Cross Effects 3.0 - November 16, 2014—April 13, 2015

[Kaze]

EMIYA SHIROU

Fortunately Mia willingly handed over the phone, and Shirou held the device up to his ear while swallowing his nervousness.

“Saber… is this you?” Instead of a response, there were muffled noises and voices that he couldn’t make out. He waited for whoever was on the line to speak, but before that happened he noticed that the young girl next to him had curled into the fetal position. Even the nervous excitement he felt at the thought of speaking with Saber couldn’t stop the pang in his chest.

With a sigh, Shirou sat down next to Mia, still keeping the phone to his ear. He would confirm that Saber was really here in the city, and then try to cheer her back up on the way there.

Or maybe I should change my clothes first.


AKIHOLARME

Aki walked around this strange town she found herself in, trying to make sense of it. The smells, shapes, colors, it was all wrong. Some of the structures she could see in the distance were as tall as small mountains! While perturbed at the oddity of this place, she couldn’t help but be excited at the prospect of exploring this fantastic city, greater that Solitude and more mysterious than Morthal. There was no telling what sort of treasures and baubles were waiting to be found… or what great enemies would be there to oppose her. The thought of new and unknown challenges sent a thrill through her veins.

Armored feet clacked on the ground as she strode down the street, the black Ebony full plate and helmet cut an imposing figure even though she was a bit shorter than average. Most passerby gave her vaguely curious looks, but that was hardly unusual. What was unusual was the girl who had just caught her eye, a young woman with brilliant silvery hair and crimson eyes, both of which were unheard of in both her homeland and Skyrim. Elders frequently had grey hair due to their age, but not silver, and definently not on someone so young. Deciding to sate her curiosity, the last dragonborn made her way over to the girl as a Redguard man with dreadlocks who had been standing next to her ran off.

“Greetings, girl. What can you tell a passing traveler about this city?” Upon coming closer it became clear the girl’s strange clothes were a bit dirty. Perhaps she was a farmer, or a miner?

[Elf]

Forest

Forest frowned as Mia curled up into a ball.  Giving Law an apologetic look, the blond walked over to the curled up not-quite-girl.  She knelt beside Mia, staying away from Shirou and started to lightly stroke her hair. 

"Saber's not a mean person.  She's a bit stern, but she means well.  She won't make Shirou sad," Forest said, stroking Mia's hair, "Now, why don't you sit up?  Shirou's worried about you.  I'm worried about you."


Saber

“Saber… is this you?”

Saber felt her chest tighten as she heard Shirou's voice in her ear.  His voice was somewhere between Archer's raspy, steely tone and Shirou's more excitable one.  She looked at Rin, who was fighting with Ruby, and then turned away from the raven-haired magus.

She swallowed and then replied, "I ask of you, are you my Master?"

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Lawrence pulled his coat tighter around him. "I'm sure as hell not..." he muttered, Forest's comment reaching him in the stairwell.

What idiots.

Idiots or not, they're the only people I know here. Forest is linked to the cops, Calico is linked to the cops too, and that other bloodsucker seems to have some sort of connection with this place as well.

That doesn't mean we should stick with them

No, but... look, it's safer. Next vampire might not be the kickass blonde and more Count Orlock.

[YOLF]

Sarse

The angel muffled down a gasp for air as Ann pushed him deeper onto her hot, wet core. In response, his tongue slid deeper and moved more forcefully inside as he drank of her taste. But if she wanted more, she would get more.

Sarse struggled against the hand pushing him down to elevate his head, and changed the focus of his mouth, attacking her clit. His tongue swirled over the trembling nub of pleasure, replacing his fingers there. Those same fingers he slid inside her tight entrance. Slowly, he began to move in and out, feeling her walls constricting even more around them as he increased the tempo.

He licked her harder, flicking and caressing with his tongue, and started to drive his fingers as deep in her as they would go. His tongue suddenly stopped, for his mouth to enclose that point at the top of her flushed lips for an instant and suck. Pushing into her, Sarse curled his fingers up, stretching her insides.

