Built Different

 

Spoilers for Fate/Grand Order's "Lostbelt No. 6: Fairy Round Table Domain, Avalon le Fae" within!

This was an idea that Akane shared with me and I decided to make into a caption. I've also decided to start unintrusively watermarking my captions--please let me know what you think.

Thanks to Akane and Kingbobman for beta reading. Additional thanks to the VS Battles Wiki for help in gauging Barghest's lifting strength. Admittedly, they don't have a page for her, but they do have one for Gawain. I guesstimated her strength based on her being significantly stronger than him, especially during her Lostbelt. I'm operating on the assumption that's the apex of her capabilities.

The number I arrived at for Barghest's bench press is 100 teragrams, or 2.778×10^9 times more than Ritsuka's 36 kilograms. That's on the high end of VS Battles' Class G lifting strength.

The image I used is fanart of Barghest (left) and male Ritsuka Fujimaru (right) from Fate/Grand Order, done by Freeman on Pixiv (second image).

The font I used is SkipStd-B, either the exact same font used in FGO or a close approximation.

All persons depicted are fictitious, not owned by me (Fate is owned by Type-Moon), and above the age of 18.

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TRANSCRIPT:
Hey, don't worry! No one lifts a ton on their first day, sweetie~!

W-well, I suppose I do, but that's nothing you should be ashamed of. Bluntly put, I'm just built different. Fairies of the Fang Clan are inherently stronger than humans, and I was exceptional even before my ascensions, hence my ability to bench press over 100 billion kilograms with ease. I can't deny I enjoy being so powerful, but I'm mostly just glad to be strong enough to protect you from any and all threats, Master! That's my job, my duty as your servant!

And besides, you managed to bench press 36 kilos back there. For a beginner of your weight, that's not bad! With time and commitment, I know you can become significantly stronger! Any master of mine who can accept my grotesque appearance and heal my wounds following the loss of my self-restraint is capable of anything!

I can't help but think back to that day, when my Antennae of A-Rei were badly damaged. I thought it was all over for you, that I was going to devour you like I had so many other fairies. If you had told me immediately after my summoning that your embrace would be enough to overcome my cannibalistic instincts, I would've written you off as a liar and a fool.

Really, you being alive at all after that is more than proof enough that you're capable of anything. So please, don't sell yourself short just because you don't feel your ability to bench press is up to par. Setting your expectations at my level is a recipe for disaster, especially when that level is lifting the equivalent weight of every human on Earth!

How are you feeling now? What say we go back to the bench press and start working your way to 40 kilos? Or, if you're done for today, maybe you'd prefer to join me in the showers~?