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

[SINIB]

Shirou

What remaining doubts Shirou had disappeared as the creature began to prance around, emitting cute noises as it did so. He knew Sakura would love it, a feeling only enhanced when her lookalike bent down and gave it a stroke. Wanting to get to know it better, Shirou too bent down and stroked it, wondering how it would react. At the same time, he responded to the girl's rather-odd statement.

"Oh? Why are the females so much more?" he asked, confused, all the while playing with the cute creature that would soon be their beloved companion.

Oka

"Because females are about ten times rarer than the already rare males." Oka said simply. "And if you want a shiny one forget about it. You'd have to pay me millions to even agree to start searching for one."

Oka paused, scratched the back of her head, and apologized. "Sorry, I'm still not used to people knowing these terms. A shiney pokemon is an incredibly rare mutation where the pokemon's color is different from normal. The chance of finding one is about one in eight thousand."

[SINIB]

Sakura Matou

"Oh." Sakura said, somewhat taken aback by somebody not having a cell phone in this day and age. She quickly recovered however and nodded. "Yeah, that's fine with me." Sakura pulled a piece of paper and a pen out of seemingly thin air, and scribbled down her number.

"Here you go." She said, handing him the paper with a flourish. Showing off was fine, right.

Ron

He chuckled at Sakura's theatrics and put the paper in his wallet where he wouldn't lose it. Unlike phones, shirts, and pants, his wallet seemed to survive pretty much everything he got into with it. It was downright bizarre, but Ron wasn't complaining. "Well, you'll definitely be hearing from me sooner rather than later. And if you want to call me, well, it's on the card."

The werewolf blinked as something odd occurred to him. "Um, you don't have a problem with dogs on the properties, do you? House trained, of course."

Sakura Matou

Sakura shook her head, her mouth full and cheeks bulging with rice meat and bread. After she swallowed she elaborated. "No, of course not, not unless the building itself has a policy prohibiting it. I love animals."

[Thedoctor]

Neptune

She let him finish the pizza with a cute smile on her face. Yes this was her time to shine and pull him out of the darkness, like the heroine should. "But you don't need to do any of that alone, I'm here now~" She said as cheerfully as she possibly could. Wouldn't do for him to be this depressed after he had been so nice and given her pizza and all.

 The last part of what he said did confuse her a bit though. Taking another look didn't make that feeling better. It sure did not look anything like Planeptune or any other place in Gamindustri she'd been to.

[Panda]

Emily

Emily blinked as the other woman patted her cheek, a slight blush rising in her face at her response. Her breath caught in her throat as the taller girl's hand drifted down her chest and along her curves, unable to help a slight shiver of anticipation, that spark glowing brighter with each passing moment. Well, a little bit couldn't hurt, right?

With that in mind, the changeling leaned in those last few inches, only to turn just a little to the side at the last moment, pressing her lips to the girl's neck instead, teasing her way along the soft skin there.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider continued to sit and slowly eat her delicious food as Sakura and Ron talked business, nevertheless finding herself amused by Sakura theatrically summoning pen and paper out of thin air. However, when Ron mentioned a pet dog, her interest was piqued and, after Sakura had responded to his question, she spoke up.

"Oh, so, do you have a dog, then?" she asked. "What's it like?"


Shirou

Shirou could tell from her response that she was irritated by his question, even bringing up something called a "shiny" version, whatever the hell that was. However, before he could apologise for offending and upsetting her, she instead apologised to him, having realised that she had been assuming knowledge he did not have.

Instead, she explained the idea of a "shiny" Pokemon, and why it would be so expensive. Accepting her explanation and having no real interest in such a thing, he nodded.

"OK, a male would be fine, then. I don't think my wife will care either way", he said.

Then, having accepted that he was going to buy it and continuing to play with it as he spoke, he addressed some of his questions.

"How do you look after Pokemon, anyway? And how do you train them to be stronger? I'm sorry, but I know nothing about them at all, if I'm going to care for one, I need some help."

[Kat]

Mitsuba

"I won't oblige myself to do anything until you explain what this 'prequisite job' entails. In detail." She wasn't going to just agree to perform this job unless she knew what she was getting into. Even if Muramasa was right that they could end his life if he attempted to swindle them. The sword's simple approach to life matters sometimes worked.

