QUEST III

[thecanopycrew]

Adventurers, join to free the Servant of the Tree.
Six of the Night.
Six of the Day.
Six of Twilight.
Gather your party and venture forwards.
The wagons will guide you there.

A treat will be given for each secret shared. 卌卌 II

Those that serve have earned the right of a name. Make them known. Confirm names.
[The words are gone, instead showing a crystal sword being broken into three pieces and reassembled again over and over.]

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[2wei]

[ If only Archer knew that even in her world, she was meant to be the Grail. And that not one Grail is enough to save the world of her friend, a world that is breaking and literally dying.

She feels sorry for him. She feels sorry for him, so she doesn't say anything.

Instead, she just puts the Class Card back into her pocket and allows Ruby to float on its own before she lifts her feet off the ground, just a little so she can fly as closely up to him as possible and attempt to wrap her arms around his waist. Attempt being the key word here. ]

You've... had it hard too, haven't you, Shirou?

[ She decides that this is the right way to do say things. To not call him by his Class name, but by his actual name. There's tears that start to trickle from the edges of her eyes, and her voice sounds pitiful, upset.

She's not upset for herself, though.

Illya is upset for him. "A tool it will use forever"? What kind of things is he saying? She doesn't understand. She doesn't understand, but-- she wants to. She wants to understand him. ]

You're an idiot. You shouldn't want to disappear. I can't honor something like that. Not when it's something that will make people sad.

[steelmyself]

[ He doesn't know why she's approaching. He considers, briefly, turning over his gem and flying away into the night, but he dismisses the thought. She isn't a threat, and--

--perhaps he feels he owes her something. As she's still some version of the girl he couldn't save so long ago, he owes her something.

Still, he's completely stunned when she puts her arms around him. ]

Illy...asviel...

[ He speaks her name haltingly, sounding more like Shirou than ever in that moment.

His eyes don't burn--he's not really capable of tears, hasn't been for a long time. But his throat feels a little dry, like there's a lump in it somehow.

And then she's using that name. ]

That's not my name. I cast it aside a long time ago. I'm only the hero Emiya now. That's all I am...

And how could my disappearance make anyone sad? I'm the one who brings them to tears.

[2wei]

Because if you're the hero Emiya like you say you are and you know you've helped people-- then the people would be sad that you're gone!

[ There's a pause as her arms squeeze tighter, as she places her forehead on his back. ]

And it's Illya. Illyasviel is too long of a name, right? I don't really like it that much, really, ahaha. But even if it makes me sad, even if it makes other people sad-- why would you throw your life away like that?

It's not fair to anyone.