Cross Effects: Rebirth (2.0) The RP

[Brahmastra]

Phoenix

Phoenix saw the blood of the hydra kill its tree, and was half tempted to counteract it. However the Kind Friend used it against the insect. And so Phoenix watched from its roost in the sky.

Then the insect jumped and another beast appeared beneath him. It was a bird whose wings crackled with lightning.

Phoenix would not allow it. The man took to the sky and enslaved a child which Gaia based its model on Phoenix itself. And so Phoenix began to move, the flames dancing along its body and falling to the earth and impossibly hot embers.

And so it moved at high speeds, flying through the air at massive speeds towards that insect-man who took to the sky, to the place where Phoenix reigned supreme.

As the pesky firebird sped towards him, Rider briefly considered his situation. With the hydra driven off and the dragons brought back into the gate, he could use his powers once more. He ordered his own mount forward as this time three of the white dragon heads appeared over his own, conjoining their breath weapons in a trio of arctic waters, freezing the very air as the Thunderbird and the dragon heads flew by the firebird in an attacking dive.

The Sphinx however, suffered horrendous injuries at the hands, or rather, the swords, of the newcomer, and eventually disappeared. It would take a short while for it be restored, to face this newcomer. The newcomer Rider heard proclaim himself a King.

"And what King attacks from the shadows, much less does not prostrate to the King of Kings?"

As he flew past the Phoenix after his dive, he bellowed once more.

"I see! This is not a battlefield for kings, much less for men of courage. This is a farce of cowards. I am done here!"

With that, the wings of the great Thunderbird whipped up an impenetrable black cloud from which a great storm started, keeping pursuers blind as he flew off.

He needed to contact his Master, the Little Flower.

'Flower, let us rendezvous at the apartment. I feel the need for rest and the discussion of my cowardly opponents is in order. Keep the bed warm for me, Ha-ha!'


"i-I'm not forward. My friend Clivell helped me pick them out. I, uh, just went with her suggestions because I'm not really good at that kind of thing. Aha, hahaha", she ended her sentence with a nervous laugh as she clumsily dragged on a new set of panties, sharing the same design as the previous, before beginning to attend to the matching bra.

It was a while later and he had dropped off the cases at his boat docked in the river. He did not know why he felt like going for a walk, but he supposes it is good to move around a bit instead of waiting for new jobs and doing nothing.

That is until he ran into a familiar face. She had light brown hair and was dressed in incredibly out of place clothing, especially considering the light amount of blood. There was not a magus that associated with the Mage Association that did not know who she was, hell, there was probably not a person associated with the magical side of the world that did not know of her.

But even so, he simply walked up to her without so much as a care, “Well, even the Queen herself was sucked to this place it seems. What are the odds?”

Why it is not often that one runs into Barthomeloi Lorelei, the vice-director of the Mage’s Association, in the middle of the street after all.

"The latest Saylor amobae, I presume", noticing the thick scent of saltwater around him. A disgusting scent that records claimed were shared by the all. "What brings you here, or should I ask how you even got here instead? No, wait, that is a foolish question, for when have the Saylor done anything for the sake of anything other than money?"

[Milbunk]

Downy and Yuuto
Alleyway

"And I believe that is what has happened until now. As for what to do next, I have a few ideas but they may require your cooperation if it is to succeed." Having finally summed up all that he knew while also being quiet about his own background, Downy finished his rant.

"I see... I might agree to help you, but I have one condition. There will be no innocent casualties. Do I make myself clear?" With his voice as deadly serious as ever Yuuto stared straight into Downy's eyes as if judging just how serious he was.

"Hmm... Very well then, if that is what it will take I will agree. However the task ahead will not be easy, unfortunately as I have mentioned before a normal summoning circle does not seem to work, all it has done is brought you here... This leaves me with fewer options then I would normally prefer." Downy gave a shrug of submission as if finally coming to grasp on what he had in store for the future.

"Hmph, fine. I will admit I don't like normally working with others but it seems we have little choice. So then... Where do we go next?" Straight to the point as always Yuuto continued on.

