

"Heh," he says, wiping off his suit. "Good on you, kiddo - gotta remind myself every now and then that I'm not completely Omniscient. It's good to know that I can still be surprised every now and then."

"That doesn't answer my..."

"Hold your horses," he says, "and give me a minute. You're absolutely right, for certain amounts of right. It would be accurate to say that I am ancient, though that is a bit of understatement. I've spent a fair time living in Egypt as well, though I wasn't born there, nor do I share their phenotype. I certainly possess magic that ones might call the domain of a Wizard, though Sorcerer is the technical term. And I am a Vampire, though not in the traditional sense."

He grins.

You...
>Ask if he can Elaborate what any of that means.
>Ask why Hermione's a Magical Girl.
>Ask about your prophetic dream sequence.
>[OTHER]

>>24780289
>Ask if he can Elaborate what any of that means.

>>24780289
>all of the above

>>24780289
He agreed completely. That was easy.

But is he a vampire or not?

>>24780317
Actually, the better question would probably be about the girl.

>>24780289
>>Ask why Hermione's a Magical Girl.
Remember when we cared about Hermione?

>>24780358
She could be a threat. Or she could be a nifty weapon. Let's try for the second.

>>24780317
He's a Dead Apostle.
Think vampire, if vampires were descended from the most powerful being ever to exist from the Moon.

Zelretch kicked his ass with his Kaleidoscope and got turned into a DA in revenge.

>>24780371
That line of thinking is a tad bit too magus-like.
>Ask why Hermione's a Magical Girl.
Also, ask about the differences between a magus and a wizard.

>>24780398
You realize that even if I didn't know that, I could have just Google'd it? That was a vote, that I proceeded to retract.

>>24780371
>not have her and illya fight over whos the smarter bookworm
i think it would be hilarious watching the 2 bicker over magic and whatnot.

>>24780398
we don;t know that though. On the other hand, Kerry should, so we can just ask him later

>>24780406
I think a magus is supposed to have magus-like thoughts.

>>24780289
>Ask if he can Elaborate what any of that means.

Asking Professor Z for specific details? This can only end well.

>>24780317
>But is he a vampire or not?
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that HP Vampires and Dead Apostles aren't the same thing, in which case the distinction between "Vampire" and "Dead Apostle" would be rather important.


Anyway, good thread again Professor Chaos. See you tonight!

>>24780406
>implying we won't end up being like a mini kiritsugu by the end of this since we are his apprentice.

>>24780289
>>Ask why Hermione's a Magical Girl.
>>Ask about your prophetic dream sequence.
He's obviously not too hostile, so we should try to get these answered before worrying about whether he's actually going to suck some blood. We should also probably attach a whole hell of a lot more urgency to the dream sequence, given that part of it came true and the other part involves a dead Ilya.

>>24780289
>Ask why Hermione's a Magical Girl.


Since you'll continue tomorrow, I'll wait until then to update the ebook, unless the thread dies in the meantime.

...Which reminds me, I forgot the threadly reminder that the updated Ebook can be found at http://pastebin.com/kbGzcbDb

>>24780432
Funny thing is, we probably won't. His influence will certainly be there, but we're certainly swaying more toward theoretical magic than practical magic. We're probably going to be a huge turbonerd who just happens to be able to straight-up murderize people really well.

>>24780432
Would Kerry prefer us to become a magus or follow his footsteps and become an assassin? I mean I'm inclined toward the first but if he gives us free guns then that's all the better.

>>24780289
Thanks for the thread, hope to see you tomorrow.

>>24780463
Kerry became an assassin due to his fucked-up circumstances, not because he enjoyed the job. I doubt he'd want us following that path.

Uh-oh, the guy who archived the thread accidentally named this 9 instead of 10.

Have we told Kiritsugu about the dream involving Illya, the dress and the cup?

>>24782688
Dunno, but we probably should.

>>24782688
Not yet, but now that the bit about seeing Dumbledore and Zelretch drinking tea has come true, we definitely should.

In any case her exploding into a Grail shouldn't be a problem for another 50ish years, since the 4th War went off without a hitch, so the 60-year cycle should be unbroken.

Unless someone decides to up the stakes in our 4th year and turn the Goblet of Fire into a mini-Grail. That'll be all sorts of fun.

>>24780289
Wait...
We just surprised Zelretch.

We just surprised ZELRETCH.
If the magus association knew about this, by itself it would be worth a sealing designation.

>Ask if he can Elaborate what any of that means.

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>Ask about your prophetic dream sequence.

The plot cometh.

>>24780289
>Ask about your prophetic dream sequence.

Noon bump.

bump

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"Huh..." You suppose that might be all you'll be able to get out of Dr. Zelretch, and honestly, it's probably all you'd be able to understand. "So do obscenely ancient vampirish sorcerers who at one point lived in Egypt normally turn schoolchildren into magical girls, or is that just you?"

"Well, I'd hardly call taking her as my apprenti-"

You point at Hermione, who is currently nodded out in one of the plushier chairs in the office. More pointed, you point at the outfit she's wearing, which seems like the unholy lovechild of those two Japanese cartoons Illya loves to watch. What were they again? Something about sailing to the moon, and Dragon's genatalia, you think - seriously, what sort of shows do they let kids watch over there?

