...should yet slumber in Chaldea,[sr]working to restore humanity.
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＠Evil Dragon
...should yet slumber aboard the Shadow Border,[sr]continuing thy journey.
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＠Evil Dragon
...should yet slumber in Chaldea,[sr]working to restore humanity.
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＠Evil Dragon
...should yet slumber in Chaldea,[sr]working to restore humanity.
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＠Evil Dragon
...This world is in great peril, and to survive, it will need your[line 2]er, thy help. It will need THY help. Forsooth.
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？1：So you mean this is a job for Chaldea, huh?
＠Evil Dragon
Thou dost seem perhaps TOO accustomed to this sort of thing.
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＠Evil Dragon
Of course, that must be exactly why it was thee,[sr]among all, who was summoned here.
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？2：I'm sorry, who are you again?
＠Evil Dragon
...My name is Fafnir. I am the evil dragon who[sr]once made off with the miracle of humankind.
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＠Evil Dragon
So, what sayest thou?
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？1：Uh, what if I say no?
？2：I'm guessing I can't leave until I solve this?
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＠Evil Dragon
Nay, shouldst thou choo[line 2]ugh... Nope.[sr]You can refuse if you want. If you do, that's that.
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＠Evil Dragon
...Yeah...[sr]I should've known.
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＠Evil Dragon
It was incredibly arrogant of me to call you[sr]here out of nowhere and ask you to fight.
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＠Evil Dragon
Don't worry about it. I'll figure something else out.[sr]I'm terribly sorry to have bothered you like this.
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？1：That's so considerate... Tell me what's going on.
？2：I want to know everything that's happening here.
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＠Evil Dragon
...I see.[sr]Very well then, I shall start at the beginning.
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＠Evil Dragon
...[sr]...
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＠Evil Dragon
...This is more complicated than I thought...[sr]Hold on, let me just get everything straight...
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？1：It's okay. I'm not going anywhere.
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＠Evil Dragon
...Uh, first off, let me explain[sr]where you are right now.
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＠Evil Dragon
This is the Reverse Side of the World. Hmm, or maybe a hidden place on “the other side,” so to speak, is more accurate?
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＠Evil Dragon
Basically, you can think of it as a mythical[sr]land and the home of magical beasts.
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＠Evil Dragon
Your world, the human world,[sr]is built on human laws.
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＠Evil Dragon
...This world, however,[sr]is entirely removed from those laws.
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＠Evil Dragon
This may be difficult to understand, but your world came to exist once humanity had covered the entire planet, like a cloth.
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＠Evil Dragon
But before that could happen,[sr]beings called Phantasmals fled here.
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＠Evil Dragon
Of course, I hear that Phantasmals have been showing up in your world again as well, now that humanity is in such disorder.
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？1：Sorry to interrupt, but...you mean like wyverns?
＠Evil Dragon
Yes, that's right.
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？2：Phantasmals? Like what?
＠Evil Dragon
Wyverns, bicorns, chimeras...[sr]Creatures like that.
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＠Evil Dragon
They're supposed to live here, in this world, though. They shouldn't be visiting yours as though it were some sort of café.
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＠Evil Dragon
Now, this land is in grave danger,[sr]thanks to the Greater Grail I brought here.
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？1：Greater Grail...?
？2：As in, the one that was in Fuyuki...?
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＠Evil Dragon
You really DO know your stuff.
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＠Evil Dragon
I don't know what happened in your world, but in mine,[sr]I had no choice but to bring the Greater Grail here to the Reverse Side.
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＠Evil Dragon
Otherwise it would have caused[sr]all kinds of problems, you see.
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＠Evil Dragon
There was a problem, though. A certain Noble Phantasm partially destroyed the Greater Grail.
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＠Evil Dragon
Even so, things were fine until now...
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＠Evil Dragon
...but then, even though I didn't do anything,[sr]it just kind of...broke. On its own.
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？1：Suuure it did.
＠Evil Dragon
No, really, I didn't do anything.[sr]I'm sure I didn't...
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＠Evil Dragon
I may have a few gaps in my memory, but I'm fairly certain nothing happened during those gaps.
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？2：You expect me to believe that!?
＠Evil Dragon
...I mean...I don't think I did, anyway.[sr]I'll admit my memory is a little hazy, but even so...
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＠Evil Dragon
A-at any rate, the real problem...
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＠Evil Dragon
...is that a Holy Grail War is taking[sr]place inside the damaged Greater Grail.
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？1：Did you say...a Holy Grail War...?
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＠Evil Dragon
Yup.
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＠Evil Dragon
A miniature war between Servants is being waged inside the very Greater Grail they want to control.
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＠Evil Dragon
I haven't actually seen any of the battles myself, but I know how many there have been. Just looking at the numbers here, it's been over ten thousand now.
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＠Evil Dragon
At first there were only two Servants. By the 567th Holy Grail War, there were four, and by the 2313th, there were seven.
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＠Evil Dragon
...That was when my control of the[sr]Greater Grail started to waver.
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＠Evil Dragon
That is to say, someone is trying to take over the Greater Grail and use it for themselves.
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＠Evil Dragon
If something isn't done, the Greater Grail will continue to spin out of control until it's completely destroyed.
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＠Evil Dragon
And that would be...a problem.
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？1：Problem?
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＠Evil Dragon
Yes, a big problem. You see, this Greater Grail[sr]isn't mine. I'm just holding on to it.
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＠Evil Dragon
I don't have any right to use it myself,[sr]and I can't let anyone else use it either.
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＠Evil Dragon
I have to take good care of it.
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＠Evil Dragon
If the Greater Grail went out of control, that would cause a great deal of trouble for all the Demonic Beasts who live here...
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＠Evil Dragon
It's even possible that an event like that, or its aftermath, could damage one of the anchors that holds the world together.
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＠Evil Dragon
If the cloth[line 2]or texture, if you like[line 2]is torn, the laws of physics will be turned on their heads, and the Age of Gods will end up mixing with modern times.
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＠Evil Dragon
And that...wouldn't end well for anybody. Humans and Demonic Beasts would only end up hurting each other.
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＠Evil Dragon
So I'm asking you now:[sr]Will you help me save this world?
