asgardeventide | First Decree

[Gilgamesh was already irritable from being yanked here and being forced to wait until he'd calmed down enough not to quite literally flip tables -- and wardrobes, and other heavy objects -- once he was finally released. Him? The King of All, pulled here by some trifling godling without even properly greeting him and according him the necessary respect? But the piece de resistance was, without a doubt, the fact that he could no longer open the Gate to access his rightful Treasury. The King of Heroes was feeling downright murderous. He doesn't so much as even acknowledge that there's anyone else out there in lieu of threatening the gods who brought them all there.]

Gods... [he smirks slightly and chuckles, but then he's back to simmering anger] Don't make me laugh. Any so-called god who would request an audience with the King, yet fails to so much as appear, is merely another cur to be properly disciplined.

I assure you that your punishment will be sufficiently agonising, mongrel, if my Treasury is not restored to me and I am not returned. Do not waste my time with offers of compensation; there is no treasure you could possibly offer in exchange for the one I was about to claim.

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How is it that the rules of one realm can override the rules of another -- or even that one realm can influence or know of another?

That is the question, isn't it? Under normal circumstances, only a specific artefact has the capacity to do such a thing. Which is why I suspect the 'gods' are, in fact, merely in possession of one such artefact.

An artefact ... would it have to be kept here, within the city to work? Or might it be in the gods' possession?

Most likely in the possession of these 'gods'. Artefacts of enough power need not be on the same plane of existence, so long as that power can be tapped.

I see. Thank you!

[Well, colour him surprised. The last thing he expected was a thanks]

Hm.

[In fact, he's almost polite now]

Is there a name you go by?

I'm Edogawa Conan -- Conan's my name.

Well, Conan... I shall have to keep my eye on you.

[The good news is that he's going to give him a freebie information tidbit. The bad news is that Conan has just been added to his 'interesting' list.]

I am the Servant Archer of the Fifth Holy Grail War, Gilgamesh.

I'll try not to disappoint!

[... wow. This-- just when Conan thought he was getting a handle on things.]

Gilgamesh-san. This -- is an honour.

[Flattering his ego, that always works.]

So tell me, what have you observed about the nature of this place and these 'gods'?

[Admittedly he's curious]

Ah -- not much! Everything I've seen of the city and learned from talking to people is pretty much just what is in the letter -- so the story's consistent if nothing more! And the colour returning to places like the square where so many meeting took place, seems to back up the alleged reason for us to be brought here at least!

But I've noticed from talking to people that a lot of the people brought here were important in their own world or had connections to important people, and the gates in the city are heavily guarded which makes me think something else is going on.

[He appears to be considering this]

Hmph. Troublesome, but not without possibilities.

Have any of the 'gods' appeared to even a single person, or have they all remained hidden completely?

I haven't seen them, but it sounds like a few people met them within the first few days of our arrival. They weren't particularly helpful.

[Unsurprising, that]

Nothing especially of why they would even need to restore colour to their land?

[Conan shakes his head.]

If anyone asked that, they didn't share their answer with me.

Most likely they received no appropriate answer.

[Scowls... he really does not like gods]

So it is to be a waiting game, then.

It looks like it, doesn't it? Unless we turn up something interesting first ...

Annoying.... however, there seem to be a number of amusements here. It will be interesting to see how others go about solving this mystery.

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