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

[Elf]

Rin

Rin sighed, shook her head and sighed.

She had a feeling she knew why Archer wanted to see it.  "It was actually Faust's workshop, and he's not here anymore." 

[Kat]

Theodore

After this whole tiring debacle, the demon felt rather tired. However, he didn't have anywhere to go, nor did he have somewhere to return back to. Irisviel's castle would be awkward, and he doubted Sakura was receiving any visitors. Besides... he couldn't go there anymore.

Theodore sighed and simply walked up to a dark streetcorner. If there was no place for him, he'd simply have to make one. Such a lousy spot suited him fine, and the shade was nice. Beggars couldn't be choosers.

...

So he reached for his pocket and pulled out a sleeping mask before putting it on. At the very least, he wanted to rest and enjoy his solitude. He hadn't slept in an eternity, this was supposed to be something he was looking forward to, but honestly he just couldn't find it in him.

He was unneeded, and unwanted. He had been unable to keep what little bonds he had managed to possess. No, he had never cherished them to begin with. And now, he had nothing but an empty shell and a tormenting silence.

In the end, nothing had changed.

There was no way he could doze off and sleep peacefully with so many sins crawling on his back. But he was so tired. So tired he felt like going mad.

The demon tried to rest, unaware of the passage of time. Perhaps he simply ignored it, or failed to care enough to notice. He tried to find sleep, but instead, it seemed fate had other plans.

Suddenly, he felt a cold sensation trickling his chin, and a womanly voice bossing him around.

"Oi, wake up, dude, gimme yer cash or yer food, or I'll scratch yer chin with this little baby."

Dammit, just when he tought he was safe from the crazy. Why did problems always seem to find him like that? It's not like he wanted any part in any of this, he had a rough day. Kids these days simply had no respect. Still, he didn't have the energy in him to complain.

Well, maybe he could humor her for a bit. He did not respond. Instead, his head bobbled down and a line of drool dripped on the ground. Aside that, he didn't move a muscle, or made much noise at all. He looked to be knocked out pretty cold, or dead.

Rikuyo

"Oi, oi, oi, are ya playing possum or are ya just deaf?" Gosh, he didn't even budge when she threathened him with her knife. How he even had survived so far in this city? "Whatever, let's see what ya got here." Without further ado, she started searching his pockets. If he didn't react at all, then she guessed all he owned could be taken by her. What an easy mark, indeed. Too easy.

"What's dat shiny thing?" She mumbled in confusion as she picked up one of Theodore's phones. "Never have seen one like that!" Maybe some gaijin would pay for such thing, she wondered. And it had some buttons? With some markings she couldn't read. She couldn't anyway, like at all, so if she weren't looking for gold she would have just discarded the thing.

[Kat]

Lumen

As she sulked Lumen began to feel rather childish. The idea didn't necessarily make her any less incensed but she was certain that just sitting around would be unhealthy. But there was still the fact that she felt a little bad making such a fuss even if she was in the right. The Patchwork got up and opened her mouth for a moment as if attempting to gain the motivation to say something but instead she simply gave a halfhearted wave and walked away. She needed something to distract her from this whole mess.

It took a few moments and a few cracked walls for her to calm down a bit but eventually she got back on track. With a poster in hand she made her way into the nicest bar she had seen so far (although this wasn't really saying much) and took a seat. Looking at who she really hoped to be the bartender she gently the paper on the chair next to her and asked, "You're looking for a bouncer? I'm pretty sure I can do that."

Mitsuba

Gah, another weird person came to her bar. Well, weird looking one. She had a multicolored skin after all. But so far, nothing she have heard coming from her mouth that outed her as a stupid person like those two fools she had displeasure to meet with. That was a good start.

"Yes, I'm looking for one, but are you sure that you won't attract too much attention? I mean, you aren't a human, right? I don't say no," After all, nobody have answered her job offer yet, so maybe people weren't desperate enough. She shouldn't be too picky. "but are you sure you can handle the sort of people who would be just itching to fight you? Those battle crazed maniacs are pain in the ass..."

[yinsukin]

Medaka Kurokami

Medaka smiled back at the girl as she ran. "Well, its hard to explain.  Back in my old world I was the president of my student council.  I am not completely certain myself how he found out but I think it had to do with the deal I made with him."  Her expression changed to a concerned frown.  "If you see him again, be careful.  I think he was trying to steal your soul."

She picked up the pace a little bit, breaking into a light running speed.  It shouldn't be too hard for her to keep up.

"What are you anyway?  There was so much blood.  You can't be human.  At least, not without having any sort of special abilities." She asked, genuinely curious.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Theodore

Before he could come up with a response, the girl had already gone up and searched hic pocket. Goodness, was she an idiot or something?

There was no way something like that would be that easy, even in a gag manga. She was making such a ruckus in his pocket that she might as well be stroking his shaft. Wouldn’t it have been a better idea to tie him up while he was sleeping or something? kids these days were so naive, it was so stupid it was almost cute.

Suddenly, the phone rung an alarm like a siren, blaring so loud one might jump. He didn’t, instead he spoke calmly, not moving a muscle. If one didn’t know better, one might think he was sleeptalking. Or perhaps he was.

