A Welcome Knightmare.

[swordofzero]

Who: Suzaku and open.
When: 6th June
Where: Saber's temple
What: Saber's temple gets an unexpected guest.

For Temple inhabitants. Suzaku had spent the day before training, throwing himself into physical exertion to try and stop his mind over thinking things. He was a knight. Not just a soldier but a knight to a princess. A princess of a country who had invaded his own. The little he knew about his life didn't quite make sense. Four nights in the last eight months he had woken with a memory of before. Meeting Princess Euphemia, fighting in Lancelot, walking through fields of bodies as a child, being paraded through the streets convicted of murder, rescued by Zero. This one... He had been knighted and no one had seemed pleased about that. Except Lloyd and Princess Euphemia herself.

It had been hard to sleep that night, trying to silence the sneering comments of Britannian nobles that were repeating inside his mind. But sleep he did eventually and he woke, early.

It took a little while before he had need to go outside as he went about his tasks. But when he did he stopped short.

"Lancelot?"

Indeed it was, a large mecha stood outside of the temple, a bunch of balloons in one hand. To avoid all doubt there was a banner strung across the front of the castle. WELCOME LANCELOT.

Suzaku approached, jumping up to the cockpit, using his shinki lightness to do so. He reached out to open the hatch and stared for a moment in awe. How was this here? It was from his world? He had seen it in his memories, piloted it. How had it got to this heaven in a different world?

"Saber is going to love this..."

Open to All

There is a mecha outside of Saber's temple, it has likely been spotted zooming around and Saber's excitement can probably be felt across the whole of the heavens.

Come and investigate?

Comments

[unlucky7]

With plenty of friends (and two of her gods) in the Western District, Ginia still spends plenty of time around there. The wild terrain also makes it more ideal for running. With a lot on her mind, a long run is what she needs to clear her mind. She's hitting the ground hard, but her run stops short as she spots a mech zooming around the area.

She's seen anime, she knows what mechs are, it's fine.

Curious who the pilot is, Ginia picks up her pace, hoping to get close enough to wave down the pilot. If Suzaku isn't the one piloting the mecha himself, hopefully he's around to shed some light on the situation.

[swordofzero]

It is inevitable that a mecha is going to draw attention and so Suzaku is not surprised when he spots someone waving, a quick check shows that it is Ginia and he draws to a stop near her, the Lancelot dropping to one knee before the hatch at the back of the head opens to reveal Suzaku. He's smiling, piloting the Lancelot was exciting, thrilling, unlike anything he had done before in his time in the heavens. He still has no idea how or why it is here, but for once he has been able to put such thoughts aside and concentrate on right now.

"Hello Ginia."

[unlucky7]

Wow, wow, wow. Ginia breaks into a grin as the mech drops down and reveals Suzaku. It's good to see him smiling, genuinely. Her hands lace behind her head as she looks up and down at the mech.

"Hi, Suzaku," she signs. "This is incredible. Have you always had it or did it just show up?"

[swordofzero]

His smile grows a little at Ginia's excitement, obviously no one in the whole heavens was as excited as Saber had been but it seemed a love for robots was something many people shared.

"It just showed up." He signed carefully, "Though it was in the first ever memory I got back."

[unlucky7]

Who wouldn't get excited over something new and shiny appearing in the Far Shore? It highlights all the differences in the worlds they come from and it's fascinating. Mecha pilot. That would explain something about his soldier-like training and demeanor.

"You look at ease in there. Does it have a name?"

[swordofzero]

"It's one of those things... Where my body knows what it's doing even if my mind doesn't quite." He was sure Ginia would know what he meant. There was plenty of those things, as shinki. Fighting was a big one, the first few weeks had been strange, realising he had skills he had forgotten.

"It's name is Lancelot. Do you want to come up? There's room."

Super fighting robot...!

[yousaytron]

Keith likes to take jogs around the Heavens at least once a day. It's an excellent way to stay on top of physical training, but even more than that, it's a good way of keeping track of where everything is. Temples move sometimes, after all, or even vanish entirely, and that's the kind of thing he casually likes to keep an eye out for. You know, big, unusual things.

A robot zipping around a temple's grounds is a much different kind of big, unusual thing than he was expecting.

This is definitely something worth scoping out, though without knowing much about it, he's keeping a respectable distance from the robot.

sorry about the late!

[swordofzero]

Suzaku doesn't really know Keith. He recognises him from trainings and other gatherings but he's not someone he has spoken to before. Still when he saw someone nearby, even a small distance away he slowed. People here aren't used to large robots and though he's pretty certain he can avoid any accidents he doesn't want to risk hurting anyone.

He watched Keith as he jogged.]

[yousaytron]

Since it doesn't seem like the robot running around is hostile, Keith slows to a stop. He knows of the robot lions currently residing at his temple, and seeing one he's unfamiliar with is pretty exciting.

Mostly, he wants to see who's piloting it, maybe a little in seeing how it works... as such, when it seems like a good opportunity, he waves in the direction of the mecha. Might as well flag it down if he can, right?

[swordofzero]

When he gets waved down he slows. He's not surprised at the curiosity, giant robots were not something seen every day, even here.

When he got close enough the Knightmare went down onto one knee and the hatch opened, revealing Suzaku.

