#Mastersona Vy

[writer-and-artist27]

[Image Description: A colored pencil drawing of a bespectacled Chaldea Master in a lotus-clip adorned side ponytail and the Decisive Battle Uniform, smiling while holding onto the mantle of a green May King Archer. The Archer sighs, the one heart thought bubble betraying the love he shares with said Master as an aquamarine ribbon loop connects them both. The drawing's creation date, "6/4/2024" sits at the top lefthand corner of the paper. End Description.]

This drawing took so much longer than I wanted it to. It took me seeing a single page from Chobits, and seeing my favorite Archer get to Bond 15. That's it. And even if my colored pencils take a while, I'm still happy with this.

I'd like to think Robin's happy. I want to keep writing for him, and the little Master that is his little sparrow, for as long as I can.

Least I can do for a childhood hero.

[lovingempress]

@writer-and-artist27 Sorry for taking so long on this Vy-chan! It’s super late, I tried to finish this before your birthday, but my perfectionism hit me too hard 😭🙏 Ended up finishing it over thanksgiving weekend, and I’m glad to finally be able to give it to you! I hope you like it- I have a few different versions again (can you tell I’ve been getting into deco), I actually had a lot of fun with this one (maybe too much, LOL)

I was originally gonna do something more bishie style, but the new Nobbus from GudaGuda grabbed me by the throat and before I knew it I ended up doing the FGO April fools style XD

[writer-and-artist27]

Because with the return of one bad apple at work and the upcoming advent of LB7 on NA, I had to return to dark places to write out everything.

And why not put an old friendship to rest through re-exploring the aftermath of the Extra Episode of the Lady Reines Case Files with my Grailed Pretender?

To those who were asking - you finally got the Hephaestion chapter you were asking for. REJOICE. And please thank @partialdignity, @lunarimpact, @crescentialee, @xxskaboyxx, and my real life Robin in my partner for this.

AO3 link here. OST Playlist here, with all the new songs included.

[siegfaerie]

Apocrypha rerun shenanigans

[writer-and-artist27]

In honor of Atsuko Tanaka, Medea's Japanese VA, who passed away on August 20, 2024, and my first 3 star Caster I ever got in FGO proper. (And inspired by my own attempts at cooking omurice when parents were out.)

Rest well, Tanaka-san. Even when I'm on vacation, I wanted to write something for you. Just because.

AO3 link here. OST playlist here, with all the new songs included.

[writer-and-artist27]

This is beautiful and thankie for drawing my girl and her kouhai, Sebas 💚

Everyone else, his comms are still open!!!

first batch of sketch commissions!!

thank you @writer-and-artist27 (based on her recent fic here and here), @singular-stars , @panyum , and everyone who expressed interest!!!

if youre interested in a quick sketch, my comm info is here!!

[lovingempress]

It. is. finished!! At last, my arm is complete.

*ahem* This is very late Vy-chan @writer-and-artist27 (about two months or so actually), but I hope you enjoy this (very) belated birthday gift!!

I wanted to make you a picture of your Mastersona and your favorite bro, Robin Hood, and I just knew that it was gonna be a sleepy scene. I wanted to try something nostalgic, a sort of, “napping together under a tree during downtime” kind of thing, and I hope I hit my mark here.

I wasn’t sure what outfit to use, but eventually I chose to have her wear the Anniversary Blonde Mystic Code. It looks classy yet casual, and modest enough that I hope she’d be comfortable. I wanted to make sure whatever Mystic Code I draw her in is casual enough to wear in downtime, but with a long enough skirt that it wouldn’t make her uncomfortable (especially because the pose I have her in).

It was an interesting challenge, and I learned a lot while making this. There were some frustrating times, I’m not gonna lie XD, but at the end of it I really did enjoy the process of making this :)

[dantespilled]

😀 - I'm not afraid of reaching out to you, and 😊 - you are definitely a friendly person. Thankie for helping with the FGO Mastersona "brainrot". I also blame you for RobinVy being a thing! :D

Sbjdfufydchd thank you vy 😭😭😭💖💖 im happy to make you able to make them a thing HHH

[writer-and-artist27]

Tumblr Story: Reformed Bully

Note: For @dollya-robinprotector. Since you’re going through a rough patch, I thought some fluff would work in easing the stress.

Very light FGO/Passing Days-DOL crossover and all. Based heavily off this one ask and this comic that led me to meeting you, Dollya. :) Written as thanks for talking with me and bonding over the FGO gnomes.

