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Re: Cross Effects- The RP
« Reply #60 on: July 30, 2013, 06:40:01 AM »
"about time Bruce, did Alfred forget to fuel up the batmobile again?" Satoshi laughed. turning away from the reference he waited out the minor tirade the two women were on until it finished and collected himself as his thoughts came together.

"my name proper is Satoshi Alexander Emiya Pendragon. I am the prince of knights, king of heroes, heir to the house Einzbern and the dragon. The second of my titles was earned defeating Gilgamesh and stripping him of such. Emiya Shirou is my father and my mother is Arturia Pendragon the king of knights, most know her as king Arthur, history got the male part wrong because Merlin used magic. And no, Rider usually thinks about any current book she's reading. As for my world every one is alive, I would give a full list but that would take too long for the current situation  but my grandfather and your master are very much among them as well as Rin there being the head of the mage association. As to the issue here I'm afraid your outrage is a little misplaced. While killing innocent people is wrong tactically speaking it was Shirous only choice, I say this because I'm well aware of what happens to a person drained by vampirisms cold touch, both in the case of your method Rider as your sisters attacked me and by the standard vampire means. Also please keep something in mind Forest, you are a western vampire, the eastern ones are much more horrific when you are drained by them, you can become a zombie, ghoul or even another vampire but eastern vampires have little in the way of self control due to their bodies constantly deterioration leaving them in agony. It's not a  thing I would wish on any one , Shirou did what he thought was right and given that I understand what it is to be powerless I can't blame him for picking the option with the best odds of survival and spare a victim torturous pains. Also Rider you'll have to accept that worlds like his counter balance yours and mine, cosmically speaking you cannot blame him for the hand of fate. More importantly though  is the fact that he sugar coated it which says that he thinks what he does is at it's basic level wrong. This means he isn't completely gone and I think you of all people should see the merits of a second chance" his small speech finished  he waited for those who would protest.
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Re: Cross Effects- The RP
« Reply #61 on: July 30, 2013, 09:37:17 AM »
"And, to top it off, you have the gall to twist the truth to try to turn her servant on the very person who saved her. The only person here who ever had any designs on her life is you. All I wanted was to take a bit of her prana, I had no intention of killing the poor girl. Whilst you're obviously from a world very different to my own and I can't work out who your mother could possibly be, you're still Shirou's son, and you seem to have your head screwed on right unlike that idiot over there. If you need help in 'punching the stupid' out of him, I'll be more than happy to join you."

"Yeah, the reasonable thing to do would have been to attack the fucking monsters, not the victim!  Buuuutttt noooo, destroy the food source to keep the monsters from fighting.  Good plan, lad, excellent sodding plan."

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Once Satoshi's (his son? He never had a son, least of all with Saber: they had maybe been friends, then she was eaten by the Shadow....Sakura) speech ended, Shirou spoke up, intending to clear up his mistake.

"Thank you...Satoshi. If nothing else, I'm glad that you're not another idealistic idiot like I used to be, and can actually try to see the bigger picture. I guess Saber raised you well," Shirou spoke softly as he smiled slightly at the man, thankful for his attempt to help him. His eyes soon turned cold as he faced Forest and Rider, seething internally at how the Servant had effectively manipulated everyone onto her side despite her own fault in the matter, making herself out to be some sort of selfless hero who saved the girl. Already, she had managed to sink her claws into Hakuno and the vampire, both of whom seemed to consider the Servant as their friend. And also a small part of him raged at the no doubt dirty things Rider planned to do to Hakuno and Rin if Forest's blush and remark was any indication. He didn't used to think so, but no matter how tragic the circumstances which had forced her into becoming an anti-hero, it was a role well suited for her.

"Well...I wasn't quite planning on aggravating everyone, so I better explain myself a bit better," he said, carefully noting the expressions of those around him, in particular the anger in Archer, Hakuno and Forest's eyes. Quite righteous anger actually, which is why he was so adamant on talking and not simply walking away like that lunatic Touzaki had. He couldn't quite bear to look at Tohsaka though: his confusion at her continued existence, mixed in with his happiness at her miraculous survival and guilt at having been forced to kill her in the first place, would distract him far too much from what needed to be said.

"First off," he addressed the blond vampire, voice slightly sarcastic, "You said shoot the monsters, not the victim. If that option was available to me, in a way which didn't cause complete collateral damage, we wouldn't be here talking right now. I was not close enough to directly intervene, nor did I have allies whom I could have directed to your location. And, let's be honest, do you really think a mere high-velocity sniper bullet to the head would have stopped you, who had appeared at the time to be a Dead Apostle; and Rider, a full blown Servant capable of moving at speeds beyond most cars and tougher than a stainless steel vault? Well, maybe you, I don't know what you're capable of and what your weaknesses are, but definitely not a Servant. If anything, it might cause one of you to run away with the girl, or feed on her quicker so you could gain enough power to fight off a possible threat. And I wasn't going to leave Hakuno in your hands so you could make her into your Dead slave, or in Rider's hands where she would literally suffer a fate worse than death. So your suggestion is out. Unless you think it would have been a good idea to shoot a Noble Phantasm into an alleyway literally next to the city centre on the off chance that I manage to kill at least one of you. Not that it would have anyway, you would have detected it long before I could fire."

Shirou hesitated, before bowing slightly in appreciation to the vampire, remarking,"I do have to thank you though for delaying Rider, now that I know what your true intentions were. I'm sorry I over-complicated this matter."

Shirou then turned to Rider, who appeared to be ignoring him, instead eyeing Rin like a piece of meat. Her tense posture, which screamed anger in every curve, gave her away though: he could tell she was listening intently to his every word, seeking for some weakness in his argument.

"And you. You have some nerve to lecture me on my choice, to be outraged at my actions. The one who should be outraged is me," he said, his voice trembling slightly in barely repressed anger, "You say I have no sense. That what you're the one responsible for saving Hakuno and thus bears no blame in this matter. How dare you! You were only going to take a little bit of prana? That's bullshit and you know it!"

He walked a little closer to the Servant, eyes steely as he continued his explanation.

"The easiest and quickest choice for you would be to gain prana would have been by eating her soul, leaving her a lifeless shell, capable of only the bare minimum to survive. Don't think I've forgotten what you did to Mitsuzuri. Tohsaka managed to save my friend Ayako from this fate, but even now she's suffering from the side effects. She suffers nightmares of the incident every night, and even if she can't remember what exactly happened, she's developed a phobia to the point that every time she's alone in a dark room, she's overcome with petrifying fear until someone comes to her aid. Or maybe you were going to go the slow way. Maybe, force a tantric ritual with a girl who seemingly had at best, a small untapped pool of prana in her body. Use your eyes to petrify her so she can't resist, or just brute force her onto the ground, then have your way with her until you were satisfied, on the off chance that you somehow gained mana from a schoolgirl who you knew was not a magus. And afterwards, to cover up your tracks, because I know you can't wipe people's memories; you would have no choice but to kill her right there and then or take her away to your lair, where you can do it again and again until she had no more prana left. Is that what you planned to do if the vampire here hadn't stopped you?" Shirou asked, fists clenching at the thought.

"How on earth could I possibly just let you do that? How on earth could I just let a girl suffer either that or the experience of becoming the Dead in attempting to shoot the two of you down with a rifle? Yes, call me a murderer, but if I had absolutely no choice, I would much rather kill someone painlessly than to leave an innocent person to experience such a fate," Shirou growled, his voice rough, anger lacing his every word.

Shirou stopped for a second, taking deep breaths as he forced himself to calm down. He had to keep in control if this situation was going to be settled peacefully. He addressed Rider once again.

"Lastly...and the thing I find most unforgivable. You claim that you had no choice, that you're only trying to get prana to continue protecting a boy who you claim is my son. Well then, out of all the possible secluded alleys, all the possible deserving criminals and so-called scum with reasonable levels of prana you could have picked from, hell just in this nearby area, let alone this vast city...why did you decide to attack a harmless ordinary schoolgirl with small mana reserves who had just walked out of the city centre?" Shirou asked, voice harsh and unforgiving, his silver eyes boring into the Servant's face mask.
 

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Re: Cross Effects- The RP
« Reply #62 on: July 30, 2013, 11:46:36 AM »
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"Uuoruuocon eh?  Well that's a bloody mouthful.  Let's just call you Ruu for short then.  People call me Lancer."

The small individual answered to that with a neutral look. "Wolfy Lancer." He then nodded."Uuoruuoc-... Ruu will remember it." He corrected himself just in time

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"Nah, Fore's not my Master.  As fond as I am of her, I wouldn't want her my Master even if I was a Servant.  She gives me a place to stay, a roof over my head and all the spirits a man could ask for.  So, you could say she's more of my Lady, one I dedicate my spear to." 

"Even though she destroys every fucking pack of smokes I get, Brigid's Titties."

"..."

Ruu noticed the positive change that bloomed on Lancer's face, frowning slightly for himself. He kept silent, envying the man without realizing it.
For a being like him, concepts as simple as friendship, love or any kind of attachment were superfluous. He could experience a variety of feelings but affections and the likes were beyond his understanding. He protected nature and creatures that were unable to defend themselves but it was only applying his purpose, by doing so, as much as he felt the urge to do so, it was only emulation. No real wish existed in him because he was far from being human. Only a tool denied of free will.
Still there was something fascinating which he could only share through his natural empathy ability. The simple warm he felt was something precious, something he wanted to feel again, something he longed for. And this desire translated as a painful memory for him, right now.

The pain would be tenfold that would he extend his sense towards Lancer, that's why he didn't try reading him. Instead, he rubbed his temple in a manner that he hoped would chase away the unfamiliar sensation but nothing happened.

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"Come on, let's go meet her.  She can help with your arm."

Ruu noticed the arm extended in his direction and blinked. He accepted the hand and got up, and they started moving. His eyes didn't meet the ex-Servant as he wondered why Lancer and the Landlady would consider helping him.

"Why would Landlady want to fix Ruu's arm? It doesn't belong to her." His limited knowledge of social interaction showed up like a beacon, impossible to miss. Even with this confusion in mind, the familiar didn't let go of Lancer's grip. He did accept to follow the man knowing that he could heal by himself. "It can heal by itself." He added clumsily.

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"I can't only imagine it, I've lived in such a world. I've seen the very same people revered as heroes for murdering people on the whims of the gods. I've seen 'hero' after 'hero' come seeking out me and my sisters even as we lived in seclusion on our island, just to claim the glory and spoils of defeating us. I killed every single one to protect my sisters, until I eventually turned into a real monster"

There had been anger and bitterness in the tone in such a genuine display that it triggered Isabella's guilt.

"I'm sorry, I said something rather insensitive. Didn't mean to remember you of something bad." She said on an apologetic tone.

Her eyes focused on Rider for a bit.

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"I am not a Caster, no, but in my time knowledge of magic was normal even for people who didn't specialise in it. I am no expert, but I can at least teach her the basics."

Made sense. Some heroic spirits could be very old, those of the legendary Age of Gods era would have especially extended knowledge of not only magecraft but magic as well. She expected as much.

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"As for my master, well at this precise moment she's either making love to her husband...