"Point." He concedes. "Point. Though to be fair, that's the artifact I gave her, and not any conscious decision on my part." He picks up the white baton Hermione had been carrying. "I'm not even sure when I actually made this thing, to be honest..."

"That is so like you." An annoyed voice intones. You look around for the source, only to find Professor Z frowning at the baton. "You down half a gallon of ryncol with that talking dinosaur of yours, have a one night stand with SCIENCE, and forget about your poor, poor nonbiological daughter. Typical, really."

"Kaleid," he says, "Just because you're mad at me for 'neglecting' you doesn't mean you should do everything in your power to humiliate my students." He holds the baton close, as if it actually were his kid. "Dear, you have to understand, the role you play in teaching my apprentices about the omniverse is pivotal. You're lessons have kept them sane fifty percent longer than the used to be!"

"HMPH!" the baton says. "...I want a salary. If I'm so pivotal, that shouldn't be too much to ask. And vacation time."

>Field too long

>>24787779
"You're a magic wand," he points out, "what do you need a salary for? Or vacation, for that matter."

"I have friends!" she... it... whatever... says. "I haven't seen Rein, Bardi, or Heart in ages! And I can't call GlaDOS and EDI without a proper data connection, which you -promised you would install-..."

You...
>Interrupt this heartwarming father-daughter chat with a question about your Dream.
>Shake Hermione awake and ask if this is normal.
>Continue staring in confusion as the scene plays out.
>[OTHER]

>>24787788
>Continue staring in confusion as the scene plays out.
God dammit Zelretch

>>24787779
>>[OTHER]
kept them sane fifty percent longer ? whats going to happen to her?

then
>Interrupt this heartwarming father-daughter chat with a question about your Dream.

>>24787788
>Continue staring in confusion as the scene plays out.

>>24787832
this did he just ay our friend is going to go insane?

>>24787788
>Interrupt this heartwarming father-daughter chat with a question about your Dream.

>>24787779
>down half a gallon of ryncol with that talking dinosaur of yours
lel

>>Interrupt this heartwarming father-daughter chat with a question about your Dream.

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>>24787788

>The Kaleidostick is friends with GlaDOS

>>24787788

>Continue staring in confusion as the scene plays out.

>>24787788
>Shake Hermione awake and ask if this is normal.
>Continue staring in confusion as the scene plays out.

Shake hermione while staring blankly at this heartwarming father daughter bonding.

>>24787788
Yes, the multiverse is absolutely real.
We really need to do vacation at Aperture Science at some point. Should be hilarious fun, as Aperture's brand of "work safety" is basically equal to similar notions at Hogwarts.

>>24787788
Shake Hermione awake and offer her our sincerest sympathies for putting up with this shit on a daily basis.

>>24788177
Well, we won't go, but Hermione might. Only way we go through the kaleidoscope is by becoming Zelretch's apprentice, and ffffffffuck that.

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"You've been talking with -those- three?" Zelretch asks. "Well, at least I know where you've been getting all of the ideas for those outfits you dress my apprentices in..."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait," you interupt. "Hold on a second - did you just insinuate that Hermione was going to go -insane-?"

"Yes," the magic wand says.

"No," Zelretch says.

"Don't listen to daddy," the Kaleidostick warns you, "He's a mean, smug, jerkhead liar who you shouldn't trust to give you a straight answer."

"Kaleid..." Zelretch seems hurt.

"Okay, fine, that may have been an exageration," the wands concedes. "That doesn't mean you should take anything he says at face value..."

"Hermione's not going to go insane," Zelretch reassures you, "well, at least, most likely not - there's still the off chance that she'll encounter something from Outside, but that can happen to anyone... but the point being, is that she's ahead of the curve by default."

"But you said it was just a fifty percent improvement-"

"On average," he says. "It's a bell curve. And Hermione is also being subjected to my new teaching techniques that I've learned from my time here..."

"He means that he'll actually stop when she starts showing signs of gibbering," the wand says.

"Yes, that." He nods, "Among other things."

You...
>Shake Hermione awake and ask if she knows about this.
>Ask what "Signs of Gibbering" is supposed to mean.
>Ask about your prophetic dream apparently coming true.

>>24788268
Ooops. Forgot:
>[OTHER]

>>24788268
>>Ask about your prophetic dream apparently coming true.

>>24788268
I reiterate "Shake Hermione awake and offer her our sincerest sympathies for putting up with this shit on a daily basis."

Then ask about prophetic dreams.

>>24788268
>Ask what "Signs of Gibbering" is supposed to mean.

>>24788268
>Ask about your prophetic dream apparently coming true.

He seems to at least mostly know what he's doing with regards to training Hermione. Lets move on to the important business of us having potentially seen the future in our dreams.

>>24788268
>>Ask about your prophetic dream apparently coming true.


then
>Shake Hermione awake and ask if she knows about this.

