Cross Effects- The RP

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

Inferno Cop turned around, the sound of screeching rubber pulling his attention away from his boss who was saying something about feelings. At the intersection of the street he saw a car moving fast, outrageously so for an intersection!

Or at least, that's what he thought. That intersection didn't have a stop sign for people on the main street.

"Hey, I think I just saw a bastard who was speeding!" He shouted, turning to his boss and cop-buddies, feeling that this was more important than that other thing.

But that was a pretty weird feeling in his gut. Maybe some of the bread had gone bad?

[Bloble]

Axe Cop forgot about ghosts and bad guys.

Someone was speeding.

"Not on my watch!"

He marched to the entrance of the police garage and lifted the heavy shutter in one go. He had no idea what was inside, but luck was with him, because it was just what they needed.

"Everyone inside! We're gonna catch this guy!"

Within seconds, the large monster truck was revving its engine, just waiting to head out on the street and chase those speeding bastards, and maybe that ghost too. It was painted in cop colours, and positively covered in machine guns, several of which seemed to be attached only by duct tape and glue.

"I'm driving!" Axe Cop yelled from the driver's seat as the truck shuddered onto the street. "Gun Cop, you get on the back and get ready to shoot! Inferno cop, you sit beside me and shoot out the window! Doom Cop, get that bike out! We're racing to see who can bag this speeder first! If you win, you can have all the cocaine flavoured lollipops in the store!"

As soon as the passengers hopped on, Axe Cop turned on the cop lights and sounds and stuff, and then hit the throttle, shooting towards the speeding bastard who had dared to break the law. And if they ran into a ghost on the way, all the better.

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

"Yeah!" Inferno Cop bellowed, getting into shotgun. He pulled down the window and pointed his gun out the window, not even stopping to aim before he'd already started firing.

A bird fell down dead, and then exploded.

"Let's take these fxxxers down!" Inferno Cop shouted, ignoring his bird killing.

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I almost pulled out my sword when I heard the sound: An ear-splitting cacophony of pure noise.

"What is that infernal noise?" I asked the chariot and everyone in it, and just as I did a metallic monstrosity of a chariot pulled out of an alley we'd passed. The awful sound seemed to ebb in synchronization with the light at its top, and my answer came to me. Another question rose up as quickly as the older one died, though.

"What is that thing, and why is it screaming at us?" I asked, hoping the massive, metallic F.O.E. could be outran.

[OPOI]

"So.  Clothing run?"

Shirou looked up from the oven he had been repairing using traced out parts and Structural analysis. Magi could say what they wanted about the two 'useless' skills, he had always found them to be a godsend when it came to repairs and even demolition.

"Just a second," he grunted, a yellow light shining between his hands. It wavered, before stretching out to form a thin grill element. Grabbing a nearby tool, he screwed it into place.

"There, it should work now, but it's only a temporary fix. You should still get a repairman in at some point to check it out, but I've gotten most of the damage. Even if I have absolutely no idea how cake mix got jammed into every corner of the oven..." he reported, wiping his hands on a nearby towel. He quickly walked over to Forest.

"Alright, after you," he said, following her out of the kitchen.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider couldn’t help but have a good feeling about the whole situation. The phone call had gone even better than she had anticipated. It was clear from Satoshi’s response that his intentions towards her if she were defeated were good. Well, in so far as she wanted them to be, anyway....

Rider couldn’t wait to get to the castle. It had been quite a while since she had had sex, and far longer still since she had had a partner as willing to act on her fantasies as Satoshi seemingly was. Part of her almost wanted to throw the fight, to let Satoshi have his way with her. But, she dismissed that idea. Part of the fun of it was being defeated and placed at his mercy despite her best efforts and, besides, if she were victorious she could have plenty of fun tormenting him. Even if she no longer really bore him any ill-will, he had agreed to her terms, so there was no reason for her to hold back. The only thing that had changed thanks to his willingness to accommodate her was that she would at least make an effort to ensure he got plenty of pleasure alongside the pain.

Not that she really expected to win, of course. It was clear from his sister’s words that he was extremely powerful and, worse, he knew her personality and abilities, whereas she had only a very limited idea of his. Plus, she was essentially fighting on a time limit, thanks to her limited prana supply, whereas he could fight as long as was necessary. And, he knew this, too, so there was no reason for him to rush things.

