MIRRORING.

Independent Original Master for Fate/Grand Order. Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see. Written by Matt.

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"So...is eating an entire butter pie for breakfast frowned on? Because if it is, then well. Oops. "

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   Fate/Apocrypha Opening    Eiyuu: Unmei no Uta - EGOIST

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Send me a faceclaim and I’ll tell you who they’d be in my muse’s life as a NPC

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IMPORTANT LITTLE PSA.

I moved to a new home (a group home) which has no WiFi. I will be using WiFi at libraries and whatnot when I can, otherwise, I will not have it. I apologize for this inconvenience.

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( Please Come Home. )

damn caster & those infernal things he’d summoned — to think that the war had been put on hold to stop one servant from his antics ; what sort of master would allow such a thing ? the war was a war of magi & there was no need to involve civilians — but, here they were, involved. damn caster & the master who wouldn’t stop the servant from all of this ; if nothing was done, the entirety of the city would be compromised, if not more — & beyond that, the world was unaware of magecraft, attention turned to a boy standing not too far away, one with a familiar face ( as if he had suddenly stumbled upon someone far too close to — well — perhaps this was also someone from the future ) that had no hints of the person he would’ve expected. 

suddenly, caster was not the person whom his thoughts focused upon, now he thought of this strange boy standing with such a look on his face ( a face that looked like his own mixed with that of another, but it was not sola he saw ) — ❛ you… there was a man who showed up… he claimed to be from the future — ❜ 

❛ i suppose it’s safe to assume you do, as well — but he told me there was a future with sola & i see none of her in you… ❜

“My mother’s name is Katherine. Katherine de Witt.”

[⚔] A gesture to his ears, so like hers: attached earlobes and all, a blessing of a genetic quirk. That is his proof, alongside the texture of his hair, the way he parts his lips over certain sounds (they arch into a form round yet sharp, not unlike something you’d associated with an owl).

There is nothing of the person he does not know in him, of course -- there never would have been, in fact. Laun knows far too well he is something of grief, of love, of hope -- of science, and alchemy: an odd combination, but it is what he was made up from. [⚔]

“The future you hold here is...unsafe, and uncertain. But I -- I want to... If allowed, I want to take you home.”

[⚔] The words are hesitant, as is the extension of a trembling hand: this man is a representation of something he’d in part wanted, but thought he could not afford -- a family. [⚔]

“I want to take you home...dad.”

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What's one (or more!) Servant that you think Laun would have good compatibility with for each class? They can be canon or OC Servants if you want... I hope this isn't asking too much so please take your time if you need it

PRETTY BOY COMPATIBILITY LIST COMIN’ RIGHT UP DEAR ONE

I’m gonna avoid the team mentioned on his about page in order to think of new lovelies.

[Rubs my grubby hands together]

SABER:

Gaius Julius, honestly. Laun would respect him and also be somewhat amazed by him -- not just by the history spoken and recorded, but by his actual manner: this man is both gentle, and conquering, kind, and a ruler. Such is admirable, to him. The fact that Laun has never had control over a single thing, not in his life, would admittedly put the two at odds to a degree: but it’s not as though Laun couldn’t learn a few things.

As for compatibility by challenge? Mordred. (Note I view Mor as trans male, and use he/they pronouns for him.) Mordred and Laun...have a good few similarities, but also would definitely, definitely fight over a lot of things. Laun doesn’t view him as bad, by any means: Laun simply wants to know why everything had to go as it did, why Mordred is so full of rage. He wants to know -- and that in itself would cause a conflict. Laun’s lack of “the world” in his thoughts...would cause conflict. I’d like that.

LANCER:

Our wonderful idol, Elizabeth Bathory! That is to say -- Laun would want to learn from her, from the “innocent” Elizabeth. Why do people view her as a monster? She seems no more monstrous than him: she has done nothing that can be proven, as well. He would also support her...musical endeavors...because he knows that to dream is important. To dream is to live, so she still lives. He’d admire her for it.

I have like 5 other Lancers but I don’t wanna yell about all of them so let’s just chuck Diarmuid and Li Shuwen onto this list and move on tbh.

ARCHER:

Alrighty, here we go, time for me to insert an OC...of my own. Here’s your quick history lesson: Doctor James Miranda Barry was a powerful-ass trans man and kind of a kickass dude anyways -- dueled and won a fucking lot, was a vegetarian, and went everywhere with his doggo named Psyche! He’s also the man who made Florence Nightingale into herself: he screamed at her from atop a horse about how patients were humans, not cases -- they were people, and until she treated them as such, he’d hound her. She...listened. That aside, I’m sticking good badass James in the Archer class (though he’s also Rider-summonable) because he’s the angry pep-talker Laun needs: sometimes, this kid does need yelling to understand, as much as he fears it.

Back to canon here with good ol’ Robin Hood. Laun would probably see him as a cool brother figure and would want to have lunch with him. 10/10 would fix him lunches and hold his hand. A solid, steady friendship.

