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

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

"Hmph, oh well." He shrugged before leaving. Truthfully, he didn't care if she accepted or not, but this did make things easier. "Oh, and sorry for kicking you." He added as an after note while leaving.


The warrior was walking along the streets of the city, merely observing as usual. How dull, even if his rage had finally subsided the bitterness of his heart still ached. No, it was more accurate to say it was annoying. This city was annoying, its people were annoying, and the fact he was obsolete was still and always would be annoying. Eons of annoyance, and for what?

Even he didn't know where his path led, but what could he do?

But suddenly, he noticed someone, and for the first time in a long time, he noted. That man's gaze, his gait, his posture... it was odd, but he could feel something similar to how he felt, exuding from his concealed intent. He walked past him, not so mach as glancing at him, but the throbbing of his heart was no different than the stranger's, and without even uttering a single word he spoke.

You must have lived an uselessly long life, to walk with the weight of such age.


RED

'Woooah!" She opened her eyes wide even when the doggy's jaws loomed over her, like a kid looking at fireworks. Then, the cute puppy rubbed his fuzzy face on her, knocking her down. That tickled, so she giggled a bit and hugged the big puppy, scratching it under the jaw and tickling it playfully.

"Awww, who'se a good doggy? You're a good doggy!"

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

The beast leaned into her touch and licked her with a tongue that still smelled of blood. Then she lifted one large hand and patted the girl on the head before settling onto the ground. Oren nuzzled her a bit with a wet nose.

[Kotomine_Rin]

RED

The albino girl laughed when the big doggy licked her hand, and by the time the big wolfie patted her head, she was barely restraining a giggle. She smiled warmly and hugged the dog. She didn't really know why, but she really, really liked playing with dogs.

It was strange though, she couldn't remember the last time she did that. Odd.

She rubbed its long, furry neck and felt it a little more, scratching it while burrowing her cheek on its fuzzy length. No collar, so this meant it was hers! This was okay, because it wasn't stealing. Yay~!

Letting it go, she brought its face towards hers and puffed her chest with pride. "Well, from now on, let's be friends! I'm a bit hungry, how about you?"

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

Hmm. She gave good scratches. And she wasn't annoying. Yes. Oren knew it was some responsibility but she always did want a pet!

She nodded at the offer before grabbing the girl and tossing her up into the air just so she would land perfectly on the Lycan's back. The girl would have to lead the way though.

[Kotomine_Rin]

RED

Woah! That doggie was crazy strong, to flip her like a car shaped pancake in one big swoop. She held herself to the big animal with a hug and grinned. "Yay!" She cried out, ready to p-

Wait, no, there was a problem. A big problem! Shoot, why did bad things always have to happen to her? If he held her with her arms, she couldn't point to which direction to go! Well, she could, but then she'd fall off her pet, which was bad. She couldn't use her branches to point, because no one could see them, and holding her with them would crush her like a tomato! Damn, no good...

Suddenly, a flashbulb lit up. Eureka! A brilliant idea, she did not even need to think much about it. Her skin reddened a little for a sec, and the branch of a tree suddenly snapped. Then, it floated towards the two and pointed forward, shaking a little to indicate this was the direction she should take.

"Let's go! Hut, two, three hut! hut, two, three..."

[Panda]

Michael

The immortal had resigned himself to another boring day after Katase's departure, wandering the streets. While it was true that he could wait for her, that said nothing about how he'd feel about waiting after being so close to a new experience for the first time in centuries, if not millennia.

Ah well. I've waited this long, I'm sure I can wait a little while longer. She didn't sound too thrilled about her current wielder, though...

Before he could ponder that further, however, a flash of something all too familiar made itself apparent to the immortal, yet something unfamiliar at the same time. Well, unfamiliar in the sense that he'd never quite encountered it in someone else. It seemed that the other man had noticed him as well, though neither of them spared the other a glance as they passed, he could practically hear the other man's words. An unspoken communication free of any sort of concealment, yet one that nonetheless brought uneasiness to those who could not understand it, as if they were caught in the midst of forces they could never understand, only fear, lest they be crushed as naturally as a passing bird will pluck a worm from the earth, without a second thought or any possibility of mercy.

All things considered, Michael couldn't help but smile a little before he replied in kind.

