The Adventure of Des Moines and Salem
In the night time.
Everyone is sleeping, preparing for a new day.
Except the two brothers, Des Moines and Salem, who are holding briefcases, each contain a pack of books.
Des Moines, who is holding an ancient-like key. Lurking around the dormitory just to find something.
Salem: No one is following us for now.
Moines: Let's just keep moving, maybe some of them are sneaking somewhere.
Salem: Understood.
They walked around a little bit until they stand in front of a door to the storage.
Des Moines takes the key from his pocket and put it inside its keyhole. When he turns the key, a light shine under the doorway.
Instead open to the actual storage, it begins with a shiny entrance then...
A 18th century hallway lead to another wooden door.
Moines: Let's go.
Salem nods, then both of them entered the room as they closed a door quietly. Bit before entering the hallway, Des Moines takes the key.
They keep moving forward to the next door.
As they opened it, it shows a massive 18th century-theme library with a large number of books.
Moines: Here we are. The Wanderer's Library! Did you bring your books?
Salem: Been there, done that! Souveran's Ultimate Idiot Combat Tactics, Guide to Build a Gundam-Kaiser (in many ways), The Disgusting Truth about Fascism, The Ideal of a Minister of Warcrime, and How To Make a Religious Full of Waifus.
Moines: Right. Let's return them before we got fined about this.
As they're walking to the nearest counter, they accidentally met another person.
An average-build, has short unkempt black hair male, wandering around the library aimlessly. But he is in hurried.
Out of the blue, their appearance catch his attention, this make him rushing toward to them.
???: Sorry for interrupt your business but did you come across a pink-haired girl with really large and heavy shield?
Salem: No. I don't think I've ever met that girl when on our way here.
???: Oh, well. My apologies for being rude.
Moines: No. No. You don't. It seems you're new here. May I know your name is?
???: Fujimaru Ritsuka. Just call me Fujimaru, I am a Master. The one I just ask you recently is Mashu Kyrielight, a shielder-clasd Servant.
Salem: Master? Servant? Is that a role you're acting?
Fujimaru: You could say that, how may I address you?
Moines: My name is Des Moines, leader of the Des Moines-cruiser class.
Salem: Salem is my name, second member of the class.
Fujimaru (in mind): Cruiser-class Servants? What the heck is that?
Then a voice comes from his wristwatch.
??? (comms): FUJIMARU!! WHERE ARE YOU?!
Fujimaru raises his hand where he puts his watch on, near to his mouth to communicate.
Fujimaru: I'm fine, Doctor!
??? (comms): *relief sigh* I thought that you have been devoured for a second!
Fujimaru: Uh...What do you mean "devour" actually?
???: There is something interrupted your Rayshift that cause unexpected turn. You should be in London in 17th century, not in this...unidentified location which I have no knowledge about this. At first, we thought that some failure occurs, but when we examine again, there is a miscalculated coordinates in the Rayshift.
Moines: Who is this?
??? (comms): Uhm....Who is that!?
Fujimaru: Doctor Roman, meet Des Moines and Salem. Both of them are cruiser-class? I don't actually know if they really are Servant or not. Here is a picture of him.
??? (comms): Am I beautiful, right? But, seriously. The heck?
Fujimaru: Doctor Roman?
Roman (comms): I never heard anyone named Des Moines or Salem because Des Moines is named after Fort Des Moines, on the other hand, Salem is from Eastern near Indian Ocean. Both of their names are places, not Heroic Spirit. What more, "Cruiser" class is never been exited.
??? (comms): Is there any possibility that they are the enemies?
Fujimaru: I don't think someone wearing a tuxedo with a suitcase each are considered as an enemy, Da Vinci.
Da Vinci (comms): Remember the last time, Fujimaru, you almost got killed by Kama when you messed with her, remember?
Fujimaru: I didn't know why she was so mad. What wrong about being cute? It's hard to understand women these days, they're so annoying.
Da Vinci (comms): Hey, Fujimaru. I am also a woman too. How coincident....
Fujimaru: I'm so sorry!!!
Da Vinci (comms): My apologies to two men over there, my name is Leonardo da Vinci. The one who talked to you earlier is Romani Archeman.
Moines & Salem: Da Vinci?
They think of her like this.
Salem: *whisper* Hey, hey! Leonardo DAB Vinci.
Moines: *whisper and giggle* I know, right.
Da Vinci (comms): I can hear you.
Roman (comms): Hear what, DAB Vinci?
Da Vinci (comms): *cracking knuckles* You're done here, b*tch.
Roman (comms): Wait! Wait! I'm just kidding!! No need to be this brutal!!
Da Vinci (comms): Can you tell me where is he right now while I finish my work here?
