humpty dumpty had a great fall

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01. awakening

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He smelled faintly of something. Rust?

Those dark stains that coated his clothing, and even better, the glove that had drawn the sword, Rin had look a step back, not expecting the refined weapon the other had donned. It would’ve gleamed a noble hue, if not for the fact that it, too, was in the same condition as it’s master. “Address me properly if you’re going to demand answers out of me,” yes, because her words were as nonchalant as her expression was. And don’t worry Elliot, this was her resting face, so she wasn’t that off put nor aggravated by your decision to threaten her.

“Did you hit your head or what? You can’t honestly expect me to know the answer to your problem when I don’t even know you.” she continued, pushing the sword away at an angle with disdain. Her aggravation was a bit prominent in her tone as she furrowed her brows lightly. He was lucky that she didn’t see those command seals underneath those gloves otherwise her reaction may be a bit different, depending if she felt bad that the other was so misinformed. 

She would eye his clothing for a moment to make it obvious that such attire was .. not only rather formal for a city like this, but stained with alarm. 

In other words, she was judging you Elliot.

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"And so you expect me to address you properly when I don't even know you either?" Guess what, you're not getting any special treatment from this guy.

Seriously, who did this girl think she was? Elliot actually got irritated from the first sentence that she spoke out to him, and she even had the nerve to approach him with no expression and just... push his sword out of her face. And eye him, her eyebrows furrowing as she directed her gaze from his face to his clothes, speaking with that tone of voice despite her expression being flat... 

All of this just aggravated him even more, so he jerked his sword back, away from her hand then back up into her face. Elliot had gotten enough answers already from others in the area, and Rin was a little late for that, even if she was the token girl who explained everything about the universe they were in. I mean, she was a part of this universe entirely. Not that Elliot knew. Not that he would care at this point, either.

"You know, I don't need answers from you. I bet you don't know anything about this place."

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im not leaving im like a terminal illness i will never leave you

...Tch.

I'll have you know I've already died once, so I don't need to have YOU to be the death of me this time around!

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closed | to kotone

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Kotone didn’t even have chance to get used to the surroundings and someone was already demanding things from her. The brunette awkwardly turned around to the voice that kept talking to her in such rough ways. This wasn’t Silver, he was one who would always scream and say hurtful things, and she would know his voice by now, but this voice was something she had never hear before? Not even the way he was talking.

“S-servant?” The girl said with a low tone in her voice he was so much taller than her, and he also looked really annoyed, she didn’t understand the reasoning behind his annoyance though, she didn’t even do something bad! So why was he so mad at her already? “I’m a Caster but I don’t know who my master i——” he was the master wasn’t he?

The girl continued to stare at the boy without knowing what was there to do or say, it seemed that he was about to just throw away any possible response she could give to him. “I—-umm… I’m not sure where Leo is…” What was even his name? He was so mean to her already, she was no person to be someone’s servant she was just a trainer that enjoyed to make friends and train her pokemon, this was certainly not the destiny she wanted. “M-my name is Kotone…” Her voice didn’t raise not even a little, he was far too intimidating for her… And she was sure as hell, he didn’t like her…

Kotone frowned and looked down to avoid his sight, and what he said didn’t really help her feel any more confident in this situation..

“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t ask to be your servant either, I’m sorry…”

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...What the hell was he even supposed to say in a conversation like this. He would be very much okay with someone being testy right back at him, raising their voice at him but... man, he really did not know how to handle people who reacted like this. Normally, he'd probably not really care, and walk away leaving the girl to herself but...

...He was stuck with her whether he liked it or not, it didn't even matter if he asked for this or not... Wow, awkward. 

Already, it looked like he was getting flustered, and more irritated by the second, especially when she looked down away from him. How annoying!! At least remain eye contact when he's speaking to you!! He was crossing his arms, his eyes locked on her figure the best he could.

"...Look!! I won't consider you my 'Servant', I don't need another one of those, nor am I going to ever let someone like you replace Leo, my servant from back home... Hey, are you listening, I'm saying I don't care about all that nonsense!!"