Rider’s arousal was rapidly building. The anticipation of what was to come and the uncertainty of just what would happen was a real turn-on for her. But, before she could get going, she first had to ensure that things were properly sorted-out around here, and Kiyoshi would have somewhere to go when he arrived. And, she had to say goodbye to everyone. They’d mostly been nice to her, it wasn’t right to just walk out, even temporarily, without acknowledging that.

But, to do that, she first had to find everyone. Since they had been in the kitchen before, she decided that would be the best place to check. As she approached, though, her mind still full of arousal and her panties becoming wetter and wetter, she spotted Forest walking out of the Kitchen door.

“Hi Forest”, she said, smiling, rubbing her legs together in slight discomfort due to the level of arousal she was feeling.

“I’m going to be going after Satoshi soon, but before I do I’d like to say goodbye to everyone. And, I need to find somewhere for Kiyo to sleep when he gets back, ideally somewhere close to Rin’s room, so he feels safer. And, if possible, I’d like to reserve a double room near him for his parents. I’m sure they will find their way here sooner or later, they are very stubborn when it comes to the well-being of their children.

Do you know where everyone is right now?” she added.

[lantzblades]

Sakura patted Kiyoshi's head "Ilya and grandma Iri know how to explain it better. For now just accept it, sides it's not very cute for a kid to be so stubborn" before she could continue Connor slid over a car hood out of breath.

Sakura watched him struggle with speaking as he collapsed to the ground  and chuckled spying Taiga as a street light flicker on revealing her stuck against a garbage bin her wheel having lodged itself between the large bin and the wall. Motioning silently to Kiyoshi Sakura began to lift Connor off the ground trusting the youth to get Taiga in the meanwhile.

[Daiki]

"That's gunfire. Safe to assume it wants you dead." Shuya wondered why he had to state such an obvious thing, surely she understood the concept of modern weaponry, right? A glance to the truck made him swear in his native language. Unless Lawrence's vehicle had some nitrous oxide button somewhere, they weren't likely to shake off these guys. "Think you can lose these guys? Odds seem on their side."

Fighting people with guns already was a pain on normal days, but it was even worse when it was in a car pursuit. Dammit, he only had a close range weapon!! Fortunately for them, aiming at a moving vehicle wasn't as easy as it seemed. Or at least, he hoped it would be. It was raining, so maybe it helped, but that wouldn't last forever. Shuya looked at Ran, she was apparently ready to defend herself if things got difficult. Lawrence probably had his own way to fight too.

At worst, they could always fight, but something told Shuya it probably wouldn't work out well. His expression bitter, he sighed at the turn of events. Thinking about how he could have been humiliating challengers in a booze contest right now, didn't make him feel any better. All he had left to decrease his tension was to be the smartass. "Welcome in town, by the way."

[Arch-Magos Winter]

"Alright, yeah, I think I can lose them -"

Lawrence was going to sleep for a day after this one. The Industrial Key flipped, the rage built up and -

The pursuing fucking MONSTER TRUCKS engine shuddered to a halt, groaning in protest at it's sudden refusal to work.

I would have just shot back

'Good thing you're not me.'

The Firebird sped away into the night, taking a few shaky detours until Lawrence was sure he'd lost them. "Aaaaand there ya go. Next stop, stronghold."


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Doomrider - er Doom Cop had taken to the skies, cackling as pedestrians below watched in awe and fear at the flaming headed daemon prince in a cop uniform. Man, this was the SHIT. Or at least it was the shit, until he was distracted from the chase by a potential drug deal going on. Maybe there was some cocaine there.

[Cherry Lover]

Kiyoshi felt somewhat irritated at the patronising way she responded to his question. Regardless of what she might say, it was not in his nature to just accept arbitrary rules without even thinking. His parents never brought him up that way, they had always taught him to think for himself and live his own life.

He was, though, somewhat intrigued by the mention of Ilya, his long-dead Aunt and his father's saviour, and also a Grandmother who he'd never even heard of. He knew she wasn't talking about her maternal grandmother, since his eldest sister was named after her, so she must have meant her father's mother. But, to his knowledge, his father didn't even have a mother, aside from his long-lost birth mother of course.

