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

[Thedoctor]

Neptune

"Noh... I'm the heroine, you dummy." The purple haired goddess tugged at his cheeks comically before finally giving up. "Sigh.... alright, if you're that determined. I'll just have to have you show me the way." She then quickly moved behind him and jumped on his back, grabbing hold of his shoulders and wrapping her legs around his waist.

"Go forth Gaddy, my trusty steed. To the pudding store!" Her right hand was by some miracle of the universe pointing in the right direction of the neareast place that sold it.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo Remei

This time, Lorenzo did blink. Or at least, well, the flames in his eye sockets. His jaw was wide open, gaping in disbelief, as if what he was witnessing was something unbelievable. H-how naive, if she thought such a cheap trick would make him yield. Very well, two could play this game.

"Pffffffffffft, bwahahahahahahahah! I see, I see!! So that is how it's going to be, huh? Shinobu..."

Aye, he liked her, he liked her a lot! For as pretty as she were, he could tell she had balls already. The pirate took a step forward and met the girl's decisive stance with a magnificent pose of his own. She had quite the beautiful eyes, he had to say. They kinda reminded him of his own, more reason for why he couldn't back down.

If he turned down such a beautiful woman, he wouldn't be able to call himself a man, nay, a human!

"Normally, the only place I fight girls like you is under bed sheets, but today I'll make an exception."  Suddenly, his fiery eyesockets focused on the girl, his look became slightly more menacing as he decided on the perfect punishment for this insolent challenger. It was pure evil.

Fufufu, she would rue the day she challenged the master of the seven seas, Lorenzo Remei! Not only that, but his epic victory would be made a public event, cementing just how awesome he was. This was perfect! He'd be like, the ultimate badass pirate.

"You know, apparently some lads make a living out of kicking ass. There's some places where people pay to watch fights and stuff, I heard about it on the ray-dio thingy. I think it was Heaven's Arena or something. We could make a quick buck, that way I can treat yall to dinner after we're done."

[yinsukin]

Medaka Kurokami

Medaka finally bared her own fang's as she watched Shinobu strip.  Even if she managed to avoid getting caught up at Shinobu's pace back at the mall, the elder vampire had still managed to rile her up.  Her lust was suppressed, which is why she was touchier than normal.  She realized that now.  Even beyond her physical arousal, another idea was causing her excitement to peak.  She had never seen the vampire fight all out before, even when they first met.  In fact, if she was recalling correctly, the elder vampire didn't even take her seriously.

She turned her attention to Lorenzo.  Was there something about him that made her want to let loose?  Or is it just a matter of him being a convenient target for releasing her apparent emotional stress?

Either way, she would bare witness to this battle.  "Very well captain!  Let us set sail to this heaven's arena!" she announced, pointing a finger to the sky with a hand on her hip.

[Panda]

Adjutor

The monster hunter had figured that she probably wouldn't be getting off easy when she saw the lizard-looking woman open her mouth, likely to start telling her off. To her minor relief, however, the taller woman was cut off by a loud growling from her stomach that answered most of Adjutor's questions for her. She managed to hold back her laughter as the woman walked off, but slight chuckle escaped all the same once she was out of sight. It was then, however, that the Monster Hunter realized that the lizard-looking woman was leaving a trail of fish from her torn bag.

Before Xarrest could protest them taking the time to do so, Adjutor was already moving off, Armos scooping up the fish as she passed while a quick application of water manipulation using the water still present on the fish from the initially gutting and cleaning ensured that each fish was cleaned. Following the trail of fish, she followed after the woman, trying to catch up.

[Cherry Lover]

Shirou

To Shirou's surprise, his new pet was able to react even to the more-quickly thrown stick, jumping up into the air and catching it in its mouth once more. Unfortunately, though, the speed of the stick was such that it snapped in the creature's mouth. The surprised Pokemon then fell to the ground unsteadily, landing in a heap before standing up, shaking his head, looking obviously confused. Quickly, Shirou ran towards his new pet, concerned that he might be hurt.

"Are you OK, boy?" he asked, obviously concerned, as he picked the small creature up and took him into his arms, stroking him gently as he did so.

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter was unable to help a sharp breath as she felt Gabe starting to rise to the occasion under her touch. Before long, however, he pulled her hands away, his eyes boring into hers as his words brought a further blush to her face. Before she could say much to retort, however, he soon sealed her lips with his own. The cowgirl's eyes widened, already returning the kiss on instinct rather than conscious decision, before drifting closed, moaning a little into the kiss as she wrapped a hand around his shoulders, pulling herself closer.

