Cross Effects 3.0 - April 13, 2015—June 23, 2016

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

The demon laid Medaka on the ground and looked at her, scratching his temple as if to remember something. Then, his eyes lit up.

"Aaaah, you mean the lizard, yes? I remember. Quite lovely, really. Oh, I still remember the time she murdered me clear as day... oh, that was really fun. I must say, to do something so base to her opponents as to cripple them with their own magical energy, she must be the patron of cowards!" He said with a smug smile.

Then, he walked around her and pondered a bit longer.

"Hmmm, it's pretty tempting. I could use a helping hand you know? After all, I really don't want her to die. Hmmmm"

And suddenly, a brillant idea.

"Very well mister. Please, be my guest." He said politely, bowing curteously and presenting the girl to him.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Urthemiel

A sardonic smile spread across Urthemiel's face. He began to speak even as his hands began to glow with the obvious signs of healing magic. "You were lucky, or you must've made her incredibly mad. Such an attack is generally reserved for a swift end. Or rather, a prelude to further torment. She probably would have bound your soul to a pebble and tossed you into the ocean. If she had lyrium at hand I have no doubt she would bathe you in the molten variant of it and trap your soul on this plane of existence for ages."

The smile changed into a frown. "What did this fool do to herself? I can slow the bleeding and she most likely will not get worse in the meantime but she will need proper facilities to fully heal."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

The demon shrugged and looked down, kicking around at the rubble playfully.

"Coward and narrow minded? Huh, I never would've guessed. She is quite boring I must say. If I met her, I would have simply stripped her soul and bound it to a toilet. Or perhaps take her and put her in a hell where she is constantly screamed at by her loved ones. But I doubt she has any friends or lovers in the first place. Sigh, for all I care, she was probably adopted and lives all alone and shall not be mourned. Shall not be mourned. So sad, so sad." He said, shaking his head and wiping a crocodile tear with his pristine white sleeve.

Then, he put his hand in his pocket and revealed a warm chocolate chip cookie.

"Want one?" He said cheerfully with a smile.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Urthemiel

The frown vanished and was replaced with another, wider smile as he continued to tend to the girl's injury. "You should understand that while Urzara is far from the wisest of my order to insult her is to insult the priesthood of the Old Gods. That is intolerable. Did you think of her as such a coward as you ran away like a hairless rat from the breath of a dragon, or when you summoned a flood to try and flee from her wrath? I think she is beginning to enjoy reciting the tale to the others."

His movements and reactions were as relaxed as ever. He didn't seem to be bothered or worried in the slightest and his smile was especially carefree. "Urzara is less powerful than I am and I am certainly more focused and capable than she was when she had her fit, but I'm sure the point will never come where I have to prove that."

Urthemiel gave the treat a cursory look before returning his gaze to his patient. "You should really save it for the girl. She may want something in her stomach a bit later after recovering. Contacting the owner of this place also seems necessary if we want her to get a better chance at recovery."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

Tohuw didn't even pay attention to what he was saying, instead more busy kicking around pebbles and making them into straight lines. Oh, he kept blabbering and blabbering. Blah blah blah, so annoying!

"Nonsense, I have plenty. Have one! Fresh from the oven too! Consider it a token of apology for my callous behavior towards your sister." He said casually, picking even more cookies from his pocket. Fresh, delicious and smelling as good as cookies can.

"Besides, you just helped me! It would be rude to leave a favor unpaid, I never unpay favors! There, don't be shy!" He said cheerfully, presenting him the warm cookies.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Aisha

"You disappoint me. You patronize humans of whom even the lowliest one has a spark of potential to Awaken and open their eyes to the Truth. We might sound like arrogant creatures, but your pride outstrips ours by far." she frowned at Aisha in displeasure, crossing her arms. "Honestly, I'm not interested in you anymore. I might just say farewell and just leave you be."

