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"Oh my god, the dev actually gave Heroic Spirits alternate identities. If the other one hadn't said anything, I would've thought it was just a skin."
[Question]: so Artoria can exist in seven different classes simultaneously? wouldn't that just turn into an all-Artoria free-for-all?
[Observation]: compared to everything else happening, why does Swimsuit Artoria specifically look like Summer Liya?
[Swimsuit_Defense]: what's wrong with a swimsuit? swimsuits are incredible. long live the aerodynamic build.
[Warning]: you'd better not be implying anything about certain people.
[Philosophy]: fighting myself? interesting. this is a trial — a trial of breaking through oneself. only by overcoming the self can one ascend to a higher plane. much like where I am standing now.
[Response_To_That]: bro are you playing a don't-laugh challenge right now? you win. I laughed.
[Surprised]: I thought this would be all sneaking and scouting, I did not expect it to go this hard this fast
[Honest]: I just love watching this
The debate in chat had reached a unified conclusion: fight, fight, fight. Everyone wanted the Artoria civil war, and the Artoria civil war was not going to disappoint anyone.
Wayne's Artoria — Saber class, armor, the one who had just blocked a bullet and taken a first kill — stared at the version of herself currently standing across the tarmac in a white swimsuit with blue bows, holding a recovered submachine gun with the casual ease of someone who had been to the beach recently.
The aura difference was immediate and visible. Swimsuit Artoria radiated something lighter — still dangerous, but differently configured, like the same instrument tuned to a different key. Saber Artoria's expression conveyed that she had a number of feelings about this, none of them positive.
She took one large stride forward, raised her sword, and slashed.
Swimsuit Artoria was not caught off guard. Who wasn't a King of Knights?
She swung Excalibur to meet the blow.
Two Noble Phantasms of the same origin collided, and the resulting shockwave hit the surrounding area like a pressure wave — the already-stationary airplane nearby shuddered visibly, windows rattling in their frames. Neither Artoria stopped.
Back and forth. Blade against blade, sword light trailing where steel moved too fast to follow clearly. Saber advancing, Swimsuit giving ground and finding angles, each exchange fast enough that the camera system was rendering it frame by frame rather than as smooth motion. Starlight scattered from every impact point.
[Silent]: ...
[Silent2]: is this real? this isn't a cutscene?
[Confirming]: this is real-time rendered. this is the actual game running.
[Technical]: the motion modeling is exceptional — they're moving at that speed and we can still read what's happening
[Also_Technical]: it's not just motion modeling. the dev can affect the battle too. what kind of studio is Forest Studio? I've never heard of them before.
[Honest_Response]: I stopped understanding what's happening and started just feeling it. it's working.
Most of the chat had simplified entirely to "holy crap" — no further elaboration offered or needed.
The fight was simply that good.
A rough cut of this sequence, dropped into any action film in theaters right now, would not look out of place. Wayne was aware of this with some portion of his brain, the portion that wasn't currently frozen in place watching.
What a discerning eye could also tell, though: Swimsuit Artoria was losing.
Not dramatically — she was holding — but the stat difference was showing in the margins. Saber's B-rank Strength and A-rank Agility against Swimsuit's C-rank Strength and B+ Agility. Small numbers on a panel, large gap in an actual fight. Every exchange where blade met blade, Swimsuit had to absorb slightly more force than she put out. She was managing it, but barely.
Saber pressed. A downward slash with her full weight behind it.
Swimsuit stepped back one pace — then, instead of meeting the next blow, dropped her sword angle and redirected the blade momentum downward, angling toward Saber's sword hand. A cut-under rather than a block. Trying to end it at the wrist.
Saber responded with a side kick.
Clean contact. Swimsuit Artoria launched sideways like a shell fired from something considerably larger than herself, hit the tarmac, and was already rolling into recovery position when Saber's follow-up stomp cracked the ground where she'd been. The pursuit was immediate — Saber closed the gap in a stride — and Swimsuit Artoria, still moving, reached behind her back with one hand.
And produced a water gun.
[Stopped]: wait
[Also_Stopped]: WAIT
[Confused]: is that a water gun
[Confirming]: that is absolutely a water gun
[Processing]: she pulled a water gun out during a sword duel
Saber's expression communicated clearly that she shared the chat's confusion.
Swimsuit Artoria slotted Excalibur into the barrel of the water gun, pointed it forward, and said, without changing her expression:
"Noble Phantasm release — Excalibur Vivian!"
The beam that came out of the water gun was not water.
[Screaming]: SHE FIRED A LASER FROM A WATER GUN
[Lore_Response]: for a Saber-class to fire a beam from their sword is apparently a basic skill, so an Archer-class doing it through a water gun is just. a variation on the theme.
[Technical_Analysis]: the physics of this are insane — A-rank beam from Excalibur through the medium of a water gun, the power is maintained because the source is Excalibur, the delivery mechanism is just aesthetics
[Honest]: I don't understand anything that just happened but I am fully committed
The beam was fast and substantially powerful — A-rank Noble Phantasm output, undiluted. Saber didn't dodge. She raised Excalibur, dispelled the invisible wind coating it, and met the beam with Invisible Air at full output.
Wind against water-channeled light, two Excalibur-sourced Noble Phantasms of the same castle clashing — neither one immediately overwhelming the other. The collision point threw light in every direction, illuminating the tarmac like a second sun.
For a long moment, neither moved.
Then, under this stalemate, Saber Artoria began to move.
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