Cross Effects 3.0 - April 13, 2015—June 23, 2016

[Elf]

Abigail

"Aye, that'll work, lass," Lancer said with an approving nod, "Appreciated."

Abigail nodded and said, "Now, you can talk to him and he'll understand.  He can talk back to you, so please don't get too shocked when he does.  It makes him self-conscious.  And don't call him a bird brain.  He gets really sensitive about that."

She took a step back and wrapped her hand around the quartz crystal around her neck and focused.

Corbie, can you help me help some nice people out, please?


Forest

Forest nodded at the idea of Abigail lending them a familiar that would help them find Calico.  She raised an eyebrow as Law armed himself with a .45 and said to herself, "Somehow I'm not surprised."

Her eyebrow raised even more at Abigail's spiel about being nice to her familiar.   

"Werepumas? Halloweeners?" Lancer asked, his expression inquisitive, "What's that about?"

Forest frowned and said, "The Halloweeners are just a bunch of punks who like to go around and harm people, cause mischief and whatnot.  A bunch of unruly hooligans.  Werepumas though. . . . they're almost worse than werewolves.  Same impulses, but with the craziness of a cat.  And barbed penises."


Rin

"What's Nexus? Is that the name of the city we're in?" Shirou asked.

"And, if you're not from this universe, then why are you here? And what happened to the Rin from this universe?"

Rin nodded and said, "Yeah, apparently this whole area is called Nexus City.  I only got here a few hours ago.  I was just walking to the Clocktower, hoping to go out and get a cup of coffee or tea with my adviser's really cute assistant, even dressed up and I'm here, and its freezing and I have to find away for everyone to get home so everyone can go back to their Sakuras, Shirous, Riders and their Rins."

She bit her lip, not wanting to say she wasn't exactly eager to go home.  She could learn things here and maybe distance herself from a constant source of heartache. 

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Abigail

"Aye, that'll work, lass," Lancer said with an approving nod, "Appreciated."

Abigail nodded and said, "Now, you can talk to him and he'll understand.  He can talk back to you, so please don't get too shocked when he does.  It makes him self-conscious.  And don't call him a bird brain.  He gets really sensitive about that."

She took a step back and wrapped her hand around the quartz crystal around her neck and focused.

Corbie, can you help me help some nice people out, please?


Forest

Forest nodded at the idea of Abigail lending them a familiar that would help them find Calico.  She raised an eyebrow as Law armed himself with a .45 and said to herself, "Somehow I'm not surprised."

Her eyebrow raised even more at Abigail's spiel about being nice to her familiar.   

"Werepumas? Halloweeners?" Lancer asked, his expression inquisitive, "What's that about?"

Forest frowned and said, "The Halloweeners are just a bunch of punks who like to go around and harm people, cause mischief and whatnot.  A bunch of unruly hooligans.  Werepumas though. . . . they're almost worse than werewolves.  Same impulses, but with the craziness of a cat.  And barbed penises."

There was about five seconds of uncomprehending denial from Law at that certain fact of werepuma anatomy before he immediately blocked it out of his mind for the sake of his own sanity. Today had had enough shit happen already. Leaning against the apartment door, he simply waited for Abby to help him inside.

"Didn't need to know that last bit. Did not need to at all."

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura didn’t understand what Shirou was talking about. She was pretty sure he was referencing a television show or something, but she’d never really been given a chance to do any leisure activities until after the Grail war, and at that point she was largely past television cartoons and the like.

She scrunched up her face in annoyance as a pang of jealousy at Rin and Shirou washed over her. Why had they been able to have such simple pleasures while she hadn’t? She shook her head and buried that thought deep within her. That was bad. She wasn’t bad, so she shouldn’t think bad thoughts.

Just then, her phone blared to life with an alarm Sakura was depressingly used to. It was the noise of a police gang warning, unmistakably so. She reluctantly pulled out her phone and silenced the alarm, reading the message as she did so.