[Knick]

Mia

Mia did not look at Shirou as he sat down next to her and began to talk on the toy. She did not pay him any mind. He was going to leave her soon anyway, to be with that woman. He would leave her alone, he would break his promise…

“Cold.” She whispered as she pulled herself into a tighter ball, trying to keep herself warm.

Then the woman sat down next to her and started to speak. Her voice was soft and her hand carefully ran itself through Mia’s hair.

The feeling was relaxing, it made Mia calm down, forget for just a moment the sadness she was feeling.  And then a small and calm smile appeared on her face.

Then the mean man spoke again, it was soft but Mia could still hear it. Her smile vanished as she looked at him again. Why, why was he ruining it, why was he still here, why wouldn’t he just LEAVE.

WHY WOULDN’T HE JUST DISAPPEAR!

“Wait.” Mia whispered in sudden realization, “I'm strong.”

She realized it, it was almost comical that she had forgotten, she could make the man disappear even if she didn't kill him. If she did Shirou and Forest would be mad at her. She didn’t want that.

So she stood up, and looked at Law. She didn’t blink, her eyes didn’t flicker. She just stared.

And then, in a burst of near untraceable movement, she was in front of him, looking up at his face.

And then he went flying black through the door, an incredibly fast attack sending him flying. It would not kill him, but he would be sore.

Then smiling again since the mean man was gone Mia skipped back to her spot between Forest and Shirou, sat down, and leaned against Forest, expecting her to begin running her fingers though her hair again as if nothing happened.


Rebeca

Rebeca sat down on a bench as she waited for Donkey to return. What was wrong with her recently, she was letting so much slip, to many hints, to many signs. She had two different mental breakdowns and said two things she had no business knowing.

It was like she was a kid again asking her parents stupid questions.

“Greetings, girl. What can you tell a passing traveler about this city?” Upon coming closer it became clear the girl’s strange clothes were a bit dirty. Perhaps she was a farmer, or a miner?

“Huh?” She looked over to the new arrival, decked out in rather horrifying looking metal armor. She was most definitely not a farmer or miner. Who in their right mind would assume that?

Obviously this weirdo, and definitely a newcomer to the city, so she guessed she should help her out a bit.

“It’s called the Nexus.” Rebeca said with a huff, but she was totally not angry or anything.

 “Congrats, you’re stuck here now. Like everyone else is.” Ok, she was totally angry, both at her failures at hiding her nature and this woman’s view of her.

She would probably admit later she was being somewhat of a bitch.

[Kaze]

EMIYA SHIROU

“Master?” Shirou couldn’t help but recall that night in the shed back at the old Emiya residence. The details were fuzzy and he could barely remember what she even looked like anymore, but he would never forget that moment where a beautiful foreigner clad in steel saved him and declared him her Master. It had been a long time since he heard the former king’s voice, but the proud yet gentle tone was far too familiar to be mistaken. I definitely don’t have the command seals anymore, but maybe she’s still a Servant?

“It has been many years since I was a Master,” the freelance magus said while fighting to keep his tone even, not wanting his excitement to show. There were so many things he wanted to ask her, but right now he had a different priority.

“Saber, you’re part of the local police, right? There’s a child who needs-“ The rest of his sentence was cut short when with a sudden burst of wind Mia was no longer next to him. Eyes wide, he turned to the vampire, then to Lawrence, just in time to see the little girl with long white hair smack the abrasive man right back through the door and down the stairs.

“Damn it, we’ll talk later.” Shirou didn’t even end the call before tossing the phone back to Forest. He started to rise to his feet in order to run over to the girl, but she was already skipping back over, plunking down right between himself and the undead blond woman with a big smile on her face. Yup, definitely not human. Another Einzbern homunculus, maybe? Even Liz wasn’t that fast though… He knew he should probably be concerned about Law, but the man had already survived several broken phantasms and shrapnel through the heart. He was probably going to be fine.

“Mia, you cannot attack other people,” Shirou said sternly, the look on his face far from amused.

