Player: AC Character: Ritsuka Fujimaru Current Canon Point: Post-Salem Updated Canon Point: Post-Anastasia
Updated Background: Following the resolution of Salem, Chaldea was formally sold off, and as it was getting a new director and staff, that meant it would soon be time for Ritsuka to leave. With a pretty hefty paycheck, for all the time she'd already spent there, of course! Before the farewell party could happen, however, the new director arrived with armed guards and placed the whole facility into lockdown, while questioning all the staff individually to try to find out if there was something suspicious going on after all. This in itself, while frustrating and somewhat upsetting, wasn't really so bad... Except that, just before the new year, Chaldea was then attacked by an unknown armed force, along with an unknown and powerful Servant.
Ritsuka, Mash, and a few of the staff managed to escape, thanks to Holmes and Da Vinci's foresight and planning, and they were even, at Ritsuka's insistence, able to rescue the new director! ... Only for Da Vinci to be killed just before reaching safety once more. Ouch. Luckily she had a backup of her memories, but, well, that's something to dwell on later.
They make their escape as an announcement is blared throughout the world, heralding an extraterrestrial invasion that will end this chapter of human history. As a last-ditch effort, the remnants of Chaldea are able to escape into Imaginary Numbers space, where hide out for a few weeks until, with supplies dwindling, they have to take the risk of resurfacing back into the real world.
Their entry point is in the middle of a frigid, endless blizzard somewhere in Russia, but it's not the Russia they know. It's one where a "Great Cold Wave" occurred during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, and the remaining humans of Russia had been transformed into wolfman-like creatures called Yaga in order to survive this harsh new environment, eking out a tenuous existence in the centuries since. What ensues is alliances with rebels and rogue Servants, allying with the human "Crypter", a former member of Chaldea's A Team and Master of the Servant who'd just recently attacked Chaldea, to overthrow the literally monstrous Ivan, followed by the terrible realization that as this isn't a singularity where resolving it just sets the timeline right, and that eliminating this "Lostbelt" will result everything and everyone that's part of it being simply erased from existence.
Then, cue fighting a former ally, nearly being killed only to be saved by an ally turned traitor literally taking a bullet, and generally numbly going through with the motions of ending the lostbelt... and being treated to seeing the vast plain of white that the surface of the world has been transformed into.
At least there's the good news that a distorted signal indicates there's still other survivors somewhere out there?
Events-wise, there was both a Christmas event (requiring venturing into the Underworld to prevent Ereshkigal from doing something stupid), a wine-infused hundred story pagoda climb compliments of a certain oni wanting to chat with a certain oni-in-denial, and still more Valentine's shenanigans (this time featuring the Hanging Gardens of Babylon turned into a massive chocolate-making factory). While entertaining, none of these had any particular impact of note on Ritsuka. It should be noted, however, that the timeline gets a little fuzzy with the second two here, with the implication being that they occurred back before Chaldea was attacked. But then again, we're dealing with a place where a sort of time travel happens on a regular basis, so it's probably best not to think too hard about it...
Updated Personality: HOO BOY so basically, Ritsuka went from being... more or less her usual upbeat self, albeit with a few lurking self-confidence and such issues under the surface, to having pretty much everything she'd known to that point abruptly taken out from under her. Complete with potential feelings of guilt for possibly being indirectly responsible for a comrade's (temporary-ish) death, the general desperation of having to blindly flee with just a tiny fragment of the resources and persons Chaldea previously had to work with, and the horrible, horrible feeling of having to face having to choose to deny the entire existence of countless more or less innocent people just for the chance of restoring the humanity she knows.
Oh, and from the looks of the world outside once the lostbelt collapsed, there's no real guarantee it'll be enough to bring everyone back, even if there is a way to undo whatever happened.
Needless to say, she's going to be upset. Like, we're talking balancing near the edge of despair event horizon upset. She'd been through a lot already, and mostly dealt with it, but already had taken some emotional damage that, well, this just compounds to a great scale. Lots of despair, lots of guilt, lots of feeling utterly useless. While she'll still be capable of mustering up her usual cheerful self (and darn well will try) her mood will tend towards being much more subdued, and people who know her well might catch glimpses of some of the doubts that lurk below the surface from time to time. Though she'll be back to tending to try to keep things to herself and not worry people again, at least at first.
Still, it's not all negative. For one thing, Ritsuka still hasn't given up. Which means that, faced with such a seemingly hopeless situation, she's clinging to the hope that Chaldea will find a way somehow or another even stronger than ever. Plus, her time spent thus far in Empatheias won't be rendered null and void, either, and after the initial confusion of sorting out all these new memories, she'll be more determined than ever to make the most of and enjoy her time here, as well.
But it's still going to be a pretty big change even so. Enough that it will cause an alignment shift to Peromei.
Updated Abilities: None. Why do you think she feels so useless?
Other: If possible, I'd like her to come back with her new mystic code. Its spells are basically like an upgraded version of her existing old Chaldea uniform! Plus the added bonus of providing extra protection against extreme cold temperatures.
