Cross Effects 3.0 - The Third Time's the Charm? The Velvet Room (NSFW version)

[Kaze]

EMIYA SHIROU

Shirou frowned, trying to will away the blush that was threatening to creep up on him. The vampire had always taken delight in teasing him. Unfortunately, her teasing was of a much more...intimate nature than Rin or Luvia’s ever had been, leaving him unsure of how to respond. Even so, he held her gaze, knowing she would take it as a victory if he looked away.

“Fortunately for me, I have no need of such useless pride,” he said, needling the blonde woman before him. “But perhaps your mind is stuck on… other matters?”

[Elf]

Forest

Forest smirked, shrugged and replied, "It might be.  I do have sort of a short attention span after all, but I remember I wasn't the only one enjoying themselves, Calico."

[Kaze]

EMIYA SHIROU

"That's hardly fair," Shirou said with a scowl. "And constitutes a sexual assault. It's not like you wouldn't have enjoyed such a thing!"

...

Oh shit. He really did just say that aloud. Even today Emiya Shirou's ability to stick his foot into his mouth was without equal.

[Elf]

Forest

Forest flinched at her words, threw her hands to the side and said, "I can't help it that my bite makes people do that!  You know what it's like to get people off all the time while you're just trying to exist?  They get all of this bliss and stuff and you get another bloody reminder that you're just going to go to bed alone."

[Kaze]

EMIYA SHIROU

Okay, phew, Forest was flustered. He could salvage this.

"That sounds like a personal problem. Perhaps you could try convincing your victims to return the favor," he said, miraculously managing to not stutter. He was not at all cut out for this sort of talk.

[Elf]

Forest

The blond bristled and said, "Look, most of the time they're willing donors and  I'm pretty picky about that sort of thing.  Not to mention the ones I generally want to return the favor don't want to because of  reasons."

She folded her arms over her chest and turned away with a scowl.  I really blow at flirting.  I just wanted to tease him a little bit and now . . . I'm a bloody moron.

[Kaze]

EMIYA SHIROU

Victory. She had looked away first. This was the first time he had held his own when she was teasing him about lewd things, so there was no way he was going to let her off the hook so quickly.

"Oh? It seems there are things that embarrass even you, vampire. Perhaps you have shame after all," he said.

[Elf]

Forest

Forest glared back at the exotically handsome man and lightly tapped his chest.  She said, "My name is Forest.  F-O-R-E-S-T.  Not 'vampire'.  And I have shame!  Lots of things embarrass me."

She shook her head and then folded her arms across her chest with a frown.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

"L-l-l-l-l-l-lay it thick!? Now, what in the world are you implying?" Lorenzo asked, clearly confused yet not enough to use his inside voice.

[Panda]

Adjutor

Of all the things Adjutor had been prepared to deal with today. Being sucked into a portal triggered by the use of the Armor was not one of them. Regardless of the teen's expectations, this was what happened, and that was how a black-armored figure ended up falling through a portal and smashing a good portion of the bar upon landing. Adjutor lay there for a moment amongst the ruins of the portion of the bar he'd broken, stunned.

"...Owwww..."

After a few moments, the teen managed to get back on his feet, dusting himself off before giving the demolished portion of the bar a troubled look. One Concept and one Focus Word later, Concept: Repair had the bar completely restored, as if a 149-pound teenager covered in literally indestructible armor had never crashed down on it in the first place.

With that, Adjutor dismisses the Armor to find himself looking at tonight's second surprise. Apparently, his outfit had been replaced by a bartender's uniform, complete with a vest, dress shirt, slacks, and a little crimson bowtie, all silk, of course.

Adjutor takes a moment to look around at his surroundings before simply offering a shrug.

"Okay, this happened. Moving on," the teen said, noticing the myriad selection of alcohol behind him and starting to go to work mixing whatever drinks came to mind.


Emily

The Changeling was about to offer her fellow a reply when she felt herself falling.

With that, a portal of some sort appeared above Lorenzo, out of which Emily fell shortly afterwards with a surprised yelp just before impact took both of them to the ground, Emily landing on top of the pirate and groaning in pain at the rough landing.

