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

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

The pirate shrugged. "At least you still have meat around your bones." He joked around nonchalantly, but coming from him it sounded really dark. Like, holy shit.

"Looks like we're almost there."

[Aiden]

Mordred

Some time later they have finished their meal. Those two were pretty voracious and in the end her budget took a serious hit. Looks like that would motivate to work hard on whatever task was ahead of her. She needed to earn back what she had to spend.

She started talking about the incident again once they were outside of the restaurant. "That thing only lasted for few seconds, so I have no clue right now who or what caused it. It looks like we will have to search for clues. But if such investigation doesn't interest you, then fine, if you're willing to help out later, then I'll let you know once I know more."

Auspicious Breeze

"Huh. Well, I'm not sure how much help I'd be looking for this." She scratched the back of her head as she tried to figure out a way to be helpful there. Breeze was better at talking to people, or hitting people, or talking to someone after hitting them. Finding people had never really been a thing for her; her mistress had other servants for that. "But if you want the help, I'll try!"

[yinsukin]

Joe

It was a bit embarrassing, having Rin look at the scar.  Even though he knows plenty of women love the idea of men with scars, he has never considered his all that sexy.  Plus, he hadn't known her for that long, so her looking at his back like this made him feel... exposed.  He let loose a sigh of relief when she finally pulled away.

Joe's eyes widened just a bit at Rin's scar.  "Wow.  How did you even get that?"  He asked with a hint of genuine concern.

However, there was another layer to his observation. Damn, abs.  He thought to himself as he scanned around the scar.  She was obviously a bit stronger than him physically or at the very least has a ton more stamina. 

[Kotomine_Rin]

Methuselah

Methuselah frowned. This would not be pleasant for either of them, but mostly for her. In fact it might just be painful, mostly for her. The problem was the other people, as long as there were still some around, he couldn't go all out. Even if he was furious, as long as they talked he could stall a little longer. He could tell she was dangerous, but he had no right to attack her until she proved to be hostile.

"Don't do this. Just surrender quietly, please. This isn't about cans, it's about public safety."

[Aiden]

Mitsuba

"Oh, some show off mutant?  I won't be surprised if there's a bounty on such thing. Doesn't sound like something that the society would miss." She wouldn't be actually surprised if she ever got a contract to eliminate something like that. People were generally annoyed by blatant supernaturals like that. "And I will start looking for our potential client as soon as I can."

Muramasa Katase

So her wielder did not already know when they were going to be meeting with this client? "Let this Muramasa know when you do. Do you know how long from now it shall take?" Because if this was going to take some time, Katase could go do other things. Such as kill more ruffians, or throw human food at birds. Or maybe get a nice cup of tea?

[Elf]

Rin

Rin felt Joe's eyes not only look at her scar, but the definition of muscle she'd built up over the years as well.  Apparently, despite the concern over her scar, he liked what he saw there.  Which was pleasing; being athletic either turned men on or off depending on the guy.

She put her shorts back into place and let her shirt down.  She answered, "I got that saving my sister."

Which was as much of truth that they needed to know.


Gabriel

The hybrid took the card and smiled at her question.  He replied, "That depends on what information you have need of knowing."


Forest - Time Skip - For Real

The vampire eyed her phone and her Godson's inquiry.

Forest glared at the phone and knew she couldn't answer her godson truthfully because he'd want to do something to help.  As much as she loved Gabriel, she would be the first to say that his idea of assisting someone was generally not a good one.  He had a chaotic streak in him a mile wide.  He enjoyed misfortune and discomfort in others as long as it was mostly harmless in the end.

He had tried to get her to come to that ridiculous club where she was pretty sure he was all but whoring himself where he currently worked.

She'd rather eat dirt, or frozen orange juice from concentrate than be attended by one of those fops.

Never Never was coming around nicely.  Forest had taken every legal precaution to open it from passing safety inspections to liquor licenses.  The sound system was killer, the bar also had a fully functioning coffee and smoothie section for those who didn't drink alcohol, and she had to admit the mural that decorated one wall of the club was absolutely stunning.  It was of a murder of crows perched on a set of empty bones on a snowy field in full, vibrant color that showed even the crows' iridescence in their feathers.

Never Never had all the trimmings to be hip, chic, and all of that jazz.  It would be the sort of place that Forest herself would visit if she didn't own it.  Just . . .

She couldn't find anyone to work here.

The interviews had gone abysmally so far, and she knew she couldn't do everything herself.  She was offering a more than fair wage, insurance, vacation, and even 401K benefits in a fast paced and fun work environment.  Yet the people she interviewed were more than just lacking.

"It's the story of my bloody life," she said to herself as she fiddled with said impressive sound system.  She planned to do some inventory and some more tests before sundown.  She had arrived before sunrise to work because she had nothing better to do.

Well, it's better than wallowing in my own misery with a bowl of oranges watching Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness, for the thousandth time, she thought to herself.   

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

Lorenzo pouted. Hmph, were they ignoring him? Rude ass dick candle fucks, the lot of em! If he had a body right now, he could show off all his badass scars too. Chicks loved that shit, it made him look the coolest of the cool. He just mumbled grumpily, trying to distract himself with a song he had heard a few times, trying to ignore how they were ignoring him.


