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

[Kat]

Gabriel

"Well, there's a diner up the street," Gabriel said, "Looks like the sort of place that causes heart failure when you sit down.  Should have decent food though.

Lumen

The Patchwork stifled an amused snort at the mention of god's will. People could really be incredibly silly if they were allowed to develop on their own. She crossed her arms over her chest before considering what Petra had said. At least it     wasn't the strangest thing she had seen. "Well, if you are, you might as well get something to eat. I'm sure Gabriel must have seen somewhere like that we could go to and have something. It won't take too long anyways."

Petra

"Diners? Like those in Rome? Nah, I will pass. Good food is one gathered through toil and hard work. Anyone fancy fish? I might not look like a one, but I used to be a fisherwoman. But if you insist, I won't force you. I will martyr my tastebuds if I must." Petra expressed her earnest opinion about food. She should have decried fast food joints as blasphemous when she was bishop of Rome, but the past was the past, and there was really nothing she could do about it.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider continued out of the door, noticing as she left that Sakura had moved onto Shirou's lap and was rubbing against him affectionately. Entering the kitchen, she cleared up the mess that had been made by Sakura, before dishing up three plates of delicious Western breakfast food, leaving some for Vanguard to dish up for himself. Balancing the three plates with ease, she returned to the living room, her eyebrows raising slightly as she noticed the lump in Shirou's trousers as Sakura continued to rub against him affectionately. She placed the plates down on the table in the middle of the room and went to sit next to Sakura, not wanting to rush her.

"Sakura, Shirou, breakfast is here", she said.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lumen

"That does sound like a good idea. It is familiar and I'd rather stick with that than something that sounds that unhealthy. Did you see any beaches, Gabriel? I should be able to wish well enough." Her voice was calm and relaxed but the slight movements of her arms and legs showed that she was quite willing to get moving. Standing around in the middle of some random street after dropping from the sky was not real appealing to her. If someone saw it would be best to just leave now and hope they forget about it.

[Panda]

Emily

Emily allowed a moment, as if she had to think somewhat hard about the question.

"It's a possibility," the Changeling said simply, "There are others, but this is certainly a possibility worth thinking about."


Annabeth

Annabeth looked on, a little worried about Darcy. Sure, her Ren had made the ride exciting rather than painful, but she could see that the priest didn't have any such ability. Keen eyes spotted them from a fair distance away, and two things were immediately obvious to the Hunter. First, that Darcy had lost. Second, that part of her wished he hadn't. It wasn't the fact that he was naked, no, that was practically a non-issue. But the fact remained that his current state left Anne staring resolutely at his face. In spite of herself, the Hunter's eyes occasionally betrayed her, slipping down for a moment before she caught herself, forcing herself to stare at Darcy.

"...I want to say I told you so," Annabeth noted, "But I don't really think I need to at this point."

[Kat]

Forest

Forest on the other hand, had spent centuries mastering almost any martial art she could find.  She knew the skill of being able to be as deadly unarmed as armed was a good one to have.  There was always a chance she could be attacked unarmed and would have to defend herself.

And as someone who came from a warrior culture, there was a sense of pride in it.  It felt good.

Even though Rikuyo was faster and stronger than Forest, when the girl threw her first punch Forest realized she leaned on that a lot.  It wasn't much of an advantage, if one could even call it that, but it was something Forest could use.  So, when Rikuyo went to sweep her leg, Forest was ready, turning her body to just catch the blow against her shin.

Pivoting, Forest launched a punch towards Rikuyo's ear.

Rikuyo

Forest seen through Rikuyo's to move, using similar ploy to block her attack and counter attack. Such moves were easy to read. She needed more technique, but she didn't have time to polish it quickly in a middle of a single spar. She needed more power, but she couldn't just transform.

How naive though of Forest, she should have aimed straght at her face. Tilting her head to move out of the way of the incoming fist, she focused chi in her legs to propel herself towards Forest, trying to slam her with her own body in order to throw her off balance. Improvising on spot hopefully would work against someone more trained.

Mordred

The topic brought up alarmed the changeling. What transpired between her and the dragon was somewhat fine. She has been already changing thanks to her violent lifestyle after all. But she was suspicious indeed if Bellitanus wanted company of another dragon-like Changeling. "C'mon, are we really going to spend whole morning talking about the supernatural?" She visibly attempted to change the topic. "You know I'm going to look for a job? I really should get to it, and maybe you could find a job too, Emily, while we're at it."
 

[MissingMandible]

Corporal Mathew Blackburn:

In all honesty, his mind was starting to unravel. There were two known vampires in front of him, and if this newcomer's words are to be believed, there is an actual population of these monsters here. How many did he come across? Who can exactly be trusted?

Is Noel one of them?

The Dragoon felt like he was surrounded by Lictors. But these Lictors were chameleons of people, not of trees or bushes or rubble.

And what the newcomer said while leaving made the air heavy, if not outright volatile. Mathew was trapped now, for the other man was now by the exit, and the glares the two young women were throwing at him were outright deadly. The guardsman would rather not get inbetween a Lictor and her prey, no sir. So he stepped back, taking a sudden interest in the candy bars nearby. At least the newcomer has their attention now...

