FOR MALIK

[duranduel]

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[duranduel]

[He shrugs at that!]

I wouldn't know. [And a beat.] Want to go get ice cream?

[godcards]

[ valid. but also, this question just compounds his tiredness. ]

Ice cream makes me sick.

[duranduel]

Okay.

[Not that, then.]

Anything you wanna eat or drink? Or we could just walk.

[godcards]

Coffee or tea is fine. Walking is fine. I just can't have ice cream, and I don't like a lot of sugary things in general.

[duranduel]

Not a problem. Some people can't tolerate things. It's okay.

[And a nod.]

Let's get some tea.

[godcards]

Alright... Tea it is.

[ where do they even have tea. the cafeteria?? SUB?? oh well they're going SOMEWHERE. ]

--It's too bad we didn't get anything useful out of that expulsion.

[duranduel]

[THE SEARCH FOR TEA: THE TEA-INING]

No, we didn't. Then again, do we ever?

[godcards]

No... It's why I don't go to half of them. It's a waste of time. Someone will be expelled, and someone else gets injured, and everyone sits around watching despite being allegedly upset by it. It makes no sense.

[duranduel]

Well, its for the drama, right? And people can't help it. They get emotional.

[godcards]

I know... But they inflict that upon themselves. How can they claim it's upsetting but they're still going to watch it?

[duranduel]

Because they feel a responsibility to do so, I think? Well, let me ask you. If Rishid was in one of those things, would you watch?

[godcards]

...

[ yeah that shuts him up ]

[duranduel]

...

[He's vibing! So!]

Perhaps if you have someone you care for...then it matters.

[godcards]

[ he lets that roll around in his brain for a moment. ]

Well. He might be dead. So I guess the answer doesn't matter.

[duranduel]

...

What do you mean? Did something happen before you came here?

[godcards]

...Yeah.

[ good thing mandi is vibing! because malik is definitely getting feelings about it. not good ones, either. ]

[duranduel]

...

There's a lot of people like that. Some people here died, or were dead for a while, before coming here. So if it took us from the moment before something bad happened...maybe we could return to that, or bypass it completely.

[godcards]

I don't know... if we could bypass it. We'd have to go back before it happened... If even a few minutes... Then maybe it'd be okay.

[duranduel]

You could use your wish for that. Or just wish for him to be okay, I suppose.

[godcards]

Yeah...

[ hm. guilt! sadness! not very cool. ]

--Do you know what you'd wish for?

[duranduel]

That's a tough question. Heroic Spirits are summoned to fight in somethin' called a Grail War. A war for an artifact that can grant wishes. We all should have our own wishes. I have some. Like...being able to obtain my strength, and be summoned with the sword, Durandal. That's a legendary sword, and one that belonged to my father. But...I don't know of that's somethin' I would really wish for.

I think I'd just use it to help someone else.

[godcards]

You'd throw your wish away just like that? When you could have what you want instead?

[duranduel]

I mean, I could. And maybe if I think about it, I'd find a better wish, but...

I don't know. Guess I just put others before myself. I'm just a Servant, after all.

[godcards]

That's too bad. Maybe you should think about yourself more sometimes.

[duranduel]

I guess I should? It sort of doesn't come naturally, though.