RED

The young girl glared at the white box thing suspiciously, almost like she expected something to pop up. It didn't. did her wolfie expect her to do something with the box? Ah, she understood! Of course!!

The fridge shook and burst as craters dug on all of its sides, crumpling it up like cardboard. It's like some invisible force was crushing and tearing it peace to piece, striking it down repeatedly until it didn't even look like a fridge anymore. Then, the annihalated box began to bleed some stuff, which she thought was good. Progress! Usually she'd have to break things so her parents could feed her, so she became very good at breaking things. And eating! This was like a piece of cake, food should be coming down any second now.

Any second now...

"Eh?' She smiled cheerfully, but this was honestly frustrating, so in a fit of rage she threw the fridge out of the window with full slamming speed. Maybe she should beat some bad guys and steal their money. Well, if wasn't really stealing if they were dead soooo.

"Ugh, this is the worst day of my life."

[yinsukin]

Joe

Saving her sister?  Why would her sister need saving?  What?  Did they work their way up together as government officials or mobsters!? He tried not to think too hard about it, even if it was a legitimate concern.

"Huh"  That was all he managed.  He looked up at his surroundings.  "Oh!  Looks like we are on the shore.  Now, what should I tell the guys at the docks?"  He said, looking at the half of the boat that was left.  The other half was floating in the distance, a bit farther downstream.

He looked at Lorenzo, then at Rin.  "Let me go first. I can help you guys get to the other side without getting wet."  He said politely.  It was an offer made for two completly different people with two completely different reasons in mind.

[Panda]

Annabeth

The bounty hunter perked up, just a little, at Gabriel's response.

"Depends on the bounty," the Hunter said, unable to help cracking a light grin before knocking back the rest of her glass, "Mostly underworld figures and such, but every now and again a prominent super or something like that will show up. For the most part, however, I just need someone who knows people. Think you might know someone like that?"

[Panda]

Michael

The immortal allowed a chuckle, unable to help taking a moment to evaluate his handiwork. Not bad, all things considered.

"Eh, I'd like to say propriety means less when you get old, but all these troublesome customs hadn't been invented when I was growing up, so I can't really say," Michael admitted, reaching out to ruffle the girl's hair in a moment of unexpectedly sentimentality. The other man's reaction to the question caught his attention, however. Even if the immortal couldn't quite tell what was going on in that man's head, it would've been obvious to anyone there was something he was deliberating over. The man's answer, however, prompted a moment of introspection from the immortal in turn, albeit a short one. He couldn't put his finger on it, but there was something off about it. Shaking his head, he found himself wondering idly if he could include either of them in the events to come. The girl, perhaps, but this man who called himself Vanguard?

It would take some thinking, and likely some modifications, but it could be done. First, though...

"Well, this has been quite illuminating, to say the least, but we should probably move somewhere else," Michael noted, "I'd imagine someone would've called the police after that mess in the bar, and trivial as it may be, this is too nice a day to waste time beating back law enforcement."

[Kat]

Anastasia

That man seemed to be pretty confused by her question. He chattered so quickly that what he said didn't really sink into her, except for his firm declaration that they just should eat. She nodded, but then asked again. "You know where we could go? I've never been to a tavern here before. My superior is kindly enough to let me take food as my earnings, so I don't go buy food either."

She really didn't need much to satisfy her daily needs. And she had no clue what to do with her money either. In result her savings had accumulated enough that she probably could pay for this date thing. "Oh, right, I can pay for this date thing too. Don't worry about me."

[Kat]

Mitsuba

"You see, this annoys me too, but he only revealed that he is a blond haired man, so we have to look  on our own. If I don't find him in few next hours, I promise I will make up for that. I'm not a bounty hunter, but if that's fine for you we can kill some wanted people tonight if there is no contract."

She might have been an assassin, but how she was supposed to find him quickly with such a short description? Even looking for blond haired man who seemed off wasn't exactly narrowing down things for her.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Malcolm

It's not a date.

Malcolm sighed, it was no use. Thankfully she didn't make a fuss over it, that was good at least.

"So, what do you like to eat? I know some good places around town."

[SINIB]

Mordred

Some time later they have finished their meal. Those two were pretty voracious and in the end her budget took a serious hit. Looks like that would motivate to work hard on whatever task was ahead of her. She needed to earn back what she had to spend.

She started talking about the incident again once they were outside of the restaurant. "That thing only lasted for few seconds, so I have no clue right now who or what caused it. It looks like we will have to search for clues. But if such investigation doesn't interest you, then fine, if you're willing to help out later, then I'll let you know once I know more."

Auspicious Breeze

"Huh. Well, I'm not sure how much help I'd be looking for this." She scratched the back of her head as she tried to figure out a way to be helpful there. Breeze was better at talking to people, or hitting people, or talking to someone after hitting them. Finding people had never really been a thing for her; her mistress had other servants for that. "But if you want the help, I'll try!"

IRON=SAKURA

Sakura nodded wordlessly. She felt the same way as Breeze. She wasn't really designed for doing tasks like stake outs or investigations. She wished she was as good as Tager was, but alas, here she fell short.

[Kat]

Anastasia

Anastasia's eyes seemed to had brightened at the question. There was actually a lot of food that she'd like to try.

"Horseflesh sausages, pickled eels, meat pies...", she began to list what she'd like to eat. Probably she had to be told to stop before she exhausted all possibilities.