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

[Kat]

Adella

Looking at Julius who was clearly rather suspicious of this fire, then back at the... person, Adella just nodded sceptically, as he introduced himself as Joker. Her answer however was:"I am afraid I neither eat, nor drink. It is more adruous than me than it is relieving, as I taste nothing, nor would my body recieve nutrients." shrugging her shoulders almost apologetically, she then added:"However, I would not reject being shown the inside of the castle, a bath too... would be greatly appreciated, if only for old habit's sake." Not sure whether that would be possible, Adella grasped Julius' arm a little tighter... for some reason she did not want to be lead around on her own.

Julius

Was his companion a ghost? He didn't care about hunting shades of the past so he could have relaxed a bit if not for the presence of that rather suspicious gentleman. "If lady Aldella insists so, then please show us around." He told the butler like person. He would watch every step of their... host.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Tohuw Balagan

"Yay~! I won't let you down sir!" He cheered, jumping up in excitement before bowing dramatically. Then, he walked up to the castle doors and pushed with all his might, as if he was putting all the effort he could to move a giant boulder. Eventually, the door opened and revealed the castle's interior.

The demon smiled and puffed his chest in pride before walking in a cartoonishly jolly manner down the hall, urging the two to follow. Then, he looked back for a second, remembering something super duper important!

"By the way, what's your na-

And suddenly a giant spiked flail swung from over him and cleaved his upper body off, sending blood, guts, sprinkles, cake bits and candy scattered all over the halls.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider sighed as she noticed Sakura glancing in her direction with a frown on her face before, suddenly, diving into her food with what seemed like her usual enthusiasm before thanking Shirou for the delicious meal. Rider, of course, saw through Sakura's ruse, knowing her master well enough to know that the sudden change in behaviour was obviously fake, even if she was doing a decent job of pretending otherwise. However, understanding that Sakura's abrupt boost in enthusiasm was in response to her guilt at the fact that Rider and Shirou had also not enjoyed the meal, Rider followed along with Sakura's ruse and acted as if she was convinced, digging into the meal with the best fake smile she could muster.

When she had finished, shortly after Sakura, she too turned to address Shirou, who had accepted Sakura's thanks and was giving her a rueful smile, obviously having also seen through her ruse.

"Yes, it was delicious", she said, once again putting on a fake smile, trying her hardest to prevent Sakura noticing her insincerity. "Thank you very much, Shirou."

[Elf]

Forest

Rikuyo caught Forest's arm before she could deliver her devastating flick before kicking the vampire square in the chest.  At the moment of impact, Forest turned the hand that Rikuyo had caught to grab the other girl's wrist.  She held on as she felt things inside her chest rupture and blood forced up her throat to spill behind her lips.  There was pain there; bright, sharp, and bracing, and Forest saw white flash behind her eyes.

With a smirk twisting her bloodied lips as she brought her other hand up to Rikuyo's arm she was holding.  She placed it on the outside of her elbow while the other held her wrist.  Then she pushed her hands in opposite directions, while keeping contact with Rikuyo's arm in an attempt to get it into a lock.


Gabriel

Alone again, the hybrid pondered what he should do next.  He was aware that the compound was here; he could sense his Mommy Dearest's wards after all.  However, he didn't sense his Godmother in that direction, which put him in a whole new quandary.

Going around asking about a girl dressed up like a Gothic Gunslinger wouldn't be the best course of action here either, he thought to himself.  He did have some money; enough to get a cheap hotel to recover his strength at the least.


Rin

"Wait, what?" Rin cried out as Vanguard grabbed Archer and kissed him.  Hard.  Forcefully, as if he was a maiden in one of those romance novels she really didn't read - really - and Vanguard was about to ravage him.

Heat filled her cheeks before she called out, "That's my Archer, you don't get to do that!"

Then She-Vanguard had the gall to strip, causing Rin to look furiously at her toes while it felt like napalm had been lit on her cheeks.  She said she was joining Rin in the shower and invited Archer to do same.

"I mean, uh, Rin, I ah, have some catching up to do, and..."Archer stammered, "Can I at least keep my clothes on for now?"

He really is a version of Emiya Shirou if he suggested that.

Rin lifted her head, not looking at Vanguard and asked, "Don't I get a say?  I don't exactly want a co-ed shower . . ."