"But... we need to work together, pipsqueak. I know that much, at any rate. ...Come on, chin up already!!" He wasn't going to call her by her name, though he made a mental note of it. Kotone, huh? That would be his 'partner', for now, during this war... He was really starting to hate this Grail, whatever it was that was pulling people in to this place... It was obvious, that she did not seem to be prepared for bloodshed.

That's right, though she was supposed to be his 'servant'... he'd probably have to end up protecting her, huh? That was fine by him. He would be prepared to do that... not that he'd let her know his feelings out right...

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im very sorry

Well I'M not! YOU NEED TO LEAVE!!

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did you know your boyfriend was so distressed by your death he became the next glen baskerville hAHAHAhahAHAHAHHAaaaaaaaaaaaaa im sOS UFKCING DONE WITH YOU BTOH

WHAT, I DON'T... UNDERSTAND!? WHEN DID I EVEN-- YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M DONE WITH YOU TOO!! WHY. HAVEN'T. YOU. LEFT. YET?!!

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It's strange... I was told my inbox had one more message, but when I checked, I saw that there... wasn't anything after all.

[ The memory of seeing a Fan Mail that would never leave his inbox even if he responded to it was too painful to bear, and thus, it was erased... ]

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01. awakening

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Despite taking the risk of wandering around the endlessly twisting city without her Servant, Luca, Felicità had decided it would be better of her to become adjusted to her new surroundings. Being wary of the fact that someone whose intentions were not to her expectations could possibly be lurking around the corners, which was something that the young red haired girl was doing all she could to temporarily avoid until she was able to obtain more information of those that she may have to face again.

Thoughts such as these continued to run through her mind, with the thought of those who did not wish to fight and those that were more than happy to be put in an ordeal such as this caused her stomach to twist. She had never once been put in a situation like this, despite the fact that there was still much she had yet to experience due to her recent upbringings.

And it certainly did not have her certain on how to handle a situation such as this. With the sound of an unfamiliar voice ringing through her ears, Felicità quickly turned to see that of a man glaring in her direction.

“Eh?”

Certainly someone who had just awoken in such a situation would be rather… surprised with what they were expected to have to put up with. While her approach on the matter was much more calm than the male before her, the red haired girl was more than willing to give whatever information she could to those that did not pose to be a threat.

However, the blood stained sword being rose in her direction only gave her reason to expose her own weapons — a pair of throwing knives. While they were much smaller than the male’s blade when it came down to size, she was more than confident with both her marksmanship and overall experience on how to use these blades that she so brought up before the unfamiliar man before her.

“Stop!” She ordered, her voice rising with the only with the thoughts of ordering the light-haired male to calm down, “I will answer your questions, but only if you lower your sword.”

Of course, she would be more than willing to lower her own weapons at the same time. Having not wanting to immediately begin a battle against someone else without reason.

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What was it with Elliot having to deal with a great deal of people that weren't willing to start a fight with him, telling him to calm down, telling him to think. Not that it was bad at all, but it was irritating and bothered the young heir all the same. 

It's just like ol' Elliot to not lower his sword so readily. Especially since she brought out her own weapons, and his face was still menacing towards Felicita. But still, it wasn't like she was doing anything wrong--plus, she offered to answer any questions he had about this place.

Well. Though he did not know her, perhaps she could be someone reliable for now. 

"Fine."

Was all he said when he lowered his weapon, annoyed.

He seemed to be collecting himself, assessing all the information that he had gathered thus far. It appears that there were still some things unanswered, but some of those questions... may as well stay unanswered and mysterious to him for now. So, let's start from the smaller mysteries and go from there.

Perhaps, he could even have the girl show him around, as soon as he comes to realize that the girl already knew the area already and had been there sometime. Elliot just assumed that she was just grasping for information as much as she was... or maybe he just didn't expect much anything at all from her to begin with. Really, he didn't know what to expect from this place anymore.

"Then... at least tell me one thing. What does it mean to be a Master?"