That, she didn't expect however. Isabella became crimson at the mention of such an act. Not only was she no good at romance stuff, but it was even worse when it was dropped in the middle of a conversation. Turning her gaze on the ground without knowing how to react to that, she listen to what the Servant still had to say.

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"...frantically searching for a way to rescue her son or telling off her sister for screwing up and sending us here in the first place. It depends if they've got word to her yet.

She'll probably find a way to this world eventually, her sister does possess the ability to traverse dimensions, and nothing will stand in the way of her protecting her children.

Yes, Rider, as Shirou's son called her, mentioned a child earlier. Apparently, Emiya Shirou was the father, well another Shirou was, and the Master was the mother. What happened to Rider and the kid was kinda similar to what happened to her and Vanessa. Although in their case, it was mostly thanks to her sister's limitless curiosity.

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"But, until she does, I'm without a prana source, and I can't trust anyone else to release me from any contract I might make when she does arrive. And, this place is too dangerous to leave her little boy unprotected. She would never recover if any harm came to him. So, I need prana."

Isabella looked at the Servant with a brand new appreciation. She didn't want to steal prana from people, but she had no choice but to resort to it. All came down from the simplest of need. Prana would be an issue for most Servant cut from their link formed through the pact of summoning with their Master. Like Rider said, without a prana supply she would have to repeat this process. Which explained why she was reluctant to fight against the sword freak. She couldn't afford to spent what she had left, without risking to disappear and thus condemning the child to end up alone.

Far from what she initially judged her. The magus bowed slightly.

"I misjudged you, for that, I ask your pardon."

She wanted to add something but Hakuno chose that moment to speak up.

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"Thank you very much, both of you. And thank you for healing me, I appreciate it."

The girl seemed to cheer up, something pleasing Isabella.

"That's not much." Answered the fourteen year-old with an impish grin.

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"Isa's a pretty name. It's nice to meet you too! I'm Kishinami Hakuno. Most people just call me Hakuno, but if you have a nickname for me, that's fine too."

Isabella smiled strangely at these words.

"Well, thanks. However I'm not sure how I should call you. You're older than me and obviously japanese. So, erm... I'll use Hakuno-san if you don't mind." The black-haired girl added with a grimace. "Though I do not recommend asking for a nickname to my sis."

It would indeed be a bad idea. Her older sister's were so lame after all.

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I'm fine, thanks. I do need a prana supply, though, if you're still offering."

Isabella nervously bit on her lip when she heard what Rider said to Forest.

Such a measure wouldn't help in the long term. She thought, peering at the Servant.

With the end of the spell cast on Hakuno, the twin walked.

Last time they stopped before it escalated thanks to Forest intervention. That's why Isabella decided to stand by her side, clearly stating where she stood in that argument. From up close, the italian girl could see the whole extent of the gorgeous woman. Although pale in complexion, she looked genuinely hot. Even as a girl, Isabella had no shame admitting she was impressed, even after interacting with Rider which was also a jewel in her own category. But in spite of her good looks, there was no mistake she was a vampire, and a pretty powerful one, at that.

The magus studied her discreetly. Not a lot people could get that close to a Dead Apostle in her world. Although a vampire, it seemed like the woman standing here was able to keep her soul. The whole idea was strange and a bit destabilizing. How many adventures did she live? What amazing things did she saw? How could be the point of view of an immortal?

"..."

She had tons of questions for her but now was not the right time.

Two people suddenly appeared. The first one, was a tall man with a solid build, gray eyes, white hair somewhat reminiscent of Emiya Shirou. The other, she was surprised to recognize.

"Tohsaka-san!" The girl waved a hand in pattern to salute the superior magus. Even though it had been years they had met, the japanese genius left such a strong impression on the twins that there would be no way they would forget her. "It's been a while." Smiling like a little girl, she could not help fidgeting where she stood.

That's pretty much when Hakuno dashed to the man, efficiently tackling him an affectionate hug. She heard Hakuno's words and Archer's declaration of loyalty and couldn't help but smile even as a bystanders.

"That's pretty cute, don't you thi-...Huh?" She stopped when he saw Forest's face.

A glimpse of sadness appeared for an instant and Isabella understood without words. Loneliness. For someone like the magus, who always had her sister to rely upon, it was difficult to apprehend how alone people could be, especially after becoming... different. Did she have to deal with discrimination all the time? Did she had to stay on the move? Did people despise her because of her nature? How many times did she have to prove her worth? Did she had to bury her lover? Did she see each of her friends wither and disappear? Did she ever found people who understood her? Did she even felt happiness at all?  As other thoughts raced through her mind, she felt deep sadness for the woman standing here and tears rolled over her cheeks in a non-stop stream.

In an attempt to show support for Forest, her fingers sealed around the woman's palm in a gentle gesture. Cold feeling transmitted to Isabella but didn't let go.
Something simple, but meaningful. Only an instant, sharing a little of her own warmth in the vain hope it would alleviate the pain. After a moment, she cut the contact while looking down.

With the back of her hand, she wiped her face in order to gather some dignity again. She wasn't that emotive usually, but the overall tension had gotten the best of her
and when she let the guard down, she cried silently for someone she barely knew yet understood enough that Forest felt pain without, maybe, a way to express it.

Of course when Archer walked to Forest, the twin slightly stepping back from the Servant's presence. Then, the guy looked around and let the question he had kept for him until now.

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"Anyone care to tell me what exactly happened here? While I doubt this alleyway was particularly charming to look at to begin with, it looks like an absolute mess now."

"I think we shou-...."

She was, however, cut by the voice of the Shirou who had been so quiet, Isabella almost forgot about him.

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"Well...it's a bit hard to explain..."


He seemed to search his words.

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"Let's just say your Master was attacked by Rider, then stopped by the vampire over there. I...misinterpreted the situation, and attempted to save her in the most painless and least damaging way from what I perceived to be a bloodthirsty vampire and a soul-eating Servant. Let's just say it snowballed from there..."

Isabella sent an alarmed look at Archer, fearing a bold reaction.

"Wait a second it wa-..."

But it seemed she wouldn't have time to speak this time again, Rider jumping immediately in.

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"What do you mean you attempted to save her? You tried to put a bullet in her head. If you were so determined to save her as you claim, why didn't you attack what you percieved as the actual threats, rather than the innocent victim? That's what a real hero would do, what the Shirou I know would have done.

But, no, not you. You didn't even attempt to save the girl, your very first act was to try to put a bullet in her head. Even if we had been what you thought we were she was not going to die immediately. But, you knew that if we did fight there could be massive destruction, and you tried to prevent it in the most efficient way you know, which was to attempt to take out the source of conflict. The fact that that source was a human being didn't seem to factor into your thoughts one bit. She was just a number to you, nothing more.

And, to top it off, you have the gall to twist the truth to try to turn her servant on the very person who saved her. The only person here who ever had any designs on her life is you. All I wanted was to take a bit of her prana, I had no intention of killing the poor girl."

Isabella rubbed her temples, at that reaction. While Rider said the truth, she knew it would only serve to aggravate the situation. She walked to Archer, trying to get his attention.

"Please, listen to m-..."

This time, it was Forest who spoke.

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Yeah, the reasonable thing to do would have been to attack the fucking monsters, not the victim!  Buuuutttt noooo, destroy the food source to keep the monsters from fighting.  Good plan, lad, excellent sodding plan."

Fair points were given, in the mean time Rider turned to Shirou's son.

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"Whilst you're obviously from a world very different to my own and I can't work out who your mother could possibly be, you're still Shirou's son, and you seem to have your head screwed on right unlike that idiot over there. If you need help in 'punching the stupid' out of him, I'll be more than happy to join you."

"Please everyone, just wai-..."

Forest wasn't finished.

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"Look, I understand your path hasn't been an easy one, possibly with Joss Whedon levels of tragedy and angst, which I know the reference just went right over everyone's heads here, but! Innocent blood isn't something that should be so easily shed.  If you're going to be here in my city, then you're going to play by a better set of rules than that grimdark vigilante bull shit."

"..."

Who's Joss Whedon? Thought the teenager before shaking her head. Then it was Shirou's son to talk.

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"my name proper is Satoshi Alexander Emiya Pendragon. I am the prince of knights, king of heroes, heir to the house Einzbern and the dragon. The second of my titles was earned defeating Gilgamesh and stripping him of such. Emiya Shirou is my father and my mother is Arturia Pendragon the king of knights, most know her as king Arthur, history got the male part wrong because Merlin used magic. And no, Rider usually thinks about any current book she's reading. As for my world every one is alive, I would give a full list but that would take too long for the current situation  but my grandfather and your master are very much among them as well as Rin there being the head of the mage association. As to the issue here I'm afraid your outrage is a little misplaced. While killing innocent people is wrong tactically speaking it was Shirous only choice, I say this because I'm well aware of what happens to a person drained by vampirisms cold touch, both in the case of your method Rider as your sisters attacked me and by the standard vampire means. Also please keep something in mind Forest, you are a western vampire, the eastern ones are much more horrific when you are drained by them, you can become a zombie, ghoul or even another vampire but eastern vampires have little in the way of self control due to their bodies constantly deterioration leaving them in agony. It's not a  thing I would wish on any one , Shirou did what he thought was right and given that I understand what it is to be powerless I can't blame him for picking the option with the best odds of survival and spare a victim torturous pains. Also Rider you'll have to accept that worlds like his counter balance yours and mine, cosmically speaking you cannot blame him for the hand of fate. More importantly though  is the fact that he sugar coated it which says that he thinks what he does is at it's basic level wrong. This means he isn't completely gone and I think you of all people should see the merits of a second chance" his small speech finished  he waited for those who would protest."

Well, for someone who didn't talk much until now, he sure gave his opinion.

Shirou chose this time to answer.

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"Thank you...Satoshi. If nothing else, I'm glad that you're not another idealistic idiot like I used to be, and can actually try to see the bigger picture."

The smile appeared only briefly. A pause. He looked at Forest.

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"Well...I better explain myself a bit better.

First off, You say shoot the monsters. If I could have, I would have taken it. But, let's be honest, do you really think a bullet to the head would stop you, who had appeared at the time to be a Dead Apostle, and Rider, a full blown Servant? Well, maybe you, I don't know what you're capable of, but definitely not a Servant. If anything, it might cause one of you to run away with the girl, or feed on her quicker so you could gain power quicker, be it prana or blood. And I wasn't going to leave Hakuno in your hands so you could make her into your Dead slave, or in Rider's hands where she would suffer a fate worse than death. So your suggestion is out. Unless you think it would have been a good idea to shoot a Noble Phantasm into an alleyway literally next to the city centre on the off chance that I manage to kill at least one of you."

He made some points, explaining himself. His attention shifted to Rider.

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"And you. You have some nerve to lecture me on my choice, to be outraged at my actions. The one who should be outraged is me, you say I have no sense. That what you're the one responsible for saving Hakuno and thus bears no blame in this matter. How dare you! You were only going to take a little bit of prana? That's bullshit and you know it!"

His anger raised in a sudden burst as he closed the distance with the purple-haired girl.