Warning! Warning! Extreme gang violence is taking place within the vicinity of the Nexus blast furnace. Enforcers are mobilizing to retaliate. All civilians are instructed to clear the area and remain within your homes

Sakura wasn’t pleased. Now that Senpai and Nee-San were here, she couldn’t let this kind of stuff go ignored any longer. It was a dangerous place, not at all suitable for her, but it was the place she was stuck in. So she was going to try to prevent this kind of stuff in the future. She’d talk to Faust later as well, she knew he did stuff she was unaware of, and she turned a blind eye to those activities. She could use this to make him extra cooperative. A dark smile flashed on her face as she thought.

Nobody can be allowed to put Senpai or Nee-San in danger. Nobody

So she called out to a large multitude of demons, weak and strong, large and small. She ordered them to make their way to this disturbance, and deal with anything there swiftly, and without mercy.

Her face now back to normal, she asked Shirou once more. “Senpai, what shall we be making? It’s your choice!”

[Puck-Chan]

Cu Chulainn

Forest frowned and said, "The Halloweeners are just a bunch of punks who like to go around and harm people, cause mischief and whatnot.  A bunch of unruly hooligans.  Werepumas though. . . . they're almost worse than werewolves.  Same impulses, but with the craziness of a cat.  And barbed penises."

Cu's jaw was slightly slack in a mixture of revulsion and perhaps horror. In the back of his mind, he was already wondering how these things actually exist. But, of course, this was Nexus. So he kept his mouth shut and decided against knowing more about them. Though he did look back at the source of the sirens with some apprehension.

"...we're going to have to check that out, aren't we?"

[Elf]

Sakura's Best Dolly

Shirou watched as Sakura pulled out a phone and looked at it before turning it off.  He moved towards her and was about to ask if everything was okay when a very dark, and chillingly familiar, smile crossed Sakura's face.  Then after a moment it was gone, and she was all smiles and turning towards him.

“Senpai, what shall we be making? It’s your choice!”

He frowned and asked, "Sakura, is everything okay?"


Forest

"Didn't need to know that last bit. Did not need to at all."

Abigail frowned and said, "Apparently it hooks in on a certain area and can produce like scary orgasms."

Forest frowned at the sirens, looked at Lancer and said, "Maybe, but there are plenty of cops and other sorts who can handle those hooligans and silver takes care of werepumas as easily as it does werewolves."

Then suddenly a medium sized crow announced itself with a loud caw before landing right on Lancer's shoulder, is black beak poking at the Celt's silver earring.  It lifted sky blue eyes, indicating it was still fairly young, and looked at Abby.  "This one has shiny stuff!  Abby, can I have the shiny stuff if I help?"  Then it lightly pecked at the earring, making sure not to pull Lancer's ear too much.

"Shiny! Shiny! Shiny!"

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura froze. Ohno Ohno Ohno Ohno! This is very bad! Her mind moved at a million miles per minute, frantically trying to figure out damage control. She'd fucked up, she'd really really fucked up! Her eyes widened slightly in the fraction of a second that had passed. She hadn't meant to make such a face, she didn't want to make Senpai worried, she wanted him to be happy and safe with her.

"Uhm–Senpai, it's just...that alarm is for large scale criminal activity. It happens too much here, far too much. It's tiresome." She slowly tried to explain it away. She thought it was a flimsy excuse, and cursed herself inside for being so stupid as she exercised her full abilities to perfectly hide her emotions, flawlessly matching the emotions in her words with her body language.

[Elf]

Hero of Justice, Emiya Shirou

Shirou frowned a Sakura's words and said, "If people are in trouble, we should go out and help.  This may be a rotten place, but maybe we can make it better?"

He then took Sakura's hands and looked into her amethyst eyes with his little shy, half smile.

[SINIB]

Sakura, His Reluctant Sidekick

NONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!
"Mhmm, I've already been working with Faust on it for a while!" She responded with cheer. "He donates a lot of money to the police. I'm sure they really appreciate it!" She began, choosing her words very carefully. She couldn't let him do anything rash, that would be a catastrophe! Maybe she could figure something out with--No! I can't do something like that

Sakura, with her mind full of panic, did the only thing she could think of: she leaned forward and kissed him passionately on the lips.

[Elf]

Shirou

"Mhmm, I've already been working with Faust on it for a while!" Sakura replied in a cheerful voice, "He donates a lot of money to the police. I'm sure they really appreciate it!"

Shirou frowned and said, "But donating to the police isn't going to help anything in the long run, Sakura . . ."

