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

[yinsukin]

Jacob/Joe

The teen froze.  Spongebob?  All of that was spongebob?!  "Scuba.. gear?" Jacob muttered to himself absentmindedly.  There was some scuba gear in the shed where they kept life jackets.  Sometimes families and couples would go out and dive.  "Well... There might be some in the shed." he stated aloud with a shaky voice.

Before any of that mattered, the skeleton got up and tossed him another walkie talkie.  Apparently, he switched the two at some point.  With surprised jolt, he dropped the 'fake' walkie talkie.

Just then, a coin came flying at his body.  He caught it and stared at the strange creature.  "What...?"

Joe looked at Rin, signaling that something was up.  He wasn't sure what, but Lorenzo did something just now.  The teenaged worker went from incoherent rambling to total confusion in a blink of an eye and the pirate got up with a strange confidence, as if he knew what was happening to him.

Whatever.  Either way, this won't be blamed on me.

Still, it was best not to associate with the pirate.  So he pointed at Lorenzo and yelled.  "RUN!  He is using his zombie powers to CONTROL YOUR MIIIIINNNND."

"Wait what!?"  The teen screamed. 

"Don't ask questions!  RUN!" 

The teen shifted his head frantically back and forth before dashing away.  Joe let loose a sigh of relief as the teenager faded from view. 

[Aiden]

Retro Forest

Forest winched as the dogs appeared and prepared herself to literally kick a dog.  She wasn't an animal person, not by choice actually, it was a side effect of being a vampire.  She didn't dislike animals, but for the most part they disliked her.

Even though she loved crows.

Before she could kick, Liam was getting his Doctor Dolittle on and making friends with the puppies.  She blinked as the attack dog as it made friends with Liam as the other went back upstairs.  She sighed at his words and nodded.

"Oh, they'll be softened," Forest said before cracking her knuckles and jogging up the stairs.

Liam

Well, he'd been expecting her to use that fancy telepathy of her's to handle the folk upstairs so that surprised him a little. It weren't too bad though; violence worked nicely too as long as she left them living. He had some uses for them alive anyway. Giving the dog one more pat on the head, Liam followed up after her more sedately.

The place had a nicer decor than the other one, all fresh wallpaper and wood finishes. The scent of detergents and rug cleaners would be imperceptible to the average human's nose, but to vampires like them it was plain as night. The lights in the halls were fluorescent and clear, somewhat uncomfortable really, and their hum was almost distracting.

Not distracting enough that Forest couldn't time her approach to avoid getting shot the moment she turned a corner, because that's exactly what almost happened when she moved to clear the stairwell. A man in slacks and a dress shirt armed with a shotgun had heard the dogs before and prepared himself. The hallway was wide enough for three skinny people to pass each other. There were some lamps and miscellaneous furniture next to the white wooden doors.

[Thedoctor]

Neptune

The purple haired goddess grit her teeth to prevent herself from laughing when she felt him poke her side. So he had become that desperate,in that case...

She let go if his hand and placed her own on his shoulders for support as she leaned forward slowly, bringing their mouths closer and closer. Maintaining eye contact as she was about to....

"When are you like gonna give me the final slice?"

[Kat]

Mordred

Mordred nodded, signalling to Breeze that she was mostly fine. But still she felt at unease about the situation. Trouble just seemed to stalk her.

Yes, please go away, she thought as Sakura told the guy that another place could have been better for drinking. She would be in far better humor if that guy just went away and she could go back to what she wanted to do. Sakura knew this place the best, so Mordred just let her handle this guy and hopefully convince him to go elsewhere.

[Aiden]

Sakura Matou

"Mhm. That's what the trustworthy people say. Usually when they refuse it's because they know they have financial problems and wouldn't be good tenants anyway." Sakura said cheerfully. "That's what I was taught by my mentor, anyway."

"Anyway, if you'd like to come to my house, we could draft up a contract. We could also go see the apartment in question, of course."

Ron

Well, he really did need to start asking around about that guy Medaka was looking for before anything else. But he didn't want to pass up this opportunity either. Ron nodded, slowly, but said something else too. "That would be great, actually. I just have to do something around here first for a friend of mine."