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The easiest and quickest choice for you would be to gain prana by eating her soul, leaving her a lifeless shell who can only do her best to breathe. Tohsaka managed to save my friend Ayako from this fate, but even now she's suffering from the side effects. She can't sleep at night, and even if she can't remember what happened, everytime she's alone, she's overcome with petrifying fear until someone comes to her aid. Or maybe you were going to go the slow way. Maybe, a tantric ritual with a girl who seemingly had no magic at all. Maybe use your eyes to petrify her so she can't resist, then have your way with her until you were satisfied, on the off chance that you somehow gained mana from a non-magus. And afterwards, to cover up your tracks, you would have no choice but to kill her or take her away to your lair. Is that what you planned to do if the vampire here hadn't stopped you? How on earth could I possibly just let you do that? Yes, call me a murderer, but if I had absolutely no choice, I would much rather kill to save them from such a fate."

He took a second, apparently trying to cool down.

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"Lastly...and the thing I find most unforgivable. You claim that you had no choice, that you're only trying to get prana to continue protecting a boy. Well then, out of all the possible secluded alleys, all the possible criminals and so-called scum you could have picked from...why did you decide to attack a schoolgirl who had just walked out of the city centre?"

"..."

Isabella waited to see if he was done. Then, she started to clap her hands in a very loud way as she placed herself between Rider and Shirou in order to avoid another argument. The teenager watched Shirou, then Rider, then Shirou again. When she started to speak up, her voice was low.

"Are we finally done?" She asked calmly. "Because in case you didn't notice, Hakuno-san is safe." She addressed at Rider a glance. "Sure we could spend time pointing fingers about what COULD HAVE HAPPENED." Her voice erupted violently in the alley. "WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM GUYS??? LOOK AT THE VICTIM. She yelled. YEAH, SHE'S SHAKEN BUT STOP TREATING HER LIKE A CHILD, DAMMIT. SHE'S FINE NOW. SO WE CAN EITHER DECIDE WHO'S THE ONE WHO SCREWED THE MOST OR DECIDE TO MOVE ON WITH THIS TOPIC AND TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION IN ORDER TO AVOID SUCH A RESULT TO HAPPEN AGAIN WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A WAY TO SUPPLY RIDER WITH PRANA."

Teary eyes fell on each of the people present.

"What will it be?" She asked still trembling from her outburst.

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« Reply #63 on: July 30, 2013, 03:08:45 PM »
Normally Rin would have had a rather indignant response to Rider's little proposition- not so much at the offer itself as at the insinuation that she needed comforting to begin with. The offer she could potentially work with. Plus there was the matter of Rider's question as well. Normally she would have told Rider without hesitation the answers to her questions. But for now the young Magus didn't respond, but rather continued to focus on her former Servant, watching him carefully. Something told her she would potentially have to intervene soon....

For all that time, Archer stood there, listening to various participants speak of the events that had transpired in varying tones depending on context, mostly anger at each other's actions. But one person's words in particular caught the bowman's attention, affected him more than the words of anyone else who spoke. And the more he heard him speak, the more absolutely livid the Servant became.

It wasn't just that he'd attempted to shoot his Master in cold blood, oh no- while that alone made him particularly hostile towards this twisted version of his past self, what pushed Archer over the limit was everything involved with his attempt to shoot Hakuno. His reasoning, his justifications... everything about it made the silver haired man's blood boil.

As much as he wasn't pleased with Rider's attempt to drain his Master of her Prana, at least he could see why. Did he really like it? No, but he could see it. Plus, she'd saved Hakuno's life, and given her outburst, there was a chance she would not have just left the girl to die. The Servant quite sympathized with the outbursts from the vampire and his fellow Servant really- though if were so bold as to think so, it didn't nearly match the outrage that he himself was feeling...

Archer was about to speak up when he was cut off by the voice of a young girl, now standing between the bastard who called himself Emiya Shirou and Rider.

"Are we finally done? Because in case you didn't notice, Hakuno-san is safe. Sure we could spend time pointing fingers about what COULD HAVE HAPPENED." The girl then started to shout, clearly upset. "WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM GUYS??? LOOK AT THE VICTIM. YEAH, SHE'S SHAKEN BUT STOP TREATING HER LIKE A CHILD, DAMMIT. SHE'S FINE NOW. SO WE CAN EITHER DECIDE WHO'S THE ONE WHO SCREWED THE MOST OR DECIDE TO MOVE ON WITH THIS TOPIC AND TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION IN ORDER TO AVOID SUCH A RESULT TO HAPPEN AGAIN WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A WAY TO SUPPLY RIDER WITH PRANA."

Despite his seething anger, Archer couldn't help but smile a bit at the girl's words. He didn't know this girl very well, but while he potentially took issue with the point that Hakuno was completely fine, he found that he was inclined to like this girl.

Rin certainly liked her, and hoped beyond hope that her fellow magus's outburst would get Archer to calm down some. Plus Isa had given her a rather nice and enthusiastic greeting, and while she distinctly remembered the girl being much younger the last time she saw her, needless to say, seeing someone else from the Association was a bit of a comfort. "I may not be too happy with Emiya-kun myself, but Isa's right. It's over now. So let's just resolve what's left to be resolved and move on with our lives."

Archer looked to Isa and then to Rin. Normally he gladly would have let the matter drop. But this... no, even if he agreed with the two magi, he still had buisness to settle with the man that resembled his past self. "My apologies, to both of you. But..." He looked at Shirou, anger blazing up once more. "He and I need to have a few words."

Rin tensed at this. Even though he was outwardly as calm as usual, in his voice was an undercurrent of rage. Rin frowned as she looked at the target of the Blacksmith Hero's rage. This Shirou's attitude... it was nothing like that of the Emiya-kun she knew. There was no way this could be Archer's past self either. No, even for him, his views were too different. Archer wouldn't be so angry if that were the case.

It didn't take long for Rin to surmise that this place was a sort of crossroads for various dimensions and timelines. This Shirou had to be from an unique timeline. So then... what had happened to turn him into this?

Rin quickly spared a glance at Hakuno, who'd been silent all this time. She seemed to have picked up on the same thing Rin herself had and was looking at her Servant with concern. For some reason, Kishinami-chan had recognized her, even had seemed pleased to see her. While Rin didn't really know the girl, it was safe to assume that she'd be willing to listen to what Rin had to say. She went over by Hakuno's side, looking her in the eyes.

"I'm a bit worried Archer's going to go after that version of Emiya-kun," Rin whispered. "How many Command Seals do you have left?"

Hakuno's eyes widened a bit. "Just one..." the teenager whispered back.

Rin winced. "That's not good... we can't waste your last Command Seal on this, then we really won't have any way to control him." Hesitantly, Rin offered Hakuno her hand. "If it comes to that... will you work with me to stop him?"

Hakuno took Rin's hand in hers, and nodded. With that, the two girls turned back to look at the Servant they both cared for, who was now closer to Shirou.

Satisfied with the distance he had between the target of his hatred and himself, Archer began to speak.

"So then... You thought you'd stop the big bad monsters from feeding on an innocent girl. By doing what, killing her?" A sardonic smile crossed the Servant's lips. "Oh, it'd certainly do the trick. Can't feed on her when she's dead, now can they? Makes it easy." His eyes narrowed, the light behind them like the molten glow from steel being heated in a forge. "You don't have to worry about protecting a corpse. Just kill the monsters, pat yourself on the back and tell yourself it was what you had to do, move on with your life. Done. Certainly nothing can go wrong with that. An angry vampire and Servant, surely you can just lead them back out of the way of any innocent civilians with no problems whatsoever."

More anger creeped into Archer's voice. "But here's the thing. It doesn't work that way. Do you know what the results really would have been had you not missed? What you would have had was a dead girl who got to pay the price for your own goddamn stupidity, with possibly more casualties on top of her! Plus if you're so naive as to think there was a guaranteed chance that you could have survived on your own against those two, guess again! You claim to have thought everything through about your actions, but in reality you didn't consider a damn thing!"

Archer's eyes lowered for a moment, his voice now tinged with bitterness. "I won't say I didn't take lives. My hands are stained with blood, and I regret every death. But what they say is true... you can't save everyone. I tried, oh did I ever try. But I failed. In the end, I had to focus on saving everyone I could, even if it meant someone else had to pay the price." He looked back up, his gaze boring into the grey eyes of the young man before him. "But I always made damn sure that my options were truly that limited. The less unnecessary deaths, the better."

Archer's hands formed themselves into fists. "But you... you think it through carefully, and what's your first solution? Put a bullet through the hostage's brain, that'll solve everything! No, no, even though they wasn't even a god damn fight yet, clearly the situation was so far gone that the innocent victim had to die to resolve it!"

The Servant's voice became dangerous. "You... you claim to act in the name of Justice, in the name of protecting others, and while I lost the faith in my ideals that I once had, even I can see that you are no more than a broken, twisted, pathetic excuse for a human being that claims to be doing the world a favor via your actions." The familiar twin blades materialized in Archer's hands, his voice calm, but even darker than before. "Furthermore... your other sins aside, you attempted to take the life of the girl I've sworn to protect. And then you just write it all off as a 'misunderstanding.' Therefore..."

Archer shifted into a fighting stance. The two girls looked at each other in alarm. Rin looked grimly at the enraged Servant. I let him talk for too long. If we don't stop him now, we may have a whole big mess again. She gave Hakuno a quick look before turning back to the Servant and addressing him sharply. "Archer! You're smarter than this- you have every right to be angry, but killing this twisted version of Emiya-kun will only make things worse!"

Hakuno had gotten Rin's cue and ran towards her Servant. She couldn't use her Command Seal, but, it didn't stop her from appealing to his senses in another way. She grabbed hold of his arm, taking care to avoid the sharp blade. "Archer, please stop! I've had enough of all this fighting!" She looked him in the eyes, firmly holding his gaze. "I'm tired, Archer... I just want to rest. I've been through worse than this but... I've had enough for one night."

Archer's eyes softened a great deal. The twin blades were withdrawn as Archer spoke. "Heh, and here I go priding myself on self control. I don't really regret anything I've said, but the fact that I nearly restarted this whole mess is quite embarrassing. I don't regret my actions enough to feel that I need to apologize, though I have the feeling my master will have me make it up to you ladies in some way, shape or form later, so I wouldn't take it too much to heart."

But Archer turned back to Shirou one last time, his eyes hardening again. "You're lucky this time. Good for you. You're free now to do whatever it is you do. Endanger enough people, and maybe I'll stop you, but otherwise, I'm done with you for now. However...." Once more his eyes narrowed. In spite of the biker jacket and collar, Archer did his best to try to appear as intimidating as possible. "If your plans for 'saving people' involve my Master enduring some form of bodily harm again, I'm going to do the public a service by separating your head from your torso. Is that clear?"

Tension was thick as Archer's last threat remained heavy in the air. In a desperate attempt to try to clear it, Rin turned to Rider. "Ah ha... So you asked me how Sakura is doing, earlier huh? She's doing great! Fantastic even! She and the Emiya-kun from my world are dating even! Called them before I left for this world, and they're doing just fine. As is the version of you that lives there."