>>24788268

THIS:
>>24788297

>>24788268
>>Ask about your prophetic dream apparently coming true.
We need to get the fuck on with it. The old coot is just throwing out words we'll probably never understand, so we might as well ignore that and get something useful out of him

>>Ask about your prophetic dream apparently coming true.
Priorities. Because Illya.

>>24788034
At least its not SHODAN.

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"Huh." you say. You aren't quite sure you like the sound of the bit about 'other things' - what could be worse than being reduced to a gibbering pile of broken? - but you don't thinkg you really -want- to know. "Say, Mr. Zelretch, I have a question."

"Well, I am a teacher here," he acknowledges, twirling the Kailedostick. You think you can her it saying something along the lines of "WHEEEEEE!", but that might be your imagination. "Ask away."

"Hypothetically, let's say you had a dream," you start.

Zelretch nods sagely, in askance that you continue.

"And let's say that, a few weeks ago, somebody told you that it might have been a prophetic dream."

Zelretch's nodding intensifies.

"And let's say that even more recently, part of it was all but confirmed to have been a reflection of reality." You start panicking a bit internally, as it's just beginning to catch up with you. "And that another part of said prophetic dream told you that someone you really, really cared about was going to die a horrible and painful death."

Zelretch rubs his chin for a moment.

"Does this involve my apprentice, perhaps," he give you a sly little grin.

"NO!" you say a bit too hastily. "No, it involves Illya, actually. And this big, evil cup that overflowed with lots and lots of purple, goo-ish..."

Zelretch puts up a hand. "You needn't worry, Harry," he says. "What you dreamed of will not happen in this reflection of reality - at least, not for another fifty seven years."

"What?" you ask. "How can you know that?"

>>24788842
"The cup you saw was the Holy Grail," he says. "After it had been corrupted by the presence of the Servant Avenger. Long story short, this reality belongs to a small fraction of infinities where those events have not happened yet." He pats you on the head, reassuringly. "At worst, you have sixty years to smash fate into tiny pieces - no small task, but hardly an impossibility. At best, what you saw was the reflection of another reality, which is what -most- dreams are, prophetic or otherwise."

You...
>Ask for him to explain further [Roll 3D6]
>Shake Hermione awake and head back to class.
>Ask how one might 'smash fate'.
>[OTHER]

Rolled 4, 5, 1 = 10

>>24788856
>Ask for him to explain further [Roll 3D6]
you lost me

Rolled 2, 3, 1 = 6

>>24788856
>>Ask for him to explain further [Roll 3D6]

Rolled 4, 1, 3 = 8

>>24788856
>Ask for him to explain further [Roll 3D6]

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Rolled 2, 6, 6 = 14

>>24788856

Rolled 1, 2, 2 = 5

>>24788856
>Ask for him yo explain further
This is my friend we are talking about, I need answers!

also are we chosing this as we have not had many options to roll them dice yet?

>>24788856
"so Holy Grail, gotta smash it really good? were is it? and would a nuke work?":

>>Ask how one might 'smash fate'.
and
>Shake Hermione awake and head back to class.

like we are shaking her awake to ask how to smash fate.

Rolled 6, 4, 2 = 12

>>24788856
Explain

Rolled 1

MAGIC MISSILE

By the way professor chaos, what attribute is discernment based off? It doesn't have one listed in our stat sheet.

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If we get into Hufflepuff, can we scream "Eulalia!" at least once before fighting Voldemort?

>>24789015
Or we just "kill" the Holy Grail that's in Illya.
Preferably years later when we have a better control over our eyes and can tell what lines mean what.

Sorry, Social Encounter happened. Even we abominations against nature have to tell our mothers we love them on Mother's Day. Post incoming soon.

>>24789109
Discernment is based off of intelligence. I'm slowly correcting the typos on the the sheet as we go, sorry about that.

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"Sorry," you say to your teacher. "I understood just about none of that, would you mind explaining further?"

"Sure," he says, a wide grin on his face.

"Oh no..." the Kaleidostick says. Someone, the baton looks worried.

"The Holy Grail," Zelretch begins, "is the crux of an ancient ritual that I helped create that one of my students and his friends devised way back in the day." He twirls the Kaleidostick. "In essense, it is meant to use the combined power of legendary heroes to grant the use a single wish, though it has only ever been properly successful once."

"And the corruption bit?" you ask.

Zelretch shrugs. "You don't need to worry about it. It hasn't happened in this timeline yet. But basically, someone inevitably summons a rather troubled individual thinking that he's an invicible rage god, due the myths surrounding him." He sighs. "Poor fellow almost always dies first, and almost always manages to corrupt the grail with the raw potency of his hatred and spite."

Okay. You think you've got that. It certainly explains why the Dream Illya was asking you to temper your spite a bit.

"And the bit about the reflections of reality, and all that Jazz?"

Zelretch grins. "Why don't I show you."

[WILL RATING - INT + LUCK]
[WILL RATING - 15]
[TRUE MAGIC MODIFIER - -10]
[MODIFIED WILL RATING - 5]
[LOWEST WITHIN FIRST 3 - 6]
[FAILURE. NON CRITICAL]

You wake up in the chair across from Hermione, who is presently sipping on a cup of Earl Grey tea, shooting dirty looks at Dr. Zelretch. You try to remember what he showed you, and the memories begin to surface, of the greater orders of Inifinity, and the rainbow colored Kaleidoscope that was the foundation of reality. You shudder.

