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

[Panda]

Annabeth

Giving the girl an exasperated look, Annabeth popped herself back up to her feet before following Oren out with an exasperated sigh. Against her sense of keeping a somewhat low profile around the normies if it could be helped, Annabeth allowed a slight chuckle before mimicking Oren's nimble leaps with the efficient grace of a Huntress traveling to a vantage point. Granted, in this case the vantage point was next to Oren, so it wasn't really a vantage point to begin with.

"So, if we're going to go, then where do you want to go?" Annabeth asked.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

The form thief began to consider her options for transportation. She could walk but that would be boring and it would be a little fun to show off. So she took off her shirt. Her shorts soon followed and both articles of clothing were tossed at Annabeth leaving the Fae completely naked. Oren took a few moments to examine her small, pert breasts and her flawless, smooth skin for a moment before remarking, "Hold on for a second. I haven't done this for a little while. We can get moving in a bit. And just so you know you don't have to look away. I don't mind."

[Adella]

Adella

Nothing wrong with healthy skinship eh... she could not recall that having ever been much of a practise among her people... but perhaps she was getting outdated here... a little at least. "I see... I was not aware that your people were prone to touching one another so intimately despite hardly knowing one another. Forgive my rudeness... but I have never had the pleasure of living in an environment suited to these... antics." Nodding her apology, with a rather graceful bow, Adella then finally turned her attention to the new arrival once again.

Recalling her own manners she added:"While it is rude to interrupt your dialogue with.... him whose name I forgot... I feel inclined to introduce myself, as you so gracious seem to have informed us of your own." Bowing deep enough to have her head reach roughly the same level as Richter's knees, in a rather opulent manner, Adella then finally spoke her name. "I am Lady Adella Chapel... the place of my origin if, I am afraid, no longer of relevance." Ending her overly formal greeting, largely due to his own antics concerning speech mannerisms, Adella straighened up to her full height once again, tilting her head at the conversation between the two. "...is something the matter gentlemen... neither of you seems to be answering each other's questions too... well clearly." Laughing nervously, she absentmindedly wrung her hands a little... this situation as weird.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Darcy Hugh, never forget it.

The priest shook his head nonchalantly.

"It's fine, you're not being rude.... pretty lady." He said, trying (a little too hard) to sound cool and giving her a thumbs up along with a twinkling grin. Then, he turned to the man and held it for a shake.

"Just got lost here pal, didn't know this was your forest or anything. Name's Darcy Hugh, never forget it!"

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter quirked an eyebrow, before her eyes widened as Oren chucked a shirt at Anne, soon followed by a pair of shorts. Catching them on reflex, Annabeth was unable to help staring for a few moments before she quickly looked away in spite of Oren's assurances. After a few moments, however, the temptation grew to be too much, Annabeth turning back to look at Oren, doing her best to focus on the girl's face, blushing brightly as she inevitably stole a few glances anyway.

"It's fine," Annabeth said,  managing to tear her eyes away once more, "It might be a bit cold though..."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

There is something to be understood about the transformations of the Formless Ones. They are wholly unnatural. Their stealing of shapes is an abomination of nature, and while it is less visible with the easier transformations it was just a bit unsettling to watch the longer ones. Oren admired herself one last time before waving at the cowgirl. "Whatever happens, don't worry at all, okay?"

Her flesh turned black and transformed into a viscous fluid. It swirled and turned and warped as it determined what it would be. There was no way to peer beyond the veil of possibility to see her taking on her new form. The only sign that anything had changed was only after several moment when a pristine hoof pierce the veil of darkness and slammed onto the sidewalk with enough force to break the concrete. With one powerful shake the viscous liquid dispersed and left only the Great Stag.

She walked over to the cowgirl and as it moved a variety of plants cracked through the ground in full bloom. Then when she had gotten close enough to her Oren waited and simply stared, as if waiting for her to get on."

[Panda]

Annabeth

Annabeth quirked an eyebrow at Oren's statement before her eyes widened at the sight of black fluid spewing from Oren's head. Transfixed, Annabeth watched as a black veil seemed to mask her from view. Reflexively applying Gyo to her eyes, Annabeth's surprise grew when she found she couldn't even see the girl's aura through the smoke. Just when worry started to grow deeper, however, a pristine white hoof emerged from the veil, shattering concrete upon impact.

Tucking Oren's clothes away under her shirt, Annabeth stared at the stag that emerged from the veil. None of the Nen Users she'd ever seen could manage something like that, though she supposed it might be possible for a Specialist to manage something like that. Staring at the stag, Annabeth soon realized its intent as it approached her, simply staring.

"...Well...if you're sure," Annabeth said, climbing up onto Oren's back and securing herself in place as best she could. Bareback wasn't exactly her method of choice, but she was perfectly capable of riding this way, assuming nothing particularly crazy happened.

[Thedoctor]

Oka

Oka, finally dressed, came out of her hiding place behind the dumpster.

"I'm not a child, please don't call me that." She said to Lumen, walking up to her before turning to Jin with a smile. "And I'd love to have you as a guide, mister...?" She trailed off, asking for his name.

Jin Kisaragi

The NOL officer dropped his hand from the sword and answered the girl back with a smile of his own. "My name is Jin Kisaragi and the pleasure is mine. I do know my way around here so if there's anything you need feel free to ask. Oh of course, what might your name be?"

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

Oren waited patiently for Annabeth to get on before taking off at full speed. It barely took them a few seconds to move from the sidewalk onto the road and begin outpacing cars. Flora bloomed as they moved and there were several angry cries as they leaped over smaller cars and on top of trucks. She was relentless and on the lookout for anything unusual. Tossing the cowgirl at something new was bound to be interesting.