Hakuno looked over at Rin, startled. Rin and Sakura... sisters? Is she like the Sakura from the Moon Cell as well? Is that even possible? And there's a Rider where she comes from too? Hakuno couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed- she thought this was the Rin she knew from the Moon Cell. They certainly seemed quite similar. She wasn't too disappointed though. She seemed pretty similar to the Rin she knew, so she hoped that they could strike a friendship between each other just as she'd been able to with the version in the Moon Cell. 

Rin continued, her tone still painfully cheerful, but also a touch flustered. "A-and I don't really have any idea why you think I need comforting or a-anything, but I guess I can consider it if I ever need it! Sooo then..."

Rin clapped her hands together. "About that peacekeeping thing! Let's get this all wrapped up then so we can get out of this stupid alley, shall we?" She turned to Forest. "Forest, is it? So you've agreed to provide Rider with Prana? Have you ever done this sort of thing before? I can try to help you with any questions you might have, and even the transfer itself if need be. Even if I haven't been actively involved with what went on here, it'd be irresponsible of me to not offer to help however I can." 
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Re: Cross Effects- The RP
« Reply #64 on: July 31, 2013, 08:21:48 PM »
"Woooooah, fiery, fiery!!" Exclaimed a young girl standing next to Sephiroth. It seemed she did appear out of nowhere to you but it may simply have to do with you being too busy fighting the Zack look-a-like to notice. As she looked with an amused expression the man rolling over the ground in an attempt to extinguish the remnants flames, you can throw her a side glance.

She looks young, a teenager as it seems. Wearing a thin black top, white jeans and a pair of white sneakers. She addresses Sephiroth a genuine smile and you can see her purples eyes meeting yours. She doesn't seem to care in the slightest that you wear an extremely long sword nor that you did cast a fire spell in the middle of the place.

"You know any of these guys, sir?" She asked on a curious tone while pointing her left thumb towards the general direction of the "Enforcers" as they called themselves. "Because they surely don't look like the Enforcers I know."

Sephiroth turned his head in the general direction of the Enforcers to see what amounted to high-tech police officers wielding semi-automatic rifles and strange body armor that was of an unfamiliar style to him. Also, near where the back of the formation was, he could see....

'Is that... a TANK?!' Sephiroth thought to himself.

However, before Sephiroth could do anything, Gatou Nonji stood back up painfully, before he himself downed a bottle of liquid that looked suspiciously like an X-Potion to Sephiroth. After finishing the contents of the potion, Gatou drew his sword from behind his back and yelled, "SOLAR STRIKER!!"

Upon yelling that, he jumped really high into the air and landed sword-first in the mass of Enforcers, causing another explosion that erupted from the impact zone to 500 meters away.

Sephiroth, intending to keep the young teenage girl safe, activated his single wing, grabbed onto the girl, and started flying away from the blast radius. Fortunately, the explosion was one of those slower ones, so even Sephiroth could out-fly the blast radius.

Within the blast radius, Gatou began chanting a spell of lightning plasma to rain down on Sephiroth, thinking that he'd be near the blast radius. Upon finishing the chant, lightning plasma shot down from the clouds and...

...missed Sephiroth by a few meters?

XxX

After a few minutes of lightning plasma falling around the city, Sephiroth put the girl down on the ground, before he asked her, "What's your name?"

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Re: Cross Effects- The RP
« Reply #65 on: July 31, 2013, 10:32:41 PM »
On hearing Rider's rant about her past, Isa's face had fallen, clearly guilty at hitting such a raw nerve.

"I'm sorry, I said something rather insensitive. Didn't mean to remember you of something bad", she said, apologetically.

Aww, what a nice girl.

"No, it's OK, you couldn't have known", Rider said in reply.

As she described Sakura's relationship with Shirou, though, she couldn't help but notice the girl turning crimson. Whilst such innocence was not something she saw much of, she could understand it in such a young girl. They continued to converse, Rider glad to hear that the girl bore her no ill-will, and understood the situation she was in.

She continued speaking, greeting Hakuno, acting strangely formally towards her, before turning to greet Forest and, then, Rin.

Rider couldn't help but notice how Isa greeted Rin.

Odd, I've never met her before.

But there were plenty of alternate versions of people here, so it made sense for there to be another one. Whether or not Rin knew her in return she wasn't sure.

Then, as Shirou started to speak, Rider could see Isa trying to intervene, quite reasonably. She continued doing so as Rider herself spoke, to no avail. Forest also spoke up, attacking Shirou's version of events. Rider nodded along as Forest chewed out Shirou and his attitude.

But, then, as she fantasised about Rin, the vampire turned to speak to her, clearly having read her thoughts.

"Lord and Lady, is that all you think about?"

Rider blushed slightly, feeling somewhat embarrassed at her most private thoughts being announced to the world.

Oh, so she can read thoughts as well? she thought, uncomfortably. Although, I do wonder if she has any concept of "privacy"....

But, before she could address the vampire and explain herself, the boy who had said he was Shirou's son announced himself.

"my name proper is Satoshi Alexander Emiya Pendragon. I am the prince of knights, king of heroes, heir to the house Einzbern and the dragon. The second of my titles was earned defeating Gilgamesh and stripping him of such. Emiya Shirou is my father and my mother is Arturia Pendragon the king of knights, most know her as king Arthur, history got the male part wrong because Merlin used magic. And no, Rider usually thinks about any current book she's reading. As for my world every one is alive, I would give a full list but that would take too long for the current situation  but my grandfather and your master are very much among them as well as Rin there being the head of the mage association."

He's Saber's son?

Rider's face showed clear shock at that revelation. Whilst the idea of Saber living through the war was hardly implausible, given that she herself was a survivor of it, she knew that Heroic Spirits could not bear children. Further, since he knew her and, apparently, Archer, at least three of the servants had survived, which begged the question of how they were getting prana.

Still, whilst she couldn't understand how his world could come to be, she was willing to accept that he was almost certainly telling the truth. She could clearly see indications of Saber's parentage in his unusual hair colour and, further, he clearly knew personal details about her, such as her love of reading. Overall, he did seem like someone she could trust. His world seemed a nice enough place and, whilst she had never had the chance to get to Saber well enough to judge her, she did trust Shirou, at least versions of him that were normal enough to settle down and have a family.

Then he continued.

"As to the issue here I'm afraid your outrage is a little misplaced. While killing innocent people is wrong tactically speaking it was Shirous only choice, I say this because I'm well aware of what happens to a person drained by vampirisms cold touch, both in the case of your method Rider as your sisters attacked me and by the standard vampire means. Also please keep something in mind Forest, you are a western vampire, the eastern ones are much more horrific when you are drained by them, you can become a zombie, ghoul or even another vampire but eastern vampires have little in the way of self control due to their bodies constantly deterioration leaving them in agony. It's not a  thing I would wish on any one , Shirou did what he thought was right and given that I understand what it is to be powerless I can't blame him for picking the option with the best odds of survival and spare a victim torturous pains."

OK, has he listened to a damn word I said?

Some of his logic did make sense, if you took Shirou at face value and accepted his ridiculous assertion that Forest and Rider both intended to kill the girl even though that was evidentially not the case. Still, it was pretty clear that he was entirely overlooking the utter idiocy that Shirou had displayed in jumping to the conclusion that the girl was in iminent danger of an agonising death and deciding to pre-empt that by putting a bullet in her head. That sort of idiotic thinking was the sort of thing she expected from an overly-eager child like Kiyoshi, not a fully-grown adult like Shirou. Although even Kiyoshi would never attack someone he knew to be innocent....

The boy continued with his speech.

"Also Rider you'll have to accept that worlds like his counter balance yours and mine, cosmically speaking you cannot blame him for the hand of fate. More importantly though  is the fact that he sugar coated it which says that he thinks what he does is at it's basic level wrong. This means he isn't completely gone and I think you of all people should see the merits of a second chance"

Whilst he was perhaps right about the sugar-coating, although she wasn't at all convinced that it wasn't simply an attempt to save his own skin, she didn't accept that he had no alternative but to become as he was. There was always an alternative. The Rin and Shirou that she knew could attest to that.

As for a second chance, she did not as-of-yet have sufficient information about him to know for sure if he'd done anything unforgiveable, although she was beginning to suspect the worst. Still, she was willing to leave him alone for now, even if only because she simply couldn't afford the prana it would cost to kill him. Protecting the happiness of the Sakura she knew came before avenging the one she didn't, assuming he was indeed responsible for her demise.

Besides, if he did still possess a concience, as Satoshi seemed to think, then a relatively painless death would be a blessing compared to having to live with the full weight of his crimes, particularly when confronted with all the alternative possibilities.

This "Satoshi" guy was weird, though. Mere seconds ago he'd been threatening to beat Shirou into next week, now, after swallowing his bullshit whole, he was defending him.

Before Rider could reply to his long speech, though, Shirou piped up.

"Thank you...Satoshi. If nothing else, I'm glad that you're not another idealistic idiot like I used to be, and can actually try to see the bigger picture. I guess Saber raised you well."

Rider couldn't help but laugh at that. The boy was Shirou's son and acted like it. He was just aware of his limitations, much like the Shirou she knew was. She knew he would never put a bullet in the brain of an innocent girl in the way that this idiot had tried to.

Shirou continued, staring coldly at her.

"Well...I wasn't quite planning on aggravating everyone, so I better explain myself a bit better", he said.

Despite his statement, though, she couldn't help but feel that she was the one person he was quite OK aggravating. She could tell from the way he stared at her that he felt this was a verbal battle to win allies for the forthcoming fight between them rather than an attempt to prevent said fight.

He turned to address Forest, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"First off, you said shoot the monsters, not the victim. If that option was available to me, in a way which didn't cause complete collateral damage, we wouldn't be here talking right now. I was not close enough to directly intervene, nor did I have allies whom I could have directed to your location. And, let's be honest, do you really think a mere high-velocity sniper bullet to the head would have stopped you, who had appeared at the time to be a Dead Apostle; and Rider, a full blown Servant capable of moving at speeds beyond most cars and tougher than a stainless steel vault? Well, maybe you, I don't know what you're capable of and what your weaknesses are, but definitely not a Servant. If anything, it might cause one of you to run away with the girl, or feed on her quicker so you could gain enough power to fight off a possible threat. And I wasn't going to leave Hakuno in your hands so you could make her into your Dead slave, or in Rider's hands where she would literally suffer a fate worse than death. So your suggestion is out. Unless you think it would have been a good idea to shoot a Noble Phantasm into an alleyway literally next to the city centre on the off chance that I manage to kill at least one of you. Not that it would have anyway, you would have detected it long before I could fire."

To be fair to him, he did have a point. If you focussed solely on her and Forest, ignoring everyone else who was involved or intended to become involved, and assumed the absolute worst-case scenario, as he was seemingly prone to do, a mercy kill on the girl was indeed the best option. Of course, that entirely ignored the fact that he had no reason to believe that either of them intended to kill the girl or cause her genuine harm, or that the girl had screamed for her servant shortly after, or that Saber had been there to protect her. It also ignored the fact that a bullet to the girl's head in that situation wasn't going to work either, as subsequent events had proven.

