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

[Panda]

Seras

Seras's eyes widened as he smashed through the chunk of rock and proceeded to turn two particularly large pieces into makeshift flails. Seras had only the time to crouch, her legs tensing up, as the flails flew at her. The shadows drew back into her before exploding out, reducing one of the rocks to dust while Seras caught the other one by the bloody chain. The flail slammed into her, smashing bones and damaging internal organs once more, but Seras exploded off the ground, wings forming on her back as she rocketed up into the skies, dragging Garou along by the bloody chain of his own creation.

Deciding she wanted to keep him in the air as long as possible, she heaved him high into the air, darting in towards him, a red streak zigzagging every which way as she closed in, cocking a fist to let fly as soon as she got close enough.

[Thedoctor]

Archer

"No it's mine, all mine." He said as he started laughing madly.

Shinobu

Her timely jump managed to get her out of the way of the  trunk of the tree but she was still caught by the branches, thankfully they only knocked her away and left gashes that started healing during her involuntary flight.

One of Andrew's werewolf companions wasn't so lucky and got hit by it full force, smashing most of the bones in his body, leaving him a broken pile of flesh on the ground. The other one had missed Rikuyo, but that had saved him as he fell over and happened to be pressed against the ground as the tree swung over him.

The blond vampire found herself flung in the direction Rikuyo had been punched at. She crashed into the ground just a short distance away from her. Shinobu quickly jumped to her feet as her wounds visibly closed before their eyes.

"I think we underestimated them a bit" She casually said to Rikuyo as she took stock of the situation, noticing that Andrew had discarded the tree and thrown it to the side.

[Elf]

Forest

The blond cocked an eyebrow at the sheepish skeleton wizard.  Why is he so timid?  He's like a marshmallow, made of skeletons. Annnndddd that made no sense.

"Sure, I can get you some spaghetti.  I just won't be eating any because garlic isn't my friend.  Even though my 'adverse reaction' isn't as bad as others, it still really sucks," Forest said with a grin.


Rin

"If you weren't a Servant you'd get fat if you'd eat all of this," Rin said as she grabbed one of them.

She then grabbed a spoon and dipped it into the confection.  The first bite made her toes curl and eyes widen as chocolate deliciousness exploded on her tongue.   Eyes narrowing, she made note of the bar he had set in with his culinary delight and was going to leap over it by a wide margin.

In the future.

There was no way her ice cream was going to come close to this.

[Thedoctor]

Jeanne 

The blond servant followed Rider to the checkout. Just before they reached it she asked her a question, "So how long have you known Sakura?"

Archer 

Taking a few more bites, he finished the chocolate delight and passed the final verdict, "It tasted delicious but I should have added just an ounce bit more sugar and mixed it a little longer..."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

The same euphoric smile covered his face as she pulled him in and zigzagged at him with impossible speed. The blood around his leg swirled madly and shaped into a sickening crimson sword, and just before her fist would strike, he used all his strength to flip back and cleanly slash the monster in two with his sanguine blade. But that was a feint, and just at the last second, his leg avoided her and with his back exposed, a dozen of blood spiked erupted to impale her on all sides.


Sakagami Kenzo

Kenzo closed his eyes, trying to find rest. His heart was racing, but no matter how hard he tried, slumber would not come. His cold body trembled, and he hugged the girl in desperation. How long had it been, one hour? Two? That throbbing pain in his head would not go away. It was as if something was trying to scratch it's way out of his skull.

And suddenly, his eyes turned blank. He stopped moving altogether. How long he laid on the bed, inert.... he did not know. Or rather, he could not tell anymore.

"Ugh...Ah!"

Suddenly, his eyes turned into a completely different hue. He rose in a lifeless, almost robotic fashion and looked down on the covered girl before rising on his knees. He unsheathed his sword held it above her, trembling as if trying to fight an invisible force. In the end, he slowly plunged it into her hip.

[SINIB]

Sakura Matou

Sakura's shoulders slumped in her dismay. How can I have forgotten this… She couldn't believe it. It was wrong. What else have I forgotten?

