[Miyabigaoka] The Gleaming Crest

[Bloodedge]

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The Gleaming Crest is a 5-Star facility combining a spa, hotel resort, salon, etc. It is run by Kujo Yoichi, who also works as its head masseuse and hairdresser. The entryway contains an elevated sitting area surrounded by four pillars with a light neon glow which changes color based on the "hot attraction" of the day.

On the ground floor, there are large rooms filled with hot tubs, all of which feature neon lights that match those of the entryway.
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Beyond these rooms are numerous spa rooms. Each contains two massage tables, and are used for the popular couples' retreat package.
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For single visitors, the second floor has more private rooms with a single table, bathtub, and vanity mirror.
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[Apollymi]

Late in the evening the Ice Queen Chiyo arrived outside of the Gleaming Crest. It was a spa resort owned by the First Generation Flame King Kujo Yoichi. But the Ice Queen had no intention of seeing him this evening, though it was likely still possible. No instead she stood right inside the entry way noting that the place had gone through several changes in decor since the last time she'd been here. Her head tilted to the side as she took in the view of the neon lights and appreciated the kind of upbeat techno theme it now had. 'I wonder if they let that angelic tuner decide on all this?' she wondered. Now one would note that the girl with her pigtails was dressed not in her usual jumpsuit but in a pair of black cargo shorts, with multiple pockets slightly baggy that hung off her hips. She was also wearing a small royal purple t-shirt with the Chimera emblem stretched over her chest, this shirt contained several well placed rips which showed off skin, and allowed a cool breeze to cross the young woman. On her feet a pair of purple and black sneakers with bright purple laces that matched her shirt, but thrown over her shoulder the updated version of her regalia which didn't yet have a name, after all, she was planning to go have some fun after this.

[Bloodedge]

"Konbanwa, Oniba-chan!" spoke the voice of the Gleaming Crest's owner, best known by his epithet of Kurama. He approached from the Ice Queen's left side, hands in his pockets. He was also without ATs; in fact, his were nowhere to be seen as it were. "Good to see you again. Like the changes?" he asked, gesturing with his eyes around the entryway toward multiple specific alterations to the decor and general theme of the facility.

[Apollymi]

Upon hearing a greeting the Ice Queen's face shifted into a fanged grin. After all, there was only one man who would call her such a thing and it be perfectly alright. She allowed her eyes to dart to her left as the man approached but didn't allow her gaze to linger for very long before her attention was drawn back to the changes made in the facility. "Konbanwa, Yoichi-san~" she said shrugging her eyes being drawn back up in time to see the gesturing and giving herself enough time to look away from the man while stated her opinion about the decor updates. "I think it's amazing." she said. Which she did, she appreciated updated tech as much as the next person, she had to considering her life interactions with tuners who also loved these things. "And it's nice to see you too." she mentioned with a quick glance as her hands rested on her hips.

[Bloodedge]

"Eh~? That's the most I get for a greeting?" Kurama asked rhetorically with his arms held out and his shoulders raised. "Anyway, I'm glad you like it. I hope you didn't come with your pass, though. I'm on vacation at the moment. I'm only here because... well... to be honest, I sort of live in the basement."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo found herself turning to stare at the man who had asked his rather rhetorical question. Her lips came together in a smirk as she found is blatant demand for a more friendly greeting. "Sou ka... that's what you are getting at, huh?" she asked turning on her heels she jumped a little to give the man a hug slipping her arms around his neck and taking hold of her regalia so as not to have an uncomfortable hug. "There." she said kissing the man on the cheek and then subsequently squeezing just a tad because she was quite fond of this man though she didn't understand why.

"And no, I wouldn't come here like that... I'd call first... I don't like to be intrusive. I asked Roze a favor and she told me to meet her here." she mentioned casually as she allowed her grip to loosen and thus herself to fall towards the floor. "You live in the basement? Fuck, I thought I was being clever when I offered you a spot in my closet." she said rolling her eyes just a tad. She was in a pretty good mood considering how her day had gone, perhaps she really was getting better at managing and compartmentalizing all her feelings.

[Bloodedge]

When Chiyo hopped up, Kurama brought both arms inward to embrace the young woman for the duration of her desire to do so. The peck to his cheek was quickly reciprocated, but he soon released her as she was letting go of him as well. When Chiyo spoke of how she would have called first if she were to visit in such a manner as he suggested, a mock scoff escaped his mouth. "As if. You never call me for anything. Chiyocchi is such a mean person," he said nonchalantly. "And yes, I live in the basement. My room is still being worked on, too, so I'll gladly accept that closet if you're still offering." As for Roze, he had been wondering why she had changed the venue of her stay earlier this afternoon. She had come to him demanding a very specific room other than the one she and the rest of his peers had become accustomed to. "Roze... err, she's in Spa Room 11-A. First floor, couples' area."

[Apollymi]

After Kurama spoke it was Chiyo's turn to scoff. "Eh, not really. I'm not intrusive and I don't like asking for things... I am sure I'll find a reason to call you at some point." she mentioned smiling up at the man as she returned her ATs to the spot they'd previously occupied draped over her shoulder. At the mention that he'd take the closet spot she offered now... she could only laugh. "To be technical, my closet right now is the apartment of the twins, they've been burning up my credit card buying me clothes enough for a small army to wear... but they are friendly and you're all blondes... I'm sure they'd love the company. What with them also claiming I never call them for anything." she said rolling her eyes. The thought of the Futagoza was one which made her happy and a bit friendly.

A few seconds after she spoke Yoichi revealed the location of the Sky Queen. "Uh-huh." the Ice Queen simply allowed her hand to run over her face as she mentally prepared herself for what she was probably going to witness. "I feel like I am going to need brain bleach... they don't sell that in stores do they?" she asked, it was partly a joke partly her realizing that Roze wasn't the type of person she liked being around in closed in spaces.

[Bloodedge]

"Oi oi, don't lump me in with them! They're twins; they have guaranteed company whether you call them or not. I don't have that luxury... in spite of having my own twin, of course." As he spoke, Kurama chuckled and held out his thumb, swiping it across the Ice Queen's chin in a playful manner. When she spoke of the meeting with Roze further, he laughed again. He supposed he could understand why she would say something about "brain bleach" when thinking about the situation, but knowing better himself, he shook his head. "Don't worry; it's nothing like that. She didn't go there with anyone else. Go on in. And hey, I might be on vacation, but I'll be here for a little while. If you need anything, give me a call, yeah?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo heard this man's words and a huge smile spread across her face. In this moment she was feeling playful and as his thumb crossed the bottom of her face, she chuckled but seemed to have something just a tad cheeky to say. "So, I take that as a no, to my master plan of having a couple of sets of pretty blonde twins in my closet. Damn shame, I was hoping you'd talk Muscles into it, though I don't think the rest of you will fit comfortably with him in there. Oh well, probably for the best~" she said rolling her eyes just a little, of course she was joking but she wouldn't exactly say that. As their conversation progressed, Yoichi explained that she probably wouldn't need her brain bleach as Roze had went into the room she'd requested alone. Immediately the Ice Queen's body seemed to become jelly... as she had been rather worried about that without actually saying anything about it. She exhaled and grinned.

"I am infinitely relieved. Though this still goes against my general rules about interacting with Roze." she said mostly to herself. After she spoke there was still the matter of the last statement made by this man which she wouldn't directly address. Instead she'd motion with her finger for him to come down to her level for just a moment. And if he did she'd whisper something to him for just a second. "Phones work both ways, Yoichi-san. Just something to keep in mind." and with that the girl would peck him on the cheek and hop backwards. "Anyways best not to keep the lady waiting, ja~" and with that she headed off to the couples room on the first floor she'd been told contained the First Generation Sky Queen, and once she reached it she'd knock on the door, mostly because she still didn't really trust that she wasn't going to see something horrible though she was much more relaxed.

[Bloodedge]

"Neh, Chiyocchi, I'm almost hurt. Here I thought I would be good enough by my lonesome~" he said. As for the matter of phones working two ways, he could only scratch the back of his head and laugh. "Well that's not fair. You're always busy doing something, and I'm usually trapped here. I gave you one of my cards, and hoped I would get a request from... well, someone who isn't a random person I've never met." Of course, as he had followed the young woman's request to lower himself to her level, he received another peck on the cheek. He managed to look just a bit disappointed by this, but he was obviously used to something more. Nevertheless, he was not one to hold up others, so when Chiyo walked toward the room he'd pointed her to, he waved. "Ja ne." Mere moments later, Chiyo was knocking on the door to the spa room, which contained one Takeuchi Roze. She sat upon one of the spa tables in no more than a bath robe, while the other table held a second robe in Chiyo's size. Following the knocks on the door, she spoke up. "Chiyo, you have to be the only person who would dare knock on the door to a public area. We're burning daylight, girly; get in here."

[Apollymi]

As Chiyo stood outside the door, she thought over the words spoken by the First Generation Flame King. 'Fuck, now I feel a bit guilty for not actually coming to see him. Even though, I shouldn't because boundaries...' she thought for a second. 'But how do I actually say no to that face...' this thought was cut short by the voice of Roze. This woman's commentary made Chiyo chuckle but having been given clearance she entered the room.

"I just respect boundaries... additionally I just am a bit wary of entering rooms where you are. Not like there isn't a good reason for that~" the Ice Queen mentioned having a look around this room. She actually hadn't done much poking about in this resort the last time she'd been here, perhaps she'd get a chance to eventually. "Konbanwa Roze." she offered the woman with a grin, having a look at the second table with the robe atop it, she had the oddest feeling that she should be getting naked but she wasn't going to jump to any more conclusions this day... impulsive behavior was bad for the Ice Queen.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah yeah, just get the robe and wine already. Time to start learning how to fang," Roze said as she picked up a wine glass of her own, filled with one of her favored red brands. Assuming Chiyo would be changing into her bath robe, Roze went through the effort of retrieving the bottle for any needed refills on wine, while making her way into the Jacuzzi room she had reserved to go along with the room they were currently in. In this room, a single hot tub was turned on. After discarding her robe, Roze slid right in, placing the wine bottle on the rim to her left, and her glass in a cup holder to her right. "Didn't think you'd be here so soon. I figured I had a few more minutes to relax before going out to meet you. Did you ask a receptionist where I was or something?"

[Apollymi]

"Hai hai..." Chiyo said pausing to think as she began stripping out of her clothes, and out of habit folding them up. "But Roze, it's a school night... I shouldn't be drinking." the Ice Queen mentioned. She somehow knew this wasn't actually going to fly but she thought she'd mention it anyways. After all if the Storm Queen had a heart for the plights of her day to day, perhaps Roze would as well. Not really likely... but worth a try at least.

When asked how she knew where to find the white haired woman Chiyo thought for only a second. Now naked her clothes were folded into a neat little stack with her ATs and sneakers sitting on top of them. She'd grabbed her wine glass but didn't intend to drink any of it, and instead simply joined Roze in the other room, where the woman had disrobed and sank in to a bubbling tub. "No. I don't talk to strangers. I ran into Yoichi... and had a quick chat with him, and he told me where to find you. If I had known you wouldn't be impatient about it, I wouldn't have run off from him so quickly~" she mentioned as she stared at the woman. Chiyo would then disrobe herself and sink into the water. After all it wouldn't be the first time she took a bath with this particular woman. A second later she began twisting her pigtails upward lest they become heavy with water for no reason.

[Bloodedge]

"You're going to drink it," was all Roze had to say on the matter of Chiyo's wine glass. As she sipped from her own glass, Roze gathered the information she sought about Chiyo's arrival to her reserved room. "Really now? I figured he'd be long gone by this hour. You should have brought him here with you. That'd really help us out," she said while winking in the Ice Queen's direction. "And look at you, warming up and shit. Didn't wanna leave the dick behind, huh?"

[Apollymi]

"I knew you'd say that." Chiyo said. With her ponytails now wound into buns she reached for her wine glass and sipped it. She found it to be sweet so she had a little more before sitting it back down. "Yep and that too~" she mentioned of the Sky Queen's apparent thoughts about the Flame King joining them. To be honest, Chiyo had absolutely no idea why she was here, and thus didn't want to venture a guess as to why Roze wanted Yoichi's company. "When you wink at me like that, I believe you are thinking things that I am not." Chiyo said as she had a sip of her wine, only to subsequently choke as Roze went on to finish her sentence in a way that she didn't expect at all. "Ow. Fuck, you're secretly trying to kill me..." she said of the small quantity of wine in her lungs. To quell the burning feeling she had another sip... it seemed that the Ice Queen was fine drinking in this woman's company even though she'd initially said no. "Anyway, it's nothing like that... he just looked a tad disappointed, which I am pretty sure is because each time one of you sees each other you stick your tongues down each others throats as greetings... and such isn't really on my list, though I considered it... but knowing I am not really capable of stopping myself, I decided to join you instead." she finished. This was a lot of speech coming from the normally quiet Ice Queen. And thereafter silence would ensue as she all but drained the glass. And once she had she sat it to the side and sank further into the water, her whole body losing a great deal of tension.

"Ah~" the small sound slipped out of the Ice Queen's mouth.

[Bloodedge]

"If you knew I'd say that, you should have just drank it from the beginning. And let's be honest; we're both thinking the same thing. Hell, there's only one thing to think when that guy is involved." As Chiyo went on to explain her situation of a few minutes prior, Roze casually sipped her wine and enjoyed the warmth of the hot tub's water. The Ice Queen's reasoning did not quite tickle Roze's fancy, but then again, she was not one for caring whether she had restraint or not. "Are you sure you're Shoichi's friend? Could have fooled me, what with all the needless restrictions you put on yourself. We do greet each other that way, yeah, but... we also don't feel some random need to stop ourselves. Bubbles?" The Sky Queen ended with this simple question while holding her finger next to the switch which would activate the hot tub's built-in water jets.

[Apollymi]

"I feel obligated to argue... it's a hard desire to quell~" Chiyo mentioned of why she didn't just take the drink in the first place. After saying this she drained the rest of her glass and closed her eyes. "Yeah, I can't really argue that... but somehow I feel guilty for thinking it~" she said about the Flame King. After all she knew of his talents in the most personal sort of way, but still she felt like she was taking advantage. Though she'd mentally questioned if it was, when one was offering themselves up for such treatment. Beyond this was a statement which let Chiyo know that she and the Sky Queen simply wouldn't see eye to eye on this matter. She sighed and opened her left eye glancing over the woman and smirking.

"I am sure I'm Shoichi's friend. And I know all about the lack of limits people like him have, and I wish I could be so carefree... I also know that I spend a great amount of time feeling in very opposing ways about literally everything. Like looking a person in the eye, and not being able to decide if I want to kiss them or slam their heads into a table." the Ice Queen mentioned. Such self opposition is why she needed the help of the friends she had, because even knowing this information about herself it was hard for her to find a proper balance in her personality. "And yes I love bubbles." Chiyo said way more happily than she was normally seen speaking of anything. Of course, after a few seconds she leaned back her head having one thought. 'Eh, perhaps, I should let my friends set my limits... then I won't have to think so much on my own... that's what they're for right?' she questioned herself mentally on this matter.

[Bloodedge]

"Blah blah your guilt. You need to loosen up. We're not even five minutes into this training, and you're already failing," Roze commented as she poured more wine into Chiyo's glass. "That conflict doesn't surprise me, but I can understand if you don't get it yet. I'd say if it feels right, it's the thing worth doing, but hey... I'm no one's mom." With that said, Roze flipped the switch to activate the water jets, and returned to her glass thereafter. By the time she finished pouring Chiyo's second glass, she was finishing up her own, leaving her open to have another as well.

[Apollymi]

"This is training?" Chiyo questioned this fully. "If this is training, then... I've been doing something very very wrong~." she mentioned with a chuckle. She'd forgotten to ask why she was here, naked, and drinking. But she figured it would come up eventually. It seemed the Sky Queen was full of fun little tidbits of wisdom and the more Chiyo thought about it, the more she realized she was happiest simply doing whatever felt right... granted she'd never thought of taking this too far beyond the small moments she'd used it before. Like... joining the Kendo Club, or the incidents with Shoichi at the clock tower, or even the one in this resort with Yoichi. "Sou... ka." she said as bubbles began rising around them after Roze flicked the switch, she noted this woman was giving her yet another glass of wine. "Arigatou gozaimasu~" mentioned the Ice Queen. While thinking over these points and becoming instantly more relaxed than she had been in a long time, she realized her muscles were losing the tension they normally carried. And as her glass had been returned she began to drink from it, while awaiting the woman's responses.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course it's training. All training can't be taken head first. There are a lot of things out there that the body has to be ready for. I doubt you've ever done anything to your hair without conditioning. The body should be conditioned too, and I know one thing that conditions me right the fuck up." When Roze finished speaking, she took another sip of wine, feeling that the bubbles in the hot tub were already starting to do wonders for her buzz. "As I was trying to say earlier... you need to de-stress. Hard. Otherwise, you'll split your leg open in two seconds flat."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was listening to Roze speak while sipping wine from the glass she'd been handed. While the white haired woman spoke Chiyo heard words she hadn't actually heard before, technically speaking Mukuro had said something similar to her a few weeks prior but the actual clarity of such a statement from Roze and the comparison given made it quite real. With this realization her eyes popped open and she simply stared at the woman across from her. "Fuck, you make too much sense." she said then after a second she simply picked up her glass and sipped some more bubbles, hot water, and alcohol all working wonders on the Ice Queen's tiny body. She was already significantly less stressed than she had been and since she was simply in the habit of doing most of what the Sky Queen said, she'd simply continue to relax. 'Adding conditioning to my list of things to do~' mentally quipped the Ice Queen. Perhaps she was simply always looking for extra things to do, because she hadn't actually managed to do all the things she should be doing to reach the pinnacle of her abilities.

[Bloodedge]

"Hmph," Roze muttered while continuing to sip. She was almost surprised Chiyo had not come to this conclusion herself long ago, considering her similarities to the first generation's Jinx. However, an extra moment of thought made her realize why such a thing was the case. The second generation didn't have Kurama... or at least, no proper enough version of the man. "And the penny drops. This is obviously why my group is better than yours. We know when it's time to chill and get laid, while you guys are all about running 'til you drop. Like I said: Should've brought the dick in."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo finished off her second glass of wine and found herself shrugging. She couldn't really argue the point that the First Generation was still better and that it was likely because they weren't running themselves ragged. Of her own generation the ones who didn't just do stuff all the time were the ones who showed the most capabilities and understanding. People like the Tar King, Mukuro and the Lotus King Kanda. But more over she wondered if this was really enough to make them all so different. "I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who runs until I can't anymore... but I get your point." the Ice Queen mentioned. She had nothing to say about bringing as Roze put it 'the dick' in because she didn't know if she had in herself to share.

Plus the Flame King was a line she didn't really want to cross, mostly because she didn't really want to get a piece of him and discover it was something she didn't want to be without. Giving someone that much control over her person wasn't something she was ready to do. What was lost upon Chiyo at this moment was that she'd already done exactly that... only... with Shoichi instead. Actually, this was the main difference between what was the First Generation and themselves, there was simply no guy among them that simultaneously entertained them all in such a way and no obvious fluidity in the sexuality of its female members. When thinking this a grin spread across Chiyo's face as she remembered a singular moment of her childhood mentioned previously only by Shoichi in passing. 'They thought I was a boy~' and with that thought a giggle escaped the girl which would pretty much mark her as being drunk, the warmness of the alcohol in her system and the tingling of her body all over let her know she was about as relaxed as she ever managed to be.