[YOLF]

Adjutor

Adjutor raised an eyebrow at the man's comment, the expression hidden by the armor, before deciding to ignore the comment and make his way in. Unfortunately, upon entering, he found himself being ambushed by six cyberzombies, which made short work of the teen.

The end.

It hurt. It hurt it hurt it always hurt, but sometimes it hurt like it was just needles prickling your eyes and not coming out of them. Sometimes the pain was noise in the ears inside and outside and the graphs in some distant lab - oh, but it wasn't because they had made that stop hurting and they thanked themselves for it. And others hurt, and burned, and they all needed what made them feel less alive because they were dead already, they couldn't have that.

There were tubes and metal and drugs under rotting skin, and sparks under blood and muscles that opened into barrels and saws. It was a face, but not their true face, because below were gears and disks that turned around and through hearts and lungs that beat and expanded with injections and shocks, and that wasn't their face either but it was like skin and a prison if the bars were bones and hydraulics, gunpowder and lines of bullets were under, in, their gums, out their mouth, and vision that went somewhere else.

And, and they all saw him, and he was a WILLIE but not like a willie, he wasn't. No syringes, no orange outside but THERE WAS RED INSIDE AND. Close enough. They needed.

Help. HELP THE WILLIE. Yes, help, THEY HAD TO SAVE, HE WAS IN A TORTURE SHAPED LIKE HIS BODY TOO. IT WAS CRYING, CRYING, CRYING - who was? No, they had to help, HELP HELP US HELP YOU HELP US

It leaped and there was much roaring, and emotions died like the coldness of a crowd, surrounding him with all those plastic and plasteel faces. A hand opened up, out trailing a rocket that was the touch of a friend, and then it yelled and they all rushed.

"WWIIIILLLLLLIEEEEEE, YOU'RE STITCHED UP TOO. YOU'RE GLUED BAD AND IT HURTS B-B-B-BUT I'LL FIX IT"

And they beat and smashed to free him of his skeleton, of his skin and of his senses, but it wasn't enough, no, they weren't really releasing him. It was inside, the real face, strapped on a grinding wheel with something else.

So they pulled and opened, tearing in freedom, and it all spilled out with his life. The end.

[Kat]

Forest

Rikuyo caught Forest's arm before she could deliver her devastating flick before kicking the vampire square in the chest.  At the moment of impact, Forest turned the hand that Rikuyo had caught to grab the other girl's wrist.  She held on as she felt things inside her chest rupture and blood forced up her throat to spill behind her lips.  There was pain there; bright, sharp, and bracing, and Forest saw white flash behind her eyes.

With a smirk twisting her bloodied lips as she brought her other hand up to Rikuyo's arm she was holding.  She placed it on the outside of her elbow while the other held her wrist.  Then she pushed her hands in opposite directions, while keeping contact with Rikuyo's arm in an attempt to get it into a lock.

Rikuyo

Rikuyo got herself in seemingly unadvantageous position as her opponent tried to get her into a lock. But it also meant that her opponent was right there and wasn't about to disengage. And she still had her legs free. So she could jump. In a heat of moment, she pumped her legs with chi, in attempt to spring upwards and crash into the ceiling. That would hurt, but probably also shake off the vampire.

[Elf]

Forest

She had managed to get Rikuyo in an arm lock right as she jumped up towards the ceiling.  The vampire bent backwards, using the leverage on Rikuyo's arm to push her up as they rocked towards the ceiling.  This meant Rikuyo would hit first, and Forest could still hold on despite the jarring impact as they made their way back down.   


Corbin

"Who might you be, and what are these Elites?" the blond asked, tilting her head at him.

Does she not even remember she threw a gas pump at me like not even five minutes ago? Bloody hell, dotty old bat.

"I'm Corbin Winterborne, and the Elites are a task force commissioned by Nexus to handle supernatural disturbances.  So, in layman's terms, I'm a cop for the supernatural.  Which means, you two had better play nice or I'm going to be quite cross."

[MissingMandible]

Corporal Mathew Blackburn:

Where did Beckett come from? He was supposed to be with Sarge...

Regardless, the other soldier managed to distract his attacker. Mathew withdrew is left hand from the Volleygun and reached for the chainsword on his right thigh. In a span of two seconds, the Dragoon stepped forward (Thus unpinning the Xeno from his back), swung his right arm up, and spun around while simultaneously unhooking the melee weapon wit his left hand, revving it up and gutting the enemy.

