There stood a lone Master, the last hope for humanity, an almighty force from the beyond, fighting for the future of the world-
"Yeah, yeah, can we get on with this? This cutscene doesn't give me SQ, and the gacha doesn't wait for anyone."
Unfortuna...
Tuning his senses, he heard something approaching. The "footsteps" were way too light to be from an average human, and with them being so many, he'd guess they were walking on four legs. Which meant...
???: FOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU!
(Y/N): There he is.
His smirk widened as he saw an old acquaintance rounding the corner. The moment it saw him, the unmistakably familiar critter reared up before jumping in a spinning attack right to his face, which he caught effortlessly.
(Y/N): Where there's (Y/N), there's the Furball. Good to see you.
???: Fou, fou, fou!
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"SHADOW WIZARD MONEY HATER" FOU
(Y/N): Surprised to see me?
Fou: Fooou.
(Y/N): I figured not. Would you mind giving me a tour of the place? Maybe direct me to someone with a stick up their ass and in desperate need of annoying?
Fou: Kyu, fou!
(Y/N): What, like Marshmallow?
???: Fooooou! Where did you go?! What's gotten into you, suddenly appearing and rushing off all of a sudden?!
Their catch-up was interrupted by the arrival of the first Chaldea personnel (Y/N) had run into. A young woman, physically not much older than (Y/N) himself, rounded the corner with quite a puzzled look before her visible eye settled on the pair.
Well, (Y/N) thought as he took a look beyond her admittedly cute appearance, he had stumbled into quite a curious girl.
???: Oh, there you are, and you found someone. I'm sorry, he usually doesn't like people, so I don't know what got into him today... Have we met before, miss?
(Y/N): "Miss", huh? I'm flattered, darling, but not quite.
He resisted the urge to laugh as the girl blinked several times in surprise at his very much male voice. Yep, that was the reaction he was looking for, and this was a tame one.
???: O-Oh. I'm sorry, that was insensitive.
(Y/N): Don't apologize for things you don't know, lass, or you'll be stuck apologizing until the end of time. Assumptions aside, no, we haven't met before.
???: I see. You must be one of the Master candidates that were due to arrive around this time.
Bingo! That was the perfect alibi! And since he was looking forward to flipping the script, agreeing to this train of thought wouldn't be lying at all! Common improvisation W!
(Y/N): Nailed it in one. I just got here today. Don't worry about the Furball either. He's just mad that my hair is fluffier than his.