[Bloodedge]

"Well as long as you get it, nothing else matters." Without further ado, Roze extricated herself from the hot tub and retrieved a towel to dry off with. She expected Chiyo to follow suit, and would lead toward the roof of the building while clad in only her bath robe. "Alright then. Make a fang," she would say then. Of course, she did not expect Chiyo to succeed when doing this, but she did expect to see how the younger woman performed the movements required for fang creation.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo nodded her understanding enjoying the water for just a few seconds longer before Roze vacated the hot tub. Assuming that she was supposed to follow he tiny Ice Queen pulled herself from the water and grabbed a towel drying off. Each step she took there after had her body, legs in particular feeling like jelly. Even so she managed to tie the bathrobe around her person and let her pigtails fall from their previously wrapped position. Once on the roof the was asked something odd... but she wasn't dumb enough to assume she'd be able to even if she tried it now. Instead she figured the white haired woman with her wanted to see how it was done, since the fanged girl never had occasion for the woman to witness her running. "Hai hai~" she said only to follow with how she formed fangs normally. As such she pivoted on her left leg and lifted her right, her next motions was a quick downward sweeping motion of her leg... but the entire thing was perfectly tense while it happened... literally the whole of the young girl's leg tightened at the motion. Such was the nature of her run, for whatever reason. Of course there would be no fang formed from this... though it was exactly what she normally did to make them.

[Bloodedge]

Roze had a decent look at Chiyo's fang production method, and the sight of it made her sigh. She supposed it was still a mile ahead of what the Ice Queen's older brother would be capable of, but it remained a far cry from an AT-less Solid Fang. Holding her hands against her hips, the Sky Queen stared forward into the open air, taking a deep breath and exhaling it slowly. "Takayama Lavi. You know him. Red-haired kid, Hammer King, your generation's tower. He's got a better chance of punching out a fang than you have kicking one. Know why?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was drunk and took a second to think about what Roze had to say, of course, being in such a state was making her brain process information far slower than normal so she was quiet for about 60 seconds while thinking of what Lavi was capable of. Given the state of his joints she'd assume it had something to do with the way he used his limbs to punch at things... which the Ice Queen would mention after her given silence. "Uh, something about that weird punch of his, yes?" she said. Given how long she was quiet it was probably a bit disappointing as a proper answer, but still the Ice Queen had a smile on her face... she liked this part... the learning part.

[Bloodedge]

"... Something like that, yes," Roze said while tossing her hair around until it fell into place properly. "I'm sure you've shot a rubber band or two in your life. Imagine that. You strain the rubber band when you're stretching it, and the harder you do it, the more oomph it has when you let go of one end. Stretch it enough, and something meant to hold things in place can suddenly put someone's eye out from a distance. Lavi applies that to his punches, which is why they're so strong. If you do that with your leg, though..." Knowing Chiyo was the type of person to learn by example more easily than by explanation, she raised her right leg. She still used her hip as the axis, but the noteworthy difference between her form and Chiyo's was the tension of her leg muscles during the kick's preparation. When she kicked, all tension was released the moment the arc formed. With her leg moving freely at this point, a Solid Fang was created. And, because she kicked from the hip instead of the knee, her fang was many times larger and swifter than the norm.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo began listening to Roze's explanation and nodded at the bit about shooting rubber bands. Before when she'd been forced into the science classes of the man previously known in the AT world as Akimo the Beast, she'd been prone to shooting rubber bands at the man from the last row of her class room with deadly accuracy to amuse herself. Without bothering to mention that, the explanation of the rubber band theory to applying pressure to her kicks in order to make them stronger at base made her brows draw together. She understood how such a thing should work scientifically but it didn't make sense to imagine in practice. Seeming to understand the type of learner that the Ice Queen actually was, the white haired woman before her performed the trick she'd mentioned while the young girl watched. The most noticeable differences between this woman's form and her own were the starting and ending points of said kick. Hers being based from her hips and ending without tension but having all of it at the start. The Ice Queen's eyes went wide as she noticed this difference even without the activation of her eye, in keeping with Kanda's earlier observation that it would hinder her if she tried to use it to learn too much.

"SUGOI!~" said Chiyo as she took in the information and began pacing twirling the ends of one of her pigtails in her hands as she began speaking of this new thing to herself and aloud in case the Sky Queen needed to know this information and correct any misconceptions she might have had. "Roze kicks from her hips not her lower legs so she doesn't have that kind of stress. Also she uses the tension initially built up and releases it all at the end instead of working up to the tension from a relaxed position. Ooh~" Chiyo's mind was buzzing with this information and how it could best apply to her and what she wished to do. Initially this has just been about fixing the part of her run that was breaking her, but now... it could be something much more beneficial to her. "Being relaxed at the ends will make for smoother transitions like the ones Kanda taught me earlier... but but but... with my legs instead of my arms and in reverse. I'll be able to move so much faster after it will be fucking amazing!~" she said this and realized that she still hadn't lost the habits of her lonely self-explanations. She had at least the grace to look a bit abashed about it her face blushing just a tad. "Gomen, I got a bit too excited... I get it though." she managed a bit calmer than she had been before.

[Bloodedge]

As Chiyo went on her tangent, which seemed to be mostly just her thinking aloud, Roze yawned and stretched in wait for the moment the Ice Queen stopped talking. To her, this seemed to take quite some time; time which Roze filled by allowing various scenarios to float about in her head, totally unrelated to the goings-on. "Mm. That's about right. I dunno why you care to do that without ATs, though. Your group is the one that got lucky... you don't have all the physical stress to weaken you over time, yet you want to learn exactly that. I thought kids these days were supposed to want less physical shit to do."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo heard out what Roze had to say after her moment of random speech thoughts and beyond that bashfulness. The question of why she required the ability to do this without her ATs was raised in a rather haphazard way. And Chiyo had a reason for wanting to know this information and she'd gladly share it with the woman since she'd done so much to contribute to the Ice Queen's run, Chiyo figured she was owed an answer to whatever question she posed. "Sou ka, well... I am not so lazy that I don't chase any and all physical activity I can find. Bit of a busybody, if you hadn't noticed. I actually require a lot of physical activity to be even remotely calm. I get really irritable if I sit too still, for too long... then I lash out and it becomes a headache of apologies and making up for being a dick." she mentioned there was a bit more to this explanation which she would finish rather rapidly after.

"Besides... I am obviously doing something wrong if the outcome of my run is breaking my legs. It hasn't ever felt right and I couldn't figure out why on my own, so starting at the beginning seemed like the best bet. Plus, I wanna make my own fangs... and have the bite to back my threats. Then... when I do have my ATs... my fangs will be even sharper~" the Ice Queen mentioned still speaking way more sentences than were normal for her, but such as usually the case when she was with Roze. It seemed her reasoning was similar to Roze's earlier statements of conditioning but in a different manner, it seemed the Ice Queen accepted that her run wasn't quite done, and her gear wouldn't match it perfectly for a while yet. But she surmised that if she kept her basics well above par, then it wouldn't matter if her gear was never finished.

[Bloodedge]

Chiyo's next words caused Roze to roll her eyes and snicker. "Yep. A good dick is definitely the answer to your problems, missy," she said. "Get yourself a good lay, and you won't care about activities, sharper fangs, or anything like that."

"You should listen to Shiro-chin. She would know," spoke the voice of a male who stood behind the pair, by the doorway to the roof. This male figure had tanned skin, platinum blonde hair, and a patch over his right eye. He wore an open white shirt, black jeans, and a black suit coat. A tie was loosely around his neck, and he had bandanas wrapped around each wrist, along with a pair of fingerless gloves on his hands. On his head, there was another bandana, and though he had a pair of ATs, his feet were covered by a plain pair of sneakers. The ATs themselves were slung around his neck as he leaned against the roof exit. "Of course, I mean that in the most loving way~♥" he concluded. This resulted in Roze's eyes widening before she turned to face this man, narrowing her eyes mid-movement. "Kisama. What do you want?" she asked. With a smile, the man replied, "I saw your little fang. I thought it was cute, so I figured I'd come say hi." Once he said this, the man's eyes were drawn to the Ice Queen. "And who might this be?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo rolled her eyes at the Sky Queen and simply shook her head from left to right. "I feel like I should worry about the frequency which you propose I get laid... It's like every conversation." mentioned the Ice Queen who giggled for just a second before another voice made the girl's mouth close. If the Ice Queen didn't like strangers she definitely didn't like the extremely tanned male who approached right just this moment. Beyond that she was a bit astounded by the way he simply spoke to Roze. Chiyo didn't know many who did so, and all she'd seen do this were from their First Generation group. Chiyo's brow rose just a little bit as she heard out Roze's reaction to this man's apparent appearance and given her response she made an assumption about who this man was and didn't speak further. In fact she was kind of just staring which was odd since the man himself was now looking at her. But the Ice Queen was many things but a coward wasn't on the list. But she also wasn't fond of speaking to strangers and as such she wouldn't say anything else until it was absolutely necessary.

[Bloodedge]

"I don't believe this girly here is any of your concern," was Roze's response to the blonde male. In direct opposition of her words, the man stepped forward, approaching and, eventually, staring down the Sky Queen. All the while, he kept grinning. "Shiro-chin, don't be such a meanie. If you're showing her how to do something like that, she must be something special." As he spoke, the man held a hand against Roze's chin; something she seemed content to do absolutely nothing about. Moving right past the frozen-in-place woman, he encroached upon Chiyo herself, aiming to get beyond Roze and her off-putting efforts. "Konbanwa~!" he said, bending down to the short female's level before progressing. "You must be strong... neh?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo watched the interaction between Roze and this male and was somewhat astounded by it. Beyond the fact that she'd never seen anyone simply pass the Sky Queen if she didn't expressly allow it this extra personal contact and stare down was among the last things the Ice Queen expected to witness. Beyond this point, the man seemed content to move very close to the small girl even bending down to her level as he aimed to greet her specifically. From this range Chiyo was normally inclined to assault people, for being far too close, but this usually came with a warning. As such the girl stared back at the man with purple rippled eyes her pupils contracting to near invisible slits a second before her face broke into a fanged grin. She was taking very slow breaths because at the moment she was being nagged at by the idea of headbutting the man before her. But she thought that if Roze was content to keep her identity away from the man before her, she could do no less of her own accord. "Nii-san, I don't know you; you're too close." she mentioned stoically.

She thought about leaving this sentence there, but she figured he wouldn't simply leave her be of his own accord. A few more calm breaths and she would speak again. "And no." with those two words she answered his question, but in spite of the fact that she was mildly uncomfortable with how close this man had decided to get to her, she still didn't actually back away from him. At all of five feet tall the girl simply stood there dressed in nothing but a bathrobe as if this was the most normal thing in the world.

[Bloodedge]

"Am I? Oh," he said while raising himself to his standard height of six feet or so. "Su-mi-ma-sen~♪ Just an old, friendly habit. I'll keep note of that." When Chiyo went on to answer his question regarding her strength, he looked off into the distance, along the path Roze's fang had traveled. His left hand found its place in its respective pocket, while his right forefinger scratched his temple. "Not strong, eh? Well... surely you're getting there, right? I could stand to play around a bit, y'know~."

[Apollymi]

This man was very happy in front of her, and Chiyo was unsure whether this behavior from him was normal or if he was simply trying to reassure her. Regardless she was very much confused by his apparent need to gauge her strength and find out more about her. But as Chiyo was less than forth coming with information, even with people she liked, such a task was a huge undertaking for anyone. Still she was more than satisfied that this man had stood back at his full height and thus removed himself from her strike range. His following statements made the little fanged girl's face shift. Her head tilting all the way to the left so that her ponytail was aligned with her hip on that side for just a moment. She didn't actually believe this man just intended to play nor did she intend to find out right just now... how he liked to do so. "I wouldn't know." she said. She really wouldn't be able to properly gauge her own progress, besides that she'd lost a match today she should have been able to win, so for all intents and purposes she really wasn't getting any better. Though how she took that loss showed a great deal of improvement in her attitude she had no intention of fully sussing out these details with a perfect stranger who was qualified as one of the top 3 most dangerous people she'd ever met in her life. Her previous three words would be followed by a shake of her head from left to right. She was in no shape or mood to play with this man in the manner he was likely looking for... but she'd seen behavior very similar to his before and as such she was ready for anything as a response to this denial.

[Bloodedge]

"Sou, sou." Following Chiyo's retort, or rather, lack of much retort, the blonde male began pacing along the roof. The same forefinger that had previously been scratching his temple, was now turning one of two hind wheels on his right AT as it hung from his neck. To and fro, it moved, but to no significant end. "You look like the studious type. Not knowing is reason to find out, yeah? C'mon. I'm bored outta my mind here," he said. Much to the man's credit, the smile from his face had faded away. He did, in fact, appear to be a very bored individual at this moment.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo's eyes hadn't left this man as he started to move about on this rooftop. In fact, she was more alert because he was moving about, than she'd managed to be while he was standing still in front of her. Still the movement of the fingers of this man's hand against his ATs and beyond that his seemingly incessant boredom were almost enough to make the small girl laugh. "Studious?" she questioned this word. When taking a moment to think about it she supposed it did apply to her, she did enjoy learning new things and being busy, but... "I'll take that adjective." she finished but still had no intention of being the one to relieve this man's boredom. "But not the loss, I've already taken one of those today. I haven't the ability to play with you, Nii-san." she said holding her hands up in surrender. The Ice Queen still kept her eyes focused on the man, as she wondered how he would respond to a very straightforward no. This was a surprisingly patient response from the normally easily flustered Ice Queen, one might wonder how she managed this bout of self-control.

[Bloodedge]

"And what... makes you think that?" he asked. Soon, his pacing came to an abrupt halt. "You're not weak enough to talk like that. Not if you're hanging out with Shiro-chin. She doesn't stick around trash." As his final statement came to a close, he stared across the roof top at the Ice Queen, holding his hand against his wheels. "I'll even give you a handicap. I won't put on my ATs." All the while, Roze was gradually approaching Chiyo. Quite a bit of detest remained on her visage, but he words were likely not ones to be expected of the Sky Queen. "Don't be an idiot," she whispered. "If you agree to a fight, you'll at least be allowed a minute to gear up."

[Apollymi]

A sigh escaped the Ice Queen. "Fucking hell, this persistence." her hands hit her hips at this point in time, she was about to say something a bit sassy but she was approached by Roze who said something very much unlike anything she ever expected to fall from the woman's mouth. She was so stunned by the statement that she just looked at her and blinked slowly thrice. "You are fucking serious right now, aren't you? Using you for a second." she asked this question knowing the answer and while staring at her blankly her eyes began to glow. She would spend a moment looking in Roze's eyes at Aomine's reflection in them, her mind processing his body fitness as numbers so she could think of something while she was getting dressed, but as she tried to process those numbers they weren't anything. Everything was pictures of cute animals, infants, suns, and smiley faces. Even her brain couldn't process the perfection of this man's body. The shock of this would pass over the girl's face and she fell back on her butt stunned for just a second. But then she exhaled her eyes closing and returning to normal as she formulated a reply.

"Fuck... fine. Gimme a minute. I'm not fighting naked again today." and with that she headed towards the door so she could go back inside and dress herself. As she stood she turned give the man a look to make sure he was cool with her terms and conditions adding only a single sentence. "Also, you should be more honest, you and I both know... that isn't much of a handicap."

[Bloodedge]

Aomine waited in a seemingly patient manner as Chiyo got whatever it was she intended to find when using her ocular ability through Roze. When the girl finally made her decision, the smile returned to his face. While she thought his terms to be a rather small handicap, it was about as much as he was physically able to give. "I'll come with. I may as well get dressed too. But first," she said, turning toward the blonde male. "Why is this something you want, Aomine?"

"Mendokuse," he replied. "The others have been leaving you out of the loop, Shiro-chin. I know when someone has been knocking at my door. It'd be rude not to invite my new friend here in for a cup of tea~♥"

[Apollymi]

As Roze was coming too she'd wait for the woman as she held open the door for just a few seconds. Hearing the woman question this man's interest in Chiyo as a person, the girl found herself with the blankest and most innocent expression she had in her arsenal. The fact that she understood the reference being made was probably kind of weird, but how was she to know that Roze and the First Generation were hiding an obviously bored psycho they hadn't bothered to put down. With this information given, Chiyo headed in assuming Roze would also be with her, she made her way back to the room she'd been occupying with the white haired woman her mind working over time to process information and try and think of a good strategy or out which would allow her to walk away from this entire thing with most of her body still intact.

"Fuck." that was all the Ice Queen had to say as she began dressing herself. She started by reaching into the pocket of her shorts and removing from them a fresh pair of underwear which she hadn't been wearing when she'd taken them off the first time. They were also royal purple in color, lace and boy shorts not that it mattered. After a moment she had those on and she slipped on socks and other things all in silence.

[Bloodedge]

Roze followed behind Chiyo on her way toward the room they previously inhabited. As she donned her ensemble, she looked in Chiyo's direction. "Hey... I didn't want to push this on you, but the exchange would be having to deal with him while having nothing but a towel." By the time she said this, Roze had completely dressed herself. Instead of her normal pair of boots, she had what appeared to be a tall pair of high heels, which she adjusted to momentarily with a few steps. "So fill me in on something; what's this talk about knocking on Aomine's door?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo glanced at the woman with her coming out of her thoughts for a second. She'd just slipped into her shorts and hopped up on the table to don her shirt. Once it was on she was pulling her pigtails out of her shirt collar and making sure the rips didn't reveal anything unnecessary. "Well, I don't actually blame you for that. I knew I didn't want anything to do with fighting him before he said anything... but I can't fathom him physically, he doesn't even have numbers... fucking shit. I can't even plan to pick him apart." Chiyo said this but she wasn't afraid. She wasn't a fearful person by her nature, this wasn't a matter of not wanting to face the man because he was scary, no she simply knew she couldn't beat him and couldn't really put together a strategy that would allow her to. As for the bit about knocking at the man's door Chiyo smirked.

"The Zone? That was weeks ago... I had a bit of fun with Yoichi-san and I did it then, before I broke my leg." she said. "I'm not the only one... Shoichi can do it to." she said thinking about it a bit more the Ice Queen exhaled. "It's probably for the best that it's me, Shoichi is too idealistic. It's too much a fun idea for him to even turn it down. I have too recent a loss to assume I'll just win... or rather that I even have a chance." she said while lacing up her regalia. Once both were tied she stood a grin on her face her shorts hanging low as she stretched and rotated her shoulders still adjusting to the feeling of heels when she wasn't really used to them herself. "But assuming I survive, I will actually be able to help the next person prepare for him."

[Bloodedge]

"Yep... sounds like my life story. 27 of us couldn't pick him apart years ago. Well... we burned him crispy in the end, but that didn't work out, obviously." Without further ado, Roze heaved a sigh and prepared herself to exit the room. She was unaware of Chiyo's ability to enter the Zone prior to this moment, but with this new knowledge about both Chiyo and her own brother, as well as the fact that those who understood the Zone could apparently sense others' entry, gave her little hope for the second generation's survival. "You'll survive just fine... the first time. Just give it all you've got, yeah?"

