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I should have done this a while ago...

[Oh, look. There's Holiday again, this time with her normal clothes (orange shirt, black skirt, knee high boots, and a lab coat ~~because why not~~) on and walking around the garden.]

Well, first off, I should introduce myself more properly, I guess. My name is Doctor Rebecca Holiday and I thought I should offer my services to the Garden. I am a doctor of theory, but I also practice medicine, so if there's something that the snakes can't or won't help you with, I'll be happy to help you out in any way I can.

Also... while the cat's were accommodating, I think... I should start looking for a more permanent place to stay. Trying to find a way out was, as everyone's told me, useless.

Anyone have any selections of places to live?

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[Oh. She was hoping someone wouldn't need her, but it was certainly not because she was lazy.]

It's nice to meet you, too. If you don't mind, I would like to try and help any way I can.

Yes, this entire place seems nice on the surface. I'm just wary of the Queen, I suppose.

I don't mind, but it's hard to explain. Do you know anything about magic?

[It seems more common here for people to have magical knowledge than it is at home.]

So am I. She's so powerful, and we don't know anything about her. Nothing definite. That's why I won't stop looking for her, or for a way out.

... No. I don't.

[But she's not going to stand there and tell you there's no such thing, either. This place is strange enough, but there's always some sort of scientific reason behind the issue.]

Then, it seems you and I are in the same boat, then.

I suppose that doesn't make a difference. [Or not much of one.]

It's my family's magic. I have--familiars, and they live inside me. I have to keep them, but they hurt.

[Someone had suggested she ask for medical help, but she still wasn't sure if it was worth trying. No one at home would have been able to do anything. But it can't do any harm, can it?]

Yes, I want to talk to her, but I haven't been able to find her anywhere.

Familiars....

[She knows the term from old stories, but wasn't that supposed to be, like, a cat or something?]

Sometimes, even magic and miracles can be explained with science. If it's all the same to you, I'd like to check you out. Try to help.

Maybe. People study thaumaturgy, but I'm not an expert in magecraft, so I'm not sure...

[She hesitates.]

That would be--all right.

[She's a doctor, so that's not as bad.]

Where should I go?

How about I meet you somewhere? I don't have a permanent residence yet, so somewhere you feel comfortable.

I can just ask the cats for directions.

All right.

Right now I'm at--it's a pagoda. The cats should be able to find it. I've seen them come by.

I can stay here for a while. It's quiet here. You can come whenever you'd like.

I'll be there soon. See you then.

[As soon as she finds a cat that is.]

I'll wait by the doors, outside.

[Kariya waits, sitting outside the Pagoda. It really is quiet. It feels cut off from even the rest of the Gardens, and that's appealing. She leans back against a tree and almost--but not quite--falls into a doze.]

[Holiday arrives with one of the cats trotting with her when she sees the dozing person leaning against a tree.]

[... She doesn't want to wake her, but this is a little important... Holiday approaches quietly, still debating on waking her or not.]

[When she hears someone approaching, she opens her eyes and recognizes the doctor at once. She struggles to sit up.]

Hello, Doctor. I'm Kariya.

[She lifts her hand in a small wave, smiling a little.

She is self-conscious about the ruin of the left side of her face, her nearly-blinded eye. She covers up her body, but covering her face isn't something she wants to do. She didn't miss the way people had looked at her at home, which is one of the reasons she had been staying away from other people, before she'd come here. The worms are quiet for the moment, beneath her skin, but the odd veins on her face pulse slightly.]

[Holiday is used to strange deformities and injuries among others, so her face doesn't irk at all. Only... Rebecca knows that EVOs aren't here, so she is worried about it.]

It's nice to meet you Kariya. Please, let's sit somewhere so that we can talk.

It's very nice to meet you, too.

[She keeps smiling as she gets to her feet slowly, then walks forward. Her gait is halting, but she's grown used to her current state. She doesn't hurry herself.]

Yes. We could go inside. The entrance hall has places to sit. It's beautiful here.

[She leads the way to the evident, grand front door nearby.]

[Unless Kariya asks otherwise or has trouble walking, Holiday won't offer to help. Her time around Six taught her that pity can be a bad thing to some people. Still, if she were needed, she wouldn't offer. She would just help.]

[As it were, Holiday follows Kariya at an unhurried pace.]

I haven't been here before. It is beautiful.

[She wished there were more places like this back home.]

I only found it recently. I might stay here for a little while.

[It's about as unlike the Matou family home as a place can be, which makes it even more appealing to her.]

I'm not sure if there's anything that can be done for me, but I thought I'd try.

They're very dangerous. I want to be careful. [She doesn't want anyone else to get hurt.]

I hope that I'm able to help then... [With all of this weird power stuff around here, there has to be something.]

Dangerous how?

[She puts a hand up to her face as she makes her way to one of the seats in the entrance hall. The worms live throughout her body. She frowns.]

I can control them, but not always. They're not really mine. They're magical creatures that feed on others' energy. If they think they're being attacked, there could be a problem. It's hard to say. I don't know everything about them.

They? [She did see them moving a little.] So this is a parasite problem.

[Holiday sits for now beside Kariya, but that's to make her feel more comfortable right now than anything else.]

[She nods.]

Yes, they're called Crest Worms. There are many of them.

[She puts her hands in her lap, looking down at her hands, then up at Holiday again.]

I don't know how many. They can make themselves very small.

[She nods.]

In my home, people have a problem similar to this on a normal basis, though it used to be much more common. I do know of several ways we can try to remove them.

What has been tried to so far?

[She shakes her head, emphatic.]

No, I can't get rid of them. I have to keep them. I need them. It's--I don't know if I could live without them now, and I need the power.

I haven't tried anything...

[Wait, wha-]

... Power...?

But there may be a way to separate them from yourself without killing you. At least get the majority and treat the rest with medications.

[Kariya clutches her chest.] Yes, they're familiars. They let me use magic.

I don't want them, but I have to keep them. And they bond with their--host.

[She might not be completely rational in insisting on this, but the idea that she might not have the power to finish the Grail War frightens her.]

I thought maybe it could hurt less, somehow. It hurts all the time.

[Familiars. Magic. Right. She should have put that together already, but the idea of magic is just so foreign to her.]

The best way to stop them from hurting you is to get rid of them.

[Even if she were on Kariya's side of the argument, any treatment she may use might kill the pests anyway... Though, it is might.]

Are you sure you need that power? There is no other way you could use magic?

[The girl may get angry with her, but Holiday certainly didn't care.]

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