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Chef's Kiss Ch. 1 (Fate/Grand Order)
🕑 Added 2023-01-12 15:40:54 +0000 UTCA/N: Hey guys, here we are with the sixth and final new Story Poll I'll be starting here in January. Won't lie, this is the one I'm the least sure about at the moment, so please be sure to let me know what you think!
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The Chaldea Security Organization. A secret agency founded for the purpose of preventing the certain extinction of the human race. But of course… even the denizens of Chaldea had to eat. Chaldea had itself a massive kitchen, alongside a sizable cafeteria. There, Chaldea’s new cook is getting ready to provide the agency with the highest quality dishes possible. Alongside his helpers, of course.
“Ugh, I can’t believe I’m doing this.”
Shirou Emiya can’t help smiling at Rin Tohsaka’s bellyaching, even as all four of them move boxes back and forth. Of course, of all of them, Artoria is able to move the most boxes due to her natural strength. Shirou can move two at once, while Rin and Sakura are both limited to one box at a time. They’ve been working on getting the kitchen stocked properly with all of the ingredients Shirou could have wanted all morning long.
Sakura huffs at her older sister’s attitude, not nearly as amused as Shirou is.
“You didn’t have to come, you know. I would have been more than happy to accompany Senpai here without your… interference.”
Rin can’t help but stiffen at that, glaring at the purple-haired woman in response.
“Hmph! As if! Someone has to look out for you, and it might as well be me. After all, I have a lot to make up for still!”
“I would have gladly accepted you keeping your distance as recompense enough!”
“You-!”
Shirou shakes his head, just about to step in and put an end to the two girls’ bickering, but before he can do more than open his mouth, a very self-important voice calls out from the cafeteria side of the kitchen.
“Hello?! I was informed that our new cook should have already been situated! This is abysmal service so far!”
Everyone in the kitchen stiffens at that, but in the end it’s obvious who needs to go deal with this developing situation. Shirou glances to Saber, who nods her head to make it clear she’ll keep Rin and Sakura from being too… loud in their confrontation. Then, he heads out of the kitchen and into the cafeteria.
There, waiting for him with her hands on her hips, is a young woman with long white hair and gold eyes. The moment she lays eyes on him, she glares.
“Did the cook send you out here? Too busy to come himself, was he? Well you can march right back in there and let him know the Director would like a word with him regarding his continued employment by Chaldea!”
He’d already had his suspicions about who the young lady was, but now that she’s confirmed it, Shirou just smiles and nods, making his way to the stove just behind the cafeteria counter. Luckily, he’d been smart enough to stock the cafeteria-facing parts of the kitchen first, so it’s not hard for him to start turning things on and get to cooking. As he does so, the woman’s face colors, but just as she’s opening her mouth to rebuke him further, Shirou ‘accidentally’ cuts her off.
“There’s no need for that, Director Animusphere. I’m Chaldea’s new Head Cook.”
Her eyes widen at that, before she scoffs. While she makes a show of looking him up and down, Shirou gets some rice cooking, and sets a couple of eggs off to the side.
“You? Aren’t you a little young for such an important role?”
Shirou smiles softly at that.
“I’m surprised that someone in your position would make a judgment call like that, Director.”
At that, she colors. Olga Marie Animusphere was the daughter of Marisbury Animusphere, the original Director of Chaldea. She’d taken over Chaldea because her father had been found dead in his office, resulting in her having to step into his shoes far earlier than she probably should have.
Shirou just lets her mull that over for a beat, one eye on her and one eye on his cooking. Finally, Olga lets out a disgruntled noise.
“… I do hope your qualifications are at least up to snuff. Chaldea is not the kind of place where you can coast by on your laurels. I may have been too busy to hunt for a new Head Cook myself, but if you manage to disappoint, you should be aware that you’ll be out on your ass faster than you can blink!”
He smiles then, feeling a strange sense of familiarity in this interaction. Luckily, he has the perfect answer to her threat.
“Of course, Director. You seem like the sort of woman who only believes something when they experience it themselves.”
Olga’s eyes narrow at that as she tries to parse whether he’s insulting her or complimenting her. Shirou doesn’t give her much chance to figure it out, because he’s already plating the dish he made and setting it up on the cafeteria counter in front of her face along with her choice of utensils, either a fork or a pair of chopsticks.
Blinking, slightly taken aback by the freshly cooked meal she’s suddenly looking at, her nose wrinkles for a moment… before her nostrils flare as she takes in the scents.
“What… what is it?”
Shirou brightens at that, perking up as he leans forward.
“That, Director, is my Extra-Special Soft and Melty Rice Omelet! Go on, give it a try!”