Moines: *shush* This is the unusual library, let the other side knows this is NOT a normal library as they think.
Fujimaru: This is not a library?
Salem: Welcome you to the Wanderer's Library!
Roman (comms): Excuse me for sec, uh...you two. What is The Wanderer's Libra--Wait! No!! NOT THE COFFEE CUP!!!
*bonk sounds*
Moines: In a nutshell, this is the place where you can find every books all over the places, including existed books, nearly existed books, and non-existed books, this library....I would say the best to describe is would be a hub. You know the quote "All roads lead to Rome", right? Well, this is the place.
Fujimaru: This is even bigger than our library.
Da Vinci (comms): A library contains every books? Literally?
Moines: Not every, mostly.
Salem: I heard your conversation, you're accidentally transferred here?
Fujimaru: Unfortunately, yes.
Moines: It's normal in here. Maybe you just accidentally activated one of the Ways.
Fujimaru: Ways?
Salem: We called them Ways, and yes, these thing has Knock, there's one in New York where you have to pour chicken blood over a manhole. This one's easy, though. You just need someone who's been inside to invite you.
Roman: So you're the one who "invite" them? NO! NO! NOT MY PHONE!!
*shattered glass sounds*
Moines: *pffffft* No, no, no. First of all, we just here recently. Second, we don't have the authority to create a Ways.
Da Vinci (comms): So if you don't, then who?
Salem: We will leave it to you.
Moines: The world is just one of the whole unknown universe. You never guess what happened next.
Roman (comms): Uh...Fujimaru?
Fujimaru: What is it?
Roman (comms): Where is Mash? NOT THE BOOK!!
*heavy bonk sounds*
Fujimaru: We've lost contact with each other when we came here.
Roman: Then find her, she can't go faraway, can she?
Moines: That's the problem, you probably won't find her....
Roman (comms): *difficult words* And whai zhat?
Salem: Because...this library is infinite.
Fujimaru: Infinite what?
Moines: Everything! From its expatiation to its number of books!!
Fujimaru: Does that mean...?
Salem: *sigh* You cannot find her since this library is so big.
Roman/Da Vinci (comms): Ah...Ah...Ah.........
Fujimaru: H...how b...big you said?
Salem: Like an infinite maze.
Fujimaru/Roman/Da Vinci: Infinite maze?!?!?
Moines: So now you and us are here. With some people on the other side.
Fujimaru: Doctor?
Roman (comms): Yes?
Fujimaru: Can you detect Mash?
Roman (comms): Said easier than done. I just only can contact you, I'm still working on it.
Fujimaru: Please hurry up. I don't wanna be stucked here forever.
Roman (comms): Working on it! Working on it! Oh! One more thing.
Fujimaru: What is it?
Roman (comms): There are some people are too stupid to understand the situations.
Salem: Did you just reference us?
Roman (comms): No, no, no. I mean...there is someone you should meet, Fujimaru. In fact, you don't need cause they are going there right now.
Fujimaru: Who?
Da Vinci: Quetzalcoatl, Ishtah, Ereshkigal, Merlin and Emiya. I told them to stop but they don't listen.
Roman (comms): Because Merlin said he is going threaten Mari if I don't do that!!
Da Vinci (comms): For the sake of Chaldeas! Do you evem know how much for a single RAYSHIFT!?!?
Roman (comms): I'm so sorry!!
Fujimaru: Are they...?
Da Vinci (comms): They're--
???: Aghhhhhh!!!
Da Vinci (comms): ....here.
Suddenly, a woman wears a very revealing clothes fell onto the ground.
???: Eckkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!
Then, another woman but this time she wearing a swimsuit-like clothes, slams onto the first person' back.
???: Here I goooooo!!!
Next, it's a huge woman has a Rio's festival' costumes-like, successfully landed the other two. They are probably broken their backs.
*audio scratching sounds*
A/n: Not this!!
???/???: OOF!!
Des Moines/Salem: Ohhhhhhh.........
And they immediately fainted.
???: ¡Hola! Master Fujimaru!
Fujimaru: Uh...Hi, Quetzalcoatl....Ishtar, Ereshkigal....You two okay?
Ishtar: Ugh.....
Ereshkigal: Agh...My back.........
Salem: They're fine. Right?
Out of the blue, two men just come out from a hallway.
Roman (comms): I'll go get some bandages.
*door open sounds*
Roman (comms): *little voice* Nightingale! Hold up! Curb your enthusiams!! This is not what it's look like!!! Well, maybe a bit, but NO!! NO!! Don't take your gun out!! Not the taser!! Even Lancelot!! Put hi--Woah! Woah! No! No!
*door sounds*
???: Master! Glad you're completely safe.
