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Tamamo no Mae     Out in a random part of the Multiverse stands a faceless being. It's emitting a single message... "Find me~!" It's a non descript mannequin like thing that is wandering about, it doesn't look dangerous at first glance but small reports here and there say it's quite aggressive. Its hand has a sword in it, the faceless head looking around as if trying to find something as it repeats its message, "Find me~!" The voice is digitized... futuristic almost but with a hint of... playfulness.

    Meanwhile, a mysterious figure watches and waits in her throne room. Looking through the eyes of the Probe Program. She gave it a Saber designation to defend itself in the wild...but all she could do now is one thing she does not like doing... watching... and waiting. A sultry voice speaks... "Oh dear, maybe the thing has gotten lost.. oh well, it's expendable if I have to get rid of it."
Nozomi Houken     It's close enough to Nozomi's Tokyo, that it would be more strange if they WEREN'T dispatched to investigate. She is also the only duly recognized Elite of the Concord in the area, and so in a way she has a double obligation to investigate something weird. Something like, say, 'strange faceless thing calling for people to find it'. When local Concord listening posts kick it her way, the choice is made almost automatically.

    Of course, when Taiga detects 'digital construct based on spiritual energy', he's rather more intrigued. Not that he'd ever say that out loud. But even with Nozomi on his back, he's a little swifter in his approach than before. He only slows once they draw near, and from there, Nozomi herself slides off his back in a smooth motion she's done countless times by now.

    And Taiga, with his shoulder cannons swinging around to lock on, calls out simply, "Please cease and desist all hostile actions. We have 'found you'."
Tamamo no Mae     "Mikon? What's this... someone actually found it?" comes the feminine voice, "Well, let's see if they're... worthy." a sly smile comes into her view as she leans back, draping languidly on her throne. "Okay, go ahead and lead them back here, attack program. She sips on a small dish of sake, watching the events unfold. To her, this was going to be a fun event.

    Back at the faceless construct, it 'looks' at the approaching pair, its 'face' locking onto Nozomi and Taiga with what looks to be ... worry ... overtaking its body. "Find me~!" it repeats, as it runs off. It's sword looks to almost be fused to its hand too as when it runs, it doesn't seem to budge from its location. It 'looks' back to see if the pair is chasing, leading them on a hunt of its own. "Find me~!" it continues to repeat, as it leads off into a discrete path.

    It soon stops... in a clearing in the woods. The remarkable thing here is a pedistal that it stands in front of, a teired step pedistal with a glyph on top of it. Around the pedistal are petals from the sakura trees... none of which are around.
Nozomi Houken     "..." Taiga stares.

    "..." Nozomi stares.

    The robotiger turns and quickly takes Nozomi onto his back again. "If he insists on having us chase him..." Well, he is a cat, after all.

    Off they go, and Taiga is quite agile. Especially with the trees there; he can go over or around obstructions by taking to the treeline briefly. The chase is almost lazy, for the mechanical entity. And no sooner does the strange being stop in the clearing than Taiga himself leaps down to the ground, landing gently enough to not badly jar Nozomi; once again, she's quickly off and out of the way. His cannons lock on... but then his ears twitch this way and that, and his head lifts as if scenting the air.

    "Nozomi," he finally says without turning. "That is some kind of teleportation pad. Most likely, it is where this entity hails from. If we are not being attacked..." She pauses for a second, mulling this over... then nods. "...we should probably investigate. Or... o-or we might be... invited...?" She walks over close to him, but stays on her feet this time.

    And then they both carefully start approaching this strange pedestal, Taiga watching the program all the time. They only enter if it doesn't attack.
Tamamo no Mae     The program just 'watches' the two, it doesn't look to move to attack at all and it turns to point, as if ... beckoning the two on the pedistal. "Find me~!" it repeats, its head 'looking' back at the top of the pedistal. The pad glows gently when the two approach it, as if it was expecting them.

    "Oooh, this one looks like she could do it..." the woman whispers, staring out towards the edge of the darkened throne room, a small glowing pad standing ready to accept the expected visitors. She twirls a ring in her hand slowly, "Oooh, I am so anxious." comes the excited voice now.

