[Miyabigaoka] Scrapyard

[Apollymi]

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The Scrapyard is the largest in the Miyabigaoka/Tokyo area and is run by the First Generation Pledge Queen Yoshida Kotone. It has a collection of broken and refurbished electronics strewn about and seems which the Pledge Queen herself is often found tinkering with this or that. There is a large well built shack right on top of a small hill which houses the 'cash office' of the place so that people can buy, sell or trade parts at their leisure when they come by.

Underground with a hidden entrance by a school bus is Angel's house. Which is state of the art and well lit. Neon lights change color in accordance with the active personality of the Angel. Red for Destruction, blue for Creation and Bright Green for the Original.


But after her house is an underground training chamber with one visible entrance hidden behind the screen that is her TV. This entrance leads to a recreation of the Towers the Gravity Children grew up in with some minor changes. This very circular room has several off shoots which are blocked off by their own doors. The facility is fully stocked to include its own shower and housing prospects as well as one very large bedroom completely with the biggest and most comfortable bed money can buy.

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[Apollymi]

Though Chiyo didn't expressly ask what Junkyard she was supposed to go to. She had some idea. She'd already called Shoichi and told him where she'd be, she'd been by to see the twins and had given them a couple of things to do, to keep them busy in her absence. She'd also made a stop or two to see a few more important people to her to keep them from worrying about her sudden disappearance. As such when she rolled to a stop outside the largest scrapyard in Miyabigaoka, she knew she'd reached the right place. And as such she stood just outside of its boundaries waiting to see the Flame King of the First Generation. But little did she know, her arrival would wake the person who dwelled here regardless of everyone else... the woman known as Angel rose from her home beneath the rubble and made her way to the side of the front gate. "Hm, I wonder why it's you... though, I gotta say I understand why you're the favorite... that heartbeat has got to be one of the weirdest I've ever heard. Is there something the Angel of Destruction can do for you?" she questioned, not as the Angel of Creation, nor as the original who'd woken for Chiyo in the first place. No... this was the voice of the Angel of Destruction and the red lights of the halo on her head let the small girl know as she turned around that this woman was very different from the other two. "Huh, you're a bit different. Yoichi told me to meet him here."

[Bloodedge]

"Indeed I did," spoke the Flame King himself, who stopped on a dime next to the Ice Queen after a quick approach. His phone was in hand, and being slipped into his pocket when he arrived. "You're right on time," he said, totally ignoring the tongue of flames he'd left in his wake. "Destruction, you're awake? I'm surprised I didn't run into you at the club last night. Anyway... we need to use your chamber."

[Apollymi]

"A bit yes, but, that doesn't mean I think you're any less adorable." said the woman known as Angel which made the eyes of the pig tailed girl widen just a little. "So, just all of you then..." she said of the obvious flirting going on here. But before the new Angel could mention how she felt, the Flame King showed up himself. Which saved Chiyo from a moment she'd been rather keen to avoid. "Of course, I am awake, Mom and Nice Angel were awake yesterday, but neither of them ever does the shopping. One of us has to be responsible, and besides, I only go clubbing when I run into Jinx, and she was nowhere to be found." she mentioned only furthering the idea that the three Angels were three completely separate people which was rather odd. But Yoichi seemed to want to borrow some room of the Angel's which caused a shift of multiple colors in the woman's halo and various adjustments to her body suit as she began to speak sentences about whatever room she was talking about. The first of which was blue and belonged to the nice Angel. "But the Angels just decorated and fixed the chamber since the last time the Flame God played there. Even you and the unfinished Little Cold One will leave it in ruins." the softness of the Angel of Creation was seen in this moment before Destruction took back over. "Not that I mind a bit of Destruction, but..." it would be the green that settled in that would denote the last of the personalities to ever surface. "Why? What happened?" asked the Angel who was apparently the original personality.

All of the conversations going on before her, and Chiyo only had one question. "What chamber?"

[Bloodedge]

"That's because she was at the club. It was a good night," he commented. It was then that the trio of personalities sharing the Pledge Queen's body began alternating, each having something to say about the use of the aforementioned chamber. While they were doing this, Kurama thought to give Chiyo an answer. "The Angels had a little project going a while back. They made a special room for training. It's designed to be just like the tower." When the Angels were done shifting, it was the original Kotone who brought forth the final clause, seeking the reason for this training session. "Good morning, Kotonecchi. Aomine happened, and we need about a month here. Is that alright?"

[Apollymi]

Upon hearing that Flame King and the Water Queen had been at the club together, the Angel felt a tad dejected. In the meantime, Chiyo got an explanation about this chamber and managed to look absolutely stunned. "Yeah, tuners making baby towers, that's information to drop in regular conversation, fuck, if that shouldn't be the sort of thing you ease a person into." the black haired girl went on a minor tirade while seemingly in disbelief about what she'd heard. But she didn't get the proper time to pitch any kind of fit about it, as the necessity for use of the Chamber became obvious, it seemed that they were dealing with a major problem here, and as such the Angels couldn't begin to argue in any of her forms about the use of this room she'd previously questioned. "Oh, well, that totally isn't the kind of information that should accompany a good morning, but fine. Do as you like, I've made a few changes which should make it harder for you guys to break it, and easier to fix if you do, come along."

The woman said motioning to the pair after apparently giving her consent for them to be there for what would be a rather long period of time. And soon enough they would descend past a pile of rubble and into an underground tunnel which would lead into the woman's rather interestingly put together house which was lit currently with the green lights which matched her suit. Beyond this point, there was a large projector going with a basketball game up, which had obviously been the viewing pleasure of the Angel of Destruction before she'd gone outside. Right beside this though was a door, which would open and show a large circular space, which was blocked off and a platform up top, and if one stepped in, they would cease to feel the effects of gravity. This chamber was huge, but had been reshaped to make the power easier to sustain as well as make it so that a power shortage in one place, wouldn't cause the place to completely lose its functionality. "Hm, the platform there." she said pointing to what appeared to be a room size open space that would be impossible to get to as it had no ladders or anything of the sort was then explained. "Has a bedroom and large bath attached to it, Roze's design so fabulous. And... a small kitchenette and other such things... ya' know and stocked like one of the super suites in the resort in case you want or need to be... well you. And in case we needed to lock ourselves in for a while. Destruction just went out, so everything is stocked, but if you want or need anything specific let her know... and if you break anything, we'll know and come fix it. Questions?" she asked while Chiyo didn't at all question this room she just dove in without any inhibition with the large duffle bag strapped to her back and felt absolutely nothing. "Holy fucking shit. This is really a thing." she said as she shot straight across to a wall then bolted off the side and around. "Fucking awesome." she didn't really need anything else in her life right now, because this was one of the most amazing things she'd ever seen.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama followed alongside Chiyo, knowing the location of the room he sought, but allowing Kotone to lead the way into the upgraded facility nonetheless. Upon entry, he noted Chiyo's excitement/disbelief over the room. Kurama was quite pleased by the aesthetic changes made to this place, and he was sure to note this when Kotone spoke. "I dig the new look. Arigatou, Kotonecchi. Feel free to lock us inside now~." Taking advantage of the zero-gravity of the room, Kurama tossed his duffel bag upward, aiming it at the platform Kotone had brought attention to. "Neh, Chiyocchi. Has your eye made any new developments?"

[Apollymi]

Angel simply nodded. "Alright then, have fun." she said, before leaving and once she had the door seemed to seal closed behind her disappearing from sight and blending in to the rest of the tiles that the rest of the room was made of. Beyond this point, Chiyo bounced off a wall tossed her own bag up onto the platform and then came back down, enjoying this feeling of weightlessness and before bringing herself to a stop near Yoichi who was content to ask about the development of her eye. She thought about this for a second or two and then considered what may or may not have changed since the last time she'd used them. "Hmm, I can process all of people's bodies, not necessarily how they are moving presently but I can see the potential of their muscles and size and all that makes them up physically and find their strengths and weaknesses. And I can do this with a reasonable measure of how far they will be capable of pushing themselves physically. I can also force my visual perspective on to other people, and borrow theirs, but that is a bit weirder to do all the time and I can kind of make them do what I want. But that was pretty much what it was doing before... so I don't know if it's developed much past that. I was chatting with my friend this morning, and he said it hinders me... and I believe him cause I was better off when I wasn't using it." Chiyo summarized with her hands on her hips recalling the words of her new Second-in-Command Kanda.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama listened intently to Chiyo's explanation of her eye and its development, or rather, lack thereof. Given the information she shared with him, whatever friend she spoke of was very correct in saying her eye would be a hindrance. He, too, suffered from over-reliance on his Emperor Eye before it was perfected enough to have no drawbacks. "Clever friends you have," he said while observing the girl. "I take it you've been relying quite heavily on that eye of yours, but you haven't mastered its use. It's one thing to be able to see, but another to be able to observe." As he spoke, a sly grin crossed the Flame King's face. He knew now what this training would focus on. "Phase one... We're gonna make you see the future."

[Apollymi]

"Yes, I know." she said rolling her eyes and closing them while rotating her shoulders, it was an acknowledgement of Kanda's cleverness. She seemed to be stretching. "Pretty Boy is fairly bright and very evenly tempered, it's why I left him in charge of my..." she paused and thought about the pronoun usage of the term. "Or rather our team until I get back. And why I abandoned use of my eyes... for a little while anyways..." she mentioned rather casually. Beyond this point it was stated that he would teach her to see the future which was a rather odd thing to say and made the girl open her eyes and stare at the man as if he'd grown another head. "See the future? Fuck, that doesn't sound like fun at all." she said crossing her arms under her chest while waiting for a proper explanation. She trusted this man to help her out, but she didn't trust herself to simply enjoy it if it wasn't duly stimulating for her need of physical activity and the complex inner workings of her mind.

[Bloodedge]

"Oh? So, the Fang Prince finally parted ways and needed replacing? No surprise there; I was going to recommend getting rid of him," he jested. Kurama then began stretching as well, preparing for the training session that would begin in a mere matter of moments. Chiyo didn't seem to think there was fun to be had in her learning to see the future, but knowing about her hyperactive nature, he had to disagree. "Oh, don't worry. You'll have loads of fun. Promise." With that said, Kurama revved his wheels until flames were produced regularly. As the fire built up, he held up a single finger. "One week. Tag me five times in a week, and we'll conclude the first phase. Also, keep your eye active at all times. It might be a bit of a headache, but I'll be sure to treat that daily. We start now."

[Apollymi]

A chuckle escaped the former Fang Queen as Kurama jested that he was going to recommend replacing her formerly favored Prince. "Eh, you would have had to hop in line, behind Shoichi and Muu-nii who both said the same thing. It also took me the better part of the month to track down and convince his replacement to join me... fucking pain in the ass." she said rolling her eyes. Her Prince in-spite of his flaws had a great deal of usefulness. "Besides that no one has ever given a legitimate reason for wanting me to kick the Prince. No matter though, he left all on his own, such a sad day, I've lost at least one battle I wouldn't have had to fight if he was around." she said also in jest though there was a great deal of truth to this statement. As the man went on to explain what he wanted from her as far as her training was concerned she looked at him like she was confused. But she supposed his conditions were rather easily met. "Uh-huh... fine..." mentioned the Ice Queen as she began to roll she closed her eyes and opened them once more and they were glowing and purple as per the norm. Since apparently her only job was to tag him, she began to wonder exactly what he planned to do to stay away from her, he was fast, but in looking at him, she didn't see any reason she wouldn't be able to catch him. At this point the girl was seeing numbers in her head a full spread sheet of this man's body as she began to circle him small ice crystals appearing as she moved at a much more measured pace, it would appear that something major had changed about this girl's run, and then...

She spun her body in a circle as she moved around, speeding up her body rapidly and without the resistance of gravity she used her spin to add speed to her forward motion and aimed to rapidly close the distance between herself and this man and tap his right shoulder with the palm of her hand.

[Bloodedge]

A smile was plastered on the Flame King's face as he awaited Chiyo's approach. He made no efforts to activate his own Emperor Eye. If he did, there would be no fairness whatsoever to this phase of training. What he did, though, was wait until Chiyo was right in front of him to sway left, away from the hand that reached for his shoulder. Once it was avoided, he let his ATs carry him to the right while arching his back to move under the Ice Queen's arm. This brought him around to her rear and left a crescent of flames around her left side. "I hope you didn't think this would be easy. You know, the more you feed a fire, the hotter it burns. The closer you get to catching me, the harder I'll make it for you~♥"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo spent the time of her first maneuver watching this man's reactions to her movements. At this point, she was still fresh on some things, and one of them was partly her earlier escapade this morning. When learning Kendo with Kanda he mentioned that looking at her joints and the movements of her arms and wrists to know what she was going to do, to predict her fake movements. With this in mind she needed only to apply that sort of observation with all she could see with her eye, it seemed an easy enough thing to do. She'd have the easiest time with it, while this man was also not using his eye variant. 'Arms, legs, wrists ankles... figure out where he is going and go there.' this was her initial idea as she spun her body past the flames and didn't really seem all that bothered. When her feet made contact with the far wall she spun again... thinking about it more. 'Fuck, that really isn't my style is it... I could force his movements... that's probably more me.' she thought of this while hearing what this man had to say and looked up at him with glowing purple eyes. "Kamikorose." since there weren't really rules on this kind of interaction Chiyo chose to use multiple techniques to achieve her goal. This time after several spins she launched herself from the wall extending her right leg as she used the speed built up from her previous maneuvers to kick out a fang with the technique she'd recently learned from Roze. Doing so, caused her to tighten her leg then let all of the tension go in a single moment, creating a massive fang which doubled or even tripled the girl's own body size and it was flying rather directly towards the Flame King, as if she intended to bifurcate him. All this was done so she could watch his person and figure out which way he'd move or what he'd do to avoid it while she herself was following in the wake of this massive attack.

[Bloodedge]

His evasion was followed by the observation of Chiyo's response. Though he didn't intend to use his own eye to see the future of her movements, he did still have to keep track of what she was doing, simply to keep the training going strong. What she chose to do was something which brought a grin to Kurama's face. Of course, this was no grin of approval, but of amusement instead. If she thought this fang taught to her by Roze would accomplish anything, he would simply have to prove her wrong. As her fang approached, Kurama raised his right leg while using his hip as the axis. Every muscle in his leg tensed to the physical limit, and released as he kicked a larger fang, albeit one made of fire, toward Chiyo's existing attack. This not only nullified the fang she'd sent his way, but allowed his flames to spread around the room more. "Are you trying to learn my movements, Chiyocchi? There are no shortcuts in this training. I guarantee you, I'll never use the same pattern twice. By the way, if you wanted to learn that trick, you could have come to the source."

[Apollymi]

A smile spread across Chiyo's face as her own fang was met by one of fire and used by the Flame King in such an interesting manner. Unlike most people she didn't seem to be particularly impressed by that. In fact she only rolled her eyes. "Oh how little you must think of me..." she said as she began to move once more and the more she did the colder it got around her. Being able to retain her composure while moving about her eyes. The colder it got around her, the less oxygen there was in the air, and thus the less the flames were fed immediately around her person. "What I am actually doing... has nothing to do with anything so simple." she small girl mentioned as her body began to move again at a much faster but equally more graceful state. "I am figuring out my new tricks, while watching to see which muscles in your body cause which movements. I've never actually looked before... the Pretty Boy mentioned such a thing in Kendo practice this morning and I figured it'd be useful as a build up." mentioned the small girl. She wasn't looking for the fast way out, she was simply aggressive when she did anything, didn't really matter what the activity was. She was almost done speaking as her legs crossed at the ankle and she took that as momentum to begin spinning once more this time her movement would take her forward in a more straightforward manner. "I will give you that last bit though. I just knew it wasn't the Fuckface's trick and Roze knows everything, though I would have saved myself a favor if, I'd known you could tell me too." But the lack of gravity in this place, meant her body wasn't nearly as stressed so the finish of her spin which was tightening her legs then immediately stretched out but instead of launching a fang, it launched her frozen beam of ice like a laser directly towards the man's center at a much greater velocity than it was originally shown to be able to do. All the while her eyes were focused on the movements on this man's body, she didn't care how he was responding... she was looking to see what her tricks were capable of and what she could in response.

[Bloodedge]

"I'll have you know that my opinion of you is actually quite high," he replied. As Chiyo moved around the room, Kurama noticed his flames were growing at a much slower pace. This was surely the work of Chiyo's Blizzard Road, but more importantly, there was the matter of the girl's plan. "Learning which muscles cause movement? You're joking, right?" he asked, simultaneously increasing the rev of his wheels to produce greater heat around him. In doing so, he intended to counteract the cooling of Chiyo's Regalia. "No... there's more to it. You're more clever than that; I know you're able to figure that out in the heat of the moment." Kurama was always ready to move at a moment's notice, but even he was impressed by the speed at which the Ice Queen's frozen laser was produced. Under normal circumstances, he would have moved toward the laser and veered around it while approaching Chiyo. This time, he had no choice but to back away and do the same. In the meantime, he let his brow furrow in response to Chiyo's mention of the muscle trick she'd learned. "Really? You wanted to learn something involving muscle control, and you didn't think to ask the masseuse of all people? I'm hurt. Now then, are you going to keep attacking, or are you going to tag me?"

[Apollymi]

The Ice Queen rolled her eyes at the man in front of her. His opinion of her was likely higher than she thought it was, given she was bad at judging such things herself. Chiyo was still watching this man and still hearing what he had to say, but when her attack was launched he did something she'd wanted him to do, with his movement he went backwards, since she was relaxed she was also able to launch herself around and into the path of his movement as he spoke his sentence about her tagging him and not attacking him but tagging him and by the time he spoke this she was behind him reaching out with her right hand to tap him on the shoulder. As this happened she took it upon herself to reply to all the things said which she hadn't done because she had been previously concentrating so hard. "I didn't really consider that yeah... not that you aren't great at what you do, but I hadn't thought about how that would relate to my learning process." she said and this was true, to be honest she spent a great deal of time trying to make sure she avoided this man for reasons she didn't yet understand, whether or not she completed her act of touching him she'd continue her explanation. "And you're right, provided I don't go nuclear... before figuring it out. I'll probably think of it when I'm not really trying to... I'm pretty calm right now, so we'll see." she said a fanged grin appearing on her face.

[Bloodedge]

In the wake of the ice beam, Chiyo was following Kurama with the intention of tagging him again. Looking over his shoulder at the girl, he chuckled. This time, Kurama lowered himself and let her hand pass overhead, all while spinning clockwise to face her. From there, he would begin rolling backwards while still turning up the heat. "Well, thinking about how it relates to your learning process is the job of your advisor, I imagine. That would be me, by the way," he said with a cheeky grin. "So... ya' gonna tag me?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo watched as her hand passed through the place this man had been previously and she looked at him in a way which bordered upon disgust before closing her eyes and rubbing her thumb into the center of her forehead. The heat in this place was continuing to rise and the altered heat of her body was making her cranky, but beyond this the cheeky commentary provided to her by the Flame King was also a bit anger enticing. But she decided in this moment she wouldn't let that get to her, no instead she'd take a very deep breath and exhale. And when she opened her eyes again she shrugged in response to his question, instead of being upset she began a wide counterclockwise circle around him. "Fuck." was the first word out of her mouth, but each movement she made caused her ATs to pulse with cold, so much so that she was able to retain a more comfortable temperature around herself. This was perhaps simply a subconscious way of coping and keeping herself steady in her movements. "You are kinda cheeky and that's a bit annoying, anyone ever told ya' that?" asked the girl as she began thinking of the best way to tag him, aggression wasn't always the answer but it usually got the job done, though she did remember Mukuro mentioning that her normal methods didn't tend to work against people who were clever enough to figure her out. Still... there were a few more things to try before she gave up. Situations like this though, reminded her of what it was like when she couldn't fly at all, catching things out of reach, chasing people down... these were all things she'd given up on a while ago, as it generally required hyper-aggressive behavior from her and a distinct desire in mind which she didn't have right now. "I don't know if I can. So Mr. Advisor what do you suggest?" she asked continuing to circle but that circle beginning to take a spherical shape as she twisted and changed the degree of her pattern ever so slightly repeatedly upon each cycle until her movements were creating a bit of a bubbled around this man and herself in the space they occupied.

[Bloodedge]

"They never really stop," was the man's retort. He was actually a bit disturbed by the fact that Chiyo had not yet tagged him, but the way she was going about it, she never would. Having this train of thought caused the Flame King to sigh as Chiyo began moving around him in a three-dimensional space. "You're either thinking too hard, or not hard enough. You're only going to tag me by responding to my movements before I make them. You're never going to get anywhere against the movements I've already started making. Think of it this way: You can chase something that's faster than you all you want, but it's always going to outrun you. If your speed and stamina both put you at a disadvantage, it's your reactions to the movements made during the critical moment of a potential catch that will produce results. Our eyes give us the advantage of knowing what those movements will be an instant before they happen. We just have to be skillful enough to react in that time frame, and catch the opponent the moment they think they're avoiding us."

[Apollymi]

'Wonderful...' thought the girl at the man's initial response to her. She was always amazed by the sorts of people who were told about their behavior but continued it anyways. She herself was this sort of person so she supposed she couldn't really be mad about it, but it was still a bit annoying. Beyond this the man spent a lot of time explaining where he thought she was going wrong. And she listened to the entirety of his statement before closing her eyes and summarized it in her head. And when this happened she opened her eyes and exhaled. "Fuck, you say a lot. All you had to say was that I lacked follow through, fucking hell." and with that said the girl fully understood that she was simply stopping her own movements to soon, if she was forcing him to move then all she had to do was keep moving. She used to do that frequently and wondered when it had stopped, though on a much different scale she figured this was still just the same on routine and as such she launched herself at the man once more breaking away from her cold sphere with a spin that would launch her at him directly from an angle right to left and come from above to below as she reached out she aimed to touch the center of his body, but given a movement she was more than ready to react and reach either right or left or back depending on where he moved.