Then she darted forward and kissed him on the lips.  His eyes widened and he was stunned for a moment before he was kissing her back.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

Vanguard paid no mind when Emiya poked his helmet teasingly.

Suddenly, Sakura appeared to be distressed over something. Sakura was clearly showing her discomfort, yet trying to find excuse after excuse to alleviate Shirou's worry. A lousy attempt, but an admirable try.

It seemed that something was happening in the city, something Sakura was trying to keep Shirou away from.Of course, that didn't matter to Vanguard. But having the boy endanger his life was counter productive at the moment.

Besides, it would be troublesome if the stage crumbled before the actors set foot upon it. What he needed was for him to be distracted and find a way to speak to Sakura.

Then, in a brilliant motion, Sakura grabbed onto Shirou and kissed him. A masterful manoeuvre, but it would only prove to be effective for so long.

So Vanguard decided to help out as well. Increasing the gravity surrounding the pile of dishes, he made them fall and crash on the floor. This would keep him busy for at least some time.

[Kaze]

AKIHOLARME

"No, nothing good yet," the dragonborn said with a shake of her head as she moved on to a different locker. Nothing was in that one but a set of clothes that didn't fit her. The next one however, held what appeared to be female garments. Excellent, she was really hurting for a change of clothes. She took a moment to quickly fold them up as small as she could and stuff them in a few pouches on her belt, then continued sifting through lockers.

"There's gotta be some good stuff in here somewhere... I wonder what their currency is?" she mumbled to herself.

[Panda]

Adjutor

Just then, sirens started blaring all over, including those on the building that Adjutor was perched on, following by speakers blaring to life, telling all who cared to hear what Adjutor already knew.

So now we just have to worry about any innocents still trapped inside...

Still, rushing in against that many people wouldn't help...

True. Those are a lot of armed gangsters...

Armor?

Can't hurt.

Then the spirit manifested a hallucination beside him matching Tyrfing's description of the Spirit itself.

"Good guys and bad guys, huh?" Adjutor repeated, cordoning off the required mana, "Sure, why not?"

"Armos," he muttered, the mana surging into the Armogarians as the thought-form metal came pouring out, quickly encasing the teen.

Taking another look at the gang gathered below, the teen decided to draw Tyrfing as well, surging more mana into the blade.

"Cursed Blade, Tyrfing," Adjutor said in turn as mana poured into it.

Just then, he spotted something unexpected. A kid, of all things, heading towards the carnage. At the very least, he seemed like a kid.

Well, he seems to be a decent magic user regardless, but...

"Say, how do you play?" Adjutor asked, trying to give himself some time to figure out what to make of the newcomer.

[SINIB]

Noel/Mu


Too slow. She was moving too slowly. She was unable to lose the monstrous rats as she was. Henry was slowing her down too much. It was all she could do to even keep her distance from them.

"Shoot!" She said under her breath as she turned a corner. Suddenly, an enormous, misshapen beast burst through the solid walls. She couldn't dodge around it; it was far too large. And behind her the rats continued their inexorable advance towards her and Henry.

She had to do something! She wouldn't let it end like this! A bright blue flash of light enveloped her and henry as a sword plunged into the ground behind her, blocking the path. She was now floating, wearing armor on her legs, arms, and shoulders. Several swords floated behind her, one seemingly missing, breaking the symmetry.

They disappeared from behind her into a yellow wormhole as several drones materialized in front of her, reappearing underneath the beast,  attempting to impale it as the drones began to bombard it was high powered lasers.

[Cherry Lover]

Shirou

Shirou nodded at Rin's words.

"Oh, I see...", he said, hearing of Rin's abrupt arrival.

"Well, my Sakura and her Rider are here already. We can't go home right now, though, even if we meet up. It would break this Sakura's heart if Rider left. We need to find a way to get her back to her own world first", he said, still sad at how much he'd hurt the poor giel.

[SINIB]

Sakura

“Shit.” Sakura said as she broke the kiss. She looked at the shattered plates in dismay, glowering at Vanguard briefly. She strongly suspected this was his doing. She sighed, and bent down, beginning to pick up the pieces.

“Nee-San!” Sakura yelled, her voice perfectly reverberating through the house to Rin. “Can you come help me for a bit?”