[Cherry Lover]

Sakura and Shirou

To Shirou's shock and surprise, instead of cutting off a small piece of the liquorice string as he had expected, the man sitting between them frowned and pointed at him with a disgusted look.

"I refuse!" he said, before stabbing the liquorice with the fork and, then, putting it into his mouth along with the fork.

Shirou and Sakura looked on with a mixture of confusion and disgust as he began to chew on the metal, his mouth overflowing with blood, neither of them desiring to continue eating with the odd display in front of them. Even more oddly, at least to Shirou, he seemed unpeturbed by what was happening, and was even able to speak.

"The one thing I, Toe, likes more than anything else... is finding people who think they are hot shit and say no straight to their face. What's that, you gonna cry?" he said.

Sakura, who was by now used to Togan's bizarre antics and weird principles, rolled her eyes at his response, whilst Shirou just looked at him with utter confusion, wondering what the hell he was talking about.

"What do you mean?" he said, obviously confused. "You asked if I wanted some."

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura smiled at Rider’s complement, but quietly dismissed it. “No, I wouldn’t win, Shirou’s such a good cook, of course he’d win...” She seemed distracted by something. “A-anyway, let’s eat!” I’ll go set the table with...” Her eyes widened slightly in front of her before she shook her head. “I’ll go set the table with Rider. Come on.” She firmly grasped Rider’s hand and marched into the kitchen, staring avidly at the floor, as if she distrusted it. “You get the plates, I’ll get silverwear.” Her voice was calm and firm, allowing little room for reproach.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

The demon responded as gravely as before, as if the boy had committed a grave offense he had no idea he had committed.  “Yes, and I said no. Problem?”

Carrying over his gaze over the rest of the room, he let his slender finger run across a red stain. Then, he sucked on the wet finger and smiled gleefully with a mouth that now appeared as normal as usual.

“Mhhh, cherry syrup. Lovely.” He said, suckling on more of the red liquid with his greedy fingers, the tension and oppressiveness completely and utterly gone along with the red stains. Then, he looked at the two and frowned worriedly at their shocked, disgusted and confused faces.

 “Uh, is something wrong? You look pale. The food isn't bad, is it?” He asked, unsure as to why they weren’t eating happily the food he made for them.

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

Noriko

Now the blondie directed her emotional outburst at the mage. Honestly, she didn't give slightest damn about her opinion, but she wanted no external hindrances when she settled her squabble with the whitehead. She grabbed Ragna's arm and tried to pull him away outdoors. "Come on, I don't want those stare at me while I argue with you!"

Well, it would be less awkward.

By the time he'd come to that conclusion he'd already been semi-dragged outside, and Ragna shook her off.

"So," He said, not too keen on fighting anymore. "Let's have it."

He popped his collar again and waited for the girl to make her case.

Ghost Child

The spirit puffed up angrily at the terms given to it. A miniscule crack appeared on his face at the rage but it quickly vanished. "You don't get it. Only I do! You can't decide! It's not fair!"

Despite his anger the ghostly child quickly deflated. He wouldn't compromise and neither would the other back down. The chance at just being able to touch and eat and do all the things he couldn't do before being robbed from him again left the spirit in a foul mood. He sped out of the building and with a flare of Essence and dramatic effect slammed all the windows and doors open.

"Ah, wait!" She shouted, surprised and upset that he'd reacted so poorly. "Come back!"

She ran out of the house after him, and ran and ran, until she was in the middle of the woods, looking at the empty sky sadly.

Of course, she'd lost him. He could fly, and very quickly at that. Boats can't fly, that'd be silly.

She looked up one last time, then looked down to the ground, and turned around to return to the resort area.

"Hey, what's the big idea? Was knocking too much of a pain in the ass?"

"Yeah, it is too much of a pain in the ass when I'm being interdimensionally kidnapped. Got a problem?" She answered immediately. "Where the hell even am I?"

She looked around, grabbed a kebab off the plate and went to look through the window, seeing what was definitely NOT a hierarchical city's view. Maybe she was facing inwards, she mused as she had a bite.

[Kotomine_Rin]

GAROU XIII

Garou frowned, his icy cold red eyes concealed by his pitch black sunglasses. Did this bitch just eat my kebab? She didn't just eat my kebab. He thought before pondering on wether to slap her thieving hand away or throw his knife at the kebab out of frustration.

Instead, he decided to be the better man and act like the adult, using words instead of brute force. Because that way, he'd have an excuse to kick her out later.

"Hah, are you kidding me? Stop babblin and eating my food ya fucked up flickerwick."

Then, he grabbed her head and turned it to face him. He was kinda pissed, and was baring a sharp set of fangs at the girl.

"Now listen up punk. Ya got some balls to come barge in my place and eat my food, I like it. Not. Would you tell me how the hell you got here without me noticing?"

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider nodded at Shirou's words,  accepting the task assigned to her with a joyful smile. However, before she could begin, she heard Sakura respond in her usual, self-depreciating way to Rider's confidence in her abilities. Rider was about to reassure her, but then Sakura began to act rather oddly, seeming distracted and hesitating as she offered to assist in setting the table.

What the hell?

Before Rider could ask, Sakura grabbed hold of her hand and marched her into the kitchen, staring oddly at the floor.

“You get the plates, I’ll get silverwear", she finished, calmly and firmly.

Rider, seeing no reason to argue, did as she was instructed, going over to the cupboard to get out the plates. However, she was rather concerned about Sakura's behaviour. Something was obviously wrong. Figuring that Sakura probably was trying to hide it, Rider decided to be discreet.

Sakura, what's wrong? she asked over their mental link as she began to take the plates out of the cupboard and bring them over to the table.