[Bloodedge]

"Neh, Chiyocchi, attitude isn't conducive to improvement," the Flame King commented. As he waited for the girl's next move, he slipped both hands into his pockets, feeling he no longer needed use of them. His plan for the next evasion was to give less of a handicap using flashy movements as possible, just to really force the use of Chiyo's ocular ability. His eyes followed her around the sphere until the moment she launched herself his way. Attacking from an angle was something he considered to be a strong assault on any normal opponent, but he knew how he would be reacting. His only hope was that Chiyo would be capable of tagging him anyway. There was only one way to find out. During her approach, Kurama kicked off the floor and utilized a technique he'd used earlier this day. He borrowed Wing Road principles and shifted his center of gravity in a way which allowed him to flip and turn during this jump. This would have him upside-down above Chiyo, facing the same direction as her after leaping and curving around her arm.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo seemed to find it amusing, that this man didn't like her attitude. No one ever did really, that was something she was used to, but she was now determined to show that she fully understood what he'd been getting at in the first place, since in general she refused apologies for anything. That being said as she aimed to tag the man she found his movement to not be at all what she expected of a rider of his type, actually it reminded her of someone else entirely a twitch at his core didn't say he was going any of the directions she'd initially anticipated. To go with this feeling she didn't assume the shift in any direction and follow her motion in a circular way so that she'd spin and her hand would make her turn so that she was facing the man in his upside down position with her hand placed lightly upon his chest. "Fuck, if my arms were longer I wouldn't have had to turn so far." she mentioned pulling back her hand.

[Bloodedge]

When a hand finally reached his body, Kurama felt able to relax at last. His muscle tension went away with an exhale, and a grin crossed his face. "Now we're in business. Congratulations. You've finished step one of phase one. You can relax now." With that said, the Flame King realigned himself with the ground, and pulled on the neck of his shirt. "Yare yare. I just remembered, I'm on vacation. You didn't have plans, did you? I realize I kinda let myself get caught up in the moment, and... sorta drafted you on this. Sorry."

[Apollymi]

Content that she'd finally managed to reach him, Chiyo let herself float a bit tucking her thumbs into the loops on her shorts to busy her hands. The Flame King seemed content with her developments and told her she could relax, beyond this point he seemed to just now remember that he was on vacation and seemed to be at least a bit concerned that he'd drafted the Ice Queen into this training session without really looking into what she was doing. The thought of this after the fact apology made her laugh from a place really deep inside. "Really? Don't apologize, that's weird." she said brushing it off and explaining. "I never really have plans. I like to keep myself as busy as possible, that is generally me making broad plans and filling in the downtime with other stuff. Since I broke my leg about a month ago, that simply meant picking up club activities and the like to do while I wasn't riding, I got my Regalia back and fixed up today... so my only real plans were school and then running until I felt content with what I'd done. Technically speaking you're helping me out, so no harm done. Though if you're on vacation, then isn't this considered a damper for your plans?"

[Bloodedge]

"It was... potentially preemptive," he said while rolling around, looking toward the platform above. After a few moments of thought, he looked toward Chiyo and gestured in the direction of said platform with a quizzical expression on his visage. At the same time, he chose to address her concerns about his apparent vacation. "I only had plans to relax, and considering the type of training you'll be going through... there'll be quite a bit of that. I'm thinking rigorous training, followed by heavy recoup. Should condition the body well enough over the coming weeks. Just make sure those eyes stay active, yeah?"

[Apollymi]

"You apologize preemptively?" she questioned this because it was the oddest thing she'd ever heard. Then again the former Fang Queen wasn't really seen as apologetic at all, in fact most times she never even mentioned feeling the slightest bit bad about anything she did. Even so she moved right along seeing the gesture towards the platform she moved up towards it. "Eyes active so I can overload my obsessive compulsive brain with information I can't process and drive myself crazy. Sure, I can do that." said the girl with her pigtails swaying from side to side, her tone was light when she said this, which implied she was joking though everything she said in that statement was quite true. She was already starting to be annoying by how much detail she could see in everything and it made her the tiniest bit cranky but she was still less agitated than normal so this wasn't much of a problem. "So training and relaxing a lot... alright." she said. This was sort of like an extended vacation regardless of the way she thought about it, it was the easiest way for her to develop her road and her eye simultaneously.

[Bloodedge]

"Potentially." A light hop allowed Kurama to float toward the platform as well. "Yeah, that sounds about right. What's power without a bit of insanity to go with it?" By the time he finished speaking, Kurama stood atop the platform, approaching the kitchenette Kotone had mentioned before. "Anyway... where does the relaxation begin? As per usual, I am at your service."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo didn't get the point of apologizing before she did something. With this in mind she wondered if she could get him to explain why he did this. "Useful?" the girl questioned. Mostly because she didn't see the point in being driven crazy by her own mind. Beyond this, it seemed the man set himself up in the kitchenette for whatever reason, so Chiyo took pause grabbing her bag and opening it, there were several stacks of shrink wrapped clothing in the duffel, a couple of empty journals for her writing compulsion, and then at the other end, several packages of lemon pudding one of which she opened along with two small wooden spoons and took two off of before standing fairly across from the man and offering him one. While replying to him. "Ugh, you say that like you don't care about the activity at all, it makes me feel weird." she mentioned. Fully intending to eat both puddings if he didn't accept one, as she had nothing to eat since proper breakfast. Thinking about it though she continued on. "Well, I suppose when I'm done with this I want a leg massage. But I have a question, is there any meat in there?" she asked pointing to the fridge. This was a problem she had that went all the way back to her own tower days, even if she didn't realize why she'd asked that question initially.

[Bloodedge]

The next time Kurama looked in Chiyo's direction, she had somehow obtained a pair of pudding cups and spoons, one of each being held in his direction. "Arigatou," he said with a smile as he took a cup and spoon. "You know, when I first saw these, there were never any spoons around. Jirou and I used to twist one end of the lid, and use them in place of silverware. It was horrible," he concluded with a laugh. Once the lid was off his cup, he shoved the wooden spoon inside, and began swirling it around in the pudding. While he did this, Chiyo posed a very peculiar question about the contents of the food storage here. Not knowing for certain what sort of groceries the Angel of Destruction went for, he had a gander at the refrigerator and deep-freezer. "Uhh... There's chicken, beef, and... octopus."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo looked at the man as she opened her own pudding cup, swirling the little apparently wooden spoon around in it for a few seconds before having a spoonful. When Kurama explained how he and his twin used to eat these, Chiyo tried to imagine it, but the only visual for the man's twin, had him as a super muscular man and she simply couldn't imagine him doing such a thing, the thought of it made her laugh. "Gomen, it's just trying to imagine Muscles eating out of anything smaller than a mixing bowl is cartoon style hilarious." mentioned the fanged girl as the man looked through the fridge and apparently found three different varieties of meat which caused her brow to raise. After a few seconds of thought she began to wonder which of the personalities ate which thing, knowing that such a thing had to be the reason for the variation in meat. "Octopus? Which one of them eats octopus?" she questioned only to shake her head. "Well, at least no one is trying to make me vegan so, I suppose that is fine..." Chiyo thought this and realized she could cook all three varieties of meat and had no problem with it. "Wait a second, you cook too don't you?" she asked this question because she made the assumption without really knowing which was odd but she felt like he did. She could cook, and used to often when she lived with her brother for obvious reasons.

[Bloodedge]

"Heh. You should get a hold of Jinx. She's got a picture of him eating ice-cream from that little mom-and-pops place in Tokyo." Having observed enough of the fridge's interior, he shut the door and began thinking of meals that could be fashioned out of its ingredients. "You're quick. The Angels do have different tastes in food... except pears. According to Kotone, they all hate pears for some reason. Anyway, Creation is a wine and chicken kind of gal. Destruction's the one that favors sports drinks and octopus, and Kotone herself fancies juice and steak. None of them are vegan or vegetarian, though it wouldn't surprise me if Creation gave it some thought. And yes, I do cook. If I didn't, my sister would be growing up on steaks and protein drinks. I'm not certified or anything, but I can whip up a five-star meal or two," he commented while turning to face Chiyo and preparing a spoonful of pudding to eat. "I imagine you've got a few dishes under your belt as well. Satoshi was definitely not on the list of people we let in the kitchen of our tower."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was working at devouring her pudding cup, but in between bites it was mentioned that Jinx had a picture of the muscular Gem King eating ice cream from the mom and pops place in Tokyo and she could only think of one place that could have been and it was a small shop by the middle school, which she used frequent while she was younger. "Ooh, I have to see that. I used to love that place..." she said thinking about it more she supposed their generation didn't seem all that different from the previous one. As it was explained that each of the personalities of the Angel seemed to have varied tastes of food with one common dislike she nodded as that made a reasonable amount of sense. When he went on to explain how and why he could cook and expressed that he figured she could a smirk came to her face, and she paused her eating for just a second. "Nice to know that he's always been that way. I learned to cook at age eight because he set the stove on fire three times in 2 months and it was starting to eat into my run money. That and I got tired of take-out." mentioned the girl of her wayward brother who'd apparently been that way for a very long time. "In our tower though, Muu-nii did almost all the cooking, he's vegan though... food was good."

[Bloodedge]

"Mm. I'd say Satoshi's cooking was dangerous to the tower, but... it was a light day if all we had to worry about was a kitchen fire," he said to address the utter chaos that was day-to-day life in the first Trophaeum Tower. "So, the Tar King cooks. That's good. I can't say I've ever had a vegan meal, but... I can't say I've ever wanted to try one, either. I can't bring myself to take either extreme end of that spectrum." Now that he'd spoken his share about these matters, Kurama finally began consuming the lemon pudding he'd been given. "You'll gain weight eating these, y'know?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo found herself chuckling, she could imagine of the personalities she'd met in the First Generation, life was probably a lot more complicated and dangerous than merely kitchen fires. Roze was rather short-tempered as an adult she didn't imagine that was better when she was younger. Beyond this point though there was the bit about the Tar King's cooking which while odd in its own way, was also rather delicious. "I used to fancy myself a carnivore. I'll eat the other stuff now, but meat is good. The vegan meals were good too, if my memory serves correctly. I was just argumentative about just veggies and tofu all the time." mentioned the girl. In doing this she remembered common ground she'd once had with a certain member of her own generation she'd so recently upset. And now she knew what she'd do to make it up to him. Beyond this point it was mentioned that she'd gain weight eating the type of pudding she enjoyed and she simply rolled her eyes at the man. "I know that, it's why I am limited to one a day. Sometimes fewer, it depends on the nature of second breakfast. And it's not too much of a problem as long as I keep moving." she said childishly. If there was one thing she wasn't giving up it was pudding of the lemon variety.

[Bloodedge]

"Second breakfast? That sounds delightful," the man commented nonchalantly. He'd never heard of this second breakfast, but he was quite a fan of breakfast in general. Having it twice seemed like a good day, in his opinion. "Don't get me wrong; I don't mean to say you should limit or avoid having it, if it's what you like. If you're worried about figure, the easy way around it is to just get more exercise, and people like us are bound to do that enough to balance out junk food intake."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo looked at this man as he spoke on the delights of second breakfast. "You would like that." she said rolling her eyes. "Though it's worth liking, nothing like coming from morning rounds at the school and finding a giant ornately decorated bowl of dessert pudding waiting for me. Or pancakes with all the fixings afternoon in the Clock Tower." she spoke of a couple of such meals in case the man wanted to know and have a couple of extra meals himself one day. To be honest the Ice Queen also quite enjoyed the secondary meal which included but wasn't limited to snacks and delights which she personally wouldn't buy for herself. To go beyond this the Flame King seemed to agree that she could have what she liked as long as she was willing to exercise. "I'll get more than normal, even after this. I don't think Pretty Boy is going to let me quit Kendo." she said not that she actually wanted to do that in the first place. After finishing up her pudding cup, Chiyo went looking around for a trash receptacle which she found in the form of a small incinerator by the sink. This was used and she seemed satisfied by it. But also a bit confused, because at the moment she was talking to this man like it was normal, and it seriously wasn't at all. The confusion of this spread across her face as she looked at Kurama as if he'd grown another head. To confirm that she hadn't met him before her birthday she reached into her pocket and pulled out the stack of flash cards which had information written about people and shuffled through them, there were none for this man and what was more she didn't even think to make him one when she made one for Kabuto earlier. This was strange...

[Bloodedge]

Kurama continued eating pudding from his cup while Chiyo continued speaking about the joys of second breakfast, and the amount of exercise she was sure to get on a regular basis. He played the role of a listener throughout all of this, but then, Chiyo fell silent. After discarding her empty cup, she gave him some crazy look, and started shifting through index cards for reasons unknown to the blonde man. With a spoon hanging from his mouth, he raised his question regarding these oddities. "Is something the matter? You look like you've missed something important."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo realized she probably looked at him strangely and oddly enough began talking again, She triple checked the cards in her hand and moved through them three times each while she did this, mostly out of habit, some desire she had to make sure this was done for her own sanity. "I just realized I am talking to you, and that is strange." The Ice Queen had become less cold and distant over time, but that was simply with people she considered her friends, people who worked for a very long time and who suffered her silence for ages before she realized she was cutting them out. But something about this man made her want to speak to him, made her feel at home, and that was beyond strange. "At first I thought it might have been because I met you before. Like Haku-nii, I forget people a lot... so I make flashcards to help fill in the gaps. They list my thoughts and first impressions of people I am just meeting or am meeting after forgetting, but..." she looked at him again and began pacing in a circle as she did again an unconscious effort on her part and likely something done while she was thinking. "I didn't make one for you, I didn't even think of doing it. I talk to you like you're an old friend and I don't know you, and that's freaky." which was true, she didn't go on to state that the only other person who didn't have a flash card was Shoichi, because she couldn't forget him, that would have been making that likeness a bit to real for her tastes.

[Bloodedge]

The idea alone that Chiyo found speaking with him strange, was something Kurama found strange. He'd never heard such a thing in his life until now. By the end of the girl's explanation, though, he understood fully what she was getting at. He also gathered that Chiyo had yet to realize a key fact about her own existence. In the same respect, obviously no one knew the full details about the Sky King, Shoichi, either. Kurama would share the most crucial bit of information for the time being, though he figured it was not the exact reason she found it so easy to be familiar with him. "You've noticed an occasional change in your own brain functions by now, haven't you? You're the Brain Charger of our Water Queen; an attempt to advance the Lather Road to create something much greater using the same core."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo looked at the man, she was quite used to being considered strange, so she didn't feel odd about saying what she had. But this man's response to her confusion about her obvious level of comfort with him made the girl take pause. She had just slipped the flashcards back into her pocket when he mentioned that she should have noticed the occasional fluctuations in her brain functions which would lead to the clause that she was in fact the Brain Charger of the Water Queen Jinx. "The fuck?" was the initial reaction of the girl who began pacing again trying to make headway of this information one way or the other. She was willing to grant some stark similiarities between herself and the Water Queen obviously they shared several personality traits but that wasn't much more than normal for two like minded individuals. As for any changes in her brain function she only had this to say. "My brain functions don't really change, I occasionally just get really annoyed by... like everything and everyone. But that isn't really that different. It was much more frequent when I was smaller. Less frequent now... happened earlier today actually when I had the match against the Dick-nosed fuck I lost against." she was speaking but when she thought about it. "Eh, wouldn't someone else have noticed that shit before now, if it was the case?" she asked seemingly confused as to how something so massive could have been missed by both herself and all her friends.

[Bloodedge]

"Annoyed by everyone and everything. Sounds like Jinx to me. Trust me; I would know." As he continued hearing that which Chiyo had to say, Kurama worked on completing his pudding cup. Once it was done, he discarded the container, and casually strolled around the kitchenette. Chiyo didn't seem to understand why others wouldn't have noticed her being an active Brain Charger, but Kurama had a decent theory. "Shoichi is your run partner, right? Well, being a Brain Charger is like being a person with amnesia. The personality is more likely to awaken accidentally when exposed to things that would trigger strong memories related to that personality. So, if Shoichi happened to activate..." The Flame King let his sentence trail off there, thinking Chiyo was more than capable of coming to the proper conclusion with what she'd been told already.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was quiet for several moments because she was busy processing information she didn't have. Though the answer given would make a reasonable bit of sense as to why she got along with various people in the First Generation, and why all of them occasionally looked at her strangely, they were probably subject to nostalgic thoughts concerning their Water Queen. Beyond this it was noted that Shoichi was her run partner which was true, and beyond that that people who were Brain Chargers seemed to experience it like amnesia, with that in mind... Kurama's sentence trailed off and Chiyo filled in. "You're implying that if he was actively using his, he wouldn't really notice or remember mine. That's amusing." she looked at him and narrowed her eyes. "That, makes sense... but it still strange." she shrugged it off. If she continued to think about it, it would only make her angry. The evidence pointed towards the correctness of this man's statements and even if she had no evidence of her own she'd take his word. And the more she thought about the early modifications to her ATs and her brother's meddling the more it made sense that he'd done such things, mostly because she didn't imagine that her brother and the Water Queen got along. Beyond this point, if she really needed to gain confirmation she could always just ask Mukuro, as their observant Tar King would probably be able to confirm or deny this information, likely while being snarky about it.

[Bloodedge]

"From what I understand, Shoichi isn't fully developed as a Brain Charger, either. So, there's no reason he would be in the state of mind to remember you activating." This was all Kurama had to say on the matter, and with that, he let it go. Moving along through a couple of open spaces considered 'rooms,' he began retrieving oils and the like for the leg massage the Ice Queen mentioned wanting. "Oh, and don't worry. You're still different enough after all these years to remain your own person as you wish. That's why the full activation is still a triggered thing, instead of a permanent shift in your personality."

[Apollymi]

"I could see that too..." she said of Shoichi's apparent lack of full development as a Brain Charger. It was an odd thing for the two of them to have in common. She'd relaxed into this idea without too much fuss, she didn't really care, and her eyes were still active so she was taking to watching this man move about the open spaces collecting materials for the massage she'd asked for. "A triggered thing makes sense, especially considering the circumstances under which I've felt that way the last few times. Whatever the case, I am not too worried about it in the first place. If I was really pressed I'd just ask Muu-nii he'd know." she said, thinking of the instance of slamming Akimo the Beast's head into a table, or. Only to follow up with a bit of clarification. "Though I am more than a little annoyed by the idea that someone thought it pertinent to mess with my brain, perhaps that's the reason seeing Hashirama-ojii makes me feel violent." she concluded remembering the last time she'd seen the man, that she'd had a deep desire to smack him, and had even mentioned she wanted to do so to her friend Jun'ichi. It was rather odd of her to think her personality was not always her own, but she felt that most if not all of her friends would be used to it by now, so it wasn't anything to fret about.

[Bloodedge]

"Suppressed memories do exist, so there's no surprise you're not exactly friends with Hashirama," Kurama commented while collecting materials and setting up a nearby cart for use in this massage. "It's also no surprise you've suppressed the memory. The Brain Charger experiment may be a more economical alternative to creating new Gravity Children, but... it's a horrible process that I wouldn't wish on anyone."

[Apollymi]

"You're right." she said with a swift nod. She was quite certain that she'd pushed those memories aside or let them fade for the obvious reason of them being traumatizing. Shoichi had mentioned the process was horrible so she didn't want to experience it and it was all the more reason not to bother with it. Beyond that the way this man spoke about it, made it seem like he was more familiar with it than simply theory would suggest. She took a moment to look at him trying to decide something. 'To poke or not to poke...' she thought prodding this man about why he was aware of this in such a detailed way seemed like a good idea, but she'd likely save that for a while later. She smiled then feeling rather proud of herself for making such a reasonable decision. And thinking about it from an odd perspective, if being partially like someone else, gave her another friend she liked talking to, there wasn't any reason to be upset about it. She then laughed because she realized she somehow always ended up having really deep conversations with this man that were about subjects she didn't know how to talk her way out of. "We gotta find some different conversation topics, I just realized we also had a weird and slightly deep conversation when I first met you, too."

[Bloodedge]

Once his cart was properly set up, Kurama rolled it toward the massage table, which he felt he needed to question the existence of after leaving this facility. Instead of gesturing toward the table, he took a seat atop it. "There's nothing wrong with a deep conversation every now and then. Besides, if we avoid them, we'll eventually run out of things to talk about. Also, I'd like to assume you want to have a gander at the shower. It's right over there."

[Apollymi]

"Hai hai." as the man finished up what he was doing and posted up the shower, she realized she was staring at a massage table and the like. She then thought about who his friends were and decided this was likely an executive decision between the women, but most likely Roze. Who seemed to think most highly of the man's abilities with his actual job. As she did this she was content to have a shower, especially given that she was quite scheduled in the extra part of her life and right about now would be the time she normally had one. With that in mind she stepped over to her bag and grabbed what she wanted out of it, which included one set of shrink wrapped clothes which were short shorts and a tank top and a small bottle of body wash. Upon finding these items she held them in one hand while using the other to wrap her pig tails up one at time into buns on the top of her head. "Shower time." the girl spoke mostly to herself, for some reason, she was fine with all of this and soon would enter a rather large shower with multiple heads and that made her brow raise but who was she to argue. In a corner she'd abandon her clothes and ATs while turning the hot water on all the way up and only hot. When she was satisfied with the temperature she stepped in and began her bath, finding towels and the like against the far wall as well. The girl then made her way into the water seeming to enjoy the hot water and beginning her bathing process without a care in the world.

[Bloodedge]

As Chiyo passed him to approach the shower, Kurama remained seated. In spite of the shower being open, and the reason this was likely the case, he had no intention of joining in. Besides, he would have to find something to do after the first stage of the treatment he had set up for the Ice Queen. So, he waited for the moment Chiyo exited the shower, at which point he would remove himself from the massage table and let her take his place.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo spent about fifteen minutes in the shower enjoying the feeling of the water and getting herself all cleaned up. And when she was done she turned the water off and grabbed a towel getting dry and allowing her hair to fall back down to its normal pig-tailed state. Once this was done she popped open the shrink wrapped package of clothing and slipped into the shorts and tank-top which were both complete with her personal insignia which was a pair of little lips with fangs, per the twins usual purchasing habits. After she was dressed she grabbed up all of her things, slipping used clothes into the bag she'd just taken her new ones out of she sealed it (after, of course shifting items from one pair of shorts to another). Satisfied she exited the shower and took the place she knew she was supposed to after dropping the discarded laundry into her bag on the opposite side. She realized of course, that this was the kind of thing which lead to the Tar King claiming she had OCD but, that wasn't really important right at the moment. "So... that shower is designed for gods. Just thought I'd let you know." she mentioned. She had no idea why things designed by these people were always so outlandish but she enjoyed it beyond words. She sat atop the massage table after hopping up there and concluded this was definitely Roze's doing.

[Bloodedge]

"Welcome back," Kurama said in response to the Ice Queen's return, as he shifted out of her way. Once she was on the table and commenting on the shower, he chuckled. "If you asked Creation, she'd agree with you wholeheartedly. Now then, before we get started, let's do some exfoliating, hm?" As he spoke, Kurama retrieved a jar filled with some concoction, which he began to whisk with a brush. This concoction was purple in color, and without any hesitation, he began to spread it on Chiyo's face. "If this is mixed well enough, it should smell of lavender and vanilla. We'll leave this on for about fifteen minutes while I have a shower of my own. Need me to hand you anything?"