"Ah yes, allow me to explain..." And thus Downy and Yuuto left their dingy ally and into the streets, both of them with their own goals but also with a united purpose.

[Lycodrake]

Lycodrake Aptera

He had traveled through the desert and weathered sandstorms before, accompanying Marie, but the fury that the elemental Sphinx lashed at him with surpassed any natural or magic-fueled storm he had endured. The fire did not hurt, but the scathing winds and sand tried to wear down both Aegis and his scales; he was fortunate to have closed his eyes before leaping to aid Enkidu.

Though Enkidu requested his help in throwing him at the arrogant, annoying king, someone else - Gilgamesh!? It was difficult to comphrehend - intervenened and the storm of wind and sand and fire died out to be replaced by a dark cloud above their heads, ready to pour down rain and strike out with thunder and lightning. But that was okay - the confrontation with the "King of Kings" was over.

He shifted back to warg-size slowly and carefully, glad that the blessing of his matron goddess had helped. Now to wait to see how things unfolded amongst the four that remained in the area: himself, Enkidu, the Phoenix, and the hero-king Gilgamesh.

[Dallas]

Caules

"Your loss", answered Caules with a shrug of his shoulders as he took a seat by the large window looking into the street, waving the knight over as he looked through the glass.

He sat in silence, thinking, until his food arrived, at which point he started the conversation.

"So, it might not just be me, but isn't our current search plan a bit", he stopped briefly to take a bite of his kebab, "inefficient? Going by the map on my phone, this city is larger than Switzerland, and not much easier to navigate, the signal keeps dying and the city guard haven't seen even a slight of my sister. Do you think there's anywhere we can go to get mercenary help? I mean, money's not an issue."

"Oh of course..." The burger he was hesitant to order at first was almost cooked to perfection. Extra onions, crisp lettuce, double patties... whatever the hell that purple shit was that tasted sorta like salsa; it all really hit the big empty spot parading Samuel's stomach ever since he got to Nexus last night. So far all he has seen is other beings just as bizarre as him, meaning this city is stocked full of some fucked up shit. But there was one thing he was beginning to worry they weren't stocked up on...

Ketchup. Truly, this burger was almost perfection. But they forgot the ketchup. The savory taste of crushed tomato paste with god knows what else Heinz adds to that tasty shit. Looking around the tables, it became clear none of them had any bottles of it  present for customer convenience. Normally when any sort of food industry failed to present it, he shrugged it off as lazy catering. But this scenario... was definitely different. Truly, this city wasn't so twisted as to lack one of God's most sacred condiments gifted to human kind?

He glanced at the table near the window. They were the only other customers in this dingy pizza parlor. They were one hell of an odd couple. The first man appeared to be a little rich pretty boy, who'd likely wet himself were he to raise his voice. The other, sitting adjacent fro him, was a muff short of being the dictionary definition of opposite to his companion. Walkin' around in a suit of armor like that made Samuel pretty surprised that the chair he sat on didn't give way to the weight he put onto it.

Never the less, their conversation was going to have to be put on hold. This dilemma could not wait any longer.

"Excuse me fine gentleman!" He paused to assure himself that he had their attention.  "How's those kebabs treatin ya'? Good I'd hope. This burger here, I have to say it's a mighty fine slab of beef. I appreciate a good burger when I taste one. But I feel guilty tellin' myself things that aren't 100% true. If I can't lie to myself how am I suppose to lie to others? Now this burger would be a tasty burger! That is, were it not lacking one mighty important factor every hunk of meat should not have to be cursed to go without: Ketchup. You know what I'm talkin about when I say ketchup right? The think, vinegar-y tomato condiment you spread over almost every one of God's unhealthy gifts to humanity? You wouldn't happen to have some of that over at your table now would you? These fries are also a bit too salty for one to eat without a little red on it either."

He took a short sip of the diet coke in his hand. "In fact, I'd be grateful if you could simply confirm the existence of ketchup for me."

[Knick]

Phoenix

Phoenix pulled up from its missed dive at the thunderbird as the man fled using a storm cloud. It could have easily followed him; it did not need to see the man to follow him after all.

