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

[Kat]

Mordred

She sat on a chair while waiting for the two to cook her a dinner. She would help herself, but she was reaching her limit. No sleep for nearly two days. She didn't even notice when she just started snoring with her eyes closed already, her Mien finally breaking through her reinforced Mask, with her draconic tail and armor visible.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

The woman held her hand in front of Rider to stop her, her cold silver eyes flat and expressionless. This was… irritating. Her answers were flat and utterly dodged his questions or answering them in the most painfully obvious ways. That irritatingly biting tongue was just like him, but she lacked a certain annoying quality to it all, a fake whimsy so to speak.

There was only 1% chance that she was indeed that man, no, less. Maybe he was indeed wrong and that assumption was baseless. No, it certainly was baseless, but the risk was not. The coincidences could not be overlooked, and besides…

Vanguard did not gamble with maybes.

"There is no need to make a fanfare. If she wishes to wait at our door and stare, she can do so at her leisure. Of course, if she were any wiser she would know better than to intrude. Her sitting and wasting of time is none of our concern, it does not hinder our master or her safety. If she does pose a threat, she will be smitten down and that will be the end of it.”

Then, she urged Sakura’s sister to go inside.

“As for you, you should know better than to trust others so easily. Jeez, Rin. What will we do with you?”

[Elf]

Gabriel

Gabriel blinked as the unusual woman asked if he was okay.  Her young companion on the other hand ignored him and prodded the unusual (and somewhat terrifying) woman into leaving.

With a smirk, he said, "I have been better, but I have been much worse.  Your young friend is in a hurry to properly clothe herself." 


Rin

“Nee-san, stop this.” Sakura said in a soft voice, tears filling her eyes. “Just come inside and have breakfast.”

Rin gritted her teeth at Sakura's teary eyes.  Why do I have the feeling she's manipulating me . . .

Then probably on orders from Sakura, Rider moved to remove the blond girl by force if necessary.

"Well you are free to try," the blond said with a yawn.

Lady Armor-san proclaimed, "There is no need to make a fanfare. If she wishes to wait at our door and stare, she can do so at her leisure. Of course, if she were any wiser she would know better than to intrude. Her sitting and wasting of time is none of our concern, it does not hinder our master or her safety. If she does pose a threat, she will be smitten down and that will be the end of it.”

She/He/Rin wasn't sure what gender pronoun to use, turned and looked at her.  She/He/Newhalf said, “As for you, you should know better than to trust others so easily. Jeez, Rin. What will we do with you?”

"I didn't say anything about trusting her.  I just wanted to know how she did that, and I'm not taking, 'I willed it so,' as an answer," Rin said.


Forest

Gathering herself, Forest stood up and headed back to where the people where.  She would just have to decline the food and see if she could get home without turning crispy.

Man, and my car's at the goddamn Emporium of Man, Forest thought as she entered the room.

[Panda]

Michael

The immortal cocked an eyebrow at the curious shield and held her gaze for a moment before nodding.

"Yes, and it has clearly served you well," Michael mused, "But what if your opponent manages to breach the shelter of your shield? By then, would you not be wishing you could rely on something other than your weapons? Ah, but that's right, you'd rather not fight with a handicap."

Allowing a chuckle, the immortal got up from the bench.

"Well, let's see you back those words up then," Michael said, turning to face her as he spread his arms out wide, "If I'm fighting with a handicap, as you say, then surely it would be no trouble for you to beat this foolish man down. If you would like to rest first, I will wait. In fact, I insist that you come at me once you're fully healed. I'd rather not have to deal with you blaming your injuries for what happens next."

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

Ghost Child

The small ghost floated backwards and slowly sunk into the ground until only his torso was left visible. He tilted his eyeless head back and yawned a bit before talking. "I can't eat. The food just falls right out of me. But I can eat if you help me. You're like me! You just need to share some power with me."

He popped out of the ground like a groundhog and held out a phantasmal hand. "Pleeeeeaaaaaasssssseeeeeeee."