[Apollymi]

"I suppose she does refer to certain ones of you as such." she mentioned as the man was soon spreading some weird concoction of stuff on her face. After a few seconds, he mentioned what it should smell like and decided it was exactly that. And though she didn't necessarily volunteer for such a thing she supposed she couldn't be upset with being pampered in such a way. "It does smell like vanilla and lavender, and no I don't need anything, enjoy your shower." mentioned the Ice Queen as she was content to sit those eyes of hers still glowing purple with the activation of her eye related ability.

[Bloodedge]

"Hai," he said while finishing the spread and putting away the mix. Kurama was soon on his way to relocating his own duffel bag, at which point he retrieved a pair of red basketball shorts and a white a-top shirt. He then made his way to the shower, and went about cleaning himself for roughly the same amount of time Chiyo had taken. After coming out and drying off, he immediately donned his shorts, speaking to Chiyo while picking up the shirt he'd chosen. "All done! Sorry, I didn't think ahead. You'll need to wash that off in the sink since gravity won't affect the water elsewhere."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo spent the next fifteen or so minutes just sitting quietly atop the massage table thinking about life. And double checking that she hadn't forgotten anything important. Upon the man's return she opened her eyes and looked at him a bit shocked by how skinny he was, but his statement registered in her mind and she shrugged. "I figured as much." she said hopping off the table she went into the shower grabbed a face towel and headed for the small sink off from the toilet room to rinse her face off. Still she didn't seem to have any complaints and went about her work with luke warm water taking only about thirty or so seconds to clear her face and begin patting it dry in the mirror in front of her.

[Bloodedge]

While Chiyo was off rinsing her face, Kurama checked the bottom of the cart to see if it was set up similarly to his own. In fact, it was, so he retrieved from it a robe in as close to what he remembered to be Chiyo's size as possible. After throwing it in her direction, he slipped his shirt over his torso and picked up a bottle of oil to use. "This'll be interesting. Let's hope I still have the skill to use this without gravity. You won't hold it against me if this stuff goes astray, right?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo finished the work of her face, and soon enough found a robe floating towards her. She grabbed this stripping down and putting it on instead. While she tied it and collected her discarded articles of clothing she responded to the words previously spoken by the Flame King. Chiyo stepped out to look at this now shirtless man and did so for about two seconds longer than she should have. "I have the utmost faith in you." she said shaking her head from left to right. "But I will definitely hold it against you~" she said sticking her tongue out at the man and hopping back up on the massage table and preparing for the massage she'd asked for.

[Bloodedge]

"Well I'm gla-" Kurama started speaking a response to Chiyo's mention of faith in his abilities, but was cut off by her saying she would indeed be holding it against him. Though this was made obvious to be a moment of playfulness, Kurama resolved himself to perform well in this moment. "Well then. I'll just have to not disapoint, huh?" he asked while spinning the bottle in his right hand, letting the cap float off. He stopped the bottle upside-down in his hand, shaking it forward only once and squeezing lightly enough to shoot a stream of oil directly onto the Ice Queen's left leg. Once this was done, he let the bottle float next to him and went to work, starting at the upper thigh with both hands. "What do ya' know? I can still pull that off after all."

[Apollymi]

When he stated he'd then try not to disappoint, Chiyo chuckled. She always thought it odd that this man seemed to go about his life in such a way, she began to wonder if he was just the type to try and meet his own thought up challenges and the like. With his minor feats out of the way and the work beginning on her legs, the Ice Queen found a happy place inside her head to relax. 'I've been avoiding this man... but damn he gives good massages.' she thought a smirk appearing on her face as she opened her eyes and stared off into nothing. "So, you can. Faith well placed~" mentioned the small girl who seemed to be very pleased at the moment.

[Bloodedge]

"Arigatou. On another note, it looks like your run is having less of an impact on your legs than it did in our first meeting. You've grown quite a bit," he commented in the most nonchalant manner he could muster. His work continued without pause, eventually reaching a point of satisfactory which let him begin moving down to the calf and shin of this leg. "Do let me know if there's anything specific you want me to focus on."

[Apollymi]

"Hm, I am pretty sure that has nothing to do with me, what with the fact that I've been riding less than 12 hours and all. But everything to do with Usagi-nee. When she fixed me up this morning, she changed the way my ATs functioned quite a bit... with the intention of causing me less body stress overall." she said as the man moved on down to her calf and shin. It was such a nice feeling her whole body seemed to relax even more. "Well you could do what you're doing right now... 'cause that's amazing~" she figured it was normal for the points of her stress to shift for a while, until she perfected her run once again. Beyond this she seemed content to converse and allow the man his work.

[Bloodedge]

"Just a few hours is more than enough time to show the damage. Trust me; even with the benefit of heeled ATs, your movements themselves are doing more for your body than you give them credit for. It's all in how your muscles respond to the treatment." With no specifics provided, Kurama simply continued with the pattern he'd already chosen. Minutes would pass as things were, and afterwards, Kurama moved along to a foot massage to finish this leg. "So, considering your progress from today, I've been wondering what'll become of the extra two days if you manage to tag me five times in the first five days of this week's phase. I haven't actually managed to think of anything."

[Apollymi]

"If you say so, but to be clear, I'm not doing anything different on purpose." the Ice Queen stated, which was the truth. She was before most things, a creature of habit and instinct, and with that in mind any changes made to her person were done completely accidentally. When she acted while riding, she did only what felt most right at any given time. As the conversation and her massage progressed Chiyo seemed to take pause and think about what the pair of them could do for two extra days and one immediate thought made the girl shut her eyes so she could suppress the most unsavory thing she'd ever let cross her mind back to the very depths of her person. After a few seconds she managed to speak normally. "Eh, that's quite a bit of faith in my progress. I got no idea what to do with extra time, I'm so not a person to ask... I let other people decide my leisure activities, remember?" she commented absently. "Oh, I was wondering why tag? Not that I mind and I definitely find it to be more fun than I initially thought I would, I'm just curious."

[Bloodedge]

"Maybe that's the key. Maybe you were trying to force something before, but aren't doing so now. I dunno, but there's definitely a difference." Moving right along, Kurama took hold of his oil bottle with his left hand, while completing the job on the first foot with his right. Another line of oil was squirted onto Chiyo's untreated leg, freeing him up to begin work just as he'd done with the other. "I have no choice but to have faith in your progress. And that's a shame. I'm... also not the best at coming up with activities. Well... not outside of the friends I'm normally surrounded by, anyway..." The massage of Chiyo's right thigh had begun by the time she questioned his training of choice. The thought of it made his efforts slow for just a moment, but he soon got back into the swing of things and replied with a somewhat sullen expression. "Honestly... I decided on tag because the other phases are already bad enough. I figured it'd be best to enjoy the first week, because you might come to hate me once phase one is over."

[Apollymi]

"I suppose that would make sense. Nothing ever really felt right before, so I was always just doing crazy different things. Except the chains those were nice... I kind of miss them." she said seemingly having a moment of nostalgia. As the man went on to say that he was also bad at choosing activities that were normal for himself and others to do she couldn't help but chuckle. "Eh, I'm sure we'll think of something, we've got days after all." she mentioned though the thoughts she had in her head were immediately still less than savory. Beyond this point her final question seemed to cause the man a bit of pause, this made the tiny girl really look at his rather sullen expression and his further explanation of why he'd chosen a game for their first thing. His reasoning while sound was a bit too sad for the girl's liking so she just blinked for a few seconds before she responded. "You chose something fun, because you think I might hate you later." she said this sentence and still didn't like it. "Ya' know, I don't really think I'd hate you. And though I've got no idea what else you're planning. But I think it'd be a bit impractical to hate you anyways... we are kinda locked in here together... I'd rather make you my friend in this time." said the girl with a smile on her face.

[Bloodedge]

"It's good that you think that way now. I suppose time will tell if that mentality stays intact." With nothing else to say on the matter, Kurama continued his work. This was the final memory Kurama had before waking up the next day, floating in the kitchenette. After situating himself, he prepared a bit of breakfast and left half of it with Chiyo where she slept. Then, he moved out into the open area and awaited her arrival for the next day of training.

[Apollymi]

Her massage finished and eventually there was sleep to be had. Chiyo had faith in herself that she wouldn't simply start hating someone over time, but then again, she couldn't be certain what this man thought he was capable of doing to her to change her mind about that. Beyond this point she woke at her usual time with what would likely be considered an angry expression. "FUCK!" the girl mumbled rather loudly as she usually did when she woke. The opening of her eye showed, interestingly enough the over cross twinkle eye as she tried to wake herself up. They'd close again and she'd rub her face for several minutes before reaching for the breakfast that was left at the side of the bed. She did this more out of habit because of who Shoichi was, but wasn't very surprised to actually find something there. She'd eat her meal in silence and once she was finished she stretch and begin work pulling herself together.

She dressed herself in a pair of shorts and a small black t-shirt, this one with the purple Chimera Embelm on it and of course her nameless Regalia. Then got rid of the scraps from her breakfast and cleaned the dishes. Once this was done she seemed enough herself to put her pigtails up and join the Flame King. It'd taken her about 30 minutes to completely wake up and pull herself together enough for her to be considered personable to herself. When she stood before the Flame King, her special eye was active and making both of hers glow purple. "Good Mornin' Yoichi-san. Thanks for breakfast." she managed as she descended into weightless before him.

[Bloodedge]

Roughly 40 minutes passed from the time Kurama left Chiyo's breakfast, to the time she appeared before him in the training facility. When she thanked him for the meal, he simply let a smile cross his face. And, without further ado, he dashed away from the girl to begin circling the room. There was no need to hesitate on starting this session, and indeed, he certainly would not do so one bit. One could note in this instance that the Flame King seemed to be moving at double the pace when compared to his maneuverability on the previous day.

[Apollymi]

As the man dashed off after he was thanked for breakfast the girl's own face broke into a grin. But unlike the day before her eyes were already following the man's movements and she noted the increased speed and maneuverability he had over the previous day. Still, she couldn't help but be the tiniest bit sarcastic as she made no immediate movements to tag him yet. "Hm, normally I have to do a bit more than thank someone to get them to run from me." she said rather wistfully but at a seconds notice she took off in the direction the man was headed, there was much flexibility in this movement though, like her body was jelly just waiting on an order. Her current trajectory would put her just in front of the man as if she aimed to cut him off immediately.

[Bloodedge]

"Wouldn't you consider this a special occasion?" the man asked in rhetoric. There was quite some time between his takeoff and the chase itself, but when the latter occurred, it did so in just the way he'd been hoping. He watched the girl's movements, chalking them up to the equivalent of leading one's target when aiming a gun, but this wouldn't stop him. Just before Chiyo stopped to cut him off, Kurama aimed to veer left and make a wide arc around the Ice Queen to keep out of arm's reach while bypassing her. While aiming to do this, he kept up casual conversation. "So, what did you think of the omelette? I used some of the octopus for the meat."

[Apollymi]

"Friday morning, no school? Sure a special occasion." she said with a huge grin on her face. Moving right along the man before her seemed to anticipate the motion she took. Of course, Chiyo assumed this would happen so as the man veered left she also spun that direction her own circular motion placing the man back within arms reach in the matter of a second. His question would be answered as she found out whether or not she actually managed to touch him this early in their day. "It was pretty tasty. Never thought of octopus as a breakfast food, but try something new everyday." she said fine with their present light and casual conversation along with her training. Her eyes were darting about at a much more rapid rate, but since her day had just started it wasn't making her head hurt yet to use them so avidly. She seemed to be having quite a good time right at the moment.

[Bloodedge]

In spite of Chiyo adjusting based on the change of his movements, Kurama would not be touched just yet. As she approached, he leaned forward until his body was almost parallel to the floor. This gave him quite a bit of extra movement speed while also letting him slip under the Ice Queen's grasp. "To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure it would work. I thought it was pretty good, though, so I figured there was a chance you'd like it." As he spoke, Kurama retained his positioning, making an effort to also begin producing flames from his run.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo didn't seem at all surprised when the man went forward and past her hand but as she moved forward she realized she'd already lost the millisecond needed to properly capture him. "I'm not a very picky eater, so there is like a ninety percent chance of me liking everything." mentioned the girl of the food the man had chosen. She really wasn't the kind of person who was decided one way or another about food. Beyond this she seemed to realize that she couldn't simply catch the man today as she had yesterday... with this in mind her strategy changed. 'A move forward was odd... I didn't expect that. If I'd seen that shift in depth... I probably could have got him.' she thought. This game of tag was pushing her in a very different way than things did normally. The flames produced by the man's run began to shuffle about, in a place without gravity they just seemed to spread without rhyme or reason which made the girl chuckle just a bit.

Still she couldn't give up just yet, as she kept an eye on the man, she forced her eyes to focus even harder, and the more she did this, the clearer things became. She moved down then, with the movements of her legs spreading cold around her person and thus leaving her to feel relatively safe from the heat of the flames. With this in mind she leaned forward and aimed to tap the man's shoulder watching his body for the movements that would lead her to know where else he intended to go.

[Bloodedge]

"Oh, is that so?" he said with a snide grin on his face while looking over his shoulder. The moment after, his eyes widened, having realized what he'd just allowed to leave his mouth. "Sorry. Habit. That just sort of came out." Moving right along, his attention returned to the chase at hand. Chiyo was once again on the move, and once again aiming for his upper torso. The shift in his body came not from this end, but from his legs instead. Applying maximum friction to the floor, he came to an immediate halt, causing the leading reach for his shoulder to move beyond him instead. This was made possible due to a rather flexible movement in which Kurama's left foot went forward, stopping at his diaphragm to mimic a pose akin to that of a lunge's preparatory state. After this, he chose to move to the right, under Chiyo's outstretched arm to remove himself from her range again. Then, and only then, would he right himself relative to the ground.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo should have been shocked by what the Flame King had to say, but she wasn't. There were many reasons for this, but the least of them was that she'd simply gotten to the point of accepting this sort of conversation as standard from people who seemed to flirt with each other as simply as breathing. "There it is. I was wondering where the actual you was in there." the Ice Queen mentioned scoffing at his apology. She had more to say, but her brain and her eyes were forcing concentration the likes of which she'd never experienced before. 'Legs, stop, my arm goes past, he goes under...right or left.' her brain processed all of these thoughts and her eyes forced the focus as she shifted her movements accordingly. The follow up a moment of clarity was both visual and physical as she chose right and down which would bring her hand into contact with the man's left shoulder from above as he righted himself if she'd done this properly. Unknown to her, over the course of this forced vision, her eyes had developed a set of ripples, shrinking down her normally serpentine pupil into a circle and causing the appearance of three different smaller pupils besides the one in the middle which seemed to be shaped like tomoe. As she waited to see if she'd make contact this time, she finally finished her original thought. "You really don't have to apologize to me. That sort of thing doesn't bother me anymore."

[Bloodedge]

The more this chase continued, the more Kurama began to think this development was happening quickly... perhaps too quickly. 'Shit. Of all the things I'm being forced to use,' he thought. For years, there had been only one Road Kurama did not want to copy. In this case, however, he didn't seem to have a choice. He had to do what was necessary to prepare the Ice Queen for the coming war. With Chiyo reaching out for him again while he rose, there was no foreseeable way for him to avoid the tag without falling right into another one... and he had to push this training session even further. As such, when Chiyo's hand was about to touch him, he seemed to vanish, moving in the blink of an eye to her rear. He seemed a bit winded, and somehow remorseful, after doing this by whatever means he did. "Your eye is different. What do you see now?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo seemed almost certain that there was no real way out for the man before her. What she'd seen of him earlier, she assumed there wasn't much left in his arsenal that could get him very far around what she was doing, especially while not using his own eye prowess. But it seemed she was wrong. The sudden vanishing of the blonde haired man brought a small twinge of confusion to her face. She stopped then, as she was properly asked a question which gave her a bit of pause, and she turned around to face the man she knew had moved behind her. She could see a lot more than she previously had. She wondered how best to describe this new vision. "Hm, I see everything... but from three or maybe four different angles all at once. " she said her head tilting to the right as she tried to decide. "Hmm, no it's three angles, and I can more easily tell the depth of things... like I knew how far back you'd move if you chose a singular direction dodge out of the way of my hand." she said opening and closing the hand she would have used to touch the man, it seemed as if he'd slipped through her fingers. "I can also more easily tell, that whatever road you're copying you don't use a lot, and it made you a bit sad... like you were backed into a corner for a second." she stopped talking then seeming a bit shocked. "Gomen... I didn't mean to say that. Outside of my own head."

[Bloodedge]

"An eye with multiple points of vision? Well... that's going to be interesting when it's done. But, it's going to make things more difficult for me." This was truly becoming a workout for the Flame King as well. On the positive side, if he could manage to receive evasion training in this as well, it could only be considered a good thing. As he caught his breath, Chiyo went on to mention his mental state during the use of his last maneuver, causing the man's eyes to widen in shock. 'H... How could she see that much so quickly?' he wondered. Kurama took a moment to regain his bearings, and after doing so, he cleared his throat. "No need for apologies. It's true. I hate using that Road, but for the sake of this session, I had no choice. I have to give it everything I've got, whether I want to or not, and that should be a testament to your ability."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo thought about what having multiple points of vision would mean against an opponent like him. He'd likely now be having more than a bit of fun himself, as it would mean he'd actually have to do a bit of work to stay away from her. To have a bit more of an in depth feel for how his body was actually responding to it, she focused her vision on him completely. With three points of vision forcing themselves on a singular target the way she began processing his body got even more detailed. She saw his numbers and their potential, just edging out... the nature of his body was getting better and that was curious. "If you say so." she said noticing the shock at what she'd said, she realized there were likely a few reasons for it, not the least of which being because she'd seen this as he moved and that had been relatively fast. "This development will make it more difficult for you to dodge me... but that will be better for you physically. You're having to work for it a bit more, it's pushing the limits of your body by a substantial amount. I've never seen an adult person's numbers shift the way yours are right now." she said knowing that no one else had the sort of numbers running through her head that she did. She summarized this down to a single statement. "I suppose that means you'll grow from this training too."

[Bloodedge]

"Numbers?" the Flame King questioned. It took him a moment to rationalize what he was hearing, but in the end, he chalked it up to the way Chiyo processed the visuals granted by her ocular ability. "Sou ka. I suppose I can't avoid admitting to not putting forth much effort in my regular runs, hm? My friends and I are probably all shoddy compared to what we used to be, so... yes, I think I'll be gaining a lot from this month. Will we continue now, or are you considering taking a loss for today?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo started to explain what she meant by numbers, but it seemed the man with her had already caught on enough to understand what she was getting at. This was of course, more than a bit refreshing as there were very few who seemed to be clever enough to keep up with her on a regular basis. As Kurama went on to explain that he and his friends never pushed very hard in their runs so they were likely lacking physically she nodded, understanding how such a thing could happen. Beyond this the man seemed to question if they would be stopping for the day or continuing on. A smirk came to the fanged girl's face as she began circling once more. "Oh please, tell me you're clever enough to know that I'm not the type of person who'd just take that loss." she said as she shook her head from left to right. "No, no, this is mutually beneficial now..." she said with a chuckle. "If you want me to lose you're gonna have to work for it." she finished launching herself at him again, this time from an even sharper angle all the while she seemed to find this even more amusing than she had before and thus she was trying a bit more, she'd wait a bit longer this time to extend her hand, but when she finally did, it was a reach for the left side of the man's body particularly right below his ribcage on the side.

[Bloodedge]

Chiyo beginning to circle him again gave him all the answer he needed. "How am I to know what you'd choose? You're a bit bipolar, if you hadn't noticed," he stated. As she came his way this time, Kurama stood with his arms outstretched, waiting for the perfect moment to go through with his plan for the next evasion...

On the fifth day of this training session, Kurama was once again on the move. His movements were several times faster than they were on the first day, and the flames he produced had long since become a natural occurrence, rather than something triggered. "Last one, Chiyocchi. Now's the time you get everything I've got."

[Apollymi]

"Fuck! And here I thought I've been doing a good job keeping that secret." she said taking note of his stance a huge grin crossed her face. "Actually you can't accuse me of being bipolar standing there with your arms all open, I don't know if I'm supposed to tag you or hug you." and that would be one of the last things heard from the girl on that day.

Beyond this, on her final day of tag, Chiyo seemed to be just as relaxed as she always was, over the course of the last few days, her eyes had gained a couple more of the tomoe like pupils so now at the end point of this training, she seemed to have 6 in each eye. Though the six were spread out across the ripples in a pattern of one, two, three. She couldn't help but chuckle, her own movements had become much more concise, and somehow a fair bit graceful. She'd stopped merely producing cold as she chased the Flame King around, and now full ice followed in her wake to be melted by stray flames where they interacted. "Oh?! Everything... Fuck. I wonder then if I get a nice present when I win anyways~" the girl said. Over time she'd become stunningly cocky as per her usual personality. She knew where he was going, and had adjusted the spin of her graceful movements to place herself in his path, beyond this she seemed to already be reaching out for the man coming from the front her entire body relaxed as she was processing the movements of his body to change her own to eventually touch him for the fifth and final time.

[Bloodedge]

"Sure. If you can win today, I'll give you whatever present you want. But, let's not count our chickens before they're cooked, yeah?" Moments after speaking, Kurama came to realize exactly what he'd said. Once again, he found himself rethinking his words. "Hatched... before they're hatched. Sorry; I skipped breakfast today." Continuing forward, the Flame King was met on his path by Chiyo, who reached out to tag him again. This time, he stopped before reaching her hand, then made use of a trick he'd yet to abuse in this training. Shifting his body to the right, he aimed to give the appearance of a dash in one direction. This, however, was a farce, as he would immediately shift left, then back for his actual maneuver. His aim in doing this was to see if Chiyo could foresee trickier movements, and to see how she would react to such things happening before her.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo rolled her eyes at this man's reaction to her small bit of trash talk. She couldn't help but find it interesting that he'd managed to mess up such an old saying simply because he was apparently hungry. "Ugh, just let me talk trash, it's fun... and obviously best left to me 'cause... I'm not fucking up. And afterwards, I'll make you dinner!~" she mentioned as she reached for him she predicted his movements but her eyes saw much more than the simplicity of his moments, she saw the fake. She now in this very moment, fully understood why Kanda had been able to see through her faked strikes in the week prior. And given this she corrected her movements 'Fake right... shift left... go... back dash.' she compressed this in her head, and then pushed forward and twisted on only her front wheels so that she was quickly spun directly into the line of his future dash her hand out in front of his chest aiming to make contact with its direct center.

