Serenity interlude summary from skimming through it again



It starts out as a usual day, where Serenity greets us after coming back from some odd minuscule singularity clean up job, instead of Mashu who had some other task to do.

She tells us that we could go eat something, and accompanies us while we're walking down Chaldea's hallway, focusing entirely on Guda.

She was so focused on us that she didn't realize there was Arash standing in the way, and she bumps in to him.

And he doesn't die. She was so fixated on Guda because Guda was the first person to not die to her poison, but Arash also doesn't die.

Seemingly in a confused panic, she runs off.

An also confused Guda asks Arash if he has any idea what's going on, and Arash does seem to know, but tells us that Serenity should be the one to tell her, and we should be calmly waiting for her to do so.



Then we have a bit of Paracelsus diary, reporting how Arash was the first one to witness Serenity acting strangely, and how it started after he didn't seem to be effected being touched by her, when she is so highly poisonous that even Servants could die if they have direct contact with some mucous membrane

The second witness was Mashu, and some other Chaldea employee.

She seems to have trouble coping with the fact that there are people other than Guda who can survive her touch.

There needs to be something done, before the matter becomes worse -- Paracelsus records



Scene change to some random forest, where we get the usual mooks to fight. Guda reassures Serenity that it will be alright if we deal with it like we always do.

Serenity seems unhappy that she had to fight so many, when she should've been good enough to just cut down the minimum number. Upon meeting Mashu back in Chaldea, she runs off again, abandoning Guda to Mashu.



Serenity runs to her room, only to find Paracelsus lurking. She tries to drive him out, but sudden Fragments retelling.

Let's say, for example, a long time ago, there was a daughter of poison.

She killed a lot of people, because she was, as her name tells, poisonous, but she wanted someone who wouldn't die even if she touched them, and would smile at her.

She wanted to be loved, just like other people.

The first, a man died when she kissed him.

The second, a girl who was omnipotent, was unaffected by her poison, and touched her skin. And smiled at her. (Serenity: "R, really...?")

She thought "this girl is who I have been searching for". She was joyous, she was fervent. She recognized her as her master and worked for her.

She killed much, and collected souls. And then, she meets a boy.

This was a kind boy. He had a very noble soul, expressing concern for her when she appeared on the battlefield. Even though he would be killed by her.

She killed the boy, kissing him with her poisonous lips. Even though she felt his kind heart, ruthlessly.

Then, she went on killing under her omnipotent master.

One day, she received a gift from a man. It was the boy, turned into a Living Dead by magecraft.

The man said, daughter of poison, you are fine with anyone as long as they do not die, correct? Because you are only working for the omnipotent girl for her immunity to your poison, not because you love her, is it? Then, this corpse should be enough too. (Serenity: "Which did she choose to love?" Paracelsuss: "That is her story, not yours.")

She went to sleep, hiding her conclusion. She will never wake up.

Serenity: "Paracelsus. Are you telling me, that this emotion swirling within me, this is not... love?"

Do you know what love is in the first place?

You can get lost, be unsure. Your body here, your appearance in Chaldea, is solely yours, who lives now.

Your memory, your feelings, neither will remain, just like humans. If you die, your saint graph ends there.

If you live obeying your emotions, your impulses, guided by your feelings and undecision, I wouldn't stop you, or say you are wrong.



Serenity makes up her mind, tells him "I have something I really have to tell Master", which Para goes "go on, I'm not going to stop you" to, then she thanks him to go off.

After she leaves, Arash comes to complain about what Paracelsus said. He wasn't listening in but he couldn't help seeing.

Arash "You say memories won't remain?"

Para "I didn't lie. Serenity has a slightly different saint graph from us. Even if she is summoned again, she won't bring any records from the Throne. -- If she finds love, that is.

A Serenity who found love will never be summoned again. She will treasure that feeling and sleep forever. Even with a grail or other unusual spells, she will be summoned as a different saint graph"

Arash "She is like that"

Para "Yes, she's a completely different person, the one here now and the one we met in the far away HGW"

They keep on talking about when memories are not carried over and when the exceptions are.



Meanwhile, Serenity catches up with Guda, and says she has something important to tell us.

She's sorry for the battle earlier, but she's okay now.

She found out that there are people else than Guda that won't die, and was lost, confused for a while. She heard of Arash being strong to poison, but actually seeing it confused her terribly.

She's still confused, actually, but she will be okay. She, "this me", decided to be with you. That feeling will never change.

When she heard Paracelsus's story, she thought, if this saint graph (body) won't be forever, she won't run away.

This her is going to end here anyway. She'll be fine. She won't run from anything, even her own heart.

So before Guda gets swept away by Kiyohime --



Kiyo "Did you call me Anchin sama!!"

Serenity "Wha, can't be, Presence concealment!?"

Kiyo "No, I was making slithery footsteps, you weren't paying attention. What is this sweet atmosphere, as if you almost but not really confessed? I'm not going to let you while my eyes are snakes*, specifically I'm going to burn you." (*this is a twist on the usual idiom, while my eyes are black, meaning while I'm alive)

Serenity turns into spirit form to run away

Kiyo "Wait! I actually couldn't hear what you were saying, only caught the atmosphere! Tell me the details!" (runs off to chase Serenity)





Also interesting lore talk (which the wise people here might already know but I found interesting anyway, and took notes on):

- Servants here have a saint graph (read: body) and live like humans, because of the amount of maryoku Chaldea supplies

- But their bodies are still made of ether. They have blood, a heart, and a brain, but they also have a spiritual core, and they're not a "a lifeform that rightly has a flesh body"

- True incarnation, as in, having a completely real existence as a lifeform, requires a grail

- Memories, even fragments of them, will not be carried over to a different summon unless it's at a singularity or with Chaldea style summon (as a basic rule)

