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

[SINIB]

William

His fist struck true, smacking into her gut with a hard blow. However at the same moment she had raised in her knee in respone, ready to strike at his side. The dark mage bent around the knee on the inside of her leg, as fluid as water itself he moved even closer to her. Not to let it end there he also in the same motion kept up the attack to her gut. Hitting her once more in the exact same place just as hard as before.

People tended to tire quicker after all if they were hit repeatedly in the same spot, at least mentally. That particualr area also came with the benefit of knocking the wind out of her.

Black Heart

The goddess immediately disengaged from William with frightening speed after he hit her for the second time. She readied her sword, and waited for him to come at her from about a meter away. As soon as he made his move, she would be ready to strike, smacking him away.

[SINIB]

Jeanne

The Saint felt relief at not having to diclose that topic at this point. It wasn't really something she felt like talking about at all. Ah so he was asleep after all, She noticed as she looked into the room.  Sakura closed the door, obviously with the intent of letting him rest before asking her if she wanted to have something to eat.

"I would love to, if it's your making. The practice was more intense than usual and it seems like Shirou is getting worse somehow. Or maybe he's doing badly on purpose because he enjoys getting beaten up."

Vanguard

Vanguard was walking quite lightly along the city, seemingly taking a mere stroll as men of his age wont do.  His smile, much like his step, was quite at ease, as if his mind was astray and looming elsewhere. And yet, his eyes couldn’t be any more determined.

He did not imagine that little girl could prove so devious. To think someone would plot against him, could it be someone disliked him already? It could have worked, if anyone in this city could do it, it certainly wouldn’t be William, but her.

However, she had most certainly chosen the cruelest of handicaps. He wasn’t so kind as to gift a body and to expect nothing in return. In this case, her eyes and ears would do for now. Sadly, he didn’t plan on letting her know just yet. Besides, he had to say he was curious to see just how far she would go.

If that was her blade’s ambition, he would certainly welcome it with open arms and destroy it.

"Hmmmm~♫"

Ah, but before that, there were more curious happenings in this city, matters he ought to take care of. How deplorable, for him to have to come back and see her under this wretched form. Ah, but if he waited too long, he might not get another chance. His time was trickling down, wasn't it?

Well, it didn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. As long as his goal wasn't reached, he wouldn't die. Of that, Vanguard was blindly certain to the point of delusion. Despite that, the possibility of him being defeated did not escape him. He was hard pressed, with his back against a figurative wall, and the meeting of that deplorable man only cemented this.

But it was in times like this that heroes would triumph against impossible odds. To do any less would be a mockery to all those who once and still believed in him. He couldn't allow such a thing now could he?

Well regardless, now was not the time to trouble himself with such affairs, so as calmly as ever, he directed himself to the manor where he once was summoned. It wasn't a bad time to meet an old friend.

"Fu fu fu..."

Sakura Matou

"Oh, what a masochist my senpai can be~" Sakura chuckled at Jeanne's jab at her lover. "Maybe we should punish him~" She joked as they walked down the hallway.

Suddenly, she heard a ring in her head, signifying someone had arrived at the house. Looking through the eyes of one of her myriad bugs, she saw that it was some exceptionally tall man she'd never seen before, or at least, she didn't think she'd seen before, but...

Something about him seemed really familiar.

"Someone's at the gate." Sakura told Jeanne nonchalantly, masking her confusion. He seems to be fairly strong, too. Shall we go see who he is?"

[SINIB]

Mordred

"Sakura, go ahead and choose the fighter first. I've played such games much more than you two combined, so it would be unfair if you didn't get a chance to select whomever you want before me." The local video game expert proposed magnaminously. To be honest, it's not like she was a pro, but compared to the duo, yes, she was very experienced indeed.

IRON=SAKURA

"Hey hey no fair." Sakura complained. "I wanna play!" She made a pouty face at Mordred. "Don't hog Breeze all to yourself!"

Auspicious Breeze

Cute girls were fighting over her. It felt really nice actually! But there was more than enough Breeze to go around, and since Mordred said the game was for three people it should be fine, right? "Here, let me move over a bit so you can get in, Sakura."

Maybe she wouldn't fall over and die this time! With two girls there she definitely would win. Right?

IRON=SAKURA

Sakura nodded and smiled, scooching into her place next to Breeze. "Alright, now we just have to insert the change, right..." She pulled some quarters out of her large bag and inserted them neatly. "That should do it, right?"

"And what fighter would you recommend, Mordred?"

[SINIB]

Anastasia

"It doesn't look like it will rain any soon. And I cannot really do anything about it, see, I can conjure ice storms, but rainstorms are outside my specialty." In her world, it was better to be a master of one thing than be bad at everything. Unless someone lived for centuries like elves, and then only the few, be it humans who prolonged their lifespans with magic or elves who simply lived that long, could reach such level of mastery even if so old. "Unless there are Pokemon who like snow, then I can help with that."

Professor Oka

"Of course there are, some of them are actually quite strong, like Abomasnow." Oka said. "And there are plenty of other ones too. I've heard of a super rare one called Regice, but that one's just a rumor."

[Thedoctor]

William

She jumped away just after he landed his second blow, putting herself in a ready position with her sword up.

Playing defensive now. Wrong move.

With that the dark mage charged right at her and swiped his arm right before he was within striking range from her.

"Darkness Slash!"

A giant wave of utter darkness shot forwards, the darkness consuming er entire field of vision as it assailed her.

[yinsukin]

Joe

Wow she's good.  He thought as his pupils tracked the rice bouncing off the wok.