[Bloodedge]

"Say that all you want, but until you've overcome me, all of your trash talk is moot," he said while conducting his movements. Chiyo seemed capable enough to determine his false movements, but from what he could see, he still had the agility advantage, should he choose to use it. Of course, he wouldn't quite be doing that. Instead, when she reached for him this time, he quickly brought his left hand up to slap Chiyo's away, while continuing his backward roll. "Time to switch things up a bit."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo stuck her tongue out at the ma before her, but withdrew her own hand long before he'd slap it away. "Tsk. Switching up the rules at the last second... " she said pouting just a bit. But still, she was always up for everything so she couldn't say she really cared. "Fickle, but I'll bite. What did you have in mind?" the Ice Queen mentioned as she watched the man continue to back away. She wondered what was going on in his mind. This was different, when she thought about it now, she realized he was probably gauging her ability to react to his faked movements, but she had no idea what he'd want to do that would require such knowledge.

[Bloodedge]

"It's either that, or we continue for all of six seconds before putting an end to this game. Instead, we should be focusing on the problem you'll soon develop with all those points of vision." Kurama's eyes widened ever so slightly for a brief moment. In this moment, his right eye became red in color, and his pupils became vertical and gained glowing, red rings around them. Chiyo was sure to know that this was his Emperor Eye. "We've been playing cat and mouse for days now, but that won't help in an actual battle. Against a stronger opponent, you're going to be on the defensive more than the offensive. Time for you to learn how to turn that defense into an offense."

[Apollymi]

"Well, yes, when you say it like that it sounds boring..." said the girl rolling her eyes. She was then greeted by an interesting sight, the Flame King using his special eye, which was something she'd expected but people were always different about giving up their handicaps. His statements about the necessity of facing stronger opponents made the girl's face break into a grin which could only be described as vicious. There was something crazy amusing about where this was going, and she couldn't even bring herself to be upset about this apparent change in game. "Sou ka. You want to change the game, giving me less of a handicap and having me fend you off while looking for a proper opening... that's the idea right?" she asked seemingly excited by the prospect.

[Bloodedge]

"... Something like that," he replied, having allowed his demeanor to be altered after activating his ocular ability. Much like use of the Zone, Kurama's Emperor Eye always had an effect on his mental state. However, as far as he was concerned, this was beneficial to the use of the ability. "You're gonna need to learn how to fight against another eye. And, not to brag, but... my Emperor Eye is absolute. It'll be a better training dummy than anything else."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo's eyes widened ever so slightly as she took note of the change in this man's demeanor. She didn't know it was possible for him to seem more attractive but at this moment, he was. At his words about his eye being absolute she couldn't help but smile. "Is that right?" asked the girl who seemed to be even more amused by this man than she was normally. "Fuck! Who am I to turn down something so new and potentially fun. Come on..." she motioned towards herself as her motions began to become wider and her legs crossed at the ankles and she turned taking her into backwards stroking which led to an increase of speed to take her further away much faster than normal. This was simply a change in the way she moved, and was taking no real power from her to complete. The girl began to wonder, how far this man would push her into developing on her own.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah. That's right." A grin was upon Kurama's face as Chiyo gestured toward herself and began moving about. Instead of giving chase, the Flame King took a stance very, very low to the ground, reminiscent of a runner's starting pose. From there, he darted forward, taking a path that would lead him in a continuous circle around the facility, constantly gaining momentum from an already quick take-off. His aim in doing this was not to outspeed her eyes, but instead to move around her in circles faster than her head and body could shift to see him at the other side of her. "Neh, Chiyocchi~. Has anyone ever told you how slow your heartbeat is?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo took note of all, but as this man's take off and his movements were very different from before. As he began moving about it was becoming impossible for her to turn her head to see him. 'Hm, I wonder if this is being done to keep me from just watching....' she thought absently. Even so, the girl didn't seem too bothered about not being able to see where this man was coming from. In fact, she was just going to wait and see how he approached. She figured this was better than the obvious. Still, the girl flipped about, changing her perspective just a little bit, and allowing her to view this man just a moment as he asked her a very odd question. "My heartbeat, slow? No never." she mentioned the cocky grin on her face, feeding into the sarcastic way she'd chosen to answer this question. "Well, unless you count the Angels, the Futagoza, Usagi-nee and any other tuner who happens to come into strike range of me." she finished just waiting for the man to come into her line of vision instead of stalking him all the way round the room. "Why, you think it's something I should worry about?"

[Bloodedge]

"Heh. Cheeky. That works on you," he commented as the circling continued. When Chiyo chose to ask if her strange heartbeat was something he thought she should be worried about, Kurama quickly narrowed the circle he was making, rocketing himself toward her person. He would loop around from the rear of the lass, coming into view while simultaneously reaching out to place his right hand over the center of her chest. Once there, he would speak to the Ice Queen in the most literally direct manner he'd ever done. "Not at all. I think it's something people like us eventually learn to embrace," he said, thinking back to the day he gained knowledge of his own irregular heartbeat.

[Apollymi]

"Oh?" the girl said seeming to not understand how sarcasm would work on her at all. She'd only spoken that way because she thought the question posed by the Flame King was one with an obvious answer. But then again, she supposed she didn't often speak to people enough to know if she would constantly feel the need to answer in such a way.

Beyond this point, it seemed the man was finally content come to forward, and do so he did, but there was nothing the girl could or would do, to stop this man from his approach though the little pupils in her eyes twirled away hinting at her state of awareness. As he pressed a palm against her chest and spoke about people like them eventually embracing things like their altered heartbeats. "Embrace? My oddly slow heartbeat? Why would I do that exactly?" she asked not bothering to question his hand on the center of her chest, she figured, he was doing the tuner thing, and getting a feel for it. She didn't even really see the action as abnormal anymore, which was probably in large part due to the amount of time she spent in the company of her tuner twins.

[Bloodedge]

"Because it makes you different. It makes you better. It makes you... one of us." As if to emphasize his point, Kurama slowly reached out with his left hand to take Chiyo by her right wrist. Afterwards, he would move her arm until her hand was positioned to feel his heart, which beat in rhythms of four as if two hearts had been layered over one another. "It could be said that our heartbeat is what guides us. If you listen to it, it'll show you what your Road is truly capable of."

[Apollymi]

There was nothing but confusion on Chiyo's face as the Flame King mentioned that possessing having an irregular heartbeat made her different and more like 'them', but before she could question this fully the man had her right hand pressed against his chest. And in that second she could feel his heartbeat and it made her eyes widen. There was quite a bit of clarity in that moment as she realized that the Angels probably liked the people in their generation for that reason, unique heartbeats. And this man's was strange beyond what she could normally imagine. It was like he had two hearts in his chest. "Fuck! I don't know how you function, it's so fast. If I had that much blood running around my body, I'd be fucking crazed, and hotter than holy hell." she said as if she couldn't rightly believe what she was feeling, then again, given what she'd just said, it sort of made sense for his heart to beat so fast.

The rest of this man's thinking though, seemed to make sense. In most cases, when explaining Roads to new riders, it was always described as their differences from person to person, being translated into how they rode. What they were, how they chose to move, their very personalities marking the sky and ground... these were the things that built a road. She supposed, since she'd been riding a specific way for so long, forcing the principles of Roads she could ride, she hadn't really given much thought to what her body wanted out of a ride, or rather what she gave of herself to it. "Sou ka..." and this was all the fanged girl had to say. She knew it wasn't much, but she didn't really feel the need to express everything going through her mind at present. With this bit of understanding done she slipped her hand away from the blonde man's chest and backed out of his reach. 'My heartbeat is slow, because I can wait... I still have a predatory nature, it can't be helped... but maybe an ambush is a better way to go about it.' she thought as she moved backwards her ankles crossed left over right and her entire body seemed to lean to the right only to continue to bend at the waist. As she did this her entire body sped up on its backward trajectory even without having to add any extra strain on her muscles so when she pushed back the second time she'd already gained about thrice the distance this would have taken her normally. This was something which wouldn't have helped her at all, while she was riding the Bloody Road or the Lather Road, but something which worked for her as she was now... and perhaps this and other things like it, were the key to finishing her own road.

[Bloodedge]

When the two separated, Kurama stood his ground while Chiyo ran about, already with a bit of an altered run from what she'd showcased before. This was an interesting thing to watch, especially through the Emperor Eye. Even in the first stages of these movements, Kurama could see that every little twitch taking place in the Ice Queen's body was more well-placed than any before this point, and this was enough to force a grin upon his face. "Figure skating, huh? That's one way to go about it, I guess," he commented while overseeing the girl's form.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was moving about and her measured backward movements shifted as she hopped off of one foot and spun thrice coming down into a forward dash which was speedier than she'd managed in a while. Without the restraint of gravity and with her own body moving of its own accord she finally felt free again. Such a feeling brought a huge grin to the girl's face, such was the feeling she'd been missing from her runs before. The thing she'd been searching for, as she passed the Flame King she chuckled. "I used to envy figure skaters... when I was really little." she clarified feeling as if saying such a thing aloud was odd. "They reminded me of the flying ones outside... they always seemed so free and precise. I like the kind of order they produce, I didn't intend to copy such a tactic on purpose... it simply felt most right and my ATs are made for it." explained the girl before she turned again this time using the extra speed to leave a wide arc of ice in her wake. "By the way, I thought the rules of this game changed, unless you are trying to wait until I finish so it will be more challenging for you." the girl said, the multiple tomoe in her eyes spinning of their own accord. Because while she moved about she was also checking the nature of the current six points of her vision. Trying to understand how to see this man who was obviously more agile than she was... it would be about waiting for just the right moment... and she was almost certain she knew what that moment was.

[Bloodedge]

Following Chiyo's explanation of this figure skating she'd adopted, Kurama snickered. It was an interesting bit of logic, and something that seemed to work for the lass. However, something about it still seemed a bit... incomplete, as it were. "The rules did change. Or, maybe I should say they were discarded altogether for now. We're about to enter phase two. Come. It's time those eyes finished opening." As he spoke, Kurama raised his left hand, using it to beckon the Ice Queen toward himself.

[Apollymi]

"Oh, yes. Finish opening, because six points of vision and a ridiculous understanding of depth count as closed." the girl replied with a cheeky grin on her face. At the last possible second when the man motioned towards himself she shifted, her entire body lowering and and giving her even more speed to transition into the proper position to come at the man. Such speed brought a huge grin to her face as she jumped once more, this time she aimed to come at the man from his right reaching out for him with unexpected speed and accuracy.

[Bloodedge]

"Six is Satoshicchi's number. It wouldn't work for you," he replied. Chiyo's new technique seemed to bring much more to the table, as far as her speed and agility were concerned. This, Kurama could tell long before she began moving toward him. Still, her approach marked the appearance of a somewhat arrogant grin from the Flame King. "Muda muda!" he said while readying his own movements. While Chiyo came toward his right, he chose to go forward, stealing the Bloody Road's instantaneous take-off to jettison himself toward the end of her ice trail. In doing so, he created flames hot enough to vaporize the ice on the floor. This combination of elements created a mist in the surrounding area, which Kurama stood at the other end of. "See from as many angles as you want, but tell me if you can see through this."

[Apollymi]

"No? Fuckface has an unhealthy obsession with the number six. Totally wouldn't have guessed that, what with the attacks in sequences of six and his movements in sets of six. Not obvious, what would I do without you to tell me such things?" it seemed the sarcasm which leaked from Chiyo's face was something of a newly developed habit. Like, now that she wasn't angry, there was just a cheeky person left in her who felt the need to comment on what was said by the Flame King. Beyond this point as she reached him and reached out for him at a speed she wasn't even sure was her maximum anymore, he dashed off, using a method she'd perfected a long time ago. Given this, it was easy for her to correct herself, taking off towards him at a slightly altered angle using the circular motion of her initial take off to continue and push towards max speed with absolutely no drawbacks.... until of course the mist settled in. "Oh? Is this blindness..." she asked aloud as she moved through the mist, but maintained a difficulty seeing she wouldn't have been faced with otherwise. She always new there was a specific elemental disadvantage to facing the Flame King, but this mist created by their Roads interacting was even more of a trap than she'd thought it would be. "Hm... this would be an interesting way to trap someone... I kinda like it. I'll keep this I think." she mentioned though she had a better idea than mist to do this, she wouldn't speak on that now. Now she was concentrating really hard, trying to figure out what to look at, to make her vision worthwhile again.

[Bloodedge]

"Oh, I don't know... probably fall into a continuous downward spiral toward depression," he replied while moving around the room. Chiyo went on to express an appreciation for the blinding mist idea, which did not surprise him at all. Considering who Chiyo was, and the fact that Jinx had once said roughly the same thing to him about another trick, these words only provided him a sensation of nostalgia. "Have it. It's half your trick anyway."

[Apollymi]

"Oh? Hm... you really think that don't you... cheeky." she mentioned as she turned and began looking for him. As it was mentioned that this trick was half hers and she could have it, something about the situation made her laugh. "Well, first I should make it all my trick... but only after I make sure I can see in it." said the girl as she moved about. She was forcing her own concentration, forcing her own vision and trying really hard, and such activities would continue for the better part of an entire week. She'd fully develop her eye and by the start of week three, she'd be physically ready as well as mentally ready for all that was to come next.

"Alright, new week, new game right Yoichi. What's up now?" she asked. Thinking about it a smirk would come to her face. "Rather, Phase Three. That's what you'd call it right?" she said hands on her hips. Her still permanently active, now held a rather numerous nine points of vision and an innate ability to see depth in a way that was probably unusual. Beyond this she seemed to have fallen into a pattern of familiarity with the Flame King of the First Generation, the kind she generally reserved for a very specific friend of hers.

[Bloodedge]

"Yep. Phase three. I like the way it sounds, y'know?" replied Kurama as he approached. This day, he once again sported a pair of basketball shorts, black in color, and a red, partly shredded tank top. His hair was a wet mop from the shower he'd so recently taken, and his Emperor Eye was active, as it had been for the past week. This session would start immediately with the revving of Kurama's ATs. "We've had a pretty good time so far, yeah? Your eye is finished, but your run could have more to it. Your Road and mine... they're polar opposites. Opposites attract. Opposites also, on occasion, have the ability to do the same things. This week, I'm going to use the most basic level of Time, and you'll learn how to deal with it. We'll continue from there, and see what happens." With that said, the Flame King darted toward Chiyo while creating the over rev phenomena which gave the illusion of halting time for the victim. His aim would be to approach Chiyo directly, and thrust his palm into her abdomen.

[Apollymi]

"Totally, get it." mentioned the Ice Queen. As they went beyond this point of the conversation, Chiyo listened to the words Yoichi spoke. And yes, it was very true her eye was finished and had some unique properties about it to boot. There was the matter of her slightly incomplete run. But she didn't expect to finish it here. Still, she supposed she couldn't argue with the contradictory nature of her and this man's runs, and beyond that the argument that they could do similar things with their runs. "Yeah, it's been pretty fun~ But you're talking like you don't expect this to be... and I don't know how I feel about that." she mentioned. It was then said that he would be using 'time' whatever that was, and she'd have to figure out a way around it. To her knowledge there wasn't that much she couldn't figure out a way around, but much to her surprise her brain was soon overloaded, and once it was, she simply couldn't move. It was as if time stopped for her in that second and then this man rather easily thrust a palm into her abdomen which doubled her over and made her eyes widen. The sensation of time came back to her she was doubled over. "Fuck! That hurt." she said taking a second to adjust to that feeling soon enough though the girl was rolling backward and thinking about this. It was after all the same sensation she'd had while fighting him in her own Tower, but why did it occur. She also knew that she didn't have to be looking at him for this to happen....

Surprisingly enough the girl seemed to smirk after getting over the pain of the hit. "I suppose this is better than the last time a kid got the drop on me. I got stabbed then." she said thinking about it, that smarted way more so she could recover easily. 'How does it work?' she thought staring at the man trying to figure out how he managed to get the drop on her.

[Bloodedge]

"Well, that doesn't sound pleasant at all," he said regarding the earlier stabbing of Chiyo. He wouldn't be stopping to chit-chat, though. Instead, while Chiyo tried to think her way through the mechanics of this trick, he ran in an arc around her, performing his trick again as he looped around. This time, he would be thrusting his left elbow into the Ice Queen's spine to complete his maneuver.

[Apollymi]

'Oh, moving already this isn't going to be good.' she thought only to have the man arc around her. She spun to try and find him creating ice as an aftereffect of the movement, and in so doing she found time stopped for her again. Soon enough she'd be snapped back to herself, even faster than she had the previous time, but still not in time to dodge the elbow to her spine. 'What was different that time?' her eyes weren't really needed for the thought to complete itself. "Fuck!" second hit hurt just as bad but she could recover. It wasn't as if it were the first time she'd ever been hit, but given the way she was feeling about it now, it was pushing her towards the thought she wouldn't allow such easy besting of her skills. 'OH!' it was just like that she realized what had been different, and this time she moved once more backward push of her left leg against the ground of the chamber created a crest of ice as she skated in a figure eight. 'It's heat based... I should be a bit resistant to that, and the difference between the first one and the second was the ice... so if I can keep my own temperature low enough... it won't matter.' she thought and now it was theory testing time.

[Bloodedge]

'That oughta do the trick,' the Flame King thought as he began another loop. In the midst of his most recent attack, he'd seen a few likely subconscious twitches here and there, which let him know Chiyo had been freed from 'Time' earlier than normal. Perhaps she'd soon come to realize the innate counter to the trick that was built into her Road. Of course, there was no way to be absolutely certain of this without continuing, so he'd once again charge her way while utilizing Time. For this third instance, he aimed not to assault the Ice Queen, but instead to reach out and tap her right between the eyebrows, using his right fore and middle fingers.

[Apollymi]

The final moment the man activated the 'Time' phenomenon, Chiyo got to observe it. It was all in the way his wheels moved, which was rather interesting when she thought about it. Even so, this man's next movement wasn't nearly as aggressive so she made no moves to dodge it. Instead after his fingers made contact with the center of her forehead she pouted looking up at the man impetuously. "Fuck! Tapping me in the forehead like I am a kid for the last one, after laying two solid body shots into me like that while I was thinking." the girl seemed upset, but instead of a retaliating strike she jumped up into the man's arms wrapping hers around his neck. "You totally owe me for being a meanie, Yoichi. I can feel the bruises forming." she mentioned before she let go. After she said this she'd move right along, "So, your time trick, overheats someone's mind, it forces the use of the singular sense and makes it seem like they are missing chunks of time, but in all honesty they just stop moving and you're agile enough to use the time between to your advantage. That's cute, and kinda slick... I like it."

[Bloodedge]

"Don't be absurd, Chiyocchi. The body shots don't come until we celebrate the end of training," he said. It was then that Chiyo's arms found their way around his neck, and she spoke of him somehow owing her for his earlier attacks. "Oh? And what exactly do I owe you?" was his retort. Once she released him, he began moving about again. The understanding of his trick that Chiyo seemed to have was quite accurate, and she had exceeded his expectations in gaining such understanding so quickly. But, this was merely beneficial to why they were here. "I've heard slick before, but never cute. That's a new one. But, yeah... that's the cut and dry of Time."

[Apollymi]

"Oh, well those kinda body shots sound like fun~" the girl mentioned only to shake her head. "Fuck, been hanging out with you too long. Since when was I ever inclined to actually agree to that shit." the girl said talking mostly to herself and she palmed her face, but she was still grinning. She supposed it was always the case that she was willing to try everything and anything and the idea of the man drinking a shot out of her belly button was amazing in her head. Even so, it seemed the man wanted to know what he owed her for the apparent two shot transgression. "Oh, what about a full body massage? I haven't had one one of those since my birthday~" she said seeming to have already decided upon this long before the moment where she stated the man owed her for his mean behavior.

Having moved right along, it seemed she'd accurately gotten the point of the 'time' trick. With that in mind it seemed she'd used at least one descriptor he'd never heard before. It made her laugh and comment just a bit snidely. "Oh? Why not cute? It's fucking adorable imagining you darting about laying shots on people while they have tricked their minds into believing they can't move." she said rolling around this man backwards while thinking about it more. Now that she thought about it, why'd he bother showing her something like this in the first place... her eyes narrowed as she stared at the man and tried to think of why this was a thing.

[Bloodedge]

"Does it now?" he questioned with eyes that were widened by the shock of Chiyo's response. The combination of his heat and Chiyo's ice was once again beginning to steam up the training facility, but this had become a normal occurrence by now. As far as her terms were concerned, he could certainly acquiesce. "Full body? Not a problem. But, first... if you're confident in your ability to counter Time, the next step is for you to control it. Or we could keep up this banter. I rather enjoy that as well," he said with a snarky grin.

[Apollymi]

"Yeah, a bit. Never been much for shots before... sounds like it would be a fun thing to try~" the girl mentioned. Seemingly innocent in this moment, but it wasn't that at all. In fact, she was simply finding the idea of the man's tongue anywhere on her body to be something she'd definitely want. Beyond this she'd spent too much time being very quiet, and thinking about things which she probably shouldn't have, so that when Yoichi spoke again she managed to look a bit surprised. "Yeah, I was thinking about that..." she managed her eyes darting around the room as she began to move. "Uh, it'd be a bit different for me, yes? The effects of cold on the brain are slightly more disturbing than losing some seconds in time... and if I were to try it on you, it'd have to be done while you weren't doing anything else." she thought about this and seemed to be very sure of this. "I can try if you'd like... and there is no reason the banter has to stop either." she said offering the man a wink and beginning to move, depending on his consent she would begin the maneuver to begin her own different kind of control of 'time'.

[Bloodedge]

"Shots are pretty fun. I'm not much of a drinker, but it's a fun little way to get a buzz going." Kurama began shifting around the room while Chiyo thought about her version of the Time trick. When she spoke of his flames being counterproductive to her use of the trick, he ceased the production of them, while also having a laugh at her closing statement. "Well, when you have the power to stop time, there's always room for banter. You can quite literally make time for it, along with anything else that tickles your fancy. So, go on then... Show me what ya' got."

[Apollymi]

"I can't say I am much of a drinker either. In fact, I am fairly certain I only drink in Roze's presence, which is odd since it's against the rules... but whatever." she said seeming to shake that thought off completely. She moved quite along and as she did so she turned her entire body spinning rapidly before she hit the ground. This was done so she could cool her ATs, which she did and once she did she moved again this time the tilt of ATs would curve in the man's direction. Such an application of subfreezing temperatures would have an effect almost instantaneously freezing him and the mist around him. This would induce in him an exposure to cryostasis, which would leave his body intact but freeze him and blank his mind until the time period in which it wore off. By her own approximation if it worked, it would be about a minute of missing time for the man. "I suppose I could always make time for this... but if he's out I should do something so he knows I succeeded. Yoichi, are you awake in there?" she said aloud a most devious grin coming to her face as she used the time her was frozen to think of something to do to him, if he didn't manage to answer her immediately.

