video; un: bladeworks

[unknowntodeath]

Fortune Panda now has a new menu of light summer items as well as an outdoor grill area. There are also some seats outside since the weather is getting better.


[This wasn't his original reason to make a post, but he wanted to add something to the post other than his own personal, uh, punishment of sorts for actions these past months. Which is an announcement.]


And starting from... now. You may start addressing me as Emiya instead of Archer. That's my real name. Just that. I will still continue to answer to Archer as well but I won't have any preferences.


[That's it. That's the announcement. He definitely didn't need to post about it in public, but he's doing it because he's been an idiot.]

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Video : Un; Caster

[colchismagecraft]

...What do you think you're doing?

[What. He was just casually revealing his true name over the network like this?? After all this time??]

You know you can't take this back, don't you?

[unknowntodeath]

I'm starting to let go of the past, Caster. I'm moving on and accepting things I haven't been able to.

[It's a healing progress.]

[colchismagecraft]

Hmph... as if you have any right to do such a thing.

[She was still hurting from his betrayal, after all- but something in her expression softened. She'd been able to see her beloved again in Mab's Cavern, and that gave her hope she could find him again in these many worlds...]

A shame. I was hoping to use that name to taunt you some more.

[unknowntodeath]

Someone more empathetic would probably say everyone has a right to do such. Even you.

[He's not the type to say such things.]

I'm sure you'll find other ways to taunt me.

[She could start calling him Shirou.]

[colchismagecraft]

I wonder about that- us Servants are bound to our pasts more tightly than most. Are you really saying you can let it go so easily?

[And, to elevate the seriousness, a smirk came into her face.]

...I'm going to have fun thinking of other ways to bully you, Emiya~

Video : Un; fashiondiva

[corpsewarblade]

That...sure is a bold way to do advertising.

[So she didn't know this guy, but something about his message struck a chord, and she felt she had to reach out. She'd spoken to him briefly about matters of identity before- but that was when they were both anonymous, and nearly a year ago.]

...Your "real name", huh? What, you been going by an alias or something this whole time?

[unknowntodeath]

It gets the message across.

[That's the important part, right?]

Yes. I decided to cling onto the alias instead of going back to my old name, even if that option was available to me all this time.

[corpsewarblade]

I mean, yeah, I guess so. That's all an advert has to do.

...How come you let it go? Like, I've seen you around before, you've been here a while right?

[...A small frown crossed her face, fully expecting this guy to tell her exactly where she could shove her questions and to mind her own business.]

...

Uhh... you don't, like, have to answer random Q&A from a stranger if you don't want. But I just thought. Yeah.

Sorry. I'm making this weird, aren't I?

[That didn't make any sense, Mukuro. 0/10 for coherency. Why was she even doing this? What was she hoping to get out of this?]

[unknowntodeath]

[She's clearly curious for some reason and it's not like there's any harm in telling anyone, really.]

You could say my girlfriends helped me understand that I'm myself and no one else. I don't need to be ashamed of the name I have or the person I used to be - since I'm not him anymore.

[corpsewarblade]

[It was a small relief that he wasn't judging her.]

That you're yourself and no one else, huh...guess there's only so far you can become someone else, whatever you think of the real you.

Video: UN; gonnasqueezeya

[over_the_sea]

Hiii Narwhal~. [It seems it doesn't matter what Archer, or Emiya, changed his name to, Floyd was still going to keep this his nicknames for everyone. There's no fighting it, it's just how it is.]

You're doing a new seasonal menu? I can't wait to try it!

[unknowntodeath]

[There's a name he just had to get used to, he supposes.]

Yeah. The regular menu items will still be there, but I try to add variety every now and then.

[over_the_sea]

[Yup, no escaping it! Once Floyd gives someone a nickname it will never change.]

That's a great idea! I wanna do something like that for Golden Silence, but I donno what this place produces yet that's only for the season, you know? I know we're supposed to be competition and all, but I'm totally stopping by to see what you can do with it.

