Wandering King's Rock and Roll

[fauxcalibur]

Who: Richard the Lion-nerd and OPEN
When: Dec. 4
Where: around Tokyo, back home at his temple
What: Saber has an electric guitar and he's not afraid to use it



[A - Near Shore, Tokyo, evening]

[By nature, gods tend to escape the notice of mortals. This is probably how Saber has managed to set himself up on a street corner with his electric guitar and an amplifier without getting chased off by the police for making himself a nuisance. He has his guitar case open in front of him and it doesn't seem to be deterring him in the slightest that no one has put any money in it.

To his credit, he does actually look and sound like a professional. He's wearing his usual leather jacket with its rhinestone cross on the back, but he (mercifully) is wearing a T-shirt with a stylized anime robot on it instead of the horrible Hawaiian shirt Caster gave him as a present. Add that to boots and ripped jeans and the fact that he actually knows his way around an electric guitar and you might actually believe that he's about to pull this whole thing off.]

Who'd like to hear a song about King Arthur?

[Except this is Saber we're talking about.]

[B - Near Shore, Tokyo, early morning]

[There are supposed to be bear ayakashi in this park and Saber is supposed to be staking the place out to try to find them. However, no bears are immediately evident, so he has his phone out and is watching something intently on it.

He is, at least, being polite and wearing headphones.

This, however, is not going to help him notice incoming bears.

This could be a problem.]

[C - Far Shore, near Michael's Temple]

[If you happen to be walking past the stately medieval castle that this dork resides in, you might want to dodge because Saber is running out of his own gates, laughing delightedly while being chased by several irate geese.

God only knows what started this one...]

Comments

[fauxcalibur]

Oh hello, Lancer!

[He seems pretty nonchalant for a man being chased by a bloodthirsty gaggle of geese.]

I'm running from these geese, so I'm afraid I can't stop to have much of a conversation!

[But he will, apparently, keep chattering away while he runs.]

[irishfriskey]

[If he knows Saber, and unfortunately he does, he knows that's not true. If he gives it a moment...]

Is that so? What did you do?

[9 times out of 10, it's something Saber did that's causing a problem. As such... he should be on the right path here.]

[fauxcalibur]

I haven't the slightest idea! I only walked past them and started running when I heard the hissing!

[He laughs, mostly at himself, then makes a wide turn like he's going to try running laps around where Lancer is standing.]

I suppose I'm not quite living up to my nickname, but it's either run or fight them and I believe that wouldn't be the fairest of fights.

[irishfriskey]

...No, they would beat you up fairly quickly, I think.

[He's really just standing there, watching him closely. Shaking his head.]

Though, it's hard to believe that you only just walked past them and they started acting like this.

[fauxcalibur]

It's not a reaction I'm unused to!

[This...really shouldn't surprise anyone.]

I do think I could take them out quite easily, though. I am a Saber, after all. They're running more or less in a line and I'd just have to fire a beam at them.

[Because that's what Sabers do.]

[irishfriskey]

...So you instead are letting yourself get chased by them? Why?

[This is embarrassing.]

[fauxcalibur]

It wouldn't be much of a fair fight, would it? And it isn't as if I mind the exercise!

[At this point, it really does look like it's going to be a matter of who tires out first.]

[irishfriskey]

...That's not what I'm trying to say.

[Honestly, why does he even humor you at this point?

It's probably because you're running from geese in a circle around him.]

[fauxcalibur]

Oh? What was it then?

[He doesn't doubt that he misheard or misunderstood. He's not exactly the best at paying attention to what other people tell him.]

[irishfriskey]

You could, instead, try to capture them and let them try to relax.

[This is why you're not in Grand Order.]

[fauxcalibur]

[Grand Order can't handle husbando material like this.]

You're welcome to try to capture them! I could even corral them a bit, but...

[He looks back over his shoulder at the geese.]

The don't seem terribly interested in relaxing, to be quite honest.

[irishfriskey]

[we just got ozy, I think we're okay.]

You... aren't exactly encouraging them all to relax, after all.

[Why are you running.]

[fauxcalibur]

I don't really have a way with animals, so perhaps I could just tire them out?

[He'll probably tire Lancer out first and Lancer isn't even moving.]

[irishfriskey]

...I'm fairly certain that their hatred will keep them going.

[He's already tired. He needs a nap.]

[fauxcalibur]

That's certainly a possibility! They seem rather single-minded, don't they? I wouldn't expect one thing to be able to keep their attention this long.

[TIL: Geese have longer attention spans than Richard the Lionheart.]

[irishfriskey]

What do you expect? You keep encouraging them to do this.

[No, we didn't just learn that today.]

[fauxcalibur]

Well, they're certainly free to walk away any time. There's a perfectly good pond in front of the castle that they were swimming in before they decided...whatever it is they decided.

[He won't argue that he's encouraging it, though. When things like this happen, that's usually the cause.]

[irishfriskey]

...You could lead them there. Maybe encourage them.

[Why is he still here?]

[fauxcalibur]

But seeing as that's where they started, do you think the problem will be solved if they go back?

[Not that he won't go head first into that pond if it seems like it might work.]

[irishfriskey]

Have you tried going back to see if it works?

[Please dive in headfirst.]

[fauxcalibur]

Well, we were having a conversation...

[It would be terribly rude to run away while being chased by geese when you have a guest. Not that it really counts as being a guest when you just walk past someone's house, but that's beside the point.]

[irishfriskey]

I don't mind. We can continue our conversation next time.

[This isn't a very good conversation, considering one of them is being chased by a bunch of geese.]

This may be more important.