<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

Nocturnal Harmonia
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"When the System dreams, worlds awaken."



In the deep strata of the System’s code lies a forgotten layer — a realm shaped not by quests or conquest, but by resonance. Here, emotion is data, and desire is law.

Two Players have descended into this Twilight Domain, where every heartbeat rewrites the rules of reality. The System watches, silent yet curious, as intimacy becomes strength and vulnerability turns into evolution.

They are the experiment, the anomaly, the new frontier of synchronization.
They are the dawn that glows within eternal night.

Welcome to Nocturnal Harmonia.
Where love and power share the same stat screen.


>> Initializing observation protocol: Lygus active.

Tracking Player emotional metrics…
Resonance Level: Rising beyond expected threshold.

[Apollymi]

And so came another deep dive into deviance, as observed by the System administrator. They were both talking about replenishing Miko's very full supply of mana as if she had none left. What a strange pair of Players he'd chosen. “Fully restored resources, no physiological need for replenishment… and yet they persist in this ‘mana recovery’ ritual. The System does not mandate it, and still they return to each other as if compelled by an unseen mechanic. How troublesome. If intimacy becomes their preferred optimization loop, I may soon lose the ability to predict where their growth will lead,” the overseer observed. He had much watching to do when it came to this pair, but surely they would make a very interesting final product. For now, the administrator supposed he'd just have to wait another hour or three for the next progress. . .

In truth, it was more like an entire day later that something else of note happened. Miko seemed so disheveled, but that didn't come from the very same session they started by the river. No, it was instead downstream a bit... and next to a dome-like structure reminiscent of a beast's shell. Throughout the process of killing a herd of gentle giants and some other creatures classified as easy pickings. Indeed, they had already fashioned a home out of the common beasts in this area. The new home rose from the forest floor like a natural outgrowth of the land itself, built around the hollowed Shellback Bulwark carapace they had claimed as their foundation. Its curved, stone-textured shell formed a sturdy dome, reinforced with woven branches, river reeds, and smooth planks harvested from the driftwood they found nearby. A small opening served as a doorway, softened by hanging moss that swayed gently with the breeze. Crude, simple, and undeniably cozy ─ it was unmistakably their first real shelter. Apparently, the two had gone through the 'night' taking out creatures, building a shelter... and fucking each other stupid between every step as usual. Even now, Yugi was sporting half a shirt and pants that didn't even fit anymore as he placed the final awning atop the shelter's doorway. "Gah! There; all done... and... level seventeen," he said. [LEVEL UP!] That notification appeared immediately after Yugi spoke. Why? They hadn't defeated any enemies, but...


[QUEST COMPLETED]
Sub-Quest: “Claim a Place to Stand”

Objective: Establish a functional base of operations.
Status: Completed.

Reward Granted:
• Base Core (E-Rank) — A stabilization artifact that anchors a respawn point and enables future upgrades.

Additional Note:
A foundation has been laid. Survival begins the moment shelter becomes choice rather than chance.

The pair of teens had indeed talked themselves into another sexual session. The whole of several of their night would be spent fighting monsters and leveling up. So that state that Miko was currently trying to address was one which was started only a few hours prior, near their cozy freshly established base. By the time Yugi was announcing being done, his clothes were also quite the mess. She was surprised he was even still wearing such a crazy mess of clothing but there was still something they'd yet to do. Of course, the System would once again be interrupting at least a little, "We're level 18. And I guess this counts as establishing the base♪~" she chirped while looking at the notification. "But Brainface, obviously isn't Japanese. If he was, he'd know this doesn't count until the bath is finished. Can't call it a home without a good bath," Miko said her cheeks puffing up. Of course, given the materials they'd gathered she fully had an idea of how to make such a thing work, she only needed a bit of time and a few materials from their collection.

Whatever the case, Miko had become quite used to Yugi and his antics over the last day or so. In fact, she seemed far too comfortable around him to even consider there being a problem with his actions. She looked over their new domain and held her fingers up to box it in. It was quite the cozy little home tucked away in the edge of the woods with all the necessary things to feel like safety. "I guess after everything else, this should count as a playthrough of 'Don't Starve Together' huh? Admittedly that Eel was delicious♪~" she squealed happily, while having her attitude change slightly as she read the 'Additional Note'. "Someone should tell Brainface not to sound so ominous in his congratulatory message," she said sighing. After all of the events of the previous day, she was also used to their Overseer and their oddities, even though they'd only been observed through System interference.

[Bloodedge]

They had worked their way to level 17, only to immediately reach 18 upon completing a quest they'd been on for a full day. Of course they had probably spent more time with each other's bodies than they had with any enemies or building materials, but... that had also been the reason behind at least half of their levels thus far. Yugi wasn't going to be complaining about that. "Level 18... and this counts as a place to fu─a base to fu─... a base. For fucking," he said. Miko did think there was one problem with their new hub, however. As Japanese citizens, they would both appreciate a proper bath in anything resembling a home. The fact that they didn't have one meant they couldn't truly consider this little hut 'home' per se. "We've still got plenty of materials for that. I also saw something about a shop upgrade when we hit level 20. I'm guessing it'll be a QoL update," he mused openly, much to the overseer's interest. “Curious. The boy intuits the System’s trajectory before the schedule is even disclosed. An upgrade to domestic functionality… cookware, bedding, tools—objects irrelevant to combat, yet essential to grounding fragile minds. It seems they crave stability as much as power. If they believe these conveniences will ease their path, then the System will oblige. After all… even apex predators build dens before they hunt.”

They'd probably be doing quite a bit with this base, Yugi thought. Their survival quest wasn't nearing completion just yet, nor was there any clear sign as to when it would. Whatever the case, Miko compared their current experience to a game they were talking about before this entire ordeal began, and further commented on the taste of those alien eels. Yugi had something to say about both points. "It is, isn't it? I guess we're getting that playthrough after all... with mature content~" he said, hopping down from his current post to meet Miko at ground level. "I gave up paying attention to Brainface's extras yesterday. At least... I think it was yesterday. It's been nighttime since we got here. Anyway, it's probably about breakfast time now, right? You wanna try that freaky chicken thing now? Or do you actually want dick for breakfast? 'Cause I'm pretty hungry after all that building."

[Apollymi]

As they finished the foundation for their base, Yugi was trying and failing to put together a sentence to properly describe their new living space. What he eventually settled on after several pauses and unfinished words was a base; for fucking. A giggle left Miko in that moment as considered the struggle of that moment before he actually managed to get the words out. "Definitely for fucking, also for living in general probably~" Miko claimed as she looked over their work with an appreciative smile. It really was a nice place for a starter home in a build your own kind of way. Moving on from that part of the conversation agreement was reached about the necessity for a bathing space before this could be considered a home. But there were plenty of left over materials and according to Yugi an upcoming shop upgrade. "Sou ka, Level 20 is usually a good level for the cozy types of RPGs. I was thinking the other shell and some well placed magical rooms could get us a nice open hot spring. If we get the accessories I think it will be a great since the place is all closed off and we've yet to see anything resembling other people," Miko asserted her own idea.

As they discussed their potential upgrades their overseer was doing as he always did and observing. Miko was making her own observations, ones which Yugi agreed with, specifically the game that was like their previously discussed game. They'd have played together now came with mature content. "I suppose we can call all those moments mature content," she said with a nod as the lad came down from the roof to join her. On the ground they discussed Brainface's words which only Miko had paid attention to, "Last night, a couple of days worth of time. I'm bad at keeping track of those kinds of things without hard reason to. No school, no work, no piano, I have no idea what kind of night that was..." Miko confirmed. "But breakfast is a definite yes..." she said looking at him her eyes cutting just a little. Did she want dick for breakfast? Yes, but was she also actually able to eat real food? Yes. So the answer was obvious, "Well I wouldn't mind trying that chicken stuff, but I also can't turn down dick..." she said giving it playful consideration. "So, we can have real food, and then I can have dick. You know, to stay active and keep the blood moving around so we don't get all sluggish after the meal♪~" she sang as if exercise after food was perfectly normal and her consumption of a dick would also count as such regardless.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah, that's what I said," Yugi corrected, as if his comment of 'fucking' and Miko's mention of 'living' were one and the same. "Weird how you'd repeat it twice like that," he added. Once he was at ground level, Yugi started visualizing the open hot spring being spoken of. He could see plenty of room for something like that, and indeed there were no other humans or humanoid creatures in the vicinity. With that being the case however, he gave Miko a once-over of a mockingly judgmental variety. "So you know there's nobody around to see it, and you're still trying ─ and failing by the way ─ to dress like a real person? I'm half-ready to just walk around with my balls out. Actually... these pants have had it anyway."

As if to prove his point, Yugi merely took a loose step outward. Doing so let his pants fall from his waist, slowed in descent only because his cock slowed their fall briefly. Regardless, he'd be fully stepping out of his breeches moments later. Upon mentioning breakfast and throwing his own perversions into the mix, Yugi was met with the expected answer. Everything always ─ that had been Miko's decision the night before. He figured that mentality would apply to more than just sex, an indeed real food was included. "I figured you'd say that. I just wasn't sure if it'd be a matter of working the carbs off... or working up more of an appetite before breakfast. I could have gone for either," he said, looking toward the door to their new abode. They'd yet to spend any time inside despite having the full shell erected several hours ago. Perhaps it was best to actually use the interior now. "If that's how we're going for it, though... after you~" he stated with one arm out in an open gesture toward the doorway.

[Apollymi]

Yugi had a little argument to offer Miko. Claiming that her word of 'living' and his of 'fucking' were the same thing. They weren't not by a long shot, both of them knew this but somehow the lad's words just made her playfully sarcastic about the situation. "Oh? My mistake... must be all that lack of sleep and structure changing my interpretation of words~" she added with an eye roll. There were more important things to consider anyway, like that open air bath she was planning, which she too could fully imagine and was more than ready and willing to get full use out of. It would seem that Yugi however took issue with something else. Miko acknowledged their seclusion and thus the potential privacy of an open air bath and Yugi claimed that her continuing to try and dress like a normal person was absolutely ridiculous if she acknowledged the amount of privacy they had. He claimed to be ready to walk around with his balls out and lo, did he allow his pants to fall by the wayside with a few steps and a bit of slowing around that massive cock of his.

Miko for her part in this watched the display unabashedly a tiny bit of drool developing in the corner of her mouth as she committed to memory the image of the lad's pants dropping in front of her like that. Such a tease should definitely be a crime of some sort. Everything forever, was Miko's current stance on life, and looking at that cock, she couldn't decide if she wanted it before or after breakfast. "Now that you mention it... I am a bit parched I could definitely go for a drink while breakfast is being readied♪~" she claimed as if that was perfectly normal. Since they were headed into their abode she'd be making her way towards the entrance as well... but not without realizing she'd left something unsaid, "Also, you're the one who said naked was boring. And there was all the fighting and stuff, still didn't want to do that naked. Though, it's natural for me in my on habitat to parade around in house clothes. I suppose I'll just go back to that now that we have somewhere to call home♪~" she said in a teasing manner. As she reached the doorway she began slowly lifting up her shirt allowing her skirt to fall around her hips. She would bend over at the waist, showing off the roundness of her mostly uncovered ass while slipping out of her shoes to leave them by the door. And then, she would proceed to parade around in just ripped thigh-highs and lingerie... all the while offering a playful wink to Yugi for that little tease he'd offered earlier.

[Bloodedge]

As per usual, Miko was rolling with the pretenses and jokes as presented. Living and fucking were obviously the same thing, as evident by her acknowledgement of the slip-up. "Must be. You should definitely get some rest... or a brain reshuffle; I hear those are all the rage," he suggested cheekily. Speaking of Yugi's suggestions, it seemed Miko had taken to his mention of dick before breakfast. After watching him ditch those pants, the girl was drooling and pondering her own thirst. She could have a drink during prep time; he'd certainly enable that. "Gotta have first breakfast before second breakfast, right?" he joked.

Onward to their new 'home' interior, Miko had some choice words to share about his earlier comments. Indeed, Yugi thought nudity was more boring than something with an applied tease. His current train of thought regarding her state of dress had nothing to do with nudity, however. "I never said go full naked~" he said, though it seemed he did so unnecessarily. Why? Well, Miko would also be reducing her state of dress to undergarments and torn thigh-highs as she entered the building ─ even bending at the waist to show her ass during the shoe removal process. Naturally, Yugi was right behind her in that moment. He'd be sure to place his cock right atop the curve of her rear whilst kicking off his own shoes. No way was he going to be outside of striking distance while she pranced about in that skimpy attire. "You know a move like that is how you get your drink as a suppository... right?" the lad asked, cock swinging with every intention of swatting at Miko's ass cheeks one after the other.

[Apollymi]

Miko was told she should get some rest or a brain reshuffle. Apparently those were in style and a viable method for dealing with her 'mental confusion'. She gave those options a bit of thought and had something rather cheeky to say, "Well, I don't sleep very much to start with and I don't see that getting better with magically enhanced senses... A brain reshuffle and a nice long bath sound pretty good to me though~" she mentioned. He'd definitely be involved in either of those plans. Still, there were more important plans to discuss, like first breakfast apparently being the dick she'd so recently decided she wanted again in addition to the chicken like creature they had to eat. "Definitely♪!~ You have to eat breakfast before you have breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day♪~" she chirped along in her own joking manner. But there was still an underlying seriousness to her words, as if she fully intended to have multiple sittings of different breakfasts in order to make herself happy for the day.

As they moved towards their new home, it seemed Yugi took issue with Miko bringing back up his previously spoken words. He'd never said to her to go completely naked. She knew that, but she had a set up to work through. It seemed he understood that himself by the time she was bent over and stepping out of her shoes, he was right behind her. His cock against the roundness of her ass cheeks she'd bounce it a little bit while stepping out of her shoes. Apparently her actions were how she received a drink as a suppository. She couldn't help but look back at him, while knocking her bottom into the coming slaps of his meat against her backside. "Eh? Well, I guess that'd be fine. You know you really can't just feed one mouth all the time, Daddy♪~" she chirped out as if it was a perfectly normal thing to say. Oh well, what was a minor bit of deviance before they started on actual breakfast for the day? By Miko's approximation she'd just be doing everything she wanted and enjoying the comfort of their new living space.

[Bloodedge]

"That's no good," Yugi said about the lass not sleeping very often. "I might be able to help with that. You know, the whole... getting to sleep part~" he suggested. "Probably as part of the reshuffle... or the bath... or a reshuffle with a free bath while you're in those last seconds of consciousness..." Yugi was rambling, but his mind was racing with deviant thoughts. They weren't very different in that regard, as Miko justified 'breakfast' before breakfast, calling it the most important meal of the day. "I know, right? And you've got to make sure you have breakfast after... before you go starting your day and all~" he added.

Yugi's semi-erect member atop Miko's ass would not be in such an uncertain state for long. When he placed it, she bounced her rear from below. When he followed behind her to swing it against her ass, she in turn swung her ass into the collisions. Each impact had him becoming more and more ready, as if he needed further excuses. "Ooh~" Yugi uttered while swinging his erection into her with more force. According to Miko, he couldn't just feed one mouth every time. "Really? Well I'm still pretty new to this, so I'll need to be pointed in the right direction from time to time. You'll have to make sure to let me know which one's hungry and when... Onako~"

[Apollymi]

Apparently, there was a second man in her life who found her sleeping habits problematic. Miko understood she should sleep more, but also found it difficult to do. "I know, I know..." she said her tone huffy and her face puffed up and pouty in response. Of course, what she didn't expect was the idea of Yugi's to put her to sleep, so to speak. "Help you say?~" she mused. The idea of using sex as a way to get to sleep was obviously the offer, but how he'd manage such a thing when they'd basically just been bouncing back and forth for the duration of their time together was a mystery. A few ideas were floated by and none of them hit her ears in a negative way, "Well, none of those sound like bad ideas to me. If Daddy wants to put me to bed, I invite him to try♪~" she mused, in a fashion which was somehow both inviting and a little bit teasing, as if she didn't think it was rightly possible. Well, she knew the lad had enough energy to manage it, but how it would translate was something completely unknown and exciting in its own way.

In the meantime some different sort of excitement was steady brewing. A bare cock would be met by swinging ass cheeks whenever it aimed to make contact. It would result in an interesting sound leaving Yugi's mouth and a bit more force being applied. "Don't start singing to me like that so early Daddy~" she warned the man but it was also still just playful. What wasn't playful was the building steam between them as their libidos began leading them once again towards something sexual. She could feel his cock gaining ridigity and he had something to say about her words. According to Yugi he was still new at all of this so she'd have to tell him what other mouths she wanted fed and when. "Oh, I really like hearing you say that name♪~" she chirped deciding after hearing it a few times it was definitely the way she preferred for him to refer to her. Whatever the case, she'd be speaking on her coming feeding while coming to a stop fully within their space. "When you say my name like that, my pussy is hungry first Daddy. Why not give it first breakfast♪~" she mentioned while sliding that thong of hers to the side and spreading the lips of her core for him to see that now glistening slit that seemed to be throbbing with a need to be filled rather suddenly. She imagined this was actually what it was like to have her loins be hungry.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi assumed there were numerous ways he could successfully 'put Miko to bed' as it were. Everything that came to mind was challenging to some extent, but he always rose to a good challenge. Miko herself even invited him to try putting her out for the night, so of course he had to give it an honest try. "Cum bath and blacked-out it is. It'll be the best you've looked so far. Probably~" he mused, thinking it would be one hell of a state to see Miko in.

Miko further warned the lad against 'singing' to her so early in the day. What was he to do with a warning? Well first, he scoffed. Aaoooh♫~" he sang thereafter, challengingly. There wasn't much Miko could do to dissuade his antics when she fed into them so easily. She even finally acknowledged the name he'd given her as something to appreciate. "Make sure you live up to it then, O-na-ko~" he flirted. Ah, she'd absolutely be doing that. When the request to point him in the right direction to her 'hungry' holes, Miko wasted no time in presenting her gleaming, nearly dripping crease. Even as she held it open for his inspection, he could see her labia flexing as if they were trying to blow him a kiss. He couldn't resist grabbing onto his shaft and holding it at the ready, even rubbing it against Miko's folds. "Is that what hungry looks like? Looks more like it wants to make out to me," he chattered. By the time Yugi was done speaking, his rubbing motions had his glans placed against Miko's anus instead. He did enjoy a nice game here and there. "This here, right?" he asked sarcastically with a prod or two for... what he'd call good measure.

[Apollymi]

Miko truly didn't sleep often, if Yugi thought he had some way to make it happen, perverted or otherwise, she'd allow him all the room he needed to try it out. Of course, she realized the likelihood of it being a completely perverted thing and she embraced that as well. She'd become far too comfortable with the perverted nature this lad showed and way too active in participation to think negatively of his suggestions. So what was he planning, a cum bath and a blackout, "Uh-huh, no clue why but... do your worst. I'll make sure we get the real bath up. That definitely sounds like the sort of thing I'd want a nice bit of tub time after," Miko said earnestly. The lad's musings not withstanding, obviously her face would become flushed and remain as such for quite a while thereafter. Oh well, Miko was still a bit of a mess when it came to things that embarrassed her. Even while becoming steadily more comfortable with their sexual exploits she'd always flush for compliments of how she looked for his happy imaginings or musings about her.

Beyond this sound was something which had a marked affect on Miko's body. That little noise made her ears prickle, by the time Yugi made the second noise on purpose a shiver was traveling down her spine. "Keep it up, I'll pin you to the floor and bounce on your dick until it's a song♪~" she expressed her joy in a very odd manner, such a thing was hardly a threat, but maybe a plan for round two, not that it mattered much. Beyond this point, Miko was going to have to live up to the nickname she'd started to like so recently. "I'll do my best♪~" Miko chimed. Still, they were moving closer and closer to proper copulation. So close in fact that Miko's loins were exposed and waiting. They were presented to be taken in a very specific way, Yugi had something amusing to say about what it looked like, comparing her 'hunger' to a desire to make-out. She chuckled just a little, "Those are definitely the same thing♪~" Miko chattered in return. If he could equate fucking to living. The desire to devour, whether romantic or platonic were easily interchangeable. Whatever the case, his cock was rubbing between her legs initially but still it didn't make its way home within her. No, Yugi chose to tease instead, prodding her anus and questioning if he'd found his way to the right place. Well, she wasn't opposed to taking one up the ass, but that wasn't at all what she wanted right now, gentle almost agitated shifting occurred as she whined her discontent. Even with the gentle prodding her core was twitching instead, "Noooo, Daaady♫~ Not there..." she complained. "My pussy wants to devour dick for breakfast, shove it all the way in... don't tease me♪~" she demanded, her patience wearing thin already. Well, hangry was a term for a reason. It probably shouldn't have applied to a sexual situation but here and now it fit as a perfect descriptor.

[Bloodedge]

Urged to do his worst, Yugi went right back to plotting the ultimate end of Miko's night. Maybe it wouldn't be tonight. Maybe it wouldn't even be tomorrow or the next day. Regardless, he'd be sure to keep that promise whenever possible. "I'll help with the real bath. There are some uh... features I want to make sure we have," he offered. Baths were too important for him to leave the task of establishing theirs to Miko without participating. Besides, they had every opportunity to establish something closer to an onsen. Who could pass that up?

Moving on, Yugi's refusal to heed Miko's warning had her delivering a threat instead. She'd pin him and bounce atop his dick until it became a song. As threats went, that one was exciting enough to warrant a singular response from Yugi. What would said response be? "Ooaah♪~" he sang in a higher pitch. Just as he wouldn't have Miko working on the bath alone, he wouldn't have a threat like that one remaining a simple threat. Beyond all that, Miko's hungry loins did indeed seem to demand attention. Still, Yugi was content to poke at her asshole instead. Miko obviously took issue with his choice; such was the point. In response to her insistence, he considered whether the right answer would be given or not. She wanted him all the way inside her canal. He'd push forward, seemingly just enough to force his way glans-deep into her ass. He wouldn't go any deeper than that, if only because he didn't want her mind actually changing. "Not on the outside, huh? Gotcha," he said during that push. "All the way in. It's a lot tighter and dryer in here than I remember. I thought you were, like, super wet? Must've started losing my sight after all. . ."

[Apollymi]

Agreements were reached, as they always would be, but a few extras were to be applied. Even though Yugi was encouraged to do his worst against Miko, he'd apparently not leave her to figure out their bathing situation all on her own. No, he claimed there were some features he wanted added, she heard that and her ears tensed just a little. "Statements like that from you induce anxiety in me," she mentioned. She had no idea what he wanted to add to the bath, but she figured it was likely something perverted given what all his 'great' ideas entailed. As she was currently, she took no issue with this and could only have her curiosity sated by the act that would have them completing the project between them. They were partners and she trusted him so... she figured nothing she'd actually dislike could come from his actions in this aspect of their shared lives.

Moving on from that point, Miko shared a threat which was less, a threat and more a game plan. It would seem that Yugi was apt enough to participate in such a thing as instead of stopping his actions he simply sang a different note at a higher pitch. "That's an agreement note♪~" Miko mentioned almost playfully, but she took her agreements quite seriously. At some point this lad would be beneath her, subjected to whatever rhythm she had in mind and squeaking out noises she wanted to hear until the composition was complete. It was her full intention to work him over in that way, but before such a thing as that could happen, she needed to be fed. And it wasn't the mouth on her face demanding sustenance presently. No, the one between her legs was a twitching throbbing mess, mostly because the lad in question had made the decision to tease her asshole instead of diving headlong into her core. "Ooomphf♫~" a little chirping noise escaped her as he planted himself within her rear, glans deep and commented on the difference to what he expected. How could he tease her like this? That entrance to her rear had her core pulsing and dripping down her thighs as if drooling in preparation for a meal in front of it that it wasn't able to quite reach. Was he trying to evoke madness? "GODDAMNIT DADDY, PUT MY HUGE THROBBING DICK IN YOUR PUSSY RIGHT NOW!~" she hadn't the patience to be denied a meal she'd decided upon. And yes, she could like all forms of sex but when your heart was set on something it was difficult to accept anything but what you wanted.

[Bloodedge]

"Good. Watching you freak out about something gets me even harder," Yugi stated. He found Miko to be a special form of the 'shy girl' archetype ─ one best when corrupted and turned to the deviant side of things. Even while reaching that point normally acknowledged as the 'bad end' route, Miko retained her propensity for extreme reactions. It was a wonderful thing to experience overall.

Equally wonderful was how easily they reached their degenerate agreements. Yugi's third note was called an 'agreement note' by Miko, who would clearly be taking her turn on top in the near future. Whatever song she had in mind was one he intended to play on repeat. "Is it? Play me a song then, Onako♥~" he teased. In a few moments, Miko had a note of her own to sing as shallow penetration occurred in her rear. "So what kind of note was that? I'm not a music guy; you'll have to tell me~" he teased further. Well, apparently there was more than just the note itself. The more important thing was the coming outburst that strongly demanded he address the right opening. First and foremost, Miko would feel his throbbing in the shallow of her rectum. His hands clasped either side of her waist firmly, as if he intended to lunge inward right then and there. Instead... "... Nine and a half," he said, retreating from Miko's rear in a quick, jerking movement. "I'm frugal!" Yugi grunted thereafter ─ at the same time that he thrusted at a slightly lower angle, ramming his way into her dripping canal to slam her cervix. From there, he'd be thrusting forward to slowly part the entrance of her womb, as if burrowing his way in.

[Apollymi]

According to Yugi, the fact that the said things that gave her anxiety was good. He enjoyed watching her freak out, for the sexual thrill it gave him. Miko managed to not be surprised by this information but was still a bit shy about it. She freaked out all the time, over literal nothingness, he'd witnessed her doing this various times over their time spent together. Even so, she felt, accepted for her nature by words like that, "Well if that's what does it, your dick is never going to get soft. Feel free to insert it into me ease the tension♪~" she flirted almost absently. Still, that did nothing for the blush on her face or the odd beat her heart took on due to his words. She'd have to learn how to better handle him, but also felt like there was no need to, if he liked her as she was.

Beyond the point of her freak-outs, there was a matter of Yugi's agreement to being a part of Miko's next musical mix. Yugi would continue to tease her claiming to want to hear a song then, "Oommah♫! YES♪ DAAAADDY♫!~" she moaned her agreement. So easily did she agree to the things he wanted and that teasing sound of her nickname made her loins quake and her rear hole quiver around him too. She couldn't help it. Those syllables graced her ears so pleasantly it sent tingles directly to her most sensitive parts. And then the demand was made, in Miko fashion. Words of filth strung together into a melody which required action. And what would it get her, a few throbs within her rear before he jerked himself free and then a score of 9.5 and an announcement of being frugal. "HYYYUNNN♫~ DADDY♫!~" her song began a new as he rammed himself into her slickness all the way to her cervix. An immediate tightening and a splash of her juices occurred as he rammed himself against her only to begin wedging himself. "OH FUCK YES♪!~ I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS, I CAME A LITTLE, MAKE ME CUM LOTS♪!~ POUND YOUR PUSSY♪! DAAAADDDY♫!~ CUM LOTS INSIDE♫!~" Miko had words fly from her face as her demands were made. If he wanted to be frugal it only meant she needed to give more. Gluttony applied outwardly. Everything forever, she'd give it and take it... that's how she felt about it, as Yugi finally made his way into the hole she wanted.

[Bloodedge]

If Miko actually shifted away from her current path, Yugi would actually be disappointed. She was a special kind of chaotic that he appreciated for the sake of the variety she brought. As relationships went, he struggled to imagine how a better one could be formed. According to her latest train of thought, Miko figured he would never go soft if he enjoyed her freak-outs so much. Luckily for both of them, she had plenty of places to store his firmness. "That'll just keep me even harder, y'know?" he responded. Her demeanor aroused him already, but... actually diving into the girl was trap that continued triggering itself: a trap of an endlessly growing libido on both sides.

A song would be sung in the future. Even here and now, Yugi had a little preview just from Miko's agreement. "Something like that, yeah. It's one of my favorite hooks~" he admitted to the line she used to agree. Soon after, he was hearing something similar again ─ seemingly due to the quick withdrawal from her ass and equally quick entry to her snatch. In that same moment, he felt the splash of her juices against his lap. All he'd done was enter her; womb penetration was just beginning. Throughout the process, Miko mentioned her 'minor' orgasm and immediately began egging him on to do more. Surely she was acting with purpose there... but Yugi didn't mind that one bit. "Freaky bitch! That's what I came for! Fuck breakfast; I got all day!" he announced upon further working himself into Miko's womb. Yugi's hips were twisting and winding, rubbing him against her womb's walls from every possible angle between thrusts. After the latest wave of stat upgrades, it seemed he was effectively lodged head-deep inside her womb... as if it were meant to function that way. "Eh? Looks like I'm stuck anyway. We might have to stay like this."

[Apollymi]

Miko struggled to think of anything that could count as a better relationship as well. She could be so much herself while speaking to Yugi, and though she'd not been lying about who she was, she'd also been protecting herself from quite a bit of backlash. As it stood, Yugi knew more about parts of herself she didn't normally show others, than even people who'd known her longer. He knew her gaming habits, her desires, and even her dirty jokes and her odd flirtations and pretenses, it lead to easy conversation and context for sexual activity which she seemed to enjoy quite a lot. "Well, yes, but keeping you hard is to my direct benefit," Miko agreed with the man as if it was a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Keeping him hard, having him enjoy her freak-outs, not bothering to correct her behavior because he simply accepted all her weirdness, this was a level of comfort with another individual she couldn't imagine replicating.

Moving on, Miko was a singer by her own chosen occupation. And she'd recently determined that singing private concerts for Yugi was among her more favored activities. In this case, she sang his praises and the nickname she'd given him in direct response to his prodding. He claimed it was one of his favorite hooks and that was good because it was one of the things most likely to fall from her face at random. "Then I'll sing it to you all the time♪~" Miko answered his favoritism with charity of the highest order. She'd give in response to his likes, all the while she urged him to do more, and was encouraged just the same. Called a freaky bitch apparently this was what he came here for, she throbbed internally at the acceptance he offered, she couldn't help but enjoy the idea that he'd come here for her oddities. "All day it is♪~" she agreed to that as well. How could she not. The winding of his hips and the increase in his size and girth had him going far beyond the entrance of her womb. He ended up deep within, rubbing against the walls inside causing her legs to quiver and her body to shake against him. She moved her hips with his winding, though oppositely making sure to cause their hips to crash together so flesh slapping impact was a direct result of her actions. He claimed he might be stuck, well that wasn't a problem, "If you're stuck make yourself at home. You own this pussy, Daddy, O-kae-ri-na-sa-i♪~" she chirped happily as she worked up to an orgasm even past the impossibility of womb entry. Maybe she should have questioned this more, but she felt no need to as it simply felt right.

[Bloodedge]

"Our direct benefit," Yugi corrected. So long as he was firm, even to the point of it hurting, there were only positive outcomes to be found. All he needed to deal with a painful erection was somewhere to put it ─ something to take the edge off and dull the pain. As fate would have it, there were at least three places he could accomplish that via Miko's offer of her own body. Everyone was a victor here.

Ah, but winning alone could never be enough for one like Yugi. The victory of eternal deviance ahead, the victory of a promised 'song' that would always be sung ─ those things were only the beginning once established. "All the time? Nice! Ya' love to hear it!" he announced, sharing his own satisfaction. Speaking of satisfaction, they were apparently both at a point of disregarding breakfast... and perhaps everything else they had planned, in favor of having sex all day. As if giving a reward, Yugi took Miko's agreement as an opportunity to slap her ass with a firm hand ─ because clearly his pelvis slapping against her cheeks wasn't enough. Whatever the case, Yugi eventually found himself stuck inside Miko's womb, the head of his cock unable to retreat past her cervix. Upon announcing that, Miko urged the lad to make himself at home. She even welcomed him home after stating that he owned her womanhood. Was that the legendary tenth star? No... no, Yugi felt it wasn't quite right ─ as if something beyond himself was preventing a spur of the moment decision to announce it. He did however, manage to ram into her again with enough force to move her entire body. "Is that all? I thought we talked about this. Don't I own more than pussy by now?" he asked in the meantime.

[Apollymi]

Apparently, Miko wasn't alone in receiving a benefit from the constant hardness maintained by Yugi due to her antics. The lad himself saw it as a benefit, likely because of all the places he could eventually place his manhood to relieve the problem. "Mutually beneficial it is!♪~" Miko chirped. If he was fine with being included in the mania and fine with a constantly stiffened cock, she wasn't going to argue with him about its usefulness. No all she would do, and all she could do, was agree to continue on, to share herself with him and enjoy their agreements as the cropped up.

Speaking of things that cropped up, Miko's reference to Yugi as 'Daddy' had several places of origin and met completely at a point of functional appreciation for the way he treated her. If he enjoyed hearing her call him that, it was only more enjoyable for her to sing. In fact, he loved to hear it, by is own account so... firmly did Miko add it to her devotion. Speaking of her agreement to have sex all day was rewarded, with a firm slap to the ass, upon receiving that stinging sensation the girl's core clutched at the cock moving around within it, and she moaned out her gratitude. "THAAAANK YOOOOOU♫~ DAAAADDY♫!~" the girl managed to get out. Still with the lad wedged so far into her womb that he was literally locked in, the force used to move her hips against his would eventually see her nearly falling forward. She caught herself on her hands and would be found eventually balancing herself that way, with her palms against the floor. Her mouth was open and drool was leaking from her tongue which flew out. But no other goodness came from Yugi. He didn't comment upon her words again and instead wondered if only her pussy belong to him. How simple. "DAAADDY♫~ DON'T BE LIKE THAT. ALL MY HOLES BELONG TO YOU♪♥~" she sang those words and oddly meant it. Those words slipped out of her mouth in a way that she likely could have and should have thought about it a bit more, but... none of it mattered presently. No, instead she'd be locking herself in, those legs covered in thigh-highs wrapping themselves around his waist so she could latch on to him instead of worrying about the placement, allowing him a deeper dive into her womb as she used her body to match his thrusts.

[Bloodedge]

Once again, just as before, Yugi was thanked for assaulting Miko's rear. Despite how strange it was for her to do that, he'd be lying if he said it wasn't appealing. Strangeness was better from time to time. "If you're gonna thank me every time, should I take that as you wanting more?" he wondered. Whatever the answer, he was already swinging that arm to deliver another strike.

Ah, but what of Miko's body and his apparent ownership of her birthing canal? It seemed their earlier discussion on the matter did produce some positive results. Miko claimed he owned all of her holes. By then, she'd been knocked forward enough to use her hands on the floor as support. Naturally, that position allowed him to slap her ass again ─ this time from above instead. "Just holes? After I made it obvious how much of a degen I am? Well if that's all you want me for, I guess you're the one making the offer..." he said in a mockingly dejected fashion. Miko went on to raise her legs, wrapping them around his waist. He reacted by grabbing her sides and thrusting from his core. It might have even seem like Yugi intended to knock the girl's body around with his strength. Maybe he did? "Nothing to worry about. We'd both be frugal, and we'd both be getting shafted. Nothing new, right?" he teased.

[Apollymi]

Miko ended up once again thanking Yugi for hitting her on her bottom. She might have thought it odd that gratitude was what she felt upon being assaulted in such a way but it was exactly the kind of thing she should feel. Well, should he take it as a desire for more? She gave it at least a casual bit of thought but in the end she decided something very specific. "I'm a masochist Daddy, whether punishment or reward, I'll always want you to give me more and I'll always be grateful for it♪~" Miko flirted. Ah, but those words were the truth as she saw it. If she was willing to admit that she enjoyed the physical stimulation and they both already knew it, then she also liked having a thorough spanking at some point during coitus if her ass was up in the air.

From one marvelous flirt to a physical movement, Miko would find herself balanced on her hands and giving away parts of herself. If Yugi was to be stingy with stars, she supposed it would be fair to call her frugal with what she gave away of herself. "Hm, I hadn't thought about it like that. But you haven't really used much else... hands maybe?" she added to the list with a cheeky bit of snark. Perhaps that would be how she allowed him to gain anymore. With her bottom up in the air though her immediate response aftewards would be a yelp, "YIIIP♪~ THANK YOU♪~" she chirped out afterwards. Of course with her legs up and around Yugi's waist, she was now even more subject to his physicality. She'd be losing stability ever so often flying forward and having to use her legs to hold on tighter as he used his core to piston into her depths. It felt really nice, so nice in fact with the angle, tightness and increased movement, she couldn't help but feel the orgasm building in her loins. "Daddy♪ When you're this rough with me I can't help but cum all over you. You can shaft me, I don't mind♫~" she chirped out as she orgasmed and once more sprayed this man with her bodily fluids. One day she might figure out why that kept happening. For now though, he'd get to experience the massaging wetness of her loins and the constant shafting he promised.

[Bloodedge]

They had long since come to an understanding of Miko's masochism, but it would come up once again as justification for her actions. Being the masochist she was, she'd continue to accept reward and punishment alike with gratitude. It seemed that would apply at virtually any time, and Yugi would certainly take advantage of it as such. "I'll keep that in mind. Everything's a reward~" he commented as their position shifted into something a bit ridiculous for human teens.

Yugi naturally wanted more than just a few holes to possess. If they were to be an item, there was an implication of things beyond sex ─ and things beyond conventional penetration. Based on their earlier interactions thus far, Miko thought to offer her hands as well. That was reasonable... but it still got her a more punctuated slap to the arse. "OK, maybe not everything is a reward," he said. Miko relished in the rough treatment though, so what could even be called a punishment besides neglect? Well, Yugi wasn't going to be shorting himself on anything. She'd let him 'shaft' her at will, so he would do just that. "Holes and hands? That's all you want to do forever? Boring~" he joked in the midst of Miko's orgasm. To break the monotony of ass-slapping, he slid his other hand around to force its thumb into her rectum, roughly pulling to one side from within. "More. Or else~" he threatened.

From far across the riverbank, a low ripple began to distort the treeline — subtle at first, like heat haze rolling off stone, but wrong in a way the world itself seemed hesitant to acknowledge. The air dimmed, the reflections on the river dulled, and a long, silvery silhouette slid between the trees without sound, bending light around its shape as though reality refused to hold it. Even with the Players tucked away inside the shell-house, wrapped up in each other and blissfully unaware, the presence crept closer, patient and deliberate. The administrator watched its slow advance with a tightening in his voice, murmuring that something old and territorial had answered the river’s disturbance... and that it was coming not with rage, but with purpose. "The phantom stirs. Drawn by the absence of its kin, it crosses the water with intent older than either of them can fathom. How unfortunate that my darling Players are occupied with pleasures instead of preparation."

[Apollymi]

Everything was a reward, that was the conclusion that Yugi came to based on Miko's words. She could agree, mostly. As far as physical things were concerned she didn't find most of them to be negative to her person. She'd taken a rough slap to the ass, plunges into her womb, even aggressive treatment of her actual asshole and being forced into positions physically. None of it discouraged her and none of it was anything she wouldn't allow to happen again. "Seems about right♪~" Miko chirped. Were there things she could consider punishments? Well, yes, but when she tried to think of something the only thing that might actually make her upset was not getting sex out of the scenario. Since sex was Yugi's main goal, it seemed that it wouldn't be possible for him to properly punish her in their current situation without also punishing himself. Caveats existed in everything though and Miko wasn't the type to completely ignore the fact that she wasn't sure how extreme the lad would be to try and punish her...

Speaking of trying to punish her, Yugi seemed to think the better of his statement. A punctuated strike to her ass, did just receive the convulsions of her core instead of anything negative in response from Miko. All because she'd only added hands to his list of acquisitions. She knew they were to be an item. She knew she should offer him more, but if this dance were to continue with them on equal footing she had to hold something. So in this case, her self was what she could hold as ransom, she'd give more of herself the more he gave her and the more he gave of himself. This was what she determined to be fair as part of their exchanges. Instead he commented on how boring it would be to only use those things forever he also stretched her rear hole, the extra sensation causing her to cry out another of those odd hentai sentences which seemed to fall from her mouth from time to time. "Daaaaddy♪~ You're being so rough, you're stretching my ass♪~" she chirped her observation. As for what he was doing there was an implied threat, what would she do with that information? Something just a little snarky and bratty. "But Daddy... how would I know what else to offer if you haven't tried to use anything else. I'm not such a degenerate that I've thought about other things you might like~" she answered his desires with a tease of her own. One might think she was actually looking for ideas, or perhaps she was using this to learn a bit more about this lad's legitimate desires sexual and otherwise. No matter what, there was something approaching them and it oddly wouldn't be something she'd naturally pick up with her enhances senses. A soundless beast wasn't something she could track of her own accord and it was far from her mind to be on high alert given they were currently within their little safe haven.

[Bloodedge]

A bona fide hentai heroin ─ that was the identity Yugi would assign one Iino Miko. In spite of the sheer innocence she showed outside of their shared sexual experiences, she so frequently spewed the most potent one-liners he'd ever heard. Those words surely had no place in reality, right? Wrong. He moved that thumb within her asshole, and she commented on the rough stretching so directly. What could he do if not... more? Yugi thought the better of taking extreme approaches right away, but her 'refusal' to make additional offers deserved further 'punishment' as he saw it. True, he hadn't tried anything else with her... but why should he believe she had no ability to come up with other things? "Am I supposed to believe you? I think you just don't realize you're exactly that much of a degenerate," he argued.