It simply landed on the ground and began to chirp and screech in the direction the man fled, almost as if taunting him. It then puffed up its chest in pride for a moment and shrunk to the size of a fully grown man before it began to look around. A light emanated from its body now that the flames subsided. The tree that died due to the hydra’s poison blood began to grow anew and the wounds anyone might have suffered began to heal.

Such is the life giving properties of the sun.

It then noticed the Clay Friend and hopped over to him. It simply stood there for a moment before it began to softly peck at his head a couple of times. At the end of that it started to nibble on his green hair.

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Sakura

Sakura was back at the apartment when Ramesses finally arrived. She was simply sitting on a chair as she was infusing her bow properly.

“So Rider, I assume that catastrophic failure of a fight was all according to some grand plan of your’s, correct?” The annoyance in her voice was obvious. “Why you even let the enemy servant escape.”

Sakura then paused before continuing, “At least it was not all a failure, Saber revealed her noble phantasm so he name is obvious. Mordred, the one who rebelled against King Arthur, what a fun coincidence isn’t it?.” She looked Rider in the eyes, “Although, do you know why you could not simply command that Phoenix? I thought all phantasmal beasts but the ones slayed by Gilgamesh were under your domain, even should they not be the ones from your Reality Marble. How could it fight against you?”

It was obvious Sakura was taking this seriously. If there was a way to circumvent Rider’s dominion over the beasts of Gaia it would be a great weakness. Even at night when he had access to the boat of Ra.

Meanwhile in her workshop insect familiars were busy at work constructing the bounded field that was around the apartment, the saliva of Moby Dick having greatly enhanced their growth rate.

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Shiro

Shiro slightly wilted at that, he could fly to?

Guess mages from wherever he is from are far different, but the age thing was slightly easier to swallow, most powerful magi could extend their lives. Either way he should keep that in mind.

“Well, anyway. You are definitely competent. Would you mind sending some people over to my church while I find somewhere to lie down? I just need a bit. You did a fair number on me after all.”

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Zolgen

“I am afraid I currently have a sensitive work in place at my workshop, however I have a secure location not too far from here. The bugs will lead you. Oh, and bring the interesting specimen.”

And with that Zolgen was no more, and a small swarm of bugs hovered near Grigori, ready to lead him to the meeting point in the sewers.

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Amy

“Well, I would like to meet your friend should I ever get the chance. I feel like we would get along.” She smiled at Fiore. “Now come on let’s get you to bed.”

Wheeling Fiore out of the bathroom she moved her over to where they would be sleeping. Mille was lying down on the far side of the bed, but Amy could not tell if she was awake. Softly picking up Fiore, Amy placed her in the middle.

“There you go. Your turn if you want to wash up Mille, I am going to hit the hey myself.” And with that she got into bed next to Fiore.

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Benjamin

“’Amoeba’ huh? Did you come up with that on the spot? Or do you have a book you write them down in in advance?” He retorted his voice a simple calm.

“But in all seriousness my ship was brought to this place at random. Rather annoying to not have anyone know your name, makes finding jobs so much harder.” He looked up at the sky; remember the slight difficulty he had in making a notable name in this city. At least that was done and over with.

He then noted the small ash stain on the pavement, and noticed the light matching smell in the air. He blinked before looking at her again, “What is with the ash?” It was an honest question. Did she already murder some poor sap who crossed her? She can't be that poorly adjusted can she, to just murder some random guy like that?

[Daiki]

He didn't have the words. All he could do in this very instant was to observe silently the figure clad in gold getting rid of the Sphinx. The shining vault's openings rippling in the air as so many treasures were thrown at the beast. He had been hoping to see again this very radiance. How much did he long for meeting again this man capable of radiating such charisma. It had been a wish he never thought would be being granted.

Noises were gone and he couldn't even see his surroundings. His interest in pursuing the fleeing opponent was null. He didn't notice how his wounds caused by the Hydra's poison vanished. Nor did he pay attention to his draconic companion reverting to his original form. Even when the Phoenix insisted to catch his attention, Enkidu didn't react. He simply walked to get closer to the source of their victory.