"Oh? Have I? I've acknowledged your potential to be inherit the World and all the mysteries within it, but it is still simply potential. You have forgotten much but in turn you have learned other branches of knowledge. There is no doubt that there is much that humanity has learned that I do not know and it is just as true that I remember things that humanity has long forgotten."

The progenitor stood up, and vines and roots seemingly let go rather than be ripped by her movement. "Perhaps you of all my Children will succeed. Perhaps you will fail. Only time will tell, but I am more than willing to find out with another."

She took out a slightly larger vial from her cloak and nearly filled it with her blood. While ingesting a large amount of her blood provided immediate but temporary benefits a slower diet of drops over time was capable of permanently increasing one's physical abilities and reverse aging. This amount would be good for a few centuries she imagined. She corked it and held it out to the Child. "If you cannot withstand the weight of time then once you have aged significantly drink a single drop a day. It will grant you youth and the opportunity to see what will become of you Children."


Urthemiel

"If you never unpay favors then I would rather save it for something more useful. Cookies are delicious but not quite worth a life, wouldn't you say?" The white glow faded from his hands as he finished. She certainly wasn't going to die within the next few minutes and the bleeding had stopped for now but she wasn't going to be getting much better anytime soon.

He rolled back his sleeves. The castle had wards so it would most likely be fine if he tried something small and getting the attention of the owner would be helpful. If they had managed to set up the wards and keep their property from being ransacked they may have dabbled in healing more than himself. With that in mind Urthemiel raised his hand towards the castle and launched a fireball the size of a fully grown man at it.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

Tohuw quickly turned his glance to the cast magic. A fireball had been cast, large enough to do some damage to the castle. How uncouth of him, he could have waited a little.

In the blink of an eye, a giant beachball appeared from nothing before the ball of fire and intercepted the blast, protecting the castle from any harm.

Then, the demon smiled and turned his eyes to the little rat. One couldn't tell if he was furious or overjoyed. Either way, his rictus spelled nothing but malice.

"You insignificant worm," He glared with a  joyful tone, "To dare burrow your filthy snout into my master's humble home, have you both no shame?"

Nonchalantly, with a lazy wave of the hand, the demon tossed a dozen plastic toy knives at him. Of course, they were as sharp as the real thing, maybe even more. Despite the lack of force or momentum in the throw, one of them would be able to stab trough wood neatly, let alone twelve of them.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Urthemiel

The Old God sighed. This creature was incredibly stupid. He pitied the master. A glyph of repulsion inscribed itself under Urthemiel and a wave of force sent the knives flying back. Another surge of mana and a blast of lightning was launched from his fingers towards the servant. All the while his calm demeanor and slight grin never faded.

[Cherry Lover]

Sakura

Oh, I see, Sakura thought as she heard Irisviel explain herself.

Well, warmer clothes would be nice, and we do seem to be similar in size, so she probably has something to fit me.

Before Sakura could respond, though, she heard the sound of what was, presumably, Irisviel's phone ringing. The white-haired woman took the phone out of her pocket but, to Sakura's surprise, simply stood there looking at it, her confusion clear.

Sakura looked at Irisviel with a mixture of confusion and amusement. Normally, she wouldn't exactly be surprised at the woman's unfamiliarily with modern technology. After all, it had taken them years to get her sister to learn to use a more modern phone, and even now she occasionally got confused. But, this was her phone. How could she not know how to use her own phone?

"Irisviel, what's wrong?" Sakura asked with confusion and some amusement.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Touhou Balagan

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" It shrieked, the agony from the knives and the lightning ubearable to him. Sprawling to the ground like a ragdoll, he faced the sky lifleessly.

It was over, it seemed the party wouldn't happen after all. Bohoo. Not really.

What once appeared to be Tohuw was not him at all. The veneer crumbled away into smoke and revealed a lean black haired man in a black jumpsuit. Or at least, what was left of it. And him! He knew keeping him around was a good idea!

