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

[Kotomine_Rin]

Da powlice

The man seemed to have given up without much of a fight, altough he wasn't quite down yet. The two, however, would be a problem. They had not been witnessed committing any unlawful deed, but they were somehow associated with that scumbag. They had to be taken in for interrogation.

"I SAID, EVERYBODY DOWN!" the officer roared, brandishing his gun. With a discreet nod, he commanded the magic division to prepare sealing glyphs and paralysis incantations. One of them was immediately cast at the criminal-

[SINIB]

Irisviel von Einzbern

"Yes, absolutely."

Irisviel blinked. Well. . . She hadn’t quite expected such a—straightforward response. A roundabout yes, a vague noncommittal answer, or possibly even a straight up no: that’s what she’d expected. Almost anything but this. It was too frank, too confident.

However. . . She was not displeased. This was a very happy surprise, he was clearly not a weak demon, and to be offered a free contract such as this; well, she’d never heard of such a thing, not once, never ever! She was rather excited, in a childish sort of way. Even now, the world threw a curveball every once in a while and just astonished her such unanticipated ways.

"You are intelligent, truly most intelligent. It is indeed wise to tread cautiously when dealing with my kin. However—do not assume me as a cheap vermin who requires deceit in order to seize what he wants. I told you this contract was a mean to repay you for saving my life.  I told you I would serve you not due to any gain I could receive out of your wealth, your soul or anything else., but of my own will. If you saved me only to force me into a debt I could not repay, you should by all means have let me die."

Irisviel stoically weathered his scathing remarks without a change in her expression. He was clearly angered by her assumption, however she had done no wrong. He acknowledged that she had been wise, but went on and exclaimed that someone of his great stature had no need of petty tricks to take what the desired, if he wanted it, he could grab it. After he finished, she nodded at him.

“I did not heal you to try to enslave you, nor was I even aware of your true nature at that time. I have heard many things about your kind, very few of them positive. You will have to forgive me for assuming such things. You have proven yourself to be truthful after all, and-” Irisviel’s voice softened significantly as she allowed her pleasure to seep into her voice. “-I am very pleased to find this out. Let us form this contract, Togan, and may it be mutually beneficial.” She finished with a smile, reaching out and offering him her hand.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

"No, forgive me, I have been rash." The demon rebutted with a nod, regaining his composure with a smile.

"Let us begin. It is of poor taste to let such things wait."

Taking hold of her hand, the devil kissed it once. It was a beautiful hand, as refined as a princess's yet as delicate as a child's. Even if he could tell her body was artificial, it's beauty was as genuine as the real thing. She was worthy.

Suddenly, he enrobed her ring finger with his mouth and pierced it with his oddly sized fang. The contract would be initiated, but it was far from being near completion. There would be a wound, but it would cause no harm nor would it bring any pain. Suckling on her finger, he allowed his own self to intermingle with her soul. Normally, such a process would bring indescribable pain to the contractor, enough to have one go mad.

But Tohuw was not of such common nature, even for beings as uncommon as those called demons. She would know of pleasure, true bliss in it's purest and most earnest form. The sensation would be one of inconcievable joy, but it would last but a moment. Well, a moment was enough for the contract to draw it's roots into both of them.

[SINIB]

Irisviel

As soon as Towuh bit her finger, she gasped. She felt truly indescribable pleasure. It was a feeling she’d never before even dreamed of, nor could she ever approach it again. She wished it would last forever, but it ended as soon as it started. She felt wetness on her crotch, and looked down without surprise. She hadn’t even noticed that it had happened, but this didn’t bother her.

“So. . . I take it—that we now have formed the contract?” She asked him haltingly, out of breath from the extreme experience.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

"Yes and no. It will take about a day to complete, but the foundations are there." said Tohuw with a frank nod. Then, he took a deep bow and spoke.

"I suggest you don't exert yourself too much for now. The bond between us has been forged, but the actual contract will begin later. For now, it is important for you to eat."

Her finger had been bitten, but instead of a wound rested a scarlet marble-like gem. Once it grew to it's fullest, the contract would be settled. It was a symbol, a symbol of their pact and of a bond that would trandescend something as mundane as corporeal bodies.