It was as horrifying as it was beautiful.

You...
>Ask how long you were out.
>Ask Hermione how she puts up with being this guy's apprentice.
>Ask what that had to do with what you asked.
>[OTHER]

>>24790057
>>Ask how long you were out.
>>Ask Hermione how she puts up with being this guy's apprentice.

>>24790057
>>Ask Hermione how she puts up with being this guy's apprentice.

And, again, offer her our sympathies.

>>24790057

>Ask how long you were out.
>Ask Hermione how she puts up with being this guy's apprentice.
(A:long enough, and the cock)

>>24789242
yes yes.a thousand time yes. Sunflash the mace= best Badger lord ever.

>>24790057
>Ask Hermione how she puts up with being this guy's apprentice.

So I have to wonder, where would this quest have gone if we'd picked one of the other options than the Von Einzberns for who we got on with?

>>24790385
If we picked Zelretch we'd be MAHOU SHOUNEN HARRY POTTER.

If we picked the priestess (Probably Caren, possibly Ciel) we'd be Harry Potter, Vampire Hunter.

Fuck if I know what Dudley or that crazy cat Squib would get us.

>>24790463
>Fuck if I know what Dudley would get us.
A regular fucking mystery.

>>24790463
>If we picked the priestess (Probably Caren, possibly Ciel) we'd be Harry Potter, Vampire Hunter.

Nero has made reference to a "Mother Kokutou" who I assume that would be.

>>24790463
>what Dudley
contacts and friends within mundane society?
>Cat squib
zerg cats

>>24790602
Then we'd be getting in close with Azaka and, by extension, Touko.

So we'd end up almost exactly like we are now, except probably childhood friends with Mana Ryougi instead of Ilya. MEoDP and all.

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"Hermione," you ask, rubbing your head as a massive headache slams into it. "My deepest condelences for the situation you've found yourself in. How the heck do you put up with all of this on a day to day basis?"

"Isn't the more pertinent question 'how long have I been out, Hermione?'" she asks. "I know that if I had just gotten out of a coma, that would be the first thing I'd ask after passing out from sensory overload."

"No," you say. "Sun's still up, you and Zelretch are still here. Can't have been more than an hour, if you didn't drag me out to the nurse's office."

"It has been seventeen minutes and thirty seven seconds," the Kaleidostick says, "since you initially lost consciousness, as of the moment this sentence ends."

"Thanks," you nod toward's the baton. "Homeroom hasn't even begun yet, I'll be..."

You try to stand up, only to wobble on your legs. "Yeesh. Okay, that's not good."

"Side effects!" Zelretch chimes in, handing you a cup of tea. "You're mind wasn't quite ready for dealing with the underbelly of one of the true magics just yet. Your viewing should have innoculated you against it, the next time you wish to see, though."

[PERK UNLOCKED: TRUE MAGIC INNOCULATION I - Penalties when dealing with the True Magics are reduced by 2]

"See," you point at him. "See Hermione? This guy has no regard for your mental safety - how the heck do you put up with being his apprentice."

Hermione get's this look on her face as she thinks of it. You're vaguely reminded of some of the drawings in the books Mrs. Irisviel show- oh Jesus Christ no.

>Field too long

>>24790695
"He just has so much -Knowledge-," she says. "Learning the Second Magic, even in this haphazard manner, is like being locked inside of a library for years and years on end." She grins. "I've learned more things in these past three months about the universe around us than I have my entire life of browsing encyclopedias."

Oh good. She just has an unhealthy love of knowledge.

"He's a terrible teacher," she nods, "But the subject matter is worth the stress."

"You wound me, Hermione," Zelretch says sarcastically. "That really hurts, right here."

You...
>Express relief that Illya was wrong.
>Ask what's so great about the subject matter.
>Head back to Homeroom.
>[OTHER]

>>24790718
>>Express relief that Illya was wrong.
At least they're not fucking.

>>24790718
>Express relief that Illya was wrong.

>>24790718
So if she fucking her teacher or not?

>Ask what's so great about the subject matter.
I want to learn!

>>Express relief that Illya was wrong.
>>At least they're not fucking.

Yet. He is an ancient vampire. She'll grow up.

>>24790777
Trips has the best question.

>>24790777
No, she just has a knowledge fetish.

Though I feel like this might cause her to crush on us hard if we make her our SCI-MAGIC BRO like I wanted.

>>24790718
>Express relief that Illya was wrong.
then, before ANYONE can say ANYTHING
>Go to homeroom

>>24790819
I think ancient vampire warlocks might be a better fuel for her semi-sexual desires. We'll probably race her to who goes batshit first.

>>Express relief that Illya was wrong.
>>At least they're not fucking.

>Express relief that Illya was wrong.


>[PERK UNLOCKED: TRUE MAGIC INNOCULATION I - Penalties when dealing with the True Magics are reduced by 2]
This will be extremely helpful in our research into the Third!