There’s a dubious look on Olga Marie’s face even as she reaches for the fork over the chopsticks. Giving him a suspicious glare, she gathers up a bite and carefully fits it into her mouth. The dubious gaze lasts until she bites down… and then her eyes widen and Shirou leans back as she begins to devour the rest of the omelet in record time.
A warm feeling of satisfaction suffuses his very being as the Chaldea Director visibly enjoys his food. This… this was almost as good as being a Hero, honestly. Feeding people his cooking, making them happy with his dishes. Shirou could actually see himself being happy here, even if it meant he didn’t go around fighting injustice anymore.
When she’s finally done, the Director freezes up as she realizes her lack of decorum. Very purposefully, Olga puts her fork down on her plate and straightens up, holding her head high and sniffing delicately, as though she hadn’t just gone to town on his dish.
“… Passable.”
Without another word, she turns on her heel and stomps out of the cafeteria, not bothering to even look back at him a single time. As Shiro grabs the cleaned plate and puts it in the sink, he just grins.
“Ugh, I’d heard rumors, but I guess seeing is believing. The Director of Chaldea is a total bitch, isn’t she?”
Rin Tohsaka steps out of the kitchen behind him, Shirou sparing her a glance before shrugging as he begins to clean up the stove top he just used. Unthinkingly, absently even, he says the first thing that comes to mind.
“She reminds me of you, actually.”
“W-WHAT?!”
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Some time later, the cafeteria is much busier as people actually start to pile in and get some proper breakfast. Apparently, it’s going to be a big day for the Masters of Chaldea, and they all need to be well fed. Sporting a little bit of a red mark on his brow where Rin had whacked him for his impudence, Shirou hums as he makes dishes. Rin, Sakura, and Saber are all manning the line with him now, and while he’s making food to feed an army, they’re the ones mostly serving it.
Still, there is a part of the cafeteria counter in front of him that’s currently empty, and so Shirou isn’t all that surprised when a young woman with red hair sits down there and groans, throwing her head into her arms. He lets her rest for a moment, paying her little mind… until he hears her starting to snore.
Sweat-dropping, Shirou clears his throat loud enough to wake the girl up, startling her as she shoots up in her seat.
“I-I’m awake!”
Raising an eyebrow, Shirou tilts his head to the side before giving her a grin.
“Well, you are now.”
The young woman colors as bright red as her hair. Technically, as both of their hair seeing as they share the same coloring. She looks at him for a moment, seemingly uncertain of what to say. And yet, the bags under her eyes are obvious. Without thinking, Shirou begins moving to prepare her a cup of tea.
“Rough night?”
Morosely, the young woman nods her head.
“Didn’t… didn’t get much sleep. But I couldn’t sleep in either. Today’s too important to miss! E-Even if I am the lowest ranking Master in Chaldea…”
Shirou just shakes his head in amusement. It’s still weird to him, to hear it in the terms Chaldea uses. But it’s not his place to question them. What he and his girls had done was a Holy Grail War. This was something else entirely.
“I’m sure you wouldn’t be here if you weren’t meant to be. I’m Shirou… Shirou Emiya.”
Perking up a little bit, the young woman gives him a weak smile.
“Ritsuka Fujimaru. Pleasure to make your acquaintance. As for what you said… sometimes I can’t help but wonder.”
Her confidence was clearly shut, but then being the ‘lowest ranking Master’ in the facility would do that. He wasn’t entirely sure why they had to rank them in the first place, to be honest. Still, that wasn’t up to Shirou. All he could do was help in what ways he could help.
“Here, this should help.”
Ritsuka’s eyes flicker down as he sets a cup of tea in front of her. Freshly brewed, the aroma hits her nose before she can even speak, causing her to inhale sharply and her eyes to widen. Slowly, she brings the cup to her lips, sipping from it at first, before going to town. Shirou winces, because it was still hot, but she seems to down it all anyways.
When she’s done, he waits for a beat, half-expecting her to at least show some sign of getting some of her energy back from the caffeine in the tea. However, instead… she somehow droops MORE if that’s possible. Shirou can’t help but panic a little bit.
“W-Whoa! Are you okay?!”
Groaning, Ritsuka just nods.
“Y-Yeah… I’m just the sort of person that caffeine doesn’t really work on very well…”
Wait, seriously?! Then why had she drunk the tea?! But before Shirou can ask that obvious question, Ritsuka is already pushing off the counter, getting to her feet as she sways unsteadily back and forth. She waves off his concern, heading for the door.
“Thank you Mr. Emiya, sir. I’ll, mmm, see you around.”
That big yawn of hers doesn’t sound good, but unfortunately Shirou can’t leave his post. He can only watch her go with a worried look on his face, until he feels a familiar presence at his side.
“Hm. I wonder at this organization’s longevity if they’re resorting to recruiting individuals such as that. She will likely not do well here.”