[Kat]

Julius

Without further ado, he led his companion to the winter castle that supposedly belonged to his neighbors. Standing before the castle gate, he knocked hopefully loud enough to get the attention of anybody who could have been present there. If not, he would leave after some time. He was a busy man after all.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Darcy Hugh

The priest seemed completely unfazed by the situation and her remark, instead giving a huge wide grin and avoiding any attempt at covering himself. No, not only that, but he posed with the smuggest, shittiest grin.

"Foolish girl! I am a pervert! Wherever there are skirts I will appear! Did you truly believe a little skinship display is enough to make me yield? NO! I, DARCY HUGH, AM NOT ASHAMED OF ANY PART OF MY BODY!!!"

For a second, it was as if a holy responding radiance emanated from his body. More importantly...his nether regions.

"To have a free ride and lie bare before two beautiful ladies without being arrested... No matter how you look at it, I am the winner!"

[Elf]

Forest

Riyuko dodged the cuff to her ear and Forest felt the power rise in the other girl before she came barreling at Forest like a freight train.   Forest braced herself and it felt as if every bone rattled on impact when Riyuko hit.  Instead of floundering, Forest let the momentum carry her and twisted at the last moment.  She balanced again and shook her head.

"Power's great and all, but it can also be a crutch," Forest said before throwing a classic one-two punch towards the girl's face; Forest's right hand going for her face and her left going for Riyuko's midsection.


Gabriel

Fishing?  How . . . common, Gabriel thought with a shudder.  Being a spy and information gatherer was one thing, but doing manual labor was something he wasn't keen on.  Not to mention his Mommy Dearest would throw an absolute fit if he did.

Even though Godmother would think it is a good opportunity to build character, he thought with a shake of his head before turning to the two women.

"I believe there is a harbor in town, but it may house dangerous creatures.  I haven't been here that long admittedly.  However, there's always the old stand by of going some place and asking," he answered.  "I doubt I would not be much help catching aquatic life though."

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

Ragna The Bloodedge

Ragna listened to her whole tirade, surprise not even trying to hide on his face. He took her phone number and address quietly and let her walk off.

"Geez, what's crawled up her ass," he mumbled once she was out of earshot. Then he turned around, to see the other girl still there. What you're still here? ...Look, sorry for yelling or whatever I did. I'll buy you some food as an apology, so please quit barking at me."

He gave the general Tao placating speech and put a hand up as if in prayer, but rather in apology.


Akatsuki

Kenzo dodged.

In her eyes, it was something almost defying the laws of physics. However, after seeing how fast he was moving now, she realized she was just too slow to catch him with a punch, even if properly timed.

So obviously, all she had to do was slow him down.

She looked around, and noticed multiple large rock formations somewhat nearby. A mountain in the distance. Rocks protruding more often than in a usual plain-like landscape turned int a forest. And she had an idea.

She punched the ground, hard enough to create a shockwave that dug her close enough to her true target, and punched again, followed by the loud sound of rupture.

She hopped back quickly and thrust both of her hands down, grasping at something beneath the earth that he sonars had confirmed the existence of, and then pulled up, with her legs and arms.

The immediate landscape shook and started changing. A few meters from her, massive rocks cracked and forced themselves to stand upright in face of the force exerted. Solid ground gave way to rock crumbling, being pushed upwards, falling down, to being rearranged. Trees shook, and some fell over, creating obstacles and ruining cleared ground.

Finally, with one push, Akatsuki completely pulled up and flipped over the behemoth she'd lifted: A large but mostly wide rock, part of a near-underground bedrock formation that stretched down from what had to be nearby mountains. It flipped over and landed with a loud crashing noise, and Akatsuki wasted no time obtaining the most stable nearby terrain by jumping on top of it.

She turned on her Raiden gloves, took a stance and became ready, lightning cracking at her knuckles, and waited for Kenzo's next move.

[Kat]

Fishing?  How . . . common, Gabriel thought with a shudder.  Being a spy and information gatherer was one thing, but doing manual labor was something he wasn't keen on.  Not to mention his Mommy Dearest would throw an absolute fit if he did.

Even though Godmother would think it is a good opportunity to build character, he thought with a shake of his head before turning to the two women.

"I believe there is a harbor in town, but it may house dangerous creatures.  I haven't been here that long admittedly.  However, there's always the old stand by of going some place and asking," he answered.  "I doubt I would not be much help catching aquatic life though."

Petra

"I see. Well then, your wish if you want to clog your artheries. If you want to buy some from me later, it won't be free of charge." Certainly, opening a fish stall would be nostalgic thing to do. "Okay, let's go, Lumen. Let's see if you are near as good at fishing as I am!"

Forest

Riyuko dodged the cuff to her ear and Forest felt the power rise in the other girl before she came barreling at Forest like a freight train.   Forest braced herself and it felt as if every bone rattled on impact when Riyuko hit.  Instead of floundering, Forest let the momentum carry her and twisted at the last moment.  She balanced again and shook her head.

