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

[Kat]

Petra

Oh no, she wouldn't get away easily like that. There was nothing nothing but pure determination in her eyes when she materialized one of Keys of Providence. A Noble Phantasm that never existed in material form, the oath between Joshua and her, the promise that transcended time. The connection with her most treasured friend. The friend who had her took care of his sheep in his stead.

She hurled the silver sword with the full might of her arm, the blade soaring through the sky akin to a silver bullet. Would it make in time and pierce the monster?

[Panda]

Seras

As the vampire flew away, a keen whistling sound registered to her. Curious, Seras looked back just in time for a silver blade of some sort to fly by her, missing by a fair margin as she continued on her unpredictable flight pattern.

...Well that was silly. And was that silver? The hell does she think I am, a werewolf?

Shrugging as much as she could manage while in flight, the vampire continued on her way out of the area, deciding to head home and grab a new set of clothes.

Bloody hell I've gone through at least three sets today. What's going on with this city?

[SINIB]

Noel Vermillion

Noel listened to Alpha's good explanation of Iron Tager, nodding all the time through. At the end of Alpha's explanation, Noel had only one thing to add to the conversation.

"What's a changeling?"

[SINIB]

Oka Kurosawa

As soon as Oka got into the bathroom, before she did anything else, she turned around and locked the door before she took out a pokeball and lovingly pressed the button in the center of the ball. With a loud sound, an evil looking smiling dark purple monster burst fourth from it, and began to fly around, picking up various objects and cackling. "Haunter, you're not allowed to make any trouble, got it?" Oka wagged her finger in warning at him.

Haunter promptly flew through her and pulled up her shirt, pulling it off her body and flying around the ceiling carrying it.

"I'm serious! If you cause any trouble, you're getting put in the ball until we leave, and that could be a while!"

Haunter laughed and nodded, throwing Oka's shirt back at her, hitting her directly in the face with it. It smelled like bodily fluids.

"I need to wash this pretty badly." She said to herself before she returned her attention to Haunter. "Go hang out with Sylveon and Wormy, ok?" Haunter stuck its tongue out, a gesture she happily returned to him, making a face of her own at him before he flew through the wall and joined the other two at the television.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider sighed as Sakura looked up at her, tears in her eyes, before grimacing and shaking her head. It was obvious that her master was grateful for her efforts to cheer her up, but Sakura knew her too well to believe that what she was saying was genuine. Even though, truthfully, Rider had no problem with remaining here, if it made Sakura happy to do so. Still, despite the failed effort, Rider still happily took Sakura's hand, glad to be able to anything she could to comfort the girl, hoping that Shirou would be able to handle the situation better than she could.

Sure enough, Shirou soon spoke. To Rider's surprise, though, he actually began to agree with Sakura. A somewhat-annoyed frown came over Rider's face for a moment as she thought that Shirou might actually be putting his own wishes above Sakura's, the effect on her clear as her shoulders slumped. But, then, as he continued Rider's frown turned into a smile.

Wow, he's brilliant, she thought as Sakura brightened up, looking up at him and wiping her eyes. A movie would be fun, too.

Then, though, Sakura suddenly slapped herself across the face, causing Rider to frown with worry once more. Fortunately, though, at that moment, Jeanne began to bounce around like a hyperactive eight-year-old, demonstrating her great interest in the idea of a movie. That appeared to calm Sakura down, and Rider decided it wasn't worth pressing the issue. Instead, she added her opinion.

"Yes, a movie would be fun", she said, smiling.

[Knick]

Nanashi

The dagger slashed though the air, right past her, and landed in her path, but she only absentmindedly payed attention to the new person, a man from the sounds, that seemed to want to stop her. He also was loud. Great. Just great.

Like hell she was going to just leave this alone though.

And so, she would do what she could. Nanashi’s feet shined blue, the embers calming from her scarf, and she exploded. He body rocketed past the girl, the talisman slapping onto against the side of her head, as she blasted by.

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter allowed a regretful sigh as she shifted in the bath, squirming a bit as she considered his words. As much as she didn't want to leave the bath, he had a point about wrinkles, and the water was starting to cool down somehow.

"Fine," she said, testing her ability to move her hips to find, thankfully, that they were at least somewhat functional now, "So, coffee first...then what? Another round perhaps, or something else?"

[Umbra of Chaos]

Numina

The redhead was still trying to wrap her head around how fast everything was happening as she stood still and didn't even flinch as a tag was slapped on her head. She slouched over and fell backwards without a word. It was almost a perfect way to incapacitate her if not for the distress of the passenger riding in the Ascendant.

Twisting and turning in the semblance of worry the unborn one pushed and slashed at its boundaries. As Numina was in no state to transform or assuage the nearly finished child it lashed out at its confines with a ferocity that shook her prone body and made temporary bulges in her belly. IT wouldn't be long before it simply emerged by force to see what was wrong.

[Aiden]

Annabeth

The Hunter allowed a regretful sigh as she shifted in the bath, squirming a bit as she considered his words. As much as she didn't want to leave the bath, he had a point about wrinkles, and the water was starting to cool down somehow.