To emphasize his point, Yugi decided to forego the slapping to instead force his other thumb into Miko's bum. His two digits would be pulling, each to one side as though he truly meant to spread her into a more open state. "See, I've seen what you are. I could predict an alternate future for you right now. If we fucked once and separated, given you were into it enough to disregard protection since the very beginning and even want me to fill you with cum... you'd fall right into a downward spiral. Bad End. You'd probably end up slutting yourself out halfway to Ibaraki, just looking for the next 'most satisfying fuck' you can find. You might even do that anyway. So... in short, if you're not such a degenerate... what are you instead?" he asked, grinding against the end of her womb and constantly tugging her anus two ways.

Meanwhile, the pair's unknown 'guest' drifted along the forest’s shadowed edge, its movement less a physical traversal and more a silent unfolding of presence. As it neared the river’s bend, the water grew still, reflections warping as though refusing to capture its shape. Stray motes of bioluminescent dust rose from its passing, disturbed by a force that never touched the ground. The ambient mana thinned in its wake, siphoned gently, like a tide rolling inward. Still unseen, still unheard, the creature glided toward the crude shell-built home — drawn to the sudden vacuum where six of its spectral attendants had vanished from the world.

[Apollymi]

Was Miko a hentai heroine? Maybe, she wouldn't say she ingested a lot of hentai. Not in... normal forms. She did read a bit and play her otome games, but the ero parts were just extras she was mostly there for the emotional development. Beyond this point it seemed that Yugi didn't believe she had no idea what to offer him, in fact, he punished her before even saying anything else about it. By... further stretching her rear hole. She moaned softly, "Oooha♫~ Daddy when you do it like that I really have to believe you're punishing me♪~" she stated, though the gentle twitching of her ass within his fingers said she truly didn't mind. It was such a strange sensation but it wasn't one she actually disliked. "Of course you're supposed to believe me♪~" she chirped. She wasn't lying, there she'd never given any consideration to fetishes or the like. The ones she had were developed in the moment after thinking about it a bit.

Ah, but Yugi was here to help with that. He claimed he could see her and knew what she'd have become if they'd simply had sex the way they did and separated. Her oddities spilling out in an analytical fashion. He whittled her personality down to a Bad End. One which left her searching for satisfaction, and testing varieties to try and find it. This alone was apparently enough to qualify her as a degenerate. In truth she could see that, if they'd just had the sex and nothing else odd had happened afterwards, it would have made her brain tick. It would have put new thoughts in her head which made her try and test several different variables. Her oddly attractive therapist, her musical soul mate, maybe even the bad-boy guy her Dad didn't like. She would have had to at least try them all before she made any real progress. "Bad ends are only bad if you don't like what's happening. I haven't felt something I don't like yet~" she decided in the moment. "Uuuwaah♪~ If that's how it goes it makes me a degenerate, but that doesn't mean I just have ideas..." she murmured so softly as he grinded against her womb. "Hyung♪~ I decide in a moment what kind of gratification to seek, what to do or offer even without knowing exactly how it will turn out. Do you want that Daddy? I can give you my full deviant curiosity, the parts I don't think about until they're too present for me to ignore~" she questioned him directly, while tightening and releasing her thighs to help move herself around on his cock with her random suspension. Each little shake would have him rattling around in her core. She could offer him that. While sophistry developed the pair was being stalked in the most dangerous possible way. Unable to focus some creature snuck up on them in a way neither of their senses would allow them to notice without focus.

[Bloodedge]

The visitor paused at the river’s bend, a subtle ripple in the currents hinting at its awareness. Though it had not drawn close enough to strike, some imperceptible thread tugged at the air, sensing the warmth, the rhythm, the very life of the two huddled in their shell-home. The creature’s gaze—if it could be called that—glimmered through the shimmer of its semi-transparent form, acknowledging the intruders without sound, without movement. The forest itself seemed to tense, holding its breath for the moment the unseen predator would decide whether these new sparks were prey… or curiosity.

All the while, Yugi was occupying himself with an impromptu 'punishment' that seemed to hold some weight. Miko's physical reactions were positive without a doubt. As if to spit in the face of positivity however, her words opposed the natural flexes he felt in her rear and loins. In regards to the 'Bad Ends' Yugi spoke of, the brunette argued semantics that he... frankly wouldn't disagree with. He was an enjoyer of Bad Ends ─ not because of what they represented, but because of what lay hidden under the surface interpreted by most viewers/readers. In those situations, there was freedom from the monotony of normal life. Surely Miko's alternate future would be falling into that category, but that did not disprove Yugi's overarching point. She explained her methods and why nothing had come up immediately, offering her curious and experimental nature in place of something firm now. What a queer thing to do, Yugi thought. Well... oddities alone would not sway him. "I'll take it... and everything else you've got. Since you signed me up, I'll tell you: I don't play early access games with the intention of committing. You're a fun game to play, so I'll take the full release and play it to 100% completion," he vowed, taking that rattling in Miko's core to new heights. Both thumbs in her anus were used as anchors, his other fingers spread out across Miko's ass. "Look; I even went and got the custom controller already~"

[Apollymi]

If they weren't so involved in some deep debauchery, Miko might have noticed the lack of background noise surrounding them. In fact, the sudden silence would have been unnerving for her, given how acute her sense of hearing had been, even before it became magically enhanced. Still, she'd be blissfully unaware, too busy receiving reward and punishment for her senses to feel the impending threat. But... perhaps it wasn't a threat yet, there was something much more immediately pressing for her, and it had to do with Yugi and his body's movements and his coming speech.

Miko's body responded to his physical prodding, pulling at her anus and the thrusting within her womb. But her mind and something a bit deeper would be responding to his words. Her statement about Bad Ends wasn't being argued against, but what was more pressing about his speech was the idea that Yugi didn't play early access games with the intention of committing. If love and life in general for him were games, then he'd not intended to settle in. Still, he was signed up and he found her fun and as such he'd be committing. By his own words his type of commitment was deeper than maybe even he realized. Playing a game to completion was something she also did, but somehow it felt so real as a statement. "YES DADDY♫~" such a forceful bit of agreement but she had more to say. If he'd already committed to a custom controller she'd take responsibility for signing him all the way up without his consent. "Uuuummmah♫~ Since you've gone though all the trouble, I'll be your favorite game. I don't give apolo-gems though you'll have to settle for head♪~" she flirted with new understanding and shamelessness. Hand grasping her cheeks gaping her anus and even his cock thrusting against her deepest parts had the girl rolling. Her body was quite responsive to all this rough treatment and she was building another deep orgasm, her loins pulsing continuously around his cock as she waited for the greatest moment ever.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi called the lass a fun game. Upon hearing that claim, Miko took an obvious interest in the clause. A firm 'yes Daddy' came from the girl who would be played to 100% completion by Yugi's own admission. She'd take things a step or two further, however. Miko didn't simply offer herself to be a game he enjoyed and thoroughly played; she offered to be his favorite game. Alas, the thing they called 'apolo-gems' to denote gachapon currency when offered as recompense for bugs, maintenance and the like, was not something she offered. He'd have to settle for head, Miko uttered. "Settle?" Yugi questioned, mockingly aghast by the suggestion. He then did something quite strange. As he'd been stretching Miko's anus and holding it open, Yugi gathered saliva in his mouth and spat into the girl's rectum. "That's a major feature! I can't settle for something that brought me to the fucking game!" he prattled. "But if we're talking gacha, I guess I gotta top up! Are you run by one of those money-grubbing developers? 'Cause I'm ready to swipe!" he announced ─ a mere innuendo for the fact that his dick was swelling nearly to the bursting point. In this case, Yugi supposed his ejaculation could easily be likened to making an in-game purchase. All the while, he remained blissfully ignorant to the goings-on outside. . .

A subtle pulse radiated from the phantom, almost imperceptible, stirring the edges of the forest and tugging at the lingering scent of the Players. Its presence pressed against the very air, a weight that did not move but was, brushing against the senses with the insistence of something ancient and patient. From its vantage in the river’s shadow, it traced the faint disturbances left by six vanished attendants, piecing together the echoes of life that now hummed faintly from within the shell-house. It did not hurry, but neither did it waver—every fiber of its being attuned to the intruders it had never met, yet already understood. And somewhere deep in that stillness, the world whispered: the phantom knew, and it was waiting.

[Apollymi]

Miko would never settle for just being fun. It wasn't enough for her to be something he liked to play. No if she was to embody something inanimate, then she'd be the one to be the best possible version of the thing. Such was her nature, to do her best. She would be his favorite game, even going on to offer something she knew he wanted as a form of currency. Such a desire was made obvious by his mocking reaction. He'd come here for the 'head' as he saw it. And it'd been one of the first things he'd commented on her being good at. As such she'd always have it on offer, because of it's mutual benefit. So what would he be doing beyond that... well oddly enough he'd be spitting into her stretched anus. Saliva ran into her in the oddest way possible. It felt strange, she should probably not enjoy being spit on in such a way, but the sensation of that slightly warm fluid running into her body wasn't something she could dislike. More twitching from her rear and a little noise escaped her lips, "Oooha♪~ Well, as long as you're engaged with the content♫~" she went along with the analogy appreciating the sensations she was being offered.

And then she felt it, the throbbing of his cock as he readied himself to explode within her. Such a thing had her throbbing in return. Was her gacha run by a money-grubbing company? Probably. She herself was an undeniable consumer of funds, and he'd be single-handedly funding her for the foreseeable future. "Yeah, definitely a hungry dev team. This is practically a subscription service. Not free to play friendly at all... but the hook and content loop are addictive♫~" she chirped playfully. "As long as you swipe and top up, it'll be the most engaging content... fully intuitive gameplay, that has a lot of different paths to follow. Worth drop you put into it♪~" she flirted. "Go ahead and top-up, Daddy♫~ There's always a bonus♪~" she said almost teasingly. Of course, if he filled her at any point, she'd definitely orgasm as well, sending vibrations directly into his cock and squeezing the life from him. Their stalker not even something which could have concerned her. No, she was far too busy enjoying their new milestone.

[Bloodedge]

So long as Yugi was engaged with the content, Miko had no issues to present. Her claim of such came with another noise, making it sound as if she was pleased receiving his saliva to her ass. He figured that would be the case since she was more than willing to take a load to the ass before. "Oh I'm engaged. Sounds like you are too. You like me spitting in your ass?" he questioned half-rhetorically while using one thumb to spread that same saliva around Miko's rectal wall. At this point, Yugi was simply doing some things just to do them ─ things he'd probably seen before in some form of pornographic media.

Whatever development team was in charge of the game 'Iino Miko', they were definitely the hungry sort. She wasn't a good free-to-play experience, but insisted upon a quality content loop? How interesting it was that she fell into the references so easily. All he had to do, according to Miko, was 'swipe' as they were putting it. A promise to make the experience worthwhile, one actually delivered, was all anyone could ask for from developers. Ah, but she even mentioned a bonus. How could he say no to that? "Then I'll buy every pack!" Yugi announced. He used those thumbs hooked into Miko's anus as a winch while slamming full-force into her womb. "Gimme that bonus!" he exclaimed, glans resting at the rear of Miko's womb and spraying directly against it a liquid that had expectedly become much more voluminous, but also viscous. The thick surge had so little room to work with, it crashed the wall of Miko's womb and followed it before filling the limited empty space between their flesh. Given the amount he was being squeezed by her canal, it only gave his expulsion a more difficult time trying to find additional space through which to travel. The end result would be... an expansion of Miko's womb while Yugi only continued blasting away due to the unusual vibrations he was now feeling.

Meanwhile, the Phantom lingered outside, its form half-submerged in shadow as it tasted the lingering traces of mana drifting from the fresh-built shelter. The energy wasn’t wild or reckless — it was concentrated, intertwined, amplified by the pair inside without either of them realizing it. To the visitor, that alone marked them as anomalous… and potentially dangerous. Its faceless helm tilted, as if weighing this new variable against whatever instinct drove it; the air around its silhouette thinned, trembling with the hush before a storm. Something within it—whatever passed for caution or curiosity—coiled tighter. These two were no longer simply intruders. They were a disturbance… and disturbances needed to be tested.

[Apollymi]

Miko was the type of person who could go along with a pretense. Ones she understood made it much easier for her to connect. The gaming referencing they'd been using since basically their meeting was one she fully understood. Beyond that, the lad was willing to go along with engaging with the content, in this case saliva finding its way to her stretched asshole was something she couldn't help but enjoy. His commentary about it, was rhetorical in nature but that didn't mean she wouldn't find it in her to say something. "Yes Daddy♫~ It feels so relieving when you're playing in my ass like that♪~" she commented another of those vaguely pornographic sentences that definitely shouldn't have just been falling out of a random person's mouth.

Still, with him hooked into her ass, and believing in her commentary about the nature of her game state, Miko couldn't help but fall in. She'd promised a bonus but it was mostly her body's natural response to filling which would playout. He wanted the bonus and claimed that he'd buy every pack, how interesting. Miko herself convulsed, the vibrations of her filling womb were one thing but the stretching of her anus the spit the sensations, they were quite a lot. "Waaaah♫~ Thanks for your purchase♪~" the girl chimed as her own body movements went along with the filling. Her continued inner twitching and her body's direct responsiveness was the bonus she'd offered, along with a splash from her own loins directly into his lap as he was covered in her juices due to the experience of her most recent orgasm. Her tongue was out, she was drooling and she felt, full. The fact that she could feel this way while being so thoroughly used and turning herself into essentially a game for someone else's pleasure was... pleasant. Even so, her legs would soon be losing their tightness around his waist as her thighs twitched and softened in a single moment. She'd once again be holding her arms downward in an attempt to catch herself. All the while, that threat looming in the distance was ever closer than either of them knew, and it was registering them as the threat they were.

[Bloodedge]

An explosive end, between this pair, couldn't even be the end. Since Miko alleged enjoying the way he played in her ass, Yugi primed himself to repeat his earlier actions. Lips pursed, and saliva gathered under his tongue until it streamed down into her gaped hole. All the while, Yugi kept tugging her anus to either side as if to ensure that lubricating saliva was properly spread around while it pooled. He still couldn't free himself from her womb... but that was fine; he didn't intend to end their fun just yet anyway. "Have some extra for my account. I think I'll go buy a new set of cosmetics later ─ maybe some new gameplay features too. Now about those not-apologems~" he said. Alas, nothing about that conversation would come to fruition. Why? Well. . .

The Phantom advanced with predatory stillness until it loomed directly over the shell-home, shadows tugging toward its form as though gravity itself had shifted. Then, with a single soundless pulse, the structure collapsed inward—ribs splintering, bone plates crumpling like dry bark, the entire dwelling imploding under invisible pressure before bursting apart in a muted shockwave of dust and shattered fragments. In the settling haze, the boss hovered above the ruin, its hollow, six-fissured mask turning toward the mana it had sensed within, weighing the unseen occupants now as something more than incidental prey.

Their house crumbling around them in a single moment brought Yugi to an immediate realization. There was something on his mind before, during the building process. For a D-rank threat, those eels were disturbingly easy... and for something marked hostile, they were surprisingly non-aggressive. "Godfuckingdamnit!" he yelled. Yugi rammed against the end of Miko's womb again in an act of sheer frustration while slouching over her body, all to act as a shield against debris. "Pilot fish! They were fucking pilot fish! I almost had it, but no! I decided to be fucking stupid! And I JUST BUILT THAT FUCKING HOUSE, YOU PIECE!"

[Apollymi]

And so a fantastic flourish occurred for both participants in debauchery. Miko also realized they'd not been able to part just yet, but assumed it was a matter of muscle control and figured they'd come undone once relaxation was achieved. Of course, Yugi didn't yet seem ready for relaxation not given he was spitting even more into her rectum. "YES DADDY!~" Miko chimed of course, there was the matter of their combined interest. "Also I am always ready for that, just gotta..." she began trying to loose her hold on him, concentrating on the muscles in her abdomen and trying to release a seal which she didn't fully register as something she could feel, but no... it wasn't to be.

No sooner than she'd finish speaking did their new space of domestic bliss come crashing down around them. She squeaked just a little drawing in, with magic in her hand. She was ready and willing to immediately case the veil of choice, only to find Yugi still over her and protecting her in the carnage. "Waaah♪~ Are you okay?" she questioned first and foremost. "HYUCK!♪~" was the second thing out of her mouth given the lad's rather aggressive push into her womb the second time as he griped about his missing information. "Pilot fish?" she murmured seemingly in thought, well as much thought as she could be given their current positioning. "Oh, the little fish that eat the annoying stuff beside big fish..." she murmured. That made sense of the eels, but not why they registered as aggressive even though they weren't the bigger threat. Still, Yugi was slouched over her and she was now feeling something odd like her heart beat echoing in her chest. There were several problems, their house was destroyed, they were naked, and as far as she new still stuck together but... beyond that there was also the matter of not being able to relax given he kept pumping just a bit.

[Bloodedge]

Deviant behavior was not to be stopped until both parties were satisfied. Yugi wasn't satisfied just yet, nor did he think Miko was. They were just getting ready to shift into another round of foreplay when their house crumbled. Miko questioned the wellness of Yugi, who shielded her from above with his own back. Was he alright? Physically he was, but... "Fuck now; I just built that fucking house!" he reiterated. As for the 'pilot fish' they had been dealing with before, Yugi couldn't possibly be more upset with himself for not completing the thought earlier. "Yes, they were way too trash for the highest threat we'd seen thus far. I thought there was a chance of them being adds, but let myself forget about it after the first twenty minutes," he explained hurriedly. Meanwhile...

The Phantom didn’t hesitate; its form flickered once before a violent pulse rippled outward from its core—an expanding ring of compressed air that twisted the space around it with a deep, bone-felt hum. The blast wasn’t meant to kill but to divide, slicing horizontally through the ruined shelter like a shockwave fired from a cannon, calculated to tear the two bodies apart at the hips where they were still joined. Debris lifted, dust spiraled, and the force rolled across the clearing with ruthless precision, a cold, mechanical intent behind every inch of its advancing pressure.

There was no time to hesitate or continue complaining with an immediate assault en route. Yugi just barely managed to place both hands against Miko's back and put forth enough physical strength to force their loins apart. It was rough, a little painful and slightly pleasant─but it most importantly was enough to clear them both of a shockwave that would even leave a narrow trench in the ground below. "Wow, not even gonna talk shit before a fight huh? Well guess what bitch? Your adds were delicious!" Yugi instigated. Immediately afterwards, he reached into the inventory box and received a replacement sword purchased after selling scraps from the many small creatures they'd taken down to build the house. It was only a minor upgrade to the previous iron sword ─ one of steel with an additional point of Attack. "Fuck it. I'll keep this guy's attention. Sell whatever parts of the house aren't totally destroyed."

[Apollymi]

Miko was always far from finished. She'd have preferred to keep having sex for the rest of the day as they intended. Of course, their intentions and those of the world around them and the System were always very different things. In this case, she'd questioned if Yugi was okay, and had gotten out of him that he wasn't because he'd just built the house. She supposed if he was still griping over something they could fix technically then he was alright. "I know, I know..." she agreed. It was always annoying when work you'd just finished was ruined by no mechanization of your own. Besides that apparently, he'd allowed himself to forget about the thoughts he had concerning pilot fish after about twenty minutes. "Sou ka, well I don't blame you. It's been a thing, I also didn't hear its approach or even expect it," Miko affirmed of her own lack of knowledge. This thing had slippedher radar in a way that most things couldn't. Still, there were more important matters like the coming attack.

Yugi managed to react in the knick of time, making their loins come lose with a somewhat painfully-pleasant popping, "Uah♪~" was the first chirp before seeing the damage caused by the shockwave which left her strangely shocked. "Whoa whoa whoa, we need telegraphing before you do attacks like that!" Miko gripped. That could have been exceedingly dangerous. "I don't have growing back dicks on my list of skills, sir! Behave yourself or I'll eat you too!" she chided the monster as if it was a child acting naughty and somehow managing a threat that could be taken physically or sexually given the nature of their previous devouring of the creatures pilot fish. Whatever the case, Yugi taunted the creature and then, claimed that Miko should sell the leftovers while he distracted it. "Shop." she saw the screen in front of herself before looking over at Yugi. "Lumen Veil," she casted that wrapping piece of light around him aiming to get him back to standard. Of course, it now had a multi-cast functionality so it would be like the effect was applied thrice over. "If you take more than three hits or if it goes right though let me know," she offered as she went about the sale. Of course she couldn't let herself unprotected either. She rolled away putting herself out of the way before casting, "Miststep Veil," causing her form to immediately be camoflagued while she interacted with the System. Broken items around them started disappearing as their amount of gold steadily increased.

[Bloodedge]

Both Yugi and Miko had a proverbial bone to pick with this intruder. In spite of its large stature, seeming to stand at about eight feet tall, a pair of upset teens would surely behave as such in the face of most things. "Maybe have re-growing dicks on the list if dickheads like this are gonna be targeting my precious son all the time!" Yugi griped openly. He stepped forward, ready to face the Phantom. Only then, as Miko's Lumen Veil cascaded over him, did Yugi view the System alert for this enemy.


[IDENTIFICATION COMPLETE]
Name: Riverglass Phantom
Rank: B
Type: Constructed Predator (System‑Spawned)
Height: 8'0"
Behavior: Silent, relentless, reacts to mana signatures
Traits:

Mana Reflex: Prioritizes the highest‑output mana source.
Phase Step: Momentary semi‑intangible movement for position shifts.
Refraction Hide: Reduces effectiveness of magic not directly applied to its “core.”
Kinetic Lash: Generates high‑impact concussive strikes through motion alone.
Sensory Drift: Detects disturbance, motion, or mana flux within 20 meters.

Weaknesses:

Physical attacks to the chest‑core (exposed when its “armor plates” realign mid‑movement).
Overloaded mana input short‑circuits its external refraction field.

Current Status: Actively engaged. Target acquisition locked.

Yugi viewed the screen and realized some upgrades had been made to how they saw enemies... or perhaps it was a matter of elites? This one notably had a name colored red, as opposed to the yellows and whites they'd been seeing up to this point. Such was standard fare in RPGs and the like. Regardless, the time had come to act. The phantom shifted its stance the moment Yugi advanced, its eyeless helm angling toward the glow of the Lumen Veil as if tasting the mana radiating off him. Its towering frame went unnaturally still—then its right arm snapped outward in a blur, a concussive shock pulsing from the motion like a silent thunderclap. The attack wasn’t a projectile but a compressed wave of force, aimed straight at Yugi’s chest with enough power to test the limits of the Veil. Even as it moved, the phantom’s head twitched subtly toward the faint disturbance of Miko’s Miststep aura, a predator acknowledging prey it could sense but not yet see… and deciding Yugi would be broken first. Sadly, Yugi had other plans in mind. He shifted left, not intending to let the veil be tested at all if it could be avoided. "Can we not deal with something two full fucking ranks higher as a boss? Shouldn't D-rank bosses be a problem right now?" Yugi complained while darting around the phantom in a clockwise circle, sword at the ready and charged with electricity. After reading the System layout, he had an idea... but it required a certain test before it could even be attempted. "Hey dickhead, can you understand me?"

[Apollymi]

The ability to regrow a dick was apparently something which should be added to Miko's list of skills. Given the blatant targeting of the lad's tool she could only agree. Besides that if she could regrow a dick she could probably regrow limbs and those were much more likely to need to be replaced. "Box it♪~" she chirped, if only because she had quite a bit more to focus on. She cast her veils and then began the process of selling damaged items as instructed. Still, she continued that sale while another screen came up with some information about the creature. She looked at it and scanned it, frowning. "Constructed? Someone made this? On purpose?! What the fuck Brainface!?" she griped. Ah but that wasn't the only thing to gripe about.

This Riverglass Phantom seemed to choose Yugi as its target. Still... that didn't stop it from casting its gaze towards the hidden Miko. She shivered as she realized it was sensing for her and could probably do so even though she was hidden from sight. "I don't like that... I feel anxious. I think it knows where I am..." she murmured softly. Well, perhaps she could count on it viewing Yugi as more threatening in the moment so she could swiftly finish her task and maybe move on to helping with the offense in a more proper way. "Again someone made this!" Miko griped along with Yugi about the strength of the boss. Still, she'd managed to amass some amount of gold back from their destroyed abode. "Still I wish had requip. Requip would be awesome..." Miko murmured. "Sales done!" she announced quickly. Sure enough all of the debris that was salvagable had disappeared from around her, sent to the shop for the scraps of gold she could collect for them.

[Bloodedge]

The phantom had remained an unyielding, silent monolith as Yugi circled, his sword crackling with electricity and tangling with the kinetic energy radiating from its form. Tiny waves of force had pressed against him like a living pressure, but it had made no sound, no gesture—only the faint shimmer along its edges had indicated awareness. The administrator observed from afar, murmuring to himself, “Communication is unnecessary. Humans are predictable; their intentions radiate like flares. Even unspoken, their strategy imprints upon the surrounding energy… fascinating how they attempt reasoning where only reaction is required.” Conversely, Yugi muttered words of annoyance for all to hear. "Nobody installed a voice box on this damn thing? I hate when bosses talk shit, but I like my bosses to talk shit!" he said whilst leaping over a horizontal slash the phantom aimed his way ─ immediately having to slide under another as the boss spun fully in a circle to follow the first attack. "Woah!"

This creature knew Miko's location ─ at least in a general sense. Regardless, it seemed Yugi had enough of its attention for the moment. Though he was busy dodging attacks and running around like the mobile target he'd been reduced to, Yugi both heard and responded to Miko's mention of 'requip'. "Just get what you need and put it on! I'll hold it!" he urged. In the following moment, a charged strike at the phantom's leg was parried by its armored hide alone, even causing Yugi's electricity to arc into the sky, stronger in that moment than it was when he attacked. "Take over when you're done? There's a thing I've been saving for!"

[Apollymi]

The overseer in his wisdom had the wrong idea about why the teens wished to speak with this creature. It wasn't necessarily about reasoning with it, no, they both just wanted it to get a piece of their minds for interrupting their afternoon activities. It would seem that Yugi wanted his boss to talk shit, but if Miko had to guess, this was a matter of wanting to show it up. That made sense in her case, "Silence is oddly unnerving for me..." she mentioned almost passively. Still, in seeing this creatures attack patterns she could think that there was a possibility of it being rather difficult to handle. It's attack patterns were pretty consistent, and his armor would make it hard to pierce. Magic could help but without the ability to strike it's core it would be rather difficult to maneuver around. Well, she at least had faith that as long as it didn't speed up its attacks it could be dodged with a bit of accuracy.

Yugi was showing off such an ability. Still, Miko had quietly claimed to want requip and had gotten a response from Yugi. That she should just get dressed and he'd hold off the creature while she did. Then they could switch as he'd been waiting for some kind of upgrade. "Hai hai I just need a second," she mentioned. It didn't matter to her if she didn't have on shoes so much but at least something to cover her nudity would make her happy. She'd gotten a singlet dress to slip into. She'd gotten it knowing that they were among the easiest ways to get dressed in case of an emergency, much like her slipping into her uniform dress had been when she'd met Yugi. Of course, she expected some amount of oddity about it with her current body but she didn't expect the kind of difficulty she was having as she stood to slip into the dress. While she was likely still invisible until she moved from the spot. Still she found herself struggling to fit into the dress. It moved over her head, neck and shoulders fine, but slipping it around her chest was now difficult and much to her own chagrin the window created around her chest was massive. Beyond that it snuggly fit over her stomach and showed off her narrow waist before having to be pulled over her rather plump rear. She had a large opening in the back as well, which left a breeze going over her butt cheeks top but overall at least she wasn't naked anymore given she was still wearing her thigh highs. "Ugh♪~ I didn't know it would be so tight!~" she commented as she made herself visible by moving while she pulled forth her water based staff. "Tag out?" she asked shifting her hips slightly as if trying to make sure she could move comfortably.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi had been managing to evade well enough. He would have preferred dealing with an enemy that could at least be damaged easily, but beggars could not be choosers. Eventually, he heard the announcement of Miko... but it wasn't initially the one he expected. Her comment about something being tight was originally assumed to be about his dodging. Ah, but he could see her again. That tight dress left just the right amount to imagination, and laid bare just enough to put Yugi in danger. "HOT DAMN FUCK!" he exclaimed almost incoherently. The phantom had shifted slightly as Yugi’s gaze lingered, its motion responding to his momentum yet utterly indifferent to distraction. Sparks from his sword had flickered across the air, following the arc of his evasions, while kinetic pulses thudded against the ground in response to its controlled power. The overseer murmured, “Ah… even the most primal instincts, when tethered to desire, alter reaction time. The human mind is a curious anomaly—capable of focus yet so easily disrupted by proximity, by stimulus… by the very presence of the one they would protect.”

Without warning, the phantom lunged forward, a precise kinetic strike aimed at where Yugi’s shoulder dipped in distraction. The air compressed violently around him as the force carved through the clearing, testing his reflexes against both speed and instinct. The phantom's power, sadly, was its biggest weakness during that surprise assault. In close proximity, Yugi was overwhelmed by its power ─ to such an extent that he could feel that kinetic force before it got anywhere near him. It wasn't too difficult to ride the proverbial wave and duck beneath another cleaving attack. "Shit! Why the fuck would you put that on?!" he questioned while beneath the phantom's blade. Sadly, things were becoming more difficult for the lad. He didn't need Miko's offer to switch, if only because he'd be immediately launched by the concussive force following the phantom's most recent attack, missed or otherwise. The jarring shockwave felt like it struck his brain directly, tossing him across and alongside a spray of debris from the shell-house rubble. As he careened across the field taking impact after impact, Yugi continued bitching and moaning. "Gah! Fucking! Da─it! Ugh! Fight!" he shouted.

[Apollymi]

Miko appeared dressed once more though revealing a lot of flesh in a skin tight dress. Just the same it would seem she'd be getting quite the endorsement and perhaps even a boost to her self-esteem. Why? Well, because initially all Yugi had to offer was a string of incoherent curses. "Squee♪!" she chirped a deep redness coming to her face. What was more she was now watching as some interesting maneuvers took place, Yugi seemed perfectly capable of dodging though he was obviously distracted by her look. Ah but even that wasn't fated to last, no Yugi would be tossed eventually but not without questioning why the girl was wearing that particular article of clothing. "It was a singlet, it was supposed to be quick to put on in case of emergencies. I didn't know it would fit like this," Miko explained. Ah but she was told to fight... so fight she would.

With Yugi bounced out of the way she began charging up a bubble of mana on top of her staff. Though she still took the time to use her unoccupied hand to snap refresh of Lumen Veil for herself and for Yugi, "Gomen, I'll change when we're done and we have more time..." she said. "Lumen Veil," she chirped out as well. It wasn't her intention to be a distraction, but it wouldn't be the first time she could be called such. Instead of dwelling on it, she flicked that water ball at the creature aiming to soak it and then she'd belt out a high pitched magically enhanced note. Her logic being that... if its smaller creatures could be effected by sound, it might at least be annoyed by it and help her figure out how to get it to expose its weakness. "OOOOOOOOOAAAAH♫~" she belted out seeming to aim to vibrate those scales and its being if she could. At the same time, she figured it would definitely work for drawing attention to her.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi thought he'd experienced more than enough forceful impacts for one year. He'd tumbled so many times, banging against this thing and that, he was sure some amount of permanent damage would have been done without Lumen Veil in place. Only as he lay virtually motionless on the ground, receiving a fresh veil, did he groan out a response to the brunette. "CHANGE?! Do you have an even skimpier dress I don't know about?" he asked as if that were all he'd accept from her. Yugi then struggled his way into an upright sitting position, wincing and moaning all the while. "Hngh... fuck! Don't get hit by that shit! Shop!" he called out. While Miko took over, Yugi would be working on another weapon that might do some real damage.

The phantom felt the shift the instant Miko stepped forward—her presence a cooler, tighter current of mana than Yugi’s wild lightning. As her veil of water lashed out, the creature stilled, its entire frame giving that uncanny, predatory tilt of the head… as though listening. Then... her voice hit. Her mana-laced note thrummed through the clearing like a struck crystal, and the phantom’s semi-reflective plates rippled in response—brief distortions skipping across its armor as if her vibration magic were trying to find a resonance point. The creature didn’t stagger, but its posture tightened, claws flexing, torso leaning as though bracing against a sudden internal pressure. For a heartbeat, it assessed her anew… deciding whether she had just become the more dangerous target. It didn’t roar—only shuddered once, sharply, the tremor running down its limbs like a system reboot—then surged forward, compelled to break her rhythm before it could take hold.

The phantom lunged after Miko’s voice hit that trembling pitch, its form blurring into a rush of force that cracked the earth beneath it. It swept an arm through the air in a brutal, arcing strike, the pressure alone enough to send leaves spiraling away in a widening wake. As her water hissed across its armor, the phantom twisted with unsettling sharpness and drove a blow toward her sternum — a concussive pulse of pure kinetic force, meant to fold her in half and silence that resonant, scale-shaking tone before it built into something dangerous.

[Apollymi]

Miko apparently didn't need to change clothes. Why? Well, there was a strange utterance which made it sound like Yugi would only accept her change if she changed into something even skimpier. "Iia, I didn't even mean for it to be this skimpy. Singlets usually cover more... and it was supposed to be easy to slip into and out of," Miko claimed, truly abashed. Of course, she realized by his words that Yugi quite enjoyed her current outfit and as such she knew she looked good in it. According to Yugi, she shouldn't get hit by that attack, given how far he bounced she could say, "Hai, I'm usually pretty good at dodging," Miko claimed. She'd also been observing the fight before and realized the nature of this creature's attacks. So, she knew they weren't singular attacks and that she probably shouldn't be watching to dodge.

Well, before she had to dodge, Miko had attacked and she got a full look at her work before a counter was launched. It's scales shifted, she could hear them moving about... now that it was directly in front of her. And given the way it shifted, that predatory gaze to her she realized she'd been far too successful in her tactics... "Waah!♪~" she chirped out. "Aggro-acquired. Hate it!" she chirped out. Of course, she was already moving, she could feel the disturbance of the energy after its body settled and started moving towards her. That staff of hers was shifted upside down as the pressure started, she'd be shifting down with the channeling active. A short burst of mana would be used to force her upward, allowing her to ride the wave of the blast, pressing the mana of her weapon against the force that would have collapsed her and allowing her to ride out the arc before she skidded to a halt near the tree-line. "I have an idea I think will work when your weapon is ready~" Miko added. As such she'd continue her defense and try to avoid using too much mana in her dodges so she could use the most of it when the time was right. She couldn't help but lament the fact that she couldn't move while camouflaged it definitely would have allowed her a bit more freedom of motion and to do a few more tests of her voice. As it stood, she'd have to work through what series of sung notes would disrupt the creature most fully. With that in mind, she'd be using her ears, to try and listen for the shifts in those scales and its body so that she could have a better chance of figuring out the wavelength its physical form existed on.

[Bloodedge]

The phantom lunged after her the instant her voice fractured its scales, its movements sharpening with a predator’s certainty now that her song had exposed a weakness. Its reforming armor gave off that soft, rasping shiver of plates realigning, and the creature redirected its entire mass toward her with unnerving precision. When Miko blasted upward to ride the pressure wave, the phantom tracked her trajectory in a single smooth tilt of its head — a motion far too calm for something so heavy. The moment she hit the ground near the treeline, it was already advancing, its steps silent but its body rumbling with the faint, glassy resonance she’d triggered. It paused only long enough for its plates to ripple again — shift–shhk–settle — adjusting to counter the frequency of her earlier attack. Then it sprinted, low and fast, the air compressing in front of it as it aimed to close the distance before she could stabilize her next note.

In the meantime, Yugi kept himself occupied with the System's crafting menu. He decided to trust Miko's ability to deal with the phantom, leaving himself free to ensure something had become possible. He heard her griping about having the phantom's attention, and frankly... he could commiserate. "Just stay locked-in for a minute," he urged. While she figured out how her abilities interacted with their latest enemy, he was seeing a very exciting screen...


[ITEM INFORMATION]

Name: Steel Longsword
Rarity: None
Type: Weapon – One-Handed Sword

Attack Power: 22–28
Durability: 140 / 160
Weight: Medium

Effects:
• Conducts mana efficiently.
• No enchantments applied.

Upgrade Options Detected:
• Mana Conduction Channel (Lightning)
• Blade Shape Recast
• Material Fusion (Advanced)

Materials Required for Recast: “Lightning Chokutō”
• Lightning-Touched Ore Fragments ×3 (Owned)
• Chitin Spine Segment ×1 (Owned)
• Riverglass Filament ×2 (Owned)
• Mana Cost: 25

Projected Result:
Name: Lightning Chokutō (Prototype)
Type: Weapon – One-Handed Sword
Effects:
• Increased attack speed
• Enhanced lightning conduction
• Passive: Lightning Line – Reduces mana expenditure of lightning-based skills by 15%

Yugi looked over that screen thrice in quick succession. Since he acquired his first proper Skill, this was the sort of thing he'd been hoping for. "Craft," he stated. That steel sword he'd been using returned to the inventory, sacrificed along with the other items in the list.


[System notice]

Crafting Successful!

Item Created: Lightning Chokutō
Rarity: C-rank
Type: Straight Sword (One-Handed)
Attack + 42

Effects:
• Increased attack speed
• Enhanced lightning conduction
• Passive: Lightning Line – Reduces mana expenditure of lightning-based skills by 15%

Upgrade Options Detected:
• Mana Conduction Channel (Lightning)
• Blade Sharpening Protocol
• Material Fusion (Advanced)

Yugi was elated to finally have a reasonable piece of equipment suited to his ideal build. As things were now, he could keep and work on this new weapon all the way to the endgame. Moreover, he wasn't the only one having such thoughts. The administrator himself mused: "The configuration of this weapon is… intriguing. Its form is rudimentary, yet the integration of elemental conduction with a passive efficiency protocol suggests potential far beyond its rank. Were the wielder attuned, even minor surges could cascade into significant tactical advantage. This is not merely a blade—it is a conduit, a catalyst for the manipulation of energy itself." At the same time, Yugi was forcing himself to stand. "What's the idea?"

[Apollymi]

Miko was still observing the monster as she dodged. She wouldn't feel safe until it was down and found it mostly unnerving in this combat situation. It seemed to have just enough intelligence to make it problematic and just too little to be tricked into certain actions. In fact, she was finding out as she would have landed, "Fuck you have tracking. Unfair!" she griped. Why was it whenever the healer was targeted it was with way more precision than anyone else. He could hear the rumbling of its body but not its footsteps. That much further cemented her plan, she even heard the shifting taking place there, as if it was trying to settle so it could move with the same quietness that it had when sneaking up on them. It was sprinting towards her as she landed, she was on the balls of her feet already so it was no problem for her given her ability to physically manipulate mana for her to tap herself around it. "Hm... I can hear you~" she mused, the pressure wall in front of him would be something she used to her advantage, a shift of her body and the staff in her arm allowing her a quick pressure burst curving around the creature after a little hop straight off the balls of her feet. It was like watching a little dance, but one in which each step had its own quiet timing based on nothing but the chattering of the beasts scales. She was surprisingly both calm and observational even though the pressure of the situation was rather high.

Meanwhile, Yugi was given the necessary time, to craft his weapon. She'd be interested in that but she hoped he was ready to use it. She knew enough about him, to know that he'd likely have worked the abilities of the sword into his basic magical ability already. As for her plan it was technically very simple but also relied upon the timing. "Quickie version I use my voice to disrupt its scales with the right timing to allow you to find and strike it's core," she claimed. "Minor problem it might be adjusting so I can't use the same note... I'll need to get out a few, still it'd create a pretty big opening..." she clarified the quick and dirty version of her plan. "Also I think you should be able to finish shattering its armor with your lightening so long as its scales are already disrupted. I don't think it can shift past both things..." she gave her quick opinion while adjusting to the faster and lighter movements of her body. She was prepared to take a hit but she'd still rather not just to get the song out.

[Bloodedge]

The Phantom gave no answer to her words, no shift in expression—only the cold, instinctive tilt of its head as it tracked the exact arc of her movement. The more precisely she danced around it, the more precisely it corrected, adjusting its momentum with unnerving, fluid micro-movements that didn’t match its size. Its scales rippled again—this time not in aggression, but in calibration. Each tiny plate adjusted its angle with a faint chittering hum, the noise Miko had keyed into… now echoing back at her in a perfect mirror of her timing. Then it lunged, not blindly, not powerfully, but with air-cutting precision, matching her hop with an angled sweep of its arm that passed through the space she would have occupied if she’d moved on the same beat as her last two dodges. The hit wasn’t meant to kill—its pressure wave burst out in a tight, narrow line meant only to clip her heel, throw off her rhythm, force a mistake it could capitalize on. And as she curved around its flank, the Phantom did not pursue with large strides—it shifted. One step, impossibly quiet for something its size, then another, each perfectly syncing with the sound of its armor plates, as if it were trying to erase them. Trying to silence the exact tell she’d been using to read it. Its head turned toward her again. No breath, no growl, no malice. Just that hollow, predatory stillness… and the unsettling knowledge that it was now adjusting to her.

