Amber ⚔ 1

[onlypath]

[how long has Shirou been here, using the amber every once in a while to talk to a couple of people, but never outright saying anything to the public? almost two months? how much time has passed? granted Shirou isn't much of a 'public speaker' so to speak.

otherwise whenever he finally got a cell phone his contacts list would be rather small. but here was a little different. everyone was just like him, right? they all came from different worlds, those that banded together to take on that snake some time ago (unfortunately he missed the aftermath), and even within his own circle of friends and allies...]

Hopefully everyone I met when that snake came a while ago is doing alright. I don't think there was a lot of time for us to get to know each other with everything going on, but,

[he lightly smiles before blinking into the amber. ...this was working, right? he was fine with technology and he's used it before. but not to talk to...well, everyone]

Ah...well, anyway, for anyone that I haven't met here yet, my name's Shirou Emiya. I'm from Fuyuki City in Japan, for anyone who might know where that is. Nice to meet you all. [what else? this wasn't like introducing himself in school. realizing that, he stops there]

Let's see...

To be honest, I'm not sure what else to say. We're all in the same situation here, but it's only a matter of time until we figure out a way to go back home. I like to think I'm pretty good at fixing things here. [but not just for fixing things] If anyone needs a hand with anything around here, let me know.

[a beat]

Yosh. That shou-

[talking to himself as he taps the amber, he doesn't realize he cut himself off. ah well, it was a start! now what to do for dinner tonight...]

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[kingpika]

Not having any meat is boring, but I'm sure we can figure something else out... I heard something about a snake, so that means wild animals show up, right?

[ Gil rubbed his chin, an idea slowly dawning upon him. Maybe he could replace some of the stuff he lost after all. ]

But never mind the animals, do you have any barrels or clay vats around, onii-san?

[onlypath]

Yeah, there was a snake that we ended up hunting down. [not going to mention that the whole "getting hurt" trait is still strong in this version of Emiya too] I've seen rabbits around here too.

... clay vats?

[he knew what those were, but the question did seem quite out there]

No, I don't have either of those. I've never made a barrel before. [the statement wasn't so much rejection as much as it was him putting it on the backburner of ideas of things to make, for whatever reason. a rain barrel would be great though! thanks for the idea!] Why do you ask?

[kingpika]

It's no big deal, I just had an idea! If there aren't any lying around, I might just have to use one of my antiques then.

[ There are no ancient empty wooden barrels in the treasury of Uruk, but there's plenty of earthenware. Gil disappears off the Amber for a moment before popping back out with a big clay tub that looks... incredibly expensive to those who like antiques and/or archaeology. "Can probably buy a few houses in a good neighbourhood with it" expensive.

Who could possibly have perfectly preserved six thousand year old pots?

Not that it's the sort of thing you can easily tell through the Amber. ]

Thanks, onii-san! I'll just have to get a few twigs and make the barrel myself. It's not quite oak, but I think it'll do.