[Alice]

Rin

Rin was both relieved and worry to hear no response from Saber, but getting a listen to her conversation on the cellphone made it clear as to why.

Emiya-kun? But... At the same time, he almost sounds like...

Rin felt a pang. She tried dismissing it. What had been done had been done. And his sacrifice... without it, likely she wouldn't have a lot of what she had now. But still... ...But why was she focusing on that, that was in the past, wasn't it?

Of the conversation itself, all Rin managed to hear was something about years since being a Master and something about a child. Well, she was here anyway. This was as good of a place to start investigating as any. These alternate universe versions of people she knew or had known in particular was worth investigating...

With a blush, she made her way out of Saber's arms and onto the ground. She then turned towards her rescuer. "You mind if I go with you? As powerful as I know you are, you probably got things handled, but extra help never hurts."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Ann

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes..." Ann's moans of pleasure had been elevated to shrieks as Sarse began to suck on her clit and his fingers pushed deeper into her. She couldn't push the angel any closer to her so she allowed him to continue without making a move other than shaking with pleasure every few seconds. Then a wave of ecstasy ran through her entire body and she grabbed onto Sarse's shoulders and her fingers dug into his shoulders as she came, letting her arousal drench his fingers and part of the angel's face. Ann's breathing slowly grew less heavy as she slowly pulled the angel away from her lower lips.

Her grey eyes were filled with lust as she looked down at Sarse. In an instant her hand moved to the angel's chest and pushed him down onto his back. Ann soon dropped to her hands and knees and began to crawl towards him and stopped as she reached his member. Her tongue ran along the length of his shaft and every so often it would flit over the head but these sensual touches would only last for a few moments before she pulled herself into a position above his length and just when it seemed she would begin to lower herself onto him she stopped.

Her hand reached below her and began to tease Sarse's hardness but she would not finish it. She smirked and leaned a bit closer to the downed angel's face before whispering, "Beg me for it."

[Cherry Lover]

Rider stood watching as the black knight landed a short distance in front of the hospital. She could see Adjutor stood between the knight and the hospital, obviously preparing for something.

I'll need to wait until he's finished before I can get out.

However, before she could speak up, she heard and felt a sudden gust of wind as air was sucked into the void where the shields had been.

Hey, the shield is down.

Quickly, she realised why, as the black knight was launched into the air by an invisible force, so fast that only Rider's supernatural reflexes allowed her to perceive it at all.

Ah, he used the shield to push the knight away. Hopefully, he won't come back....

"What in the world?", said Sakura as she walked towards the door. “Rider, why don’t we go outside and investigate.”

"Sakura, the battle appears to be over. Adjutor used his shield to push the black knight away. I believe the cause of the noise we heard was him taking down the shield", Rider said, following after Sakura.

[Elf]

Forest

Forest felt a twinge at hearing Saber's voice over the other line and then Shirou's reply.   The Calico Man was hiding his excitement, but Forest could hear it creeping over the edges of his voice.  Then it changed drastically with Shirou telling Saber about Mia.

Mia however bolted up with inhuman quickness only to punt Law through the door and possibly through a flight of stairs.  The vampire's eyes widened as Mia skipped back, settled between Shirou and Forest once again before leaning on Forest.  Forest swallowed, and was reminded of the Twilight Zone episode "Its a Good Life".  While the not-girl's powers weren't anywhere near advanced as little Anthony's, there was still that fear of being killed.

Or worse, her taking it out on innocent bystanders, Forest thought before reaching out and stroking the other girl's hair with one hand and catching the phone with another.

She bit her lip as she heard Saber say, "Shirou, what is amiss?  Where are you?"

"Saber, it's cool," Forest said, "We'll come to you."

Saber asked, "This girl that Shirou mentioned that needs assistance, can you aid her?"

"I think I'm out of my wheelhouse.  She's special," Forest replied.

To Law she sent, Look, I know you don't want me doing this, but one wrong move and she might wish me out to the cornfield.  Are you okay?


Saber

Saber felt her face fell as Shirou cut their conversation short and she exchanged a few words with Forest.