Yugi took the time to ensure he was back to... something resembling normal, at the very least. The secondary Lumen Veil Miko cast on him had mostly healed his bruised body by now, but the pain persisted. "Inventory," he said to view his new sword and some clothing options. Shuffling through a small wardrobe, an ear remained open for Miko's plan. She could indeed disrupt the phantom by his calculation; but from what he witnessed, it was indeed adjusting to her methods just as it previously adjusted its strength to land a hit through Yugi's evasion. "You know, I usually like a boss that learns. Literally─it's one of my favorite features ever. Not a fan when my life's on the line," he chattered. "I was thinking originally about overloading its ability to reflect. Sound waves enhanced by mana can't be reflected like mana itself, though. I never thought I'd get to say this, but... Good plan. We'll go with yours," he said. There was an underlying tone to Yugi's voice that told the tale of relief, of long-awaited satisfaction that could almost bring a tear to his eye. He'd never gone along with someone else's plan before; his motivation was heightened significantly after hearing Miko's. "By the way... Equip," he said, forcing the System to apply the clothes he'd chosen: a plain black A-top, blue cargo pants and a pair of black runners. "Found the Favorites menu. Found the Requip button. Feel free to make your ass bounce if you think I'm totally awesome~" Yugi flirted. He'd then be seen pulling a brand-new weapon from inventory.

Yugi’s new chokutō was a sleek, straight-edged blade of polished steel, narrow and elegant, with a faint silver-blue sheen running along the flat. Thin, branching etchings traced the length of the sword — the result of the lightning-aligned materials used in its crafting — making it look as though tiny bolts were frozen beneath the surface. The guard was minimal, almost nonexistent, and the hilt was wrapped in dark, storm-gray material that faintly tingled with residual mana. When he drew it, the air around the blade seemed to tighten, as though anticipating the charge it was meant to carry. "Ladies, ladies... keep your unfathomable admiration for my badassery limited to assuming the downward facing bitch position. I'm back and ready to clap some cheeks, motherfuckers!"

[Apollymi]

Miko's observations of their boss monster were only getting worse. In fact, she couldn't have been more upset about its developments if she tried. She'd taken on a peaceful rhythm. Dodging using sound cues and expending very little mana while doing so, but that was becoming unnerving. Why? Well the creature who had its sights set on her was following her flow and rhythm. He was tracking at a level which was well beyond what one would expect even from a predator. At some point, she'd even say it was leading her instead of the opposite way around. She could tell by the echoing sound, and its perfect timing as well as the stillness of he predator itself. That shot meant to clip, would do so, but she'd only take it as permission to shift rhythm. Using just a little mana from that water staff to make a jet of water to allow her to spin in a quick series of circles, so that she could step off her other foot and go with a new rhythm. And since there was less power behind such a thing... it only made her veil, flicker. "Why the fuck does it also need input reading? Who designed this bullshit!" she exclaimed as that hit to her heel made her switch directions, taking her to the off beat pacing which she sped up to twice the number of beats per measure, not unlike her earlier 'dance' with Yugi.

As Miko changed her dance with the creature from a simple two step to a waltz, Yugi heard out her plan. His observations were also helpful as she didn't bother stopping her pacing and chose, just to dart towards the creature at a faster pace to draw its movements in a more predictable way. Still, Yugi heard out her plan and didn't have anything negative to say about it. No, that was an understatement... he seemed pleased and a bit relieved. Like someone else coming up with a reasonable plan was one of the rarer events in his life. Well, he wouldn't be the only one shocked at this point, if he was surprised she had a reasonable plan, she was just as relieved to be taken seriously. "Really? Sounds like that isn't a sentence you get to say often, it's definitely not one I hear often either..." Miko uttered softly. Still it would seem her plan could work. Beyond that it seemed that Yugi had figured out a way to make that thing she'd been griping about earlier work. A favorites list and a command to 'Equip' both existed within the System and Miko couldn't help but scoff. "I really have to remember to stop getting distracted by snacks and go through the menus~" Miko mentioned as she ducked low in front of Yugi. Her ass would bounce just a bit the top part of her cheeks being seen through that exceedingly low back, if only because she was taking just a second to shift again. Still, there was something else. An announcement made by Yugi that caught Miko's attention and graced her ears as an absolute statement. There was only one way Miko could respond to something like that, and it simultaneously made her wish she'd gotten more opportunities to play with him and made her think that such games woud have gone very oddly if she was already as open as she currently was, "Fuck yes, Daddy♪~" she squealed. "You need charge time or can I just do the thing?" she wondered quickly. Though she'd not done it yet, she didn't actually need that much time to use her voice. She just didn't want to risk their opponent being clever enough to realize it and going even more berserk to stop her.

[Bloodedge]

The phantom had adjusted the moment Miko’s rhythm broke, its entire body winding into a taut, predatory coil as if her shift in tempo had rewired its instincts. Its scales rasped in a slow, eager cascade, each plate realigning to her new cadence — not confused, not fooled, but matching her like a predator syncing to the heartbeat of prey. When she dipped low in front of Yugi, the creature’s faceless helm slammed toward her position with a sudden spike of kinetic pressure, the air shuddering around its frame as though it intended to crush the space she occupied rather than her body itself. It didn’t move in a straight line; it curved along the exact rhythm she had just abandoned, pursuing the echo of her motion with unnatural precision, its silent focus locked onto her like a compass needle dragged toward a magnet. And though it had no voice, the way its armor thrummed — low, hungry, resonant — made its intent unmistakable: it had chosen her as the opening it would break first.

Sadly for the phantom, Yugi was back in the fray with a new blade. Miko was one for rhythms and the like. Yugi, however, was more freeform in his approach. The shockwave heading in Miko's direction was no cause for concern, as lightning arcing from his blade greatly enhanced his reach. Yugi was able to slash outward, paying a similar mana cost to the original Skill for the much greater effect of sending the lightning forward into the pressure wave's path. In doing so, he easily disrupted the coherence of the phantom's attack. His eyes were laser-focused and once again bloodshot from the mana flowing into them ─ something he'd been doing since he caught a glimpse of Miko's rear through that nigh-nonexistent dress. Now, those eyes were for the phantom once again. Between his eyes, Miko's ears and their combined skills, even the B-rank, boss-level threat could surely be taken down. As for Miko's question about the time he may or may not need, Yugi responded initially with a scoff. "What the fuck is charge time? I just cut the channeling cost of this thing more than I thought I'd be able to. I can basically just activate and leave the sword charged with the starting amount now. Let's do this thing!"

[Apollymi]

Miko was upset about the design of this boss monster. It was obvious to her that it was way too good a predator and it was only further confirmed as she switched her tempo. It didn't react as if confused no... it simply shifted with her, there was something uniquely upsetting about that. It was following the curve and echo of her movements, and she could see it. It should have been terrifying to know it was coming to basically crush her flat after coiling up like that. But... even though she was listening intently for those scales and all else, she still heard Yugi. With the added chaos to the rhythm and the disruption of the attack. Miko was able to dodge, using that staff of hers to properly land out of the radius of the attack with just another little puff of mana. "I fucking hate this kind of boss," Miko griped. Her own problems with those that read inputs and followed rhythms being rather obvious, but she wasn't in this alone.

"Nice save~" she chirped. As she confirmed the attack speed that could be used. She could sense the mana being concentrated into Yugi's eyes. She knew his senses were just as sharp as her own in their own way. Between the two of them, she could see a potential victory which is why her plan had come together the way it had. "Hai! Sugoi, might have to get an assist for my ideal catalyst~" she chirped still. There was the matter of her plan which she'd be taking a bit from Yugi to start up, it took no extra prep time for him to do what he intended and as such she'd take no extra to do what she needed. "AHAAAAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH♫~" she sang an arpeggio at her highest register, a sound which echo'd across the land and vibrated stationary objects even before the addition of mana to her voice. That being said she'd sung it with the mana involved, a set of notes, at a pitch much higher than even her normal signing voice, which could by her own approximation shatter glass with relative ease. She'd also flip around her staff, ready to aim a water ball directly to whatever spot Yugi managed to pinpoint as the core whenever the scales vibrated with the amount of stunning potential. It was quite a lot of mana spent for her, but... worth it to make sure she actually caused a disruption to the creatures exterior.

[Bloodedge]

The phantom convulsed the instant Miko’s aria hit, its entire body seizing like someone had driven a tuning fork through its spine. Its scales rattled in chaotic, uneven waves — no longer a smooth predatory hum, but a jagged clatter that broke its rhythm entirely. It staggered sideways, limbs jerking out of sync as the vibrations forced its armor plates apart, thin seams flashing along its chest. It tried to reorient, head snapping toward her with a distorted, glitching motion, but the resonance stole its balance again and drove it to one knee. Mana bled from its joints in fractured pulses — the perfect, fleeting window for Yugi to strike.

And strike, he would. Yugi held his sword at the ready, electricity cackling around its blade sounding like a flock of chirping birds held in a single chamber. He saw the opening of the phantom's core, its downed and vulnerable form, and he launched himself toward it. The phantom’s head jerked violently as Yugi closed in, its limbs thrashing in a spasm of desperation. With a sudden, brutal sweep of its massive arm, it knocked Yugi’s sword sideways, sending sparks scattering across the forest floor. The shockwave rattled the ground beneath him, forcing him to twist midair as electricity arced from his fingers — a raw surge of energy manifesting in response to the loss of his weapon. Its massive, unblinking eyes locked on him, anticipating every micro-adjustment, but the core had already been revealed — fleeting, tantalizing, the chance of a decisive strike dangling before him. "Not happening! Get played, you dick-chopping son of a bitch!" he shouted while driving his hand toward the phantom's core.

The phantom convulsed again as Yugi surged forward, the raw energy crackling along his outstretched hand. Its massive form lurched violently, scales rattling in spasmodic waves as it tried to recoil, but the core remained exposed beneath the chaotic shudder. Limbs flailed in a desperate attempt to block, smashing against the forest floor and sending splintered debris flying, yet Yugi’s lightning-charged palm drove into the center, arcs of energy snapping across the phantom’s armor like jagged streaks of white-hot light. It let out a soundless, convulsive shudder, every muscle and plate reacting to the sudden, precise strike, but there was no time — the surge had claimed its mark. [LEVEL UP!] appeared twice for each Player, alongside:


[System Notice]

Target Defeated: Riverglass Phantom

Loot Identified:
• Phantom Core x1 – B-rank – Can be refined into mid-tier magical catalyst – 500,000 Gold
• Shattered Scales x8 – C-rank – Can be used for durable armor crafting – 120,000 Gold
• Mana Residue Crystal x3 – C-rank – Stores ambient mana for skill use – 60,000 Gold
• Shadow Tendril Fragment x1 – C-rank – Can be fused into minor skill runes – 30,000 Gold

Experience Awarded: 2,000 XP each
Quest Complete: Phantom Predator Defeated

Ah, but that wasn't all. The Players would also be receiving their first official notification of a different sort ─ something of a staple in any RPG...


[System Notice]

Loot Acquired: Phantom Scale Armor (2-Piece Set)

Head – Phantom Helm
Rarity: B-rank
Defense +18
Effect: Minor Mana Flow Enhancement – Increases mana regeneration by 3%

Torso – Phantom Chestplate
Rarity: B-rank
Defense +42
Effect: Enhanced Durability – Reduces incoming physical damage by 5%

2-Piece Set Bonus:
• Predator’s Reflex – Automatically grants a chance to nullify incoming attacks by 15% and reflect 10% of kinetic damage back at the attacker

Value: 125,000 Gold

[Apollymi]

Miko was now watching at the ready to offer assistance but also witnessing the direct effects of her handiwork. It would seem that the Riverglass Phantom actually had every reason to pursue her the way it was, given how it reacted to a few purposefully sun notes. In truth she'd not expected for the window of movement to be so large, nor for it to literally be stunned by the vibrations. She supposed it would have been much worse on something smaller and less powerful as it seemed to be rushing to trying to fix the chaotic mana flow caused by the sound waves which left her throat. Still, it was rather interesting to see. Even more interesting than the creatures response was Yugi's.

The lad was making no shortage in effort to go on to kill the creature. Though it had one last fail-safe to try and right itself it would seem that Yugi wasn't tolerating it. Disarmed he'd use just his hand to reach for that core, coated in lightning magic much like the little static creatures had been, he managed the unthinkable. This battle felt like it'd gone on for hours, but in truth it was just a couple of extra seconds between the plan being confirmed and executed. The adrenaline had built all the way up, and Miko's heart was pounding as she watched the monster's final moment. Only when she received the notification about the nature of their win through a level up did she exhale her legs wobbling as she sank to the ground still clutching her staff. "Waaah♫~ You did it!♪~" she chirped happily as her body finally relaxed from all the built up stress. She needed a moment or two to decompress, but there were lots of things on screen for them to look at. Rare loot worth way more than anything else they'd been slaying. And even armor, "Sugoi~ Happy 20~" she chimed seeming to see the upgraded materials as part of their level ascension.

[Bloodedge]

Finally, the most difficult challenge they'd faced so far was no more. Yugi would have heaved a sigh of relief... but he couldn't. All he had presently was the ability to fall, just as Miko did. Down on his knees was the black-haired lad, unable to even scream his satisfaction. "... Fuck," he murmured. Two System notices spoke of their loot and a new feature: armor. Satisfying as that was, Yugi merely reached out to reclaim his fallen sword, falling fully to the ground in that same moment. "That was... something. Was that something? I think that was something. Level 20, huh?"

With his sword in hand, Yugi rolled along the ground to close the distance between himself and Miko. He couldn't even return the blade to inventory, almost fearing the sudden appearance of another threat. Instead, he extended his free hand toward Miko. "Awesome job. We did the fuck out of that thing," he praised. While Yugi focused on catching his breath, the System sent another alert.


[System Notice]

Level 20 Achieved!

Congratulations! New features and opportunities are now available:

New Equipment Type Unlocked:
• Armor — Expand your defensive capabilities. Protect yourself with enhanced gear from the System Shop or through crafting.

System Shop Update:
• Daily life items, potions, ingredients, and miscellaneous gear can now be purchased alongside weapons and armor.
• Items may be broken down or fused to enhance existing equipment.

Advanced Crafting Options:
• Material Fusion now supports multi-component creation for weapons, armor, and support tools.
• Crafting rarities and effects may increase with enhanced materials.

Battle Utilities:
• Storage Expansion — Inventory space has increased.
• Quick-Use Slots — Assign consumables or utility items for faster deployment.

New Title Awarded:
• “Phantom Slayer” — Granted for the defeat of the B-rank phantom.
• Buff: +5% Attack, +5% Magical Attack
• Special Effect: +15% Damage vs B-rank and lower spectral/phantom-type enemies

System Suggestion:
Explore new armor, experiment with consumables, and optimize your crafting to prepare for increasingly challenging enemies.

[Apollymi]

It seemed as if Miko wasn't the only one coming down off an adrenaline rush. Yugi seemed to be stunned, though he couldn't have been injured given the level up, he was seemingly a bit exhausted by the whole ordeal. By the time he could say more than a single swear, he was dragging himself over to his sword, while wondering about the nature of the thing they'd just done. "Yeah, that was definitely something. Too much of something..." Miko uttered as she tried to steady her own heartbeat and found herself feeling all kinds of out of sorts. Miko for her part in this, closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. She was using the tactics given to her by her therapist to try and calm herself after an influx of natural drugs which had her heart beating erratically.

By the time Miko opened her eyes, Yugi was rolling towards her, sword still out... apparently still more than a little on edge. She didn't blame him. Her ears were practically twitching as she listened for disturbances and tried to keep an eye on things. Of course, that didn't change anything by the time Yugi reached out to her with his free hand. she was reaching out with one as well. Their hands would meet and even that little bit of comfort, was enough to have her take a deep breath. "Thanks Daddy, you are awesome!♪~ And we definitely did the fuck out of that thing. I don't want to do the fuck out of something that strong again for a long time," Miko said with an amount of seriousness that didn't make it sound like they'd won that situation. It all felt far too intense for the amount and type of challenges they'd taken before that point.

Miko then saw yet another screen. One full of announcements and points and improvements given to the pair for their reaching of level 20. It took a moment or two for her to fully read and sit up for, but by the time she was in the semi-upright position she was at the bottom of the page after looking through improvements. "You know what Brainface, I don't normally take your advice but after today... I'll give it a pass," Miko muttered. As was the case with many gamers, she often let her builds fester until she reached a certain wall of difficulty. Even with another person to help take some of the edge off, she wasn't willing to put herself on purpose in the position of being weak against a surprise. "Shop!" she claimed. Opening up and looking at recent items. "First things first selling the fuck outta that core. We need spending money for new shop stuff!~" Miko chirped happily. She could have used that core to create a magical catalyst, but it wasn't the shape she wanted, nor did she think it would allow her to grow past the monster it was taken from. All the while she found herself the type of magical catalyst she'd be preferring, an apparently new item.


[System Notice]

Crafting Interface: MATERIAL FUSION — Crystal Sword Framework Selected

Base Item:
• Crystal Sword (C-Rank)
— A lightweight, mana-conductive blade used by battle-mages.

Add Materials

Phantom Scales ×3 — Applied
→ Effect: Enables blade to respond to vibrations, resonance, and frequency shifts.
→ System Note: This material harmonizes with vocal frequencies. Ideal for Resonance-based skills.

Mana Residue Crystals ×5 — Applied
→ Effect: Stores refined samples of wielder’s mana for precise attunement.
→ System Note: Mana signature successfully absorbed. Item will now respond to Miko’s unique mana pattern.

Crystal Shards ×8 — Applied
→ Effect: Reinforces blade’s structure; improves mana conduction pathways.
→ System Note: Durability increased. Crystal lattice now suitable for advanced infusions.

Arcane Binding Threads ×2 — Applied
→ Effect: Stabilizes all enhancements; prevents shattering from overcharging.
→ System Note: Binding integrity: Stable. Infusion ready.

Fusion Path Detected:
→ RESONANT CONDUIT WEAPON
→ VIBRATION-RECEPTIVE CRYSTAL MATRIX
→ MANA-ATTUNED SIGNATURE BINDING

These three fusion paths are compatible. Combining them will produce a unique item.
[PREVIEW: Crafted Item Detected]

Name: Armonia Crystalline (B-Rank)
Type: Conduit Blade / Support-Integrated Weapon
Binding: Soulbound to Iino Miko

Base Stats:
• ATK +25
• MAG ATK +40
• Casting Speed +8%

Passive Skills:
• Resonance Conduction – The blade amplifies magical effects triggered by sound, vibrations, or pulse-based abilities.
• Vocal Harmonic Sensitivity – The blade responds to Miko’s voice, altering its mana flow based on pitch.
• Mana Memory (Lesser) – Stores a mana pattern for spell replication or on-the-fly enhancement.

Ability Unlocked:
• Harmonic Pulse (Rank D)
Release a condensed wave of vibrating mana from the blade. Damage scales with INT stat.

Growth Potential:
• Additional copies may be crafted later using Replication-grade Crystals (not available yet).
• Further upgrades possible through “Resonance Overcharge”.

CRAFT THIS ITEM [Y/N]?

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah... I'm not a fan of somethings. I could go for some nothings now," Yugi continued. That boss was easier to defeat than expected, but also harder as an encounter than anything they should have faced at this point. Whatever the case, Yugi would soon have another reason to complain. He reached out toward Miko with one hand. She, in turn, placed her hand in his. Yugi's brow furrowed, and he scoffed. "The fuck is this?" he questioned. "We're supposed to be celebrating victory and survival and shit. Ass in hand!" he demanded afterwards. With Miko then commenting on how she didn't want to 'do' anything that strong again for a long time, Yugi scoffed once more. "As if. I'll be that strong in a few days, tops. When that happens, you're getting done~" he teased.

The System had a strange process going. After all they'd been forced into, the System was recommending that they go about performing some upgrade. Yugi found something in that... suspicious. Miko decided to actually listen to the one they called Brainface for once. Frankly, so did Yugi... but that wouldn't stop his snarky response. "Oh so now it's fine to side with Brainface? Inventory," he said, checking for some crafting of his own while Miko decided to sell the most valuable item of their recent looting. He didn't even question that decision. "Mm. That sort of thing is usually a helmet. You can do better," he said in full confidence.


[System Notice]

Crafting Interface: MATERIAL FUSION — Lightning Chokutō Selected

Base Item:
• Lightning Chokutō (C-Rank)
— One-handed straight sword infused with lightning; enhances electrical attacks and skill efficiency.

Add Materials

• Phantom Scales ×3 — Amplifies electrical conduction; synergizes with elemental mana.
• Arcane Binding Threads ×2 — Stabilizes enhancements; prevents damage from mana overload.
• Crystal Shards ×4 — Reinforces blade; increases durability and mana flow efficiency.

Fusion Paths Detected:
→ Lightning Conduit Enhancement
→ Enhanced Mana Efficiency
→ Resonant Blade Infusion

These fusion paths are compatible. Upgrading will increase base stats and unlock additional passive effects.

Preview: Crafted Item Potential

Name: Raikō Chokutō (B-Rank)
Type: Straight Sword (One-Handed)
Attack: +42 → +55
Passive Skills:
• Lightning Line (Enhanced) – Reduces mana expenditure of lightning-based skills by 25%
• Conduction Amplifier – Lightning attacks now have a small chance to ignore defenses
• Static Charge – Builds static electricity with each swing; next skill deals bonus lightning damage

CRAFT THIS ITEM [Y/N]?

Yugi viewed his own screen and Miko's, confirming that their crafting options wouldn't overlap. Since he already had an upgrade to a C-rank weapon, he wouldn't bother making his own decision until hers was made. Besides, Yugi valued a generalist mage more than any fighter... and if she purchased the required base weapon for her next possible acquisition, she'd also have his favorite type of kit. "That looks pretty solid. You going for that? If you are, we could get some pretty sick combos going. You know... apart from when I pull a full 100-hit combo on that ass."

[Apollymi]

Miko wasn't the only one who didn't want to deal with any more somethings. Apparently, Yugi also would prefer dealing with nothings. "Nothings would be nice~" Miko confirmed without hesitation. She'd easily physically fight those prowlers from earlier, over anything related to that creature they'd so recently had to fight. Ah, but that wasn't the main problem. She'd reached out for Yugi's hand and it hadn't been what he was expecting. According to the lad, he'd wanted, a hand full of ass, no... he demanded it. "Eh? How did you think that was going to work? Why are you like this?" she questioned directly. Still, now that she as no longer a puddle created by the lack of tension she moved forward. But instead of dropping her ass directly into his outstretched had she pulled his hand along as she shifted, dropping it directly into his lap as she sat on his clothed dick instead. As for the strength Yugi would have in a few days even, Miko could only chuckle. "Hai hai, I'll get done, but so will you♪~" Miko flirted right back with a little chirped. They'd not gotten to finish their earlier session to satisfaction but maybe they should finish kitting themselves completely before they jumped back in.

Beyond that there were several kinds of upgrades and processes going on in the System. As such, Miko had already decided to do something with that information instead of just letting it roll over without thought. In the moment, it seemed that Yugi wanted to point out her hypocrisy, "Oi oi, I'm not agreeing with him. I'm simply completing my assignments!" she asserted. As she progressed herself into acquiring of something for herself, Miko heard Yugi speaking of her choice to sell their most valuable drop. He called it a helmet, which was a term she was somewhat familiar with in the context of gaming. "Premade build types are for people who don't understand mechanics. Even if I didn't, I'd probably just ask you to clarify something for me. I hate getting used to stuff like that only to get to a new kind of boss or area to find out it's useless and having to scramble or grind to get back on track. I'm too easily distracted for that... I do like the vote of confidence though♪~" she added as she looked at a new screen.

There were many things directly in front of her eyes and most of them were what she was looking for. She'd acquired a basic kind of crystal sword through purchase and been shown a type of build that could happen based on what she'd done so far and the materials they'd collected. "Sou ka, if I have a bunch of compatible materials it will let me create a new kind of item for myself that matches my innate magical abilities. And can evolve... that's really intricate!~" she chirped. "I'm probably going to go for it. After fighting with the staff for a while I don't like the balance nor using it as a physical weapon. Anything that would make use of my base instinct to use my voice is going to be good for me. And it'd definitely help me become a better generalist... Our combos could also be awesome, I could both support you and do a great deal of fighting myself, with more finite control over the shapes and uses of the spells I learn! I wonder if I can eventually go the full battlefield control route?! GAAAAH♫~ I gotta do it♪~" she claimed while excited pressing the button. He'd already given his take on material use, so... she didn't think twice about going through it to create the new weapon.

[Bloodedge]

Even if it was a normal thing to expect, Yugi had no existing interest in making contact with Miko's hand after what they'd been through. He started with her ass, and he'd end the same. Though she heavily questioned his demand and motivations initially, Miko still went above and beyond to do all he wanted... and more. His hand was guided onto her rear, and he was given the perfect view of it to boot ─ while also benefiting from having her straddle his lap backwards. Finally, he had a proper look at the very open back of Miko's dress, and the associated lack of coverage to the very top of her ass. In their current position, he could see even a few centimeters of her crack from the top. "This dress is the best dress ever. It's like that virgin killer thing that's becoming popular. I'm gonna fucking do you in this dress. Like a lot," he chattered.

Moving on, they would be discussing build choices... but not before Miko argued against agreeing with Brainface. When she spoke of completing her assignments, he raised his hand away from her rear and brought it crashing back down. With that, he moved right along to talk about Miko's potential new weapon. "You say intricate; I say suspicious. For a game design, it's really intuitive... but that damage we took was real. Everything going on makes this seem really predatory, and I haven't figured out what Brainface actually wants us to do. No way are we beta testers or some shit," he rambled while looking over Miko's screen as well as his own. In a matter of moments, Miko's decision was made. She'd be crafting that new weapon, freeing him to upgrade his own with some remaining pieces. There was only a little wiggle room for understanding what rank they might be, but... having a B-rank weapon each would surely make a massive difference. "Upgrade," he said. With that, his sword once again returned to inventory.


[System Notice]

Crafting Upgrade Successful!

Item Upgraded: Raikō Chokutō
Rarity: B-Rank
Type: Straight Sword (One-Handed)
Attack +58

Effects:
• Increased attack speed
• Enhanced lightning conduction
• Passive: Lightning Line – Reduces mana expenditure of lightning-based skills by 25%
• Passive: Thunder Vein – Small chance to ignore enemy defenses with lightning-based attacks

Upgrade Options Detected:
• Mana Conduction Channel (Lightning)
• Blade Sharpening Protocol
• Material Fusion (Advanced)
• Resonant Infusion – Increases synergy with elemental mana pulses

Applied Materials:
• Phantom Scales ×3 — Strengthened lightning conduction, enhances mana channeling
• Arcane Binding Threads ×2 — Stabilizes enhancements, ensures durability under overload

System Note: Weapon attuned. All lightning-based abilities now have improved efficiency and penetration.

[Apollymi]

After pointing out the oddity of Yugi's request, Miko still took a place directly in front of the lad, allowing him to see up the full length of her body while also managing to place his hand upon her rear. He got everything he wanted, she got a comfortable place to sit, all was fair between them. With his new visual came an appreciation of Miko's form which had the girl blushing in his lap. "When you say it like that it seems like you appreciate the view. I can't see myself wearing it all the time, but..." she gave a brief pause from the goings on to add it to her favorites list as it'd gotten quite the ringing endorsement. "I'll make sure I can slip into it anytime♪~" she flirted happily. She was content to move on from that point, until of course, a smack was delivered to her bottom for her pointing out what she was doing with Brainface's instructions. "Eeep♪~ Thank you, Daddy♫~" she chirped out not that it mattered. Beyond that she'd still be accepting the crafting of that odd thing and carrying on from there.


[System Notice]

Crafting Successful!

Item: Armonia Crystalline
Rarity: B-Rank
Type: Mage Sword (One-Handed)

Base Stats:
• ATK +25
• MAG ATK +40
• Casting Speed +8%

Passive Skills:
• Resonance Conduction – The blade amplifies magical effects triggered by sound, vibrations, or pulse-based abilities.
• Vocal Harmonic Sensitivity – The blade responds to Miko’s voice, altering its mana flow based on pitch.
• Mana Memory (Lesser) – Stores a mana pattern for spell replication or on-the-fly enhancement.

Ability Unlocked:
• Harmonic Pulse (Rank D)
Release a condensed wave of vibrating mana from the blade. Damage scales with INT stat.

Growth Potential:
• Additional copies may be crafted later using Replication-grade Crystals (not available yet).
• Further upgrades possible through “Resonance Overcharge”.

"Squee, it's so cool~" she said reading the stats of her new weapon. Yugi's point about the intricacy of the System and how intuitive it was, wasn't something Miko didn't understand. Her thoughts about it were rather simple. "Usually in the plot if an unknown entity gives away a power leveling system, something really bad is about to happen. Some odd god or goddess needs someone to interfere on their behalf, or they are trying to make two people have a weird baby..." Miko stated earnestly. Those were among the most common tropes applied to the kind of thing they were currently going through. "Not that I am fond of any of those purposes," Miko wanted to point out lest her weird thoughts about their particular situation not be completely clear. With all that out of the way, Miko equipped her new weapon and held it in her hand. It was light weight with an interesting gleam to it, and she'd look it over while Yugi upgraded his weapon as well. "I should also try equipping that new armor and setting up my equip clothes so I can change when I need to..." Miko murmured. "Oh... and I got points to allocate too!" she murmured to herself so she could remember what screens to pull up.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course I appreciate the view. Do you know how big and bouncy your ass is now? It's not just round and squishy now; it's got proper jiggle physics," Yugi explained as he drew back to slap Miko's ass again ─ this time without letting his hand settle in place immediately. In doing so, he intended to let her get a feel for the 'jiggle physics' he so recently mentioned. "Also, if you keep growing... you're probably gonna find that virgin killer in inventory. Probably a whole wardrobe of negligee too."

Now that they both had B-rank weapons, the time had come to inspect some other functions and unlocks, alongside points they hadn't distributed for some time now. "God damnit! That would have been easier if we'd used those levels from earlier!" Yugi complained upon realizing how many points remained from earlier levels. As a result of his frustration, it was only natural that Miko pay the price via another slap to the rear. As for the tropes attributed to overseeing entities like Brainface, he knew of them well. "There's another. Not worried about it right now. This armor has a set bonus," he interjected. Upon equipping the Phantom Helm, he noticed it vanished from sight immediately. Lucky, he'd call that turn of events, as it was quite the obtrusive helmet similar in design to the Riverglass Phantom's head scales. "Oi!" he uttered excitedly, shifting his hips beneath Miko. "We don't even need transmog! This shit disappears when you put it on, unless you set it to do otherwise!" he explained. Meanwhile...

The overseer drifted along the edge of the realm, unseen, his gaze sweeping over the aftermath of the battle. A faint smirk may have tugged at his lips as he observed the players, noting the sharpness in their movements, the subtle harmony between them, and the tiny victories that belied their raw talent. He murmured softly to himself, a hum of calculation threading through the still air. "They’ve done well… perhaps too well." His eyes traced the shattered remnants of the phantom, the aura of spent mana still flickering across the field like dying embers. "It’s enough. Their trial here is complete. Time to send them home." Without another sound, the decision settled, a ripple of latent authority coursing through the realm, invisible but inexorable, ready to return Yugi and Miko to their world when the moment arrived.

[Apollymi]

"Well, I can't exactly see it. I've been going by what you say... and you like it so it doesn't really matter as much to me," Miko confirmed her lack of knowledge about the full developments of her body. She hadn't even noticed the butt she'd had originally, she had no idea the kind of difference it would make to grow a bit taller and thicker. As if to prove his point of jiggle physics he slapped her ass again, but didn't immediately place his hand back. She felt the bounce of her flesh as it seemed to vibrate a little bit before settling. "Waaah♪!~ I didn't know it'd gotten so much density. The rest of my body grew too so i haven't felt off or anything," she chirped out. Of course, It wasn't just that commentary but also some about the updates to the wardrobe that they had access to. "Well, it's not like I can slay you with a virgin killer. You aren't a virgin... Still if you pick it. I'll wear it for you~" she mentioned in a light flirt. Of course, there was also a few things she wouldn't mind seeing him in. She should take a better look in the shop, but there were more pressing matters.

She'd been murmuring the things she needed to do, all the while, there was something hanging over their heads. The fact that they could have had an easier time with that fight, if they'd done a bit of preparation right after attaining the levels earlier. "Fuck, that was so..." she didn't even get a chance to finish her own thoughts because soon enough she was being slapped on the ass again. "Yeep♪!~ It wasn't my fault. Well, maybe only a little... I probably would have heard it coming if I'd updated by Perception..." she murmured. Doing what was necessary to allot her current points she'd have two left over by the time she was done, of course there was also something about the tropes but he was right, it wasn't worth worrying about though she wondered which thing she'd forgotten. "Mm-hm. What's a girl got to do to get stat points in numbers that won't trigger my OCD?!" she complained. Leaving the two simply because adding them would have upset her more than letting them sit there. And Yugi was trying on the armor and finding out some key information. "Sugoi♪!~ I was hoping for something like that... I hate early game armor but you can't go without it... because it always has great effects!~" she chirped along happily. Miko would easily apply her armor feeling odd about the magical effects. She'd also go about arranging an outfit for herself which was better for the general public's consumption and fighting. While she wasn't completely uncomfortable she still didn't want her bits out while combat was happening actively. Speaking of Miko's perception with it pushed up she could hear very clearly, the residual sounds of the forest around them returning.

[Bloodedge]

"If there's a phone in the shop, I'll take a picture. Or... mirrors. Still taking a picture. Video too," Yugi said as if his decisions for the future were assured. Little did he know, that opportunity would come much quicker than anticipated. Their base had been destroyed before they could even apply the Base Core to set their home point. They wouldn't be getting a chance to use it, or to even rebuild the base itself. No, their time here was limited.

Yugi equipped that helmet, discovered the benefit of having armor without looking like a moron. Immediately afterwards, he was right there with Miko, choosing stat upgrades that were now long overdue. His build was relatively balanced, favoring Strength, Agility and Intelligence with Endurance falling close behind. He also wanted to dump a load of point into Perception, but... that last boss fight proved more strategic choices were necessary. He had no problem distributing every available point. In fact, the remaining two points were what pushed his endurance beyond 20. "It is numerically pretty weird, but that usually means we're going to have a lot of points in the endgame. Like... our stats definitely won't hit max at a hundred or anything," he murmured while casually equipping the Phantom Chestplate, letting it vanish from view as well. "We should... test this armor thing. Might as well make sure it's completely gone while equipped. Problem is... I need some help getting out down here~" As Yugi spoke, he was continuing to grind beneath Miko, clearly growing toward an erection ready to be used.

Regardless of the Players' plans, the overseer lingered silently, considering the state of the Players and the realm itself. He took roughly one minute to weigh their progress, the lessons learned, the System functions unlocked, and the growth evident in both Yugi and Miko. With a small, almost imperceptible nod to himself, he decided their trial here was complete. In an instant, without sound or warning, the world around them dissolved, and the next moment they were both on the ground outside Miko’s house, the familiar scene of home filling their senses. That strange realm was gone, leaving only the quiet reality of their own world... albeit not the same one they left.

[Apollymi]

Yugi spoke of a phone being present for a second time, so he could take a picture or get a video. He spoke of the use of mirrors, as well, but claimed the other two were still his main options. Well, Miko should have normally been quite distraught by the idea of someone having video graphic evidence of the types of things they'd been doing so recently. She had two identities and neither of them needed a worse public reputation than she was likely to put on it herself. Still, if she was trusting Yugi with her life already, she could only make the assumption that he wouldn't do anything stupid or mean-spirited like leak her nudes. "I mean I didn't know that was such a pressing thing... but I can't argue about it," Miko claimed.

Beyond this point both of them were busy, pouring points where they went and even making strategic points. Intelligence and Endurance would end up being her highest stats, though she'd like ore to apply around she'd also be applying them in fives. She definitely wanted at least five more in each Perception and Agility but she supposed they could wait for the next go around now that she had enough Intelligence and the type of catalyst to make her spell casting easier. "I get that, I do. And I'm happy about the end result, but I really can't go leaving those numbers uneven," Miko claimed which was likely odd but she wouldn't be allowing her mind to run rampant with her OCD. Whatever the case, they were on to flirting and figuring out exactly how their new armor worked. "Oh yeah, I should definitely help out with that... I did take the spot♪~" Miko agreed that she was quite in the way, to get out of the way, the best option was for her to grind against his building erection, moving her hips as if trying to move her very tight dress out of the way. "I also have to see about slipping this dress up for uh... testing purposes♪!~ And freedom of movement, I definitely have to make sure everything is okay after all of that♪!~" she claimed all the while that grinding on his manhood would be slowly taking her body up his chest, if only because she planned to make a meal of him. Technically speaking it would leave her own loins near him along with the view of the curve of her ass. Surely she wasn't just grind against his lap and beginning the work of freeing him from his britches so she could investigate the state of his erection with her mouth.

[Bloodedge]

Miko didn't know the visual of her ass, and having memorabilia of it, were such pressing things. Yugi scoffed. "Of course it is. I'm a pervert. Great bodies should be immortalized. I'd get a life-sized statue of every hot woman on the planet if I could. Sex dolls too," he said unabashedly. From there, matters of stat distribution were addressed. Yugi couldn't fault Miko for her choices. He wasn't one to leave stat points laying about unless he was saving them to make decisions later, but that was just a minor difference between them. "That's fine. It's not like you're gimping yourself or anything; the stats you want to use most are still handled. By the way... I hit 30 Strength~" he teased, alluding to something mentioned between them earlier.

And so came the deviance again ─ things left incomplete due to the Riverglass Phantom's interruption. Miko was sitting in his lap, he was becoming erect, and they were both... already grinding against each other again. "Yeah, testing purposes. I need to check my dick out too. And, while we're at it, we have to make sure it still fits in all the places it needs to~" Yugi flirted. Only a moment later, he was watching Miko's dress rise as her rear scooted closer and closer to his face, the gleam of her loins becoming apparent as she'd never equipped undergarments during the phantom's assault. Yugi knew where this was going. He could feel her effort to free his member, and was gently parting his legs, knees elevating to prepare for the eventual act of thrusting into her face if things continued. His arms wrapped around Miko's thighs. His hands settled upon her rear to gently glide that dress further up, fully exposing her ass. Alas, the moment he prepared to dive into her undercarriage was the moment things would change. He was so close to moist folds that his breath wafted over Miko's flesh. And then... he halted upon experiencing the blinding flash of sudden daylight, in a world they were not on mere seconds before. 'God. Fucking. Damnit. Brainface,' he thought, eyes shutting tightly.

[Apollymi]

Apparently what Yugi wanted in life, as a pervert was the immortalized forms of hot women. His words to Miko implied she was included or maybe even a pointed target. That was... good for her emotional state as it made her quite warm inside. "I hope not the balloon kind of sex doll, but I understand immortalizing things you like or think are hot," Miko admitted. Beyond this point, apparently Yugi took no issue with the fact that Miko hadn't allotted those points. He understood that her wasn't gimping herself he also pointed out that he'd reached 30 Strength. She couldn't help a playful complaint. "Nooo~ I was hoping to get to at least 25 Endurance before then, but someone gave me two points instead of five," she chided. "Ah, but I had to take the Intelligence, I can't be a good mage with low Mana..." she stated. Well, she didn't mind being on the receiving end of such a thing regardless.

Speaking of her coming wrecking, it would seem that Miko and Yugi were both apt to pick up where they'd left off. No more threats, stats allotted, life was about to become something amazing once more. "Well, I can tell you a couple places it will definitely fit♪ I'll even show you one right now♪~" Miko chirped. Just the same she felt her rear being properly exposed, she could feel a breath against her folds while she retrieved an uncovered cock from Yugi's pants. Her mouth was over it, eyes wide and sparkling, a little hint of drool on her lips as her panted breaths went to grace it. But just as she was leaning in, feeling those arms wrapped around her thighs and knowing she was about to eat and be eaten. The time of day shifted. Her eyes immediately closed and a lilttle yelp escaped her as she gently clapped her hands over her ears. Her auditory senses being suddenly accosted not by the sounds of nature but by the sounds of human life. "Ieep♪~ Why now?!" she vocalized knowing that they were now somewhere full of humans and thus in no position to continue on their sexual activity. Here they lay, in the grass, sunlight drifting close to the horizon.

[Bloodedge]

Would Yugi ever acquire the balloon type of sex doll? Absolutely not! Per an earlier conversation about balloons, he had a very specific preference if such things were ever to be in his possession. "Fuck no! There's some new type going around that's allegedly super realistic. They're stupidly small right now though," he answered. "Not like I need one or anything. You seem fine with being a replacement~" he teased afterwards, looking ahead to the mutual foreplay they were obviously about to participate in.

Apparently, Miko knew exactly where his cock could fit, increased size or not. She even vowed to show him one such place right then and there. Of course Yugi was onboard with her flirtatious statement; he even had one of his own to deliver back. "You do that. I'll check another one to see if it'll work~" he said cheekily. With that came his approach to Miko's undercarriage. He was so dangerously close when the sudden shift to their original world took place. Worse still, he could feel Miko's breath against his cock ─ knowing from prior interactions that he'd feel her drool and/or lips upon it within a couple of breaths. Alas, her hand left his shaft in favor of covering her ears. What a shame. Surely they had to stop, but... promises had been made, and their genitals were already out in the open. "Probably because fuck everything," was Yugi's answer to the 'why now' question. Still, he made an attempt at some gratification. Yugi's hips bucked in a blind attempt to find the inside of Miko's mouth, as if to spite the danger of being witnessed. Ah, but Miko was more prone to freaking out than such things would normally allow. Knowing that, he decided to test the distraction route by planting his lips against her folds, pursing and releasing to work his way between them into her damp pocket.

[Apollymi]

Apparently, Yugi was quite serious about his dislike of the sex doll balloon types. There was apparently some new ones going around, but he didn't see the use of getting one at present because they were small and Miko seemed to be willing to fill that void. "I mean I actually enjoy it, and I'm fully articulate, full-sized and I sing and respond to abuse. I'm way better than a sex doll~" she claimed with a cheeky bit of confidence. Well, she seemed to be developing that quite a bit lately. Hell after that life or death situation she felt like she deserved to feel quite pleased with herself.

Regardless, they were moving on, into the sexual situation. Apparently, Miko would be showing Yugi somewhere his cock would fit, and he'd be checking another place. "Hai hai♪~" Miko chirped. The stage was all set for a complete dive into debauchery only for the lass to be accosted by light and sound right as she was about to take her first taste. Of course, she pulled back to cover her ears with her hands, but she left herself perched precariously over his chest, her exposed bosom going with gravity towards a cock. Yugi was claiming that fuck everything, was the reason for their current predicament and Miko could only agree. If only she could adjust. She was trying. To tune out the outside noise, to focus on just Yugi's voice and pull her senses back into a much smaller bubble. And it was working... slowly. Until of course, a bit of bucking had the lad's cock burying itself in the soft flesh available because of the opening of her dress. That was a nice feeling, she could focus on that as she moved her hands to clamp them around her bosom and lean forward once more. "Squeee♫!~ I didn't know I could do this~" she chirped as she leaned forward and placed her lips against the tip of his cock where it poked between her breasts. Of course, it didn't help that she could feel him between her legs as well. The full distraction helping her concentrate only on what was happening to her body. She was able to shut out the noise. "Careful Daddy, you start kissing my pussy like that, it'll end up kissing you back♪~" Miko chirped as she allowed her tongue to wet the tip of his cock and drool to begin cascading down this shaft and between her breasts.

[Bloodedge]

It could easily be said and agreed that Miko thwarted the very concept of a sex doll. The physical sensations, the sounds and the interactivity all said Yugi would take even half of her over a sex doll of every woman in existence. Whether he chose the top half or the bottom half, well... that was up for debate. Either would suffice in reality, but what did it matter when he was permanently bound to the full package? "Fucking right you are! I'll treat you better and worse than one too~" he decided with yet another swing against her bottom.

Another agreement to deviance was made. Interruptions tried their hardest to stop the pair, but Yugi was a bit too resolute for fate in this case. He couldn't be kept from tasting Miko's loins in a full dive between her folds. His thrust didn't achieve the desired result... but perhaps it was better that he accidentally drove his cock between her breasts. That feeling of such soft flesh around his shaft was new, yet unmistakable. Then came Miko's effort to press her breasts together around his girth. She seemed satisfied with her ability to do so, and immediately placed her lips against his glans. "Hngh~" he groaned against her loins. Warned that her lips would kiss him back if he kept it up, Yugi contemplated the functionality of his impromptu plan. 'Really? She's this easy to distract? I love life!' he thought. Whatever the case, he liked what she was saying. Cheekily did Yugi smack his lips against the girl's crotch before returning to the original effort of rubbing his lips against her. Just before letting his tongue protrude, Yugi even said, "Good. I wanted to make out anyway~"

[Apollymi]

Miko and Yugi were indeed permanently bound to each other. Regardless of anything else that happened, she felt deep within that she'd always end up at this boy's mercy. As such she'd keep up all the interesting things and grow to be the kind of person he encouraged her to be, a sexually honest deviant. Such was easy to do, when he spouted encouragement the way he did, and backed up her affirmations. This was done both with words, and physically by virtue of a slap to her bottom which left it to jiggle in front of him and left Miko offering gratitude. "Thank you, Daddy♫!~" she chirped seemingly pleased, extra wetness finding its way to her loins without a doubt. She wasn't sure whether she should like being treated both better and worse, but having been given the example of ass slapping she could really be upset. "That's fine isn't it? Sex dolls can't appreciate a good spanking♫~" she mused mostly to herself.

Deviant agreements between this pair seemed to be quite free, just the same she was so easily distracted she'd hyper-fixated on the lad's groin moving between her breasts. This was only made worse when he made that strange noise. All else ceased to matter. "Fuck yes!~ Sing for me, Daddy♪~" Miko chirped as she began moving her chest with both her hands. Since his cock was tucked between her breasts and gaining slickness as she drooled on, licked and sucked his cock. What was more, the wetness between her legs was steadily growing as he kissed between her legs. He even had something cheeky to say. Between the stimulation and her own actions the lad would find her loins pulsing against his lips and slicking his tongue providing him with a fresh drink from her loins. She'd continue her work face aiming downward, taking more and more of his cock into her mouth. She was moaning into him as she lavished his cock with strokes of her tongue.

[Bloodedge]

It may have been the most accurate thing Yugi said in the past week when he claimed Miko was a filthy degenerate. In her own yard, in broad daylight, she was engaging in dual foreplay, ignoring everything around her and all potential danger... while openly admitting to her enjoyment of spankings. Yugi felt compelled to lead with the question: "But you can, right?" That wasn't all either. She'd already thanked him for the slap to her ass, but his own utterance was something that made Miko produce a demand. She'd already admitted to how much she enjoyed sounds. Perhaps this one had something else connected to it though? Yugi would be sure to find out.

No conscious effort was required for such discovery. Yugi didn't have to do anything on purpose when Miko acted the way she did, shifting her breasts around his shaft and sucking the head between her lips. Lubrication leaked from her mouth so easily that he didn't know rough friction for even a moment. The combination of an old favorite and a new enjoyable sensation had him moaning into Miko's slit as it gained further moisture. "Hm-mmm~" Something so simple rose from his throat and vibrated his lips against those between Miko's legs. All the while, his hands were gripping and massaging her buttocks as though to spread her cheeks for ease of access... and his general satisfaction. 'I wonder how long I can pull this off. If I keep this up. . .' he mused internally, thoughts trailing off as he unconsciously thrusted into Miko's mouth.

[Apollymi]

Miko might have been a filthy degenerate but it wasn't her fault. She was easily distracted, hyper-fixated on the oddest things and followed her instincts even to the point of doing something weird or embarrassing. She really should have been considering her surroundings, their actions the potential dangers involved, but with a dick occupying her mouth and the space between her chest, with multiple sounds and cheeky conversation she couldn't even find herself outside of her own bubble. Still, she'd continue on this odd path of hers, and would be pausing her actions to answer Yugi. "Of course, I can enjoy a spanking Daddy. I love when you spank me while licking my pussy♫~" the girl chirped "Spank me, Daddy♫~" the girl moaned seeming to want another strike while her hips wiggled against his face.

What about her mouth though? It was quite busy sucking and licking on his cock. The softness of her slick breasts and the depth of her mouth would be increasing as the lad moaned directly into her loins. How long could he pull it off? Miko didn't know, but with him thrusting up into her mouth, she'd eventually move her breasts out of the way so she could swallow more of his dick. She'd do so enough to get it all the way to the back of her throat, and sinking in, only too let a cute little note vibrate the tip of his cock "Ooamaaah♫~" just the same her own loins would only continue to build up towards the orgasm she could happily feel and she would add the pressure of her mouth to go with fingers now reaching for his balls to play with those as well. She was having far too good a time, and found herself to be far too engrossed to think about all the things she shouldn't be doing in public.

[Bloodedge]

Miko's appreciation of a good spanking wasn't so simple as her 'liking' it. No, she insisted that she loved being spanked while he licked her moist flesh pocket. She requested ─ rather, demanded ─ another while expectantly wiggling her hips against his face. Yugi's focus was already fixed. Before anything else could be done, he had to get over and past the act of moaning against Miko's undercarriage. Such would be difficult when his dick was only getting wetter and more smothered due to the girl's efforts against it. 'Another one huh? Let's see...' he thought. How long could he keep Miko distracted? Yugi doubted he could manage for as long as he'd like without employing some additional tactics. As such, he'd make use of another right away.

In due time, she was moaning around the head of Yugi's cock just as he was moaning into her folds. It took a few moments for him to adjust, to stop his hips from thrusting and reduce his efforts to tongue-lashes alone. Only when doing that could he speak in response to her demand. "If I spank you again, you're gonna have to spin around and bounce this on my dick," he demanded. Given Miko's distracted state thus far, Yugi figured her answer was a given. As such... he immediately drew back that hand and swung it against the roundest, bounciest part of her ass cheek. It was a much firmer slap than any before, even with shorter travel time. Having a Strength stat of 30 proved to be quite the boon for Yugi physically, leaving him wondering what the most impactful strike to Miko's ass to date would help him accomplish.

[Apollymi]

Miko gave some very specific speech about her appreciation of a spanking. Actually, the truth was the fact that Miko enjoyed the stimulation regardless of how or why it was offered. This was the truth of being a masochist. It'd settled so much that the demand made, was one which had her waiting none too patiently to be answered. Still, she swallowed on that cock while the lad lapped at her loins and moaned into them. His actions left her dripping wet and stimulated right at the edge of pure bliss. She could feel her canal twitching waiting to receive what was necessary and be pushed over the edge. He even managed to stop thrusting into her mouth all to speak his own demand, if he spanked her, she'd have to bounce on his dick. Miko's answer wasn't even needed, she still had him buried deep within her mouth and though she mumbled the words wouldn't quite come out not that it mattered because something else was definitely coming out.

As if signing a contract the slap to her ass hit her cheek with maximum potential. She felt it. It rattled her loins, left searing heat across her ass cheek pulsing in a handprint shaped mark. She even saw her status and noted that she'd lost 10 percent of her HP from a hit with that kind of firmness. Still, her physical reaction didn't stop there, now those pulsing loins soon had her spraying Yugi's mouth and face in her juices as her crease aimed to swallow up his lips and tongue. Her moan was deep and it would rattle and convulse on his cock like a gurgling noise as she worked her way back up his length extricating herself. "WOOOOOO-AAAAH♫!~" came as her mouth finally let go of his meat only for her to need a minute to recover. "That took 10 percent of my HP but I've never cum so hard from a spanking before. Thank you, Daddy♫!~" Miko finally managed as she gently continued to rub her hips against his face. Still a deal was a dea and she'd be lifting her ass off the lad and swiftly turning around to face him. She looked down at him as she squatted over his erect cock and began to gently bounce herself right over the head of his cock, slowly but surely bouncing her way down his dick. "I'll repay your, kindness~" she chirped as she'd easily aim to have the head of his cock and the then the start of his shaft swallowed up by her bouncing hips, which in turn would show him bouncing tits.

[Bloodedge]

Tactics. Yugi was one who firmly believed he could accomplish anything in this world with the right tactics and accompanying resolve to enforce them. Miko always made it difficult to keep a steady head in moments like this, though she was equally kept out of her right mind by the same actions. When he was finally able to act with intent, Yugi decided to forego waiting for Miko to answer his demand. No, he was certain she'd answer affirmatively ─ letting him feel free enough to give her the most effective spanking since the first he'd ever given. Miko's throat quivered mightily around his cock, causing Yugi to groan with equivalent vigor into labia that were already moisturizing his face.

According to Miko, she'd lost 10% of her HP from that strike. He figured it was powerful, but perhaps he had to readjust to his own strength... again. Either way, she thanked him even for a spanking that did proper damage. With that, Yugi lost his ability to continue devouring her loins. His tongue was still protruding when she pulled away from his face, left drenched in the open air while Miko's lower body hovered over his lubricated erection. And so, she proved the effectiveness of distraction. A plan for deviance quickly devolved into an act of passion in Yugi's mind. The moment Miko sank even slightly onto his cock, he reached out to those jiggling breasts and grabbed her dress from either side of that wonderfully teasing cleavage window. "You got even thicker too. I like it. You wanna keep at it like we planned?" he wondered. "If you do..." The briefest hesitation occurred in Yugi's clause. His arms spread in an almost tearing motion, allowing him to pull the straps of that black dress toward either side ─ all to expose Miko's mammaries and let them bounce more freely. With that, he concluded, "I'll fuck you braindead and keep going until you grow a new consciousness~"

[Apollymi]

Yugi was focused on tactics but Miko was focused on what was in front of her. Hyper-fixation was a problem Miko suffered from, one which seemed to be easily exploited if one knew what they were looking for. In this case, Yugi seemed to be catching on rather easily to exactly what would make Miko keep going past what should have been her instinct to stop. She hummed around his cock and he groaned into her core, such was the exchange taking place between them, not that it mattered long term because the girl would eventually be turning herself around to face him. She'd given herself quite the view of his moist face as she began her ride. She'd lost 10 percent of her HP but it'd be worth it to ride his dick to completion once more.

Whatever the case, Yugi now had a much closer view of Miko's physical form in that teasing dress she'd chosen from the shop. According to the young man beneath her, she'd gotten even thicker an he liked it. Her face flushed intensely. Compliments like that were always seemed to ring rather true in her soul. "Fuck yes, Daddy~" she claimed. "Still, I'm pretty interactive, if you want to have me grow a new consciousness you'll have to knock me out first♪~" she teased. Of course, the movements of her chest would only be increasing as it was freed from her dress, and as she dropped herself low on his cock. From the outside, the pair were definitely doing something in the grass but her as her back was facing outwards it didn't really matter. No, she was now slamming herself directly into his cock, having him not reach her womb but instead knock at the door repeatedly as she leaned in. "You look like you've gone native, Daddy♫~ You're quite the messy eater♪~" she teased as she leaned in to lick her own juices off his face dragging her tongue down his cheek towards his mouth. He'd claimed he wanted to make-out so she'd offer him that and move her hips in circles that raised and lowered just enough to keep him nudged against her inner opening.

Ah but this was no longer a planet of just them and creatures. No, it was now a human populated area, and one dark haired young woman was moving around her house in a short sweater dress. She'd been trying to concentrate but she kept hearing noises, so familiar to her. She found herself wandering the empty home instead, a room with a piano, open doored and left alone. A living room gently decorated. Even a kitchen filled with little step stools everywhere. It was quite the place as she wandered up the stairs to look out of a certain window. She was allowed in this space, though she'd not taken it over. Fully furnished up for cheap, this had become her safe haven, but technically a new form of cage. And... now she was hearing something that made her feel crazy. So why wouldn't she be frustrated enough to yell out the window at what she assumed were neighbor kids being too rough outside. "Yare yare, can you kids please... shut it!" her eyes were drawn down, to her own yard. To an exposed bouncing bosom to an obvious sex act taking place and she could see it clearly.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi appreciated the extra density applied to Miko's curves, and it seemed she was into being appreciated in such a way. The redness returned to her face as acceptance passed her lips, all preceding acknowledgement of Yugi's most recent... threat, if it could be called such. He'd first have to erase her consciousness if he wanted her growing a new one. As it happened, that was step one of the grand scheme. "I'll knock a lot of stuff. Your ankles loose, your brain loose, your socks off, your dress apart... and you. In that order," he promised, never forgetting an earlier decision to render Miko unconscious with his efforts. He already had one foot in the door, since she seemed fully distracted away from any thoughts of where they were.

As Miko lowered her cervix onto his tip and paced her ride with that impact as the baseline, she made a claim of Yugi being a messy eater ─ surely due to the state of his face after a bit of cunnilingus. Her tongue trailed along his cheek, and in that time, Yugi gave his mocking response. "I'm not a messy eater. You're a messy food. Some things gush when you bite into them the right way," he argued while reclaiming Miko's juices from her own moving tongue.

Shortly after the start of a makeout session that had Yugi grabbing either side of Miko's face, there was another voice coming from above. His eyes remained open and wandering. Though he was content to have Miko ride his cock out in the open air, he wasn't callous enough to remain unaware of their surroundings. It seemed they were in the location that would have been their landing point after jumping from her bedroom window... and in that window, there was someone completely unknown yelling at what she thought was a pair of kids fooling around. Well, she wasn't wrong about that in all technicality... but who was that girl? No matter. In continuing to test the limits of Miko's distracted state, Yugi intentionally bucked his hips, kissing her cervix with the tip of his cock and slipping just slightly into her womb for a thrust.

[Apollymi]

Miko did enjoy being appreciated. In earnestness, she'd not thought she would get this far in the whole 'growth' situation. She thought she'd remain small forever and never actually have someone see or appreciate her in the way people did others. So, anything Yugi said to her directly tended to hit her ears fondly. Of course, this was only being made worse, because with his appreciation came threats of sexual deviance which sounded more like gifts to the girl herself. "Squee♪~ Sounds like a plan to me♪~" Miko squealed. As she moved herself around, circles of hips and a face to face meeting.

Miko had commented on the state of his face, and what she'd gotten was a reply she'd not expected. He could be considered a messy eater, but apparently Miko herself was a messy food by his standards. She supposed she'd spilled herself all over his face, but she didn't even get a chance to reply. He obviously didn't mind it as he stole her remnants from her tongue. She pouted lightly against his lips but fell into the make-out properly. As if she intended to take back what he'd stolen she was tongue deep in his mouth accosting the muscle she found there and giving it a very thorough lashing ending with her sucking it between her lips.

Meanwhile, the red eyed girl looking out of Miko's old bedroom window was staring down at a strange sight. A brunette and a black haired lad, obviously connected by the hip but just out in the open. What kind of exhibitionism was this, she even managed to look and see the lad's eyes looking towards her after she spoke and found it strange that he didn't seem worried about it. Ah, but the girl in his lap didn't know yet. And a bit of bucking from his hips had her breaking their lips apart, "Eeep♫!~ " she chirped out in a voice that the young woman definitely knew. Still, Miko's eyes opened immediately widening well past anything normal. She'd been about to comment on the feeling, teasing her way into a more proper penetration but everything about what had happened came rushing back. The sights, the sounds and a shifted world all grounded by a familiar voice. "Kaya-sen!?" she questioned immediately her face turning up to see the girl peeking out of what should have been her bedroom window. Miko's face flushed immediately her whole body going completely still. "Why would you let me distract us like this?! We're out in the open!~" she chided Yugi while taking full responsibility for how they'd ended up in this situation. "Mi...chan..." there was something soft about her words they sounded relieved and shocked and... that dark haired girl had unshed tears in her eyes, as recognition and relief settled at once. But... there was something hidden there, something heavy.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi could have kept pushing until their session reached its natural end. As far as his knowledge went, they had powers unknown to this world... apart from maybe a few choice individuals, like the lad's father who reacted to their first touch by the System. There was little to nothing worrying Yugi currently. Alas, there was something odd about that girl in Miko's window. No matter. Yugi thrusted toward a peek into Miko's womb, effectively furthering the distraction at hand. Sadly, it wouldn't work; he was defeated by a sense of familiarity. Kaya-sen was how Miko acknowledged that girl upstairs. Yugi still had his eyes on the black-haired lass, but those eyes narrowed in suspicion when he saw a glimpse of her reaction.

Miko sounded like she was just surprised to be caught. The one called Kaya, however, reacted as if she didn't think the other girl still drew breath. That strange realm they were in, where night never became day despite a full day certainly passing at least once... what more mysteries did it hold? Surely 24 hours wasn't long enough for that kind of reaction, even if they were reported missing from the day before. Regardless, Miko questioned the lad for letting her distract them. Yugi was certain the whole thing was his doing, but if she wanted to take blame, surely she was accepting punishment. "Yep. All your fault. I just let you do it. Bad girl," he said flatly as other thoughts flooded his mind. Still, Yugi drew one hand away to slap the brunette's rear again. "You should take a load it in the ass to make amends for your... heinous crimes, or whatever."

[Apollymi]

Miko would have accepted continuing until the natural end. If they'd still been in the forest on that alien planet she likely would have actually let him brutalize her all the way until she was unconscious. And the more Yugi peeked into her womb the better she felt about that decision. Or that would have been the case, until it became obvious that Miko knew that voice. The recognition focused her on something new, that easily distracted nature had her led towards her friend in the window. And yes, it could have been assumed that she was just surprised it was her friend there, but the way she was recognized also didn't sit right with her. "Uuwah♪!~" that little noise slipped out, as Miko avoided scrambling like before. "Ah, I'm really a degenerate huh? I liked you calling me a bad girl too♪~" Miko admitted as her core and womb throbbed denoting how much of a turn on she found it. Yugi even went along with her taking blame and slapped her ass again, and she found herself dangerously close to an edge she didn't know it could be reached. "I mean, I'll take one in every hole 'cause I was bad," Miko vowed quietly. "But that reaction is weird. And you're curious too right?" Miko uttered as her hips gained a slightly faster set of movements. It wouldn't be right to leave him without an ejaculation but she didn't know if she could work him into one, still she'd try her hardest to help get him there before they had to get up.

Weird reaction, of the one called Kaya was indeed something. She was blinking rapidly as if she thought the girl was going to disappear from sight if she took her eyes off her. Those tears that had welled up in her eyes had started to spill and wet the girl's face rapidly. "Just don't leave again...." that black haired girl said softly, but Miko heard it. It sounded so broken. The black haired girl didn't want to leave the window to avoid losing track of the brunette. The guy she was with obviously wasn't a problem not in any odd way but... Miko had disappeared a long time ago, and though most thought she'd never be seen again, this girl was holding out hope. With such things answered she couldn't just let her disappear again. She watched her best friend the youngest of their group ride a dick like it was natural to her and continue doing so even while knowing someone was watching. Something drastic had happened, but maybe being gone so long had changed her? "You could have at least come inside first..." she said seeming to find this amount of exhibitionism odd.

[Bloodedge]

Apparently, Miko was deviant enough to enjoy being called a bad girl, perhaps as much as she enjoyed the opposite. Yugi figured as much. When he spoke to her as such and delivered a clearly undeserved punishment, her physical reaction was one of great pleasure. Yugi would keep that in mind. It was clear to him how much she enjoyed such behavior ─ clear enough that he'd enable it despite their current audience. "Really? I couldn't tell," he said sarcastically. "How much do you like it?" he asked. It seemed Miko even agreed to take a load to the ass as punishment. Rather, she took things a step further and spoke of taking one in every hole for her alleged badness. Ah, but she was curious about the raven girl's reaction. Yugi was too, but it seemed that girl wasn't going anywhere. "I'm a lot of things. And you... could have stopped a while ago, but didn't~" the lad teased.

Miko was moving faster in Yugi's lap, riding him wildly enough to make clear her intention. She wanted this over to reunite with her apparent friend, but she also wanted it... finished, so to speak. Somewhere within Yugi, there was an exhibitionist acting out. He felt how easily ejaculation could be brought about from his end, but he was also aware the one being called Kaya wasn't even turning away from the window. "If you hit me with at least a seven right now, I'll blow in two seconds," he said to Miko. Kaya was saying something as well ─ about how they could have come inside before being such deviants. Being the pervert he was, Yugi had something cheeky to say about that. "Coming inside is the plan, but that's usually last. Or... second to last~" he added, knowing by now that he rather enjoyed a good 'money shot' as some would call it.

[Apollymi]

Miko was confirming her own deviance with every moment that passed and every movement she continued to make. She realized that even after noticing they were being watched, she'd not tried to stop. Yugi sarcastically couldn't tell she enjoyed being called a bad girl, she scoffed. "I like it so much I almost came just from hearing it~" she claimed, as for the things she wouldn't say. There was also the fact that she could and would continue doing things and accepting blame to be called bad for the sake of receiving 'punishment'. She could have blamed it on the odd closeness with her friend, not feeling shame... but her face was still rather red. She could have blamed it on already being worked up... but that seemed untrue. There was a pressing reason she should have stopped moving already, but she didn't want to short either of them part of this experience. "I mean, you said before getting caught shouldn't always stop the thing. I was just keeping that part in mind..." Miko said almost skittishly. "Besides you haven't cum yet... it's my responsibility~" Miko claimed as if she took such things very seriously. Though it was also her responsibility to check on her friend but there was an order here and now.

All the while Miko was moving fast in Yugi's lap, that recently increased bust of hers bouncing as she abused herself using him as the tool. At the same time Kaya as she was called, was watching with the same softness she had speaking to the girl, but also marked confusion. Of all the friends she expected to find having sex outside loud enough to be heard, Miko wasn't on the list at all. 'Maybe she really did change? Or maybe she was always just a little freaky and that's why she was quiet?' Kaya couldn't decide which option was right, but she'd be the one witnessing something odd. Yugi for his part in this told Miko that a seven would finish him off, whatever that meant. And Miko shivered gently. "A seven, like right now?" she questioned blushing intensely. Well, she wasn't one to not give the man what he wanted. Admittedly, she never knew exactly what kind of rating she'd get, but she got into the habit of letting words fall out of her mouth. Before she did though, Kaya heard something strange. He was planning to come inside, the boy said. "Oya, isn't that cheeky," Kaya claimed wondering exactly what kind of thing the pair were planning if finishing before getting up was an option.

But what was a seven? Miko didn't actually know but as she continued her ride she opened her mouth and words fell out. She'd leaned forward a hand pressed against his chest as she stabilized herself and rocked her hips against his cock with reckless abandon. "FUCK♪~ YOU MAKING ME TALK DIRTY TO YOU WHILE SOMOENE IS WATCHING IS FUCKING HOT♪! FILL UP YOUR PUSSY DAAADDY AND LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW WELL YOU PLAY ME♪!~" Miko's words echoed from her mouth. And made a blush creep up on the raven haired girl's face. She didn't know that shy friend of hers could piece together a sentence like that with those words while riding a dick no less. It was shocking to say the least, enough for her to avert her eyes for a second only to look back afterwards.

[Bloodedge]

The amount of enjoyment Miko took from being called 'bad girl' was seemingly just shy of making her orgasm. For words alone to do something like that, she truly was quite far down the rabbit hole. "I guess you really earned the title then, huh?" Yugi asked with a bit of cheek. Regarding the fact that she continued riding him despite a clear opportunity to stop, she insisted that he'd yet to finish ─ even referencing things he'd said to her earlier. Most importantly, she claimed it was her responsibility to ensure he ejaculated. How interesting. He'd been ready to pull that same card after a bit of setup earlier, but it seemed that was entirely unnecessary. "Took the words right out of my mouth. Onegaishimasu~"

Even as Miko's ride evolved to something ridiculous, Yugi didn't let his gaze trail away from the girl upstairs for too long. Something was odd, so that one was worth keeping an eye on when possible. They even had something of an exchange going. His comment about 'coming inside' was responded to, whether direct or indirect. "What can I say? I'm into cheeks~" he commented unabashedly. Ah, but what of his request for a seven-star statement? Miko questioned the desire immediately. Shortly afterwards however, a wild ride that involved her using his torso as a stabilizer had her saying one of the most ridiculous things yet. In a single moment, Miko confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt that she... was some form of exhibitionist. Yugi had been wondering that since her parents were at the door earlier. Now, no one in earshot could wonder. "Eh? You're really into being watched while you talk like some Bad End, mind-broken hentai slut?" he questioned, almost appearing ready to judge the girl. However... "That's nine fucking stars all day! Take it bitch!" he exclaimed with the next breath. In that same moment, Yugi slammed his hips upwards. If Miko remained in place, he'd be blasting from the end of her womb again ─ a powerful spray that would utilize his enhanced Intelligence stat to showcase increased mana output for... about ten seconds of consistent spraying.

[Apollymi]

Miko had indeed earned the title of bad girl. If one knew of her nickname she'd definitely be earning and re-earning that all the time. "Of course I earned it!♪ Praise me, Daddy♪~" Miko chimed. Of course, she wasn't just singing her own praises or his, she was also taking responsibility for making sure that Yugi achieved orgasm as well. A wild ride continued as he claimed she took the words out of his mouth but he encouraged her and she would continue on. "YES DADDY♪!~" Miko chirped her agreement.

At the same the same time, Kaya was watching. The words falling from her friends' mouth were outrageous at best. Watching her actually ride a dick with that much aggression against herself was also something amazing. The lad she was with had to have some pretty unreasonable size for him not to fall out of that kind of ridiculous movement. What about his cheek related comment, "I would hope so," Kaya said, in a passive bit of commentary related to the lass currently riding in his lap. Beyond that Kaya heard the ridiculous words spoken by Miko and felt something strange from it. She also got to watch the reaction, not a seven claimed the lad, a nine instead. After giving her a set of phrases that would have made a normal person believe he was about to talk down to her. What a strange relationship. Still, he'd be giving her everything and Miko slammed down as he pushed up. He was filling her womb from within it, and she was experiencing multiple seconds of it. "OOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOH♫!~" a pure note of one of the highest orders rippled from the girl's throat and had enough power behind it to rattle the glass on the house, as she orgasmed around him her body convulsing her tongue hanging out of her mouth and the heat of her body rising rapidly. "Oi oi, careful with the voice. Someone will come looking for an S-rank if you start breaking windows!~" Kaya claimed. Just the same, Miko had something to say to Yugi as she was filled. "FUCK YES DADDY'S FILLING HIS SLUTTY PUSSY ALL THE WAY UP WHILE I CUM ALL OVER MY DICK!♪~ IT FEELS SO FUCKING GOOD TO BE FULL LIKE THIS♪!~" the girl belted out in the aftermath. Even Kaya had to pause, 'Goddamn I knew she was a bottom.' Kaya thought almost absently.

[Bloodedge]

Miko agreed to earning her title, and sought praise for doing so. He had nothing but praise to give. What would he have in response to Miko's demand here and now, though? Well... it probably wouldn't seem like praise to any random passersby. "You filthy fucking degen!♥" he announced. Of the things happening at the time, that may have been the closest thing to normal said. Following Miko's claim of enjoying her current bout of exhibitionism, he couldn't resist applying a bit of roughness from beneath her. The song she sang as a result would surely alert the masses, and potentially destroy some glassware in the vicinity. Yugi would be enjoying that... but also logging a thought related to Kaya's claim for later. 'S-rank? Goddamnit, the special part is gone,' he complained mentally. Ah, but there were more important things to address now.

For starters, Miko's nine-star statement earned her the most intense ejaculation of Yugi's life. What she had to say upon receiving it over a long period was... something that would only keep it going for even longer, via a completely separate surge. Some words should never be put together in a sentence by any law of propriety. That law-breaking construction of a clause, however, was just what Yugi had come to enjoy so thoroughly. He grabbed Miko's hips, sparing no strength in pulling her down and pushing himself up. As his fingers sank into her supple flesh, it felt as if his body was trying to force penetration well beyond what his cock and her womb could even manage. "HAA─! POINT EIGHT! FUCK!" he shouted with no concern for their current placement.

[Apollymi]

Miko asked for praise and what she received likely sounded like an insult to a normal person. Being called a 'filthy fucking degenerate' wasn't the type of term of endearment that most people would understand. But it wasn't always about the words for Miko. No, the tone in which they were spoken, how they felt like flirty appreciation when those sounds met her ears, that was what was important. "Ooah♫~ Music to my ears♪~" Miko chirped happily. At the same time, Kaya simply shook her head. 'Plain words, but I understand why she feels it that way... those words are positive reinforcement~' she mused while continuing to watch. Well, there was nothing wrong with watching another pair work on their relationship. Given the way they talked to each other and Miko's chosen nickname for the lad which she spoke happily even she'd say they were quite close. 'Still did they awaken early or get caught in a dungeon or something?' she was just as curious about what led to them being found so far after they left, presuming the lad was also missing like Miko had been. No matter what, Miko had also heard that talk of S-ranks and had some strange thoughts, 'Waaah♪, were we actually just the Beta Testers? Lame!'

Whatever the case, Kaya had been watching and listening and heard something rather outrageous from the girl who'd been the youngest of her friend group and presumably the most innocent. But she wasn't done with just that, no as Miko slammed herself home and was filled up in obvious cream pie fashion she had even more to say. "Point 8? Boooo~ Judge recount. You know humans don't talk like that... stingy ass♥!~" Kaya commented seeming to want to hype her young friend up. Still with Yugi's hands on her hips Miko seemed to relax. 9.8 was her highest score yet! Still, she looked up to her friend and smirked deviously, there was something innately smug about the look on her face, like she was hinting at something. Still, he was filling her more and her body was convulsing atop him. "Aaaaaah♪!~ I'm working on a high score, it's fine. I've been making great progress, Kaya-sen♫~ We'll be in in a minute♪!~" Miko chirped. Well, just because they were technically in a rush didn't mean she wouldn't enjoy the full afterglow for a moment or two. She leaned in to Yugi's fore and rested against him, remembering all the pretense used to get them here.

[Bloodedge]

Something still felt innately wrong about giving Miko that tenth star she sought with such purpose. At least twice now, he'd nearly announced it... but fell just shy by the time he spoke. The first to have a problem with his frugal rating system was not Miko, but Kaya from above. She even called him stingy for only giving a 9.8, demanding a recount. While Miko was delivering that smug look, Yugi's eyes were averted. He scoffed. "Go fuck yourself," was all he said to Kaya. Whatever her opinion on what was going on, he had recovering to do. Yugi's entire body had to reach a state of ultimate relaxation as the final ounces poured into Miko's womb.

He didn't move for another minute or so. When Miko settled atop him, he loosened that monster grip on her hips to settle both hands against her ass instead. A minute later, he was up and getting his clothes back into place ─ or at least trying to. It seemed the more they leveled up, the more difficulty he was going to have just putting his dick away. "There are ranks here. I don't know if other people have access to the System, but there's something going on. Also... a lot is different. Not sure why," he spoke for a few points of thought while preparing to head inside after Miko's presumed lead.

[Apollymi]

Kaya was one who complained first and foremost. After watching a show like that, she found it difficult to believe that the girl hadn't earned a more perfect score. She was a Japanese school girl she had to be aiming for the best possible score. Ah, but what would she be told, that Miko was actively working on her score. Such words from her, usually meant she didn't want a bailout or help. Her face all smug when she looked up at her, also said that she was well beyond satisfied with he progress. 'Hm, I wonder if she was actually serious about that other thing...' Kaya thought. Whatever that was Yugi had told the lass to go fuck herself over her commentary. "Awww, I don't have to do that. Though that show might have definitely made it something to try♥~" she claimed heading off from the window as the pair settled into post coital bliss, she'd make her way downstairs to meet them at the back door since they were already on the side of the house. "Good first impression♪~" Miko chirped seeming to see nothing wrong with those being the words and phrases chosen as initial greetings between two of her favorite people.

Of course, they'd settle into the afterglow with Miko against his chest and his hands coming to relax against her rear end's softness. Miko quite enjoyed this but knew it wouldn't last too long. Eventually, she was up and making sure her chest was back inside that dress of hers, though her thigh highs were still ripped and other such things were still out of place. "I got it♪!~" Miko chirped as she watched Yugi struggling to get his pants up. First and foremost she'd be swallowing his cock down her mouth and running her tongue and mouth along it from base to tip to clean it off. At the same time, she'd end up with a bit of spunk on her face and around her mouth. But she'd be easily capable from her own angle of helping him put away his cock in those pants of his. Carefully placing him along the leg it leaned towards and zipping him up without any issue. "Something is definitely different. I heard a bunch of commotion when we first landed and I couldn't place it. It wasn't a car accident or anything remotely normal..." Miko murmured having sorted through all those sounds. "Also we did the thing, and now know that the armor doesn't interfere with anything normal. So good job us!~" she said still going through too many things in her head. There was something odd about Kaguya being at her house. Something weird about how happy she was to see the girl, something even weirder about that ranking mention. "Still, we can ask Kaya-sen, I'm sure she can explain what we've missed~" Miko chirped. There was a certain trust that existed between her and her friends and she didn't give it lightly. As such she could easily assume nothing negative would happen by finding out the lay of the land from Kaguya.

[Bloodedge]

Kaya claimed she didn't have to go fuck herself. To Yugi, that was a bit of backstory about her status as an individual. Still, Miko the exhibitionist had a voyeur for a friend ─ that much was made even more clear by Kaya's follow-up statement. Given how long she'd been watching them, such extra commentary wasn't needed at all... though it did confirm there was something more to the status of two friends' relationship from one end. Whatever the case, Miko claimed a good first impression was made. He could figure this friend of hers was the type of person he wouldn't be highly annoyed by, which was good. Still... "I wasn't going for one, but fine."

By the time Yugi was trying to fit back into his pants, Miko was deciding he needed cleaning. Her mouth went to his cock ─ something that had become a clear and building habit of hers. She went on to clean the lad of their combined fluids, once again rising with the residue present on her face. While she zipped his pants, he considered pointing out that obvious glob of semen... but would he? 'Nope. Definitely got some kind of marking kink,' he thought, leaving it at that. Moving right along, Miko brought attention to the pretense which brought them into this situation. The armor they were wearing wasn't obtrusive at all, despite their closeness and roughness throughout that last session. That was good, but Yugi had a different thought on the matter. "Oh. Right. Yeah, because that was the purpose. Totally didn't figure it would work like that or anything. We should celebrate the discovery and us being responsible enough to do the totally necessary checks and... stuff," he rambled as they made their way in. The strangeness of their return had never left Yugi's mind. Something unusual was definitely afoot. As a result of his thought process, Yugi would be entering the building with full skepticism present and bleeding through a face that once would have been at least partially concealed by a mask. "So when did you last see this Kaya-sen?" he asked before any direct encounters.

[Apollymi]

Miko claimed a good impression had been made, and Yugi claimed that wasn't his intention. "I figured, but it was an observation," Miko commented. Actually, she was pretty sure her friend would quite enjoy this lad given his terse attitude. And she also knew that he wouldn't mind her, given the fact that she didn't fall into his traditional dislike boxes at least the ones known so far. Beyond this they were soon dressed and Miko herself had 'helped' get the lad back into his clothes. But Yugi's apparent marking kink would go unnoticed, well... it wasn't like it mattered Miko would definitely clean her face the good way whenever it became obvious to her she'd left food uneaten. Beyond that they'd done their tests of armor and equipment and the like so all was well, "Hai, we should definitely do something exciting for being so responsible!~" Miko fell right into it.

Still by the time they entered the house, Yugi's face had shifted to his more ornery disposition. Pure skepticism showed in his visage as Miko looked around her kitchen and found it oddly unchanged. But still, something about the house felt odd to her. The only noise she could hear inside, was Kaguya pacing by the coffee table. "Weird, the house sounds too still," Miko murmured softly. As for Yugi's question, Miko began walking forward easily able to lead the lad around her house. "Hm, a few days ago. I was still in the middle school building but I had to go to the Student Council Meeting as the Chairwoman of the Disciplinary Committee," she mentioned because it was such a normal thing for them. Though Miko also thought the girl was a bit too forlorn about seeing her for it to have only been a couple of days. "She's coming here by the way," Miko said as she heard Kaguya's footsteps changing pace to head towards the backdoor with glorious purpose. Within a few seconds of her saying that the other girl in her short sweater dress slipped into the room. "You're actually still here! I wasn't dreaming♥!~" she claimed as if she'd expected the girl to disappear as she woke from some kind of fever dream. As such she approached Miko wrapping her arms around her, but the look on Yugi's face wasn't missed at all. That sharp expression had her heart skipping a beat as the red eyed girl looked at him. 'Goddamn he's hot!~' she thought as she held on to Miko for enough time that one might question the platonic nature of their relationship. Miko for her part in this, froze for a moment. "That sounds too relieved, Kaya-sen," Miko murmured as her hand moved up and wrapped around the other girl patting her back gently as she always did.

[Bloodedge]

It was decided that the Players would be doing something undoubtedly deviant to celebrate their victory in... well, deviance. They'd been functioning as such since their first hour knowing one another. With that being the case, continuing along that same path was a certainty. At the very least, they did have the capacity to break from debauchery and do normal things. They returned to Miko's home through the rear entrance, only for Miko to feel something was wrong inside as well. The house was too still, she claimed. Yugi took that verbal note as probable cause to immediately place everything in the building under his scrutiny. He'd been wandering around this house only a day before from their perspective. So then, what was wrong?

Everything was wrong. Shoes at the doorway weren't suited to the size of Miko's parents... none of them. Plants throughout the house were not the same as they had been, and those that were... were larger than he noticed before. Moreover, it didn't even take ears like Miko's to realize the general hustle and bustle of a house belonging to three people was missing. One could easily say Kaya was the only person present, but what of the shoes? Slippers belonging to the girl's parents were nonexistent. They certainly hadn't been gone for a day. Ah, but there wasn't just the strangeness of a time window to consider. When those skeptical eyes finally landed on the black-haired girl, things could have been normal. She was quite the fine specimen of a young woman. Natural as that was for Yugi to think, the System had something for him to behold as well.


