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"My eyes! They're styed!"
[Chat]: incoming — no-prize guessing game: who are those two doing performance art on the castle?
[Instant_Answer]: Teacher Pu.
[Also_Instant]: I bet on Teacher Pu.
[Different_Priority]: I don't care who they are. what I want to know is how they ended up like that.
[Theory]: mysterious ritual.
[Different_Theory]: I heard this game doesn't use holy light. I was planning to use a Command Seal to make my Servant strip.
[Warning]: your death will be beyond your imagination.
[Recognizing_Hassans]: is that Hundred Personas Hassan?
[From_Maverick_Stream]: yes. and before you ask what's so terrifying about Monkey's Servant — don't turn the volume on.
The running continued.
Five Hundred Personas Hassan clones, each carrying roughly 1/45th of the original's total combat power, pursuing two unarmed streamers through the corridors of a castle that was simultaneously hosting a much larger battle on the other side.
Maverick's assessment of the situation: no weapons, no Servant available (Nero was currently occupied outside and wearing a bath towel, which complicated Command Seal usage on multiple levels), the Hassans behind him were individually weak but individually weak still meant assassination-capable, and Dai was right next to him which meant he couldn't simply let the Hassans have one of them.
Dai's assessment: "It's all your fault, Maverick. If you'd just died properly when I tried to shoot you, Elizabeth wouldn't have started singing with your Servant, and I wouldn't have lost my gun in the flood. Why do I have to run around like this?"
"Can you let me kill you obediently instead?"
"I'm a girl!"
"And I'm a big streamer!"
[Chat]: they are bickering while running for their lives
[Chat]: this shows they have stamina to spare
[Monkey_Stream_Update]: Monkey has had his sniper scope on them for five minutes. cannot hit. the castle walls keep interrupting line-of-sight.
[Chat]: MONKEY
[Chat]: these are your clones, Monkey
[Empathy]: I feel for Maverick and Dai but also I am laughing
[Lore_Reminder]: Hundred Personas Hassan — 88 possible clones including the main body, all different forms. total power divided equally. 40+ engaged with Elizabeth inside, 5 chasing Maverick and Dai, remainder unaccounted for.
[Key_Mechanic]: each clone Elizabeth eliminates sends its power fraction back to the surviving clones, gradually strengthening the ones chasing Maverick and Dai.
[Urgency]: so the longer Maverick and Dai run without resolving this, the stronger their pursuers get.
[Maverick_Fan]: he knows this. watch.
Maverick turned the corner, yanked the embedded throwing knife from the wall, spun to face the five Hassans, and activated 5x acceleration.
The specific arithmetic of the situation: five clones, each at roughly 1/45th power. No weapons except one throwing knife. No armor. No Servant. 5x acceleration.
The chat, which had been loudly debating the performance art situation, redirected its full attention.
Dai, behind him: "...are you actually fighting them?"
"One of us has to."
"I don't have a weapon."
"Find one."
"WHERE—"
Maverick threw the knife.
The clone it hit dispersed. Its power fraction distributed back among the remaining four, making them marginally stronger. The math was getting slightly worse.
He grabbed the nearest castle fixture — a wall sconce, heavy enough — and kept moving.
[Chat]: MAVERICK IS ACTUALLY DOING IT
[Chat]: NO CLOTHES NO WEAPONS AND HE'S FIGHTING
[Technical_Note]: 5x acceleration makes up for a lot. the clones at 1/45th power cannot track him at that speed.
[Counter]: they don't need to track him at speed, they need to catch him once
[Watching]: Elizabeth just eliminated three more clones inside. the four outside just got stronger.
[Dai_Update]: Dai pulled a decorative sword off the castle wall.
[Chat]: DECORATIVE SWORD DAI
[Chat]: IT COUNTS
Outside on the water: the battle between Drake and Nero had resumed, both Servants having watched the castle entertainment for approximately thirty seconds before returning to the matter at hand.
Three kilometers away, at the spire-tip of a half-submerged tower: the Archer had drawn his bowstring again.
The Golden Hind was now occupied with Nero. David was focused on the ship's angle. Drake's attention was on the Servant in front of her.
The moment was close.
[Chat]: by the way who is the Archer in this stream
[No_One_Knows]: the Archer player hasn't been identified yet
[Watching_The_Spire]: ...there's someone on that tower spire in the background
[Chat]: wait
[Chat]: WAIT
[Chat]: IS THAT A BOW
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