Cross Effects 3.0 - October 21, 2015—June 23, 2016

[Panda]

Seras

...Wait did that really just happen?

The vampire stared at the spot where the car crashed into a wall, disbelief written all over her expression. Staring with some concern for a few moments, the vampire made her way over to the car, grabbing it and quickly pulling it away.

"Hey, are you still alive back there?" Seras called out, suddenly hoping she hadn't accidentally killed the closest thing she'd found to a decent fight since being kicked off just like that.

And it's not like he's that Nazi werewolf. Bloody son of a bitch didn't deserve that kind of fanfare. Damned Millennium incineration chips. How do those even work on werewolves? Last I checked, werewolves didn't give a shit about fire.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

Blood flowed out, staining the car and the ground like a lake. There was no response to the vampire's (NOT!) words, but then, something strange happened. The blood began to bubble as if it was boiling and glowed a sickening crimson hue. The blood shifted, twisted and churned around, as if  it was collecting around it's source and flowing back.

And suddenly, a crunching metallic sound came from within, as if something grabbed the vehicle hard enough to crush it. A bloodied, battered silouhette rose forth from the rubble and lifted the car off him. Crimson eyes now revealed pulsated with fire, darkness blacker than the blackest night surrounding his irises. His moon-white hair stood up as if it was trying to tear it's way out of his skull.

He giggled and spat a stream of blood before smirking arrogantly, as if his wounds didn't hinder or pain him in any way. A monster couldn't kill a monster. Only a human could. So let this battle last forever, so the beast inside him may ravage and ruin to it's heart's content. Until both fell to ruin.

"Very funny... BLOOD OVERDRIVE!!!!!"

His muscles bulged and compacted, an impressive surge of energy blowing out of him like a gust of wind. But it was more, so much more. His grip on the car hardened, and he launched the car back with all his force, intending to crush her like a pancake. But that wouldn't finish her. No, no car would kill her. Only he would. He charged forward with superhuman speed, far beyond anything he had displayed.

A moon white bullet stained with blood charged forward and kicked the car, sending both further along with booming force and smashing on his opponent before two bloody razor scythes erupted from his forearms and slashed diagonally, carving an X in the car with blades of blood long enough to reach the girl behind and turn her into meat fit for the dogs.

[Panda]

Annabeth

As Annabeth lay there, easing back against him, she felt him fiddling with her coat once more. The bounty hunter shuffled a bit, managing to work an arm free of the sleeves just in time for Ron to manage to take it off entirely. A quick look down confirmed that her pants managed to cling to one leg throughout all this, a quick kick fixing that problem and sending the garment away, leaving Annabeth completely bare at last. Allowing a contented sigh, she decided to turn around while they were taking a rest, at the least. With that in mind, the Hunter eased herself off of Ron's length, unable to help a slight groan as she felt his seed starting to leak from her folds, before turning around to find...

The Hunter's eyes widened at what she saw before her, blush flaring up as she realized that Ron was suddenly significantly hairier than before they'd started. Her mouth dropped open, Annabeth at a loss for how to respond to this revelation.

"Um...Ron...when did you...change?" the Hunter asked.

[Aiden]

Ron

"Rrnn?" was the little sound he made, her response confusing him for a moment. Ron tilted his head and looked more carefully at his arm before it started to click. "Oh. This. Right, well, um..."

He reached up to his face, recognized his facial hair was now officially out of control, and tugged at it lightly with his fingers. "It must have been earlier," he conceded in that form's deeper, rougher voice. "Back before the landlady decided she had enough."

Ron took a moment to look down at himself and took stock of the increased body hair, the muscle tone, the -

damn I got big

He looked up from himself and instead turned his eyes to his bed, er, floor partner. His sight raked over her smooth, athletic body, the messy hair hanging everywhere and pooling on the floor at the ends. His mouth opened a little, suddenly dry. He shifted in place, sat up and loomed over her, and squirmed in embarrassment. Annabeth could see what little of his face was visible with all the facial hair growing red.

[Cherry Lover]

Sakura and Shirou

Sakura looked at the woman with a mixture of concern and scepticism. She wasn't sure how this woman knew her sister but, from the sounds of it, he had met the version who was with the other Sakura, who was, presumably, quite a bit younger than her Rin was. Further, she didn't share his low impression of her sister's capabilities. After all, her sister was close to achieving true magic. If Rin said she could send them here and back, Sakura was sure she could.

Before she could reply, however, the woman continued speaking, addressing the "future omens" part of her question. Part of Sakura was intrigued by the response, but another, much larger part concurred with Julius' statement. Her future was her own to determine, and whatever this woman had to say would only act to divert her from that.

