Miyamoto Musashi

Again, Saber dodged Sachi's reckless charge, prodding her back and sending her sprawling again. “There is a lesson to be learned,” she told the Master. “Power without control is nothing. Worse than nothing: it marks you as a beast to be put down. You must learn when to use your power, and when to Sheathe Your Sword.”

Kazanari Rui-ling

Rui-ling observed his Servant's reaction to the book. Well that was... ominous.

"You okay, Saber?"

Outside of Dorm A

The way Merlin renounced all of the wars that she had participated in means that he had remarkable Clairvoyance. Yep, this man was Merlin. The pervert. The lech. "I'd rather not, I'm sorry." she gave a stilted grin as she made to leave a second time.

Ah, yes.

Of course she was interrupted by yet another, "Yes?" Jeanne turned toward Floris, "Is there something you need help with?"

Dorm A Hallway

"This book can't be read by my eyes, Master. I imagine someone like Caster can read it, though, which is why I suggested we go meet him post haste." she said while she walked down the hallway.

Training Coliseum

"Agh!" Sachi went down on her butt again, this time harder than before. "Huh?" she looked up at Musashi with wide-eyes. "I know how to use it, I really do. That's why I'm able to focus and punch."

"Not really." this is the time that Takeru chose to enter the conversation. "She's right, Sachi. You're indecisive, rambunctious and ill-mannered when it comes to fighting."

"But—" Sachi wanted to say something along the lines of but I'm fighting for the Holy Grail! That means I can fight, right?

As if reading her mind, Takeru simply shook his head, "That's wrong. You're only fighting for the Grail because someone else told you too."

"I.. uh." she fumbled for the right words.

"As I said, no drive. No direction." he shrugged, "Might as well quit while you're ahead."

"B...b.." Sachi teared up. "Saber!"

"What?" he cocked his brow, "What do you want to do now but cry?"

The young girl shivered. Her eyes flushed with tears. That's when she sprinted out of the Training Coliseum without saying as much as a word. That's when Saber sighed, somewhat satisfied and somewhat appalled by his own actions.

Kazanari Rui-ling

Rui-ling sighed. "Alright..."

And here he was hoping he'd have a chance to impress Saber again with his mad skillz dood. But instead they were handing it over to... that guy. Unsavory thoughts about what Merlin would try to do to Saber swam through Rui-ling's head, and he made a silent promise right then and there that if the wizard tried anything funny, he'd lay the smackdown on him himself.

No one hit on Saber but him!

Floris Winester

Floris removed her hands from Ruler's arms and let out a sigh before speaking. "You announced yourself as the Overseer of this dorm. Does that mean that there is an Overseer of the entire project that you have to answer to yourself?" A pause as she let her words sink in. "And if so how likely are you to report what just happened here? Seems like it would be a better idea than to just let rule breakers go."

Noshiga

Lots of knowledge. Lots of questions with some answers attached to them already... but that could be dealt with at a later time. Currently he was curious in the matter Floris touched, regarding the punishment for the two rule breakers.

"I second Miss Winester's question." He spoke, hiding his hands in his pockets. "Also adding my own: what are the repercussions for breaking rules and the continuous breakage of thereof?"

Musashi – Training Colosseum

Saber gave Yamato Takeru a doubting look. “I see what you meant when you said you were not fit to teach,” she said. “You really are not. While I have felt as much from your Master, you have hurt her unnecessarily. While it is true that sometimes you have to break someone before they can become better, it is not always needed.”
With that, she leapt out of the Colosseum, looking for the crying Master.

Merlin, as Richter Belmont then Morgan Freeman

When breakfast was offered Merlin saw no reason to deny it and perhaps they could discuss further strategy. Jeanne, as he expected, turned him down on his offer but he smiled all the brighter for it. Even as the saint began to speak or deal with the others he moved back to stand beside Astrid. "I would imagine you converse with one of your saints for days," he said with a smile "perhaps you could swap notes on hearing the voice of God." As he mentioned the voice of God he shifted to yet another form. This time Morgan Freeman in a clean white suit. "This is how I imagine it these days," Merlin said "but alas, we should join Lancer and his master for breakfast. There is much to discuss."

Cu watched the training still even as his master said they shuld head to the dorm. He nodded and turned to leave but not before he heard Sachi run away crying at the words of her master. Using every ounce of his A rank agiliy to arrive next to Takeru who had a seemingly satisfied look on his face. For his insults against his own master, and a woman no less, Cu aimed the back end of his wooden spear right for his face aiming to smack him with it at high speed. It wouldn't do more than sting like hell if it hit, it didn't aim to injure beyond perhaps a heavy bruise, but it was more to showcase his contempt. "Perhaps respect isn't a part of your code there samurai," Cu said with narrowed eyes.