Was listening to YOASOBI’s Idol when writing this. And Dr. Stone’s One Small Step.

Now if y’all excuse me, I need to sleep. More hematopathology work tomorrow.

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By the time Vy had noticed the door show up in her room, she wasn’t surprised anymore. It even decided to appear once she had finished packing up the latest batch of magic peanut butter cookies for the Servants, but compared to the previous door, this one had—

“A silver handle…?” Unlike all of Chaldea’s sliding doors and the previous magic entrance that led to another Master’s world, this door looked almost ordinary, its white oak furnishings and matching pale silver doorknob making it look like it came out of a Home Depot. Even when compared to the white walls of her room in Novum Chaldea, the newest entryway looked… mundane. In spite of its faint glowing too.

Vy considered. Glancing down at her bags of cookies, one in particular stood out to Vy’s eye. It was a bit lopsided from including some of the bigger cookies of the batch, not to mention the rather crooked purple ribbon bow, but it was… it was apparently glowing the same faint yellow as the new door.

With one last look at the door, Vy felt herself smile wryly. “I guess… if this is glowing too… might as well try and take a chance as long as I’m not gone for too long, right? Just have to wear the right Mystic Code…”

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“Nngh…”

“…Oh dear,” Vy said for herself when stepping through the magic door. What waited beyond it was a grassy hill, a single tree overlooking what looked like a farm, and a single man lying in the grass, asleep with—with actual tears in his eyes. It wasn’t a stretch to believe he was suffering from a nightmare in spite of the warm atmosphere around him, but add in the light thrashing and the sweat beading his forehead, Vy knew she couldn’t leave him be. 

The blond fringe of hair hiding one side of his face away from view was the last nail in the metaphorical coffin. If his hair was ginger-colored instead of blonde, then—

I want to help this person just like I help Robin. 

It was why Vy kept the one bag of cookies from Chaldea nestled close to the chest of her Decisive Battle uniform, slowly getting to her knees and reaching out with one gloved hand.

“Sir,” she whispered softly, patting his shoulder as gently as she could. Her ponytail could be pushed over her shoulder later. Right now, someone was suffering, and— “Sir, please wake up. You’re having a nightmare.”

“N-Ngh—” The man groaned, nearly slapping her hand if not for Vy moving it out of the way just in time. “Lya—! Lya, I’m s—!”

“Sir,” Vy spoke more firmly, worry leaking into her voice before she realized it as her fingers reached up to pinch at his cheek. Sitting down on her knees, she said, “It’s alright — it’s over. It’s time for you to come back to reality now.”

The blond man got up with a start once her pinching registered, blue eyes wide with shock and tears once his spine made an audible crack from sitting up so abruptly. Vy immediately took her hand back, schooling her panic as best as she could once he looked at her past the haze in his blue eyes. “Lya—!” he blinked. “You’re… you’re not Lya.” His brow furrowed almost immediately, a glare settling in his eyes as he took her in. “Who are you, where did you come from, and when did you get to this farm?”

Typical, Vy thought. Outwardly, she did her best to smile placatingly, shrugging her shoulders. “Good morning to you too, good sir. I’m Vy — consider me a passerby who came through a magic door and saw someone crying in their sleep and therefore couldn’t leave them alone,” she said, pointing at her own eyes past her glasses to gesture to her newly awake companion. The “magic door” part of her statement wasn’t a complete lie, but it was enough to wipe some of the apprehension off of his face. “I’ve had experience with waking up with tears in my eyes, see.”

“…Oh.” And as soon as he said it, the man raised one calloused hand to wipe at his face, the tattooed wristband on his knuckles shining a darker shade of black with the droplets sticking to his skin with the motion. “…Did I look that much like shit?”

“Not as bad as someone who’s had the life literally burned out of them, no.” Vy said immediately, the image of the many victims of Camelot Gawain's Excalibur Galatine coming to the forefront of her mind before she pushed the thought away. That sight was just plain disgusting. “It could’ve been worse.” 

Now the man was looking at her with a completely new face. “Burned?”

She smiled and offered the bag of cookies in her arms to him instead. “Yep. I’ve seen worse than someone crying in their sleep, so you have nothing to worry about,” she answered in regards to his unspoken question, shaking her head. “Enough of debating the ‘worse’ in looks. Would you like some cookies? I have a bag right here for you.”

“…Cookies?” The man wasn’t staring daggers at her at least, but he still looked wary. “You made them?”

