1357/Obstructed Fate

Obstructed Fate
Date of Scene:	17 January 2015
Location:	Fuyuki Zero <FZ>
Synopsis:	The same night as the Union Elites are accepted as guests of the Einzbern family, they begin their plan to rescue Irisviel and Illyasviel from being used as tools in the Grail War. With allies on the outside securing their exit, and preparation for just about everything, there's no possible way this can go wrong!
Cast of Characters:	Maya, Staren, 346, 482, 560, 603, 664
Tinyplot:	Fate/Zero Tolerance

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Emiya Kiritsugu (603) has posed:
Several Hours Ago...

The discussion had with Jubstacheit von Einzbern went on for awhile, Acht evaluating each Union member in turn, as well as seemingly scrutinizing the words of Kiritsugu.

The whole time, Irisviel had sat next to Kiritsugu quietly, only interjecting when she had a relevant statement to make - not favoring anyone in the debate over the Union, and Kiritsugu, and an 'alliance' and so on, but simply making salient points. She kept her peace otherwise. Illyasviel had spent most of her time in Kiritsugu's lap, though she occasionally would switch laps. She made the rounds, from Saber, to Bedivere, to Shirou, to Maya, to Psyber. Anyone who would accept being her temporary seat became such. People who refused got an annoyed, folded-armed pout, and were assigned to tiny-Illya's 'Do Not Play With' list.

In the end, Acht had wrapped up all the verbal dancing about and come straight to his point. "If you are a serious that you are still seeking to achieve the long-held wish of the Einzbern family by completing the Third Magic, Heaven's Feel, by obtaining the Grail, then you will continue to have our support. You will not be held accountable for the actions of another version of yourself from another universe... Though some method will have to be devised to tell you apart from them." The subtext in all that is that it doesn't matter whether he believes the story fed to him or not. He is willing to overlook the matter of 'a' Kiritsugu getting information on Einzbern communications and activities for now, but he won't accept this excuse in the future. "However," Acht said as he looked around at everyone gathered. "To reaffirm our mutual goal, my adopted son, you must summon your Servant. I will send word to the Church that this will be happening, so that they can contact the other Masters." Kiritsugu had simply replied without hesitation, "That is the main purpose behind my return here. I will begin tomorrow morning." Jubstacheit had nodded in approval, stood up from his seat, and departed, with only a reminder that those here would be his guests for the night, and that those who did not wish to be such should leave the grounds as soon as possible.

Illyasviel had gone after her great grandfather, but had stopped long enough to spin around, with her hands behind her back, and bend forward a bit to peer at Shirou. And then she had said, "Hey, big brother Shirou! Someday, when I get to fight like Kiritsugu, I want to make you my Servant!" She had smiled, giggled, and then skipped away like what she just said wasn't incredibly creepy.

Emiya Kiritsugu (603) has posed:
Hours have passed since then. Everyone was treated to a feast, though who prepared it and put it out on the table is unknown. Saber and Maya were each given a dress like Iri's and Illya's. Maiya only showed up a couple times, to check in with the group (mostly Kiritsugu), and then went back outside for whatever it is she's doing out there. Night has fallen on the Einzbern castle. The snow storm finally ended, leaving the landscape and trees all around under a blanket of pristine whiteness, glowing in the moonlight. Nothing has disturbed its surface yet. The castle is quiet. Seemingly almost empty. It's known for a fact that there are at least three residents, but outside of them, and the various 'guests', there has not been any indication that there's anyone even around to maintain the castle and keep it as spotless as it is. No dust or anything.

Some may be in bed. Some may be awake still. But everyone has had the planned explained to them - or at least what Kiritsugu felt they needed to know of it, and anything specifically asked about - prior to this point, because discussing it IN the castle would be foolish. Kiritsugu intends to go to the chapel in the Einzbern castle, to obtain Avalon - the catalyst for the summoning of King Arthur. He has two people on the outside of the Bounded Fields surrounding the castle, who will be prepared with various prana-disrupting devices to shut down the Fields at the right moment - if they don't just use their own innate abilities in the case of one. The devices have to be placed first, and the forest is not a safe place to be, but hopefully working together, Staren and Archer of Brown can handle this job and keep evil spirits and hungry wolves off each other's backs. It's up to them to get things arranged - if they don't succeed, the group has no exit for extracting Irisviel and Illyasviel... And they'd be forced to stand and fight until all enemies are eliminated.

Not that it appears there's many enemies to fight.

Irisviel seems to have been drawn to Saber in particular, though she was friendly with all of the visitors and delighted in hearing anything about themselves or the outside world they were willing to share. The explanation of the multiverse had her and Illyasviel both wide-eyed in comically near-identical expressions of amazement. Illyasviel knew of it, apparently, but only in a vague sense. Irisviel has never been outside the castle.

And now? Now, neither Iri nor Illya is aware of what's about to happen - though Iri has picked up enough hints and body language to know SOMETHING is going down, and that her husband can't talk about it.

Emiya Kiritsugu (603) has posed:
//INSIDE THE CASTLE HALLS//

The castle is quiet, mostly darkened except in specific places, where crystals or woodless fires provide illumination. Moonlight spills through windows at times. The castle seems nearly abandoned.

KIRITSUGU is here.

The CHAPEL can be reached from here.

Kiritsugu is walking through the halls, moonlight catching his features when he passes a window, and plunging them back into darkness in the spaces between. He looks determined, if otherwise unemotional. He's on his way to the CHAPEL.

Emiya Kiritsugu (603) has posed:
//EINZBERN FOREST//

Outside of the castle, beyond the Bounded Fields that can't even be detected if one doesn't know where they are, there is a dark forest with only the dim illumination of the moon. The freezing cold of the mountains in Germany are numbing. It's kind-of-sort-of-quiet but not really. The snarling and howling of wild beasts can be heard, and there are sometimes things that sound like...

...Whispers.

EVIL SPIRITS are here.
HUNGRY WOLVES are here.

Staren and Archer of Brown have had the lay-out of the Bounded Fields mapped for them and delivered to them. What they do from here on out is up to them, but people are depending on them to make them an exit.

Archer of Brown (664) has posed:
     "Alright, Staren. I reckon it'd be best if we got this done quiet. I say stick to Kerry's gizmos unless a wolf or spirit comes up." The gunfighter crosses his arms, surveying the forest. It's colder than a well digger's ass out here, but he can deal. His main concern is doing it without drawing attention. As a Servant, he's already disadvantaged. "What do you think?"

Staren has posed:
    Oh sure, other people get to go inside but Staren's left out in the cold :