    It finally speaks one word of its own, it's a very mechanical voice, "Enter." before it drops its arm and points its sword to the ground, "Enter. Enter. Enter."
Nozomi Houken     Needless to say, the two do enter, and once on the other side, the TIGER unit remains fairly tense. Cannons swivel to and fro as his sensors sweep the throne room for threats. Nozomi simply remains close, giving the room a more practical look-over for a few seconds. "It's so... it's so pretty... a-and expensive," she adds with a quiet voice. Even she can tell that wherever she is is somewhere exceedingly opulent.
Tamamo no Mae     A sweep, nothing there. Another sweep, still clean. A third sweep, there's a ping. It's definitely magical in nature. "I see my guests have finally 'Found me~'! Welcome, to my Millennium Capital!" the lights, wherever they are, explode into activity, brightening the throne room and showing off a woman in blue robes and bright pink hair lying languidly on the throne a hundred feet away. Said throne looks almost like a bed of sorts, fancy.

    "And I should welcome you to SE.RA.PH. And the Moon Cell. At least, that's what I would be doing, if that damnable Emporer of Fools wasn't running around."

    She sighs a bit, sipping on some sake, "I am your queen here, Tamamo no Mae. And you two... are my guests." she grins, "Well, I would like /more/ than a guest, honestly. See... my lands are being taken over by a certain person."
Nozomi Houken     Lights come up. Nozomi jumps back with an adorable little squeak, but Taiga remains steadfast, his cannons briefly pointed right at the woman on the throne. But she announces herself as a queen, and the two of them as guests, and almost immediately, the magitech feline relaxes just a tad. Those words carry some pretty strict obligations among just about every supernatural community he's ever seen.

    He doesn't sit down, though.

    With that introduction, another is called for in return. "You may call me TIGER. I am an anti-supernatural combat unit. This is my user, Nozomi Hou-" For once in his life, Taiga is surprised to find himself cut off by a wide-eyed Nozomi, who has backed up a step or two to shift herself /behind/ her pet robot. There's one part of all that she zeroed right in on. "W-wait, are you /that/ Tamamo-no-Mae?! The... th-the kitsune from Emperor Toba's court...?!" Well, at least now it's clear she's a legit Japanese girl?
Tamamo no Mae     "Such a cute little squeak, it's almost like you're a mouse... with your... cat there." a pause and Tamamo stifles a bit of a giggle. "TIGER? Tamamo will remember that quite well... and user? You mean, she... is your Master?" she turns to look at the now wide-eyed Nozomi, tilting her head. Tamamo slips off her throne and takes a few steps forward, playing with the ring in her hand idly.

    "I am /that/ Tamamo-no-Mae. I'm glad you've heard of me, it makes things so much easier." she grins slightly, stepping forward slowly, "See, I did a lot of bad things back then. That's fine, I know I'm not a good fox here. And the poor SE.RA.PH. limited me to my one single tail here, but you are right, little girl."

    She steps a few paces in front of TIGER, "Do not worry, Tamamo is beyond such ... cruel acts like that from the past. I'm a good fox here, and I want to be the best wife to my Master, but alas. Mine has... dissapeared and our contract has been revoked. Tamamo has been looking for one, for Tamamo cann't leave this place without one."
Nozomi Houken     Scan scan. Scan scan. "...Not in the sense that you mean it, though not dissimilar," Taiga replies. "I do not have a magical bond with Nozomi as a Servant does their Master. I am better thought of as equipment. A weapon to be wielded. Nozomi Houken is my designated, authorized user."

    As Tamamo approaches, there's a subtle shift in his posture. Not quite aggression or tension, but a faint hint of 'warning'. He still hasn't decided she's no danger whatsoever, just yet. Nozomi, however, is peering at her with a faint frown. "...you need a... a Master? Then you're... you're like one of the heroes from the Grail," she realizes. Taiga's tail twitches, when he adds, "She is dissimilar in some ways to the ones we have encountered. But I would still classify these readings within that category."

    Nozomi looks at him, then at Tamamo, with a faint frown. "...what do you need a Master for?" More than anything, she looks a little lost.
Tamamo no Mae     A turn to TIGER and she gives a brief nod, "Oooh, so you're the sword to the hand then. Tamamo knows that one quite well." she does stay where she is once she sees that 'warning' shiftg there, even if its subtle. Though, Nozomi gets a curious look, "You know a lot more than your young age leads on, my dear human. You... don't /seem/ to have been part of the Grail War. So how much /do/ you know and how much are you not telling Tamamo. I'll have to punish you if you don't tell me."