Shirou then turned to Forest, and bowed, before saying "I do have to thank you though for delaying Rider, now that I know what your true intentions were. I'm sorry I over-complicated this matter."

Rider's face turned sour hearing that. It was clear to her that her initial impression was right. He was trying to turn everyone against her.

"And you. You have some nerve to lecture me on my choice, to be outraged at my actions. The one who should be outraged is me. You say I have no sense. That what you're the one responsible for saving Hakuno and thus bears no blame in this matter. How dare you! You were only going to take a little bit of prana? That's bullshit and you know it!"

Rider's face contorted with anger at his words, and the clear attempt to pin the blame for Hakuno's near death at his hands on her. Then, Shirou started to approach her. In response, Rider summoned up her nails once more, ready to deflect the coming attack. But, instead, he continued talking.

"The easiest and quickest choice for you would be to gain prana would have been by eating her soul, leaving her a lifeless shell, capable of only the bare minimum to survive."

Right, because the "easiest and quickest" choice is obviously the only one anyone will ever take..., she thought, sarcastically, her anger growing at the way the idiot projected his philosophy on life and general laziness and unwillingness to take the difficult path onto her.

Angrily, she attempted to respond.

"Easiest and quickest. That's all you damn well care about, isn't it?!"

However, he continued to talk over her, paying no heed to her words whatsoever.

"Don't think I've forgotten what you did to Mitsuzuri. Tohsaka managed to save my friend Ayako from this fate, but even now she's suffering from the side effects. She suffers nightmares of the incident every night, and even if she can't remember what exactly happened, she's developed a phobia to the point that every time she's alone in a dark room, she's overcome with petrifying fear until someone comes to her aid."

That's funny, because the Ayako I know is perfectly fine. She was even Sakura's bridesmaid.

"Or maybe you were going to go the slow way. Maybe, force a tantric ritual with a girl who seemingly had at best, a small untapped pool of prana in her body. Use your eyes to petrify her so she can't resist, or just brute force her onto the ground, then have your way with her until you were satisfied, on the off chance that you somehow gained mana from a schoolgirl who you knew was not a magus. And afterwards, to cover up your tracks, because I know you can't wipe people's memories; you would have no choice but to kill her right there and then or take her away to your lair, where you can do it again and again until she had no more prana left. Is that what you planned to do if the vampire here hadn't stopped you?"

Hearing his rant, Rider's anger grew further and further. He was clearly trying to ruin the trust Hakuno and the others had for her using lies and false assumptions. She had intended to do none of those things. All she was intending to do was to drink a little of the girl's blood, as she had done to many people before. Even if the Ayako in his world had ended up traumatised, that was different. She had, presumably, been forced to attack her under Shinji's direction, and in a manner that was designed to maximise the poor girl's suffering, for the enjoyment of her monstrous substitute master.

But, still he continued, the anger in his voice getting steadily worse.

"How on earth could I possibly just let you do that? How on earth could I just let a girl suffer either that or the experience of becoming the Dead in attempting to shoot the two of you down with a rifle? Yes, call me a murderer, but if I had absolutely no choice, I would much rather kill someone painlessly than to leave an innocent person to experience such a fate."

Rider prepared herself for the inevitable attack from the furious Shirou, her anger also rising as he continued to spout his ill-informed opinion. But, instead, he took a few moments to calm himself, before continuing to speak.

"Lastly...and the thing I find most unforgivable. You claim that you had no choice, that you're only trying to get prana to continue protecting a boy who you claim is my son. Well then, out of all the possible secluded alleys, all the possible deserving criminals and so-called scum with reasonable levels of prana you could have picked from, hell just in this nearby area, let alone this vast city...why did you decide to attack a harmless ordinary schoolgirl with small mana reserves who had just walked out of the city centre?"

The uncomfortable truth of his final statement only made Rider angrier. Reaching her boiling point, she moved to lunge at him. But, before she could do so, Isa, who had been unsuccessfully trying to stop the argument for some time, dived in between them, looking at the two of them alternately. Then, she began to speak.

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"Are we finally done?" She asked calmly. "Because in case you didn't notice, Hakuno-san is safe." She addressed at Rider a glance. "Sure we could spend time pointing fingers about what COULD HAVE HAPPENED." Her voice erupted violently in the alley. "WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM GUYS??? LOOK AT THE VICTIM." She yelled. "YEAH, SHE'S SHAKEN BUT STOP TREATING HER LIKE A CHILD, DAMMIT. SHE'S FINE NOW. SO WE CAN EITHER DECIDE WHO'S THE ONE WHO SCREWED THE MOST OR DECIDE TO MOVE ON WITH THIS TOPIC AND TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION IN ORDER TO AVOID SUCH A RESULT TO HAPPEN AGAIN WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A WAY TO SUPPLY RIDER WITH PRANA."

The anger and sadness in her voice shocked Rider into stopping her actions for the moment. Rider felt sorry for her, particularly since she was only trying to help. Once more, she channeled her anger and lust towards her master's extremely attractive, very clumsy and somewhat kinky big sister.

Rin bent over my knee being spanked.

Rin bent over my knee being spanked.

As she expected, thinking of the girl who was ultimately responsible for them being in this mess in the first place getting a sexy and well-deserved punishment calmed her somewhat, allowing her to focus more rationally on the situation at hand.

Dimly, over the top of her fantasies, she heard the girl ask "What will it be?"

But, before she could reply, Archer jumped in. Now that she was paying attention, she could recall that the servant's blood was practically boiling with anger. And, honestly, she could understand why. Not only had this idiot tried to kill her master, but he was an alternate version of Archer himself, one who had apparently followed a dark path. She recalled from her war that Archer had initially had issues with Shirou, but had abandoned them once the war hotted up. This Shirou seemed like the sort that might enflame those feelings even in the best of situations.

Rin attempted to jump in and placate her former servant, but to no avail.

"My apologies, to both of you. But... he and I need to have a few words", Archer said, the rage evident in his voice.

Rider prepared herself. Whilst she wasn't going to provoke a fight, if one did occur she knew very well which side she would support. After all, Archer had ultimately saved Sakura, albeit indirectly, and in this case he was clearly in the right.

As the servant approached Shirou, Rider could see Rin and Hakuno conversing, clearly trying to think of a way to stop Archer. The fact that Hakuno had not already ordered him to stop implied that she clearly lacked any command spells, or at very least had only one remaining.

Meanwhile, the servant started to speak, clearly infuriated at Shirou's attitude. Rider found herself agreeing with almost every word he said. Shirou had acted far too hastily, and without considering any possible alternatives. The girl had never been in any real danger, and anyone rational would have at least considered that possibility.

As he prepared to attack his alternate self, Rider also prepared, ready to join the battle at a moment's notice if she saw the opportunity to finish the idiot off without further consequences. But, instead, just as he was about to strike, Rin and Hakuno intervened. Mollified by their words, Archer put away his swords and stood down, but not before issuing a clear threat to his alternate self that any future attempts on his master's life would be met with lethal force.

The danger gone once more, Rider desummoned her nails. Then, finally, she was able to speak, and tell her side of the story.

"OK, now that that's done with, I'm sorry, Isa. I never wanted a fight, and nor do I want to upset Hakuno. I just need prana. Still, some of the things he has said cannot go unanswered, for Hakuno's own sake.

Archer is right, Shirou, you only ever consider the easiest and simplest option. So it's only natural for you to assume everyone else will, I guess, which is why you assumed that of me, and why you can't accept that I meant the girl no harm.

Not everyone is like that, thought, some of us like to think before we act. True, it would be quicker to drain one girl to the point of death, but taking a small amount of prana from ten without causing them harm works just as well, and it's less likely to attract attention, particularly in a city like this. As for the alternative method, as enjoyable as having a girl like Hakuno as a sex slave would be, I'm not so cruel as to do such a thing to someone so innocent.

At least without her consent, anyway...", she said with a meaningful and somewhat lusty glance in Hakuno's direction.

"Honestly, Shirou, I do wonder what happened to make you like this. The Shirou I know would never take the easy option in that way. He has always searched for the alternative. When my master was ill and a potential danger to the whole world, he never gave up on her. Even her own sister wanted to kill her, but he never gave up. He kept fighting and fighting and, in the end, he found a way. He found a way to save her. True, it almost cost him his own life in the process, but he saved her, and eventually managed to return to her side.

Why are you so different, Shirou? What happened to make you lose that determination?"

Then, in an attempt to calm the situation, Rin spoke up once more.

"Ah ha... So you asked me how Sakura is doing, earlier huh? She's doing great! Fantastic even! She and the Emiya-kun from my world are dating even! Called them before I left for this world, and they're doing just fine. As is the version of you that lives there."

Clearly this Rin was from a universe that, if not identical to hers, was very similar. Which meant she could be trusted. And, it also meant she was likely alone and lonely. Which was something that Rider could definitely capitalise on....

"Ah, it's good to hear things worked out well in your world as well", Rider said, happily. "In my world, they're married. The version of you that lives there was doing pretty well last time I saw her, although I can't vouch for her continued safety after she sent Sakura's beloved son here...."

Then, as she continued speaking, Rin's face became flustered.

"A-and I don't really have any idea why you think I need comforting or a-anything, but I guess I can consider it if I ever need it! Sooo then..."

In other words "I want to fuck you but I'm too Tsundere to admit it", Rider thought, smirking to herself.

Then, it got even better.

 "About that peacekeeping thing! Let's get this all wrapped up then so we can get out of this stupid alley, shall we?", Rin said before turning to Forest and adding, "Forest, is it? So you've agreed to provide Rider with Prana? Have you ever done this sort of thing before? I can try to help you with any questions you might have, and even the transfer itself if need be. Even if I haven't been actively involved with what went on here, it'd be irresponsible of me to not offer to help however I can."

Rider couldn't help but give a playful smirk in Rin's direction.

"Yes, Rin, I'm sure you'd love to demonstrate the ritual to Forest. Very.. thoroughly", she said, teasingly.

Although, don't you have plenty of prana spare? You are one of the most powerful magi around, after all. If you want to take Forest's place, you're more than welcome", Rider said, grinning like a Cheshire Cat.

"Oh, that reminds me.

I'm sorry, Forest, if my thoughts offended you," Rider said, a hint of annoyance in her words, "but I was simply recalling some of the fun times I have had with with the Rin that I know. This Rin's future self.

Imagining her getting a well-deserved and extremely sexy punishment for putting us in this mess in the first place helped me direct my anger into lust and calm down a little, and prevented me escalating this situation even further", she said, looking at Rin once more in a manner that was clearly designed to convey her desire to carry out such a "punishment", although in a manner that Rin would also find enjoyable.

"Oh, and, Satoshi, I don't know what this Shirou's world is like or how he ended up like he did, but no-one ever has to act that way. Killing in self-defence or in defence of those you love, sure, but not killing innocents in cold blood. The Shirou I know had that choice, to kill my innocent master to potentially save many more, but he understood that he had to put those he loved first, and that it was never just or right to murder an innocent person.

