Cross Effects- The RP

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Scowling, she threw open her door and stalked to the office with a cry of, "I did not cum buckets!"

Speak of the Devil.

"If you didn't I'm the pope. You freaking collapsed on me there. Also, sorry about all this crazy shit tonight."

[Elf]

"Well, you are wound a bit tight," Lancer said eying her, "Not that's a bad . . . yes, it can be a bad thing." 

He thought of Forest and the dam that Jack had broke with his bite and shook his head.

He poked her and said, "You need to lighten up.  Have a bit of fun now and then."

******

Archer sighed and asked, "Where?"

******

Thank you, but this sort of harm I want to personally inflict, she replied to him as she walked into her office to see Jack and the gorgeous, voluptuous, and just Made-For-Sex form of Rider standing there.

Great, Jack just told Rider that I 'cum buckets' from being bit, she thought, just wanting to go hide somewhere when she looked at both Jack and Rider.

She then folded her arms across her chest, scowled, and muttered, "I did not cum buckets.  It was just one orgasm, it's not my fault that I'm sensitive to that sort of thing, and I should have listened to my Godson about this much repression being dangerous and I'm going to shut up right now."

[lantzblades]

Satoshi thought for a minute "Given your class I'd say the roof of the building, no one will bother us there and we can get a proper view of the city while we talk" he replied seriously.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Thank you, but this sort of harm I want to personally inflict, she replied to him as she walked into her office to see Jack and the gorgeous, voluptuous, and just Made-For-Sex form of Rider standing there.

Great, Jack just told Rider that I 'cum buckets' from being bit, she thought, just wanting to go hide somewhere when she looked at both Jack and Rider.

She then folded her arms across her chest, scowled, and muttered, "I did not cum buckets.  It was just one orgasm and I should have listened to my Godson about this much repression being dangerous and I'm going to shut up right now."

"...Again, I'm sorry about the Kiss. I didn't expect that strong of a reaction from you."

Really, it'd be hell for someone to repress it for all eternity. Sometimes, being damned has an advantage - sex takes a backseat to feeding for us... except for Daeva. I have some first hand experience with that one.

"And don't get any funny ideas Rider. She's not one of the schoolgirls you seem to love feeding on so much."

[Alice]

"Well, you are wound a bit tight," Lancer said eying her, "Not that's a bad . . . yes, it can be a bad thing." 

He thought of Forest and the dam that Jack had broke with his bite and shook his head.

He poked her and said, "You need to lighten up.  Have a bit of fun now and then."

Mille frowned. "I can't afford to though. I have to train as often as possible, to show the Association that I'm worthy. To show them all that I'm worthy." Her expression became a bit sad, albeit not by her own volition. "If I don't train, they'll never respect me..."

***

Tom frowned. So that's what caused Forest to enter that state. The Kiss? He must be a vampire himself, so it must be a side effect of his bite.

He turned to Jack, still glaring at him. "Then why did you bite her? Other than the obvious, that is. But I wasn't aware that another vampire would be the primary target for feeding."

He ignored the comment about Rider's feeding habits as he looked over at Forest and noted that she seemed quite uncomfortable at the moment. He wanted to give her an embrace to comfort her, but didn't know how kindly his new lover would take to that at the moment. As it was, if she needed such a thing, he was more than happy to provide it.

***

Rin, beginning to get bored just standing there, heard Archer's voice, and with a frown, creeped towards the sound, making sure she was out of sight.

She listened in silence... until Satoshi mentioned taking him out on a rooftop. Right where no one could do anything if he tried to kill him...

"He's not going on any rooftop alone," Rin said, glaring at Satoshi. She walked over to the darkened Servant's side. "Not unless I go with him."

[lantzblades]

"No Rin, you aren't following them. Private conversations are between the parties involved and no one else." Tsukasa interjected.

Connor nodded "I'm sorry ma'am, but I agree with Tsukasa, if Alex asked fer private discussion then it would be rude to go listening in"

[Daiki]

"It's not your decision to make."

