Cross Effects: Rebirth (2.0) The RP

[Elf]

"You're a fookin idiot," Lancer said, sighing in exasperation as Neo proceeded to stab himself in the heart and then shoot himself in the stomach.  Apparently he was some immortal or some such, so attempting to kill him wouldn't really work.  I bet if one took his head he wouldn't be blathering about like a fucking idiot, he thought before turning to Rin.

He smirked at Rin's apprentice's offer to help smite the wanker.  The maid had fire, that's for damned sure, but Rin was here and she was safe.  There was also some young man that looked remarkably like her.  Same eyes and that same Look to them, except no where near as powerful as the lass he took it upon himself to protect because of that bastard asshole Archer. Fucking traitor.  I would have loved to have a girl like this as my Master.  She would have been a lot more fun.

From what little he knew about Bazett, he would have had more fun playing with Rin between battles.  Teasing her, talking to her, getting to laugh and have fun with herself for a change.  Bazett had wanted to save him.  Lancer was fine with his fate; he didn't need to be rescued even by a comely lass with nice tits.

He also watched Rin's reaction to everything and he said, "Man's a fooking idiot, and I really don't like to see those who've won my favor threatened as such."  He thought of that little coward, Shinji, and his little womanly scream of pain he let out when Lancer had stabbed him in the shoulder.  Lancer had wanted him to hurt after Shinji had treated Rin the way he had.

Then he disengaged Gae Bolg because it apparently was upsetting everyone.  Women.

******

Wynn then did as suggested and tried the food.  It was a bit spicy for her taste, but luckily the absinthe helped with that.  It had a unique flavor and she reasoned it was worth it to try it once.  She nodded her approval to Karna as he called out about someone being a coward or some such.

******

Ash had not found the Draculas Three, just the rein of their destruction.  Dawn was coming, so she found Kyle and her fledgling.  "Couldn't find them, but dawn's coming up.  Let's get back to my place and see where to go from there."

******

"Oh!  Yes, she did mention Archer.  So Right, bigger room, probably a bigger bed or maybe two beds right?" Forest asked, her voice going an octave higher than her normal smokey voice.

Then she heard Karna speak and she grumbled, "He's an asshole."

[Brahmastra]

"Oh!  Yes, she did mention Archer.  So Right, bigger room, probably a bigger bed or maybe two beds right?" Forest asked, her voice going an octave higher than her normal smokey voice.

Then she heard Karna speak and she grumbled, "He's an asshole."

Seeing as Wynn was enjoying the food in peace, Karna left her with a polite "Take your time", and walked towards Forest's voice, and was met with her and the girl and her protector standing across from each other.

"You do know I can hear you even when you are being quiet, right Forest? It would not do for you to be spreading lies about me to the lovebirds."

[Knick]

Amy

“You know what? I got something better.” Amy said with a dark smirk as she looked at Neo.

“You know Neo, you have been nothing but frustrating and annoying every time your mouth has opened. Constatly insulting us as you talk, and even having the nerve to scare Fiore like that. You need to be punished.” He smile grew, “And now I know your immortal. So I don’t have to care about accidentally killing you.”

Reaching into her bag she pulled out an old book that seemed to have massive wear and tear. She held it in her hands before talking, “Ages, do mommy a favor and get this guy out of here.”

At her words the book vanished, and appearing in its place a massive colossus revealed itself, with its lower body fused to the ground. It looked almost human except for its stone and moss covered body. Its hand formed around Neo and picked him up.

And around them the world changed, the pavement changed to old stone, and wet moss appeared on almost every surface. The effect was obviously spreading further, if one looked down the street, almost like water moving along a surface.

Holding Neo in his hand for a second he looked at the human that annoyed his mother so much before he began talking, a rumbling ancient sounding voice, “You have brought this upon yourself Human.”

He then swung his hand and threw Neo in a random direction without even looking where he was throwing him, sending Neo into the sky of the Nexus city.

“If that is all mother, I will go to sleep again.” And with those words he vanished, the world reverting to normal and his book appearing back in Amy’s hand.