Joe shrugged and said,  "You know now that I think about it, I dont know what you hunt anyway?  What does a mage like you catch to earn money anyway: evil mages?"

Marcus

Marcus kept his face away from her, even as Forest played with his hair.  It was only when she pushed him away did his head return to its normal position and color.  Right now?  He thought as he regained his composure.

"Hey. hey, I only had one shot!" he said, folding his arms and raising an eyebrow.  The purple aura surrounding his body faded.

After a pause, he sighed and let his arms drop to his sides.  "Look, I'm serious." he said with a more neutral tone.  "I really will do anything you want.  Or, you could tell me how much it costs and ill be on my way."



[Thedoctor]

Neptune

The purple haired goddess snickered at him. Did he really expect her to believe that lame story. She could smell the make believe from a mile away. The best part was how he wasn't actually that at all. He was something else entirely.

Nevertheless she answered his question with as much cheer as he could muster, maybe she could get through to him by being genuine. "No not really, But I would appreciate it you were more true with you how ya feel and not covering it up and all."

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu 

The elder let out a long yawn as she saw the two of the of them finishing up with Medaka. It took her a moment to figure out that the stupid pirate captain wanted something of her. She merely gave him a long glare.

"No."

Then the blond vampire slipped into her minions shadow with utmost grace.

[YOLF]

Rafalia

For any other Warmain, perhaps turning their own assault against them would have worked. But none knew their torments better than they, like no man swum better than a fish - except perhaps the ocean sunfish -, and turning a fire against itself by feeding it would only end in getting burned. So perhaps not. Against this retort, Rafalia need not even consider that, for she had already dismissed her bow and conjured her jagged blade before her arrow came flying back.

It split against the edge and faded instantly, but the cutting arc continued. Swifter than the wind she rushed her foe, swinging the knife faster than the mortal eye could follow to ravage his arm.

In the darkness there was nothing her eyes could miss, and though there was no trickery yet to find, Methuselah was certain to try something to close the gap of ability between them. She was going to pressure him and teach the god of darkness that wasn't enough.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo

The pirate whistled in surprise and gave the man a good slap on the back. "Oh, isn't she a feisty one. I think you must've upset her somehow, boy."

Honestly, he sure had bad luck when it came to women. It was good that they couldn't tell what he was thinking at the moment, or they might truly hate him. He shrugged and pulled a blanket off the bed, flipping it over the poor Medaka.

"Well, forcing myself on cute women isn't really my style. Ahh, but that did feel wonderful, and thanks to you I've replenished most of my mana reserves." He added cheerfully, stretching a little. Whatever he had between his legs had long since extinguished, though it was nothing but an artificial fake to begin with. He walked towards the window and sat on its edge, admiring the view.

He'd have worst days. At the very least, he was glad he could've been useful.

"Well, I'll see myself out fellas. I do need some fresh air."

And with that, he jumped off without a second thought, cursing at himself all the while.

[Kat]

Anastasia

"Tried ever chasing that Regice you mentioned? That it's just a rumor doesn't matter, sounds more interesting that what I wanted to do this night. Those bloodsucking humanoid monsters people keep rambling about seem to be kinda boring..." She wondered if she had to call off this 'vampire hunting trip'. She was just having too much fun learning about those Pokemon. "I'm game if you ever want to look for it."

[yinsukin]

Medaka+The guy

All at once, the excitement ended.  It seemed Shinobu had enough of this situation and went to rest in her shadow.  Truthfully, she was happy.  She was a little worried the elder vampire was overexerting herself while thrill seeking.  Medaka readjusted the blanket to fit around her torso as she lay on her back.

The man frowned.  "Wow my dreams are weird," he said, making his way over to his bed.  He got under the covers and tried to go back to sleep.  "Welp, time to wake up!"  And with that, he shut his eyes.

Medaka perked up as she watched her old companion move to the balcony.  There was something off about him today.  He somehow felt less.... energetic than normal.  At the very least, that energy seemed to be more forced.  She slowly climbed to her feet and slowly followed the pirate to the balcony.  Before she could even come close, he said goodbye and let gravity take him to the bottom.

As the young vampire finally made it to the edge of the balcony, she took in a deep breath of fresh spring air.  With a heavy exhale she said, "Same old Lorenzo.  He still wants to do everything on his own."

She hopped on top of the railing, scouting where he would run.  Then, with a swift leap, she shot downward flying towards the ground like a meteor.  Just as she was closing in on the concreate, she formed a makeshift parachute with the blanket, slowing the speed of her fall considerably.  Her feet toughed the ground with a loud clack.

Medaka extended one arm towards Lorenzo, pointing a finger at him in a dramatic pose.  "Where do you think your going?" she asked with a stern frown.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo

Tch. The pirate immediately stopped when the impediment appeared in his way. It was a pretty cool entrance though, he had to give her credit where it was due.

Just how long was she going to play the fool? If anyone should know why he was here in the first place, it should be her. Well, she did share a bed with him, so he supposed he might as well answer her.

"Dunno." He said earnestly, sighing like he almost caught a migraine. "Honestly, I guess anywhere is the most fitting answer. What I do know is that I'm not a big fan of clingy girls. So, uh, do you mind stepping aside? You're in the way."

[yinsukin]

Medaka Kurokami

Medaka foot shot into the ground, causing the concrete to crack.  "NO!" She shouted.  "I have something to say!"

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo

Lorenzo blinked metaphorically, taken aback by the sudden outburst. There was an awkward silence, then he suddenly scratched his skull.

"Well, aren't you saying something right now?" He asked flatly, but with a teasing laid back tone.