[Bloodedge]

"Rules? Heh. I think you should remember who you're talking about here. Roze is the one who decides what the rules are," the Flame King commented as he continued to roll around casually. In a matter of moments, Chiyo's maneuver would be complete, and Kurama would find himself subjected to the immediate effect of Chiyo's newly developed Time trick. Though he wouldn't quite know what occurred, he was sure to find out after coming to, unless of course Chiyo had moved back into the precise location and position she'd been in previously.

[Apollymi]

She supposed that was true, the bit about Roze, but after the completion of her trick there were no words from the man known to most as Kurama. "Fuck. I didn't expect to win on that one." she said still she looked over the man and tried to think of something to do to let him know she'd done something. "Oh, I can do that." the girl said, as she rolled over to the man and bent down at the waist her intention simply untie the man's shoe. Why did she do this? One might be curious, because it was a tiny bit of controllable chaos and one obvious way to let the man know she'd touched him, without having to cause him any severe mental or physical pain. As she was doing this though she was put into very close range of the man's body which she hadn't been in quite some time. In general she was very close to his manhood which made her a tiny bit curious. And she could see its outline, given the nature of her eyes, and it just made her more curious as she finished her work with the laces of his left AT. Her head tilted from side to side as she got a look at him through his clothes, and in her head she heard Roze refer to his junk as a monster again. 'Well, I can take a peek right?' the girl thought still slightly devious. At which point she stood and reached for the line of the man's shorts to pull them out just a tad so she could see and once she did she seemed genuinely surprised. Of course she only had one other as reference but to the best of her approximation and memory they were about the same size. 'Hmm... I wonder what that means.' all of this and the act of untying his shoe took place in about 30 seconds which left her about 30 seconds to do something else... so she moved to the man's fore and right a huge grin on her face as she waited for him to come back from his frozen state.

[Bloodedge]

"So, are you going t-" When Kurama finally came to, he went on to begin a sentence he'd been about to say prior to the freezing. He was surprised to see, however, that Chiyo was no longer ahead of him. She'd shifted to his front right, and though his eyes quickly honed in on her, he wondered what had occurred while he was out. "... Hmm," he mumbled. The loose feeling of his ATs caused him to look down and realize that they'd been untied. 'That's about 45 seconds,' he thought, figuring the amount of time it would have taken to check his status, approach him, untie his laces, and move to where Chiyo had gone from her original position. "So, the trick works. Well done. How long was I out?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo watched this man come to, and wondered about the end of the sentence while he seemed to process that he'd indeed been out. She couldn't help but smile at this, because she hadn't really expected it to work so easily. Then again, she'd been fairly good at copying this man's tricks and any other she felt like so it sort of made sense. Beyond this point, he seemed to accept that her trick had worked while he checked his own ATs and felt the need to ask how long he was out. "About 50 seconds, which is a ridiculously long amount of time for someone not to be aware of themselves. What was that like on your end?" she questioned the man while giving a curt nod. Only to quickly add in a bit more just in case the man was worried about what took place while he was incapable of defending himself. "Also I was a total sweet heart and didn't hit you or maim you while you couldn't move and I feel this is deserving of praise." she said with a grin which bordered upon wicked. "And how was that first question going to end... the suspense is killing me."she asked, she was curious about where his words had been going in his head, if only because she didn't really like unfinished sentences, as prone as she was to using them herself.

[Bloodedge]

"Fifty seconds, huh? That's pretty strong for a first use and no upkeep on the ability. It's weird... I've never been on that end of it before, but it was like one moment rolled straight into the next... which happened to be nearly a minute later. It'll probably work even better on someone else," he said while turning one foot at the ankle to adjust to the different feeling in his ATs. With this level of success, he found no point in tying them again, as the session for this day could be considered complete without a doubt. "Oh please, you only avoided hitting me because you knew I wouldn't owe you anything if the score was even. As for that question... I was just going to ask if you were going to use the trick right then, but I got my answer before I even spoke. And what an answer it was. We're definitely done for today."

[Apollymi]

"Sou ka. Doing that sort of thing to someone else will probably get me called some sort of demon again." she said rolling her eyes. In truth that sort of advantage wasn't really needed against regular opponents unless she simply intended to use it to walk away from them which was also a viable way to use a minute someone is frozen in time. As the conversation went on the man expressed that the only reason she'd not hit him is because it would have made their score even and he wouldn't owe her anything. Such a made her face shift into one of mock surprise. "What? Me? No... of course not... I totally am not even keeping score. I definitely wouldn't have hit you five times for the two I was struck~" she said snidely very happy at the outcome of her new trick. It seemed the man himself was also quite pleased because he moved to say they were done for the day, which was astounding to the girl but she seemed pleased just the same. "Yosh! Full Body Massage!~" the girl said seemingly excited.

[Bloodedge]

"You do know people normally double the number, right? It's a bit weird to just add an extra out of nowhere," he said about the number of times Chiyo allegedly "wouldn't have" hit him. With the training session now behind them for the day, Kurama rolled toward the living platform, assuming Chiyo to be doing the same around the time she voiced her excitement about the massage she'd strong-armed him into performing. "Oh, right. I nearly forgot. Where would you like me to start?" he went on to ask as he seated himself and removed his ATs.

[Apollymi]

"Just 'cause you don't understand how I got to five, doesn't make it weird." the Ice Queen stated. "I did indeed double the number, and I added one more to discourage future acts against me. This doesn't just apply to this either, it's simply something I have always done~" the girl mentioned, not seeming to understand that doing such a thing was rather like dominating just to do so. And true enough whenever she thought about how she handled people she always dished out double what they did plus one just to make sure they understand. But now she was starting to believe this made her odd in some way. Still the girl prepared herself for a shower which involved her grabbing a change of clothes after following the man up to the platform which housed the living space they shared. When asked where she'd like the man to start she didn't seem to have to think about it very much. "Uh, lower back... that felt strange when I woke up this morning... I think I spin too much~" she mentioned headed off for a shower.

[Bloodedge]

When Chiyo explained how she produced the number five after doubling two, Kurama could only shake his head. He could still find this nothing but strange, but since she was so sold on her resolve in this matter, he would not press the issue. The Flame King once again found himself sorting through oils and the like, this time finding more due to the added complexity of a full body treatment. "No such thing as too much of anything, as long as you tend to yourself properly. Lower back pain just means you haven't done that... or you secretly have DD cups. I'm going to assume the former, but don't worry; the tending is my responsibility." By the time he'd finished speaking, Kurama had all the necessary oils he needed. When he looked up, he noted that Chiyo had retrieved all the things necessary for a shower, prompting a mock scoff from the Flame King. "First to the shower again, huh? I thought I'd be able to beat you to it this time, but... eventually."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo looked to the Flame King who seemed content to let her have her oddities about numbers and keeping score, the thing she'd so recently sarcastically claimed she wasn't doing at all. She realized more than most people that she was weird in what she did, but talking to more normal people only seemed to make this more obvious to the young woman. Beyond this point the man explained that there was never too much of any action just care that needed to be taken with the over use of things not done very often. This made her chuckle as he explained other things that could have caused lower back pain. "Oh, don't even joke about that, I am entirely too little to support DDs. I'd fall the fuck over." she mentioned with a curt nod, seeming to find the idea of someone her size having boobs that large to be outlandish. Moving right along she was first up for a shower, and was routinely such, but is scoffing and commentary about it made her laugh just a little. This didn't stop her movement towards the bathroom but it did make her pause just a little. "Well shower domination is my personal specialty." she said cheekily. "But... it's not like I need the 65 shower heads all to myself, you could just join me." mentioned the girl, who'd become rather used to sharing bathing facilities with people and didn't seem to care much regardless who joined her in the bath.

[Bloodedge]

"I don't know if I'd go around bragging about dominating showers," the Flame King commented. Only a few moments later, his eyes widened and one of his brows raised, as Chiyo had raised a topic he'd not expected from the young Ice Queen. "Is that so? Well, I'm not opposed, so if you don't mind..." With that, he placed his ATs aside and began walking toward the shower as well, keeping behind the fanged lass. "70, by the way. There are five optional heads in the floor."

[Apollymi]

"What's the fun in life, if I can't brag about my ability to take showers before other people?" the girl asked seeming to find this whole thing amusing. Beyond this the man seemed to be a bit surprised that she mentioned he could join her in the shower and she wondered why this was but didn't bother questioning it. He wasn't apparently opposed to joining her in the shower, she only had something slightly cheeky to say about it. "Well, I don't really mind. It's already obvious I am a girl now so it won't be shocking or anything." she mentioned remembering the first instance she'd shared a bath with someone and how her gender had become a thing of conversation and shock among her friends thereafter. Upon reaching the shower she heard the words that there were 5 extra shower heads and she looked in and saw the ones he'd mentioned. She'd seen them before, but she didn't assume they'd be shower heads. "What why are they on the floor?" she seemed to question not at all expecting an answer, she began discarding clothing and about halfway through seemed to think of only one reason that they would be so low. And when she thought of it, her eyes widened and palmed her own face. "Oh, why did I think about it?" she said but soon enough she'd have shower heads on and herself naked and under water all about the business.

[Bloodedge]

"Because..." Kurama was well-prepared to explain to Chiyo why there were five shower heads specifically designed into the floor of this facility, but Chiyo seemed more than capable of coming to that conclusion on her own. The face-palm that accompanied her realization made the man chuckle as he discarded his shirt using one hand, and his shorts using the other. In no time at all, he was joining the shower and allowing the multiple angles of water spraying to coat him. Once he had sufficient moisture applied to his body, he reached over the Ice Queen's left shoulder to retrieve his shower gel of choice, then over her right shoulder to retrieve his bath sponge. "Pardon me," was all he said as he did this.

[Apollymi]

Having come to the proper assumption about the floor shower heads the girl couldn't help but scoff at his start of an explanation and subsequent chuckle. "That has Roze written all over it... which is why there are rules. Even if they always seem to be broken." she mentioned. Now fully committing a rule about never being in this place while Roze was also present. Moving right along though, there was soon a naked wet man reaching on either side of her person to gain showering material. And while this in and of itself wasn't distracting, Chiyo had a wandering thought or two as she let her eyes bounce around the reflective surfaces as she intended to have a look at the man. Her head also tilted back and she found herself looking up at the man as he retrieved what he needed. "Uh-huh..." she said knowing her gaze was bouncing around this room far too long and that she should concentrate. But she had no reason for why she found this man so distracting, she normally went out of her way to avoid such moments with him. 'Fuck, how did I manage to avoid him most practically for three weeks. How.. the fuck did I even... why did I say this was okay... this also seems like one of those unspoken rule violations... I really can't ignore him right now.' she thought as she often did in moments where she couldn't bring herself to speak. She soon found her focus and began soaping up her bath sponge with body wash that smelled, coincidentally enough of vanilla.

[Bloodedge]

"If you ask the right person, they'll tell you that rules are made to be broken. And, by the right person, I mean most of my friends," was the man's commentary about the shower heads in the floor. He went on to apply soap to his sponge, after which he needed to reach over Chiyo once more to return the bottle to its former location. Soon enough, he was able to begin actually cleaning himself, starting of course with his upper torso, and working his way down at his own gradual pace. "Vanilla's a good choice," he commented, if for no other reason than to break the awkward silence that had manifested itself.

[Apollymi]

"Oh, I know. Roze is always telling me I have too many rules..." she said thinking about the sort of person who seemed to dislike rules, the fact that she was in charge of people all the time seemed to be directly contradictory to that. The only reason, the Ice Queen never bothered mentioning this, is because she saw the hypocrisy of it, considering she did the same things herself. Enforcing rules, because she didn't wish to follow them in the first place.

But this wasn't really the point, right now there was a very naked man taking a shower behind her, and his arm re-entering her space over her shoulder seemed to draw attention to this fact. She watched it, and when she could no longer see his person, she simply began watching him in the reflection of the surfaces of the shower heads. She seemed rather engrossed in this activity even as she committed to her own shower. She realized after a few moments that she was being too quiet, when she was shocked by the fact that the man had spoken, she also felt as if she'd been caught doing something a little naughty, and completely missed whatever it was the man had said. She'd been far too distracted in watching him shower, which wasn't really something she felt the need to admit to right at the moment. "So... don't take this the wrong way, but I definitely have no idea what you just said. Gomen." the girl said as she finished soaping up and rinsed her bath sponge while taking the time to turn and begin rinsing her body as well. It seemed she didn't care if her hair got wet this day, as she'd done nothing to stop it.

[Bloodedge]

Following his statement of observation, Kurama received no form of appropriate retort. In fact, what he got out of Chiyo was her admittance to not knowing what he'd just said. Confusion spread across the blonde male's face as he, too, began the rinsing process of his sponge and person. "Huh? It's not exactly loud in here. The only things to make noise are us and the water. Are you more tired than you let on, or do you always space out in the shower?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo had turned and found this man also rinsing off, which she observed directly. She sincerely thought about taking one of the two cop-outs offered by this man as he questioned how she'd managed not to hear him. That being said, the Ice Queen was a lot of things, but she wasn't a liar. And given this, she couldn't rightly allow herself to bend the truth of why she'd managed not to hear him while he'd been speaking. "I'm not tired, and I don't ever really space out either, though I wish I had such an excuse." the girl said as she finished rinsing off she seemed satisfied that she was clean but she was still enjoying the rather scalding temperature of what she'd chosen. "I was distracted... watching you, from multiple perspectives through the reflections in the shower heads." the girl admitted, seeming not to find any fault with saying this sentence aloud. "And yes I realize that sounds odd, but I couldn't really bring myself to lie about it either."

[Bloodedge]

This sudden confession without excuse left the Flame King a bit baffled, so he stood there blinking at the lass while letting the shock wear off. In the end, he merely chuckled. "Well then... That was more blunt than any sort of answer I could have expected. That's a very interesting use of your eye, I suppose." With that said, Kurama went on to squeeze soapy water out of his sponge multiple times over, and would do so until there was no longer a speck of soap in what came out of it. "I hope the show was at least worth it."

[Apollymi]

"Yep, blunt, the other thing I am known for being." she said finding this man's reaction to her wandering gaze amusing. Though the reason she'd settled upon her honesty besides her own need to be honest, is because she was somehow very sure that this man wouldn't really have anything negative to say about her choice in afternoon activity. Beyond this point he mentioned that he hoped the show was worth the extended effort she put into it. "Definitely worth the effort... " the girl started she was now turned in this man's direction and as this was the case she was watching in a more direct manner as he rinsed his sponge. She admittedly had been avoiding such moments of closeness between them because she knew that eventually something like this would just fall out of her face. She knew she found this man entirely too attractive, and she often found it a bit stressful just to leave him be... and right now with such easy access to him, she couldn't find it in herself to try and talk herself out of the idea she was having right just now. "But given what I've seen, I'm not content to just watch." such a statement didn't even seem to shock the girl as she approached this man directly. "I want this too, is that alright?" the girl asked as her gaze shifted down this man's body glanced over his manhood and then motioned for his face to come down to her level because she intended to kiss this man if he'd give her what she wished.

[Bloodedge]

"Well, as long as it was worthwhile," he commented with one more twist of the sponge. As the last of the water dripped from it, he took note of the close proximity of the Ice Queen along with an added moment of boldness. With what she'd most recently said, he was once again taken by surprise. But, if there was one sort of moment the Flame King was used to, it was one such as this. He reached over Chiyo's shoulder once more to return his sponge to the rack, and after doing so, that same hand stopped against the back of Chiyo's neck on its way back to him. "I've told you many times, Chiyocchi. I live to serve," he said, and with that, he leaned forward in accordance with the girl's gesture to kiss her lips.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo didn't seem to stress about this man's reaction to her new request. Actually, she really didn't expect any kind of resistance in the first place... given this she wasn't surprised when the hand he had previously used to place his bath sponge found its way to the back of her neck. She seemed to be entranced by this man, who only appeared to live to serve. This was fine with her on some level, as she was a rather demanding young woman who occasionally just wanted someone to serve her without question. As his lips came into contact with hers, she solidified her resolve to keep going, and soon enough the girl would slip her tongue into his mouth, because she simply couldn't help being so aggressive even in situations where she knew she'd be matched.

[Bloodedge]

The forceful nature of Chiyo's opening created quite the nostalgia trip for the Flame King, taking him to a moment a few weeks prior, and far beyond that as well. This moment was akin to reliving any day with his usual partners, but more likened to the days of the Trophaeum Tower. Still, there wasn't much to actually think about. There was only what would be done, and for the time being, that would be Kurama caressing the moving tongue of the Ice Queen with his own while bringing his free hand to her right hip.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was also feeling a bit nostalgic but for very different reasons. She personally found the Flame King's general acceptance of her aggressive nature to be very similar to Shoichi's and beyond this she also found herself equally attracted to the man. This didn't seem to really matter though as the pair of them both seemed to be having a good time of this. As such the fanged girl's tongue switched rhythms in this man's mouth becoming lulling and smooth and she moaned her approval into him as his hands switched their placement. Beyond this her own hands found their way to the back of the man's neck as she was keen for their faces not to separate immediately.

[Bloodedge]

All other thoughts aside, Kurama made the decision to completely devote himself to this moment, however long it would be lasting. He was met, soon enough, by an altered rhythm, and he met it in return. It was a bit odd maneuvering his tongue around the extra sharp canines of the Ice Queen's mouth, but he managed nonetheless. Either way, he was content to continue until stopped for one reason or another.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo also seemed content to sink deeper into this moment but after several uninterrupted moments the young girl was sated enough to pull back. And she did so with a grin on her face "Yep... you are still really good at that~" she mentioned then found herself pouting just a bit because aside from needing to breathe she really did not feel it necessary to stop their actions.

[Bloodedge]

"I would hope so," he said with a chuckle after Chiyo pulled back and commented on his apparent kissing prowess. "I can't complain about your ability either, Chiyocchi. So..." As he continued, Kurama's left hand abandoned the girl's hip. This was immediately followed by that same hand's middle and ring fingers pressing into her crotch to see how much, if any, preparation was needed from here. "I forgot to ask, but I'm sure you remember the deal. Give me a number, and I will meet it."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo didn't seem at all surprised that the man had shifted... nor that he appreciated her skills. In fact this was a good moment for her and that was only intensifed when he slipped two fingers into her nether. It was such an exquiste feeling and one would find the girl to be more than ready for any extra activity thereafter. When it was further stated that she could choose a number and he would supply them the tiny girl looked a bit quizzical. "Ah~ well picking a number sounds fine and all... until I shoot too low and end up mad with myself. Counter-offer we go until we get tired~" the girl said with the most devious grin on her face. She would be quite happy to go at it with the man without restraint. She never liked having those anyways.

[Bloodedge]

"No limit, huh? ... Alright. I guess we've got enough spare time." Normally, Kurama chose limitations given by his partner for the sake of avoiding another trip to the hospital due to his overwhelming stamina. In this case, though, he was dealing with a Gravity Child that was much like himself as far as physical ability was concerned. So, perhaps she could indeed be treated like his other regular partners. No further time would be wasted from this moment forward. Kurama removed his hands from the Ice Queen simultaneously, moving them onto either of the girl's legs. His aim was to pick her up and hold her legs by the thighs at his sides, and immediately insert himself. But, he stopped before entry, leaving it up to Chiyo. "You're sure this time, then?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo couldn't keep the excitment she felt at getting her way off her face. To be fair there was no better feeling for her in the world than that. And the man didn't even argue further about the terms which seemed to be even better for the small fanged girl. Soon enough she was picked up by both her legs and straddling the Flame King's manhood being given the option to back out if she wanted. Unlike the previous time there was no hesitation she simply pushed a bit lower with her hips impatiently to make this connection happily. "Of, course I sure... You don't get to tease me like this we got work to do~" the girl mentioned seemingly delighted as her body would ultimately reach its first peak upon entry.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama was surprised to find out that the answer to his question would come in the form of Chiyo immediately completing the insertion, and apparently peaking in that very moment. A very demanding verbal retort came from the lass afterwards, and Kurama came to realize there was certainly no more turning back. "As you wish," was all he had left to say. With that, his arm muscles tensed and began lifting and lowering the girl he was holding, all while his hips would thrust in the opposite pattern.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo knew she was being demanding at this point, but was seriously incapable of resisting. Soon enough the man acquiesced to her wishes and began his work properly and it would be these following moments which made the girl absolutely positive that she'd chosen properly. As the Flame King took on the brunt of this first go, Chiyo's tiny form was easily lifted and moved to and fro and thus she felt every movement and delighted in the new fun she was having. Soon enough, the girl would be headed for another peak and with no end in sight she moaned her pleasure into the Flame King's mouth as she turned her face towards his and immediately aimed to kiss him, slipping her tongue back into his mouth as if it belonged there.

[Bloodedge]

When Chiyo's tongue found its way into his mouth, Kurama's tongue once again met its efforts, and his grip shifted to her hips and tightened. He figured Chiyo was more than capable of keeping her own legs elevated in this moment, and this slight change in the position of his hands gave him the ability to more accurately move the lass up and down his shaft. He had enough experience to know she was already reaching the second peak, and this was a bit concerning, but he retained faith in the Ice Queen's stamina.

[Apollymi]

The Ice Queen continued to be moved about the Flame King's manhood though from a slightly altered position. She found this to be just different enough to make her feel good. This was enough to bring a moan of pleasure from the girl as she worked to keep herself up and the extra bit of tension pulled her closer to a finish. Now the Flame King could be worried about the frequency with which the girl seemed capable of reaching climax but for her this was completely normal. Her heartbeat hadn't even sped up yet. "Holy shit this is the best... don't go holding back on me now this is amazing~"

[Bloodedge]

"Hai hai," he replied. So long as Chiyo was able and willing to continue, Kurama would go on. By the girl's request, he removed any thoughts of holding back his efforts, and he immediately showed this by taking advantage of the lack of gravity. There was a slight movement of his feet; not even enough for a small hop normally, but enough in this case to remove him from the floor. From this floating position, he was able to grab Chiyo's left leg and raise it higher, while also thrusting himself deeper into her person. "I take it you're enjoying yourself then."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo enjoyed the fact that this man took to her request and shifted the pair of them. Chiyo was young enough that she didn't get to have this sort of experience while she was in the Tower. This would lead to a bit of a shocked expression, the depth of this man thrusting into her was by far one of the best sensations she'd ever felt. Her body tightened around him as she tried to answer him. "Ah!~ Fuck yes I am enjoying myself~" the Ice Queen affirmed as they continued.