???: Who are those in black?
Fujimaru: Merlin, Emiya. Good to see you. May I present you: Des Moines and Salem the Cruisers.
Merlin: Cruiser? Are you Travelers?
Moines: In theoretically, yes. Reality? No.
Salem: Fujimaru? Would you mind introduce them to us?
Fujimaru: Well, absolutely. This fluffy-haired guy over there is Merlin. And the tanned-skin guy here is Emiya. The one who is on top those two is Quetzalcoatl and under her are Ishtar and Ereshkigal.
Merlin: Greetings, fellow strangers that we had never met before. As you know, I am Merlin. People calls me the Flower of Mage.
Salem: Merlin? Merlin from the Round Table? The Protector of the Holy Grail?!
Merlin: Well, yes. That's...me. Guess I don't need to explain everything.
Moines: I didn't remember that he is this gay.
Merlin: Hey!! Mind your words!!
Quetzalcoatl: And here is your favorite goddess! Quetzalcoatl from the Ancient Aztec! I wasn't expected to be some kind of monsters.
Ishtar: ....Can you get...down...?
Quetzalcoatl: Oops! Sorry!
She jumps out from them, makes a roll mid-air, and lands safely.
Moines: They're still fine, right?
Everyone looks at them, who are lying like handicapped.
Emiya: I'm sure that just a matter of time.
Moines: Speaking of which, wait for us. We have return these books first.
Merlin: But I don't see anyone except you two.
Moines: Oh, there aren't just us. There is Bobby over there.
Emiya: Who?
Moines: Bobby, you see that boring man over there.
He points to a man, who is sitting in the counter.
Quetzalcoatl: Him?!
Moines: Yes!
Fujimaru: Why is he standing like a dead person?
Moines: You wanna know why? Then let's come to him.
Merlin: I don't think that is a good idea.
Salem: We're been here longer than your life! What makes you think about that?
Emiya: If you said so...
Fujimaru: Come, Ishtar, Ereshkigal.
Ishtar: One...more...minute....
Ereshkigal: Make...it...three......
And they fainted.
They proceed to come closer to the person sitting in the desk.
And then, Des Moines makes a friendly greetings.
Moines: Hey! Bobby! How are you today?!
Salem: Wassup? Bobby!
Bobby: You know the rules, please identify yourself.
Moines: Okay, but do you want to hear a joke?!
Bobby: No.
Salem: Aww, come on. Hear it once and you love it!
Bobby: No. I have my own duty, unlike you.
Meanwhile, Merlin whispers into Fujimaru's ear.
Merlin: *whisper* Master, I just noticed that he has no eye!
Fujimaru: Does it look creepy to you?
Merlin: I'm fine with that, but in this case, no.
Quetzalcoatl: Master, am I the only one has goosebumps?
Fujimaru: I don't why I feel that, I already see Shinjuku's headless multiple times but why I feel so afraid?
Moines: Who said that? We're warships. Of course we have jobs and things to do!
Fujimaru: Warship? I'm sorry, I'm really confused.
Emiya: Warships? Wait. So you're...
Moines: Like you, we are ships that have been humanized.
They jaw-dropped, even more confused than ever.
Roman: The freaking heck?!?!?!?
Da Vinci (comms): You guys can't be...
Salem: Nothing is impossible if you have belief!
Roman: Tell me! How a warship like you two can become humans?!
Moines: I'm sorry, what?
Roman: How?! How a vehicle can be a person?!
Moines: Aren't you God are human? What so confused about that?
Fujimaru: Wait! Doctor! We don't know if they really saying truth or not!!
Salem: You need proof? Okay, here goes nothing.
Suddenly, a light behind his back appears then three large turrets attaches his back with some additional guns like anti-aircraft guns.
On his head is a tiny conning tower with radars on it.
Everyone was shocked after the changes. And they feel they are no match with him because his turret already make him bigger.
Merlin: He really telling the truth.
Emiya: I cannot believe in my own eyes.
Emiya comes and observes, touches his gears.
Emiya: This is real material! How can you possible lift this with your own back!?
Salem: Nano technology.
Fujimaru: Doctor! Are you seeing this?
He didn.t respond to his question.
Fujimaru: Doctor?
Da Vinci (comms): Really sorry, Fujimaru! Roman just fainted! I need to bring him to Nightingale first! I'll be right back!!
The communication cuts off.
Quetzalcoatl: Is this even possible to achive this? What is these cannons do? Why this is made of metal?
Fujimaru: I've never seen any kind of warships before. I thought that your "ship" was made of wood?
Salem: We're not some kind of 17th century ships. Our ships mostly come from World War 2 to modern day era.
Moines: It true.
Fujimaru: World War 2?