[Apollymi]

"Fucking wonderful." Chiyo said in reply to the fact that Roze and twenty-six other people had been incapable of being able to put this man down at some point in the past. That at least explained the answer to one of her questions which was why he was still walking around when he was obviously such a dangerous individual. Chiyo stared at Roze as the woman apparently thought to tell her that she'd survive but that she should give this exercise everything she had. A cheeky smile came to the Ice Queen's face as she looked to the woman and passed her on the way out of the door. "I don't know how to stop, so it won't be a problem~" and with that Chiyo made her way back to the rooftop and eventually opened the door assuming she'd find Aomine there.

The Ice Queen was presently dressed in her royal purple t-shirt with the Chimera emblem stretched over her chest. Several well-placed tears within it. On her legs black cargo shorts hanging well off her hips and on her feet, her recently modified regalia, heeled dangerous looking ATs with serrated wheels. Her hands on her hips she didn't seem at all afraid of this situation, still her eyes narrowed as she prepared for just about anything at this point.

[Bloodedge]

"Good. Keep that mindset." Roze had nothing more to say, as they were soon standing before Aomine on the rooftop. The tanned male seemed elated that Chiyo had not simply run away during the downtime, in spite of her earlier lack of desire to face him. With one finger still toying with the wheel of his AT, he stopped the pacing that had been ongoing since Chiyo and Roze went indoors, and stood facing the Ice Queen. "Onegaishimasu," he said calmly, with a smile, as he beckoned the young woman forward.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo looked at this man on the roof who seemed to have been pacing nervously before she'd come back and now seemed rather happy that she was there. Such a greeting was something the Ice Queen was quite unused to outside her circle of friends and it threw her just a bit. Even so she began to move, and at first it wasn't actually anything aggressive she was simply circling this man, counter-clockwise... "That's odd, strangers usually aren't so happy to see me." she mentioned, as she was circling, her ATs were getting colder at their core, and had started to chill the air around them though no visible ice was being created.

At this point the Ice Queen's body was still not very tense and as such she was able to rather freely move but she'd circle about four solid times before she spun to a stop, breaking and jumping and kicking out, oddly enough not a fang but a large frozen disk shaped bubble which would explode on contact and flash freeze this man could he be incapable of stopping it. But Chiyo wasn't really willing to bet everything on that single attack and as she flipped further up, it would be followed by a kick out with her left leg from her hip fluidly creating a fang much larger than the ones she normally created to follow the bubble and burst it herself. The end result being a solid frozen fang flying through a disrupted ice bubble with shards of ice and solid freezing wind exploding outwards for a radius of about 15 or so meters.

[Bloodedge]

"I'm happy to see everyone," the man replied nonchalantly. It was becoming quite apparent as Chiyo began her preparations, that the temperature in the air above the Gleaming Crest was quickly dropping. This was intriguing, to say the least, as Aomine had not considered the realism of an ice-related Road. Of course, this was revealed to him soon enough, in the form of two attacks. A disk of ice was followed by a solid fang of ice, but the sight of these things made the Sun King's smile fade with a sigh. "This isn't how Kings should battle," he said while spinning his AT wheel rapidly with his finger. "Infinity Atmosphere: Continuum Fission." These words were calmly spoken, but the result of his efforts was nothing resembling calm. Streams of charged particles, or 'solar winds' as it were, erupted from his Regalia and surrounded him, vaporizing Chiyo's consecutive attacks as they came his way. He had managed to accomplish this without the activation of his Regalia, and as the winds whipped about above the building, he gazed through their orange glow at the Ice Queen. "Infinity Atmosphere is the mark of a King. It should be a greeting for people like us, Yuki-chin~"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was rather interested in what would become of this attack of hers, and its utter decimation at the sight of the man before her was actually kind of expected. Being that the last time she'd seen someone offer such a handicap was against Jun'ichi the Rumble King of her own generation and was generally the boy's very obvious defeat she couldn't expect any less of the boogy man of their generation. Even so, the Ice Queen smiled and laughter came from between her fangs. "Fuck! You people and the nicknames, the philosophy and the constant type disadvantage... piss me off." she said. She then felt the need to clear several things up at once which would require more speech from the girl than she normally had as such when her ATs touched the rooftop again she began to circle, lowering the temperature once more.

"Fuck! I don't know what it does yet... I haven't had these long enough to try it out... and the last time I activated my regalia without knowing what it did... I nearly drowned myself to death." she said rolling her eyes. She actually recalled the events that had lead up to her being taken from her Generation's Tower and had for quite a while, not that this was something she cared to think about. "But fine... I got ya'~" Chiyo mentioned still more than a bit amused by the man in front of her. Even though she'd seen his solar winds tear through a perfectly reasonable attack. "Guess it's time to try something new then, huh?" Chiyo said and as she circled this man the wheels of her ATs began working... on lowering temperatures. But she was still a nice girl and remembered where she was. And with that she stared off into the distance. "We should move... last time I used my Infinity Atmosphere for this kinda thing... a building came down." she said her eyes darting towards the Sky Queen.

[Bloodedge]

"Neh, Yuki-chin, you never gave me your name. If you don't like people giving you nicknames, you should properly introduce yourself to them. Right, Shiro-chin?" he asked in rhetoric. This only made the Sky Queen of the first generation scoff, though she had nothing specific to say about this, nor the matter of the destroyed buildings of years past. Aomine, on the other hand, was a bit perplexed by the mention of Chiyo not knowing exactly how her Infinity Atmosphere worked. More importantly, he couldn't fathom why she worried about the state of this building, or any other for that matter. "What do you expect? People like us can't have fun without everything around us suffering. All we can do is accept it~♥ But fine. Just promise me a good show, yeah? If you can do that, lead the way."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo rolled her eyes in response to the man's statement that she hadn't given her name. To be honest, she hadn't actually expected to have to fight this man anytime soon so she didn't expect to have to do such things. But if it would avoid any more strange nicknames popping up to her from the first generation then she figured no harm would come of it. "I probably shouldn't bother, people seem to call me whatever they want anyways. And to be fair... normally when people demand these sorts of things from me... they already know who I am." she quipped rolling in her circles. "Akaru Chiyo... nice to meet ya." The fanged girl finished still rolling around calculating the distance she should have to go to avoid negatively affecting this particular building with her antics upon deciding she came to a stop right in front of Aomine with her head tilted all the way left curiosity all over her face. "Fuck, you can't say depressing shit that pleasantly, it's weird." the Ice Queen mentioned she would then shrug and point in an easterly direction.

"I'm going that way... " Chiyo mentioned as she rolled forward. She hadn't anything more to say. She was quite sure this man would follow if only to quell his own boredom. After all he'd waited for her to get dressed been happy that she'd even come back. And with that she jumped from this building and slid over to the next spreading cold air and small ice particles with every movement of her legs, a huge grin on her face. And while she moved, she turned to see how this man would do the same, if only to give her more information about how he'd even managed to get on the roof in the first place.

[Bloodedge]

"A...karu?" the man questioned immediately. He knew this name, and he new it not to be a very common one in this area. He decided rather quickly that, for this girl to be a Gravity Child and capable of entering the Zone, she had to be the younger sibling of one Akaru Satoshi. "Sugei!" he exclaimed. It seemed to be the case that a new light now twinkled in the Sun King's eyes, as if hope had taken over his very being upon reaching this realization. Moving right along, Aomine's eyes fell upon the direction in which Chiyo pointed. By the time the Ice Queen looked back to get a glimpse of the man, he had already hopped past her on the opposite side. In a matter of seconds he stood on a roof four buildings away from The Gleaming Crest, awaiting Chiyo's arrival while Roze began to move as well.

[Apollymi]

"Ew." Chiyo said of this man's apparent happiness at the realization that she was related to her elder brother. She fully expected members of the First Generation to make such a connection but she still wasn't ready for comparisons to be made between her brother and herself. 'I suppose I should get used to this now.' she thought only to have the man she'd turned to watch shoot past her outside her line of vision, leading to a full spin from the Ice Queen before she found her target something quite unheard of. Right at this moment she was beginning to understand exactly why her deep feelings of dread had surfaced.

But the Ice Queen was also still having a bit of fun, a small change in her run was occurring as she aimed to catch up with the man. Her legs crossed at the ankles shifting her weight, helping her pick up speed as she turned. An extra twirl was added to the motion all to help use the short distance and small amount of time she had to activate her regalia. She knew what it would take to do so if only because of her earlier match and as such by the time she reached the same place four buildings forward, her regalia had activated into long boots with wheels which had unfurled to allow the girl the ability to hover. It was here, and now without a second of hesitation or doubt that she spun around twice more kicking out with both legs in rapid succession creating that which would be her Infinity Atmosphere. A deep cold spread around all present emanating from the Ice Queen herself. The further out one got from her the less cold it was, but as you approached her... the temperature would become unbearably cold. One would expect this to be harmful to her as well, but there was nothing but a smile on her face as the core mechanism of her regalia began working. The building she stood upon would begin freezing from the top down much like her old one had been pressurized to rip away what was beneath it. Beyond that visibility was decreasing in the space on top of this building and to all of the surrounding ones. And as she circled this man snow and ice were created and broken up creating the sensation of a blizzard within this limited area."Sou ka... same old jail... different building." she mentioned mostly to herself. This activation of her regalia worked just like her other one had, perhaps she'd been thinking about this the wrong way, her Infinity Atmosphere was all her... it's why it looked weird to her when her brother had used it in his fight against the Tar King Mukuro.

[Bloodedge]

Aomine stood in wait, a smile upon his face as the Ice Queen encroached upon the building he claimed. Upon her arrival, there was the inevitable activation of the Blizzard Road's Infinity Atmosphere, which bore a slight resemblance to something Satoshi had once taken a stab at performing. In this case, of course, it was an ice-related trick which surrounded the area their little battle was to take place in. He could admit one thing in seeing this first-hand: He was disappointed. Aomine's left hand rose, and he looked directly into it as the temperature fell. "Chi-chin... you failed me. I thought maybe something new like your Road would have a chance. I knew you wouldn't make the cut now, but now I think it'll be the same story after years have passed." At this point, the Sun King's joyous expression had become sullen, as if a dream had been shattered. A seemingly gentle spin of his wheels caused an eruption of solar winds which proceeded to dissipate the Infinity Atmosphere of Chiyo's Regalia, while also creating a magnetic field around Aomine himself. This was the second, and more proper activation of his Infinity Atmosphere. But alas, it was fleeting just the same. "Are you the best the second generation has?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo found something odd in the shift of this man's countenance. She hadn't wanted this fight in the first place because she knew it wouldn't be sporting, but his sullen expression and disappointment didn't make sense. She figured that this man was like the rest of them taken to the extreme, a Gravity Child without equal but in the way he so easily dismantled her Infinity Atmosphere she could guess it was a bit more than that. He was likely simply a stand alone being, who should have been properly handled long before he began to outshine his peers in such a way. "Say what you want... but don't make assumptions about what I will or won't be in years... that's up to me. I didn't fail you, because I'm not doing this for you... fucking hell." the Ice Queen stopped shutting her mouth and closing her eyes, she'd then take a deep breath and exhale it slowly before opening her eyes all as if it was being used to mediate a singular outburst of her temper. She was on the verge of being mad again, but a simple question from this man was enough to make her think about the state of her generation objectively.

"Best? That's subjective, but physically speaking I can't fathom you. And if I can't I doubt anyone else can either, though there are a few among us who would try just because... fuck all, there is fun in taking on challenges when you aren't sure of the outcome. I am one of those, but you aren't a challenge." finished the Ice Queen who to her credit had managed to remain very calm despite an initial spurt of near anger. Because of this the cold resonating from her feet didn't feel any different to her than the normal air, the cold was still settling in around her rebuilding after it had been stripped away... oddly enough at a faster rate than it had before.

[Bloodedge]

"I'm not making an assumption. You just gave me proof. The only one who can beat me, is me," Aomine said calmly while preparing to spin his wheel once more, this time for the sake of ending things here and now. From what Chiyo said about her generation, there wasn't much more he could expect from them. With no point in getting his hopes up, he made the decision to slay this one immediately. However, it seemed as if a hiccup in time occurred just before the wheel was spun. By the time this passed, the rooftop they stood upon had been engulfed in flames of continually growing intensity. Among these flames, just before Chiyo, was the first Flame King himself. The man's wheels were constantly revving to produce more and more fire. "Aomine..." was all the apparently infuriated male had to say. In response, the other man merely grinned and spun his wheel to trigger his Infinity Atmosphere a third time. "I-chin. You've gotten a bit better, haven't ya'?" he asked rhetorically while erecting his magnetic barrier. A moment later, the flames being emitted from Kurama's ATs reached 3,000 degrees Celsius, resulting in the opening and simultaneous spacing of his wheels around his ATs. In the wheels' stead, wheels of pure fire were created. At this point, tongues of flames embraced his body as they climbed higher into the sky, fighting against... or rather, finding themselves even being fueled a bit by Aomine's solar winds. "Infinite Inferno: Prominence!" Kurama had created an upgraded version of his own Infinity Atmosphere, meant to use the anti-atmosphere trick of the Sun King against itself. The fact that this was possible seemed to excite Aomine, yet Kurama looked across the burning rooftop with eyes beyond the Twinkle Eye of Gravity Children: His Emperor Eye. "Sugei, sugei! That's not half bad, I-chin."

[Apollymi]

"Fuck you." that was all the Ice Queen had to say, she'd done way more talking to this strange man than she'd intended and everything happening right just now seemed to be building to the point where she figured this man would attack her, and though she could try and do something about this, she was quite sure it wouldn't actually work very well. But it appeared that she wouldn't be required to defend herself this day as much to her surprise the Flame King of the First Generation showed up and created a pause in the moment of time inserting himself into this situation which made the fanged girl simultaneously very happy and a little bit upset. 'Eh, that is the second time I've been saved today... it's creating a pattern I don't like.' she thought. But there was much more afoot than the Ice Queen's pride. No the Flame King was very different in this moment than the normally mild-mannered flawless individual he was when they normally spoke. He seemed furious in this particular moment and it was a wonder to the Ice Queen why he had anything to say about her temper when his was obviously worse.

Still she couldn't be bothered to remove her eyes from the situation unfolding before her, more than that, she watched in all the detail her vision afforded her. "Sugoi~" she mentioned seemingly completely unaware of the fact that she could have died moments before just because some random man was upset cause he couldn't have any fun.

[Bloodedge]

"Kisama... This time, you'll leave as ashes in the wind," Kurama said through grinding teeth to the man ahead of him. "Eh? Don't tell me you're still angry, I-chin. Isn't Nori-chin supposed to be keeping you in check?" Whatever the tanned male spoke of seemed to be something of a trigger for the Flame King, as the latter responded with a sneer and a forward charge. Aomine swayed left, and Kurama's Emperor Eye gave him the ability to predict this movement, but somehow not the following fake-out. A predicted left turned into a dash to the right, which both surprised Kurama and left him abruptly accepting a boot to the left side of his head, throwing him off balance momentarily. When he recovered enough to look in the Sun King's direction, his eyes widened. "You... when did you..."

"Shhh~" Aomine interjected. "Don't go ruining the surprise, I-chin. That little development of yours is pretty cute, and you've even gotten a bit nimbler. I expect you and the others will be able to make something of these... children, in time. I'll give you the rest of the tournament. Fair?" Without so much as waiting fof an answer, Aomine created a large burst of solar winds around his person. This dispersed in a matter of seconds, but by then, the man had gone...

[Apollymi]

Chiyo observed this interaction and took in the words spoken by this man. Whoever Nori was... Chiyo had never met or heard of her, so combined with the reaction of the Flame King the Ice Queen made the assumption that this person was no longer among the living. Beyond this the Ice Queen watched as Kurama seemed to be incapable of following up a fake out demonstrated by the man known as Aomine. A new assumption was also made by the Ice Queen but she'd ask for confirmation of this later.

Beyond this it seemed some kind of statement was made, and Aomine disappeared soon after in a burst of solar wind, not that the Ice Queen was at all bothered by this as her body temperature was nearly always constant anyways. But Chiyo had no idea what to say nor if the Flame King would be able to recover from his anger very quickly, as such she remained in silence, because she knew what it was like to just be angry and she wasn't all that sure hat other people wouldn't do the same thing she would and lash out before she calmed down.

[Bloodedge]

'... Gram Scale. A few months? Is that enough time?' Kurama stood motionless, wondering what path he and the others would be able to take in the near future, without facing their untimely demise at the hands of Aomine. This contemplation lasted for nearly an entire minute, and in this time, the Flame Regalia deactivated, and he made a decision. Moments later, his phone was in hand. Quick-dial opened the line under the contact name: Kasumi.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo continued watching this man think but soon his regalia deactivated and he had his phone in hand. Taking this as the sign that all unlikely threats were gone, the Ice Queen deactivated as well and was now standing in her little heeled ATs her hands tucked into the waistband of her shorts instead of her pockets because this felt more comfortable than the former.

Meanwhile across town the phone of the First Generation Water Queen was ringing. A very lewd song was the ringtone she knew belonged to only one individual. "Fucking hell!~ Flame Fox, you're late I thought you wanted in on this?" she questioned seeming to not have a care in the world. Surprisingly enough wherever she was she had both good reception and silence and the only thing that could be heard was the slightest of clicking noises as she shook up a can of bright pink spray paint in one hand. Obviously she was doing something quite illegal and expected the participation of the Flame King.

[Bloodedge]

When the phone call was answered, Kurama was quickly forced to recall an agreement he'd made to meet with the woman. "I did, but I got held up. Now we both have to cancel. I just ran into Aomine, and it looks like he hasn't just been lazing around since the war. My Emperor Eye didn't work on him, and now that he's seen a sample of the second generation, he expects us to prepare ourselves and them by the end of the tournament. I'm sure you remember one certain second generation rider who could use a bit of teaching only you can provide."

[Apollymi]

There was silence on the end of the phone held by Kasumi as the present situation was explained to her by Kurama and after a few seconds the first word out of the blue haired woman's mouth after the sound of her paint can exploding against a near by wall was... "FUCK!" there was a few seconds of silence following this as Kasumi's mind began to zoom. She really didn't like the idea of Aomine having gotten stronger since the last time he was seen. Beyond that she also wasn't really fond of the idea of hanging out with the second generation, though if it was to keep them safe she was down even if she couldn't bring herself to say so. "I fucking hate teaching that guy. He could learn the same thing from Frost Nipper, she's got the run that would show the same kinda shit. I don't wanna..." she started to rant only to pause. "Oh, you're keeping Frost Nipper aren't ya'?" she questioned seeming to jump very easily to this conclusion as there were only two of the Second Generation who would even attract Aomine's attention.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama was well-prepared to explain why Chiyo would not be able to teach the person in question about fluidity, but before he could even open his mouth to do so, Jinx came to the conclusion herself. "Hai. She'll be occupied for about..." He paused, taking a moment to glance over the Ice Queen and consider her future development. "Two weeks. Maybe three to a whole month, max."

[Apollymi]

As Jinx heard what Kurama had to say something of a smirk came across her face. "Ugh, fucking hell... you don't have a more accurate count than that, since I gotta fucking downgrade partners and shit?" said the Water Queen as she thought about it, presently it was June and so this meant that the Flame King intended to keep the Ice Queen and teach her until mid to the end of July. "Fucking hell~ the thought of this is pissing me off." Jinx mentioned as she began to twirl one of her ponytails. Even though she hadn't said anything that remotely made it seem like she was going to do what was asked, she was definitely already thinking about how best to approach the Sky King and get him to understand what his run was missing. She realized long before that this would involve quite a bit of showing off on her part, but she supposed that would be fine.