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im still going to kiss you i hate you and i lOVE YOS USOCMUH THAT AI HATED YOU IM GOING TO KISS YOU RI GHJT NWO

NO DAMN IT DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU TO GO AWAY!! GO FORTH! LEAVE ALREADY!! I WON'T LET YOU KISS ME YOU DO NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO DO ANY SUCH ACTION TO ME!!

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01. awakening

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[ Stopping himself from raging back at the other, the demon merely put on an irritated face, a fang protruding from his upper lip in distaste. Rude people pissed him off. Rin was one to jump to conclusions but rarely did he blame it on the passerbyers around him, much less draw his sword at them. Nope, he was totally responsible with his powers and weapons. T o t a l l y. ]

I mean calm down as in shut yer trap and think about it for a damn second!!!

[ God, finally, he was starting to simmer down. The cat sidhe on his shoulder still looked rather suspicious—even if Kuro knew that Rin could handle himself, he also knew that Rin could fly off the handle at times when he dealt with people…he was the devil’s son after all. It wasn’t so much that the little cat demon had been startled, but just offended because Rin was his master and!!! He had to protect him. Letting out a sigh of relief as the other lowered his sword, the demon relaxed his shoulders…

He didn’t want to be so quick to fight him, especially if he was covered in blood and was brandishing a sword like that. Not that Rin didn’t have confidence in his abilities, but he was always saying how he wanted to use his power for a gentler purpose. And that purpose didn’t include fighting hooligans that challenged him out of nowhere on the streets of some weird city he’d been dragged to. ]

There’s more to it than that.

Fer one reason or another, they want us ta’ compete for the Holy Grail, which grants a wish. Yer paired up with someone else to compete with them or something. Forcing all of us to participate, dragging us from different places…

Whether ya care or not, yer stuck here, for now.

[ His tone was apologetic. He knew it was probably kind of a huge rush to tell everything to him at once, but!! The truth was the truth, whether or not he wanted to believe it. Hopefully, this guy had been as fortunate as him in that he would be paired with someone he was familiar with. Rin would think it to be awkward to be paired with someone you barely knew, since you had to work together to survive. ]

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...A wish.

Elliot would not be so selfish as to really want a wish, but with what he has been through, with being an illegal contractor (thanks for the friendly reminder, Vincent), the idea of it sure seemed tempting. And it made some bit of sense, when he put it that way... It would explain why such a girl was meant to be his servant, but he had never had a servant before that wasn't Leo.

If he was paired up with this girl, that girl in the hat... Would it mean, that Leo wasn't here... yet? Elliot knew he was alive and well... So maybe it was only a matter of time. Hm... But why this girl? Of all other people? Surely fate didn't have it out for him this time as well.

"Forced whether I like it or not, huh... Well, then I sure won't be bothered to like it either way!" Eliot grumbled, frowning stubbornly, but he looked a lot more like he understood than he had before. At least, he was beginning to understand... He pierced his lips together, looking away as he continued speaking.

"I have no real need for a wish, but since we are all here, perhaps there is a wish deep down we would all want to have granted..." Elliot pondered this for a moment, really indeed taking Rin's advice to think about the situation. Well... it really made no sense!

Elliot understood that he was alive now, though Humpty Dumpty was with him, hadn't he rejected it? But would it mean that he was alive, instead of being dead, instead of being stuck in the abyss for all eternity, he would be stuck with Humpty Dumpty whether he liked it or not?

...What, was this Holy Grail granting him a chance at making it all right, and be able to really make it the truth as well?

...Yeah. Elliot didn't like this one bit at all.

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NO, GET OUT HE'S MINE. Takes you away from this person. WOW

DON'T YOU GET IT, I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO EITHER OF YOU!!

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im going to kiss you

...I would normally request for you to make up your mind, but I think I'd rather not.

[ From hating to wanting to kiss him in a split second... ] 

Please remain a suitable distance away from me as well.

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i hate toy odsy socm uch

...

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Hi I love you, now let me touch your bum!

......