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Character: Ritsuka Fujimaru
Current Canon Point: Post-Salem
Updated Canon Point: Post-Anastasia
Updated Background: Following the resolution of Salem, Chaldea was formally sold off, and as it was getting a new director and staff, that meant it would soon be time for Ritsuka to leave. With a pretty hefty paycheck, for all the time she'd already spent there, of course! Before the farewell party could happen, however, the new director arrived with armed guards and placed the whole facility into lockdown, while questioning all the staff individually to try to find out if there was something suspicious going on after all. This in itself, while frustrating and somewhat upsetting, wasn't really so bad... Except that, just before the new year, Chaldea was then attacked by an unknown armed force, along with an unknown and powerful Servant.
Ritsuka, Mash, and a few of the staff managed to escape, thanks to Holmes and Da Vinci's foresight and planning, and they were even, at Ritsuka's insistence, able to rescue the new director! ... Only for Da Vinci to be killed just before reaching safety once more. Ouch. Luckily she had a backup of her memories, but, well, that's something to dwell on later.
They make their escape as an announcement is blared throughout the world, heralding an extraterrestrial invasion that will end this chapter of human history. As a last-ditch effort, the remnants of Chaldea are able to escape into Imaginary Numbers space, where hide out for a few weeks until, with supplies dwindling, they have to take the risk of resurfacing back into the real world.
Their entry point is in the middle of a frigid, endless blizzard somewhere in Russia, but it's not the Russia they know. It's one where a "Great Cold Wave" occurred during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, and the remaining humans of Russia had been transformed into wolfman-like creatures called Yaga in order to survive this harsh new environment, eking out a tenuous existence in the centuries since. What ensues is alliances with rebels and rogue Servants, allying with the human "Crypter", a former member of Chaldea's A Team and Master of the Servant who'd just recently attacked Chaldea, to overthrow the literally monstrous Ivan, followed by the terrible realization that as this isn't a singularity where resolving it just sets the timeline right, and that eliminating this "Lostbelt" will result everything and everyone that's part of it being simply erased from existence.
Then, cue fighting a former ally, nearly being killed only to be saved by an ally turned traitor literally taking a bullet, and generally numbly going through with the motions of ending the lostbelt... and being treated to seeing the vast plain of white that the surface of the world has been transformed into.
At least there's the good news that a distorted signal indicates there's still other survivors somewhere out there?
Events-wise, there was both a Christmas event (requiring venturing into the Underworld to prevent Ereshkigal from doing something stupid), a wine-infused hundred story pagoda climb compliments of a certain oni wanting to chat with a certain oni-in-denial, and still more Valentine's shenanigans (this time featuring the Hanging Gardens of Babylon turned into a massive chocolate-making factory). While entertaining, none of these had any particular impact of note on Ritsuka. It should be noted, however, that the timeline gets a little fuzzy with the second two here, with the implication being that they occurred back before Chaldea was attacked. But then again, we're dealing with a place where a sort of time travel happens on a regular basis, so it's probably best not to think too hard about it...
Updated Personality: HOO BOY so basically, Ritsuka went from being... more or less her usual upbeat self, albeit with a few lurking self-confidence and such issues under the surface, to having pretty much everything she'd known to that point abruptly taken out from under her. Complete with potential feelings of guilt for possibly being indirectly responsible for a comrade's (temporary-ish) death, the general desperation of having to blindly flee with just a tiny fragment of the resources and persons Chaldea previously had to work with, and the horrible, horrible feeling of having to face having to choose to deny the entire existence of countless more or less innocent people just for the chance of restoring the humanity she knows.
Oh, and from the looks of the world outside once the lostbelt collapsed, there's no real guarantee it'll be enough to bring everyone back, even if there is a way to undo whatever happened.
Needless to say, she's going to be upset. Like, we're talking balancing near the edge of despair event horizon upset. She'd been through a lot already, and mostly dealt with it, but already had taken some emotional damage that, well, this just compounds to a great scale. Lots of despair, lots of guilt, lots of feeling utterly useless. While she'll still be capable of mustering up her usual cheerful self (and darn well will try) her mood will tend towards being much more subdued, and people who know her well might catch glimpses of some of the doubts that lurk below the surface from time to time. Though she'll be back to tending to try to keep things to herself and not worry people again, at least at first.
Still, it's not all negative. For one thing, Ritsuka still hasn't given up. Which means that, faced with such a seemingly hopeless situation, she's clinging to the hope that Chaldea will find a way somehow or another even stronger than ever. Plus, her time spent thus far in Empatheias won't be rendered null and void, either, and after the initial confusion of sorting out all these new memories, she'll be more determined than ever to make the most of and enjoy her time here, as well.
But it's still going to be a pretty big change even so. Enough that it will cause an alignment shift to Peromei.
Updated Abilities: None. Why do you think she feels so useless?
Other: If possible, I'd like her to come back with her new mystic code. Its spells are basically like an upgraded version of her existing old Chaldea uniform! Plus the added bonus of providing extra protection against extreme cold temperatures.
Questions: None I can think of right now!