Opinions without 3.1415 are just Onions (Week1 post trial)

[ghostricked]

After everything, the house seems almost too still and too mundane. At least as long as the doors to that room remain closed. One by one those covered in what was once their teammate are lead to the showers or change in silence. There is no warm meal waiting for them. No words of encouragement.

Life goes on, regardless.

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[tsunderine]

... Have people adopted demons as pets before?

[deadanimemom]

[She laughs.]

Well, some familiars are like pets. A nekomata isn't going to be much different from a normal cat in terms of personality, so people tend to treat them a lot like pet cats. A lot of demons with animal forms act like the animal they're based off of, or tsukumogami might be kept for their original purpose. It all depends on the demon.

[tsunderine]

... Huh.

That's pretty neat, actually. I have familiars as well, but they're crafted from my magic rather than--

[handgestures]

Well. Some of them are.

I have one that... isn't.

[deadanimemom]

Oh? What's that one made from?

[tsunderine]

... well.

He's a spirit, created from the grail. If my command spells worked, I could have brought him here, but -- [she looks at them on her hand] Now they're just tattoos.

I can't summon Archer here.

[deadanimemom]

Really? That's weird, I haven't had any problems with summoning since I arrived in this world.

[tsunderine]

Mm... like, smaller familiars are fine, but Heroic Spirits-- well, it's not like I can summon them by normal means to begin with, but.

[deadanimemom]

Oh? How does summoning a Heroic Spirit work?

[tsunderine]

Well, the initial summoning utilizes... a thing called the 'Holy Grail'. I guess the reason why the command seals don't work here is because there's no Grail to pull from?

[deadanimemom]

Do subsequent summoning need the Grail too?

[tsunderine]

It's a little more complex than that. It's not as if I can summon him all the time, you know? How do I explain it...

So, basically, when I originally summoned Archer in my world, it was utilizing the grail's power, but he was also connected to my mana.

I can't exactly 'summon' him the way you'd summon most familiars, due to his origin. Summoning a Heroic Spirit is too powerful, you see. But I suppose since I have no access to the Grail, my Command Spells are just moot, since those are directly connected.

I guess that'd be a different story if Archer was in this world, though. Maybe.

[deadanimemom]

That makes sense.

I haven't heard the term Heroic Spirit before, what does that mean? [Other than what they've talked about in this conversation.]

[tsunderine]

Ah, they're the souls of heroes that have done great deeds in life.

Like... not some normal person. But like people you'd see in mythology and the like?

[deadanimemom]

Is the reason you just call him "Archer" because if anyone knew his real identity that would be a problem for you?

[tsunderine]

... well.

That, and he told me he doesn't remember his True Name.

[deadanimemom]

... how does that happen?