I'm tempted to make the audience fall over in unison ala Fus Ro Dah but I'll refrain from doing so.
"Kyaah!" Mikko was surprised by the sudden burst of air. She was expecting some sort of sparkle, but not noise. What's more, the servant was... clouded and fogged. The crowd wouldn't be able to see it at all! Amidst the confusion, the crowd collectively tried to see what was hiding in the shadows, blocking each others views and creating more chaos.
"Madam, it's too dangerous for you here!" One of her bodyguards shouted.
"What? Then what was the point of this entire public summoning?"
"Orders from higher up ma'am. We are to withdraw. Something about a television broadcast."
Mikko was confused, but abided to the guards. "Umm... Caster, right? We have to go—KYAAAH!" Before she could finish, she was dragged off by hey bodyguards, to the temporary backroom formed by partitions hurridly stuck together. The few bodyguards she had could no longer enforce the caution tape border surrounding the stage and the crowd overran the stage moments after she was whisked away behind staff-only walls.
MUSASHI
"We need to learn which room they are staying in, first. We may only have a few minutes once detected to locate the keys and get to their room, so I shall look for some indication of where they are staying whilst you remain hidden," the vampire answered, before turning back to look at the staff entrance and drawing her blade. It was a very thin blade, completely useless for normal fighting even with Reinforcement magic applied, but it was useful for one of her finesse.
Quite simply, she cut through the locked door and pulled it open before rushing inside and looking for anything that would be used to tell the staff where their guests were staying, as well as—hopefully—a spare key or maybe a master key. Breaking in might wake their target or alert their Servant, which would be nothing short of hell until they could get away from Saber. Given the size of the hotel and likely number of staff, however, it shouldn't be too difficult.
BERSERKER
The blonde looked around the room curiously for a time, ultimately dismissing it as just another second-rate hotel, before talking to her Master and speaking again, "I have been summoned as Berserker and that is how you should refer to me. You know the tale of Troy, surely? Without knowledge of my identity, the other Servants and Masters will not be able to strike to any effect, and we are invulnerable."
"How long until you activate Mad Enhancement and strip me of all reason?"
Assassin nodded quickly, before pausing as she watched Mother draw the blade. She was such a good planner, and so nice, and... Assassin was so glad she had been summoned by her. It meant she had a Mother now... finally, she had a Mother.
When Mother sliced the lock open, Assassin quickly followed her inside. Almost immediately, she vanished into the shadows of a nearby maintenance broom, hiding beside a few brooms. She gently took one broom and laid it, pointing outwards, on the ground. It wasn't and obvious indication but it would hopefully make her hiding spot clear.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up.""Oh, very well then, Berserker," Shadow replied quickly, hoping he didn't make her angry. After thinking about her question for a minute, he responded, "I don't see any reason to use it anytime soon. Like you said, as long as the secret is safe, you're invincible anyway, and I'd rather not strain my magic even further this early."
"Now then, unless you have anything else to say, I think I should get some rest. Tomorrow's going to be a busy day..." Shadow said, turning towards his bedroom.
Insert creative signature here.Saber closed the book suddenly with with a thud. There simply was a point where he had enough of the tale... and reading another version of the downfall of her daughter was a good point to stop for the night. He still had mixed feelings about the whole thing. During life, right before his dead he knew that girl would have a great destiny before her... Though reading about her accomplishments and hardships both stirred confusing feelings within the old King.
"Well, I'm certainly not glad that she broke you" whispered the King under his breath, feeling the spectral presence of his Noble Phantasm within him "Should have probably scolded her if I had been around at the time..."
Ah, there was another annoying emotion rising up. Uther stood up and drowned it by drinking the last of his ale. Still, he didn't feel like going back to babysit the boy so he decided to try and find the kitchens of this hotel and get himself something to eat. At this hour, the staff of the hotel was becoming harder to find and more than food he wanted to stretch his legs.
Thus, Uther walked in his disguise to the staff only section of the hotel, intending on finding its kitchens...