Raising an eyebrow, Shirou gives Saber an amused look. The King of Knights’ standards could be a little too high sometimes. Which was funny, all things considered.
“Well, we all have to start somewhere, Artoria. And Ritsuka has a better start than I did, bleeding out in the back of a shed.”
Saber colors at the reminder of how they’d met, before shaking her head wordlessly and returning to work.
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More time has passed, and the cafeteria has mostly cleared out when Shirou clocks an older gentleman slowly making his way around the room. Eyeballing the eccentric individual, Shirou waits until he gets closer before calling out to him.
“Hello there. Can I make you anything, good sir?”
The man, wearing a green coat and a green top hat, blinks and looks at Shirou for a long moment before smiling winningly.
“Ah, no, I’m just fine thank you. I heard the kitchens were under new management and thought I’d check it out, but I actually already ate in my room earlier this morning, so I won’t be needing any further sustenance. You can call me Professor Lev, by the by. And you are?”
Shirou smiles and nods, accepting the man’s explanation without a second thought.
“Shirou Emiya, Chaldea’s new Head Cook. Pleasure to meet you as well.”
For a moment, the Professor’s eyes seem to flash. As though he perhaps knows more than he’s letting on. And sure, maybe Shirou and the others could have gone with aliases, but the whole point of coming to Chaldea was refuge in audacity so they didn’t HAVE to hide away like criminals or something.
As such, Shirou stands his ground… and after the moment passes, Lev offers him a hand to shake, which Shirou accepts.
“A pleasure, Mr. Emiya! I look forward to trying your cooking another day!”
And with that, the man sweeps out of the cafeteria almost as fast as he entered it. Shirou watches him go, finding the encounter to be curious, but nothing too insane. He goes back to cleaning up now that breakfast is fully over, preparing for lunch, when the third of his girls sidles up alongside him. Sakura Matou hums as she watches Professor Lev leave.
“… That man gives me a bad feeling, Senpai.”
Blinking, Shirou glances over at Sakura. She, in turn, looks at him and he can tell she’s serious. So of course, Shirou takes HER seriously in turn. Thinking back to his encounter with the man, he hums for a moment.
“Well… he’s a little strange, but I don’t think that’s necessarily going to be very odd here in Chaldea. I think everyone here is a little strange in some way, you know?”
But Sakura just shakes her head.
“It’s not that, Senpai. That man… is a bad man.”
At the sheer certainty in her voice, Shirou can’t help chuckling. It’s not that he doesn’t believe her, he trusts Sakura’s instincts as much as his own. Still, he can’t help needling her a little bit.
“Oh? Are you sure you’re not just being paranoid, Sakura? I know we’re here to lay low, but you don’t have to worry so much. We have each other, right? We’ll keep an eye out and if this Professor Lev turns out to have ill intentions, we’ll let the proper people know.”
Sakura pauses briefly at that, seeming to think his words over. Then, she nods decisively and lifts up her hand.
“Would you say that leaving behind a bomb designed to blow up the cafeteria and kitchen would constitute as ill intentions, Senpai?”
Shirou’s eyes are wide as he stares at the makeshift explosive device in Sakura’s hands. Its interface is dark, meaning it’s clearly been disarmed. Even still… yes, that definitely qualified. Just before he can open his mouth to tell her as much, the whole world shakes as explosions go off all throughout the rest of Chaldea.
… So much for laying low.
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A/N: Anyways, onto the same points of order as my other new fics:
Here we are, heh. Most importantly, what did you all think? Your feedback is critical to me, especially at this point in time at the start of a new fic.
Secondly, you'll have noticed I'm calling this story the Untitled FGO Project atm. That's because I want you guys to help me come up with a title if you want. Throw me your suggestions and if any is a real Winner it might end up being at the top of the page as early as Chapter 2.
Thirdly, I'm planning on increasing my backlog for all of my Story Polls from 2 chapters to 4 chapters. That's going to start with these six new Patreon Exclusives I'm spinning up over the course of the next two weeks. Once they're all releasing publicly, I'll put my other four stories on public hiatus for a month to get them up to a 4 chapter backlog as well.
Fourthly, I'm going to be cautious with these new stories. Because I'm not posting them publicly until Chapter 5 goes up here, I have a little more wiggle room, I figure. Basically, after Chapter 4 goes up here, we're going to be doing immediate Vibe Checks for each new fic to make sure it's landing well with you guys, my loyal patrons.
Consider these stories all experiments and be sure to give me lots of feedback as early as possible so I know if I'm fucking up somewhere along the way.
As always, thanks for reading!
