Cross Effects 3.0 - June 23, 2016—April 02, 2018

[Umbra of Chaos]

Lucy

The false savior huffed at the breaking off of the kiss and sputtered a bit as the shirt was flipped over her head. "Now you're definitely not gonna wear the shirt."

But instead of giving it to him she put it to the side before tearing off her own shirt and tossing it at him. "You're gonna wear that one now. No taking it back either. You made your choice!" Then she slipped the bigger shirt on for herself and poked his chest. His turn now.


Oren

Oh. This guy was kinda dumb. She could feel him moving through the earth, and even if he was fast the ground was only growing harder and she still had distance and instant knowledge of his location along with freedom of movement. He had a straight line. So Oren just swam over a bit and let him miss her as she shifted around and took a detour further down.

[Elf]

Rin

Rin smiled with arch-sweetness at the flaming, flamboyant pirate.  "I had a Servant once.  He died protecting me, so I expect the same effort from you, okay," she said before turning to look at the coin in Joe's hand.

"If we were at my lab I could run some tests on it," Rin said with a tilt of her head as her eyes narrowed at it.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Methuselah

Surely the dark god had planned for such an eventuality and had a trump card to turn the tables around. How did he find her location so easily? Well of course, he could SMELL her, smell her EVIL!

Actually, he was lost.

He could TURN by shifting the energy beam ever so slightly, so he downwards at full speed, grinding through the earth even harder and faster like a rocket and slamming into the dragon-

No. It was a rock. Ow...

"Come on! Just stop running and get here, I just want to talk!" He yelled, finally at its wits end. He could've shot her, but he really didn't like doing that. If only she could just listen, or hear underground. Dammit....



Lorenzo Remei

Lorenzo raised his fist in the air and his eyes burned with fiery passion.

"Of course! It is a man's duty to throw his life away and die so gorgeous flowers like you may blossom another day!!!" He roared, then fireworks blew up behind him, turning into the shape of... Rin's face inside a heart. Wow.

Taking advantage of the distraction, he leered towards joe and snatched the chip away from him. No touch, let the adults handle it kiddo. He held it up and brought it closer to his companion's eye.

"Tsk, this is no coin. Look, it's a map. See?"

[Aiden]

Lucy

The false savior huffed at the breaking off of the kiss and sputtered a bit as the shirt was flipped over her head. "Now you're definitely not gonna wear the shirt."

But instead of giving it to him she put it to the side before tearing off her own shirt and tossing it at him. "You're gonna wear that one now. No taking it back either. You made your choice!" Then she slipped the bigger shirt on for herself and poked his chest. His turn now.

Gadreel

The shirt which Lucifer's spawn handed unto him should not, based on her slender build, be a feasible garment for his torso. The angel Gadreel was broad of shoulder. His arms were corded with muscle, and similarly too wide for a shirt suited to Lucy's body. However, it was oversized for her in a manner which some humans might have referred to as inappropriate or lackadaisical.

For him, it was no great feat to put on. Even if it did smell like an unusual mixture of sulfur and scented bodywash. "It does appear to be better fitted for me than it was for you, yes..."

[Kat]

Petra

She really made a mess, but those guys seemed to be mostly alive and just in pain. She was holding back a great deal. "Let's pay the visit to the stranger that telegraphed her presence. At very least she could serve as a nice bait for other flunkies, we could take them out as they beeline for her." She proposed, and went in the direction where she thought she could be.

[Panda]

Michael

"Perhaps," Michael said with a chuckle, not bothering to pay any attention to the chaos below and instead keeping his attention on her, "But I'm sure you wouldn't begrudge an old man a moment of sentimentality?"

Knowing Oren, she was probably on her way out, and while he was less sure about Newface, Michael doubted that this would be the last time he'd be meeting the naive fool.

"Of course, that same curiosity compels me to ask," he continued, his posture still completely relaxed as he looked pointedly at the cute girl in front of him, "Am I speaking to you?"

"Or perhaps to you?" he finished, his gaze shifting the the gleaming blade, not bearing even the slightest of nicks or dents after everything it had just been put through.

[Elf]

Forest

The vampire heard footsteps approaching and frowned before putting the shot gun on the ground.  If she needed to, Forest knew she could easily roll to the ground and grab it.  The pistol was tucked into the waist band of her pants at the small of her back, the oversize black fleece hiding it.

Forest called out, "Okay, I'm not a drug dealer, I'm just a friendly neighborhood concerned type that got tired of people peddling poison on my block!"

She then held up her hands to show she wasn't threatening in case it was a cop or another vigilante.  If it was a rival gang, well, she was fairly confidant she could take them out.  And if they take me out, it's not like I'm actually happy with my existence, she thought.

[yinsukin]

Joe

Joe tried his best not to react as the pirate replied in an overdramatic fashion.  Instead, he tapped his foot impatiently, waiting for the display to end.  He followed Rin's gaze as she examined the coin. 

