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

[yinsukin]

Medaka

It worked!  The ninja covered his eyes, giving the young vampire a chance to strike.  She shot forward, raising her hands in preparation to strike or guard.  Just as she extended her arm into a strike, he was already moving.  She redirected her momentum, rotating on her foot to move into a block.  However, she was too late.  His fist sunk into her side, sending her flying across the sidewalk.

As she struck the ground, she rolled backwards, intent on transitioning into a proper fighting stance to recover.

[Thedoctor]

William

His eyes were drawn to her impossibly graceful form as she pirouetted around, he was drawn to it against his will. No. He looked up and met her equally impossibly deep gaze. "I don't know what you're talking about, there are no such people in my world."

The dark mage caught up to her and caught her jaw too with his hand as he leaned in once more. Only this time she wasn't getting away. All exits barred.

"Can't you see that? You can right? That's why you're here, why you're really here."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lucy

"Oh, thanks! You're not so bad yourself. I thought you might have been a lil arrogant, but it's just pride. And going from what I've seen it's probably well deserved too." She put her hands on her hips. "I'm pretty impressed by those kinds of people."

A small surge of happiness and soothed pride at the other girl's praise filtered into the goddess. Not because she liked her! But being praised was always nice.


Grigori

The mage hummed at the sudden change in dynamics and clapped her hands in amusement. "The scales seemed to have shifted in an interesting way, Brutae. But we shouldn't allow Lady Animusphere to lose hope! It would be anticlimactic if we ended this without trying."

She looked over Olga with respect and a serious look. "Lady Animusphere, if you are victorious or close enough to victory I will share with you a method that will allow you to cast spells more potent than your body would normally allow. An artificial pipe that your mana will be able to flow through with far less restraint than your internal limitations."

[SINIB]

Olgamally Animusphere

Olga bit her lower lip at their teasing. “Of course I’m not doing it to bully him, I’m offering to let him show me his full strength, and prove himself to me!” Olga insisted, a bald faced lie, to be sure, but like fuck was she going to admit that to them! That’d be admitting defeat! Unacceptable!

Suddenly, Brutae made an outrageous proposition, offering to aid Rick in their duel. That was completely unfair! There was no way she could possibly beat her servant in a duel, she had powerful resistance against her magic, and was way faster. She was about to refuse the challenge, but then Grigori made an even more outrageous offer, telling her she’d teach Olga all about how to make some sort of artificial magic circuits. Olga was obviously, extremely interested. She suddenly really, really, really wanted to win this duel. But how? There was no way she could beat Brutae.

Unlesssss...

But was it worth it?

Olga decided it was worth it.

“Of course, I shall easily triumph over both of you!” She boasted, convinced her great and dastardly plan would succeed.

[SINIB]

Black Heart

The goddess suddenly detransformed, revealing her shorter and black-haired form to Lucy for the first time. She was beaming with pride. "Well, I am pretty impressive!" She blurted out something embarrassing without even flinching.

Maybe this girl wasn't so bad after all. Maybe it was just a bad first impression.

[yinsukin]

Marcus

Those fangs, those eyes: that look was intoxicating.  It was like a manifestation of Forest's raw bestial self, a sort of authenticity that could only be presented in the most intimate of moments, or at the very least after he had torn down all of her walls.  He stared intently into her eye's as she returned his lustful stare.  As her hands approached his head, he could see her face intensify, her desire finally released from her mind's rusty cage.

No. This was just another part of the girl known as Forest.

Marcus felt a rush as the blond's hands finally reached their target, grabbing his head and tilting it to the side.  He began to throb in anticipation as her lips parted. His eyes became irreversibly fixated on her fangs.  Just as her position surpassed his view, he felt a warm tounge caress his neck.

Do it.

Just like that her fangs sunk into his neck drawing blood from his body.  At the same time, his cock finally erupted, spilling his seed into his pants.  His face turned red, anticipating the reaction.

Damn it!  I forgot.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lucy

The blue eyed girl laughed (not at her, Noire would have the feeling that it wasn't) and moved closer before holding out a hand. "I'm Lucy." And bit by bit the goddess could feel that loneliness slowly being chased away. Not gone, but definitely lessened.

[YOLF]

Rafalia

She let out a soft laugh, a heavy and ineffable thing that sounded at home in this stand-off. "That is something you must prove to me," she said, pressing a finger beneath his jaw like the edge of a knife. Nothing reflected in her stare, but William's image would have been small in the mirror of this excrucian's soul. It would threaten to drown him, like the abyss behind Rafalia's eyes.

Then the faerie playfully pushed herself off with a hand from his chest.

"So serious, William. What about my offer as an interior designer? You should pick my skills up while I'm selling them short, that's basically a rule for shopping smart."