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Sootythunder
Cuts to Chaldea with the group mourning Sabers death when suddenly one of the coffins activate and something is rayshifted into Chaldea. The coffin opens and Rhongomyniad steps out every gets ready to fight only for her to be confused and then looks down realizing what Merlin did, putting her mind into Rhongomyniad body……which actually wouldn’t that make her technically not a servant anymore? I mean Rhongomyniad never actually died
Sootythunder
Kind of hope that we get some shenanigans in Camelot where Artoria and the goddess Rhongomyniad confront each other and it looks like Saber and Rhongomyniad killed each other during the singularity collapse. Then we get a scene with Saber lying down dying and she sees a flower off to the side and hears a familiar voice (Merlin) chastise her for her recklessness. And that he can’t save her as he is right now but he can do the next best thing
DualEquinox
Don't forget Saber being one of the few people able to call out Galahad on the bullshit he tries pulling with Mash. Plus her interactions with Gray also have fun possibilities and implications...
Kyo Amamoto
alternative suggestion: Fate grand pretender.
Sootythunder
You know it’s going to be VEEEERY interesting having saber around to interact with Mordred in London……as well as saber having to confront goddess rhongomyniad in Camelot considering well……Rhongomyniad is literally what Saber would have become if she followed her ideals of becoming an inhuman just leader that suppressed all emotional rationale for the cold hard logic to lead a nation
Nasaguy
…..I went and did a fast check on Avalon, and it’s up to interpretation. Now I’ve read a fic where he did use Avalon from being poisoned. Taking in the fact our mc that we play in FGO gets poison resistance I believe(due to the connection to Mash). I would say…..yes????? I think but I’ll give it that it’s a 60-75 percent yes
Sootythunder
I wonder if Avalon gives him poison immunity……
Sootythunder
I remember reading a story a long time ago where Shirou traveling as a hero took up a short term employment as security of goredolf leading into the events that sparked the lost belts, while he is stronger it’s not until the second lostbelt that da Vinci basically finds a way to make a mystic code for him that once per month allows him to basically just use the ambient mana that is in the enviorment due to the lostbelts being consistently age of god type enviorments (technically he can do it more then once but he gets bed ridden for a week after using it and until his magic circuits make a full recovery another attempt would just flat out kill him). This mystic code saw an absolutely AWESOME fight when Sigurd attacked the shadow border and he was able to fend of Sigurd almost entirely, Sigurd only won by turning it into a war of attrition unable to beat shirou in a straight up fight
Sootythunder
I mean it’s not hard to write them into the story, I mean the whole games plot is centered around distortion in space time and parallel timelines. The crossover events are consistently “a new singularity has occurred…..your going back to the 90s Japan and hey look at that it’s Shiki ryougi from Kara no kyouki (ok it’s a bit more complex then that but yeah not hard to write characters into the story)
Sootythunder
Or you can just go the hollow ataraxia route where Rin fucking around with Zeltrich magic accidentally causes multiple timelines to collapse in on each other so people who are dead aren’t, events have transpired affecting some people but for others they never happened, all the whole reality is desperately trying to stich a coherent timeline and explanation for why all things are happening how they are before ultimately giving up and giving everyone involved selective amnesia so they can’t remember the events that that transpired to unite them but they keep all their other memories…..if this sounds INCREDIBLY contrived YES yes it is. It was some cockamamie plot cooked up to justify having a bunch of characters interact with each other that should not be able to…….and it all wound up being a dream anyway
Sootythunder
You would have to play around with events that happened so Shirou doesn’t kill saber and they could reverse her corruption but well the advantage of Sakura being sabers master? Saber would basically be hooked up to a thermonuclear reactor when it comes to her mana reserves. Sakura having the holy grail incorporated into her basically has a near limitless mana reservoir, in HF she can supply Rider with enough mana to keep her anchored to reality without the grail being active, and still have enough mana to study magic.
Sootythunder
Now as for Sakura being Sabers master that would be heavens feel and oh boy…..the shit that goes on there.
Sootythunder
Upside to this for the story MORE SMUT downside……it’s kind of implied that Shirou and Rins capabilities as mages are a lot lower due to just how much of their mana they give up to keep saber around
Sootythunder
I love how you go for saber being shirou servant when the only route that ends with that being the case is Fate route…….the one route NOBODY is ever really interested in seeing a follow up to….also saber fades away at the end of that route. In unlimited blade work shirou has his command spells stolen turning medea into sabers master before that contract gets broken and rin quickly forms a contract with her so at the end of UBW saber is actually Rins servant, and it’s the only route in the VN that has a potential ending where Saber survives and doesn’t fade away. Thing is Rin and Shirou basically have to give the lion share of the mana between them to Saber to keep reality from trying to erase her existence. And due to shirou GOD awful control of his mana and how utterly embarrassed Rin got when he asked how they would do this, it’s kind of hinted at that it’s done by routine threesomes
Sootythunder
Right right I mean if this is post HF or HA she would be studying the theories behind it not necessarily know it still as Zeltrich apprentice she would have more access to that information then anyone else besides zeltrich
TheXinoz
Servants can change master if the proper ritual/spell is used, a masterless servant can get a new master after all as is shown with Medea both getting a new master and stealing Saber from Shirou in UBW.
