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

[Thedoctor]

Jeanne

"I'm gonna try them out now okay." Going back to the changing room after she said so, she tried the clothes out, seeing that they looked good on her she changed back and went back to Rider. "They fit I think" She told her as they went to pay for them. She glanced at Rider and told her, "I don't think I have any money on me."

Archer

While Rin was telling him how much time was left on the ice cream, Archer as digging into one of the soufless. "Mhm...delicous." He said out loudly enough that Rin couldn't possibly miss it.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

Garou snickered at the answered, as if he just heard an hilarious joke. «You kidding? Hahahaha… wait, you’re not...? pfffohmygodAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH!! »

He then proceeded to fall over and burst into a fit of hilarity, barely able to beathe between intervals. He wiped tears of joy and got back up on his feet.

« Oh god…*wheeze* hehehe, can’t believe it. You’re one lucky gal you know?”


Sakagami kenzo

Kenzo glared at the girl and immediately grabbed her head and pulled it to his level. He was mad, furious, and it showed.

“Hey, this is my place, I choose who I get mad to you shitty brat. Just because I have forgiven you doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten . Next time you pull something like that off, I’ll rip your limbs off their sockets, boil them and force them down your throat.”

Then, his mood and face suddenly shifted to his usual kind and childishly innocent smile and he simply let her go.

“Is that more like it?” He asked gently, closing his eyes and tilting his head.

[Panda]

Seras

The vampire frowned as he started laugh, flesh and blood hand clenching into a fist as the tied-off sleeve bulged a little. Before she could let fly, however, he promptly collapsed from laughter.

Just before she could try kicking him instead, she found herself wondering about what he'd said. A coin was flipped inside her, and the result favored the surprisingly lucky man.

"And why exactly am I so lucky?" Seras asked, her tone not even slightly strained.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

Garou’s feral vampire-like teeth formed into an even greater grin.

“It means I won’t have to tear you to pieces along with the rest of em. That little accident just saved your life. If that’s not luck then what is?”

[Panda]

Seras

The vampire stared back at the man as he got up with that little declaration, unable to restrain the bloodlust sparkling in her own eyes. Or perhaps she'd simply stopped trying? Nonetheless, she returned his smile with one of her own, fangs visible between pale lips.

"Well, I can't say I disagree," Seras said, "Say, are you a soccer-"

With that, her foot moved as if with a mind of its own, exploding off the ground with enough force to leave a crater where it was planted on the ground, lashing out at the man with a roundhouse kick with all the force and speed the vampire could muster.

...Oops.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou xiII

Garou was taken by surprise as a powerful kick went flying straight at his midsection. He barely had the time to guard against the blow and step back, avoiding the brunt of the blow. And yet, it wasn’t enough, her strength- was out of this world!

The explosion of power smashed straight at his arm, sending him back with a painfully loud crunching sound.

You bitch…

Garou glanced over at his deformed arm. Blood flowed generously from the impact, and it wouldn’t be long until it would begin to swell. Garou smirked ironically. What luck he had to have his arm crushed by a monster twice in the same day.

“Sorry, can’t say I am.” He said, taking a fighting stance and looking alertly at his opponent.

[Panda]

Seras

The vampire raised an eyebrow as the man not only managed to avoid the brunt of the blow, but wasn't taken out by the damage he'd taken as a result. Even more surprising was that, in spite of everything else, he still smelled human. At the very least, his blood didn't smell different from a human's.

"Impressive, for a human," Seras said simply, but then gave him a curious look as he assumed a fighting stance, "You're kidding, right?"

With that, the vampire punched the ground hard, concrete shattering under her fist as the concrete and asphalt was riddled with cracks, the dust that used to be ground sent flying up by the explosive impact concealing the vampire as it expanded. Allowing a few moments for the dust cloud to spread, she exploded into motion, eyes flashing as she charged him, lashing out with a massive haymaker meant to simply plow through whatever defense he brought up.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

Garou scanned the area carefully. "Not at all-" Immediately, the bitch cut him off and pounded the ground with all her might, causing the ground to crack and send dust and debris flying. Using a smokescreen in such a fashion, interesting.

Her lack of a distinct smell would hinder him, but he had already faced cheap tricks. He didn't try to follow her movements, but instead paid close attention to the smoke. Once he noticed it shift slightly, he reacted immediately and bent backwards unnaturally at a 90 degree angle, ducking and avoiding the blow while simultaneously sending a powerful upwards kick to the face.
    _{Muda, muda, muda!}
"Futile, futile, futile!"

