FATE/GRAND ORDER

[spirithacker]

Seven Masters, magi of the present day. Seven Servants, heroes of days past...

...is what would normally happen with a Holy Grail War, but this is a different system and things are more complicated than that. The organization of Chaldea employs Masters who summon Servants, but they have more important tasks than fighting against each other: various pieces of the past have been destabilized into Singularities, and without Masters traveling into these Singularities to fix history, human civilization as we know it will cease to exist.

In the Chaldea system, one Master can summon many Servants who will fight alongside each other. Spirits who would never ordinarily work together can find themselves building up a rapport from many battles covering each others' backs. Evil Servants and good Servants can function on the same team for the same goals. Masters will bond with their Servants, trusting their lives and their futures to each other.

Besides the Servants who are summoned to fight and the Masters who travel into the Singularities themselves, Chaldea also employs a small staff. These are the doctors who make sure that Masters are in good condition before they head out, the technicians who make sure the machines are in good repair, the researchers who furiously investigate any weakness their enemies might have, and so on.

And in between saving the world, you can all live together in one building and have a little slice of extremely unusual life.

Instructions
1. Comment with your character. In the subject line, put that character's name, canon, and which role (Master, Servant, Staff, or any) you would like them to fulfill. Though not mandatory, it would be preferred that you give a brief summary of your character as they will (most likely) be AU'd into the setting. (If your character can fill the role of Servant, I suggest you state which class(es) - Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, Berserker, or a more uncommon Extra class - they fall into.)
2. Reply to others' comments. Pick your character's role (and the other character's if they list "Any" as their preference).
3. I'm not putting in prompts because it's 2 AM and I don't want to.

Comments

[disinfection]

[...]

Studies have shown that a healthy person can stay awake to eleven days before their body forces sleep on them. [Is she implying longer? Why, yes, yes she is.... Endurance A+, after all.] So, perhaps two weeks? It's been quite busy.

[curseseparated]

Please don't push your body to its limits outside an emergency situation.

[Yes, it's been busy, but it hasn't been so busy that she couldn't take a break.]

[disinfection]

I can't promise that.

[curseseparated]

Then I can't promise not to insist on you getting rest again. Forcefully, if I have to.

[disinfection]

You wouldn't be the first to say that.

[Though, it's a rare sentiment now that she's a Berserker.]

[curseseparated]

And not the last, I'm sure. Since I'm not the only one who cares for you here.

[disinfection]

You're one of the few brave enough to say it out loud.

[curseseparated]

Bravery isn't involved. I couldn't hide that even if I wanted to.

[disinfection]

[That gets a laugh out of her.]

I know. You're a good comrade.

[curseseparated]

[He is an open book and he knows it. And doesn't mind.]

Only because I have good comrades like yourself.

[disinfection]

[Is that a blush? Yes, it is.]

I just do my job with efficiency.

[curseseparated]

[Nightingale blushing is cute, but Rama knows better than to say that out loud.]

You do much more than that. You are much more than that - you're my friend.

[disinfection]

[She coughs. She definitely looks embarrassed now.]

There's no need for such words...

[curseseparated]

[She is so cute and she absolutely would never believe that.]

No, there's no need. But I like complimenting you even when I don't 'need' to.

[disinfection]

[Why can't she rebuff him like she can when it's someone else?!] ... [Damnit.] Sit closer to me. [Wait, maybe she should rephrase that--] Please. [There. Nailed it.]

[curseseparated]

[Because friendship.

He slides closer to her, to a more intimate distance. Still not touching, of course. That's unhygenic (probably).]

Is this better?

[disinfection]

[Considering her reaction is to-- Just awkwardly move her hand and place it on his?] Yes.

[curseseparated]

[He can't say he isn't surprised by this, but he's definitely not unhappy. He turns his hand around to hold hers properly.]

...I agree, it's much better.

[disinfection]

[They're both wearing gloves, it's okay. She's not looking directly at him but she gives it barely a squeeze to acknowledge she knows.] This is merely professional, you understand.

[curseseparated]

Professional hand holding, of course.

[He does not believe that at all.]

[disinfection]

It's not unheard of in the work of a nurse.

[She coughs.]

[curseseparated]

You'd know better than I would. What are the professional benefits of holding hands?

[disinfection]

It can comfort a patient, for example, reducing their anxiety.

[curseseparated]

That sounds reasonable. I'm feeling more at ease already.

[Even if he's not a patient and Nightingale's probably more anxious than him right now.]

[disinfection]

Of course you are. I'm a nurse, after all.

[...she's feeling better, too.]