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

[MissingMandible]

Gojira:

"No, no." Gojira was not going to accept help over such a trivial matter, "The pan is just not hot enough."

The lizard woman began transferring more heat from her heart to her arms. She then grasped the handle wth her right hand, holding it so tight that its shape became slightly bent and the cover torn. From there, the heat traveled down the handle to the pan proper. A hissing sound was emitted as what little water left in the meat was quickly evaporated.

It was only moments later that the fish caught fire...

[Aiden]

Mitsuba

Tch. How inconvenient. She barely destroyed the obstacle that threatened to crush her and that lowlife's puppet rushed into the fray to catch her off guard. She called out mentally to Katase to summon one of her puppets for a brief moment so that Mitsuba could buy a little time to get away from Ignis through her propulsion.

Muramasa Katase

It was not a typical use of her abilities to simply make one of her shells so quickly. They would fall apart after several moments if she did not take the time to stabilize their structure. However, in this situation the Muramasa knew it didn't matter, and her souls were howling in anticipation of killing this wretched man and his puppet.

So she quickly churned out a facsimile of one of those souls, a hulking brute of a samurai with shield, whose sheer mass would be enough upon slamming into the false woman keeping her wielder in check to knock her aside. Just for a moment. Just enough to give them space to maneuver and retaliate.

[SINIB]

Anastasia

Wow, bullshit. Surely there was something abnormal about her Pokemon, the more she observed it. Maybe just her society is in huge denial about their nature. Do they even mistake daemons, nature spirits and apparitions for something else and classify them as Pokemon? Honestly she wouldn't be surprised at all.

Her Meowth got off-guard as it got repelled by the forcefield. The watergun sprouted the feline mercilessly right into the face. Would it get up after such a blow?

Oka Kurosawa

The two pokemon looked at each other, both clearly exhausted from the brutal battle of the ages they were having. "Alrighty, now, use take down!" Oka yelled at the wooper. The pokemon responded faithfully, charging at the meowth, but then, the blue pokemon missed by a hair, rushing past the meowth.

[SINIB]

Jeanne

A closet? It was probably just Sakura exxagerating, couldn't have been that bad. Sakura did have a strange perspective on wealth after all. The blond took hold of Sakura's right arm as she begun leading her in.  "That's really generous of you, helping the poor in need." She then adressed Sakura's question, she wondered how to say. maybe she should just tease her instead. "Hmm.. maybe he did, care to try a guess?"

Sakura Matou

Sakura began to ponder on that question. "Hmmmmm... I think if I asked him, he'd probably say mine, no question, buuut that's if I asked him, sooo..."

"I think he might have said yours, Jeanne. Am I right?" Sakura asked her, getting uncomfortably close to her. After all, I have the bigger boobs these days."

[yinsukin]

Relius Clover

If my calculations are correct then...

It is time.

Relius spawned even more puppet hands from his cape, pushing the rubble upwards in an attempt to destroy the assassin's foothold.  As he emerged from the ground, he sent one of his puppet hands after her leg to anchor her to this general position.

Meanwhile, Ignis changed attack tactics, curling into a ball and transforming her hat tails into saw like blades.  She shot forward at double her typical speed, slicing cleanly through the bulky samurai who seemed to appear out of nowhere.  It would be less than a second before she replicated that feat with the assassin girl.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

Fortunately the beam didn't manage to actually hit Oren. Although she supposed that it did carve a pretty impressive hole into the ground. Eventually she made some distance and began to navigate herself towards a hospital. Red tasted kinda icky.

[yinsukin]

Joe

Joe's eyes widened. "How you normally dress?"

In less than a second, several images flashed through his mind.  All of them had Rin cycling through different skimpy magician outfits from video games and manga.  A slight bulge protruded from his pants.

As he looked down at his crotch, his face started turned red.  "Yeah," he said with a sigh, following her gaze to her outfit.  "I guess you'll look good no matter what you wear."

