A G.I.R.L and a Girl talk Anime (for Light):

Lately, Takeru Kagemaru had taken up to one of his now favorite things to do online.

Go on the popular online chat board Strife, which was better than most other chat platforms, in his opinion (not that he had been to other ones, but he had the feeling he wouldn't like them as much as he liked chatting on Strife.) and talk on one of the many servers.

Fun stuff.

There, he went under the name he usually went under for these kinds of things, the screen name T.E.L.O.S (what it stood for varied based on whatever he thought was appropriate at the time if/when someone asked what it stood for.).

Of course, he kept discussion appropriate, with good judgement of course.

Today, in the DM's (Direct Messages), he was talking to someone he had been interested in for quite sometime, that he met on a server, starting off with a simple question:

"So I heard you like the Ancient Magus Bride Anime as well?"

With that, he hit send, and decided to wait for their response.

Beatrix was very used to Strife by now, spending large and more than likely largely unhealthy sums of time talking to random strangers over the internet. In hindsight she didn't think it was a smart idea but hey, it was something to distract her from the grim, unyielding cold reality that existed in her mind.

She simply checked her DMs to distract from this realization, her username being "NekoYukihime", a pun on Nekomimiand Yuki, it roughly translating to "Cat Snow Princess" according to Gizoogle (Google substitute) Translator. She had zero regrets about this decision after a while, her profile picture being her with cat ears simply drawn on by ms paint, her thinking it looked fairly cute.

Unlike the fellow she was about to talk to, she had a tendency to post just whatever came to her mind in that moment, her treating Strife like a dumpster for her mind. She however stayed reasonablt in her DMs, quickly hammering out a simple response to the message she had recieved

"Yeah~! I'm actually working on an AU for it, but yeah it's Pmuch my fave rn~"

He smiled. It was always interesting to see what people could drum up with enough time.
Of course, when it came to writing, he had a particular interest.

"Oh? You have to show me it sometime. I myself am a writer of stories. Although not for that, but I do write stories. What's yours about?" He asked her.

She wondered who was behind the screen, where they were, and a few other things, but didn't question it as she knew she'd be seen as weird for asking, so she just assumed it was a girl. After all, under that assumption, it would be slightly less possible for her to flirt with them if the situation went badly.

"Well, it's mainly different in that Chise is older from the start, and thus goes through different, if not arguably worse things, but remains more developed over all~ Also I'd be happy to sometime. But whats your story about~?"

Huh. That actually sounded interesting, considering that Chose was 15, if he recalled correctly.

"Mine is set in the Nasuverse. Have you ever seen the Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works anime? T hats where my story is set. It's a AU of sorts." He said, wondering if he was talking to a girl or a guy.

He decided to ask later at a more appropriate juncture before hitting send.

Beatrix raised an eybrow at the idea, her being familiar with the later end of the Fate/ universe, Fate/Extella.

"So what makes it different from the canon verse? Like, is it a universe where the holy grail didn't force humanity to the moon cell core~?" She asked, wondering if he'd even know what the end of the timeline was.

Well, this was interesting.
So she had been introduced via the Extraverse, huh...?
This would take some doing, depending on where she entered from, but he ran with it.

"Yes. Actually, the Fate/Extra universe, and it's timelines involving Fate/Extella are separate parts of the Nasuverse. It's an alternate timeline from the main Fateverse. Although then again, mind is set in the tiimeline of the mobile game Fate Grand Order, which is another timeline in and of itself. Fate Grand Order has you summoning servants to help you correct history as part of the organization known as Chaldea." He said.

Of course, there was much more than that, but he didn't wanna bore or spoil them too much.

"Hmm..interesting, tbh I assumed they were all one giant timeline, but what differences does your AU have? Is it just like Grand order rules in main timeline?"

She was genuinely invested, but there was a question that nagged at her very very badly the more she thought of it, yet she knew it could be the end of the conversation, but hey she's made worse decisions. She recognized a more masculine speech pattern, yet her assumption led her astray.

"Also, not to be weird or anything, but are you a guy or a girl? Sorry to ask, just a little curious~"

"Similar concepts, though grand order has different rules. My AU is set with different points in history to fix." He said.

As for her question ...
"No, its okay. Im a guy. You?" He asked them in a nonchalatant manner.

She typed her responses empty-headedly, not putting too much forethought into everything really.

"That's cool. Although it'd be cool to not focus on Saber or any of the others that appears in all the iterations, like maybe the lesser known figures could be cool, or just new ones they haven't done~" She was honest if anything, now replying to the second half, her imagining him now as the cool, intellectual type rather than the fanfic writing shitposter she was. It made her feel like she knew this guy better.

"Me~? My profile pic is me, so I'm a girl~~"

He was beginning to like them more and more.
"Yeah, of course! I myself am planning on doing just That, working with lesser known figures." He said.

As for that...
He examined the profile picture..
He blushed.
"I see." He said, the nonchalatance of his words not matching with the look on his face.

"That's good, say; what's your favorite char from that franchise and why~?"

She wanted to gauge his response to see how he thought to get some insight on this guy, her curious now but not letting on as such, her knowing he was probably either not caring about her particularly or was just being non-expressive. She was often that way so it wouldn't surprise her much, although she wondered.

"So what you up to rn anyways~?"

Oof. Tough question, honestly.
He didn't want to go with his waifu, so he went with his other favorite servant anyways.
"Charles Babbage. I just love the mecha look and design they gave him. He looks like something out of a anime I'd love." He responded.

As for her next question...
"Oh, Just relaxing for the most part. You?" He asked her.

She didn't expect that kind of answer, although she had no idea what she did expect from someone she barely knew, it coming back to her that she really didn't know much about where she was either. She responded, not liking her thoughts once again.

"That's P cool, I like Tamamo-no-Mae personally. Both her personality and ability set kind of appeal to me. As for me, I'm just relaxing as well, how'd your day go?"

Huh.
Tamamo, eh?
Certainly a refreshing change of pace from all the others.
"I see. Mine went okay." He said, unable to stop staring at her pfp for quite some time after he hit send to her.

Was that really her...?