"If we were at my lab I could run some tests on it,"  She said with that strange focus of a seasoned worker.  Wait.  She is a mage and a scientist?  What?!

Just then, Lorenzo walked up to him and snatched the coin. "Tsk, this is no coin. Look, it's a map. See?"  Wait what?  He looked at the coin placed in between the pirate's fingers.  There were a lot of little details, an illustration placed in the center.  It took a minute to make out but it did look vaguely like a park map or something.  "Oh wow it is a map."

His heart sank. Im just an accountant...  A regular accountant with a regular degree and a regular education.  How am I supposed to be useful looking for treasure?! And wait, is this joker actually smart?!  As he thought to himself, he glared at the pirate not so subtly.  "This isn't a map.  Its just a picture on an old coin.  Hell, in this city, people find strange coins all the time!  They are not always even old!  This isn't proof of treasure! Its just some trinket!"  He said, slowly raisng his voice with each sentence.

[Elf]

Rin

Rin raised her eyebrows at the pyrotechnic display of affection and folded her arms over her chest again.   

"This isn't a map.  Its just a picture on an old coin.  Hell, in this city, people find strange coins all the time!  They are not always even old!  This isn't proof of treasure! Its just some trinket!" Joe said, his voice rising with every word.

Rin turned to him and placed a hand on his arm.  "I've heard of stuff like this before.  Let me take a closer look," she said with a smile before reinforcing her eyes and studying the coin.  Without looking up from her inspection, she asked, "Lorenzo, did you ever try to do a rubbing on this coin and expand the image?"

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

"Erm, well, yes! Of course! I.... definitely did that!" He cried out, not having the slightest idea about what she was on about. "I am a pirate, I can smell treasure from the other side of the globe. My eyes are good at spotting little details like this, no one would put these many on a simple coin picture."

[yinsukin]

Joe

Joe's eyes widened as Rin asked some forensic sciency type question. It was official.  She was waaay smarter than him.  Joe glanced at the pirate.  He was not.

"Bullshit,"  Joe commented, glaring at the zombie's eye hole's.

[Aiden]

Michael

"Perhaps," Michael said with a chuckle, not bothering to pay any attention to the chaos below and instead keeping his attention on her, "But I'm sure you wouldn't begrudge an old man a moment of sentimentality?"

Knowing Oren, she was probably on her way out, and while he was less sure about Newface, Michael doubted that this would be the last time he'd be meeting the naive fool.

"Of course, that same curiosity compels me to ask," he continued, his posture still completely relaxed as he looked pointedly at the cute girl in front of him, "Am I speaking to you?"

"Or perhaps to you?" he finished, his gaze shifting the the gleaming blade, not bearing even the slightest of nicks or dents after everything it had just been put through.

Muramasa Katase

What a simple question from a not-so-simple man. And now she was wary. His perceptiveness was admirable, but what was stated to be simple curiosity could quite easily turn to an avaricious desire for Muramasa Katase. It had happened before; a human reaching out and seeking her company, questioning her as she supposed one might question any new acquaintance. Some had convinced her that they wished to be her friend.

They used her. She broke them and made them pay. It was a fair exchange in the opinion of the miserable vortex of spirits to which they had been fed.

"Yes. Are we done here, Korihae-san?"

[Elf]

Rin

"You can't smell anything, you lack a nose and the proper oral factory system to process scent," Rin said as she looked at the pirate.  "And no, you didn't do a rubbing on this and blow up the image.  If you had you could use it with a standard map and get a better understanding on this mythical treasure's location."

She sighed and threw up her hands.  She shook her head and said, "You should consider yourself lucky I helped pull you onto this boat and teach you how to read a map.  However, really don't have the stuff here to do this properly because we're on a boat and not in a lab."

[Panda]

Michael

So sword and wielder are once and the same. Curious. I wonder if that's something made of the same stuff she made those extra weapons from.

If nothing else, Michael could feel the spark of amusement lighting up alongside the bit of hope he'd been feeling. She was wary of him already? Perhaps she'd been in such a situation before. Of course, there would be a fairly simple way to find out how many times she'd been in such a situation.

"Only if you wish for us to be," Michael said with a nod, "Though there is little that you stand to lose if you decide otherwise."

Hm. Honorifics? Reminiscent of that one eastern empire...or the one before that one. Wait, no, both languages used honorifics.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

"Hmph, of course I did that, fool! Don't use stupid confusing terms next time." He pouted before smacking Joe with the map he had kept in his coat's pocket, because he could. He thought she was talking about some super innovative technique he didn't hear about, but this was child's play, as basic as counting your 123s and spelling your A B Cs.

Looking down on him like that, this woman really started to piss him off! Grrr...

"Here." He tossed it at her nonchalantly. He didn't need it much no more, he learned it by heart already. "Say, I'm hungry. Go be an useful woman and cook me something."