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

[Elf]

Rin

Rin reached up and grabbed a paper towel.  It was then passed to the violet haired girl and Rin smiled.  "Here, I currently don't have any tissues, but this is better than your hands," Rin said.

She needs a therapist at the least.  Hell, I think everyone in this house needs a therapist, Rin thought dryly.  "And I'm not going anywhere until you get some rest."

[SINIB]

Sakura Matou

"But I am resting! See!" Sakura gestured down at the stool dramatically. "This is fine, I'm fine, I'll be fine. It'll just take a few minutes."

She honestly smiled at Rin. "I'll be fine here. It's not as bad as you think, really."

"Please don't sacrifice yourself for me."

[Cherry Lover]

Shirou and Sakura

Shirou frowned at Irisviel's dismissive reply. Seeing his annoyance, and herself also annoyed by the abrupt way Irisviel dismissed Shirou, Sakura spoke up.

"It does concern us", she said, obviously annoyed by her dismissiveness. "What is going on?"

Still, despite the annoyance they felt, they didn't ignore her command. She was obviously trying to save them from something, and there was no-one else here for them to save. Aside maybe from Togan, but Sakura was sure he could fend for himself.

In fact, he's probably the one who caused the gunshot, knowing him..., she thought, ruefully.

[Panda]

Emily

"Pretty nice," the Changeling admitted, allowing a moment to appreciate the light cast by the curious lamp, "I guess I could at I'm lucky you happened to be at that cafe. Say, how did you end up here, anyway?"

[Aiden]

Ron

it hurts

The maw of ivory tore through bone and sinew. Only the sheer bulk of his body and thickness of his muscle and bone kept his heart and lungs from being damaged. The front half of his body was caught between those teeth, and his thick fur should have at least choked the werewolf's opponent a little. If not the fur, then his claws at the roof of its mouth. If not his claws, then his teeth into his enemy's tongue.

Ron thrashed about, lashed out with all of them from within. It wasn't enough. His body became pulp against the warehouse wall.

it hurts

It made him angry.

kill it

This time, Ron gave into the urge. His muscles bulged out further with so much force his prey's mouth was forced open. His bones broke further, grew longer and thicker, and violently slid back into place, into shape, turning from shards and dust to solid form. The organs stopped hemorrhaging their humours, and his front limbs extended so he could grip the top and bottom of the other werewolf's mouth.

MORE. KILL.

He pushed up and down with the killing form's incredible natural strength. It was amplified with the power Annabeth showed him how to find inside him. Ron matched the strength that just before made him a ragdoll, and was too big to fit in that mouth now. It was his turn to slam the beast against the wall, and tear into his hide with his maw of razor teeth.

killkillkillkillkillkillkillkillkill

He swallowed blood and flesh and fur. It was delicious.

[Elf]

Rin

"Please don't sacrifice yourself for me."

Rin stood up, got a glass out of the cabinet, filled it with water, and handed it to Sakura.  She folded her arms over her chest and said, "This might make you feel better.  I'm not going anywhere until I know you're okay."


Gabriel

"I wanted some horribly sweet treat," Gabriel answered with a smile, "And places like that usually have fantastic things of that nature."

[Thedoctor]

Kuro

"No." She simply stated both to the annoyed blonde who was banging her fist into the table and to Corbin's request of being released. She kept staring at Corbin as she pulled him closer, then something unexpected happened.

She leaned forward and kissed him.

[Panda]

Emily

"Well, I'd still say that turned out fairly well in the end," Emily noted, returning the smile, "Getting out of there would've been a fair bit harder otherwise. Though, if I'm going to be indebted to someone, you don't seem all that bad an option."

[Elf]

Gabriel

"I'm really not honestly," Gabriel said with a smile, "I'm sort of horrible about collecting debts, but then again, I generally don't hand out favors ever so often."

His smile turned a bit impish as he said, "Sometimes my upbringing can overcome my nature.  Sometimes."

[Panda]

Emily

The Changeling couldn't help but feel a bit amused at that, a little grin making itself known on her face.

"And what kind of nature would that be?" Emily mused, "Should I be worried?"

[Elf]

Gabriel

Gabriel chuckled and said, "Maybe a bit?  I'm mostly harmless for the most part, but my nature is a contradictory one that honestly shouldn't exist."

"So, I make sure to live life to the fullest, or to the most hedonistic."

[Aiden]

Forest

Forest grinned and replied, "For the most part, yeah.  I do sometimes 'Adult' well enough."

She frowned as he told her the history of the flush toilet.  "That would have made things a lot easier. And cleaner.  I always thought outhouses in the American West were fascinating myself; if somewhat risky."

She handed him the body wash she'd been inspecting.  It was even a pleasing light blue color!  "Here, hopefully this doesn't smell obnoxious.  I swear Axe was manufactured as a jerk warning for women."

Gadreel

He cringed slightly at the mention of outhouses. Not one of mankind's better attempts at sanitation, if only for the unfortunate tendency for their youth to leave the seat up and allow the stench to expand beyond the confines of the wooden structure. "As long as one is comfortable with the smell.."

He took the soap and sniffed at it despite the lid obscuring any actual scent that may be present. He could still detect trace amounts of it, and it was... palatable.

"It goes quite nicely with my hair," he had to concede after a moment of considering the liquid soap. "As for the smell, I believe based on our current discussion we will have some margin for error on scent."

The exile's eyes continued to idly scan the store for other individuals whose capabilities or predilections may be ill-suited to his companion's state of mortality. Or, perhaps, if they may foolishly desire to steal the accursed blade by his side.

[Elf]

Forest

"They smelled horrible, but what was one of the worse things was when a black widow would build her web on the seat.  Some poor sod sits down and gets nipped right in the bits," Forest said with a chuckle. 

She had seen a few cases where that had happened and watched the poor victim while they were in the throws of the venom's after effects.  "You'd figure people would start checking the seat.  They didn't."

"It didn't seem too cloying, like some shampoos and body washes can be.  It just smelled clean if a tad salty.  Honestly, I just need to buck down and find a real apothecary for toiletries here, and no Lush doesn't count . . ." she trailed off as she noticed him being rather watchful.

"You have a Gunslinger's Tick," she whispered to him with a tiny smile. 

[Panda]

Emily

Emily cocked an eyebrow, unsure of what to make of Gabe's confession. Before long, she found herself giggling, however.

"Well, I can certainly agree with you on hedonism," Emily mused, "After all, what's better than taking every moment that allows it to the furthest that it can go?"

[MissingMandible]

Pillar of Autumn:

"...Uh," Autumn was left a bit dumbstruck by what this woman was saying.

Earth had not experienced wars between actual countries for the last few hundred years. The United Earth Government, and thus the United Nations Space Command, were born at the end of a rather dark and violent time. But the war Sascha was talking about was almost two hundred years before even that!

"A-anyways, I'm not corporate. I'm with the UNSC. I was designed and manufactured at the Reyes-McLees Shipyards - who are military suppliers."

A moment went by before her squadron began squawking in over the radio. It was an internal thing, kind of like receiving a message directly into the cruiser's mind. Her responses, however, were still with her vocal cords. In other words, she both vocally speaks and speaks to the encrypted radio frequency.

"'bout time you chirped in. Find the Admiral?" A moment later, the response came back.

"WHAT?! What do you mean that Adam's Airfield Base isn't by the city?!" A verbal shrug was sent back.

This day was just getting better and better...