Shuya showed up with a smirk plastered on his face. He eyed Connor, Tsukasa and Rin.

"If I remember well, your buddy threatened a bunch of people. Plus, he said that he would hurt Rider's master only to lure Purplehead into that castle of his. You can't expect the girl to accept your private talk rules bullcrap when such a coward is involved. Besides, the girl's keeping an eye on her man, that is all. There's nothing wrong in that, just like there was nothing wrong in your buddy worrying over his sister. Although, I would question how much worried he really is if he doesn't even go check up on her after she has supposedly being attacked by a blood sucker. I assume discussing with the tanned dude must be far more important than her well-being."

The half blood turned to the girl he had almost attacked earlier that night.

"Do what you want."

He spared a glance in Connor's direction.

"I don't know what kind of guy you really are but, you have already screwed up twice tonight. Don't make it worse." His tone was neutral, however, when he spoke to Tsukasa, his tone was less polite. "As for you, mind your own fucking business. You have no right to order people around."

[Cherry Lover]

Kiyoshi stood waiting for Tsukasa's response to his question, but she did not reply. Even after Satoshi asked her to take care of him and Taiga whilst he talked to Archer, she still did not seem to respond.

"Tsukasa-nee?" he said as he listened to the discussion between Satoshi, Archer and, then, Aunty Rin.

Apparently, Aunty Rin was getting rather protective of Archer, and didn't want him to go to the rooftop alone.

Surely Satoshi won't kill him, he thought.

He honestly wasn't entirely sure what to think about the guy. He knew his Aunty Rider had gone away to fight Satoshi, but she had returned seemingly unscathed and on good terms with him, so he can't have caused her any harm. Plus, he had saved them from Angra Mainyu at his own cost, so he did at least have a good side. But, at the same time, he was darkened, and his Aunty Rider had been rather angry with Satoshi before she went, so he must have done something wrong.

Finally, Tsukasa decided to speak, giving her view of the situation.

"No Rin, you aren't following them. Private conversations are between the parties involved and no one else", she said.

Kiyoshi wondered what to do for a moment before deciding to try to convince Rin to let them talk.

Whilst he still wasn't entirely sure that Satoshi could be trusted, he was a sibling and, also, Shirou's son. Kiyoshi thought it unlikely that he would attack an alternate version of his own father for no reason. But, even more importantly, Tsukasa was clearly supporting him, and despite only knowing her for a few minutes Kiyoshi already found himself growing very fond of the girl. She was kind and lively, and the fact that she looked almost exactly like a younger version of his beloved mother made him naturally drawn to her.

And, in any case, Kiyoshi didn't want to see his family fight. He'd hated seeing Rin and Sakura argue, he didn't want to see Satoshi and Tsukasa arguing with Rin too. He knew Aunty Rin cared about him, so if he gave his view she might relent.

However, before he could say anything, Shuya spoke.

"If I remember well, your buddy threatened a bunch of people. Plus, he said that he would hurt Rider's master...", he began.

He did WHAT?

Kiyoshi was absolutely livid. His very own brother had threatened to hurt his mummy. Not even bothering to take notice of the rest of Shuya's statement, he summoned up his swords angrily. Only the fact that Satoshi was his brother and Tsukasa's friend stopped him from attacking immediately.

"How dare you threaten my mother! Explain yourself right now", he shouted, clearly ready to attack at a moment's notice.

"And Tsukasa-nee, how can you ignore that? He threatened to hurt mummy!" he continued, the anger clear in his voice.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider stood and listened quietly as Jack gave his side of the story. Whilst she didn't blame Connor for how he reacted when faced by a vampire who he obviously believed wanted to eat his friend, nor could he blame Jack for being what he was. If she accepted his words then he had tried his hardest to avoid giving in to his bloodlust and had mostly succeeded.

That orgasmic bite sounds fun, though, I wish I could do that....

The one worry Rider did have, though, was whether he could be trusted around Kiyoshi. After all, Kiyoshi could be rather volatile at times. She would have to discuss that with him to be sure, as well as asking him what it was he wanted to talk about.

