Cross Effects 3.0 - October 21, 2015—June 23, 2016

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

The Vampire was unimpressed by the armored man's attempt of hiding his next action by whispering to the other man, she could still hear every word clearly, it was only natural for someone with senses greater than those of a human.

"There is a Leman Russ at the rally point. We'll shoot and scoot until we get there: Scoot while it heals, shoot when it starts moving again. Sound good?"

It was a good plan in theory, except for two things, Shinobu had heard it, and she was faster to a great degree. The vampire jumped into action when the man started saying "sound" and had already circled him and kicked him in the side with such force that he flew out of the alley just as he said "good".

Shinobu slowly turned around, a gleeful look on her face, and adresssed the man who had identified himself as a member of some organisation. "So now that is out of the way, what were you saying about Elites?".

[SINIB]

Oka

Oka riffled through the endless shelves and brands of hair dyes intently for a good long while before a single one caught her eye. It was a weird brand, claiming it "magically" changed your hair colour permanently.

"Heh." She chuckled at the amusing advertising. But it was pretty expensive for a bottle this size.

She liked expensive.

She grabbed two bottles, one of purple and one of bright neon green, before returning and grabbing a second bottle of each. She was a bit miffed they didn't have her preferred brand, but this would be fun enough.

Once she returned to Jin she answered his question. "I guess I wouldn't mind eating, after I change."

[Kat]

Mordred

"A shitty place. Plagued by threats and things getting on my nerves or wanting me death." Mordred just had to let it out. If there was a Court for the emotion of being tired of the bullshit, Mordred would be a walking battery.

"Murakumo? What do you mean? I never heard about such name." She asked out of curiosity.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Erica

The former princess blinked as blood erupted from her target's wounds and tore into her aura filled body. That was not expected. His speed had increased quite a bit, but she would be prepared for it now. She had fought others that were just as quick before.

Everything happened at once. One hand curled into a fist and tore itself along spikes of blood as it was flung down towards the arm holding herwith enough force to pulverize flesh and bone while the other busied itself with tearing out the largest intrusion. At the same time the closest Claw was swung in an attempt to shred his legs apart while the other drew closer and held out a single finger, ready to impale him the moment an opening was seen.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

Garou's smile grew for a second, but immediately disappeared. The fist struck true, along with a violent cracking sound, but despite his carelessness Garou was still a formidable fighter. He quickly reacted to the strike, parrying her arm before grappling it. At the same time, he jumped to avoid the claw that slashed his leg and immediately followed by kicking the girl's face with a pulverizing blow, using the momentum to move out of the way. Another claw was waiting for him, lunging at him to impale his chest.

Using all of his strength, he struck the claw with a powerful arm strike, quickly crystallizing the blood from his wounded left limb to harden it. The clash was overtaken by the claw, digging into his flesh and bone, but the impact was enough to send him flying out of the way.

Falling back, he rolled back to face the opponent again, but things were different. They were now at a considerable distance from one another, and he was not smiling anymore. Garou clenched his teeth and snapped his finger, and immediately the blood that covered the girl, his blood, along with the spikes that were sticking out of her, burst into flames and exploded in unison.

His breathing was heavy, panting and trying to desperately keep himself conscious. Even with his body, he wouldn't last long in those conditions. He coughed a trail of blood, but clenched his fist. He looked pale, but he could still fight. Hopefully it was over.

[Panda]

Annabeth

Annabeth continued along her way at a decent jog, looking around for somewhere to get Oren back into some clothes. Deciding against using Ren for the moment, Annabeth looked at the nearby shops, looking for some kind of clothing store. Finally finding something that would suffice, the Hunter looked around for a moment before deciding it would be in her best interests to get into a changing room as quickly as possible. With that in mind, Annabeth scanned the store before finding the changing rooms, thankfully not too far away. Focusing for a moment, the Hunter went into Ren, dashing for the changing room as quickly as she could manage and closing the door behind them. The Hunter allowed a relieved sigh, gently setting Oren down on a nearby chair, Anne carefully went about the task of getting the clothes back on her before hefting Oren up on her back once more and making her way through the store, going a different route this time around at a more sedate speed.