Moines: Don't tell me that you don't know World War 2?
Everyone: *shakes their heads*
Salem: Makes sense because they're from another world.
Fujimaru: Hold up! What are we even doing?! Mash is in trouble!!
Emiya: Damn, I forgot about her!!
Moines: Then what are you waiting for?!
Merlin: But you said...
Moines: Let's just leave that aside! Bobby! Here is your books!! Tell Jimmy that I need books about Souveran's military! We'll be back in a few hours.
Salem: I'll need 5 books about Jacquine's Railway of Galaxies.
Bobby: Noted. Remember, do not enter Lavender's door, section VB-14, shelf 13T!! Or Omri's, section TS-465, shelf 110G! They're under maintances!!
Moines: We'll remember that!!
Fujimaru: Emiya! Bring those two with us!!
Bobby: And for the last time!! Don't ever use fire emergency for stupid reason!!!
Salem: Can't promise you that!!
And then everyone disappeared, leaving Bobby, an Archivist, behind the counter.
Bobby: Let's hope that they're don't cause any troubles.
In the meantime
While they're searching for Mashu, Salem just come up with a question in his mind.
Salem: Uh...Hey! Who are you anyway? I forgot to ask about that.
Merlin: We're from Chaldea! Chaldea Security Organization.
Fujimaru: We're just one of the Organization, which is secret agency founded with the purpose of preventing the "certain extinction" of the human race. It specializes in handling temporal anomalies and other existential threats to humanity.
Merlin: In a nutshell, we're just like Police's History division.
Moines: Time-police?
Fujimaru: Uhm...Not exactly...but whatever you call.
Merlin: Right now, the one who currently control it is no one else, Romani Archaman, who you just contact earlier.
Moines: I see.
Fujimaru: What about yours?
Salem: Us? To be fair, we're more like weapons that humanized, a sad truth but we used to it.
Quetzalcoatl: But you still happy about that, right?
Salem: We have numerous friends, a lot of adventure, operations. We've been through lots of things from the delightfully moments to the dark days of hell.
Moines: You can say we are much like you.
Fujimaru: So you are Servants? But not in our world?
Moines: Servants? Erm...? What is a Servant in your perspective?
Fujimaru: Servants, from us, are Heroic Spirits summoned by the Holy Grail, commanded by me, a Master, in battles.
Moines: Hmm....Yeah, sounds similar to us, except that the "summon" thing.
Salem: We're mostly voluntary soldiers who agree to be taken away our mortality, other are just martyrs who had fought on wars.
Fujimaru: *in mind* God! Why those spirits cannot just be like that for once?
Fujimaru: But you still fight for human kind, right?
Moines: Unlike you, we don't fight in past to protect the present and the future. We has a long-life mission: to defend Earth from the great dangers!
Emiya: What exactly the danger are you talking about??
Salem: Aliens!
Fujimaru: Huh?!
Da Vinci (comms): Aliens?! They're real?!
Fujimaru: Da Vinci!? You're back?!!
Salem: Yes! Why do you think I lifted up my turrets?
Da Vinci: I don't know. Future's stereotype?
Moines: Seems legit.
Fujimaru: So...who are you working for?
Moines: We're working for the UNNF, which is short for United Nations Naval Forces, United State division. Part of the United Nations.
Da Vinci (comms): Wait! How many organization you have?
Salem: There are many actually, there is United Nations Space Alliance, Ground Forces, Aerial Forces, Tactical Responding, Solar System Defenders, blah blah blah....There are over 100 things like that I don't want to mention about.
Then they past a tentacle-like things, it has an average build, medium height, with tentacles on its head, face and back.
Moines: Hey! Cthulhu!! How's going?
Cthulhu: Just like everyday. Those SCP are so f*cking annoying!
Moines: Wanna play Polybius afterward?
Cthulhu: You bet I am!!
Moines: Cool!!
After that, they continue running.
Fujimaru: Who the hell is that?!
Salem: Cthulhu. One of his close friend.
Moines: Did you have anyone like him in your world?
Fujimaru: We kinda...have one. But it's a girl.
Salem: Girl? Cool.
Moines: Hey! Tell me that you have Abraham Lincoln!
Emiya: I don't think we have someone like that...
Salem: What about Theodore Roosevelt?
Merlin: Ehh....Probably not.
Moines: Martin Luther King?
Emiya: No.
Salem: Uh...Paul Bunyan?
Fujimaru: Yes!!
Salem: *screaming in joy* Aghh!!! Yes!!
And then they past a shelf that caught Merlin's attention.
Merlin: Huh?
He halt, then he proceed to one of the books in the shelf which he is interested in.
He takes out the book and looks at the cover.