I hope we have more perk room.

captcha: gygfame living

Obligatory bitch about Origin Magic MEoDP, and everything else wrong with this series.

>>24790911
We've received perks before without it reducing the number of ??? ones we have. I'm assuming that ??? represents one we already have but aren't aware of because nothing has come up before involving it (like how parseltongue apparently was), whereas stuff like this or multitasker we just gain in addition to what we have because we didn't originally have it. How many we can get... /shrug.

>>24790881
Why in god's name would we want to research the Third?

All we need to know to save Ilya is the location of the Great Grail, and our trusty knife. No actual knowledge of the Third required beyond "break big magic circle, no more ritual, good end".

>>24791004
Grail still works as intended, though.

>>24791004
Our origin involves Death and we're apparently also linked to Life as well. Why WOULDN'T we want to research the Third?

>>24791004
If anything, I say we research the First when the time comes. Wizards already use a low-grade version all the time, so its not a huge leap to upgrade to the real thing.

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>>24791004
Because untainted access to the Root.
Although personally, with MEoDP, the Fifth magic would be most beneficial, the second magic after that.
To be perfectly honest though, true magic isn't something we should be taking an interest in unless we're at least Aoko-tier magicians, as EVERYTHING human that's achieved a true magic has died.

>>24791039
Unless we want to go and become one with the Root, then that's a terrible idea.

>>24791137
>Although personally, with MEoDP, the Fifth magic would be most beneficial, the second magic after that.

What does the Fifth even do?

>>24791153
kill the universe

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>>24791153
Turn your hair red, and allow you abilities related to time travel.
This thing in the image also butchered anything that got near True Magics, only two survivors, Zelretch and Aoko.

>>24791181
>allow you abilities related to time travel.

I thought time travel fell under the purview of the Second.

>>24791181
Wait, what? What the fuck is that?

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>>24791199
The second magic is dimension travel.
God, do you even nasuverse?

>>24791225
Unknown as fuck.
Like 90% of the True Magic.

>>24791237
>The second magic is dimension travel.
Actually the Second is controlling alternate dimensions and I'm sure someone told me that time travel falls under that because of reasons.

>>24791259
>Actually the Second is controlling alternate dimensions
And where the heck is your source on that?

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"Oh thank God," you say, "For a second I thought that Illya was right..."

Hermione drops her tea cup.

"What?" she asks, her eye twitching.

"Nothing!" you say. "Nothing at all! Illya certainly didn't think that you and Professor Z were... NOTHING AT ALL!"

Zelretch begins to radiate disapproval. Hermione, of course, is furious.

"Professor Zelretch and I were..." She draws closer to you, menacingly, grinning like a maniacal ten year old because that was precisely what she was. "What? What did Illya think that Professor Zelretch and I were doing, hmmm..?"

"She thought you were sleeping with Professor Zelretch!" you blurt out before you can stop yourself. Unfortunately, you say this right at precisely the most opportune moment to advance Hermione's subplot and make her more than just a little angry with you.

Namely, right as the Principal came in with a few folders for Dr. Zelretch. They drop to the floor in shock.

"Kishur," the man begins to say, "what is the meaning of thi-"

"#########." You don't hear a sound spoken. Yet you hear a long and lyric aria. Yet you hear a gutteral incantation spat from the mouths of hell. Yet you hear the roar of lions, and the chirping of birds, the song of the most ancient creatures of the deep. And there is a rainbow - no, a Kaleidoscope - that permeats the room.

Zelretch is standing there, his crystal sword in hand.

"Well, that should take care of that, no questions asked," he says, sheathing his blade. "Unfortunately, there were some changes made to circumstances. I was never a math teacher here..." He turns to Hermione, pulling out a book from his. "I'm the Librarian, though only the Principal and the records remember that. Your apprenticeship will continue as normal Hermione - just come down to the Library if you need guidance."

>Field too Long.

He tips his hat to you as he walks out. "Now, what have you learned, Mr. Potter?"

You answer...
>To be more situationally aware when talking about sensitive information.
>That the Second Magic is friggin' amazing.
>That memory charms aren't as inelegant and brutish as he first postuated.
>[OTHER]

>>24791296
>To be more situationally aware when talking about sensitive information.
>That memory charms aren't as inelegant and brutish as he first postuated.

>>24791296
>That memory charms aren't as inelegant and brutish as he first postuated.

>>24791296
Not to blurt out sensitive information in front of people we're not sure we can Kill.

>>24791335
this

>>24791335
Thissss. Yesss.

>>24791296
>>That the Second Magic is friggin' amazing.
I'm tripping balls, Mister Z.

>>24791286
Did Zelretch just take us to another dimension?!

>>24791375
No, he probably changed the school around a bit.

>>24791375
I think he took us to the Second Magic equivalent of the Speed Force.

>>24791374
We've already seen Death, the end of everything, and now the Second Magic. In the future, we should try not to get -too- swept up in impressive displays.

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>>24791375
Hard to know, since the second magic is basically an exceedingly obscure thing in the Nasuverse that'd hardly appeared at all.