"My King."

These words were spoken with all the respect and admiration one could mutter when exposed to the King of Uruk. However, as much as his instinct told him to, Enkidu didn't bend the knee before Gilgamesh. For he was the only man equal to him now and forever. The only one capable to stand by his side. The only one privileged enough to show such arrogance.

He was his friend.

[MissingMandible]

Staff Sergeant Jonathan Mathews

Henry
"Today's your lucky day, boy scout. So where's this 'guardswoman'?"

"She's down this alley. Wait here, we'll bring her to the vehicle!" And with that, Mathews started sprinting back. 'There is still hope, yet...

The three of them were still where he left them. Togg was still holding onto Samantha while the Dragoon stood a ways away. Approaching them, Jonathan turned to the gilded soldier, "Help me remove her fuel tank. I got her a ride, but she'll need to lay down."

The Dragoon hesitated, but did what he asked. While fiddling with the straps, Mathews noted two deep cuts on her upper right arm; the wounds had to be from the fight, but they already look horribly infected. Once they got it off Samantha's sickly form, the Staff Sergeant turned to the abhuman "Togg, I'm going to put the Heavy Flamer in your rucksack. After I do that, lift Cardigan up and carry her while following me. Do you understand?"

"Yez Sir." Was the Bone 'ead's grunted reply.

"Good."

After stuffing the Corporal's weapon into the giant man's rucksack, Togg lifted Samantha and held her like a newborn child, and Jonathan urged both him and the Dragoon to follow him. If the vehicle driver to have listened to him and stayed put, Jonathan was sure that Specialist Cardigan could be saved.

Chosen Undead

The Knight was taken aback by the man who walked up to the table. Guessing that the man wanted the little red cylinder that was on the table, he grabbed it and held it towards the guest, trying his best to speak clearly despite not really knowing what to say "Is...this what you wanted?"

...The Undead was thankful that his face guard was down, hiding his expression. The look of confusion that was no doubt plastered on his face would be an embarrassing spectacle.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider watched as her nail passed straight through the being. Even so, her attack seemed to have the desired effect, and it pulled back from Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi lay in the bed, exhausted and terrified from the attack, but clearly still alive and with no obvious signs of harm. Rider ran to his side and grabbed hold of the boy, attempting to comfort him as best as she could.

Before she could say anything, though, she heard a voice in her head.

I need you to leave. My brothers will not extend the same courtesy, and your presence here is but an annoyance to my plans. Or maybe a benefit. Stay then if you feel like it - if you can feel, it said.

Rider glared daggers at the being as it hopped onto the headboard. The monster had just attacked Kiyoshi, and yet it had the gall to ask her for a favour.

Besides, it's been a long time since I have talked to someone without a true body, it continued.

Tell me, what is a whelp like that doing in the company of a being like you?

"A..aunty Rider", Kiyoshi moaned, somewhat weakly.

"Shh, it's OK, it won't hurt you any more" she said, hugging the boy tightly.

Then, she turned back to stare at the monster.

"You attack and hurt someone I am protecting, and then you have the gall to demand that I leave him defenceless for the sake of your plans? Why should I care what your plans require?" she said, angrily.

"As for why I am protecting him, this boy is my master's son. I love her as I would my own sister, and I love her children in the same way. I will not allow her or her family to come to any harm, no matter what the circumstances".

[YOLF]

Fate

He nodded, assenting to Shiro's request.

"Naturally. I'll send three fully equipped squads for the time being, and we can adjust our arrangement later."

Putting his hands in his pockets, Fate walked over towards the remaining soldiers who had not scrambled for cover or outright ran from the seats surrounding the area. Ignoring the dumbfounded recruits and shaking officers, he addressed the lieutenant in full armor unsteadily supporting himself against a wall.

"Lt. Charleston. Lend me your comm. I need to make arrangements for a detachment to be sent somewhere."

Righting himself from his stupor, the man quickly saluted and detached a piece from his helmet he handed to his superior. Fate took it without a pause and adjusted it over his ear. He was pinging communications and walking past the group when he stopped for a second and looked back to speak. "Show my guest to the infirmary and get him medical attention if he requires it."

