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

[Kotomine_Rin]

The demon.

The demon had ran. He ran from the girl who would judge him. He ran from his fear of being rejected. He ran from his anger at her for not understanding him. But the thing he had been running from the most was nothing more than himself. By now, he had been far too exhausted to keep running. He had crossed nearly the entire city, and had come to the realization there was nowhere else to run.

Now, he was lying under a bridge, dangling around and looking down at the vast sea. He didn't pay mind to his bloodied reflection, his torn red face no longer showing the veneer of humanity. He just stared at the ripples distorting the world above the sea, as if mesmerized by something.

He was fiddling with a reddish paste between his fingers, toying with what seemed to be clay. He was molding a mask, a mask made of clay. It was his mask. He opened his mouth for a second, revealing a set of moon white fangs contrasting his red face. It was as if to say something, only to pause and stare blankly at his mask.

It's very nice Kenzo.

He could hear the noises of the city, people talking to one another. Laughing with one another. Loving with one another. Compared to them, he was like the sea. So lonely. You never know how precious something is until you lose it, and he couldn't get it back no matter what he tried.

After all, he broke his promise, the one thing that was worth anything to him. How dare he treat that masked man and vampire that way, when he was no better than trash himself. He had no right to speak or look so highly.

He didn't deserve it, he didn't deserve any of it. He didn't need it. He just wanted to be alone, but it hurt so much...

"How unsightly." He chuckled bitterly, dangling his legs like a child.

The demon looked down at his mask and pressed it gently to his wounded face. At least for a while, he wanted to pretend that touch was not his own. Tears slowly built up on his swollen black eyes, and he cried, howling in pain until he had no tears left to cry, hoping that his black heart would just dry up, shrivel and die.

[Elf]

,Corbin

The dhampir laughed and rubbed the back of his neck.  "Sometimes I feel really old, you know?" he said with a smile, knowing that the two young woman probably wouldn't handle the fact that he was born centuries ago.

"Or . . . I can take you to the Elite's gym and range," he suggested with a snap of his fingers.


Rin

Rin narrowed her eyes at Petra and gave her a very feline smile before walking towards the bystander.  She smiled as she approached the guy swiping his finger over his electrical device.  He looked up at her, a puzzled frown marring his face.

"Hi," Rin said, biting her lip ever so slightly as she demurely lowered her gaze from her source of information.

He kept frowning and said, "Hello."

"So, my companions and I are new here, and we're looking to get something to drink.  We just don't know of any local pubs and just wandering around is kind of fruitless, you know?" Rin said with a sigh and a shake of her head.

The guy blinked and said, "Well, Nexus doesn't have a shortage of bars, that's for sure."  He looked at Garou and said, "There's this kind of eccentric place, called the World's End, like less than a mile from here.  Your . . . friend won't stick out as much.  My co-workers go there from time to time, it's pretty good."  Then he proceeded to give Rin directions, showing her a map on his phone.


Forest

Well, most of the magic users I know are Fae honestly so . . . their priorities are odd, Forest replied.

"In the end, possessions only mean so much. Your hospitality is more than sufficient. Also, have you considered this scent...?" Gadreel asked as he lifted a bottle of shampoo to her.

She blinked and then grinned as she took the bottle from him.  "If you keep this up, I'm going to ask you to help me go clothing shopping.  Maybe get me out of the whole, 'Black goes with everything' phase I've been stuck in for an absurd amount of time," she replied wit a grin.

The bottle clicked as she opened it and she lifted her nose to it.  Her eyes widened as she got hints of violet and citrus before she nodded and handed it back to him.  "Oh, wow, I like this . . . What do you think?  And now I'm going to have to step up my game to find you something . . . Also on the subject of clothing . . . I don't mind picking you up some things right now."