MUSASHI
"Room 503, Jack. Go, quickly," Musashi said, closing the book she had been looking at with a muffled thud. It was a high floor, that was for sure, but if Assassin could get up there quickly enough they would have a good chance of striking and leaving without any trace left behind to help identify the killers. Only one dead Master, one less Servant, and more dangers the next time around.
BERSERKER
"You can sleep, I'm hardly going to be tired so soon after being summoned," Achilles said, continuing to tap her foot against the floor.
Jack was off. Presence concealment still active, she sprinted through to hotel, making her way for the stairway. It wouldn't take her too long to get there, and once she was there, all she would have to do is make her way up. It was high, but... she wanted to win this grail war. For her wish, for her Mother's wish. And this Master... he felt wrong. He felt like a bad person.
She was nearly to the stairs.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Jack got to the foot of the stairway, and looked up. There was a man there... was he the Master? No, the Master wouldn't be foolish enough to just wander the stairs... it was a regular person. Pausing at the foot of the stairs, Jack frowned. There wasn't enough space to go around him... and if not for what she felt she might have to do, she would've fled out of shyness. But no... this man was one of the Master's guards. In as much as Jack didn't desire to harm innocent people... this person was involved, they were in her way, and she needed to kill the enemy Master, for Mother.
With an inaudible sigh(frowning to herself), Jack drew one of her four knives and crept up the stairs. She didn't feel good about this... when this was over, she was going to have to get a hug from Mother...
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Needless to say, Saber got quite lost on his search for the kitchen within the big, fancy hotel. Eventually, he found a broom lying in the floor right in front of a cleaning closet...
"Such sloppiness... One should at least put these away where they belong" he commented to a nearby woman who was standing by some records "Excuse me, do you know where is the kitchen?"
"Behind me, the door on the right," Musashi answered, knowing fully well where the kitchen was due to having entered through it. She supposed it made sense for something that would get a lot of external traffic due to deliveries to be near the exit.
This person... it was that man's Servant. So, he was unprotected?
Jack followed. This was what she could've wanted... maybe she could even get away with not killing the guard, and just the Master. He didn't seem like a bad person... and even if he saw her, he'd soon forget everything about her. That... worked well, with... she didn't want people she didn't know remembering her. Jack only wanted people she knew remembering her, unknowns... they scared her. Especially men... but she wouldn't kill the guard unless she absolutely had to.
She crept along behind the man, knife at the ready...
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Leo still slept peacefully on the bed,undisturbed by Julius entering the room.
The Black Scorpion looked at his brother,begrudgingly thanking the Servant for putting up magical wards.
He sat on a chair right next to Leo's bed,took out a cellphone from his pocket and dialed his father's private number.
"...My lord? It is Julius."
Jack slipped in through the open door, her small and lithe form allowing her quick entry even though it had almost shut. Presence concealment still active, she slowly approached the bed. She raised her knife. Kill the Master, leave, wipe the guard's memory. That way, the guard would be unharmed and the Master would be dead. Simple enough.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."The knife went down. The Assassin was perfect. In any other case, Leonard Harway would be dead. Fortunately for the boy,his Servant had the foresight of placing wards on him.
The knife clashed against an invisible barrier,which instantly shattered. Of course,the Black Scorpion immediately noticed.
"What the-! LEONARD!"
Mentally cursing himself,Julius grabbed his brother and shoved him out of the bed.
"Julius?"
"It seems we are under attack. Stay behind me!"
Julius cursed. Where the hell was the attacker?! He still could not see anything....
Yes. A one-shot barrier which broke instantly. Anyway,Saber did place wards on him,so I'm not dead yet.
edited 29th Feb '12 12:58:45 AM by DeathChariot
Jack immediately drew back, presence concealment still active. It was some kind of magecraft barrier... obviously, it had been built up quite a bit to withstand a blow from a Noble Phantasm. She needed focus, of all things. While she was not confident, she felt that she would be able to kill the Master still, and the guard if the need be.
If it came to it, she would flood the room with The Mist.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up.""I see, thank you very much, Madam"
With those words Saber walked past her and into the kitchen... where the Servant felt the distinctive warning of his wards going off.
