Dix-Sept † brighter skies

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[Action - Taylor Road, morning]

[Hello Mayfield! Gorgeous day, isn't it? For whatever reason you're walking on Taylor Road when suddenly

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[inababanchou]

Ciel. Welcome back.

[ Just kind of glosses over the droned times. And speaking of things to not be down about: ]

There's a pool party this Wednesday.

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[Please gloss right on over you should probably do the same during he lectures...but pah school!] Thank you! Seta-kun, is that right? The records listed you as the son of Mr. West, but I do at least know that you're Japanese. [So she did some snooping and asked around... This is not creepy, stalkerish, nor worthy of any mention out loud!]

Eh, really? You mean, in three days?

[inababanchou]

Yes, three days. Bring some friends.

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Goodness, that's on short notice. Geez, the things you miss when you're droned... Hm, I'll try talking to Matou-san and Tomoe-san, then. They could both use to get out more! Thank you for the tip, Seta-kun. Who organized it, if it's okay for me to ask?

[inababanchou]

Ah. It was a collaborative idea with me, Gilgamesh and a nice man named Cu Chulainn.

[ Is not aware that by saying this he's going to brand himself into that group of no good girl-chasing servants....... ]

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Silence.]

The golden-haired boy, and Lancer, the man with a blue ponytail?

[> You feel an ominous presence... suddenly feel judged...]

[inababanchou]

[ Judged or not, Souji is cheery. ]

Yeah, that blonde-haired boy Gilgamesh and Lancer. Cu Chulainn, because apparently there are two Lancers.

Really this was my idea. It'd be a nice way to break the monotony and the heat.

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[oh okay! She'll just melt back down to her usual self, too.]

Goodness, I didn't think that he would be like this even as a child. It's no surprise from Lancer though, but that's a good point too. So it'll be at the pool inside the Recreational Center, Seta-kun? Also, did you plan anything else other than get everyone together to swim? [Well she had an idea for his secondary motives but he at least was a teenage boy. In any case, no need to voice it out loud.]

[inababanchou]

Mmm, I didn't have much other plans besides the pool. I'll be making some food otherwise, but I have a nice surprise event for the evening.

[ Souji ponders for a bit. ]

Gilgamesh told me he took a potion from the fountain of youth. Lancer said that Gilgamesh was more abrasive before. What was Gilgamesh like before?

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So it's more of a free-for-all? The lack of anything concrete is a bit disappointing to hear, but flexibility is still good, for something like this. [She sounds approving anyway.]

Mm, so that's how. Geez, that Servant man really has everything... Lancer's right, but he's also understating things. Adult Gilgamesh is very haughty and an extremely dangerous individual if provoked, so it's an individual that most people are better off avoiding. I did hear that he got much more agreeable in this child form, so that's good news, at least. Do you know the child one well, Seta-kun?

[inababanchou]

Yeah, it is open. I'm fine with that. It's nice to be able to take a leisurely day off.

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[ Why is everyone who knows Gilgamesh getting worried when Souji says he knows him? Geez everyone's too hard on that poor kid. ]

Gilgamesh as a child is very agreeable. I play with him quite often.

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That's true. Especially after everything, it'll be good for everyone's mood.

[Instead of reading Twilight you could have played Fate/Stay in the Kitchen, Souji. It would have boosted your Understanding and Diligence because holy shit exposition and infodumps... And then you would understand.

[inababanchou]

[ Man Twilight was so bad it nearly physically harmed him to read it. It was one of those books he deeply regretted touching. And Souji's a bit of a derp with computers, so asking him to sit through a V/N is something that you could only ask him to do if you were like a rank six social link. ]

Adult Gilgamesh can't be that bad, can he?

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He's a fun kid. He's shown me all sorts of things with his Gate of Babylon too.

[ YEP SOUJI'S SEEN THE HEROIC SPIRIT'S GATE OF BABYLON ]

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[You could have spent that time reading something better, ANYTHING EVEN... Oh well blame the 4th wall crackin' programmers. So maaaybe in a meme or something. Alternatively watch the last 4 episodes of the anime; Gil's portrayal was PRETTY ACCURATE...]

...[Sounds like she's holding back a sigh or something? But it's kinda hard to tell...] He's a child now, right? He wasn't before. I wonder what prompted him to make that change, but if he did it willingly, then I do sincerely hope that he stays that way. Things are better as they are now.

[Chuckling a bit. Ciel's seen it a few times too, personally experienced it once: a sword grazed her near the ribs, and it could have been fatal if she wasn't careful. The other times were against Archer also under hostile circumstances; no of course there's no need to mention any of that right now!] Is that so? Like what, if you don't mind me asking?

[inababanchou]

He is a child now, yes.

[ Souji has a hard time wrapping it around his noodle that Adult Gilgamesh = dick. The kid version is a little feisty, if anything, but kids cannot be evil! Inherently, at least. Maybe Gilgamesh as a kid hung around the wrong crowd. Souji will see to it that this time Gilgamesh hangs around positive influences!...

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Like Lancer.

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A few heroic swords, a spear, and a lot of golden fishing rods. He says he has a lot more in his portal. Have you seen some of his weapons?

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Aha, then maybe I'll look for him at the pool party and say hi. [She says it lightly without an ounce of ill intent.

Lancer is whipped and a big derp. It's really not so bad... :|a]

I... have, but not under leisurely circumstances. [...Moving on, she chuckles a bit as she picks on the more casual part of his statement.] Fishing rods? Did you go fish together, at some point? I know there's a small lake in town, but are there actually anything in there?