>>24791335
Amendment:
>we're not sure we can or should Kill.

That last bit is rather vital.

>>24791335
This!
With the amendment from >>24791418

>>24791418
>>24791498
Minor details.

>>24789242
>>24790185
>Sunflash the Mace
mah niggas, wot

I guess Harry doesn't understand that he's in the presence of someone who kill him with a twitch of his finger. Who has a form of near omnipotence due knowledge, his powers, and experience. And that the girl he just insulted is learning from the Ancient vampire. Sure one day she may grow up and crush on the ancient vampire as a huge vessel of knowledge but we can't interfere. And we may have just closed some doors. Let's hope that since one half of this series is anime that this can still benefit us in the end.

>>24791731
I don't think we really did either of those things.

>>24791731
All we did was make her a little angry dude, jesus. It's not like we're going to get through this without ever having arguments with our friends, we're Harry Potter, our origin in canon is "Pointless Disagreements".

>>24791731
>is anime
One half of that is the F/0 anime, aka The Bad Guy Wins and Everyone Else Dies Painfully. The other half is mostly about a suicidal, emotional cripple who saves people that don't really need to be saved. Not exactly optimistic.
The Harry Potter side of the story is what would normally be saving him here. However, since we're dealing with Zelretch, the usual nigh-omnipotent vampire lord stuff doesn't apply. He just isn't that kind of guy. Besides, Harry is still ten at this point. He is physically incapable of fully grasping what Zelretch is really showing him. He'll get it, eventually.

>>24791823
The issue is that instead of CANON Fate/Zero, we got the version in which there was no Avenger so the Grail was vastly more cooperative, and everything went better than expected.

(Granted, Zelretch did just insinuate that Avenger could possibly be summoned in the NEXT Grail War, but that's way far down the road from here, not to mention that we really wouldn't understand in character the extent to which that would be a Bad Thing.)

>>24791296
>>That the Second Magic is friggin' amazing.
though...
...did he just ERASE/SWITCH the timline we were previously in instead of a simple memory charm?
>>That memory charms aren't as inelegant and brutish as he first postuated.
Hipocricy at it's finest...

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>>24791862
Speaking of the HGW, I think it'd probably be best to try and summon, either F/SN Rider, Assassin, or F/E's Launcher.

>>24791874
You can't "erase" a timeline, exactly. He probably just jumped ship.

>>24791890
>F/E's Launcher
Just call him Karna.

And we should summon him as Archer if we do.

>>24791908
Yep, sounds like a plan.
Medusa is best overall though.

>>You can't "erase" a timeline, exactly. He probably just jumped ship
Or he sent switched the principal to another universe he didn't visit.

>>24791874
>...did he just ERASE/SWITCH the timline we were previously in instead of a simple memory charm?

He's taken us away from our Illya!

>>24791890
>F/SN Rider
Well, odds are we're not gonna be IN an HGW since it's another fifty seven years at least before the next one. But if we are, yes, we must summon Best Servant. And then we get her a true incarnation, and a nice little book shop in London to run as she sees fit.

>>24791938
That would be the one thing we can't allow.

>>24791938
He likely selected an otherwise identical universe, dude. Infinite kaleidoscope of realities and shit.

>>24791938
It's more likely that he switched the Principal rather than us, considering this line.

>I'm the Librarian, though only the Principal and the records remember that.

Couldn't we just summon Gilgamesh using our new snake-bro as a focus?

>>24791862
>NEXT Grail War
Why the hell didn't anyone dismantle the thing? I mean, I know it's not evil in this reality, but you'd think someone in power would mind the surprisingly obvious carnage.

Also, does Einzbern have any heirs? Are they gonna leave the continuation of the family up to a sort-of-homunculus and some British kid from a completely different tradition?

>>24791890
>>24791862
We're going to summon Gilgamesh because of the snake, Voldemort will probably summon the Sengoku Basara version of Nobunaga Oda, and I would not be surprised if an alternate Shirou (Kotomine Shirou?) showed up with Mordred.

>>24791973
Oh thank god. Even if she was identical in every way I don't think I could take the existential waifu crisis if it was the other way around.

>>24792000
>Why the hell didn't anyone dismantle the thing?
>Any sane Magus
>Destroy a potential path to the Root
Ahahahaha. You're funny.

>>24791938
That Mongrel!
...let's kill this fabled second magic of his.
>>24791973
Let's hope for the best.

>>24792000
Odds are they are a large family, and they will probably draft another homunculus for the Sixth Grail War anyway.

>>24792006
>Not jacking the Kaleidostick and grabbing all the Ilyas you can carry
Complete fucking pleb.

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"Not to blurt out sensitive information," You begin.

Zelretch nods. "Very good, Mr. Pott-"

"In front of people we're not sure I can, or should kill," you finish.

Zelretch pauses for a moment, and then continues nodding. "Very good, Mr. Potter. Perhaps not the lesson that you should have learned from this experience, but an important lesson none the less. I'll leave your... I wouldn't say punishment... but consequences, yes that's the better word..." You shudder. "Yes, I'll leave the consequences of your actions to my apprentice."