Just then, however, the Hunter passed one of the aisles only to stop and step back, more than a little curious. Indeed, it seemed that her eyes had not been deceiving her when she'd spotted a rather odd looking Demon Beast and a pink-haired girl in a raincoat. Unable to help staring a little, Annabeth briefly considered trying to get into contact with a possible Beast Hunter, but quickly remembered all too well that Black List Hunters like her weren't all too appreciated. It would probably be better to not take the chance, even ignoring the fact that she had a napping Oren on her back. With that in mind, Annabeth tried to tear her eyes away, succeeded for the most part, and continued on her way out of the store.

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

"A day huh? Anyway, um, so you're a Murakumo Unit like me?"

ALPHA

Alpha took her hand off of Noel's shoulder, very slowly and in a way devoid of aggression. This kind of thing must have been what Terumi and Rachel had been dropping hints at, specifically towards Tsubaki.

"Alternate timelines, huh..." She mused, until Mordred gave a few answers. "Well, a Murakumo is... a name for people who hold a certain weapon." She gave an unclear answer, pushing aside the details in case Noel was uncomfortable revealing them.

She was glad for the distraction though, it let her breathe a bit. At the end of the day, timelines or not, Noel was Noel, and Noel was a friend.

"So, what's with the cat?" She asked in a casual way, to stir the conversation into a more natural state.

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

Akatsuki smiled brightly at Kenzo's vitality, and made to say something until she was stopped by a new man, intruding on the scene.

"Excuse me," the stranger said as he drew closer, his posture utterly serene as he approached, "If you'll allow me, I can help. I have some training in first aid, which he looks like he really needs at the moment."

Akatsuki instantly stood up and got in a stance due to surprise, but immediately relaxed. He didn't seem armed, or in any way preparing for battle.

"Who are you...?" She started, but then caught herself. "Rather, yes, please help Kenzo!"

She gave a respectful bow to the calm-looking man, deigning that speculations as to his motive could be left until after Kenzo had healed.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

Kenzo frowned at the words of the intruding stranger. He crossed his arms and pouted, but forgot to open his eyes and get back up.

"Hey! I said I was fine. I'm a big guy after all."

[Kat]

ALPHA

Alpha took her hand off of Noel's shoulder, very slowly and in a way devoid of aggression. This kind of thing must have been what Terumi and Rachel had been dropping hints at, specifically towards Tsubaki.

"Alternate timelines, huh..." She mused, until Mordred gave a few answers. "Well, a Murakumo is... a name for people who hold a certain weapon." She gave an unclear answer, pushing aside the details in case Noel was uncomfortable revealing them.

She was glad for the distraction though, it let her breathe a bit. At the end of the day, timelines or not, Noel was Noel, and Noel was a friend.

"So, what's with the cat?" She asked in a casual way, to stir the conversation into a more natural state.

Mordred

"Oh, so it's like a title of a warrior? I gave myself a surname after my greatest weapon, so I guess that's kind of similar. And oh, yes, the kitty!" She almost forgot she had the small kitten in her pocket for safekeeping. She took it out, held it like the monkey held the lion cub in that movie that made her cry, and said: "Look at this charming fellow, Alpha. Isn't she cute?"

[Panda]

Michael

There wasn't even the slightest shift in the immortal's expression as he moved closer to the indignant man, efficiently checking him over for injuries with surprisingly gentle hands.

"Sure you are, but that was lightning I saw tickling the sky on my way here," Michael noted, "...Broken ribs, looks like some electrical burns, some other injuries here and there. Unless you're hiding a healing factor somewhere or have something else that'll work for you, you're going to be laid up for a while."

Not even bothering to look around the blasted crater, knowing all too well there wouldn't be anything close reach to help patching the man up, Michael swiftly scooped the man up in a bridal carry. Considering the distances to the nearest hospital for a moment, the immortal turned to the ship-cosplayer.

"Do you know somewhere we can take him where we can at least get him resting up," Michael asked, "I'd like to at least get him patched up before we take him to a hospital."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

The demon smiled while not bothering to open his eyes. He almost looked peaceful for a moment until he was picked up. He didn't like it, he didn't like this. He didn't like this one bit, but he kept smiling. And then, he unfolded his arms and shoved two fingers in the poor fool's nose.