What sort of confession is this!? Stop fawning over me this instant!

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01. awakening

[narcolepsychain-blog]

Hm? It appeared that his younger adopted sibling had no idea of where he was standing now, or how his life was in danger in this place. And his words were surprising enough to make Vincent smile once more. “Ah, Elliot…” If only he knew, maybe it was for the best to inform him slowly making sure the other one didn’t go on rampage but it was oddly unusual to hear those words from him. 

“Elliot, I see…” He did not have memories of his own death, but he did manage to reject his chain just in time to not become a chain himself, where was his logic? Oh… it could be that Humpty Dumpty was still with him? Elliot as an active member of Pandora should know that the only ending for an illegal contractor is death itself or an eternity in the abyss. “You’re not dead now, I suppose you were called for this war.” But the sole thought that he still had the chain made Vincent wonder if Elliot’s memories were controlled by it. “You have had your memories replaced.”

The adopted one felt torn between amusement and annoyance by the fact that Elliot has been so weak minded to be controlled by the chain even when in his past life he managed to defeat it, kind of ruined the purpose of the whole act blue hues performed back in Yura’s mansion. But as informed as Vincent had always been, the purpose of the chain was to replace painful memories of their contractor with fake ones. But what to inform him first? That he was controlled by Humpty Dumpty, that he killed his family, that he wasn’t the Head hunter in the end, or that he was going to die in this field?

The options were amazing, but which one to pick, the good start. As much as this was in fact enjoyable, he kept in mind Elliot was someone he cared about at some point. “You see, Elliot…” The noble paused and smiled “you’re being controlled by the chain again.”

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Inform him slowly? You were just confusing him with words that were meant to be perplexing and yet incredibly blunt. Dead. Memories. Chain.

"You keep speaking nonsense." Elliot said at first, seeing past his words at first. Yes, Elliot had bested Humpty Dumpty before, but he was waking up, with his Chain retained in him once again, just as though... nothing ever happened.

What the hell are you talking about? What... chain?" But when he actually thought about his words, it was like something resonated in him. He had awakened really not at all far too long ago, but Vincent... of course Vincent would be so blunt. It was almost to see what he would do, or if he would double over in pain once more. Hadn't you liked Elliot? But then again, it was only for Elliot's own good.

Those thoughts were really what led him, to Humpty Dumpty. And then it was from that point that everything else about the truth started flooding in, so much that Elliot clutched his head and doubled over gritting his teeth. The death of his mother. Sister. Ernest. Claude. All because it was him. It all replayed like a video. Vincent, you didn't need to inform him anything one by one.

All Elliot really needed was a moment.

And instead of crying, instead of having a face mangled with inner pain, he... had a face of utter rage. An outburst was very much on its way.

"I can't believe... seeing all this in retrospect... that I became... THE KIND OF PERSON I HATE THE MOST!!!"

"At the end, I died all by myself, only just to protect those close to me because I hurt so many close to me! Protection!? Che, it was only complacence that drove me to carry out my last minute decision, wasn't it!? Such a decision would only drive others to hurt even more! Having to live through all this self-sacrifice blather is just embarrassing! All the exact qualities in that trash character Edgar that I always hated!!" All those things that he said in such confidence to that shorty, who he... practically promised, to better the relationship between the Nightray and the Vessalius houses... He got quiet again, his anger subsiding until he was only left with his own thoughts.

It hurt, yes, but... The second time... it didn't hurt so much... He could hold on to the truth without the need to die again. Elliot wouldn't want to pull such a stunt again anyway, knowing fair well what he did after seeing everything replay like a record.

A short breath escaped him.

"To think that I died... becoming such a person."

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01. awakening

[narcolepsychain-blog]

After the weeks he had been in this place and the things he had already seen, if there’s one thing that Vincent knew for sure, was his despise to the thought of seeing someone he cared about in this place. And even then the sole word ‘care’ could be misunderstood, he just really didn’t want to see Gilbert go through all of this. 