I can understand the reasoning about protecting the girl from worse, even if he was a bit hasty, but he seems to go beyond that. Even if she was in no danger at all, he would still have taken that shot if it meant distracting us or preventing us fighting and causing more destruction. People are people, not numbers. You can't just subtract off the number you kill from the number you save and decide your value on how high that number is. Sure, people can be redeemed, but sometimes they're just too far gone. With him, I'm not sure yet. I don't know just how much he's changed."

Then, she turned to Rin and Forest once more.

"But, yes, we do need to get down to 'business'. Whoever helps me is going to have to keep transferring prana until my master arrives, though, particularly if anything happens that causes me to fight.

You know, if you want, you can all join in. I'm sure Rin would be quite OK to share the 'burden' with you two", she said, looking at Hakuno and Forest.

Yes, that would be great fun, Rider thought, imagining a foursome with the three hot girls.

"If you want, you can help me with her 'punishment', too, if she agrees. Even if she's not the same Rin who sent me here, it is her past self, so I think it's only fair she compensate me for her future mistakes", she said, grinning lustfully in Rin's direction. "I promise it will be enjoyable for all involved."

Then, Rider returned to a more serious (although still somewhat jovial) tone.

"First, though, we have to get out of this alley and find a suitable place. And, I need someone to look after Kiyoshi during the 'ritual'.

Actually, that reminds me. Rin, would you like to meet your nephew?" Rider said, her smile full of genuine warmth.



Kiyoshi stood there awaiting the girl's acknowledgement of his ability. But, her reply took him by surprise.

"I'm afraid kuro's trick is lost on me Kiyoshi as I cannot see your pet, or anything else for that matter"

Oh.

That made things much more difficult. How could he demonstrate his magic to a girl who couldn't see?

At the same time, though, it also made him even more certain that he couldn't just let her walk away. The girl was a sitting duck. He couldn't leave her alone in a town like this.

"Oh, I see...", he said, somewhat uncertain of how to proceed.

"Well, look, why don't you come in and we can talk? I would honestly enjoy some company. 

Plus, my conscience won't let me just leave you to wander the town alone. And, my mother would be very upset if she found out that I ignored a vulnerable child in need. She's very protective of children. My Aunty Rider will be back soon, and she'll keep you safe.

This town is very dangerous, you shouldn't go out alone", he said, carefully ignoring the fact that he had been about to do just that.
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« Reply #66 on: August 01, 2013, 12:47:54 AM »
"now wait just a minute, just because I understand your point of view Shirou does not mean I agree with it. The truth is neither you nor Archer understands the truth of being a superhero or a hero of justice, your actions were wrong, and no I'm talking about the look in your eyes that tells me what you did before that caused this. It was wrong, now is your chance to change. If you want to become better than I'll be happy to help and while I'll guarantee your life while in the city regardless of whether you take my help that is all I can promise because stupidity needs to be stamped out." he remarked.

Satoshi laughed "if you're shocked by every new world order you see here rider you'll never get your proverbial sea legs"

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« Reply #67 on: August 01, 2013, 05:01:21 AM »
Vanessa looked with interest at the obvious law enforcement unit which surrounded efficiently the man, who, an instant earlier, was still engulfed in a coat of flames. The men were heavily armed and worn protections. They even had a freaking tank with them.

"Sure seems to take the matter seriously. Well, if he's responsible for the earlier explosion, I don't blame them."

Distracted, she didn't notice the terrorist getting up and drawing a blade. 

"SOLAR STRIKER!!"

"...What?" Surprised, she looked at the man supposed to be taken into custody. She saw him jump and then, all the rest happened in slow-motion, the guy reached the ground once again, his weapon biting the asphalt. Next moment, a strong arm enclosed around her waist and she was forced to evade the area through the only safe place at the moment, the air. "Hey, what are y-..." But she was cut by the powerful explosion which was triggered by the previous attack on the enforcers. Covering her face from the blast of wind which followed the detonation.

"Ah, thanks." She said, realizing she could have been killed. "Saving my life and all, I owe you o-..."

But she was once more interrupted by a thunderbolt which missed them by a thread as his savior dodged with a flap of his only dark wing. Vanessa sensed something above them and pointed a finger to the clouds.

"Be careful, something's coming!!"

However, the lightning strikes summoned missed them, spreading all around the area.

Why does he throw a random spells around? He is trying to deceive us. She shook her head, getting angry.

"We can't let him run amok. If it keeps up, he will end up killing someone."

She didn't know if that unknown man heard her. After all, he had completely ignored her earlier. She weaved her left hand before his face, gathering his attention.

"As thankful as I may be, could you let me go? I can't do anything if I'm carried around like a potato bag."

A minute or so passed, then he finally landed, much to the teenager relief.

 
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"What's your name?"

There, you can talk after all.

"Name's Vanessa. What's yours?"

She looked around for explosive man and when she found him, she smiled.

"I'll help you capture this guy." She closed her eyes, focusing her mind on the task.

A gust surrounded her as she triggered her magic circuit switch, hair's flowing she started to chant.

"Two faced being of the paradox hear my plead. From shades raises the refined light born from deep within. From radiances crawls the unholy thread of corruption."

Body heat increased and a painful yet familiar sensation numbed her limbs for an instant.

"One verse for the sacred. One verse for the cursed. Five oaths under the dark sky. Come forth, five pillars of light, πεντάγραμμον φωτεινός!!"

With a sudden flash, a boundary field expanded under Gatou, for an instant pulsating.

"Be ready to strike when I create the opening."

The teenager made a gesture, as if manipulating a whip of some sort. Tremors started as the spell reached its final step. Five pillars of light raised to the sky before encircling the target. Magical energy shook the ground stronger as the columns of prana converged at the center of the formation and exploded with intensity in a demonstration of raw power. The after effect was a vertical beam of light piercing the clouds above their head. Vanessa pointed towards the middle of the artificial light.

"What are you waiting for, I can't maintain him inside forever!!

Indeed, such grand scale spells weren't just for showing off. The prana cost was heavy and worse than that, throwing around a tower beacon in the middle of the place would surely gather all kind of attention. Fortunately, people would not have to worry about material destruction. The spell was just a strong barrier which prevented people to go in or out without her permission. It was clearly impressive but at the price of being usable only when she was at her top.

Still, it would have been way easier if Isa were around.

Not that she thought about it, where did her twin sister go?
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« Reply #68 on: August 01, 2013, 05:47:16 AM »
"Aye, but it could heal wrong if it's not set properly," Lancer said as he was in motion again.  "As to why, I don't know.  Fore's a bit daft when it comes to stuff like this.  She invited a hound like me to live with her; so I can't understand how her mind works."

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Forest blinked as she felt a warm hand take hers.  She looked at Isa, seeing tears stream down her face.  The vampire's eyes widened as she reached for the girl, knowing somehow she was the cause for those tears.  A grim knot appeared in her stomach, eating doubt there.  White, even teeth worried her bottom lip as Satoshi lectured her about the differences in vampires.

His words rankled her, but she just rolled her eyes.  If she had been put into the same situation again, she would have done the exact same thing.  Plans weren't her strong point, but taking damage and pummeling things were.  She had seen a girl in trouble and acted.  Had it been one of the men here she knew she would have acted the same way.

However, she reached into her duster pocket and handed Isa klenex.  She said, "Like you said, everyone's fine so . . ."

Then Archer, or who Forest was currently thinking of as "Hottie MacHotpants", decided to get his aggression on to Shirou.  From what she could get from Rider, Satoshi, Haruko, and Rin was that they were pulled from different realities and placed here.  And Shirou almost killed Archer's Master/Girlfriend, Forest thought rubbing her forehead.  Then there was the lonely, jealous spike of her wanting someone to defend her like that, but she knew if it hadn't happened when she needed it over 1,000 years ago, it wasn't going to happen now.

She took a step forward, moving to put herself between Archer and Shirou while coming up with a witty comment about penis envy when Haruko and Rin managed to pull Archer from his Murder Mission.

Then Rider got her aggression on again.  Forest could understand why she was so pissed off; after all Shirou was apparently an alternate version of her Master's husband who had made many wrong turns.  The lovely woman vented some more, and Forest wondered when it was going to end.  Or if she was going to have to put a stop to this again with another physic shout.

Rin bent over my knee being spanked.

Rin bent over my knee being spanked.


Forest's eyes widened as she got that impression crystal clear and perfect.  Rider wasn't telepathic, but the woman had to have some sort of mental ability to be able to broadcast like she was.  It wasn't like Forest was trying to listen to her thoughts - because she really didn't - but Rider broadcasted with a very strong signal that Forest couldn't ignore.

Then to make it worse, Rin came over to Forest and asked, "Forest, is it? So you've agreed to provide Rider with Prana? Have you ever done this sort of thing before? I can try to help you with any questions you might have, and even the transfer itself if need be. Even if I haven't been actively involved with what went on here, it'd be irresponsible of me to not offer to help however I can." 

Forest nodded and said, "Thanks.  Lancer didn't give me any details other than yeah, if I needed to I could provide prana . . ."

"Yes, Rin, I'm sure you'd love to demonstrate the ritual to Forest. Very.. thoroughly", she said, teasingly.

Although, don't you have plenty of prana spare? You are one of the most powerful magi around, after all. If you want to take Forest's place, you're more than welcome", Rider said, grinning like a Cheshire Cat.

"Oh, that reminds me.

I'm sorry, Forest, if my thoughts offended you," Rider said, a hint of annoyance in her words, "but I was simply recalling some of the fun times I have had with with the Rin that I know. This Rin's future self.

Imagining her getting a well-deserved and extremely sexy punishment for putting us in this mess in the first place helped me direct my anger into lust and calm down a little, and prevented me escalating this situation even further", she said, looking at Rin once more in a manner that was clearly designed to convey her desire to carry out such a "punishment", although in a manner that Rin would also find enjoyable."

Forest huffed and retorted, "You broadcast.  Like the Emergency Broadcast System.  The more intense your thought, the louder it is.  It's not like I like being privy to people's Bondage Fantasies or anything."  Then she looked around at the other Servants and asked, "And Lord and Lady, are all of you into the kink or what?  Rider has her dominatrix battle outfit and you're wearing . . . that . . ."

She bit her lip as she awkwardly gestured to Archer's suggestive clothing.

She shook her head and said, "But!  We should leave the alley and get people settled.  I'm sure that some of you were sucked here with no rhyme nor reason and little to your name but the clothing on your back.  I have plenty of rooms and supplies at my stronghold.  You can get something to eat - if Lancer remembered to go shopping . . ."

"Oy, it's not my fault that you're on a 'liquid and citrus' diet and the only thing I found in your gods damned fridge was oranges and orange juice," an all too familiar voice called out from the mouth of the alley.

Lancer approached, holding the hand of what looked like to be a young boy, who's arm was bent at an odd angle.  Lancer said, "But yes, I was a good boy and went to the grocers and filled your larders for other freeloaders like myself."  The Celt approached and leaned close to Forest, "I heard that you offered to give Prana to Rider then?"

Forest swallowed and said, "Well, she needs it and it keeps her from feeding off of innocent school girls."

Lancer patted her head and said, "You're fucked." 

