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

[Kat]

RAGNA=THE=BLOODEDGE

Before he could even receive an answer to his question, he noticed movement. A stream of some sort dashed towards him.

An attack?

His entire body leaned to the left on reflex, allowing the stream to blast past him right into the window, allowing him to realize it was nothing but water.

As he realized such, he also realized that water splashes around when it hits hard objects. As it hit the window behind him, it spread to a little bit of everywhere, including Ragna himself. Not enough to drench, but enough to annoy.

"So," he said, popping his coat's collar, "What's your problem?"

Noriko

In hindsight abusing her magic like that wasn't best idea. It was clearly coincidental magic, so she avoided metaphysical repercussions. But karma caught up with her and now her bag with supplies was soaked a little. This was fucking annoying. She couldn't compose herself since this screaming monkey shaken her mind with his yell. It was truly on another level.

"My problem? You are my problem, I can still feel that scream ringing in my ears! Trying anything more like that, and you will regret it." She would divide him so hard he would wish he would be in hell instead. And there was enough sharp objects around in the bar.

[Kaze]

LANCELOT

The dark knight walked into Arturia’s apartment, scowling. The bright light he was investigating had faded, the soldiers he spoke to left the premises, and whoever their leader was never came down to speak with him. The whole venture was so much wasted time - and much more devastatingly, false hope.

Have you given up yet?

Lancelot dematerialized his armor and dressed himself in his nightclothes before collapsing on the couch that effectively served as his bed, exhausted. It had been too long since he had slept. He just wanted this day to be over. But when he lied down the best he could on the too-small sofa, oblivion was maddeningly slow to claim him.

Have I gotten to you yet?

Thoughts of Mordred and long black tunnels refused to leave his head, until at last he fell into blissful unconsciousness.


AKIHOLARME

Aki gritted her teeth at the stranger’s words and turned to glower at him. Flopping down next to her and questioning her injuries so casually, the Imperial soldier wasn’t sure if he was mocking her or trying to pick her up. People had tried it before, hoping to get lucky from the offer of patching up her after-action wounds. It was a big reason she started studying in the restoration school.

“I fail to see how it is your business,” she said, her tone dripping acid. “What do you want?”

[Panda]

Michael

The immortal barely stopped himself from grinning at the acid in her tone. If all went well, this could be quite fun indeed.

"Well, maybe the foe who handed you such a beating isn't my business, and I'm hardly going to question what you got in a fight over," Michael mused, "But if I'm going to be perfectly candid, well...I'm bored, and however you learned to fight hand-to-hand doesn't seem to have served you all that well here. So why not see if you can do better?"

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider sighed at the girl's condescending response, annoyed that she was unwilling to explain the situation any further. She could, of course, be telling the truth but, equally, if she were intent on tricking them, she would hardly inform them of that. However, before Rider could make any kind of response, the girl dropped down from the rooftop, landing on the ground below near to what Rider could sense was Sakura and her sister. Frowing and sighing again, Rider dematerialised and allowed herself to fall through the floor, landing on the ground in between her master, who seemed to be wrestling Rin for some odd reason, and the approaching girl who claimed to be Vanguard. Then, once safely on the ground, she re-materialised herself, taking a protective stance in front of her helpless master.

"Oh? I believe I missed something interesting. It is rather risque but I suppose it would be exciting to do that so exposed. Should I join in? I wonder why Rider isn't helping. Hmm. Questions for another day", the girl said, mockingly, before addressing the two of them.

"Sakura, Rin, you can finish up whatever it is you're doing inside. Perhaps on a bed? I've heard that it's more comfortable. But first move out of the way and make Rider do so as well. I'm hungry", she continued.

Rider frowned once more, annoyed at the girl's mocking tone towards her master and her presumptuous demands. Before she could say anything, though, Rin addressed Sakura.

"You know this bitch is ordering us around, and we have other visitors", she said, pointing at the two people approaching them, a blonde girl and a silver-haired guy.