Limited edition stuff is always good for getting people in, they get scared they'll miss it if it's in short supply. [Even if you only fake it being a limited item, like they used to do at the Lounge back at school. Limited items with ingredients they can only get 'for a short time'... or competing against themselves with special cakes that had to be voted on which was the best to keep. It was real easy to do, just a lot of work.]

[unknowntodeath]

Our restaurants are rather different, so I don't see any harm in that. As long as you don't steal all of our ideas.

[There's a hint of an amused grin, really.]

I know a great place you can check out the seasonal produces. It's a shop I regulate often.

[over_the_sea]

Oh, nahhh, I wouldn't do anything like that. [As Archer said, the places ranged too far in styles to really copy anything from the other. The other offer for actual ingredients though,] Really? That's be great! I want some real items to work with, [Before a moment of whining as Floyd dropped the menu back to the table without much thought of where it would land.] Ugh, Jade brought back a whole bunch of pickled herring, more than he could even eat, and I had to think of ideas to get rid of those taking up room. [They actually worked out pretty well in the end, but Floyd was so sick of cooking with those for right now.]

I want more fun ingredients to play with.

video; un: beaumains

[beaumains]

I've got a great lemon biscuit recipe in mind that's perfect for summer, too! I'll test it out before adding it to the menu, of course.

[ And then, she takes in a breath. ]

How... does it feel? Letting out your name like that.

[ She knew it wasn't easy... ]

[unknowntodeath]

I wouldn't mind tasting that either. Lemon works surprisingly well in sweets.

[He's not much of a sweets person, but lemon made them good.]

It's... not as bad as I thought it would be.

[beaumains]

Truth be told, the 'you' I knew hardly ever introduced himself by name, either. The only reason we knew it was because of the Chaldean records.

[ That many servants in one place, it wasn't feasible for everyone to use class titles, after all. ]

But even so... I'm glad to have been told it, all the same. It's a sign of trust, right?

[unknowntodeath]

I suppose we have that in common.

[He doesn't... really know much about his Chaldean counterpart, to be honest. It's too awkward to ask too many questions about him.]

This announcement probably would have been even better if I had told it in person, even if you knew it... I apologize, Gareth.

[beaumains]

Aw, come off it, now, you know I'm not going to be bothered by something like that!

[ They all had their own hills to climb, after all. ]

You deal with this the way you feel you can, right? I'll be here to support you, either way!

voice: un:goddessofdeath

[queenofkur]

Emiya? I was wondering why you and others were keeping your true names a secret even in this place...

[ In a Holy Grail War it made sense to be sure. But here? Literally nobody in Chaldea cared to hide their true names. Avalon was a similar situation, not worth going through the trouble of hiding your identity. ]

[unknowntodeath]

It might be just a habit that stuck, but I'm not entirely sure. You'd have to ask the others from the same war. My own reasons are different than most, after all.

[If he didn't have Issues (tm) he might have stopped using Archer a long time ago.]

[queenofkur]

... What were your reasons, if I may ask?

[ She's not nosy, she's just legitimately curious. She's not super knowledgeable about a lot of modern or even historical things beyond her era, but she's pretty confident Emiya isn't a name anyone would recognize or stuff like that. ]

[unknowntodeath]

[There's no harm in telling her... at least vaguely.]

I was summoned to a war that had my former self in it. I had some regrets of the path I took so I tried to... "fix" them. Then I ended up in denial of him existing as a part of my history, basically and now I'm here.

[queenofkur]

[ Huh... She could actually sympathize with that. If she was to meet her own self prior to using Rin as a vessel, she would have some harsh words for her. She used to be far more cruel and petty. She'd hate on certain people just out of jealousy or envy because she couldn't have what they had. But there was something else to a story. ]

How were you summoned to such a war...? [You needed the proper catalyst to perform a summoning. If someone was to summon her in a war, they'd need her crown or weapon... Granted divine spirits could even be summoned at all.] Unless your Master used the Chaldea system, that shouldn't be possible.