“With just peanut butter, eggs, and sugar, yes. They’re supposed to be ‘magic.’” Vy felt herself smile a bit wider once she could see the curiosity start to dawn on the man’s face. She offered the bag to him again, lopsided purple ribbon bow and all. “Don’t worry, I didn’t poison them and I taste-tested them beforehand. It just looked like you needed something sweet to work off the nightmare, sir.”

The man glanced at her, then at the bag in her hands, and back at her. “You… You don’t even know me,” he slowly choked out, a large drop of a tear forming in the corner of his visible eye as the blue of his iris widened to reflect her image. “You only just… you only just stumble on me, and you just—” 

Vy wasn’t sure whether to smile or just wait. She decided to opt for both while adding in an extra shrug of her shoulders. 

“I…” The man choked again, shaking his head while scrubbing at his face with his hand again. The tattoos — he had more on his other hand and even his neck — all of them looking like shackles to match his voice coming out vulnerable and raw-sounding once he said, “I hurt the woman I love. I hurt more than just her. I-I’m still scared I could hurt the family she gave me. So then, why would you—”

“What’s wrong,” Vy said quietly to cut off the self-deprecating rant, “with wanting to help someone, then?”

The man fell silent, the tear in his eye slowly growing big enough to streak his cheek as it then fell to the grass between them.

With a bit of mustered courage — from Mash, from Artoria, from Achilles, from Robin — Vy smiled a bit wider as she reached over with her left hand — glove, lotus-shaped Command Seals and all — to wipe at the man’s exposed cheek. “Hurt is just gonna happen, sir. That’s just how life is,” she said in a softer voice, ignoring the wetness starting to spread out against the fingertips of her glove as she rubbed his cheekbone as gently as she could. As Da Vinci might’ve done in her place, as the Eternal Genius. As Dr. Roman might’ve done in her place, as a medical professional — as a living human from King Solomon’s remains. “And even if I don’t know what happened to hurt you so much, what matters now is how you move forward in the face of all of it. And if you’re waking up like this, crying and worrying about how to treat the person you love even after you hurt her, I’d like to think you’re walking in the right direction.”

The man half-snorted, half-sniffled, but he didn’t slap her hand away. Instead, he weakly leaned into her palm, his other hand coming up to weakly grasp at the bag of cookies sitting between them. “…Huh.” A weak laugh leaves his lips, blue eyes teary still as he closed them for a shaky inhale of breath. “Guess I’m more fucked up than I thought, listening to a stranger and taking fucking peanut butter cookies from them.”

“I’m not a stranger when I previously said my name, sir, not to mention I offered the cookies in the first place,” Vy said plainly, but she still smiled at him. It was the least she could do. “And really — we’re all struggling in life. Might as well start somewhere. So.” She pushed the cookies into his shaking palm, forcing as much cheer into her voice as possible. “My name is Vy. What is yours, sir?”

The smile he gives her in that moment makes her think, Robin, again. Even with the ear piercings and the tattoos, his face looks bright for the first time ever in the sunlight peeking past the tree hanging over them and the farm sitting far away. “…Whitney. It’s… it’s Whitney.”

“Well then!” Vy hummed, making sure to pat his wet cheek a few more times for good measure before lowering her left hand to take his in a squeeze. “It’s nice to meet you, Whitney! Hurt and all! I have some time on my hands being a passerby, so why don’t we chat for a bit? Hopefully get the tears out of you too!” 

Because when barely anyone outside of Mash and the Servants — Robin especially — reached out when she woke up crying, the least Vy could do was make sure no one else could have a repeat experience.

[writer-and-artist27]

[Image Description: A digital illustration showing a split-screen of a conversation between time. The left side shows Master Vy, tearing up with bags under her eyes while holding up a holographic screen to eye level with her right hand; the right side shows Dr. Romani Archaman and Caster Leonardo Da Vinci, both smiling from the Chaldea Command Room as they talk together. End Description.]

Thank you for the signal boost and drawing this commission in the first place, Sphynx. <3 It means a lot.

Thank you, beloved friend. Thank you.

Finished commission for @writer-and-artist27 !

Illustration for a chapter of her FGO fic, where Master Vy wakes up from a nightmare during her mission in the Babylonia Singularity and gives Dr. Romani and Da Vinci a call...

(link to fic, plz read and support her work!)🪷

(do not repost w/o permission)

[writer-and-artist27]

[Image Description: A drawing of three people viewed from the back — from left to right, a green cloaked Archer, a lotus-ribbon wearing brunette Master, and a gold armored Rider. The Archer and Rider are smiling down at the shorter Master between them, with various colored flower petals and stars (all connected by an aquamarine ribbon line) in the air throughout. The top left hand corner has the drawing's creation date of "09/29/2024." End Description.]