Before Kiyoshi could question Sakura further on the topic or respond to her earlier comment, however, his thoughts were interrupted by the sudden arrival of an out-of-breath boy who Sakura clearly knew and, then, by a sudden chuckle from Sakura as a street-light flickered on to reveal Taiga stuck up against a large rubbish bin.

Kiyoshi couldn't help but chuckle at the situation just like Sakura had. However, he quickly stopped himself, feeling rather bad at taking amusement from the poor girl's plight. Sakura motioned to him before moving to pick up the out-of-breath newcomer. Clearly seeing what she intended, Kiyoshi approached the stuck girl.

"Are you OK, Taiga?" he asked, leaning over her to pull the large bin out of the way and free the poor girl.

It was rather heavy, and he was awkwardly placed, so he had to pull a few times to get it moving. However, after a few seconds of effort he had moved the bin.

"There you go", he said, smiling, before moving out of the way so Taiga could wheel herself free.

[Bloble]

"Get back here, you speeder! Don't think you can escape the law!"

Even as the truck swerved out of control, its engine failing to turn over, Axe Cop pushed open the skylight and hopped onto the roof. A grappling hook gun was in his hands, having been pulled out from under the driver's seat.

"Inferno Cop, take the wheel!"

The car skidded, losing speed every second. The speeding vehicle was getting farther away with every second, and Axe Cop could barely make out the silhouettes of the people inside. A two men... and a woman who looked very ninja-like. Too far away to see any details.

Axe Cop took a single second to focus and aim down the sights of the gun in his hands, and then fired.

The hook sailed through the air... and fell short by a few inches. He'd taken half a second too long, perhaps.

In almost no time, the monster truck skidded to a complete halt. Axe Cop almost lost his balance, but managed to hold on to the edge of the roof before the momentum threw him off.

"Well, that's not good," he muttered as the hook reeled back in. "But don't worry, team. Bad guys rarely get away for very long. They might have won this battle, but next time those speeders won't be so lucky."

He hopped down, leaning the gun on the side of a giant wheel. Retrieving a step ladder from underneath the car, Axe Cop quickly set it up, levered the hood of the truck open and peered inside. "Well," he said. "At least I know what happened. Looks like the engine decided to just stop working. Must've been shoddy gasoline. Next time I'm getting it from the Gasoline World instead of the Shoddy but Slightly Cheaper Gasoline World."

He then looked up. Cocaine Cop had gone off sailing into the sky, laughing and doing whatever it was that addicts did. Axe Cop didn't move to stop him. Their cop hats had secret phones in them, so they could talk whenever. For now, it was important that the trip didn't become a total waste. Despite the chase ending anticlimactically, it had brought them closer to the ghostly presence that he'd sensed earlier. Now where could it be...?

Axe Cop concentrated, and a pair of crustacean antenna popped out the front of his head. They wiggled for a few seconds before pointing in one direction, and then retracted as quickly as they had appeared.

Axe Cop slammed the hood shut and looked up. "If you're still up for serving some justice, it looks like the ghost that sent out that signal is nearby! We just have to climb that building and we'll practically be right on top of 'em."

[Elf]

Forest chuckled at Shirou's puzzlement of how cake batter could get trapped in the oven like that.  "Beats me, I never use the bloody thing. I'm more proficient in cooking over an open flame," she answered.

Then she checked the refrigerator and stifled a gasp.  It was just as bad as the rest of the kitchen.  Then there was the sad bits of pulp and peel that had been her citrus stash.  Hand to her mouth, she reached out and touched some of the ruined fruit.

Looking at Shirou with wide eyes she said, "My . . . oranges didn't make it."  A second look confirmed Lancer's stock of Guiness and Harp completely untouched of course. She slammed the refrigerator door shut and started out of the kitchen with Shirou in tow only to see Rider.

She gently pushed him back and stepped between him and Rider only to be almost overpowered by the scent of lust that was just thickly radiating from the Servant.  It was so strong that Forest just blinked twice and registered that Rider was talking to her and sounded really eager.   

