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

[Umbra of Chaos]

Urthemiel

The Old God shifted her attention to the boy and the small fire in his hand. Was he such a paltry mage that he was incapable of doing something as simple as warming himself up? She held out a hand and a brilliant fire burned, a deep red flame that was produced by nothing more than will and mana. The blaze contained itself despite the fact that with the slightest movement it could immolate a human in an instant, and instead of the deadly inferno brilliant warmth fled from her fingers and bathed the man in a soothing heat.

With that being sustained without showing the slightest degree of effort Urthemiel looked back at the dragon. "I'm rather unsure what your upbringing has to do with your capacity for speech. Draconic physiology makes it impossible to naturally emulate common languages. Were you altered in some way when you were young?"

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter sighed at his explanation, realizing that it would probably do well for them to take a break, at least for a short while. Realizing that she still had Ron trapped between her legs, Annabeth soon released him, before realizing he was still in that not-quite human form. Taking a moment to consider things, the Hunter did what she could to ease herself up to a sitting position.

"Sure," she said, easing herself off the bed, "We could probably use a-"

Whatever she might have said next was cut off with a surprised yelp as Annabeth fell on her face, finding out the hard way that her hips were still numb. The Hunter lay there for a moment, groaning as she turned her head to the side to reveal a pout on her face.

"No fair," she said simply before giving Ron an embarrassed look, "...looks like I could use some help here..."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

In a last futile effort the woman tried to push him off her, perhaps to save herself. Did she think her regeneration would be enough? Like hell it would be that easy, he didn't know or cared how she managed to get a hold of such powers, but there was no way in hell he'd let a fake vampire wannabe fuck around and cross his path again. And if she died, then it would be her fault, not his! Yes, only he would stand supreme as the strongest monster.

The bloody thorns split from his body and remained inside the girl. He lashed the chain still protruding from his hand. Even falling, he was quick enough to use it as a grappling hook to grab hold of a rooftop's ledge and reach higher ground.

Once there, he crouched and looked down, observing the pathetic pile of flesh that used to be Seras. He licked his lips and chuckled, what a beautiful sight. The little thorns were a really nice touch, Hahahahahaha! Well, it lacked something... oh, yes! That was it! Just to be on the safe side, he would completely ravage her. She wasn't human, so it's not like he needed to spare her or anything. He grinned monstrously and touched himself, letting out an exhilarating moan before leaping.

Man, the fact it wasn't night time really sucked, not as much as what he planned for her. The joy was simply too much, the stage had been set, Thus, he leapt from rooftop to rooftop, singing merrily like a child.

♬♫ Hänschen klein. Ging allein In die weite Welt hinein. ♫ Stock und Hut. Stehn ihm gut, Ist gar wohlgemut. ♪ Aber Mutter weinet sehr, Hat ja nun kein Hänschen mehr! ♬ Hänschen klein. Ging allein In die weite Welt hinein... ♫♬

The man had disappeared from sight. Only an eerie countdown of the clock could be heard, ticking down. And then, a calm, soothing yet chilling voice loomed above.

Drei.

Like a dark heartbeat, something was coming. Whatever came forth, would she be prepared?

Zwei.

A massive shadow suddenly covered her. There was no mistake, this would be the last stand. The final curtain call. And if she lost, there would be only darkness.

Eins.

His ragged coat was completely torn, the blood smeared all over his body, like a crimson cloak overlapping his moon white skin. Fangs were bare with excitement, his heart danced with glee. Holding a massive dumpling truck with the bold logo Blue Dragon, he would come down like a deadly meteor to crash her to nothing more than a smear on the road to in-glory!

And then, just before he descended to impact, he roared atop his lungs.

"A DELIVERY TRUCK JUST FOR YOU!!!!!!!"

[Lycodrake]

Lycodrake Aptera

He was rather impressed at the control over fire magic the noble exhibited, and thankful for the warmth, too.

As to her question, he wasn't really certain how to reply. He knew several non-human beings capable of speech that defied physiology, insofar that they had no absolutely true physical form. His friend Marie Al'miraj, for one, and most deities, to name but a fraction. "Ah, I apologize, my meaning was unclear. By my upbringing, I mean that I grew up around and was raised amongst the civlized beings, unlike all but one of my siblings. Perhaps it is an oddity on my home world? Or perhaps our worlds' dragons and other sentient, non-humanoid beings have different physiology?"

[Panda]

Seras

The vampire watched as the man seemed to start celebrating, resisting the urge to frown as he briefly touched himself before hopping from rooftop to rooftop. The vampire caught the sound of him singing in what sounded like German.

Mon Dieu, another of those German dogs?

And just when I thought we'd seen the last of them...

The man hopped out of sight for some time, leaving the pile of flesh that used to be Seras waiting there, wondering if he'd come back. Soon enough, he did, and this time bearing presents, or rather a large delivery truck with some garish logo of what seemed like a restaurant chain on the side.

Wait a minute, are you seri-

Before she could finish that thought, he slammed the truck down on the pile of vampire, crushing her under several tons of steel, rubber, and...dumplings?

...You have got to be kidding me.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

Garou screamed at the top of his lungs."IT'S OVER!!!! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE!!!!!"

And then, like a great impact, the vehicle massively crashed on the ground, smashing the asphalt and sending spider cracks all over, but it wasn't enough. He then proceeded to mercilessly beat the truck, a rain of machine-gun punches raining down and smashing what little remained of the deformed truck, caving into it more and more.

" USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESSSS!!! I'LL SMASH YOU FLAAT!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...!!!!!!"

He howled madly before leaping from the demolished vehicle. Soon enough, it exploded into a hellish inferno, devastating what little was left of it's surroundings.

[Aiden]

Ron

For Ron it was only somewhat surprising to see Annabeth take a dive onto his carpet like that. It still made him twitch and twist to face her in immediate worry, his body hair standing on end with the tension. Then he noticed her pouting back at him and tensed for entirely different reasons.

hnnngh

He took a breath to fortify himself - and keep himself from laughing. "Yesss, looks like you could," he reflected back to her, slowly reaching down to pick her up into his arms. He debated doing this in a way he knew would just make her pout even more, but decided she'd had enough embarrassment in the past five minutes to last at least an hour. So he just held her in a bridal carry.

He carried her into his little bathroom, took stock of just how little it actually was, and looked up at to ceiling to see how close it was to his face. "... think I'm going to need to turn back."

He placed her on the edge of his bathtub where she, hopefully, wouldn't fall.

[Thedoctor]

Jeanne 

The blond woman felt grateful as she listened to them, these people were so kind. She saw Sakura grasp her hand with her own, it made her blush, feeling the softness of her master's hands.  Jeanne felt herself become completely absorbed in observing Sakura,  the cuteness she displayed was on a level higher than anything she had experienced.

The blond suddenly found herself hugging Sakura without really meaning to, pulling the purple haired woman towards her. "Thank you, thank you so much..." She excitedly said as she kept hugging her.

[MissingMandible]

Pillar of Autumn:

Finally, someone to take her to the base! 'Bout time....

"Oh, the Longsword? That was one of mine - already put it away." Autumn answered the female marine's inquiry.

"Where are my manners," she began again, putting on a smile and extending her hand out, "I'm Pillar of Autumn, Halcyon-class light cruiser and nameship of the Autumn-class heavy cruisers; it's complicated. You must be a Marine the Admiral sent out, Miss...?"

[Panda]

Annabeth

The bounty hunter's pout abated only slightly as Ron carried her to the bathroom in a bridal carry. The Hunter was struck by just how tall he was in this new form as they entered the bathroom, the ceiling precariously close to Ron's head. Reaching out to prop herself up on a nearby wall after Ron sat her down on the edge of his bathtub, Annabeth watched as Ron seemed to realize the problems of this form as well.

"Yeah," she noted, staring at him, "That would probably be for the best."

[SINIB]

Sakura Matou

"Really, it's nothing Jeanne, this isn't a big deal at all." Sakura protested. Nonetheless, she wrapped her arms around Jeanne and hugged her back.

"But if it means this much to you, you're very welcome."

[Aiden]

Ron

Ron took another deep breath, closed his eyes, and grit his teeth together so he didn't bite his tongue by accident when his mouth began losing space. Changing had hurt every other time he did it, except for the most recent occasion. He didn't trust that as a standard considering who he'd been focusing on at the time. For a split second he thought 'maybe we should go again while I do it so I don't notice?' before shaking his head clear.

The head shaking changed to thrashing as he pressed a hand down against his sink to steady himself, his muscles and bones tensing and losing mass before Annabeth's very eyes. Hair receded into his body from whence it had come, quickly leaving him at his standard level of scruffiness. His breath hissed out between his teeth as pain that reminded him of a charlie horse but everywhere overtook him for a few seconds.

It was over before he knew it, and left him panting for air. "W-Well, that was..." he started to say before pausing to draw in another breath. "... that wasn't as bad as before."

He managed to grin. "So, how are you? Legs still reacting to your brain telling you how much you love my carpet?"

[Elf]

Petra

"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."

Forest

Forest blinked as Petra tapped her on the shoulder and turned to face her.  She tilted her head at the young woman's question.

Okay, as much as I want to tell the truth, I have no idea how these people will react.  They might go from zero to Buffy in thirty seconds or less if I wave around my V-Card.  Plus if it got around that I can go out in the daylight with the duster now, things can get cataclysmic for me very quickly.

Forest answered, "A high iron one augmented by an absurd amount of fruits and vegetables.  I have this crazily annoying disorder that I got from this Roman Bastard a long time ago."


Rin

Rin looked over at the ice cream machine and shook her head.  "Apparently the thing will go backwards making a lot of noise when it's done.  And it's doing none of those things so it's not done yet."

She eyed him and said, "You took another, don't you?"

[Kat]

Petra

"Romans you say? Roman Empire collapsed in 5th century or 15th century." Forest still could mean Romans as in citizens of Eternal City, but Petra tried to 'pressure' her a bit. If she was in her place, she would just talk about Italians. "A long time ago, indeed. You know, the more you try to explain it away, the easier it gets to find holes in your story. I'm not entirely sure whom you exactly are, but you don't do best job at feigning normalcy. So maybe it's better to tell us now and be open about it." But drinking blood and being centuries old surely limited options. But she wanted to have some fun getting the confession out Forest herself.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Count Greyskull

The skeleton tree guy held his chin and intervened. It was better to make something up on the spot than give that away. He gave Petra a nudge and reprimanded her.

“She could have caught an infection or such while in a trip to Italy. Nothing that sounds unusual to me. Please refrain from asking such questions in the future, peering in the privacy of others as such is shameful.”