Let it be said when Passing Days is close to 100 total chapters, I wanted to draw something to honor that. Even if my artist side has been rusty lately in the colored pencil angle from watercolor paint practice.

And when reading Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and seeing some fanart of the titular character with the hero, I went with it. Considering how Robin and Achilles are two of my best Servants, not to mention how they remind me so much of my best guys in my life - my partner and my best friend ever - I wanted to honor them too.

I'd like to think they could take down the world. When I'm with their real life counterparts, I know I feel like I can.

[writer-and-artist27]

Because once the author finished Lostbelt 6.5 Traum, there were a lot of things to process.

Especially when it came to her first five-star and Grailed Ruler. So, there was lots of reflection, writing, and now here we are.

More canon changes, GO.

Was sitting on this chapter for at least 2-3 months too. Work rage delays a LOT of things.

Spoiler warning for all of Traum, and content warning for implied drug use too. Because this is about Sherlock Holmes, after all. You've been warned.

AO3 link here. OST playlist here, with all the new songs included.

[writer-and-artist27]

In the game, seeing a certain character re-appear in the newest story event of Lostbelt 6.5 Traum had the author feel a lot of things considering this story.

In real life, the author's been cleaning up messes for a good 3-4 months, and anger needed an outlet. Especially when the messes are from someone she thought could be a friend, but turned out to be horribly incompetent in professional settings. Pregnancy be damned.

So. Writing.

Spoiler warning for events up to Section 1 of Lostbelt 6.5 Traum. And content warning for threats of violence and genital mutilation too. Hellsing Ultimate Abridged had influence.

AO3 link here. OST Playlist here, with all the new songs included.

Now to rest this rage off to play the rest of the story of Traum for Holmes and Charlie...

[writer-and-artist27]

Time to ramble a bit for Master Vy, the protag of Passing Days herself now. (=ﾟ▽ﾟ)/ Thankie for the prompt list!

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The first Servant she summoned is Chevalier D'eon, in a group with Lancer Diarmuid and Caster Medea. All three still tag along on missions with her even if they were never Grailed.

If you had to make her choose an absolute favorite? Robin Hood. No doubt about that. He was her childhood hero whose stories helped her cope with a lot of trouble, and when summoning him, the poison and subterfuge only made her love him more, much to his surprise. For specific class favorites? I merely point you to the rest of the "Big Seven" of Grailed Servants (Blue Saber Arturia, Rider Achilles, Lancer Ereshkigal, Caster Scathach-Skadi, Assassin Shiki, and Berserker Musashi) - all because they helped her out so much throughout FGO's story she couldn't help but love them too.

If in a normal Grail War? I see Vy summoning OG Saber Arturia herself, and the two just kicking everyone's asses. They really know how to work together.

A five. She's still a bit confused at all the chaos that comes with GudaGuda, but since it let her meet the GudaGuda cast (shout outs to Ryoma and both versions of Okita), she's okay with going with it.

Also five. There's some events she's all for, there's others she's not. Summer 2 was a nope because Ishtar's selfishness rubbed her the wrong way, Summer 3 was okay because it let her bond with Robin and kindle their relationship in spite of her hatred of BB, and Summer 4 was great just because she got to bond with Musashi.

Depends on the Servant. Vy probably would want to keep Ashiya Douman and Koyanskaya away by a restraining order for an example, but Scheherazade is totally okay since she does try to apologize for the mess that is Agartha. So it really depends on who is being summoned and Vy's personal feelings towards them.

Columbus. No doubt about that. He's permanently banned from her Servant roster thanks to what happened in Agartha.

Vy actually can't get drunk because of her alcohol tolerance being shit (inherited from her dad). One sip of anything, and she's red-faced and very miffed with you. The closest she'd get to drinking would probably be sipping a Diet Coke with Drake and Scathach, if they were okay with her doing that.

Again, Robin Hood. And he's been summoned to Chaldea since the resolution of America. He's the only Bond 12 servant so far for obvious reasons.

As much as the Lostbelts have been hell, all of Vy's Servants and Vy will agree Agartha was the worst. It's why Penthesilea can't be summoned ever, and any copy of Columbus will be permanently burned. Having sex-related trauma from childhood means all the threats of rape and various forms of discrimination and transphobia did not go well for Vy, who canonically went into the Singularity alone until Astolfo and D'eon were thrown into there to help. The two Servants in question are still trying to make amends to Vy for not helping more with the trauma that resulted.

