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

[Kat]

Rikuyo

"Where?" The tigergirl asked. Hopefully in that dark backalley where Ron-kun waited in ambush. Hah, he didn't even know what awaited him.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Darcy Hugh

Darcy looked at the girl with a mixture of dude wtf and confusion, but was not aggravated in any way by her content. He just closed his eyes and spoke in a bothered tone.

"Sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about."

His sour look suddenly relaxed when the waitress returned with the drinks. He smile warmly with a polite nod as his 26 shots were laid on the table.

"Aaah, thank you very much." Then, he picked up one of the small glasses and held it before his companion. "Cheers!" He said friendily.

[Cherry Lover]

Sakura and Shirou

Sakura and Shirou listened with some concern to the explanation they were given by Shinobu, feeling glad that the poor girl had escaped death thanks to her friend. Medaka's explanation of why she was in her underwear, however, was far more confusing. Why would the girl decide to just suddenly strip in front of her friend? Were they romantically involved, perhaps? That seemed like the only reasonable explanation, backed-up by the manner in which they were acting towards each other.

Irisviel, too, seemed very upset about what had happened to the blue-haired girl and, after listening more to her explanation, offered them a place to stay. Then, realising that Sakura and Shirou too were staying with her, she turned to them, asking for their permission. They had no idea how big the apartment was, or even if they would all fit. There was only one answer they could give.

"Of course they can stay", Shirou said with a smile, as Sakura nodded along beside him.

"How big is the apartment, Irisviel?" Sakura asked. "I assume Shinobu and Medaka will want a room of their own, in case they want some.. alone time."

Sakura could see how affectionate the two were getting with each other and, given Medaka's sudden willingness to strip out of nowhere, it seemed likely that she was in a somewhat frisky mood. Sakura wouldn't want to deny them their fun, she knew how important it was to relieve your sexual urges regularly.

[Aiden]

Triad Newbie

He glanced from her to the alley, obviously catching her intentions. No wonder she walked up to him here, she was all ready to go from the start! Oh, this was going to be a great bonus for him here. "Right down this alley," he said, pointing down just the right one.

Then when the new girl was nice and cornered, he would make his move. She'd show him everything, he'd get a nice finder's fee after, and maybe a promotion to recruitment or something! Han resisted the urge to whistle at his good luck.


Ron

Wow, this guy was easy.

The werewolf stalked the edge of the rooftops, on the alert for other Triads who might stumble into the ambush. They wouldn't be a problem, but it'd be nice to pick this one off on his lonesome. As he went Ron shifted down to all fours, and opened up his aura so his canine limbs and muscle would fill with extra power.

No need to risk the prey escaping.

not before the kill

Once the prey was in place, and Rikuyo was in position, Ron quietly dropped down onto the pads of his paws from above so he'd land behind him. A growl escaped from his chest, and the prey practically jumped out of its skin.

[Kat]

Rikuyo

Hah, this guy was so guillible to follow her that she questioned why they even recruited him to a gang. As Ron landed behind him, she just said: "What a loser.", and grinned as Ron was about to hunt him down. No need for her to intervene to help with such a small fry.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider listened silently as Oka continued her lecture, entirely ignoring all of the things that confused Rider about how her world worked and, instead, beginning to talk about the different number of known pokemon species, giving a slightly-disturbingly-exact number before adding another boast about the strength of her beloved Wormy. After Oka had finished the next part of her lecture, Rider smiled kindly once more and spoke up, intending to ask her for more details on the basics of the world.

"OK, so, why do you capture Pokemon, anyway? You say you're a 'trainer', but what do you train them for? And, what do the Pokemon get from it?" she asked, curious about what the purpose of all this capture and training was, and why the Pokemon seemed not to object to it.

After all, if the Pokemon were happy to be captured so that they could be trained and get stronger, they had to be benefitting somehow from that extra strength, or else they would simply escape whenever they had the opportunity.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Liseth

Ugh. So the girl could nag but couldn't even make the attempt at decent conversation. She chewed on the inside of her mouth a bit (she knew it was a bad habit but she did it anyways) and thought about how to approach this. Well, it's not like being showy and benevolent could have consequences that were that bad, right?

She reached a hand into her bag and pulled out a handful of beautiful gems and bands of gold before placing them on the bar. "I guess this will work for you?"


Alarice

The noble held the small dog in her arms and just waited and watched as the skeleton did as he willed. It was becoming increasingly apparent that what she wanted him to do was irrelevant. Changing his behavior was not a possibility. Perhaps it would best to simply make a strict contrast when the time came. To create fear through the disparity. Something like the age old tale of the wrath of a patient man.


Erica

The blue haired girl nodded. "It was included within the bounds of the contract. I will use my physical capabilities in whatever fashion you deem fit at the time provided they are not in violation of the limitations I set down."


Oren

A frown grew on Oren's face as Breeze's utter lack of reaction continued. She knew it worked! She knew because of the other girl's burning red face and the hand slipping between her things, but her face didn't change. Not even a bit! If it was anyone else it would be so interesting and fun to play and prod and take a stab at such lack if expression but not now! Not with Breeze! Oren hadn't finished with her yet. She hadn't even really started, but now her toy was broken anyways.

It wasn't fair! Her lip quivered, and big, salty tears spilled out from her eyes. Maybe she would have kept crying for a while, but she had someone to blame now. She turned towards the immortal and pressed her fingers against her face as she continued to cry. Her face cracked like porcelain as she exerted more pressure on it and every part of her from her head to her toes shattered like glass.

It all melted back into a black stream that curled in on itself and formed a ball. It was not chaotic or energetic as her previous transformations were. It was just quiet. Silent and still other than the fact that it was growing and growing in size.

