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

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter's cocked an eyebrow lazily at Gabe's reply, taking a moment to take another drink of her next glass, sighing as the warm burn trickled down her throat.

"Huh? Well that's a let down," Annabeth managed to get out, her surroundings now taking on a pleasant haze, "Nnnothing...stopping you, you know..."

[Elf]

Gabriel

Gabriel smiled as he reached out and took the brandy from her hand.  The light hit the amber-brown liquid, making it look like a topaz for a moment, as he put the glass down closer to him.  His hand took hers again as his smile turned lopsided and he chuckled, a darkly wicked sound that was almost tangible.

"Let's get you a bit more coherent before you make that offer again.  I really don't want to be responsible for ruining something you built here," Gabriel said, "Now if you are ready to handle those consequences then I will be more than happy to participate."

[Thedoctor]

Super-William

The most fabulous man alive was strolling down the street like he owned it. No. He did own it, the street, the buildings even the entireity of the Nexus was in his grasp. He wouldn't let such a small pesky detail as it being future tense stop him. The future was just a word for things he hadn't done yet because he was too distracted. Distracted by his own fabulousness, especially the hat he was wearing. Nothing could ever come close to touching the hat. It was the sum amalgam of all the hats ever made, it's magnificence can't be put into mere words, so there's no point in even trying. What was this fabulous man doing on such a sunny day you might wonder? He was barging into a nice restaurant he had found in his eternal quest for the greatest drink, but there was one issue...

None of this was true, except for the restaurant part.

"Alright listen up people! If I don't get the greatest drink this place has to offer within the next 2 minutes. This place will cease to exist on the maps!"

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter frowned as the glass was pulled away, her attempts to take it back falling just a little bit short. Deciding against grabbing it back with a tendril of Nen, the cowgirl simply sat there, certain that the healing factor was already going to work.

"Hmph. Won't take long for that," Annabeth said, tuning him out after the mention of waiting for her to sober up, "Not like I can't handle myself, you know."

A tiny part of her started to wonder just what that crazy redhead had dragged Ron off for, but quickly slammed off that train of thought, deciding that she didn't like the possibilities. She'd only agreed to make sure Ron wasn't harmed, and even then she didn't trust Riku with that.

[Elf]

Gabriel

"I didn't say you weren't able to handle yourself.  I said that there maybe consequences that you might be forced to deal with," Gabriel said with a chuckle.  "If you wanted to indulge in such a thing."

He watched as her expression changed and frowned.  As someone who relied on their ability to read people in their line of work, Gabriel had become quite adapt at reading expressions.  Tilting his head he asked, "Is something wrong?"

[Kat]

Anastasia

"But you said that the business has been bad lately? You really shouldn't pay if you have problem with money right now." Anastasia was pretty stubborn about paying for Malcolm and herself. After all, she seemed to have more money.

The words of the place's owner though made her frown a bit. After all, what tavern it was without a steady supply of food? Maybe she didn't have a cook yet in the staff. "Alright, I won't mind something to wash down those pies." She walked into the club with confidence, unlike her companion.

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

"Of course it was, you are incredibly beautiful when you just let go." She breathed into the younger vampire's trying ear, a bit of excitement to be found in her own voice matching that of Medaka's irregular breathing. "Seeing you do that was really exciting." Her hand went around the blue haired girl's frame as she begun rubbig the soft skin of her stomach.

[Aiden]

Forest

Forest grinned at Liam's response and the look of confusion on his face.

"I'll show you," Forest said with a grin.

Then she started to probe the other vampire's mind.  For a moment, it was like hammering a brick wall with a pencil.  The resistance was remarkable, but it wasn't an unmovable object to her irresistible force.  Eventually, with enough strain, enough that made her glad she had literally taken all of that blood a few minutes ago, she was in.

She didn't read his mind, but projected into it.

He would have seen a giant, flightless black bird with a blue head.  Sort of like a punk rock version of an ostrich but meaner.  The bird looked as if it was standing before him before fixing it's bright red eyes on him.  It gave a loud, shrill cry before charging at him, swiping at his face with a clawed foot, almost like some evolved velociraptor.

As it attacked, it looked as if it's eyes caught fire and the bird was glowing with some sort of mental imagery.

Then almost as soon as the illusion had started, she cut it off.  Shaking her head she said, "Okay, the glowing aura and fiery eyes aren't standard, but you get the idea.  I can do other things obviously, but giant death bird is never not hilarious."

