ғaтe/alт.dιѕтorтιon ii

[formidable]

Private AU/PSL RP, set in the Fate/stay night universe. Multiple Servants of each class are being summoned or are rogue and appear from mysterious rifts along with shadow-like monsters, threatening to tear apart this unstable and distorted alternate reality. ➤ PART I ➢ FSN AU Lien Kha. ➤ FSN AU Ai Thao Kha. ➢ Fate/ALT.distortion Playlist.

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[lansaigh]

Huh. Poor guy, he'll probably be pretty heartbroken. He's pretty naive...

[ Diarmuid looks this way, furrows his brows. What's going on over there... ]

1/2

[emotive]

[ARRRRRGH!!]

F-Fine, I'll leave you both alone, I get it! You don't have to pick on me!

[She heads in the direction where Diarmuid is, but not before turning to Cu and pointing at him imposingly.]

Don't think you're the only one who's protecting her! Got it?!

[AI OUT!]

[psychometer]

[... When her twin leaves, Lien muffles her laughter with one hand over her mouth as she makes her way down to Cu.]

She's scary, huh?

[lansaigh]

Both of you are.

[ A hand goes on Lien's head, ruffles her hair roughly. ]

That's part of the charm, I'd say.

[psychometer]

[And for that, she moves so that she's next to him and leaning against his arm. Closing her eyes, Lien exhales softly, smiling all the while.]

Am I now? That's a new one.

Just one of the things that you could have said to give me a heart attack I take it?

[lansaigh]

[ A mock second passes where he feigns consideration, where he taps his foot on the ground and pretends that he needs to think deeply about how best to answer this.

And after it comes and goes, he reaches out to put a hand over Lien's heart. The gesture is surprisingly simple. ]

Nah. I can still feel it beating.

[psychometer]

[Well! It may have skipped a bit. Lien feels as if her heartbeat feels more solid and more real because of that. She puts her hand on top of his so she can turn it over to look at his palm.]

... There's a lot of things I like about you too, you know. Like your hands.

[She pulls his hand to her cheek so she can cup her face with it, full of affection.]

I could name a few other things, but I need time to make sure I have enough to blindside you.

[lansaigh]

[ His hands. It's such a sincere thing for her to say, and he laughs about it, though the sound is laced with unmistakeable fondness. The hand on her cheek pats it once, twice. ]

That's incentive enough for me to make it out of whatever this is gonna be alive. Most princesses are stingy, they only give you a handkerchief or something to remember them by— you're promising to stroke my ego, that's huge.

1/2

[psychometer]

[More than ever, Lien wants to make it out of this war alive. That at least could count as a wish.]

Ah. Well, aren't we strange princesses then...

[emotive]

[Princess No. 2 has made her way back to Lancer No. 2 looking somewhat frazzled, but still standing tall nonetheless.]

Well! I made it back alive believe it or not.

[And the snark has rubbed off her...]

[onoir]

[ Frazzled is right— Ai's hair is a little mussed from all that facepalming, so Diarmuid takes it upon himself to smooth it down, remembering what Lien said about how Ai likes to have her hair touched. ]

Welcome back, Master. Was Cu Chulainn as formidable an opponent as they say?

[emotive]

He was... Oh.

[She pauses to allow him to neaten up her hair.

... This is nice. Being cared for like this.]

He was definitely difficult. Well-meaning, but difficult. To be honest. I have an inkling that both he and Lien just enjoy toying with me.

[onoir]

...They kept it friendly, I hope.

[ Because if there's one thing that he won't stand for, well-meaning or no, it's someone toying or disrespecting his Master— it's just Not Done. Not that he's going to start anything here, but. You know. He might want to have words. ]

Master. Don't forget that I'm yours. If you need me to interrupt, I will.

[emotive]

[Ai is just thankful that Diarmuid didn't hear the things Cu said about him. That would have been mortifying, god. Regardless, Ai smiles up at him.]

I've been trying to fight all my battles on my own to no avail it seems. Of course I'll depend on you.

[She puts her hands behind her back and tilts her head to the side almost playfully.]

I hope that isn't too much?

[onoir]

[ And in return, Diarmuid blinks, laughs, and returns the gesture with a playful one of his own: a hand over his heart in mock formality. ]

I, Diarmuid ua Duibhne, is here to serve you faithfully in all endeavors, no matter how trivial.

[ His smile warms. ]

Know that there's nothing that makes my heart gladder than to have you lean on me.

[emotive]

... You. You're wonderful.

[She softly says this, turning around so she can lean her arms on the rails and look out into the ocean. Fuyuki is, but a small line in the distance now.]

There are things I want to tell you, but... Heh. [She chuckles softly, turning her gaze to him, with honest blue eyes.]

I use too many words to say simple things.

[Cu's words aren't lost on her though. These moments were so precious that she hid herself from the brilliance, unable to embrace it fully. But that was all the more reason to take hold of it.]

But after we're done facing what's out there, I'll be able to say it fully.

[And with a strange sort of finality, she adds:]

I promise.

[onoir]

[ That compliment is given to him so freely, without any pretense at all, and Diarmuid accepts it wholeheartedly because it would be insulting for him to be humble about it. When he bows his head this time, it's out of both reverence and affection, and he takes a step forward to bridge the distance between them and take a piece of her hair, the section tied into the long braid.

He scoops it up in his palm, carefully brings it to his lips. ]

Then I'll wait. And I'll stay by your side until you can find your words.

[ And he says that without asking for her permission, without defaulting to Master-Servant obligations. Just a fact: 'I'll stay'. ]

[emotive]

[This... This is so bad. This is so bad for Ai because she cannot stop the flood of red that rushes into her face as she watches him take her braid and brings it up to his lips and she also can't stop from crying out immediately:]

T-That's dangerous! That's really dangerous!!

[onoir]

[ He sees that red, and even he's not dense enough to misinterpret this. But there's almost a facetious little headtilt in return, followed by a: ]

...How dangerous, I wonder.

[ And he plants another kiss to the corner of her hair. ]

[emotive]

This is coercion! And that's why...!!

[THAT'S IT! She suddenly moves forward and reaches up to take his face in her hands...

And affectionately headbutts him in the forehead because she literally has no idea what else to do and the other thing is too soon! And she hides her face against his chest because why not.]

That's why I said it was dangerous!

[onoir]

[ Ah... what a cute retaliation, though. The headbutt takes him off-guard for approximately two seconds, which is enough time for her to nestle against his chest, and...

...he supposes it won't hurt to wrap his arms around her, right. So here he is, effectively pulling Ai into an embrace. ]

Coercion? I can't say that I know what I'm coercing you into.

[ diarmuid!!!! ]

[emotive]

So in the end you're giving me a difficult time too? But if it's you...

[Ai accepts the embrace, laughing a little all the while and her heart lightened in the end. All of this was new and overwhelming, but at least they figured something out and it was a good. Diarmuid was good.

Perhaps a wish for something good had always lingered in her heart.]

... We'll be alright in the end, won't we? I'll... We'll make sure of it.

[onoir]

[ He knows that it's his job to make sure that his Master wins this war, and that that's what he would be willing to die doing— but even setting that aside, his overwhelming need to be loyal, to be the knight he always wanted to be, he also wants to accept her.

So he does, he nods and rests his chin against Ai's head for a second before pulling back. ]

We will. I'm sure that it will be a victory for us both.

[ Not just for her, because he knows that that's not what she wants. ]