idolpro | Lucifel's Ideal World, v.2

—The world is ugly, he once declared.

Chaos is inevitable in this world. Pure good can’t be achieved, and pure evil breaks down. And these two extremes are always incompatible with each other. There is still some evil in a good world. That is how the world is, and it is what continues to create ugly things. Evil sneers at good, and good rages over evil. But, in a world where good and evil oppose each other, there is a group that is far more numerous that always appears.

That is ‘grey’. Neither good nor evil. A group that drifts through life haphazardly and merely exists. They don’t believe in goodness and are simply proud that they aren’t evil. Even though they affirm evil acts, they deny evil intentions. They happily say that ‘I am not evil, I am a good person’ and pardon all forms of cruelty.

They kill people while sneering. They kill people out of contempt. They kill people as part of a game. They use the excuse that they can’t restrain their desires—That’s how humans are. That’s how the world is.

Yes—this world is extremely ugly. Neither dyed by good nor fallen into evil. Unable to decide on a color, the wills of people continue to waver. As long as such evil intentions and such foul-smelling corpses aren’t destroyed.

The world will surely continue to rot eternally.

While wrapped within a curse-like fog in darkness frozen to its core.

He thus concluded.

Powers are off.
Corruptions are off.
Carry-on Weapons are not available.
Other carry-on items are available.

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[ SITS UP. EMPHATICALLY. ]

That's what I think, too! But, if I try to go beyond this much he'll definitely get in my way, and he has a class advantage against me, so I'll lose every time!! My hands are tied, Lahabrea-san!!

Edited 2020-08-14 08:55 (UTC)

I think it's a reasonable viewpoint, people improve by evolution and technology why would this be so different?

...A what advantage, sorry?

Somehow I don't know how to feel about finding a kinship with you . . .

—a class advantage. That is to say. . .

[ hum ]

The cards you were given—you could say I'm one of them, and that other person is another card. I'm of the Ruler class—we who enforce order and the law—and he is of the Avenger class—the exception which breaks the law and the very system that contains it.

I can assure you I am having similarly complicated feelings.

But in any case your world's rules sound somewhat odd to me. A magical system I assume? But why would you be assigned classes?

There are many other systems of magic in our world, but the Holy Grail—[ with a gesture to. the stone he's sitting in ]—has its own system of magic.

To put it simply, every sixty years or so, the Holy Grail will choose a number of mages to participate in a War against each other. The winner is granted one wish to any degree of impossibility.

In this War, the weapons that are used are not spells, but summoned familiars—those who made an impact on human history, no matter how slight, are capable of being summoned as one of these familiars, known as Heroic Spirits. These classes are generally based on what sort of weapon we are known to use in life, and in a regular Grail War, there are seven standard classes. You would know them as divided between Knights and Cavalry.

With each class comes their own strengths and weaknesses—naturally, humans are far more capable than fitting into a specific type of person; for example, it's more likely than not that a person well-known for riding a chariot can also use a lance or other weapon, but in these Wars we are given a specific skillset based on that specific part of our myths. It's a balancing act, you could say, with a clear hierarchy of which classes are "better" and which classes are "worse".

Knight classes are considered better capable of fighting, as they have more allotted strengths, and Sabers are considered the best out of the Knight classes. The Cavalry classes exchange strength for alternative skills—for example, Assassins are not typically strong, physically speaking, but they are able to use Presence Concealment, being completely undetected by anyone and everyone, magical and not.

[ pause ]

In other words, it's basically like a game. Because it's like a game, even in its being a War, there are classes with stats and skills. However, it's also most certainly a War, as there is great and immeasurable power behind every Servant summoned, and even just one Servant could wipe out a city should they so desire it.

Huh. I could ask a lot here but really I suppose the mechanics aren't as relevant as the wish.

"One wish to any degree of impossibility"—indeed, for in the end, this system exists for the Holy Grail to grant wishes.

How long has the system been around? And no one has used it to try to improve humanity?

. . . I should explain something.

The system has been in place for a little over two hundred years now, but in the first place, it's something that was manmade. Humans—mages, specifically—created this device in order to create a certain miracle.

In creating this miracle, they would access the library of all knowledge—the Akashic Records. However, that is only for the sake of learning, and not for the sake of bettering humanity whatsoever.

Ordinarily, participants of this Grail War are all competing mages seeking to reach the Records. By the time I was summoned, there had already been three Wars that had taken place—three instances of mages pursuing their own self-serving goals.

Then how is it a device that can grant any wish?

Metaphorically speaking, a blank check of an inordinate amount of magical energy—practically limitless, if you can use it right—would naturally only need a signature. Moreover, as the Holy Grail, its "will" is to grant wishes. It is its function, in and of itself.

Edited 2020-08-22 08:54 (UTC)

I see. Well a tool is a tool, if it can find versatile use I suppose that makes sense.

Indeed. But, mages only use it in order to pursue knowledge and power, and with that, prestige. They don't bat an eye to the world around them—they'd burn it all if they knew that would get them closer to the Records.

That is rather short-sighted. What use power if not used for others?

Only destruction. Of others, and of the self.

Foolish. But those who lust for power are often so misguided.

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