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

[Umbra of Chaos]

Grigori

Grigori blinked at the new arrival for a moment. That was... almost disconcerting. Olga appeared to have a rather powerful ally, and one that could sneak up on her as well. She was going to have to set up some detection spells far faster than she had originally envisioned.

She extended her hand out to the other girl. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Saber. I don't suppose that you are a traditional servant, are you?"


Lucy

She dismounted the horse as well before hurrying over to William and performing a deep curtsy. "Sorry for the delay, master. I was acquiring transportation and, uhh, chatting up the locals. Raf here is a god of nothingness! An excrucian. Or maybe a fragment of one. She wants to help with the interior decorating!"

"She can kill miracles and give even the most enduring immortals death. Rather painfully too."

Then she straightened herself up and checked out Noire a bit, carefully examining her. "Did you acquire a mistress, master? I would have really preferred being informed. The twintails and figure are nice though! I didn't think you were the type to bring a girl back home, but I can make rash judgements sometimes."


Jasey

Hiking sounded nice. She hadn't gone out like that for a while. That other question was pretty weird though. At least to her. It had her scratch her head again for a bit to think of an answer that didn't sound really fucking pretentious or something.

"It's like breathing. Or eating. I didn't even know that I was dying to do it until I did. And I can't stop anymore than I can all the other stuff humans need to live." Well she could actually go without eating or breathing but it was an analogy.

[yinsukin]

Hazel

Whether intentional or not, the two were working together better than expected.  Just as the smoke was forming the rest of her body, the blond jumped back, avoiding her touch.  Meanwhile, the girl grabbed a fire extinguisher and lunged at her.

With a mighty lunge of her own, she shot forward, intent on closing the distance between the cute blond man and herself.  Then, she ducked down and slid her feet into the floor, intent on striking at the blond man's legs.  The ground froze as she went forward,  leaving a trail of ice behind her as she picked up momentum.  It was a simple but effective tactic, using the sudden acceleration to throw the man off guard.

[Elf]

Rin

A dull throb began to make itself known in the left side of Rin's head and it just sort of radiated out from there.  Her hands clinched into her arms hard enough that she felt her nails break skin.  The pain didn't help focus her like it normally would.  If anything, it was a just a note of sensation in the back of her head from everything else she was feeling at the moment.

There was also another reason why she didn't want Joe to meet Jeanne or even Rider.

Epic heroes were generally the pinnacle of what humanity had to offer.  Which meant that most of them, in her experience, were very good looking.  Jeanne and Rider even more so, and Joe's blunder just made Rin even more aware of that.

Joe might like her, but compared to Joan of Arc Tohsaka Rin wasn't anything special.

"Excuse me, I should get the dishes washed before the food dries on them," she said in a soft voice as she started clearing off the table, biting the inside of her cheek.

Snapping at both of them wouldn't help matters, and directing her ire to Joe would just probably cause him to faint right then and there.

I should have known a "normal" guy wouldn't work out, Rin thought to herself.


Gabriel

Gabriel smirked at Annabeth and said, "I know the favor I'd like you to perform for me."

He looked at Ron and said, "Don't worry, I promise it is not anything sexual.  In fact, it might be worth a good deal of coin for you if you decided to assist your consort as well."

While Godmother would give Gabriel whatever money he asked for, he also made a good chunk of change at the club and his supplementary income as a moonlight spy wasn't inconsiderable as well.


Roderick

Sweet Gods, I have found a party and it's all women magic users and . . . who is this new woman?  Is she a fighter?  A paladin?  Why is there something about her that makes my blood run cold? Roderick thought as he eyed the newcomer.

He found himself wishing that he had paid more attention to Spiderbane's lessons in physical combat than wanting to sneak away to pour over his mother's tomes.

"Servant? Are you Lady Animusphere's" Roderick stumbled over her name ever so slightly, "Knight?"

He used to have a bodyguard, but his aunt's demon death squad killed him.  Roderick felt a pang at the loss of poor Jonathan and shook his head.  He wasn't overly close to his bodyguard, but he didn't wish him dead either.