"Hello." He nodded politely.

[fauxcalibur]

Saber was just going outside to see where Suzaku was and maybe throw some bread at the geese when he stopped short just outside the door, staring wide-eyed at the new arrival. He pointed up at it, rendered for once totally speechless. The bread fell, forgotten, to the ground, which was going to be a problem later if the geese noticed.

"That...that...it's..."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku span around at Saber's voice. "My Lord..." Saber speechless was something he had never witnessed before. His god had words for every situation. But it seemed this was enough of a surprise. He looked back up at the Knightmare Frame.

"It's name is Lancelot, I don't know why it is here but it was in one of my memories."

Why it was no in the heavens outside the temple Suzaku had no idea. But there were many things that didn't make sense, he had mostly stopped questioning them.

[fauxcalibur]

He barely managed to squeak out "Lancelot" before stumbling forward to reach out and touch just a small part of the giant robot. It would have been more than enough for there to be such a magnificent piece of military equipment on the grounds of his temple, but for it to carry such a name? Well, it was going to take a great deal of willpower to accept that the robot belonged to Suzaku and that it wasn't his to claim for his own.

"...really??" That was about the best he could manage.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku smiled to see Saber so excited, he nodded and took a moment to just stare at the mecha again before jumping up, using the fact Shinki were so light to jump first onto the Lancelot's arm and then up to the head, finding the catch to open the cockpit.

"If it's anything like any other skills I should be able to pilot it..." He had instinctively known how to fight, so this should be similar. "Shall we try it, my lord?"

Edge would probably have a lot to say if he were out here now, but Suzaku is almost certain there is no danger to his god and Saber looks so much like an excited child right now. It will be a squeeze with two people, but do-able.

[fauxcalibur]

"I shall strive to take up as little space as possible! I promise!" You really didn't need to tell Saber twice. The jump was simple enough to make, but it seemed he was hesitant to enter the cockpit at first, clambering up to the opening and peeking in.

"I'm sure if I can watch you pilot it, it should be easy enough to learn how it's done!"

[swordofzero]

"I would hope so sir." He shuffles forwards to make sure there is room, the cockpit is clearly not made for two, but they will both fit.

"I would offer to teach you, but I am just going to be going from instinct." Not great for teaching. Perhaps after he has done it a while he would be able to explain how rather than just doing it.

He found the ignition key, a fancy memory stick and plugged it into the slot. There was a sound and the lights turned on, a screen brought up a message in Britannian, which Saber would recognise as English. Suzaku paused to read it, frowning as he did so.

a mecha?!

[notatyrant]

Terra had been wondering around, taking care of the trees and making sure everything was ok, when he noticed the thing that was standing outside of a temple.

Curiosity getting the most of him, Terra walked over to it and gasped.

"Where did this come from?"

[swordofzero]

"My world, I think." Suzaku was on the ground now and he looked out from behind one of Lancelot's legs at Terra, someone he hadn't seen for a while.

"I saw it in the first memory I ever remembered." A long time ago now, but he remembers so little of his past that each one is seared into his mind, scraps of his life from before he arrived here.

"I don't know why it is here though, or how it came here. It just appeared overnight."

[notatyrant]

Terra stares at him for a moment, absolutely not surprised to see him standing where he is.

"Maybe you wished for it unconsciously?" Or something. "What does it do, do you know?"

[swordofzero]

"Perhaps. Lord Saber often says that he wishes mecha were real in this world." So perhaps Suzaku's subconscious had brought it here to please his god. It sounded strange but no stranger than many of the things that happened here.

"It's a fighting machine, primarily."

[towards_okeanos]

[Iskandar had no particular reason to be at Saber's temple but when does exactly a king needs a reason to visit another king?
He just felt like it so he went. Nothing could have prepared for such a magnificent sight. He stops before the mecha and starts laughing.]

NO WAY !!! AND HE SAID THEY DON'T EXIST YET !!!

[All this shouting and laughter can be heard for miles around. ]

It's a bit small but, by the gods, it's a real mecha! Amazing!

[Yes, he's comparing this marvel to the Odaiba monstrosity. Somebody remind him the difference.]

[swordofzero]

[He doesn't have to look around from where he was sat, in the open cockpit of the Lancelot, to know that voice. He turns anyways, to smile at Iskander.]

They don't, not on this world at least, sir. I'm not sure how this one got here.

[It is indeed smaller than the mecha in the anime that Saber watches, but they are mostly unrealistic whereas this one works as a fighting machine.]

[towards_okeanos]

Does it really matter how it got here?

[Iskandar is positively beaming. These are just details. There are times you just shouldn't tempt fate and ask too many questions.]

What it can do? Can it fly? It has weapons, right? Of course, it does. It has to.

[Excuse him as he's going to run around and examine your mecha from every angle possible.]

[swordofzero]

I don't believe it can fly, sir. It doesn't have wings. [But he isn't sure, not until he actually tries to pilot it.] It has a weapon system though, Knightmare Frame's are fighting machines.

[He's not... Actually sure what else you would even use a mecha for if not for fighting.]

[towards_okeanos]

[Iskandar whistles.]

I would love to see it in action.

[Look. It's Iskandar. He's a modern - or actually any for that matter - weapons enthusiast. Of course, he meant fighting. What else?]