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter chuckled as she let her arms down, the world around her still suffused in that pleasant buzz.

"I could make it not public," Annabeth noted teasingly, trying to fight down her rising blush, "It'd be more of a hassle than it's worth, though."

[Aiden]

Neptune

The purple haired goddess grit her teeth to prevent herself from laughing when she felt him poke her side. So he had become that desperate,in that case...

She let go if his hand and placed her own on his shoulders for support as she leaned forward slowly, bringing their mouths closer and closer. Maintaining eye contact as she was about to....

"When are you like gonna give me the final slice?"

Gadreel

Wait, was she actually going to go so far as to-?

Final slice

Oh, she was good. He chuckled and reached over to the last slice. The fallen angel's chuckling could not be reined back in after that, and it was threatening to explode into a full blown fit of prolonged laughter at this rate.

[Elf]

Forest of the Present

"Sure, I'll keep that in mind," Forest said to the young woman until that blathering little peck went on and on.  The vampire felt her teeth grind at his annoying words and general cuntishess.   Red didn't flash through her eyes, luckily, but she glared at the smaller man.

"Look, if you want to be a raging twat, then that's fine.  Just don't do it to someone who granted you a favor by letting you and your date come in here despite being currently closed because even if you 'pay more' or rather let your date pay more or what not, I can still kick your arse out," Forest said, leaning towards the shorter man with a sharp smile that didn't meet her eyes.


Rin

Rin watched the proceedings with a frown and looked at Joe then Lorenzo. The teenager took off running and Rin looked back at Joe.  "We cannot get saddled with that responsibility about the boat, and I'm really doubting he validity of this treasure.  Maybe we should just leave as soon as we can," she suggested in a low voice.


Forest of the Past

Forest wasn't surprised when the new goon arrived with the shot gun already ready to go.  She managed to dodge most of the blast, but some of it cut through her side, lead pellets entering her body.  White hot pain flashed through her as her body pushed out the pellets before starting to heal.

Before another shot could be fired, Forest rammed her fist in the poor goon's face as her knee made contact with his groin with uncomfortable force.  The goon's eyes widened in almost comical pain before Forest wrenched the shot gun out of his hand, covered his mouth with her hand, and sunk her fangs into his throat.


Gabriel

The shadow smiled as he said, "But being watched has it's own enticements as well." 

Gabriel began to guide her out of the bar.

[Panda]

Michael

Cocking an eyebrow at Vanguard's entrance, not that it had been unexpected, the immortal simply shrugged and turned his gaze back to Meti.

So he encountered something that forced him to use his weapon? Curious. Well, to be fair, I might have to do the same for this helicopter.

"Hm. That might not have been necessary, but no point deliberating over that now," Michael said before allowing a sigh, "I suppose we'll have to take care of the helicopter sooner or later. It's been a while since the last time I fought one, actually. Should be fun."

Sparing Meti one more look, the immortal decided he might as well give her the chance if she wanted to try her hand, "Then again, you're looking rather antsy. Perhaps you'd like to try first?"

[SINIB]

Noel Vermillion

"Well...okay... I'll let you try it..." Noel said quietly and awkwardly, still very unsure of this idea.

[SINIB]

Shirou

As soon as he responded, the girl threw the ball to the ground, yelling as she did so. Out of it popped a cute pink creature with odd tendrils that Shirou was sure Sakura would love. Reacting to the girl's call, the creature called "Sylveon" let out a cute scream before unleashing a white beam towards a nearby tree, going straight through it and demolishing the tree behind it.

Wow, that's pretty good, he thought.

"Pretty strong, right?" the girl said, obviously confident of the display's amazingness.

Truthfully, Shirou was less impressed than she expected. It was nothing when compared to the power of Excalibur or, even, the Pegasus that Rider had used against Saber. But, still, despite that, it was clear that the creature was very powerful. Certainly, he felt that it would be a useful addition to their family of heroes.

"Yes, it's very impressive", he said, with a smile. "And cute, too. My wife would love it."