Before she could reply, though, Forest came bursting into the room.

"I did not cum buckets!" she cried.

Rider couldn't help but burst out laughing at Forest's angry denial. She also couldn't help but notice the rather scary-looking but rather sexy guy standing beside her glaring at them angrily, or that both he and Forest were dressed in pyjamas.

Hmm, so that's how she relieved herself, is it? Rider thought, amused.

Her amusement only got greater as Forest tried to argue that she absolutely hadn't orgasmed, well, maybe just the one time, hey it's not her fault that she's sensitive and repressed. She couldn't stop laughing.

She should have taken me up on my offer, although I guess she found a worthy replacement..., thought Rider, pouting slightly.

Finally, Jack apologised for giving her a wonderful orgasm and, apparently, hooking her up with a hot guy, before turning to Rider.

"And don't get any funny ideas Rider. She's not one of the schoolgirls you seem to love feeding on so much", he said.

Rider scowled.

"Hey, I don't go seeking out schoolgirls, I attacked one, who I wasn't intending to kill, and I never even fed from her in the end", Rider said, carefully avoiding mentioning her true nature for the moment.

"As for the stuff with Sakura, whilst I don't share your view that Connor is to blame for reacting defensively towards a vampire that seemed to be taking an interest in his friend, I don't blame you for being what you are, and it seems like you genuinely tried not to harm anyone. I am, however, a bit worried about whether you could control yourself around Kiyoshi, the boy who you met outside. He can be a little.. volatile at times, as you might have noticed, and you said that Connor set you off by shouting and trying to attack you.

I have nothing against you personally, you cannot help what you are, but I will not take risks with his safety. If you cause him genuine harm I will kill you. If you make any attempt to feed off him, even if he offers himself, I will kill you. If you kill him or cause him permanent damage I will kill you slowly. The same goes for any of the rest of my master's family, too, when they arrive.

And, no, I will not accept excuses or justifications. I don't care if you were in a 'frenzy' or even if he attacked you first, if you harm him, you will die. Full stop", she said, looking at him menacingly.

"Anyway, now that's done with, what did you want to talk about?" she added, her voice becoming suddenly much softer.

[Elf]

Lancer stared at Millie and said, "So?"

He rolled his shoulders, cracking his neck as he did.  He stretched and said, "So what?  From what I've heard about the Association they can go fuck themselves.  The question is, do you respect yourself?  Are you happy with this?"

"If you're not having fun, then why bother?"

******

Archer blinked at Rin's sudden surge of protectiveness and found himself smiling at it.

Then some girl who was almost a doppleganger of Sakura spoke up.  Her voice even sounded like Sakura's, but yet wasn't. 

"You were sempai, once."

The fingers that touched his cheek were like ice upon his heated skin.  Archer couldn't breathe, pressure was binding him as he was being filled with darkness.  He rejected it as much as possible, but the Shadow overtaking a girl that had once been his friend was too strong.

Archer shook himself out of the memory before the ginger kid put in his two cents as well.  Archer folded his arms over his chest and said, "Look kid, whatever you tell me I'll end up telling Rin anyway.  Apparently she's worried you're going to try to kill me."

******

Forest scowled at Rider's laughter as Jack kept apologizing.

She rubbed the bite scar on her neck and said, "It wasn't your fault.  I blame my sire, that Roman Bastard."

Then she said to Rider, "Kiyoshi's had kind of a rough night. 'Family' keeps popping in and getting him excited."

She looked back at Jack and asked, "Vampire business?"  She did reach behind her so Tom could take her hand.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

"Hey, I don't go seeking out schoolgirls, I attacked one, who I wasn't intending to kill, and I never even fed from her in the end", Rider said, carefully avoiding mentioning her true nature for the moment.

"As for the stuff with Sakura, whilst I don't share your view that Connor is to blame for reacting defensively towards a vampire that seemed to be taking an interest in his friend, I don't blame you for being what you are, and it seems like you genuinely tried not to harm anyone. I am, however, a bit worried about whether you could control yourself around Kiyoshi, the boy who you met outside. He can be a little.. volatile at times, as you might have noticed, and you said that Connor set you off by shouting and trying to attack you.

