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“Let’s look around the subway, just in case.” You decide. Maybe the enemy Archer followed the civilian underground, where their advantages of strategic positioning and long effective range would be nullified.
Flapping her wings to fling herself out of the chair as it was spinning, Avenger answered, “One moment then.” Flying toward a water-cooler on a small table, she hummed something as she filled a small, cone-shaped paper-cup with water and brought it to you, saying “Drink this before we go, to avoid surprises like sudden dehydration… or other things.” Ending her sentence in a whisper; it seems she probably cast a spell to make this a potion that would block external telepathy from creeping into your head.
Quickly downing the beverage (which tasted like clean water with a faint hint of some herb you couldn’t recognize), you say, “Ready to go.”
“Leavin’ so soon big guy?” Matsuda asked, having been somewhat reluctantly roped into a conversation about career choices by Koko for the past couple minutes.
The teleportation circle appearing under your feet, you answer, “Yeah, we’ll try to pick up one other person before heading back.”
Before he could say anything else, you found yourself on another deserted street, quickly spotting the entrance of the subway station. It was fairly small, with only one staircase leading down. Turning to your Servant, you ask, “Any traces of Servants nearby?”
Scrutinizing her surroundings for a few moments, she answers, “No, unless they’re an Assassin using their Presence Concealment or perhaps some distance away in spirit-form.”
Strange, maybe the Archer that sniped Caster’s familiar just did a hit-and-run against an enemy asset without investigating the area in more detail. You’ll still need to stay on your guard though; this area seemed eerily quiet so far. Noticing an iron bar lying under a small pile of rubble nearby, you quickly jog over to pick it up then decide, “Let’s get in there then. If no one shows themselves I’ll call out-”.
<span class="mu-s"> BANG! BANG! BANG! </span>
“Gunfire?!” You say, startled by the sounds coming up from the station. It seems slowly and cautiously investigating probably won’t cut it. You need to find out what’s going on, fast!
Rushing down the steps into the station, you shout back to your Servant, “With me, Avenger, and quick!”
Running behind you, she informs you over the sound of the continuing gunfire, “It’s not a Servant, fortunately. Don’t get yourself shot, regardless.”
As you reach the bottom of the stairs and catch sight of the station’s platform, you find that there are no trains positioned in this area currently. The sound of the shooting had been coming from a tunnel the tracks lead into. Immediately heading that way, you notice a conspicuously-colorful sticker a bit larger than a sheet of paper stuck onto the wall just outside the tunnel, pointing into it.