Nasaguy
Lathe title could be “Sword Grand Order”? *cough* since Shirou is going to be transferring mana n the such :v. But remember people!! We can’t let the horny guide us as we need to navigate in this story with caution!! Remember Kiyohime is a dangerous servant to be around n she’ll kill him if he lies!! And that’s just one example!! Tho I can already see that people will vote for a gender bend Gil ;0-0
DualEquinox
For a title: Chef's Special, The Daily Special (both of these are menu references) or Kiss the Cook (Y'know like is on those novelty aprons?) or Service with a Smile (Notice how the title doesn't specify which kind of "service" we're talking about?). Also, I just realised that Shirou is probably the most broken individual to be a Master of Chaldea ever. If we go off the assumption of this being an HF Shirou (not that the version really matters, they are pretty similar in potential capabilities for all intents and purposes), then he has the potential to develop his Unlimited Bladeworks at a suitably dramatic moment (In HF Rin says that he'll be able to use it eventually if he trains, instead of relying on Archer's Arm). When the above is combined with the sheer number of weapons and defensive armaments he is going to encounter (and thus instant proficiency with the weapons by inheriting all combat skills and techniques utilized by their original owners) is OP as all hell. And that is before we get into the brokenness of some unique plot possibilities like Shirou becoming the Pseudo-Servant of Senji Muramasa himself, instead of summoning him (Divine Construction Projection get!). Also, I hope Saber calls out Galahad for his dickery towards Mash.
Cambrian
Honestly no clue, probably sticking to just Fate now while I get my bearings lol
Kejmur
Will this involve other 'Fate franchises' like Tsukihime as well? Only a Fate type of deal, or is anything crossover-like?
Cambrian
Ooh I like the idea of using magic items to hide their true nature. TBH, the way I originally wrote this, I intended for Shirou to be Saber's Master because that's the version of Fate/stay night I vaguely know lol
NeverwhereCM
When you first proposed this, I had assumed that Rin and Saber had been recruited because they were master and servant, and would have refused without including their boytoy in the mix. Saber then avalons Rin and anyone else you want to preserve in the explosion.
NeverwhereCM
Well, it's Rin, so maybe she and Saber are sporting some new jewelry designed to hide that fact? Probably a full on glove for Rin to hide the command seals?
Cambrian
Not bad!
Cambrian
Hmmm, how do you think they missed Saber and Rin? Asking for a friend >.>;
TheXinoz
How about Fate/Grand Faker for the title?
NeverwhereCM
I'm assuming you'll go into more detail at some point, but I'm wondering how they missed Saber as a servant and Rin as her master? It seems like the kind of thing they'd be hyper sensitive about.
Noah Hill
Title: Faker's New Fate
Nanaya7Nights
I would suggest using Fate/Hollow Ataraxia as base, as it basically allows for whacky shenanigans coz Rin screwed up Reality itself by accident. In the Epilogue of FHA, Shirou is living with Saber as his servant & with Rin & Sakura practically living in his house. Rider is present as Sakura's servant. But EMIYA is technically around as Rin's servant. This could be a slightly different iteration where Saber is Rin's servant (like in UBW good end) & Rider is Sakura's servant. Due to Saber's unique circumstances she cannot dematerialise as it is her actual soul and not a copy of her soul from the Throne of Heroes. In effect every master except Shirou would have a starter Servant: Ritsuka - Shielder Rin - Saber Sakura - Rider You can then have Ilya end up showing up as Caster servant for Shirou to use her later to save Olga. Also, Saber!Alter becoming Shirou's servant while Saber remains Rin's would be hilarious (Better still if it is Lancer!Alter Artoria instead)
Cambrian
Yeah that's not my intention, though tbf I'm kind of flying by the seat of my pants atm with this anyways so I dunno what happens next yet >.>
Sootythunder
But yeah ok, my biggest fear is that Ritsuka would be MASSIVELY overshadowed by the FSN cast because well even Ritsuka admits that they have nothing special going on for them beyond being the only one left to be a master
Cambrian
lmao exactly
Sootythunder
FATE STAY IN THE KITCHEN
Arkeus a Druid
Hmm suppose a simple name would be best F/GO Chaldea's Chief's Kiss
Cambrian
Maybe, though I mostly intended for Shirou to stay in the kitchen and only help out sometimes, like at the start to help Ritsuka get on her feet and maybe save Olga (or half-save Olga and she ends up in a coma or something, idk)
Cambrian
TBH, I had no intentions for any routes in mind when I wrote this first chapter. Probably should have thought more about where this group came from but I just didn't. So maybe Rider is there in spirit form, piggybacking off of Sakura. Then again, maybe it'd be funnier if she showed up later, summoned properly as a Chaldean Servant only to be the same Rider as the one Sakura knew, idk
Sootythunder
Maybe have it where the FGO cast goes after 1 singularity and the FSN cast goes to another
Cambrian
I intend for Shirou to be the main character, but I do love to bounce between different POVs to avoid burn out and when I need a break from a certain POV.
