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

[Umbra of Chaos]

Numina

The cultist immediately regretted her decision to question the girl. Her children never cried, and she wasn't sure how to calm down a normal child. She was about to make the attempt when some freak with a duck mask walked up to them and asked what was wrong. Hadn't he ever heard of not interfering in other people's business?

She turned to face him for only a moment just to say, "It's none of your concern." Then she immediately returned her attention back to the child with a soothing voice quickly replacing her annoyed tone. "I'm sure you're right, Sakura. I'm sorry for asking you a question that mean."

[SINIB]

Jeanne

"Don't feel so ashamed for your behavior, it's not something you can control at the moment, and you're not hurting anyone Sakura." The blonde servant tried comforting the purple haired girl as best she could, her voice was calm as she spoke. "Of course I'll do my best, I have a feeling that dying isn't what I'm supposed to do here."  Jeanne went closer to her master and hugged her. "Calm down."

Sakura Matou

Sakura returned Jeanne's hug gratefully. She wrapped her fingers together and held her tightly, as close to herself as possible. Tears trickled down her face onto Jeanne's shoulder as they stood there, silent except for Sakura's occasional whimper and deep breathing.

[Aiden]

Oren

As the two others began tearing into the herd the Lycan circled back and simply watched. A sound like grinding boulders emanated from the main body as a sign of pain. It seemed to realize its predicament quite quickly. It was too slow to escape and it was quite outmatched by the hunters around it.

With a groan the creature charged towards Michael and the last of its herd converged on the staff wielder. The small, twisted bodies made of maws and sharpened bones were accompanied by the charging former deer whose bones and broken outwards and twisted forwards to try and strike at the man.

Oren, on the other hand, was in the process of doing much more important things. Like chasing her tail.

Auspicious Breeze

This was a very weird enemy to fight, Breeze reflected to herself as she ducked under a rabid squirrel-thing that was trying to bite at her face. Another sliced its claws past her side, near her exposed midriff, but the Essence flooding through her body was instantly focused into her skin. The claws skid off, and the unexpected loss of momentum gave the Chosen of the Dawn a chance to kick it aside! Then she remembered, right, aim for the cord.

Her blood was starting to pound in her ears, the excitement of the fight lifting her up. A grin stretched across her face, and she spin-kicked one of the cords so abruptly it snapped! Her body followed through with it, right arm knocking the sharp messy bulk away, and she hopped aside from inevitable retaliation. But, she hadn't used anywhere near enough power to start glowing yet. It was a little disappointing!

Worse, now they were all focusing on Michael instead! She didn't even really have to defend herself, even if she still automatically listened for the press of weight across the forest floor, or the breathing patterns that gave away the timing of an opponent's attacks. So instead she poured more Essence into her fists to make them strike like iron, and went for the distracted creatures' backs!

[Panda]

Michael

The immortal couldn't help a slight grin as the creatures now all turned their attention on him. The bulkier deer charged him while vicious little maws bone and false flesh rushed in behind them, all of them clearly aiming for more damaging areas. The tactic was a mite surprising, coming from a beast like this, and it might have been effective on a lesser foe. A tried and true strategy like this, however, couldn't be considered a threat to Michael by any stretch of the imagination. Putting aside the immortal's insurmountable skill, he had a reach advantage and full knowledge of how to make use of it. With that in mind, Michael extended the staff out to its fullest, thrusting to smash one of the deer charging him. With the attempt at boxing him in disrupted, the immortal easily slipped between the assaults of the false deer, shortening his staff to strike out at the smaller creatures, crushing swathes of them with each sweeping blow as he danced amongst the larger appendages of the beast with a practiced grace.

Of course, their second mistake had been to turn their back on the blonde athletic, who was now making them regret that decision as she tore through their ranks. To the immortal's amusement, Breeze seemed to be enjoying this just as much as he was, Michael's own grin widening in turn.

"Sorry about distracting them from you," he called out, "Looks like you'll need to remind them you're here!"

[Kat]

Mordred

"I don't either. But no reason to hold back and move slow. You're obviously not just a kid."

She wouldn't really restrain herself. The tip of her spear glowed with green energy, as she didn't feel it was good idea to hold back. Whether she teleported or was really fast, being as fast as she could increase her chances. Her senses sharpened, focusing on Kuro. She itched even more to prove that she wasn't someone to be underestimated. Perhaps growing more obsessive in thoughts was a part of the price she had to pay every time she activated her cursed spear. Just to play it safer she summoned her elemental armor that would make it sure that getting closer to her would carry a risk. She took her stance and carefully observed what Kuro would do. Was she planning to fight her unarmed or would get some sort of weapon?

[Kat]

Petra

"Hey, if you plan to get yourself sick, please have enough tact to go outside when you will be messing up the table. I've had enough bad time already to get my mood spoiled further." Petra raised her brows at the woman's declaration. Who also seemed to not take the revelation too well. Though admittedly what Tohsaka said was pretty ridiculous. This city was not devoid of criminals and other scum, but implying they were roaches was pushing it.

"I really need a drink. Just serve me whatever strongest wine you have. My liver will handle it." She told the bartender, putting a one hundred dollar bill on the table in front of her. "Are we still holding a drinking contest, Tohsaka?"

[Elf]

Gabriel

The Shadow smirked as he gently started to knead Emily's breasts together and apart.  He felt his own desire rising to the occasion while continuing to rain kisses on her neck.  "Trust me, I'm enjoying this eminencely," Gabriel said with a grin.

He leaned forward to kiss her once again.


