According to the entry for Fate Hollow Ataraxia, the time loop which is the focus of the visual novel is basically a result of Rin messing around with the event horizon and seriously messing up space and time. There's potential for this experiment of hers to be the set-up for different stories that mess around with the FSN timeline. Here's a tidbit for example that's been bugging me for a bit...
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It had started off like any other regular day after the Fifth Holy Grail War had ended. Sakura would come by to make breakfast while Ilya and Fujimura would get into another fight. A part of him regularly expected Rin-san to drop in the kitchen and join the meal like before but he had to remind himself that she's off in London studying to become a true magus.
"How could you let a brat like her stay with you, Shirou?! Don't you have other family who can take care of her?" complained Fujimura just as she failed to stop Ilya from swiping a piece of her breakfast from her plate.
"You're just mad because you can't defend your food properly, baka-Taiga!!" taunted the albino girl. She pulled down one eyelid and stuck out her tongue, just as she had seen some fictional characters do on television.
"WHY YOU LITTLE... !!!"
Just as the two started to get into another chase, Sakura noticed the now empty bowl of her crush. "More rice, sempai?"
After the morning meal and clean up was finished, it was off to school for Shirou, Sakura and Fujimura. He was initially worried about leaving Ilya all alone in his house but she reassured him that she can take care of herself since she's more intelligent than she appeared to be.
They were only a few minutes away from the school when a strong feeling of nausea overcame Shirou's senses. This feeling of nausea was far more intense than when he had first sensed Rider's Noble Phantasm, Blood Fort Andromeda.
"Sempai?"
The dizziness became too much for him and he passed out, barely hearing Sakura's distressed cry.
As he returned to consciousness, the first thing he heard was a female voice calling out to him.
(In true TypeMoon fashion...)
1. "Wakey wakey, Shirou!"
2. "Sempai!"
[If you chose option 1]:
When the young man came to, he first realized that he was lying on fabric rather than the cold hard concrete that he had recalled collapsing on just as he neared school. He looked around his surroundings and he was nowhere near school. In fact, he was in one of the parks of Fuyuki City.
"Are you okay, Shirou?" Tohsaka's question snapped him out of his daze.
'Wasn't I just heading to school with Sakura?' He looked around to see an assortment of foods that had been brought along for a nice outdoor picnic. His eyes then fell on the small blonde woman finishing off a sandwich. He had to blink a few times just to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. "Saber?"
"Yes?"
"How... are you here? I thought I used the last command spell to order you to destroy the Grail."
Tohsaka looked at the young man strangely. "What are you talking about? You still have your command spells even though you're no longer her Master."
He glanced at his left hand to see the familiar red markings. "Then how is she here? And if I'm no longer her Master, then what am I?"
"She has a contract with me. As long as I supply her with mana, she can stay in this realm. Without a contract, she would have faded unless she wanted to stay in this realm and absorb humans for mana like Gilgamesh did. As for you, you are going to be my apprentice when we leave for the Mage Association next week."
It was at this point that Saber spoke again. "Why did you not mention that you and he are also lovers?"
"I was just getting to that!!" exclaimed Rin with a furious blush on her face.
Considering the amount of new information that had been forcefed to him, fainting was really starting to seem like a good option right about now.
[If you chose option 2]:
"Sakura?" It took him about two seconds for his mental alertness to reboot itself and recognize that he was no longer near the school. His brain also mentioned that his body was currently lying on something comfortable and his head was resting against an object covered in black leather. "Where am I?"
"You're safe within my chambers, Sempai."
"Eh?" He pushed himself into a seated position on the bed and turned to see Sakura, who was dressed in the black outfit that he had seen her wear when he, Saber and Rin fought against Caster, Assassin and Kuzuki.
"Master." Their moment had been interrupted when Saber's cold voice carried across the room. "I regret to report that Illyasviel, Tohsaka and Rider are nowhere to be found in the designated area."
Shirou's eyes looked towards the kneeling Servant. Her blue battle outfit and her determined emerald eyes had been replaced by black clothing, red runes on her battle armour and glazed golden eyes. The outer edges of her face had darker skin giving her the look of someone infected with a disease.
"How unfortunate but I suppose it can't be helped. The forest is her territory and she would know how to keep out of sight easily. By now they probably made it back into the city." She got on her knees and crawled across the bed to the seated boy. "I have some work to do but I'll be back soon, Sempai."
He didn't react as she gave him a chaste kiss on his cheek before she got up to leave the room. Before she exited the door, she paused to give an order. "Saber, please look after him until I get back." With that said, she was gone.
As the Servant got up from her kneeling position, Shirou approached her carefully, uncertain of what this new Saber was like. "Can you tell me what's going on?"
The young man felt his spine tingle nervously as Saber's glazed golden eyes met his own. "My Master is going to summon the Holy Grail and change the world for the better." The way she said it though left a feeling of dread in Shirou's heart.
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That's the end of the random bits in my head. Yes, I know that Dark Sakura is OOC and should have a corrosive touch but that seems a bit too boring. It's more interesting to see her personal traits and quirks exactly the same except with a diabolical goal in mind (sorta like Black Lady but not quite). Besides, the space time experiment by Rin could have seriously altered how certain events could have affected certain characters leading to an altered outcome in the Heaven's Feel scenario. Besides, we need some more good stories featuring Dark Sakura and Black Saber.