She then smiled, “Well I feel better.” Her fingers started moving through Fiore's hair again, it was really soft. "He should be fine, he will probably heal in no time. People like that tend to have accelerated healing." She looked down at Fiore, "But at least he won't be able to be so rude to us anymore, so forgive me. Ok?"

[Elf]

Lancer eyed Amy and said, "Girly, you've got some rather odd children."

******

Forest gritted her teeth and then said, "Well, its not a falsehood.  You are an asshole.  No, you're beyond an asshole.  You're a douche.  You're like the Douche Star of douches."

[Daiki]

Enkidu stood by the side of the wingless dragon in silence. He wished for guidance of the losts souls, hoping those could find some solace in the afterlife or reincarnation cycle they belonged to.

His relatively short arm reached for his companion's shoulder.

"We can't do much more for them." His voice didn't contain the raw emotions one would expect from someone who had just witnessed such picture of death. Even if Enkidu had been an emotional person, he would have been desensitized after watching so much death in his own time. In his era, when gods still openely interacted with humanity, death was a daily event. The reasons were many but all lead to the same departure. Beyond death, all one could hope was to remain in other's memory. As a hero, a king, a thief, a friend, a lover,  a rival or even an archenemy. It didn't matter because as long as you were remembered, a part of you still hadn't quit the world of the living. He didn't feel anger or sadness. Only a simple regret, to not know of their identity as individuals. Otherwise, he could have preserved these unknown victims as memory for as long as he would be alive.

"We should go, this place isn't for us."

----

Kyle had accepted to go to Ash's place without a word. After all, he didn't have any special plan for the night besides keeping an eye on Ellen until her sire, or Law Unto Herself would take over as babysitter. He kept his mouth shut until they were by the doorstep.

"So, what's your plan about her?" His thumb pointed in Ellen's general direction. He gave the vampire an amused glance. "Well, besides bringing her in leech's nests to feed on whores."

[Lycodrake]

Lycodrake Aptera
Vampire Territory

Enkidu stood by the side of the wingless dragon in silence. He wished for guidance of the losts souls, hoping those could find some solace in the afterlife or reincarnation cycle they belonged to.

His relatively short arm reached for his companion's shoulder.

"We can't do much more for them." His companion paused in thought before continuing, "We should go, this place isn't for us."

The wingless dragon nodded as his quickened pulse slowed down and he forced himself to stop growling and took calmer, deeper breaths. He would do what he could to find justice for these tortured souls, but this was the territory of beings that did this in the first place - not somewhere he or his companion wanted to stick around. Once they got to "Shawnee", he would want to find a river to wash off in.

[Brahmastra]

Day 2: Outside Golden Rule

Walking through the automated doors, Shirou Kotomine shook his head slightly in a bored manner, having just finished an hour long argument in the early hours of the morning until he finally got a reasonable price out of the businessmen he was conversing with. Truth be told, he was almost on the verge of having Assassin put something in their drinks, but  they ultimately pulled through.

"Incredible how much they can take for just dirt and stone, isn't it?", the priest said with a bored demeanor.

"Indeed. Though Assyria was a land of riches, I had not expecting it's very soil to become a luxury. The world truly has changed, hasn't it?", was the reply from his immediate left.

To the priest's side was the person he had come to know as Assassin, or, in conversations not in the public eye, Semiramis. One of the greatest rulers the Babylonian region ever saw, who stole the throne from King Ninus through poisoning and seduction. To not call her beautiful would be a sin to all women, for the word was not adequate, but Shirou kept himself quiet on that matter. He had a more important goal than a woman or love and though he would not admit it, some things about her worried him a bit. Regardless she had proven herself to be one of the greatest parts of his plan, and she was quite cooperative in that regard.

"For better or worse. How long will we have to postpone our plans with the rebuilding of the Gardens?"

"The ritual will be done in two days, at which point we shall be unstoppable."

"We shouldn't get ahead of ourselves with such thinking. Until it's final stage, our plan is at constant risk. Unless we acquire some powerful pawns."

"For once I wish you would have a little faith in me", said the Queen with a slight uncharacteristic pout, the faintest of red spilling on her cheeks.