Rider, however, was still focussed on the girl in front of her, the one who claimed to be Vanguard.

"Sakura asked me to stop you, so you are not getting past unless she asks me to move. Now, please, explain why you sound like Vanguard but do not look like him", she said, clearly irritated by her refusal to answer a simple question.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Van Alma

The woman frowned, finally at her wits end towards all those foolish fools foolishly fooling around and making her a fool. Gritting her teeth, she took a deep, calm breath, and spoke, trying to hide her annoyance. And failing.

“Really!? I come all this way to show off my magnificent body and this is how you treat me? Okay, Rider, first of all I could’ve just gotten past you, are you that keen on embarrassing yourself? Are you trying to be funny? What are you going to do, throw a chain at me? Second, If I wanted to harm you or Sakura, I would’ve already done it. Third, I’ve called you all by your names, guess who could do that? Now, come on. I’m actually hungry! Do you have any idea how long has it been since I’ve last had something in my mouth? Let alone a mouth? Any idea?”

Then, he turned towards the two. While her eyes were simply annoyed, they suddenly turned icy cold as they met that insufferable oaf. This time in a calmer, colder demeanor, he spoke.

“What are you two supposed to be doing here?”

[Kat]

Forest

"Oi, whatcha doin' here? You sound weeiirrd~"

Forest blinked as Rikuyo approached.  She answered, "Calling a friend.  They're special; if you say their name three times they're suppose to arrive at your side.  Guess this place buggers that up too."

Rikuyo

Rikuyo sighed audibly. She could get all friends she needed here. She'll be stuck here with others anyway, so why bother about the past? Maybe she wasn't one to talk as she still wanted to kill that priest, but she really didn't care about her previous world. "If ya wanna be alone, your call. I don't think they dislike you for bothering the kid, but whatever." She shrugged and went back to Kenzo and others.

Mordred

She should have expected it, but still it was a shock for her to see Emily barging into the room when something like that was happening. Now she felt like a main character of some cliched Asian cartoon, surrounded by women trying to do certain things to her. Bellitanus tried to strip her down and while Emily hadn't done anything yet it was only matter of time something would happen. She rolled sideways in desperation and crashed into a table, a vase falling down on her head. "Owww!"

Gintoki

"This is MY question, you body jumping wraith." He glared back at the woman with manly voice. Unmistakably, the woman spoke with the voice of the armor possessing ghost he fought. "What, being a tin man wasn't enough and you now possess women, you okama? Or that stupid gorilla Suiwhatever took you out." Honestly he hoped she would go to hell too. Buildings would shake whenever she had some stupid tantrum.

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

There seemed to be some form of hostility between the woman accused of body switching and Gintoki. Shinobu decided to speak then in a voice that had a bit of a teasing tone to it. "Oh so it seems the two of you know each other, I did not think Gintoki was friends with anyone who lived here. He should have told me, shame on him." Shinobu then turned to the other people present there and spoke once agian. "As for what we are doing here well my....friend here suggested that we should tell some lie about wanting to borrow sugar but I suspect that would not really have worked considering the amount of people with supernatural abilites here."

[Cherry Lover]

Sakura and Shirou

"Morning, Shirou", Sakura said, sleepily to her beloved husband, who was warmly hugging her.

Feeling the warmth of her lover, and having not had sex for a few days, Sakura found herself growing rather horny. Unfortunately for her, though, he seemed to still be asleep. A sultry look on her face, Sakura rolled him over and crawled on top of him, her naked body exposed in the dim twilight.

"Hey, Shirou, I'm feeling really horny", she said in a sultry voice, hoping the contact would awaken him.

Shirou, hearing her voice, rolled over and took hold of what he thought was her, his erect length throbbing with a desire for her.

