Cross Effects 3.0 - June 23, 2016—April 02, 2018

[Kat]

Rikuyo

Oh, she would surely surprise him! "Okay, then wait for me 'ere, Ron-kun." The redhead stormed off, leaving the werewolf where he was, shuffling through the clothes when he was out of sight. Thankfully they had what she wanted in her offer.

After some time passed, she reappered before Ron-kun, dressed in what she picked up. Wooden geta with reinforced with metal, shorts, and flowery Hawaiian shirt, her exposed chest wrapped up heavily in sarashi bandages. "How about that?"

[Panda]

Emily

The Changeling gasped for breath atop Gabriel, unable to help a high moan as he continued to thrust into her, stimulating oversensitive flesh with every movement.

"I...can keep...going," Emily managed to get out, trying to gather herself. It was at this moment, however, that her exhaustion started to catch up with her, the Changeling realizing that she was nearing the end of her figurative tether.

"...okay...I might need a bit...to catch my breath," Emily admitted, "You can keep...going. ...sorry."

[Aiden]

Gadreel

The angel just barely restrained his reaction of amusement to the vampire woman's blatant reference to a very relevant work of entertainment. The true humor, of course, lay in the fact that the reference was too far in Sir Julius' subjective future for him to catch it. He only refrained from showing more than a twinkle of amusement.

"Ah, cellars," he reminisced. "You may be pleasantly surprised by the wonders of refrigeration then, Sir Julius ... as you are seeing now."

Indeed, the icebox was unnecessary in light of this particular invention. Humans were quite remarkable in their ability to adapt the world to their desires.


Ron

The werewolf, who himself dressed mostly in flannel and jeans, with the occasional foray into shorts, had only one real reaction to the sight before him. Well, two reactions one might suppose. The first was to stare at Rikuyo for how bizarre her get-up was. The second was to stare at Rikuyo for how revealing her get-up was.

Three reactions: "What... gave you the idea to put that together?" Ron asked, slowly, as if trying to process the question even as he asked it. "Wait, sorry, sorry, my bad."

He shook his head.

"Is that the fashion where you're from?" he asked, genuinely this time, as his eyes went back to Rikuyo's face.

[Kat]

Rikuyo

"Uh, no, I just made it up on fly. Except for sarashi. Ya know, those bandages." She answered, pointing out at her chest. "Before you ask, I'm not injured or anythin'. It's just what we Japanese wear under shirts. Like the black one under my dougi." Rikuyo explained, presenting him her black shirt so he could take a look.

"Deffo it's good clothes for spring season, amirite?"

[SINIB]

Sakura Matou

Sakua flinched visibly at Rin's cruel words, and looked like she was about to cry, letting go of Liseth's hand. She took a small step back, took a deep breath, and recomposed herself. Sakura walked up next to Rin and lightly pulled on her sleeve, the same way she had when they were small children and she needed to talk to her in secret. She looked into Rin's eyes, hoping she'd get the message that there was more to the story than met the eye, and that she wanted a chance to explain before Rin got furious with her. "Please." She whispered in Japanese to Rin, imploring her to give her a chance.

Afterwords, she turned back to the new girl and smiled at her again. "I don't mind, really whatever's easiest for you, is easiest for me. I can take you on a tour of my available houses tomorrow, if you like."

[Aiden]

Ron

Okay, alright. She's just wearing it because it's good clothes for the temperature. That works. Nothing suggestive or strange about it, then. Besides, who am I to judge? Ron thought to himself over the course of Rikuyo's explanation.

"Oh. Huh. The more you learn..." he used aloud, before nodding to himself. "Did you keep the price tags on them? I don't want to have to haggle for the price."

That was always a risk in the Nexus: if it didn't have a price tag, the seller could potentially get away with charging anything.

[Kat]

Rikuyo

"Eh? Tags?" Oh, there was indeed something attached to clothes she picked. She didn't care enough to rip them off, so there were still there.

"Okay, ya need to show them?" The red haired girl proceeded to take off her Hawaiian shirt to present it to Ron-kun, leaving her upper half of the body only with sarashi on. She would also take off shorts unless the werewolf stopped her.

[Kat]

Petra

"I gotta find somebody who will pay a good price for the gem. Maybe let's do it before the sun sets. Unless we plan to sell it to a vampire, but more people are active in the day. I say, let's do it before we get smashed, I won't feel safe about the gem until we sell."

The honeyed hair girl proposed to her companion, holding the gem. She didn't feel like entrusting it to him, to be honest, he didn't look like a person good with money.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Mary

Mary let go and held her palm on her lips apologetically. “Oh, forgive me. It is custom in my home country to greet someone with a kiss, even strangers. Then again, I’m not in my home country…”

She sulked for a bit, but then smiled brightly. Despite her off-putting forwardness, she seemed to be genuinely friendly. Her movements were warm and pleasant, with a certain amiable charm to them.

“How about I treat you? I have some money left, and I am a little hungry myself. You look like you’re new here, so how about you look over me while I show you around?”

[Panda]

Dante

The half-demon allowed a shrug, considering asking Petra about what a vampire was before deciding he could ask later if he had to. If nothing else, the prospect of getting drunk with the cute girl was one worth looking forward to, even if chances were he'd lose the bet like every other bet he'd made with Lady.

"Sounds like a plan," Dante said, "I haven't been here for long, so unless you know someone, I guess we should start looking, then."

[Kat]

Petra

"I know somebody who offered me a place to stay just like that, so maybe she's rich, but on another hand even if she is, she's likely busy now, assuming she's still dating that hot guy. Plus she is a vampire, that means it's awkward for her to go out during the daytime." Petra considered her options. Tohsaka's sister did seem to be rich considering her mansion, but nah, she didn't want to get close to another magi. "You don't have any clue either where we could go? We could always go to Golden Rule district where they could have shops that traded in jewelry, though."

[Panda]

Dante

The half-demon considered Petra's evaluation for a moment before nodding along. He wasn't sure about what Petra meant by vampires, though. Considering that she also knew about demons, he doubted it was just a particular kind of demons that people mistook for some other kind of creature, so perhaps something else...?

"This Golden Rule place sounds like a good idea," Dante admitted, "...Say, what are these vampires? Doesn't sound like they're some kind of demon."

[Kat]

Petra

"They are humans who are in a state between life and death, their bodies sustaining themselves on human blood, never aging but being weak to sunlight in exchange for their flawed immortality. Some are turned by other vampires or are humans who deliberately achieve such state. I still don't completely trust Forest, but she seems to be on the level so I give her the benefit of doubt until I have genuine proof that she is up to no good. So if we meet her, please don't get into a fight."

Of course she wasn't completely naive to exclude possibility that Forest was just that good at acting, but she neither was willing to condemn her from get go.

[Aiden]

Ron

He had to gently grab Rikuyo's arms to stop her from stripping the shorts off. "That could get you in trouble. Let's just say ordinary people, uh..."

How should Ron put this?

"... take offense if you show off what's below the waist in public," he said, nodding firmly to her. "I can just remove the tags and hand them over when we get there, alright?"

[Panda]

Dante

The half-demon nodded along with Petra's explanation, rolling his shoulders in the meanwhile, the guitar case on his back shifting with the motion. On one hand, this was someone who sustained themselves on human blood. On the other hand, if people weren't dying as a result, then he supposed he could let it slide. Petra seemed to at the very least to not suspect the latter, so Dante figured he could go along with this.

"Okay, I'll try," Dante said, "I suppose we should get going, then."