[Bloodedge]

"Good," he replied. The Ice Queen's affirmation was all he needed to continue with all he had to offer, and so, he did exactly that. Deeper and deeper he went with each forward thrust, and each time he pulled back, he did so until he'd nearly exited the girl's nether. This continued until the pair's pelvises were slamming against one another with every other movement; something Kurama considered the truest test of his companion's ability. But, in this case, he wasn't thinking of it this way. He was simply acting in accordance to Chiyo's request of holding nothing back. Once he'd begun this pattern, he simply aimed to increased the pace and force by a very minuscule amount every thrust. Several minutes later, he would be doing so with maximum speed and forcefulness.

[Apollymi]

The man spoke and then simply continued. Each stroke getting deeper and deeper by an measured amount. And each stroke was something Chiyo began waiting for, anticipating and moving towards while wiggling her hips. Eventually, the girl found herself meeting every stroke at his ridiculously fast pace, but it wasn't bad or painful it was simply the most mind-numbing sensation she'd ever had. To feel momentarily empty and then so full made her nether vibrate with every thrust, and surprisingly enough, though the girl barely spoke full sentences most days, she seemed to be most vocal and appreciative of this man's efforts right now. Several, more peaks would happen for her and all of them were better than the ones previous. Stacking into an ocean of pleasure which the girl fully intended to drown in. "You keep doing that, and I might not ever let you stop!~" the girl chimed seeming to enjoy herself more in this moment than she'd ever shown herself to enjoy anything before.

Unbeknownst to this pair, the Angels were above listening to this entire ordeal. The lights in the house above the chamber were flickering various colors as they appreciated the scene obviously unfolding below them. "Well, I must say that first time is always a good one for them. The new favorite seems to be enjoying herself." the original said as she reached into the refrigerator upstairs pulling out a glass of wine poured to let aerate. The lights would flicker blue and the Angel of Creation would take a sip of said drink seeming to be a bit pouty. "The Angel is a bit jealous she wasn't invited. We like the little Cold One too, she and the Flame God would be good fun together." she said sitting the glass down and the lights turned to red. "The Time Lord and the Fangs are having their fun. We're not supposed to be jealous. She'd really vocal though, I kinda like that shit." said the Angel of Destruction before the lights cycled through all colors they possessed then settled on green once more. "You should go grocery shopping, they're bound to be running low and by the time you return everything should have settled down a bit..." mentioned the original which would be followed by a stark change to red. "Whatever you say Mom. But you know as well as I do, that they are barely getting started. I'm starting to agree with Nice Angel... I'm a bit jealous." mentioned the woman who headed off to shop for food enough for all of her personalities and the new guests within their living space.

[Bloodedge]

"You already said to go until we're tired. To me, that means not stopping at all." After floating out of the shower, water began to scatter around the facility from the two bodies moving about. The passage of time did not slow his movements, and it seemed Chiyo had begun to meet his pace. Enough time had passed that he thought it best to change things up a bit, and being without gravity only made things easier. Using the leg he had raised, he aimed to rotate the Ice Queen's body 180 degrees into a downward position, after which he'd grab hold of her by the hips and return to his efforts in earnest.

[Apollymi]

"Oh?~" the girl questioned as they floated out of the shower and into other spaces of the facility. Soon enough, the position would change without any proper separation of the two of them. The girl was never very inclined to argue about things, and now that she was turned around, she was in what could be called her favorite position. As he slid into the depths of her from this new angle, the girl seemed to be enthused. "Wooh, that's the best... totally changed my mind~" the girl said as she pushed herself back into the man's hips at every thrust. She had no idea why she'd previously thought avoiding this man to be the proper course of action, but now she was content to simply continue getting lost in the amazing things he did.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah. Well, until you're done, at least," was his reply. Following the shift in position, it seemed Chiyo had changed her mind on what she favored. This brought another chuckle from the man as he continued burying himself in the girl's body. "Is it now? Are you sure this time? I feel like, at this rate, you might say that about the next one... and the next."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo seemed to be enjoying herself a great deal, when the man spoke of them going until she was satisfied her body involuntarily tightened at the idea such a thing represented. Beyond this as the girl enjoyed their present position she seemed to push back against the man with reckless abandon her hips shaking to a rhythm all their own as she met each of his thrusts. To the question or rather the assumption that she'd simply change her mind and like everything the girl couldn't really argue. "I suppose I could always change my mind again, though it'd have to be pretty impressive, 'cause this feel like it's my favorite." she said cheekily, this was a bit of a challenge but she didn't really need one she was enjoying herself far too much to care about anything else at present.

[Bloodedge]

Continuing his movements, Kurama raised a brow. Chiyo had admitted to the possibility of her changing her mind, but also stated that it depended entirely on the impressiveness of any other position in question. This was a bit amusing to the Flame King, as he now wondered if he would be able to make something else more impressive to go against her preference. "Well, we do have plenty of time, and there is a very long list. So, you keep me posted, yeah?" he asked while withdrawing, then grabbing onto the girl's ankles and pulling her back onto himself in one swift, and somewhat aggressive, movement.

[Apollymi]

"Of course, I will..." the girl mentioned she still was enjoying this and more so than that, this man withdrew and then grabbed her ankles and plunged into her in a rather swift and aggressive movement she couldn't help the internal reaction which would end in an instantaneous finish for her. This was most likely because the girl liked the suddenness and aggression presented by the man. "Fuck!~ Gone all aggressive on me, Yoichi?" she asked only to follow up with a rather odd statement coming from the normally subdued girl. "I like that~" she chimed seemingly fully amused by this situation and the amount of loving she was getting in these moments.

The pair of the Ice Queen and the Flame King had been going at it for quite a while, and the Angels had fled in search of food but upon returning home the pair was still going. "Goddamn those two are intense, how long can they actually keep that up?" the woman wondered, though she was fine listening to the goings on of her Gravity Chamber. Actually she was simply trying to imagine how they'd been working so hard for the 3 hours she'd been gone. After she'd put away the groceries, the lights in the house changed again this time to green. "How are we supposed supposed to concentrate when we can hear all that..." she thought. There was no escaping this, as Destruction had heard them while grocery shopping a couple of miles away. "Hmm... we might have to turn this off... five hours is more than enough voyeurism for us." she thought and with that she disabled the Halo connected to her bodysuit and welcomed the bliss of silence. She'd been listening to the goings on of the pair since they started and even the time spent shopping their doings could be heard through her body suit, radio silence was necessary to keep them all from simply trying to join in at some point. Though given her abilities as a tuner she could still feel the heartbeats of the pair, she didn't get all the extra noise and bits from them while they continued on their now evening of pleasure-seeking.

[Bloodedge]

"It was a reflex, but..." Kurama had indeed performed his last maneuver subconsciously, but with it being appreciated, he took note for later. Later came quite quickly, though... at least, relative to the amount of time this session lasted. In roughly twenty minutes, the Flame King was holding the Ice Queen's legs above her head and plunging himself into her with an intensity that caused the sound of slapping flesh to resonate throughout the chamber. "Not too rough, I hope~"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo probably had something cheeky to say about this man's reflexes but it was soon lost. After all they were quite busy and this engagement seemed to be rather far from over. Some twenty-minutes later their position had changed again and now the girl's legs were behind her head and she was being plunged into in a most aggressive way. Even so, the girl didn't seem to have a problem with this and when the man spoke she seemed to catch her breath enough to respond starting with a scoff. "Too rough? Fuck no! This is amazing~" the girl said even hearing the sounds of their bodies hitting each other didn't detract from the aggressive way this man was now claiming her. She hadn't fully decided but right now this was coming pretty close to being her favorite thing, and as she reached her peak the added moisture and tightening of her nether let her know. "Ah!~ This is my new favorite thing, keep going it's the best." she chimed.

[Bloodedge]

Once again, Kurama was in no hurry to change things up. However, this time, he was instructed to continue with what he'd most recently chosen, and Chiyo had changed her favorite position yet again. A one-sided grin was upon the man's face as he replied. "You know, I thought you were talking about me the first time you said that. I'm almost disappointed that you weren't," he commented. Nevertheless, he continued with gusto, finding a steady balance for this position by sacrificing speed to offer more force. "But, your wish is my command~"

[Apollymi]

It seemed that her wishes would be adhered to as they had been all this day. And Chiyo had no problem with what was going on here. Soon enough the speed of the man's thrusts were mediated by more power which seemed to work to stir the girl's insides making them quiver with untold pleasure. It would probably seem odd that the girl enjoyed this bit of rough treatment but it was so well-placed within her she had no choice but to surrender to it. "Ah~" was the first thing out of the girl's mouth as another climax reached her. His words about assuming when she was mentioning her favorite things thinking she meant him directly was definitely noticed. "Yeah right, I've been screaming your praises for hours, the whole city knows you're the best by now." was the girl's snarky reply.

[Bloodedge]

"I wouldn't say the whole city," he replied in a cheeky tone, momentarily shifting his gaze to the surrounding walls. "The resident Angels, on the other hand... well..." Intentionally, the man left his sentence unfinished, as the point had been made regardless. He wouldn't allow himself to be distracted for too long before returning his full attention to the movements he needed to make. "Hey, I'll take the compliment anyway, though."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo seemed to not really think about the fact, that there was definitely someone living over them the entire time they'd been in here. If she felt bad about the things the Angels must have heard, she didn't say anything. She simply made a mental note to figure out something nice to do for them later. Beyond this she seemed to just get more into the activity she was taking on with this man, pausing her pleasure seeking only to encourage him a bit. "Fucking right you'll take that compliment." said the girl as they continued. Still she wasn't anywhere near wanting to stop. "Come on then, keep earning those compliments." she said with a cheeky grin, and with this they'd continue. Well into the wee hours of the morning and eventually Chiyo would admit her satisfaction and be tucked into bed to sleep.

The Angels were awake still and knew when the girl finally stopped her pleasure seeking and the session overall was more than 10 hours for the pair of them. This was quite ridiculous when she thought about it, but she supposed that was fine. With the quiet back in her home, the woman returned her halo to it's on state and returned to hear the soft sleep noises of the girl with the slowest heartbeat she'd ever heard. "That girl is something else." she mentioned as she reached into the fridge retrieving a sports drink when all the lights would turn red and the other personality would take a drink. "She's a goddamn champion and still alive to boot."

[Bloodedge]

Hours later, as Chiyo slept, Kurama floated around the chamber in a new pair of shorts. He eventually found himself by the fridge, and upon opening it, he found it quite emptied of its content for the most part. "Right back to normal, I guess," he thought aloud. After a brief glance at the fridge's interior, he took hold of a water bottle, twisting its cap off while shutting the fridge door. He floated with the bottle in hand until he reached the edge of the home platform, which he sat upon while taking the occasional swig. "Muda muda."

[Apollymi]

Figuring it was safe to enter now, the Angel of Destruction opened the door bringing with her bags of groceries and the like. Once inside she bounced herself up to the platform and surprisingly enough found Kurama sitting on the edge in just some shorts drinking a bottle of water. "Sup' Time Lord... been busy?" she asked a cheeky smile crossing her face as she headed for the fridge to commit the restock. While she did this she seemed to be just vaguely amused by the man's antics with this teen this day.

[Bloodedge]

Soon after he sat, the Angel of Destruction entered the facility with groceries in tow. When she passed him, a query with a cheeky undertone left her mouth. Kurama did not respond immediately, choosing instead to have another sip of water, but he replied soon after. "No news to you, I'm sure. Sorry if that was bothersome for you three," he said. "Oh... and about the extra shopping. I'll pay you back for all that food later."

[Apollymi]

The Pledge Queen rolled her eyes and continued her work restocking the fridge and shelves with the things which had been there before and a few others just because she knew they'd be liked. "Oh please, it wasn't a bother... it was entertaining background noise." the woman said as she worked. Beyond this it seemed the Flame King was content to say that he would repay them for the food and things used here. "Please, I don't need to be repaid for this. It would have all gone bad in here if you hadn't been... I mean... we come down here, but not to actually do stuff." mentioned the Angel of Destruction. Who seemed to be uncaring about he stuff that happened here. The halo on the woman's body suit changed and when it did so did her personality. It became green and the words which came from this version of the woman were also understanding. "Besides, this place required some stress testing... I was able to collect good data about the stability of the system since you guys have been in here. We made some upgrades to the temperature stablizing mechanisms outside while you two had your go. You're doing me a favor, and it isn't as if we pay for food anyways." the woman said a tiny bit deviously as she rolled towards the edge.

[Bloodedge]

As Kurama listened to the words of the Angels, he held the water bottle he'd been drinking from betwixt his teeth. Without gravity, this feat was as easy as breathing, and he was able to relax more easily. "I guess that's a pretty convenient time to make some adjustments to the room. So, why exactly don't you guys pay for food?" he asked. Though he had a few ideas of his own, he was curious to know how the Angels got groceries for weeks without pay.

[Apollymi]

The original Angel thought about how to explain how they paid for things and decided that a simple answer was best. "Well, we use debit cards. But those are basically just computer coding which say, 'yes, you have money to move to this place' or 'no, you don't have money to move to this place'." she explained. "So basically the debit card we have, always says yes... but there isn't any actual money. No one is getting ripped off, it all works out on paper... it just doesn't exist in actuality. We're not working jobs to earn it... we're simply stating it exists and using it. Anyone with a basic understanding of programming and do the same thing. So for a good tuner such a thing is easy." she explained of her financial situation. She did this mostly so she could continue to spend time trading in parts. And on paper, it looked as if she ran a legitimate scrapyard which bought and sold spare parts, but she almost never sold anything, she just used this place as her personal laboratory to make what she wishes and help who she felt like it.

[Bloodedge]

"Sou... ka," Kurama said hesitantly. He couldn't believe this thought had never come to his mind before. It had always been obvious that the Angels didn't have a proper job of any sort, and surely nothing was ever leaving this junkyard bar one specific incident involving Aomine Isamu's arrival. In spite of this, he had never previously wondered how she/they afforded to... well, live. "That's pretty nifty. You know, Jinx was telling me before about a third generation kid who does stuff like that. It wouldn't happen to be that brother of yours, would it?"

[Apollymi]

Angel looked at the man who seemed to appreciate the idea behind how she lived her life. It was amusing to her, when he asked beyond that, if it was her younger brother that the Water Queen referenced being able to do things like that the woman simply shook her head from left to right. "I've never properly met Akira, but Creation calls him the 'Little Light Phoenix'. I doubt his road is like ours. From what she says, he's a very nice boy, I doubt he'd think of doing such a thing." she said only to have the halo over her head turn red as Destruction had an interjection she had to make. "Man, she takes over hard now... Akira is a interesting kid, but not the sort Bubblegum would hang out with... he did mention that his generation includes a kid they call a 'Hoodlum' that's probably the one." she finished up. "How does she always managed to meet people like that though..."

[Bloodedge]

Kurama continued sipping from the bottle until it was empty. Then, he removed himself from where he sat, and floated toward the Pledge Queen. When the original persona spoke of never meeting this brother of hers, he had a moment of confusion, followed by one of great clarity. "Ahh... Sorry, I forgot how long you were asleep. It's sometimes hard to remember you only woke up recently." The next time the woman spoke, it was with the personality of the Angel of Destruction. She spoke of a 'hoodlum' among the third generation's members. Kurama found this laughable considering whose mouth the statement came from. "Shared hobbies do tend to bring people together. It only makes sense that our delinquent would meet theirs."

[Apollymi]

"No need to apologize. I'll likely meet him now, if only because I am awake more often now, it's an exciting prospect." she said. It was something to look forward to, not something to be upset about, and this was the way the Angel thought of things in general. The laughable situation of the Angel of Destruction calling someone else a hoodlum was not lost upon her original personality. "You know Fox she doesn't much think of herself as a hoodlum, probably because Kasumi doesn't take her along as much as she'd like." mentioned the woman of her other personality. Beyond this was how their blue haired friend actually managed to meet all these criminals and it seemed to be funny to her. "Yeah, but can you actually imagine, Kasumi talking to a stranger... about delinquent stuff outta nowhere? Like a little kid walking up to a group of playing kids and asking to join in. 'You fucking shit up... I wanna do it to.' and then when they say no, just flipping out and rampaging on everyone in the vicinity." she said, thinking the whole thing laughable on its face given the type of person their Water Queen was, and how much she seemed to bump heads with other people.

[Bloodedge]

"Really? That's enough reason for her to not think she's one?" he asked rhetorically. Kotone's hypothetical story about the Water Queen managed to pull from the man a better laugh than he'd experienced in weeks, maybe longer. He even heard the mock quote in the voice of the blue-haired woman, but the likelihood of the story coming true was very high. "We all know that's exactly what would happen if they said no. But, if they said yes... instant friends as far as she's is concerned."

[Apollymi]

Kotone simply found herself nodding about the way her more aggressive personality reacted to being left behind by the woman she considered to be her best friend. She was fairly certain the personality was so much like the blue haired woman because Kotone herself was quite fond of her 'no fucks given' attitude. She then watched as the man experienced a healthy laugh and felt a lot better about this man's overall outlook if he could laugh like that. She was laughing too of course, because it would definitely make sense that if someone randomly said yes to their Water Queen joining in on their delinquent activities she would consider them friends almost instantly. "I suppose it would make sense that way... still seems funny though~" mentioned the original personality of the woman. This entire conversation had been done to check on the man and his small companion.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah, it is. Let's be honest, though... we all know those two probably met either writing graffiti or blowing something up on the other side of town." This was Kurama's opinion of the matter on the most basic level. He could even envision things happening in this exact way, and would have to remember to get confirmation on this at a later time. For now, though, he followed an extended yawn up with more words to the original personality of the Angels. "So, I know Destruction does the shopping... why did you decide to come out here tonight? Or... this morning. Or... whatever."

[Apollymi]

The woman known as Kotone laughed a little bit. When she considered it, she thought that it made an obvious bit of sense that Jinx met her new friend in the Third Generation through some kind of odd behavior, like graffiti or demolition. "Yeah, that sounds about right." said the woman who was still amused by this whole thing. The conversation shifted just a little bit, the Original seemed to chuckle just a bit. "Well, since Destruction was coming down anyway, there was no reason not to make an appearance. I wanted to check on you two." she mentioned with a shrug.

"Oh and this..." she said bringing the small fanged girl's ATs to her person while she sat there and she pulled them apart to have a look at them. She'd been wanting to do this for a while, mostly just to check on the progress of the younger generation's Pledge Queen. "I also wanted to see if the little Pledge Queen was making good progress on her works." she said looking at the pieces floating she smiled. "She's good now, look." she said separating various pieces. "That's like a Gem Regalia..." she said. "Oh, and this one is Haku-chan's Thunder Regalia..." the woman seemed enthused. "Hmm, these are a very interesting collection of pieces... the little one isn't done yet, but I'm sure you can figure out what it will be like when she is." mentioned the Pledge Queen. Soon enough she put the ATs back together the exact way they'd been before and placed them back where they'd been before she decided to have a look.

[Bloodedge]

"That's surprisingly caring, coming from you," he said with a half-grin on his face while approaching the Pledge Queen. As she tore apart and inspected the Ice Regalia, his attention was drawn to the cores that had been combined to create it in this form. The Flame King had been unaware of these developments, bar that of Satoshi's core. "Wow. I knew she fixed up Satoshi's new Regalia, but I didn't think she had this in her." When Kotone pointed out what the cores came from, and that the Regalia had yet to be finished, the man's eyes widened. He'd seen this sort of thing once, and only once. "A Storm Regalia? Chiyocchi's gonna be the next Storm Queen?"

[Apollymi]

"That shouldn't be surprising, I've always cared about all of you. And how you feel." she mentioned with a small smile. It was quite true that the Pledge Queen had a vested interest in making sure all of those under her care were as good as they could be emotionally and as far as their gear was concerned.

Soon enough though the Flame King, was discussing the Pledge Queen of the Second Generation with her and the woman could only nod. "We went and had a chat with her after she fixed the regalia of our Horn King." she said with a small smile. "She fixed his gear, and the little fanged girl fixed his attitude. It's quite stunning." she said with a bit smile in the sleeping small girl's direction. Beyond this point, the woman was most excited when the man finally caught up to the bit about what Chiyo the little Ice Queen would eventually be. "Hai... I feel the need to explain. You knew about the addition of Satoshi's Regalia cores to hers, but the reason that Creation had that idea in the first place, is because the Chiyo's Regalia already included a piece of the Sky Regalia when they arrived at their tower. It was made it possible for her regalia to accept all the pieces... and she wanted to see the storm created by snow." mentioned the woman. "Destruction agreed, because such a thing would be powerful and the girl's personality and run style leaned towards that anyways." she added, explaining how the Angels had decided to nudge the girl in the right direction. "And I..." she paused again looking towards the sleeping girl. "I knew their generation was missing the balancing force of a Storm. Besides... the Sky King obviously trusts her more than anyone else. He handed her his regalia before he fought me..." she reasoned. All of these thoughts had been the reason to nudge Chiyo's Regalia into becoming one of ice. "I really can't wait to see how it turns out." she mentioned a huge smile on her face.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah, there was so much caring in every bit of instigation you did back in the tower," he retorted. Kotone went on to explain the development of Chiyo's Regalia, and how the Angels came to the conclusion of paving the way to the Blizzard Road's creation. He had to agree that a Storm King/Queen was needed to properly balance out the second generation, especially with the rapid development their Sky King was expected to show. It was an interesting surprise to find out why Kotone thought Chiyo was trusted by the Sky King in question, though. "Handing off the Sky Regalia, really? Wow... Maybe there's something else going on there. If there is, maybe I should have shown some restraint," he said, scratching the back of his head. "But, what's done is done, I guess. I can't really say no to anything. And yeah, it'll be interesting to see. Before then, I'll have our upcoming Storm Queen ready to cover the Sky."

[Apollymi]

"Hey, all instigation came from a place of love. All of you aren't the easiest people to deal with..." she said with a smile. She knew that when she was younger she was known to be a bit of an instigator as well as a tiny bit of a crybaby. But that wasn't really something to be upset about. Beyond this, she'd done a lot of things for the sake of balancing out their friend group, so all from a place of love.

