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

[SINIB]

Oka Kurosawa

Oka looked up at him, focusing her eyes on his face. All the while, she continued bobbing, slowly but surely increasing the speed of the movement, rolling her around the head and top of the shaft.

[SINIB]

Sakura Matou

"Oh." Sakura paused and stopped moving for a second. "Sorry, I just—" she felt her heart begin to race. "Sorry, but—" she suddenly redirected her focus to her food, hastily wolfing down fry after fry. One. Two. Three. Four. She quickly counted the number of them she'd consumed, focusing on the task.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Before Rider could even begin to explain her viewpoint, Shirou jumped in and interrupted her.

“No, of course you didn’t, and you know why? Because she hates bringing it up, she’s never told me why. The only reason I know is because I sleep in the same bed as her", he said, obviously exasperated and very worried. “She never tells anyone about her problems, she does her damndest to hide them and pretend everything’s ok!”

Then, grabbing hold of Rider's shoulder, he continued.

“If it’s bad enough for her to tell us, it’s something really really bad, Rider!” he finished, a look of panic in his eyes.

Rider sighed. It was obvious that Shirou was extremely worried about Sakura and, honestly, she couldn't blame him one bit for that. In fact, she herself was extremely worried. The way Sakura had acted earlier was not something she had ever seen before. Further, even before that, Sakura had been acting in a manner that Rider had found very disturbing. Her desire to "protect" "Brown Senpai", for example, even to the point of kidnapping him if he did not come willingly. She could tell that Sakura was extremely fragile right now.

At the same time, though, whilst Shirou did have a point, the way he was acting was certainly not helpful. Rider didn't know what, aside from time, could make Sakura better, but she knew that displays like this from Shirou would most definitely make her worse. She needed to calm him down somehow, to reassure him that things would be OK.

"Shirou", she said, softly, "I know that it's bad. But, I was with her before you arrived, and I can assure you that she is better now than she was then. Faust was important to her sanity, but he was also a very bad influence on her. I know that her problems won't just disappear, but they will improve as long as we are here to support her. I know that's not really enough, but I don't know what else we can do."

"Most of all, though, you need to remain calm. If she sees you acting like this, then it will make her worry, and that would be bad. I too am very concerned about her, but we cannot allow our concerns to make things worse for her."

[NinjaQ]

William
“My apologies.” William sounded off with the smile remaining on his face as he retracted the glass back to his side.
<Can you take care of it?> This is what happens when you do not consider the outcome.

His head dropped slightly, as if considered the new information presented; however, it wasn’t long before he looked right back up with a response. “While the library might not be as helpful as we thought, it’s also true that it’s a library from another world, perhaps with a few entries from this one. I still think it’s worth taking a look.”

[Thedoctor]

Jin

Jin groaned out loudly as he felt Oka twirling her tongue around the tip of his member, the incredible friction grew as she slowly but surely increased the pace of her bobbing. She was even looking up at his face, checking for his rection.


Jeanne

The purple haired girl started to apologize but cut her sentence off, not just once but twice even. She clearly looked distressed, suddenly she started eating her fries in a controlled manner. Jeanne looked at her worridly but decided to remain quiet, waiting for Sakura to calm herself.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Numina

Numina cautiously took a step back and held out a hand, ready to split space and let in the reach of a lesser manifestation at a moment's notice. At the same time her tone began to grow a bit annoyed and outraged. "It's not your problem! Just leave me alone and we can both be satisfied with never seeing each other ever again. That knowledge isn't for your kind anyways."


Urthemiel

Instead of focusing on the drake and boy the Old God considered the possibilities before her. She could take them to a library no matter how pointless it was but that would be a waste of her time. Or at least, it would be if not for one small fact. "If you are so adamant about going to a library I could take you to the largest one I know in exchange for an equally small favour. It wouldn't be too much of an issue for any of us."

[Elf]

Forest

Forest bit her lip as she listened to Petra's blathering.  In her eyes, Christianity was a load of bullocks.  It contradicted itself, subjugated women, and had a lot of atrocities committed in its name.  A lot of spineless assholes seemed to like to use it as a free pass to do whatever the fuck they wanted.

Praying to a higher power for assistance and working for whatever you wanted was acceptable.  Hell, Forest herself would still offer up prayers to the Morrigan, but she wasn't going to commit mass murder in her name.  Even though she would probably be cool with that and would want me to throw in a orgy for shits and giggles.

"Well, one could argue that the werewolves who can defeat them were blessed by their Creator," Forest said with a shrug, "And someone could also argue that man is just as much of a monster as them.  I haven't met a soul-sucker before, but if I did and they were endangering people?  I'd see that they were ended; if not by my hand then someone else who could."

Then she grinned and said, "Those sparkly wankers are just annoying as all get out."

[Panda]

Emily

Trying to keep her face straight as she was deposited at a seat next to an oddly gorgeous man, the Changeling watched with some curiosity as the woman proceeded to create a chair from the mantle she was wearing and sit down on it. As much as the encounter thus far put her off balance, the way the woman had framed the question had fighting to keep a slight blush from her face.

"No, thank you," Emily said, fighting at the same time to keep her eyes off of the man next to her. Wondering what kind of luck she'd happened across to encounter someone like this now of all times and whether this counted as good or bad luck, Emily managed to keep her eyes on Erica.

