Fate/Hollow Fake

Fate/Hollow Fake is a two-part Fate Stay Night Alternate Universe fanfic/Quest hosted on Sufficient Velocity by ZerbanDaGreat.

The Holy Grail War has come once again to Fuyuki City, but in a way that nobody was expecting. The story follows Tamiko Kurosawa, a stressed out barista whose life is changed forever when she and her friend Yuko unwittingly are plunged head first into the secret world of mages and servants. Barely escaping death at the hands of a Servant for witnessing too much, Tamiko and her newly summoned Servant, Lancer, must navigate their way through the war, and try to figure out how to keep themselves, let alone those they care about, alive until the end of a fight that seems to make less sense the longer it goes on.

The story was dictated by the choices of its readers, and balances its time between character interaction during the day and grail war activity in the evening.


 * Anyone Can Die
 * Artificial Human: Alfonsviel von Einzbern, Miyu Edelfelt, and Saber of Red.
 * Badass Gay: Jacob Taylor, resident gunslinger.
 * Batman Gambit: Assassin of Red does that a lot.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Lancer and Rider, defending their masters from Assassin of Black.
 * Blood Knight: Saber of Red.
 * Big Fancy House: The Matou estate.
 * Click. "Hello.":
 * Cool Big Sis: Rider of Red, for the Matou household.
 * Cool Boat: The Golden Hind, Rider of Red's Noble Phantasm.
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome: Yuko Yamada.
 * Cosmic Plaything: Discussed by Caster of Red
 * Continuity Nod: A whole bunch of references and call backs from the Fate franchise are made.
 * Conveniently Orphaned: Out of the assembled Red Masters, Tamiko, Shinji, Sakura, and Alfons don't have parents.
 * Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Sakura treats Tamiko's Projection as this. Later on,
 * Disney Death:
 * Dysfunction Junction: The red team's got a whole lot of issues.
 * Fake Memories:
 * Fly or Die: Tamiko's magecraft works better when he's in mortal danger.
 * Fragile Speedster: Lancer, Rider, and Assassin of Red all rely heavily on their speed.
 * Gay Cowboy: Jacob Taylor
 * Gemstone Assault: The preferred method of combat for Luvia and Miyu Edelfelt.
 * Gentle Giant: Lancer of Red.
 * Go Out with a Smile:
 * Guns Akimbo: Rider of Red's weapon of choice.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: The fate of
 * Meaningful Name: Tamiko Kurosawa
 * Red Right Hand: Assassin of Black.
 * Shapeshifter Weapon: Lancer of Red can alter his clay weapons, when he needs to.
 * Shapeshifter Mode Lock:
 * Suicide Attack: