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

[Aiden]

Gadreel

"Yes, I suppose Howard would be an appropriate man to pay homage to tonight," the exile conceded with some amusement. He could not restrain himself, however, from visible worry for his companion's obvious disorientation. "Although, perhaps we may wish to see to it that you may acquire sustenance before we continue."

Which meant blood.

"I am of course available if you feel that would be the wisest course."

Or if she simply was too disoriented to select someone else at this time.

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Liam

"Ain't no law 'bout far as I can see, miss," Liam said, shaking his head and gesturing ahead of them with his free arm.. "This city, this place they call Nexus? Laws are an exception, not the rule. And I'm only suggesting ya do one or two fights, get noticed, get enough green to pay for some groceries and furnishings an' such. Discernin' young lady like yourself will do better for a career, no doubt."

He checked, with sight and scent, about whether or not Petra was starting to sober up any. She certainly sounded less drunk, but what folk could say for sure? Well, probably a sensitive corpse like himself.

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Ron

The werewolf stumbled slightly, but just shook his head and growled it off. He wasn't going to just let her play around with him like that. Any bruising that might have caused faded before it could show. Then he gave Rikuyo a playful punch to the shoulder back. A hard one, with a deep and rumbling chuckle following.

"Does that man I should start calling you an old lady, Riku?"

[Kat]

Petra

"Ughh, it would take so much time to rein in that city into orderly place that my head hurts just from trying to think about that." Or hangover. Seems like Petra was already sobering up, and the usual reaction of body to excess drinking had kicked in.

"Yeah, maybe I will accept your proposition, then. Just few fights could be enough. But, we're all talking about my career prospects. If I may ask, what's your job now? You operate some business, perhaps?" He may have started low, but he certainly dressed like someone who didn't lack money. What his profession could be, then?

[Aiden]

Liam

Huh. She sobered up right quick, there. Seemed she really was a tough gal for her size.

"Well, in my younger years I had a bit of a love affair with gambling," Liam said, looking appropriately ashamed to admit it. "Then a priest found me, helped me clean my act up. I started doin' some work to keep the church safe from the old crews, keep the money where it was 'sposed to be."

He wasn't even lying to the little lady, just leaving some important parts out.

"Before I knew, I was running my own little business supporting all the little church operations goin' on. We helped the community, gave folk opportunities, kept them coming in like they was supposed to."

He paused for a moment.

"And then I ended up here not too long ago myself."

[Kat]

Petra

"And you plan to still continue doing that? Good luck, this place is quite crazy. You might need a helping hand. Hmm, I might be occupied trying to sort out my life first, but do you need any volunteers? I could help you out in my free time." Petra offered. What kind of Christian wouldn't be willing to help out such promising cause? She extended her hand to Liam in a gesture that showed that she was willing to aid him.

[Panda]

Annabeth

Rikuyo's comment garnered a slight frown from the Hunter for all of a moment, part of her wondering what Ron had agreed to before she'd happened upon them. As the woman went on to pretty much slap Ron down on his attempt to step up, Annabeth stayed her hand for the moment, trusting him to be able to deal with this on his own. Besides, the cowgirl was hardly the kind of teacher to coddle her student, and Ron didn't disappoint.

To the Hunter's approval, the werewolf didn't let it keep him down in the least, taking it in stride and opting to not back down.

Even as she watched the exchange, though, she still couldn't shake that strange feeling of being watched. If anything it was growing stronger now, gnawing more insistently at the Hunter's mind. Taking a moment to make sure her jaw was back together, she decided she might as well say something here.

"Well, who knows," Annabeth mused, trying not to think about the frustrating, "It could be that whatever power she has slows her aging or something. In any case, shall we go further in and see if you can do more than talk?"

[Aiden]

Liam

"No reason to stop just because it's hard," Liam insisted. "Person makes the sacrifices they can, when they can, 'cause the real success don't come without cost."

He shook Petra's hand, and thought that she had a hell of a grip for a gal like her. That's for sure. She was definitely a 'potential candidate' by now. The vampire wouldn't put all his chips down for one shoot, of course. Once he got her home he'd go lookin' for other sorts. But, he din't think they'd be all that better than little Petra.

[Kat]

Petra

"I think a sacrifice should be only made when it's worth the outcome. If a sacrifice is pointless, it's not truly a sacrifice." Petra said in a serious tone. She'd gladly do all she could to help, even sacrifice her life if that actually changed things for good, but there's one but. She would hesitate to do so as she knew the rules of the Grail War. She'd return back into the Throne like a copy of Heroic Spirit she was. Everyone should aspire to go to Heaven, but that was sadly denied to her.

Petra for a moment had a downcast look in her eyes, but recomposed herself again. She still had a lifetime ahead of her, she shouldn't think of something that was still a thing of distant future.

"So, to whom you will refer me? Knowing details about my next employer would be nice." Petra switched  a topic to distract herself from her thoughts.

[Break]

Coppelius
The doll stopped in its tracks hearing the man's words. Now, he could not help but let an innocent, yet strangely dark laugh resound through the musky store.

"You really are an unusual one, aren't you? But you know, i like that. I'll be sure to come if i ever need repairs, Mr. Clover."

As he left the heavy wooden doors behind him, the sun and the female construct awaited him; still smiling, he greeted her back.

"This could turn out to be a nice chance after all."

[Thedoctor]

Jeanne

Feeling that Shirou's hands had snuck in under her shirt and was unclipping her bra, the blonde saint looked up at him as she gave playful glare while withdrawing from his mouth. "You shouldn't be so naughty~ I might get the wroooong idea..." Her tone was deliberately teasing, but her face still maintened the innocent smile.

[Umbra of Chaos]

Oren

They stayed like that for a little while and Oren was quite pleased with it all. Still, they had to break off sometime and while she didn't care at all if people were looking she was sure that Mordred probably wanted to do this in a more private place. "So, where are we going next? Some tailor's shop? OR are we going to one of those indoor market places?"


Lucy

They'd wrapped up the game fairly quickly. She got her clothes back along with the mangled parts of the Messengers which she quickly squished back into shape. Now, what to do next? Then one of the Messengers climbed over into the kitchen and started filling a nice pot up with water. Well, she supposed she could approve of that.

Another one of the demon rabbit dolls helped the other as they lifted the pot to her face. It glowed a brilliant white before the every drop of liquid turned into wine. Then she started drinking, encouraged by the cheers of the Messengers around her. She spilled just a little as she chugged the thing, but it was fine if she got a little sticky. There was a bath anyways.

Would probably want to deal with all the alcohol before it killed her liver, but that was a thought for later! She had to finish this first.

[Kat]

Julius

Some time had passed after Julius bid farewell to Sir Gadre and Lady Forest. It was not a moment anymore to ponder about his recent mistakes. He figured out that his mission would be hunting down everything that this woman spawned. Obviously in hindsight nothing good could come out of her.

To patrol the city more efficiently, he acquired means of transportation befitting a man of his status and time period. A warhorse he named "Baron", a stallion as black as night. Evildoers would find it difficult to spot his majestic steed in the darkness of the knight.

Commoners gave him weird looks as he rode slowly through the streets of a district where the good people he vowed to protect lived. Was a horse a peculiar sight in this time and age? Not that he cared. Old fashioned ways in his opinion didn't lose their relevance in those hard and sad times.

Julius was now passing by a certain block of flats.

[Thedoctor]

Jin

"It's actually quite uncomfortable, I'd rather not strain my neck this early in the morning." He chastised his girlfriend, sounding a bit annoyed at her antics. He continued on walking while speaking to her. "Actually could you please climb down, I don't think I can carry you all the way, it's quite a way to go left."



Shinobu

She felt Medaka's body relaxing as she drained the girl of her blood, The taste was utterly delicious, and the vampire expressed it quite clearly in both her body language and as well as the sounds she was making. After a while, when she was sure that she had drained all the blood, something absolutely shocking occured, Medaka spoke to her. Impossible, such a thing was completely impossible, it just couldn't be.

"And you call yourself a normal human, yet you can speak when for all purposes you should be dead." The vampire was giving the blue haired girl a deadpan look as she spoke, amused yet a bit annoyed at the same time.

"The next part of this will be me giving you my blood." She eventually continued saying while slicing open her own wrist with her nails. She then brought her bleeding wrist to Medaka's mouth letting her blood trickle down into the girl.

[Kat]

Rikuyo

That punch of Ron's was more like a sting for her tough skin. Silly him, why he only used his physical strength to punch her? She barely felt it. Then Annabeth started talking about her slowly aging. She answered to her assumptions.

"Ehh, I look my real age. I'm twenty years old and adult. But I can stay young like this as long as I want. I don't plan to grow old, what would be fun in that?" Surely she could train and train until she beat Shinobu, no matter how long it would took her. "But yeah, I'm heading off! Don't lose a track of me!"

The redhaired woman dashed as fast as she could into the deeper part of the forest. Without looking back or pausing to let them catch up if they happened to not be fast enough.

[Elf]

Gabriel

Gabriel sighed and made a slight clucking sound with his teeth.  He knew all about the joys and annoyances of living out of hotels; he had spent time in little holes in the wall that rented by the hour to places that seemed more like palaces than hotels.  He moved his hands up and down her arms with a thoughtful expression.

"You know, admittedly I didn't check cell signal when I got here, and my mobile is a bit spotty at best.  You might want to give her a ring to let her know that you're alive at least."


Rin

"Well, it would take some work, obviously, but I think it could work somewhat.  I don't think everyone is going to sit around hand and hand and sing, but a general support group, in a place like this would make sense," Rin said.

Her eyes narrowed and said, "We'd be starting fresh from the ground up.  Quelling stupid stuff like the blatant racism and archaic hierarchies that are present at the Association.

"Not to mention, if this did get going, Sakura, we could form our own protection force.  Sort of like a police force but for the supernatural, and instead of trophy hunting like that stupid Lorelei Barthomeloi and her murder squad who only go after the Dead Apostle Ancestors.   They can stop things before they get out of hand instead of the Association doing clean up, and helping those who lose control of their abilities or experiments before it overtakes them."

She pounded her hand into her fist.  "Your Shirou wants to save everyone; that's impossible, but maybe we can generate a new Association here that will help instead of breed stagnation."


Forest

"Although, perhaps we may wish to see to it that you may acquire sustenance before we continue."

Forest frowned.  Kenzo had donated some of his blood earlier, but it hadn't been what she needed.  Despite being fresh and still warm, part of the reason a vampire like her needed to get it from a living person was because the life was part of what Forest was feeding off of.

Which was why some vampires could use semen as a limited form of feeding, but that was another thing entirely.

"I am of course available if you feel that would be the wisest course."

Forest felt her eyes widen at his offer.  Which brought a double edged sword for this scenario.   The first was that, yes, she really did want to bite him.  However, this could get super awkward for them super quickly because there was the reaction to the bite and the fact she had no idea what a Fallen Angel's blood would do to her.

"I. . . ah . . . that's both a good and a bad idea," she said, biting her lip. "Not that I don't want to, because that's . . . just . . . stuff could happen."

[SINIB]

Jin

"It's actually quite uncomfortable, I'd rather not strain my neck this early in the morning." He chastised his girlfriend, sounding a bit annoyed at her antics. He continued on walking while speaking to her. "Actually could you please climb down, I don't think I can carry you all the way, it's quite a way to go left."

Oka Kurosawa

"Huh, I think you're lying to yourself here, Jin." Oka said, getting ready to tease him. "After all, you love these so much usually~ You've called them soft, comfy, heavenly, and um, what was the word? Love-pillows, right. Are you sure you don't want them here? It seems a bit contradictory."

Nevertheless, Oka acquiesced to Jin's request and climbed off his back, before she grinned, and swept under him, putting her neck in between her thighs and lifting him off the ground. "Maybe if my darling boyfriend is so tired, I should give him a break for a while." She said, holding onto his legs with her arms. "Tell me when we should turn~" She sang out to him cheerfully, seemingly unburdened by his weight.