[System Notice]
Route Available: Critical Bond Route
Target: Shinomiya Kaguya
Relationship Status: Desirous
Mission Directive: Engage with Kaguya to advance the Critical Bond Route.
Failure Consequence: Failure to complete this mission will result in a punishment.
Route Overview:
• Yugi is compelled to pursue intimacy and interaction with Shinomiya Kaguya.
• Kaguya’s behavior may involve challenges, competitive banter, and subtle dominance.
• System Mechanics: Romance points, affinity boosts, and event triggers are automatically adjusted to reflect progress.
Suggested Directives:
1. Increase dialogue engagement with Kaguya.
2. Complete interaction events to raise Intimacy.
3. Follow system cues for Intimacy milestones.
4. Maintain mission compliance to avoid punishment.
System Notes:
• Intimacy gains are accelerated due to pre-existing soul resonance.
• Critical Bond Route events may override other romance route options.
• All actions taken during this route are logged for mission evaluation.

Accept [Y/Y]?

Yugi saw a notification meant only for him, but the biggest issue was that he had no real options. Where there should have been the ability to select 'Yes' or 'No', there was instead... 'Yes' and 'Yes' as options. Why was he given a mandatory route selection that was clearly designed to come with options? "Hm..." he grumbled while considering that first clause, proceeding to view the actual 'quest' or whatever it was.

[Apollymi]

Something deviant in the future was par for the course, when it came to interactions between the Players. But upon stepping into the house the mood shifted, Miko could tell the lad was actively using his visual acumen and her own ears were sensing a house quite empty compared to what she was used to. Beyond that Kaguya's entrance made the conversation quiet but also made things odd. Miko decided to go for something a bit more light-hearted as an opener after the girl seemed to fall back into softness hugging her so tightly. "I heard that you know... your heart skipping a beat♪~" Miko said in a gently teasing tone. "A Miko doesn't tell lies♪~" Miko said again, which only made the lass laugh. "Ehehe!♥~ With senses like that you might be awakening. You definitely would have been tested already, if you'd be around. Still you're way too much, actually..." Kaya paused gripping the girl's body her hands moving down and around it. "You've been doing a lot of growing, goddamn I didn't think you'd catch up this fucking hard! Though I guess it makes sense, it's been a year and all. It probably just feels extreme because I didn't see it happening," Kaya said.

The confirmation of the amount of time that had passed made Miko freeze. That was way too much time, she wasn't expecting such a revelation. The quietness of the house couldn't be what she thought. Her parents weren't just allowing Kaguya to say here, nor did they likely adopt her. No, something was very... very wrong and they'd not been gone a whole year. She quickly turned her eyes to Yugi. "I forgot to make introductions. Shinomiya Kaguya... this is my boyfriend," she said pausing. Well, if they were back here she didn't know if he wanted his name being spread around. There was a certain danger associated with it, she'd let him decide. "Oya? Did you forget his name because you call him, Daddy?" Kaguya teased the lass wondering why she'd gotten so stiff. Well, perhaps she was simply thinking about her parents, but this was a happy moment, Kaguya didn't want to spoil it. "And what about you... you've got a really sour look on your face♥!~" she said to Yugi, obviously her manner of speech was just a certain amount of comfortable. "A look you obviously like with your weird glaring kink," Miko murmured her face looking just a little puffy as she pouted just a tad, there were too many small details floating around that she didn't like, she was having to compartmentalize to avoid freaking out.

[Bloodedge]

With Miko and Kaguya having a reunion that certainly didn't fit a gap of individual days, Yugi remained in observation mode. Many things were strange, and he'd find out what they were. Luckily, Miko's friend was very forthcoming with information. It was always a boon to have conversations naturally progress in such a way as to divulge necessary hints, removing the requirement for excessive prodding. Miko said initially that she'd seen this girl only a few days prior. The speech of the red-eyed lass, however, involved mention of a year apart. Surely Miko hadn't been through enough to lose or confuse that much time. 'That makes sense of the plants. The Iino family doesn't live here anymore, and probably hasn't... since that day. Yesterday for us,' he thought. A few words about awakenings and testing went along with earlier mentions of 'S-ranks' appearing. Another thing logged in Yugi's mind.

In due time, introductions were made as well. Miko offered her friend's name at last: Shinomiya Kaguya. Yugi's attention was pulled away from the System screen to view the girl's face. He knew that name. "Shinomiya?" he questioned. That name arose at the dinner table and in various official meetings numerous times. He'd met... probably her father, and possibly the girl herself. Either way, he was simply introduced as Miko's boyfriend ─ something Kaguya immediately brought into question. Still avoiding use of his name, Yugi did decide to drop a hint that would only matter if his actual 'first impression' with Kaguya had been a good one... several years ago. "Hisashiburi dana... Kozuki. Have you awakened yet?" he asked. No further details were given, even about Miko calling him 'Daddy' or Kaguya's... apparent glaring kink. 'Is it because we've met before? Did I accidentally start some otome route before I even knew about the System? That doesn't make sense.'

[Apollymi]

The confirmation of a year of time passing, almost sent Miko into a panic-attack. Her parents definitely hadn't been in this house in much, much longer than a couple of days. Kaguya was easily divulging information which made it simple to figure out some key details. 'Something happened to my parents, I'm sure of it. God fucking damnit, you fucking chickenshit Prime Minister!' she thought these things but she kept the conversation as light as Kaguya seemed to be keeping it. "Oi oi, you can hardly call anything I do a kink after I found you outside being a super exhibitionist. On some DDLG stuff, I thought that'd end up being me♥~" she claimed in a joking manner. "We got used to being alone... and I'm easily distracted," Miko confirmed her long standing issues. "And always hungry," Kaguya teased while pulling away from the girl just to point. "You've got a little something on your face, which is interesting 'cause I swear I saw the end of that..." Kaguya said in a leading manner. "Well, I have OCD so I had to clean it up. And besides it's delicious♪!~" Miko chirped much to Kaguya's surprise. "That is somehow the sluttiest and most innocent thing I've ever heard. Though if you say his is tasty I believe you, it's not usually like that, just so you know..." Kaguya claimed but she didn't seem to take too much issue with her friend's activity. Even if she didn't get it considering semen was some of the nastiest stuff she'd ever had the displeasure of having in her mouth.

While, Miko cleaned her face by rubbing semen from around her mouth and directly into it like she was getting left over food off. A gentle greeting was offered to Kaguya. Kozuki was the name chosen and it sparked recognition after Yugi saying her surname a specific way also made Miko think they'd met before. "Hoh?" Kaguya paused, looking at the lad and holding up her hands to frame his face in a fake mask. "No wonder I thought you looked a bit familiar. The panty watcher. You bloomed too huh?~" she claimed as if it was perfectly reasonable thing. "I didn't know you found this kid, Mi-chan♥~" Kaguya offered the other girl, a high five, which was accepted. "Sou ka, good you two already know each other. Good! Also she called you panty watcher how long have you been like this? Did you steal her panties too?~" Miko chimed seemingly pleased. "Steal mine too? How bold you've gotten. Well I guess not really, considering how I found you two. We met at one of those annoying functions... how's your sister?" Kaguya clarified and asked a question... she'd quite enjoyed that girl when she'd met her. "As for your question, I don't know. Probably, I haven't gone in for testing yet, but stuff has been a bit weird around me lately... there isn't a hard time when people awaken or anything. But odd things happen, enhances senses, speed or agility or made some odd manifestation of powers... you know, the usual~" she confirmed. "Also when explaining things like pretend we've been under a rock... details♪!~" Miko demanded.

[Bloodedge]

While Miko and Kaguya kept up their reunion, Yugi lived primarily in his own mind to dissect the newest System alert. Everything about it was so strange. He was being ordered to pursue some form of intimacy with Kaguya, whom he was sure had an existing relationship already. Hell, Yugi had a relationship himself. Could it have been due to their earlier discussion of the Harem Route? Relationship Status was marked as 'desirous' as well; did it mean him, or her? He was in a natural state of desire, but perhaps this girl had latched onto him visually? Yes, there was such an exchange between the girls about a 'glaring' kink. Most bothersome may have been the System mentioning some existing soul resonance, which he interpreted as sexual chemistry after how the System acknowledged Miko and himself. 'When I snatched that pair of panties, I never expected to get laid, thrown to another world, given magical powers and multiple cheeks to clap.'

Beyond all his thoughts of what the System demanded, there was the fact that he'd encountered Kaguya before. They may not have been properly acquainted, but there was enough of an impression for recollection. Perhaps that working both ways had something to do with Kaguya calling him... the panty watcher. Miko quickly latched to that title, wondering if he'd stolen Kaguya's panties as well. Before he even cared to open his mouth and answer, Kaguya made clear the fact that panty theft was a more recent development. "It was never about the panties. It was about what they go on. Saitō Musashibō Benkei," he clarified for both girls, merely alluding to the belief system associated with his perceivable panty fixation. As for Kaguya's question about his sister... Well, the only viable answer he could give was connected to Miko's desire for a specific kind of explanation. "You have a better chance of knowing than I do. A year ago, she was bedridden more than half of the time. It wasn't looking good," he admitted somberly.

Now wasn't the time for Yugi to worry about that, though. There were clues to be found even in the void of silence; what Kaguya didn't say was no less important than what she did say. As such, Yugi paused to think about those blanks and what they meant. 'Nothing about Chichiue. He's probably still running the show. The Iino parents can't be dead; that would be stupid and damning. It's a bit supervillain, but... he's got them. The way he targeted us specifically when the System showed up says it probably wasn't a move to wipe us out. No, it was... more desperate, like he was losing an opportunity. Were we prone to this before? It doesn't seem like this awakening thing has anything to do with Players; we were selected. Players would probably be called the Chosen or some shit. All that hiding behind masks and being kept close... Maybe I've got a predisposition for some power he wanted? If I've got something like that, she's got it too. Hollow logic? Body-snatching? If there's anything hereditary about these powers, then...' Yugi paused his thoughts, disliking every potential direction the situation was going. Regardless of his accuracy or lack thereof, he was certain about one thing. "We're going to need to discuss something privately. We're also going to need fake ID with new names, and... I can't do too much until I've done something else completely unrelated. That's part of the private discussion, by the way," he said to Miko.

[Apollymi]

While Yugi was working through things, Miko was also working through things. She'd heard the little swishing of a ring around Kaguya's finger, one that Miko herself hadn't ever seen before. That being said she figured Kaguya didn't yet want to talk about it. Actually, a lot was missing from how Kaguya was talking and what she was choosing to say. By Miko's approximation she was keeping topics light, not pointing out the obvious things. Where her parents were, what was going on with her personal life, how she ended up inhabiting Miko's old house. Aloud though, Yugi was speaking about a historical figure when it came to his apparently new panty snatching behavior. "Benkei the monk? What's he got to do with this?" Kaguya wondered willing to allow her mind to wander just a bit. It'd be Miko to answer as she finished cleaning her face. "Saito Musashibo Benkei, is a warrior monk who took the weapons of his defeated opponents as trophies," Miko chirped. "Sou ka, you two are the same kind of nerd then, makes sense... that's so cute♥~" Kaguya managed in a light-hearted way.

Still, this pair apparently hadn't known each other for too long. They'd bonded so well in such a short amount of time. When asked about the state of his sister, Yugi claimed Kaguya would have a better idea than he did. He gave a somber reaction, "Sou ka, I was right about that then..." Miko murmured working through her own thought processes. "I could check in for you. Those symptoms are kind of bad in modern society but she was like that way too early to have developed the Eternal Slumber too..." Kaguya said in a way that made Miko cut her eyes in the other girl's direction. "Oh right, Eternal Slumber is like mana toxicity. Gates are big circular portals, they open up into alternate dimension dungeons with monsters inside. World-wide phenomenon. Monsters have Essence stones, and the Dungeons have monsters and mana crystals inside. Essence Stones are sold into the world for cash and mana crystals burn as clean energy for a lot of places. Actually Japan's tech leaders made a bunch of progress with them. Medical field hasn't gotten so far yet. Dungeons ranked E-S, monsters inside ranked the same... Hunters gather up in groups and take them on, standard mechanics. Even I get them, it hits like a bad table top game with a dumb DM but... who am I to complain?" Kaguya said giving information in the way Miko usually liked it. Figuring the other lad would be smart enough to follow along.

"Hai, thanks for that..." Miko murmured for the information. Still there was a lot missing. and Yugi claimed they needed a private moment, fake ids and wouldn't be meeting with anyone else for whatever reason. "Hm, well, I know someone who can handle some of that not all of it. Mi-chan are you running the errands part?" Kaguya asked. "Also you're free to your privacy, I haven't changed most of the rooms and I took one of the guest ones for myself," Kaguya explained. "Yeah, probably, also can I borrow your phone..." Miko said. "Your other phone for a bit, I'll call Ai-sen I assume she's been through here already, but we still have to be careful...." Miko asserted. Kaguya pulled a phone from her pocket that was powered off with a battery pack attached and handed it to Miko without thinking about it. All the while her normal phone was sitting on the kitchen counter. "Going to change clothes then..." Miko said leaning her head away and nudging Yugi along headed for her music room, as it was sound proof, and likely unharmed.

[Bloodedge]

Kaguya acknowledged the one named Benkei he spoke of, but didn't see the connection to Yugi's logic. Luckily, the annoying part of explanations was taken care of by Miko, leaving Yugi to explain only the logic. "That's hot," he said first and foremost about Miko having historical context. "Yes, that Benkei. Panties are weapons that conceal other weapons. They also make a great trophy. That successful pair ended up being a game. I won," he explained. Moving on to the topic of Yugi's sister, it seemed Miko had some assumptions earlier ─ assumptions she was right about. She probably realized there was something a bit too practiced about the way he dealt with her clothes, if he had to guess. Kaguya offered to check the situation, comparing the girl's symptoms to something called Eternal Slumber. Surely an explanation of that was on the way based on Miko's quick look, so Yugi settled for a simple response. "Arigatou. I'll owe you," he said earnestly.

Eternal Slumber wasn't given much detail, though the name alone said enough about the end result. He had some assumptions as to the finer details, and would be rambling his thoughts in due time. "Gradual progression to a building state of lethargy, eventually ending in some sort of magical coma? Probably something they couldn't figure out until these Essence Stones were dissected and a scientist that was exposed developed the condition," he chattered. All the talk of monsters, dungeons and hunters made this entire situation around them sound like some weird mashup of game genres ─ one Kaguya had a clear distaste for. From Yugi's perspective, nothing seemed too bad apart from the life-threatening part that removed most fun one could have. "What's dumb about it?"

Moving on to the Players' needs, Kaguya apparently had access to someone who could acquire some false identification for them. "That's good. I had someone in mind, but that would be more difficult to work around. Probably," he said simply. Moments later, Yugi was accompanying Miko to her former music room, where she'd be changing clothes. Along the way, he got his thoughts together, keeping an ear open for anything Kaguya had to add from a distance. When he spoke, he spoke quietly. "Did you get a System alert?"

[Apollymi]

That's hot. Yugi seemed to find Miko's knowledge of his historical reference worthy of approval. "Sou ka, you really haven't known each other long. You're going to have fun♥~" Kaguya said knowingly. Of course, she realized that if this lad had known how much of a history nerd Miko happened to be, that definitely wouldn't have been the first time he said it. And she knew it was the first time he said it, because... Miko's face held a gentle flush and oddly smug approval. Weapons that concealed other weapons, are what Yugi called panties. "I bet you did, win that game. Which is exactly the reason I refused to play with you~" Kaguya mentioned with a devious little smirk. Though she said it that way, once again Miko could hear it. The tapping of that engagement ring, the gentle twisting. 'Self-soothing, and plausible deniability. Kaya hasn't changed,' Miko decided internally. All the while, Yugi seemed to be interested in the offer Kaguya made to check on his little sister. "Hai hai, tell Ai-nee when you call her..." Kaguya offered to Miko. "Box it," Miko added it to the list of things she would be asking Ai for in time.

Meanwhile, Kaguya's explanations of the current world had both Yugi and Miko's minds actively working. Yugi, murmured his understanding of the Eternal Slumber and Miko also worked through it while making a couple of decisions. "Oh, like the first people to deal with nuclear power... and x-ray machines. They didn't realize the potential dangers to certain kinds of constitutions," Miko offered softly. Both of these individuals were brilliant by Kaguya's own understanding. "Really? With just that... you two are brilliant~" Kaguya complimented the pair seemingly in a good mood. Moving on, Kaguya had called the overarching system surrounding Hunters and their classes dumb, Yugi wondered why, and Kaguya took a breath. "Uh-oh, gonna be a doozy♪~" Miko chirped knowing that look. "It's dumb because the system is set up in such a way that it doesn't allow progression. Once people awaken, they're locked in. You go and get tested cause you feel a little bit strong, and you find out you're E-rank? Good luck being anything but a miner for some low-rank sketchy party. Happen to wake up S-rank? Go off, live a great life with diplomatic immunity because no one can make you do anything... it's stupid. You can't progress, at all the best you can do is expand your body. You don't even get more than your natural skills. Its like joining a D&D campaign and playing an NPC for a session, but the session is a life long commitment and a random role you didn't even ask for. It's fucking dumb and you can't even get better really. The best you can do is learn some human new skills and hope someone takes pity on you or maybe you get a second awakening, but those are so rare no one even understands them. Dumb system, dumb DM... dumb life!" Kaguya ranted. That lass rarely ranted and as such Miko could only smile.

"I'm calm... I'm cool. Don't worry, I'll fill in any details later..." Kaguya said, rolling her eyes. In that moment it became obvious why she'd not gone in for testing immediately. Kaguya got shafted at a lot of points in life, she didn't need confirmation of failure in another way. As they went off to Miko's Music Room Kaguya walked towards the living room to begin pacing, still rubbing that ring. As Yugi and Miko found privacy Miko unequipped her dress and handed the lad in front of her panties, fresh thigh highs and the like, in purple and black lace. She sat down on the bench of her piano and began the discussion. "Iia, I haven't seen anything since the HP loss," Miko confirmed. "Did you get one? You seemed a bit distracted, and we do get personal quests sometimes~" Miko asked knowing they needed to discuss things pretty quickly.

[Bloodedge]

"It's been... technically a year," was all Yugi said about the length of their relationship. He didn't think hiding anything from Kaguya would work long-term however; she was quite the perceptive individual for what Yugi would call normal. She showed such a trait by giving the reason she'd rejected his game challenge, back when they met. "You should've played. You could have been the first trophy," he said, knowing Kaguya had a much better pair to collect when they interacted. A bit of would-be innocuous movement drew Yugi's eye to the girl's hand, which contained a ring she was repeatedly fiddling with. He paid no heed to that, but it did confirm the status of her relationship.

As for the Eternal Slumber issue, it was relatively easy to figure out. Both Yugi and Miko seemed to have the right idea, much to Kaguya's surprise. "It's basic stuff. Scientists are just smart enough to be dumb," he claimed. Lo and behold, Yugi wouldn't be the only one calling something dumb. Kaguya would soon be loosing a rant the likes of which he'd only expect from... himself. Yugi listened intently, both because he needed the information she had, and because she was showing herself as a kindred spirit. He certainly agreed with her opinion now that he knew the awakened people had no way to advance themselves. That was such an unnecessary restriction, it surely couldn't have been implemented by an individual with any sense. Yugi thought to agree aloud, but instead... "That's hot," passed his lips once more. "Not the way stuff works here. You're right about that; it's fucking dumb. What's the point of people gaining superpowers if they can't grow any of them? If I'm going to earn a skill, I want to be able to... level it." He hesitated right at the end, if only because several things were settling. The System and these awakenings were not similar at all. That would have to be discussed later.

Upon separating themselves from Kaguya, Yugi posed a single question. He was also offered Miko's undergarments ─ ones she clearly intended to have him place upon her now that she was nude. Before addressing those, he decided to address the way she unequipped her dress. "That was the perfect opportunity. Shame," the lad stated. Regardless, they did have something important to do and discuss, starting with Yugi revealing his most recent System notice. "I didn't think so. This. Your friend is engaged, but the System isn't giving me an option here. I'm gonna have to be an NTR antagonist today ─ not that I personally care. It's your friend though, so I thought I'd tell you. Anyway... this is also the reason I'm not going just yet. I don't trust the bit about this route interfering with other quests and overriding romance options. I'm even wondering if growing the Intimacy rating will affect how it scales in other relationships, like ours for example. Hence this conversation," he explained while holding out that pair of lace panties, ready to slip them up Miko's legs.

[Apollymi]

Technically a year, was what Yugi had to say, Kaguya couldn't help but smirk... "You can learn a lot or a little about a person in that amount of time~" she mentioned as if it meant absolutely nothing. But once again, Miko could hear it, the tonal shift, the weighted decision in her friend's voice. In Miko's eyes, Kaguya was working through her own understanding, her current life versus picking up where they left off... Miko didn't blame the other lass for not being able to make a complete decision immediately. She'd probably been trying to learn to mediate her 'impulsive' nature. "Iia, I'm in no position to play games against you~" Kaguya mentioned. She wasn't the type to take a challenge she couldn't win or go up against someone already sure of an outcome that wasn't her nature at all.

Soon after this, Kaguya was calling the pair brilliant for managing to figure out a bit about the nature of the 'Eternal Slumber' which she understood only because it was explained to her. "Iia, that's still more than I'd expect you to get basically walking in blind," Kaguya said. Still there was her rant which would end and the lad would claim it was hot. Well, it was obvious he didn't mean the system the world was functioning under. "Damn right she is♪~" Miko confirmed that speech was for Kaguya in a manner which implied her oddity still remained about the girl. Kaguya heard out what both individuals had to say, "Right? If I as a DM will let Mi-chan roll for crit every time she wants to seduce something... it's the least the world can do to let us grow the way we want!" Kaguya complained and Miko smiled. She knew that pair could get along and she could see it progressing easily regardless of anything else. Two of her favorite people enjoyng each other was among one of the best feelings she'd ever had about anything.

Soon enough the small girl was in her piano room, handing Yugi a pair of her panties and stepping into them, ready to let him slip them up her body. After she disrobed, he claimed there was a missed opportunity. "Hmph, unless the plan is you bending me over this piano there is no point in me stripping right now♪~" Miko chirped with devious intent. Miko understood enough of what was happening to know that if he saw such a show he'd not resist placing his dick immediately into one of her holes or against something fleshy. She could trust him to be exactly himself. Soon enough he was showing her, his latest notification from the System. A show of a Route for Shinomiya Kaguya with romance options. "Sugoi♪!~ I was thinking that for the System to be so intuative it was a bit weird for the only otome system we got to be resonance..." Miko murmured as she read. She kept an eye on Yugi as he slid her panties into place but would finish her reading before allowing him to place her bra on her as well. "Well, I can see why you want to talk about it. It does seem to be worded like that, but Otome games are always a bit precarious. The start of routes are tenuous. The wrong move can set you back several dozen actions. But in this case, it should be less to worry about... technically I laid some of the foundation for this a long time ago. Kaya-sen was told ages ago by me, that if I ever actually found something awesome I'd share it with her. And you're my best thing ever and I fully intend to keep my promise on that front. And now you know that too♪~" Miko explained of herself and the situation surrounding them. "I don't think I can pull off the NTR antagonist, the worst I tend to be is a tsundere villainess. So I don't see it as a problem. I actually meant to talk to you about it before but... it got lost in the clusterfuck of our training arc..." Miko expressed. Whenever her bra was on, she'd turn around and sit, allowing the lad the fun of a fresh pair of thigh highs with the direct eye contact he'd asked for if only because she had something very specific to share with him and wanted him to understand her. "Our lives are bound together, and you're my favorite. I am not the type of person who will ever let go of anything that's my favorite, so I don't think what's going on between us will change. The Harem Route is open and it's going to be sooo fucking good♪~ And if you go picking a new favorite... I'll just have to remind you I'm your favorite game to play, right Daddy?♪~" she flirted at the end.

[Bloodedge]

Kaguya claimed she was in no position to play games against him. Yugi regrettably had the perfect line of response for her, but it was not the right time. He'd have to hold that one for later. First, he'd walk off with Miko to establish a proper plan. Sadly, that plan didn't involve the usual divergence of deviance, as Miko saw no point in stripping... At least not without a plan to bend her over her piano. "So there's every point? Because if it's not obvious by now, I'm gonna end up bending you over any and everything you can be bent over. Well... except the stuff you take the initiative to bend yourself over. Looking forward to that too," he replied as those panties glided up Miko's thighs. Her bra would follow as they discussed the System's latest demands. "It is really weird. I don't like otome games with minimal effort, and I'd probably hate it in real life even more. If a harem is possible, it better be a huge accomplishment that isn't difficult to accomplish just for the sake of difficulty."

Some new information was given while he clipped that bra in place. Some time ago, there was a promise of sharing between Miko and Kaguya. Specifically, Miko offered to share something awesome ─ which seemingly alluded to future sex partners. Three people were in this house presently. Apparently, three people among that set were pure deviants. "So she's also a total degen? I figured that when she didn't react too terribly to me looking up her skirt," he said just before Miko mentioned her perceived inability to play the 'NTR antagonist' role. He thought she might not manage the conventional, expected version... but that didn't make her unfit to the role overall. He'd comment on that while picking up the first of her thigh-highs. "I think you could pull it off. Not the one most people know about, but definitely the 'she's totally an upgrade to whatever boring bitch he was dealing with before' type. Tsundere villainess is pretty hot though. I kinda want to see that side. Where is she?~" he asked with a bit of teasing flirtatiousness in his tone. One article slipped gently up her leg; the other would soon follow. All the while, Miko was making a very interesting claim of Yugi's person. She was to be his favorite game ─ one who'd remind him of that position if his thoughts ever slipped. Yugi felt a bit cheeky upon being asked about that. "You might be right. You know, I'm starting to think I might have a new favorite game~" he joked. Finally, Yugi rose. Everything meant to go under whatever outfit Miko had was now in place, so he could move on to finalize their discussion. "So we're good? Because while you're out, I'm on an otome route... and I don't believe in losing games of any genre."

[Apollymi]

Miko said what she had to say concerning her stripping and Yugi in turn complained there was every point. Apparently he was even looking forward to the things she'd bend herself over and claimed he'd be bending her over any and everything he could. "Well given how often I end up coincidentally bent over things, I'm sure you'll find your way in♪~" Miko chirped as her panties were settled. As they moved along in the conversation it would seem that Yugi didn't like the idea of going through a game for the harem route and finding it difficult for no real reason. "I agree, but I always think the Harem Route is the best route. I don't devote hours of my life to learning habits, figuring out approaches and getting to know characters to give up anyone," Miko rambled. "On topic though, if Kaya-sen is the first extra route opened up, I can see it being worth it just for the variety you'll end up finding between targets♪~" Miko flirted. But she also knew something about Kaguya which may not have been completely obvious just yet.

"Kaya-sen respects honesty, given how you are I doubt she would have been too upset, especially if you explained yourself at all," Miko concluded about the girl and their earlier interaction. All without the detail that the man looked particularly bitchy while explaining things to people. "And yes, you're right about that... she's gonna be awesome, I'm sure♪~" Miko confirmed happily. She believed in Kaguya and her abilities and prowess even if she'd not witnessed them personally just yet. As for the NTR villain route, Miko could see it playing out for Yugi with Kaguya. She had her own opinions given the girl's anxiety. As for Miko according to Yugi she could pull off being an upgrade to a boring woman as her archetype of NTR villain. "I feel like the kind of guys I'd like would only rarely get trapped in that sort of thing. Still, assuming balance of the system between us, I can expect a route or two to open for me. I'll let you know if that happens♪~" Miko chirped. As for the teasing bit about wanting to meet the villainess version of Miko, she smirked just a little, "I'm sure you'll meet eventually, especially with you running around giving my dick away♪~" Miko flirted just the same. Surely she was some sort of degenerate, knowing full well that she'd punish them for having too much fun without her, or for thinking they could leave her out at all.

With her thigh highs on and the rest of her underclothes Miko was free to dress herself. "Equip!" she chanted which would place on her person, lilac colored mini-skirt. A dark lowneck shirt and purple hoodie. She'd stand as well her shoes on the floor. She'd then turn around and place her hips directly against Yugi's groin, grinding as she slowly put on those boots on the old fashioned way and tied them. All the while her hips would be moving from side to side, up and down stirring up the lad in question. "Daddy, don't go teasing me now... we all know I'm only ever three seconds away from swallowing your dick and pretending like the only problem in the world is keeping you buried in my throat or getting my pussy filled instead~" she claimed with a smirk on her face as she finished tying her shoes. "And yes, we're good. You get out there and you make sure my bestie makes good life decisions and show her I don't make bad choices. We win around here!~" Miko stated earnestly. "And when I get back, you make sure you drop my dick back down my throat so I can see how my two favorite things taste together, alright Daddy?~" Miko asked tucking that burner phone into her front pocket when she finally turned around to face the lad with smug intent playing across her face.

[Bloodedge]

Miko did find herself bent over quite a few things. When they were building their base in what could be called their 'tutorial world', Yugi saw her do so multiple times for no particular reason. Of course, the end result was what it always would be: insertion. Such would continue to be the case for the foreseeable future, especially if she did those things with intent. "I'll find my way in alright," Yugi vowed. He'd go on to hear more about Kaguya for the approach he had no choice in making. An appreciator of honesty, and apparently an enjoyer of men with angry faces ─ that was what he could know going into the route. Things would probably be easy whenever he got past the fiancé she was obviously thinking about. Perhaps this one was mandatory because of the associated challenge? That was worth considering. "Hm. I wonder if the System stripped choice away because she's another tutorial? Like I have to score past the defense of... whoever the hell she's engaged to," he mused.

Whatever the case, Yugi would soon be sent away... but not before Miko established her place in the apparent hierarchy. She donned her boots as a normal person would after equipping the rest directly from inventory. That manual donning was all an excuse, clearly ─ one meant to let her grind against his lap. Naturally, he fell right into the movement, winding his own hips to rub his clothed and stiffening groin against her rear. "I'm the one teasing? No way. Three seconds is a bullshit cooldown. Make it a channeled ability and do that shit at will. Cooldowns are for lap dances and... well, other shit," he declared. Miko gave the go-ahead for Yugi to pursue her friend, that grind continuing for only a few more moments throughout. By the time she offered an agreement for the time of her return, she was rising and turning ─ though not without Yugi's hand squeezing and rubbing her fleeting buttocks. "A deal's a deal. I'll save all the good flavor for you, but your other favorite thing out there might be in need of repairs. Now get the fuck out before I slam you on that piano or something."

[Apollymi]

Miko had several fresh memories of the types of things that happened when her bottom was randomly up in the air. No matter what, such things would only continue given she enjoyed the results. "Good, you're always welcome inside♪~" Miko chirped right along. It would seem that Yugi had quite a few thoughts concerning his forced route. His idea was reasonable enough from an Otome related stand point, "It could be, the good ones always set up a few challenging conquest routes in the early game. Ones that seem unwinnable at first. Or those that have some extra mechanical complexity... Breaking up an engagement is one of the odder approaches for a Hero or Heroine. Normies wouldn't take those at first because no one signs up to be a homewrecker on purpose, but I've found that in those cases, the fiancé in question is on their way to or already is a villain. You know, abusive princes, the ones getting married to cover their weird taboos, fake personalities, or the overly bitchy we've been in an arranged marriage since we were children tropes. Unshackling people from their idealizations and helping them find true freedom is usually the point of those..." Miko seemed just as capable of rambling as Yugi did in other situations. Given her understanding of such situations she also didn't seem to care her friend was engaged. In Miko opinion, if Kaguya was truly and completely happy with that engagement, she wouldn't have had to remind herself of it to avoid acting on her impulses.

Moving on from those points, Miko was now grinding against Yugi, her hips moving against his ever stiffening erection as she donned her shoes and got ready to go out. It took no perception at all to know he was moving against her hips and following her rhythm as well. Both of them were always so ready to start something up again. "Of course you're the one teasing... I'm sure nothing I do even counts as teasing♪~" Miko chirped sarcastically. "Still, I'll work on developing all my skills and as always take permission where it's given so freely~" Miko added. And by the time she stood in front of him rotated to face him, she could feel those hands upon her ass cheeks rubbing and squeezing and making her loins twitch. "Hai hai, I'm always ready to look after you both~" Miko uttered. "Still, I can't say getting tossed against my piano doesn't sound delightful. Promise to show me what it's like later, Daddy!~" Miko chirped as she skipped out in a completely new outfit.

Outside of the music room, Kaguya's pacing hadn't stopped, but she'd managed a few other tasks in the meantime. Texting Ai so she'd expect a call from an old friend and the like but at the end of everything... she was still feeling oddly. She was still rubbing that ring against her finger, like it was anchoring her to the world. No one wanted to be a homewrecker, especially not of their own home. But could she really resist a certified good time? Was that one good time going to be worth potentially losing everything else? Her whole life was in shambles even before Miko disappeared, with the loss of that girl... her fiancé had filled the void left behind, but was the fact he filled the space of a year, and the fact that she could settle down with him, worth doing at her age? There were so many questions and she'd never even thought she'd get this far. She'd been walking a fine line for so long, her life on the precipice of ending for so long was it worth potentially falling all the way back too that? 'Fuck me! A lot of people would kill to be in this position but now... I'm just starting to feel... constricted.' A pause occurred in that young woman's movements. When had she started thinking of her life with her fiancé as something limiting? Maybe it's just because she'd been talking about the Hunters and the E-S System that she was conflating the two... yes that was reasonable.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi would carry on giving a lot of consideration to Miko's otome game-related advisory. His game library may have been one of the largest in the world, but he doubted his repertoire of that particular genre could trump Miko's. Rare was a moment of Yugi deferring to anyone, for anything. Well... this was a partnership, so he'd do his best to treat it as such. Beyond that, Miko insisted that he was the one teasing. How she continued such a claim while being the one to grind against him, he didn't know. Oh well. From the claim that she'd continue developing her deviant skills and taking advantage of offered freedoms, he had something to add. "Well if that's the case, and if this isn't teasing... show me the real tease next time," he requested. As for the idea of tossing Miko against her piano, they both thought it was a grand idea. Yugi would absolutely be testing that idea at his earliest convenience. "It's a promise. Get going so I can figure out what I'm bending Kozuki over... hopefully by sundown," he mused. While Miko skipped off, he reached out to smack her bottom in a more playful way than what he normally did. Of course, he'd be walking out right behind her with eyes on... well, the direction of his eyes should have been obvious.

In due course, Yugi made his way into the living room where Kaguya paced. He entered, sitting upon the couch like he owned the place, even laying his right shin over his left knee and leaning back into the seat. His arms were spread across the couch's back, and his eyes were following the pacing lass. "Don't normal people consider it rude to pace around company? You'll give me anxiety. There's something we need to talk about," he stated without hesitation. Some things were best suited to certain moments... and there were a lot of details not yet confirmed, best addressed out of Miko's listening range.

[Apollymi]

Miko did occasionally play some other types of games, but Otome games were her bread and butter. The library of her tablet had been full of various titles and their souvenir pictures. She'd played all sorts of storylines and been all types of Heroine, as such she felt perfectly comfortable explaining a few of the lesser known tropes applied to them. She'd also become very comfortable, with her playful banter where Yugi was concerned. She'd call her actions not teasing and Yugi in turn wanted to see what a real tease was like later. "Yes Daddy♪~" Miko chirped as she enjoyed the idea of coming up with a real tease for later. Perhaps she'd think about that along with a few other things while she was out. Fully dressed with a promise of being tossed into her piano later, and Miko was heading out "Yep, tell me all about it when I get back~" Miko stated, showing she truly intended to help that pair along as well. A playful smack to her bottom made her blush as she began skipping out. "Careful Daddy, easily distracted♪~" she complained while pouting but she didn't actually seem upset at all. "Kaya-sen, I'm going to head out, I'll make dinner when I get back!~" she called out. "Hai, I let Ai-nee know you'd be calling~ Careful out there and come back!" Kaguya managed. "Haiii♫~" Miko chirped as she left.

With Miko heading out, Kaguya knew she'd be alone with the younger girl's boyfriend. She thought nothing of that, not really. She'd settled quite a bit but what she didn't expect was for the lad to seat himself in front of her as she paced and watched for quite a few seconds. After hearing the door shut behind Miko's exit she looked at the lad who had a lot to say about her activities. "Well sorry to spread anxiety but... keeping still while thinking is difficult and I normally don't pace but I also don't normally have company while I am thinking~" Kaguya pointed out. "You want to know what happened don't you?" she asked almost rhetorically. It would figure that the parts she'd left out of the happy reunion didn't truly go unnoticed. She knew Miko probably realized she wasn't specifically mentioning anything, but the lad in front of her also realizing it was a bit problematic. Oh well she could stop moving and take a seat, in an arm chair across from the table, if only to keep a socially appropriate amount of distance between them.

[Bloodedge]

Miko was easily distracted. Surely she knew by now, though, that he was easily taken by sexual openings over most other things. "I know. That's my favorite part," he replied. With that, Yugi's path toward the living room was all he had left. Miko announced her exit just before, leaving behind a promise of dinner upon her return. She'd very possibly be cooking for four, based on what Yugi had seen during their entrance ─ male shoes of a slightly larger size than his own and such. Well... there was also a chance she'd be doing no such thing. All of that depended on his progress with the route he'd been assigned, and what truly came of it.

Speaking of the route, Yugi took a brief detour once Miko left the house properly. He wanted information. A small lead had him talking about Kaguya's expression of anxiety, which she eventually put to rest when sitting across from him. Being the natural pervert he was, Yugi's eyes were drawn downward, as though to get a cheeky glance up her sweater dress if he could manage it. First and foremost, he'd offer commentary about Kaguya's lack of company when processing her... thoughts. "I can tell. For a lived-in house, this place looks more like a display piece up for sale... or even waiting for the owners to come back from a long trip," he mused. Kaguya figured he wanted to know what happened. She was right, but not entirely. To skip right past the unnecessary bits, Yugi's answer came with his own observations and understanding. Now was the time for Yugi to don a more serious demeanor. "They're not dead. Dead would be stupid, and you'd be running from the topic a lot harder than you were. But... you're still running, so they're not fine. Missing or incarcerated would have been mentioned, I'd imagine. Alive, not free but also not jailed with some legal cover-up lie... last option: worse than dead. That's the only thing I could see someone still beating around the bush about: something that would bring the worst possible reaction out of a victim's loved ones. Where are they?"

[Apollymi]

Yugi's favorite part of Miko was the fact that she was easily distracted. She also realized that he was the type to choose sex over most things, which would have made him a best in slot partner if she ever tackled the more mature otome games. Oh well... she was out, walking about in the world, making phone calls and doing odd things. Inside the house, a pacing Kaguya was confronted by Yugi. By the time she sat down she saw the lad looking up her legs, and crossed them at the ankles. "Eyes up♥~" she commented absently. She knew he was a pervert that didn't mean she'd be feeding that logic right now.

No, she couldn't there were far more serious things to discuss. Like what happened with Miko's parents. According to Yugi there were quite a few things that had happened. "The place was bought so that someone would have somewhere to come back to... if she ever showed back up," Kaguya mentioned. Of course, she'd not been the one to pay for it, she was simply regurgitating information she'd been told by the man who'd bought the house. As for Yugi's observations, they were spot on. "Definitely brilliant. It must hurt having a brain that big♥~" Kaguya commented before her explanation began. "Ri-kaa, is in the hospital. She had acute onset Eternal Sleep after an advanced medical condition," Kaguya said, now in the mood to test the lad's brain a bit. "Sou-jii, lost a leg, due to a Gate-related accident. He got a robotic one. But he's working closely with the National Diet, specifically, under the purview of the Prime Minister. They both were, right after a certain man's son, and their daughter were kidnapped by spies. It was a huge scandal, used to leverage some National Security overhauls," she mentioned while staring at the lad. If he was watching her, she was now watching him, just as intently. Watchng the gears in his brain tick and seeing what he'd take from her information dump.

[Bloodedge]

Eyes up, Kaguya said as her ankles crossed. He couldn't get a proper look up that sweater dress, but it wasn't like lifting his eyes would be such a bad thing. Kaguya had a nicely-shaped rack on her as well, so his gaze settled there for a moment. "Good idea. I prefer lower. More things to focus on," he said simply, even as the tone turned serious. Nevertheless, Yugi's interest in information remained. He needed a story, and Kaguya had it. What tale would she share?

Everything Kaguya said received full skepticism from Yugi ─ even things she may ot have intended. This house was purchased, seemingly by Kaguya's fiancé... for Miko's sake. Lip service, he decided. The decision to judge everything started before the information dump, even before a brief interjection about Yugi's brain. "Only when everybody else is showing how small theirs are. I'm less worried about that stuff lately. I found something bigger than my brain," he said with no further detail. Beyond Kaguya's claims about the house's purchase, Yugi's observations would be verbalized. Risa, Miko's mother... was hospitalized due to 'acute onset' Eternal Sleep Disorder, which was apparently connected to some unmentioned advanced 'condition'. "Acute onset when they can't even understand all the symptoms. Nonspecific medical complications... She was completely healthy when I saw her. How long?" he asked, wondering precisely how much time Risa spent with that 'advanced condition' Kaguya spoke of. As for Sosuke, his missing leg was a point of interest. The same could be said of a robotic leg, as those apparently existed as functional things now... but that was of little importance. What was important was his alleged position as a DIET member. Everything past that didn't even seem to bother Yugi. "Directly under the Prime Minister. He hasn't gotten any smarter. Which leg is he missing? Have either of them actually been seen by the public in the past year? Even the day after we disappeared?"