[SINIB]

Sakura Matou

Sakura put down her plate and held onto her plush, looking at his cold unblinking eyes with a look of deep understanding.

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

Just as Shinobu was going to respond to the man who insulted she was dragged forward and lost her grip falling to the ground, she then heard what sounded like a chainsaw. She turned around just in time to the see the armored man swing a sword with sharp metal bits rotating around what would normally be the edge of the blade, it was undoubtedly the source of the sound.

For the second time in a short while Shinobu felt pain. This time the pain was sudden as her flesh was ripped apart by the rotating blade, exposing her intestines and tearing them out before cleaving through her spine with the force of the swing behind it.

The blood sprayed everywhere coloring the mans armor crimson, making a pool of blood on the ground, her liver and kidneys fell out on the ground but her colon wrapped around the chainsword after it was cut and spun several times around it before being shot at the wall.

Gravity finally caught up with the event and her severed torso fell to the ground, her legs somehow still standing upright.

[MissingMandible]

Corporal Blackburn:

The Tyranid was slain. Once the sword's teeth slowed to a stop, Mathew flicked his wrist, dislodging some of the...chunkier bits of the Xeno from the weapon. His armor, however, was another story. Just cleaned it a day before, too...

With the deed done, he turned to Beckett. "Where is everyone?" the Dragoon asked, "Nobody's answering the comms."

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

Light dance around the girl's fist. In response, the beast leapt, now standing behind her, blurred trough the obstacles like an animal and went for the girl's shoulder, to bite trough it it with its monstrous maw and shred her skin with its claws.

Akatsuki couldn't react in time. He bit her, tearing through her clothes and right into her skin, moderately piercing her armor.

It hurt. It was incredibly painful, a different kind of pain than what she was used to fighting against on the battlefield. But, it wasn't enough to stun her. She was trained for situations like this, and though unfamiliar, she was used to pain.

Just as the bite started, she reacted immediately by bringing both arms up to grab him. Of course, due to her position and the act being done upon her, she wasn't capable to grab him in an optimal spot. So, she grabbed his ears.

With gloves shining with lightning, carrying a charge large enough to disrupt a battleship's electrical systems, she grabbed his ears.

There was no pause, immediately she rearranged her feet and hips, and started pulling down to throw him down on the ground, as hard as possible.

[Panda]

Annabeth

Relaxing a bit more, Annabeth smiled as Oren yawned, likely tired. Pete vanished from her hands as well as she considered Oren's request.

"Sure, come on," Annabeth said, dropping down to a knee with her back towards Oren, offering her back to the girl, "After all, it's the least I can do for getting to ride you."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

The demon's eyes suddenly widened in fear, stunned for a second. He had snapped back for even an instant to reality, and realized he had done something unforgivable.

Before he could have reacted, or rather, without him reacting and all, the demon was spun around, yelping in pain and jolting as it was smashed to the ground. For a moment, there was silence. Then the dust began to clear, and a small whimpering sound could be heard. Kenzo was no longer growing, and his monstruous features were gone to their gentler form.

But instead of the warmness he usually carried, the poor demon looked absolutely terrified, not even looking at his opponent or perhaps even conscious of the fact they were fighting. He was staring at his trembling clutched hands and sniffled with a shaky pained voice, a gentle stream of blood trickling from his mouth.

"I-I'm sorry..."

And for a second, the demon truly looked scared. But then, fear turned into grief, and Kenzo proceeded to cry. At first it was a barely audible choked sound, but quickly it grew into a sad mixture of bawling and whimpering as he clutched at his himself as if to shield himself from the girl.

Or to shield her from him.

[Elf]

Corbin

Blood, it was everywhere.  The sweet, coppery scent reached his nostrils with the force of a freight train.  He clinched his fists as he attempted the throbbing in his fangs as the vampire girl lay pretty much in a gutted mess on the ground, with her legs up right.

"Where is everyone?" the guy asked, "Nobody's answering the comms."

Great, now I'm dealing with a Shell Shocked Soldier with enough firepower to make Vasquez take notice.  Bugger.

Corbin attempted to meet the man's eyes as he activated his hypnosis.  "You've done great soldier, but you should head back to base.  They're waiting for you back there."