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

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

The Vampire saw the man turn into a crow and fly away like the coward he was, well it was about time to get out of here, she quickly walked out of the rapidly growing inferno

She discarded her burning clothes and managed to douse the fire on her with a high speed roll on the ground, after which she made some new similar looking  clothes. Her missing  hand had even grown out by now.

BOOOM

An explosion occured behind her, looks like the fire finally got to the rest of the gas tanks, there shouldn't be much left  of the place she thought.

[Elf]

Corbin Crow

As Corbin flew away, he heard a large explosion.  Turning his head, he saw the gas station go up in flames.

That fucking cunt!  My bike!

[MissingMandible]

Corporal Mathew Blackburn:

Mathew was no longer in Nexus City: His mind is now at Valanis Secondus.

A Danger Close artillery strike was sanctioned at the station, and was now time to mop up those who survived the Basilisk. Poking his head out of the alleyway, he noticed that a Genestealer was making its escape from the blast-site. "Target sighted," he muttered into his micro-bead, alerting the rest of his squad, "2 o'clock."

Silently he raised his Volleygun, placing the Xeno squarely in his iron sights. He already slain a Haruspex with this las-weapon; a Genestealer should prove to be child's play. His right index finger went to the trigger. "Firing."

The weapon howled as it let loose a barrage of blue lasers.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

The Formless One growled at the sight of the guns leveled at her but slowly rose to stand on two legs. Oren stared at the cowgirl and while she easily heard Darcy running away she didn't make another movement. That was actually rather disappointing. Hot air but no fire. It was painfully mundane.

She could close the distance easily. This body was built for that, and human bodies would not last long against any natural weapons. The only issue would be that bullets may not kill her now but she would need to heal them in her other form. And that was too bothersome. This was enough anyways. At least there was a real edge underneath everything else.

The Lycan thrashed and shook before releasing an earsplitting howl. Oren collapsed into a pool of shaping liquid once more but a much smaller, mostly human form emerged. The girl with antlers gasped for breath and shook as she held herself up on her hands and knees.


Urthemiel

The beautiful woman gently placed her lips against the Changeling and pushed her tongue into the blonde's mouth. Urthemiel savored the other girl for several moment before breaking it off and standing back up. "Well then, don't let me stop you from leaving, Mordred. Just stay safe. You're bound to do something dangerous anyways."


Lumen

The potential god shrugged at Gabriel before looking at Petra. The other girl seemed a bit odd but not deceitful. She probably didn't have to worry about anything. "Sure, I'll come, but on one condition. When we cook the fish I get to add some extra flavor to it. As much as I like seafood there's no accounting for what the thing in this ocean will taste like."


Alma

The silver haired girl tightened her grip before yanking Archer closer to her. With the other one she pulled his head towards her own and roughly kissed the tanned man. Her tongue was forcefully pushed in as she dominated his mouth and almost painfully held him in that position.

Eventually she let him go and pushed him back with one hand. Then she turned to face Rin and the blue of her eyes shone a bit brighter. "He's not quite my standards but I suppose I can see why someone would enjoy him. Oh, but we've been a bit distracted, haven't we?"

The Spirit Cloth simply fell apart as she willed it to and her flawless, naked form quickly moved right in front of the magus. "Come on, Rin. We should really get to that shower. Introductions can wait, although I wouldn't really mind if he had it with us."

[Kat]

Forest

That's it, Rikuyo, keep me on the defensive and don't let me get close, Forest thought with a smirk.

Somehow the sparring match had become sort of a lesson, for both of them.  Which was fine with Forest; this wouldn't be her first lesson of hard knocks she'd taught.  Darting forward would be a mistake, but darting back, to the side and coming at Rikuyo from there would be workable.

Fluidly, Forest moved into one of her favorite strikes, a side kick that started at the side of the head and then rapidly went down for a blow to the kidneys.

Rikuyo

The girl tried to be patient about it, but at this rate she would grow weary just defending herself from the vampire. Being passive wasn't something normal for her. Certainly quick and brutal brawls were much more to her liking. But this Forest would move out of the way or counter her if she just charged. If only she could somehow regain initiative...

