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Her glasses appearing again after a swift pirouette, Truvietianne replied, “O-ho, a fine suggestion my partner in fashion! I had some questions for you as well, but they can wait until I’ve brought you up to speed!” Catching one of the vampire’s hands, she started running toward an empty whiteboard, pulling her now-bewildered ‘student’ along.
“Guess I’d better make sure they don’t get into trouble.” Perseus said as he started following them, but you could tell he was more amused by his Master’s antics than actively cautious.
You decide there’s not much else to do up there for now, so you head down to the lobby with Avenger. After consulting Caster’s map to ensure you land on-target, she teleports your party of six to the area near the shrines. You find yourselves in the middle of a road littered with some abandoned vehicles, and some buildings several stories tall to each side. Of note, there are signs pointing toward the locations of a few different shrines nearby, a library, a rock-climbing gym across the street, and a large real-estate office.
“Is this area clear?” You ask Caster of Black.
“It appears to be, though I can’t guarantee that no one’s concealing themselves in a building or underground at this time.” He answers as he looks around, “I can say that there are no Servants aside from us nearby, unless they possess a particularly effective Presence Concealment ability.”
“Hold up, we’re not gonna hafta search all the subway lines and sewers near here ta be sure are we?” Ryuuta asked, clearly not looking forward to such an endeavor.
“Worry not Master, I merely said I can’t offer guarantees at this time because we just arrived. You needn’t concern yourselves with such legwork.” The sagely Caster replied, “My territory will be in place soon enough, allowing for divinations and wards to be enacted, keeping us from getting caught off-guard.”
<span class="mu-i"> “I’ll be keeping one eye open for other Servants, and the other open for him.” </span> Avenger told you telepathically, <span class="mu-i"> “And don’t forget, we’ll be ‘sending him back to the Throne of Heroes’ sooner or later.” </span> She added, reminding you of the transience of your alliance by means of what you were sure was a euphemism for killing him. While she wasn’t technically wrong, someone else might defeat him before it becomes an issue for you; though in that case you wonder if that might leave some hard feelings if it were a situation where you could have done something to help but decided it wasn’t worth it to keep him around any longer. This is all rather hypothetical, though.
After you nod to her in response, you ask Rushorou and Ryuuta, “So, what do you think we should do in the meantime? Get a better view of the whole area? Pick a new building to use as the main base? Maybe check out the shrines?”