"I ate fairly recently," the Changeling explained, "But thanks for the offer."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lumen

The Patchwork looked curiously at the undead as he made his request. It should be fine considering he already owed her and he didn't seem very malicious. So the divine woman walked up to the skeleton and grabbed one of his overgrown arms with her right hand before yanking him away from the rest of the group to a more secluded corner of the store.

There was something about the skeleton that made Lumen feel more relaxed and jovial. His ironically larger than life attitude was refreshing and uplifting. "I hope you aren't planning on dating two girls at the same time, skeleton. That's just scandalous. Well, I suppose it's a bit daring too but it's mostly scandalous."

She immediately regretted the words that came out of her mouth. That was so dumb. It wasn't clever at all. Not even a little bit. And it had sounded so much better in her head too.

[Elf]

Gabriel

"Oh dear, she is reclining your offer for food," Gabriel said to the woman who apparently had some sort of mystical prowess. 

Directing a bit of a grin to the redhead who was trying to ignore him, he turned to her companion.  "Maybe you should get a desert the both of you could share."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Erica

Erica shifted her focus ever so slightly as she considered the statement offered by the man. It was not unacceptable and thus it seemed at the very least a feasible enough idea to ask. "Would you instead prefer a lighter desert to share? I am not averse to the idea and it could allow us to ease into the discussion."

[Aiden]

Annabeth

The Hunter sighed as she felt his fingers rubbing through her hair, thoroughly working the soap in while his other hand worked at her belly, the feeling making her squirm a bit against him. Annabeth allowed herself to appreciate how thoroughly he was scrubbing at those rather annoying to wash places, unable to help a giggle as he worked under her arms. Finally, the werewolf starting rubbing at her back, fingers pressing against muscles tensed for a multitude of reasons. The feeling of release that followed had the Hunter all but moaning as she relaxed against him, content for the moment as she let him continue to work.

"Not bad," the Hunter admitted through an almost pleasured sigh, "Not bad at all."

Ron

"I figure there isn't much point in doing this in any particular order," he murmured to the naked bounty hunter sitting in front of him. Ron left her air hanging over her left shoulder and added that hand to the mix after a moment, rubbing his fingers into her upper back. "So just let me know where you have the most tension."

That seemed about right, right? Definitely close to professional, he figured. A bit more rubbing there, feeling the water-slick skin under his calloused fingers, then going down to her lower back. Just like that, following her cues...

Then it was time for the head. He covered his hands in shampoo and started rubbing it into her long length of hair, saving the effort of massaging it into her scalp for last.

I'm gonna run out of shampoo at this rate.

[SINIB]

Rider

Before Rider could even begin to explain her viewpoint, Shirou jumped in and interrupted her.

“No, of course you didn’t, and you know why? Because she hates bringing it up, she’s never told me why. The only reason I know is because I sleep in the same bed as her", he said, obviously exasperated and very worried. “She never tells anyone about her problems, she does her damndest to hide them and pretend everything’s ok!”

Then, grabbing hold of Rider's shoulder, he continued.

“If it’s bad enough for her to tell us, it’s something really really bad, Rider!” he finished, a look of panic in his eyes.

Rider sighed. It was obvious that Shirou was extremely worried about Sakura and, honestly, she couldn't blame him one bit for that. In fact, she herself was extremely worried. The way Sakura had acted earlier was not something she had ever seen before. Further, even before that, Sakura had been acting in a manner that Rider had found very disturbing. Her desire to "protect" "Brown Senpai", for example, even to the point of kidnapping him if he did not come willingly. She could tell that Sakura was extremely fragile right now.

At the same time, though, whilst Shirou did have a point, the way he was acting was certainly not helpful. Rider didn't know what, aside from time, could make Sakura better, but she knew that displays like this from Shirou would most definitely make her worse. She needed to calm him down somehow, to reassure him that things would be OK.

"Shirou", she said, softly, "I know that it's bad. But, I was with her before you arrived, and I can assure you that she is better now than she was then. Faust was important to her sanity, but he was also a very bad influence on her. I know that her problems won't just disappear, but they will improve as long as we are here to support her. I know that's not really enough, but I don't know what else we can do."

"Most of all, though, you need to remain calm. If she sees you acting like this, then it will make her worry, and that would be bad. I too am very concerned about her, but we cannot allow our concerns to make things worse for her."

Shirou

This time, Shirou listened to Rider intently, waiting a bit even after she finished speaking to process and mull over her thoughts. Eventually he nodded at her. "Staying calm is important yes, I've been working hard to do that around Sakura, but I lost my temper with you."

"I'm sorry." He apologized sincerely.

"But Rider, that really isn't enough. We need to figure something out, it's of the utmost importance."

[SINIB]

Sakura Matou, the prettiest Waifu of them all

After Sakura finished her fries, she turned her focus to her burger, and began to eat that in the same way, counting the number of bites. After she finished that, she sighed, and looked at Jeaane. "I'm sorry about that, I had a—moment" she absently fidgeted with her hair, twirling the loose lock in between her fingers. "What were we talking about again?"

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Sakura smiled at Shirou's understanding comment and apology, glad that he understood what she was saying, and that he was still the same, kind person that he always had been. However, then, as he began to insist that they needed a solution, her smile turned into a frown. Not that she thought he was wrong, as such, but there was simply no solution she could give. When he had finished, Rider simply sighed, and then spoke.

"I don't know what we can do, Shirou", she said, sadly. "We don't have the skills to cure her problems, to do that she needs to go to see a professional. All we can do is support her as best we can, and be there for her."