[Thedoctor]

Shinobu

That far away? Why.... WHY?

Her back arched almost painfully as the blonde vampire tried to restrain herself. It wasn't working too well as her entire body was visibly shaking and her nails scraped into the deck making a loud screeching noise. The pirate's admission of wanting to take her did nothing but spur her on, his attempts at trying to look evil would have made her laugh had she been in a clearer state of mind, but that wasn't the case here. It did nothing but infuriate, like everything else about him.

"It is a shame...a true shame you do not have your parts left. That means I can not rip your balls off and feed them to the crows." The disappointment she felt was tangible.

[Panda]

Emily

At this point, the Changeling wasn't entirely sure whether to be worried or reassured by what little William let on, though the fact that he'd deigned to give her at least some hint to go on wasn't insignificant in and of itself. At the same time, assuming he wasn't lying, a fun time was still a fun time.

Further consideration, however, was quickly cut off when Lucy grabbed hold of the redhead's hand and turned her around. Before she could do more than blush at the taller girl's words, she soon found herself cut off when Lucy pressed her lips to Emily's, tongue already slipping inside. Not that it was surprising, at this point, but Lucy was good. Really good. The kiss lit the changeling's face up, Emily already moaning into the kiss as little shivers raced along her spine before doing what she could to return the favor, allowing a moment to relish the taste of wine from the other girl. Her eyes widened a little as she felt the taller girl's hand on her rear, Emily arching up a little response. The sensations all swirled together in a dizzying cocktail of desire, but Emily did what she could to hold out all the same.

[Thedoctor]

William

The dark mage smirked for a moment as Lucy followed his order without hesitation. It quickly vanished though as he took an admonishing look. "Oh, it looks like you're having a bit too much fun already Lucy and we haven't even reached the castle. Shame on you."

He moved behind the taller girl and wrapped his arms around her thin waist as he pried her away from the redhead. "I'm sorry for that Emily, Lucy here has always had a problem keeping her desires in check and just loves being so so naughty." He kept a firm hold on her as to not let the pervert escape from his embrace.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorry

Lorenzo laughed at the retort as if he just heard a funny joke. Om my, that sounded quite unpleasant. Did she detest him that much, or was this the sign of her suppressed feelings of love towards him? Well, probably the former, not that he minded! Violence was just another expression of the heart!

"Bwahaha, how cold of you! I don't think you could even if I did have them, Shibby. If you want to show some love, a kiss would do." He replied, tapping on his cheekbone smugly.

And so the ship ran its course, moving closer and closer to its destination.


There was a tall tower, the tallest tower in all the world! No tower could ever match the size of that tower, it was truly the most towering tower of all the world. It was a high tower that could even reach the heavens.

But that tower had nothing to do with anything, because it wasn't even in the Nexus. Well, there was a building that might look a bit like said tower, with similar looking walls and interior, but it was neither a tower nor 13 km tall. For you see, it wasn't called heaven's arena because it was tall or anything like that, but because it was one of the few that actually enabled death matches. Some competitors would go to heaven, hence the name.

Of course, this would normally be illegal, or at least immoral. Which is why, at least outwardly, this was not quite treated as more than an underground arena. This changed once inside, however, when one could realize that there was a market for this sort of entertainment. Because of that and the fact the owners of said businesses would pay a certain toll, the government couldn't quite refuse the sponsorship.

As long as the order of the city wasn't disturbed, this entertainment even grew to be accepted in a taboo sort of way. Criminals would be deported and offered the choice of acting in these death games and fights, or be executed. Of course, few would be able to rise to the top and eventually buy their freedom as cosmic gladiators. Volunteers could participate, of course, and even gain a percentage of the betting and show money.

In a city as grim and hopeless as Nexus, where some are torn from their world, families and everything they know, these cathartic pleasures are the few means of escape to despair. That, and copious amounts of alcohol.

Shinobu and Lorenzo were in the middle of the arena, all lights and spectators cheering for them. All that was left was the signal from the refree for them to begin.

[Aiden]

Neptune

"Noh... I'm the heroine, you dummy." The purple haired goddess tugged at his cheeks comically before finally giving up. "Sigh.... alright, if you're that determined. I'll just have to have you show me the way." She then quickly moved behind him and jumped on his back, grabbing hold of his shoulders and wrapping her legs around his waist.