Chiyo on the other hand was just waiting patiently to be addressed because she didn't like that she was obviously being discussed by these people. But there wasn't much she could do about it other than pout, so she did exactly that in complete silence one wheel on her AT constantly tapping against the rooftop.

[Bloodedge]

"I can only give an approximation, sadly. That's part of the problem. No worries, though... I'll keep in touch." With that said, Kurama moved the phone away from his ear and hung up. There wasn't much point in wasting any additional time, so he looked to Roze while slipping his phone into his pocket. "I'm pretty sure I don't even have to ask," he said. "You're pretty right. I've been planning on having a little chat with the Thorn Princess anyway. You guys get to work," the woman replied. With that bit of discussion out of the way, Kurama finally returned his attention to Chiyo herself. "So... I'm sure you've gathered at least the gist of things by now. You and I need to have a training session... a long one."

[Apollymi]

Jinx had heard about all she figured she'd get out of the Flame King for now and she supposed that was fine and finished up what she had to say. "Yeah yeah, later then~" and just like that she hung up the phone and went on to do, whatever random delinquent thing she'd intended to do.

Moving right along it seemed that Yoichi was addressing Roze and then Chiyo. The first thing which was said had Chiyo's suspicion about the supposed plans of the elder generation cemented in her mind. After a second or two she closed her eyes and rubbed the center of her forehead. "I knew you were going to say something like that... I'd normally be inclined to argue but... not worth it right now. There is only one minor issue... unless you are planning these activities just for the afternoon... I'll need an excuse to skip school for half a term. What with me having in the last couple of months attacked a teacher, broken his nose and got him fired the faculty is kind of wary of letting me do as I please without reason~" the Ice Queen said simply gliding over the details of why she couldn't skip so much school at once. "You find the excuse."

[Bloodedge]

Chiyo's singular issue with this training camp was something that did not bother Kurama. In fact, he had already considered this matter, and had also already come up with a plan to get Chiyo out of her classes for an extended period of time. He didn't exactly want to resort to this method, but since Chiyo didn't have her own way out, he retrieved his phone again to begin typing a text to the Water Queen. "By the way, Roze, has your house been rebuilt yet?" he asked nonchalantly while typing. "They should be finishing it up in the next 24 to 48 hours."

"Sou ka. How long has it been?" the man questioned further. Roze took a moment to think, but it didn't take an incredible amount of effort to recall. "Eight weeks, give or take a few days. Why?" she asked. Only after hearing the woman's response did Kurama hit the send button on the text he'd been writing. "No reason... just curious. Chiyo, meet me at the junkyard as soon as you can, yeah?" Without further ado, Kurama darted off in the general direction of Miyabigaoka Academy. The text that had been sent to Jinx read as follows: "Meet me at the school. I need to cancel a few classes for the next month."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo also knew how long ago it was that the house was destroyed mostly because she'd been there when it happened but she kept her face completely blank in this moment but rather quickly put together why such a question had been asked. She supposed then she wouldn't worry about anything and having been told to meet this man at the junkyard the small girl nodded. "Hai hai... " the Ice Queen said rolling her eyes and removing her own phone from her pocket to begin work on what would be setting up things for an extended absence. A text message to the twins telling them to gather a variety of street clothes and the like for her in a small bag she could take with her and detailing a random thing she wished to have done. While she furiously typed away she finally looked to the Sky Queen with a grin.

"Thank you, Roze. You don't need anything right just now do ya'?" she asked of the woman not one to leave without everything between her and the white haired woman being properly square.

Meanwhile the Water Queen's phone was saying a very odd message in an oddly high pitched slightly evil sounding voice. "Hi Puddin', miss me?!" was the question asked and when she looked down at her phone she saw a message from Kurama and a wide grin spread across her face. "Hai hai~ Be there in 3~" and just like that she dropped everything and headed for the school.

[Bloodedge]

"No, I'm fine. To be perfectly honest, I'm just glad that whole thing blew over the way it did. Make sure you get everything you can out of the coming weeks. I'll see to that friend of yours. Ja." Having cleared up her business here as well, Roze took hold of her phone and scanned her contact list. She would be finding this Akiza lass by her own methods, but to do so, she had to make a few calls while darting off.

[Apollymi]

"Hai hai... not to worry I'm sure we'll all be good. Ja ne~" said Chiyo. She too was rather glad this part of her day had ended without further injury or her death. Given this information the little Ice Queen... gave a momentary salute as the woman darted off she thought for a few extra moments and sent another text message, then the Ice Queen headed not for the junkyard but for the hotel room she shared with the Sky King. Because though she could trust the twins to whip up clothes for her and have them ready for her to stuff in a bag, she still had to get important life things that she didn't have on her.

[Apollymi]

Some five minutes after the young Storm Queen landed in front of the Gleaming Crest and looked at it. When she thought about this, she never actually thought she'd be inclined to come to this place of her own accord. But she supposed she thought of the Flame King as her friend, and she couldn't well avoid him. Besides that, she trusted this man to do the one thing she needed at this moment and that was most important. She gave herself a few more seconds of mental prep time before she stepped into the door and eyed the place just as she had the first time she'd come here. Still, she knew the Flame King didn't generally walk around in the open area of this place, and began rolling around the place, but in remembering the remodel she didn't know where to go. So she'd do the right thing and remove her pass from her pocket and show it to the woman at the front desk, something she loathed to do but she'd rather not wander around. "Point me in the direction I need to take this." she said while practically glaring at the woman. She'd look at the girl then at the pass, and her eyes would widen. "But that's..." she started to say which only made the fanged girl glare. "I'd really like for you to just do as I said." she mentioned which made the woman stop talking, as she looked at the girl who appeared to be very young and wondered why she spoke like she was in charge of things. Such a reaction was one Chiyo often got from adults. "Please." the small girl added after, realizing that this woman had done nothing to deserve overly harsh treatment from her. This would cause the strange woman to comply and point to a longer corridor to the right of the building seeming hidden by palm trees. Still, the small Storm Queen wasn't really rude so after she was done she smiled at the woman showing fangs. "Thanks." and just like that she found the place she needed to be and would use her pass to slip into the necessary room, where she assumed she'd find the Flame King.

[Bloodedge]

Inside, Chiyo would find a large room designed to have the atmosphere of a tropical oasis; one fully decked out to mimic the outdoors itself in such a biome. The Flame King sat upon one of two lawn chairs at the center of this room, seeming as if he had nothing better to do than stare at the hologram sun and bask in its warmth all day. When Chiyo entered, a grin passed his face. "Moshi moshi, Yukianesa~. To what do I owe the incredible pleasure of you actually contacting me for once?" he asked while hopping out of his chair and approaching the young woman with his arms outstretched.

[Apollymi]

Upon entering this room, Chiyo looked around appreciating the atmosphere of the place and wondering if the Angels were responsible for this particular hologram sun and environment. "Sugoi!~" she seemed really happy to see such a thing. The words of the Flame King made their way to her ears and she looked in his direction seeming to pout just a little, that being said her face, couldn't really hold it when his arms were outstretched as they were, and she found herself jumping into them while slipping her arms around his neck, giving him a hug as his greeting. "Fuck! Yoichi, I can't take you seriously when you say it like that. It sounds really cheeky. Besides, I did tell you I'd eventually find a reason to bug ya'." she mentioned while grinning and pulling back to look him in the face. "Oh, and ohayou gozaimasu!~" she mentioned as she leaned forward and pecked him on the lips as it seemed normal to her. Beyond this point was the reason she'd actually come here. "Also, I contacted you because I have trust issues, and I want a hair cut." she said realizing she meant it more specifically she continued on. "Well, not all of it, I like my pigtails. Actually, I'd like them longer." she said seeming to think about it a bit longer than she intended. "I just want you to cut my bangs even across the front. Please!~ " the small Storm Queen finally finished. She did this without stating that she'd been very serious about having trust issues, knowing the Flame King would probably understand the amount of mental anguish it would cause her if her bangs weren't perfect. As it stood she found them to be perfectly messy, but way too long as they interfered with the lines of her vision.

[Bloodedge]

"It should sound that way," Kurama stated as if to assert that this level of cheekiness was intentional. In a matter of moments after this brief verbal exchange, Chiyo greeted the man with a hug and a kiss; something that had become quite standard among his usual group of associates. This was quite the interesting surprise coming from the typically unorthodox Storm Queen. "Oh, and what's this? Are we falling into the full pattern of a regular greeting now?" he asked with a chortle. When it was explained why Chiyo had contacted him, Kurama stood with a hand upon his chin while staring at her, as if to envision these straight bangs she mentioned. "Is that it? That's simple enough, but... it doesn't suit you if your hair is going to stay like... that."

[Apollymi]

"Oh, so you're just intentionally cheeky, huh? Fuck all that. Keep the sass to yourself." the Storm Queen as she stuck her tongue out at the man before her. Beyond this point he seemed to want to bring attention to the fact that the girl had actually given him a hug and a kiss without prompting or him having to wait for it. The small girl crossed her arms over her chest and closed her eyes taking a deep breath with her nose slightly up in the air. "Keep talking all this shit and your regular greetings will include headbutts." she said seeming to pout but still being in a rather good mood.

When they finally moved along to what she'd come for Chiyo looked up to the man with all kinds of skepticism in her eyes. His statement that her request was simple but wouldn't suit her if her hair was going to stay like it was made her purse her mouth and twist it to the side, as if she'd recently eaten something sour. "Leading statements are leading. But fine, I'll bite, what kind of changes would you like to make?" she asked wondering what he would see as better. She liked her pigtails, but she also didn't want to look odd. Order was key in the small girl's life and if he could make it so, she'd allow it.

[Bloodedge]

"That's a bit off, isn't it? It's supposed to go in the other direction, y'know. I figured we'd reached a higher plane by now, considering." Following this bit of their conversation, Kurama stood with his arms akimbo and listened to Chiyo's request for information. She wanted to know what changes he would be making, and he had quite a few in mind for the lass' general look. "You say you want growth, so I have a special leave-in conditioner mix with a real hyper grow formula. More to the point of the style, though, you're going to need a lot of moisture, and waves instead of that spiky mess you're dealing with now. Also, lower pigtails... yeah, directly to the sides of your head. That'll leave a bit of a... floof... but it'll add a bit of appeal, actually. Now, I need to preface this by saying the curl pattern will be quite heavy at first, but the very rapid growth of your hair will loosen it up significantly."

[Apollymi]

"Higher plane, lower plane... left ... right... picking a single direction and going in it... not really my strong suit." she said seeming to be joking though she was quite serious about this. Afterwards she got a full explanation on what Yoichi apparently wanted to do with her hair considering the constraints she'd given him and she couldn't say she was upset about it. Still this whole thing seemed to be rather time consuming and the idea of sitting still for too long made the black haired girl reach towards her face to palm it, though she stopped halfway through the motion as if she didn't trust it. "Fuck! If I didn't know any better, I'd swear you've been thinking about this since long before I asked. But I can't say that sounds like a horrible idea or anything. And I got a good few hours before the Twins will be up, dressed, and in agreement enough to shop for my clothes so... alright." she mentioned her eyes switching from her hand to the man's face a small smile upon it. She'd then lower that hand as if it wasn't part of her own person and wait for this magical hair transformation.

[Bloodedge]

"Not surprising; not with the Over-Cross, anyway." Since Chiyo had agreed to his idea, Kurama smiled and snapped his finger. "Hair!" he shouted into the room, causing segments of the floor to open and produce all things necessary for hairdressing. This included: a chair with a hair sink and dryer attachment; multiple shampoos and conditioners; and all tools needed for different styles. "You also look like you're in a bit of pain. We are at a spa, so I could fix that up for you if you'd like. And, if it's clothes you're looking for, I have all types in all sizes. Y'know... if you're interested in going for a new look."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo watched as a voice command changed the layout of the room for the treatment she'd agreed to. A small smile came to her face as she appreciated this particular advancement. "Ooh~ That's pretty fuckin' cool." she mentioned thinking again that the Angels were magical because they seemed like the voice activated types. Beyond all of this, she'd go to take her seat in the chair by the sink only pausing when it was mentioned that she looked like she was in a bit of pain. "I should be annoyed that you know that..." she said as she settled into the chair. "I was busy yesterday, totally cool if you didn't notice though. New things are always weird on me. My upper body is a bit sore. Like I said I got a few hours to burn so if you wanna... I won't turn you down~" she fanged girl chimed. Beyond this point was the mention of her new look if she wanted clothes but that made her scoff. "I don't want a new look, my regalia's activation disagrees with anything longer than underwear. It has shredded a pair of shorts and a pair of pajama pants. With that as the case my riding gear is also useless because of the length. I hate picking clothes and shopping, it's annoying. So, I was going to make the Twins do it." she explained of her current other conundrum.

[Bloodedge]

While Chiyo was taking a seat, Kurama was moving around the chair. He looked almost like an alchemist of some sort, with how he threw together ingredients in a bowl to make the special conditioner he had planned for Chiyo's hair. When he heard her reasons for wanting new clothes, his eyes widened and his movements ceased. Afterwards, he seemed to have a gleeful, yet pleading expression. "You should cancel that plan. Let me choose for you; I have plenty of options that would fit you perfectly! Besides, if you're looking to get something that'll work with that Regalia, and your current getup doesn't do the trick, you should want a change of style anyway. You'd love it~♪"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was more than content to simply watch this man mix up whatever conditioner he was going to use after explaining what she was planning to do this day. But, his sudden stop in movements surprised her, and as she looked into his face he seemed to be a combination of things which made the Storm Queen look a bit to confused. After a moment she processed what he was saying to her and her eyes widened just a little. She closed them and took a rather deep breath letting it out as she thought over her reply. "First, Imma need you to calm your happy self down. You are way too fucking excited about this. I can feel and see it radiating off you." she said but thinking about it more, she could cut out the middle man and allow this man to change her clothing and dress choices. "Second, and this is contingent upon you calming down, seriously... I'd be fine with that. Like I said, I don't have the patience to care about or do that stuff." the general term 'that stuff' at the end of her sentence was a catch all, meaning anything that had to do with her personal appearance that wasn't instantaneously achievable.

[Bloodedge]

"Why shouldn't I be excited? This sort of thing is literally my job, which I very much enjoy doing. I've always had a few looks in mind for you, and I'd like to mesh them and see what I can come up with." As he said this, Kurama went about finishing the conditioner mix. This would require some explaining, but first, he had to remove the hair ties from Chiyo's pigtails and run water in the hair sink. When it reached the proper temperature, which it did very quickly, he began the rinsing process... but only after breaking the hair ties he'd taken from her. "It has been obvious for a long time that you lack patience. But, I think when we're done here, you'll be willing to make a small sacrifice. Now, about this conditioner... it's not something you're ever going to see on the market, nor is it something people should know about. As long as you avoid washing your hair after I put it in, your hair will grow at... maybe 10,000 times its normal rate? It's literally almost a bioengineering project. Your hair will be dragging the floor overnight, so you'll want to wash it thoroughly once it reaches the length you want. That's when the curl pattern should loosen up as well."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo frowned. She didn't have any valid reason this man shouldn't be excited. He liked his job, and she was letting him do it, seemed to work out for both of them. Still the idea that he'd wanted to do this for a while and had kept it to himself was annoying to her for some reason. "I guess I don't have anything to say about your actual happiness, but damn..." she said seeming to pout about the overly fabulous man in her life who have problems with her fashion sense and lack of patience. Beyond this there was water running and soon enough she'd be preparing for rinsing, but of course, she noticed the snapping of her hair ties and it made her eyes widen. "Did you just fuckin' murder my hair ties? What did they do to you?" she questioned. Spare hair ties weren't things she actually carried around. Normally it was just her clothing which went completely astray any time her day had gone on too long. The rest of the man's statement about her hair was understood and she seemed to be relaxing rather thoroughly and staring off into space, in actuality she was watching the scattering light while tapping her two index fingers together. "Hai, wash my hair when I like the length... freaky conditioner, you're a low key mad scientist who apparently hates hair ties." she murmured apparently not letting go of that last bit but a small smirk coming to her face.

[Bloodedge]

"Aside from being old and weak, they were absolutely hideous and needed to go. I just wanted to make sure you never even thought of wearing them again," he said while leaning back to look the Storm Queen in the eye, seeming a bit manic in a brief and comedic moment, but showing a gentle, chuckling smile thereafter. "No worries; I'll replace them with something you, and everyone else around you, will find to be a very big improvement... whenever I figure out what it is." As he spoke, he returned to the rinsing to make sure he wet every single millimeter of hair atop Chiyo's head. Then, and only then, did he grab a mixture of about thirteen different shampoos to use when washing the young woman's hair. "By the way, you should definitely wash this out within twenty hours, no matter what. The real limit is about twenty-four, but... you'll become a vegetable if you leave the conditioner in too long. Accelerated cell growth is not something you want leaking into your scalp."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo snapped back to the fore of her vision this man and his comedic manic moment and met his eyes with her own before his gentle smile returned. The random contrast in his countenance made her laugh. He was such a strange person but beyond this seemed to think that her hair ties were beyond anything she should ever be wearing again. "Uh-huh..." she said before a giggle escaped her. "Hideous hair ties? People are gonna think you're gay... if you keep saying shit like that." she said rolling her eyes just a bit. She really didn't care much what happened as long as it wasn't more work than she wanted to do. "It's fine, I'm sure you'll come up with something awesome... and/or strange... I'm never actually sure with you." she said seeming to drift back into the happiness that was someone else washing her hair. This was quite enjoyable and as a matter of this the Storm Queen's body seemed to relax a great deal and her eyes seemed to close. The mention that she needed to wash her hair within twenty four hours or risk making her brain into mush made her open just one of her eyes. "So... yes to being a mad scientist then?" she said. "I got it though, I'll wash my hair in a timely manner.~"

[Bloodedge]

Kurama laughed at Chiyo's commentary about his choice of phrases, finding it a bit ironic that she'd say such a thing, considering their first meeting. "Let's be honest; people think that anyway. You did, and so did pretty much all of my friends at first. You can probably remember that if you try," he said to reference her access to the memories of Jinx. Moving right along, though, he began applying shampoo in heavy amounts. "Ugh! What sort of shampoo do you even use on this?"

[Apollymi]

Hearing the commentary of the Flame King, Chiyo began to think as her hair was washed about the assumption that Kurama was gay. After a few seconds there was a shift in her eyes for a moment or two. "Fuck! I suppose that was a thing." she said only to close her eyes and when they opened they were normal again. "In their defense though, that was some condemning evidence, initially~" she said but in fairness and to commiserate she'd share a bit too. "If it makes you feel better, my friends all thought I was a boy for a very long time. Even after I chose my name." the Storm Queen mentioned of her young life. Mistaking someone's sexuality was one thing, but they didn't even know what she was for an extended period of time, physically. When the Flame King expressed some sort of displeasure at her choice in shampoo the girl just shrugged. "I don't fucking know, a bottle that says shampoo, I really don't think about it much." she said pouting.

[Bloodedge]

"Wow. That's... You must have been very different as a child. Given your general disposition, though, it doesn't surprise me that much." The Flame King continued the hair washing process, but he took pause when Chiyo answered his question about her shampoo choice. He then picked up a few strands of her hair, and looked at them under better light, with much disgust. "A bottle. That says shampoo. You are literally killing me right now. I'm going to give you six bottles when we're done here. Use them all, and nothing else, with weekly washes. Though, I'd prefer if you just made regular visits here so I could do an even better job of it."