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

The blonde vampire turned around again, looking at the girl as she was seemingly looking forward with a defeated look on her face that matched her voice. Shinobu's golden eyes met the girl as she took a step closer. "I don't know what happened to you for you to be like this, but berating yourself like this will not help anyone. I do not think whomever you are thinking about would want you to be like this either."

[yinsukin]

Medaka Kurokami

Medaka looked into the eyes of the woman as she turned around and approached her.  For the first time, she sensed sincerity in her voice.  "I don't know what happened to you for you to be like this, but berating yourself like this will not help anyone. I do not think whomever you are thinking about would want you to be like this either."

She thought back to Lorenzo, her fallen companion.  He always was concerned with her well being.  He always wanted what was best for her.  Shinobu was right.  It would be dishonorable to his memory to worry about it.

"Yes of course.  Your right again Shinobu.  Still, it is easy to say but hard to reform.  I didn't just lose him, I lost part of myself.  I couldnt save him.  My strength of character nor my physical prowess were enough."  She said solemnly.  "I..."  She stopped talking, grabbed her arm with one hand and started walking away.  "I am sorry.  We were supposed to get me somewhere that I can get help for my body.  Now my arm is injured.  We should keep moving."  She said as she started walking away from the hospital at a slow, subdued pace.

[Elf]

Gabriel

The hybrid noticed Emily's sigh and tilted his head.  "I'm sorry, I'm bringing up a bothersome subject.  Now, what do you think of the music here?"

He closed his eyes as he just listened to the lively jazz with a sigh and a smile.  He said, "It seems like modern music just lacks soul."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Garou XIII

Garou grinned widely, barely containing his excitement. World's end? That sounded so goddamn cool. Yes, such a place was perfect for monsters to meet, a place where he could drink to his full. From there, he could definetely start his monster reputation. Maybe there was someone strong enough to prove a good meal...

He walked up to the man and laughed heartily, glad that this city wasn't full of nothing but uesleess idiots after all.

"HAHAHA! THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE FUCKING BEST! THANKS PAL!!" He roared cheerfully before giving him a good friendly slap on the back, not minding at all to hold back reasonably and nearly making him fall.

"Oh whoops." He added casually.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Erica

As she transitioned from walking back to floating Erica brought the Claw holding the man closer to her. Any tinge of annoyance had seemingly faded and now her tone was as cold and emotionless as it always was. "If you are bored actions that will not alleviate your current state are meaningless. Do something that you know will end your boredom. Attempting to comfort strays is not one of those things.


Alarice

Soon enough a squadron of skeletons came out of the kitchen bearing bowls of soup, utensils, and extra containers with various different ingredients in case anyone wanted to add something more to their meal. They left the food and tools on the dinner table and Alarice quickly took her seat before calling out. "Lord Greyskull! The meal is ready. Please come to he table."

[Thedoctor]

Kuro

"The Elite's gym?" Kuro asked him, with more interest in her voice than previously. "What kind of cool stuff does that place have, I'd like seeing it, it would be exciting don't you think." The white haired girl fired off the questions in rapid order, not even leaving room to breathe as she did so. As she were doing it she literally bounced up to Corbin, looking almost like she was going to tackle him.

[Thedoctor]

Jeanne

Jeanne was suprised as Sakura leaned in and kissed her cheek while wrapping her arms around the blonde's torso. Jeanne's breathe got heavier, as she enjoyed the sensations. She then quickly overcame her surprise however as she pressed herself tighter against Sakura and leaned in again, her lips touching Sakura's as her tongue sought entrence. 

[Kotomine_Rin]

Theodore

Theodore shrugged before sighing. Man, girls like this were nothing but trouble, he should have bailed out when he had the chance. Honestly, he didn't really like how troublesome she was, nor was her questioning his every action cute or endearing. I don't know why I did it, okay? If I did, I wouldn't be in this mess in the first place, jerk.

"I guess, but doing something is better than doing nothing. Either way, its not like I'll run out of time any time soon, so I can afford to be wasteful. Besides, I didn't ask you to follow me, you just dragged me into it. Jeez, talk about selfish..."