"Yes, I believe already gathered that," Forest snapped at him, resisting the urge to kick his shin.  Despite the fact that Lancer was admittedly wildly handsome, she couldn't feel overly attracted to him.  She adored him yes, but it was the same comfortable affection she felt for her friends.

Lancer laughed and said, "Well then, let's grab the children, head off and store your grievances.  You're alive when some of you should all rights be dead.  Enjoy it."

He looked at Rider, sighed and said, "Now I wish I would have been here sooner.  I would happily donate all the prana the lass could want."  Then he looked at Forest and said, "This is Ruu.  I was daft and caused him to break his own arm.  Can you set it?"

Forest sighed, nodded and knelt down to Ruu.  "I'm Forest, may I see your arm?"


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« Reply #69 on: August 01, 2013, 10:38:02 AM »
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"Aye, but it could heal wrong if it's not set properly. As to why, I don't know.  Fore's a bit daft when it comes to stuff like this.  She invited a hound like me to live with her; so I can't understand how her mind works."

The last part wasn't reassuring in the slightest but the familiar kept it to him.

Voices, all around him. Strong emotions. Echoes reverberating though the alley. Powerful people were all gathered here and exchanging words, but Ruu wasn't able to catch up on the conversation. He was led by Lancer to a woman with blond hairs and pale skin. The familiar extended his mind forward to read her. But he was unable to reach her. This made him a bit worried. His ability didn't work on mysteries and the like but she looked human. She didn't give the strong aura Eagle had either. Not even similar to Wolfy. Plus, what Lancer said earlier about her didn't help. Also, she had a particular scent. Nothing outrageous enough for him to consider her a threat on the spot but she was... different.

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"This is Ruu.  I was daft and caused him to break his own arm.  Can you set it?"

The familiar stepped back at these words. Not so eager to let her touch his broken limb. It was itchy and Ruu didn't like being touched when he was itchy. The elegant figure crouched to face him, violet-blue pearls looking at him.

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"I'm Forest, may I see your arm?"

The familiar shook his head and hid behind Lancer in a very childish behavior when faced with the unknown. Worried silver eyes peered as he nervously pressed his hand againt Lancer's. Anxious and not willing to obey, he pronounced one word.

"Scary."

There were no hostilities behind his reaction, only the simplest of suspicion. However, he recalled the warm expression Lancer had when he mentioned his Landlady. Even when they arrived, he seemed pleased to see her again. Maybe, she wasn't all that bad. Ruu gulped and threw a stressed glance at Lancer as if pleading to not leave him alone. Then, with reluctance, he approached Forest and raised a trembling broken limb.

Isabella looked at the scene but had to step aside for now. She smiled to herself while wiping her tears. Things came very close to the critical point. Fortunately, Archer had been reasoned by Hakuno-san and Tohsaka-san. Rider seemed to have calmed down enough as well. Plus, she would get her prana. With that man's and his little companion arrival, Forest's mood improved as well. Satoshi and Shirou probably had things to discuss. Well, it seemed to be the case for everyone, really.

Which means I'm not needed anymore.

She only had jumped in the argument randomly, after all. Vanessa would probably create trouble if left alone for too long. As much as she wanted to go visit Forest's "stronghold", she couldn't. Not yet. She sensed her sister's tension and felt uneasy. But she kept it hidden behind a mask.

"Well, with things settling down, I really should go." She declared cheerfully. The girl leaned towards Rider and gave her a surprise hug. "Take care of you and the little guy, okay?" Her voice full of warmth. "I would like to meet your Master someday." She smiled to the Servant as they separated. Hakuno-san was next. Isabella literally jumped in her arms. "Keep your spirit up. And never ever change." She fidgeted in Hakuno's arms."Aww, I wish your were my other sister." With a more restricted enthusiasm she looked at Rin. "I wish we could discuss things thoroughly, about this place especially, but It will have to wait, Tohsaka-san." Then, the towering Archer. Her voice dropped a little when she faced him. "Thanks for not attacking. Must have been difficult. I'm glad you acknowledge value in people opinions." Yes, this man was very different from Shirou. Regardless of them being the same person at some point. "Keep your Master safe but don't look at her as only someone to protect. You're partners, right?" She threw him a wink before walking away.

"Thanks for the invitation Forest, but I left my sister behind and she needs someone to keep her in check before a disaster happens." The twin produced a pen and sheet of paper from her pocket and scribbled on it. "Here's my number. Feel free to share it and don't hesitate to call me if something happens." She took a second before looking at the vampire. "I'm a magus so I'll help you as much as I can." With that said, she took the pendant she had hanging above her top and presented it to the Vampire. "Here." For her, the flower shaped piece of metal meant more than life and she was genuinely reluctant to part ways it. But she had promised to hand it down to someone who would really need it. "It's a Snowdrop, a friend of mine once told me its symbolism was hope and consolation. It helped me when I felt down. Some people are tough, but we all have time when we need a little help. I wish you to have this for now." The gift was a mean to convey her wish for support and hope for Forest. The adolescent girl eyed Lancer. "Be nice with her, 'kay?." She petted the head of the familiar. "You too." To which Ruu answered with a curious tilt. After that, she had only two persons left to discuss with.

She closed the distance with Satoshi. With a whisper only loud enough for him to hear. "You are compassionate and undertanding." She glanced only for an instant in Shirou's direction. "He may be difficult to deal with but he will need you." With a simple nod she approached the Second Magus Killer. Their eyes met but the teenager didn't waver. She frowned and slapped his face strong enough for people across the street to turn in their direction. For a moment, her eyes were only filled with bitterness, then her expression broke in something full of compassion. "That's your punishment for your "mistake" earlier." She said calmly. "Did you feel my anger behind it? Are you getting angry yourself?" The girl took his hand in hers and smiled gently. "That's what humans feel, emotions aren't something thrown away so easily. You may have lost a lot to become like you are now. It may hurt a lot but you shouldn't throw away what makes you one of us." She raised his hand in order for him to touch her face. "See, that's what human warmth feels like. Do you remember? What you lost as a human being can be regained. You're not a machine. You may not redeem yourself but you can start by forgiving yourself. " She paused a second before surrounding him with her arms. "Each person is precious, there may have difficult choices to make but, you should think with your heart before logic." Isabella teared up for him. "The people you lost would want you to be happy as well, don't you think?" She stepped back from the magus and grinned. "You should just apologize to Hakuno-san."

Finally, Isabella raised a hand casually. "Don't be too harsh on him, guys." She paused an instant. "Even if things were a little too tense, I'm happy to have met you all. Hopefully, we will spend time in a more productive way on our next encounter. Be safe."
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« Reply #70 on: August 01, 2013, 06:05:37 PM »
Taiga paused for a moment considering her options, on the one hand it would be nice to have a person to talk to but at the same time rider is immune to her mystic eyes due to her own cancellation glasses and blind fold so if this were a trap she would be largely defenseless. Despite that Taiga nodded and came inside.

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« Reply #71 on: August 01, 2013, 07:22:49 PM »
Kiyoshi awaited her reply with trepidation, every millisecond seemingly like an eternity. She seemed to be giving it a lot more consideration than he felt was necessary, and he was seriously worried that she might reject his offer, and attempt to navigate the city alone.

So, it was to his great relief that, after what was in reality only a few seconds but had seemed like hours, the girl nodded and came into the room.

Thank God. She'll be safe here, he thought, the sense of relief and happiness he felt evident on his face, not that the girl would be able to see it or not.

Moving out of the way so the girl could wheel herself into the room, he sat down on the bed he'd been sleeping in, Kuro still mounted on his shoulder. Then, he turned to the girl and spoke.

"Well, now you're inside, why don't we introduce ourselves properly?

I'm Emiya Kiyoshi. I live in Fuyuki City, Japan, with my mother, father and Aunty Rider. I'm not sure exactly how me and Aunty Rider ended up here, but it was probably something to do with the experiment my Aunty Rin was doing. She's learing to use the Second Ma.. a very powerful magic which allows travel to parallel worlds", he said with a smile, correcting himself after remembering that the girl didn't know anything about magecraft.

"So, what about you? How did you end up here?" Kiyoshi said with a genuine sense of curiosity, smiling brightly at his new friend as he did so.

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« Reply #72 on: August 02, 2013, 12:41:30 PM »
"Are we finally done?" Isabella asked calmly. "Because in case you didn't notice, Hakuno-san is safe." She addressed at Rider a glance. "Sure we could spend time pointing fingers about what COULD HAVE HAPPENED." Her voice erupted violently in the alley. "WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM GUYS??? LOOK AT THE VICTIM. She yelled. YEAH, SHE'S SHAKEN BUT STOP TREATING HER LIKE A CHILD, DAMMIT. SHE'S FINE NOW. SO WE CAN EITHER DECIDE WHO'S THE ONE WHO SCREWED THE MOST OR DECIDE TO MOVE ON WITH THIS TOPIC AND TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION IN ORDER TO AVOID SUCH A RESULT TO HAPPEN AGAIN WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A WAY TO SUPPLY RIDER WITH PRANA."

Shirou blinked in surprise, stepping back from Rider. He had lost it again. He had lost sight of the overall picture and had attempted to antagonize Rider, even though he knew the situation would only worsen if the Servant was provoked into a fight. However, some part of him itched for the fight, to put an end to her lying words; the implication that Sakura still lived.

It was time to remove himself from this situation before he made things a lot worse.

Suddenly, Archer spoke up, his voice coarse with barely contained rage.

"My apologies, to both of you. But..." He looked at Shirou, anger blazing up once more. "He and I need to have a few words."

Archer stepped closer to Shirou.

"So then... You thought you'd stop the big bad monsters from feeding on an innocent girl. By doing what, killing her?" A sardonic smile crossed the Servant's lips, not unlike the one Shirou sported from time to time whenever he explained his actions to his 'allies', "Oh, it'd certainly do the trick. Can't feed on her when she's dead, now can they? Makes it easy. You don't have to worry about protecting a corpse. Just kill the monsters, pat yourself on the back and tell yourself it was what you had to do, move on with your life. Done. Certainly nothing can go wrong with that. An angry vampire and Servant, surely you can just lead them back out of the way of any innocent civilians with no problems whatsoever."

More anger creeped into Archer's voice. "But here's the thing. It doesn't work that way. Do you know what the results really would have been had you not missed? What you would have had was a dead girl who got to pay the price for your own goddamn stupidity, with possibly more casualties on top of her! Plus if you're so naive as to think there was a guaranteed chance that you could have survived on your own against those two, guess again! You claim to have thought everything through about your actions, but in reality you didn't consider a damn thing!"

Archer's eyes lowered for a moment, his voice now tinged with bitterness. "I won't say I didn't take lives. My hands are stained with blood, and I regret every death. But what they say is true... you can't save everyone. I tried, oh did I ever try. But I failed. In the end, I had to focus on saving everyone I could, even if it meant someone else had to pay the price." He looked back up, his gaze boring into the grey eyes of the young man before him. "But I always made damn sure that my options were truly that limited. The less unnecessary deaths, the better."

Archer's hands formed themselves into fists. "But you... you think it through carefully, and what's your first solution? Put a bullet through the hostage's brain, that'll solve everything! No, no, even though they wasn't even a god damn fight yet, clearly the situation was so far gone that the innocent victim had to die to resolve it!"

