#Nem's Archer— {Alter} §

[cantillat-moved]

@moonlightmagus​ "Archer, assist me with this." She nonchalantly hands the Servant a choker necklace. It was black-laced filigree patterns, with an obsidian gem in the middle. Only there was something different with this, it was shattered with a multitude of golden cracks throughout it.

Leaning against the wall, the gaze was focused on his notebook. The Alter Servant always had this habit of refreshing his memory even if he’d believed that he would still remember it – it was seldom the times that he would be pleasantly surprised, which was to be expected given the fragility of his Spirit Origin. Someone like him who was the charred carcass of discarded scraps belonging to someone else, a horrid twisted killer that was no good --- the only thing he could ever do was to kill. The one thing he wouldn’t forget: her. The voice that called for him so naturally. ❝ Hmn? ❞ brow furrowed for a moment, her delicate fingertips holding onto an unknown trinket; Alter could be wrong but Nem could be more vain and perhaps even feminine than she would ever wish to admit. It took him less than a second to realize the meaning of what that choker could symbolize. Tsk, how sentimental. ❝ Very well. ❞ calloused, rough fingertips brushed against hers, the coldness of a corpse against her warmth. The notebook fizzled out as he gently held her hair in one hand and offered it to her – clearing the way. How many times she offered her bare neck as turning her back to him? It didn’t take long, yet he savored every moment. Once the choker was proper fastened in place, his fingers lingered for a moment – tracing her pristine skin before breaking contact. ❝ There. It is done. ❞

[moonlightmagus]

@cantillat​​ said:  ❝ You’ve been categorized outside of my playing range. ❞ from Alter

The Magus was training with her naginata, something she was doing more as of late. Her hands struggling to hold it, feeling the fatigue from perfecting her swings. It didn’t take her long to notice the other was there, her body reacting instantly. The flesh on her arms trembled from the remembrance of past encounters with Alter, and his true meanings in his word. This version of EMIYA was not one she got along with, and his spirit origin resonated with a different version of her. She knew if he could get away with harming her, and Nem actually wanted it, Alter would attack no questions asked and with zero hesitation. She refrained from calling out instinctively to any of her Servants as he didn’t seem hostile and hasn’t made a move. Yet. 

Regardless, she couldn’t help but reach out to her Archer.

Archer, are you near the training room?

She would send that message telepathically to him, before responding out loud. “Oh, r-really? T-that’s.. good? I.. think?” She’d stammer out, taking a step back to gain even more distance from him. The act was futile though, as there is never a safe distance from a trained Sniper. Yuuki was effectively cornered in one swift motion.

[sidestcriies]

Even the ever so calculating alchemist of Atlas can understand the emotional distress that comes with having a Servant snatched away like that. No matter how you look at it, Alter have saved his Master’s life countless time and despite having a rough personality he was the one that Nem could rely on no matter what happens – so, obviously, when it is taken away from her of course she would flip.

❝ He tripped the automatic safeguards. The system in Novum Chaldea is similar to the one you got in your old place, maybe slightly upgraded or adjusted, but it is still the same thing. ❞ Sion explained something that Nem should know. ❝ There are many reasons it can trip, but the main big ones are violence between the Servants, threats towards the base or the safety of the Masters, corruption or damage to the Spirit Origin. It doesn’t matter what caused it, the system needs to verify the integrity of a Servant’s Spirit Origin before bringing them back and we both know that your Archer is held together with duct tape and a wish. Or, in his case, spite. ❞ Sure, she could allow Archer to come back without the check, but it was for his own good. Besides, he had been corrupted before, better safer than sorry.

❝ Oh man, so violent. Just you know, I would rather not have to defend myself, especially in my home turf. That wouldn’t be too pretty for you. ❞

@cantillat​​ said:  ❛ Are you threatening me? ❜ (from Sion to Nem (or maybe Saber pissed Nem  off again?))  𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 

“You’re damn fucking right I am!” Pure venom was dripping from her words as she gripped a blade tight in her right hand. “I don’t care about your stupid ‘system’. You will bring him back to me.” 