Maybe a distraction could work! The right timing was what would decide the outcome, as she had to turn around to face Forest and stomp the ground so hard with chi infused foot that a plank used in the construction of the floor would hit her.

Lumen

The potential god shrugged at Gabriel before looking at Petra. The other girl seemed a bit odd but not deceitful. She probably didn't have to worry about anything. "Sure, I'll come, but on one condition. When we cook the fish I get to add some extra flavor to it. As much as I like seafood there's no accounting for what the thing in this ocean will taste like."

Petra

"Huh, not a fan of experimentation? Your call, but I will taste a sample first if I stumble on something new. I'm not accustomed to fish swimming outside Mediterrean, Black and Red Seas." The saint explained even if maybe those names didn't tell the woman anything. "I will go secure a net. I don't really need it, but let's not spook people." She proposed, aware that walking on a water could attract unwanted attention from the people.

Urthemiel

The beautiful woman gently placed her lips against the Changeling and pushed her tongue into the blonde's mouth. Urthemiel savored the other girl for several moment before breaking it off and standing back up. "Well then, don't let me stop you from leaving, Mordred. Just stay safe. You're bound to do something dangerous anyways."

Mordred

She should really learn to not be so passive in front of Bellitanus. And clearly a break would help her clear thoughts. "Don't worry, I can handle myself and it's just a search for the job." She frowned a little, and departed to look where Elites recruited new people.

[SINIB]

Noel Vermillion

Noel walked. She wandered around the city aimlessly, occasionally kicking a can and being generally annoyed. After a while, she ran into a kitten. Even in her foul mood, she couldn't help but smile at the small cat's meow as it walked up to her. She picked up the cold little thing and cuddled it. "Are you a stray, little kitty? Itty bitty kitty~" she cooed at it happily. "Maybe I'll take the kitty witme.

…

That didn't work." She lamented to herself.

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

As Shinobu was walking away from the explosion that happened earlier, she was suddenly struck from behind, her body was pierced by several blue lasers blowing holes straight through her body and burning her flesh. While most of the barrage missed her enough made it home that her seemingly broken body collapsed in a pile.

"It'll do for now, I need to try them on first." Oka said to Jin.

Jin

"Yeah you should do that, I think there's a changing room over there" he said while pointinf to their right.

[MissingMandible]

Corporal Blackburn:

"Hostile dropped, area cleared." The Dragoon muttered into his micro-bead, "Radcliffe, on point. Tayman, cover the rear."

...

"Radcliffe, report." Something wasn't right.

Mathew turned behind him, but nobody was there. Dammit, where have they gone? "Radcliffe? Tayman? Anybody, report!"

Shit. Nobody was answering, even the standard troops. He would just have to proceed to the rallypoint alone. The Dragoon checked the street around the burning building, even looking up in the air (Would be a pity to have a Gargoyle or Shrike ambush now). With nothing moving, he proceeded down the street due south, doing a respectably paced jog.

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

Pain. The attack had come suddenly so she had been unprepared for the pain, that's why she collapsed, not that it mattered much as her body was already in the process of healing, her wounds closing themselves. Her clothes remained tarnished though, showing the rapidly healing skin underneath.

Shinobu slowly raised herself to her feet, she saw a figure in the distance, upon closer inspection it was revealed to be the armored man from earlier. Strange, he seemed to be wanting to flee the last time they had met, or could it be that it had just been an act, nevertheless it didn't change the fact that he had attacked her so therefore he must pay.

The vampire approached quickly yet silently as befitting a hunter of the night, the armormed man was jogging at a moderate pace, such a speed was easy for her to follow. She took her chance when he stopped to look around a corner before continuing, She struck then rushing around the corner as fast as she could and jumped on him from behind.

[Kat]

Mordred

Finally, she felt free. Honestly, while she didn't mind some attention from time to time, the situation was growing awkward with every hour. Too much of anything in a too short span of time was never something healthy. So she escaped, and to be honest looking for a job was partly an excuse. She did need money, but she also wanted to hang out with people who didn't want to get into her pants.