Shirou smiled a tad at her response, not taking account for her slight leak of emotion. Noticing that his second compatriot was not with them, he asked aloud, genuinely curious.

"Caster? Where did you go off to?"

"I'm going to have to ask you to leave, sir," she said again, undaunted. "I doubt you could cut open an apple in your state, anyway."

In a moment influenced by Ragna's behavior, she almost called him a "bitch". However, Celica held back. Better to only taunt the snake as little as possible.

"Tch, have it your way, bitch. I'll go find better food. Blame yourself if more corpses are discovered in the mall, you little shit", he said with a taunting smirk, placing a kick on the cash register that rattled it's contents and sending a few coins of various origin sprawling across the floor. He turned his back and walked out, but as he was a few steps away from the counter, he turned his head to the side with a cruel smile.

"Watch your back, bitch. Relius is also around." With that he walked out.

[Ivan The Mouse]

Amy

“You know what? I got something better.” Amy said with a dark smirk as she looked at Neo.

“You know Neo, you have been nothing but frustrating and annoying every time your mouth has opened. Constatly insulting us as you talk, and even having the nerve to scare Fiore like that. You need to be punished.” He smile grew, “And now I know your immortal. So I don’t have to care about accidentally killing you.”

"Well yeah, so fuckin' bite me, bitch. I can take it." Neo said. "You just mad yo' pride is being hurt."

Reaching into her bag she pulled out an old book that seemed to have massive wear and tear. She held it in her hands before talking, “Ages, do mommy a favor and get this guy out of here.”

At her words the book vanished, and appearing in its place a massive colossus revealed itself, with its lower body fused to the ground. It looked almost human except for its stone and moss covered body. Its hand formed around Neo and picked him up.

And around them the world changed, the pavement changed to old stone, and wet moss appeared on almost every surface. The effect was obviously spreading further, if one looked down the street, almost like water moving along a surface.

Neo saw what was happening after Amy started to conjure a giant stone creature, which was honestly surprising even if he knew that she could use magecraft. And as this giant picked him, the blonde muttered, "This is one ugly motherfucker."

Holding Neo in his hand for a second he looked at the human that annoyed his mother so much before he began talking, a rumbling ancient sounding voice, “You have brought this upon yourself Human.”

"Before anythin' else, two things: Yo' momma's a cunt, and I'll be back for Fio'."

He then swung his hand and threw Neo in a random direction without even looking where he was throwing him, sending Neo into the sky of the Nexus city.

"Geronimoooo...!" Neo exclaimed as he flew away up above after being pelted by the giant. Unceremoniously he came in the scene, unceremoniously he went out.

After a few good minutes in the air, he finally crash-landed into a suburban house through the roof. Two boys were playing BlazBlue inside their house during that time, until the roof wrecked behind them as he crashed into it. The boys noticed this loud commotion and they turned their heads towards the direction where he landed and upon doing so, Neo hurt himself badly, not only because of the impact of falling down someone's house, but also because the effects of him stabbing himself through his heart began to take toll.

Neo was severely dizzy after he landed, he has his knife stuck in his chest, and he felt like he cracked bones in his body. This prompted him to take out a green potion from his leather jacket. He pulled out his butterfly knife from his chest and immediately poured some of the potion into the stab wound, causing it to heal faster and stop the bleeding. He also drank some of it to regain some of the blood he lost from the wound. And so, while not in a fully optimal state, Neo began healing somewhat geometrically faster as he restored some of his strength. The two kids were watching this happen right before their eyes and Neo saw them looking back.

He then walked to them and said, "It's okay, kids. Just tell your parents that some guy fell through the roof, m'kay?" He then took out his wallet and gave them a hundred dollars each. "Here, you little busters. Don't spend it until your parents come back and, when they don't believe what you told them, show them that money and tell them how I look like, okay?" The boys, still in utter disbelief, just nodded in silence.

He then walked out of the house, somewhat unsteadily because of the remaining pain, and began looking for a vehicle. He found an old motorcycle nearby, hot-wired it and drove away from the house, towards the last spot where he left his Electra Glide.