RIDER:

Boudica, because a mom friend and a kid who likes being doted on is a good match? Also because she’s amazing at motivating and teaching people. He needs that. *He’s gonna get her some better clothes. Some mom-worthy clothes. She needs them. A nice, fluffy, long dress perhaps.) He’ll even let her ruffle his hair and smack him upside the head when he does something wrong.

Saint George! As someone fascinated by the outside world, Laun would definitely see George’s travel-stories as the embodiment of freedom: a thing he was never truly granted, a thing he longed for. This is someone who can teach him what the outside world was like, and someone he can run off recklessly to take photos with -- this is someone he can be free with.

CASTER:

Andersen. Oh god. Laun is...the embodiment of naivete at times, and Andersen can basically act as a damn good foil to it (though Laun might also try to curb Andersen’s bitterness). It wouldn’t disappoint Laun that Andersen is so cynical and bitter, but rather make him want to see if there’s a way to find the counters to it: he wants to see all sides of someone like that.

Paracelsus is dad now and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. @heavenchained / @loyaltylost is gonna get that one.

ASSASSIN:

Laun is adopting Jack the Ripper’s tiny self and also getting her the cutest clothes he can get his hands on. He’d want her to have family, to feel she can belong and live somewhere -- even if she’s the person that was hailed as a monster, even if she’s shed so much blood. She’s still something worth saving to him.

Kojirou??? Existential crisis buddies(tm) featuring existential validations from either party. But no, really, Laun would want to validate that Kojirou is a real person, because he’s himself -- the same way Laun has to remind himself of it.

BERSERKER:

Tamamo Cat is shaped like a friend and Laun would probably adore her, but insist she keep her clothes on. While he appreciates the Wifening(tm), he’d rather just be her friend and fluff her tail and cuddle with her.

Kiyohime. Though, she’d also be scary to him -- Laun would want to be by her side, as her friend and Master, because she’s someone who deserves affection and to be protected as she protects him. Scary dragon? Yeah. But he’d still try his best to be her friend.

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Not technically adding Ruler/Avenger/etc but Jeanne...is good.

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( Percival. )

A crimson gaze would look upon the one who called him forth. A deep breath…how long has it been since he could breathe like this? Air filling his lungs with a crisp coolness, a feeling relished and causing the Saber to relax. It was only then when he listened to the stranger’s words. An offered hand?

There would be a tense, quiet moment of judging before a light laugh would escape the man, a hand grasping the other and giving it a firm shake and gentle squeeze. 

  “Aha, so you are to be my Vassal? Very well, I will lend you my strength–you seem to have a kind heart. But should you ever seem to be cruel, or oppressive, I shall cut you down. If you do your best, that is all I ask–it is good enough for me.”

Returning his hand to his side, he’d press the other against his chest as he’d give a bow. 

  “I am Saber class, Percival, at your service, my Vassal. If your wish is to have a world where fighting is no longer needed, then we shall get along just fine.”

“If I ever am to become a monster, you have every right to lay me low. I’d never want to be something...that only desires its own joy.”

[⚔] Vassal is, to his relieved mind, a far less overwhelming term than “Master” -- less cold, less unfeeling. The smile that had flickered would come back as he regarded Percival’s words: a peaceful world, yes...such a thing could surely be a thing he’d want, even if now he wanted for nothing whatsoever.

A nod of his head, roseate strands displacing themselves across his forehead in the process (this was...comfortable, oddly, and like ‘home’). Perhaps it was the knowledge of who this was, and who he’d been set to “be”: the past trying to line up things all over again. [⚔] 

“I...currently only wish to be alive. A world where I can be alive happily, however...that sounds just as nice.”

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 “Have you by chance seen my master?” Big and muscled, he could make for a intimidating sight. 

“I -- I haven’t. I’m sorry...they can’t be too far off, though.”

[⚔] Yes, there’s a bit of a draw away (steel yourself all you want, but when you’re only 5′3″, everyone is monstrous to you), the youth keeping his smile as gentle and kind as he could -- this is what he’d learned, after all.

A sigh, Laun’s hand reaching into a bag at his side and withdrawing a cookie: just a simple sugar cookie, but one he’d baked himself -- and as such, something he was proud of. Offering sweets to Servants (even ones who were not his own) should have no consequence. [⚔]

“Since you’re...um...stuck around me right now, do you want a cookie? I baked them earlier.”

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@rosaxui approached.

“Um...”

[⚔] Is she not a Master numbered by Chaldea in another timeline -- they do crop up frequently, at an intersecting nexus, before departing back to the Chaldeas of their home: such an occurrence is not new to Laun. [⚔]

“If...the layout here’s a bit different from yours, I can show you to where we eat, at least? It’s almost time for lunch to be ready, and the shift seems to be easier if you’ve eaten beforehand...”