[Kat]

Anastasia

"Huh, using magic to do what a servant could do honestly sounds like a waste of talent. Besides, that doesn't really explain that short aetheric disturbance. You might have some aptitude. My Master told me that one in thousand people are born with magic talent, small or great. If you're really not interested, you should carry around lead or obsidian, that makes it less of a risk that something bad will happen by accident." Anastasia continued to be stubborn and wasn't willing to be content with the explanation. Making sure that no magic accident would happen to her host was one of ways to repay her hospitality.

"Oh right, hobbies." She finally noticed that Malcolm asked her about them. "You know that by now, but I really enjoy food. When I was an apprentice in magic, I had to travel around with my Master, and I became fond of foreign food. That pie is some good stuff, why won't you try it, Malcolm? Oh, maybe you want to taste it too?" She asked Forest if she was interested, after she took some bites from the slice of pie passed to her.

[Elf]

Forest in the Current Tense

Forest imagined herself snap kicking the blond peck in the face.  It really wouldn't be anything for her to hop up on the bar and have her size ten purple Converse meet that tiny, pointed chin.  Maybe he should have a date with the flaming demon chicken . . . she thought.

The two of them felt like magic; there were differences between how they "felt", but she could feel a charge in the air around them.  Which meant she had no idea what she was dealing with, and she wasn't overly fond of her shotgun under the bar.  The magnum was currently sitting in her office, completely useless to her.

Then, like a dog with a bone, Anastasia kept on about Forest being a latent magic user.  It was true Forest might have an aptitude for magic, and she knew a simple fire spell that had saved her once.  She wondered if the young woman was picking up on Forest's own latent telepathy.

Anastasia passed her a couple of bites of the pie and Forest blinked, surprised at the gesture.  "What kind of pie is that?" she asked with wide eyes.


Rin

Rin blinked at Joe's words, and found herself blushing as well.  She rubbed the back of her neck with a smile as she eyed him.  "Yeah . . . it does come with it's share of burdens, but I do enjoy it.  I just don't enjoy the society surrounding it," she said.

Then she giggled and said, "Too cute to burn eh?"


Gabriel

"What's 'nen'?  Is that your magic?" Gabriel asked, tilting his head.

Surprisingly enough, she could still use it despite her touching him.


Past Tense Forest

"Well, that weren't all bad. How many we got left, you figure?" Liam asked.

Forest frowned and answered, "About six or so let on this floor, but . . . there's someone up there that's making my Spider-Sense tingle.  In the fact that I only read surface thoughts.  Now sometimes I can come across a block, but this is a little troublesome."

[Panda]

Annabeth

"Nah," the Hunter said with a chuckle, "Nothing that fancy or that exclusive. Back home, anyone could awaken it, but the info's kept tight."

[Elf]

Gabriel

Gabriel blinked at Annabeth's words and looked at her.  "So, what is it exactly?"

He couldn't help it, but there was a spark of hope within him.  Maybe this "nen" wasn't something he could nullify and actually . . . use.

[yinsukin]

Joe

Joe turned away.  Then, he looked back, lowering his gaze to her feet.  Damn was that line really that bad? He thought nervously. No... No look up.  You got this far on your instincts! Roll with it!

He finally looked back into her sapphire eyes and smiled.  "Yeah, its not very manly, but ive always had a soft spot for cute things.  Whenever I play Pokemon, I always pick whatever starter is the cutest. I also once bought a stuffed teddy bear on impulse, just cause I thought it was cute."

NO!  TOO MUCH INFORMATION!  WAIT FOR A REACTION!

Thankfully, the couple had just reached the edge of the park, it wouldn't be long before they reached a cafe or something.  His only defense for now was to flash her a smile.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Malcolm Kimberlee

"It's pigeon pie, of course!" He said with a cheerful smile. "Fresh and baked. You know what, why don't you help yourself? We have plenty enough for all three of us."

[Elf]

Rin

Rin chuckled at Joe's eager and slightly manically nervous response.  "I actually like stuffed animals.  I have a kitty.  Well I had a stuffed kitty back where I was from because I couldn't get a real cat.  I have a real cat now and he's just the best," Rin said with a smile.

"He's huge and likes to be held and sounds like a motor when he purrs!"

[yinsukin]

Joe

Huh....

Joe chuckled.  "A motor boat!  Thats great!" he said before pausing and raising his eyebrow.  "Wait, he's not a magic cat right?"

[Elf]

Rin

Rin laughed and said, "No, he's not a familiar.  I actually adopted him from a local shelter.  He was renamed; the shelter gave him a dumb one."