Training Coliseum

Takeru just took what Musashi said in stride when she bolted to go after Sachi. He sighed then Berserker blasted forward to try attacking him with his wooden spear. Saber just looked at him with frown. The spear never hit him him. The Wind Veil supplied from the sheathed Kusanagi stopped the wooden-spear short of his body - even slicing off the tip without making impact. "Need to try something a big stronger than that." and when Cu said samurai, Takeru chuckled, "Don't know if I told you but I'm no samurai so there's no code of order to follow."

He looked at the entrance where Sachi escaped to, followed by Musashi, "Though if you must know about that callous behavior, it's that I'd rather not see my Master splattered all over the battlefield in red. She's not cut-out for fighting, I imagine someone like you could see that." he locked his eyes with Lancer's — "Probably not the best idea of what I just did, but it's all I could think of doing. If I told her not to fight, she'd be stubborn and say I was wrong. If I told her to fight, she'd become a nervous wreck. If I supported her, she'd be going straight to her death bed. There's no way out of this maze other than to break it off."

Outside Training Coliseum

Sachi sprinted as fast as she could away from the Coliseum and her Servant. Once she found a good space that overlooked the ocean, she leaned on the railing to continue her crying.

Outside Dorm A

"I only answer to myself." Jeanne said, "Though there is a Central Overseer — yet I have not met them. And no, I won't report to them. Discipline in the Dormitories is my discretion and mine alone. I will deal with them as quickly as possible." then next Noshiga asked a question. "Removal of a Command Spell is the first warning as well as a Parameter down. Second warning is another removal and sealing of Noble Phantasms even during tournament battle. Third is, well, replacement." Ruler said as she continued on her walk then interrupted by Merlin again.

She used her iron will to ignore everything he said. She even hummed a funny tune while entering the building.

Then at that moment there was a VERY LOUD echo from the middle of the island.

"What in the—" Izayoi was the first to look toward the center.

Jeanne plugged one of her ears while narrowing her eyes, "With that, I will not be able to rest."

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Miyamoto Musashi — with Sachi

“Will you man up a little, Sachi?” Saber asked the Master, standing about a metre away. “You should think about the words' meaning, not the words themselves.”
She leaned on the railing beside Sachi, staring out to see. The wind caused her topknot to sway to and fro a little.
“I think Yamato Takeru cares about you, you know,” she said. “He's just... not very good with words. Give him a sword, a fire, a mouse and an evil man, he'll do great. Give him a woman? Not so much. Only two girls in his life, the stories tell; his aunt Yamatohime and his wife, Ototachibanahime. And experience with Imperial Princesses doesn't translate well to ordinary girls like you and me, Sachi.”

Sachi — Overlooking the Ocean

"Man up?" Sachi was a bit taken back by the statement, "I... I know that he meant wall, Saber... but the problem is that he's definitely right. Everything he said about me is true. I know he DOES care, I know that... but hearing him, of all people, say that." her eyes fell to the water below. "It just hit me. Don't know where, don't know why — but it hurts."

Miyamoto Musashi — with Sachi

“Hey, not everyone can be me,” Saber said, pounding her chest with a fist. “I was pretty much born the best in the land. True, I have trained and trained and trained and trained and learned and learned and learned and learned, but it was all to bring something from inside me to the outside world. And even that does not mean I am perfect. Look.”
The Servant reached up and slowly undid her topknot, letting her hair fall down. Most of it reached the small of her back, but one lock was markedly shorter than the rest. “A long time ago, before you were born,” she said, “I had the chance to duel Sasaki Kojirō again. A different Grail War, in fact. I won, but his Swallow Return technique cut my hair. It nearly cut my head, too.”
She paused and looked at the ocean. “At the same War, I duelled Jeanne d'Arc. She could see the future — there is no other explanation to how she predicted my moves so easily. The duel ended in a draw. Do you know how it felt? Breaking a winning streak? Not being unbeatable any more?”

Angel was about to yell at Berserker to stop when she caught his lance being stopped by the wind veil. Even if the action was impulsive something useful came of it. She now sees an obstacle once hidden. But now wasn't the time to fight. It was too time to strategize. She had better get her servant and leave before anything was revealed about them. "Berserker. We're leaving."she said in a gentle but authoritative tone, with that she walked out of the Colosseum

Sister Astrid

"Indeed, Caster. Since the danger has passed, we better go with Lancer and his Master and then discuss strategies and bond" says Astrid, letting her spear shift back into the tattoo of her arm.