It said "The Encyclopedia of Common Diseases" on the top in a simple words style. On the bottom it seems is the writer's name but it has been censored by a black duct tape.
Merlin: Eh?
His face looks surprised when he sees the cover.
He quickly opens the books, flip a few pages and reads quickly.
Fujimaru notices the disappearance of Merlin, he quickly turns around and see Merlin, freezing himself.
He changes the direction to him. Everyone does after sees him did.
Fujimaru: Merlin?
He feels a bit headache as he puts his hand on his head.
Fujimaru: Merlin? What's wrong?
Merlin: I feel...a bit headache....
Fujimaru: Why?
Merlin: I don't know....So tired....
Then he feels something else.
Merlin: My stomach....I....I'm gonna....
Then he suddenly collapses, feeling unwell.
Fujimaru: Merlin?!!?
Merlin: I....dizzyyy.....My head..........
Fujimaru: Merlin?! Merlin?! Wake up!!!
Salem: What the matter?
Fujimaru: I don't know!! He just fell down unreasonably!!!
Then suddenly, Moines sees something on his legs that makes him shocked.
Rashes on his legs appears randomly and quickly.
He then looks at the book that Merlin was holding all along.
Moines: Salem!! The book!!!
Salem: Huh?!
Salem notices there is a book near Merlin, closed. He looks the title, it makes him terrified.
He immediately kicks the book away from Merlin's hand.
Quetzalcoatl: What are you doing!?!
Moines: He has read that book!!
Emiya: What wrong with that book?!
Salem: The Encyclopedia of Common Diseases!! Once you read one of the diseases inside the book, you will experience that disease!!
Fujimaru: When does it stop!?
Moines: We have no idea!! But we have to make this quick before something cause him worsen!!!
Salem: What did you read, Merlin?!
Merlin: Something....about..........Rocky........
Emiya: Rocky?!
Salem: Rocky Mountain!!
Moines: F*ck!! Luckily he didn't read Spanish Flu!!
Da Vinci: I just quit for a moment!! What just happened there!?!
Fujimaru: Merlin just got a disease!!
Da Vinci: What?! When?!
Fujimaru: I don't know!! He just read a book and this happened!!
Moines: Doxycycline!! I need doxycycline!!
Quetzalcoatl: I'm not a doctor nor a pharmacist!!!
Moines: Salem!!
Salem: Hold on!!
He searching inside his briefcase and then he pulls out a cardboard box which is written "Doxycycline Capsules".
He opens the box, showing a pack of tablets, contain 12 blue pills. He picks one and takes out one of those pill then gives it to Des Moines.
Salem: Here!!
Moines: Thanks!! Fujimaru! Open his mouth immediately!!
Fujimaru: Ehh?! Okay!!!
Fujimaru slowly makes a gap on his mouth, let Des Moines drops the pill in.
Fujimaru closes his mouth after the pill was completely inside.
Moines: I need water!! Quick!!
Emiya: Water?! Water?! Oh yes!!
Luckily, Emiya has his water containers for some kind of this situation.
He takes one out.
Moines: Okay, Merlin. I need you to drink and swallow the pill.
Merlin: Huh?
He shows the water container in front of face, Merlin sees it and drink it slowly.
At the same time, he swallows it.
A moment later, all of the symptoms are gone.
Moines: *relief sigh* Oh God....
Salem: That's nearly make a stroke for my heart.....
Merlin: I just had Heavens' Feel in a slightest moment.
Fujimaru: Please don't do that again, ever. We almost lost you.
Emiya: You didn't tell me that this library has these kind of books!
Salem: We did said that this library has almost every books in every universe! Of course it has some kind of exotic books!! What do you think?! Not every book is safe!
Moines: That's why. Less book, play more.
Emiya: Eh......
Merlin: Uhm...Master?
Fujimaru: What is it, Merlin?
Merlin: Behind you....
Fujimaru: Eh?
Behind them is a plain wooden double door with windows, everyone turns around. But what did they see on the other side through window is unexpected.
They see a pink-haired girl is screaming, knocking the door for help. In somewhat, they couldn't hear the girl noises that she makes.
Fujimaru: Mashu!!
Fujimaru instantly rushing to the door and trying to break it open.
Fujimaru: Dammit!! This won't move!!!
Quetzalcoatl: Master! Let me try!
Fujimaru slowly moves away, let Quetzalcoatl punches the door multiple times. However, it won't open. Even though, she tries to barge, slam the door.
Quetzalcoatl: Ugh!! It just...Don't...Move!!!!
Fujimaru: Mash!! You hear me?! Stay there!!
Quetzalcoatl: How the hell this wooden door can't break open?! Did someone just cast some kind of spell on the door?!
Moines: The door is already a spell! You won't open it except you had an authority!!
