Birdsie
The God-Emperor of Mankind
There was no doubt about it. A sensation of power came from both of them, eldritch and incomprehensible. One of them seemed vestigially familiar, in a strange way. Hadn't he seen that costume? The emblem, the yellow belt, it all seemed so...
Wait, isn't that the Batman those books mentioned?!
No.
Shirou's expression tightened. That is no Batman: it's something else entirely.
It kept leaking power into the air, distorting existence. A constant voltage of universal energy - like a part of reality gained awareness and decided to walk and talk. But on the outside, it looked like a chubby imp dressed like a character from a comic book or cartoon. The other one seemed to operate on similar principles but felt alien to the reality they were in. He couldn't wrap his head around it, and his racing thoughts struggled to understand what he was looking at, let alone listen to what they were talking about.
Before Shirou, or anyone else could react, one of the impish creatures looked at X with excitement. A puff of smoke consumed the heroine...
And from it emerged a familiar figure!
Shirou gawked, making a choked sound, his expression gormless like that of a fish, as Saber - no doubt about it; this was Arturia - manifested from the smoke, as regal as the first time the boy met her.
Soon after, the impish creatures fluttered away and disappeared in a drum. Shirou felt a thrumming in his head like someone was beating on his brain from the inside. An intense mental load of his thoughts racing to catch up, but becoming too tired and slumping halfway across the race track.
Shirou just stared at Saber, mouth slightly ajar, and completely speechless. History liked to repeat itself.
Shirou's mind began to get back on track, his "operating system" rebooting itself. He realized Saber now stood in front of him, and like a machine, an earnest smile graced his features. He regained his faculties just on time to answer Saber's question... which he didn't actually hear because he was too busy smiling and being overwhelmed by joy.
Smile disappearing, he blinked.
"Um, no?" he hazarded from the tone of the question and the glare that Tohsaka was giving to him.
Gundam Watcher 27 Thepotatogod Verite
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