[Apollymi]

"I thought that too, since I couldn't remember at first, but no. I am pretty sure my clothing choices combined with my disposition is why that was the general thought. Everyone but Muu-nii apparently had." she said remembering how this all played out in her head. It was kind of funny thinking about it as an older person, but when she was small it'd just been a bit of a shock. Beyond this the Flame King seemed to have some great kind of displeasure at her choice in shampoo. Beyond this he was apparently going to give her six bottles of shampoo and she was to use all of them in weekly washes. "Oh, I'm killing you. Did you just say six? The fuck..." she mentioned wanting to make sure he meant she use all of them in one session and not just over the course of an extended period of time. Beyond this he claimed he wished she'd simply let him do it. "Really? Because I'm totally not capable of washing my own hair, define regular." she said with a sarcastic eye roll to go with her tone. Even though she was mostly joking it was not something she readily considered. In fact, it was her primary objective to avoid Kurama as much as possible, because being around him was strange, though not nearly as strange as it could be especially since she now understood why their interactions were strange to her in the first place.

[Bloodedge]

"Yes, six," he replied while beginning the scrub of the young woman's scalp, meant obviously to ensure that he cleansed her hair to the roots. If he wasn't incredibly thorough in doing this, it was likely that she would gain some strange growth from the conditioner later. "Trust me when I say six is being very, very generous. I'm using thirteen right now, but six would work for maintaining, I guess. And by regular, I mean once a week, preferably... but certainly no less than every other week... or twice a month if you're getting the full treatment."

[Apollymi]

"Yep, one head, but six shampoo bottles, and that's just fucking... ooh." whatever Chiyo was about to rant about was almost completely lost on her. Because though she cleaned her own scalp fairly often having someone else do it was an entirely different kind of relaxing. So, she'd just quietly enjoy this feeling with her eyes closed and no form of argument to come from her mouth from a few minutes. While the rubbing of her scalp took place, she thought about the actual problem with allowing this sort of treatment of her person on a regular basis. She could go for someone else doing her hair at the very least. "Fuck! Fine, I'll come by every two weeks. How about that?" she finally said done with her thinking but still enjoying getting her hair washed. She could agree to this every two weeks.

[Bloodedge]

"Full treatment every two weeks? Done deal. There's a little bit of leeway in that - about half a week - but do try to make it on time. Your hair deserves the same treatment as your ATs; especially with this quality. Your hair reminds me of Suzume's, and hers is the best among my peers by far." Following the first scrub treatment, Kurama rinsed the young Storm Queen's hair thoroughly, until even his Emperor Eye couldn't see any of the residue. Then, he began the second wash to clean out anything that wasn't taken care of with the first. "I have to admit, this is a bit strange. People who have my special pass usually come in demanding these treatments, and though you'd be among my favorites to deal with, I've never heard from you about this before today."

[Apollymi]

"Hai hai, though under most circumstances I'll make it in a timely manner." she said with a smile. It was odd to think she was in any way comparable to the Storm Queen of the previous generation aside from rather obviously their placement among their peers. But she didn't really think anything of it. Beyond this the Flame King began the second wash and Chiyo kept enjoying it seeming to have reached a prime state of happiness now that they were past the negotiation of her apparent hair needs. When he spoke again, it was about the oddity of their visits and how she didn't come by demanding his attention though she was apparently among his favorites to deal with. "Well..." she paused thinking about how honest she wanted to be in this moment. "To be fair, you freaked me out a bit when I first met you. Unreasonable feelings of familiarity aren't something I deal with very well, so I was sort of just avoiding you." she said. "I also don't like being unnecessarily demanding of my friends, and usually let them decide when they want to see me. Even then, I thought of you as a friend, so I wouldn't just show up making demands..." mentioned the girl. These answers were both completely honest because she figured he would understand that it was no fault of his own that he hadn't seen her.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama remained silent as he moved through the second wash, listening to Chiyo explain why she differed from the demanding women he knew from his own tower. By the time she finished, he was halfway through rinsing her hair again, though he remained silent for a few more moments. In these moments, he took up a pair of scissors and stood over the lass with his Emperor Eye active. "Baka~♪" he sang just before his hand and the scissors zipped across the Storm Queen's face, instantly cleaving through her still-wet bangs to trim them in a perfectly symmetrical, straight style. With the wash, the rinse, and the cut out of the way, he was able to pull up the hairdryer attachment and lift the seat to activate it. "Friends are friends because you can make demands of them. For you not to do so, don't you think it could be seen as a waste of a friendship? Real friends need to be needed. Besides... you, as yourself, have no reason whatsoever to feel a sense of familiarity around me. We've only just gotten to know one another over the past month." With that said, the Flame King snapped his fingers again, and gave the verbal command for another set of items to be raised through the floor. "Massage!"

[Apollymi]

After finishing her explanation, Chiyo heard the call of 'baka' in a tone so familiar and recently heard that the girl opened her eyes at that moment to make sure she was still sitting in the room she'd been occupying before. This was done just in time to see the scissors travelling over her forehead to cut the bangs she'd so recently asked for and there after she just stared at the man blankly. His explanation for the use of friends was one she hadn't considered so she thought it over. "Fuck! Well, I didn't see it that way, but I suppose that is some pretty solid fucking logic." she said only to frown slightly. But instead of speaking about whatever had crossed her mind she simply shook her head from left to right. 'Hm, did he honestly think I wouldn't see the similarities between him and Shoichi?' she wondered, deciding to let him have this one because it wasn't necessary for her to be the one to clarify it, at least not completely. "Well, it isn't like you don't remind me of my other friends from time to time." she said simply before watching the massage material rise from the floor and looking a bit confused before remembering she'd agreed to a massage well before this point.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course it is. So, make some demands every now and then. A real friend would appreciate you letting them know they're needed." These words were spoken while Kurama retrieved the necessary oils for a proper massage, which he intended to begin in a few moments, once the dryer reached the proper temperature. In the meantime, though, there was but one thing he required of the Storm Queen. "Oils are ready. Off with it then," he said in reference to any clothing that would obscure the process. "You may as well ditch all of it. This dryer is going to remove pretty much all the moisture in your hair, and that's going to take a bit of time... enough for full treatment. As for reminding you of your peers... well, I can't argue that, since I don't really know any of them. But, people are similar sometimes, I guess."

[Apollymi]

"Hai hai!~" the girl affirmed of making a demand or two of her friends every once in a while. Such a thing was still kind of odd, but she supposed she had no idea what was floating around in the heads of others and hers was much less clear than most. Beyond this, the Flame King mentioned that she needed to get naked for this massage and so she stood emptying her pockets of their essentials in a habitual way before stripping out of her clothes and ATs. "Fine, fine... I thought I was supposed to be the impatient one." she said before sticking her tongue out at the Flame King, this kind of teasing between them more than normal at this point, and she made sure to remove all of her clothing since apparently there would be time for that sort of treatment. When it was stated that he couldn't argue his likeness to her peers she chuckled before hopping back into her chair. "Of course, you can't argue with... it's why it is a good example~" the girl chimed more than ready to begin her massage, her ATs, clothes and essentials all stacked and neatly folded in a little pile beside her.

[Bloodedge]

"I start fires by moving; there's nothing that says patient in that," he said while returning the young woman's gesture. Once she had gone through the process of emptying her pockets, disrobing, and returning to her seat, he lowered the hairdryer and prepared a small amount of oil, which he would immediately use to begin work on the lass' hands. Of course, prior to doing this, he also discarded his own top to avoid wetting it with the oil. "Those will be off for some time, by the way. It helps to pick out your new style if your old style isn't clouding my judgement. Nudity is honest~"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo paused after the Flame King spoke and his words were nothing she could argue with, and beyond that hilarious. So, she laughed and it was outright and from a place deep inside. "Fuck! That was good, I gotta give you that one." she mentioned. Beyond this point the man stared his massage with her hands which felt very odd, but the girl's hands felt weird to begin with so she'd simply relax instead of thinking about it too much. Continuing on it seemed that the Storm Queen wouldn't be allowed to put her clothes back on for a while. "Oh great, I get to spend hours naked. Best news ever.~" she spoke sarcastically rolling her eyes at the man. Then she looked at her hands and and tried to imagine nail polish for her finger tips but couldn't decide a color. "Oh and for the record, I spent like an hour last night walking on my hands really fast." she said wanting to get out in front of the question of what she'd been doing to make her hands feel weird which she figured they did to him because they felt weird to her.

[Bloodedge]

"Isn't it? I could get rid of my pants too, if you're jealous," was the Flame King's retort to Chiyo's sarcastic comment. He nonchalantly continued his work on the young woman's hands, and while he did so, she decided to give a preemptive explanation for why they were in such a state. When this happened, he smiled, nearly chuckling. "Indeed you did, though it wasn't quite a full hour. Kudos to your teacher, and to you. It's impressive that you developed wind manipulation in such a short amount of time."

[Apollymi]

A smirk crossed the Storm Queen's face and she simply shook her head. "You really are funny." she said seemingly amused. Her preemptive explanation of her previous days activities, seemed to be unnecessary as Yoichi had apparently already worked out what Chiyo had been up to. Thinking about it, she too thought her teacher was pretty talented, that being said there was no point sharing information with this man if he knew everything. "Ugh, you're no fun to tell new things... Yoichi." she said with a fake pout. "But yeah, Shoichi's good teacher~" she said affirmatively. There was quite a bit of happiness there and Chiyo wondered if the young man was still in his deep sleep. And still she enjoyed her massage and wondered why she normally had such a problem sitting still normally.

[Bloodedge]

"You can tell me new things, but it's a bit late to do so when I've already noticed. About two minutes ago, that would have been exciting news," he said as he finished with Chiyo's hands, and began moving up her arms. "Obviously, he's a better teacher than Suzume. She's a bit aggressive as a trainer, and she'll only commit to it if you get her off first. It's... kind of her thing."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo looked at the Flame King and scoffed. "Yeah, yeah... I am just going to start treating you like I do Muu-nii and when I see you, I'll just ask you what I've been doing. Fuck all that other shit." she said but this was mostly a joke. Mostly. Moving right along it seemed that their own wind loving person seemed to have a few more requirements to meet before she taught them the kinds of things Chiyo had spent the previous night learning. She thought about that for a few seconds and giggled just a bit realizing that Jun'Ichi probably had been dealing with way worse than she'd imagined. Still, it meant he was at least alright, which was comforting news for the Storm Queen since she didn't really want to worry about his hurt feelings since their conversation the previous night. "Yeah, Crazy Bird Lady being aggressive totally surprising. But everyone has a thing, so can't really fault her~" and this was all Chiyo had to say about it. When she considered the reasons this might be she assumed that Suzume was simply the type who didn't want to waste time doing things she wouldn't be getting anything out of. She had these thoughts as the man moved up her arms and left her palms feeling considerably less strange.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama didn't linger very long on the forearms and biceps of the Storm Queen. After a few rubs here, and a couple of squeezes there, he was shifting around behind the chair to begin with the shoulders. "You have no idea. In her own way, she's quite a bit worse than Roze. But, moving on... what do you plan on doing with the wind, exactly?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo tried to imagine what would make the Storm Queen of the previous generation worse than Roze. And thinking about it, she simply didn't see it, of course, she'd also only met this woman outside of battle once. And when she had, the woman had watched her knock a man unconscious, commented on it, and given her a drink. Rather forced her to take a drink. Moving right along, the Flame King questioned what Chiyo planned to do with the ability to manipulate the wind as he abandoned work on her arms and moved on to her shoulders which was absolutely lovely for the small girl. "Eh, actually..." she thought about how to explain it. "I didn't think I'd be able to do it. I only even bothered trying because Shoichi said I could and should. I kinda haven't really thought about what to do with it in any detail. My general idea is just to wind blast stuff with cold and ice." she said very simply, it was pretty much the same answer she'd given Shoichi.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama took a brief moment of pause from massaging the lass' shoulders to reach under the hairdryer and check the amount of work it had done toward its ultimate goal. In doing this, he found that he was right on track, and able to return to his own task. "Wind blasts are pretty cool, I guess. I mean... a bit of wind will make a proper blizzard out of what you already do. Wind chill is the absolute worst thing about cold weather. Oh, and by the way... I'm totally painting your nails. I saw you looking earlier, so you have to know this is no longer an option. Toes too~"

[Apollymi]

"Hm... that's pretty interesting. I might keep that, what with me not feeling the cold and all. But I don't think I needed to know wind manipulation for the blizzard. Not after Shoichi gave me Bagram Strike for my regalia it does it all on its own. Unless you haven't been outside since yesterday, in which case you should totally go outside and play in the snow~" she mentioned, knowing she'd covered the whole of the city in snow. On the bit about her painted nails she only had a little to say. "I mean, that's fine and all. Most of the times I don't do it myself because I can't decide on my favorite color." she said finding her reasoning to be solid.

[Bloodedge]

"I've been outside, and it was a lovely snow storm. But..." Kurama had been putting quite a bit of effort toward the general shoulder area, but as he spoke, he moved inward, focusing the inner shoulders and lower neck simultaneously. "A real blizzard looks more like a snow-filled hurricane to me. Also... both. Blue and pink, more blue up top, more pink on the bottom. You'll see what I mean."

[Apollymi]

"Yeah, yeah, 'cause super snow hurricane in July is a great idea~" said the Storm Queen sarcastically. She'd been thinking about the nature of her storm for quite a while, she had a pretty reasonable idea of what it would end up like, and she also knew it wasn't something she should just try and do. But moving right along, she was receiving a very happy shoulder massage which had her eyes closed in happiness once more, as the Flame King mentioned what her favorite colors were and apparently how he intended to use them. In that moment though, Chiyo couldn't remember once discussing her color choices with the Flame King. "Fuck! Why do you know what my favorite colors are, because in general I default to my third because I can't decide." there was a deep bit of suspicion in the narrowing of those rippled purple eyes.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course it is~. It's like free days out of school and work during the hot season. Those don't come very often." It seemed his effort toward the ongoing shoulder massage was putting forth quite a bit of work, so Kurama lingered on this area a bit longer than he originally would have. When his Emperor Eye showed him a nigh-absolute lack of muscle tension, he would move on, shifting around to Chiyo's fore. Once there, he applied more oil and nonchalantly began providing a breast massage. "I knew what your top two favorite colors were before you were born. The purple is something you just make obvious, though."

[Apollymi]

"Well, I mean when you say it like that... it seems like a public service~" Chiyo chimed. The Flame King was very odd, but she couldn't argue the fun of occasional days out of school. Even though she was one of those people who always attended and always needed something to do and was thus involved in multiple school activities at all times. Moving right along, it seemed that her shoulders were finally free of tension and though her eyes were still closed the nonchalant shift from a shoulder massage to one of her chest made her open her eyes for the man in front of her. A quick look at him and she closed her eyes and went back to talking this time about her favorite colors. Specifically choosing to just accept this massage without commenting on this moment of random molestation. "Eh, that isn't really fair now is it? Besides, those things were my favorites even before." she said of her particular likeness to the Water Queen of the first generation that was apparently present even before the woman's memories and personality became part of her own. "And the third one wasn't always purple. When I was little it was green~" the girl said. Seeming not to realize that such a neutral color choice when she was young was probably at least partly the reason no one could tell her gender and assumed her a boy for an extended period of time.

[Bloodedge]

"They may have been, but that changes nothing. It only made it more likely that they would carry over, and besides, the similarities go far beyond the Brain Charger experiment," he said as his work continued. He spared a glance beneath the hairdryer to check on the progress once again, and found that he was still making proper time. As such, he silently continued his work until the eventual shift led him toward the young woman's legs. "The dryer isn't too hot, is it?" he asked while rubbing against the Storm Queen's inner left thigh.

[Apollymi]

When it was mentioned that the similiarities between Chiyo and Jinx went pretty far beyond the Brain Charger Experiment, the fanged girl thought about it for a few seconds and nodded. She didn't really know Jinx but from their limited interactions she could believe what was said. Beyond that Jinx was the Flame King's run partner so if anyone would note the similarities between the two women it would be him. "Hai~ I'll take your word for it.~" she chimed as the Flame King moved on in his massage of her body and found his way down to her legs. And as he rubbed her inner left thigh the girl felt a jolt of sensation that went straight up her leg, but it wasn't unpleasant so she continued to relax, feeling the tingling feeling spread down to her toes. At the question of whether or not it was too hot under the dryer she thought about it for a few seconds before responding. "Eh, I don't think so..." she said it didn't feel hot, but her body also didn't ever feel cold. What she couldn't know was that her body temperature regulated itself by internalizing heat to her core, so the applied heat to her head would slowly raise her overall body temperature, making her a bit energetic eventually. In theory it worked for her like sunbathing did for a reptile, and in the cold such heat was transferred slowly through her blood to regulate her temperature.

[Bloodedge]

"Good. Only about a quarter left now," he said before returning to his silent duties. One thigh was dealt with from all angles, followed by the other with mirrored treatment. Then, he moved along to calves and shins, and then feet. "By the way, if you're wondering why there are so many bottles, it's because you're murdering the moisture in your hair with that run of yours."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo continued to happily enjoy her massage. Her legs were in general more stressed than any other part of her and this kind of attention always relaxed her deeply. While this took place, Yoichi took the time to explain the reason she required so much variety in the shampoo for her hair. His explanation made her open one eye and look down at the Flame King and smiled. "Sou... ka. Well, I suppose freezing myself solid probably would cause a problem or two. Still seems excessive, but if you say it, I'll believe you." she said remembering her use of her ice armor like ability and noting that freezing cold winds and ice tended to change the state of water she could see how it could be a problem scienfitically, even if she'd never shown much interest in her own hair before this point, aside from choosing a hair style and/or hat.

[Bloodedge]

Soon enough, Kurama's brow rose. This was attributed to what Chiyo had recently said, regarding freezing herself solid. Apparently, there had been a rather interesting development to this young woman's run; one that he hadn't foreseen. "You're freezing yourself now? That's... interesting." A few moments later, Kurama was rising out of a kneeling position, and moving around to the side of the chair to wash oil from his hands. "There we are. As close to zero percent muscle tension as possible through a massage. Now..." With his perfect timing in line, the Flame King shifted around to Chiyo's right, leaned over to raise the hairdryer with his left hand, and simultaneously reached down with his right hand to slip his fore and middle fingers into her nether region. "One for bringing it the rest of the way down."

[Apollymi]

"Hai, it's a new skill, I picked up from our Gem King~" Chiyo mentioned as it seemed it was time for her massage to end. She seemed very satisfied with the way this had turned out and was more than happy to be having the heat aimed at her head turned off. That being said what happened next was a bit of a shocker as 'the one for bringing it the rest of the way down', was delivered via two fingers from the man's right hand slipped into the core of the small girl's being. Surprisingly, enough she didn't really expect this but given all the one on one attention her body had been receiving prior to this moment she was more than ready when it happened, her nether tightening around the man's fingers as she reached this peak rather easily. "Ah~" was the only sound to escape her mouth. "Fuck! Yoichi, a little warning would be nice." the Storm Queen mentioned, but she didn't seem to be upset about it.