Emiya: Then ask someone!! We cannot just abandon her!!
Moines: I can't!!
Merlin: Why?!
Moines: Do you see that sign?!
They all look into the sign, it's written "#77810 section", the background was painted red.
Moines: Look at the background of the sign!! It's colored red!! Only Librarians can entered!!
Quetzalcoatl: Could you just ask someone to do that?! Ask your Bobby!!
Salem: First of all, that would be a hella of troubles you make!! I don't wanna to be erased!! I'm still young!! Secondly, he doesn't in charge of this!!
Fujimaru: Then who?! Who in charge of this!?
Out of the blue, they feel a chilling bone feeling into the spine.
Fujimaru: Why I feel so chill in my spine?!
Emiya: Me too.
Moines: *say quietly* Sh*t! It's him!! Quick! Take a book and be quiet!!
Emiya: What!?
Salem: *say quietly* Take a book! Now!! And be quiet!! And don't look at him!!!! Tell your girl to hide!!
They all take a book and pretending to read. Fujimaru signals Mash to be quiet and she did.
Emiya puts Ishtar and Ereshkigal down, take books and puts on their laps to pretend that they're reading.
A few moments later, that person walked away. All of them look at him gone until he no longer on their sights.
Moines: Phew! That was close....
Merlin: Who is he?
Salem: The one who make a chilling bone feeling is a Docent. You don't wanna look at him.
Moines: Docents are rarely to see directly. They're in charge of taking care of books and make sure these books aren't being damaged.
Emiya: What happened if we like...folded a paper?
Salem: Don't. I said again. Do. Not. Ever. Think. Or. Do. That! Not once! Even you just lick your finger to turn page easier, you're become a center of their attention.
Moines: Another thing is if you make something from your mouth loud enough that can make them hear, accident is no an exception. Say goodbye to your lovely voice that you have right now.
Fujimaru: *gulp* Da Vinci. I'm scared...
Salem: You should be.
Da Vinci (comms): We've been long enough to gather the basics of this library. What else do we need to know?
Moines: There is the Archivists. Bobby is one of them. In fact, you rarely see him with his desk.
Salem: And there are Pages. They're probably going to the maintance section, someone must be going insane there.
Merlin: So Archivists are the one sitting in the desk, no eyes?
Moines: No no no. They are in various form. Maybe eyeless, or headless, even human-less!
Salem: The same with Pages. But they're easy to recognized. They're in spider form but with difference appearances and their personalities. But Docents? No.
Quetzalcoatl: Is there any rules in here?
Moines: The same with your library. Be quiet, respectful, don't damage library's properties, don't enter into forbidden rooms without the Library's permission and so on.
Quetzalcoatl: What if we violate one of them?
Then they hear a scream.
A person from afar away, is being held by a Page, who is in spider form. He is begging for help until Page bites his neck.
After that, there is no further movement from that person.
Emiya rises up but being stopped by Salem before he even completely stood up.
Salem: Stop.
That Page dropped him down and left.
In a moment, his body is being transformed. Spider legs suddenly grew over his body and being stretched. His face was change into a semi-spider face. During the transformation, they can hear a bit of his screams, begging for life until he completely transformed into one of those Spiders, he went away.
All of them were terrified but not with Des Moines and Salem.
Merlin: I...I...I....
Quetzalcoatl: What.........
Emiya: We could save him from that! Why you stopped me!?
Salem: If we let you do that, you will have the same fate as him.
Moines: There is nothing you can do in that situation. That's his judgement. And that also the answer you need, Quetzalcoatl.
Fujimaru: Da Vinci?
Da Vinci (comms): Sorry...I almost vomit....
Fujimaru: You okay?
Da Vinci (comms): I'm fine. But all the staff here were gone earlier because they can't bear it.
Then Ishtar wakes up.
Ishtar: What all the fuss here?
Following is Ereshkigal.
Ereshkigal: *yawns* Did I miss something?
Emiya: Since we here? Yes.
Ereshkigal: Then what is it? *yawns more* Wait! Who are they?
Moines: I'm Des Moines.
Salem: And I'm Salem.
Ishtar: Des...Des...Death Moth? Who named you that!
Moines: Des Moines! It's Des Moines!! Then what are you?! Dick-tar?!
Ishtar: It's Ishtar!! Who dare to mock my name like that!!
Moines: That was a harassment!!
Ishtar: Like you didn't do it!!
Moines: Shut up, stripper!!
Ishtar: I am NOT a stripper, you piece of crap!!
Moines: Well, f*ck you!
Ishtar: F*ck me!? Only Emiya could say or do that to me!!
*audio scratching sound effect added*
Everyone, even Da Vinci: Eh?!