The demon glanced at her eyes for a second, only to suddenly feel something annoying. He looked up in abandon and let out a deep breath.

"Hey kiddo, can I ask you something?"


Count Greyskull

The count shivered at the sound of her command. He simply resigned himself and walked slowly to the kitchen, like a prisoner walking the green mile.

"Y-yes."

He sat quietly, avoiding direct eye contact and lowered his head to gaze at the stew as if to lower himself before a guillotine. He sniffed the air for a second. He gulped after a long silence, only to ask the fatal question.

"Are you still mad...?"

[Kat]

Petra

Garou seemed to be already on the board with the bar suggested by the stranger. She had enough tolerance for the tryhard attitude of his, but who knew how would she react in a place brimming with people who could be even weirder than him. She wouldn't pass, but she wasn't exactly expecting the best of the place.

"Sorry in advance for my pal, he sometimes is like that." By sometimes she meant pretty much all the time. He honestly was a trouble magnet but so far nothing really had happened that would make her reconsider hanging out with him.

"Let's go then." She turned to Garou and Tohsaka, urging them to hurry up a bit. The sooner they got there the less time they would spend walking around looking lost.

[SINIB]

Jeanne

Jeanne was suprised as Sakura leaned in and kissed her cheek while wrapping her arms around the blonde's torso. Jeanne's breathe got heavier, as she enjoyed the sensations. She then quickly overcame her surprise however as she pressed herself tighter against Sakura and leaned in again, her lips touching Sakura's as her tongue sought entrence.

Sakura Matou

Sakura closed her eyes and allowed Jeanne's tongue into her mouth, moving her hands up to her head and caressing her face as they made out. She let out an indecent little moan tinged with lust and broke off the kiss, slowly. "So who's a better kisser, Shirou or me?" Sakura asked with a sultry voice. "Or did Senpai not go that far with you?"

[Panda]

Michael

The immortal cocked an eyebrow at the rapid progression of the two before him from cute to borderline raunchy. Heaving an exasperated sigh, the immortal looked around for a moment before spotting something usable, a snow-covered tarp shielding a nearby car from the winter air. Unfastening the tarp, Michael dragged it back over, the crowd parting around the two seemingly instinctively, though they managed to draw the eyes of most.

"Tone it down, there are probably children present," Michael said, heaving the tarp up and over them before darting in under the thing himself and using his staff to prop it up.

[Kat]

Mordred

"Eh, you have your own exclusive gym? What a shameless public spending. The police needs more funding then people who can just use private gyms. But before she climbed on a metaphorical soapbox, she remembered that it was not a place and time for getting into argument like that. And Kuro seemed to be very eager about the prospect of going to that gym.

"Uh, whatever, let's go. The kid won't stop bombarding you with questions if we don't bring her there." She shrugged.

[Aiden]

Auspicious Breeze

Ooo, berries, was Beeze's first thought when the kiss sneaked up on her. If she were less experienced with distractions then at this point she'd definitely have let go of the antlers or been stunned by kisses, but nope. This girl was definitely not out of the game that easily! So she kissed back, her body tingling at the sudden intensity, and kept on doing what she'd been doing too.

She would have kept on keeping on too, if somebody hadn't thrown something over them. Breeze caught his approach before he made it, but it was still enough that it made her pull back and sputter. "Michael! That was very, ah, what's the word... rude. Yes, very rude!"

Was she pouting a little? Come on, it's not like she wasn't seeing things like this in the slave quarters at their age! This was no big deal!

Gadreel

That would explain it, yes.

The exile grinned at the thought of broadening Forest's wardrobe-related horizons. "For you, a shade of blue may be the solution..."

"As for me, something mild," he said after a moment to think on the subject of shampoo. "The elimination of unpleasant scent tends to be more important for one such as I than adding anything particularly pleasant."