And the real Tohuw loomed far above the man, flying gracefully and holding Medaka like one would hold a lover. His jety black wings covered the moonlight, giving him an ominous larger appearance. But the oddest thing was that he was crying in outrage and anger, tears rolling down his cheeks. He genuinely, legitimately looked in grief.

"How could you do this!? You tried to destroy my lady's home, and now you killed my best friend!!? Why you... I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!!" He roared in anger, howling before the anger quickly turned into a mocking laughter.

Cackling madly, he stood above the insect and snapped his fingers. Immediately, an incredible number of rockets, bombs, missiles and explosives floated behind him. Pink, cat shaped, doodled, filled with flowers. Of course, their silliness did not make their deadliness any less funny. Altough that rat would find it much less.

"Goodnight. "

And without a care in the world for collateral, he bombed away.


(OOC: RIP Ito, again.)

[SINIB]

Irisviel

Irisviel frowned at Sakura gloomily. “Sh-shut up, don’t make fun of me! You do it better!” She said as she began to cry. But then, she detected something terribly, terribly wrong.

People were fighting outside. Outside her castle. With magic. And explosions.

So she turned around and started to run to the door. She needed to know what was going on, throwing the terrible machine to the floor, which shattered with a loud crack.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Urthemiel

As the fool wasted his time cackling and talking the dragon in disguise had already took precautions. A ward glyph overlapped with his repulsion glyph as his hands charged with energy. As the apparent weapons appeared in the air Urthemiel wasted no time and unleashed a torrent of lightning into the sky. Then the sky exploded. The quickly made wards flared before vanishing and the force knocked the Dragon of Beauty back. Despite this his fall was rather graceful and he was already on his feet in an instant as he began establishing more glyphs.

[Cherry Lover]

Sakura

Sakura's amused expression turned to one of sadness and guilt as Irisviel responded with a gloomy face, before beginning to cry. She felt really bad about upsetting the kind woman, and was about to apologise and offer to help when she detected a sudden surge of magical energy outside. At the same time, Irisviel turned and ran off, throwing the phone to the floor in anger. For a moment, Sakura thought she'd stormed off in a huff, but she quickly realised that she was simply going to check up on what was happening.

Coming to the conclusion that she probably should check it as well, Sakura followed after her. As she did so, she made an attempt at an apology.

"Sorry, Irisviel", she said, "I wasn't trying to make fun of you, I was just surprised."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

Gazing at the deity, Tohuw looked with eyes wide in marvel as it cast more and more glyphs. He wondered, he wondered what he'd do next. And when lightning poured down on his whimsical creations, the demon felt something he had not felt for a loooong time.

Excitement.

The explosion in the sky was huge, powerful and hot enough to annihalate all in its path. No material in this world wouldn't have crumbled. But Tohuw was no material.

Quickly, he removed his magnificent hat. A torrential vacuum formed from within, a hole sucking the explosion itself into the bottom of the fancy white hat. In a few seconds, the whole thing was contained inside the hat. Then, it bulged and inflated like a balloon before going limp.

Looking down at his opponent blankly, the demon flipped his hat downwards and shook it, dropping confetti down. Suddenly, the whole mood changed as he sighed in annoyance. His finger ran up the hat and caressed it, as if he was stroking a now deceased pet.

There's a scratch...

And thus, he completely lost the mood. Dissappointedly, he made the hat become nothing and made a new one. Then, he slowly descended gracefully.

"Time out. Time out. You win, I surrender." He said calmly, genuinely smiling all the while raising his arms up in abandon. There was no trace of lie, deceit or anything untrue in his words.

Tohuw Balagan had completely and utterly given up.

[SINIB]

Irisviel

Irisviel looked away from Sakura, ignoring her as she quickly ran down the hall. She arrived at the door and burst out of it as they opened at her approach. She saw Towuh standing in front of a man dressed in fancy clothes.

“What is the meaning of this?” She asked Toe angrily.