Ereshkigal: *terrified* Ishtar?
Emiya: The hell on Earth are you saying!?
Ishtar realized that she just declared her "independence love" to Emiya so she blushes and freaks out.
Ishtar: FORGET WHAT I JUST SAID!!!
She covers her face in shy and never look at them again and she starts crying.
Ishtar: Uwaaaaa!! Now I cannot get married!!
Fujimaru: Wh...?!! Married!? Who!?
Even more crying sounds from her.
Ereshkigal: Eh...Where is Mashu?
Merlin: Behind you.
Ereshkigal look at her back. It just Mash.
Ereshkigal: Mash!!
She tries to open the door but it's useless.
Ereshkigal: How....Can....I....Open....This....Thing!? Quetzalcoatl!
Quetzalcoatl: I tried...My fists are in pain so no.
Salem: Let me try this...
He walks to the door and then he calls someone.
Salem: Go!! Dark February!!
A strange phantom appears from his back and make a sudden attack on the door by using his power that flows inside his hand.
Merlin: Nani!?
The door suddenly becoming a huge dark globe.
Salem: Get in.
Mashu: What?
Salem: Get in! Now!
Mashu slowly get into the dark globe like it swallows her.
She continues to advance forward until she completely exits the globe.
Then Dark February starts to absorb the globe, making the door become the same before like there is nothing happened.
Fujimaru: Mashu!!
Fujimaru hugs her in happiness make Mashu didn't react quickly.
Fujimaru: You okay?
Mashu: I'm fine.
Emiya: Who was that guy?!!?
Salem: Oh! It's my Stand. Wait! Are you Stand Users?!
Merlin: N..No!
Quetzalcoatl: What is a Stand anyway?!
Salem: Later.
A small squirrel-like creature comes out from her hair.
*audio scratching sounds*
A/n: Not this!!
A/n: Even this!!
A/n: That's better! Back to the story!!
???: Fou!! Fou!!
Fujimaru: You too, Fou.
He looks at Merlin then jumps, spins around like a bullet, smacks his face.
Merlin: Agh!! Cath Palug! No!
Fou: Fouuuu!!
Merlin: We just save you!
Fou: Fouuu!
Merlin: No! I won't let you have another treat ever again!
Fou: Fou fou fou!
Salem: What in Holy Mother of God is that creature!?
Fujimaru: This is Cath Palug according to Merlin, but we like to call Fou.
Mashu: Senpai, who...?
Fujimaru: Ah, this is Des Moines and Salem. And we are in the Wanderer's Library.
Mashu: The Wanderer's Library?
Fujimaru: It's a long story...
Mashu: Why Ishtar is crying right now?
Ishtar: *crying* Bweeeeee.........
Fujimaru: That......Maybe later.
Moines: I don't think we can't be here any longer.
Ereshkigal: Why? Can we be here just for a minute? I want to read all those book in here!
Salem: Just don't. I know a man who spent all his life just to read all the books in a single shelf.
Moines: And besides, it's time for the check up.
Merlin: Check up what?
Moines: These.
He shows them his library card.
Moines: Since you don't have them, you would get in trouble.
Merlin: So what if they know that we don't have them?
Salem: Like the guy who just got bitten earlier.
Mashu: What happened to that guy?
Fujimaru: It's a sign that we shouldn't be here!!!!
Emiya: How much do we have?!
Salem: We have a half an hour!
Moines: Quickly! Run before they catch you!
Fujimaru: Guide us!!
Salem: Follow us!
Ereshkigal: Come on! Ishtar! Stop being a crybaby!
Ereshkigal holds her hand and begin to follow those two.
Fujimaru: Da Vinci! Is there any Librarians here?!
Da Vinci: I cannot detect them. You're on your own!!
Fujimaru: Understand!
They sprinting to the beginning.
A few moment later.
Moines: Look! We almost there!!
Salem: Let just hope that we don't encounter something bad.
And he slammed into something.
Moines: Salem!
Salem: Ugh....
Salem slowly looks what did he just hit, it's a tall, black creature. When that thing look with his shiny eyes, it's scare them.
*audio scratching sounds again*
A/n: Not this sh*t again!! F*ck you, Enderman!!
Moines: Shoot!!
The creature begins with growling and punching Salem but he dodges it.
Moines: Don't attack him! Or her!! I don't know, just do not engage any harmful action!!!
Ereshkigal: Why?!
Salem: That thing violate one of the rules in here: Don't damage library's properties!! Because we are not the one who caused so avoid the attack as much as possible!!
Moines: If you lucky, quickly run to that counter ahead! Don't stop or turn back whatsoever!!
The creature has done punching through the floor then changes into the shelves and pillars.