[Apollymi]

Kaguya's commentary about eyes up, seemed to give her a bit of insight into Yugi. He claimed to like looking lower for more things to focus on but claimed she'd given him a good idea. "Well, keeping one's eyes busy is an important thing to do I guess~" Kaguya mentioned. She knew the visual nature of men, better than most, so... she'd be leaving the lad to his devices for the most part. At the same time her commentary about his brain was given a little bit of insight. "Bigger than your brain? Doesn't seem possible~" Kaguya claimed with a casual eye roll. This lad was one of the most observant and calculating individuals she'd ever encountered. Even at his young age, he'd put most adults to shame with terrifying efficiency.

And to prove that point he moved around the words she'd spoken. It seemed he was able to easily navigate her words. She was only giving the information she had, she'd not been able to look into this sort of thing personally. There were too many potential risks to herself for her to feel comfortable with it. As such it could be said that they were both picking apart this news and always would. "Yeah, I also thought that was too non-specific. I mean politicians aren't known to be straight talkers or anything but that seemed a bit too convenient. Nine months... she was in the hospital. No visitors allowed, special ward. I had Ai-nee look into that part," Kaguya mentioned. She also found that part strange. As a girl she only knew of one reason a woman could be out for nine months. But she was a close-friend of the family, she was allowed free reign and all the questions she could muster. "Sou-jii is apparently missing his good leg. And neither of them have been seen directly by anyone who can or will talk about it for a long time. They made a few public appearances immediately after the 'kidnapping' but other than that... no one has seen them since..." Kaguya explained. "When all else failed, I contacted Sou-jii's little sister, it took some doing for me but when she approached me it was ghost-like. Sei-nee, said I shouldn't keep looking into it. That it'd put a target on my back. But she did confirm that they were actually alive," Kaguya finished that speech and sighed. If Miko thought to call her aunt, that girl knew how to contact her aunt, she might end up returning on a warpath or end up taken into protective custody by that Organization.

[Bloodedge]

"You get a lot of information through the eyes. And improvising helps when someone's making your original plan difficult," Yugi said about the use of one's eyes. Kaguya seemed to be in a strange position, and a strange individual overall currently. She'd preserved her modesty where it mattered most, but did nothing to deter his gaze entirely. Her behavior implied a lack of full openness, but she wasn't fully closed either. This would have some applied difficulty, but it was definitely winnable. Perhaps he could make things easier for himself by keeping the idea circulating in Kaguya's head? Well, it was probably worth doing anyway, such as with his little hint about having something bigger than his brain ─ which Kaguya found improbable. "I thought so too, until it happened," he said initially. Kaguya's current curiosity, or lack thereof, had him thinking she may have had a pretty good at-home situation going. Was that another point of difficulty? Perhaps. . .

Ah, but what of the situation around Miko's parents? It seemed Kaguya shared a healthy amount of skepticism as well, knowing enough about politics to understand their brand of lip service. Risa's hospitalization lasted for nine months. That was precisely what Yugi expected, but also precisely what he didn't want to hear. Things were falling inline with an idea he toyed with earlier... and didn't like. Miko's parents had the most limited public appearances possible, and a Kaguya who went fishing for information was warned against continuing her search. Yugi sighed deeply. It was looking more and more like the root of this situation was wrapped around him, which he'd have to take responsibility for eventually. One question plagued his mind though. "I'm guessing you didn't get as far as identifying children born in the prefecture around the end of that hospitalization? Or maybe any mention of trauma being connected to Eternal Sleep?"

[Apollymi]

Taking in a lot of information through the eyes, was something Kaguya could agree with. She could easily say she did a lot of watching as a person, she could see a lot in people in just a few moments of conversation. "The ability to improvise is important, you can never account for things going completely to plan~" Kaguya mused. Perhaps that was simply playful advice and agreement. Or maybe it meant something, she wasn't really sure but she'd opened her mouth to say it just the same. Moving on from that bit of the conversation, apparently whatever the boy found larger than his brain was something he wasn't expecting. Interesting... the fact that he didn't just name it likely meant he was being a little pervert, Kaguya was sure of this, but while she wouldn't bite, she wouldn't hold it against him either. "Sou ka, enjoy the surprises then. Don't want life to get boring♥~" Kaguya said as if it was a perfectly reasonable thing to say.

Moving on all the information she gave Yugi, was exactly the sort of thing that Kaguya had expected. It seemed he also connected directly the idea of that hospitalization to a gestational period as well. "Eternal Slumber is connected to mana incompatibility. A body that can't handle an influx of mana begins to shut down. My guess is that it could come from exposure to a Gate or a Dungeon break, but even in the earliest times those didn't happen super frequently," Kaguya explained about the Eternal Slumber first because she was also suspicious. "And I did check the hospital... I had an in, a nurse who once treated my mom, recognized me and pulled me aside for a coffee. We had a nice chat..." Kaguya mentioned. "She told me of a rumor or rather a ghost story about a baby being born and going into a monitoring room and a man walking out. On the record a still birth took place, but having babies is still very dangerous to both mother and child so... that isn't exactly unusual, ya' know?" Kaguya said, but her words were bitter and confused. It didn't make sense to take a baby or kill it. And the nurse in question wouldn't have put herself in danger just to lie. Kaguya had been as comforting as possible, making sure they just talked about her own mother directly, in case they were being spied on. But still there was nothing to be done after coming across that information. A young detective started making the rounds soon after, with a visage she found a bit familiar but surely that was just a coincidence.

[Bloodedge]

One couldn't rely too much on a plan. Kaguya preached that in a way that seemed she pointed the words inward as much as she pointed them outward. Yugi wasn't in the business of missing cues, whether Kaguya herself realized the Freudian slip or not. "You're absolutely right. It's a crazy world... lots of crazy stuff happening. Even if it weren't, sometimes things slip. Plans, dreams, gazes... clothes. Some slips are better than others. This one isn't so bad," he said casually. At some point, perhaps someone would acknowledge they were no longer talking about Kaguya's body and Yugi's wandering eyes. Well... he was still talking about those things, even dropping the occasional hint with a spark of hope... but Yugi was also capable of having multiple conversations within a single exchange. "Surprises can be awesome too. I've had some terrible ones recently, but I'm always looking forward to the next good one."

Another explanation of Eternal Sleep occurred, and it connected directly to a new mention. Gates were understood, but what was a Dungeon Break supposed to be? There were some rational assumptions to make... but Yugi didn't like the idea he was having, or rather... the direction this naming pattern was going. "Quick guess. Gates lead to Dungeons? They're really that dumb about this naming pattern?" he wondered. Sadly, that wasn't even the most ridiculous line of thought Yugi followed at the time. When Kaguya started telling that 'ghost story' about a missing child and a random adult, things started connecting beyond what was once acceptable. His mind wandered to magical explanations connected lightly to his own experiences of late. A child gone, and a man present at the child's former site? He wasn't a fan of what thoughts that led to, but he'd still seek confirmation before judging. "... Before I jump to another dumb thing, I should say Iino Sosuke didn't lose his leg because of a Gate. He's the kind of man who gives is all. I'd say he would lose his bad leg... if it were anything other than a statement. Anyway, one more question. Since the day of that story, has anyone completely unknown been put in a position of power in the government?"

[Apollymi]

Kaguya didn't realize her slip. She didn't know she was letting her disturbed emotional state, leak into the forefront of her conversation. On one hand, her words were advice given freely to someone else, on the other, it was her reminding herself of a lesser known truth. Sometimes things didn't work out and right under the surface it was something to think about. Especially with Yugi in his more mature form, fitting all of her well known criteria. "Yeah, some slips are definitely way more fun than others~" she commented almost absently. Well, the truth of the matter was she was sure a certain kind of slip would be fun, and guilt free towards a certain individual. Permission was granted and reinforced even, if Miko offered one a bite of something on her plate, not taking it was a sin. "Surprises can be either thing, I'll agree to that~" Kaguya claimed, another of those thoughts leaking through as she casually used her thumb to swivel that ring around her finger, it felt... heavy.

No matter what, she wasn't consciously thinking about that, because there were important matters to discuss. What happened to the Iino Family was a tragedy the likes of which upset her to her core. But a minor diversion could be taken, "Yes, the Gates lead to the subspaces, they call Dungeons. It's like the laziest naming pattern ever. I can think of five different words one could have used besides Gate. Like people have to say this stuff, don't you want it to be cool?!" Kaguya complained, outwardly miffed. "Rift works both ways. A rift opening sounds badass... a Dungeon Break sounds juvenile," she chided. Of course, it was easy to get her riled up about stuff like that, but once more the Iino Family difficulties were more important than most. Yugi's thought processes about things were obviously going the right direction. "Iino Sousuke is the best man I've ever met. I know he didn't lose that leg in a Dungeon based incident. I also know he wouldn't impregnate his wife on purpose after the complications that happened with her first pregnancy. So you can see why I didn't want to talk about it..." Kaguya mentioned almost feeling defeated. The Iino Family would be what she counted as her real family, they accepted her and let her be freely herself among them. Hell, Iino Sousuke had been the one to give her the nickname she went by among her friends. "It's funny you should mention the relative unknown though... a few months back, a young detective began working very closely under the Prime Minister. Doing investigations clearing big cases and scandals. He has a pretty heavy cult following of young women and the like..." she said while scrolling through her phone. She didn't even have to click anything in particular to find an image and turn it towards Yugi. And what he would see, was a brown haired lad, in a brown trench coat, who looked like the taller male version of Iino Miko. "This guys been knocking around since that little ghost story started circulating. Weird isn't it?"

[Bloodedge]

Slips could be good. Both parties agreed that some were better than others, which Yugi found... most interesting. What did she have under the proverbial rug? Rather, what did she have in the closet? Yugi figured it could be anything from a single bone to an entire skeleton, but the depth of Kaguya's turmoil was not his concern presently. He had to play the game; there was no other choice. Keeping that in mind, Yugi's eyes were repeatedly drawn toward the ring Kaguya kept touching. Did she even know what she was doing? Perhaps; perhaps not. Obviously she had some considerations about the apparent threesome Miko had on offer, but... Yugi had a solo quest to address, so the lightest of pressure would remain. "You keep touching that thing like you're trying to convince yourself it fits," he said blatantly. "It doesn't. It's at least a quarter size too big."

And so came the return of Yugi's problem with society ─ at least one of them. Gates existed. Gates contained Dungeons. Presumably, a Dungeon Break was what they called the monsters beyond Gates emerging into the overworld... through a broken Gate. That was Yugi's understanding of the matter, which came with some visible disgust ─ something else he apparently shared with Kaguya. "Why are people so fucking dumb? Why not just call them Domains or something? And when it opens, which I'm guessing is what a Dungeon Break is, call it a Rupture. Or a Rift, yeah! There's no consistency and a whole extra term thrown in like someone from another naming team jumped in with their own copyright!" he complained. Moving on though, he could indeed understand why Kaguya avoided the discussion of Miko's parents. Sosuke's missing leg was no accident. Risa's pregnancy was not something done within her marriage. Worse still, the disappearance of both had nothing to do with kidnapping or anything political in the positive sense. They were being silenced... and used. Risa's situation probably would have befallen Miko instead, if Yugi's assumption about the day they escaped his father was on the right track. Ah, and things would only become more complex and annoying from there. The Prime Minister had himself a young detective who appeared out of nowhere around the aforementioned child disappearance. Kaguya was holding her phone, only to turn it his way eventually. There, he saw... an article. "That's not a nude. Not even a lewd," he complained, as if to intentionally lighten the mood. Of course, his true purpose was keeping a certain thought from the farthest reaches of Kaguya's mind. He'd quickly move right past it regardless. "Akechi Rikuya? Where did Akechi come from? That has to be what I thought. Weird as it is... fuck it, everything's weird lately. Akechi Rikuya is the missing infant. Born of Iino Risa... and Akagami Kuroaki."

[Apollymi]

Kaguya had many things to hide and even more to get over. If one asked her friends, she needed a therapist more than the individuals who actually had one. Still, as she tried to work through the different types of feelings she was working with that ring on her finger kept being slid around. What she wasn't prepared for however as a very observant boy, noticing her newly developed habit. She couldn't say she'd touched this engagement ring so much since she first got it, and the lad's blunt address of the thing she was doing made her stop. She looked at her hand in surprise and wiggled her fingers individually. "I always thought it was a little too big. Like if it got too cold it might slip right off~" she complained just lightly. Such a sarcastic little thing to say but still, she didn't address it any further. Instead she'd simply make a conscious effort not to touch it too much.

Moving past this, a lighter topic one which could be easily ranted about. The naming patterns of the world's new systems. Thrown together by a group of unrelated individuals and forced to adhere to some oddity. "Eh, I think so too. It's one of the most annoying parts... the system itself lacks progression and the names lack creativity; bad campaign," she asserted with ease. Something that wasn't easy, was dealing with all of the magical and odd things going on in the world. But if people could awaken and use magical abilities, then what else could people do? Well apparently sending nudes or lewds was something that Yugi wanted. "I definitely don't have either of those on my phone, unless you're trying to see all the unsolicited dick pics I have to delete~" she said in a follow-up. That wasn't a joke at all, but she also wasn't trying to put a damper on the mood. Not when the thing she'd hinted at seemed to be a conclusion the same lad had come to, somehow, someway... the Prime Minister had forced a child onto Iino Risa. And beyond that point said child had turned into a grown adult in a very short amount of time and... began being used as his right hand man. "That's crazy. If you had said something like that to me a few months ago... I might have tried to have you committed but..." Kaguya held up her hands in surrender. "I thought that might be the case, it's so illogical but it's the only way to make sense of everything..." she said softly. She still couldn't bring herself to tell Miko about it. Her family was in shambles by no fault of her own, and Kaguya didn't want to see the girl lose everything. And she didn't want to be the one to deliver that kind of bad news. She had already dealt with her own unfair share of tragedies, she wouldn't be the one giving that information and actually having to look at the girl as she worked through it.

[Bloodedge]

Kaguya's engagement ring was absolutely a bit too large. She was conscious of this, only just gaining certainty after Yugi's comment. He found it strange that it would be improperly sized, considering it looked like one of the pricier pieces of jewelry he'd seen since... his own mother. What sort of person was she engaged to, that a teenager would end up with such a valuable engagement ring? Even the System would probably drop a hefty sum for it. "Better keep yourself warm then, yeah? You shouldn't have a problem with that," he said ever so casually. With their mutual complaining aside a few moments later, Yugi's other cheeky commentary earned an interesting retort. Her phone contained nothing resembling lewd or nude images, but she could undoubtedly share the yet undeleted, unsolicited images of other dicks. Yugi definitely wanted nothing to do with those. He shrugged. "Can't say I'm interested. The best I can do is add to the collection~" he claimed, patting his own pockets, knowing no phone was present. "Shame though. I've got no phone. I'll organize a live show later~"

The most disturbing thing Yugi learned of late, may indeed have been the things surely done by his own father. A body-snatching plotline was somewhere near the very bottom of his desired outcomes for a life story. It seemed even avoiding such a thing, albeit only for the moment, only resulted in the Prime Minister claiming Miko's mother and crippling her father. "It gets even more illogical, I'm afraid. I think... this whole thing converges on me. Akechi here might just be a replacement, which would mean... he's also a sacrificial pawn. I've got every reason to believe that sacrifice would be bad for everyone too," Yugi explained, pausing only upon realizing he was close to a full tangent. He sighed again, switching the topic just slightly. "It's probably my responsibility. When we're settled, it's grind time. I'll figure out how to fix all of this. I don't want someone else having a shitty parent situation to deal with; least of all my partner."

[Apollymi]

Kaguya knew her engagement ring was a bit too large. She also knew that when she received it, she hadn't been expecting it at all. Her commentary about losing it due to cold, was met with the idea of keeping warm, and the idea that she wouldn't have much of a problem doing it. A man like Yugi could just be the flirty sort, but that wasn't it at all... he was actively flirting with her, he kept it up just below the surface of even their casual conversation. "I haven't had a problem yet. Still, I don't turn down good advice~" Kaguya claimed almost as casually as he had. Of course, she pointed out that her phone only contained unsolicited dick pics and Yugi claimed to be able to add to her collection but also wanted nothing to do with it. How odd. He claimed to not have a phone on him and further wanted to organize a live show. "Don't be that kind of guy, unsolicited was in the title for a reason. I'm still not good with tech, and Ai is off right now so she can't clear it for me," she said with her shoulders shrugging. Ah, but she'd not said she didn't want to see it. She hadn't mentioned not caring for the live show. She expected if Miko didn't need to get them settled in properly, that she probably would have seen it properly by now, going into the smaller young woman.

Their more serious conversation took an odd turn, as Yugi claimed that he thought that he was in the middle of all this negativity. Illogical as it was, the idea that the other lad had been made to take Yugi's place and thus was also a potential sacrifice was bad. "That is bad. It's illogical but villain trope of a evil overlord trying to steal the talents of the younger generation to take over is a pretty normal for the heavy magic light novels..." she commented. Though she wasn't sure what Akechi was actually like, she also wasn't going to want someone to be sacrificed. And after a slight shift in conversation it would seem that Yugi fully intended to take responsibility for figuring out how to fix that problem. He claimed he didn't want someone else having a bad time with their parents and even claimed specifically not to want it for his... partner. "Oh? That's an interesting word choice for you. I wouldn't have believed you knew the meaning of that word before~" Kaguya teased gently. "Still, I get it. I don't want her to suffer that either, especially not after she shared her parents with me so freely," Kaguya said thinking back of all the fun she'd had with Miko in this house, which seemed so far displaced in the past. She looked at this boyfriend of Miko's and smirked just a little, she found someone kind enough for her, who could put up with her oddities. An honest and obviously horny lad wasn't a bad fit for that girl.

[Bloodedge]

"You can never account for things going completely to plan," Yugi quoted in the black-haired girl's own tone. She'd yet to encounter a problem with keeping warm, but one could never truly know what the future held. Yugi was quite sure his future could hold a shot at Kaguya, though. The System wouldn't have given him an impossible quest; that would be stupid. This may or may not become difficult, but he always rose to the challenge. Even as Kaguya continued talking about her list of unsolicited dick pics, he felt it was possible to keep things moving toward his own desired end. "You've got a Gallery button that probably looks like a flower. Press it. After that, press the three vertical dots at the top right corner. Press Select. Tap each image you don't want to place a checkmark on them. Once you've got them all, press the trash can at the bottom of your screen. How many do you have left?" he explained, ending with a question that would answer a curiosity of his. For Kaguya's fiancé to acquire a ring so expensive, yet so callous, he was surely the type to deliver an image of his erection to the girl while they were away. If Kaguya had a count remaining at all, he figured that would be a good marker for the near future's events.

What of the more serious situation though? Well, Kaguya brought up the concept of the old stealing talents from the young. She was clearly one who enjoyed fantasy tropes, so she'd surely understand where his mind was going if explanations were offered. "I can't go into much detail as to why I think it now, but... I think this is more serious. I think it's a matter of possession, like... the Demon King's new vessel. I'd rather it not be that, of course. That would put a bigger target on my back than I'm comfortable with. But, I think... he may have wanted to take me and go through Onako to make the next one. No access? Improvise. Use the next best thing. Anyway... the partner thing is still new, but I don't half-ass things I dedicate myself to. My old man wants to play a game, and if I'm a Player... Game Over~"

[Apollymi]

"Oya? Are you remembering advice from me? I feel so special~" she asked after hearing a sentence repeated back in the tone she'd used to share it earlier. She'd not know the lad was going to hang on to something she'd said like that. Even though the tone of her voice was flirty and teasing, she'd not lied, she did actually feel flattered the lad had bothered committing something she'd said to memory, even temporarily. Irrespective of that, there was the issue of Kaguya's full phone gallery. She was often airdropped or messaged images of men's genitals and it had been the case for quite a while. She found such activities to bold but blatantly unnecessary. Still, Yugi talked her through the process of deleting images. She was good enough at following directions to go along with his. She looked for the image of a flower marked gallery. She opened it, she pressed the vertical dots and used the necessary function. At which point she began check marking images. Saving only the ones she'd taken of her own accord, not of genitals but of her close friends, Fiancé and the Iino Family and deleting the rest. It was nice to not have a bunch of pictures of random cocks on her phone. "Eh? Mi-chan would call such a question invasive," she said with a casual eye roll. "But since you talked me through it, and my phone hasn't stopped functioning... none. Unsolicited is what it is for a reason. I don't ask for dick pics, nor do I want them... and I'm not the type to give lewds or nudes in return. I've already experienced the worst kind of people. I have no intention of handing over ammunition to someone or anything resembling proof that could be used to back up their nonsense," Kaguya stated honestly, going so far as to explain herself even though she was certain she didn't have to. Still, she always warned her friends of such dangers lest someone else make a bad decision.

By the time they broached the heavier topic, they found themselves talking about the major villain trope of fantasy novels. Yugi likened his situation to something resembling a Demon King Vessel situation. He couldn't be completely transparent but what he had to say, was very disturbing indeed. The idea that he couldn't get his hands on Miko and Yugi so he just used a different method to get something similar? "That's horrid. And also dumb... those villains never actually manage a full victory. Game or story, I'd root for you~" Kaguya said shaking her head. "Also, Onako? And she answers to that... and you mean it... in all the ways I understand it... Mi-chan's become such a little slut♥~" Kaguya mentioned still, it wasn't in anything but good taste. The girl was outrageous but she was happy she found someone to be herself around.

[Bloodedge]

"I also don't turn down good advice. Too many people are dumb; I have to take it when I get it," Yugi said earnestly. For those who were able to speak words of wisdom that he believed, there was a special place in his memory. Given how few people he was even able to know on a first-name basis in this life, that sort of thing meant the world. Unrelated, his guidance through the removal of Kaguya's unwanted images ended with a question ─ one Kaguya called invasive. She went on to explain how she didn't keep such images, nor share them after the life she'd been through. Understandable though that kind of situation was, Yugi couldn't avoid clicking his fingers in mock frustration. "Damn, so no lewds? That's fine; I'd take a live show too. I've been really into the idea of lap dances lately. Twerking is probably the greatest thing in history," he said, keeping in mind Kaguya's mention of having no images remaining. "Also, if you want... I can disable the function that's obviously automatically saving received images."

It seemed Yugi would have another person in his corner for the upcoming terrible story/game. He and Kaguya could... click, so to speak. She thought negatively about simila things ─ especially the kind of ordeal he was now dealing with. "That puts more people on my side than I ever expected to have for any non-carry reason. Fuck it; I'll start a cheerleader cult," he joked. As for how he referred to Miko and her apparent acceptance of it, Kaguya had much to say ─ mostly commenting on how the other girl had grown into a little slut, affectionately. The way she said that was interesting to Yugi. He supposed now was a good time to address something from moments earlier. "You say that like you're welcoming her to the group. But you're engaged, and seemingly turning down all other suitors. Life must be pretty sweet here. Did you ever actually go through the slut phase you think you should've had? And why did you delete your fiancé's dick pic too?"

[Apollymi]

Apparently, Yugi was one of the people who didn't turn down good advice. He claimed that he wasn't always capable of getting it, and thus would take what he could get. "Understandable..." Kaguya confirmed. She also didn't always take advice but would do so from some very specific people. What she hadn't consciously realized as their conversation went on though, was how much information she was giving a lad, she wasn't intending to be intimately involved with. She was sharing information with him like they were on a date, getting to feel each other out after being set up. "Ah, live shows, lap dances and twerking?" Kaguya mused. She could definitely see Miko doing at least the last of those things, given her own butt related movements. Kaguya thought she'd be pretty capable of giving a decent lap dance, but why did she think about doing that in this context. Beyond that there was an offer to keep such things from being automatically saved to her phone for the future. "Oh god yes♥~ I'm so tired of having a back log cleared. If Ai-nee wasn't blind, I'd feel bad asking all the time... I should have warned Mi-chan," she explained rather easily handing her phone over, as there was nothing within that she felt the need to hide at all.

Beyond that Yugi seemed to be gaining a following. More people in his corner than he was used to having. It was interesting to hear, but that didn't matter either. He claimed he would start a cheerleader cult. "Oh? You don't have one already?~" she wondered seeming to find it amusing enough to go along with the joke. And then there was the matter of Miko's developing slut behavior which Yugi had a rather astute observation of, Kaguya had called Miko a slut in an affectionate way, and that was because she'd meant it. "I am welcoming Mi-chan to the group. She was the youngest of us and always moved around like she didn't think she could be our friend. She lacked confidence and it's good to see her with someone who'll give it to her~" she explained of her happiness for her friend. As for herself, well... "I'm decently happy I guess. I wouldn't consider myself to have done a lot of partying or anything but I got stuck with a pretty awful first boyfriend. Rumors were spread and the like so I was labeled as such. And you aren't the only one from a fucked up family... and before the engagement happened I found out what the plan was for me and started planning my exit. All this stuff with the Gates just opened up a different set of opportunities... I wished I had more time to spend with my friends. And we likely aren't getting married until sometime after my evaluation just to be safe so... yeah that's it," she ended up explaining the situation in loose terms. Ah but what about the dick pics she'd deleted from her fiancé? "No body wants to receive a picture of a dick without context. Take that advice, but I am definitely not getting hot and bothered by someone sending me a picture of a dick I see, regularly. Or even ones I don't see regularly because it's not like dicks are interesting... Like what am I supposed do, to see it and like imagine what it feels like inside? Is that supposed to get me going? Because like without some kind of marker you can't really tell how big it is, and without the packaging around it, you'd be imagining having sex with a dildo, when you could just go get the dildo," Kaguya confirmed her feelings and why she didn't mind her phone not containing random pictures of her intended's genitals.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi encountered one form of difficulty in taking this route. Some things he said, instead of triggering the thoughts that would have otherwise been simple, made Kaguya think of Miko. He could tell her response was not one of consideration, nor ideological rejection. Still, there was a silver lining in the way she kept up the conversation regardless. He could surely keep things moving in the right direction, slow though the progress was. "Yeah. You should give at least one of them a try one day. Someone would have a great time," he suggested. Soon enough, Kaguya was passing her phone across the table for an offer Yugi loosely made. He quirked a brow, but reached out nonetheless. Apparently her technological friend was blind, but still the one she'd repeatedly ask for such favors. "And yet here you are, taking the help from a stranger for free," he said sarcastically.

In all technicality, Yugi did have a cult of cheerleaders ─ an entire cult following, to be precise. They were loyalists of the Genokiller, not Aiba Yugi. "It's complicated. You wanna be the first official one on the roster?" he asked, a bit of cheek bleeding through. Moving on, Kaguya offered a couple of explanations. First came one of the Miko he knew only a day before ─ the dawn of his current relationship. She was heavily lacking in self-confidence and drive where some might say it counted most. He, too, was satisfied she'd grown past that... if only because of what came out of the shell repeatedly. As for Kaguya herself, it seemed there were a lot of finer details within her family history. He knew she was a bastard, but he knew nothing of her history in the Shinomiya family. Now however, he knew of that and the situation surrounding her engagement. The marriage was being set aside until her evaluation as a Hunter; he'd call that fair. Social structure in this country was such a finnicky thing, he'd be surprised to hear anything different. What didn't surprise him, was that Kaguya never actually entered her 'slut phase' as it would be called. No, things would have been much easier for him if she had. Causing a relapse would be simple... but perhaps capitalizing on missed opportunities could work similarly? No; that left a bad taste in his mouth. "I don't need the advice. I don't send dick pics. Never been asked for one, or even in a situation where I'd be able to," he said succinctly. "Life's hectic; I get it. It sounds like you've got a good situation going to keep yourself out of problematic family ties. Your fiancé is awakened, isn't he? What rank? I'm guessing at least B and no higher than A. Yeah. If he were S-rank, I imagine you would have been flaunting that ring instead of screwing with it. You avoided that topic, by the way."

[Apollymi]

According to Yugi, Kaguya should give one of those things he talked about a try. She could see herself doing any of them, one or two of them would be rather easy... well except for an honest lack of stamina. "Hai hai, I'll keep it in mind for when I think someone deserves a great time♥~" she said in a manner that was more teasing than she might have meant it to be. Still his playful half offer to help her with her phone had her handing the device over without cause. "Well I already deleted all the dicks, that phone is s safe place. Besides you're hardly a stranger, we've met before and we have a close relationship with the same person~" Kaguya claimed playfully. She truly saw the lad as being more trustworthy than most would have just by his attitude. And upon realizing that she found herself wanting to experience more, but that had to just be cold feet, she didn't want to destroy her own life just for a moment of potential fun. Regardless of the freedom with which Miko offered up her apparently 'awesome' boyfriend life didn't work for people to just have multiple partners without consequences.

Oddly enough, even as such thoughts danced about the back of her mind, Kaguya was being confronted by playful banter and flirts that implied a prodding she didn't find herself moving away from. "I don't know if I could be a cheerleader for such a stingy judge. Does it come with benefits?" she remarked playfully. Truly curious as to what he was trying to sign her up for. Moving on from that portion of the conversation, Kaguya explained herself, still playing the game which seemed like an early date. Going over her basic understanding of her friends, putting the barebones story of herself in the forefront to avoid any confusion and to give an out if one was needed. She wouldn't ask anyone to take on the same sort of oddities she did for herself. "Well, most girls wouldn't just ask for dick pics so I figure that's fine. If they did ask I assume they'd also want to take them so... it'd probably be a win~" she said giving it a bit of extra thought. Beyond that point there was his understanding. He saw that she was set up with a good life, that she'd managed to escape the weight of her family, he'd even guessed the kind of situation she'd ended up in by just hearing her out. "Yeah, don't know how you got there, but he's A-rank not quite the amount of pure impunity an S-rank moves around with but nothing to shake a stick at either in this new hierarchy. That is especially true given the fact that there is little to no overlap in rank as far as power scaling is concerned. And I don't know if I'd be flaunting it just because of a difference in rank... I don't think that matters to me," she murmured. "When people avoid things they normally don't want to talk about them," she pointed out, but as he'd been so honest with her, she felt she could at least try and offer a similar amount of honesty. "I still feel oddly about it. It's one of those things that's too good to be true. It's the kind of thing a lot of people want and I want it... the happiness and freedom at least, but I can't help but feel a little bit of pessimism all the time. How soon is too soon? What happens when I get evaluated? What happens after... most would call that jitters I guess but I don't know. I don't like talking about it for that reason," she explained of herself. "I also touch it unconsciously, I didn't notice I was doing it until you pointed it out... but touching it sooths my anxiety, it reminds me of its presence," she finished the sentence. There was a stigma associated with being a homewrecker and she had already seen the worst of high school. She couldn't really throw out the help that had technically been given already just because some random guy showed up with a look and personality she liked and a girlfriend she was besties with who gave full permission to try it out? That all seemed really unreasonable by normal standards... she couldn't beat the allegations if she walked down this path, and as such she didn't want to drag anyone else with her.

[Bloodedge]

"You do that. I'll be here, ready to be amazed... or jealous, I guess," Yugi said after a moment of thought. He wouldn't take whatever punishment was associated with failing this Route, but he also didn't feel right about forcing Kaguya's hand on the matter. He had to woo the girl properly. Perhaps then, this Route was training for more than just the Otome functions of the System? Perhaps it was also training for dealing with politician enemies? Whatever the case, Yugi found himself in a somewhat playful dispute with Kaguya over some free labor. "I wouldn't have offered if there were any dicks left to see. But apparently, you're willing to take advantage of your friend's boyfriend, whose name you don't know even though you're willing to claim he's not a stranger," he summarized while sorting through her phone's message settings. As he held the device, there was a message arriving. It read: Gate's closed. Headed to HA. Late dinner?

Ignoring that message, or at least not acknowledging it, Yugi went about his business. Their banter was ongoing, with Kaguya questioning the potential job of cheerleader for an apparently stingy judge. Ah, she did have that to say about him earlier. He didn't even look up from the phone when responding initially. "Misinformation is dangerous. Ever heard of a ten-star ranking system?" he asked rhetorically, knowing five was simply the common answer in any case. "Though I am frugal. I thought I'd never rate anything above four. Then I did," he explained. "And the answer to your question depends on what you'd call 'benefits' I guess. I'm definitely a fugitive with no job and no tangible money. I could get you off a thousand ways to Sunday, but you don't seem to be interested in that. You'll probably have to decide your own benefits."

Kaguya's fiancé was indeed an A-rank Hunter. In speaking that truth and a few other facts however, she took a different meaning from Yugi's words than anything he had in mind when sharing them. That needed clarification. "I didn't say you'd flaunt it because of your own opinion. I know you don't care about ranks. You already made it obvious you probably hate the system almost as much as I do, conceptually. If your fiancé were an S-rank, though, there'd be other variables at play. That ring is expensive; really expensive. On one hand, that would mean nothing with the kind of money I imagine an S-rank would bring in. But what about the other side? It's an S-rank, a social bigwig. The psychological pull of someone who's such a big deal focusing that much effort on you would be virtually unavoidable. It's kind of like... the protagonist of a modern power fantasy. Despite how much people complain about the trope, anyone with a brain understands that it would be stupid if all those girls didn't have an interest in the damn-near omnipotent good guy who gives them the time of day and actually gives a shit about them. Anyway... there's more to the point, but I'm guessing you get where it's going by now," he blabbered, mostly to buy time by continuing the conversation a bit longer. Why? Well, Yugi's silence came only when he reached a mental count of three minutes ─ three minutes since that message was received. He'd already finished tweaking the settings in Kaguya's phone, but he hadn't let go of it yet. "You're getting a phone call," he said. Yugi then extended the phone, but... something was strange. Kaguya's phone did ring, but not until a few seconds after he claimed it was ringing. Who was on the other end of the line? None other than her fiancé.

[Apollymi]

Yugi made the claim that he'd be ready to be amazed or jealous. Yes, that was definitely a more direct flirt than most of the ones he'd been dropping. "Oh, so that's how it is~" Kaguya remarked. The lad was most certainly flirting with her. Not just talking about his own experiences, not just an outward pervert but one making a more direct push. Well... push wasn't exactly the right word, he was allowing his thoughts about Kaguya to appear in his words, but he wasn't applying extra pressure or trying to force her to cheat on her fiancé. Kaguya's experience with men was markedly different than the approach she was currently getting. His words about her willingness to take advantage of him as her friend's boyfriend and the claim that he wasn't really a stranger made her laugh. "Your first point is fair, and yes I am willing to take advantage of Mi-chan's boyfriend that I kind of met one time before... because she offered you up if you didn't know. If I'm allowed to make use of something or offered a sample of food from her actual plate, it'd be sinful of me to turn down a taste♥~" Kaguya claimed, part of that in Miko's tone with her own flirty twist added at the end. It was becoming more comfortable to say such things, with the full knowledge that this lad was actually trying her she'd be giving him more direct flirts, because she actually believed those words given to her by her friend.

The message on Kaguya's phone would be unknown to her for a while yet. She wasn't the type who would be worried about any of her messages as those who did so were kind of rare. Beyond this the nature of Yugi as a stingy judge was misinformation. There was a 10 star scale and the lad himself admitted to originally not thinking he'd ever give something higher than a four naturally that would have been out of five stars. "Is that how it went, maybe I spoke impulsively before~ But you know how it is, outside in is always a bit harder to be completely clear about~" she explained of course, there was quite a bit of wiggle room in a 10 star rating. That lad had asked for a seven and given a 9.8 so... in truth Kaguya didn't know whether she should hope to hear a 10 or fear what happened if she was around when one of happened. The benefits he claimed were about getting her off, after listing the things that were negative. Kaguya understood the dangers of being attached to her best friend and the lad who'd gone missing with her, but apparently access to him or them in their obviously open relationship was part of the deal of cheering him on. "Well, that benefit if it's possible for someone is a good one, but perhaps I should instead insert a condition? I don't usually directly make the slutty decision, last time I used my own body for that sort of test it ended badly for me but you're a very different kind of person from that I can tell..." Kaguya mentioned. The gears of her brain were working. A sample of a threesome was offered, Miko had left the building but they were still alone here. Miko was the type to set someone else up on a date and make herself scarce, circumstances lining up with that were fine.

After that there was an explanation which came with clarification. A strange connection was made between an S-rank taking interest in her and the amount of expense put into the ring. How it would feel more like a protagonist of a power fantasy if such care was taken even if she didn't actually care about the rank itself. "Sou ka, one of those types of relationships. I see, every girl does like to be cared for, and it's always nice when the unchallengeable super guy likes you and his honest with you," Kaguya could at least see that. By the time she was handed back her phone she was told she was getting a phone call. But the screen wasn't even lit up. "Eh? But it's not..." she was about to say it wasn't ringing and had only just spied the message pop up that likely denoted a text she'd not looked at yet. "One second..." she said as she got up to take the phone call, in the kitchen not to upset the lad or anything but simply because she wasn't rude. "Moshi moshi~" she said after answering her phone.

[Bloodedge]

At long last, Kaguya was starting to acknowledge Yugi's gentle advances for what they truly were. He still had a lot of progress to make, it seemed. Yugi wouldn't say he had a foot in the door, but... the letterbox was open. According to Kaguya, she was willing to take advantage of him, because Miko made an offer that preceded their actual relationship. A few choice words were given different inflections, implying they were spoken by Miko herself. How interesting. Still, nothing was changed about Yugi's approach or thought process. "You're right, but you're wrong... and so is she. That offer doesn't contain a clause that involves tech services. It sounds to me like you made an agreement to 'eat' what she eats. This kind of service isn't covered by the contract. Beyond that... if you're considering cashing in that agreement, you can both take the whole deal and shove it up your asses. I don't take handouts, I don't take class advantages, and nepotism suck a fat one."

The clarification of Yugi's 'star rating system' was given and received. He understood Kaguya's perspective as one who'd seen only that one isolated moment. Her understanding couldn't really be held against her. "Not an issue," he commented with a casual shrug. The raven-haired lass thought positively of the 'benefit' he spoke of, though it seemed she was still on the side of avoiding it. An engaged woman should be expected to behave as such. Actually, she was flirtier than one should have anticipated. Chemistry was clear, but her history with men seemed like it tipped the scales back the other way. Regardless, there was another opening presented. "You said condition," Yugi stated, disregarding the rest for now. Ah, but an interruption he expected was on its way.

He handed Kaguya her phone, which wasn't ringing at all... until it was. He had nothing else to say about relationship tropes, and she had a call to take elsewhere. Yugi's eyes would follow the lass intently. Initially, he'd keep an eye on Kaguya's body as she moved toward the kitchen to answer the call. His long-term plan however, was to once again focus mana through his eyes to read her lips from a distance. Whatever the case, that call would be picked up. "Ah, there you are! I thought you were free today, so I was worried when you didn't even read my text by the time I got in the car!" said the man at the other end. "Are you home safe? I was trying to tell you it's getting dark, but we're fresh out of the Dungeon and headed to the Hunters' Association."

[Apollymi]

Kayuga was about to find out that Yugi was the type of individual who took no handouts. Well, in this case it wasn't really a handout but she figured the nuances of such situations were lost when they weren't part of the original discussion. But such a thing had come up a long time before this point so it was hardly worth the extra thought. "Sou ka, I understand that... more than most. I respect that. Nepotism does suck, and it creates the weirdest kind of people. This is more like permission to raid the fridge than as specific as you're thinking about it but..." she held up her hands in mock surrender. "I already understood that part, I was working through something a little different. Until you started addressing it directly I was going to let you have plausible deniability..." Kaguya explained of herself but gave no extra details. There were details missing from that conversation. It wasn't just a deal to eat what Miko ate, but a deal to pursue what could be seen as belonging to the girl with impunity. A deviant functionality clause among friends because of the issue that lost Kaguya her first boyfriend, but that was also not something that needed a full explanation in current times.

Playful surrender in the face of new information was a shared trait among friends. Knowing that the rating system she'd initially seen was a five star system originally and evolved to 10 stars simply because of some sort of push was interesting indeed. To be a fly on the wall to see that conversation play would might have been quite fun. Maybe she'd get to see something like it as they stayed over? He didn't take it personally and because of that Kaguya also shrugged it off. "Good to know~" she teased easily capable of moving on. There was a potential condition, "You seem to be the type to understand that some things require different approaches. I can't exactly agree to imploding my life right now... I have too many unknowns floating around for that, but as a lad who hasn't even given his name yet, you obviously have no problem keeping things to yourself..." she prefaced. "So, if I was the first of these proper cheerleaders of yours it'd be something quiet. I'm not able to say I am not interested but I am also not able to say that I know I should walk away, decisions like that shouldn't be made in a moment, I'm not enough of a deviant to wreck my life over dick, even freely offered as it might be..." she explained softly.