"Yes sir!" Charleston replied. He turned to one of the stunned rookies on the floor and barked out orders to go warn one of their medics, and approached Shiro to lead him to the place.

Meanwhile, Fate wandered off, giving instructions through the comm.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Rider watched as her nail passed straight through the being. Even so, her attack seemed to have the desired effect, and it pulled back from Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi lay in the bed, exhausted and terrified from the attack, but clearly still alive and with no obvious signs of harm. Rider ran to his side and grabbed hold of the boy, attempting to comfort him as best as she could.

Before she could say anything, though, she heard a voice in her head.

I need you to leave. My brothers will not extend the same courtesy, and your presence here is but an annoyance to my plans. Or maybe a benefit. Stay then if you feel like it - if you can feel, it said.

Rider glared daggers at the being as it hopped onto the headboard. The monster had just attacked Kiyoshi, and yet it had the gall to ask her for a favour.

Besides, it's been a long time since I have talked to someone without a true body, it continued.

Tell me, what is a whelp like that doing in the company of a being like you?

"A..aunty Rider", Kiyoshi moaned, somewhat weakly.

"Shh, it's OK, it won't hurt you any more" she said, hugging the boy tightly.

Then, she turned back to stare at the monster.

"You attack and hurt someone I am protecting, and then you have the gall to demand that I leave him defenceless for the sake of your plans? Why should I care what your plans require?" she said, angrily.

"As for why I am protecting him, this boy is my master's son. I love her as I would my own sister, and I love her children in the same way. I will not allow her or her family to come to any harm, no matter what the circumstances".

<Love. How quaint. An emotion divorced from rationality. What does one gain from love? Endorphins. I've felt love before, and I find it boring.> Really, the sniveling of the Whelp made him sick. <And your promises are hollow. If I wished it I could take his body as my own, wear his skin until it rotted away, or kill the body just to feel death. You should not lie to him. Such actions tempt me to show you the truth.>

The Hunter of Strix rotated his head slightly, leaning forward. <The truth, that you have no power to stop me. The only reason I haven't done as I said is because I simply do not wish to do so at the moment, Spirit. Reject your human emotions, for they lie. I do not. Whether or not you like my plans has no effect on them. I am merely being courteous in giving you the illusion of choice.>

[Puck-Chan]

Henry

"She's down this alley. Wait here, we'll bring her to the vehicle!"

"Get to it," Henry nodded.

With that, the soldier ran off into the alley. The doctor then opened the car door, allowing the system to blare out the alerting noise of opening. As he ignored the sound, Henry moved back towards passenger seats to move back his equipment to accommodate the patient and probably the man earlier who shot up in the sky. He stood by the metallic door, waiting as the snow started to whiten his hair.

"And you had better hurry," Henry muttered to himself as he impatiently bit the inside of his lip.

Hurry, this man did as he brought along two others and one in some... giant's arms. He gaped at the huge size of the creature that cradled what seemed to be his new patient. It was true that he had seen many big people, but this is just damn... huge.

Despite his surprise, Henry gestured at them to set the injured to the open door.

"I'm only taking two with me," he began and then addressed at the tallest of them all, "And you, sir, won't be able to fit inside. Sorry to say this, but you'll have to stay out."

[Brahmastra]

Sakura

Sakura was back at the apartment when Ramesses finally arrived. She was simply sitting on a chair as she was infusing her bow properly.

“So Rider, I assume that catastrophic failure of a fight was all according to some grand plan of your’s, correct?” The annoyance in her voice was obvious. “Why you even let the enemy servant escape.”

Sakura then paused before continuing, “At least it was not all a failure, Saber revealed her noble phantasm so he name is obvious. Mordred, the one who rebelled against King Arthur, what a fun coincidence isn’t it?.” She looked Rider in the eyes, “Although, do you know why you could not simply command that Phoenix? I thought all phantasmal beasts but the ones slayed by Gilgamesh were under your domain, even should they not be the ones from your Reality Marble. How could it fight against you?”

