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You nod in assent and stand clear, but some falling rubble obscures her firing-line, making her hesitate momentarily. You then hear footsteps along the tunnel, and a man about your height with a drawn sword is sprinting toward you with an empty hand outstretched. The first peculiarity you notice is that while he’s moving at clearly superhuman speed, he’s not registering in your mind as a Servant. The next is that a collection of Magical Energy is concentrating in his hand.
Expecting an attack of some sort, you raise your mace into a guard, and the man responds by unleashing the Magical Energy in a highly-pressurized jet of what you believe is water, or at least a fluid with generally similar properties, as a warning shot past Avenger’s face. She turns her magic circles toward him in response.
“Well. Things have certainly gotten out of hand here.” The newcomer commented jovially, before turning to his side and saying, “Come on out Archer, no need to be shy.”
“You sure you’ve had your fill of grandstanding, Messerschmidt? I can wait.” A Servant coolly replies as he materializes, a tall man with the kind of stubbly facial hair that would be expected a week or two after his last shave, wearing a poncho and a revolver pistol at his hip and holding a lit cigar in his hand. The intuition of the Master-Servant contract informs you that he’s designated ‘Archer of Black’.
“I suppose that’s up to those two.” The man called ‘Messerschmidt’ responds with a flourish of his hand toward you, “What do you say, care to take a breather as we exchange pleasantries, or would you like to skip to the part where we kill each other? Perhaps we could take a walk to an area where we corporeal beings are less likely to be buried in rubble?”
You’re not sure if he’s trying to buy time for some kind of stratagem or if he’s simply indulging a personal quirk. You observe that Archer of Black is standing at a range that would be most suitable for firing a pistol, and the blade of Messerschmidt’s sword is infused with Ether that you suspect is similar to the “True Ether”. They’re both fresh to the battle, and while you aren’t running low on Magical Energy you can’t say that you’re in top shape either. Leaving the area would jeopardize your chance to finish off Aka no Assassin though, which you’d really like to do, but trying that with Archer of Black right in front you seems to be a risky tactic. You also get the impression that something else is coming up behind them, but it isn’t the feeling you get when you detect a Servant.