Nanaya7Nights
Rin doesn't have Zelretch's magic, FHA seems to be set in a world created by Rin trying to mess with Zelretch's magic. She has a few of his items and blueprints.
Sootythunder
I’m curious is this story going to be exclusively Shirou POV or will you be bouncing between shirou and ritsuka?
Nanaya7Nights
True. But the interactions feel like the FHA interactions after Rin returns.
Orion9137
If it's going off UBW + Saber alive route then Rider is sadly long gone.
Sootythunder
You know now that I think about it, Rin is probably only alive because she was helping shirou, if this really is Rin with Zeltrichs magic there is no way in HELL would Lev not put a bomb at EVERY. SINGLE. SPOT Rin would potentially be
Nanaya7Nights
As for Olga, it would probably be best to create some shenanigans that lead to Shirou saving her from the explosion. You can then derail or alter the plot points that require her to be missing/possessed after the first singularity or create a plot where her body is comatose but her spirit manifests as the canonical Olga. Lev can then steal her body, but you would have to explain how Shirou anchors her soul to himself (One way would be for Shirou to somehow end up summoning Illya from HF & her having the ability to anchor souls to the mortal world). He would then need to find a way to recreate Olga's Body or steal it back from Lev.
Nanaya7Nights
Though that raises the question of: where's Rider? Is she in Spirit form?
Nanaya7Nights
Am I the only one who feels like this is post-Hollow Ataraxia Shirou? Only in a universe where Rin fucked up with Zelretch's magic can Shirou end up with all the three main heroines AND end up in Chaldea.
Cambrian
Oh wait I think I misread your question haha. No this does feel like a pretty new experience lol
Cambrian
TBH about 90% of all of my writing over the years has been for franchises that I have next to no personal experience with. Either I've never actually experienced their canon, like High School DxD or RWBY, or its been upwards of 10-15 years since I last read/watched the canon, like Harry Potter or Naruto. That said, with my recent new stories I'm definitely stepping more out of what I would consider my comfort zone. Percy Jackson, DC Comics, and Fate are all universes I'm not personally very familiar with, so I'll probably make plenty of missteps or invalidate parts of canon along the way. Can only gain so much from trawling wikias heh, but we'll see
Sootythunder
I get your not as familiar with this franchise as your others, but I have ask have you ever written anything with your comments theorizing so much using deep lore as this
Ashwath Raghuram
Then it should be fine to include Olga. Though outside of this story I would recommend either playing or reading the story sometime, I think it’s pretty good
Cambrian
Hmm, those aren't bad either~
Cambrian
Hmm, maybe shortened to either Today's Menu for Chaldea or Today's Menu, but got a good idea there!
Cambrian
Never played FGO tbh, so I dun even know whats gonna happen @,@
Ashwath Raghuram
Depends on how far Cambrian intends to go. LOL I just imagined the alien god Olga Demi servant from the time of the singularities (As long as that stupid outfit doesn’t happen dear lord). She ends up with amnesia in LB 7 anyway
Sootythunder
YES
Sootythunder
At the end of the day though wouldn’t her surviving change the story TOO much I mean it alters a lot with the foreign god in the lost belts (assuming this story gets that far)
M. Flag
For a title how about "Unlimited Chaldea Works" or "A Faker in Chaldea"
SylverIron
As I haven't seen a suggestion for the title yet, I got one; Today's Menu for the Chaldea Organisation. It's a play on the cooking spin off, can also allude to the smut side.
Sootythunder
I know I’m bringing up HF a lot but if this is truely a post HF shirou……archer wouldn’t have as much problems with shirou, due to the fact that well in HF shirou made his choice prioritizing Sakura over his dream, and I think even Archer was like “ wait he chose her over his dream? Uhhhh I don’t think this version of shirou Emiya in this timeline can become me…….crap even if I kill him it won’t do anything”
Cambrian
hehe
Cambrian
Shirou will explain it at the start of next chapter, but essentially... SOMEONE has to stay and guard the kitchen and all of his precious ingredients. And by someone, he means at least as many people have to defend the kitchen as go and check out the explosion. Because cooking is truly that important to this Shirou, lmao EDIT: Maybe I should have added a "Shirou stays behind and the girls investigate" option, but I didn't think for a second that people would vote for it
Sootythunder
I’m just waiting for the moment when Ritsuka does summoning and goes around introducing g shirou to her new archer servant she summoned EMIYA
SylverIron
Eh, doesn't matter now, the people have spoken.