Once again, he sighed and said, "Alright, ill let you decide what we do next."  Hopefully, he would calm down soon.

[Elf]

Rin

Rin was fully aware that her chuckle a slight bit wicked as Joe reacted to her teasing.  His eyes widened, and a quick glance down let her know that he was at least partially excited at the thought of her normal clothing.

She took pride in the way she dressed and looked, making sure she appeared feminine and graceful.

So to have Joe acknowledge that was more than a little empowering. 

"Maybe you could give me a chance to clean up and you could take me somewhere for dinner," Rin said, "Or . . ."

Her smile turned even more wicked. 

"I could cook dinner for you."

[yinsukin]

Joe

Joe's eyes widened once again before going back to normal.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Once again he lightly scratched his cheek, trying to play it cool.  "Alright," he said in a calm voice.  "Do you want to go to my apartment since its close by, or do you feel more comfortable in your own kitchen?"

[Elf]

Rin

Rin frowned, knowing Joe had a point.  Besides the man was a bachelor who wasn't Emiya Shirou.  Images of cockroaches and ants crawling among a pile of dirty dishes and carry out sent a shudder through Rin.

"I think my kitchen would probably be best," she said with a smile. 

[yinsukin]

Joe

A smile broke through his facade.  "Alright," he said,.  "Lead the way."

[Elf]

Rin

The magus blinked and then she grinned at Joe.  "Alright then, let's go," Rin said, a blush filling her cheeks as she lead the way.

To her, the walk back to her place behind Sakura's mansion wasn't an overly strenuous one.  She was pretty sure it was to Joe then.  Rin made a mental note that if this went anywhere, she'd help get Joe into better shape than he was.  Besides, it means he would be safer as well.  Help him learn to defend himself and all of that . . .

The guest house, while not a mansion like Sakura's, was nicer than a lot of houses in the Nexus.  It had several bedrooms, two and a half baths, and, most importantly, a fantastic kitchen done in marble and stainless steel with a gas stove (Rin did not like cooking with electric).  She unlocked the door, and what looked like a small black panther with almost glowing green eyes approached with a loud, "Mao."

"Schorl, come here sweetheart," Rin said, dropping to her knees as the cat trotted forward.

[yinsukin]

Joe

Joe gleefully followed Rin down the sidewalk, silently admiring her glowing cheeks and adorable face as they walked.  As they got closer to the mansion, the tarrain became more hill like.  Each block was on a slope, some more deep than others.  Even so, he tried to at least pretend he wasn't tired.

By the time they got to her house, he was exhausted.  His body was damp with sweet and his breathing was a bit more labored.  Even so, he couldn't help but gasp at the sight of the enormous mansion.

Holy crap! I didn't think people this rich were real.

To his surprise, they did not actually enter the mansion, instead going to the back of the property.  He silently followed her into the guest house, where they were greeted by a green eyed panther  "Aww" he exclaimed, stiffening up.  "Is this schori?"

[Elf]

Rin

Rin picked up the giant black cat and he started purring, sounding more like an idling sports car engine than anything.  Schorl started to knead his clawless front paws against her arm as she rubbed her cheek against the top of his head.

"Yes, this is Schorl.  Would you like to pet him?" Rin asked, turning towards him with the giant cat looking very content in her arms.  "Let him smell your fingers first though."

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter continued along her way, striding out of the hotel and making her way through the streets back towards their apartment, slowly feeling the violent urge to throw up fading as that odd little thing she'd gotten from Ron accelerated her sobering up. Wincing from the minor hangover, Annabeth rubbed her forehead as she made her way back, part of her considering swearing off drinking altogether after this mess.

Still, there was the matter of how she'd explain this to Ron to figure out...or maybe she could just not explain it? No, Ron could probably smell the other guy on her.

Probably be better off just telling him, in that case.

Allowing a resigned sigh, the Hunter continued along her way, soon entering the building and making her way to their apartment.