Forest

"Well . . . I don't know.  Because I brought someone in the house or if . . . " Forest sighed and looked up at Marcus, "You liked them better than me."

She looked away and said, "People generally don't stick around too long when it comes to me.  I don't know if it's because I have bad luck, they can't handle what I am, or I'll always be that person no one really wants."

Except for Hawk Hunters . . . Forest thought with a pang as she looked back at Marcus.

[YOLF]

Rafalia

She curved apologetically to the master of the castle after Lucy's introduction, like a noble. "This is indeed my intent. My apologies for displeasing you with my little show. Lucy gave me the idea that this much was expected," she said, looking him in the eyes with her orbs like the starry sky.

With a familiar pat and a whispered praise, she sent her horse off and saw it walk out of the room before its entire build vanished into a shadowed corner. Rafalia's lips curved up slowly at Lucy's straightforward inquiring of the other pretty girl, and she spoke again to the man.

"Perhaps you should punish your maid for giving her guest a skewed impression of the desired propriety. But please, what may I call you?"

[Kotomine_Rin]

Lorenzo

"Hehe. Alright then, I'll make myself comfortable." He chuckled before taking a confident stride forward. His steps left burning marks on the grass, no, perhaps it was something else. But as he advanced and entered the boy's cape, the flames spread at a frightening rate and cloaked the forest around them. The flames licking the air around the pirate danced and shifted out of the earth and took the shape of birds, as if bending to his will.

No, it wasn't just the flame, but almost as if the fire around them was taking life. Either way, a skeletal hand dragged the puppet with a nonchalant but harsh thug and reeled him into the portal with him, letting the cloak dance along with the flames before drifting through the skies under the winds of a bird of fire.

The workshop, if he could call it as such, was not really what he was expecting. Well, it sure looked empty. And oh, jeez, how long had it been since Coppie did some upkeep? Well, if he was some uppity princess there was no way he'd stay here any longer, but a trashy looking place like this suited him best.

"Woah, it's pretty spacious. A bit hard to breathe though, cleaning a bit once in a while won't kill you will it?" He sighed casually before picking one of the books lying around. "Huh. You like to read?"


Costin

"I see, I see! So you're like some drug addict hooked on beating people's faces with a machete. Classy!" She snickered with biting sarcasm. Well, she had no room to talk really, this wasn't so different from her own reason.

Well, it was more of a hobby for her, like how a pitcher does the thing with the ball or a singer sings. It was just in her nature, sure it was a hundred manners of sick and fucked up but it wasn't all that strange.

"You know, I had a big sister once. It's a bit strange, but you sorta remind me of her." She said, smiling with a certain kindness. "Well, not that I'd date my sister.  Uh, that sounded way better in my head." Pfft, as if she was in some cheap soap opera. There was a point where even she could take a joke too far.

"So... what do you wanna do? I mean aside the good old martini lunch and a confab. Not that I mind, don't get me wrong! See, if you hadn't trashed my place, we could be watching netflix right now. Any movies you like?"

[Panda]

Annabeth

The Hunter's frown didn't leave her face at Gabe's remark, her fingers twitching for a gun as she made no attempts to hide her annoyance.

"Great, so I don't have to put one in your lap first," the Hunter snapped, "What's the job and what's got you brave enough to come running this soon?"

[yinsukin]

Joe

Joe sighed with relief as this "Ruler" girl just took the compliment.  She didn't seem offended, or feel the need to remind him how strong she was.

However, Rin's reaction made him shrink, his shoulders coming forward as he lowered his head.  He kept his eyes focused on Jeanne, if only because Rin's disappointment and anguish was too hard to face.  As soon as she defensively decided to wash the dishes, he turned his head to check on her, only to snap it back as he noted the stiff angered movements of her form.  The moment his eyes returned to Jeanne....and her breasts, he realized something.

Wait!  She is giving me an out!  Do what you do best Joe.  Roll with it!

"Not only nicely shaped, but firm looking too," he said, still scared to turn around.  "And those abs!  Ugh never dated a girl with abs before."