    TIGER returns a comment to Nozomi and Tamamo visibly relaxes. Tamamo's eyes close and her ears perk, "Simple. I need a Master to take back my lands here from the Red Saber. She's taken so much from me already from me. My former husband, my full right to rule over this world... and she's a blight on my land! And, without a Master, I'm as good as Tamamo Soup if I try!"
Nozomi Houken     "We have encountered other Servants in the past, in our dealings within the Multiverse." That from Taiga again, whose tail twitches once or twice when Tamamo mentions 'punishing'. "Though they were quite different in some ways. They were not digital entities, for example, but rather given shape through a magical wish-granting engine known as the Holy Grail. Magic still seems to form the basis of your existence, but it is... different."

    Nozomi looks faintly lost.

    But there's a question put before her. She's at least considering it! The TIGER unit finally 'risks' turning his head, to look at her over his shoulder. "Nozomi, I would recommend against it. She is a renowned trickster spirit, and we have no compelling reason to-"

    "You... you promise that you're trying to be good, right?"

    For a second time, cat is surprised by mouse speaking up. "Nozomi, that's..." But he trails off, because she looks /determined/. "If she's trying to be good, then... a-and if she's not, then at least, if I'm her Master, I... I'll be in a position to stop her, right...?" He can't really argue against that.
Tamamo no Mae     For a given sens eof the word 'try'. Tamamo gives a brief nod of her head and holds out a small ring, "I'm an Anti-Hero servant of the Caster class. It's... really hard for Tamamo to be 'good', but Tamamo does try!" she smiled, "Though, with how much you know about the Holy Grail and everything, you know about Command Seals. I don't have to train you on anything, except how to be a good husband now. Tamamo will definitely be the best wife here for you, and a 'good' Servant."

    Tamamo offers the ring, "Take the ring and place it on my finger. It's a ceremony if you wish to become my Master." Of course, Tamamo had a few other things she wanted to do with this ring... but she had to wait until Nozomi did such!
Nozomi Houken     Nozomi finally moves around Taiga, still a tad wary, but much less so. "O-oh, alright..." She hesitates once, twice, then reaches out and takes it, that timidity returning to her. Her hands are delicate, but surprisingly steady, turning the ring over with dextrous movements to look at it, before reaching out carefully, gently, to slip it onto Tamamo's finger.

    It's only as she's sliding it into place that she realizes something. "...w-wait, did you say 'husband'...?" IT'S A LITTLE LATE FOR THAT NOW, NOZOMI.
Tamamo no Mae     The ring is taken and it's placed upon the Caster's finger. She lifts her hand up to marvel at how it looks upon her hand, "Ah, the Regalia... the divine rule over the moon." she smiles, "Such a fitting peice for this queen..." a look towards NOzomi, "And king." she gives a bright smile towards the new Master. "In you go, husband. I can't have you harmed when we go out to the battlefield." the next moment, she lifts her hand up, looking at Nozomi.

    There's a tingling sensation over the new Master's body before she starts to break apart in small 'pixel' like things and get sucked into the ring. "Mm, I can feel you quite close in there, Master. Almost like I'm holding your hand. You will be perfectly protected when you join me on the battlefield, my darling. And we will be able to rule our Millenium Capital together once we reunite the rings again!"
Nozomi Houken     "E-eh-?!"

    In she goes.

    "...this... this feels so strange..." If it were possible to 'fidget' inside the ring, she's doing it right now. "But, um... will I be able to get out quickly, if I need to? If Taiga and I need to transform together..."

    The TIGER is still on his feet - and, Tamamo might notice, even more wary now that his user is trapped in the ring. "I also feel compelled to point out that both Nozomi and I have responsibilities outside this world, which we cannot easily set aside. I am military hardware, and together we are representatives of a very powerful Multiversal nation."
Tamamo no Mae     It's a warm feeling the two share, and she hears the words from her new Master through the ring. She brings her hand up to her chest and cradles it gently, letting out a soft sigh, "Warm and comforting, just like it to be." she sighs happily, "Of course, you're free to... leave it at your lesiure, but my job is to protect you too, Master." she turns to TIGER and looks at the wary mechanical thing. "Tamamo understands, and I'll let my darling do what she needs to do with you.~"

    She moves slowly towards the throne, regardless if Nozomi is let out or not. "But keep in mind, I will be using Nozomi's prana to sustain my being, especially outside here. Now, I think you two have earned some rest." she turns to her ring or Master... "Let's go to My Room, you'll find you will regenerate your mana and health faster in there. And it's private."