Emiya: Is there any rules about two person or creature without damaging library's properties?
Salem: Wait a minute!!
He opens his handbook from his pocket, take a quick look while avoiding the attack.
Salem: Come on....come on.....
After a few punches and smacks, he closes his handbook and put where it belong.
Salem: There is NO rule about that! You can proceed now!!
Emiya: Thanks!! Master! I need you to activate my Noble Phantasm!
Fujimaru: Eh?!
Emiya: My Noble Phantasm!! I need you to activate it!
Fujimaru: Okay! Find somewhere safe! Merlin! Protect Emiya!
Merlin: Of course!!
Emiya: Master! Do it!
He place his back of his hand towards to Emiya where his Command Spell is. And he shouts.
Fujimaru: By my name, Fujimaru Ritsuka, I order you with my Command Spell, Emiya, use your Noble Phantasm to fight back.
Emiya: Understood.
Fujimaru's hand started to glow and an aura surrounds him appears.
Then Emiya recites a poem.
"I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to Death,
Nor known to Life.
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, unlimited blade works."
Suddenly, an illusion appears where the bright light fills the vision of those present, and manifests an open, barren desert with monolithic black gears gyrating in the distance.
It is a kingdom of rubble littered with thousands, perhaps a countless number, of swords anchored in the ground like grave markers in a wasteland, yet are well preserved. It is a world likened to a steel mill, filled with weapons, flames, and giant gears.
Everyone can see it, including Des Moines and Salem.
Moines: What the actual f*ck?!
Salem: Is this the effects of marijuana?
Moines: Wait what?
Quetzacoatl: It's his Noble Phantasm.
Salem: Noble Phantasm?
Merlin: We will explain later.
Then a massive wall of swords floating in the air, aiming to the creature as Emiya raises his hand.
When he draw his hand down aggressively, all the sword quickly hit the creature.
The creature then make a big growl as it anger more stronger than before but he has been stunned by the pains.
Emiya: This will slow him down a bit!! Everyone!! Take your chance!!
All of them immediately run down to the Ways.
Until it realized what is actually going on, many Pages capture and bite it.
The creature still growl but slowly the sound got smaller and smaller till there is only a silent.
Ereshkigal: We did it!!!
Merlin: That was tough!
Fujimaru: Without the helps from you guys, we would have been eaten in there!
Mashu: Thank you so much!
Salem: It's the duty of us!
Da Vinci (comms): Sorry to interrupt your celebration but I have a astonishing finding.
Fujimaru: Go ahead!
Da Vinci (comms): I just detect a Holy Grail inside the library where you are standing on!!
Merlin: H--Ho--Holy Grail?!
Ereshkigal: Did she just said...HOLY GRAIL?!
Quetzalcoatl: How is that even possible?!
Da Vinci (comms): But it is not even end there. I also detect a Servant very near to the Holy Grail!! Unfortunately, they're too far away.
Mashu: A Servant?!
Da Vinci (comms): Guess you have to stay in there for a while now...I wonder why the radar shows something about a million miles than our expectation. Usually it only detect something roughly 7 kilometers.
Salem: It's alright.
Moines: We have rooms in our world.
Fujimaru: Can we just stay here?
Salem: Every midnight, the library constantly changes its "maze". And it almost the time. Today, you meet us. Tomorrow? You probably meet a stranger wearing a black suit and they said they're MIB.
Moines: The time here slower than us solid two hours. So if you want to live on your own, go ahead!
Merlin: I think I'll choose to live with those guys.
Ishtar: Yeah...Me too.
Ereshkigal: I don't wanna meet MIB guys so...
Fujimaru: Okay, so the deal is set!!
Salem: Right!! Tomorrow, you will receive your ID cards and some certifications. Then we will proceed the mission if we lucky enough.
Moines: But anyway, you guys wanna some party after this?
All of them: No, thank you.
Moines: Aww.....
Then a caterpillar came with a pile of books.
???: Here is your books as you ordered.
Salem: Thanks, Jimmy!
Moines: Righty' o, we will return in three more days.
Jimmy: You know the rules. Paper, please.
Des Moines and Salem show him their papers, which is stamped for recognization of borrowing books.
Jimmy: Enjoy! Have a good day.
He disappears by a smoke coming out from nowhere.
Emiya: Well, that's rarely to see.
Merlin: Tell me this place is even more magical than ever.
Fou: Foufoufou!!
Mashu: Don't worry, Fou. I'm sure their world is great.
Fujimaru: Hey, Mashu! What happened inside the room you entered?
Mashu: *Vietnam War's flashbacks intensifies* You don't wanna know it.
Fujimaru: Okay?
Moines: It's time! Now, follow me!!
To be continued.
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