text (Lucy) | un: schadenfreude

[scarredhorns]

[Lucy's noticed how the internet here doesn't allow one to post anonymously, so she decides to go with a username that she'll probably never use again. It's the closest thing she's got to anonymous.]

So, I went through the whole forum and it doesn't look like this has been asked before.

Who else was dead, or in the process of dying when they arrived here?

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[scarredhorns]

I didn't have any family, so I had nothing to lose.
Except my friends.

[The effect of the blue minobi hasn't worn off yet, but that's why Lucy's going to change usernames after this.]

I died to save them.
But with the time loops in my world, my sacrifice will have been in vain if they aren't corrected.
So I guess that's the main thing keeping me going right now.

If you don't mind me asking, you mentioned pain.
Were you sick or something?

[problemagus]

( Oh no Lucy, you've pushed the Dad button. )

If you have no family, you're free to chat with me whenever you like. I don't mind it.

( To answer her other question. )

Something like that. I'd become inflicted with a painful curse, which ultimately will be the cause of my death. It's made me more susceptible to sickness, and caused my limbs to deteriorate. If I'm being honest, I'm not sure how much time I have left.

( Don't get involved with dubious wish granting chalices, kids. )

[scarredhorns]

You think I'm one of your kids or something?

[Sorry, Kiritsugu. She's especially prickly when it comes to any talk of family.]

There's no way to reverse your curse then?

[problemagus]

( Wow Lucy, you just going to call him out as a serial adopter like that? )

Consider me a concerned stranger. ( This is semi-anonymous after all. ) Though I'll leave you with this: carve out your own family in life. After all, they say blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb.

( He should know a thing or two about this. )

Afraid not. I guess you could say I was cursed by a god, to bear the weight of all the evil in the world.

[scarredhorns]

First time hearing that saying, but I didn't need family before and I don't need it now. Even more so now that I'm dead back home.

[She's still not entirely sure how to feel now that she knows her mother had tried to find her. Relief? Regret? Anger? Sadness? What's more, her mother had died because of their connection, even though they never met again after her birth. Lucy was tired of having people who gave a damn about her getting hurt and killed.]

But why you out of all the other people? What made you so special?

[problemagus]

( Thinking the topic touchy for her, he chooses to drop the subject for now. Instead focusing on her other question. )

That's the million dollar question, isn't it? I guess I wouldn't really consider myself special, just a man with ambitions. I became involved in a war between mages, over a magical wish granting chalice called the Holy Grail. I wanted to use it to grant humanity's salvation, but in the end, I was made to realize what a childish endevour it was.

( It's sardonic for him to think about it in these terms, to write it out so matter of factly. Recounting the grim visions the grail had shown him, and the fire that proceeded them. )

[scarredhorns]

Holy Grail? Like the one from the stories about King Arthur?

[She's heard a little bit about Arthurian legend before.]

I don't think it's possible for one person to grant humanity's salvation. But then again... I was considered the one who would end humanity.