"Fine," she said, testing her ability to move her hips to find, thankfully, that they were at least somewhat functional now, "So, coffee first...then what? Another round perhaps, or something else?"

Ron

The werewolf gave her question some serious thought. Even the wiggling of Annabeth's hips was not enough to dismiss the reality that they had gone for what, at least four rounds already? She must be as sore as his mouth after a dentist appointment during that one mad month where somebody on his block decided to give out free candy for 30 days back when he was 6 years old. He could have sworn their parents lynched the man after that for all the tummy aches and dentist bills that followed.

That tangent was not at all meant to disguise that Ron was feeling a little tired of it himself right now. Really.

"What did you have in mind for something else?" he asked after guiding Annabeth down into the water to wash off some of that shampoo better.

[Elf]

Forest

“…No! Wait! I can’t fail at anything!!! FOREST!!! I’LL HELP YOU TROUGH THESE TROUBLED TIMES!!!  I’ll keep being your cool friend…. AND ACT LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENED! After all, you are very great. It would be tragic to lose your friendship. So please… don’t cry because I won’t kiss you. Because, I DON’T EVEN HAVE LIPS! MYAHAHAH! *cough* Well, either way, you’ll find someone as great as me. Well, no. That’s impossible. But I’ll help you settle for second best!! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!!”

Forest's palm found her face and before she could say anything, Greyskull ran off.  Before she could say anything, Petra said, "Excuse me, something came up, I'm afraid. It was a pleasure to meet you, see you later."

Then with a jaunty wave, the girl ran up the steps to the roof.  Forest frowned and said, "I wonder what got into her bonnet."

Gabriel

Gabriel sipped at his coffee, wanting to hear the redhead's answer.  I'm curious as well.  You don't feel like a succubus, love.

 

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter allowed a contented sigh as Ron started to work the shampoo out of her hair. Then his response registered, Annabeth allowing a little smirk as she looked up at Ron.

"Well, maybe some training," Annabeth said, "Maybe some sparring to get you used to what you can do now. I probably need to rest up a bit, but nothing that a bit of meditation and some Nen techniques can't fix."

[Aiden]

Annabeth

The Hunter allowed a contented sigh as Ron started to work the shampoo out of her hair. Then his response registered, Annabeth allowing a little smirk as she looked up at Ron.

"Well, maybe some training," Annabeth said, "Maybe some sparring to get you used to what you can do now. I probably need to rest up a bit, but nothing that a bit of meditation and some Nen techniques can't fix."

Ron

He slowed down his washing and scrubbing efforts when she brought it all up. "So, wait, you want me to figure out how to use your... Nen?" Ron asked in confusion, a frown wrinkling his face. "You mean what lets you do things like create guns and why you taste - erm, I mean, why you can jump really high."

He turned his face aside. "... are we sure this is a safe idea for you?"

[Kat]

Forest

“…No! Wait! I can’t fail at anything!!! FOREST!!! I’LL HELP YOU TROUGH THESE TROUBLED TIMES!!!  I’ll keep being your cool friend…. AND ACT LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENED! After all, you are very great. It would be tragic to lose your friendship. So please… don’t cry because I won’t kiss you. Because, I DON’T EVEN HAVE LIPS! MYAHAHAH! *cough* Well, either way, you’ll find someone as great as me. Well, no. That’s impossible. But I’ll help you settle for second best!! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!!”

Forest's palm found her face and before she could say anything, Greyskull ran off.  Before she could say anything, Petra said, "Excuse me, something came up, I'm afraid. It was a pleasure to meet you, see you later."

Then with a jaunty wave, the girl ran up the steps to the roof.  Forest gritted her teeth and looked at the redhead.  "Bloody daylight . . . "  Then she remembered her duster and snapped her fingers.  "That poor bloke might need help."

She handed the redhead her phone and said, "Call 311 and tell them we need a paramedic team while I try to get that fellow stabilized and . . . don't freak out when I put this on.  I have a . . . condition and I can explain later, I promise."

Then she threw on the duster and followed after Petra.

Petra

As soon as the sword missed its mark, she retracted it. It vanished into thin air, ready again to be summoned if it was needed of her. The shadow monster got away, but she didn't have time to pursue it. The man lying on the ground would bleed out without her help, and she couldn't rise people from death anymore. It seemed that being summoned for that blasphemous tournament between magi reduced one's abilities.

She crouched and placed her hand on Garou's body and prayed silently. There was no reason to show off with overt displays of pious behavior. If God wanted him to continue, he would walk again. The miracle patched what was broken, replaced the blood he lost with bodywater that miraculously turned into the red fluid, made the blood circulate freely, would let him live and recover. She doubted he would be able to fight people now, but he would recuperate. Maybe even regain consciousness soon. And probably need to drink.

