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

[Kat]

Mitsuba

Misaka could have just try to incapacite those offenders. Mitsuba accepted that she might had to cut up the two a bit if they didn't surrender to her demands and go to the prison obediently, but she never wanted them dead. She would not simply profit from their demise. It was different case than the priest (which probably now died in some horrific accident. Slipped on a soap or got crushed by a piano, maybe) whom she fatally cursed for the good of the neighborhood.

But Misaka just simply, straight, killed the perpetrator. Fuck, dealing with another self righteous gungho vigilante... How she would get even a yen of compensation if his guts were splattered all over the place! And now there was a hole in her wall and the other house!

The other killer now looked like in mourning, muttering words which were inaccurate, but caught her attention. As well as the fact that that energy flowed to the body that slowly rebuilt. It was clearly the work of enemy Stand something glaringly supernatural! But first...

"Are you out of mind! What part of "taking criminals alive" you don't underrstand?! And there is fucking hole in my house and the other house. You killed or could have killed neighrbors!!" Mitsuba shouted, expressing her true feelings about what she just did.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Liseth

The girl was about to talk about her dislike of tea when another guy with white hair strolled in with several cups and a teapot. He called himself Archer and introduced himself. So if he was like 'Rider' and also a familiar then that meant actual people belonged to Sakura, right? And if they belonged to Sakura then they had to do whatever she wanted.

Liseth's mind drifted back to what Rin had said about harems and a few doujins she had read last week and blushed a little bit before crossing her legs and sitting up straight. "Oh, uhh, I'm Liseth. Thank you for the tea."


Alarice

The noble stared at the portion of the meal that was shared with her for a moment. Were they really going to eat this garbage? There were vendors that would chase people out for even suggesting that they made such a pathetic meal. Still, it would be shameful of her to turn down any meal.

It tasted awful. Alarice had little doubt that she could make something better with her hands tied together. "That was... interesting. But thank you for sharing. Mary."

[Aiden]

Ron

Ron took the opportunity to slip around Rikuyo while he could. He allowed himself to relax slightly as he realized Annabeth didn't have a gun in her hand. Yet.

Okay, not dead yet. Then again she's just my roommate. Who I have sex with. And share a bed with. And who's also my teacher. Totally not grounds for her to get possessive and jealous. It's not like she didn't point a gun at my land lady from behind my apartment door when she interrupted us the first time.

Very much a matter of 'yet.'

"Right. Well then," Ron said with a big smile on his face. "Anne, this is Rikuyo. Rikuyo, this is my teacher Annabeth. I was just showing her around to the area around a bit since she's new, and getting her something decent to wear."

[Kat]

Rikuyo

"Oh, ya are his teach? He has still a lot to learn and I'm teachin' him too. Poor guy didn't know fully who he was but I showed him some ropes. No, you don't need to thank me." Rikuyo said in a manner that seemed overly bragging and confident. "I'm gonna take him for a hunting trip too. He cannot just hunt animals and thugs, you know."

[Panda]

Annabeth

It was in this moment that the Hunter made a few decisions. Perhaps not all of them made under the best circumstances, but Annabeth knew full well when was the time for decisive action. Sparing a moment to glance over Rikuyo's attire, the Hunter might have wondered why the redhead's attire was so...minimalist, for lack of a better term, were she not only slightly better off in that regard.

Hmph. Well that's one mystery solved at least. I'll have to ask Ron to fill me in later.

"Well, I'll have to thank you for telling him, honestly it was a bit of a mystery," the cowboy said with a smile, "I think I'll be joining you for that trip. I'm curious to see just what you've taught him, not to mention that hunting new quarry sounds pretty fun."

"In any case, Ron," she continued, turning to the werewolf, "Girlfriend would've been fine as far as introducing me to your friend goes."

Not once did that smile reach her eyes.

[Aiden]

Ron

Well, this could have gone worse.

At least they weren't trying to kill each other. He was pretty sure that between Anne's guns and Rikuyo's shapeshifting that it wouldn't have been much of a catfight, so he didn't really want to see it. Not too much, anyway.