[Bloodedge]

"Your Gem King? That's interesting; I've never met that one. He must have something quite similar to Jirou if that's what you got from him," he commented. It didn't take much for the Flame King to bring a peak from Chiyo, as it seemed to occur from the sudden entry alone. With this finish, though, came the statement that a bit of warning would be preferred. Before he commented on this, Kurama extricated his fingers from the young woman, and removed the moisture from them using his own mouth. "Sugoi. I don't know if I've ever mentioned, but your diet makes for an incredible taste~♥ Now then, will that do, or would you rather stretch your relaxation out by a few more days? It wouldn't take quite as long as our last session."

[Apollymi]

Moving right along the man seemed to have removed himself from the young Storm Queen's person and to be fair her body was now so completely relaxed she wasn't sure she'd be able to stand if she needed to. Given that information she was quiet for a few seconds, only glancing in the Flame King's direction when he mentioned the pleasant correspondence between her diet and the way she tasted. After a few seconds, she simply smiled and replied first to his statement. "That's a very different kinda compliment, thank you~" she said with a bit of amusement in her voice. Then to his question. "I'm good. Though it's a wonder you have time to do anything else, when you're putting offers like that on the table~" she mentioned. There was something rather odd about how okay with this entire thing she was, but she'd simply attribute that to her general acceptance of the man before her. "Alright since I'm skipping an extra three days worth of relaxation, what's next?" she asked having regained enough feeling in her legs that she didn't think she would fall if she stood.

[Bloodedge]

"Well, it's not like I have many other things to do with my free time. I work, I ride, and I relax; that's pretty much all there is to it." With that said, Kurama took up a pair of gloves to don, just before retrieving the conditioner mix. He certainly didn't want any of this getting on his hands, but when Chiyo asked what was next, he was already dipping a gloved hand into the mixture to apply it to her hair directly. "Next, we get this all in before your head decides to re-oil itself." In a matter of moments, with his Emperor Eye active, Kurama had successfully covered all of Chiyo's hair with the conditioner, and he managed to use every bit of it as well. "Now, by the time we get to the wardrobe, you'll start seeing the effects," he said while wrapping the hair from the back of Chiyo's neck, all the way to the tips. Just like he didn't want this conditioner on his hands, he didn't want any weird growths appearing along the young woman's back, either. As he moved toward the far end of this room, he gestured for Chiyo to follow. Through a shadowy grove, they would enter another large and secret room, containing a trio of full-body vanity mirrors surrounded by make-up products, and clothing covering all four walls while also littering the rest of the room by being attached to multiple, winding staircases up to the ceiling. "So, any stipulations?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo looked at the Flame King strangely as he explained all he did with his life. The thought of doing only a few things drove the small woman absolutely crazy, perhaps because she was in constant need of some sort of activity. "That would drive me mad." she said simply. Either way, she was at present getting conditioner applied to her hair in a very precise manner, all of which simply led back to the image of the Flame King as a mad scientist. And then, she was motioned upwards so she went following the Flame King naked and into a huge wardrobe with a trio of body length vanity mirrors, make-up, and clothes. When she was asked if she had any stipulations she crossed her arms under her chest and got a quizzical look on her face. Partly because she was thinking, partly because she'd caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror and saw that she now had hair down past her hips, which wasn't the case a few moments prior to this one. "Sugoi!" she muttered at first only to remember she was coming up with clothing stipulations. "Uh, I only want to wear comfortable clothing, that's easy to get in and out of so no zippers or buttons. I'll take buckles but less than five of those on any one outfit, seriously. If a skirt is necessary, I'd rather not flash everyone every time I move." she said holding out her fingers to count the things she had to say. And with those things covered she'd generally be happy. "Yeah, that's about it. Oh and of course, need it not to be ripped apart when my regalia activates, it stops about here." she said while gesturing to the spot which was about an inch under her bottom. Seemingly satisfied with the stipulations she'd listed.

[Bloodedge]

"Comfortable, simple, no easy flashing, and no easy tearing. Got it," Kurama said as he walked around the room. As he moved about, his eyes remained fixated on the Storm Queen, and he used his periphery to view all clothes in the vicinity. "Arms at the ready!" he said. Passing by, he snatched up a short, would-be form-fitting sun dress with a turquoise color and a shatter pattern of other cool colors, He tossed this at the young Storm Queen, and kept moving around the room. "Somehow still less picky than the rest of the women I know."

[Apollymi]

"Hai!" was what came out of Chiyo's mouth when the Flame King mentioned her arms should be at the ready. She had no idea what he intended but it seemed he had an idea of some sort as he began moving about this giant closet apparently on a mission. The first of the items he was looking for a sundress teal in color came flying towards the girl landing on her outstretched left arm and draping over it. She looked at it but waited assuming more things were coming because this man didn't have simple in his vocabulary. When it was mentioned that Chiyo was somehow still less picky than the other women he knew she just laughed. "I really don't even know how to begin to care about stuff like this. I am plenty picky, just not about clothes. As long as they are functional and comfy I am a happy person." she said which was very true. If one looked into all of her different clothing they would find it suited both her general need for organization and her own constant need for non-complicated functional gear.

[Bloodedge]

"That won't do at all," he said regarding Chiyo's lack of pickiness. "If you're going to go through the trouble of getting dressed every day, you should at least take pride in how you look with the clothes on." The next thing Kurama found was an interesting overall skirt that was navy in color. This was another thing to be thrown at the black-haired lass, followed by a black bodice with a studded trim.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo heard out the Flame King and seemed to be disinterested in what she was saying. But she was mostly just thinking, she supposed she could see why one should care what they are dressed like from time to time, but she rarely had occasion to care how she dressed specifically. "Eh, you are talking to a person who spends most of her day in a uniform." she said rolling her eyes. "My street clothes are comfy, and my Black Order uniform is also a uniform. My riding suit is probably the only thing I just like." she said thinking about it more. "And even that was made to fit the chains I needed." the Storm Queen was a functional person, not really meant for extra fashion nor really caring about how she looked. Besides that she wasn't looking for attention so why should she care what other people thought she looked like. Over the course of speaking she caught a navy blue skirt like thing and a studded black bodice which was an article of clothing she couldn't even identify. "What the fuck is this?" she asked seeming confused by the existence of the piece.

[Bloodedge]

"School uniforms aside, your Black Order uniform is alright, but your street clothes and riding suit leave much to be desired. But... that's what I'm here for." Kurama believed he had found everything necessary for the Storm Queen's outer apparel, which meant he was now free to search for the appropriate undergarments. He took up a very plain black brazier, and a matching v-string thong to toss in the young woman's direction, but there was one more thing he needed to retrieve. While looking for the final piece to the puzzle, he heard Chiyo's question about a more recent addition. "That is a bodice. Basically, it's going to be your bra," he said as he picked up the final article, which was a pair of leggings with horizontal stripes, black and white in color. Tossing these to Chiyo as well freed him up to grab a needle and thread from a nearby table, as well as a pair of scissors. With these in his hand, he took the dress from the lass and tossed it into the air, glancing over her body as he did so. "Yes... this'll work just fine." While the dress was in the air, Kurama performed a few sweeping maneuvers with the scissors, chopping it into two solid pieces with an excess of two ribbons. These would all fall perfectly onto his shoulders as he grabbed both the bodice and the bra for the sake of sewing the latter into the former to prevent any chafing when it was worn. This took a matter of seconds as well, and he followed by returning all items to the young woman. "There. Have at it while I find some accessories."

[Apollymi]

"Yes, fine. You do this, I don't have to.... the world keeps on spinnin'~" the Storm Queen said somewhat sarcastically. Though in truth she was quite happy not to have to pick out her own clothes. It was one of many things she put off onto other people because she didn't feel like doing it. To have the Flame King be so willing to take up the activity was a great burden lifted from her being. Soon enough she was catching a bra and a thong and looking at both frowning deeply, though they were easily identifiable. Meanwhile she was given an explanation on the black studded article as well as an explanation of what Kurama planned to do with it. "Sou... ka." she said as a pair of stripped leggings were added to her clothing. And soon enough she got to watch an amazing feat as the Flame King cut up the dress apparently and went on to sew the bodice and bra together with a level of dexterity she'd never seen applied to such an activity. "Fuck! I'm kinda jealous that was really cool." she said pouting just a tad. Moving right along, apparently she was now free to dress herself in this random assortment of clothing articles while the Flame King went to find other things to add to this outfit. "Hai hai." she said to being told to dress herself and as such it would begin, first with the thong which she wasn't sold on but slipped into without argument then the bodice. Next came the leggings then the lower bit of the dress which fit around her waist, then the navy blue skirt and then the upper part of the dress. She looked at herself a bit in the mirror when she was done, frowning skeptically. 'Ugh... this is strange, I'm going to end up in a fight.' she thought absently about the kind of attention dressing in such a way could cause her.

[Bloodedge]

While Chiyo dressed herself, Kurama moved around the room to retrieve a few choice pieces of jewelry and the like. Then, with Chiyo standing before the mirror, he began moving in circles around her while applying them to her person. The articles included: star earrings; a studded choker with three amethysts hanging from it; four rings; five bracelets; and a charmed necklace with an overlaying gold necklace. The next time the Flame King zipped by, he did so with a damp cloth to sweep the makeup from the Storm Queen's face. His return from this pass would reveal him carrying a new makeup kit in his left hand, with two different brushes, an eyeliner pencil, and a lipstick applicator between the fingers of his right hand. "Now, pucker up and blink!" he commanded. If Chiyo were to acquiesce, the time it took her to blink would be all the time he needed. A quick flurry of movements with his right hand moving between the kit and Chiyo's face would apply eyeliner and an incredibly light coat of magenta eye shadow to draw out the glow of the lass' natural eye color, a couple of puffs of peach colored blush perfectly fading outward into her given skin tone, and a glossy plum lip balm made lighter around the edges. "There!"

[Apollymi]

Soon enough the Flame King was once again moving around the Storm Queen's person. This time affixing random pieces of jewelry to her person which she had time to notice as he moved between pieces. Her eyes immediately widened. She knew the amount of skill he possessed but she didn't really imagine him using it just for his work. Then again, she supposed that was probably the best use for the kinds of skills he had. Moving right along, eventually her face was passed with a damp cloth and when her eyes flickered towards the mirror her makeup was gone. Now the young Storm Queen wasn't at all a huge makeup person but she did tend to favor her dark gothic style and suddenly being without it seemed to strange. When she was commanded to blink and pucker she did so, only upset that she wouldn't be able to see whatever the Flame King was doing until he was done. Granted this only took a moment and soon enough she was faced with a different version of herself. "Fuck!" fell out of her mouth as her eyes darted between the mirrors and she took in literally all changes made to her person. "What the hell did you do to my face?" she asked this question as if she couldn't see while analyzing the choice in accessories and finding them to be nice though far more numerous than she ever would have chosen for herself. 'I can't go outside like this.' the girl thought though she said nothing else, she appeared to be pouting. And she was pouting because she realized she looked stunning and if she thought this then other people would think so too, and this was a problem for the girl who was rather used to her own special form of active camouflage. In all actuality she was so taken with herself that she hadn't stopped looking, this wasn't disapproval just acknowledgement that looking like this would mean a significant amount of work for her, and she wasn't even thinking about the getting dressed part of it, but about the social interactions.

[Bloodedge]

"Not much at all, really. I just made a few alterations to your normal routine to fit your general look now. Out with the goth, in with the glamorous punk goth hybrid." As Kurama spoke, he was putting away the utensils he had been using. He returned to find Chiyo still staring into the mirror set, and he took a stand behind her to the left, where he also looked over her new appearance. "Does this satisfy you? If yes, I can throw together an entire wardrobe fitting this style. If no... well, two more minutes will let me come up with a few more options."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo continued to look at herself trying to find any reason to lie and claim she hated this look. But the more she looked at it, the more she liked it. "Fuck!" she said again. Why did she agree to this, again? She began to wonder, still the Flame King came to stand behind her to her left and she finally managed to flicker her gaze off of her own person and up to him in the mirror. When asked if she liked it she frowned a little but couldn't really argue. "Yeah, I actually think it's pretty cool." she said turning to face the Flame King. "I want you to know I was trying really hard to not like it, because this..." she said pointing at herself in the mirror. "Is going to cause me a nightmare of social problems and likely get me arrested." she said with a curt nod. "But, you're amazing and even I think I look cute right now. So, I'll take the rest of those clothes so I don't have to actually shop ever~" she chimed happily. "Oh and what are we doing about my pigtails?" she said remembering that the Flame King had mangled her hair ties earlier.

[Bloodedge]

"Iie," the man said as he circled around to Chiyo's fore to look at her directly. "That's just the way people in your situation typically think. You've got a natural model look, so you try to hide it, thinking you'll ditch the crowd that'll approach you because you look amazing, right? Doing that creates a different problem... you replace those people with the crowd who'll instead approach you because they think you're in their league and have standards low enough for them. It's almost a one-to-one trade, honestly." With this piece of mind shared, Kurama was asked about the Storm Queen's pigtails. Checking the current growth rate of her hair, he figured he should share a crucial bit of information with her now that her hair was a topic again. "Oh... right. Quick note, the formula was extra strong this time. Your hair is growing even faster than it should be, so you may want to wash that out in the next fifteen minutes. I personally think five minutes from now would give the perfect length. As for the pigtails, that's what the ribbons were for... and the giant safety pins attached to the light jacket by the door. That's yours too, by the way."

[Apollymi]

The Storm Queen pouted thinking over the Flame King's words as he came to stand in front of her. She supposed they made a bit of sense, but she still wasn't really feeling it as an idea. Granted random people approached her anyways, so perhaps she'd see a change of some sort and have an idea of why such a thing happened. "I got no data on that so if you say so, I'll believe you." she mentioned. Moving right along it seemed that her hair would reach the perfect length over the next five minutes. "Uh-huh, so you're gonna rinse this for me then, right?" she questioned hopping up to peck the man on the lips she moved for the door with the small jacket and giant safety pins headed for the spa room where she assumed this minor problem of hers would be fixed up by the Flame King who seemed to love doing this sort of thing.

[Bloodedge]

"I've got an entire city's worth of data, at least," he commented with utmost nonchalance while moving toward the room he and Chiyo met in today. It went without saying that he intended to rinse the woman's hair, since she would certainly still be present by the time the chemicals were no longer necessary. Five minutes passed quickly, and in that time, Kurama painted the Storm Queen's nails, following a pattern of blue fingernails with pink applied to each ring finger, and pink toenails with blue applied to each fourth toe. In the middle of the rinsing process, he began speaking about the makeup he had chosen earlier. "This makeup won't simply rinse off, by the way. Even the gloss won't smear, so feel free to drink whatever, eat whatever, make out with whoever you want for as long as you want... y'know, the works. Aaaand that's all the conditioner gone," he said as the running water came to a halt.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was rather calm the whole time the Flame King painted her nails. She'd assumed that the difference in colors on her nails would drive her crazy because of the lack of order, but she liked the pattern and was thus happy. The same was applied to her toes but with inverted colors which also pleased the Storm Queen. And it was in moments like these that her likeness to the Water Queen was a great asset. Soon enough while her hair was being rinsed it was mentioned that the makeup she was wearing wouldn't simply come off under regular circumstances. This came with a list of things she could do, apparently without messing it up, a couple of the items listed made her chuckle. "You think you're slick don'tcha? Just gonna slide that information in there~" she chimed, teasing the Flame King. Moving right along it appeared that after a few minutes of thorough rinsing she was done. "Yay!! Oh and for the record I still think it's a bit mad scientist to help a girl grow like 9 inches of hair for no apparent reason in a single sitting~" she commented with teasing in her voice. She was still having a good time and she did enjoy the Flame King's company. And since the rinse was done she handed over the two large safety pins with the ribbons assuming what would come next would be the completion of her happy hair day, which was the only thing she came here for in the first place.

[Bloodedge]

"Oh, I just figured I'd let you know in case you wanted to test it out or something," he said cheekily. Without further hesitation, he took hold of the ribbons and safety pins, and swiftly applied them to Chiyo's hair. With that, her pigtails were complete, and now a great deal longer and wavier than the previous form of the style she wore. "And with that, the new you is complete. And, might I say, you were a very fun canvas to work on~"

[Apollymi]

"Oh, how thoughtful." she said while rolling her eyes. Soon enough her pig tails were up and considerably longer and with a slightly altered style than what she was used to. Still it could have been worse and she was definitely still okay with the way she looked now. When he mentioned that she had been a fun canvas to work on she chuckled hopping towards the man to offer him a hug and peck his lips. "Yeah right. But you're an amazing artist~ If a bit excitable!~" she mentioned. Now happy with herself she let go of the man before her and donned her ATs which slipped onto her feet with a great deal of ease. And returned all necessary items to the pockets of her half jacket that she now wore per the Flame King's design choices. One of the few things Chiyo regretted about women's clothing was lack of pockets but she supposed there were worse things. "Alright then, anything else?" she asked of the Flame King, knowing he'd mentioned giving her shampoo and the like that he nigh demanded she use.

[Bloodedge]

"Sankyuu~" the Flame King replied as he met and returned Chiyo's gestures. When asked if there was anything else, he crossed his arms and fell silent for only a moment or two, seeming to be contemplating the question. "Hmm... None whatsoever. Just come back in two weeks or earlier, and we'll keep you freshened up on that new look."

[Apollymi]

"Alright then." she said rolling backwards towards the door key card in hand to get out. "Arigatou gozaimasu... and ja ne, Yoichi~" she mentioned as she turned on her wheels and opened the door. The small girl would then exit the spa through the same door she'd entered into hours before. The woman at the front desk doing a double take as the girl left looking markedly different from when she'd come in, but seemingly pleased with that outcome. After hitting the outside, the Storm Queen would take off, headed for another location with nothing in particular in mind when she got there.

[Bloodedge]

It was just another normal day of business at the Gleaming Crest. The owner, Kujo Yoichi, traversed the building interior to check up on patrons and employees alike, making sure everything was functioning to the standards this place had been upholding since it was built. Everything seemed to be perfectly in order, resulting in the man known to his peers as Kurama returning to the front desk to locate his clerk. "Ohayou gozaimasu! It looks like today's been a busy one. I hope this shift hasn't been too annoying for you guys," he said to the woman. In all actuality, the Flame King Kurama had been quite late to work this day. Others were trusted with keys to the building, so hours of operation were not affected by the man's absence, but he was remiss to say he'd been unavailable during the apparent influx of customers here today.

[Apollymi]

Kujo Yoichi was busying himself going to speak with his employees one particularly easy eyed desk clerk found herself smiling at the man. "Oh, it wasn't really that bad at all. Some interesting people come through here. Though none them were your regulars, so everything was fine, Kujo-san," she said as if to cue the start of something way more stressful than the norm, a trio of women would soon enter the building. One redhead looked a bit pinkish compared to her norm, a tattoo over her stomach still actively glowing like it burned was in the front. Rolling along in the back a blue haired woman with pigtails down to her ankles seemed to be fine though she looked a bit tired. And if nothing had changed since they'd last been seen, she'd be carrying a white haired woman who seemed to have taken quite a beating. "Oi, we need treatment, food, and probably booze, yeah, definitely booze," said the redhead who seemed to be the one who wanted to talk the most in this situation. This was outright one of the most demanding statements to ever be made in anyone's presence, but this was simply the way this woman was. "Damn bitch, how about a please and thank you, you have no fucking manners..." mentioned Jinx. "Actually, I could really go for some food and like a shit ton of water..." she added. "What about you Bunny?"