As the conversation about the next generation progressed it seemed that the Flame King didn't agree about the reasoning behind the Sky King handing off his Regalia to the Ice Queen. She thought about it for a moment and affirmed the happenings int he Tower. "Hai he did. And in a room full of people, not to his tuner, or any of the others... to her, but why would that..." her sentence trailed off as she thought about what the implications of the man's explanations were. "Wait... you think he likes her?" she asked she thought about it for a few seconds and she simply shook her head from left to right. "I don't think it's anything to worry about... if she also likes him... it will work itself out." concluded the Angel as if she was positive about this and she was to some extent given her own experiences. Beyond this point the man seemed resolute to produce a proper Storm Queen out of the former Fang Queen. "Also I wouldn't worry about not being able to say no to anything, didn't sound like she was taking no for an answer anyways~" the woman said seemingly amused by the whole situation. She turned to the man and offered him an hug and kiss per their usual arrangement. "Have fun~"

[Bloodedge]

"You say that, but I have my worries for obvious reasons. Let's just hope the Brain Charger experiment has done a few wonders, yeah?" he said as the Pledge Queen decided to take her leave. He accepted the woman's embrace, returning it as well as the kiss before she departed. When she was gone, he went off to bed. He woke up on what was presumably the next day, and immediately returned to the shower to properly wake himself up.

[Apollymi]

A small giggle would escape the Angels as they left after receiving their parting gifts. After all, it wasn't very obvious whether the Second Generation Sky King had received any wonders. She figured, the mention was made, as the man didn't wish to have badly influenced what the girl wanted or demanded from her lovers. But, the Pledge Queen figured he was being too hard on himself. If the young Sky King was any real good as his Brain Charger, he'd likely be just as giving and eager to please, and if that was the case, he'd surely be able to retake the young future Storm Queen eventually.

After they parted and the Flame King got his sleep. The young Ice Queen also got hers. Soon enough they'd shifted into the next day, and Chiyo managed to sleep a bit longer than normal. Though her waking was less angry than normal, when she woke she still bore the Over Cross Twinkle Eye of her Brain Charger state. She heard the shower running, but made no moves to remove herself from bed. No. Instead she sat there rubbing her face and trying to pull herself together... which was still a bit of a hard thing for the girl to do, but she'd woken in a much better mood than she'd done previously.

[Bloodedge]

The Flame King had dallied about in the shower for quite some time, but he eventually found himself actually working toward a bit of cleaning. Afterwards, he turned off the water and took a moment to breathe. His exit came with a choice of black cargo pants and a blue v-neck shirt with short sleeves. Once these things were in place, he went about donning and lacing his ATs, all while his Emperor Eye was active.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was still working toward waking up, but eventually she managed it. Though her eyes were still showing that of her Brain Charger, she seemed to be grabbing things so she could have a shower and get dressed. As she moved about she eventually worked towards the shower pausing only to stare at the man now lacing up his ATs, but she just rubbed her face again and entered the shower. That was where she'd stay for about twenty minutes but soon enough she'd emerge her eyes showing their special trait now. She'd chosen to dress, in a pair of purple shorts and a black t-shirt with her ATs. Once she was dressed she approached the man with a proper greeting. "Good morning, Yoichi~" she managed finally. It seemed the Ice Queen fell into habits of not speech first thing in the morning, especially since everything about waking up seemed to cause her some great annoyance.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama's eyes were down when Chiyo passed him and entered the shower, but he could hear the shower being turned back on, and could tell from this that Chiyo had gotten out of bed. Some time later, she emerged and greeted him from the morning. He was in the kitchen at the time, having a simple bit of cinnamon toast with cherry topping and syrup that he'd thrown together over the twenty minute span of time. "Good morning," he replied before taking a bite of toast. "Sleep well? I'd hope so, considering how long you were out."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo's eyes widened just a bit as she was greeted by the man enjoying his breakfast. It seemed she'd been sleeping quite a while, but she hadn't bothered checking the time to see how long she'd been out. "I slept well, but..." she seemed curious about how long she'd been sleeping. "How long was I out?" she questioned. Heading over to the fridge to find something to drink, to be fairly surprised by the restock which had taken place while she was sleeping. "Huh... Angels are magical beings~" she said aloud and mostly to herself as she picked a juice to have likely with the breakfast she hadn't yet thought of making for herself.

[Bloodedge]

"Hard to say, really, but I think about fourteen hours," he said as his estimation of time. He'd slept a proper 8 hours himself, and was awake for quite some time after Chiyo went to bed, as well as before her recent waking. He was quite sure this estimate was accurate, given his capacity to keep track of the amount of time passing, even if he'd managed to forget whether it was currently day or night outside. If he had the mind to, he'd have to remember to suggest a day cycle simulator to the Angels after leaving the facility. "Mm. The Angels came by with the shopping some time after you fell asleep. There's breakfast for you in the oven, by the way."

[Apollymi]

"The fuck! FOURTEEN HOURS?!" the Ice Queen seemed a bit shocked. Actually in her most recent life she couldn't remember sleeping over 10 hours at any given time. Of course, she was always pretty routinely scheduled, and with that in mind usually woke herself up in time to do the things she needed to do. Knowing she had nothing else to do, and being pretty well exhausted by her previous day's pleasure seeking activities, it sort of made sense that the girl had slept for so long. After getting over the shock she seemed to smirk about shaking her head. "Eh, I don't think I've ever slept so much in my life~" she mentioned before taking a sip of her juice. It was also stated by Yoichi that the Angels had come by to restock the fridge after she'd fallen asleep. And that she had breakfast in the oven which immediately lead to the girl fetching said breakfast and sitting down to consume it. "Aww, I'm sad I missed the Angels and thank you for the food~" she mentioned happily as she started in on her portion of the cinnamon toast.

[Bloodedge]

"It's a bit excessive. I've never slept a minute over eight hours in my life. It's not the first time I've seen someone do that, though." Between bites of toast and speech, Kurama had a swig or two of water. By the time Chiyo sat to partake of her half of the meal, he was about halfway through. When thanked for the food, Kurama simply nodded before speaking about the Angels' presence. "They didn't stay very long. Apparently they just wanted to check in on us while making sure we had groceries."

[Apollymi]

Between bites Chiyo looked up at the man with a small bit of distaste. "Oh the man that controls time, doesn't oversleep. Must be nice~" she teased seeming to find the fact that the man never slept more than eight hours to be some sort of superhuman feat. Not that she often got to do so, but it was usually because she was doing things that required her attention. Beyond this point it was mentioned that the Angels didn't stay very long and had only stopped by to check on them and make sure they had more food. This would have been surprising, but Chiyo found that Tuners were often concerned with the well-being of others. With this in mind a small smile came to her face as she nodded and continued her meal.

While she ate though, she began to think a bit, in the same way that she thought about everything. She glanced at Yoichi occasionally having stray thoughts combine in her head. 'Fuck! This is a bit weird too isn't? I mean... again, I acted really impulsively and someone acquiesced to my wishes. And that is amazing, but we're friends so that won't make this weird will it. I really don't care to change anything about our interactions, but I've never actually had much time to consider this question while sitting in front of person and chatting over breakfast.' in the time period that she started thinking this way, she'd gone extremely quiet and even stopped eating. It was essentially as if she started having a conversation in her head, that played out across her face as confusion.

[Bloodedge]

"Says the woman who can now freeze time for a minute with only a few seconds of work. Yours doesn't even have to be maintained to be effective," he chided. True to his words, his Time trick and Chiyo's were two very different types of tricks. Where his required a constant use of heat drafts to keep its effect active, Chiyo's trick had a lasting effect from a moment of exposure. Moving right along, though, he went about finishing his breakfast. Before taking the last bite, he looked toward the Ice Queen and raised a brow. Whatever confusion she was experiencing, he couldn't fathom at all. "It's French Toast. You know... bread. Cinnamon. Optional topping. Type of breakfast," he said, going with a joke about the cause of confusion since he had no clue whatsoever what the true cause was. "What's the matter? Not a fan of cherries?"

[Apollymi]

A smirk came to the Ice Queen's face as the man mentioned the difference in the nature of their tricks. And given the information she had about both tricks she couldn't well argue that her ability was very different from his and specifically very useful. So, a chuckle would escape her in that moment. After that she'd been so spaced out the man's next commentary seemed to bring her back to herself. She realized as she thought the rest of motions had stopped, and he seemed to think she was confused about breakfast. A laugh escaped her as she shook her head from left to right pigtails seeming to settle back behind her shoulders as she did. "Oh? You don't say... never seen a breakfast like this in my life." the girl mentioned sarcastically only to clear up her joke after a few seconds and a giggle. "I know what french toast is... and I'm fine with cherries." she said a smile appearing on her face as she chose to get a tiny bit sarcastic. "I mean they're not lemons or anything, but they're alright~" she said her joke seeming to finish. "I was just thinking... it's weird but there usually isn't someone around to notice me when I am doing that..." she mentioned and figuring a follow up question would come she went ahead and explained, there was a great bluntness in her nature and it would be rearing itself now.

"I've just never had this much time with someone after sex. We're fine right? Like you're cool, I'm great, we're just friends?" she asked only to figure out that this sounded a bit weird outside of her head and felt a logical need to explain. "'Cause, I know I'm a bit demanding and like really impulsive but I don't expect anything to change, but I didn't really clear that up before, and I began wondering if it's weird that I didn't really think about it." she finished explaining that entire thing and then going back to her breakfast while she waited for his reply. Seeming to enjoy it very much.

[Bloodedge]

While Chiyo spoke, Kurama bit into the last bite of toast he'd prepared for himself. He finished chewing, and still, there was more to hear, so he went on to drink the rest of his water. The actual source of Chiyo's confusion was simply her own thinking, and the cause of this was a concept that had never even crossed the Flame King's mind. "There was nothing to clear up, really," he said when he finally pulled the bottle away from his lips. Chiyo may have been trying to set the record straight, but Kurama had never even registered these thoughts as proper. "You said you wanted it, so I agreed. Even if that were a daily occurrence, nothing would change. I'm actually a bit shocked you even asked, considering my background. Wait... you weren't expecting anything to come from that, were you?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo heard out what the man had to say, and though he seemed to be confused as to why she'd even brought it up, he seemed to be have similar thoughts about this as she did, so she was fine. Only his last question made the girl pause and look at the man as if he'd grown another head. She would simply shake her head back and forth, this was almost funny to her. Almost. But to preserve this nature of this dialogue she refrained from laughing. "No, it's nothing like that. I only asked because I realize I occasionally act without taking into account anyone else's feelings. As long as you're good, I am too~" the girl said before returning to her breakfast. This might seem a tad odd to most, but the girl's concern had nothing to do with herself and everything to do with the man she'd just had sex with, in her own mind, she never expected anything and he had more than enough demanding women in his life to not want or need any others. That being said if nothing was amiss, then there was no reason for her to think further about it. As far as she was concerned her conscious was completely clear of this situation, and she'd continue to enjoy her training and chats with the First Generation Flame King as per their usual. 'Oh, he said this could happen everyday... I wonder if he really means that?' she thought with a small and devious grin coming to her face.

[Bloodedge]

"Sou ka," was all Kurama had left to say on the matter. He then floated away from the table with his plate in hand to transfer it into the dishwasher. Once that was out of the way, he waited around for Chiyo, figuring it was about time she started the real training, and what would be considered the final phase for the session. "When you're ready to get the final phase underway, let me know."

[Apollymi]

With everything fine between the pair of them, Chiyo finished her breakfast, nodding her acknowledgement to join the man while her mouth was full. It wouldn't take her long or anything, she simply wanted to make sure it settled well. She used her juice to wash everything down while she finished loading the dishwasher and started it up. Once this was done she joined the man, rotating her shoulders. "Alright, phase four you said? What's this one about?" she asked seeming to find these variations to be fun and rather useful. She felt like her run overall was better for the time she spent in this man's company. And she was so relaxed right now, she felt like nothing would really stress her out.

[Bloodedge]

When Chiyo joined him to express her readiness to continue, Kurama began a gradual shift toward the open area of the zero gravity chamber. While doing so, he turned around to look at the lass and explain what phase 4 would involve. "For the rest of our time here, we'll be going at each other with everything we've got. To do that, we need to be in the Zone. It's time you found your Zone Trigger and learned how to enter it whenever you want, versus doing so on impulse."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo seemed to look at the man curiously following him into the open part of the Chamber. As she did though her face seemed to show some kind of distaste at the next phase of training. "I don't really like how that sounds." she said honestly. Then she realized that wasn't really clear enough as a specification so she went on. "Not that I don't like the idea of giving everything in a good fight. I am kind of the sort to do that anyways. It's just..." she paused as she turned seeming to be pacing but on her ATs. "You said trigger... that makes it sound like I can go into the Zone on my own, if I put myself in a specific mindset. If it has to be the one I went into the first time... that won't be good." she finished. Chiyo was quite clever and by a long shot didn't really need most things explained to her. She also had a reasonable understanding of the type of person she was a fighter, she knew what had pushed her into the Zone the first time, and such violent feelings were usually avoided by her, as pushing her in like that would make her try really hard to hurt someone.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama already knew what Chiyo's Zone Trigger would be, but he did not intend to explain until Chiyo came to realize this herself. It seemed she did have an understanding of her would-be trigger, and since that was the case, she had the perfect retort for the lass. "The Zone does not answer those who ask for help. Each time you enter the Zone and fall deeper into it, the next time becomes more difficult to step inside. Thinking about entering the Zone is the same as deciding not to do so." He stopped there, physically halting his movements after reaching the open space. After taking a deep breath, he continued speaking. "You've met Aomine. You've fought him, or tried to. Do you really think you'd be able to damage him without going for a kill?"

[Apollymi]

Kurama went on to explain how the Zone actually worked. And Chiyo simply nodded at the first bit, after all, she figured it worked exactly like that, which is why she hadn't bothered trying to entering it since that time. She figured, the best way for her would be accidentally or if she really needed to maim someone she could do it regardless. "I figured it was something like that, it's why I haven't bothered trying... well, injury aside." mentioned the black haired girl. The mention of the man known as Aomine made her eyes widen and she came to a stop looking at the Flame King. She remembered the moment she'd encountered that man, or rather when he'd encountered her, and she distinctly thought of all the random things she'd seen in her head when trying to process that man the idea of him as a person sincerely pissed her off. "No, he's perfect." she said those three words as if the truth of it made her angry, she exhaled then understanding that a person like that would likely require more to hurt than her general stance on not going overboard would allow.

[Bloodedge]

"It's best not to try. While fighting at 80% of your physical ability, trying to go beyond by begging the Zone for its power will just result in your percentage lowering." As far as Aomine was considered, he was also never able to properly rationalize the man's capabilities; at least not since before he blossomed into what he was today. But, there was one instance in which he was able to deal damage by entering the Zone and unlocking the Emperor Eye. Aomine had since developed an eye of his own somehow, but Kurama figured that people like himself and Chiyo could still manage, given proper preparations. "He's certainly not perceivable. But, he's no immortal. You just need the right resolve. So... do you have your trigger?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo shrugged off the information that she'd been in the right not to try. It was always assumable that, trying to push past a point when you weren't ready was an almost guaranteed way to not reach your goal. But this wasn't really the point, it appeared that she wasn't the only one who couldn't perceive the man known as Aomine but somehow that really didn't make her feel better. When asked if she had her trigger, she looked up at the man before her and grinned. "Of course." and with these two words Chiyo found herself pushing past a door. If all she had to do was want to kill someone, then it was really easy to find the doors and force them to open for her. After all, a perfect man existing ate at the very fabric of her instincts. She didn't like the man, she wanted him dead. And understanding this she entered the Zone lightning seeming to strike from the corners of her eyes as she began to circle the man before her. And upon doing this... she had but one thing to say. "Kamikorose." a phrase which now had a much more direct meaning.

[Bloodedge]

It was only a small matter of time before Chiyo got herself into the proper mindset for forcing the Zone's doors open. He could almost literally feel it happening, and inhaled deeply before mulling over his own trigger to enter the Zone as well. Golden electricity sparked in his eyes as a grin spread across his face. "Try as you will," he said as his ATs revved and produced a large inferno around him instantly, taking the form of a nine-tailed fox behind him. These flames spread quickly and aimed to engulf the entire facility, threatening all things within, not excluding Chiyo herself.

In the meantime, it seemed one Thunder King, Kabuto, had joined the Pledge Queen in the building above. In sensing two individuals enter the Zone, he viewed a monitor which showed a video of the things happening in the chamber. "Sugoi! They're both in pretty deep! You might want to do something to protect that platform."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo seemed to feel rather good about what she was doing. Well, good wasn't the right word, no... it simply felt right. As her own wheels revved the flames which aimed to engulf her seemed to die down around her, starving for oxygen as the cold made it impossible for ignition to keep taking place. Around the girl, surprisingly enough the shadow that used to be a multi-headed hydra, had taken on a new form. Instead, it was a mechanical silver dragon with multiple heads, that seemed to be growing from its core. But it didn't seem to be done yet, in fact, this appearance seemed to be growing right before the eyes of the viewers. The fangs in the girl's mouth appeared to be sharper as she began to move in the most measured of ways. The initial push off of her leg spun her in a circle and rocketed her across the room and though she approached the man directly at the last possible second she seemed to spin around him, creating as she did, sub-freezing temperatures and ice which didn't immediately melt. From behind him a jump and the tightening of her leg muscles all the way up to her hips would create the most massive fang frozen and completely solid as it fired off in the man's direction.

Meanwhile above the words of Kabuto the Thunder King, were understood and met by the Original Angel. She took up leaning over the young man's shoulder and nodded looking at the video feed. Though she didn't understand the Zone herself, she did understand that the two who were down within the chamber were in the mood to be the sort of physically wrecking things which could cause problems in the living area above. "I figured such a thing was necessary. During the downtime yesterday I completed work on the base code for Cortana. She'll... take care of it." she mentioned. As she said this the woman brought her wrist around the young man's chest and began typing on a holographic keyboard which appeared there. And when she did, a hologram version of her younger self would appear in one of the monitors here. A simple nod would come from this program and then the platform which contained the living space for those within the chamber rose. Leaving the entire chamber empty of obstacles and protected from the attentions of the Flame King and Ice Queen.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama could see his flames being smothered around Chiyo, and it was surprisingly exciting to the man. Chiyo's shadow was also an interesting thing to view, but he hardly had time to admire it. The Ice Queen was about to move. When she did, Kurama was prepared to react to whatever she would be doing. It seemed her choice was going to be a maneuver to shift to his rear. While she performed this spin, Kurama was simultaneously turning with her, producing more and more flames. Seeing the movements of the muscles in her legs, he knew what would come next. As such, he took a bit of extra time to spin an additional 360 degrees, using the Apollon Road, the truest form of his run. By combining the principle of Time with his flames, he used the momentum of his spin to kick out a powerful burst of heat energy to counteract the frozen Fang being thrown his way. The two collided, causing an immediate explosion of steam to spread around the two Gravity Children. "That's it, Yukianesa! Show me everything you've got!" With the one AT he had on the ground, Kurama created five clones of flames which darted from his person one by one, each aiming their bodies at the Ice Queen.

"Cortana?" the Thunder King questioned from the room above, just before seeing the representation of the AI Kotone created. He found it familiar... very familiar, in fact. "You turned yourself into a program? Sugoi!"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo seemed to be having a good time of this, and her eyes were already working overtime so she knew nothing would come of her first attack. She didn't actually expect it to knowing that the man's eyes could predict the things she would do based on the movements of her muscles. Even so the multiple tomoe in each eye spun as she layered the sections of vision atop each other creating a panoramic view of this place in her mind. Once she had she took full advantage of the momentum she'd built up and didn't bother turning to face the man and his coming clones. Seeming to enjoy the steam created around them that would begin to crystallize as ice from the movement of her own feet. As this happened they seemed to be congealing turning into orbs of ice and sharpness as she moved around. The coming clones would find themselves each dispersed through contact with what was effectively a crescent shaped ice bubble which was the size of a basketball and would explode into ice shards on contact. "Yoichi, I thought canines were predators, but you're starting to look like a meal to me." after the clones were dealt with the girl found herself, within a short distance of the man, so she spun kicking into a backward arc which would allow her to reach maximum speed in less than the distance between them. Then a kick outward would cause an ice laser to finish the distance and attempt to shoot clear across the room and straight through the man. All the while the temperature seemed to fluctuate downward, as if the girl's movements were meant solely to drop the temperature of the room, forcing the smothering of flames.

Kotone seemed to find Kohaku's appreciation of her newest development to be amusing. She smiled and nodded continuing to monitor other things. "Yes, I did. I thought I could use more access to me, and all of you as well. Actually I've already added her to all of your phones. In the form of a Halo button on your main screens, it's her companion program. She's mostly going to be used to monitor this room, but she's also kind of just a companion program for life. She can do just about anything and find all information she needs between the internet and the systems here. She was finalized yesterday..." she mentioned watching the screen for the actions of the pair and finding it to be one of the most amazing things she'd witnessed. She spoke to the program on screen to ask for more or different data she wanted to see. "Cortana, could you pull up the temperature fluctuations for the room, as well as structural integrity models... I might have do to more work after they've worn themselves out for the day." she said only to have the AI open new screens which displayed the information asked for. "Oh, and she's voice activated." mentioned the Pledge Queen distinctly proud of herself.

[Bloodedge]

"Don't get the wrong idea, Yukicchi~" he replied. As the ice laser was prepared, Kurama could be seen with his arms open and slowly swirling around each other. The wind gathered betwixt them, carrying Kurama's flames as well. He hastened the build-up of this trick taken from the Wing Road to halt the laser before him within the cyclone of fire, using the flames themselves to assist in the process. In the end, he kicked the center of this tornado, sending the wind and flames through the center of the laser toward Chiyo. All the while, his left AT continued revving against the floor to keep the flame production up against Chiyo's continuous freezing. "You can't make ice in the heat, but you can always light a fire when it's cold."