SylverIron
....what is it with you, Cam and not having an all of the above option? Cause seriously, would Rin, Artoria or Sakura *not* go and investigate the bombing? Artoria especially; feel like she would investigate with or without Shirou...
Sootythunder
I’m more leaning towards post HF then UBW because well we know the direction shirou life takes post UBW he pursues his dream of being a hero and the last scene we see of him is him traveling the Middle East. Like I said earlier I think it would be more like my theory that Rin has to exchange working with Chaldea giving some of her knowledge around the Second Magic to Chaldea for protection for Shirou saber and Sakura and avoid them all getting a sealing designation
Ashwath Raghuram
That was more theorizing about what led to this circumstance than Cambrian canon though
Ashwath Raghuram
True. Rider would be around. Or she can be called to Sakura’s side through unlimited mana shenanigans
Ashwath Raghuram
I can think of a couple potential canon ways, but we’re definitely playing super fast and loose with Type/Moon Elements. 1. If they can preserve her soul, AND it’s post HF route, then you can claim that Shirou, being a “creation” of the third Magic at this point has some access to its abilities (The manifestation of the soul) and can save her soul and put it in a puppet body or something like he is. Or maybe he can repair her body with Avalon (A lot of people suggest that if he implants a copy of Avalon in you and Saber is nearby then the high speed regen works for you too). This one requires the most Type-Moon knowledge (Knowledge of the true Magics and what Ilya did at the end of HF route) 2. She’s found prior to death of the body, and see above for Avalon shenanigans 3. Maybe some sort of demi-servant situation like Mash? Not sure who would inhabit Olga though, but Mash was crushed under a pillar and ended up okay because demi-servant powers activated Those are the three main ways I can think of
Sootythunder
I mean there is a canon way but not one that any of the cast could perform (for instance if this is post Heavens feel shirou……technically his body is well not actually his body, it’s an EXTREMLY lifelike puppet (so lifelike it mimics all biological functions) that his soul was placed in after his body got destroyed in the HF ending) unless you randomly had Touko Aozaki work for Chaldea (which she wouldn’t) I don’t see a way for her to get a body
Kaminoryu
So I’ve been reading comments and if this is a bastardized ending to HF, where is Rider/Medusa? I can see her not helping in the kitchen, if only because she is more obviously a servant than Artoria with her unique body/situation, not to mention being ridiculously beautiful, and more on the dangerous/seductress side than Artoria with her more classical beauty at that. But I’m wondering if she’s just in spirit form hovering around Sakura, or somewhere else. Not to mention how you’re going to handle Romani/Solomon given his Canon background isn’t likely to work in this story since it’s based on Fate/Stay Night
Orion9137
A great start, can't go wrong with the classic "local cook ruins all the bad guys plans". Wonder how it'll play out with the canon events, whether Shirou/Rin as master types will overshadow all of Gudako's possible moments or not. Still glad Shirou won out over Gudao as the MC, nice to have someone with an established character instead of a self insert type to work off of. Looking forward to more of this one!
Orion9137
Feels like more of a UBW path where they manage to rescue Sakura from the Matou's afterwards. I'd imagine like in HF they'd have to worry about dodging a Sealing Designation as they have a surviving servant and a Reality Marble user, thus ending up at Chaldea. Add in some "Sakura learns to use her edgy shadows" like in HA and it mostly fits into place.
Cambrian
Heh, appreciate the explanation, helps me figure out what I'm doing with her even if Sakura doesn't get chosen
Cambrian
Appreciate the feedback all the same!
Cambrian
On the subject of Olga, its my understanding that she dies before the protag goes into the first singularity, and its only a fragment of her consciousness that exists in that original singularity, which then dies a second time at the end. Now, since you guys seem to know more about Fate than me, is there any sort of canon bullshit that Shirou could pull out of his ass to make that fragment of Olga into a Real Girl and 'save' her by bringing her back out of the singularity perhaps? Something like using his Reality Marble to constitute her a real body, or maybe a Noble Phantasm he could have copied that could save her? If there's not a canon way, I'll probably just make something up because Olga def has to be saved. For the lewds~
Cambrian
*shifty eyes* haha... probably should have decided what sort of ending Shirou and the crew came from before I started writing this fic, shouldn't I have? Well, one thing's for sure, I think I'll be coming back to this comment chain in the future to use what's here as foundation for this story lmao. TBH, mostly just flying by the seat of my pants here, I've figured out very little of what's going on with Shirou and his girls so far. All of this works well though, so thank you for your input!
