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

[Umbra of Chaos]

Meti

Huh. What a weird shop. Her sword cart was still outside but she had brought two into the store rather than one. It was good to practice everyone once and a while. Once, she'd even fought with enough swords to practice her juggling technique! That was kind of hard but enjoyable.

Still, there didn't seem anything that looked like an enemy so she settled pretty nicely. Hmm, and she wasn't real hungry yet either. Those leftovers held up pretty good! "So, uhh, why are we here?"

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter couldn't help a giggle at his wording, the floaty haze she found herself in leaving her feeling too nice to be properly indignant at him over it.

"Sure, just like I'm trusting you to take the initiative," Annabeth shot back with a grin, now a little curious as to just where they were going.

[Elf]

Gabriel

"Well, what ever you do, don't let go," Gabriel said as he stepped into the shadows.

Even though he had a good rapport with Miss Edelworth, the proprietress of the bed and breakfast he liked to bring partners to, Annabeth didn't seem the bed and breakfast type.  Or at least someone where that gesture would appeal to.  Besides, the lovely former madam might not approve of Annabeth when she had been fond of Emily which would mean he'd get a lecture later on.

So he decided to bring her to a modest hotel he could rent a room at an hourly rate.  Stepping out of the shadows, he lead them to Casa De Lurve, a fairly discreet love hotel.  Within moments he had a room and was taking her to the Neptune Room, which also had a trampoline in it. 

[Kat]

Julius

What a stubborn creature. In spite of their best efforts it managed to get the upper hand. He had to do something, but his previous measures didn't work well. But even if he couldn't crush the obstacle, he could move it. The whip wrapped around the body of the monster, and Julius exerted his strength to move the monster in such a manner that would cause more damage to it once the spell hit it. The knight was still in its grasp, but he would apologize later for potentially exposing him to more damage.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

Good grief, hadn't anyone taught that child not to answer a question with another question? He smiled and put an index on his chin, looking up like he was pondering.

"I suppose I could say I just wanted to show you my humble home, but we both know that is a lie. Let's just say there is a little business proposal I'd like to make. Are you sure you do not want some food or drinks? It will make it much easier for you."

And needless to say, less painful. If by any chance the operation would fail, at the very least she would have a last meal.


RED

Red giggled at the fairy's reaction. No amount of malice or evil in the world could compare to her dark grin. Muhahahahaha!

She rolled on the floor so she could dangle her legs, face right in front of the horned fairy lady person. She then proceeded to pull her tongue at her and give her a big grin. "Sooo, what's your name? You didn't actually give me one."

[Kat]

Mitsuba

"You know, asking to deal with a law enforcement officer as a 'prerequisite job' is asking for a lot. Disposing of a police officer carries more potential ramifications than executing, let's say, someone in a criminal organisation." She was a professional, but wasn't an idiot who would make herself a personal enemy for the police if caught. As long as she assassinated people not related to the authorities it was easy to keep relatively low profile. And if she angered a criminal organisation, she could count on some support from people who were the organisation's rivals.

[yinsukin]

Relius Clover

A pompous chuckle escaped Relius's lips.  "Did I not just inform you mere minutes ago that my targets are high profile?  If you cannot preform such a task, then there is no need for your services."

He took another sip of his drink, awaiting an answer.  His "phone" vibrated in his pocket.  Vanguard must be doing something.

Joe

"Sure and you?"  the lady said, turning to Joe after entering Rin's order into the cash register.

"You know what, ill take bubble tea: green apple flavor, juice, extra bubbles." he said to the cashier.  The lady gave them a price and Joe paid for it with his debet card.  He would have brought cash but he had no idea he was going to be going on a date today. 

As they walked over to their seats, he turned his head to Rin. "Im surprised you didn't get any bubble tea.  Its pretty good here."  He glanced at her body again, her tight altheletic figure reminding him that she does workout and judging from her body pretty intensely.  He scratched the top of his head.  "Oh right, your probably watching your carbs or something right?  Are you training for something specific?"

