JoJo's Bizarre Grail War - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure

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Suwako Moriya:
Sakura, not Anzu.

Monarda:
Still, please no Anzu.

Hello Purvis:
>YOU ARE LILY HUMBOLDT, OF CALUMET CITY, COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS. As far as you know, you're the only magus of Calumet City, you don't think there are any others. There's certainly some in Chicago, but not here. Probably. If they are, they're laying low. Really, it never hurts to leave the question open, complacency never does anyone any good. Not that you get to complain about being complacent; you're perfectly happy to go for days without leaving your apartment. Really, there's no need. You have everything you need right here. Sure grocery trips have to happen, but seriously...
>Sadly, you are forced to venture from your comfortable lair on most days working for Intellitect Solutions LTD, which you are pretty sure is just a front for some sort of obscure financial crime under the guise of offering records filing services. But it pays well and you get a lot of time to yourself, which you're all to happy to put to use online or in the latest game you got your hands on.
>However, you aren't all play. You study hard on your magecraft, doing your best to advance your understanding and seek ultimate knowledge, like any true magus. Your knowledge of related topics is considerable, you are well versed in history, have some knowledge of the arcane fringe history much of the world is unaware of, and a treasure trove of magical minutia. You know about many of the great magus families, you know about the Mage's Association in England, and just how weak its tendrils are here, you know about the Grail Wars in Fuyuki, at least in general. You certainly don't know the details, but no one save the people who were there do.
>You also have your connections to the occult underground in this region. Lacking an official organization like the Mage's Association, some magi choose to come together in neutral grounds to meet and discuss and socialize among their own, bargaining and trading services and materials. While nothing compared to the power or prestige of the Mage's Association, the occult underground offers some aid and a sense of belonging to any magi that seeks it. A complex web of acceptable actions and honor have arisen from this grassroots network, and you are wise enough to observe them lest you get ostracized or worse.
>Your magic is like that of many magicians, assembled from an eclectic grab-bag of "whatever works". Runes, Onmyoudo, Alchemy, Arcane Numerology, whatever works. Lacking any grand magical tradition of its own, this can be called the American way. As of yet, you have not really solidified on what can be considered your style, but you have a grab-bag of spells you know well.
>Lately, you have been troubled. There's something in the air, something making the occult underground easy. From what you've been able to gather online (a fiendishly difficult task of separating the real stuff from the Alex Joneses of the world), it isn't just here as well. Something's up. Something's up, and you think you know what it is. For the past week, you've been having dreams. Visions of assembling a very particular circle, you can see it when you close your eyes and think about it. Every little detail. You dream of saying the words, invoking a great spirit to come to you. You know the words in your heart; even though you've never heard or read them outside of your dreams. Your research has turned up little in the way of details, but in your heart, you know what is happening. Another Grail War is brewing, and something has chosen you. You know exactly what this means, seven masters will fight for supremacy with the aid of seven heroic spirits. The one that succeeds, by whatever means they will, shall be allowed to draw upon the power of the holy grail to grant a wish.
>This shouldn't be possible. You aren't anywhere near the battleground, you have no connection to it whatsoever. It's completely baffling.
>Do you undergo the ritual, or do you ignore it?

>_

Suwako Moriya:
> Fortune favors the bold! Do it.

Chaore:
>The real question we have to ask ourselves, is will the grail let us drink Dr. Pepper out of it, and if so will we survive the endeavor.
>The clear answer is no.
>But god damnit, we have to try.

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