(Action - Fayren)

[lancernexttime]

[The problem with being stuck here as a servant, especially one who likes good battles?

Boredom.

And Cu isn't the one to be bored for long. He's wandered out to a relatively unoccupied part of Fayren, where magic may not be completely strange, to practice his rune magic and summon his Noble Phantasm.

So, if you're out and about in Fayren, and see fire and explosions in the distance, it's just him. He's friendly, if a big fire happy, so please, come say hello!]

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[callyourname]

[Fayren happens to have horses and Mikasa happens to enjoy riding, so that's why she's around... Coincidentally fire and explosions remind her of enemies from home even though there's no thunder in the mix this time but she still comes to check that to be sure. Even if it could be just about anything else here.

She sure as hell doesn't know what she expects to see, probably not what's there once she gets close enough... but her face doesn't show any reaction to any of it either way. Maybe he's not expecting to see a girl in her military uniform with weird metal boxes on her sides either.

She almost goes back to minding her own business with her poor social skills but guess she should make sure...]

Just training?

[lancernexttime]

[He's writing the next set of runes with his finger when the woman rode up on her horse, and pauses, dismissing what he'd started. Some of the fires die down a little, as he's not putting his mana into them at that moment.]

Just training!

Am I bothering you?

[callyourname]

[ Huh, never seen magic like that before, she's curiously glancing at his runes and calm despite the fire. ]

Not at all. Just... Checking that you haven't seen any humanoid giants around here. [So normal day for her, sort of.]

[lancernexttime]

[He points at the Wicker Man still standing amidst the flames.]

Only him. But he's mine, so he shouldn't be a worry.

[liorafae]

[Liora also frequents the relatively unpopulated areas of Fayren. And whenever she sees magic exploding in the distance, her first instinct is to panic. So she makes a beeline towards the source of the explosions to see what's happening. When she arrives, all she sees is a single human. Since he doesn't appear to be fighting anyone, perhaps he's just training? Something Liora can relate to herself. She hovers in the air a few feet away from him for a moment, trying to assess what's going on. And then after a moment, she lands on the ground, wondering what to do. She probably shouldn't disturb his training, and yet part of her is too fascinated to look away.]

Ah...

[lancernexttime]

[Caster can feel the magic on his radar before seeing the dragon flying about. It doesn't seem to be a threat, so he stops his rune writing so his own magic will die down a little.]

Hello!

[He pauses and leans on the top of his staff.]

I hope I didn't bother you.

[liorafae]

[Well, this person seems friendly enough, so Liora relaxes a bit, still stammering sheepishly.]

Oh no, not at all. I was just...wondering what you were doing, that's all...

[And a sheepish laugh follows.]

[lancernexttime]

[BURNINATING THE COUNTRYSI--Wait, he's not Trogdor.]

Practice with my Runes.

Making sure they're all still functioning correctly after showing up here.

[liorafae]

Your...Runes?

[She ponders for a moment, just wondering what runes did for magic. As far as she knows, only the Arcane creatures use them.]

So...how do they work? Are they functioning?

[lancernexttime]

So far they are.

[He writes one with his finger before sending it off to light one of his impromptu training dummies on fire.]

They work like that. I write them to summon them, and they do what they do.

[liorafae]

I see...

[She blinks at the training dummy on fire.]

Well...I've been practicing magic, but I've never used any runes before...

[li_amaranth]

[Considering Li lived in some of the less occupied parts of Fayren, seeing something like that in the distance tends to set off alarm bells. However, unlike most sensible people, she wants to know what the hell is going on and races towards it.

The cursed Kelpie stops a safe distance away and just kind of stares at what the hell is going on before her.]

....What the hell is going on.

[lancernexttime]

[Caster's letting Wicker Man do a bit of smashing around when he hears the voice from behind him.]

Just getting in a bit of Rune practice!

[li_amaranth]

[Yeah.. she recognizes what that's supposed to be and all the fire makes the waterhorse nervous.]

...Rune practice? That looks like something the humans used to burn a long time ago.

[lancernexttime]

That's right.

I learned it ages ago myself.

[li_amaranth]

[She settles cautiously against a tree behind him as her eyes flicker from the large burning effigy to him and back.]

You don't look that old.

[Like she's one to talk.]

But, why? I mean, why let it cause destruction? I don't remember humans using it quite like that before.

[lancernexttime]

Looks can be deceiving. What would you say if I told you I was born in the first century?

[And he's not lying.]

It's... an interesting story, and a long one.

[li_amaranth]

I'd say you're either full of shit or some sort of immortal.

[...]

I'm roughly five hundred years old.

[lancerofblood]

[Even with his being based primarily in Everglade these days, Lancer still likes to get back to Fayren when he can. It's the place he feels most at ease, with the presence of magic and a landscape more evocative of the one he's used to.

Even the fire and explosions aren't so unfamiliar, though certainly not something he would ordinarily wish to get caught up in. Except that there's a certain signature to it this time, a trace of something that grows stronger the closer he gets.

He doesn't speak, at first, merely finds a spot close enough to observe and to be observed. He's not actively hiding himself and he's not showing any indication of wanting to fight - though that doesn't mean to say he's not on guard. For the moment, he's just curious to see which Servant has been summoned here now - because he has a feeling this isn't quite Bedivere's style.]

[lancernexttime]

[Caster can sense the Servant as he watches, but as he doesn't seem like a threat, he continues working with the runes. Let off some steam and mana, because it doesn't look like he's going to be truly fighting for a while.

Especially because the Servants he's met all seem peaceful and not insane, like the ones he fought in Fuyuki City.]

You can come out, you know.

I don't bite unless asked.

[lancerofblood]

Which still makes a bite more likely from you than from I.

[...most of the time, but perhaps consider it a buffer while Lancer steps into clearer view because while he doesn't recognise this particular Servant, he suspects it's only a matter of time before curiosity gets the better of them both.]

So now it would seem a Caster has arrived. At this rate, I might pause to consider if there is a familiar pattern to which Servants are drawn into this place.

[It's unlikely, considering he at least was already in the middle of a Grail War - but given what Rip had shared about being dragged into one whilst in another similar realm, Lancer can't exactly discount the possibility either.]

[lancernexttime]

Only in certain situations.

[The runes flicker and disappear, before Caster spins the staff and rests the end against the ground so he can lean against the head of it.]

A correct assumption, Lancer. Although I know not of this pattern, I have met another from Chaldea, my home. Who follows my Master.

[Identifying enough that his situation is slightly different than Lancer's.]

[lancerofblood]

Then you are aware already of the Saber.

[He'd almost seen fit to use Bedivere's name, but isn't sure how this particular Servant is when it comes to use of True Names or how that meeting might have gone so he decides it isn't really his place.]

Still, to mingle those already part of a War with those apparently fighting for something far grander...perhaps it is mere coincidence that no two of the same Class have been summoned here thus far.

[lancernexttime]

Yes, I am. We come from the same home, in a way.

[There's a shrug.]

Maybe. But there were no summoning circles. No pacts. And I have a Master already, back at Chaldea.

[lancerofblood]

Then I dare say you are also feeling some of the limitations of being a world away from them.

[Fayren helps, as far as providing alternate mana sources goes, but it's not the same and Lancer is all too aware of it - though he suspects this one may not struggle from the other issue that has Lancer at less than full strength.]