It was obvious Sakura was taking this seriously. If there was a way to circumvent Rider’s dominion over the beasts of Gaia it would be a great weakness. Even at night when he had access to the boat of Ra.

Meanwhile in her workshop insect familiars were busy at work constructing the bounded field that was around the apartment, the saliva of Moby Dick having greatly enhanced their growth rate.

"Catastrophic failure? Ha! I was handling two Servants and the dragon without issue. Only the bird of the sun and the fake King who attacked my Avatar were issues." Rider spoke with confidence as he raided the kitchen, finding himself a beer.

Poking his head out of the fridge, he continued.

"As for the bird, that was mysteriously enough no beast. If it was, it would bow to me without fail. Make of that what you will, Flower", he said, dropping onto the couch as he chugged half of the bottle.

Amy

“Well, I would like to meet your friend should I ever get the chance. I feel like we would get along.” She smiled at Fiore. “Now come on let’s get you to bed.”

Wheeling Fiore out of the bathroom she moved her over to where they would be sleeping. Mille was lying down on the far side of the bed, but Amy could not tell if she was awake. Softly picking up Fiore, Amy placed her in the middle.

“There you go. Your turn if you want to wash up Mille, I am going to hit the hay myself.” And with that she got into bed next to Fiore.

Lying comfortably in the center of the bed, Fiore took one of the blankets placed at the foot of the bed and wrapped herself comfortably with it. Smiling a sugary smile, she spoke.

"Good night Amy, Mille. Thank you both so much for your help today." With that, she shut her eyes and tried to drift off to sleep, surrounded by her friends.

Benjamin

“’Amoeba’ huh? Did you come up with that on the spot? Or do you have a book you write them down in in advance?” He retorted his voice a simple calm.

“But in all seriousness my ship was brought to this place at random. Rather annoying to not have anyone know your name, makes finding jobs so much harder.” He looked up at the sky; remember the slight difficulty he had in making a notable name in this city. At least that was done and over with.

He then noted the small ash stain on the pavement, and noticed the light matching smell in the air. He blinked before looking at her again, “What is with the ash?” It was an honest question. Did she already murder some poor sap who crossed her? She can't be that poorly adjusted can she, to just murder some random guy like that?

"So things end up here at random, like they were taken from somewhere else? What an absurd phenomenon. I can at least understand why that bloodsucking troglodyte sent people here." She had ignored his barbed response and immediately began hypothetically mumbling to herself.

"As for the ashes", she spat, literally, into the black powdery substance.

"Dead Apostles, naturally", said the Barthomeloi with venom dripping from her words.

[Umbra of Chaos]

PARIAH

PARIAH ignored the cowboy and focused on the teenager. She was strong enough to throw him. Stronger then the food, and if she wasn't food then she was a person. PARIAH trembled in excitement. He ran to her at supernatural speeds and wrapped his arms around her.

"You are like me! You can be Sister!"

With that said PARIAH released Sister from his hug and looked at the cowboy. Normally he would just consume the food and leave, but PARIAH decided that asking his new family first would be a better idea.

He looked back at Sister and said, "He followed you here. Should I kill him?".


Grigori

Grigori began to follow the swarm of insects to Zolgens hideout, and while she walked she began to wonder what Zolgen was planning in his workshop. She smiled. It would definitely be interesting. Grigori waved her hand and the orb containing Morden'fula followed her. This entire encounter would be a waste if she let it get away so soon.

[Dallas]

Chosen Undead

The Knight was taken aback by the man who walked up to the table. Guessing that the man wanted the little red cylinder that was on the table, he grabbed it and held it towards the guest, trying his best to speak clearly despite not really knowing what to say "Is...this what you wanted?"

...The Undead was thankful that his face guard was down, hiding his expression. The look of confusion that was no doubt plastered on his face would be an embarrassing spectacle.

A smile composed of both satisfaction and relief shone brightly on Samuel's face. "That is EXACTLY what I was lookin for! Thanks for hookin a nigga up." He graciously accepted the little bottle that must have been hidden behind the napkins. 