He turns to Hermione. "Now don't be too hard on him, Hermione. It wasn't too troublesome to fix his mistake."

With that, he's gone.

"Harry..." Hermione gives you a scary look. "I don't care that he swtiched the Principal... You... You... YOUR HORRIBLE PERSON! How could you say that in... in front of... in front of... AGGH!" She flips up the Kaleidstick. "KALEID! FIND ME A ME THAT CAN HELP ME VENT!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

You're very certain that you don't want to be in the same room as an angry magical girl. You decide to...
>Flee the scene.
>Flee the scene and skip to the end of the day.
>Flee the scene and skip to the Hogwarts Express.
>[OTHER]

>>24792051
>Flee the scene and skip to the Hogwarts Express.

>>24792022
That's exactly what happened after the 5th, remember? The Clock Tower sent Waver to finish the fucking thing.
Goddamn, magi are exactly as irresponsible and short-sighted as RPG wizards.

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>>24791890
B-but I wanted to summon Moe Lancer!
But then again, I only want to form a band with Moe Lancer and V/V, not win the Grail War.

>>24792051
>Flee the scene and skip to the Hogwarts Express.

>>24792051
Flee the scene and skip to an important event.

>>24792000
>Also, does Einzbern have any heirs? Are they gonna leave the continuation of the family up to a sort-of-homunculus and some British kid from a completely different tradition?

I think it's a fair assumption that Acht has a son, daughter or grandchild waiting to take over. Iri, Kerry and Ilya are a cadet branch. It's fairly common in breeding like they do for magecraft, the heir's partner is tightly controlled so the main line doesn't get any unfortunate traits, conversely branch lines are allowed (or even encouraged) to bring in new blood that after a good amount of time to isolate the good traits, be brought into the main line. Expect that in a few generations' time, one of our and Ilya's great grandchildren ends up married to the then heir to get Kiritsugu and our bloodlines' good traits.

>>24792051
>>Flee the scene and skip to the end of the day.
This choice is suspect. What could happen at the end of the day?

>>24792051
>[OTHER]
Stay and take the beating, maybe it'll be fun, those people in Iri's videos seemed to enjoy themselves.

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>>24792051
>[OTHER]
Stick around and let her vent.
Dis gon be gud.

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>>24792059
Thats because the Grail was no longer a path to the Root, and just wanted to kill everything.

>Flee the scene and skip to the end of the day.

>>Flee the scene and skip to the end of the day.
Every additional day we experience gives us another chance to raise our knowledge, gain a perk, or discover a trait

>>24792051
>>Flee the scene and skip to the Hogwarts Express.
As said by Monty Python, GET ON WITH IT

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>>24792051
>Flee the scene and skip to the Hogwarts Express.

>>24791939
>You are now imagining Irisviel and Rider comparing notes on bondage and such things.

>>24792123
I agree.
>>24792051
>>Flee the scene and skip to the end of the day.

>Flee the scene and skip to the Hogwarts express

>>24792123
Should we really be metagaming a HP quest thread?

>>24792051
>[OTHER]
Put up token resistance (fleeing, etc.) for a while so it doesn't seem like we're just rolling over, then take our lumps and then timeskip to the Hogwarts Express, at which time we will probably have healed from our disciplinary beatings.

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>>24791521
>wot
Get out of my kitchen, you bottomless son of a stoat.

>>24792123
Seconding this. We should level up as much as we can before going to Hogwarts.

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>>24792139
Yes PLEASE.

>>24792051
Stay and accept your beatings.

>>24792051
Flee, end of the day

>>24792139
>mfw my fiancee was the one who introduced me to Fate
>mfw she likes to dress up like Rider for "happy fun time"
>mfw no face is sufficient to capture my joy

I must say I like how many threads we've had this week. At the rate it had been going we wouldn't have finished shopping until June.

We should start learning Alchemy.
Because Snape, and it's useful

>>24792237
You lucky bastard

>>24791939
odds are actually highly likely 4th year may just be the holy grail and a complete fuckup on this end.

So precisely how badly are we going to flip out when Illya is petrified by the basilisk is year 2?

>>24792451
Stab everything.

>>24792451
Stab her in the petrification.

>>24792451
Stab the concept of petrification.

>>24792451
Dotstab petrification

>>24792473
>>24792472
>>24792459
Honestly, we need to learn how to into MEoDP.
Shit, the greatest user didn't even need to cut them, he looked at them and they died.

>>24792473
Pretty sure killing concepts is gonna require leveling up our Mystic Eyes.

>>24792451
>not taming the basilisk and riding around places.
>not stabbing the petrification out of existence and overall being awesome.

>>24792451
We're going to call in Dinkledorf's favor, and beat the shit out of his familiar until it cries so we can cure Ilya. Then we're going to command the snake to look in a mirror.

>>24792051
>>Flee the scene and skip to the end of the day.

>>24792508
why would we command the snake to do that and not simply just have it sent to whatever magical labs for people to use.
>not cammanding it to be a test item of snape shenanigans
>not actually trying to get on snapes good side for once.

>>24792051

Be crazy and stay.