Black Dog

"Well, that was surely educative, companion... we learned what some of our team are up to as well as the Servant of one of our enemies. That's quite a marvelous Servant, if somewhat pathetic in attitude. The girl too, is blessed by the Moon and Earth... Too bad they are on the other side"

Minutes later, as their companions sat around a table eating the cold omelettes, Lancelot begins speaking.

"I think today hath been fortunate, all things considered. We hath sucessfully obtained two of our foe's identities. We know that yon knight was a Rider, and thou hath deduced his name....Don Quixote, was it not? And yon Monster hath been revealed as the demon Legion by our fair Lady Ruler."

"What, then, doth thou knoweth about these Legendary Souls? We must pool our knowledge together."

Sachi — Overlooking the Ocean

Her eyes went back down to the beating ocean waves against the large vessel of Armistice Isle. She wiped her tears and sniffled, "So... what you're saying is that you earned your spot. You didn't let anything stop you..." this was around the time that Sachi looked back to meet Musashi's face. Her hair had been let down. "You fought Jeanne d'Arc?" her eyes sort of went wide. Oh well, they were Heroic Spirits so there was no need to be surprised. "Right, I forgot, this was the Grail War." she smiled bitterly, "And before I was born? ... I see." Musashi talked about being unbeatable. That was something that she never felt. Being able to enjoy the fruits of victory. The only thing she knew was the grief of loss. "No, I wouldn't know, Saber, I'm sorry." she rubbed her eye again to stop any more tears from flowing.

Room A-1

What happened in that moment?

Well, Saber had returned to the room with Rui-ling, sprinting in with Caster's Noble Phantasm in one hand and her Master draped like a kitten in the other. "Caster, I have something for you to read!" she tossed the book straight at who she thought Merlin was. Then Ogier sprinted in while throwing her Master onto the couch just before getting into the kitchen.

Izayoi — Outside Dorm A

"So they're a Dead Apostle." Izayoi stayed outside as she had already eaten with Assassin. Plus they had to do some recon. "This is already going to be a tough one." she looked at her Black Key as she put it away as Malcolm taught her. The blade Tatsutato slid into its sheathe. "Shall we continue, Assassin?" she smiled as she started to walk on.

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Sister Astrid

"Don Quixote is a tale from a man who lived on the wrong time. An old rich man who read numerous tales of knighthood in an age that was past such traditions. He grew obsessed with them, became mad and then took and old horse, his loyal aide and embarked on a travel filled with delusions. He saw windmills as giants to battle, the local maid as a Lady of great renown and other such things. The tale was as comedic as it was tragic in its parody. And while Don Quixote had his heart in the right place, his heart was filled with folly as he pursued glory" says Sister Astrid, telling the tale as she knows it.

"As for Legion... that tale is better known by me. The Gospel of Mark, 5:9, tells of how Jesus met with a poor man in the country of the Gadarenes. It says... And He asked him, "What is thy name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion: for we are many""

"A whole host of demons living inside a single poor man. Yet, they begged Jesus not to send them back to Hell... and he complied, making them all possess a herd of pigs to live the rest of their lives as humble natural creatures... before they all drowned in the Sea"

Black Dog

"Finally! Yes, lets us get on the road then, Izayoi" says Assassin, keeping pace with the girl.

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Merlin, as Morgan Freeman

Merlin nodded as Astrid spoke and used him memory to self-confirm that her stories were mostly correct. A book was not so ceremoniously thrown at him. It bounced off the magicc shield he had placed around himself when Legion had arrived and he looked at it then at the ones who had thrown it. "I'll forgive the book tossing because you are a fetching lady under all that armor," he said with a wide smile knowing that this woman looked almost exactly like Altria. He wondered how Lancelot would react to her.

He scanned over the book after speaking and took the time to flip through a few pages while scanning his memories looking for a good match while the others might talk.