Still, there was one nagging doubt. Whilst the creature she had shown him was very strong, she had mentioned that it could evolve into many different species of Pokemon. Further, she had mentioned levelling and, based on what he knew from playing video games, he was sure that a higher level Pokemon would be much more powerful.

Whilst he was sure that the girl was too sweet and kind to be trying to trick him, he nevertheless knew he needed to find out more. If he could obtain a creature of this power, then it was worth the cost, but he had no idea what other possibilities there were.

"You said this 'Eevee' could evolve into multiple different species, right?" he said, obviously a little wary. "How difficult would it be to get one as powerful as your Sylveon, and are the other species just as cute and powerful?"

Oka Kurosawa

"Yes, the other species are just as cute, and extremely powerful in their own right. The one you're most likely to get is espeon or umbreon, which is what eevee evolves into when you get close enough with them, and it evolves during the day or night, respectively." Oka said, resisting the urge to pull out her glasses.

"Espeon attacks from range using powerful psychic energies and can even heal itself from damage. Umbreon isn't nearly as strong, but they're extraordinarily durable. They can take many hits, and attack with biting and other physical attacks." Oka left out the part that she didn't think umbreon was nearly as good as espeon or sylveon. Some people held the opposite opinion, so it wasn't exactly lying, right?

"And if you train your pokemon enough, it'll get strong like mine are. Don't worry about that."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Erica

"Thank you!" And she sounded grateful. Really, truly grateful. She seemed to have an absolute and unshakable faith in the fact that Noel's food would be excellent. "...Should we be going now?"

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

"The building isn't the one firing bullets and bombs at us, idiot." He snapped tiresomely. Well, art this point it was honestly fine by him, but doing that wouldn't  solve the problem, just remove useful terrain. How a novice could be this skilled, he didn't quite comprehend, or perhaps accept was a better word. Still, he respected her spirit enough to humor it and do this. Well, they'd need some cover though.

"You know what to do, Michael."

With a couple of steps, his hand lunged and grabbed her, holding her waist to waist to keep her close. With a mighty kick, he jumped up and broke out of the room, but gripped himself on the building's wall instead of falling. With precise jumps he climbed up the structure until he had a good enough view of the helicopter. Bullets came flying down on the couple, but with his axe and her sword, it would be hardly impossible to block even a thousand bullets. Once they reached the peak, there was only one thing left to say.

"Can you fly, girl?"


The APACHE

The seer winced at the scene that unfolded before her all seeing eye. Impossible, this was completely and utterly irrational. But it was too late, she directed the pilot to move the helicopter back a little  and put her hand over his own, glaring down at the targets with pure hate. They would blow them all to kingdom come, together.

"One second left before firing." She muttered.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Malcolm Kimberlee

Kick his ass? Really? No wonder this place was emptier than that thick skull of hers. She might be cute, but she sure acted like an asshat. Well, takes one to know one, but still. He was trying to help, but if she was going to be all stick-in-my-ass-McGee, fine. You act like a cunt, you get fucked like one. (this totally didn't apply to him)

"Hey, hey, calm your tits woman." He called out in the least tense yet somehow tense way possible. "I'm just giving you some sound advice, you should be grateful. Number one, this is not a date. Number two, threatening a customer isn't good business missy, or good anything."

Malcolm sighed and rubbed his forehead. Damn, she got him worked up again. He took another gulp of his drink and grimaced. It was good, but he felt the urge to spit it right at her face just to piss her off.

"Well, if you apologize I'll let it slide this one time." He said as grumpily ever, breaking into a condescending smile while mercifully sparing her a bullet to the kneecap bad review. It was a miraculous act of pity, and miracles don't happen twice. He might feel sorry for being rude, even a little. Actually no, he didn't feel sorry at all. He turned to Anastasia and tapped her back.

"The pies aren't gonna stay hot forever, you know?"

[yinsukin]

Joe

Joe's eyes wondered over to Rin's, even as he continued to face the direction of the pirate.  "Yeah but if we try to leave, we will just get in another fight," he said matching her volume.