Okay... now that I'm done, feel free to rip into this idea as I know it needs a lot of refining. F1, I can seriously use some good input as to if this reality switching concept would work based on the experiment.
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It had started off like any other regular day after the Fifth Holy Grail War had ended. Sakura would come by to make breakfast while Ilya and Fujimura would get into another fight. A part of him regularly expected Rin-san to drop in the kitchen and join the meal like before but he had to remind himself that she's off in London studying to become a true magus.
"How could you let a brat like her stay with you, Shirou?! Don't you have other family who can take care of her?" complained Fujimura just as she failed to stop Ilya from swiping a piece of her breakfast from her plate.
"You're just mad because you can't defend your food properly, baka-Taiga!!" taunted the albino girl. She pulled down one eyelid and stuck out her tongue, just as she had seen some fictional characters do on television.
"WHY YOU LITTLE... !!!"
Just as the two started to get into another chase, Sakura noticed the now empty bowl of her crush. "More rice, sempai?"
After the morning meal and clean up was finished, it was off to school for Shirou, Sakura and Fujimura. He was initially worried about leaving Ilya all alone in his house but she reassured him that she can take care of herself since she's more intelligent than she appeared to be.
They were only a few minutes away from the school when a strong feeling of nausea overcame Shirou's senses. This feeling of nausea was far more intense than when he had first sensed Rider's Noble Phantasm, Blood Fort Andromeda.
"Sempai?"
The dizziness became too much for him and he passed out, barely hearing Sakura's distressed cry.
As he returned to consciousness, the first thing he heard was a female voice calling out to him.
(In true TypeMoon fashion...)
1. "Wakey wakey, Shirou!"
2. "Sempai!"
[If you chose option 1]:
When the young man came to, he first realized that he was lying on fabric rather than the cold hard concrete that he had recalled collapsing on just as he neared school. He looked around his surroundings and he was nowhere near school. In fact, he was in one of the parks of Fuyuki City.
"Are you okay, Shirou?" Tohsaka's question snapped him out of his daze.
'Wasn't I just heading to school with Sakura?' He looked around to see an assortment of foods that had been brought along for a nice outdoor picnic. His eyes then fell on the small blonde woman finishing off a sandwich. He had to blink a few times just to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. "Saber?"
"Yes?"
"How... are you here? I thought I used the last command spell to order you to destroy the Grail."
Tohsaka looked at the young man strangely. "What are you talking about? You still have your command spells even though you're no longer her Master."
He glanced at his left hand to see the familiar red markings. "Then how is she here? And if I'm no longer her Master, then what am I?"
"She has a contract with me. As long as I supply her with mana, she can stay in this realm. Without a contract, she would have faded unless she wanted to stay in this realm and absorb humans for mana like Gilgamesh did. As for you, you are going to be my apprentice when we leave for the Mage Association next week."
It was at this point that Saber spoke again. "Why did you not mention that you and he are also lovers?"
"I was just getting to that!!" exclaimed Rin with a furious blush on her face.
Considering the amount of new information that had been forcefed to him, fainting was really starting to seem like a good option right about now.
[If you chose option 2]:
"Sakura?" It took him about two seconds for his mental alertness to reboot itself and recognize that he was no longer near the school. His brain also mentioned that his body was currently lying on something comfortable and his head was resting against an object covered in black leather. "Where am I?"
"You're safe within my chambers, Sempai."
"Eh?" He pushed himself into a seated position on the bed and turned to see Sakura, who was dressed in the black outfit that he had seen her wear when he, Saber and Rin fought against Caster, Assassin and Kuzuki.
"Master." Their moment had been interrupted when Saber's cold voice carried across the room. "I regret to report that Illyasviel, Tohsaka and Rider are nowhere to be found in the designated area."
Shirou's eyes looked towards the kneeling Servant. Her blue battle outfit and her determined emerald eyes had been replaced by black clothing, red runes on her battle armour and glazed golden eyes. The outer edges of her face had darker skin giving her the look of someone infected with a disease.
"How unfortunate but I suppose it can't be helped. The forest is her territory and she would know how to keep out of sight easily. By now they probably made it back into the city." She got on her knees and crawled across the bed to the seated boy. "I have some work to do but I'll be back soon, Sempai."
He didn't react as she gave him a chaste kiss on his cheek before she got up to leave the room. Before she exited the door, she paused to give an order. "Saber, please look after him until I get back." With that said, she was gone.
As the Servant got up from her kneeling position, Shirou approached her carefully, uncertain of what this new Saber was like. "Can you tell me what's going on?"
The young man felt his spine tingle nervously as Saber's glazed golden eyes met his own. "My Master is going to summon the Holy Grail and change the world for the better." The way she said it though left a feeling of dread in Shirou's heart.
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That's the end of the random bits in my head. Yes, I know that Dark Sakura is OOC and should have a corrosive touch but that seems a bit too boring. It's more interesting to see her personal traits and quirks exactly the same except with a diabolical goal in mind (sorta like Black Lady but not quite). Besides, the space time experiment by Rin could have seriously altered how certain events could have affected certain characters leading to an altered outcome in the Heaven's Feel scenario. Besides, we need some more good stories featuring Dark Sakura and Black Saber.
Okay... now that I'm done, feel free to rip into this idea as I know it needs a lot of refining. F1, I can seriously use some good input as to if this reality switching concept would work based on the experiment.
MOAR!