While it normally took only about a day or two, it was not unknown of it taking mere hours or even minutes. Even so, it would be wise to have her rest.To forge a contract with a demon, especially one of his caliber, was bound to drain one's energy to some extent.

"If you wish, I could treat you both to an adequate banquet. Consider it a token of celebration for our contract."

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura got off the horse and went to help her sister off the horse and lead her inside and up to her room. “Nee-san, you’re shivering, you need to get out of those clothes, they need to be washed. Come on, I’ll take you inside.” She said happily, leading Rin by the hand.

[Elf]

Rin

Rin gnashed her teeth to keep from screaming the entire ride there.  It was ridiculous, preposterous even, to ride Pegasus with four people and in full view of everyone.  What was even worse was having to cling onto Shirou as they gallivanted through the city.   

Because they were flying, the winds made Rin even more aware of the cold and her teeth were chattering when they landed.   She couldn't remember being this cold ever, and wondered if she was going into hypothermia. I am not using a jewel to heat up or dry off.

Once they landed, Sakura gracefully dismounted and moved to help Rin off the winged horse.  Sakura took her hand for balance as Rin climbed off Pegasus's massive back.

 “Nee-san, you’re shivering, you need to get out of those clothes, they need to be washed. Come on, I’ll take you inside.”

Rin nodded and was about to reply when she recognized the giant mansion they had landed.  She had only been to the Matou mansion once, but what she had seen there was forever burned into her memory.  Her stomach sank and she tasted bile in her throat as she looked up at Sakura's abode.

"You've been living here all of this time?" Rin asked before pulling Sakura into a hug. 

[SINIB]

Sakura

“Huh–” Sakura was surprised when Rin grabbed her in a hug as she tried to drag her sister inside. “I-I ha-yes.” She stammered. “I’ve been living here, it’s a safe place, and the Nexus is dangerous.” She returned Rin’s embrace fiercely. “And I’ve been strong for these three years, don’t worry about me. Oh, you’re freezing. You need to get inside now!” She told her, trying to lead her inside as fast as she could. “I don’t want you getting sick!”

[Panda]

Guts

...Huh. Don't know why, but the girl kinda sounds like Casca before the...well, no. Casca wasn't quite this nice to strangers.

"Guts," the mercenary says simply before the police yell at him and Medaka to get down as well.

"...Well damn, this is going to be a pain," Guts mutters, putting his hands above his head as he drops to his knees, removing Dragonslayer and placing it on the ground for convenience's sake, "Come on, kid, let's get this over with."


Michael

Divines' starry skies, this is going to suck.

"First, I can't," Michael says, "You can't. Someone tried to unmake this staff right out of my hands and it didn't work. Second, even if I could, do you really think I'd break this thing because it got a little tainted? Pantheon's sake, you're acting like the end result of this whole mess is a given-"

It was at this point that both Michael and the woman were promptly encased in ice.

...Pantheon-damned buzz-killing hydromancers.


Emily

Emily watched with no small amount of dismay as Abigail, whether knowingly or not, continued to push Mordred's buttons in the worst way possible. Then Mordred's accusation of Abby being a Loyalist came about.

Loyalist? Well shit, we'd have been better off...wait...this place seems to draw people in from other dimensions...who's to say that this one is even from the same place as Mordred and I?

"Mordred," Emily interrupts firmly, "I'm fairly certain there's been a gap in understanding here. Chances are actually fairly good that Abby isn't quite like us. First off, she doesn't seem to have a Mask, unless pointy ears are part of it for some strange reason."

With that, the former Spring Queen turns to Abigail.

"And while you may not know it, pretty much everything you've said would've elicited much the same reaction from most Changelings where we're from. So that begs the question, do the terms Wyrd, Gentry, or Arcadia mean anything to you?"

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

"Idiots, I told you to leave!." Lorenzo roared as he -suddenly- leapt out of his position, dodging the spell by a hair's breath as he rolled sideways. The thunder of guns was now clearly audible, multiple bullets rippling trough his shoulder, back, chest and belly. Thankfully, he managed to avoid anything hitting one of his vitals-

But this was very bad. There wouldn't be much pain now, but the blood loss would be a problem.