[Alice]

Mille and Rin

"Thank you so much for your time, Garrison, was it? I think I do have some way for us to communicate lying around."

Reaching into her suitcase once again, Fiore digged out the phone she had forgotten all about, and the screen displayed a message that widened her smile considerably.

Pulling out a single card and handing it to the redhead, she spoke.

"Please call me the moment you find him. And thank you again. I will not forget this", a beaming smile now clad her lips.

Mille took the card with a nod and placed it in one of her pockets. The sweet girl's smile found itself to be contagious even for one so dreadfully serious as Mille, and the corners of her mouth twitched before somehow managing to form a very small smile.

"Y-you're welcome. I'll make sure to call you with that number as soon as I-."

She froze. The color faded from her cheeks. One could say she even looked like she was about to cry.

"My cell phone. I didn't bring it. I didn't think to." Tiny bits of moisture began to collect just underneath the red head's eyes. "A-a payphone. I can use a pay phone. Or a phone someplace else. Yes. Yes, that will work." There was something desperate in her tone of voice.

A harder heart than Rin's would have melted. The Tohsaka heir was tempted to go over and give her duty bound apprentice a squeeze, but she knew that Mille wouldn't exactly take it well. She seemed to prefer some distance.

Thankfully (or perhaps somewhat unthankfully), a distraction came up in the form of the annoyance called Neo ranting yet again. It didn't take long for Lancer to respond.

"Man's a fooking idiot, and I really don't like to see those who've won my favor threatened as such."

Rin's eyes opened a bit wider. Followed by a slight flush. Now this she didn't expect. She and Lancer must have been rather fond of each other in his timeline. It made her wonder what had happened. Still... being appreciated like this. Admittedly, it felt nice. Especially with Archer having been an idiot and bravely sacrificing himself, leaving her somewhat alone. So maybe... maybe a few more talks with Lancer weren't entirely unwarranted...

With Rin distracted, and Lancer's spear vanished into ether, Mille was about to take Neo up on his challenge. She had to vent her frustration somewhere after all, and he did pretty much give her the go ahead. She prepared to being focusing prana into her leg of choice, but a voice broke her concentration for a moment.

“You know what? I got something better.” Amy said with a dark smirk as she looked at Neo.

“You know Neo, you have been nothing but frustrating and annoying every time your mouth has opened. Constatly insulting us as you talk, and even having the nerve to scare Fiore like that. You need to be punished.” He smile grew, “And now I know your immortal. So I don’t have to care about accidentally killing you.”

Reaching into her bag she pulled out an old book that seemed to have massive wear and tear. She held it in her hands before talking, “Ages, do mommy a favor and get this guy out of here.”

At her words the book vanished, and appearing in its place a massive colossus revealed itself, with its lower body fused to the ground. It looked almost human except for its stone and moss covered body. Its hand formed around Neo and picked him up.

And around them the world changed, the pavement changed to old stone, and wet moss appeared on almost every surface. The effect was obviously spreading further, if one looked down the street, almost like water moving along a surface.

Holding Neo in his hand for a second he looked at the human that annoyed his mother so much before he began talking, a rumbling ancient sounding voice, “You have brought this upon yourself Human.”

He then swung his hand and threw Neo in a random direction without even looking where he was throwing him, sending Neo into the sky of the Nexus city.

“If that is all mother, I will go to sleep again.” And with those words he vanished, the world reverting to normal and his book appearing back in Amy’s hand.

She then smiled, “Well I feel better.” Her fingers started moving through Fiore's hair again, it was really soft. "He should be fine, he will probably heal in no time. People like that tend to have accelerated healing." She looked down at Fiore, "But at least he won't be able to be so rude to us anymore, so forgive me. Ok?"

Rin blinked as she watched Neo sail off like a rocket. Summoning familiars wasn't anything new of course, but how quickly it happened and just seeing a grown man being tossed clear out into the middle of the city threw her a bit off guard. Plus the familiar seemed to have conjured up a small reality marble, which was hardly common. Still, it was good riddance to bad rubbish, and likely she was going to be having a good laugh over it later.