[SINIB]

Lucy

The blue eyed girl laughed (not at her, Noire would have the feeling that it wasn't) and moved closer before holding out a hand. "I'm Lucy." And bit by bit the goddess could feel that loneliness slowly being chased away. Not gone, but definitely lessened.

Noire

"I'm Noire. Nice to properly meet you." She said with a smile, looking up at the tall girl. Contrary to Lucy's attempt to make the loneliness only go away slowly, it went away instantly, replaced with something like hope. "You should learn to make better introductions, jeez. Wanna eat with me? It's more fun when you're not doing it alone."

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lucy

"Sure! Any place in mind though? This city sells the weirdest food in some places, and I've tried a lot of food." She stepped over right next to the other girl as she spoke. Slipping in as familiarly as an old friend might.

And the Messengers made sure that it felt just right to Noire too. Almost comfortable that someone was there.


Paladin

The knight had been prepared for many things. Being telekinetically smashed through a sheet of ice and getting embedded in the wall was not one of these things. He had barely managed to slip his shield back onto his back in time, and that only stopped him from being knocked out.

As he was, a dull pain was blossoming across his back as he groaned. "Oka? Some help would be," he gave a small shout of effort as he tried to free himself, "would be most appreciated once the opportunity presents itself!"

[SINIB]

Noire

"Um, no, I just got here myself, you see. I'll have to defer to you here." Noire gently took ahold of Lucy's hand and smiled at her. "Just make sure you pick somewhere nice, ok?"

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lucy

A curious warmth spread through Noire's body when she held hands with the other girl. "Sure, but don't say I didn't warn you!" Yeah, everything just felt a bit better. Probably because she wasn't nearly as alone as before.


They ended up at a slightly crowded Japanese noodle place. They both had menus filled with all kinds of exotic animals and ingredients as they took a seat in a booth. "I've been to this place a couple of times. It's pretty nice. And they serve wonderful kinds of pudding for desert."

Her voice lowered a bit though. "But I'm pretty certain that most of this new stuff is Cheiron product. They won't say it but there's no way they're hunting enough dragon to make that a house special."

[SINIB]

Lucy

A curious warmth spread through Noire's body when she held hands with the other girl. "Sure, but don't say I didn't warn you!" Yeah, everything just felt a bit better. Probably because she wasn't nearly as alone as before.


They ended up at a slightly crowded Japanese noodle place. They both had menus filled with all kinds of exotic animals and ingredients as they took a seat in a booth. "I've been to this place a couple of times. It's pretty nice. And they serve wonderful kinds of pudding for desert."

Her voice lowered a bit though. "But I'm pretty certain that most of this new stuff is Cheiron product. They won't say it but there's no way they're hunting enough dragon to make that a house special."

Noire

"Oh wow, it looks delicious! I wish I could take Nep here, she'd love it!" She exclaimed. "And uh, Cheiron? New, remember? Just got here. But first let's get seated, I'm starving!" For some reason, she felt as if she could be completely open around her new friend. It was weird, but nice.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lucy

Booth was pretty nice. It was clean and the seats were soft, and there were thin walls and a white screen door to provide some privacy if wanted. "Oh, they're like the medical specialist and biology company. They run all the hospitals. And they can do things like give you cat ears or turn you into a chimera if you want."

She popped open the menu on the table and began to point a few of the better meals out. "Oh, but since you asked me a question I'll ask you one. Who's Nep?" Just some genuine curiosity. The Messengers made sure to slowly spike Noire's happiness while they were together. A steady flow of contentment and just general enjoyment while they were together.

"And by the way, I would recommend the chimera dish if you were into variety. Lots of different meats, and the broth actually changes flavor a bit as the seasoning gets into it."

[SINIB]

Lucy

Booth was pretty nice. It was clean and the seats were soft, and there were thin walls and a white screen door to provide some privacy if wanted. "Oh, they're like the medical specialist and biology company. They run all the hospitals. And they can do things like give you cat ears or turn you into a chimera if you want."

She popped open the menu on the table and began to point a few of the better meals out. "Oh, but since you asked me a question I'll ask you one. Who's Nep?" Just some genuine curiosity. The Messengers made sure to slowly spike Noire's happiness while they were together. A steady flow of contentment and just general enjoyment while they were together.

"And by the way, I would recommend the chimera dish if you were into variety. Lots of different meats, and the broth actually changes flavor a bit as the seasoning gets into it."

Noire

Noire nodded. "Well I'll get that then. If you think it's good I'll definitely try it." Noire felt utterly contented right now. "This is really nice, you know. Neptune is one of my fellow goddesses, I'm Black Heart and She's Purple Heart. Basically we run different nations. She's such a slacker tho, I wish she would get more serious.