a general quary:

[heavenlyhome]

Good evenning, everyone. I hope you are doing well. My name is Tendou Kasumi, and it is a pleasure to meet you, if we have not already. I have been here for quite a while, and so, have been wondering for some time, if you wouldn't mind answering:

What is your world like?

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[video]

[heavenlyhome]

Smaller, you mean? In the way that everyone might know one another in shared history? I think that sounds very nice. My neighborhood is closely knit, but it is still a city, and one cannot know everyone.

How long ago was this, if I might ask?

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

Something like that, I suppose.

[He paused, smiling just a little awkwardly.] Somewhere around...oh, two thousand years? It's difficult to say precisely.

[video]

[heavenlyhome]

...sir, if I might say, you look to be doing very well for your age.

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

[A laugh.] It's a little complicated. To be clear, I'm actually only twenty-five.

...alright, it's very complicated.

[video]

[heavenlyhome]

Is that so? [Thoughtful headtilt-- that straightens a second later with a smile.]

Did you travel forward, then? Oh, though, you needn't explain if it would be any trouble. I will admit, I am curious.

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

I'm certainly no time traveler. I was summoned here after my death--there's a great deal of magic involved that I don't entirely understand the mechanics of, not being a magus myself.

[video]

[heavenlyhome]

Then you are a ghost?

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

Not...exactly. Not in the sense that I think the word is often used. While I can shift to a spirit form, as I am at the moment I am actually quite solid and tangible. I manifest in this world using the energy of a magus to whom I am contracted. Without that, I would disappear, and I fight for them in return.

I'm called a Servant or a heroic spirit, and there are six others in the same position in this world. Well...five, now. I think Assassin has already been defeated.

[video]

[heavenlyhome]

Please tell me if I understand correctly. You are a contracted with a magus, that is, a magical user along with six -- or five -- others, for the purpose of protection?

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

That's the basic idea of it. We're called to fight in a war for the Holy Grail--protecting our Masters comes along with that.

[video]

[heavenlyhome]

Holy Grail-- like Rider-san, then?

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

That's correct. There are seven Servant classes based around our preferred weaponry and fighting style.--Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Berserker, and Assassin.

[video]

[heavenlyhome]

All classes must be represented in order for the competition to begin?

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

That's exactly right.

[video]

[heavenlyhome]

You are right, that is quite complicated. I wish you the best of luck for you and your Master friend.