Artoria was still sitting on that one spot, that ornate dagger dancing over her fingers as she absently waited for her challengers to appear. Why wasn't she moving? The answer was simple, if she ended up having to kill everyone here, she'd rather take it one at a time without revealing fully how it occurred. Beyond that, she'd already laid claims to this cup, so she'd take on the challengers who came for her directly, as they were the ones most likely to sate her desire for battle. Besides that, her ability to feel energy relative to herself would allow her better general strategizing. Patience was not often practiced by Saber, but today... for complete victory she'd sit. Not hiding but hording her specific treasure waiting for the potential thieves to show up. Perhaps, if she'd had less concentration, she would realize that she seemed a lot like the King of Heroes in this moment, but she was focused and not on him. Well, that wasn't entirely true, the dagger in her hand was an ornate one, given to her as a gift a decade ago by that very man. She hadn't been able to part with it since getting it for reasons she didn't properly understand yet.
"I also do not like being trapped in places without my consent. Especially not with people who are trying to kill me to gain a blessed cup," she said as if this was a perfectly normal conversation to have. The last arrow loosed by Archer slid past the face of the man who was Caster. It appeared he was stunned to find she wouldn't be set on fire. She wondered now if he was one of those mages who specialized in a specific kind of magic, and it would seem the answer was yes... though he didn't say so. Even so, she confirmed it by his sudden tone switch and his desire to be partners. "You cannot win in a fight against me," she said as an observation. "I would not mind a partner, it would make my tasks easier. But... if you truly do not like fighting women you are going to have to do some more thinking. The one in this castle is definitely a woman and she by power alone is frightening." Archer's statements were factual. By her own account there were three women in this area and two of them overpowered her by quite a bit.