Mille meanwhile was pouting a bit, visible disappointment in her eyes. "But I wanted to see how hard I could kick him in the gonads..."

[Brahmastra]

Mille and Rin

Mille took the card with a nod and placed it in one of her pockets. The sweet girl's smile found itself to be contagious even for one so dreadfully serious as Mille, and the corners of her mouth twitched before somehow managing to form a very small smile.

"Y-you're welcome. I'll make sure to call you with that number as soon as I-."

She froze. The color faded from her cheeks. One could say she even looked like she was about to cry.

"My cell phone. I didn't bring it. I didn't think to." Tiny bits of moisture began to collect just underneath the red head's eyes. "A-a payphone. I can use a pay phone. Or a phone someplace else. Yes. Yes, that will work." There was something desperate in her tone of voice.

A harder heart than Rin's would have melted. The Tohsaka heir was tempted to go over and give her duty bound apprentice a squeeze, but she knew that Mille wouldn't exactly take it well. She seemed to prefer some distance.

Fiore couldn't help but smile a bit more. The redhead became stiff as a icicle as she had forgotten her phone. Still, she seemed to have plenty of ideas for alternatives. Reaching out and taking her hand in two of her own, trying to calm her down.

"Don't worry too much, Miss Garrison. That will do plenty. Thank you so much for your time."

Amy

“You know what? I got something better.” Amy said with a dark smirk as she looked at Neo.

“You know Neo, you have been nothing but frustrating and annoying every time your mouth has opened. Constatly insulting us as you talk, and even having the nerve to scare Fiore like that. You need to be punished.” He smile grew, “And now I know your immortal. So I don’t have to care about accidentally killing you.”

Reaching into her bag she pulled out an old book that seemed to have massive wear and tear. She held it in her hands before talking, “Ages, do mommy a favor and get this guy out of here.”

At her words the book vanished, and appearing in its place a massive colossus revealed itself, with its lower body fused to the ground. It looked almost human except for its stone and moss covered body. Its hand formed around Neo and picked him up.

And around them the world changed, the pavement changed to old stone, and wet moss appeared on almost every surface. The effect was obviously spreading further, if one looked down the street, almost like water moving along a surface.

Holding Neo in his hand for a second he looked at the human that annoyed his mother so much before he began talking, a rumbling ancient sounding voice, “You have brought this upon yourself Human.”

He then swung his hand and threw Neo in a random direction without even looking where he was throwing him, sending Neo into the sky of the Nexus city.

“If that is all mother, I will go to sleep again.” And with those words he vanished, the world reverting to normal and his book appearing back in Amy’s hand.

She then smiled, “Well I feel better.” Her fingers started moving through Fiore's hair again, it was really soft. "He should be fine, he will probably heal in no time. People like that tend to have accelerated healing." She looked down at Fiore, "But at least he won't be able to be so rude to us anymore, so forgive me. Ok?"

Though her expression turned a bit sour at the violent gesture, Fiore now had at least the knowledge that Neo would easily survive it.

"Though that was a very inappropriate thing to do, Amy, I cannot say that it wasn't somewhat appreciated." Though Fiore still could not claim to hate Neo, he was just a bit unpleasant, and the fact that he said he'd be back for her scared her just a bit.

"But promise me you won't do it again. At least unless you're absolutely certain it won't hurt them", lecturing the hot-blooded girl.

Suddenly yawning in an almost exaggerated manner, Fiore changed the topic.

"It's getting late Amy, could we go find a good hotel. And don't worry about the cost too much, I owe you at the very least that for your help", turning to the pusher of her wheelchair with a smile. "And any of you who feel they would like the same are free to join me. I, uh, happen to be in the demographic that inherited more money than I know what to do with."

Fiore's family was the owner of one of the biggest real-estate companies in all of Italy, a firm that goes all the way back to the 1800's. She could spare a few hundred for her companions' troubles.

[Kat]

I like her more when she's like this.

'I don't.'