"Now why they don't put one of these on all the tables is beyond my inhuman comprehension." Twisting off the lid he began slapping the bottom of the little glass bottle to get the red contents onto the patty resting upon his plate. "Mother fuckers be lurin in unsuspecting citizens with the false promise of ketchupy goodness. Now I don't know how shit works here in Nexus but if a nigga tried to pull that shit in LA they'd being spewin some mothafuckin ketchup outta em once the 'customers' are done with em."

Putting the top of the bun onto the burger once more, he took yet another bite of his meal. "Mmm Mmm MMMMM! That is one tasty burger! I owe you niggas one for sure."

[Knick]

Zolgen – Isolated Sewer Chamber to far east of the No Man’s Land

Zolgen stood in front of a troll, bound to a wall by a complex magical circle etched into it. The Troll was struggling, letting out pain filled roars as Zolgen mumbled something in Russian. 

He paid no mind as Grigori entered and simply focused on his work. Suddenly the Troll went silent, then its flesh began to move. The cracking of bones emanated though the chamber as wounds opened in the troll, blood spilling out.

Then out of the new openings insects crawled out, each one an incredibly large centipede. It was a new Familiar Zolgen has been working on; however he has never been able to find a suitable incubation zone to create the first few to allow mass production. However the traits of the Troll’s flesh and its regenerative properties proved as a perfect host.

It was a familiar based of the Chinese red-headed centipede in design, however it could be far larger, was highly poisonous, and could easily eat though solid stone.

Zolgen smiled as he directed them to the breading pit to begin mass production, allowing his worms to feast of the Troll’s flesh. He then turned around to face his new arrival.

“Greetings Grigori, we finally have the chance to meet in the flesh it seems.”



Amelia

Amelia held her hand up into the air as the small boy hugged her and claimed her to be his sister.

“H-huh! W-what do you mean. I-“ Amelia stuttered confused and surprised at the odd boys actions.

She then froze at his next words

"He followed you here. Should I kill him?"

No, no, no. This man was an innocent; innocents are not to be harmed unless they get in her way. But this man was not doing that. He just wanted to help her.

“NO, YOU SHOULDN’T KILL.” She screamed, then she got very quiet “You shouldn’t kill. Killing is bad…” Her voice dropped off that the end.

 She somewhat realized the hypocrisy of her words. But in this case there was no other answer. It was day and this man was an innocent, and this was a boy, even if he was odd. To take someone’s life was the furthest thing from her mind. And it was something he should not bloody his hands with.


Benjamin

Benjamin’s eyes hardened at her words and he began to look around, activating his magic eye. “Dead Apostles?” He saw something and began to focus, allowing him to see it more clearly, and spoke again “It is odd to see them outside the district they claimed for themselves, especially during the day.”

He then drew one of the mystic codes and aimed it at a secondary story window, a second later a Vampire jumped out with a sword, screaming about vengeance of some idiotic shit.

Benjamin simply pulled the trigger and his mystic code activated. A pressurized stream of water stuck the vampire, completely destroying his entire torso as well as carving a large hole in the building he jumped from, the rest of his body falling to the earth, void of all life.

“Well at least I got some stress release.” He placed the cannon back on its spot on his back, before doing one more scan through, finding nothing else of note.


Sakura

Sakura frowned, deep in thought.

A magical construct? No, the amount of energy needed to maintain such a thing would be impossible, and on top of that it produced mana itself. It was far too complex.

The best bet would be that it was an Elemental of some kind, which in all honesty is much worse than it being a Phantasmal beast in its own way.

She sighed, either way it was going to be an issue if it got involved again. She looked up at Rider, “Did you at least get a view of the man who defeated your Sphinx? We should be wary of such an opponent.


Shiro

Shiro found himself led to an infirmary, filled with beds and top of the line equipment. He ignored all the looks of amazement and wonder he got, it appeared new traveled fast around the water cooler.

He simply found a bed near a wall and laid down on it, “The wound are superficial, I just need a bit of rest.” The staff simply nodded and walked away, letting him have his privacy and a well-earned nap.