Unless Rikuyo turned into something cat-like to do it. Then it would literally be a catfight-

He snapped his eyes back to Annabeth as she used the g-word.

Focus. What did Anne just say?

"Huh. Well, that answers that question," Ron said with a nod to her. A slow nod, as he made sure to keep Annabeth in his range of vision now. She wasn't happy despite her words. "Right. She's also my girlfriend, then."

[Kat]

Rikuyo

"Oh, a girl friend? Huh, he befriended me too so I guess he has at least two girl friends. Hey, Ron-kun do you have even more friends who are girls?" Huh, he did like to hang out with girls.

[Break]

Coppelius

The doll followed the Dollmaker into the eery store, seemingly calmed by the air of mossy wood and dust particles in the air; he clearly felt at home in this place that would let any normal person's hair stand up.

"...Suspicions? Is it not obvious, uncle?"

Having said that, he tilted over the plethora of lifeless faces, a pair of sublime eyes having caught his attention.

"These are good. The eyes, they are always the beginning."

[Panda]

Annabeth

The one thing that stayed Annabeth’s hand, in spite of the mental image of Elephant Gun being fresh in her mind, was Rikuyo's apparent misinterpretation of the term Ron had used. A moment of confusion flitted through the Hunter's eyes before she concluded that Rikuyo either wasn't aware of the significance of that term or that wherever she was from used a different one.

Or it could be that Ron's appetite was more voracious than she'd thought, in which case she'd have a fair few questions for him later.

"Well, perhaps there's a different term for it where you're from," she said before her eyes met Ron's for a moment, "Or perhaps Ron here has a bit more of an appetite than I thought..."

[Elf]

Rin

Rin blinked very slowly at Sakura mentioning that Saber was a cop of all things.  Her last memory of Saber was when she had been corrupted under the Grail's influence as she attempted to kill them.  Then she remembered the former King as she had first seen her, almost impossibly radiant and beautiful.

The magus bit her lip and shook her head with a bemused chuckle.

Then Archer came in, in his natural state with an almost ever present pot of tea and tea cups.  He sat them down before them and introduced himself to Liseth.  Rin felt something like a hot spike though her chest and felt as if she had tasted something bitter and stale after the promise of something sweet.

She did not look at him, nor did she take one of the offered cups of tea.  She did notice Liseth blush and eyed her.  Rin thought, Trust me, he's not worth it.

Five years pining has been enough.  It's time I should move on from Emiya Shirou.  I can do better than him.

She sat quietly, not really having anything to say at the moment.


Gabriel

Gabriel smiled at Emily's response and stroked her hair.

"You're welcome, you did seem like something was troubling you," he said in a soft voice, more of his natural lilt coming out as it always did after enjoyable sex. 

[Aiden]

Ron

Well, I sure how to step on landmines.

"For the record," Ron said to Annabeth while ducking his head, "it's the former, not the latter. Come on, you know I'm not that bad."

He hoped. The glanced to Rikuyo. "What I meant is, Anne and I are... lovers?" he asked more than said, trying to figure out how he could say this in a way that his recent hunting partner understood.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider listened to Oka's explanation intently, the girl's enthusiasm for the topic and her desire for others to understand it obvious, just as it had been before. What she was saying did sound rather interesting, however, the way she was acting and the fact that she had seemingly ignored Rider's question made the servant think that Oka was mostly interested in talking to and hugging her boyfriend, rather than in talking to her.

"Hmm, interesting", she said. "I'm going to go get some pizza, I'll be right back."

With that, she headed towards the living room, listening to the conversation between Jin and Oka as she did so.

[SINIB]

Archer

The man in red was enjoying the calm he was now expriencing. Sometimes just watching tea get ready could be relaxing. It seemed like Sakura had brought the guests to the the living room, from what he could hear Rin had brought someone else with her back. He didn't have much more time to muse as the tea was about ready now. He put the teapot along with 3 cups on a plate and went to the living room.