Mastersona Pop Quiz

1. Who is the first Servant they summon to Chaldea?

2. Which Servant is their favorite and why?

3. If they were in a normal Holy Grail War, who would they summon?

4. On a scale of one to ten, how down for GudaGuda Shenanigans are they?

5. On a scale of one to ten, how down are they for Summer Vacation Bullshit?

6. How do they feel about summoning antagonistic/enemy Servants to Chaldea?

7. Which Servant are they most likely to punch?

8. Which Servant would they get drunk with if they had the opportunity/motivation to do so?

9. Who was their historical celebrity crush and has that person been summoned to Chaldea?

10. Which event in the main story was hardest for them to deal with emotionally?

[writer-and-artist27]

[Image Description: Two screenshots from Fate/Grand Order showing in order, (1) the Bond Level Up screen for Archer Robin Hood, where his Bond Level has gone up from 14 to 15; and (2) a screenshot of Robin’s Servant card, with emphasis on all 5 of his extra bond diamonds beyond Bond 10 in the level screen being filled. End Description.]

…This took a little over five years. From May 8, 2019 to today, July 10, 2024.

First Bond 10, first Level 120, and now first Bond 15. Robin’s been through so much since I started this game. And I love him. Very very much.

And well, even if I’m about a year rusty…

I have to write a short story for celebration, right? With a song from Season 2 of Laid Back Camp and all.

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Robin slowly opened his eyes to the sensation of someone gently stroking his forehead. The scent of flowers tickled his nose as he inhaled, and looking up revealed starry brown eyes reflecting his image past a familiar big pair of glasses.

Vy's pretty starry brown eyes.

She was leaning over him, tucking a long strand of brown hair behind her ear to better show the smile growing on her face. Even when dressed in her Decisive Battle uniform from Chaldea, she looked radiant. "Good morning, handsome."

"...G' mornin' to you too, beautiful." Robin closed his eyes again once her left finger brushes some of the fringe out of the other side of his face, an incoming breeze making the incoming sunlight feel not so hot against his arms as he rested them along his stomach. "What're you doing, Vy?"

"I heard from Tama-san how a lap pillow could be relaxing, so I thought I could brush your hair to help you rest." With that said, Vy doesn't stop her stroking of his head, her thighs adequately plump enough against the back of his neck to act as a good cushion. She even twirls a small strand of his hair around her pinky finger with a giggle. "I know I'm not the best at taking breaks, but I at least want you to enjoy yours, Big Robin."

"This is already plenty, little sparrow." And yes, it was a little irritating to know she got the idea from that pink fox of all Servants, but it was better that it came from Tamamo Caster compared to, say, the two Koyanskayas that somehow found their way into Novum Chaldea to cause more headaches in their shared jail with BB. Robin shut his eyes to the thought, inhaling deeply to take in more of those flowers. More of Vy. "...At this rate, I won't want to get up."

"And that's fine." Vy gently pokes his cheek, giggling as a faint glint of gold comes into the corner of his vision with his next slow blink. An unmistakable glow of gold from her ring finger, just to match her lotus-shaped Command Seals. The tiny wing inscribed into the band shines just a little brighter to go along with the pink flower already there as she says, "Last I heard from Tama-san, wives are supposed to be there for their hubbies, right?"

"And vice versa," Robin retorts dryly, lacing his own fingers together and absently thumbing at his own silver band sitting at the base of his right ring finger. Caster Da Vinci didn't have to upgrade their rings with bird wings, but here they were. And it was nice to poke at. "A marriage's not a one-way street, Vy."

"Aye." Vy pats his cheek then, and opening his eyes reveals the blue stars of her eyes reflecting his image with pure love back at him. She leans down a little more, her breath mingling with his just as she says, "I love you, Big Robin."

Robin grins and leans up to meet her halfway. "I love you too, little sparrow."

Even in a simulated forest, it was another day of what would be a happier future to come. Bleached World resolution and all.

[writer-and-artist27]

Or even when the author’s internet dies out because a sibling was being a pushy jackass, fanfic update must be done. Especially when getting to 100 total chapters.

Light spoilers for NA Halloween 2024 in FGO — up to section 1. Just an FYI.

A shout out to @partialdignity, because they read through a lot of the beta scenes and helped me when I worried a lot. Thankie, beloved friend.

AO3 link here. OST playlist here, with the new songs included.

Long story short: Stress relief is a giant motivator. Especially when a real life partner keeps things together.