The adopted of the Nightray family pranced around the place without minding much of whatever the rest were doing, some of them were real cannibals this was alone sickening, scenes that a normal person wouldn’t enjoy seeing. The breeze would always smell like blood and fresh flesh, his soles always clicking against bones, his hands tainted with crimson red, and his never fading smile.

He could not say he hated this place, but he wasn’t fond of it at all. He had to admit this, most of the people here had issues that needed to be fixed, but it seemed that the only way was brute force… how troublesome. The blonde man continued his way around the place but the figure of someone standing not so far away made him wonder if this was a new arrival. Perhaps a new person to study and be amused, or another mere spawn in this place.

The voice ordering to be answered however rang a bell in his head, it was a very known voice and the sound of the sword being drawn in his direction finally made him side glance him. Was this a trick from this place? He could not confirm this, he had seen things but all of them were real, so why was that he had to run into Elliot Nightray now?

Vincent’s looked at his younger adopted sibling some blood splat on his face causing him to be slightly bothered by the whole act the other Nightray was having in front of him. “You’re tainting my face with the blood of your family.” Harsh first words weren’t they? He wasn’t surprised by Elliot screaming around and demanding answers, it was very usual of him. And somewhere in the middle of this whole play Vincent could feel a small atche in his heart or maybe it was just the feeling of not wanting to see or hear anymore. He admittedly said that he did care for Elliot, now this.

“I did not think this place had the ability to awake the dead from the eternal slumber.”  

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"Right... Of course you would be here too, Vincent." Yeah, that's right, he did have the fleeting image of Vincent when he tried to think back of what had happened. His presence brought a bit of solace to the ache in his own chest, that was undeniably there. It meant good things were at hand here despite the losses at stake. Right? If he was here, then, that would mean other people were here too. Especially Leo... Unless, Vincent were to be here to give him the unfortunate news of another person close to him falling.

But those sharp words first thing, took Elliot by surprise.

"What... are you talking about?"

Could it be, that he was remembering something?

Ha! No, that was silly. With Humpty Dumpty retained in his body, it was as though his rejection of Humpty Dumpty never occurred. After all, it would be preposterous to have Elliot exist without Humpty Dumpty existing too, when it meant that without the chain would mean his death. They corresponded with one another. The Incuse would still be there. And so his memories were gone despite not wanting all that truth to be taken away from him.

That would be the truth that had to be lived with for now. Elliot slowly shook his head, not able to grasp the real meaning behind Vincent's words.

"...Are you a moron? Of course I'm not dead-- I won't die that easily. What, did you really think that I had succumbed to the Headhunter?"

What he did remember... Vincent was among the last people that was there, yes, but he also remembered the headhunter doing so much damage. Killing so many people... Why, of all times, of all places, did he have to attack there. And then that one thought came back. Was Leo safe? Hopefully, Leo did not see the tragedy that befell everyone with his own eyes. Even worse, falling victim to the Headhunter himself?

That would be his fault if that happened... He wasn't a member of the Nightray family that the Headhunter targeted, but he was still Elliot's servant, making him part of the Nightray family by proxy.

"I won't let that bastard Headhunter dispose of me unless I were to kill him first." For all that had befallen his family because of that guy...

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01. awakening

[holywaterphobic-blog]

[ Woah, just take it easy man.

Rin had indeed, just been strolling by. Like seriously what the fuck dude, now there is suddenly!??!? A sword being pointed at him?!? With blood on it, at that. Bewildered, the demon turned in surprise at the man before him, taking a step back as though to avoid being swung at by that sword. Thankfully Rin had his sword with him too, not to mention little Kuro at his feet who seemed pretty offended at the man, too. ]

Oii, calm down.

Yellin’ at me ain’t gonna get you anywhere.

