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

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

Kenzo did not scream or fight back against the pain. He seemed to embrace it, as if the burning sensation was a cradle to him. As if it wasn't disturbing enough, his blank expression turned into a warm, friendly smile. That same smile he would always show. The one he loved the most. The one he wanted to share with friends forever.

Before she could reach him, a swift slash opened her in half, cutting her from the belly up with laughable ease. Blood sprayed forward like a fountain, showering the whole room and the demon. His expression could not be any happier, and yet Kenzo had the feeling he had lost something very important. Something was wrong. At that moment, his russet eyes opened up and witnessed the carnage that had unfolded. That happy expression quickly turned into horror. He... did he cause this?

No...

Tears welled up in his eyes, Kenzo immediately dropped his sword and rushed to the corpse. Whatever had overtaken him was gone,. He had done this He destroyed it. The one thing he couldn't destroy. He tried to stick her back together, to reunite the two Lornas. He bawled, screamed and cursed, cursed himself, his stupidity, his cruelty, his ugliness, his everything.

"No... no no no no NO!!! DON'T!!" He cried out, begging for this bad dream to stop. Begging for that happy moment to come back, begging her to come back. He didn't care if she'd hate him, he didn't care if she'd kill him. He just, he just...

He just cried on top of her, holding her with cherishment, begging for whatever ghost would come of her to forgive him. But deep down he knew he would never forgive himself.

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura blinked at Jeanne.

Wha...?

Sakura had never really experienced anything this servanty from any of her servants.

"Um, it's okay, you don't need to act like that, Jeanne. I'd rather us be on an equal footing."

[Aiden]

Ron

Ron once more found his mouth, and the hair that surrounded it, covered in a warm and sticky mess. Licking at it with his tongue just made it worse now with how much thicker his hair was, spreading it further in. Then Annabeth stopped rubbing his ears and he caught himself whining in disapproval only after the sound escaped his throat. He looked up from his spot between her legs, and he absolutely wasn't abusing puppy dog eyes because they just didn't work in this shape the way they would if he were an actual wolf.

He blinked, snapping himself out of it, and said, "Well, uh, I don't know about you... but I could probably use another shower, heating bill be damned." Or at least a beard washing.

[SINIB]

Irisviel

And with that, Irisviel and Saber sped off, into neither the sunset nor the night, and soon arrived, after some rather questionable driving, at the castle. A young looking woman was arguing with her guest, Julius, and they seemed to be fighting.

"Saber, the woman, she's the one attacking!"

[Elf]

Saber

"Saber, the woman, she's the one attacking!"

Saber stepped out of the car and drew her sword.  She pointed it at the woman and said, "I will give you one warning.  If you do not leave quickly, then there will be consequences.  For your sake, I hope you heed my warning and depart."


Rin

"Well, I know where I have to aim when I cook something like this so I can beat you," Rin said before licking her spoon.

[Thedoctor]

Jeanne 

Jeanne hesitantly raised herself from her position and looked at Sakura. "If that is your wish master. I'll follow it, I'm merely ashamed that my untimely arrival is causing you trouble. You're even planning to spend money on me, I don't deserve such kindness..."

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura cocked her head. "Why is spending money on you a big deal, Jeanne? I like spending money on my friends, and I'm sure we're fated to become friends, right?" Sakura clasped her hands with those of the blond woman. "So don't worry about it, okay? It's no problem at all." She said with a happy smile.

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter lay there, gasping for air as Ron spoke, trying to do what she could to recover while unable to focus enough to go into Zetsu. Even so, it didn't take long to recover, Annabeth finally catching her breath and starting to ease herself up as best she could in her current state.

"In that case...if the heating bill is a problem..." she managed to get out, "How about...we take one together? I could use a bath too..."

[Thedoctor]

Archer

"Isn't the ice cream ready?" he said while sneakily grabbing another.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

As soon as Sakura arrived and spoke in apology, Rider's fellow servant immediately fell to her knees, apologising profusely for the inconvinience they had caused. Rider had to stiffle her laughter at the display, and at Sakura's obviously-shocked response. After all, Sakura had neither demanded nor received such submissive acts from her servants before. In fact, it reminded her more of the sort of thing Shinji had made her do in the brief time she was under his tyrannical control.

As Rider had expected she would, Sakura quickly corrected the servant, informing her that she did not want her servants to act like, well, servants. Jeanne, though, was still adament that the whole situation was her fault, blaming herself for the inconvinience she had caused with her arrival. Again, Rider was surprised by the level of submissiveness and self-flagellation being shown by the servant, who evidentially felt genuinely bad about the inconvinence they had caused.

