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Misunderstood Servant seeks accepting Master for retrieving magical artifacts, magic, and if things go really really well, a relationship.
Must be intelligent, enjoy ~~scheming~~ long talks, and be tolerant of blood.
Magical prowess a plus.
Greek mythological figures need not apply.

On a more serious note, I am applying for a character who needs some help essentially as soon as she gets here! But to decide how to deal with her canon being a bit wonky, I need help from the players first before I can figure out what to do with her. Caster from Fate/Stay Night is a being who is essentially a ghost, but to adapt her best for a RP setting, she will need a Master---That is, a character that will be able to provide her energy so that she can sustain a physical form. Basically, she needs energy to live. Oh, and she's Medea. Yes, that Medea.

So, if you're familiar with the series, Caster will effectively be summoned to the Plane by Meredith/The Twins, but they will not be her Master, if I go this route. Instead, she'll be given a higher Independent Action than she normally has, and will be able to exist on the Plane for about two weeks without a Master.

If you're not, Caster is a "Heroic Spirit"---that is, a legendary soul of a hero 'reincarnated' as powerful, almost godlike beings called Servants to fight alongside mages, their Masters, for the chance to win the Holy Grail. A Servant needs a person to supply them with magical energy so that they can exist at all, since they are pulled from a dimension where all these souls are stored, essentially. So Caster will need a Master on the Plane!

If you'd like to volunteer a character, there are requirements because of canon, though they can be manipulated slightly. The most important, though is some magical background. A perfectly normal human cannot be a Master under any circumstance. However, even if it was like your great-grandfather had a limited knowledge and talent with magic, that's good enough. Psychics also fall into the realm of magic by canon, and I'd say even Time Lords would be able to be Masters. It's also helpful if they have some similarity to Medea, though this is as broad as to just get screwed over by "fate" rather than being a murdering bastard. Otherwise, Caster will not exactly like her Master, which can be problematic.

For the character, there are two things of note:
- They will notice an energy drain. As long as Caster isn't fighting, it won't be a huge amount, and if they're powerful, magically, they likely won't notice it at all.
- A symbol will appear on the back of their hand (second row, third column). This is a Command Seal. This is the way that the Master can control their Servant. The Master is able to issue three orders to their Servant that the Servant absolutely cannot refuse. When one is issued, part of the seal will disappear.

For Caster herself, she will not reveal herself as Medea until after she finds a Master, for the most part. And Caster is not going to be acting the part of Medea like in the story. That's a part of her history, and I don't want to write out her application here, haha. Essentially, Caster isn't going to kill her Master without a very very good reason, and she will defend her Master's life if it's in danger. In addition, because Caster has no reality, after about a month or two after her introduction, she'll get a full merger with her Master so that she can actually get a reality to interact with.

This is all terribly complicated, I know, but alas it is the canon. If you have questions, please ask! Otherwise, volunteer your character(s) here if you're interested at all! I'll have to see which characters apply (obviously), but I'll be narrowing down who the Master will be by who I think Caster is going to be most likely to ask for help from.

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...I don't actually have any characters for whom this would be a v. good idea, I don't think, but I'm procrastinating, so!

I have the following characters:
Jim Kirk (d2)
River Tam (d1)
Third Doctor (dn)

ELIMINATION ROUND ONE: make a fort.
- Jim makes a fort of sticks. It holds up in easy-to-moderate weather. Jim passes to the next round.
- River makes a fort of pillows. It is comfortable and warm. River passes to the next round.
- Three makes a fort using complex theoretical physics and some string. It is capable of calculating pi to the hundredth digit. Three passes to the next round.

ELIMINATION ROUND TWO: cook a romantic dinner.
- Jim burns the spaghetti, but gets extra points for presentation (you don't want to know). Jim passes to the next round.
- River makes an attractive fruit bowl. It is romantic in the context of her timeline. River passes to the next round.
- Three looked just so damn adorable with flour on her nose that the judges gave her a free pass without tasting her food. (Which is good, because it wasn't technically compatible with human taste buds.)

ELIMINATION ROUND THREE: divine a secret
- Jim fails to guess either Three or River's secret. Jim does not pass to the next round.
- River not only divines the secrets of her fellow players, but also makes semi-accurate predictions for their future. River passes to the next round.
- Three apologetically pokes around in her fellow players' minds for a bit and accurately locates their secrets. Three passes to the next round.

ELIMINATION ROUND FOUR: pass a mental health test
- River is institutionalized by the psychiatrist. River does not pass to the next round.
- Three is declared to be suffering from delusions of being an alien life from another planet. Explanations to the psychiatrist result in his being institutionalized. Three passes to the next round.

ELIMINATION ROUND FIVE: take over a planet. Alternatively, just accept my offer of joint benevolent rulership already! Honestly, Doctor, is that so hard?
- Three foils all your plans and receives a lovely box of chocolates and an exceptionally-planned death trap.

Thank you for playing Survivor: The Master's Edition! Tune in next week to see the [community version of Character A] vs [community version of character A] special!