When he arrived he noticed Sakura and Rin sitting in chairs talking to each other, along with another dark haired woman who was rather tall. "I've made some  tea for you." He said while holding the plate with the teapot and the 3 cups. He then turned to newcomer "I believe we haven't met before, I'm Archer."

Liseth

The girl was about to talk about her dislike of tea when another guy with white hair strolled in with several cups and a teapot. He called himself Archer and introduced himself. So if he was like 'Rider' and also a familiar then that meant actual people belonged to Sakura, right? And if they belonged to Sakura then they had to do whatever she wanted.

Liseth's mind drifted back to what Rin had said about harems and a few doujins she had read last week and blushed a little bit before crossing her legs and sitting up straight. "Oh, uhh, I'm Liseth. Thank you for the tea."

Rin

Rin blinked very slowly at Sakura mentioning that Saber was a cop of all things.  Her last memory of Saber was when she had been corrupted under the Grail's influence as she attempted to kill them.  Then she remembered the former King as she had first seen her, almost impossibly radiant and beautiful.

The magus bit her lip and shook her head with a bemused chuckle.

Then Archer came in, in his natural state with an almost ever present pot of tea and tea cups.  He sat them down before them and introduced himself to Liseth.  Rin felt something like a hot spike though her chest and felt as if she had tasted something bitter and stale after the promise of something sweet.

She did not look at him, nor did she take one of the offered cups of tea.  She did notice Liseth blush and eyed her.  Rin thought, Trust me, he's not worth it.

Five years pining has been enough.  It's time I should move on from Emiya Shirou.  I can do better than him.

She sat quietly, not really having anything to say at the moment.

Sakura Matou

Sakura's heart jumped when Archer entered the room. Being around Shirou was a thoroughly calming experience for her, no matter if he was her Senpai or not. She closed her eyes and smiled, before opening them again, looking directly at Archer, and thanking him. "Thank you." She said quietly as she took a cup of the steaming concoction and took a sip, enjoying the rich taste and aroma.

Sakura noticed Rin didn't take a cup. It was extremely abnormal. Her sister loved tea. And she had often mentioned how good Archer was at brewing it.

Her own tea suddenly seemed to get much less appetizing. She sipped at it again, this time with much less vigor.

It was hard for her to enjoy it with this kind of atmosphere. Impossible, really. She wanted to speak up, cuddle her sister, comfort her, and make all the pain go away.

But she knew that wasn't possible. She knew it wouldn't work. Her sister was extremely tempermental and moody right now. She didn't blame her, she couldn't. She knew damn well how awful it felt to lose everything she'd worked for, just when it felt almost within her reach, and then suddenly get pulled into this nefarious city of despair.

She had no idea what to do here.

But she couldn't just do nothing.

Doing nothing was something she'd never do again.

I'm going to have a talk with my sister. Can you keep Liseth company? Sakura told Archer as she put down her cup and stood up, grabbing Rin's hand and gently pulling her out of the room, towards another small room, where she would close the door and soundproof it so they could talk in private.

[SINIB]

Oka Kurosawa

"Mmmmmm…" Oka made a contented noise and closed her eye as Jin began stroking her hair. That felt nice. She really liked that. She cracked open her eyelids as she heard Rider leaving for the living room to get food. She was a bit disappointed. She hadn't gotten to her explaination of types yet. Oh well, that could wait. The type matchup chart was difficult to memorize, anyway. Even for her. She imagined it would be a nightmare for these guys.

So Oka closed hey eyes again and went back to enjoying having her head scratched. "Ahhh. Well, of the ones I have now, the rarest are probably Sylveon and Wormy. They're both purebred to be extra super powerful, you see." She reached out and touched Jin's hair, running her own fingers through it and gently raking out the tangles. "So what did you go to do while I was exploring?" She asked him while staring at him with one open eye.

[Kat]

Rikuyo

"Oh, you fucked her? Why you are then embassared around women? You haven't had enough practice or  you blacked out every time? Silly Ron-kun." Rikuyo remarked casually, with no care about how Ana... Besu? would take her words. Fuck it, she would just call her Ana. "Huh, you smell like a dog too, Ana. But not as much as him. Did he bite you or somethin'?"