dressofheaven | 1st Grail: [Action for Goldenrod]

[There is a young girl in Team attire wandering the halls.

Ilya was getting bored sitting and waiting for someone to come get her, and she doesn't yet understand how to use the gear, so instead she's decided to poke her head out and find out about this place firsthand. She doesn't seem to have any real idea where she's going, or what most of the things she's surrounded by are, so she could probably be found anywhere, and she's distracted enough that other team members will probably notice her before she notices them.

That, however, is not true of the Duskull that just popped out in front of her, right in the face of anyone looking at her. Red eyes staring at them, it lets out a spooky wail.

She turns to follow the sound and beams, uncaring of how discomfited the other member may or may not be.]

Good work, Orpheus, you found someone!

[Late in the afternoon in Goldenrod city, there is the sound of something pounding on the pavement.

Is it a swarm of pokemon in the city? A new rocket plot? Another angry legendary?

Nope, it's just a young girl-]

Faster, Berserker, Faster!

[Riding through town on the back of her Rhyhorn.

People dive out of the way of the galloping rock-type, but Ilya doesn't seem to care in the slightest. She throws back her head and laughs gleefully, not even paying attention to anything but the rush of her ride.

... Someone might want to try and stop her before she smashes something.]

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[She scowls at Saber making fun of her before following her through.]

I was startled, that's all. I'm not used to doors opening on their own.

[Not the best defense, but at least it sounds better than being frightened of doors of all things. She really needs to figure out what the technology here can and can't do, and fast, if she wants to avoid looking like an idiot.

Still, any annoyance over the situation or Saber's amusement at it vanishes as she steps inside. The huge first room is filled with people milling around the store, even more than in Fuyuki's market area where she found Shirou not that long ago. She follows Saber as closely as possible so as not to get run into, noting that the people seem to flow around her for some reason. Possibly just force of personality.

She hears the doors open again behind her as Berserker tries to follow her, but Ilya can tell that this is probably not really the place for a Rhyhorn to be out of his ball. Before Saber can lecture her, she raises his pokeball and whispers for him to return.]

[ Saber just keeps walking ahead, pausing every so often to look at a stall here or there. She doesn't need to turn or pull out a pokeball, but Machina is easily pulled back into its ball willingly. After that, she turns to face Ilyasviel. ]

Well? What do you make of this place, Illyasviel?

I... don't know where to start.

[She's spinning around, trying to find something that catches her eyes, but there's just too many things to see.]

There's so much to look at, and I don't know what half of it is!

This aisle here- [ She leads Illyasviel down one and gestures at them as they walk pass. ] -carries an assortment of potions to heal your Pokemon should they become injured, or afflicted with status ailments.

Over here- [ Into another aisle. ] -are technical machines - TMs, for short. These are discs that can teach new moves to your Pokemon, provided they are compatible with the disc.

... Hrmph. I am no lowly tour guide, yet here I am. But does this give you a better impression of what lies within this building? I should figure there would be more excitement to be found exploring by yourself. You are new to this world, after all.

Well, yes it would, but you did ask me to come with you, you know. I'm not sure what else you were expecting from someone who's never been in this world before.

[She's just a bit irritated at Saber's comment about guiding her when she's the one who asked Ilya to come along in the first place, but at the same time she can't help feeling self-conscious about her newbie status. She's really not used to understanding so little of a situation, much less having to rely on a Servant that isn't even her own.

Even if there aren't really Masters and Servants here. It's still going to be some time before she gets used to that.]

[ She turns to face Illya again, but surprisingly, she doesn't look as irritated as one might think. In fact, it's more curious, if still sharp and wary due to the discrepancy of first arrival locations. ]

Were you not given a manual or had someone brief you on what this world offers?

Well I've... talked to a few people, yes, and there was that little book, but no one mentioned this store or really all that much about the city. It's all been things about the world as a whole and the Pokemon.

[There are just too many topics for her to ask about, a fact that's become more and more clear as time passes.]

The answers shall come easily. This world seems to favor those who are naturally inclined to help out of the common generosity of their hearts. [ Pause, and her looks changes slightly as she gazes at Illya. ]

It also has a taste for summoning those with a possibility for nefarious designs in their heads.

Is that a warning? [She grins.] It's kind of you to be concerned.

Don't worry, Saber. No matter what I look like, I was a Master, after all. I'm used to dangerous people.

[Of course, Ilya's not at all oblivious to the hinted suggestion that she might be one of those dangerous people, but she'll happily act like Saber couldn't possibly have meant it that way. Innocence is one of her best defenses.]

[ Innocence could be a good yet terrible thing at the same time. Saber had seen it with the Caster duo in her world. Illya's act would have been easily accepted had it not been for her earlier slip ups.

Then that smile on Saber's face drops entirely. ]

Your child's mask would be a convincing act to others, but you would have to sing a finer tune to my ears than that. Do you align your desires those people?

[Well that didn't work. Ilya's smile drops, and she glares at Saber almost petulantly.]

How dare you! I don't know what you're accusing me of, but I haven't done anything wrong here!

1st Grail: [Action for Goldenrod]

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