Until of course, that phone call came though. That would put them on hold for a few minutes and she'd be confronted by exactly the issue she had in general. "I am free today, I just didn't see it immediately. I was working on a campaign and didn't need to hover around my phone too much. You're worried over nothing... what if I was watching a show?" she chided. This man worried quite a lot but she couldn't say his thoughts about life were misplaced. "I am home and safe you don't have to worry about that. And I can see it's getting dark, great eyes remember~" she said lightly chiding the man for being overly worried about literally nothing. "It's good that you made it out alright and you can tell me all about it. I have some stuff to fill you in on too... so a late dinner whenever you're done at the Association will be fine, it'll be taken care of... no need to rush~" Kaguya mentioned, her voice sounding just as playful as it always did. Once again she was flddling with that ring on her finger while she spoke on the phone.

[Bloodedge]

Kaguya understood Yugi's stance, but there were facts missing on both sides of the equation. Hers was the finer detail of her earliest relationship, and his... was the fact that his standpoint remained irrespective of the rest. The System demanded that he follow a Route, a directive that seemed to force him into the position of aggressor. He couldn't just leave himself to be pursued, but he also wasn't taking the handicap. If this was some sort of training quest, he wanted to take it on hard mode. Yugi would even demand as much, but... there was an interruption halting the conversation. He'd thus take his time in silence to reflect and plan. Kaguya spoke of discretion for something she'd still not decided to do. Her noted interest, however, told Yugi that all he needed was to tilt the scales in the right direction. But first... lipreading of the girl who'd moved into the kitchen.

The answer Kaguya gave to that initial line of questioning told Yugi what had been asked in the first few moments of conversation. For the man on the phone, it told him he could worry a bit less... for now. What if Kaguya had been watching a show? "I didn't think about that! I was just worried, okay? We were in there for ages; I don't know if another Dungeon Break happened while I was gone. But as long as you're safe," the man stated, relief bleeding through his every word. Kaguya went on to accept the offer of a late dinner, claiming it would be taken care of. At the other end, there was another sigh of contentment. "Did you order in, or are you cooking? Wait no... don't tell me! I'll look forward to whatever it is! I'll try to keep things as short as possible, but..." From that moment forward, the man was whispering. "Takatori-san is driving, so it might not matter. I'll call you when we're leaving HQ, alright?"

[Apollymi]

Kaguya came clean after a bit of conversation to her obvious interest. A few details were missing from both sides, but she would have been lying to say she hadn't been interested from the first moment of seeing the pair outside of Miko's bedroom window together. The moment they walked inside just cemented the idea more than most things and knowing that it wouldn't be odd for her friend made it easier for her to accept the feeling but she wasn't quite deviant enough to fully want to ruin a good thing on her own end just because it would change nothing on the other. She had plenty of time to consider this given the impeccable timing it took to interrupt her on her downward spiral. Some would take this as a sign they should stay on the beaten path but Kaguya for some reason was just the tiniest bit... agitated.

No matter, there was a conversation on the phone one she'd continue having like it was no big deal. He apparently worried there had been a Dungeon Break, "I know you were worried it's fine. High pressure situations do that... but remember that even if you weren't here I still have Ai-nee to help in an emergency. No need to add extra stress~" she explained gently. "Also I haven't seen any updates about a Dungeon Break recently... but I understand why you're cautious, no one can be everywhere at once," she mentioned as if it was perfectly normal. She turned, leaning back against the kitchen island and trying to work the building stress out of her own back and shoulders. Kaguya was doing neither ordering in nor... cooking but he claimed he was up for the surprise. That would be interesting. He planned to keep things short but a certain member of his party was driving so... it could take a while. "I said it's fine. There isn't anything to worry about. I'll turn my ringer up so I don't miss anything, good job, making it out safe~" she offered the man on the phone.

[Bloodedge]

The longer Yugi watched Kaguya in the kitchen, the more strain he put on his eyes. They were becoming bloodshot from simple lip-reading; he should probably invest in higher Perception. As for Kaguya's fiancé, he was urged even more to stray from the path of concern. "No Dungeon Break is good news. I hear a lot of people talking about different Gates appearing since we went in. I know you're fine now though; that's all that matter─ah! Takatori! Speed bumps mean slow down! And you missed the turn!" he began shouting within the vehicle. Another sigh passed the man's lips before he addressed Kaguya's final clause. "I get that it's fine. I still want to get home as soon as possible. I haven't seen you in days~" he said. "Anyway, I'll call you... if we survive Takatori-san's driving. Love you~" the man said, intending to end the call there.

Yugi was still watching and processing, piecing a full conversation together from Kaguya's lips alone. He'd also noticed her fiddling with that ring again. His ocular prowess was getting even better, it seemed... but that was of little importance currently. 'There was a little bit of annoyance in there. Situational? Probably. Either way, that bit about keeping secrets should be the first big step. If I play my cards right from there, it should cut a little difficulty... but him calling might make it even harder. Even annoyed, there's an extra reminder besides that ring in play now... and a time limit? The Association is probably in an important spot, so... a few hours? I might just have a few hours to win. Maybe there's a System cue? Either way, that call is probably just about over. . .'

[Apollymi]

According to the man on the phone several Gates had opened up and that was a bit worrying. She tried to rationalize that little hint of annoyance, she tried to see it logically. She was just upset that this felt wrong in the moment. Just annoyed that she couldn't even for a second just act according to whatever whim she felt the strongest. "Leave Takatori-san alone, you know how he is~" Kaguya mentioned. Several stories of that particular person had appeared. No bad news was good news. There were indeed a few hours left before this man would make it home considering Takatori was rushing and thus missing the necessary turns. Apparently, the man on the phone was still excited tog et home, that much was very clear, so Kaguya could have no real issue with it. She stretched almost absently workint out the tension. "Hai hai... it has been a few days. I'm sure you're excited~" she mentioned with a roll of her eyes. If he wasn't currently in a with others, she might have expected a statement like that to come with a picture. No matter, "Hai hai♥~ I'll be waiting for the call~" Kaguya mentioned hanging up the phone soon after. He always said he loved her, and her response was always about the same, he knew how she was...

When that was over she took a deep breath. She wondered if she'd be better at navigating this sort of thing if her mother was still alive. She wondered what it was honestly like for her and her stepmom. She wondered if she was the only one who found certain things boring. Or if instead there was something wrong with her for being able to carry on that conversation as normal, knowing that just a few moments before it started she'd begun arranging some kind of sexual relationship with a lad she'd only met today. Her eyes shifted slightly towards him, was it the honesty? Was it being desired that made it seem like it was worth it? If it was... how could she ever feel secure enough? Was there actually a line she didn't know about? Well, she had a few hours to decide. So she closed her eyes, took a deep breath and... walked back into the room. She collapsed back into her seat, tucking her legs under herself as she did. "Gomen gomen, we were in the middle of something weren't we?~" she questioned lightly, still that flirty tone remained, but her eyes would seem just a bit more complex than they had even a few minutes ago. She wasn't currently fiddling with that ring, but still she felt it, on her hand like the weight of the world was applied to it.

[Bloodedge]

When Kaguya's phone call reached its end, Yugi could finally halt the use of his mana. In doing so, he was forced to squint for a few moments. It seemed the more he enhanced his sight, the more taxing it was. Yugi couldn't even imagine what his eyes' movement looked like from the outside when he did that. Regardless, he was soon joined in the living room by Kaguya once more. At that time, her legs rose to tuck themselves under her body. As anyone could have expected, Yugi's eyes wandered with neither hesitation nor restriction, still seeking whatever glance he could manage.

Of course, he wasn't done observing. Kaguya wasn't touching her ring now. Surely something was going on in her mind though; he could see it in her body language. They were in the middle of something, she said after a cursory apology for the interjection. He couldn't get enough of that tone she used. It seemed to be such a natural part of her demeanor, but that didn't keep it from working similarly to intentional flirts. "We were in the middle of something. You totally said you were going to crawl onto the table and start shaking your ass. You forgot to put on music before you came back though. Was I supposed to do that? My bad~" he replied.

[Apollymi]

A phone call reached it's natural end and Kaguya returned to the living room. She sat herself back in the arm chair with her legs tucked up under her person. She knew Yugi's eyes were still on her, but that was hardly something she cared about in a negative way. No she settled into her position with all the complication of her own life and the lives around her and she tried to work her way into a different headspace. Little did she know that one of the most random occurrences was about to take place.

Yugi had something to say, he made a strange assertion about where their conversation had been before this very moment, they'd agreed to her shaking her ass, putting on the music. "..." there was a moment of silence while her brain processed that information. Such a pure declaration of perversion. It was such an outright flirt, it was so... uninhibited. He'd been watching her struggle the entire time and he had that to say. "Bwehehehehehehe♥!~" she laughed like genuinely. From a place deep inside herself. There was so much relief in that... so much released tension. Tears streamed from the corners of her eyes enough that they had to be wiped away, she used the sleeves of her sweater dress to do so. She'd spent too much time in her own head, too much time debating... "That was good. I needed that, Arigatou♥~" she claimed. As for his actual joke she had something to say. "I don't remember agreeing to all of that, besides my favorite musician has been radio silent for a year~" she mused with a bit of snark. "Still, I was planning to stretch and usually do when I'm feeling a little tense. I could show you something nice for helping me out♥~" something would become more obvious as one talked to Kaguya long enough... that her normal speaking voice usually didn't have any extra intention behind it. She tossed Yugi her phone so he could pick the music and finally rose from her chair. There'd been far too much tension building in her body before, so... she'd made a decision quite impulsive. She'd show him something and see for herself if this whole ordeal was worth all the extra stress she was giving herself.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi's most recent clause had so many potential outcomes. The simple negative was that he'd make too much of a forward push and set himself back an entire interaction with Kaguya, potentially even failing his quest. The most effective, yet boring outcome would have been Kaguya diving right in, losing neither frustration nor confusion along the way. Ah, but it seemed Yugi was truly victorious in ways that wouldn't normally be clear right away. He managed to break tension, and relieve stress. That was the best possible outcome for this scene, he believed. Through Kaguya's laughter, everything else melted away and set the stage for... something else. What that something would be, was entirely up to where they went from the rising curtain.

At the end of her laughter, Kaguya claimed forgetfulness. She didn't remember making that agreement? Well, that made one of them. "Really? You definitely did. Fugitive's honor," Yugi said, forming an imaginary upside-down cross over his heart. As for Kaguya's missing favorite singer... he could imagine who that was. "Probably just a new album that wasn't suitable for public consumption," he said. The sly way Kaguya mentioned that fact had him believing she knew who that secret artist was. The signs were just too obvious, after all. Whatever the case, she'd apparently been planning to stretch. She even thought to show him something nice in exchange for the help, offering her phone to the lad. "And I thought you'd done the stretching in the kitchen. I was watching," he admitted while taking the device. "Impulsive decisions made to buy thinking time. I can get down with that in this case," Yugi commented. Opening Kaguya's music app, he searched for a short while before pressing play on a song called Swim by the popular rising star Chase. "Pretty hectic list you've got here. Any preferences?"

[Apollymi]

Yugi's words had a lot of potential outcomes but they broke the tension of the moment overall. Kaguya wasn't the type of person to hold people saying what they thought against them. She'd been trying to get a feel for the lad and such words from him had helped in more ways than he could initially realize. Still according to him she had agreed to the ass shaking and even put it on being a fugitive. Both of them knew how ridiculous that was, they both knew that the only reason they weren't just missing persons was because of someone else pulling the strings. Still, she couldn't get past the playfulness of his words. "Sou, well I guess since I'm colluding at minimum and you offered no plausible deniability by telling me what you are, it has to be true~" she mused.

As they moved on she spoke of her missing favorite artist if only to gauge the lad's reaction and potentially to explain why she didn't just have music in mind. According to Yugi an album release might have been put off for decency reasons, "Oya? I hope so. I was thinking she took dive out of her bedroom window and disappeared. Silly me~" she said with an eye roll. She'd not confronted Miko on that but she had every reason to have put that together herself. Apparently he'd been watching her in the kitchen and thought she'd done her stretching. "Iia, that was just for the shoulder tension, what about my legs and lower back? Those are the things that need the most stretching♥~" Kaguya said teasingly. Of course it would become obvious why she said that, because... if Kaguya had one skill in particular it was abnormal amounts of flexibility. "My playlist is pretty chaotic, but I like everything on there... this one is fine, it's just a stretch~" she remarked comfortably. In fact as the sound started up, she bounced to the music like no one was watching even while being certain Yugi was. She'd eventually be bent over in front of that table at the waist arch in her spine stretching towards her feet. She'd place her palms flat against the ground allowed her bottom to bounce back and forth to the beat. As she did this, her little dress lifted right under her bottom, not quite showing flashes of those black and red lace bikini panties she was wearing, ones that dug so gently into her cheeks. Oh well, they'd be more visible shortly. Why, well, she'd stand back up turn around and place that one stocking covered foot onto the coffee table showing a clearer view up her body before picking up that ankle and moving it ever so slowly upward. Until her leg was straight up in the air while the other was down.

[Bloodedge]

"Plausible deniability? Unnecessary. How am I supposed to recruit a cheerleader if she doesn't know who she's cheering for?" Yugi questioned. Kaguya was clearly on his side as a comrade, at the very least. That was the one benefit he'd take from her friendship with Miko; it was to be expected that one would bring their friends into a raid party. Besides, they were talking about Kaguya 'agreeing' to bouncing her ass for his viewing pleasure. How could one not agree to anything in a situation like that?

The thought that her favorite musician may have jumped through her bedroom window and disappeared was... surely ridiculous. "I've never head something so crazy in my life. That tension must be getting to your head if you're thinking like that," he commented cheekily. Ah, but apparently the tension was in her legs and lower back. According to Kaguya, those were the things most in need of stretching. Yugi vehemently disagreed, having his own thoughts about the girl's stretching requirements. "Are you sure? I think the general area's probably right, but you might be a little off. Gotta make sure sometimes," he flirted. Just a stretch, Kaguya claimed after clearing the current song. She certainly did stretch ─ specifically while facing away from him. She didn't touch her toes ─ she palmed the floor. Yugi was just shy of being able to see right up her sweater dress before she rose, just barely catching a glimpse of something black and red beneath it. Such a tease that was, but lo... he'd soon get the proper view from a different angle. Kaguya turned about after ascending, teasing further with one foot placed on the table between them. He'd have wondered where things were going from there. Perhaps the dress would be inched up slowly by a hand? No. No, it was much more interesting than that. Her hand went to that ankle instead, lifting her leg higher... and higher... and higher still. A full rise was performed without any movement from the other leg, showcasing masterful flexibility, the fullness of a supple thigh partially covered by a stocking, and... the lace article he'd been trying to glimpse moments before. Yugi's lips pursed, as though to whistle his appreciation even though no sound passed through. That is, until he spoke again. "... Huh. Hell of a stretch routine you've got there."

[Apollymi]

"By giving a codename and pretending to not be dragging me further in? I mean I was coming along anyway, but you could at least try~" Kaguya teased just a bit. It was amusing to her that this lad though to further pull her into all the stuff she was supposed to be avoiding. "Still for a fugitive you should know, I'm basically useless until Evaluation. I can't really help with your plans or whatever~" Kaguya said knowing that the pair were probably into something much deeper than just the political side of things. Well, she wasn't stupid so she could piece together bits and pieces even if she wasn't sure of the complete picture just yet.

No matter what, she was able to do her stretching. The beat of the music carrying her to little bounces and happy shifts. Apparently, her thoughts about her favorite artist were crazy. "Hai hai, you could be right. A lot of things have been getting to my head lately~" Kaguya flirted ever so lightly. Apparently the general area of her stretching was right but she might be a little off. Kaguya couldn't help but snicker. "Ehehe♥~ Too bad I'm not sure what else to stretch♥~" Kaguya flirted back, properly this time. That masterful bit of stretching would lead to a panty flash of a different variety to the norm and she'd eventually be bouncing on one foot to the beat just to spin around before lowering it. Having given that particular view she'd seen the lad's reaction she knew he was still watching so she'd put the leg she'd been standing on before on the table out to the side. She'd use it, to stretch more slowly but surely coming to rest on top of that clear coffee table which could definitely support the full body weight of a couple of adult humans. Regardless her other leg would be spread out to the side and her ass would continue bouncing to the beat. Her little sweater dress having shifted all the way up over her rear as she sat up straighter and stretched her arms up into the air. She'd eventually tilt backwar bending her spine almost into a C to look at the lad upside down and say something odd, "Yes, I can♥~" she answered an unasked question with a little wink. Well, she was already being flirty there was no harm in teasing his imagination a bit, while she bounced her hips atop that table. She'd put her hands back in front of her preparing for the next shift without issue.

[Bloodedge]

"I've been considering it. Well, the first part at least," Yugi said about offering a codename. He wasn't going to pretend thee were no intentions of dragging the girl deeper into this mess, though. Though he had no intentions of taking her too far into the problems at hand, he had every intention of using suitable individuals for whatever they were good for. Kaguya claimed to be virtually useless until evaluation... but it wasn't like the evaluation itself was important. No, she was already awakened ─ that much was clear to Yugi even at his current level of Perception. Besides, there were some obvious other uses for the lass. "You sure about that? Because I'm not planning to go out as a Hunter or anything right now," he assured. In truth, his only plans at the moment involved the show of flexibility he was now seeing.

More to that very point, Kaguya's claim that a lot of things were getting to her head lately... only led Yugi to further deviant thoughts. "Room for one more?" he questioned immediately. Stretching was far from the lad's only intention with this one. "I'm pretty sure I almost caught a glimpse of the right spot. I can't tell for certain, but I imagine it's pretty damn tight," he joked as Kaguya turned around again ─ this time on a single foot before dropping the other. Where would the show go from there? Ah, well the original topic was about her ass shaking atop the table. Kaguya seemingly took that literally, as she began with a leg out to one side atop the table... only to have the other join it from the other end. That dress was no longer an obstruction. Instead, only a pair of panties stood between him and his ultimate goal. Those eyes of Yugi's were honing in on the outline of Kaguya's lower lips through that fabric, his periphery taking in the ripples of bouncing cheeks all the while. Yugi's elevated foot was shaking at the ankle as that crossed leg came inward, as though its purpose was keeping his erection pinned beneath it. 'God-fucking-damn! I wonder if she can...' A thought was interrupted. What by? "Yes, I can♥~" Kaguya said. Yugi's brow rose, and his lips curled upward. He could almost laugh at the situation now. "That's a very strong tease for a girl who hasn't decided to take the leap yet. What's the progress toward a decision by now?"

[Apollymi]

"Codenames are cool I guess, though I don't think the rest of that bodes well for potentially leaving me out of shenanigans~" Kaguya mentioned seemingly amused. If nothing else, apparently a trio, or likely foursome of teens would be homeless and on the run together, that wouldn't be too weird. "I mean not right now... but I may not be useful for what you are thinking about now either~" Kaguya teased. There was a method to the madness of agreeing to this lad's desire. It was right inside the line for her, something easily explained away, something that didn't have to go any farther, but also something that could let her fully decide.

The lad could have all the right looks and all the right attitude, but if he didn't have at least only a minor downgrade or side grade to what she was used to dealing with... it wouldn't be worth the extra risk. A low contact test, something technically beneficial to both, she could find out and he would get to see the goods... all was well. Speaking of seeing the goods, by the time she was backwards on that table, she was absolutely certain his eyes were on her, and looking directly at her ass and loins without hesitation. Another little snicker came to the girl, "Kehehehe♥~ that wasn't a tease, it was a statement of fact♥~" she continued teasing. By the time she was ready to move on from this part, she'd leaned forward on her hands and pushed up, placing her legs up and in the air while she balanced on her palms on the table. Once this position was achieved she would gently turn on her hands, showing an amount of dexterity which was likely quite high before she settled back down into a split facing the lad but closer to him on that table. Her eyes looked down his body noted that shaking leg and knew what it meant... so she looked to the side which should have contacted his cock and began looking for the bulge. "30 percent maybe? Truth be told, my decision to do anything further is mostly a comparison... I can't lie about that," she explained. "You see the dick I have already is godly, and I don't say that lightly... I have seen plenty and experienced at least one other. I can't potentially downgrade... and while I can trust your attitude, that look and general appeal... the risk might not be worth it without a bit of authentication..." she said in a moment of seriousness. If she was going to make a decision she had to know it was one worth making otherwise the risk wasn't worth it. And while she trusted Miko to pick based on personality and she'd seen the lad could indeed get the little one off and help her out of her shell... she didn't know if he could be enough for her.

[Bloodedge]

"Why would anybody leave you out of something so chaotic? You seem like you'd fit right in~" Yugi said with certainty. Kaguya believed she may not be useful for where his mind was going either. That further proved his thought process. This little show wasn't one of preparation ─ it was one of consideration. She was actively making up her mind as to whether she'd pursue a sexual encounter beyond her engagement, and he... would have to play his role well to tip the scales in a favorable direction. "Hm. No," he retorted. This wasn't about whether Kaguya would be useful or not; it was about whether he was worth a major decision. Frankly, he wasn't sure if he was; he couldn't be sure.

As for the tease, Kaguya called it a fact. "False facts exist. Even I'm not sure, but... it's possible you can't," he countered. After leveling up through the System, Yugi encountered quite a few physical bonuses. If awakening as a Hunter did similar things, he could easily lose to an A-rank of any starting size at this point. If that wasn't the case, though... he may soon dwarf every man on the planet. Kaguya's earlier curiosity about Miko's potential awakening meant things could go either way... but no, that made no sense. If rank meant that much, her comment about comparisons would only be necessary with a confirmed B-rank Hunter or above. He surely had access to size potential others didn't have, and he was certainly beyond the realm of acceptable human standards. The pieces of an imaginary puzzle were fitting together. With comparison being the deciding factor, his only reasonable fail condition would be having too much dick to offer. That was such a satisfying thought, and better still... Kaguya unironically called her fiancé's tool... godly. He'd heard such claims before in many video games and such. How could he waste the opportunity to respond as he always did? "Godly, huh? That's funny. Can you figure out why?" Yugi asked, a spark of pure competitiveness showing in his eyes.

[Apollymi]

"I might fit into the chaos, but you know how it is... sometimes you get left out for reasons~" Kaguya said lightly. It wouldn't have been the first time she was left out of something, but that didn't mean she didn't enjoy the idea of being dragged along even with the dangers presented. She'd once been ready to throw her whole life away, what issue should she take with living it a bit dangerously? Still a simple no came from the lad and it would be a few moments before she found out what it was connected to. Apparently false facts existed, whether he was worth anything or not wasn't an issue he could think through but she might not be able to do the thing he was thinking of. "Ara? You really think so? That's tantalizing you know? I can't just take your word for it♥~" Kaguya continued to flirt as honestly as she felt it. It'd become something she wasn't fighting against, not fully.

Speaking of things not being fought against, Kaguya wasn't at all trying to avoid the lad as much as she could. She was simply weighing the options, it was a logical approach but the more he talked himself up... the more she desired to continue pushing forward. In the moment they were moving towards a pivotal point... a search for something comparable. She even took the liberty of becoming completely transparent with the lad, explaining that her situation wasn't just a comfortable lifestyle for her, it was a point which she couldn't properly step back from and continue to find satisfaction. Godly was the term used to describe the cock belonging to her fiancé but Yugi's face in this moment became something she leaned towards. That look, those eyes, her body trembled just a little. "Don't look at me like that, you'll give me tingles♥~" she teased the lad properly. As for his reasoning, she could think of a basic reason, if not the exact details, "I assume it has something to do with that dislike of hierarchy, not knowing a goal you can't overcome? Or not believing in the established order... something like that?~" she questioned wondering if her guess was correct. She'd not taken her eyes off his and found him absolutely tantalizing. In truth he was physically more the type of man she enjoyed the look, attitude and speech of, ugh... that percentage was steady climbing and she'd not even seen it yet. And so casually did she maintain that split, almost like she had no idea she was still doing it even as she leaned closer towards the lad knowing he could see down her sweater if he cared to look at the and bra that matched those panties.

[Bloodedge]

When he spoke of false facts, Kaguya's interest seemed to rise. She'd claimed 30% was her current progress toward a decision, but nothing about which decision she was leaning towards. He could tell. She leaned in the right direction for his goal and quest. Ah, but she couldn't just take his word for her presumed inability to perform a split mid-penetration. "Practice makes perfect, mind-reader~" he said in reference to her answer to an unasked, but certainly thought, question. Yugi did believe she could accomplish a ride in that split with practice, but also believed she'd sooner be destroyed by the attempt.

Perhaps destruction would be mutual though? Tantalizing as she found his claims, he found her actions and demeanor equally so. Could the lad manage sanity if she actually gave such a performance? He didn't know. He did know, however, that there was an absolute win condition to Kaguya's route in the System. Even if he couldn't compare to her fiancé, he could grind his way to superiority ─ literally if needed. Calling his tool godly was like a challenge to someone like Yugi as well. As of that very statement, this was no longer about desires, otome routes, making an impression or anything of the sort. No... it was about winning. So, why did he find Kaguya's claim funny? "Don't wanna be looked at like this? Tough. I can't help it. The reason it's funny is because you just established a meta of dicks. That hierarchy? It starts with humans. Humans goes to mobs. Mobs are lesser than kings. Kings bow before gods. But gods only have power when there are believers. And didn't I tell you before? I don't believe in losing," he preached. Kaguya leaned in, and though he could indeed see down her sweater if he wanted... he couldn't, simply because he leaned in as well. Challengingly did he stare her down from so close, a bold move could have been made in an instant. "But that's not important. You talk like this is all about dicks and comparisons, but you act like you want... no... like you hope I can compare. That's as far as it goes though, isn't it? You've been turned into a zealot, and you can't even fathom the idea of something bigger than what you know; I can see it in your eyes. Listen. You're gonna have to ask yourself something very important before you make a life-changing decision. The question: what if it's even bigger?"

[Apollymi]

Kaguya was told that practice makes perfect, while also being called a mind-reader. She'd never failed at the task she'd known him to be thinking of. "Oh? I'm not a mind-reader, not in general. That one was simply written all over your face♥~" Kaguya teased gently. Practice did make perfect and she had a perfect record. Not accounting for endurance she could indeed do what she said? After a while though it might become someone else's responsibility to move, but that usually didn't matter too much.

Whatever else was going on in Yugi's mind, Kaguya knew her likelihood of taking a new dick. He claimed if she didn't want to be looked at with that overly bitchy face of his, she was out of luck because she'd established a meta of dicks. She didn't think she'd call it that, she'd just established her own boundary for activities unbecoming of her life. Still she listened to his preaching and would keep in mind his thoughts on the matter. "I wouldn't call it a meta, I'd call it a boundary, a standard. One doesn't take steps back in life... they take them forward. You have the personality but it wouldn't really count as a step forward if at least the baseline activity couldn't be maintained. It also definitely wouldn't be worth the risks. Still... I wouldn't set you up for failure, that's bad DM behavior~" she explained of herself. She wasn't so much of a gamer as to fully delve into Metas. Her gaming preferences had her writing character sheets and allowing for all sorts of unconventional builds and tactics. Ah but he had even more to say, she spoke like she hoped he could compare or even exceed expectations of course she did, that was natural, still she took issue with one thing he said. "I'm not a zealot, I'm a practical girl. I don't blindly believe anything nor do I believe in anything whole heartedly. I believe in what I can see and I evaluate risks based potential futures. But I also accept that for the most part and for most people once the stat sheet is written it doesn't usually change. You can mess with intangibles, you can push a personality or creativity, but changing the base usually doesn't work... which is why it's such a big part of decision making..." she said looking into those challenging eyes so close to her own face a wicked little grin breaking across her own face as her right hand reached forward. So slowly did it move up from the knee as if she planned to see. "Big if, but... if it is... it's worth the risk, especially given I'm already fond of those eyes and that personality♥~" she mentioned. "But I also don't know if my feelings will change... which is at least one reason for the privacy clause..." the girl mentioned softly. She never thought she'd be the one to cheat on someone, but she also didn't know she'd be so drawn to someone else in such a primal way.

[Bloodedge]

"Was it?" Yugi asked about something being written on his face. That was certainly news to him. "I thought my face said 'sit on me' or something to that effect," he added. At this point, nothing was going to stop his advances, bar Kaguya's downright refusal to receive them. Well... there was cause for diversion though, in the form of multiple disagreements. Kaguya wouldn't call her approach a meta ─ she'd call it a boundary. That was precisely where meta began, Yugi thought. "Where do you think meta comes from? It all starts small. 'I only want the best,' with slight deviation. to accept something close enough. In time, it's viewed as pointless to settle for anything but the absolute top tier. The end result? Closemindedness that overlooks the potential of anything not automatically a match or improvement over the established meta," he preached. Ah, but there was more.

The additional clause came only in relation to Kaguya's rejection of zealotry. Once more, they disagreed. Yugi's points were connected however, so he'd answer as such. "Zealotry doesn't have to be blind. Zealotry can be as simple as an uncompromising belief... which you've already admitted to being on the path of. But don't get me wrong; I'm not blaming you. Everything I'm saying is just to enforce a fact ─ one that I go out of my way to destroy meta at every opportunity. You probably don't have reason to know about that, though," he said, figuring Kaguya could only know of the one called Genokiller by hearing it from someone else. Maybe she'd heard it from Miko or one of her other friends. Maybe she even knew the name from that fiancé of hers. Yugi didn't know, but it didn't matter overall. "Also, you can totally change the base. Trust me on that," he said for good measure, whether she believed his seriousness or not. As Kaguya's hand reached his knee, Yugi's leg was there to halt its progress upward. She'd fall short of his covered glans as it was guarded beneath his ankle, provided no drastic measures were taken. "A privacy clause I never agreed to, mind you. There are multiple reasons I didn't take a more aggressive approach today. For now, I need you to know something. I don't care about your marital status. I don't care if your relationship grows stronger or falls apart. I don't care about your past, present or future in any way that doesn't affect me directly. You're the one who has to think about what it all means to you, because I don't like the idea of somebody grabbing by dick if I'm not getting laid. The show was something I'll just barely give a pass to."

[Apollymi]

Cheeky and playful commentary continued to fall from Yugi's mouth. Kaguya was initially prone to believing he sounded as flirty as people thought she was, but she'd come to the conclusion he was doing it on purpose. Making subtle jokes and nudges towards flirting to test the waters. This was proven by the time he claimed something rather vulgar was what he thought was written all over his face. "Oya? If that was written there I missed it♥~" she flirted back with relative unease. Beyond the teasing a conversation about 'Meta' was evolving to an extreme that Kaguya would have found odd, if it wasn't for the existing composition of her friend group. "Hm..." she gave pause to consider his words. He was speaking on a long term societal problem she was an individual who already started at the bottom, her perspective was different.

But that didn't matter presently, no... she watched him intently as he made a greater explanation. Pointing out the exact ways he defined zealotry and how he wasn't blaming her for being on the path of one who made Meta choices, but instead to enforce the idea of being a breaker of Meta in all ways it appeared at any opportunity he was given. "Thanks for the warning, but that doesn't make it sound less exciting," she expressed genuinely. As one prone to giving into an impulse he didn't make it sound like less fun the more he spoke. Still, that general descriptor did sound familiar. Though not a gamer herself in that sense, Kaguya did hear tell of a certain gamer running through leaderboards and games doing broken or niche builds and carrying others in unconventional manners. She always wondered what that kind of person would do in a tabletop situation but... that was an aside. "Sou ka, you're that guy too... you really get around, don't cha♥~" she said in a manner which was itself teasing. She couldn't take his words personally when they were having a civil discussion, though there were a few too many nuances for her to properly compare her life to a game of any sort. Too many variables too far out of any one person's control for that to be the case. "Did you mean for the name Genokiller to sound more like a title than a name?" she wondered as a part of thought processes. She had a similar question for another individual but that wasn't something she'd bother with presently. Beyond that point he claimed a change to the base could be made, she didn't know if that was believable, but she didn't think herself infallible or anything like that... he was a smart kid maybe he knew something she didn't. Moreover she was given insight into the approach she'd so recently noticed. His lack of aggression was because all things related to her and her relationship weren't his concern until the affected him. That was fair enough, she'd not brought up the entire thing herself because she was willing to leave him out of it as much as possible. It was brought to her attention that he'd not agreed to her privacy clause... thinking back on it, she found that statement to be true. Well, she was impulsive it was natural for her to get ahead of herself when something caught her attention hard enough. And so her hand would remain away from his knee which would have began her movement forward. "It's good to know you don't care about those things... it was my intention to leave you out of them as much as possible. Since you dove into more direct questions though I would like you to agree to that privacy thing... I don't necessarily want you shredding a character lore sheet when pieces of it might still be useful as reference material for progress," she said switching to the gaming type of reference she could work with. "As for your barely passing show... it was just a stretch. It'd definitely be a bit better with a few less articles of clothing and a bit less talking you've made it past 50 percent for pure interest and intensity... but I really will need to confirm you're not all talk and that you won't make my life more difficult. I feel like that'd be fair given your lack of care for everything else..." the girl put forth her own thoughts properly. While she spoke she realized she would have fun, but she wasn't willing to trash a fully established character just to try something different... that shouldn't be a problem, right?

[Bloodedge]

If 'sit on me' was written somewhere on Yugi's face, it seemed Kaguya missed it and saw something else. What a shame. "Really? It should be there. Maybe get a better look next time. It might even be in braille," he replied with an eye roll. His warning to Kaguya only made things more exciting, according to the girl herself. "Good. It's supposed to be more exciting. I still want what I want, and I plan on getting it," Yugi assured. Moving on, she did recognize the identity of Genokiller for one reason or another. In reaching the realization of what he was, she commented on him getting around a lot. Another joke would follow. "Not yet, but that's the plan. I've only got about a day of total experience getting around so far," he said with a strange amount of honesty. As for her question about the name Genokiller, Kaguya was proving her brain functionality. She was one of few who seemed to understand the purpose. Hearing that, Yugi could only smile. "I'll be damned. I figured you would get it," was all he said.

With that, there was only the pause to progression enforced by Yugi himself. He felt it necessary to make a few points known before anything passed, but Kaguya's approach had her being a bit more forward than functional agreements would allow. He'd never agreed to her privacy clause, yet she continued advancing. Did he intend to reject it, out Kaguya as a two-timer and ruin her engagement? Certainly not, but the fact of her impulsiveness remained. "You don't need to worry about that. Your relationship isn't my problem, but it also isn't my business. Ruining it would be a double negative for me. If you didn't notice... I'm a filthy degenerate. Netorare isn't something I thought I'd get a chance to check off the list~" he mentioned. What of her show and the associated intention to test him for size though? His talk of meta was true, but Yugi wasn't ignorant to the nuances here. Some things still had to be addressed in dungeons, raids and the like. "I get it. I'm no stranger to damage checks, luck rolls, the whole shebang. You latched on to tabletop pretty hard, right? I'm confident in a Nat 20, but even I can't be sure I'll get it. But if I don't... trust me, I will eventually. How about an agreement? You don't want to take risks for a mediocre time. I don't want to get riled-up and left hanging. Remember that offer from the first time? It used to be childhood innocence. I show mine, you show yours. You touch mine, I touch yours. If you're not impressed by what you find, you've already taken the steps to damn yourself anyway, right? So... keep going anyway. Commit to one decision right now. Just know... if you don't like it and decide to put an end to things after one time, I'll be back later to blow your back out and break your fucking brain. Though... I'm confident I can do that now within... twenty minutes? Maybe twenty minutes. Rest assured, your life is going to become more difficult regardless. I'm not going to detail all the reasons why. Trust; that's your one warning about what you're walking into."

[Apollymi]

Apparently, sit on me, could have been written on Yugi in braille, and Kaguya should take a closer look to make sure of things. "How would I know? I don't read braille~" Kaguya teased, of course, there were a few more jokes to be made but it didn't really matter. It was all in good fun for the pair of them to talk as they did. There was something about Yugi that was especially enjoyable, the lad was honest about the amount of horny he was, most would lie or play the nice guy but he wasn't doing that at all. No, he was just throwing himself and all of his horny energy straight at another individual and Kaguya found herself oddly receptive to it. "Well, that's good to know isn't it~" she claimed seemingly amused. According to the lad, he'd not gotten around that much and had only been sexually active for a day or so. Whatever odd time or weird dungeon the pair found themselves in... made that a bit odd. "Sou ka... so just a head first deep dive your first day, huh?~" she teased. That bit she'd witnessed between Miko and Yugi had all the energy of a fully mature and comfortable couple. "I'm good at word games, so yeah... I get it... you don't have to seem so surprised~" she claimed bemused to have impressed. This lad was kind of difficult in a strange way, but also easy, if you got past the part of him that was too straight forward, it was a bit interesting.

Kaguya was naturally an impulsive person. If there was one thing that she was always told it was that the impulses she had would get her in trouble, was was prone to acting without thinking through the consequences completely or working out the details. Still, apparently she didn't need to worry, he was a degenerate and wanted to be apart of the cheating style situation that was common in romance novels and hentai. "Morality is weird like that... I also didn't think I'd consider it but, here I am~" Kaguya commented. If she wanted to, she could have considered the irony of putting herself in such a bad position, but the excitement and personality were enough to make it one of those things she really wanted to do. With that part though she could keep moving forward, and he would be helping them come to an agreement. Kaguya had latched on to tabletop gaming as a method of gaming even though she was terrible with technology. "So... you want me to play through your show and tell campaign whether you meet the initial criteria or not... and your stance on it is, you'll come back later with an updated stat stick if you happen to fall short?" she summarized, that sounded crazy but... It wasn't necessarily a bad deal. And he did seem confident in his own abilities, but then most men did. Her choice now was, sinking fully into the debauchery now, whether it could actually get the job done or not... and having him bother her later if it didn't work out the way he wanted this time. Technically it came with no extra inherent risks, and her own already proven happiness was already on its way home so she wouldn't have to wait to be satisfied eventually, even if he fell short. That would technically end up putting him in the position of the cuck if he happened not to meet the criteria but... that wasn't her problem. "I can deal with that, trust you to keep your word and play your game. You've earned the right to try at least and 20 minutes is more time than most can expect. I'll bite♥~" Kaguya teased gently. She leaned away from the lad at that moment still casually in her split... "Though if it gets any farther than show and tell, condoms. I can't be a cheater and gross~" she said lightly.

[Bloodedge]

"No worries; it would be in a custom braille. You read it with your mouth ─ not your fingers," Yugi chattered. Of course he was talking absolute nonsense, but again... it was all fun and games, apart from the technical truths he had to share. It was worth Kaguya knowing that he only had a day or so of experience. He wouldn't have kept that knowledge away from her when he actually couldn't be positive whether he'd impress or not. 80% surety wasn't nearly enough. "I figured it would be. I'm learning as I go, though ─ experimental phases and such. Just don't expect a hundred practice techniques from me. I'm sure your fiancé has me beat in that regard... for now," he claimed. Looking at Kaguya, Yugi figured anyone would be a fool to do anything but... everything humanly possible and more with her.

Kaguya also didn't think netorare would be an explored criteria for her. Of course, she had many more reasons to avoid such a thing; Yugi had none whatsoever. Still, here Kaguya was indeed... doing just a little bit more than considering the act. "Here you are. And here I am. The biggest difference between us is: I know how this affects my future, and there are no negatives. I won't be the one to tell your fiancé anything. That would cut me out of an awesome situation, impact a friendship and... again, most importantly, earn me one less pair of cheeks to clap. It's not something I gave much thought to before, but I'll say now that I won't hold back from trying to make you give up on your engagement. It won't be aggressive; I won't even try talking you out of it. I just feel like it's something I want to do by being that much better. You probably figured that part though, huh?" the lad rambled as Kaguya considered the arrangement. By the time she leaned away and made the demand of condoms, his brain was processing again. 'Right... those exist. I don't have any. Can I...' Yugi's thought process was quickly interrupted by none other than the System itself.


[ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ]
Item Acquired: Barrier-Class Personal Protection
Quantity: 1
Source: Spatial Inventory Dispensation
Description: A single-use protective item designed for safe compatibility between Human-class entities.
Effect: Prevents biological consequences during intimate encounters.
Status: Stored in Inventory.

Yugi's gaze averted from Kaguya to view the screen. It was strange to be given an item for once, and stranger still to read what the System called a condom. No matter. 'Gift horse. Mouth. Moving on,' he thought, returning his gaze to Kaguya. With something resembling a proper agreement in place, Yugi would gradually lower the leg he'd been using as a guard. Surely though, that bulbous thing over his left thigh wasn't the thing Kaguya sought, right? "Last chance. I've got condoms. You at a decision yet?"

[Apollymi]

"Kekehehe~ Do you even think about the things that fall out of your mouth?~" she wondered, but she still enjoyed the joke. Kaguya wasn't some humorless person or anything, there were still small things that she always found amusing. Beyond the amusing things, the lad was freely sharing his lack of experience and the fact that he was still in his experimental phases. That was an interesting note, considering how deep in the degenerate box he and Miko seemed to be when she found them having sex outside of the house. "Anyone who has a hundred practiced techniques so early in life would be up to something, nefarious~" she commented. "As a person who falls more into the category of natural genius, for picking things up... it isn't being able to execute something based on a thought or feeling is better than repeated or stale practices~" Kaguya had her own thoughts about sex. "Besides, it isn't as if anyone is prepared to sleep with someone new, it's a learning experience every time. Make it a good one♥~" she advised whether he needed it or not.