[⚔] That, and he ate with only a handful of people: two friends or his mother, or his Servants more frequently: having company around for a mean wouldn’t be quite so bad. [⚔]

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(( that sweet insomnia’s got me -- Starter Call time. ))

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( Why Is Everyone So Fucking Tall. )

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❝EH? But that’s insane!! I’ve heard about some real weird shit in my day — but nothin’ like that at all…❞ MASTERS, SERVANTS—and, uh…something about a grail?? MAAAAAN, how tacky!! ❝You for real, or are ya pullin’ my leg, here?❞

“I’m not exactly prone to lying, unfortunately for you. And considering this Order doesn’t appear to be a standard War...I’m guessing time’s not too stable here or something.”

[⚔] A sigh and a shrug: such things were bound to happen, in places where lines of reality were thin (not his line of expertise, anyways). Timelines could snarl and converge, laying down Orders and misplaced Masters in the most odd places -- it was safer to round up those who were at least somewhat receptive to hearing it. [⚔] 

“You’re probably going to be a good bit safer if you stick with me, Mister. If you need proof that there’s a corruption in the area, I can show you and keep you safe at the same time.”

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@loyaltylost approached.

[⚔] The arch of the brow, the bridge of the nose, the way the eyelids sat heavy and half-asleep (long lashes decorating their ends like petals): how long had he looked in the mirror, then sought such features in anyone but himself? How many hours were spent wondering if somewhere, a face in the world resembled his own (how many days, months spent poring over the concepts of genetic makeup, over what kind of person might match this).

And of course, it would be someone in the dead of a battlefield: someone that woman most certainly knew (and if mother knew this man, and if their faces so matched -- he damn well knew the word for such a person).

Anything was more welcome than still being alone. [⚔]

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Can you link your Ariel poem?

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Of Science-Born And Love-Lost;

Aka part one of a meta/headcanon set about Laun and the Mirror Designates.

Welcome to part one of an explanation on Laun, the experiment that created him, and the technicalities of his parentage! To start it off, this post will mostly talk about Laun (as well as who he technically counts as “child” to, with helpful mentions of their blog and links).

Laun is the third in a series of experiments known as “Mirror Designates” -- a program created by Chaldea which undertook the forming of modified homunculi who were, in essence, echoes of the past. Laun, as the youngest, is Designate M-3, Designation Launcelot: his counterpart being none other than Launcelot du Lac, more commonly known as Sir Lancelot (as over time the u was dropped from spellings of his name). If Laun cannot live up to the guidelines set out for him by the end of his set lifespan, he will be deemed a failure like the two now deceased prior M-Designates, a fact he is determined to shake off: he is alive, and that is enough for him to succeed.

While in basic personality Laun mirrors his counterpart and namesake a good deal, in quirks and faults they’re quite different: Laun is also significantly opposed to any form of direct combat, though he is trained to handle such (having been forcibly put through simulations involving deaths that even included his own, until he gave the correct reaction, has numbed him to the idea of wanting to fight). Another thing of note is that due to the level of testing he was subjected to, he fears almost all medical interactions, and panics if he doesn’t eat regularly.

And onto parentage. Big shoutout to @loyaltylost / @maluspuerum because Knight, without you, this boy wouldn’t have parents I can actually list. After a great and kinda lengthy discussion with Knight, the two of us agreed that Laun’s mother in the literal and not-so-literal sense is Katherine, who can be seen mentioned here. (Please talk to Knight about Katherine. I love Katherine.) Tl;dr on Laun being Katherine’s son is pretty much what it says on the tin: while he is still a scientific experiment to her, he is her irreplaceable child, wonderful and gentle and all she has. She is also the reason his lifespan is as long as it is: he will see adulthood because of a mother’s love, which is something he is still coming to grips with -- this is a woman he still associates with the things of his nightmares, after all, and though he is coming to realize she is hardly so much a monster but a woman hard-pressed by her circumstances, he still fears her. But he is working through that; they both are working through.

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send ♒ for a starter where my muse is suffering a high fever but hasn’t told anyone.

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ϟ send for my muse to wake up from a terrible nightmare, and for yours to witness this.

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TOP THREE INTELLIGENCES FOR YOUR MUSE:

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LANGUAGE ( 4.57 / 5 )

You enjoy enjoy saying, hearing, and seeing words. You like telling stories. You are motivated by books, records, dramas, opportunities for writing. Effective techniques of enhancing your learning using your language intelligence include reading aloud, especially plays and poetry. Another idea is to write down reflections on what you’ve read.

NATURE ( 4.43 / 5 )

You are sensitive to nature and environment.  You probably know the names of rocks, flowers, birds, and trees. You love to  be outdoors.

SOCIAL ( 4.14 / 5 )

You like to develop ideas and learn from other  people. You like to talk. You have good social skills. Effective techniques  of enhancing your learning using your social intelligence include taking part  in group discussions or discussing a topic one-to-one with another person.