"Go forth Gaddy, my trusty steed. To the pudding store!" Her right hand was by some miracle of the universe pointing in the right direction of the neareast place that sold it.

Gadreel

"Alas, to be so reduced in status! I fear I shall never recover." Her weight was essentially nothing to his body's great strength and stature. That did not make the presence of Neptune as she pressed against his back any less distracting. It was most fortunate that the fallen angel was a master of multitasking. So it was that his hands went up to support Neptune's legs, and he followed where she pointed. This time at least they seemed to be on the proper course.

And then they arrived. "It appears you simply needed another attempt to find success, Neptune."

[yinsukin]

Medaka Kurokami

Medaka's hair shined as the spotlights caressed her long blue hair.  She stood firm, her chest pushed out with a microphone in hand.  Today, she would fill the role of judge and commenter.  She volunteered to take the place of the referee for this competition, that way she could see the fight up close and ensure the staff would not be harmed in the cross fire of their fight.

She wore a tight black bunny suit with an opening for her cleavage, complete with a fluffy puffed bunny tail, a bow-tie just above her chest and ears.  Air rushed into her lungs, puffing out her chest father as she took a deep breath.  With a smile, she turned to the crowed.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!  Welcome to the grudge match of the century!"  She announced.  "Today we have an interesting match-up between two fighters near and dear to my heart!"

Medaka turned around and pointed directly at Shinobu. "On this side we have the blond vixen, the destroyer of doughnuts, the one the only Shinobu!" The crowed roared in reaction.  "Her opponent is the fiery trickster, the maverick of the seas, Lorenzo!"

Once again, the crowed roared, their voices echoing through the stadium.

The young vampire bared her fangs and raised one hand into the air. "Now, you shall begin on my count. Prepare yourselves for battle!"

"1, 2, 3, FIGHT"

Her hand flew downwards at an amazing speed, causing a light breeze to flow through the arena.

[Thedoctor]

Neptune

And arrived they did, in no time at all. Nothing could stand in their way now, muahahahah! The power of the Goddess and her angelic steed was one to be feared indeed, no one could find pudding faster than them after all. Anyway as they arrived Neptune announced their glorious success. "Of course it worked, I even had some help from my Noble steed this time."

The purple haired goddess then relaxed against his back as she continued to praise him. "Thank you Gaddy, you're the bestest angel."

[Kat]

Anastasia

"Charisma? Don't worry, I'm well conditioned against supernatural forms of persuasion. I'm a battle mage, if I was easily swayed I'd a disgrace to people I serve." Usually her nation, but as she was in another place, her superiors filled that void. Then Malcolm started narrating his story. A story how he shunned his traditions and duty to the family to his own goals. If he was one of her kind, she'd be honestly fuming about such treason, but he was from another sort of mages altogether, so she did take it well. "I can't say I really understand your circumstances, but you certainly don't look like someone who regrets your choice."

[Elf]

Forest of the Present

Forest resisted the urge to roll her eyes at the young mage over-sharing his back story.  Even though she could understand his motives; after all it was a story she'd seen many times in her lengthy existence.  Prodigal Son didn't want to follow the family way and he sets off on his own much to the great disapproval of said family.  Son gets threatened and then disowned before finding a better existence on his own.

Then Anastasia spoke about how she was a battle mage under service.  With how she spoke, Forest wagered she was more like a noble knight than a spell caster for hire. 

However, to lead Malcolm off the trail, she tilted her head to show the bite scar her Roman Bastard inflicted all of those years ago. "I know that this isn't as concrete proof of their existence as dragging one of the wankers out, but I know how dangerous they can be first hand.  I'm sure you're a grand badass mage, but vampires have their own bag of tricks."


Gabriel

Gabriel heard Annabeth's pretty moan as she brought him closer to her as he continued to dance his lips across hers.  He felt a pang of guilt; she had a lover, but he wondered how "equal" of a relationship it was.  Annabeth was a strong willed woman who was used to taking command. 

He ran his hand through her hair and ran his hands up and down her back.


Rin

Rin sighed, not wanting Joe to know that there was all sorts of unpleasant things she could do to him, or make him do.  "Just because I won't doesn't mean I can't," Rin said with a sigh, "And there are others who can do the same - and even more- and they will.  You just have to be careful."