Kneeling, he hacked a slight stream of blood. This sucked, he was planning to leave both out of this fight, but it seemed it wouldn't be that simple.

"OUT!"

He wouldn't let them get in his own mess, but neither was he going to just let them take him. No, even if he was going to be beaten into a pulp regardless, he wasn't going to make it easy.

With a snap of his fingers, the ring of fire swirled and crashed on the prison walls. Stone crumbled on some police officers, who tried to dodge. Thiw would be far from fatal, but it would prove to be an adequate distracton. Blasting the wall with fire, it crumbled down to reveal the outside. He wasn't going to let them be hurt, not today.

[yinsukin]

Medaka

Medaka sighed.  She felt bad about leaving Lorenzo here but she knew she couldnt help him.  If she intervened she would only damage his pride.  This was something he needed to do himself.

Medaka knelt down next to Guts, her hands placed on her head in a similar fashion.  She watched as Lorenzo was being torn apart by guns.  It took everything she had to stay put where she was.  The moment that something went wrong, she would not hesitate to help him.

"Will he be alright?"  Medaka said to Guts, the anxiety and worry very clear in her voice.

[Kat]

Rikuyo

Being imprisoned in ice wasn't something that a mere human would survive, and that would be inconvenient even for Rikuyo's current [human] self. Her body was forced to adapt. To switch to a template for which such cold was a minor annoyance rather than a threat. The girl started changing to accomodate to the temperature, taking on characteristics of an arctic fox. Whoever imprisoned her now would be at disadvantage targeting her with cold based attacks, not to mention that she powered up considerably, her aura smashing away the prison.

The girl emerged from the shattered prison, now sporting a white tail of fox, brown eyes and white hair. Her skin was paler than before she got sealed in the ice prison.

She felt... different now. The disgust she felt towards the Chalice and the staff, her intent to rid of the Taint gone. Whatever influenced her mind to such extent receded back to the corners of her soul.

"I don't have a clue what or who possessed me, but thanks forcing that self back to where it belongs. Long away ahead of me if I'm about to snap just because one of those guys hidden in my souls are allergic to something. Still, you attacked and had me power up, so I'm not gonna pass up fighting somebody that good. Yup, I'm really fired up!" she exclaimed, now in better mood than before.

[Lycodrake]

Than'Sanel

Sarse was right. The half-elf had been blinded by the woman's beauty in the spectrum to recognize the potential danger. Hadn't he grown up knowing that beauty could be ugly underneath? The Orzhov's stained glass windows hid the organization's motives, and at the moment his spark awoke he could tell the Nephilim was "beautiful" in the spectrum - glowing brightly and lively.

He doubted the woman was such a being like that, but blood magic was inherently suspect. It was either a sign of self-sacrifice for good, but far often for ill. Looking at it that way, and tuning out of the spectrum and the senses of his saprolings, he shook the infatuation away like a spell. He knew it was all him, but self-hypnosis was a thing Blue mages could do and he had dabbled in it through the elementals.

He had enough side-tracking in thoughts and called out to Just, "I would advice making certain that the woman's gift is a boon or a curse before getting rid of it, if you so desire - as the girls' guardian."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Richard Maxwell

Richard turned around and looked at the woman as if she was crazy. Shaking his head, he maintained his calm smiling pristine impeccable number one nexus city citizen face as smiling, pristine and impeccable as ever.

Well, if he had to choose between the crazy girl and the snotty buffoon, he’d take the cutsey redhead any day.

“How about no? Now, I healed your boy. That will be five hundred, cash only.” Said Richard. Then, without as much as a single movement, the water encasing the woman melted away as quickly as it froze.

[yinsukin]

Roxas

The nobody stood in awe as the "doctor" seamlessly stopped the fighting between the two warriors.  It was amazing to think that the girl he just fought and lost to was so effortlessly stopped.

Wait.... Is he asking for money? Did he just call me her kid?

Roxas decided to hold his tongue.  It was probably better to see what the others were going to do first.