Duke

Duke blinked and then smiled at the massive amount of money was pushed in his direction.  He looked at the white haired pretty boy and said, "It's your lucky day."  He shoved the piece of plastic back towards him.

Then he looked at the young lady and asked, "Would you like us to find a decent pair of pants?"  As he spoke, he pulled out a bottle of his favorite sack mead and poured a glass to the girl with the odd accent.  He took the money with a smile then proceeded to hand her the glass and bottle.

"Just mind your manners ladies," he said with a chuckle.

Rin

"I never agreed to a drink contest in the first place," Rin said with a shake of her head and a smile.  "It's not good to get into a contest where losing is pretty much a guarantee."


Corbin

Corbin sighed and said, "Women . . ."

He stepped back and called out, "Please don't wreck the place, okay?  Or it'll be on all our asses."

[Kat]

Petra

"Huh, backing out already?" Damn, what a letdown. She kinda wanted to outdrink somebody, but Tohsaka at least knew better. Maybe the white haired pretty boy wouldn't pass up a free drink. If he was a hobo, maybe he liked drinking as well. "Hey, wanna have a drink on my tab? You don't look like somebody who will pass out easily. Come on." She adressed the dude, trying to challenge him into a drinking contest.

[Panda]

Emily

Emily moaned as he kneaded her chest, his warm hands setting that familiar flame alight, starting to fill her with a wonderful heat. The Changeling gasped as his lips found her neck once more, more moans falling from her lips as he worked his way up before sealing up her lips with his own. Trying to find some way to respond, the Changeling splayed her hands across his chest, fingertips dancing along his skin as her hands explored him once more, blindly this time, slowly working their way downwards.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Alarice

She dreamed of a light like stars. Of dragons whispering flatteries and wish filled bishops wrestling with a god in realms with green-fire skies. Of impossible worms beneath the earth with dragon scales. Of holes in the sky that poured out heat and light despite everything telling her it was impossible for something like that to do so.

She dreamed of a vault made of glass. It was filled with possibility. It tasted like the sea. And then it and the dream dissolved before the breathes of a dragon. Then she woke up.

Her eyes opened to the same ceiling she had seen before she fell asleep but her clothes were different. She looked to the side to see the mage before turning back to face the ceiling and closing her eyes. "I must make for quite a pitiable sight, Don't I?"


Oren

Eventually the Lycan stopped chasing her tail just to watch as the creature was being completely beaten back. It couldn't regrow its appendages very quickly (she would know she's eaten one before) and it had yet to make even the slightly dent in either of the other fighters. It was almost boring really. Kind of interesting to see teeth and bone bounce off Breeze's delicious abs and what's his face shoot lasers out of his staff, but it wasn't really a fun fight.

She shifted back into her normal form and stood up before prancing towards the battle. Closing the distance took no time at all and she hopped on top of the main body of the beast as it reverted to its most primal instincts to run and hide as a superior force beat it into submission. "Hey! You should stop bullying it so much. Killing it would be nicer. It's just an animal after all. Don't draw it out for fun."

Well, that didn't actually matter to her. Not really anyways. The fight was just boring, and she wasn't so cruel that she would tell anyone how boring it was to watch them work. That's just mean! Appealing to morals and empathy worked much better. Usually.

[Elf]

Gabriel

Gabriel started to thumb her nipples with the intention of getting them to hard points.  He felt her warm even more against his fingers as he felt her hands move down his chest.  He nibbled her bottom lip ever so slightly as he swept his tongue into her mouth, enticing hers to dance with it.

[Aiden]

Forest

Okay then, well, you gained your freedom so yay.  Sometimes it seems like that there always is a price to do the right thing.

She eyed their bounty and then grinned.  "Yeah, I think so.  Then we can take you to look for some clothing.  However, I noticed there's quite a bit of stuff in there that you picked out for me too.  If you want to wash my hair, just ask."

Hah! That wasn't nearly as awkward as the last flirtation attempt, she thought to herself with a pleased smile.

Gadreel

"To be perfectly honest with you?"

The angel grabbed at his own long red locks of hair and tossed it behind his shoulders.

"I do believe," he said, "that I would appreciate having my own hair looked after as well. Before ending up here I had the misfortune of going for some some time with little more than a quick rinse or dip for it. The woes of war, I fear."

[Elf]

Forest

The vampire blinked and pointed.  She said, "But your hair is gorgeous though!  Really, absurdly, bloody gorgeous . . ."

She bit her lip, smiled shyly, and said, "Honestly, I would love to wash your hair.  And play with it.  Brush it out, braid it and whatnot."

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider gently returned the girl's embrace, glad that she had seemingly provided the vulnerable and lonely Sakura lookalike with some sense of comfort and normalcy in what was obviously a strange and frightning world to her. Rider didn't understand what "Pokemon" were, or anything about the girl's world, really, but she could tell that it was obviously very unlike either her own world or this world. The girl was naturally frightened and lonely, and Rider was glad she could be there to comfort her.

She also wondered who this "Jin" was? Was he someone from her world as well, or another friend she had met here? After holding the girl for a little while, allowing her to feel comforted, Rider then spoke.

"So, who is Jin?" she asked. "Is he someone you met here?"

[Panda]

Emily

The Changeling gasped as he thumbed her nipples, the buds soon hardening to an almost painful degree.

Then she felt him nibbling lightly on her lower lip, Emily unable to help a slight grin as she found his tongue with hers and made an attempt at competing with it for space, curious to see how Gabe would respond.