Still, despite how unusual it was, Rider did not blame the servant one bit. After all, in her own way, Rider was just as submissive to Sakura's needs and wants as Jeanne was. She simply went about it in a different way, recognising that Sakura was a kind person who wanted those around her to be happy in their own right. In fact, the obvious concern for Sakura's welfare that Jeanne was showing demonstrated to Rider that she could be trusted.

In response to Jeanne's comment, Sakura responded as Rider would have expected, making it clear that she wanted the new servant to be a friend like Rider, not merely a protector like Vanguard had been until he molested Rin. In fact, it was clear that Sakura was actually enthusiastic about buying the girl clothes, in much the same way as she had been for Rider earlier.

Then, wanting to back up Sakura's words with her own, Rider spoke, a smile on her face.

"Jeanne, Sakura is a wonderful and kind master who treats her servants with respect. In fact, she is like family to me. She has always been happy to help me when I needed help and, in turn, I protect her with everything I have", she added.

[Kat]

Julius

It was the monster's mistake that it underestimated him. He would endure through that much of pain. His willpower was supreme, his stubborness matching those of ancient heroes. Only thing he had to complain about is how naive was the new arrival. A monster won't yield just with words, it had to be crushed under one's heel. As he got shocked, he visibly struggled to reach for a vial of holy water.

[Kat]

Petra

Before they could embark on the shopping spree again, the pale women kept bringing up now how she couldn't eat garlic now. It could have been passed off as a mere allergy, but something wasn't right with her. Liquid diet and aversion to garlic...

"Excuse me, Lumen, something's not right here. I should ask Forest something." She apologized for a delay to Lumen and tapped Forest on the shoulder to get her attention. "I don't mean to be intrusive, but what kind of liquid diet you have to take? You don't look like someone bedridden that has to rely on IV to survive."

[Panda]

Seras

Just before the fist could connect, the vampire's eyes widened just in time for a blade of hardened blood to pass between them. The separated halves were then impaled dozens of times over by the spikes bursting from his back, his upwards momentum finally dying down as they began the long fall back to earth, joined by the spikes. Undeterred by being in two halves, the vampire pushed herself off of Garou, the two falling apart as her two halves fell further apart in turn.

The two halves splattered the ground with a surprisingly amount of blood upon landing, seemingly lifeless as Seras lay there, part of her somewhat curious how he'd react if she held off on regenerating for now.

[Aiden]

Ron

It was a mystery even to Ron why his face felt a little hotter as the idea registered in his head. He tried to sit back, but found himself trapped by Annabeth's legs because he was too slow moving it away before she sat up. He didn't try particularly hard to get free, admittedly.

"Well, um, that would probably work!" he said, looking up at her sheepishly. "Although we probably shouldn't try anything in there. I've heard water is... well it doesn't make for a good environment, you know?"

Also, I am going to run out of shampoo so fast if I stay in this shape and would I even fit?

[NinjaQ]

William

“I see…” He said, falling silent in his line of thought shortly before finding his line of thought entirely obliterated by a single unexpected voice apparently directed to his traveling companion. He fell silent, though his face remained un-creased as he glanced at the.. man? Woman? To be honest, he couldn’t tell which this being belonged to. His eyes drifted over the unknown one, noting the slitted, vibrant purple eyes with his own, admittedly mundane brown ones. The beauty there on this unknown one’s face was apparent, even to him, though he chose to ignore it, moving on to his travelling companion, who was by the looks of it… awestruck.
<She looks really-> Do not continue that comment. <And why not?> Unlike Lycodrake, we don’t need to. We have enough information and it will suffice not to drag anyone else into this. <I was just going to-> And, we do not know the extent of abilities those here may carry. After all, we had not found magic until arriving here. <... Fine, be that way.>
“I must apologize.” He began, picking his words carefully as to not offend the one who had approached. “But we do not have much time to stop as our current states are not the best for the given weather. If you would like, you are free follow. As for us, we are headed to a nearby library for both information and a small bit of shelter from the current weather. You a
His face, the entire time he was speaking stayed blank in expression. Despite the beauty, the curiosity of the eyes, and even the strange semblance of both man and woman, his face remained as it was before. In addition, the flame continued to burn in his hand, providing some small amount of warmth for him and the two now nearby.