"I think I'm out of my wheelhouse.  She's special."  Special as in the child is not human.

Saber nodded and said, "I see."  The vampire was being cautious.   "Well, please bring Shirou and the child here."

"Will do," Forest said, "See you hopefully soon."

Saber ended the call and looked at Rin.  She said, "We do not need to do anything.  They are coming here, but let us get you inside.  You are probably freezing and I would not want you to catch a cold."

[Arch-Magos Winter]

FUCKING OUCH! was Law's reply to the vampiress as his head stopped spinning. The little bitch had sent him down a landing, with an extremely hard landing. He was lucky the Shroud had been up - and she'd shattered it. Otherwise he might have broke a rib or gotten a concussion rather than the delightful bruises that were currently forming on his back. But I'm not dead. That's a good thing. I think.

Let's kill her.

I don't think I can anymore. I didn't even have time to react to that. Bitch is SCARY.

Then become faster, stronger, scarier. Let my keys unlock their full potential. Or just learn how to seal her up.

Rubbing the back of his head, Lawrence called up from down on the landing. "Um, I guess I'll just shut up now. OK?"

[Kat]

Deborah

Walking through the night streets of Nexus City, Deb sought the 'other' group of vampires. Not knowing their identities to begin with, it was a herculean task without any sort of clue. She could only hope for stumbling into another vampire who would hopefully be a part of that group, so she planned to walk around and then prepare shelter for the daytime if she did not find any of them.

[YOLF]

Sarse

With some space finally between them, Sarse licked her heavy taste from his lips with a smile and wiped his face with the back of his hand. Her cries of ecstasy still echoing in his ears, he couldn't stop himself from smirking even as she pushed him down and crawled over him. The look in her eyes would have almost been frightening, if at the current point he wasn't annoyingly needy as well.

A raspy moan escaped through his grit teeth as Ann returned his favor with her own tongue, but for only brief, teasing instants before she pulled up and aligned herself with him. He blinked as she stopped, and instead reached for his length once more. Sarse exhaled in frustration, throbbing painfully in her hand at her light teases. She leaned her face close, and he felt her breath as she whispered.

"Beg me for it."

He frowned through his flushed expression. Ohhh no. She wasn't going to play this game again.

His arms, which had fallen slack to his side, tensed as he brought his hands to her ass in a sudden movement. Practically slapping her flesh, her buttocks were caught in a stone grip. Sarse dared to chuckle, "I don't think so."

He brought her down on him at the same time as he thrust up, plunging into her burning core. Sarse had to supressed a groan at the slick clenching around his length, stronger in the sensations it brought than Ann's ministrations up to that point. Without missing a beat, he lifted her butt, sliding almost entirely out of her, and then pulled her back down as he thrust again. He started to repeat the motions.

[Knick]

Mia

Mia looked at the man, a confused look on her face. She just made the man disappear. He deserved it. Why was Shirou upset with her?

She didn’t do anything wrong.

She didn’t kill him, she didn’t maim him.

All she did was push him away, make him realize he was being a meanie.

Mia didn’t know how to answer Shirou, the man who was just ignoring her in favor of the meanie trying to take him away from her. Then Mia realized, he paid attention to her again when she hurt someone.

And slowly gears began to spin in Mia’s head as she looked away from the man, not wanting to face his disapproval anymore.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Ann

A sultry smirk spread across Ann's face as Sarse's hands clutched her bottom. A shriek of pleasure was released from her mouth as his hardness filled her depths. As he pulled her up Ann moved with his hands as he slid in but never fully out of her. She could have stopped him from starting this. Her strength outmatched his own and she could have held him in place until he begged but this was just as good.

"So you-" Ann's voice broke off with another cry of pleasure. "So you have some, ahh, initiative after all!" Her moans increased in volume as she slowly sped up the tempo, and one of her hands began to dig into the angel's right arm while her other began to play and tease her breasts. Ann's beautiful, pale skin was now a bit flushed and coated in a sheen of sweat as she continued to ride the angel.