Of course the spear hadn't hit. He honestly had expected a block or dodge but the wind coming to his aid was more of a benefit. He now knew more about this man even as Cu's own master asked him to leave. Cu nodded and turned his back on Takeru once the man was finished speaking. Cu did turn back once more before leaving the arena. "Your master has every right to fight if her heart leads her to. You haven't the right to deny her that anymore than I can deny the hospitality of others. But I won't criticize you further since you seem set in your ways. I will, however, ask you one favor Yamato Takeru," Cu said meeting the man's eyes "when our groups go to the arena you tell me where you will fight. I want to test that resolve of yours and I can promise I will not kill your master. I want to prove that that sword of yours can't match me nor can your mind." He smirked and then followed his master with his, now slightly shorter, wooden spear over one shoulder.

Ahriya Arath

Ahriya tried to eat as properly as possible for a lady of her class. Unfortunately, she was never one for table manners, even at home. She struggled using her knife and fork in conjunction but slowly managed her way through the omlette.

"Umm... I'm sorry, I don't think I have much in the way of intel. I remember my family teaching me about historical figures but I didn't really pay much attention. It seems they'd be tough opponents though."

Miyamoto Musashi — with Sachi

“It was pretty bad,” Saber said. She opened her mouth to say more, but noticed Sachi rubbing her eyes again. “Come,” she said instead and pulled the Master into a hug. “Don't cry. You can become better. You just need determination and someone to point you the right way. You're not hopeless. You have the will to fight; that is something not many people have.”

Kazanari Rui-ling

Rui-ling glared at Merlin before he saw Saber vaulting into the kitchen for a snack run. Looks like his Servant was more in-sync with him than he thought.

"Hey Saber, can you get me something too? I'm starving!" He paused. "Y'know, there's a joke to be made there, but for the life of me, I don't see it."

He turned to bark an order at Merlin so he wouldn't get to interrupt his private time with Saber. "Oi, March of the Penguins. Less gawking more talking. Or... translating, I guess. Just do that thing you do with the friggin' book so we know what it says, okay? We snatched it off an enemy Caster. Should be hours of fun."

He emphasized that last part, hoping Merlin would take the hint.

Oda Nobunaga

"A single Servant that is yet a thousand men? How can there be such a thing?" If Archer had a beard, she would have rubbed it meaningfully. "No matter! It brings me joy to be able to fight such a splendid army!"

Archer drew her (purely ceremonial) sword. "It does not matter if he has a thousand or a hundred thousand lives! I will have his head!"

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Sachi — Overlooking the Ocean

"Huh?" then she was embraced in a hug by the enemy Servant. How was she supposed to react to this? It was pretty sudden, though comforting. "Thank you, Saber." she responded by hugging her. "I guess... you're right. I can fight." The conversation between the two of them lit something up deep inside her. Maybe there was something she could do to make Takeru proud?

Training Coliseum

"That's the problem — it hasn't lead her anywhere. Only word of mouth from a higher up has." Takeru shrugged, "There's a difference between an order and the feeling the need to fight for one's self. If her resolve changes, so will my mind." Saber smiled as he met Berserker's gaze, "Alright, that's fine by me. We'll make sure no one can disturb us... and if you say no harm will come to my Master, then I wouldn't mind losing to you."

Room A-1

"Very well, Master!" Ogier took the word of his Master to heart while raiding the fridge for assorted meats and white eggs. She sloppily set them down in a pan, cooked them then came back to her Master. She set down sloppily looking... well, slop on the coffee table near the couch. "Let us eat!"

Nom. Nom. Nom.

Food started to vanish from the table. And it was just set down!

Kazanari Rui-ling

For the sake of culinary decency and all you chefs out there, let's just say Rui-ling didn't really mind what was on his plate as long as it was edible and it tasted good. And really, he only needed his food to fulfill both those requirements if he was feeling picky.

And that's the story of how a human orphan kept up with a Saber-class in an eating contest.

"Oi, Saber," Rui-ling questioned his Servant. "Mind if I ask you some personal questions?"

Noshiga

"I suppose I don't really have anything to add on the matter though one thing regarding Rider puzzles me a little." The black-haired man listened intently to his allies explaining both the origin of Don Quixote and Legion. "That said, unlike Legion, Don Quixote is an entirely fictional character that never existed, neither in myth or history. I can't think of any Noble Phantasm he might have, but he shouldn't be a particularly difficult opponent as long as he's not ignored or taken lightly. As for Legion..." Noshiga glanced at Archer. "While the enthusiasm is good I fear that it will have to be swept off the ground in all entirety. Since Legion is many, disposing of one head will only anger it, most probably."

Miyamoto Musashi — with Sachi

“You just need control,” Saber told Sachi. “And I think that is something Yamato Takeru can teach you.” She let go. “Come, let us return. I think he is worried.”
She offered the Master her hand.