>>24792501
Shiki was able to stab his own vampirism or Kohaku's poison in Tsukihime.

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>>24792562
Shiki's got eyes specialized in killing living things though.
And his brain almost busted with the Kohaku poison.

>>24792547
Because basilisks are as illegal to have as homunculi in Wizarding Britain, and Snape has more than enough shit to deal with after having to become a double agent.
There is also no way Snape can like Harry as long as he looks like James. He was going to let James and Harry die so Voldemort would give him Lily. He really fucking hates James.

>>24792501
Yeah seriously, it's possible but if we tried it with E rank mystic eye lore it'll probably shred our brain trying to visualise it.

>>24792573
Yes, and Harry don't got Tohno's eyes. His are closer to, but still distinct from, Ryougi's eyes. He could probably handle the petrification better than Tohno but worse than Ryougi. I'm not clear on this, since Harry's Origin can mean a whole lot of shit.

>>24792488
>Implying Tohno was greatest user
Ryougi stabbed the point in a timeline where she'd died. She'd have died in an explosion but in her own words if it exists she can kill it. The moment that the possibility became a certainty she gained the ability to kill it.

>>24792647
Harry should learn some philosophy. Something simple like solipsism should help stave off suicide or something.

>>24792661
He meant Balor you dumbshit. When did Tohno ever kill something by looking at it?

>>24792661
I'm not implying Tohno was the greatest user, shit, Tohno can't cut lines with his eyes.
I'm talking about Balor!
He could actualize death with his eyes.

Can't we just make a mask like rider had and put it on the basilisk? Then he could become the school mascot!

>>24792661
I seriously doubt we're going to be that good with them in our second year.

>>24792693
All it'd be require, nasuverse wise, is Mystic eye killers.
Touko can make them.

>>24792696
Tohno got that good within a few days.
At the cost of his sanity, but still.

>>24792679
My mistake, too often Tohno is used as he in conjunction with the eyes. Granted Balor didn't have eyes of death perception but eyes of death. end of he looked at you you died. Completely different thing.

>>24792693
we kinda need to kill the snake, or at least the journal so not really an option.

and are you REALLY going to say no to a basilisk-skin jacket?

>Binding (束縛, sokubaku?): The most common Mystic Eyes, casts a suggestion spell that cripples the target upon eye contact. Weakness is that user becomes vulnerable to similar eye contact-based effects during the moment of casting. Effects can be negated by running prana through the Magic Circuits. Illyasviel von Einzbern has these eyes.
>Illyasviel von Einzbern has these eyes.
You know, I totally forgot about this. That's how she froze Shirou before making him a puppet. This mitebcool.

>>24792728
Tohno was also an purposely inbred killing machine.

>>24792051
>>Flee the scene and skip to the Hogwarts Express.
As much I would love to keep collecting random skills along the way, I'd rather keep the momentum going. We spent for fucking ever dilly-dallying in Diagon Alley, let's not spend forever wasting time in school.

Hopefully Chaos will level up our relevant Kerry skills a bit in the time-skip, maybe teach us a mystery or two, but at least we'll be going to Hogwarts. Plus the real fun stuff is going to come from applying the Magus mindset (which we're going to play Harry as having regardless) to HP magic, not the other way around.

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>>24792729
They're still related.
Since OP seems rather liberal with it, it may be possible.

>>24792745
This isn't the Magus Illya we saw in F/SN.
This is carefree Kiritsugu family man raised Illya.

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You contemplate staying and accepting the anti-magical girl combat training for a very brief moment. You sort of deserve it, after all, forcing Professor Zelretch to use whatever the heck sort of crazy ass magecraft he pulled there to effectively retcon your mistake and reposition himself as the school's chief librarian. And besides, it wouldn't be like you weren't going to put up a fight - knowing how to combat a Magical Girl might prove useful in the future, you know!

And then you see the outfit that the insidious mind of the wand put Hermione in. And got flashbacks to the... talk... that you had with Irisviel over the winter break. It was right out of those disturbing dreams that you had been having about Hermione and Illya, and NO MIND THAT'S A BAD PLACE TO GO.

You and Hermione were not able to look each other in the eye for about a month afterward.

The months pass, and soon enough, the time for you to depart for your first year at Hogwarts has come. Illya will be joining you, and much of the day before you leave is spent with Kiritsugu explaining how best to beat up someone twice her size. Over the past few months, all of your skills have improved somewhat, but you've spent most of your focus on...
>Academics (Mundane)
>Academics (Magecraft)
>Acrobatics
>Alchemy
>Athletics
>Capioera
>Cooking
>Craft (Mystic Codes)
>Discernment
>Explosives
>Marksmanship
>Mystic Eye Lore
>Origin Magic
>Reinforcement
>Shinsendou
>Stealth
>[OTHER]
[PICK THREE]

In addition to that, you've spent a great deal of effort to...
>Master the Art of Breathing and Walking
>Toughen your self up a bit more
>Differentiate between the Death of Concepts and the Death of Beings
>[OTHER]

[Gonna end the thread here today, as Platform 9 & 3/4s is a good starting point for next thread].