"Saber."
"Continue reading up on repairs," said Saber. "I believe that your talents may be of use in this. I am going to try out those."
Shiro Emiya blinked and looked up from the copy of 'Space Colony Engines For Dummies' to see what Saber was pointing at. "What? How can those work. I mean - we're in space. No atmosphere."
"How can there be a space station of such size, put into an apparently stable orbit, be created in the blink of an eye?" asked Saber with an "isn't it obvious?" tone to her voice. "An eldritch god did it."
"Oh, good point," said Shiro. "This I've got to see."
Saber inclined her head after a moment. "I admit. I'm finding the idea somewhat... intriguing myself."
"Why do we have pointed ears?" asked Shiro.
"I suspect we shall find out in due time," said Saber as she walked towards the stables. The saddles looked a little different from what she was used to, but close enough that she could figure them out. Space Dragon Calvalry. It needed to be investigated.
Mikoto Uchiha didn't have that much trouble with the maid uniform. It was comfortable and the ruffles and frills contained enough places to hide eight kunai, six senbon, and two collapsible shuriken. Though finding that the accessories included a katana and wakizashi was a bit odd, but she supposed that the head ninja maid would need some signs of authority. It wasn't as if she didn't know how to use such things anyway.
And it beat being dead. That was something to keep in mind.
So she walked along the barracks of the guards, which was the Ninja Maid squad. She noted that different weapons were in place - so less a standard gear and more squad-based. Did she want to set up squads specifically equipped with weapons (ie: naginata squad, katana squad, archery squad, etc) or mix them up (squads composed with a naginata wielder, katana wielder, dual kodachi wielder, archer, etc.)
Maybe both, have them designated as either and switch between groupings as needed?
Ah, decisions, decisions.
Then there were the Space Dragon Calvalry. She could see at least one of which was deployed and flying around the station already. No, that was exterior defense. She'd concentrate on interior.
The Sandaime Hokage had chosen his weapon carefully, and it rested casually against one shoulder as he slowly walked up to the gate.
The two ANBU, Cat and Hawk, followed three paces behind him. He didn't think they'd be needed, but it was part of their job and as soon as he was situated - they could find something to amuse themselves with.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, right?" asked the younger of the girls who were standing at the bronze door. "Rin Tohsaka."
The other girl, looking quite different, merely dipped her head in respect - though her eyes never stopped looking around for potential threats.
"Don't mind Caster," said Rin. "She's just... Caster. The door is open for you and your attendants."
"Ah," said Hiruzen, nodding. He knew a few like that.
As he'd observed, the door simply faded a little in color as he'd approached. Then he simply walked through it.
The other side was a road leading up from a gatehouse, with a night sky unusually brilliant overhead.
The castle was the main road, but the Hokage had directions and took a side path through the woods surrounding it.
Finally he reached the lake, a crystalline clear lake fed by a small waterfall that spread out amongst that forest.
Taking his weapon, an old fishing pole, Hiruzen Sarutobi cast the line into the water and decided it was time to forego paperwork for a bit.
Midori Uchiha, if you ignored certain things, would strongly resemble a much younger Mikoto Uchiha. A year younger than Sasuke, she'd been six years old when she'd been killed by Itachi Uchiha.
When she'd been reborn as a ninja-maid of the Namikaze Clan, her body had reformed at age eleven.
The most startling thing about Midori was her eyes. When she'd been born, instead of the typical black of an Uchiha, they'd been a brilliant shade of green. Now at eleven, they were a duller green - more the shade of a leaf or fresh pine needle.
She'd attended a few meetings alongside her mother, and had been unsure of many things regarding the planned coup.
Now though - she understood a bit better. Her clan had been manipulated and shoved into a situation where it would rebel against the Konoha authorities. When that had occurred, Hiruzen Sarutobi had still tried to make a deal - unfortunately he had been unable to make a deal with the head of the clan.
So she was not completely trusting of either Mikoto, nor of Konohagakure.
Fortunately, she was working for a different division where she wasn't required to interact with either all that much. She was one of the kitchen staff.
That Midori had technically not existed prior to Toltiir messing around with the timeline didn't matter, of course. Mikoto and Sasuke could both remember her, though they hadn't associated much with such a minor family that was mainly concerned with their bakery.
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