And yours must have been a bitter one, for you to presume so.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

Vanguard closed his eyes and smiled, not bothering to conceal the killing intent that emerged from the stranger's silent words. It wasn't often one could meet such a man, although compared to his age he was no different than an infant. When you've lived as long as him, such numbers cease to lose their meaning, an ant is no larger than a sparrow when looked from a mountain's peak.

Age did not matter, he could not remember when he was born himself.

"Perhaps." He finally spoke. "What brings you here?"

[Thedoctor]

William

The dark mage ignored them as he had lost interest in what they were doing. He left the table and headed out without even paying for himself. His robes billowed as if there was a wind despite them being inside. To further add to the strangeness, no one seemed eager to prevent him from leaving the premise. Perhaps they were merely too terrified of him.


Shinobu

She pulled the blue haired vampire with her through the store and into one of the changing rooms. The blonde shoved her against the wall, trapping the younger vampire between her body and it.

"Will you let anyone just walk up to you and kill you? If you are so against fighting, there are other things you can do so you do not die. Do you truly believe we who care about you would be grateful if you just threw your life away for nothing?" While her words were harsh there was an undertone of care to them.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

Oren tilted her head at the stick a bit. She snapped at it and even got onto her hind legs as she tried to bite it. Eventually she got with the program and began to follow the floating stick through the streets of the Nexus.

[Kotomine_Rin]

RED

"Wo-woah!" She yelped as the doggy stood on its legs,nearly knocking her down. That jerk, she'd show him! Or her. Shoot...

Luckily, he got down soon enough and started to follow her lead. Phew, that was close! Forward, charge!!!


A long time had passed, it felt like nearly forever! Left, right, forward, backward, it went so for an hour! Or five minutes. Or one. It's not like she counted or anything, and they all felt just as long. Ughhh, they were lost, totally lost! All she wanted was to eat something nice, like cookies.

"I think we're going the wrong way..." She moped, finally defeated.

[Kat]

Julius

"I understand, I shall follow through with a blow when an opening presents itself." The nobleman replied and nodded in an understanding. "Considering that you want to draw the monster's attention, I assume that you want to step into the building first. I will follow right behind you, then."

This plan looked satisfactory to his eyes. The lady would help while exposed to a lesser risk than the two, and while Julius wouldn't mind acting as a bait himself, the knight in the armor looked more suitable for drawing the attention as presumably the armor protected him better. No objections about this plan.

[Panda]

Michael

The passersby were making a conscious effort to avoid them now, quailing before the intent pouring out from the man, immense and overpowering, leaving lesser men and women feeling like bugs in the midst of a hurricane. While the immortal wasn't fazed, it was amusing to see what it looked like from the outside.

"Curiosity and happenstance," Michael said, turning to face the man, "Not to mention a healthy dose of boredom. I'd imagine something similar for you?"

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

The vanguard shrugged. "I have nowhere to go." He answered simply. "If it's boredom you seek to alleviate, aren't there more productive ways to solve this? You could go to a library."

[Kat]

Rikuyo

She was bored. It seemed like watching TV couldn't keep her attention for too long even if it did give her some ideas. Time to stretch out her bones and get outside. This time she was wearing her wooden sandals, shorts and a pink T-shirt with some writing she of course couldn't decipher as she was completely illiterate. But what she could do? Maybe go shopping to one of those "mall" things and terrorize the staff until she got what she wanted? If the police arrived, then even better. Some cheap toys to play around with until she killed enough time.

The first thing that Rikuyo did when she entered the mall was to blow up the vending machine for more soda. She wasn't hungry, but she felt like starting off with looted drinks. The crowd knew better and dispersed, some of them screaming loudly, as Riku blew up the machine open. She wasn't transformed at the time as she felt like surprising anyone who didn't know her and turned out to be good enough to properly challenge her.

Screams of the crowd were probably heard in a certain dressing room.

[Elf]

Rin

"My sister complains about the vampire problem, but I've seen that werewolves cause just as much problems as vampires do.  So what happened?  Did a werewolf decide that you looked tasty or did one want to mate with you?" Rin said with a grin.

They were almost to the shore.  She wondered what Lorenzo's most likely absurdly crazy plan was and if she and Joe should just abandon ship.


Gabriel

"By all means," Gabriel replied to a smile to the exotic looking woman in a cowboy hat.  "I could use a proper distraction right now."

He gestured to the seat beside him with a smile.