[Kat]

Mitsuba

The rude individual stormed off without any care. Damnit, she had a bad luck today when it came to men. Really, out of several million people there could be someone whom she would like, but this was so called Nexus city. The percentage of abnormal people was higher than average. But never mind her internal ramblings, she had to check on her two clients.

Fortunately, Garou's antics didn't discourage the others from staying around.

"I'm ready. As a busy woman, I suggest we get straight to the chase and look for that Forest person. You mentioned she operates during the night, so she's not active in the daytime? Maybe she assumed some alternate identity." Mitsuba, now clad in her combat clothes, sounded more serious than before.

[Kat]

Vanguard

The woman sighed. He didn't expect them to be so crude as to ask him something before kicking him out. Did he even have any incentive to say anything? Probably not, but he had no reason not to.

"She's fine, as is the other one." He said, before turning his eyes to Sakura. "Is that all you have to ask? I thought you'd have something more...substantial. Perhaps the knowledge of your fate, or of how to leave this place."

Count Julius Richter

He obviously put no trust in Alma's words. Whereas he was unfamiliar with the people brought up in the conversation, still something bothered him about it enough that he wanted to leave the castle at once if Lord and Lady Emiyas made such request. Confirming their wellbeing would put his mind at ease and a favor for his fellow guests.

[Panda]

Annabeth

The cowgirl gasped as she felt his nails scraping against her leg as he pounded her. The pain mixed in with the pleasure ravaging her form, sending her higher and higher with each passing second. The Hunter yelped as Ron lapped at the scrapes, her leg tensing up a little right before one last thrust finally pushed her over the edge. Her inner walls clamped down hard around his length as Annabeth tried to arch forward, every muscle in her body going taut for all of a few seconds before relaxing, utterly spent and gasping for breath.

[Kat]

Rikuyo

Shinobu crashed into Rikuyo, making her them both roll over the ground, out of the way of the werewolf's. Bad news though was that they had to recover from that and werewolves weren't likely to give them as much time as they wished to have.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider nodded as Jeanne left to try on the clothes, once again waiting patiently for her to return. After a little while, her fellow servant came back, confirming that the clothes were a good fit and heading towards the tills to pay for the clothes. Unfortunately, Jeanne soon realised their problem, and turned to Rider somewhat sheepishly.

 "I don't think I have any money on me", she said.

Rider sighed. She had a little money, but she wasn't sure it would be enough to buy these clothes and, besides, it was Japanese money, not whatever the Nexus used.

"I have some, but I don't know if it would be enough, and I don't know if they'd accept it anyway", she replied. 

"Hang on a minute, I'll ask Sakura. She must have some way of paying."

With that, she sent a message to her master over their mental link.

Sakura, have you and Shirou finished... "changing"? she asked, trying not to make it too obvious that she knew exactly what the two of them had been up to. I don't have any local money, and we need to pay for Jeanne's clothes.

[Cherry Lover]

Sakura and Shirou

Sakura and Shirou both let out a sigh of relief at the woman's words, both glad to hear that Rider and her new friends were safe and well. However, the woman's next words were rather odd.

"Is that all you have to ask?" she said. "I thought you'd have something more...substantial. Perhaps the knowledge of your fate, or of how to leave this place."

Sakura frowned at her words.

Knowledge of my fate? What does she mean?

She wasn't too worried about leaving at the moment. After all, Rin had sent them here with a method for tracking them, and she knew Rin could retrieve them when the time was right. But, she was intrigued about the other part. Was this woman some kind of mystic? Or, was she just spouting hot air?

"What do you mean, 'knowledge of my fate?'", she asked, suspiciously. "Do you have some kind of ability to see the future?"

"As for returning home, I do not wish to leave without Rider, and my sister will be able to help us return home when the time is right. But, thank you for your kind offer nevertheless", she added.

[Panda]

Seras

To the vampire's surprise, the man managed to dodge out of the way of the punch before swiftly retaliating with a kick to the face that sent Seras back a fair bit. Managing to catch herself and pop back up to her feet, the cuts on her face already closing up, leaving her visages smeared with blood.

"Not bad for a human," Seras remarked, "Not bad at all."

With that, she brought a foot down on the edge of a manhole cover, sending the heavy metal lid flipping up like a coin. Catching it with ease, she met the man's eyes once more.

"Oh, and for the record," she continued, as if this were nothing more than a simple conversation, "I'm still a bit sore about being kicked off the force."

With that, she tossed the cover at him like a lethal, barely subsonic Frisbee, aiming low enough that he couldn't simply duck under it this time, before rushing in once more, ready to chase after him and follow-up no matter how he chose to evade.