Law pulled the Firebird out of the parking lot, heading for... somewhere. The streets of the Nexus were an odd cobbled together mix of many different materials, the roads following no seemingly set up plan. He was probably, he guessed, somewhere in the Business/Shopping district. A map he'd grabbed out of the Motel lobby had displayed some sort of park nearby - a good a place as any to see things going on. And the ghosts he'd likely need to deal with.

"Where are you going? You don't seem like a man with plan right now" Mordred commented, kind of sensing Lawrence's hesitation on were they should go.

Kyle had accepted to go to Ash's place without a word. After all, he didn't have any special plan for the night besides keeping an eye on Ellen until her sire, or Law Unto Herself would take over as babysitter. He kept his mouth shut until they were by the doorstep.

"So, what's your plan about her?" His thumb pointed in Ellen's general direction. He gave the vampire an amused glance. "Well, besides bringing her in leech's nests to feed on whores."

Kyle was not a bad guy, that was obvious, but Ellen did not approve of his rude language. Not all. She however kept it to herself, refraining to comment.

[Kurogami]

"Long story. I assume you just got here?"

Hey, listen. I think I know that purple head from somewhere.

Any idea where?

Not a clue, if she gave a few tells I could pick her out, but right now I've got nothing.

Looked like she knew who you were immediately.

Hmm...

"Well sunrise is about two hours off, so why don't all of you sleep over at my place?"

Minato frowned slightly.

"I would feel bad sending you all off on your own this late, especially right after that; Besides, I have a bunch of empty rooms so there is no issue with a few guests."

Not to mention even the werewolves will be keeping of us for a few days after that display.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider stared at Haruna for a moment, confused. She was sure she'd never met the girl, but she was acting like they were close friends.

How does she know us?

Oh, I see, she's from this universe, not ours, thought Rider. She must know the version of us from here.

Before she could say anything, though Kiyoshi spoke.

“Mummy and Daddy are doing brilliantly!” he said, happily. “How do you know them?”

Then, the other man spoke.

"Long story. I assume you just got here?"

“Yeah, the boy's Aunt, Rin, accidentally sent us here when she was performing an experiment”, Rider said.

Then, she turned to Haruna.

“Sorry, Miss Haruna, I don't remember ever meeting you. As the man said, we're not from this universe.

As for Shirou and Sakura, though, they are well, in my universe anyway. The boy with me is their youngest son, Kiyoshi”, she said with a smile.

Then, the man spoke again.

"Well sunrise is about two hours off, so why don't all of you sleep over at my place?

I would feel bad sending you all off on your own this late, especially right after that; Besides, I have a bunch of empty rooms so there is no issue with a few guests", he said.

Rider smiled.

“Well, we could do with somewhere to stay, at least for tonight. Is your house safe?”

Then, she turned to Haruna.

“Hmm, do you know where the Shirou and Sakura from this universe are living? Kiyoshi would feel a lot safer and happier if they were around, and I'm sure they'd happily take him in.”

[Knick]

Amy

She looked at Lancer but didn’t say anything. Not like she wasn’t expecting something like that from people. 

“Sorry if I upset you Fiore. But I just couldn't take him anymore.” She smiled at Fiore, “I promise to not do anything like that again.”

She will just have Proxy bury him up to his neck or something. He should be able to do something like that.

“And I’ll be happy to take you up on that offer.”

[Milbunk]

Haruna Mochizuki

"This universe?" She was confused from the statement. She should be in Tokyo right in the same universe she had always been. But then again, now that she began to think about it she did realize there were certain things that were a bit off.

"Oh I see... You must be a Rider from a different future. Well in that case it's nice to meet you once more Rider, and as for little Kiyoshi here I knew Shirou and Sakura were already in a relationship but I didn't realize they had gotten that far..."

She pondered things for a second before continuing. "Well Rider, I'm afraid that if you ended up here from your universe then I'm probably in the same boat as you are. I too come from a different universe you see. I Also have a partner but we split up shortly upon arriving and I haven't had any contact with him since, for all I know he might still be in Tokyo back in our world."

With all of that said she finally turned to her first companion. "Very well then Minato I had originally intended to just rent a room myself but now I'm not so sure my currency would even work in this world. If you have a spare room then I would gratefully accept."