“Oi, don’t bother. It’s just worthless junk. If you’re looking for anything valuable, you should look into my other pocket. *Yawn* I’m kinda sleepy as you can see; looking for it myself would be a pain. Come on, we don’t have all day.”

[Thedoctor]

Jin

He held her and stroked the back of her head. "You don't need to thank me, besides you gave me this cool guy". He replied to her in a friendly tone. "Just make sure your pokemon don't run wild in here."

[SINIB]

Oka Kurosawa

Oka nodded silently. "Don't worry, Wormy and Sylveon would never make a mess, they're very smart." Oka suddenly had an idea. "Hey, send out Chuck and touch your sword to him, I think I have a rare candy somewhere in my bag, he'll be able to evolve right now."

Sakura Matou

"I know, Rider. I'm glad to hear you have the same tastes that I remembered you having." She was about to say more when her lovable excited ADHD servant, Joan of Arc, pushing them all out of the movie theater at top speed. Sakura shook her head and giggled girlishly and patted Joan on the head. "We'll be going to get some ice cream I think. Which should be around the food court again." Sakura winced and clutched her stomach at the thought of what had happened.

Shirou did not fail to notice this and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm not really in the mood for ice cream right now, why don't we just go home and make dinner there?"

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

She easily kept up with the pace set by Medaka, not even breaking a pace. She certainly had the personality to be the president of the school council, not that she knew that much about them, She hadn't gone to a modern school after all.

"You do not have to worry about my soul getting stolen, I do not think that is even possible. As for me not be human, you are correct. I am a vampire." As she spoke to Medaka she was subtly increasing the pace she was running at, approaching the limit at which a human should be able to run at.

[Panda]

Emily

Emily cocked an eyebrow at that right before the rest of what the woman said registered. The Changeling's mouth dropped open slightly for all of a few seconds before she closed it again, disbelief at the conclusion the woman had come to catching Emily completely off-guard. While Gabriel certainly seemed like the kind of person she could be on much better terms with had they met in a less tense situation...then again, it might be a better idea to just play along. Hopefully.

"Well, I don't see why we can't put that behind us," Emily noted, "Or at least try to do so."

[yinsukin]

Medaka Kurokami

A glint illuminated Medaka's eyes.  "A vampire?!  There are so many interesting people within this city!" She exclaimed, turning her head to make eye contact.  She subconsciously kept up with the vampire but this speed was not enough to strain her stamina.

"Wait, do all vampires like doughnuts?"  As she asked that, she scanned the area around her.  They were now in a commercial area, surrounded by stores.  Each block they past seemed to specialize in a different commercial type.  There were blocks comprised of only clothing stores, others that were only book stores.  They even past a block full of sex shops.

If this pattern continues, there should be a block full of cafe's, a spot where they can sample all sorts of different doughnuts!  Once more, Medaka picked up the pace, her footsteps became lighter every time her feet connected with the ground.

[Thedoctor]

Jin

He shaked his head as he thought about what Oka has said. "I don't think letting him touch the blade would be such a great idea. It freezes anything it touches instantly." He explained to her calmly. "Hmm, And giving him the handle would be bad for other reasons..."

[SINIB]

Oka Kurosawa

Oka thought for a moment. "Just putting it near him should be fine." She presented Jin with the rare candy. "Da-da-da!" She said with dramatic fanfare, doing a small little jump as she presented it to him. "Here it is, this will make Chuck evolve."

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Sakura smiled at Sakura's words, glad that her beloved master understood her so well. Before she could respond, though, Sakura's adorably-excitable new servant pulled Sakura and Shirou out of the seat and pushed them all out of the theatre as fast as she could, her enthusiasm obvious from the way she was bouncing around. When they got outside, the excited and highly-energetic servant addressed Sakura.

"So where to now, my most adorable master?" she said in a serious voice, managing to sound both adorable and amusing at the same time.

Sakura, in response, giggled, patting the child-like servant on the head.

"We'll be going to get some ice cream I think. Which should be around the food court again", she said.

As she spoke, though, Rider noticed her master wincing and clutching at her stomach, obviously still affected by the events of earlier. Before she could say anything, though, Shirou too noticed, and spoke up, wrapping his arms around her comfortingly.

"I'm not really in the mood for ice cream right now, why don't we just go home and make dinner there?" he said, obviously trying to avoid putting Sakura into a situation where she could have another breakdown.

Rider, realising what he was doing and agreeing entirely with the intention, spoke up in agreement.

"Yes, that sounds like a good idea. I'm sure that Jeanne would enjoy a delicious home-cooked meal, and I certainly would", she said, a gentle smile on her face.

[SINIB]

Shiro

As soon as the three got out of earshot of Lumen, Shiro turned around, spinning like a top. "So, so, I can probably get us some free food if you're up for some asian food. Otherwise I can go kill a deer and we can eat that."

[SINIB]

Sakura

"Rider, I wanted to get you a bike. A really nice one. I'm not feeling too well though... Even though I hate to admit it. I'm going to give you my card, so you can go get your own bike, don't worry about the cost."