"Thank you for your offer, but I trust in my sister's ability to bring us home. I believe the version you met of her is far younger, and therefore far less knowledgeable. Further, I do not want to return to my home dimension without Rider unless it is absolutely unavoidable, so for now I would rather stay.

As for my omens, I agree with Julius. Our future is for us to make, and asking you to predict our fate will only push us away from the path we wish to take. Sorry, but I will not take you up on that offer", she said.

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter cocked an eyebrow as Ron took stock of himself, this form apparently being a new one even for him. Following his gaze downwards, Annabeth promptly decided that it would be a better idea to focus on his face instead, her own face going a little red as she found herself questioning how he'd changed that much between forms without her noticing. Matters weren't helped as his eyes raked over her form as he loomed over her, as if for the first time, it seemed...

"I-I'd ask if you like what you see," Annabeth said in an attempt to cover up her own embarrassment with coyness, "But I think we already know the answer to that."

As flustered as she felt at the moment, however, she didn't miss how Ron seemed fairly embarrassed as well, which brought a slight smirk to her face.

[Kat]

Petra

"Why do you ask, Forest, you wanna take him to restaurant?" What else would be the reason why she would ask him if he can eat. "Just don't take him to some fast food restaurant, it's unhealthy. Ok, I think I should finish shopping, I'm not done yet. Do you need any help after all, Lumen?"

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

Vanguard dashed at supersonic speed towards Julius, his arm cracking with lightning and lunging like a deadly spear to pierce his lung with a booming shockwave not unlike thunder.

[Aiden]

Ron

"Ah, well, the answer is yes, by the way," Ron said to her as he squirmed a little under her attention. "In case we ah, weren't on the same page there. For a moment."

His eyes cut toward his bed, which had gone woefully underutilized up to this point. Not because he was suddenly embarrassed and shy and uncomfortable in his increasingly unfamiliar, oversize skin.

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter allowed a sigh at the sudden turnaround in his demeanor, though she hadn't missed how he glanced back at the bed. Sitting up as well, Annabeth sidled up next to him before wrapping her arms around him, holding him close.

"No need to be so nervous," the Hunter remarked, resting her head on his shoulder, "If you'd like to move things to your bed, that would be fine. That aside, I can't say I'd particularly mind if we stayed here."

[Panda]

Seras

Before Seras could pull the car away, the man somehow managed to push it off himself, eyes gleaming with that familiar glint of something approaching madness. With her own eyes reflecting the madness in his, she stood her ground as he shouted, before she noticed the movement of his muscles and his general movement, realizing what he intended to do. As the car came flying at her, the vampire simply jumped up, vaulting over the car and narrowly dodging the scythes of what appeared to be hardened blood, and turned in the air, coming down on Garou with an axe kick.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lorna

The abomination's only response was to grab the edges of the blankets and pull the fabric tight over her body. She was going to stay right here until she felt better. Nothing was going to change that. Not Kenzo, not it, and not even a war right outside the building.


Lumen

After people had gotten over her little trick Lumen had begun to halfheartedly look at some clothes. She was never really good at this. Only the Divine Cities could have stores with such large selections and she could never afford the things there. The Patchwork always just picked up whatever the town could spare and put it in her dresser. "Help would be nice. I just need you think is nice and we can go eat."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

Garou grinned while his arm reached back unnaturally to catch her leg. Things like logic and sanity would do no good when dealing with a monster, there was no such thing as impossible anymore. Well, he didn't care anymore.Instead, he slammed her hard on the ground, cracking the hard asphalt slightly. He immediately let go and dashed back before bursting forward with the same inhuman speed, going for her side to deliver a powerful kick to send her flying above.


Sakagami Kenzo

Kenzo moaned. This was going to mess up his whole sleep cycle, he knew it would. He couldn't leave her alone though, so instead he decided to lie down on the bed and tuck himself in, gripping at the poor girl and hugging her mercilessly, much like a puppy fiercely cuddling another puppy.

Yes, this was perfect. He definitely preferred to sleep like this. He rubbed his cheek on her covered head and whined happily.

[Aiden]

Ron

The werewolf tensed for a split second as he realized she'd seen right through him, but relaxed once she put her arms around him. "It's not that," he admitted after a few moments and wrapping his arm around her waist. "I just, all of this, it's a bit much. Not you, I mean - me. The stuff with me is a bit much."

Still, Ron had to know the answer to a very important question. "... is my carpet really that comfy?"

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter drew Ron closer as he explained, a wry little smirk playing out on her face at his question. While the carpet was admittedly quite nice compared to other things, a proper bed...

"To be perfectly honest, it's probably not as comfy as the bed," Annabeth admitted, "But I've slept on far worse, so I can't really complain."

"The real question," she continued teasingly, leaning in a bit closer, "Is if you're patient enough to get over to the bed before the next round starts."