[Bloodedge]

"Really? I'm surprised. I feel like I've been back for too long to have not gotten any special requests. Maybe the rest of you out-shined me, and all of our customers realize they don't need me around anymore. What do you think? Time for an early retirement?" he asked. Though this query was offered entirely in jest, Kurama's joking grin was torn away, and replaced with surprise at the state three of his peers entered in. The moment he saw this trio of Gravity Children - before they even began speaking - Kurama left his post to begin running toward them at the entrance.

The ashen-haired woman called Roze was in quite the miserable state. Her body was bloody and bruised, her nervous system was an absolute wreck, and her Regalia was seemingly stuck in a form which saw whips of thorns in place of her hind wheels. Her state had only worsened over time as numbness set in. She looked onward with glossy eyes and a barely-raised head when addressed by Jinx, the woman who carried her to this location from the battle they'd been through. "Give me... a fucking... cigarette," she murmured.

Only a moment later, Kurama was upon the trio, reaching out in an offer to take Roze off the blue-haired woman's hands. "What the hell happened to all of you!? Come downstairs; we'll get you guys fixed up. Oi! Somebody bring down something top shelf, and the Storm Riders' emergency kit!" he said, going about shepherding these three women toward his downstairs work room.

[Apollymi]

"Well you had that one almost two weeks ago now, but no need to retire. Consider it a vacation~" mentioned the young woman who apparently worked the front desk. Soon enough three of Kurama's regulars entered simultaneously all of them looking worse for wear. Of course, this was nothing too bad, the front desk clerk simply picked up the phone and began ordering the things this man would need for their treatments. "They'll be downstairs when you arrive sir. Enjoy your stay at the Gleaming Crest," she mentioned to the trio of women. By the time the group arrived downstairs there would be a bottle of Jack Daniel's chilled, a bottle of Patron Tequila also chilled and a couple of bottles of dessert wine sweet with all the appropriate glasses and fixings. This was something done out of knowledge of these women and their tastes.


Jinx soon found herself handing off Roze and once her hands were clear, she reached into her pocket for the unopened packet of cigarettes. Once she had it she started tapping it against her palm and rolling with Kurama towards his downstairs work station where apparently all women would be treated. "Fuckin' hell of a day happened," mentioned Jinx as Suzume finally let her wheels return to normal and she rolled along as well. "We fucked up is what happened, and Aomine and his strange assortment of lackeys are too fucking real," said Suzume as they made their way downstairs. Jinx soon opened her cigarettes and lit two of them one for herself and one she rolled up to offer to Roze. "That about covers it, Bunny got blitz'd."

[Bloodedge]

"Arigatou gozaimasu!" Kurama said in passing to his most trusted clerk. With that, they were on a straightforward path to the largest room in the building downstairs, aptly named the "Den" of the Gleaming Crest. En route to said Den, he was given more than enough information as to what befell these women. If Aomine was involved, it was obvious that there was a hard-fought battle that resulted in a loss.

Shortly before their arrival at the destined location, Roze saw an already lit cigarette held before her. She reached out to claim it with a hand that trembled like it was moments from hypothermia. Her fingers could barely close around the cigarette, and once she thought she had a grip on it, it was lost. Luckily, Kurama noted this struggle by the woman he supported on his shoulder, and reached out with his free hand to claim it for her. "Easy. No moving from you for at least an hour," he said as his hand brought he cigarette to Roze's mouth, allowing her to take a drag to her desired length. Soon, he was placing her atop his personal massage table within the room whose current design was likened to the visage of a sunny beach. The table itself was fit to match, looking almost like a beach chair. Nearby, there were a number of actual beach chairs equal in number to the quantity of people normally found in Kurama's company within their regular group. "There you go. Now, all of you relax for a minute; I'm bar-tending, and... well, everything else today. So..." As he spoke, Kurama pulled from the side of the massage table a pad and pen. "Hungry? What's for dinner?"

[Apollymi]

The things Yoichi had asked for were indeed delivered before this group reached the bottom floor. In the bar area was set up the drinks in question which seemed to be liked by each of these individual women, and beyond that the others were told to take a seat after Roze was laid atop a nice massage table. As she was the most hurt there wasn't even any argument from Suzume nor Jinx about who would be going first. Both of them took seats in beach style lounge chairs putting their feet up to let go of a momentary bit of stress. Jinx did this while enjoying a cigarette and allowing her eyes to close for the first time in several hours. When asked about dinner though she had something to say, "I need a steak, medium rare, spinach, mashed potatoes, and like a gallon of spring water..." she said seeming to think this was a perfectly reasonable thing to ask for. Jinx for her win was covered in superficial wounds which weren't actively bleeding but she was still dehydrated and freezing given her low iron count. "I want a lobster tail, lots of butter, carrots and that jack straight... just give me the bottle," mentioned Suzume who aside from a minor sunburn didn't seem too bad off. And just like that this pair of young women seemed to be content no one speaking much on anything else, obviously there was much to discuss between this group, but taking care of everyone's immediate needs would come first.

[Bloodedge]

"Ugh... whatever, just give me something," was Roze's response to the meal order. Once he'd received the desired meals of each person, Kurama decided to discard the pad and pen. These orders were quite different, but he quickly thought of something that could satisfy all. "Surf n' Turf it is! First, though..." Roze was certainly in no condition to be eating at the moment, so he had to tend to her in some way. The woman didn't wear much that would be considered in the way, so there was little for Kurama to do away with, excluding the chaps he stripped her of. His Emperor Eye was active when he viewed her, and he began swiftly dealing with various pressure points throughout her body to get the nerves working more efficiently throughout. "Been playing with electrical outlets? Looks like you had an argument with the kid," he commented. Within moments, Roze was capable of shifting around, and dealing with more manageable levels of pain in her body. "Sockets and Haku would have been kinder," she replied while pushing herself into an upright sitting position.

With Roze capable of receiving the meal he would be cooking, Kurama was content to leave her side. He first entered the kitchen, which presently had the appearance of a cabana, to start boiling two pots of water. A slight shift to the bar area allowed him to retrieve two tall glasses and a wine glass, which he filled with spring water, whiskey, and red wine respectively. He carried these three glasses to the trio of women, having something to say that was quite to the contrary of Jinx and Suzume's wishes. "Sorry; no bottle drinking here. And you should know to take it easy with the water when you're dehydrated. At least ask for something reasonable from the guy who has to carry all this stuff. Now... twenty minutes," he said. With that, he retired to the kitchen, where he would be seen and heard chopping vegetables of various sorts before three servings of meat could be heard hitting a hot grill.

[Apollymi]

Jinx finished her cigarette in the time it took Kurama to finish making Roze capable of accepting a meal. Her eyes still closed as the last drag was taken and she ashed it out in the nearby receptacle which she'd chosen this seat for. Upon hearing what Roze had to say about her opponent, Jinx could only nod. She knew all about causing damage for damage sake, and that woman could have done way worse, and wasn't really trying which made the whole thing way worse by comparison. "I couldn't even see that bitch moving, and I wasn't in the fight," mentioned, Suzume who found such a show of strength to be extreme. "I could see her moving and I wouldn't have been able to react to it, plus, water and electricity is a bad match up no matter the way it's sliced," mentioned Jinx who had time to observe and knew well how bad this could have gone if anyone but Roze had tried to take that one.

Soon enough they were presented with glasses and told they couldn't have their drinks the way they desired. Jinx pouted but accepted a tall glass of water sipping from it slowly before she spoke. "Yeah, yeah, Water Queen here. I am pretty sure I know how hydration works. I'm just fucking thirsty, but fuck all if I should be allowed what I want," she complained in her normal manner but didn't put up nearly the amount of fuss one would have come to expect. Suzume had a very similar complaint. "I was trying to save you some trouble, I'm going to want a couple more at least. But if you want to do a whole bunch more than necessary, I guess, I won't complain," she said though her statement was in and of itself a complaint. There would be about 20 minutes of downtime before they got to eat, and both Suzume and Jinx looked back and forth between each other and Roze thinking about their day and how they'd come to have such an interaction.

[Bloodedge]

It was almost twenty minutes before the silence was broken between the three women. Roze was the one who decided to speak and address the fight they'd all been through. "Hey... sorry about all that. I dragged you two into a fight, thinking we could win and get this all over with. But..." Her statement would never see its end. Though Kurama was distant, the acoustics in the room allowed him to hear what was being said from the kitchen. This type of speech would not be allowed today. "Oi! This place wasn't made for moping around, y'know? Save the sad for another day," he called out. In a matter of moments, Kurama's present guests would hear three plates hit the counter. If one looked his way when he spoke, they would be able to note steam masking his form for a moment. The smell of beef, lobster, butter, and various vegetables permeated the Den as the Flame King's arms gently moved about to situate each of three plates. "Aaaand rested~," he said. Soon, he was walking from the kitchen into the open area. He carried a plate in each hand, as well as a plate resting atop his left forearm. Though Jinx and Suzume had each requested different dishes, all three plates were identical... albeit containing the desired items of each person. As he handed out these plates, he decided to explain the dish, since he hadn't prepared such a thing in quite some time. "Ladies, for you this evening, I have a fine pan-seared filet mignon and poached lobster tail dish, drizzled with a creamy, buttery Bearnaise sauce. I've also prepared a mashed potato volcano that overflows with a rich and delicious puree that primarily features, of course, spinach and baby carrots." Instead of handing out plates directly, Kurama's foot dragged a small table of sorts from underneath the chair of each person he served. The plates were placed on these tables individually, only for all three tables to be raised from the ground and locked into place. After sliding them to each woman's fore, he excused himself again to retrieve the bottles for refilling all three beverages of choice. "I hope everything is to your liking. Anything else before I slick my hands with oil?"

[Apollymi]

Roze's apology came to both Jinx and Suzume and both of them wound up looking a bit confused. But before either of them could speak on the matter, Kurama was dropping plates on the counter and speaking up about how they were presently in a place which wasn't made for moping so such things should be left for another time. A smile spread across Jinx's face as her eyes cut towards their blonde male companion and she waved it off. "Naw, fuck that, I'll do what I want, and sit here and pout all night and there's nothing you can do about it!" she said though it was mostly in jest. Suzume managed to scoff just a bit as she turned her glass up. "Nobody asked you to apologize, I mean, we could have just said no, probably... I don't know..." said the redhead which was her way of rejecting such things. She and Jinx both knew they would have gone along regardless of the plan or the likelihood of it failing because it was simply how they were, if nothing else, they had a lot of information to work with now and that was something more than generally expected.

Moving right along soon enough the ladies were presented with amazing looking dishes. All of which they'd never really seen before but fit perfectly what they'd asked for. A large grin settled on Suzume's face as she took in the view of this meal and saw that her glass was being refilled. "I mean, that's a lot based on what we asked you, not complaining or anything... thanks," she said waving him off, though she maintained wide eyes at the quality of the dish before her. She needed nothing else between now and the end of her meal and she was more than content to attack it without need of further interruption. "Arigatou," mentioned, Jinx who had only this word to say before she went in on her meal as well. Jinx was already used to the amazing quality of meals prepared specifically by this man, she'd seen it a bit more often than most so she didn't have commentary about it. Beyond this she was starving quite literally given the state of her body and her previous round of vomiting even so she'd be more than content to enjoy this meal and let Kurama do whatever he needed for Roze in the immediate future.

[Bloodedge]

"Really? Gomen; I couldn't think of anything that would take less than twenty minutes," Kurama replied to the words of Suzume. Roze, who'd already begun eating to take her mind off the pain, chuckled. "I don't think that's what she meant. Sankusu." Upon filling all glasses and serving all meals, Kurama freed his hands and took a spot standing behind Roze. The white-haired woman was content with her meal and beverage, and was only made more so as a pair of oiled hands began rubbing against the points of most intense annoyance on her lower back. "Blunt trauma too? Must have been one hell of a fight. What sort of Rising Road rider fights like this?" he asked. Roze, after wharfing down a chunk of lobster, sighed before responding. "It wasn't Rising Road. Aomine has people from the other towers around the world." These words placed an expression of shock upon Kurama's face. He understood the fact that Aomine had underlings to act as his team in the upcoming Parts War, but he had no idea things were this serious. "So... he has other versions of us in that army of his..."

[Apollymi]

Suzume looked up from her meal when Kurama spoke. She really hadn't meant it was too much, but like, it looked like more work than what they'd asked for, Roze seemed to understand this and clarified a bit and the red haired young woman nodded. "What she said," she chimed in seeming to enjoy her meal with wide eyes as Roze got the worst of her kinks worked out. They began discussing the nature of these newer people involved with Aomine and, Roze explained that these people weren't like themselves. "That one was like the one I fought, nanobots. Likely came out of the same tower, they use their bodies as weapons. So that electricity was different from the sort of thing that Lamb Chop would do, the one I fought straight up just used his blood... kinda freaky," mentioned Jinx who found the whole thing about that tower to be invasive, even more so than the things she'd been apart of. On the matter of Aomine having other versions of them, Suzume managed to chime in, "He... is still just bored.The others seem to be like us but more advanced in some way. But that could just be true because of the way the Towers were created," she said as she ate a bite of lobster. "Actually, he managed to look happy and like his old self for a second there... when he thought I might actually be able to do something about his new road," she mentioned. This whole thing wasn't good Aomine hadn't started off as a bad apple, he'd just become one when it became obvious he was outpacing everyone else. She wondered if it was still simply the case that he was looking for a challenge, though she didn't agree with it at all, it would make sense of the sorts of people he was surrounding himself with. When Suzume said this Jinx's eyes widened and she stopped eating utensil mid-air between her face and her plate. It was Suzume's mention of Aomine's apparent happiness in the moment he was using his new trick that settled in the likeness between that man, and Roze's younger brother. Beyond that it cemented in her head why she couldn't blow him up as she originally planned to. "Fuck."

[Bloodedge]

"Nanobots? Ugh." The idea that one of the towers connected to Trophaeum used nanotechnology to empower their equivalent to Gravity Children sent shivers down Kurama's spine. Beyond the outcome that sort of thing had to have on their abilities, the fact that their predecessors would do such a thing was downright creepy and immoral. Of course, three of the four people here had been participants in something far worse, but that matter did not subtract from the shock factor of the current information.

Kurama continued meticulously working toward easing tension and restoring the normal feeling of Roze's back. Over time, she began feeling more capable of shifting about in her normal fashion. She ate mostly silently throughout her treatment, while both she and Kurama learned new information about the fight Suzume had against Aomine himself. This wasn't all too bothersome, but Jinx's reaction warranted a glance with narrowed eyes and furrowed brows from Roze. "Bitch, if you're gonna sit there with a face that says you just thought of something, and the first thing out of your mouth isn't the thought, we're gonna have a problem."

[Apollymi]

Jinx had looked in Kurama's direction and knew for certain he felt the same level of 'ick' at the idea that their predecessors had done such a thing to someone else, and that it'd been invasive on the same level as the experiment several of them had participated in. But that wasn't a matter for right now. Soon it was brought to Jinx's attention that she was making a face and having an idea directly in front of the trio other gravity children. A frown came to her face as she put her fork down and rubbed a hand over her face. "I guess you're feeling better, you can shut that shit right the hell up, I only just now thought about it," she said. "And you're not going to like it when I get to it," she said frowning slightly before she sipped from her water glass. "That entire time while everyone else was fighting I was trying to blow up Sunshine like I did the Boy Scout and I couldn't," she said very calmly as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

"That trick requires a break in flow, to insert the bubbles into, it's why it was easy to get to the kid I fought, but Sunshine doesn't have that break, I could ask the Angels, but I feel they'd say something like... 'The Bright One's heart beat is perfect'. Ya' know in typical them fashion," she said rolling her eyes and waving her left hand about. "Anyways, I couldn't just blow him up on the spot which I was going to do to save us some trouble, and I realize I've seen that sort of flow before... the kind without break... on that brother of yours after he got his shit together," she said directly. "He smiles about that shit. Doing super destructive shit awe inspiring shit... and doesn't see a problem with it. So... whatever you three are together..." she said without giving a direct conclusion sure that all present would come to it in their own time. She went back to eating in this moment. "All isn't lost on that trick by the way, if we could throw him off a bit, I could still blow him up from the inside out."

[Bloodedge]

"If you just thought about it, you should have just said it! Fuck, you and your need to draw attention before you say shit!" she chanted. Such had always been the speech pattern of the current Sky Queen when she was impatient, but it was an attitude that had gone unnoticed for quite some time now. Hearing it here after the ladies' battle against Aomine caused Kurama to chuckle from behind the white-haired woman. "I think a moment of shock is fair for a revelation; especially one involving what you all just went through," he said, prompting Roze to scoff through a mouthful of steak. "To hell with that, and you. More hands, less mouth... for now," she replied.

Apparently, Jinx's realization had nothing to do with how they fared in the battle itself, and everything to do with what Suzume had observed in her specific fight. Roze had not yet made this connection between Aomine and her own younger brother. Now that she was forced to think about it, though, there were some stark similarities between who Shoichi was, and who Aomine used to be. Her eyes widened as she visualized a younger Aomine growing into the current Shoichi. "That's..." She was almost totally lost for words. Was it now possible that her own brother could become the next menace like this? If that were to be the case in the future, she would feel some sense of responsibility toward bringing him down. Kurama, being able to tell she was bothered by even the slightest twitches beneath the skin, spoke up before she allowed her own thoughts to go too far. "Really? Don't tell me you're thinking something dumb, like oh no, I'm going to have to kill my own brother if he turns into that."

[Apollymi]

"Whatever bitch, you're just being impatient and we all know it," mentioned the Water Queen who soon went back to eating. She of course, realized the propensity of her statement to cause unease, but it wasn't something she thought about past it's original moment. She'd spent enough time with Shoichi that she didn't think he'd become what Aomine had, and it was all in his approach to people that made him quite a bit different. "Worthy of the fucking pause, ain't it? But don't think about it too much, I don't think it will actually be a problem," she said. Only for Kurama to affirm the woman had indeed been thinking something truly outlandish, but it wouldn't be Roze who seemed to have a problem with it, but instead it would be Suzume.

"Yeah, you can say that, doesn't make a bit of difference, no one saw Aomine ending up the way he did either," she said which made Jinx smirk. "Yeah, but... they are different in the way they deal with people. Don't get me wrong, I think Fly Boy is kind of fucking stupid, but... he wouldn't go ape-shit 'cause his friends weren't strong enough, he'd help them out. That's the difference. Dumb ass idealism at its finest," she said which made Suzume look at the other young woman for just a few seconds before scoffing. "Fine, I suppose Aomine did basically say if any of us could take him, we wouldn't be trying to kill him... I guess that means we wouldn't have to, because he'd be happy and because of that we would be too, by some twisted logic," Suzume said, all of it being way more thought than she'd normally give such things. Aomine's likeness to the Second Generation's Sky King wasn't something Suzume could have noticed, apparently Roze hadn't noticed it either, Jinx had but she'd spent a considerable amount of time with the boy so she had the most hands on experience. It made Suzume wonder what all the younger Sky King had done in the presence of Jinx to make her give him such shining reviews.