"My, my, such violent city, if rejects from Lovecraftian fanfiction just go and kidnap people off streets in broad daylight. Well, maybe I would have to do something about it." Honestly, right now that monster could be now draining another human, but it was just beyond her capacity to intercept it now. If there are good people fighting the good fight down there, God grant them strength.'

[Kat]

ALPHA

Alpha scratched her head at Noel's question.

"Well, I... kind of see it? At the same time though, she's completely different," Alpha then turned to Mordred. "Iron Tager was... well, I wouldn't know what he was for sure. He was at least two and a half meters tall, with huge magnetized hands and red skin. He was nicknamed the Red Devil, and rumors said that his DNA was fused with an actual devil to make him as big, strong and, well. red as he was. Probably all tech crap though."

Realizing she may have been giving the wrong idea, Alpha caught herself.

"Despite all that, though, his personality totally clashed. He didn't like fighting, but always followed orders without question. Every time he'd fight me, he'd bring up things like how I was too dangerous and the like. A real boyscout. Well, I wouldn't know how he is all the time, we only ever met when it was time to kick the crap out of each other."

Noel Vermillion

Noel listened to Alpha's good explanation of Iron Tager, nodding all the time through. At the end of Alpha's explanation, Noel had only one thing to add to the conversation.

"What's a changeling?"

Mordred

She carefully listened to Alpha's explanation. If it was all science, then he surely wasn't a Changeling. Still, that was pretty revolting that someone would have idea to fuse a human being with a supernatural. Mad science was as horrible as what Gentry did. Playing with lives, without care for what subjects cared about. Maybe he was even conditioned to follow orders of his 'masters'. Truly tragic.

Then Noel asked about Changelings. She should have expected that, but it still felt like a question out of blue for her. Crap, she didn't feel like she was a good teacher at other stuff then bashing in skulls of her enemies.

"Errr, how to say it... We used to be humans, and we're still partly humans, but our souls has been tampered with by otherworldly assholes who did it for nothing else than shit and giggles." Well, at least she thought that her soul got tampered with. Would explain why she didn't remember her life prior to abduction. She lost something when she got remade, and effectively she was 10 years old. That's how old were the first memories she could recall. Pretty awkward.

"Anyway, it's nothing that science can explain. We register as humans when tested for DNA, but our souls affect the shape of our true bodies. And we come in too many types that it would take so much time to enumerate every type of Changeling I've seen. There are half dragon types like me, but they are beastfolk, people who look living flame, ice and such, goblin like people, ogres and even people who look like aliens out of X-Files. We're... weird bunch. I feel like I'm not that weird in comparison to some folks. Fortunately each of us is passively seen as a human even by supernaturals, unless they are Changelings or we allow them to see us. Or if we use our powers to the very limit like me recently. So normal people don't react to our true looks."

She still couldn't get out of her mind that bit about science. She had to ask for confirmation. "Were you modified by some science stuff like Iron Tager guy? You are not obviously normal humans, even if you look more human than me. I won't push you for answers, but you piqued my curiosity."

[Kat]

Nanashi

The dagger slashed though the air, right past her, and landed in her path, but she only absentmindedly payed attention to the new person, a man from the sounds, that seemed to want to stop her. He also was loud. Great. Just great.

Like hell she was going to just leave this alone though.

And so, she would do what she could. Nanashi’s feet shined blue, the embers calming from her scarf, and she exploded. He body rocketed past the girl, the talisman slapping onto against the side of her head, as she blasted by.

Numina

The redhead was still trying to wrap her head around how fast everything was happening as she stood still and didn't even flinch as a tag was slapped on her head. She slouched over and fell backwards without a word. It was almost a perfect way to incapacitate her if not for the distress of the passenger riding in the Ascendant.

Twisting and turning in the semblance of worry the unborn one pushed and slashed at its boundaries. As Numina was in no state to transform or assuage the nearly finished child it lashed out at its confines with a ferocity that shook her prone body and made temporary bulges in her belly. IT wouldn't be long before it simply emerged by force to see what was wrong.

Julius

Of course, the villain had to ignore his warning and just slap something at the head of the woman. Why so many supernaturals were such morons, not comprehending the concept of abiding the law? Did their brains didn't understand what you should or shouldn't do? They kept and kept disappointing him, a virtuous non-human would be a credit to his race, but surely something as elusive as a Questing Beast that Sir Palomides valiantly pursued. Maybe the more you strayed from humanity, the more your conscience got damaged. Truly hopeless.

Then something started happening to the pregnant woman, something started mutating and writhing in her belly. Did the monster cursed the unborn one. Unspeakably disgusting!

He was outraged so much that he yelled at the villain dramatically. Pointing his finger at her in accusatory pose.

CURSING UNBORN CHILDREN? HOW VILE! YOU HAVE NO SHAME!! UNDO YOUR CURSE, YOU WITCH AND REPENT!!! OR I WILL JUDGE YOU WITH [ H O L Y D I V E R ] !

It would dive into her soul and purge the filth out of her. Fatally. If she didn't cease her villainous ways and hand over herself to the authorities. He still had enough generosity to give her last one chance to undo the horrible thing she did.