[Panda]

Emily

The changeling couldn't help a slight pout at Lucy's words, pulling away a little and considering making a reply to that before giving up on it as her heart picked up further. There really wasn't any point in playing around more, at this point, so the changeling started to trace a path along the other girl's cheek with her lips before finally sealing up the girl's lips with her own. At this point, it was a tiny bit of a strain on Emily to maintain this position, but she could handle it for now, and it wasn't like they couldn't re-position themselves later. The kiss started off slow for all of a few moments before it grew hungrier, Emily's curiosity winning out over her desire to pace things.

[SINIB]

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."

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?"

Ron

"Oh, good! That's good." He nodded a few times at that, and turned his eyes to Rider. Now to word this in a way that wasn't a lie, because he'd rather not lie to the mage landlady who could bind him to magical contracts he didn't know the particulars of. "Well, I'd say he's friendly enough. Big, too, but he can handle small spaces well enough as long as he goes out for enough walks. He's pretty much a wolf for all intents and purposes, but you couldn't tell by being around him."

Of course, Ron was the hound in question here. And describing himself.

Sakura Matou

Sakura nodded as she chowed down and finished her food. "That'll be fine." She said simply. When do you think you'll be ready?" She said as she raised her arm to call for the waiter.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider couldn't help but notice that something seemed a little... forced about Ron's reply, but Sakura seemed happy enough, and the man seemed nice, so she saw no reason to follow it up. However, whilst they were waiting for the waiter and she finished off the last bites of her delicious food, she saw no reason not to find out more about this wolf-like dog.

"Where did you get a dog like that?" she asked. "What's it called?"

[SINIB]

Shirou

Battles? thought Shirou, confused, as he took the card before returning to petting the cute Pokemon. Against what?

"What would he fight?" Shirou asked, his confusion obvious. "I could spar with him, I suppose, but I might hurt him. And I can't afford another Pokemon to train it with."

Shirou was now a little worried. He needed to train the Eevee so it would become strong and able to help them, but he didn't think it would like having swords thrown at it, and he couldn't think of any other way to train it. Sure, it would be a cute pet, but for this price he could get several cute dogs or cats.

"Oh, also, what can it do now? I've not seen this one fight", he added, keen to know more.

Oka Kurosawa

"Oh, right now he's nothing special at all. He only knows basic attacks like tackle, bite, and quick attack. Eevees don't know any particularly good moves, you see. They need to evolve to be strong."

"And you just need to take him out and fight other pokemon, like the birds and the bees and whatnot. They're not hard to find. If you have powers you can fight against him yourself, if you like."

"But be careful." Oka said, wagging her finger at the man. "He's not very durable right now, so stick to standard weak pokemon like the bugs and birds you find. He'll be good at that until he evolves."

"And if you want to evolve him into anything requiring an elemental stone, just call me, it's only a small fee extra."

The eevee stood there, making contented noises as Shirou scratched his head, waggling his hears in happiness.

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

Shinobu gave a long yawn as she rolled over once more seemingly ignoring the offer of a body pillow. "Are you planning on getting something special...maybe something that will charm even more guys....should I be worried?" The blond was back to her usual teasing self even if she was working at a slower pace than usual.

"I am looking forward to see what you will make." She suddenly added. "Knowing you, it will have a lot of effort put into it."

[Cherry Lover]

Shirou

Shirou frowned at her words, realising that the creature would, in his current form, be quite useless to them. But, yet, despite that, Shirou couldn't find it in himself to reject the cute creature which was reacting so happily to the attention he was giving it. It was just so adorable.

"Would he become stronger if we did fight him ourselves?" Shirou asked, curious. "I probably shouldn't, but I think my wife could with her magic."

He was also interested in the "stone" thing. Could that perhaps be a shortcut to obtaining a stronger creature which could assist them in battle?

"Also, what do you mean by an 'elemental stone'?"

[Aiden]

Ron

"Just kinda turned up one day." Rider was really making this hard for Ron. He didn't want to give away quite yet what he was, but she was asking the kinds of questions that made lying pretty hard. Thankfully one of his ex-girlfriends from high school had a convenient pet name for him to use there. A joke on his last name. "I've, uh known girls who called him Brownie, so I guess it kinda stuck."

[Thedoctor]

William

"Ah I suppose I could have some of them. What's that milkshake you were talking about earlier? It sounded rather suspiciously made up." So she could resist when he used this much strength, that was interesting. He'd observe for now and see what drove her, finding out her motivations would be a first step. "Fine I'll take that one then."