Nem had already lost so much. She had been ripped from her time, from her freedom, all to help ‘save the world.’ As if the world ever gave a damn about her to begin with. Born to a shitty father who only ever wanted results no matter what. He also had quite the creative punishments for any perceived failure. That’s what she was to him,  a failure. 

She had snapped from the pressure, the punishments. The Magus summoned a shadow of a servant to do her bidding and kill her family. It wasn’t just any shadow Servant though. She was damn near certain the Shadow Figure was her Archer. The one they had so easily taken from her. The appearance of the two is uncanny, even if she hadn’t fully paid attention at that time. Their bond as Master and Servant was a strong one, stronger than any other bond with a Servant she had. 

“I don’t give a fuck who started what anymore. I’ll leave her alone or whatever else you want. Just bring him back. If you won’t, I won’t hold back. I’ve got good aim, Sion. I don’t care if I doom humanity by harming you or killing you or whatever. Bring back Archer and I’ll continue helping humanity. Scout’s Honor.”

[moonlightmagus]

“Archer. Remember who pays you. I can make that stop.” 

[moonlightmagus]

“This event I get to spend time with Alter and we don’t have to hold back? Ahh...”  @cantillat​​

[moonlightmagus]

That light was impressive, as well as the energy and damage it did. Archer must have done something right, to get the Noble Phantasm out of the other Them. Reaching out via link as she repositioned herself to be better hidden in the brush since the terrain has been compromised.  ‘Restrictions are off. My mana is fully at your disposal. Stretch out and have some fun.’ 

[cantillat-moved]

@moonlightmagus​ ⚙️ (And ⚙️ for nem too) Oh! I forgot Primsa ⚙️ Too!

Sᴇɴᴅ ⚙️ ғᴏʀ ᴀɴ ᴀᴅᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴏʀ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ғʀᴏᴍ Aʀᴄʜᴇʀ

❝ I certainly drew the shortest straw. Perhaps I have a knack for attracting troublesome little Masters. ❞ the bowman commented dryly, the corner of his lips pursing yet it was hard to say if he was complaining or resigned. ❝ You are on a league of your own, disastrous barely begins to cover it.  Learning that you made a pact with me out of spite? To this date I’m still uncertain if I should be annoyed or happy that you went out of your way to show me that you can be a half-baked Master instead of a hopeless case. ❞ he shrugged exaggerated ❝ There is no point in complaining about things that cannot be changed. I must admit that you have been improving. That mouth of yours still keep saying the most outrageous things that usually ends in trouble, I suppose it can’t be helped.  ❞

❝ Nem is… A different case. I would never expect that a different aspect of me would be called to assist her but I suppose it makes sense to an extend. ❞ to him, Alter was an abhorrent thing that should be destroyed. A killing machine that would tear through innocents to get to his target – someone that someone like Nem needs on her side. ❝ We aren’t close, I cannot say anything in particular about her.  ❞ Archer waves her hand ❝ She tries too hard to look edgy and dangerous, it is like that she is having a midlife crisis in her mid-20s or perhaps never overgrew her emo phase. Emo and tsundere, how quaint. ❞

❝ And finally the counterpart from that other existence… I’m unsure what I could say about her. She calls herself the “smarter Yuuki” but that is yet to be seem. She certainly knows how to keep her head above the water, might even give Nem a run for her money. I must admit that I’m impressed. ❞

[cantillat-moved]

@moonlightmagus​ ✏️  -  Archer Yuuki! And Arthur and Yuuki! And Cameo Prisma Illya Yuuki and either Prisma Shirou or Archer! 

No Saber or Nem and Alter or Aiguille? Shocking.

Yuuki: I am a responsible adult! Archer: *raises brow* Yuuki: I am an adult.

Yuuki: You read my diary? Arthur: At first I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad handwritten book.

Shirou: I can't imagine what Yuuki is planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it and it won't be legal.

[cantillat-moved]

Actually the situation with @moonlightmagus​ is more interesting than I realized. Archer Alter isn’t Yuuki’s Servant, but Nem’s (for the uninformed, the tl;dr is “evil AU”). Yuuki is in a journey to get her Servants back with two “borrowed” Servants, Alter and Voyager. Erice wants Voyager back. Nem wants Alter back. And yet they are on a mission to save the other Servants.