[Bloodedge]

"Call it what you want; you should still get to the point faster." Roze managed to say this much even while recovering from the shocking revelation of prior moments. According to Jinx, the thoughts she had were of no real concern. Suzume was the only other person in this group to entertain the thought that this was possible. Though Jinx's words were undoubtedly the most trustworthy of the bunch, considering her experience with the Sky King, Roze couldn't simply shake the idea. "I'm with the bird on this one. The kind of growth Aomine had isn't really conducive to bringing other people up to your level." It was about this time that Kurama finished Roze's treatment, and moved away from her. In doing so, he thought to add a bit of insight to the discussion at hand. "Two against two, then? Maybe the answer is for the person most closely related to both people to find out for herself what the chances are?" His question was rhetorical, but more of a leading question at the same time. Both he and Jinx had ample reason to believe the young Sky King would not go the same route as their Sun King, and Suzume was the only one in the group to have anything beyond just a doubt. If she were to fish out the truth in her own mind, it would surely shed some light on the nonbelievers of whichever direction she leaned in the end. "Now then... next?"

[Apollymi]

Jinx thought about what Roze had to say, and Aomine's growth was indeed great, but she'd also seen the young Sky King fully develop his original run as well as a secondary road in a week's time without any real interference from her. "Say what you want, it's more of a seeing is believing sort of thing," Jinx said, when Kurama chimed in to give out the idea that perhaps Suzume should speak with the young Sky King to see what he was actually like, both Jinx and Kurama already knew the likelihood and were willing enough to break even on it, Suzume's input would be enough to sway the vote one way or another. "Oh? We're pushing it off on me then," she said with a roll of her eyes. "Fine, but for the record, this isn't something I'd normally volunteer for," she said, knowing full well why she'd pushed the young Sky King off on Jinx in the first place. He wasn't really the type individual who needed her help. Nor the type to make her soul sing, so it was a wasted effort for her. But, if it'd help out Roze in anyway, she had no problem doing so, if only to see how they'd actually be able to handle the down turn of their other friend later. "Fuck that, me..." whatever Jinx was about to say was lost because something else was occurring.

A young girl who looked to only be about 10 or 11 came barreling into the door. A dirty blonde mop of hair atop her head a small yellow spaghetti strapped shirt and pink and white striped socks made up her outfit along with a pair of fur lined shorts. She seemed to be angry and when she'd arrived here none would know, but her presence would be made know as sparks ebbed in her wake. "ICHI-NII!!!" the young girl cried as she approached in an apparent demand for Kurama's attention. Jinx's eyes widened and then softened immediately as she chuckled and Suzume managed to look just a tiny bit stunned, having never actually laid eyes upon this child before this moment.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course it's not something you'd volunteer for," Kurama said, clarifying the suggestion that Suzume be the one inspecting the Sky King's moral standing as a Storm Rider. "That's why it's being pushed off on you." Since Suzume had agreed to being the one to do this, Kurama cleared his mind of the idea that he could end up doing it. After all, he didn't want too many interactions with the Sky King, lest it become common knowledge that he was involved in the boy's Brain Charger experiment. That was not something he thought would end well in the long-run. Whatever the case, the ordeal they were all going through now seemed to be leaning in Jinx's direction, with her being the first to speak and claim his offer. Her sentence was fated to never see its end, though, as another voice resonated through the specially-designed room. Kurama knew this voice better than almost any other; of his two siblings, it belonged to the only female, Jolyne.

With his Emperor Eye still active, Kurama turned his head to view the girl, who seemed to be dressed very differently from what he'd become accustomed to. "Jojo!?" he questioned, shocked by her appearance in this place and time. "What are you doing here, and..." His questioning came to a brief pause as he looked at the girl's attire. It was very strange to see her dressed this way. "Where did you get those clothes? Those shorts are a bit... nonexistent."

[Apollymi]

There was a scoff from the Storm Queen but it seemed that if she had anything else to say it'd be saved for later. The young dirty blonde girl in her short shorts was acknowledged by her eldest brother and this was what she wanted, but his choice in words made her brows draw together just a little as she crossed her arms over her chest and began to explain. "Oh! I don't see you doing laundry, who cares about my shorts!" she said snidely seeming to be cross for unknown reasons. "They shrank a bit, but it worked out alright. I asked my friends at school and they said they were cute," she said as she quickly explained away her change in attire."I came to see you because you didn't come to see me, it was my birthday and I hadn't seen you in over a month. I came looking for you, and they said you were on vacation," the girl complained in obvious need of some sort of attention. "I needed your help and you didn't come back, and now everything is ruined!" the girl exclaimed in an overly dramatic way. Such wasn't terribly unusual for one of her age, in fact, both Suzume and Jinx looked at each other wide grins behind the girl stifling a chuckle. As women who'd both previously been teenage girls they knew well the world always seemed like it was ending when you were young. The young girl was in the middle of a tantrum the likes of which hadn't been seen by any of these women in quite a while.

[Bloodedge]

When the young lass replied to him, Kurama was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected such a retort to follow his questions, so he was left staring blankly and blinking again and again. "... Okay. Hit a nerve there. Just gonna assume bad mood, and move on," he said, mostly speaking under his breath. He would soon be receiving the reason for Jolyne's arrival. When she gave said reason, his blinking ceased, leaving his eyes in a state of perpetual wideness for the duration of this thought circulating in his mind. "Ah... kuso." Suddenly, Kurama knew exactly what he'd missed. The day of his sister's birthday happened to be the exact date of birth held by Shoichi. He could have made it there. With a sigh, he stepped toward - and eventually knelt before Jolyne to reach eye level. "Gomen. I wasn't really on vacation for that long. I was sealed away for a month to train for a really big fight later. Still, I don't have any excuse to give you. I left that facility on your birthday, so that's still all my fault. I'll do my best to make it up to you however I can, but what's this about everything being ruined? What did you need my help with?"

[Apollymi]

Having said her piece the small girl was in more than a bit of a huffy mood. Her arms remaining crossed over her chest, glare present in her large honey colored eyes as she stared down her older brother, who to his credit managed to look a bit dumbfounded. A pout ensued as the man made his way down to her level, he went on to explain that he hadn't been on vacation but instead had been building his skills for some fight that she didn't know about. And while that was cool and she could understand he did say that he had just accidentally missed her birthday and would make it up to her. The young girl's expression softened immensely by this point and her arms seemed to loosen from their crossed position. "Well, I mean if you're gonna make it up to me, I guess it's fine," said the girl. "I mean, I'm not asking you to or anything," she said seeming to feel strangely about the tantrum she'd just given. When he went on to ask about everything that had apparently been ruined and what she actually needed his help for a massive sigh escaped her.

"My friends..." she started looking down at her feet. "They started a team and they wanted me on it at first. But I said no at first because I was kinda down. In being kinda down they said I wasn't right anymore and that I was shittier now than I was before. But that doesn't seem like it should be right, 'cause I've learned tons of stuff and should be way better. They said didn't have resolve and would get myself killed and they didn't want to deal with it. Mizu-nee was mad even and it was really fucked up," she explained foul language seeping into this explanation as it carried on. "But I really did want to be on the team with them, and only them and I don't want to go back empty handed, but I don't know how to fix it and there was no one to help me and I figured you could help me but you were gone. I didn't know what to do..." she said a light sheen of tears appearing in her eyes as her world seemed to be falling apart. "Ichi-nii, can you help me!" she asked of him, not knowing what to do with her skills to make her friends accept her back into their fold seemed to be the root of her problem.

[Bloodedge]

"It's fine. You don't have to ask; I'm your brother, so it's my job," he said, finally managing to smile before the girl this day. His ears were open as ever as he heard out her story about the troubles she'd been through. Kurama had heard from his brother that there was an exchange involving Jolyne and a Storm Rider team from her generation's tower, but he'd been under the assumption that a simple clash of personalities led to her choosing not to join them. He was apparently quite wrong about this. Jolyne expressed a desire to be a member of only this team, and since his ocular ability was active, Kurama could see the tear ducts in her eyes beginning to produce. Her resolve was obvious - to him at least. By the time moisture began spreading across the girl's open eyes, he was already reaching out to place a gentle hand upon her chin, and lift her head. "First, language. Second, buck up. Remember what I said? You sit at the core of your generation, so you're sure to be the most valuable asset to whatever team you join. You were wrong about one thing, though... You shouldn't have been looking for me," he said, lifting himself off the floor to stand. "Like I said before, I can teach you, but it will only help so much. If you're ever going to be the best Flame Queen you can be, then it'll be a matter between you and your Regalia. Our Roads can never be the same, no matter what."

[Apollymi]

Jojo stood quietly after her brother heard out her explanation. As they moved right along, he seemed to want her to watch her language and settle in and not fall apart. She'd try both of these things and acknowledge them with a simple nod of her head which she then held back to give her tears time to dry. A few seconds thereafter and she was being told once again that she could indeed be an asset to any team she joined, but that it would be between her and her regalia to make this happen and not him, though he could teach her things. "But that doesn't make any sense. How am I supposed to know what is between me and my Regalia?" she said scoffing. She'd spent loads of time on her new ATs as she healed up and it still wasn't 'right' but she couldn't go back to how it was before either. "Ugh, you're basically saying its impossible because I don't know what to do and no one else does either. You can't actually help me," she threw her hands up in the air as the situation seemed way to dire for her own liking. All she wanted was to join the team with her friends and get some help working on how she was. If her big brother who she looked up to couldn't help her, then how was she going to accomplish this task?

[Bloodedge]

Jolyne's question was a normal one. The simple act of trying to think through how one's run was meant to function was a hindrance in its own right. To be fair, though, this was something Kurama likely should have explained long ago. This was just one of many examples as to why the third generation of Gravity Children should not have been released from their tower so early. "Well... I can't exactly help you, but I think I can be of assistance. This is all sort of my fault. I could have let you develop on your own, and you'd probably be fine now, but I couldn't say no when you wanted to learn tricks from my version of the Flame Road. Your body isn't built for those kinds of tricks, though, so they're arguing with your run now. What you need to work out with your Regalia is your own run... which means you need to be freed of what's been holding you back. I know a certain group that knows all about freedom." As he spoke, Kurama pulled his phone from his pocket. The end of his speech marked the moment he began formulating a text message to Akaru Chiyo, the Storm Queen of the second generation. It read: "Busy? I hate to ask, but I need help with something."

[Apollymi]

Another explanation soon left Kurama's mouth and his younger sister pouted while she tried to process the information. It seemed her big brother thought that him teaching her his version of the Flame Road had hindered her in some way, because her body wasn't made for that sort of movement. Beyond that, the rest seemed to be a lot that would fly over the girl's head. That being said, there seemed to be a light at the end of this dark tunnel. "A group that knows about freedom? Freedom from what?" she asked. It seemed like the sort of thing which wouldn't really matter to her in any way until she understood it fully.

Regardless of this, a message would soon find itself on the screen of one Akaru Chiyo's phone. The girl who was up in the air, was travelling between her last activity of the day, a book club meeting to her home. She had nothing else as far as plans were concerned and she was more than pleasantly surprised to be looking at a text message from Kurama. 'Me? Busy? No way, be there in a minute~' was the return text which required only a change in direction before the girl would end up making a bee line for the Gleaming Crest.

[Bloodedge]

The phone vibrating in his hand let Kurama know a response had been sent moments later, prompting him to view the message on his phone with a grin. Only then did he respond to Jolyne's question. "That question is the answer. Our friends will be able to explain it to you better than I can. If you remember our trip to the meeting, I think you'll remember who I've called in to help us out. If she agrees to help out, though, you'll be leaving this place for a bit. You'll probably get to meet some other new people, too. Anything to eat before you go?" he asked. Whether Jolyne agreed or not, Kurama began moving toward the kitchen again, intending to retrieve refills for his peers.

[Apollymi]

"Oh? Ichi-nii... you didn't!?" the young girl seemed to be suddenly excited for some reason. "How can I eat at a time like this when something so amazing is about to happen?!" she asked, seeming to get herself all worked up for the person who was apparently coming though they hadn't yet agreed to help. Such excitement prompted Jinx's brow to raise, but the knowledge that this was the person from the meeting let her know exactly which younger gravity child to expect. "Fuckin' hell, does this mean I'm getting my massage?" asked the blue haired woman who gave a gentle two fingered salute to the young girl working herself into a tizzy.

Within about a minute of sending her replying message, one Akaru Chiyo descended into the 'Den' at the Gleaming Crest. She entered wearing her new attire, an outfit designed by Kurama himself with long striped leggings and a short skirt. A turquoise shirt with other cool color triangles decorating it and a pair of finger-less gloves on her hands. Her nails were painted, blue with one pink ring finger, and her make up was done flawlessly. Big fluffy pigtails hung down to the girl's calves and her regalia could be seen lined up. She rolled along seemingly small sleeping fox like creature with red and black fur with his head on her shoulder and body tucked into the hood of her little jacket. "Yoichi, you throwing a party down here?" she asked taking note of all people present, a huge fanged grin spreading across her face as she assessed the physical condition of everyone present in this room, though she didn't say anything immediately. New sights and smells woke the animal on her shoulder and he also began looking around as if confused by what was going on here.

[Bloodedge]

Once again, Jolyne's words were somehow confusing to the blonde male. "Okay... two notches down would have been nice. Probably should have warned Chiyo she was coming to meet a fan," he commented. Within a matter of moments, he was returning from the kitchen with whiskey, wine, and tequila. He poured these beverages for Suzume, Roze, and Jinx respectively. Of course, this was a bit different from what he'd done previously, so he had something to say regarding the tequila in particular. "I figured you wouldn't actually care for a gallon's worth of refills on water, so there... and yes, you do."

As Kurama was pouring these drinks, Chiyo entered the room. Her timing was a bit quicker than he'd expected, but not by much. Kurama finished pouring before freeing himself of the bottles, and turning his gaze on Chiyo. "Ohayou gozaimasu, Yukianesa. I'd like you to meet my sister, Kujo Jolyne. She's the reason I called you here; she needs a bit of help developing her Road."

[Apollymi]

"The girl had an army of boys following her, I am sure a fan isn't that much new," said Jinx which made Suzume nod her head as well. Regardless, it seemed she'd be getting a refill this time, the drink of choice was tequila which was much better for her now that she wasn't dehydrated. "Well, that's pretty thoughtful of you~" she said happily knowing she'd get her massage and a glass a liquor it was quite refreshing. Upon entry Chiyo was greeted by Yoichi which somehow managed to widen the smile on the fanged girl's face. "Hai hai, nice to see ya', and... nice to meet you~" she said to Jojo.

The dirty blonde girl's eyes widened she seemed to be excited on the verge of squealing. "Nice to meet you! You're really cool, can't believe it!" said the small girl which made Chiyo chuckle. "Thank you, though it feels strange, can't say people are normally so happy to see me," she mused. Though the reasoning she was called here was a bit off. "She needs help developing her road, and you can't do it?" asked Chiyo with a raised brow.

This was quite strange, but in typical her fashion she activated her special eye. Doing such a thing cause three tomoe to appear in her eyes as she looked over the small girl's form. "What happened?" she asked the girl who went wide eyed. "I messed up, and my friends won't let me join their team. They said, I'm worse than I was before, so I asked Ichi-nii to help. But he said he can only show me stuff he can't really help and I just wanna be with my friends," Jojo managed with typical teenage levels of angst and anxiety in her voice. Chiyo wasn't too far displaced from such a situation so she chuckled as she scanned the girl. The numbers in Chiyo's head were not quite what she was used to dealing with but they were at least comparable to some she knew. "Sou ka, well, I can't really help her develop her road. I can tell her what to do physically but..." she shifted her gaze to Yoichi directly and chuckled. "It's cool, I can take ya' to someone who can help," Chiyo mentioned absently. Jojo's eyes widened quite a bit and she looked towards her brother as if asking for permission.

[Bloodedge]

Since Kurama hadn't brought any additional water for Jinx, he decided to take up the previously-used water glass for himself. Though he did occasionally consume alcoholic beverages, this was more commonly right up his alley. A few gulps of water down the hatch, and he was feeling right as rain. It was his assumption that he would be returning to work in aiding the trio of women around him soon, but the first thing Chiyo said was that she couldn't help the child either. Before Kurama could speak on this matter, she clarified that she knew someone who could help. This was all seeming quite familiar, considering Kurama had basically told Jolyne the same thing only a couple of minutes prior. Of course, he nodded to Jolyne to clear her following the Storm Queen, but there was something strange about Chiyo not being the best suited to help someone going through a similar problem to one she once had. "Really? With that eye, and your experiences, you're saying there's someone more suited to this than you? I really don't want to believe that."

[Apollymi]

"YOSH! Later Ichi-nii!~" the girl said seemingly happy to join Chiyo's side in this. But as the Storm Queen started to turn to go away, it seemed that Kurama took some issue with the idea that she wasn't the best suited to help this little one develop her road. A chuckle came from Chiyo and she shrugged. "My eye is a bit different now, even so what I said was true. I can see how her body works, and I tell who she's most like, so I could hook her up with someone who is more likely to have a road like hers than one of us. But... I am gonna take her to Shoichi," she said of her Sky King. "He can see how everyone's road is gonna turn out. So, he'll know and I can observe and figure out what her body will be like and help out with that~" Chiyo said. She had a very stark understanding of her own abilities and she knew where she fit into on the training regiment. She could help this one with her brother worship and getting her to understand she should just be herself. And Shoichi could help her find out, what that self is supposed to be like. "Ja, Yoichi, Jinx, Roze, and Crazy Bird Lady~" said the young girl as she and the smaller girl began rolling away the latter of whom far more excited than one would expect. "Crazy...Bird... Lady?" questioned Suzume wondering why she got called this instead of her name. All the while Chiyo was composing a text message to the Sky King. "Hey, wanna help me do a thing. I gotta kid I'm trying to help find out which way is up," the message read as the girls left this place and headed to another likely outdoors for the sake of testing this young girl's skills.

[Bloodedge]

"Ja, Jojo," he said to the young teen. All in all, he was satisfied that the girl arrived when she did. Had she arrived a matter of minutes later, there likely would have been a very awkward scene to explain. Now, he could carry on with no worries... aside from the one spawned from how Chiyo apparently intended to help Jolyne's Road. 'How everyone's... Road... is going to turn out...' he repeated mentally. A wave was all he offered as farewell when Chiyo and Jolyne were properly leaving, and once they were gone, he offered his attention to Suzume. "If I'm being honest, Crazy Bird Lady is... pretty accurate. With love, of course. So... more worry for you two, we were just told what Shoichi's eye is capable of. I find that interesting, don't you?"

In the meantime, Chiyo's message found Shoichi's phone. He wasn't particularly busy; the response even came mere moments after the initial message was sent. 'I'm game. Just chilling at home now. Figured we would have a go anyway.'

[Apollymi]

Chiyo and Jojo had already disappeared from sight, headed apparently to the home stared by the elder teens and young adults. Suzume however had her eyes widen quite a bit at the thought that Shoichi could see how Roads would end up. That kind of ability to predict outcomes would be outlandish to face off against, even when someone knew about it ahead of time. Yoichi's words to the Storm Queen of his own generation made her scoff. "You would say something like that, none of the sass right now," she said with a frown. No matter of the girl's assessment of her was accurate. "Ugh, I should just do this now-ish huh?" she asked already standing having finished her meal. Jinx downed a large swallow of tequila and seemed to chuckle just a little. "I mean, it would make him scary, to people like you..." she said. "Whatevs bitch only got a light sun burn anyways..." she said having taken up post on the massage table readying herself for proper treatment. "No one is scared, I just don't want to deal with this later," mentioned Suzume who took now as the time to roll off. "Don't have too much fun without me,"