I have nothing against you personally, you cannot help what you are, but I will not take risks with his safety. If you cause him genuine harm I will kill you. If you make any attempt to feed off him, even if he offers himself, I will kill you. If you kill him or cause him permanent damage I will kill you slowly. The same goes for any of the rest of my master's family, too, when they arrive.

And, no, I will not accept excuses or justifications. I don't care if you were in a 'frenzy' or even if he attacked you first, if you harm him, you will die. Full stop", she said, looking at him menacingly.

"Anyway, now that's done with, what did you want to talk about?" she added, her voice becoming suddenly much softer.

"I'm rather hard to kill. There's a woman a lot like you who can attest to that."
Well, at least she was up front with her threats rather than hiding them behind smiles and seduction like that other woman had been. Rider's seduction came after the threats of violence apparently.

Cold chains, flashing teeth, blood trickling down my neck. Goat thrown into the room, ripped apart as I fed. Maybe there was something other than a goat once. Perhaps more than once. It screamed and yowled before I chewed its throat open. Cold grey eyes as she'd coo at me as I'd suck down on her wrist. All I knew was that I hated and loved and hated her. And she knew it, taking from me her payment. Blood. For blood. Hate and Love for Hate and Love.

The flashback hit me unexpectedly. Forest could probably sense it. And worse, see it.

Rider was so much like her. The same smell, same long hair, same way of oozing barely contained lust and sex and violence. It was hard, not to listen to the Beast's howling desire to make sure she wasn't a threat to me anylonger. "And keep that kid on a leash. There's things that if he did threaten 'em would kill him without a second thought. Too many of them in this city.

Forest scowled at Rider's laughter as Jack kept apologizing.

She rubbed the bite scar on her neck and said, "It wasn't your fault.  I blame my sire, that Roman Bastard."

Then she said to Rider, "Kiyoshi's had kind of a rough night. 'Family' keeps popping in and getting him excited."

She looked back at Jack and asked, "Vampire business?"  She did reach behind her so Tom could take her hand.

I still felt like shit about practically forcing her into a threesome, but I nodded. "Vampire business. If you ever, ever, hear some vampire asking you to do something for the Deacon, or join his flock, refuse, or make sure you know what the fuck you're getting into. Deacon Frost has a stranglehold on a lot of the bloodsuckers in the city, and a load of fanatics who think he's god. Rumor has it he can walk in sunlight, and a bunch of other bullshit. Oh, and the blocks around 43rd and Yossarian? My turf. Feed on anyone there without my permission, and you will end up in the gutter missing fangs. Understand?"

I let go of the brass knuckles after my little lecture. If Rider decided I was a threat needing to be silenced now, I'm pretty sure that between Tom, Forest, and I we could take her down.

[lantzblades]

Taiga shouted "He's a bad guy big brother, he tried to hurt Sakura and Rider."

Satoshi laughed "Thanks, chump ignored then."

he turned to Archer "I very much doubt that, it's not the sort of thing she would understand. But messaged received, I won't bother. I don't kill, no matter what she thinks."

Rin sighed "Satoshi go find a room and take your sister, meeting in ten. Tsukasa, take these" she said handing her a set of black boxes after she finished filling the cupboards.

Tsukasa and Satoshi turned around and walked away taking Taiga upstairs.

Connor wordlessly grabbed the large black trunk that had been the final item through the portal as in shut and followed the three upstairs.

Rin sighed again "thirty six hour days are a real bitch, anyway you guys have fun, I have to get back to the job" with that Rin left following the group upstairs.

[Alice]

Rin blinked over at Shuya, surprised. Perhaps I misjudged you a bit, before. While she didn't say the words, she looked the half demon straight in the eyes, and nodded a silent "thank you."