The vampire tilted her head and said, "Sure, I can make sure Kiyoshi rooms near Rin, but she might want her privacy right now because of that Walking Sex Offense version of Archer she's hooking up with.   As for his parents, if they show up, I'll keep a room ready.  If push comes to shove they can borrow one of my student's room.  She's not here right now and it would be nice if it got some use, and there's a smaller bedroom near there so that would work for you . . ."

She was trying to keep Rider from not seeing Shirou, so she said, "I'm off to get clothing for the twins, they're bathing and there are people in the kitchen and Lancer's lounging with some of the others elsewhere."

[lantzblades]

Satoshi sighed and walked back into the workshop and there activated five of the knights and giving them money and a lengthy list of items to acquire before sending them out.

Taiga did not reply at first. She seemed oblivious to Kiyoshi's presence letting out a rather colorful string of curse words striking the armrest of her chair before bursting into tears.

Sakura bit her lip and rushed over lamenting her mistake and hugging Taiga tightly.

Connor tapped Kiyoshi on the shoulder  "come on boyo, let em be, they need a moment" he urged.

[Alice]

Finn grinned at Ruu. "Good man. Time for us to get started then." He turned to Forest, and noticed her mouth, "thank you." He mouthed, "any time" back before saying out loud, "so then, any particular computer or tv you don't mind us using?"

***

Archer sighed as Shirou proceeded to go ahead and repair the oven. He did a... decent job, the bowman supposed, but the fact that Shirou was butting in on his work irked him a bit. Still, what could he do- at least his younger self was trying to be useful instead of trying to carry out his misinformed version of "justice," so that was something at least.

The Servant managed to repair and clean the entirety of the floor back to brand new before sneaking over to the oven and improving on Shirou's repair job while he and Forest weren't looking. He then began work on everything else, beginning with restoring Forest's broken or bent utensils back to brand new. He had promised his new Landlady a just like brand new kitchen, and by god was he going to give it to her. As much as it'd been broken over the past few millennia or so, he still had some pride left to maintain, after all.

***

"You really don't want me to give you the honest answer to that," Archer said with a snort and a shake of his head.

Rin responded to him with a somewhat naughty grin. "Oh? If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, I think I can figure that out without even having you answer. You haven't exactly been subtle about it."

She fished her toothbrush, still new in its package, along with her toothpaste out of her backpack before turning back to him. "It's kind of refreshing, actually. Emiya-kun and the regular you are always so oblivious." Her smile faded. "Have you... always wanted me that way? Even before the corruption?" 

[Cherry Lover]

Rider could fully understand Rin's desire for privacy, particularly given her own intentions. She knew how much the girl pined for her former servant.

"Yeah, I understand. I wouldn't want to deny Rin her chance to be with her Archer again. I would like Kiyoshi to be near her, though, although perhaps not right next door. Rin can get a bit loud during sex....

But, yeah, that sounds fine. Rin is, erm, busy, so I will leave her, but I would like to say goodbye to Isa, and I also need to give Finn back his phone. I'm eager to get going, though. Satoshi has promised me some fun after we have fought...", Rider said, eager to get going.

[Elf]

Forest heard Finn shout his question at her.  She held up her finger to Rider and yelled back, "Second floor, there's an entertainment room.  I don't have any 'Magical Girl' shows, but I have all of Buffy and Angel.  That's a bloody bit better to watch for training."

Then she looked back at Rider and said, "Well, right now Finn is in the kitchen, but I can give his phone back to him."  The vampire smoothed back a lock of hair from her face and thought she was keeping her composure.  And she realized she was pretty much wearing rags now too.  Which normally wouldn't have bothered her, but there was Rider there and Shirou behind her. 

Not to mention Rider's excitement was palatable.  Taking an unneeded breath, she said, "Do be careful Rider.  The Golden Boy really isn't himself, but that maybe why you're excited so . . . good luck."

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Archer shrugged and said, "After certain events, I've sort of lost my touch for subtlety."

Then he tilted his head at her next question.  "I kept that pendent that version of you in my time saved me all my life.  I even had it with me when I was executed.  This lack of confidence doesn't suit you, Rin."  He took a step closer to her, grinned and asked, "What do you think?"