"Y-yeah, I'm sure it'll come back soon. Don't worry." She looked up and around, trying to find something else to talk about on the way back to the…

"Oh, we're there." She said.

"Yep." Shirou affirmed. "Let's go get Rider and Jeanne now, and we all can get something to eat."

"Ok." Sakura smiled at him.


Sakura and Shirou quickly navigated to the registers, and with little effort, found her servants.

"Sorry we took so long." Sakura said. "I hope you weren't waiting for too long."

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider smiled at Jeanne's question as they joined the queue, stopping for a moment to consider how best to answer the question.

"Hmm, well, it's a bit complicated. I have known this Sakura since I arrived in this world a few days ago. However, before I arrived here, another version of her was my master and dear friend for nearly 30 years", she said with a smile and a voice that made it clear how lucky she felt to have been blessed with such a wonderful master.

With that, she noticed Sakura approaching them, Rider breaking out into another smile.

"Sorry we took so long", she said as she reached them. "I hope you weren't waiting for too long."

"No, it's fine", she said, happily. "We had to wait in the queue anyway."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lumen

The Patchwork considered what she was wearing now and looked back at some of the other clothing. They probably weren't the most convenient thing to wear but she had never tried them before. The chance to along with the resources needed wasn't as much rare as it was impossible and wasteful. Perhaps she could indulge her curiosity just once? "Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try something a bit more fancy. I do have these clothes for anything more work oriented. What do you have in mind?"

[Panda]

Annabeth

Annabeth writhed against the bedding, pulling Ron in a little closer as she continued to rub his ears. Every sensation, every lick, every hot breath against her folds, even the itchy feeling of his beard against her skin all combined to drive her higher and higher, that tension climbing further and further. Finally, just as she felt like she would burst, the dam finally broke, Annabeth crying out as she was pushed over the peak once more, arching up as every muscle in her body went taut for all of a few moments before she finally relaxed, gasping for breath. Regrettably, she was too out of it to continue rubbing at Ron's ears, her hands falling limply at her sides as she relaxed.

[Thedoctor]

Jeanne 

Jeanne nodded at Rider's story. "I see, this sounds a bit more complex than I thought it would be." She replied back.

The blond servant then noticed that her new master and her fiancee was approaching them. To her shame it was them being apologised to. Acting quickly while stil maintaining the required level of courtesy befit the situation, Jeanne kneeled infront of Sakura.

"My sincere apologies for being such a burden to you my master." She told her with a regretful tone.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lorna

The peaceful, dreamless sleep that Lorna was experiencing was interrupted by the searing pain in her hip. Her eyes snapped open and the shriek that left her lips shifted into a deafening screech as she transformed under the covers. The blade slowed even further as the flesh grew tougher. Claws tore apart fabric as a thrashing limb attempted to sink its claws into the redhead's leg.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

A completely blank look was plastered on its face. His eyes were rolled back and his eyelids were shut, as if he wa ssleeping. Oblivious to her trashing, he simply avoided her claws and pinned her down the bed with his foot. He yanked out the blade, beautiful silver now tainted with her blood, and brought it down again to slash at her head-

But the blade did not hit her. At least entirely. It simply pierced trough the bed and grazed her cheek, cutting it lightly. The sword was trembling.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lorna

With unnerving focus the Beast grasped onto the leg pushing down on it with monstrous might. So tight was its grasp that its claws sank into the flesh as it attempted to pull the swordsman down onto it. Too close to use the sword and just in reach of its bile filled maw.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

Kenzo remained expressionless, as if in a trance. Normally a man would've been overtaken by panic in this situation, but he did not. To prevent him to use his sword by closing in was an excellent idea, one that would have sealed his fate. If it had been anything but whatever was in front of Lorna that is. With minimal movement, he plunged the blade into her belly like it was a hot blade into butter. Tears streamed down its face.

"Aah...aaaah."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lorna

Another screech shook the wooden walls as the blade slid into the creature. Its head stretched out despite the agony in its abdomen to try and reach one of the hands as bile poured out. At the same time the claws were raised and struck at Kenzo's lower body with astonishing strength and nails sharper than steel.