"Power's great and all, but it can also be a crutch," Forest said before throwing a classic one-two punch towards the girl's face; Forest's right hand going for her face and her left going for Riyuko's midsection.

Rikuyo

Not only it didn't go as Rikuyo anticipated and thus Forest counterattacked immediately, the ground shaked as certain duo battled intensely outside  without holding back as much Riku did. Distracted even further, she got decked into face and punched into stomach, her durable body enduring what would break bones of lesser men. Staggering, she spit some blood while recovering from the attack, staring defiantly at Forest. "A crutch? I'm might not the best out there, but I learned more tricks than that."

Taking one of Monkey style stances, crouching at first she leaped forward, charging at Forest. But if she misread Rikuyo as just dashing towards her without much thought, she could regret it.

Shinatsuhiko

Rikuyo punched in the direction of Forest, even if she was out of range to hit her, propelling the air through her invisible chi in order to reach and hit the vampire with blunt force without getting too close. A technique named after one of kami of winds, something she made up on her instead of picking up from others. One could say it was something she could be feel prideful as her own achievement. Shortly of actually transforming, there could be no greater sign she was treating the fight seriously.

Ragna The Bloodedge

Ragna listened to her whole tirade, surprise not even trying to hide on his face. He took her phone number and address quietly Norand let her walk off.

"Geez, what's crawled up her ass," he mumbled once she was out of earshot. Then he turned around, to see the other girl still there. What you're still here? ...Look, sorry for yelling or whatever I did. I'll buy you some food as an apology, so please quit barking at me."

He gave the general Tao placating speech and put a hand up as if in prayer, but rather in apology.

Noriko

"You do owe me," Noriko said, still a bit grumpy, but Ragna's attempt at placating her seemed to have some effect. "Fine, I will forget, just let me order whatever I want." Preferably they had anything healthy in this establishment. She didn't want to keel over prematurely from cholesterol.

[SINIB]

Oka

Oka returned with an armload of various clothes and looked around. "Did we forget a cart?"

[Thedoctor]

Jin

"No we didn't" Jin said as he pulled out a cart from behind clothes rack. "I took the time to get one while you were looking at those clothes. Hmm...are you sure that's all you need?"

[Panda]

Adjutor

Having managed to persuade Calico to go to bed, Adjutor left after putting up a quick Shield around the room, weak enough that Calico would easily be able to break out once he was well-rested, and set to fade away in a few hours anyway. Left with nothing to actually do at the moment, Adjutor soon found himself walking the streets before an idea occurred to him.

Well, seeing as I've got nothing better to do, might as well take care of that lab. I'd rather work under the cover of dark, but...

That thing's been standing for long enough.

With that in mind, Adjutor slipped into an alleyway before vanishing into the shadows. Traveling through the strange realm, the teen arrived at his destination to find a curious sight.

That's odd. That's a lot more than the normal gua-

Wait a minute, looks like they're all dead.

Except there's still two moving in the outside yard, and the people on the inside are still fine.

Intrigued, the hunter slipped from the shadows, quickly activating the Armogarian Armor, drawing Tyrfing, and Reinforcing before walking out into the yard just in time to hear one, an odd man strangely reminiscent of a vampire, declare that the other, an odd floating girl with some sort of mantle...thing with what looked like a minigun coming out of one end, was next. Picking his way across numerous corpses, all with heads caved in and chests crushed and a fair few with odd looking needles in the everywhere, Adjutor drew closer to the two, remaining at a safe distance.

"Looks like I'm a bit late," Adjutor noted, mostly to himself, looking around at the fallen, his intrigued expression hidden behind the armor.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lumen

The developing god nodded at the former spirit before looking back at Gabriel. "It should be fine no matter what's there. I'm really good at catching fish, and most aquatic animals will have a really bad time if they try and bother me. Even if they prove to be too much I can easily run away with the rest of you. The fish will probably taste better than whatever that diner has anyways."


Oren

The shape stealing creature impatiently tapped her bare foot on the ground as she waited to be noticed by the cowgirl. However, as she did this Oren began to think. Who were these people? If she applied some pressure what would they show her? " I don't-"

Then she frowned and began to tremble. The Fae fell to her knees and soon collapsed into a violently writhing blob of black liquid. The change was wild and uncontrolled in comparison to the more calm transformation from before. It seemed as if any moment the entire thing would explode, and then it did.

The dark liquid flew in all directions and quickly vanished as a werewolf lunged towards Annabeth with her jaws wide open ready to crush the tanned girl's neck.


Erica

The construct had prepared herself to spray the entire area with needles the moment that the threat had been made but instantly went on edge at the sound of sudden footsteps. She immediately pulled back and leaped into the air before the Mantle spread itself into a pair of wings to keep her stationary. This work was becoming increasingly irritating. Perhaps it would be best to just return to normal protocol and kill everything. Regardless she would hold off and observe a little longer. Foreign elements should be carefully observed before acted upon.