Akatsuki had a vague idea what he was talking about. She was, after all, the soul of an ancient warship given flesh, some kind of incarnated ghost. But, even so...

"I'm sorry, I don't really know how to 'share power'..." she trailed off, and then let out a surprised voice. "Wait, maybe... can you see this?"

She reached into her rigging like an owner into a birdcage, and ordered one of her many fairies to come on. She then showed it to the Ghost Child.

Usually, only those with the affinity to become either vessels for the warship souls, or the admirals that lead them, had the ability to view fairies. But, if he was a ghost, then maybe...

She didn't even know if this would let him do what he wanted to. But, she wouldn't go back without trying everything!

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lumen

The Patchwork shook her head at the shorter girl's question. She had not been here nearly long enough to figure out where much of anything was. While it wouldn't take too long in theory to find a mall or some other shop she didn't feel like wasting time and the fact that yhe girl was trying to simply ignore the man was an issue. She would need allies or even someone with enough sympathy for kids and making herself known was necessary. If she wouldn't do it Lumen would simply do so for her. The fact that they might make a mutual 'friend' would be useful too. He might even prove likeable.

Piercing grey eyes turned to lock on the man's own. Despite the fact that their analytical look could be quite intimidating her voice and looks were very casual. "Yeah, I'd expect that after freezing for a bit she would be eager to get into clothes, but we do have a small problem. I don't suppose that you would be willing to lead us around? You seem to have an idea of where you're going and we really could use the help. As long as you're up to it anyways. And I suppose while I'm at it I should introduce myself. My name's Lumen."


Ghost Child

The small child popped out of the ground and stared long and hard at the fairy before nodding sagely to himself several times. Then he excitedly began to bounce up and down. "Yeah! You can help me with those, but we need more! Then we can play and eat and cook and punish people!"

[Panda]

Emily

Emily raised an eyebrow at Bellitanus's explanation, intrigued by what she said. Even with the possibility of the woman not being who she said she was, Emily couldn't help but wonder at the chances of Mordred meeting someone like this.

"Well, it's a bit of both, really," Emily said, "I have a formal education in mundane medicine, but I also have...magical healing, for lack of a better term."

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura wasn't amused by the blond's noncompliance. She'd been warned. Three times. And even so, she had heeded exactly zero of Sakura's most generous warnings. The time for waiting was over.

"Rider, remove her now. kill her if she resists." She grabbed Rin forcefully. "Come on, I thought you were going to magus school, what happened to the lessons you learned there, Nee-San?" Sakura complained as she dragged Rin inside.

"I'm serious Rider, do whatever it takes.

[Adella]

Adella

Following the tiny man's movements curiously, Adella just replied with a short:"I am not sure."
Needless to say, she 'was' in fact not sure whether she needed help, however it might be that she had to get out of this forest in due time. Well, not so much had to, as just wanted to. It was rather... stale and tiring to look at the same scenery for a prolonged amount of time and that was the last thing she needed.

"You could help me to get out of this forest, but seeing as you do not even know where you are... or did not until I told you, I am suspecting that you may not be able to lend me your shoulder in this endeavour." Bubbling softly, as if gurgling with soap, Adella let out a short laugh. She was not entirely sure whether it was funny, but she felt like laughing, if just because it reminded her of a fish. "I wonder whether you like hummer." She then simply muttered, less so to the person in front of her than to herself. Lowering her upper body slightly to look the man in the face.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Darcy Hugh

The poor innocent man of god widened his eyes in shock and gaped his mouth wide open before yelling, almost trying to not sound surprised. Instead, like a fish who just found Nemo, he displayed the most shockable shocked face ever.

"...WHAAAAAAAAAAA?"

Now red like a tomato, he backed away for a second, trying his best to keep his cool. He needed to observe, analyze and react! A situation like this could not be approached without proper thought! What he would say could determine his fate.

Still, this was no reason to lose one's head, or the other. This could be her proposing to drag him into her car, a hummer, yes. However, he knew better than that. If a girl was so blunt and direct, she could possibly just mean a car! Unless she would drag poor Darcy into her car to do... that!