Damn, the Masters of this era must all be this hasty?
Without any further wait Uther set off at full speed and left the building by the kitchen exit. His purpose in this was clear. Running up the stairs would be a far slower process than quite simply running up the building and breaking into Leo's room through the window.
Thus this Uther move with complete haste, each mana infused leap carrying him two stories up as he discarded his magical disguise. He could only hope the sneak would be able to stop the Assassin for a few seconds if only due to his presence.
Julius cursed again. The enemy was probably Assassin, seeing as he still could not detect their presence. Why are they attacking this early?!
Leonard was calmly standing in a corner of the room,right next to an open window, Julius was standing protectively in front of him.
"Leonard. Listen to me. I can't defeat a Servant. But I can distract them. Even if I die,you must escape!"
Leo smiled.
"There is no need for that,dear brother."
The Harway Prince looked downward through the open window.
"It seems Saber is coming."
edited 1st Mar '12 11:30:46 PM by DeathChariot
"Yes, Master?" A voice echoed out as the phantom coalesced in the room subtly this time. However, his facial features were still obscured by distorted air, acting as a censor that blocked his features from others' eyes. Sitting crosslegged with his back to the wall, Virgilius hummed and began leafing through his book as he waited for a specific order, his mannerisms a little bit arrogant. All the others could see was a slight man dressed in a toga apparel, his white skin looking like dully polished marble.
edited 29th Feb '12 9:20:53 PM by GreyStar
Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.Jack's frown deepened greatly. Well, she was exposed now... but she was fast. A-rank agility played to her favor. She could move far faster then a human could... she wouldn't have to kill the guard. And she could outpace the Servant who was coming to their aid. They were still talking when she acted, suddenly lunging forward. With her rank of agility, Jack could cover ten meters in the blink of an eye if she wanted to.
They would be one step closer to their wish in less then a second.
The blade of the knife she now wielded was the smallest of distances away from the bodyguard's chest. He would be removed first, even though Jack had tried to avoid killing him, and then Harway would be killed. She felt that she would be able to manage it quickly enough... maybe.
edited 1st Mar '12 3:36:15 PM by AnnoR
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Something pierced Julius' chest,narrowly missing his heart.
Julius grit his teeth in pain but didn't scream.
"Brother!" Leo eyes widened in alarm as his brother was wounded.
I have to get Leonard out of here!
Using the last of his strength, the assassin pushed his brother out of the open window,knowing that Saber can catch him.
"Julius-!"
Live. Leonard....
The Black Scorpion collapsed on the floor.
If I die here so be it...
edited 1st Mar '12 11:43:04 PM by DeathChariot
Saber was coming, and it seemed that she didn't have much of a chance of getting to Harway at the moment. Jack frowned at the bleeding man on the floor. "I h-hadn't wanted to k-kill you..."
With that, she flicked the blood off her knife. This had all gone wrong... she didn't even want to hurt the bodyguard... bu it was one obstacle out of the way, she supposed, even if she didn't like doing it at all. With that, she vanished into spirit form and went down. The floors were nothing to Jack, until she hit the ground. As she did, Presence Concealment and Information Erasure took quick effect. All that was left was that a Servant had been encountered, nothing more and nothing less. Jack passed through several walls and left spirit form, Presence Concealment remaining active. She wanted to get back to Mother now...
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Musashi had returned to leaning against the outside wall. Success or not, Jack should be returning about now, she doubted that any Servant was stupid enough to stay and pick a fight where they were knowingly going to be vastly outmatched. Apart from that one Rider from the original grail wars, he'd been kind of odd.

Assassin, allowing her presence concealment to cloak her(spirit form wouldn't allow her to attack on short notice) she soon came up beside her Mother. Nighttime... it was the only time, really, that she could actively operate outdoors. The sun... it scared her. She didn't like going out during the day. She didn't want to be seen by some people, most people. But right now... it was night. The time was perfect.
This Master wouldn't know what was coming.
"I am ready, Mother. What do you wish for me to do first?"
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."