The Servant's voice became dangerous. "You... you claim to act in the name of Justice, in the name of protecting others, and while I lost the faith in my ideals that I once had, even I can see that you are no more than a broken, twisted, pathetic excuse for a human being that claims to be doing the world a favor via your actions." The familiar twin blades materialized in Archer's hands, his voice calm, but even darker than before. "Furthermore... your other sins aside, you attempted to take the life of the girl I've sworn to protect. And then you just write it all off as a 'misunderstanding.' Therefore..."

Shirou tensed, mimicking Archer's own move, hands slightly open, the images of Kanshou and Bakuya at the forefront of his eyes. His mouth parted, ready to utter his aria, his eyes turning to steel as he prepared for the no doubt intense fight ahead. In the back of his mind, he picked through countless plans to evacuate the nearby citizens, but was unable to come up with one which resulted in zero casualties. Luckily, Tohsaka and Hakuno ran forward and clung to Archer's arms, whispering something to the enraged Servant which caused him to calm down, the Servant's arm and shoulder muscles visibly relaxing through the tight red cloth.

The Servant snorted,"Heh, and here I go priding myself on self control. I don't really regret anything I've said, but the fact that I nearly restarted this whole mess is quite embarrassing. I don't regret my actions enough to feel that I need to apologize, though I have the feeling my master will have me make it up to you ladies in some way, shape or form later, so I wouldn't take it too much to heart."

But Archer turned back to Shirou one last time, his steely eyes meeting Shirou's own. "You're lucky this time. Good for you. You're free now to do whatever it is you do. Endanger enough people, and maybe I'll stop you, but otherwise, I'm done with you for now. However...." Once more his eyes narrowed. In spite of the biker jacket and collar, Archer did his best to try to appear as intimidating as possible. "If your plans for 'saving people' involve my Master enduring some form of bodily harm again, I'm going to do the public a service by separating your head from your torso. Is that clear?"

"If your plans for saving your master involves other people enduring bodily harm, I'll return the favour," Shirou declared back, somewhat disgusted by the Servant's hypocritical attitude, even if a small part of him was glad that someone had managed to earn his future self's loyalty. If nothing else, it gave him hope.

As Shirou was about to leave, he heard Rider address him:

"Honestly, Shirou, I do wonder what happened to make you like this. The Shirou I know would never take the easy option in that way. He has always searched for the alternative. When my master was ill and a potential danger to the whole world, he never gave up on her. Even her own sister wanted to kill her, but he never gave up. He kept fighting and fighting and, in the end, he found a way. He found a way to save her. True, it almost cost him his own life in the process, but he saved her, and eventually managed to return to her side," Rider said, obviously trying to hit his berserk button once more. However, this time, Shirou isolated his feelings as he always did during a hazardous situation; emotions would only serve to hinder his cause, his efficiency and thus ability to save people. He would not go insane again. It was absolutely imperative he did not worsen the situation. Shirou let his gaze for a brief second wander over her, then promptly turned away to scan the faces of the other participants.

However, before he could move, Isabella also began to take her leave, addressing each of the participants like they were an old friend; showcasing her complete naivety and innocence, traits which wouldn't stay for long. He shook his head at the display, but the corners of his lips twitched upwards slightly; a slight sardonic grin not unlike Archer's.

He arched his eyebrows upwards as the girl suddenly approached him, her eyes suddenly determined and confident as she held his gaze, a far cry from her earlier shying away. As such, he was completely unsurprised when she slapped him across the cheeks, and began scolding him. It didn't hurt even slightly, but he whipped his head backwards all the same, as if the slap had much more force, like one of Tohsaka's punches. Now those punches had hurt like hell, but then again, Tohsaka had been trying to kill him...

"Tohsaka! Rin! Stop it!" Shirou yelled desperately as he ducked under another of Rin's wild swipes, a far cry from her earlier use of martial arts. He leapt backwards, trying his best to put some distance between himself and his former ally, so as to create an opportunity to negotiate, to force her to come to reason. However, the school idol continued charging towards him like an enraged bull, all her combat training abandoned as she gave in to anger.

"SHUT UP!!" she screeched, her eyes wild and bloodshot, her loose hair flying in all directions, "I won't let you stop me from using the Grail!"
With another roar, she leaped into the air and tackled him to the ground, the both of them going down in a tangle of scratching arms, with the Red Devil somehow ending on top, raining clenched fists down onto his arms, which he had wrapped around his head.

"We can't let the Grail be used! It'll destroy everything!" he screamed. He locked his legs around her, grabbed her arms, and threw himself to the right with all his might, causing them to roll. This time, Shirou ended up on top, and used his superior mass to push down on her, reinforcing his limbs in the process. Rin screamed and tossed, but was ultimately unable to throw the young man off. "Rin, the Grail is clearly defective. We have to destroy it!" he hissed, unable to catch his breath. The burning pain in his chest revealed the reason: Rin had broken his ribs.

"I CAN'T LET HER DEATH BE FOR NOTHING!!" she roared. Shirou felt a burst of prana from the magus, and was hurled clean off her. Rolling to negate the force, Shirou quickly got to his feet, ignoring the leaden feeling in his arms as he pushed himself up off the jagged ground. Rin was beyond saving. There was only one thing he could do.

Shirou reached into his coat and retrieved a short combat knife, the serrated blade gleaming ominously despite the dim light. He ignored the droplets of water dripping onto his boots, refused to acknowledge the slight blurring in his vision as he prepared to face her, one last time.


The Magus Killer was snapped out of his thoughts when he felt warmth in his right hand. Isabella was holding onto it gently, smiling gently.
"That's what humans feel, emotions aren't something thrown away so easily. You may have lost a lot to become like you are now. It may hurt a lot but you shouldn't throw away what makes you one of us." She raised his hand in order for him to touch her face. It was as warm and soft as it looked, completely smooth as she moved his hand across her cheek.

"See, that's what human warmth feels like. Do you remember? What you lost as a human being can be regained. You're not a machine. You may not redeem yourself but you can start by forgiving yourself. " Then, the girl did something even more unexpected. Shirou stiffened as her arms enclosed around him.

She was hugging him. Shirou's mouth opened and closed in a great imitation of a fish out of water, unable to respond in his surprise. Didn't she know who he was? Hadn't personally witnessed what he had done, read about all the people he had sacrificed for the greater good? How could she even bear to touch something like him?

 "Each person is precious, there may have difficult choices to make but, you should think with your heart before logic." Isabella teared up for him. "The people you lost would want you to be happy as well, don't you think?" She stepped back from the magus and grinned. "You should just apologize to Hakuno-san."

His tongue felt like it had swollen in his mouth, blocking his mouth completely. Nevertheless, he soldiered on, and was eventually able to force a few choked sentences out.

"That naivety will put you in danger someday. But...when it does, I'll try to be there to help. People like you...are what I fight for."

He lowered his eyes to the side and muttered softly to himself, "But you're wrong on that last point. Someone like me, who survived where others had not, who had sacrificed the lives of innocents, doesn't deserve happiness."

Shirou walked slowly over to Archer and his master, keeping a wary eye on the Servant.
"Isabella is right though," he addressed the brown haired Master, keeping his face even despite the panicked look in Hakuno's eyes, "I do owe you an apology. I'm...sorry for trying to kill you."

The words felt foreign on his lips. He was not accustomed to vocally apologising to his victims: they were usually in a coma or dead. Muttered apologies in his head were usually his only method of penance.

"I misjudged the situation badly, and you came to further harm because of it. It probably doesn't matter much to you, but I'm...sorry."

Shirou turned away and began slowly walking out of the alleyway. There was no need to say farewells, he was certain no one was unhappy to see his back.
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Re: Cross Effects- The RP
« Reply #73 on: August 03, 2013, 07:02:34 AM »
Lancer blinked at Ruu's response to Forest.  The blond stilled at that, indigo eyes meeting Lancer's.  The Celt rubbed the back of his neck, not sure of what to do.  Sure she was a vampire, but she was also Forest.  The sort of naive nice sort that offered a rogue like him a roof over his head and someone to pledge his spear to if she went to war.  And considering her luck with such things, she might need it.

He patted the boy's head, a little harder than he should have, but he'd never been good with kids.  Not even his own.  In fact, he was the worse with those.  He shook the regret away and tilted the head at the boy.  "Come on, Forest isn't going to bite you or anything."

Forest sighed and said, "I can tell you what to do, Lancer.  I understand."  She wiggled her fingers at Ruu, grinned and said, "I wouldn't want my cold hands on a broken arm either."

"I can set a broken arm," Lancer said, "I just won't be none too gentle about it."  He looked back at Ruu and said, "Sure you want me to do it?  It'll hurt like a bitch."

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Forest felt a pang at the not-human boy shying away from her and forced a smile on her face.  She took a step back, knowing that Lancer, while not gentle, would be able to get the job done.

She was about to slide her hands into her pocket when a warm, soft hand placed something into her palm.

Isa said, "Thanks for the invitation Forest, but I left my sister behind and she needs someone to keep her in check before a disaster happens." "Here's my number. Feel free to share it and don't hesitate to call me if something happens."  Forest took the piece of paper from the girl and looked at it.

"I'm a magus so I'll help you as much as I can." With that said, she took the pendant she had hanging above her top and presented it to the Vampire. "Here. It's a Snowdrop, a friend of mine once told me its symbolism was hope and consolation. It helped me when I felt down. Some people are tough, but we all have time when we need a little help. I wish you to have this for now."

The metal made her palm tingle and gleamed in the wane light.  The delicate flower had to be fashioned out of silver.  It was lovely and from what she was reading from the girl, something very important.

Gifts were something Forest didn't receive often, and getting one was a rare experience for her.  She bit her lip and handed the pendent back to her.  "I can't take this, it's too important to you.  Thank you though.  I've been fine this long, I'll continue to muddle through."

She pointed to the crow on her choker and said, "Besides, I have my own guardian on my side."

Lancer made some sort of half afraid snorfling noise at that.

She looked over at the drama unfolding between alternate selves and sighed.  It was like some James Cameron Fanboy's Wet Dream.

"I misjudged the situation badly, and you came to further harm because of it. It probably doesn't matter much to you, but I'm...sorry."  Then Shirou turned to leave.

Forest sighed, then smirked to herself, and moved to grab the young man's shoulder.  "Okay, you made a rookie mistake.  Life's rough, Lad, but going like you are, you're going to end up burnt out, alone, and then in an oblong box.  Then who are you going to help dead?  Come with us, rest your head.  I have more than enough room."




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Re: Cross Effects- The RP
« Reply #74 on: August 03, 2013, 09:34:51 PM »
It bubbled, the hatred of man, the darkness in the heart of the world this time slowly but surely taking shape. Dark skin covered in tattoos and barely adequate red cloth covering the now well endowed female's naughty parts while leaving the rest exposed. The world's evil smiled looking at her long black hair with reddish grey eyes "I shall avenge them all" she chuckled deciding to take the servant name after a moment. She was brought back by violence and could feel servants in this city but for the time being she would wait and watch the people
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