[ He’d grown to be more mature when people called him out for things. It was more of a nuisance than anything. Flicking his tail from side to side, the demon pondered whether or not to explain this whole shindig to the man, seeing as he’d sort of just…threatened him…with little reason… though, Rin was of a good heart and good intention, so he supposed this guy was just a little lost on his way. Rin had been somewhat the same way when he arrived. Having a sword pointed at him wasn’t new, either. Idly, he wondered why the other was covered in so much blood, and thought about how he should be a little more careful… 

The cat at his feet stared up at the man, scrunching up his nose at the scent of blood. Hopping up on to Rin’s shoulder, Kuro attempted a glare at the man before resting around the exorcist’s neck, keeping a watchful eye out. ]

Didn’t they tell you anything? Or are you just yellin’ at people ta be rude?

[ If there was one thing Rin didn’t care for, it was rude people. While he wanted to aid the other, he wasn’t going to until he decided to be a bit more civil. He was just trying to walk by but apparently that wasn’t possible so long as the other was there. Hopefully he’d pop off or at least cool down a little so he could convey what had happened. ]

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"What do you mean calm down!?!!"

Elliot was riled up as is, and he wasn't going to end up being the mature one out of the two just because the other one told him to calm down. Definitely, being calm was the way to go, but Elliot? Wasn't really the one to get quiet after already starting to yell up a storm. "DON'T TELL ME HOW TO ASSESS MY SURROUNDINGS!! I'LL DO AS I PLEA--"

Oh, cat.

...

...

Elliot really liked cats.

Secretly.

Not that he cared that the guy even had a cat with him or anything.

Elliot grumbled a bit but bit his lip, for now anyway. He looked away from the man, bringing in a deep breath and letting it out through his nose in audiable distress. But at least he was quieting down after being distracted!! Elliot would upon instinct pet cats, but of course there was Rin, and the fact that the cat seemed pretty alarmed by his outburst.

Ah, yeah. His sword had lowered, but normally while Elliot would be on his guard, suddenly decided to just sheath his sword. Whatever. There would not be any more bloodshed, especially contributed from him, he thought.

Besides... Elliot could see this man had a sword of his own, and was not drawing it so testily against him. Picking a fight and attacking with someone who wasn't willing to draw their own sword, that would be imbecilic on its own and Elliot wasn't willing to do that. Thank goodness for Elliot, probably, that the son of Satan wasn't going to kick your sorry behind. He didn't need more bloodstains on his clothes.

"...Yeah." Elliot finally mustered up an answer as he thought about it. But he looked displeased still. Really, it was actually kind of pissing him off how calm this guy was about being a pawn to this whole thing. "But it's not like I understand anything about what I was told. Besides, I don't care! I'm not going to be participating."

Such a stubborn declaration was just like him, wasn't it? Well, hopefully Elliot was being less rude to suit this elf's tastes. "I have no interest in this thing if it's just some kind of elaborate blood sport."

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"What, you're supposed to be my Servant? You must be joking." Elliot had known that he was the master to someone, but was not entirely sure what it all had meant just yet. It was the arcane knowledge of something else entirely that he stubbornly didn't really get just yet.

Well, he was a little slow. It'll pass soon. In the least, he was still led to his little Caster servant in his search for answers, and following whatever gut feeling that he had possessed at that point. A girl with pigtails that seemed younger than him and looked just as lost as he was. If not more. 

Until Leo he never really enjoyed the idea of servants at all, in whatever sense entirely, even in the case of where one would have to fight for him. So, this girl was met with disdain without a second thought. And if she really had any idea who he was (which he was already assuming at this point) and was going to suck up to him (which Kotone was surely not going to do, was she) then even more hate for this girl would rise.

SHE WASN'T EVEN DRESSED FIT TO BE A SERVANT EITHER...

"Where's Leo?" He queried immediately, whether or not this girl knew who he was talking about directly. But Elliot had absolutely no clue what had transpired!! Either way, even if he was stuck in some place entirely, he wouldn't get used to this chick so quickly either way with the thought of Leo being back home. Whatever answer that she'd provide with him, he didn't wait long for her to say anything anyway. Already the young Nightray scoffed and angrily spoke once more.

"Listen, I never asked for a replacement. Certainly not one that is annoying and clueless."

...Elliot, you're just as clueless.