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

[SINIB]

Noel

Noel shook her head. "No, I'll be fine. I can float, so it's not like I have to support his weight quite as much. And I don't need my hands to fight like you do, see?" Noel caused her swords to burst forth from the ground several meters in front of the two girls before recalling them just as quickly. "If we get attacked it'll be safer this way."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

Kenzo nodded, taking the kleenex package and clenching on it. He latched to the poor kleenexes, clinging to them to his dear life. After a moment of silence, he looked at her right in the eyes and spoke up, getting more and more frantic.

"Okay. I was going home by the wagon-mobile thing when I met this strange person. At first, I didn't mind him even if I didn't like him. He seemed strange, not the good kind. Then... I saw something unforgivable. Monstrous. I couldn't accept him, I wouldn't accept him! I COULD NOT!"

Panting, he looked down at the kleenex package to see it was all completely torn up. Looking down, he gave the paper tissues a sad look before continuing in a slower, calmer tone.

"I fought that man. I wanted to kill him. I should have killed him. But I didn’t. Who knows what that man will do next. In the end, I couldn't even manage that much. All I remember.... I lost. Yeah, I lost. I woke up in an hospital thing. I... I didn't have my sword there. I got out, my injuries were mostly healed. I didn't find it outside, I've been looking everywhere for it ever since. If I don't find it, if this horn keeps growing..."

Then everything he worked for, that little happiness he fought so hard to find. All of it would be lost by his own hands. Trembling, he looked away from the woman.

"I'm sorry."

[YOLF]

Shendu

The demon sorcerer received no answer. Instead, he had to react to his vision suddenly separating and wonder why his eyes were so far from each other.

Before he could even process what happened, Shendu's head had split cleanly in half. No blood spurted out, but his severed chi-seeped flesh was exposed as the two pieces parted.

Shendu howled in pain in what sounded more like a wet gargle, stumbling back with heavy steps as he momentarily seemed to bleed mystical energy. Despite his body already working to restore itself to perfection, his massive arms swung wildly with his torso.

His head stitched itself together in an instant, and he held himself in place by grabbing his own skull, as if confirming it was whole again. Red eyes shining through his fingers, the air grew hot with his fury.

Shendu threw his arms back and spewed his whole breath into a dense cone of fire.

[YOLF]

Tar

"Who the hell are you people?" Henry asked, forcing out the words through his pained grimace. His eyes trained on the woman not-actually-just-a-sewage-worker expectantly.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Mata Boyd

"We were hired by a benefactor whose identity is way beyond my paygrade. It disliked the idea of having such an obvious nesting ground for monsters unguarded and open to any kind of creature running from the law making an easy escape. We were put into place to keep people away and out along with containing or eliminating any extreme threats. Those beasts were an issue but relatively contained due to the Inner Workers coming in and suppressing any large gatherings." The worker's tone was rather neutral and much more professional than before. There seemed to be a need to remain more serious after seeing her superior.

[Elf]

Rin

Rin smiled as Sakura grabbed her hands and started to tear up.  She squeezed her younger sister's hands and said, "You're welcome, but if Emiya-kun isn't ready to marry you then you have to promise me you'll wait.  I know it'll be hard, but guys are idiots like that.  So promise me, if Emiya-kun isn't ready, then promise me that you'll wait until he is."


Forest

Forest bit the inside of her cheek as she listened to Kenzo's story.  So he fought some Big Bad, didn't win the fight, but lived and lost his sword.  And he spotted said big bad on the bus . . .

The blond smiled at Kenzo and said, "It's okay, we'll find your sword.  So . . . this is a bit of a shot in the dark, but is the sword magic and keeps your horn from growing?  And what happens if your horn does keep growing?"


Saber

Saber frowned and said, "However, if Lancelot wakes up he may attack you."  She shook her head and sighed.  "I may be able to soothe him if he wakes and is still in his rage, but I doubt you have the ability to, Noel."

She listened to Mata's words and scowled.  She looked at Henry and said, "There is too much secrecy here.  It is unsettling."

[SINIB]

Sakura

But I know he's ready. Sakura almost said to Rin before she stopped herself. But then there's no problem with agreeing with her, is there?

Sakura quietly nodded, "Mhm, I will." Sakura continued to hug Rin hard, not ready to let go just yet.

"I promise."

[SINIB]

Noel

Noel looked away, breaking eye contact. Saber's unfriendly nature had unnerved her from the beginning, but she was right. Noel knew she was right. She'd seen some scrambled memories of his, and she was definitely important to him. She didn't know why, it was buried underneath the darkness, the—corruption. "Okay." Noel softly said. "You're right."