[Elf]

Rin

Rin smirked and said, "The kneeling and kissing the hands bit.  It really is laying it on quite thick."  She gave him an arch look, the sort of one cats give humans that basically say, "You're annoying me, but I don't have the energy to claw your hand right now."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

Lorenzo gasped.

"I kissed a lovely woman's hand to greet her, to welcome her and her dazzling beauty to my best ability. For you are truly dazzling! Is the act of letting such a thing known to you... a sin?"

Bowing, his eye lit up with an intense glare. Then, he immediately shifted his position and... posed. That was the only way to describe it.

"OF COURSE NOT! TO LET A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN KNOW SHE IS BEAUTIFUL CANNOT BE WRONG! IT IS NO CRIME!! YES, FOR YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! It is not your body that is the only beautiful thing. NO! IT IS YOUR INTELLIGENCE! I HAVE SEEN A GREAT NUMBER O FPEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MY EYES DO NOT BETRAY ME! There is a deep, profound intelligence to be found in you. IT IS NOT UNLIKE A FELINE! A being full of grace you are! A lass like yourself is too good for the likes of me, but even so I cannot help but be drawn by that greatness of yours. So please, let me at least share a drink with yo-"

But before he could finish, something fell on his head and caused him to fall to the ground. It was warm, soft and smooth. In a nearly catatonic state, all the pirate could do was muster a weakly thumbs up.

The sky has fallen...

[Kaze]

EMIYA SHIROU

Forest actually looked upset now. Maybe he had been a bit too antagonistic to her. Shirou shifted his eyes, trying to think about how he could fix this when the pirate started yelling again about how TELLING A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SHE’S BEAUTIFUL COULDN’T POSSIBLY BE WRONG, GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL.

Shirou didn’t bother asking him to calm down, he knew Rin would happily shut him down herself. Instead he looked back at Forest, trying to catch her eyes.

“Come on,” he said, before turning around and walking back to the bar. “You like fruity drinks, right?”

[Elf]

Rin

"OF COURSE NOT! TO LET A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN KNOW SHE IS BEAUTIFUL CANNOT BE WRONG! IT IS NO CRIME!! YES, FOR YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! It is not your body that is the only beautiful thing. NO! IT IS YOUR INTELLIGENCE! I HAVE SEEN A GREAT NUMBER O FPEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MY EYES DO NOT BETRAY ME! There is a deep, profound intelligence to be found in you. IT IS NOT UNLIKE A FELINE! A being full of grace you are! A lass like yourself is too good for the likes of me, but even so I cannot help but be drawn by that greatness of yours."

Is this guy really serious?  Is someone playing a joke on me?  Or what . . . Rin blinked as the pirate continued his near rant about how wonderful she was.  Admittedly, she did like the part about being like a feline; she always did love cats and was contemplating about getting one as a pet.

"So please, let me at least share a drink with yo-"

And then a redheaded woman came tumbling ass over teakettle on the pirate.

"I'm not going to even ask how that happened.  I'm just going to count my good fortune and leave,"  with that, the magus started heading towards Saber, who was laughing at the whole thing.  Rin found herself smiling at the blond's laughter despite herself.

Forest

"There is a deep, profound intelligence to be found in you. IT IS NOT UNLIKE A FELINE!"

Forest blinked and said, "Woah, that bloke is just laying it on thicker and thicker.  'Not unlike a feline' my arse.  Crows are far more intelligent than a bloody cat," Forest said with a shake of her head.  She looked to see Shirou catching her eyes and she blinked.

“Come on,” he said, before turning around and walking back to the bar. “You like fruity drinks, right?”

Forest blinked again and asked, "How do you know that?  And yes I do . . ."  She followed him to where he was in the bar, a puzzled frown making her look like she was pouting ever so slightly.

[Kaze]

EMIYA SHIROU

"Saber complained to me about you not liking 'real warrior's drinks'," the Emiya magus said casually with a small smile on his face. In some ways Saber was still as youthful as her appearance. "The alcoholic beverages here aren't very good anyway. This isn't the sort of place to be enjoying fine wines... at least they have orange juice," he said, taking a seat and looking at the menu hanging above the counter. "What would you like?"