He spoke calmly, without a shred of anger in his voice. No, there was no anger, just annoyance. "You hear yet you don't listen, boy. Will you put me down, or will I make you?"

Suddenly, his face turned pale, then red. He immediately pulled out his fingers and looked down apologetically. Well, forward. Down wasn't downwards anymore, so there's that.

"S-sorry. That came out wrong. Didn't mean that sir. Would you, um, put me down?"

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Rin

"I suppose we do. It's been long enough for you to grow up a bit since we were last able to talk after all," Archer replied with a blush still staining his cheeks.  Then he smirked at her and asked, "So what's been going on aside from you discovering a love of women?"

Rin felt her cheeks heat up even more and she threw a comb at him.  "I do not have a love for women!  And it has been a while so you need to listen before we go out there and you do something stupid.  I just need to figure out where to begin, because there is a lot to go through."

And I don't know how to tell you that Ilya died when you tried hard to protect her.

Archer

Archer smoothly tilted his head, dodging the angrily thrown comb with a hint of a smirk. "Well, I think I've already done something rather stupid, but I don't think it's that stupid." Very little could be as stupid as sacrificing yourself so your past self and master could enjoy a threesome with your first love just because you couldn't kill someone you once knew as a sister. Contracting with Law didn't rank above a "You could have stopped this" on the "ITS HAPPENING" scale. Maybe. At least Archer didn't consider it as such. "I've found at the very least a temporary source of energy. He's probably drooling over a girl right now."

Law

The Sin Eater was about to reply to Abigail's question when his face was suddenly covered in slobber as Mr. Crumplebottom decided that now would be the best time for a big slobbery kiss. "Aaaaaaghafhah," he sputtered, some of the drool having gotten into his mouth. "I'm fine, I'm fine..." The happy dog brought his attention back to here and now. A niggling sense of attachment told him his link to Archer was still intact, despite the distance... and the fact he had no way to call on him in case of Death attempting to rape him again.

He's dangerous...

So are you

At least my motivations are clear to you

[Thedoctor]

Jin

Jin saw Oka return with two hair dye bottles, one purple and one neon green. He saw something about them being "magical" when he glanced at them.

"I guess I wouldn't mind eating, after I change." Oka said to him. 

"yeah, we should do that" He answered as they went to the checkout counter in order to pay for everything.

[Kat]

Forest

Forest heard the sound of the explosion outside as well.  What the bloody hell are they doing out there?

Hmph, I should have picked one of them, Forest heard Rikuyo thought and the blond raised an eyebrow.  Then she charged towards Forest with her fingers pointed.  Forest didn't know exactly what the girl was doing, but since she had been using chi stuff before, the vampire wasn't going to take any chances.  So she side stepped Rikuyo and kicked at the back of the girl's knee.

Fine, I'm not entertaining you, but maybe you'll learn a lesson after this, Forest thought.

Rikuyo

When Forest picked up on Rikuyo's thought, the girl felt weird. Like if Forest was for a moment inside her or something. She definitely left a trace of her presence. Was she really that skilled or actually cheated. Confused, Rikuyo got kicked by Forest, staggering from the hit. Shit. Of all opponents she got into duel with, even that Mike dude who meddled in fights of others didn't barge into her soul without asking.

 "Oi, oi, are ya really such a hot shit or a cheater? Getting into my head, ain't you? I might be a country girl, not some posh rich folk from Kyoto, but fucking ask first for invitation if you invade my soul." To say that Rikuyo was now glaring at Forest wouldn't be putting it mildly. She fought her initially to learn something, but it was Forest who was in need of some lecturing.

"I rarely do what I will do next since I cannot help but want to really screw over whom I fight, but I'm in a bad mood." She would do it. She would use that form. But that wasn't breaching her promise. She would just become more 'human'.

Nothing changed about her physically. But anybody sensitive enough would feel sheer maliciousness of her aura, her desire to screw over Forest, trample over her and show her superiority. That's what humans were at heart. More cruel than any predator, willing to brain over a fellow human over so many reasons that there weren't enough fingers to count them all. She could hear in her soul the inner voice is urging just to dismantle that corpse and get over it. "Shut up. She's dead already anyway. And I'm not pissed enough yet." Seemingly talking to herself, she made a step a forward, grinning viciously. "Round 2."