Cambrian
Feel free to mention things I don't get right about the character dynamic, I'm really flying by the seat of my pants on this one. Lots of it will probably have to be chalked up to slight AU elements, but even still, I'm trying to get the main character's voices correct
SpectralTime
‘S an interesting idea, to hybridize the two major casts from the two flagship installments. And I appreciate the subtle acknowledgment that Ritsuka was designed as a female version of Shirou. I’m not sure you completely nailed the character dynamic, but you did well enough, and I’m definitely interested in seeing what happens next.
Sootythunder
I wonder do you think that Chaldea knows that Artoria is a servant? I mean probably marisbury but you think it was one of those things like Yu Meiren where the director knew but kept it on the downlow
Ashwath Raghuram
Maybe the use of Avalon + Sakura “un-altered” Salter back into Saber
Ashwath Raghuram
So there are reasons for Chaldea and also wanting to hide for sure
Ashwath Raghuram
I’m a huge Sakura fan so I love ALL of this. That said I do believe most Magi thought of the HGW as some backwater eastern ritual, not the most stable and guaranteed pathway to the root. (Pulling from UBW epilogue here, although I’m aware that in the Strange/Fake universe a whole bunch of spin-off grail wars happened and it’s popularity skyrocketed. Rin also was on trial for fucking up managing her territory I think in HF epilogue before Zelretch bailed her out but I don’t think it was because the HGW was popular). That said, Shirou has a reality marble of his own that he can develop given some time post HF route, which could be cause for a Sealing Designation, Rin has connections from Zelretch, Marisbury probably found Shirou interesting pre-death, AND Sakura would be all sorts of interesting to him and valuable to anyone who found out she was connected to basically limitless mana.
Sootythunder
A polite young man who cares for his friends, with extremly strong moral convictions and righteous nature. Who has suffered many tragedies and hardship, who has lost his memory of his orginal mother and father and watched his foster father die, leaving him to be a responsible adult at a young age and care for his household? Yeah I think she would only need to know HALF of all this before wrapping him in her arms wanting to adopt him
Sootythunder
I just want to see how quickly Raikou goes from learning Shirou backstory to outright adopting him.
Sootythunder
As for Rin I can actually see her being the reason why Saber Sakura and shirou were able to get into Chaldea. As a post HF story she would be Zeltrich apprentice (getting into deep lore now) and I could see Chaldea wanting Zeltrich apprentice to work with them because well Zeltrich is the only one with the second magic (basically the ability to time travel and travel to parrellel worlds) and her expertise as his apprentice would be invaluable to the spiritron system
Sootythunder
Speaking of Sakura if this is post HF………HOLY HELL Sakura is going to be powerful, she may not be knowledgeable in spellcraft but with her mana reserves she could just unleash her mana like a cannon, very crude magecraft but the sheer volume of her mana would make it VERY powerful
Sootythunder
I get the feeling that this is an itteration of HF were either shirou was able to save saber or Rin was able to get to dark Sakura before shirou and Medusa were forced to kill saber. In which case I know that Saber would probably view herself as Shirou servant but it would be more probable that she is technically still Sakuras servant and getting her mana from her. As Sakura basically has all the mana reserves from the holy grail in her body. And given Sakura history with the crest worms forcing her to do things I don’t think Sakura would ever use her command seals to compel Saber to do anything
Kaminoryu
I personally voted for Sakura, both because I think it’d be interesting and thought Saber was too easy, and because Sakura was the one to notice his behavior and because I’m pretty sure her magecraft is particularly effective against Servants and other spiritual beings. At least if she still has some of her mana draining abilities. Even just the ribbons and such would be useful.
Sootythunder
…….I’m torn between Sakura or Saber, this feels like it’s post some iteration of Heavens feel. It would line up with Sakura being more involved in the magical world. It would also line up with Shirou deciding to be a cook and not a hero because I’m HF shirou decides to be Sakuras hero not the worlds hero, and after destroying the fuyuki holy grail system putting a stop to ALL holy grail wars there, yes there would be a BIG reason to go into hiding because a LOT of mages were furious that the most stable and guaranteed pathway to the source was destroyed.
Ashwath Raghuram
Oh, and of course, dear Olga as well
Ashwath Raghuram
Curious to see where this goes. Glad the OG heroines are here! Also hoping to see the dynamic of Shirou and Mash, as they’re Sword and Shield. Unlike Chaldea Subjugation Organization I think it would be great to see the singularities (or at least some of them) in addition to in Chaldea, as you’re good at both action AND smut. It also means you can focus on a smaller cast from time to time. I don’t know who other people are hoping to see, but I’m looking forward to Mash, Jeanne, Jalter, Ereshkigal, Kama, and Castoria for “new” servants (Servants Shirou has never met), but also looking forward to seeing him interact with the servants he’s previously met like Medusa and Medea.
Oblivoni_Miche
Interesting start, I personally don't have any major investment in the fate series, but it does sound like a good start