So she took a walk on this cold but sunny day, ignoring the temperature even if the spring or the summer was more preferable to this winter. She reflected on how this week has been shitty to her. Someone sounding like an edgelord tried to purge her, some bitch wanted to kidnap her, among other things.

Walking without any clear direction, she recognized a familiar face. Noel Vermillion was one of few people in this forsaken city that didn't annoy her in any way. In fact, she had a good opinion of her. So she greeted the girl who played with the cat:

"Hi Noel, how are you doing?"

[Panda]

Annabeth

To Annabeth's surprise, the werewolf dissolved into smoke after a few tense moments. The Hunter kept her pistols leveled as Oren emerged from the smoke, once more the little girl with the antlers, now gasping for breath on her hands and knees. There was no change in Annabeth's eyes as she remained where she was, Oren well within Lasso's range should she need to call upon it.

"Oren, what was that all about?" Annabeth called out, not willing to take any chances for the moment.

[SINIB]

Sakura

Sakura picked at her food listlessly. Her appetite had been deadened by all the adrenaline that had been rushing through her, which still hadn't worn off yet.

Even so, she made an effort to eat the food. Shirou had made it specially for her, it would be rude not to at least make a solid attempt.

Shirou Emiya

Shirou spent more time watching Sakura than eating his food, hungry as he was. The girl who was sitting in his lap was… showing an obvious lack of interest in eating right now. Maybe eating hadn't been such a good idea…

He'd definitely have to talk to Rin about this, maybe she'd have some advice from her Sakura.

He sighed. He'd much rather not get involved with Rin at all, but… it was for Sakura, she needed her. So he needed her as well.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

The Fae weakly managed to get up to her feet and stumble towards the cowgirl. She either didn't' notice the guns or didn't believe Annabeth would hurt her as she moved forward. "I have many shapes. They all want to be. To exist. The mindset and form at once. I was playing as one too much, too fast."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Darcy Hugh

The priest ran quickly without wasting a moment, keeping his distance and keeping an eye behind him for good measure. Once she turned away, he quickly managed to find cover behind a car on the other side of the street. His hand clenched on his cross, and he searched trough his clothes for something.

His eyes were suddenly... different. Colder.

Yes, he had no reason to help at all. He had no reason to go out of his way for anything. He wasn't paid, and that girl wasn't his friend. They didn't even know one another. But there was one thing. One single thing. After all, what kind of pervert would he be if he let a cute babe get hurt on his watch? That and... another reason.

He knew he had no chance to fight her head on, so he ran with the pretense of fleeing. No, he had definetelt been fleeing at first, but perhaps he changed his mind without realizing...

Luckily, she didn't follow him otherwise it would have turned into a fight. She seemed distracted enough, and had turned back into the cuter form. Man, hopefully he wouldn't have to do this and could just lay low. That would be great.

But for good measure, his cold sweaty hand tucked into the pocket of his jacket and tucked a smoke grenade out. They were far enough, but if he was careful he could probably land it close enough. The cloud would reach her and probably sting. He couldn't fight her head on, but at the very least the girl would escape. On his side, things could be worse.

The cross was already nearly activated, he might be able to fend her off quickly enough to escape.

[Adella]

Toe Joker

The demon looked upset for the second and  covered his mouth with his fingertips stunned in shame. Then, he closed his eyes

"Forgive my rudeness. I am Joker, the caretaker of this house. You are indeed correct, the lady of this house has taken leave for... urgent matters. But please, do not be troubled. You have taken all this trouble to arrive here, it would be rude of me to not treat you to something at this time. Is that alright with you madam?"

Adella

Looking at Julius who was clearly rather suspicious of this fire, then back at the... person, Adella just nodded sceptically, as he introduced himself as Joker. Her answer however was:"I am afraid I neither eat, nor drink. It is more adruous than me than it is relieving, as I taste nothing, nor would my body recieve nutrients." shrugging her shoulders almost apologetically, she then added:"However, I would not reject being shown the inside of the castle, a bath too... would be greatly appreciated, if only for old habit's sake." Not sure whether that would be possible, Adella grasped Julius' arm a little tighter... for some reason she did not want to be lead around on her own.