"Me too", he said, sleepily.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

The demon groaned weakly to a warm touch. Instinctively, like a baby, he snuggled what he assumed were his precious Kokoko-chan and Yume-chan hug pillows. Rubbing his head lovingly, he snored happily as he relaxed, enjoying the fragrant scent. He was back, he was home. A delicious meal of candy and cake would be awaiting him, and he'd finally be happy like in the good old times. He'd skip work, like usual, and dump all his paperwork on some doll.

Away from those disgusting worms and mean people, those irritating suns and eggplant people. Sure, the fact Irisviel never existed was a bit sad. He kinda liked her. But honestly, he liked it better this way. He was finally where he belonged, and he was happy. Blinking slowly, he looked at the white duv-

Wait... my sheets aren't white! They are pink!!!

The demon barely managed to awake himself to the horrific spectacle unfolding before his very demon eyes. He gazed weakly to the right and turned pale as a ghost at the sight of Sakura fondling his poor demon body, only to turn the other way and see her husband doing the same.

Nononononononono!! This is a dream! A really really bad dream!

And then, the demon felt something touch his leg. Something filthy, something wrong. Sweat rolled all over his pale face and the demon yelled, pure horror and Sakura's heavy weight pinning him to the bed.

"ASDFGHJKLZXCVBN W-What are you d-DOING!?"

[SINIB]

Sakura

She can't be talking about me, right? She loves me, she said so herself. Tears began to well up in Sakura's eyes. She hadn't wanted to make Rin mad. Why was Rin mad? Sakura didn't understand why Rin had done this. She knew what she'd told her sister had made perfect sense. She was entirely positive, one hundred thousand percent. It's just common sense. If people vastly stronger than you are fighting, then you'll just get in the way if you interfere. Rider was a servant, and a fairly strong one at that. Anything that gave Rider an issue would completely shrug off even their most powerful attacks. So why? Why was Rin acting like this. She didn't get it any more even after thinking about it.

It must be something else. She wouldn't lie, she promised me, she'd made a solemn oath! She'd make sure that she and Shirou would have a happily ever after. That she'd be a good sister from now on. So she mush have been talking about the new woman. That made more sense. Sakura felt alot better. She'd just been confusing herself there.

Sakura looked up at the newcomers. "Yes what are you doing here? Unless you have an extremely good reason, then you should probably leave, you know? It's kind of bad to trespass onto private property."

[Elf]

Forest

Forest watched as Rikuyo left and sighed. 

Wynn wasn't coming.  That much was obvious; if she could, she would have already been here by now, insulted Rikuyo, and would have started to get a little too friendly to Forest.  She looked at her phone and scowled.

Her car was parked in a not-so-safe place and with her luck, wandering vagabonds probably had already stolen the Pony Car to sell on the black market.  It wasn't that she was lacking in vehicles; the opposite really, but that one was her favorite.  It had been her favorite when she saw it on a lot all of those years ago.  It had spurned her to be a GM follower for pretty much eternity and Ford be damned.

And what am I going to do?  Go out there and upset Kenzo because I have no idea what's in that salad and not risking it because I don't want my mouth to blister if there is garlic in it?  That'll go bloody well.

There was another problem too.  Despite feeding on Calico the night before, she could feel the bloodlust starting to rise.  Probably due to whatever those lights were that were attacking supernaturals in the sky just a few hours ago.


Rin

Rin blinked at Sakura starting to tear up and sighed.   Why is Sakura starting to tear up?  Did she think I meant her?  Geeze . . .

Then Sakura looked at the newcomers and said, "Yes what are you doing here? Unless you have an extremely good reason, then you should probably leave, you know? It's kind of bad to trespass onto private property."

Rin looked at the girl with the almost glowing blond hair and amber eyes.  Her skin was flawless, and Rin was suddenly jealous of her curves and form.  Yet every word from that honeyed voice had made sense.