Liam

This wouldn't be the first time another vampire cast some terrifying illusion on Liam. Quite a few vampires could do things like that back home. He'd seen what it did to people, too. The sort of monsters who could do that... was she actually one of them? Well, it shouldn't have bothered him too much except for the part where suddenly everything was on fire.

That made him flinch. He was a vampire, he couldn't help it. "That... yeah, that'll do it. Think it might almost be too much for 'em. Almost."

[Elf]

Forest

The blond blinked as Liam visibly flinched before he regained his composure.  "That... yeah, that'll do it. Think it might almost be too much for 'em. Almost," he said.

Forest shrugged and said, "I can do other things.  Hell, replace that with a six foot tall chicken and everyone would think the poor bloke is going mad.  In my experience, only show the illusion to a couple of blokes and then the rest have to deal with the aftermath."

She shrugged and pushed a lock of hair from her face.  "Or . . . we could do what I did in here."

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter frowned a little in turn, the healing factor not quite taking her out of that pleasant haze just yet.

"'S nothing," Annabeth said, "I left my boyfriend with some crazy redhead he met a short while ago, said she was going to train him up. I know he can handle himself fairly well, and keeping an eye on him all the time isn't going to help him get stronger, but...you know..."

[Elf]

Gabriel

"Oh that's a reason to be concerned," Gabriel said with a nod. 

He knew he could easily seduce her, but he would rather let her approach him of her own accord.

"I mean, my girlfriend left me for a gamer type," he said with a sigh and a shake of his head.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Malcolm Kimberlee

A nightclub? Well, beggars can't be choosers. It's not like he picked this place anyway.

"A drink... sounds good." He followed along meekly, unsure of where this was going. He noticed the crow on the wall glaring at him, gulped, and shook his head. Hell no, he wasn't going to be intimidated by that. Eating pigeons in a shady building was nothing compared to shooting apostles in the face for a living. This wasn't so bad, it wasn't intimidating at all!

The lack of windows was pretty weird though. Like can't see you or hear you cry for mercy from outside kind of suspicious. Whatever place she picked for this club, she must've been dealt a bad hand. Tough luck, hopefully she had a good ventilation system.

He found enough confidence to sit on the bar counter. "Heck, I hope you got something strong enough to handle me."

[Elf]

Forest

Forest felt her cheek muscle twitch as the two of them walked in.

And this is why I'm trying to hire staff . . . Forest thought to herself as she shut the door.

Despite the lack of windows, it was obvious that the club was very well ventilated.  There was a noticeable breeze in the club and the hum of the air conditioner added a bit of white noise in the background.   The odd pair was arguing about who was paying about getting a drink.

The little guy then sat on top of the bar.

Forest eyed him, cocked an eyebrow and said in her low voice, "That's for glasses, not asses.  That's why there's bar stools."  She gestured to the bar stool right in front of the little guy.


Rin

Rin yelped as Joe hugged her and found herself holding her arms up, unsure.  She had barely known him and here he was hugging her.  It was disorienting for her, so she stiffly returned the embrace.

"What are we going to do now?" Rin asked, backing up and eying the teenage worker.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

"Need... oil... fuel..." Lorenzo mumbled incoherently, looking and sounding like he was about to fall unconscious. The stick didn't even catch fire, not because he was holding back his flames at this point, but because the fire just wasn't that strong.

"And meat.... tasty meat... beer is fine too... or rum. Rum is.... nice. "

[yinsukin]

Medaka

Medaka kept looking forward, refusing to show her face.  However, if for some reason she managed to look at her face, she would witness a uncontrollably sunny smile.  She let out one big deep breath as Shinobu's breasts pressed against her back.  "H-hold on" she muttered under her breath.  She grabbed her soft hand and in a meek voice she said, "Do you think he liked it?"

Even if she seemed pretty confident before, she wanted reassurance that she was doing well.  It was her first time (sort of) after all.

Joe/Jacob

Joe let go of Rin.  "Haha sorry.  I got a little excited,"  he said, scratching the back of his head.  He looked at Jacob and continued,  "Oh right, we were supposed to tell them about the boat,"

Meanwhile, Jacob pulled the stick away from the skeleton and tossed it on the ground.  "Uhh, I can have security take you to a restaurant nearby if your that tired man.  But uhh, we don't have any beer."

The teen turned to what looked like two close friends or a maybe a couple.  "So, what happened here?"

Joe looked at Rin, then back at Lorenzo, then back to Rin.  "The boat set on fire,"  he said abruptly, while eyeing to Rin for a moment.  "We were attacked by a pirate.

The teen raised an eyebrow at Joe.  "You were attacked by pirates.... on a lake...that leads to nothing."  He looked at the skeleton.  "You mean him?"