Then, Mata spoke and Saber responded. The eyes on the back of Noel's shoulders swiveled to rest solely on Mata, waiting for her response. They stared at her with the utmost attention, even as Noel herself remained relaxed, facing the opposite direction.

[Elf]

Rin

Rin smiled, her shoulders slumping in relief as she returned Sakura's hug.  "Good girl.  Now, I have to find a good gemstone . . . I have to think about this."

Still, she was slightly worried tough, even tough her Sakura was engaged, but this Sakura was a slight bit more unstable than her's.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

Vanguard listened halfheartedly, busy looking around and thinking about all the things he could acquire in his rabid shopping rampage spree. Not that he thought to call it that way. It was simply about spending generously to help the merchants nourish themselves, he would simply aid him trough the economy and his generous expenses.

A bountiful acquisition of wares trough the exchange of money for goods and services.

But then, something Sakura said caught his attention. It wasn't before long, or rather it was after a long while that he finally realized what she was implying. Immediately, almost on pure reflex, he turned to his master.

"Sakura, you are to be engaged!?" He cried out. The shock, excitement and joy was as clear as day in his loud but still socially acceptably loud and somewhat bearable for those surrounding them voice.

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura looked up at the metal mountain towering over her, releasing Rin in surprise. "Shhh!" She shushed him loudly and frantically. "Don't announce it, it's a secret!" She told him.

"A-anyway, let's get shopping, Nee-san. We'll get you some clothes first." Sakura began to quickly lead Rin away towards the clothes.

[Panda]

Adjutor

"Healed?" Adjutor asked, trying again to push himself up, "Thanks for th-"

The teen was cut off with a shout of pain as a white hot spike of pain was driven up his spine from that point where he'd felt the armor give way. Feeling as if someone had put a blowtorch to that exact spot, Adjutor gave up on his efforts to push himself up, the teen flopping back onto his face as his arms gave out. The sheer agony slammed into his mind again and again, screaming 'YOUR BACK IS FUCKED!' with every painful throb.

Taking a few moments, Adjutor managed to push past the pain, shutting it out as he tried to evaluate his current situation. Thankfully, Tyrfing finally stopped moving, having deposited them on another shadow and slipping back into Adjutor's hand as the familiar black shortsword.

Fuck. This is going to be a new one.

I don't think you've ever done your spine before. Never gotten it this injured either, but-

Shut up, Xarrest.

With that, Adjutor focused in on the shortsword in his hands, the pain fading further as the blade pulsed crimson.

Okay...first things first, heal up any damage to the spine itself...

A warm pulse ran down his back as the magic went to work, focusing in on the damaged area and restoring the damaged vertebrae.

Next comes...fuck, that hurts...okay, next would be the nerves themselves.

More blood was catalyzed to power his healing magic as Adjutor focused in on the nerves, trying to imagine the damaged endings slowly coming back together and make that mental image a reality.

Careful...don't want to reconnect the wrong nerves...

Sweat dripped from the teen's brow as he worked, eyes squeezed shut as he focused entirely on the damaged nerves that were oh so slowly stitching themselves back together. Finally, after minutes passed with agonizing slowness, the teen finally felt the last of the damaged nerves stitch itself back together, the rewired connection bringing new feeling back into his legs. The crimson pulses from Tyrfing finally died down as the healing magic finished its work. Even so, there was a definite soreness in the teen's back even now, though one that Adjutor felt he could wash away with time and further healing to top things off.

Releasing a breath he hadn't known he'd been holding, Adjutor took a few moments to try to recuperate from the recently healed injuries. The teen tried to stand up only to find that his legs weren't cooperating quite as well as he'd hoped, and the fresh throb of pain quickly persuaded him to quit his efforts. With a groan, Adjutor turned himself over, dismissing the Armor and leaving him in the jeans and hoodie ensemble he'd picked up from Forest's place, to look up at his apparent savior.

"Thanks again for the-" Adjutor winced at a fresh throb of pain, "The save. Could you pull me up?"

With that, the teen raised a hand up for Roxas, "I think it's going to take me a bit to heal up from that. Sorry."

[yinsukin]

Roxas

Roxas reached out and grabbed the armored teen's hand, pulling him up.  He then pulled down his hood, revealing his face.

"Don't apologize.  You saved my life."  He said with a friendly tone. "We are in another dimension right?"

[Elf]

Rin

Rin looked around and said, "Where to start . . .  With cold as this place is, I think I'll need some jeans . . . "

[SINIB]

Sakura

"You'll need a jacket too." Sakura quipped. "A really nice and warm one, it's going to get alot colder."