Naturally, upon hearing his own mother had been threatened, Kiyoshi was both angry and shocked. Satoshi made no attempt to explain himself, so Rin turned to the boy. "Kiyoshi, what Shuya here said was true. He threatened to kidnap and kill your mother over the phone to lure Rider there to fight him."

She leaned down, her hands on her knees, her voice soft. She would have hugged him, perhaps, if not for the sudden urgency of the situation. Or the fact that he was wielding blades in his hand, that too. "Listen to me, Kiyoshi. I want you to be a big, strong young man for me and do me a favor. For my sake and that of your mother and my sister. Let Aunty Rin and Uncle Archer handle this guy, I want you to go get either Forest or Lancer. It's your choice, but I want you to bring back one of them as fast as you can. Can you do that for me?"

Taiga shouted "He's a bad guy big brother, he tried to hurt Sakura and Rider."

Satoshi laughed "Thanks, chump ignored then."

he turned to Archer "I very much doubt that, it's not the sort of thing she would understand. But messaged received, I won't bother. I don't kill, no matter what she thinks."

Rin rolled her eyes at the girl's shout. "Your big brother's more of a 'bad guy' than Shuya here, I can tell you that. And even then, at least Shuya has the decency to be somewhat open about his 'bad guy' tendencies. I'd certainly trust him more."

She turned on Satoshi and narrowed her eyes. "Nothing to say to the boy who's mother you threatened at all? I wasn't quite sure of it before, but I know it now. You really are a monster. The taint you bear now hardly changes anything. And I think I'm more than intelligent enough to know a threat when I see one, thanks."

But she found herself to be swiftly ignored in favor of Lin and other members of Satoshi's posse carrying bento boxes... and a very suspicious looking black trunk, which had an ominous feeling about it... almost as if there was something magic inside...

I knew that portal was nothing good.

Rin pointed a finger at the group before they could even reach the stairs and began to charge prana to her finger. "Hold it right there!"

The Tohsaka heir quickly took note of everything around her. She was outnumbered, the only allies she had in the room were Shuya and Archer, but it'd have to do. She also spotted something flit past up the stairs out of the corner of her eye.

....Ruby?

[lantzblades]

Rin sighed "Change of plans, we're leaving now."

Tsukasa and Taiga looked rather sad and Connor sighed.

Satoshi nodded "Ok, later Kiyoshi, tell Rider I'll see her later dude." he said placing Taiga back in her chair.

Tsukasa opened the door waiting for the others to walk through it

"Bye Kiyo" she said still frowning.

[YOLF]

Bonesington

The trio composed of a sealed primordial goddess, an adventuring hero and a lich archmage strolled down the adequately busy streets of Nexus City, led by the lich, taking in the sights around them. Sir Bonesington hummed a melodious hymn, processing all he caught in his sight, as behind him Luka still "oohh"-ed and "aahh"-ed lightly at the wonders of the modern world, interposed by offhand commentary from his spirits. Valda also followed and analyzed her surroundings, but in much less expressive way than her two companions.

Sir Bonesington suddenly stopped, straightening himself up in the street. His skull turned with a snap to the left and everything from his neck bellow followed in a single movement, like some sort of comedy act.

"I see a park! And it appears to have historical remains of cultural importance that one really cares about!" He said, pointing a dramatic finger at the path through a large green area on their left, open to the sun and empty of imposing, grey buildings. Only some ways in through the tall trees and foliage could one see a stone bridge over a pond and an ancient looking building that might've once been a small church.

This place... was terribly convenient! And suspicious! Why, it was almost the perfect place for some old urban legend to come to life! And if this city had more supernatural in it than the three of them, this was surely a place where they could find them! In other words, it was a story flag! A temptation of destiny! A possible fun encounter!

Yeesss. Sir Bonesington decided. It was time for an exciting detour!

He turned to Luka and Valda and spoke with an enthusiastic timbre. "My friends, what do you say we make a bit of an exciting detour and see what this lonely park here has to offer? I quite appreciate flowers, and this seems like a good place to see some. Not to mention, it's a park. It might make an nice hang out spot!"