Beyond this point the 'cheating' tag that was being discussed and was unexpected by both was being taken differently. Yugi knew and understood his place in this relationship. It was one which didn't provide him any negatives. Kaguya knew the potential for it to ruin hers, but also saw the potential benefits of the extra... It was interesting to hear Yugi speak on the subject, because although he had no care about her relationship he also claimed it wasn't his business to break it aggressively. He wouldn't risk affecting the friendship, ruining his own good time, or removing someone from his rounds. "The competitive nature of men is something I'm familiar with, yes..." Kaguya stated firmly. Testosterone fueled men into all kinds of stupid things and all kinds of competitions real or imagined. Such was the reason for at least part of the issues she suffered in school... but this lad at least knew what to do with an innate drive so she wouldn't be complaining to him about how he chose to behave. "That sort of thing is a personal choice, I can't be mad about it if I'm already opening the door..." she reasoned. If he thought it possible to break up a couple simply by having a better dick and knowing how to use it... she wasn't going to be the one to discourage his behavior. Logically, it would benefit her to find out if she was cursing herself to a mundane life or not before she fully committed to it. Nothing worse than skills in a starter build not being changeable for the duration of a game. Beyond this the lad was living his life safely, though it didn't escape Kaguya's notice how often that lad seemed to have his focus drift away from what was directly within his focus. No matter, she'd ask about that some other time, and would currently consider it a part of his odd observational behavior. Still her last chance was up, "I don't think I really need a final chance. Too many potential goods at this point. Let's play the stealth campaign and see how it goes~" Kaguya flirted. The worst she could get out of this was an initially boring time, but she at least had what she'd seen and Miko's usually more tame behavior to let her know he couldn't be bad even if this was a fresher experience. Moreover when her eyes shifted down she'd be letting her eyes trail down his form. She'd guessed at his leaning based on how he sat, but now that she was looking at his left leg... she was visibly confused, her brow furrowing. 'No way it goes that far!' her impulsivity would have her reaching forward again. "That... isn't possible, you one of those super deep pockets people?" she questioned but there was a lack of implied teasing.

[Bloodedge]

"Usually. Do you ever think about having things fall into your mouth?" Yugi quipped in retaliation to Kaguya's initial query. At this point, he saw no purpose in holding back. He'd be even more direct, even more open about desires and the like. Perhaps he'd already been spoiled by Miko over the past day, freely cramming his dick into whatever hole either of them felt right about in the moment. It would become a great boon and a great bane in Yugi's future, and even he wasn't sure which of the two paths would dominate the other.

Moving on, Kaguya took his mention of competitive spirit and directly referenced the testosterone-driven behavior of men in general. Surely she was familiar with that sort of thing. She'd only become more familiar over time after involving herself with him, but... nuances were plentiful. "So am I. This isn't that... though that's still a feature. I'm not sure how to explain it; just vibes," he chattered. Either way, it didn't seem Kaguya had any issues with his expressed desire for victory. There were so many underlying reasons for the approach, but Yugi truly wasn't going to verbally tear down Kaguya's engagement. No, it would mean so much more if he let weak foundations tear themselves apart while he built another behind its original place. Strategies had a place everywhere.

With his final chance for consideration given, Kaguya rejected the extra thought entirely. She claimed there were too many positives to be found, fairly enough. In fact, Yugi rationalized her only potential negative as being the chance of discovery. That was something mostly left up to her own guile, but every other factor registered as neutral at best in Yugi's mind. "Stealth campaign it is. Oh, but you're in danger since that earlier thing was 'just a stretch' as you put it. Remember? Table twerking~" he added, a finger in the air for emphasis. Moments later, Kaguya was witnessing the bulge in his pants and... seemingly instinctually reaching out in disbelief. That isn't possible, she said. What glorious confirmation of his beliefs! He was absolutely winning now. Already, Yugi couldn't keep the dastardly smile off his face. "Of course I've got deep pockets. The goal is to fill 'em with bitches; they gotta be huge!" he announced proudly.

[Apollymi]

Yugi, according to his own words, did usually think about the things that fell out of his mouth. Still, he cheekily questioned whether or not Kaguya thought about things falling into hers. So direct. A statement like that was perverted no matter what, "Can't say I do..." she answered honestly. Truth be told, that was going to be the case for most normal humans, the idea of dropping gross tasting and textured bodily fluids were discouraged by experience. "You're pretty wild you know... most would think twice before saying something like that~" she flirted. Still, she wasn't a prude or anything, and rules could be established for such interactions if it was something he wanted to pursue.

Yet, before his pursuit there was more speech. Kaguya was familiar with the behavior of men, enough that she realized that Yugi was different but had no real understanding of that difference. "Vibes, huh? Well, I suppose I'll be seeing that difference eventually~" Kaguya noted. She held no concern for the exact nature of this it was good that he was showing himself to be so earnest though. There was no harm to be found in him setting his goals and acting the way he wished so long as he didn't jeopardize the future path she was continuing to walk until such a time as she may be ready to abandon it herself.

Ah but the moment was upon them, the Stealth Campaign was agreed to but apparently, Kaguya was already in danger. "I still didn't actually agree to your table twerking request... it was just a stretch and I suppose I did just agree to show you something but before that..." she'd paused before and now she was still thinking something strange. There was no way in hell his dick was as big as it seemed right? It would be in this moment that Kaguya made contact her hand drifting up bit by bit. She was touching right now to figure out if it was some kind of trick. A deception of some sort, something actually in the lad's pocket. "Childish~" she commented, while peeking at that dastardly grin. "Not here though... that still just doesn't make sense... though I wonder if this counts as impulsive again? Do I have to remove my own clothes to see this or are you going first?~" she wondered playfully. There were instances of difference between this scenario and more normal ones, so Kaguya was content to be as flexible as the situation called for.

[Bloodedge]

Kaguya gave no consideration to thinks falling into her mouth normally. That seemed about par for the course. Yugi had reason to believe the product of his deviance was of a different sort... or Miko was even stranger than he already knew. The former being likeliest meant he'd be broaching the topic later if needed. Ah, but Kaguya called him wild for saying such things aloud. Was it truly so? Surely it was, but he was well beyond caring. "Maybe I am, but can you blame me? Head is only, like, the greatest thing ever. Well... probably," he stated with much firmness in the beginning, yet still a second thought. Yugi realized he'd been developing numerous preferences of late. Was fellatio truly at the top of the list? Could he really say that after seeing what Kaguya was capable of physically? Time would tell if the hierarchy remained intact.

Yugi had little choice but to be at the receiving end of his own earlier statement. Kaguya stressed that she never agreed to 'table twerking' as he called it. "Hoh? But it was your offer. That's what we were talking about, right? I guess your memory never came back, so I'll let it slide~" he flirted casually. None of that mattered much anyway. Yugi's greatest win of the interaction thus far was at hand, and he was elated to be in the experience. A new kink would officially be added to his list, but first... the actual reveal had to occur. As Kaguya's hand moved up his bulge, she'd find the gentlest of pulses ─ the natural sort as opposed to the more ferocious throbbing. "If what's impulsive? Thinking about what to do next? You don't have to go first; I did actually really like the show. Well... you probably figured that out already too. I'm guessing you had a plan when you reached out earlier, so I was gonna leave you to it."

[Apollymi]

Kaguya might have given no consideration to things falling into her mouth, but the fact that Yugi would just string together a sentence which mentioned it at random near the start of an encounter with someone he'd admittedly just met was indeed wild. "I'm pretty sure its high on the list for a lot of guys~" she mused. "I'd say it was too early to commit to favorites, but someone I know claims if a plate is full you can always get another plate so~" she left that one to hang in the air. It was fair enough to have as many favorites as one's heart could hold if it made them happy. And by her own logic having multiple sets of sexual likes could and would be fine for the interest of multiple sex partners which was rather obviously his plan.

Beyond that Kaguya hadn't just gone back to twerking and decided to push the limits a bit instead. In turn she was given a 'slide' as it was... because apparently her memory hadn't returned yet. "Ara? That's so generous of you~" she teased seeming to find it more than a little amusing but she likely wouldn't push it more than that. No she was far too confused by the fact that this man's cock even from within his pants, was giving off the gentle natural pulses and causing her to question what she knew about anatomy, physics and life in general. "The impulsive desire to pull it out and actually look at it..." Kaguya mentioned. She wasn't as much of a sensory oriented person as her other friends, but she was sure there was something unexplainable going on in the moment. "I did have a plan. Stretch in front of you, get you hard and check the package... for quality assurance. I am under the assumption that even if I'd followed through with it, I would have reached the same level of confusion," Kaguya decided firmly. As such she reached up further, a matter of experience making it easier for her free the lad from his breeches. But still her spacial understanding of it, wasn't quite right, it'd be hitting her cheek when free just by virtue of her placement, if it had the dimensions she thought it did.

[Bloodedge]

"I'm pretty sure it is too, but..." Yugi left his clause incomplete to think a bit. As he did so, Kaguya shared the opinion of Miko about having a full plate. He quirked a brow upon hearing that. It made total sense, and was a rather good philosophy to adopt. Obviously there was a certain person responsible for that belief, but it didn't matter. "Not bad. I could go for a buffet. You've probably got something else I'd like more than normal because you're doing it. I hadn't thought in terms of specs yet," he rambled. Those thoughts would continue circulating in the back of his mind as they made steady progress toward something more... fun.

Allegedly, Yugi was being generous for the forgiveness he offered Kaguya. A joking smugness appeared on his face. "Of course! I pride myself on my generosity! I'm so magnanimous that I'll even let you decide how you'll sexually repay me!" he bragged in the most exaggerated manner possible. Kaguya's current bout of impulsiveness did have her wanting to free his cock and confirm its size for herself. Her plan didn't originally involve doing so, apparently. She thought to put on that little show just to get him erect so she could perform her inspection and make the final decision. That, too, was something Yugi found funny. "So you decided to skip the 'getting me hard' part halfway through?" he asked cheekily. He had gotten rather close to full firmness, but the final leap hadn't been taken. Yugi really had been spoiled recently. Such firmness was acquired that his cock certainly would hit Kaguya's cheek if she went on to free it currently, but it was not yet the full throbbing rod he'd adjusted to using. If one were to ask, he'd call it... 85% to the norm. "Deal's still open. It's not an impulse if you make an arrangement first."

[Apollymi]

Head. Fellatio, that was what was being discussed as a primary favorite thing. According to the lad, he thought it might be his favorite, but... he hadn't confirmed it as fully as he could like. To help him with that sort of thing, she decided to share some information once shared with her by a person they knew in common. It seemed he didn't yet know that one yet and he commented upon its goodness. A buffet was what he was looking for and that made a great deal of sense. "I figured you'd enjoy that one... don't know what you think you'd enjoy more but do let me know. Specs are always important~" the girl claimed. Still they were progressing towards something more...

What more? Well, actual sexual activity, though the joking banter hadn't let up. That was good, silent sex or a lack of communication would be boring. "Oya? How gracious, whatever will I do~" she mused as a point of pure sarcasm. Obviously the joke was present and she fully understood it. She also wouldn't be repaying a thing... she had more than enough going on with her already. After explaining herself and her understanding of the moment, it would seemed like Kaguya would be pulling his cock out for a bit but then he spoke on her giving up halfway through. "I did what now?" she quickly uttered. Her hand was still on top of his girth through his pants, and he was making the claim that it wasn't already hard. "No, that doesn't work... it's definitely hard. What do you mean?!" she seemed legitimately to be working towards being upset. "Nope, going with impulse!" Kaguya declared in a manner most odd. She wouldn't be the one to wait around and by the time that thing popped out it tapped her cheek and she was mortified. Not because, it was a dick but because this was a dick that wasn't fully erect and somehow was bigger both in length and girth than what she was used to. It was unfathomable and now she was staring at it like she was relearning the nature of the world. "GODDAMN THIS DICK IS SACRILEGIOUS!~" she decided. It broke physics, anatomy and her understanding of human will. She'd seen this thing, buried all the way in Miko... how? The girl wasn't as small as she had been but she was still the size of a human. That crazy talk of hers said she took this in all holes... no way. Just no. Her eyes couldn't stop moving around it and that shocked look on her face had her staring outright looking far too mesmerized.

[Bloodedge]

They agreed on the importance of specs. Yugi figured they would; Kaguya's view on game balancing was very similar to his own. Much like Miko, he'd call her... a Genokiller. Well, he'd definitely do so if the intended title hadn't been turned into a name, but it was the spirit that counted in this case. "I'll definitely keep you posted. You've got a lot of mechanics I'm not familiar with yet, so I've got a lot of expectations," he explained.

A bit of banter, a bit of slow building, and they were on their way. He commented on her lack of commitment to get him fully hard, and she seemed... aghast, befuddled and perhaps a bit distraught. She insisted that his tool was hard. She wasn't entirely wrong... but she wasn't right either. "Well it's not soft... but it's not hard. Trust," he emphasized again. Yugi seemed to be demanding a lot of faith lately, but Kaguya would soon address him in a way that involved no faith whatsoever. Upon claiming she'd be going with instinct, she worked him out of his breeches only to have his cock make immediate impact with her cheek upon springing forth. It was an oddly satisfying feeling for Yugi. Even more satisfying was looking at Kaguya's face as the shock settled. Kink developed. The absolute disbelief in her expression was astounding in its own right... but having his dick called 'sacrilegious' was something beyond expectation. "Damn you're good for the ego!" he exclaimed. Whatever the case, there was no turning back now. Kaguya had taken to staring at his member. Was it a stare of interest, of fear, or of something else? "So, sacrilege. What's your take on it? I'm guessing you get what I was trying to warn you about now."

[Apollymi]

Apparently, there were a lot of expectations, because Yugi was unfamiliar with Kaguya's mechanics. "Mm-hm~ I'm sure you'll have so many interesting things to say♥~" Kaguya flirted almost shamelessly. It would seem that she'd given up on even trying not to sound as flirty at base as she normally did. In fact, her tone would imply that she was flirtier now than her normal speech would ever actually be. Still she was dealing with something so much more pressing than anything she was capable of...

No. In the moments leading up to his unveiling Yugi had been watching and eventually what fell out of Kaguya's mouth was a descriptor for his cock which greatly surpassed the idea of godliness. A cock like his seemed demonic in nature, so bad it was good, and so large it definitely shouldn't be trying to wedge itself into any human body. "Not hard, but not soft... but still somehow more massive than several dicks put together? This doesn't make sense, this is a subject for scientific study not something you should have just in your pants in someone's living room!~" Kaguya had her own form of tirade to give out. Her claim got her praise, with the idea that she was somehow quite good for the ego. "I don't think you need it at all... ego boosting is for regular people you need... to be catagorized or preserved for future generations..." Kaguya mentioned. "Warning? There wasn't enough warning... object in pants bigger than physics and math equations," Kaguya seemed to be on something else, but she'd not looked away from it yet. No... like a creature cornered she felt the need to keep something that large within her sight at all time, lest it sneak up on her or something. "Sacrilege is sacrilege... but, I've got a thing for at least trying things I'm not supposed to, even if I can't wrap my head around it fitting anywhere in my body," Kaguya mentioned. She'd said she could do a split on it, and currently she was sure if she did, it'd split her in half, but... that was kind an exciting thought. Still that hand of hers would be reaching out to touch... a cock thick enough that a single hand couldn't properly grip it. How terrifying.

[Bloodedge]

"That's also funny. I was just thinking the same thing about you," Yugi claimed. Miko had gone from the quietest shut-in of all time to the loudest, filthiest hentai character he'd seen since browsing his own 'homework' folder. Though Miko was surely an exceptional clause in any case, he imagined the persona Kaguya had been showing already would prove... quite interesting mid-coitus. For now, she was already saying ridiculous things just about the dick she'd been eager to inspect. How would she react after taking it into herself?

Well, the act seemed irrational to Kaguya... but her interest hadn't waned. Apart from some ludicrous complaints, Kaguya appeared more invested than before. "Well it's not in my pants in someone's living room; not anymore. Besides, the goal is to put it in you in your living room... or wherever you prefer. That should be fine, right?" he asked. Apparently, he had no need of an ego booster; it sounded more like Kaguya thought he should be reared in. Her tirade kept going. Yugi found it rather cute that she kept being so openly aghast. Her speech put him in a very powerful position, both mentally and in actuality. What was he to do with it? Well, as Kaguya reached out to grab his shaft, he reached out to cup her face. He'd be leaning in, staring the girl down over his own cock from oh so close. "You can't wrap your head around it, but you can wrap your hands around it. That's a start. Maybe next is lips, tits, legs. After you take some baby steps, you find out anything's possible," he declared. With that, Yugi decided it was time to silence the ongoing and building tirade. He'd do so by pressing his lips to hers ─ something he'd heavily considered earlier, but he was no longer willing to wait on her decisions.

[Apollymi]

Apparently, Yugi thought that Kaguya would have some interesting things to say. She supposed that was true, while not the kind of crazy outspoken hentai character she'd noted of Miko, she wasn't exactly a quiet person. That was one of those things which was becoming obvious. As she had a minor tirade about it, and how much sense such a thing didn't make. Kaguya couldn't help it, she thought it was crazy and unimaginable. He claimed it should be fine, as it was no longer in his pants but now should be going inside her, in the living room or somewhere else. "I don't know if this is going to fit inside of me!~" she exclaimed truthfully.

Ah, but her imagination wasn't allowed to run too much, no, because soon enough as if in answer to the amount of crazed she seemed to be becoming... something else. She'd taken his cock into her hand, well as much as she was capable of it. It'd begun to move as if there was some sort of logic to be found and soon enough Yugi was staring at her, and once more... her heart was skipping a beat. "Seriously you gotta stop looking at me like this♥~" she asserted, but that was more flirty and a firm turn down for whatever reason. There should have been something off putting about being looked at like that, over a cock that was way too massive for human understanding. But still, she found it pleasant more so than most things. "Anything... huh?" she seemed to almost be questioning that, but soon enough her lips were occupied. How odd. She didn't consider that someone who knew her to be in another relationship would just kiss her... ah, but the look had her all wound up, so how could she do anything but melt? She couldn't she relaxed into that kiss her hand moving along his cock aiming to help it along to proper stiffness. All the while, she was building up her own wetness staining those panties of hers and had her so unconsciously grinding herself against the flatness of that table while her body remained so naturally in that split.

[Bloodedge]

Kaguya didn't know if Yugi's rod would fit within her. He had it on good authority that, somehow, such a thing was definitely possible. One could easily assume it had something to do with the System, but... the System also put him on this 'Critical Bond' Route. Surely Kaguya could manage as well, by that logic. "Well you'll never know anything until you find out," was Yugi's counter to her spoken thoughts.

Another insistence was made ─ one that Yugi should stop staring at the girl the way he was. Her tone implied more than a little enjoyment though, and he already knew about her 'glaring kink' as Miko put it. Perhaps Yugi had even stared her down this time on purpose? Well, no... but that didn't mean he wouldn't do it. "Good luck making me stop," he argued without hesitation. Shortly after, lips were locked. There was still a bit of wiggle room in their current state of agreement, but he wasn't worried about that. Any mental struggles Kaguya committed to henceforth were beyond his ability to become involved. Yugi's sole purpose now was advancing his own goal. He kept a hand under her chin while hers busied itself on her shaft, whether consciously or not. As he grew even firmer still, a bit of aggression had Yugi's tongue pushing its way between Kaguya's lips. He intended to enter her mouth as such, lather her tongue with his own just for a few seconds, and then slowly retreat ─ something that would bridge the gap between their mouths with a blend of saliva. "Anything," he'd reiterate afterwards. "So... plan? You've been seeming like you're still touching the fence for a while."

[Apollymi]

Kaguya wouldn't know anything until she found out. How pointed. Well, if nothing else this man was allowing her the ability to do that and she could take some comfort in the effort to do something deviant with some thing well out of her expectations. He made a good point there... so she'd take it along with a few other things. For instance she'd be finding out that this young man had no intention of ceasing glaring at her. Which was tantalizing in its own way. He really was just an all around good time waiting to happen. Though she wasn't certain if she could take his dick... she became certain of something else.

Shinomiya Kaguya wanted this boy. Regardless of her relationship status and irrespective of her life goals, she simply wanted to do this thing right in front of her. She wanted to bend under the weight of him and feel something new and hot. She could already do so, as he kissed her and his tongue made its way into her mouth she felt heat building up. No way was this young man so inexperienced. If he was... then he had one hell of an imagination or way more practice with his one partner than a single day's worth of sexual contact could denote. By the time he pulled away, Kaguya had a flush on her face to accentuate those eyes of hers, and a bit of wetness on her lips. He asked her something of importance as she continued to stroke his cock her hips moving against that table enough to leave a little sticky spot. "You kiss a girl like that and expect my brain to still be working?!♥~" she questioned with a flirt implied. "I'm not on a fence I can't say no to this..." she explained. "My plan only went up to this point but since were here... why don't you tell me about what you wanted to try? Then we'll roll for crit to figure out what we do first?~" she offered with a bit of a flirt on the line. At her assertion a certain unseen pop up would be occurring as she agreed to playing this game and fully committed to this route no matter the problematic nature it presented.


[System Notice]

Target Emotional State Confirmed.
Mutual Intent Detected.

Critical Bond Route — FULLY REGISTERED

Primary Trigger:
→ Kaguya Shinomiya has consciously chosen to pursue the Route.

Route Status:
→ Forced Entry Condition: Cleared
→ Mutual Engagement: Established

Initial Intimacy Synchronization: 18%

System Analysis:
Two-way emotional alignment has begun.
Future resonance growth will now accelerate through shared conflict, desire, and decision-making.

Failure Condition Warning remains active.

[Bloodedge]

The trail of saliva bridging mouths snapped when both parties began speaking again. Yugi's eyes wandered down from Kaguya's, settling on her dampened lips after lingering around those flushed cheeks for a moment. It was quite the sight overall, he thought. Black hair, red eyes and a tinted face ─ those were things he found highly, highly appealing. Kaguya would surely feel him throbbing toward full firmness as he took in that visage. "Yeah, that's about what I expect. I did say about twenty minutes. I don't expect your brain to break until I've at least gotten a chance to bend you over something," he declared.

According to Kaguya, she wasn't on the fence at all. This was something she couldn't say no to, though she hadn't thought beyond the testing phase. Yugi's most recent maneuver must have been beyond the plan as well. No matter. He'd first address the matter of Kaguya being on, or not being on, a fence. "Well no. You're on a table. You can get on my fence whenever you want, though," he vowed. A thumb was slowly dragged along Kaguya's bottom lift, gently pressed into its softness. As for what he wanted to do... "How about you..." Yugi paused there, if only because he was distracted by another System notice. Kaguya's acceptance went deeper than words alone; she was properly invested. Only 18% intimacy was to be expected, given her engagement and the short amount of time they'd known each other. 18% may have even been a sole indicator of the carnal connection at hand. Once he was done quickly scanning the notice, Yugi's eyes settled on Kaguya's again. "Ahem. Well, for starters... you already saw mine. There's catching up to do. Should I take yours out too, or would you rather do it yourself?"

[Apollymi]

Kaguya had made a decision and in so doing she had opened herself up to a very different set of sensations. Was it simply because she was doing something so technically bad, that she found herself heated? Or was it simply because it felt so right that the bad part seemed to seep right out of her brain while she was in the middle of a passionate kiss. Still, according to Yugi he expected Kaguya to keep her mind together for at least twenty minutes, until he had the opportunity to bend her over something. "I'm pretty sure my brain broke the moment I confirmed my decision♥~" Kaguya flirted instead. Well, if she was going to commit to doing something naughty she might as well enjoy it. She was already enjoying the intimacy of this situation. Knowing that Yugi could see her, really see her, made Kaguya's heart flutter once more. Perhaps that was why she liked the glaring?

Moreover, the intimacy of this moment would only grow. A gentle press into her bottom lip, saliva broken by speech and even more words shared. Kaguya definitely wasn't on a fence but she could hop on his? "Ara♥!~" she made just that noise for a second, well, she'd definitely be taking that invitation at some point in the near future. But this wasn't a solo experience, they'd need to share their activities, so what did Yugi want in this situation? Well, she'd be waiting a tiny bit for that... noticing once more that the lad seemed to be looking at something only he could see. Not now, but later, she'd be confirming what kept appearing in his line of sight. Until then, according to Yugi, she should be showing hers, since his was out. That was fair but what he offered was... strangely options. "Oya? There are options? I'm not used to that~" her words were flirty but there was a certain honesty in her face. Normally if she needed to be naked she took off her clothes, or they just ended up off in a moment... it never occurred to her that someone else might actually want to strip them off for her. That had a few potentials, "You can do it... I'm curious about what you want to see~" she offered having not considered this part of the sexual experience before. She'd take whatever position and allow him to freely remove her clothes if only because it was such an interesting option.

[Bloodedge]

Kaguya's mind may have been in need of a soft reset... or even a hard one, depending on certain factors. According to the girl herself, her brain may have broken when her initial decision was made. What an interesting claim to make. "So, what, you want me to turn it off and back on again? Based on your reactions so far, I think I can manage that pretty easily," he claimed. The System and its alerts were undoubtedly going to become a problem at some point if they kept coming during social interactions with non-Players. Yugi expected that he'd have to explain some sort of mental tick eventually ─ realizing someone like Kaguya likely found something strange in his behavior by now.

Ah, but it didn't matter currently; she didn't address anything. All she did was mutter a flirty little ara after hearing his reference to hopping on fences. "Hit me with that in the right place and time, and a fence post will probably hop on you," he warned. Moving on to their progress, Yugi gave Kaguya a set of options that she apparently didn't expect. He really was becoming the antagonist of this story, as he immediately began thinking about how wasteful her fiancé was ─ the thought even bleeding into his expression slightly. "Huh..." he said monotonously. Kaguya would go on to choose the option of having him remove her articles. "Hai hai~" he said, moving forward and pressing a gentle hand to the girl's sternum. He'd guide her back, doing so with every intention of having her back flat against the coffee table eventually. He'd seen enough of Kaguya's flexibility to know she could handle that even while already being mid-split. He even kept his lips gently brushing against Kaguya's throughout the first half of the movement. When she was finally in place, he'd begin the gradual lift of her dress with his left hand. His right hand would also move when the dress was midway up Kaguya's abdomen, seeking to guide her legs into a straighter position and take hold of her undergarments thereafter. Perhaps Yugi was doing something unfair by terms he'd set himself, but he wouldn't think to stop lifting Kaguya's dress until it was over her breasts, even as he tried to strip her panties simultaneously.

[Apollymi]

Kaguya's mind definitely needed a hard reset. Somehow she'd gone from happily engaged to entangled in an affair in less than a couple of hours. "I don't know, whenever I try something like that there's usually an explosion of some sort~" Kaguya teased just a little. People like Kaguya were definitely going to realize the lad would randomly stare off into space... even so, moments like now would allow for a bit more freedom than most. Kaguya was in no position to question where his eyes were going. Still there was more fun afoot, 'ara' was a staple part of Kaguya's vocalizations. it might have been among her most uttered phrases, but she wasn't keeping track of such a thing. "Oya? That's good to know~" she seemed almost purposefully teasing in that moment but it didn't matter.

No there was far too much to take in. She watched the lad process her surprise at the question and saw that underlying distaste bleed into his features. She wasn't sure what caused it, but was sure at least she'd not done anything to cause monotonous words to slip from his mouth. For now she went with an option she couldn't remember being explored and was then settled in an odd way. Their lips gently brushing, a hand against her sternum he pushed her back, her body easily rotated her hips shifting without movement as she was leaned back against the coffee table. Soon enough her dress was being lifted and her face was still flushed. To remove panties he was guiding her legs into a straighter position and she was fully going with it. Simply enjoying being unwrapped like a present. It was strange but Kaguya felt so genuinely appreciated in a moment like this... it was to her as if Yugi was seeing all of her and he wasn't going to stop doing so. "Ara, if you do it like that... you'll be overdressed♥~" Kaguya mentioned. Well, she didn't have any problem with being disrobed so instead she would simply reach out for Yugi's clothing as well... aiming for his shirt as well, and coming to a few mental conclusions as she found a physical specimen a lot higher than expected for someone not a hunter.

[Bloodedge]

"There'll be an explosion this time too," Yugi responded. He probably should have warned about the extreme nature of said explosion, but something in the back of his mind said he shouldn't. No, the way Kaguya dealt with surprises was far too great; he had to build the stacks where possible. First though, he had to get Kaguya into the right position to be taken. Said position was mostly... any that reached acceptable amounts of nudity.

And so, Yugi began the process of disrobing Kaguya as he wondered how she'd take the minor overstep. Her choice was to warn Yugi that he'd be overdressed if he kept at it. "Is that a complaint?" he wondered. Ah, but it certainly wasn't an issue ─ at least not one Kaguya would let stand. She reached for his shirt, which began its rise by the time he had the girl's undergarments around her knees. Kaguya's dress was already lifted high enough to leave her breasts covered only by that lace bra... which Yugi was having some very interesting thoughts about as he left room for his shirt's removal. "Gotta be honest... I thought about ripping that off, but I'd also hate to ruin it. Life is hard," he claimed. Kaguya was free to do as she wished with his top. If Yugi knew one thing, though, it was the fact that he'd soon be taking those panties with no intention of returning them.

[Apollymi]

Explosions were apparently, not going to be limited to Kaguya interacting with electronic devices. There could have been more said there but no, it was being left in the air. Kaguya wondered if the lad did that on purpose, if he had something to gain from surprising her with something else today. Her heart probably wouldn't survive the experience of any more major surprises, but she wouldn't exactly be holding back on the experience either. "Going for menacing silence again. I'm shivering♥~" she mentioned. Well, that flirt was at least true but it had almost nothing to do with his words and everything to do with watching him as he removed her panties.

She'd never watched as someone undressed her like this so it was an interesting turn of events. Even as she reached out to help him pull his shirt over his head, she was somehow amazed by his concentration. "Not a complaint necessarily, just a statement. It's okay... I don't mind. Though I think half the world should feel disrespected by this physique being just allowed to exist♥~" she claimed as she had pulled up and revealed a torso way more shredded than any teen should be allowed to be. Still he claimed life was hard not knowing if he wanted to rip her bra off or leave it alone because he didn't want to ruin it, how interesting. "Well, I can't help, when you say that I wonder which I'd enjoy more... both have some appeal in theory," Kaguya mentioned astutely. True enough she could imagine being upset about losing a bra or something like that, but she also thought it might be quite hot for someone to be so ready they couldn't wait to get the clothes off... decisions. Decisions. Soon enough her panties were down to her knees and she considered the idea that she probably wouldn't be getting them back. Odd as that was... she figured that there was something appealing about the idea that someone actually wanted tand took a trophy from her. "This whole thing is way too hot the more I think about it♥~ Maybe you're insidious instead♥~" she murmured while biting her lip. Well... she'd been known to be impulsive and also known to enjoy the path of forward progression. She bit her bottom lip just a bit as she fought back the desire to squirm heavily, her mind definitely wasn't going to survive the day at all.

[Bloodedge]

Apparent menacing silence aside, Yugi doubted he could have properly warned about the eventual 'explosion' if he tried. How could one even rationalize such a thing? If so many things weren't ridiculous of late, he'd still be questioning it himself. What he wasn't allowed to question, was the upgrades he received from advancing via the System. Kaguya wouldn't allow that. Even without knowing such developments occurred within the past 24 hours due to magical interference, the height of podium she placed him upon was astounding. Half of the world's population should feel disrespected by his physique, she claimed. "So is the other half horny? That's probably the goal. Though as long as you are, my major purpose is served," he harped.

Beyond that, Yugi had a conundrum that Kaguya seemed to share. To sacrifice the bra, or to leave it? Well... if he thought about it rationally, it was likely possible to find even better pieces for dirt-cheap in the System Shop. Both options did have appeal. For Kaguya to say so herself in this moment, however, it was obvious she'd never had such a thing happen. Perhaps there were more reasons to go with the flow than Yugi initially considered. "They do. You know, I do hate wasting stuff..." he said as if to make the decision obvious then and there. Alas, the implication and the truth were polar opposites. No way could Yugi resist ─ especially whilst watching the girl bite her lip under his gaze. He went right back to tugging Kaguya's panties, slipping them down her shins. His left hand seemed to be idling around her breasts. He fondled through her bra... until an abrupt snatching motion tore straps and bore flesh. With that done, those panties would pass the final hurdles that were Kaguya's heels, finding themselves fully in his possession. "So... since you don't have a matching pair to put on anymore, you don't mind if I hold on to these, right?" he asked, dangling that dampened lace article right in front of his own face.

[Apollymi]

Kaguya wouldn't be stopped from paying compliments where they were due. Even if she knew that Yugi only developed his current body in the last day from his interactions with the System, if she understood the whole of it, it would still count as due diligence. He completed tasks and was rewarded with points that he placed as needed. She would understand that even as a simple tabletop game DM. Still her words got her a bit of cheek in return, if half were jealous was the other half horny? "Probably most of it... can't account for the weird ones~" she mused as if it was the right way to flirt. "But I am definitely horny♥~" she confirmed of her own state. Whether that was his current goal or not, he'd succeeded in that a long time before now... she was just unwilling to change her perspective initially.

Beyond that, there was the matter of Kaguya's impending nudity. Yugi wasn't sure what he'd do initially, and Kaguya couldn't call it for the sake of excitement. It wasn't like she only owned the one, and it wasn't like she didn't replace them regularly or anything like that. As she was molested through that fabric her nipples tensed and a sigh escaped her. It wasn't like she'd never been touched before, but somehow this felt... different. And apparently Yugi didn't like wasting anything, and apparently that also meant opportunities, as soon enough he was pulling that bra right off her body along with the panties he'd slipped down her legs. A question was posed after but once again Kaguya was watching as the lad held those panties up. Her whole core had tightened as he pulled that piece off her. "I mean without the matching set I can't really say no. Besides, I can't say I don't find it interesting that you even want them... who am I to deny a man his trophies♥~" she wondered almost rhetorically. Without those on anymore Kaguya was practically naked atop the coffee table her body already something of a hot and throbbing mess. But what would be next? It was an exciting prospect.

[Bloodedge]

There were some strange individuals among those who may have been aroused by Yugi's present state, but such was the norm regardless. He probably wanted nothing to do with any of those types anyway... except some. Some, he'd still have an interest in. The most important thing at hand though, was Kaguya's confirmation of her own state. Did he need those words spoken aloud? No; he could easily tell by the damp fabric he'd taken from her. Still, hearing straight from the proverbial horse's mouth was a boon nonetheless. "Well that's all I care about. I'll see if I can make it worse♥~" he posited.

How could he go about that, though? For starters, there was the decision to ultimately sacrifice Kaguya's bra and, via a bit of pretense, use the act as justification to confiscate her undergarments. Yugi's second partner in deviance for this life had quite the different approach. Kaguya understood his desire to claim a trophy, though she also fell right inline with the pretense. Either way, he had a proper 'gift trophy' in his collection now ─ though it was officially a collection of one after a certain slime incident robbed his first prize. "I figured you'd get it. Gotta have something to remember the achievement by~" he said. As for what he'd do next, it became clear to Yugi in Kaguya's physical reaction just prior to her bra's destruction. His left hand returned to her bosom, and his body curled to encroach upon it as well. Her panties were to be casually tucked into his rear pocket during a motion that would soon have Yugi's breath wafting over an erect nipple. Stockings and a sweater dress lifted too far up to be of use? He'd leave her that way for a while. In the meantime, the return of Yugi's right hand would land it right between Kaguya's legs, as though to locate the source of moisture that had sullied fabric and, more recently, her coffee table. "Oh, but I'll pay you back for that. I'm not an asshat or anything~"

[Apollymi]

Playful banter was doing its part. It would seem that Yugi intended to make the situation surrounding Kaguya's arousal worse. His flirty way of speaking about it, once again only contributed to potential excitement. "Ara ara, whatever will I do♥~" Kaguya flirted without shame. Why should she care if he wanted to make her arousal work. It was becoming more and more obvious by the moment that he could handle any amount of arousal she ended up with, even if she was more 'experienced' than he.

Still, Yugi seemed to be capable of doing something else, using pretense to try and exploit another person. Kaguya might not have liked the idea of someone using her in other situations or trying to manipulate her actions, but there was something amusing about the sorts of pretense this lad was coming up with to do simple things, like capture a pair of panties or rip a bra off of a person's body. "Most people wouldn't take physical things, but I get it♥~" still the lad was leaning in, his breath tickling that nipple causing it to pucker as her chest rose and fell. They were moving forward very deliberately, soon enough Yugi's fingers could be found between her legs and Kaguya would be seen moving her hips as if it was her intention to naturally guide the lad towards all the parts worth touching in her core. "Oya? Still managing generosity, huh? Well who am I to turn down repayment♥~" Kaguya mentioned, still, what was she to do. This lad was so effective at manipulating her body already how far would it go, as she looked at him she could feel it, something very different from what she was used to, something direct and unhindered by anything else. That was exciting.

[Bloodedge]

"Hmm... probably explode," was Yugi's answer to what Kaguya would do. He imagined there would be quite a few 'explosions' of different sorts throughout the next few hours. Limiting his own was something Yugi figured would be best, but... he also doubted it would be so easy a feat to accomplish. Kaguya had a certain aura about her that welcomed not a fall into deviance, but a plummet.

If others didn't take physical things as trophies for their sexual endeavors, Yugi thought those people were wrong. Well... he also thought there was actually some form of physical proof in most cases. "I guess? I'll take a pair of panties over a living legal responsibility though," Yugi argued upon reaching the thought of... what he'd call physical proof of sexual experience. As he blew over that nipple and further stiffened it, Yugi noted the movement of Kaguya's hips against his touch. So easily did his middle and ring finger find a pocket of dampness and warmth, where they would begin rubbing as adjacent digits naturally caused a gentle clamping of lips that would otherwise be spread. While Kaguya openly accepted whatever form of repayment he'd spoken of, his tongue was protruding to flick over her nipple ever so casually. "I'm guessing you're committed to this spot then, huh? Don't you have family breakfast or whatever dumb shit on this table?"

[Apollymi]

"Well, make it a good one♥~" Kaguya teased. An explosion of a person was technically a much more manageable thing than it was being credited with. She knew how such things worked so she was less serious about it than she could have been. She'd decided to take this route so, she thought it was best to give the man a bit of faith... she was willing to take this walk...right of the edge of a cliff and into oblivion for a bit of fun.

Speaking of a bit of fun, Yugi mentioned his taking of panties as trophies over living breathing legal obligations. A moment of thought happened for Kaguya and then she chuckled just a bit, that was a funny way to think about it. "Ehehehe♥!~ Yeah, I suppose that is true. I hadn't thought about it like that but I agree♥~" she stated honestly. She had no intention of making children at her current point in life, but wondered if the 'sex trophy' idea is why so many people tried their hardest to have them even when they didn't make good parents. Children were technically proof of consummation and a forced binding between two individuals which spanned the duration of the child's life irrespective of the relationship between said parents. At the same time, Kaguya found herself naturally leaning into helping the man find his way inside of her, with his fingers. Her body wanted to feel something and thus moved without her thinking about it. She often did such things. As a tongue flickered over her nipple she gasped her back arching, encouraging more even as they spoke of the commitment to the spot they presently inhabited. "It's a coffee table, you have coffee here. Though I like the breakfast nook a bit better as a place of personal relaxation, nothing wrong with using a surface for a few different purposes♥~" she flirted. Did she realize tying an event of a sexual nature might make her think of that thing whenever she happened to look at it? Yes, but that didn't mean she would be stopping. No, inf act she'd continue on her hand tracing down his person towards the cock she'd abandoned to take it back up and casually stroke it. He shouldn't be the only one exploring after all, she wasn't a truly passive person, and she doubted a complaint would be lodged.

[Bloodedge]

"I'll make it a bad one~" was Yugi's retort. Good or bad was a matter of perspective, but any 'explosion' that occurred was one he intended to make quite... damaging, so to speak. Based on Kaguya's words thus far, he figured her fiancé was something akin to a grenade in a realm of firecrackers, which would make him... probably something closer to C4. Perhaps he'd even have to acquire some sort of potion by the time they were done to ensure Kaguya could actually face her fiancé with something resembling consciousness.

Kaguya's motions implied a certain hunger for satisfaction. His right hand felt her shift, and it was as if her body sensed something that had to be sought. He'd enable that search while doing searching of his own. The arch in Kaguya's back, the sudden return of her hand to his shaft, and the acceptance of utilizing the coffee table to begin their deviance ─ things were playing out quite interestingly. His tongue lashed out against her nipple once more, preceding his lips closing around it and drawing just slightly. With Kaguya talking about using a surface for multiple purposes, he thought it wasn't so necessary. "It doesn't have to be a different purpose. A lot of people eat on the living room table. Though it's a little rude of you to make a guest get their own tea..." Yugi found no purpose in completing that clause; its tapering would surely get the point across that he had active intentions. Those intentions would show themselves as he withdrew from Kaguya's bosom and let his tongue trail down her belly instead. So slowly did it move, following a wavelike pattern lower and lower. As he progressed, his fingers rubbed specifically in the direction of Kaguya's entrance ─ finding the most concave location between folds and entering her as such. Doing so would soon give Yugi all the space he needed to access her loins with his lips and tongue. After a cursory lap at her apex, he spoke again. "Hm. At least it's good tea~"