[Aiden]

Ron

The wolf pounced, went for the arm, biting into it with his teeth and keeping the prey from going for a gun. He ignored the scream, brought his weight down on the man to knock him to the ground. Ron released the arm, ignored the counter-strikes to his flank like they were nothing, went for the throat. The coiled muscle of his canine form, reinforced by the power Anne taught him, knocked aside the thug's shouting, hysterical efforts to knock him away or ward him off.

He went for the neck. Teeth closed around something important.

too easy

He didn't even bother swallowing. It was a waste, but he didn't want to be too full for later. He bit through a few more times to be sure, so the prey wouldn't get back up.

[SINIB]

Oka Kurosawa

"Well, they uh, get to be with their trainers." Oka said, adjusting the glasses. "We're friends with our pokemon, after all. And as for trainers, our ultimate goal is to conquer all eight gyms and challenge the pokemon league and their champion." Oka pulled out her trainer card and proudly showed off all the badges she had.

"I have all eight of the badges, now all I need to do is challenge the elite four after slogging through victory road, the final challenge before the elite four, which tests a trainer's skills to the utmost.

It'll be— I mean, it would have been a breeze." She said, ending on a sad note.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII the monster of the week

The ice pillar sent him flying straight into the ceiling, smashing into the stone like a cannonball. Blood dripped down the ground, but Garou rose from the rubble above, standing upside down to gaze upon his enemy through his cracked sunglasses. Damn, they were my favorite too...

He grinned hungrily, yes, this was the moment he had been waiting for. More, more! He leapt down the ceiling and performed a graceful flip as he slammed his way down with inhuman force, using the full might of his muscles to pummel down right before his opponent.

"Boo!"

With such a position, right before his opponent who had just taken a direct hit of his Qliphoth Bachikal, piercing him with his lance would be a sure way to end the fight. However, Garou did no such thing, Instead, his fist came flying with incredible force towards the man's plexus, carrying enough strength to crack concrete like a concussive grenade, but changed trajectory mid strike unnaturally.

No human limb could move as such, and yet the strike that was striking downwards suddenly came surging towards his face like a sledgehammer.

[Panda]

Dante

"Well, when I've got the chance, why not?" the half-demon remarked with a laugh, "At least you're not trying to shoot me. That aside, I think I'll take that bet."

With that, the half-demon made his way over to the bench in question alongside Petra, sitting down on it and leaning back, setting the guitar case down beside him.

"Well, I'm admittedly more of a generalist," Dante admitted, "I'll take care of demons of all sizes, though I suppose I'll have to widen my view around here. That aside, you have a fair point. So, what's it like where you're from?"

[Kat]

Rikuyo

She honestly lost appetite at this point. Even that hiker put up slightly more fight back then that this Chinese gangster. Hopefully such weakness wasn't a standard among triads. She had heard wild rumors and stories about some of Chinese criminals being a fallen martial artists who could pull off such awesome feats like paralyzing you with a punch or exploding your insides with a touch. "Quite disappointing, isn't it. You probably itch for huntin' something more challenging, but ya need money first, right? Eh, whatever, I lost my appetite for weaklings like that. Let's take down a werewolf or a spirit after that buffet thing!"

[Aiden]

Rikuyo

She honestly lost appetite at this point. Even that hiker put up slightly more fight back then that this Chinese gangster. Hopefully such weakness wasn't a standard among triads. She had heard wild rumors and stories about some of Chinese criminals being a fallen martial artists who could pull off such awesome feats like paralyzing you with a punch or exploding your insides with a touch. "Quite disappointing, isn't it. You probably itch for huntin' something more challenging, but ya need money first, right? Eh, whatever, I lost my appetite for weaklings like that. Let's take down a werewolf or a spirit after that buffet thing!"

Ron

The werewolf moment to make sure his prey wasn't some regenerating monster playing dead after fooling his senses. He'd read enough X-Men comics to know how bad that would go for him. When that unfortunately proved to not be the case he stepped back from the corpse and rose back to a two-legged, less-hairy body that wouldn't panic ordinary people. Then he cracked his neck to get the kinks out.

"Yeah, that was pretty dull," Ron admitted to her. Then he covered his nose before the inevitable stench of body waste began to fill the alley. His voice a bit more entertaining, he continued talking. "Let me get his wallet before he ruins it."

Reaching down into the pants, he pulled it out, checked it for cash. There was a couple hundred in local currency there, cha-ching! While he was at it he tore a piece off the guy's shirt to wipe the blood and gore off of his face.

"This is more than enough," he concluded while waving the wallet around.

[Panda]

Michael

The immortal watched with a simple detachment as the events played out before him, eating his serving as Breeze started acting under the drug's influence. Oren, on the other hand, was a case only slightly more worthy of attention. The hostile intent hadn't abated in the slightest, even as the girl literally shattered before him. The staff came to his hands almost automatically, whispering to him of death, destruction, and ruin, but the immortal decided to leave it be for now. Adjusting his seated position so he could move at a moment's notice, the immortal simply continued to eat, his Enhancement already pushed to the limits he could take it without risking harm to himself.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

The orb continued to swell and swell until it grew to monstrous proportions. Then it curved and shaped itself ever so slightly until it began to look less like a ball and more like an egg. The area was flooded with a thick, earthy smell just as the Oren erupted from the liquid as a massive dragon.

She already took up most of the room on the creature, and was in fact not too far from slipping off, but moved towards Michael with speeds that no creature as large as her had the right to be. Her maw was open and filled with deadly teeth and her movements shattered the plating of the creature she was on and mulched its flesh as she moved forwards.