[Video]

[giftedateight]

[Shinji is walking around hysterically babbling to himself.]

Log out, log out, forced shut down, it isn't working but that doesn't mean anything, there's no way I'd actually have been supposed to die there, right? You never actually die in virtual realities, no one would actually kill me if I lost to a random encounter, just because she said all that - who does she think she is - just because I don't have a Servant anymore, there's no way, I'm going to be able to get out as soon as -

[Mid-rant, Shinji passes by one Ryudo Issei, who greets him.]

Welcome back. Congratulations on your victory. [Issei continues in the exact same tone of voice, without anything changing in his facial expression.] Master identified as Matou Shinji. Master's loss in round one determined. Master should not be here, Master is an anomaly. Matou Shinji is STRAY DATA. NPC identified as Ryudo Issei is not authorized to delete stray data. NPC identified as Ryudo Issei is not authorized to do anything. I have no response to this command. Command is false. Insert correct command, victorious master. Please INSERT CORRECT COMMAND, Matou Shinji-

[It's about this time that Shinji runs screaming in the other direction.]

Comments

[giftedateight]

The sign-up process is over. The first round is over, and the 128 Masters that passed the preliminaries should've been cut down to...

...I'm going to be sick.

[tenminutes]

Do they let everyone know that you just get killed off if you don't win?

[giftedateight]

Well now we know.

[tenminutes]

That's a little late to be telling you that.

[giftedateight]

Just a bit.

[tenminutes]

So who are the people in charge?

[giftedateight]

No one really knows and the NPCs won't say.

[tenminutes]

Maybe you should try to go after whoever's in charge. If you take down the head guy he'll have to let you be in charge, right?

[giftedateight]

That's a good plan.

[tenminutes]

Of course it is. It's either that or you're sitting on your ass waiting to get killed.

[giftedateight]

As though I would ever be such a weakling.

[tenminutes]

How good are you at visual learning? Like if I showed you how to do something via video do you think you'd be able to practice it there? Since you're going to have to learn to fight if you want to stay true to those words. You don't have anyone to blame it on if you lose this time.

[giftedateight]

I'll pick up on anything. You don't have to worry.

[tenminutes]

I'll want to see it afterward to make sure you can do it, you know.

[giftedateight]

Yeah, yeah, I know. Sheesh.

[tenminutes]

Good, then I'll have to start training you.

[giftedateight]

Do your worst.

...don't actually do your worst.

[tenminutes]

If I did my worst you'd end up dead before the day was out.

[giftedateight]

Right. Don't do that.

[tenminutes]

So, you can do a dodge roll right?

[giftedateight]

Sure I can do a dodge roll.

[No he can't.]

[tenminutes]

Show me, I'll see if I can't give you some tips to improve.

[ He's 8 and he's a computer nerd. She's not just gonna trust him that he's magically good at all the things. ]

[giftedateight]

...Gimme a second.

[tenminutes]

One alligator, two alligators...

[giftedateight]

Gimme ten alligators.