Marcus

Marcus looked down, double checking Forest's body.  His head and gaze slowly trailed up her body, stopping at her eyes.  He ran his hands through her hair for a moment, biting his lip as he searched his mind for the right words.  He wasn't very good at this.

All of the sudden, his purple aura flared up around his body.  He held his hand between them and said, "You know, back in my old world, superpowers are based on our personalities, a manifestation of our deepest desires and sort of tied to our souls.  In my case, I think I wanted to be strong, but not only that but...."

He stopped talking, instead finishing the thought in his head. I wanted to connect with others, to truly understand them.

He lowered his eyes and dropped his arm to his side.  "...You know what?" he said, glaring at her with a weird passion burning in his eyes.  "I have bad luck too.  I don't care bout that!"

I don't want to be alone either.

[Elf]

Forest

Forest tilted her head as Marcus's purple aura fired up around him again.  It was odd because that shade of violet was probably her favorite color, and it wasn't something she told him either.  Even though one look at her very purple and violet bedroom would have made it an easy guess, but she didn't take him down there yet.

She listened to him.  Both his vocal words and his mental ones. 

Marcus had that same fear as she did.  He didn't want to be alone either.  She met his eyes and moved closer to him before cupping his face with the side of her hand.

Then she leaned forward and kissed him.

[yinsukin]

Marcus

She was being surprisingly attentive, listening intently to his words.  After giving his speech, he couldn't help but feel defeated, especially considering how incoherent that was.  But then, something happened.

She kissed him.

He wrapped both arms around her lower back, squeezing her with everything he had and by extension, everything she had.  His lips locked with hers, tasting the warmth of her mouth.  He didn't know what he did, but he didn't want to let this moment go.

[Elf]

Forest

Marcus returned the kiss, his tongue sliding into her mouth as he held her with surprising strength.  Forest felt that spark flicker up inside of her again and she gasped against his lips.  Damn vampiric sensitivity, she thought as she pulled away with a tiny smile.

"If we keep this up we may need to find another dressing room," she said in a soft voice as she saw a shop girl staring at them approvingly.

[yinsukin]

Marcus

Marcus's eye lids lowered at her comment as he said,  "Are you kidding me?  We might as well do it right here."

He twisted his head to the side, and reached behind him, snagging a few different underwear types.  "Although since we are here...."  The hand that remained on her back slid down to her ass, gliding across its round perky shape.

[Elf]

Forest

The blond's eyes went wide at Marcus's comment before she chuckled.  "You know, they'd probably call the bobbies on us if we just started to shag right on this floor . . ."

This time she didn't jump as he groped her rear, but gave him a tiny smirk.  "Want me to try on a few things I take it?  Even though you'll just probably end up ripping them off or whatnot."

[yinsukin]

Marcus

Oh?  Is she getting used to it?

He groan, as if he resigned himself to work or some other responsibility.  "Yeah, I guess this time I won't bring any surprises," he said, looking her up and down again.  He really was looking forward to this.

[Elf]

Forest

The vampire didn't want to tell him that it wasn't so much that she was getting used to be fondled, but truth be told, it was . . . nice.

Actually, very nice from the bit of wetness that was starting to seep from her folds.

She bit her lip as she remembered his head between her legs as he licked her into screaming bliss.  Or the taste of virgin seed on her tongue as she sucked him to completion.  Or the feel of said virgin cock in her mouth as . . .

"Well, remember the rules," she said in a shaky voice as she headed to the dressing room, making sure he was coming with her.

[yinsukin]

Marcus

Following close behind Forest, Marcus placed his hands on her shoulders and pressed his expanding budge into her clothed ass.  The skirt didn't block much. The moment they approached the door, he thrust his hand forward almost involuntarily, causing the wooden door to fly into the wall.  Realizing he probably shouldn't be using her strength when he is like this, he allowed the aura to fade from his body.

He pressed his hands into her back and whispered into her ear.  "That's a nasty rule.  Who knows what a sex starved virgin could do to a girl like you?  I could get...aggressive."  With that final word, he shoved her forward into the room, his length throbbing within his pants, eagerly awaiting her next move.