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[cloakanddaikon]

Who: Anyone
When: Day 50, late morning
Where: Here and there
What:

[A few hours in, and the halls far more resemble a messy abattoir rather than the last bastion of civilization. Batmonkey corpses, batmonkeys on fire (careful there!), and more than anything, lots and lots of live batmonkeys.

Well, Thusia? How goes your morning?]

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Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

King who?

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

Arturia Pendragon, Zexion.

This is why surnames became a thing, you know! After a few generations.

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

She had not mentioned a family name before.

Had you two met, then?

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

No, she just introduced herself like that!

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

Then she is related to this king you knew?

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

She's like--genderswitched version!

And I never actually met her--she was England's. He. ... King Arthur.

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

England's . . .

I am afraid I do not know much of his history, save where it crosses with yours.

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

The king that pulled that sword from the stone, or so the old stories go...?

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

[Shakes his head.]

If such stories made it to our world, it was after my time.

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

Basically, story goes that he was the first king who determined that he and his knights were on equal ground. Hence, he had them sit at a round table to show their equal. One true king of Britain, king of knights, yadda yadda...

[jiiii at Saber]

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

May I take this to mean that your reservations about her have become considerably fewer in number?

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

Nope. If anything, it's raised the bar a bit.

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

How so?

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

I'm very picky about "kings" I take in.

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

She's a wind type.

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

--you're such a goddamn cheater, Zexion.

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

I am, yes.

Speak with her. You and she share a world that I do not; if you see reason for caution beyond the risks I already know, I will listen.

. . . and as for taking her in, if we do so, it will be within the bounds of this contract and no more. Amnesiac or not, we have a king, and there is no other I will acknowledge.

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

I never said I'd accept her as my king. Who accepts someone who is contracted to serve someone who serves you as a king? Don't make me laugh.

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

She couldn't be your king, she's Arthur's. That's not what I meant at all.

Acknowledging certain standings carries with it the burden of relating to individuals on the level of relative stations, as well as that of individuals. In worlds such as these, acting as a member of the Organization or, comparably, as \your regent makes no sense whatsoever. So, with the exception of Ikki and Irisviel, I simply don't.

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

Iris-who?

[yes. completely ignored everything else. you love me]

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

[I do, yes.]

Irisviel von Einzbern.

Re: [4th Floor]

[dasschlechtende]

[visibly perks up at that German name]

Who's that?

Re: [4th Floor]

[cloakanddaikon]

A lady who resides on this floor. She's a replica, and connected to the circumstances surrounding Arturia; we spoke for some time over tea.