The Magus tugged on her sister's sleeve before squirming out from under her and to her feet.  "She mentioned the supernatural, Sakura.  They might be new to this place.  Maybe we can explain stuff to them, and maybe they can help us out in the long run.  Whatever knowledge they have we can use it."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Urthemiel

The sound of laughter resounded through the room and sliced through the dreary noise of everyday life with its gorgeous sound. With motion more fluid than water she followed the downed Changeling and gracefully placed the vase back on the table before bending down and lightly caressing Mordred's cheek. It was surprising how enticing such a simple action could be yet the mage took it in stride while the white glow of healing magic soothed any pain the object could have caused. Her tone was chiding but it was more amused than anything else. "You seem to get hurt every few seconds, Mordred. What in the world am I going to do with you?"

An entrancing smile spread across the face of beauty incarnate as she locked eyes with Mordred for a moment longer before it vanished and she turned around to face the Changeling's pet. The girl was certainly quite beautiful but Urthemiel had already found her prize and was not yet bored enough to gather a collection of playthings. The look in her eyes was not quite predatory as it was with Mordred but having those purple eyes focused directly onto you could bring a blush to all but the most composed. "So I suppose you are the roommate Mordred was talking about? I am Bellitanus, Maiden and Architect of Beauty."


Ghost Child

The wayward spirit floated back to face the girl after she had finished sniffling and crying. Then he slowly moved forwards to get a bit closer before exuberantly waving with one arm. "Hi! Hi! Hi! Are we gonna play now? I still need your help to play."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

The demon shook his head before giving the girl a good natured smile. "It's fine Akatsuki, but before anything we have to eat. I am famished! Right-"

Kenzo turned around, looking left and right, but Forest and the other, uh, what was her name again? Rikou? No, that wasn't it... anyhow she wasn't there either! The ghost from earlier was there though. Looking utterly confused, he scratched his head before speaking.

"Huh? Where did everyobody go?"

[Panda]

Emily

The Changeling resisted the urge to frown at Mordred somehow managing to somehow drop a vase on her own head, before that urge was wiped away by the sound of the woman's laughter. Not mocking, but a sweet sound that Emily could honestly feel made her day just the tiniest bit better for having heard it. Even so, the otherworldly beauty of the woman, combined with her coming in with Mordred seemingly out of the blue, did have her somewhat on guard.

"Yeah," Emily confirmed simply, coming in and setting the groceries down on a nearby table, "Nice to meet you, I'm Emily."

"Thanks for keeping an eye on Mordred," the Changeling continued sheepishly, "And sorry if she ended up getting herself into trouble. Say, how did you end up meeting?"

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider sighed again as the woman continued to refuse to answer her question of how, exactly, she had come to look like she was. Still, she was making a valid point, even if she was underestimating Rider's abilities somewhat. The way she was acting did make her seem like Vanguard. And, he did seem genuinely excited about his new state, too. Rider considered her response for a moment, inclined towards trusting him but unwilling to put Sakura in any danger without her explicit instructions. However, before she could say anything, the newly-arrived man spoke, demanding an answer to how Vanguard ended up possessing this woman. Rider herself, whilst a little uncomfortable with the thought, was willing to allow it to slide as long as Sakura was OK with it. However, she saw no reason to annoy the woman who claimed to be Vanguard any further when the newcomer was asking the same questions, so she remained silent for the time being.

At the same time, however, the blonde girl spoke up. Rider frowned at what she said about her friend wanting to lie. If they needed to lie about their motives like that, then it wasn't exactly a sign of good intentions. And, despite her claim that she thought lying would be a bad idea, she hadn't actually addressed the question. From behind her, she heard Sakura and Rin addressing the newcomers, disagreeing over whether they should remain or leave. Once the two had finished talking, Sakura addressed the blonde girl who wasn't Vanguard.

"OK, so you're not here for a bag of sugar so, as my master asked, why are you here?" she asked.

Then, she turned to address the woman who claimed to be Vanguard.

"Your story does seem plausible. Nevertheless, I cannot allow you to pass unless Sakura agrees. So, please, could you explain what happened to you?"