Clearing his throat in a feeble attempt to hide his embarrassment, he spoke up hesitantly, although with a tone of acceptance.

"U-uh, I m-mean... sure! But, well, wouldn't a more private place make do?"

[Adella]

Adella

"Huh? What are you talking about, I do not have any lobster with me." Adella's voice chirped, in a little bout of surprise at the man's words. Could it be possible... was this red skin-tone in fact, not natural, was he flustered? But why? And how? She did not understand what was going on...;

His loud tone of whaaa~ did not exactly help her understand the situation. But she was a little afraid she had said something wrong... "By any chance... what did you just think I asked...? Have I said something wrong? I am afraid my pronunciation is not the best anymore..." Her soothing voice oozed out, tainted with hints of embarassment over this rather peculiar development, one hand tightly grasping the seam of her coat, the other clutched to her chest, as she prompty got into an upright position again. Her helmet cladden head, slowly and unsurely kept swaying from the left to the right, as if to ascertain she was not being made fun of to amuse some third party.

After all... that had been a rather tasteless fashion in her younger days, albeit executed a little differently and usually not in the middle of snow plastered forests.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Urthemiel

The beauty nodded slightly but there was a note of approval in her features as they worked. "It is always beneficial to have multiple fields of study. However, I am curious to what exactly you mean about magical feeling. I dabble a bit myself and was capable of repairing Mordred's ribs after her fight today and ease her head pain, but I am interested in the methods you use."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

The demon smiled innocently before cheering cheerfully.

"Yes! I'm happy that you're happy." He said before jumping up with his fist in the air like some cheerleader. And hugging the girl. Then, he heard something walking up, so he turned around to face Forest, who had just come back.

"Yo Fore. Ready to eat?"


Darcy Hugh

Lobsters...

Darcy looked like he'd just been slapped. No, he had definitely just been slapped. Into reason that was. He understood, she was a forgeiner. It was his mistake to assume a girl's feelings like that, insensitive and unacceptable.

Lobsters...

"No, your pronunciation was fine. Forgive me." He muttered in utter defeat.

Looking down in shame, a single manly tear rolled down his eye. He knew that the only way to save face was to accept his mistake. Yes, it was his fault after all for ignoring a girl's feelings. When a girl says she wants to do it, she wants to do it right now. Making her wait would've been unforgivable. And with a fierce tone, he declared his assertiveness.

"I AM READY! I WILL NOT IGNORE YOUR HEART ANY LONGER!! I WILL SHOW YOU MY LOBSTER!!!"

And with fire in his eyes, the priest clutched at his shirt and tore it open, revealing his gleaming chest and muscles, bare for all to see in their divine splendor.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider

Rider glared angrily at the newcomer's arrogant response to her threats, continuing to approach her. Vanguard, however, had other ideas, suggesting that they should let her remain and wait.

Hmm, maybe she has a point..., Rider thought, deciding to wait to see if Sakura would agree.

However, unfortunately for the other woman, Sakura was obviously extremely worried about her sister's lemming-like curiousity, and decided that the woman needed to be removed immediately, and with extreme prejudice.

Rider, remove her now. kill her if she resists, she said over their mental link as she began to drag Rin back into the house. I'm serious Rider, do whatever it takes.

Acknowedging Sakura's words, Rider approached the blonde woman, intending to dematerialise the nail in her left hand and use it to grab the woman's arm, whilst raising the nail in her other hand to the woman's throat.

"Come with me, now. If you resist, I will kill you", she said, simply, sick of the woman's bullshit.

[Panda]

Emily

The Changeling frowned at the mention of Mordred getting herself injured again, annoyed by the reminder of how incapable she was regarding being able to assist her fellow Changeling aside from simply healing her.

"It's just a little trick of mine," Emily admitted, "A rather useful one, granted. But it's a simple ability that repairs whatever injuries it can, though it helps if I'm aware of the exact injuries."