When Kotone explained the Cortana AI, Kabuto took the time to have a look at his phone. Indeed, there was now a halo icon right above the center button of his touch-screen device. This was quite the useful program from what he gathered, and he would certainly make use of it later. For the moment, though, he was content to keep track of the training taking place. When the temperature fluctuations were noted, the Thunder King's eyes narrowed. "This isn't a winnable fight. Either they both die here, or neither of them does. The Zone is fickle like that, but these Roads should never meet."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo didn't seem at all distressed by the amount of counter-productivity taking place here. In fact, she all but expected it. She'd been thinking for a while a fight between the pair of them would never amount to much of anything if neither were able to reach the proper temperature before the other. Her thoughts on this were that if she could reach the greatest low temperature, all she'd have to do was maintain it, but the same could be said of the man standing in front of her. Still, she couldn't really abandon what she was doing despite the obvious problem with the two of their roads colliding in such a way. So as the flame tornado came towards her, she seemed to embrace it, spinning into it and following the spin without fear, something she'd done time and time again when it was just wind. Subsequently following it back to it's source feet first, this was the kind of person Chiyo was, the type who'd follow in regardless of how bad it seemed. The entire time she spun she created a swirl of ice as she did lowering the temperature around her and creating more steam and warm mist from the ice to fire combination occurring every time one of them performed a trick. "Yoichi, without Gravity neither of us wins this exchange. Heat should rise and cold should fall, but there aren't directions... this is all going to be luke warm mist at every clash, only having major temperature spikes at the start of one trick and the end of another." she mentioned. If the man continued to stand at the end of this created tornado, he'd find himself being ridden upon the girl's ATs making contact with the center of his chest, if this happened there would be a freezing of his person from the point of contact. This was Chiyo in the Zone caring about nothing other than eliminating her target. But she couldn't push further, and knew from experience that her dive into the Zone would leave her completely spent if she continued with no shot of achieving her goal. With this in mind, if she didn't make contact with the man when she righted herself she'd step out of it, letting the doors close behind her.

Meanwhile, Kotone was left to watch this fight and the problems being created by the polarizing exchange between the pair of riders who were both high class no matter what way it was looked at. Actually the entire structure of the building had been changed from a sphere to a three dimensional elipse. "Fire against water and now fire against ice. The Fox always has a bad habit of meeting and befriending people he doesn't properly mix with... what's the point of the training if neither of them can win and if they shouldn't meet at all." this was one moment in which the Pledge Queen seriously wasn't sure of the nature of this training. She'd been watching it the entire time it'd been taking place and knew it to be building up to something, but... what was the point of the two of them couldn't properly determine a winner.

[Bloodedge]

"So you haven't figured it out yet?" he asked, though he expected no answer. Instead of bothering with discussion from then on, he continued the match. Chiyo's entrance to the flaming Pile Tornado trick was an interesting choice. However, she would indeed be missing with her attack, as Kurama spun around the outside of the tornado during her approach. He would then grind to a stop, kicking up flames again as he darted toward Chiyo from behind.

Kabuto intently watched this match, remembering how his use of his Thunderbolt Snowman trick worked against Kurama in prior years during a training match. When he thought back to this, he remembered what happened when he made up for his weakness against the Flame Road with this trick, and he compared that moment to the more solid form that was Chiyo's Blizzard Road. Only after this train of though completed itself did he reply to Kotone, smiling as he did, even though it seemed like Kurama in the Zone was en route to incinerating the Ice Queen. "That's exactly the point," he said. In this moment, the monitor showed the completion of Kurama's onslaught. He bypassed Chiyo, leaving a massive tongue of flames that would have burned the lass immediately. However, the meeting of fire and ice always made water. This meant that his flames were immediately doused as he passed the Ice Queen, flaring up only for a split second to accomplish nothing more than melting what ice remained, and being put out by it quicker as a result. Then came the mist: the ultimate result of these two Roads colliding at such a level. "No one being able to win just means they can fight like they're trying to kill each other... without killing each other. There's no better training one can get."

[Apollymi]

It was at the rhetorical question, that Chiyo's eyes opened and thought it had been her intention to leave the Zone but at the last second she didn't. Her intention to kill the man only seeming to rise over time. "Ugh, I just said it didn't I." she said this, not as a question but as a statement. There wasn't a winner, so unlike previous training bouts this obviously wasn't about a set goal. This was odd for the girl, considering that she was usually a lot more goal oriented, but she figured now would be the time she solidified most of her tricks as they could cause no real harm here. Lightning sparked from her corner of her eyes as she spun finding that for a split second Yoichi should have been in strike range, but in so doing created a crest of ice which would flow in the direction the man's flames took back towards him, only as they approached and moved they seemed to just turn into steam. All this time she didn't seem afraid of the encroaching flames, knowing there'd still be ice around to handle it.


"Ah, I see." Kotone said. Not having considered the goodness of having a training partner on the opposite end of the spectrum for yourself. Everytime you clashed you didn't really have to consider what would happen as the things taking place couldn't really hurt anything, even if it was your intention to make it so. "Well, I suppose that explains his choice in training partners then." she said looking at the data on the screens and becoming a bit annoyed by what she was seeing. "Still, the two of them are warping the entire chamber every time the temperature spikes in one direction or the other. I'm going to have to call Jirou and get him push it back into shape before the metal settles." she mentioned though inwardly she was quite pleased. The developments of these two were astonishing and in the case of the girl from the second generation there was even more to come.

[Bloodedge]

"That's better." Though Chiyo had slipped out of the Zone, she was able to hop right back in through those giant, metaphorical doors. When he turned around to face her, he used his flames again, causing the appearance of another steam cloud between them as he approached.

It was at this time that Kabuto looked away from the monitor, finding that he'd seen enough of the training session. "If they stay in there long enough, he may not even be able to help. Zone battles are catastrophes every time; there's no telling how much damage will be done."

[Apollymi]

Soon enough, the Angels would be busying themselves with the repairs to their spot. Not that it took them a very long time with the help they recieved. By the time the Flame King and the Ice Queen were ready to play again, the structure they played within had been reinforced and remade with stronger more resistant materials.

To her credit the Ice Queen had come quite a long ways, but this was only the second day of her fun in the Zone, so she figured there was something more to be learned here. At least, that was the way someone like Yoichi would put it. With that in mind the Ice Queen had her shower, dressed herself and rose for the day, first... and when breakfast was finished, french toast and eggs she'd be seen dancing around the kitchen as she tried to find the syrup, surprisingly enough she was herself with the active eyes of her special variant alive in her face.

[Bloodedge]

Eventually, the Flame King Kurama emerged from the bedroom, and made his way directly into the shower. He did so very soon after Chiyo left. When he finally emerged, he continued into the kitchen, and with a towel being rubbed against his face, he witnessed Chiyo prancing about the room in search of something. "Well someone sure woke up happy today. Did I do something right that I don't know about?" he asked as the towel he'd been drying his face with fell over his shoulders.

[Apollymi]

"Fuck, yes I did!~" Chiyo said at the mention of her waking up happy this day. Of course, it was rather rare for her to get to have the type of fun she had the day prior. And beyond that, she was also still utterly relaxed. "As for what you did, I can't think of anything in particular, but I'm sure if you really want to, you could find a way to take a bit of credit somewhere in there~" she said, the whole time she'd still been prancing about the kitchen, but even now she couldn't find what she was looking for. "Fuck, where's the syrup? I want breakfast." Chiyo mentioned turning to face the man finally, but she'd seen him since he walked up to the kitchen with the towel rubbing over his face. "Oh, I made you some too~" she added, so that he wouldn't feel left out of her meal choice of the morning.

[Bloodedge]

"... Yeah, not gonna lie. No clue at all what that means," he said while continuing to move forward into the kitchen. Apparently, Chiyo's movements were due to her searching for syrup. When she voiced this, she also made sure to mention that she had prepared breakfast for him as well. "Really? Arigatou." Of course, he went about searching for the syrup as well, though he still wondered why Chiyo kept dancing around the place. "Right here," he said as he retrieved the syrup from the back of a cabinet. Kurama then held the open bottle with its tip pointed toward Chiyo, as if contemplating being a bit of a prankster. "You showered right before me, didn't you? This would be hilarious."

[Apollymi]

"Fuck... I'm not explaining it." mentioned the Ice Queen. Now at this point it was stated that the Ice Queen made the Flame King breakfast which he thanked her for. "Yeah, no problem." she said only to have this man go further and find the syrup she'd been looking for. But more than this a bit of deviousness came from the man as he found the syrup at the back of the cabinet. This caused a grin to cross the fanged girl's face. "Fuck, well I can't say it wouldn't be funny... but if ya' do that, then pay back is double plus one~ And we haven't even had breakfast yet, you are so not ready to start a prank war with me~" mentioned the Ice Queen, but she wasn't even contemplating anything, in fact there was a jar of open dessert cherries covered in the sticky syrup which she'd be tossing all over this man if he tried her.

[Bloodedge]

"Double plus one, huh..." Kurama actually thought long and hard about the supposed consequences of his actions, should he choose to go through with this. In the end, he decided it was more than worth it, so he squeezed the bottle until syrup squirted from it on a path toward the Ice Queen's torso. As far as he knew, this was the only bottle of syrup, so he was quite conservative and used no more than two-thirds of the full bottle. "Neh, you said you made breakfast. You may as well put yourself on a plate at this rate."

[Apollymi]

A simple nod came from the Ice Queen as the man before her seemed to think about what the level of payback which was a thing she'd mentioned exactly for the reason. But somehow the young girl knew this man would try her anyways, and as such she wasn't surprised when syrup came her way. She also didn't move out of the way of it, because her arms were currently in reach of that jar of aforementioned cherries, which she tossed towards the man, also being conservative in her use of them as she tossed them to cover him in them, this was followed by a spin which would give her the ability reach for powdered sugar which she'd also toss at him with deadly accuracy. Beyond that... since she said she'd add plus one, she also jumped into his arms, cause he'd be covered in syrup. "Now don't tempt. I want to eat breakfast, not be breakfast~" mentioned the girl as she was content.

[Bloodedge]

It seemed Chiyo's training had paid off quite a bit, given her immediate reaction to the spray of syrup. Before he could even laugh at what he'd done, he was being bombarded with sticky cherries. Then, before he could react to this, there was powdered sugar covering him. One more thing followed, and it came in the form of Chiyo herself, applying an added layer of stickiness to his front. As her statement came to its end, however, the Flame King's mouth opened just enough to shoot a cherry toward Chiyo's open mouth. "There; eat that for breakfast!"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo soon found herself catching a cherry in her mouth which she ate, before she left go of the Flame King giggling. "Fuck, not exactly what I had in mind, but pretty funny." she chimed before settling herself in for breakfast. It seemed that the Ice Queen didn't exactly mind being covered in random sticky breakfast food while pulling out both plates and sitting one in front of the man as she prepared to eat. "Fuck, I'm actually going to have to shower again~ you're such a meanie Yoichi." the girl said pouting at the man playfully before she properly started in on her breakfast.

[Bloodedge]

"I wondered what you'd do as a response. You challenged me, so I had to meet it." Now that their little exchange was over, and Chiyo was no longer in his grasp, Kurama moved toward the table. "Itadakimasu~" he said while spinning a fork around in his right hand. Afterwards, he dug right in, making quick work of the meal before him.

[Apollymi]

"I said what I'd do, double plus one. Though I'll admit to challenging~ Totally all me on that one." she said as she also devoured her food, in record time with the utmost precision. While she ate she couldn't help but look at the man across from her and chuckle just a little. "Ya' know, I could make you some more~" she chimed having finished her own in short order soon after the man. She was pleased but also all covered in sticky syrup, cherries and powdered sugar. Still this was not really bad. "Now, I'm going to have a shower... again~ And then you can tell me what we're up to today."

[Bloodedge]

"Gochiso sama deshita!" Kurama said when he completed his meal and organized the dishes for washing. As he loaded up the dishwasher, he also plucked a cherry from his body and tossed it into his mouth. "I'll tell you in the shower. There's no way I'm gonna leave this to dry," he said, chewing a cherry stem as he moved toward the shower from whence he came originally. "And I'll pass on seconds. Gotta keep my girlish figure, y'know?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo grinned at the man as he took the dishes and loaded them into the dishwasher and beyond that seemed to accept any of the praise thrown her way. "Uh-huh." she said spinning around the man as she also headed for the shower. "Do tell me what a man as skinny as you, needs to keep his figure for~" she said with a chuckle. Once she'd appropriately reached the shower, turned on a set of shower heads for herself and stripped in a corner to lose sticky breakfast covered clothes. She didn't seem to question that she'd been involved in a food fight before breakfast and was still in a rather good mood. She also seemed to have no issue stripping down and hopping into the hot water. While she rinsed herself of the breakfast assortments off herself she questioned again. "Fuck, come on, don't keep me in suspense what are we up to today?" questioned the girl who seemed to really want to know and waiting only seemed to make that worse for her. All questions made, assumed the Flame King had also joined her in the shower.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama wasted no time discarding what clothes he wore and entering the shower to cleanse himself of breakfast condiments. As he washed himself off, he was urged by Chiyo to mention the day's plan without hesitation. "There's only one thing we need to do before I feel comfortable letting you out. You need a Zone trigger... and by that, I mean you need a different one. One day, you might find yourself needing the Zone, but not wanting to kill your opponent. That'll be the day you absolutely need a more conventional trigger; one that you can actually use whenever you want or need it."

[Apollymi]

Having rinsed, Chiyo began the process of soaping up again with the same vanilla body wash she'd been using the entire time she'd been here. Upon hearing what the Flame King had to say. Upon hearing this she chuckled. "Oh?! You don't say... so me desiring to kill things totally isn't what I should be doing with my friends. I didn't think of that." she said sarcastically. "Fuck, so how does one find a more conventional Zone Trigger?" she asked as she rung out her sponge and began turning to rinse herself off. This was after all a shower for the sake of getting clean.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama had to think of a way to word his next clause, as there were many reasons for Chiyo to find a different trigger. Not only would it benefit any opponent she came across without initially aiming to slaughter, but it would be best for her as well. "Well... first, there's a bit more to it than just fighting against your friends. I'm sure you've noticed how the Zone affects the mental state. You'll never truly be able to control the Zone until you can be calm while inside it. To apply it to a metaphor, I'll say... it's a lot easier to sink to the bottom of a pool if you freak out until you start drowning in it, but if you calmly swim toward the bottom, you can go at a pace that's healthier for you... or something like that."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo heard out what the Flame King had to say about the Zone. And she supposed she had a reasonable understanding of her own mindset while she was in the Zone so she could get how mental states could play a role in the Zone. "Alright that is a fairly understandable explanation. Don't know how I feel about drowning metaphors but... makes sense." she said thinking about it, she had no idea what to consider another way to get there. "Fuck, so question... What gets you in the Zone, 'cause, I got nothing in my head that is simultaneously calm and powerful." she said, not turning the water off but officially clean, because she wanted to keep talking.

[Bloodedge]

"... Victory," he replied with a bath sponge pressed against his torso. "I enter the Zone in slightly different ways all the time, but at the root of it all... victory is my trigger. I just know I can't get there on actions alone, so my secondary trigger is pretty broad." As the explanation went on, Kurama brought his cleansing routine to an end. It seemed Chiyo had done the same, but the water remained on for some reason. Nevertheless, he stepped off the shower's gravity platform, and finished speaking while floating away and grabbing cleaner clothes. "You need something like that. Something just a bit less specific. An overly specific trigger just forces you to stay focused on that, and only that, while you're in the Zone. It doesn't leave you room to consider other possibilities without falling out."

[Apollymi]

"Victory, huh?" she thought about the Flame King and the various instances they'd spent together including most of the last month and she supposed it made a great deal of sense. She could see him feeling the need to accomplish a specific goal and needing to meet challenges laid out before him, after all, the reason they were showering now was because she'd basically dared him to pour syrup on her. "For some reason that information isn't very surprising." she added about the Flame King before switching her thoughts. While thinking about this, she finally turned off the shower now that the Flame King was finished and floated off into the distance to find clothes she wanted to wear again. Now that she'd begun dressing she began thinking and as such quietness steeped from the young woman as she tried to think of a situation that encapsulated her feelings which weren't normally violent. Forcing herself to think like this, her only memories really were ones of the Parts War she'd participated in as a teen.

[Bloodedge]

After dressing himself in his typical pair of cargo pants, and a v-neck shirt, Kurama donned his ATs and began lacing them up. "So, do you have an idea? If so, let's see it." Without further ado, the Flame King hopped off the living platform, making his way into the open space of the anti-gravity facility. He was prepared to enter the Zone whenever necessary, but he first wanted to see and know if Chiyo was ready to enter the Zone in a newer, calmer way.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo had chosen another pair of shorts, black in color and a purple t-shirt which seemed to be about the same color as her eyes without the lit quality. Once she was dressed she began putting on her ATs sliding them up her legs to almost her knees while practically floating away. "Fuck, it's kinda hard yeah?" she said. But when she thought about herself and when she was most calm she supposed there was only one way she felt both calm and power. "Eh, Yoichi, you ever heard of the Devil's 33?" the Ice Queen asked, she thought she had a bit of an idea, but she felt like talking about it first.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama patiently waited, with crossed arms and an open mind, for the Ice Queen's answer. What she came up with, though, came in the form of a question. The young woman inquired about his knowledge of the race type known as "The Devil's 33," which he had to admit he was familiar with to some extent. Still, he wasn't yet certain what the relevance of this was. "I have heard of it, yeah. Why?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo realized that was an odd question to ask, so she figured she'd have to explain a bit more. And as she floated she'd been on her back in the air but soon righted herself so that she could begin moving about in her general circling manner. This was done to think, like she didn't intend to attack initially. "Fuck, well, because... I hold the record in that race... more of a jump really." she stated remembering that situation her body shifted and she started moving backwards, and the transition was almost instantaneous. "Our team had recently lost its emblem so we were rushing to get back up to the right class so we could participate in the Gram Scale Tournament. It was before our official divisions were determined as smaller secondary teams. It should have been really easy to win, what with a rider like Shoichi as our leader he could make that jump any day no problem." explained the girl as she remembered very clearly the core of their team standing and waiting for Shoichi to make this jump over all of them, such was the nature of the Devil's 33. "We weren't afraid of it, because it was simple, and Shoichi could make the jump... and he did. He cleared all of us then his simple ass got himself disqualified because he just kept going." she said rubbing a hand over her own face. "He was having too much fun. But it caused everyone else to freak out. All that talk of who else could make the jump without activating their regalia because that was a disqualification too. How we were too close to getting back into B-class and how it would take too long any other way, we'd have to wait too long we'd miss registration and all that." she stated, she had no idea why she was explaining this, but in the explanation she found herself standing before that metaphorical door in her mind as she painted a picture of the situation.

"I wasn't even a consideration for all of them. What, with my being chained to the ground and weighted down, they didn't consider that I could clear it. But... I didn't much wait for their opinion on the matter. I just made a decision, because they were all freaking out too badly to see it clearly." she stated as in her head she pushed her hand against the door and felt it give, her eyes still closed. "I shed 55 kilos worth of weight by way of my chains as they freaked out about who was taking the jump and got to the platform before anyone else really knew what was happening. I cleared the jump and set a new record. And everyone was stunned because they hadn't even looked my way until I was over their heads." she tiny girl explained. "I told them all when I landed what I thought was the truth then. I could do it, and I did it, because I can always work within limits, a bit of pressure doesn't mean anything to me. After all, everything between the Sky and the Ground is mine~" and with those words, the Ice Queen opened her eyes streaks of lightning in her eyes.

[Bloodedge]

Kurama soon received an in-depth explanation for why Chiyo mentioned the Devil's 33, and he had to say, he was impressed by how it actually related to Chiyo's new Zone trigger. He had to say, he was a bit disturbed by why she had to participate in the race during this story, but he couldn't say he was very surprised. On a more relatable note, he could feel the doors of the Zone opening as Chiyo brought this story to conclusion, and took the liberty of walking in behind her. Once inside with electric sparks stemming from his eyes, he grinned and addressed the final statement made by the Ice Queen. "I'm impressed, Chiyocchi~! I was a bit worried about your group for a while, but you're a true storm after all."

[Apollymi]

In the Zone now, Chiyo pushed off at what would seem to be an impossible speed. She was flexing with that lightning coming from the corner of her eyes, and this push into the Zone felt much different than it had before. She felt so much like herself, but... it was more than that, she felt like she was still capable of normal thought, capable of determining things and that was odd. In large part with this calm and slightly cocky attitude a bit of confusion came to the girl's face when Yoichi stated he was impressed by what she'd said and mentioned something about being a true storm. "Fuck, Foxman you look pleased as holy fuck. But I got no idea what you're gettin' at, explain." the girl stated, her personality was what it was when she was clearly relaxed and being herself. It was cold, calm and a tiny bit demanding.

[Bloodedge]

"Well..." Kurama said, pausing for a moment of contemplating as he began moving around the room at speeds that were exceptionally high for the norm, but quite standard while being in the Zone. He decided that since Chiyo had given him a full backstory with her explanation of her Zone trigger, he would give the courtesy of doing the same in this instance. "Here's a story for you, then. You've met Aomine Isamu. Since seeing his abilities, haven't you once wondered why he never became our Sky King?"

[Apollymi]

Chiyo looked at this man oddly as her speed almost tripled from the first time she moved this moment of eye contact would last only a millisecond before she'd moved on to another position in the room. Even so, she supposed she'd considered asking that question once or twice since she'd been here but never really thought to bring it up in conversation. "Fuck, I suppose the thought crossed my mind a time or two, but I was sort of just exceptionally relieved he wasn't since I have a general understanding of what the Sky Regalia does. Enlighten me~" she asked as a spray of ice escaped her ATs while she flipped twisting several times over the ground before she was righted and continuing. These movements would be like watching something buzzing about, only a second or two of stopped motion for the untrained eye, but this random movement and shifts in her direction were what she was concentrating on presently.

[Bloodedge]

"To put it simply, the answer is because the sun creates its own storm," was the Flame King's immediate reply. Without explaining what he meant by storm, he understood this would not pass as an appropriate answer. On the other hand, there was still more to the story. "Shoichi himself is an incredibly vast sky; I daresay a nearly endless one at his rate of development. The problem with Aomine was, basically, that he was even beyond that. When he developed, watching his run was like looking up at the sun itself. Can you imagine what would happen if the sky went all the way to the sun? The thing that makes even the greatest sky bearable, is that every now and then, the storms come through and make us realize there's something between us and the otherwise intimidating sky. Naturally we couldn't allow our sky to be constantly filled with the sun, as the sun's light shines through even the darkest clouds in some way." Kurama did not make this speech while sitting still; not at all. He was continuously moving along with Chiyo, using his Emperor Eye to trace her movements while moving in tandem on a parallel path to create swirling clashes between fire and ice. This was done simply to remain within the Zone through physical activity, all while making things as clear as possible within his metaphors. "Do you get it now? The elements all come together to create storms, just to show us that there is a way to either block out, or even reach the sky that encompasses us all. Even an endless sky can be mediated with a storm that's big enough to get the job done."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo heard out all the Flame King had to say, and took from it the core of the information. That the reason Aomine wasn't allowed to be the Sky is because his vastness would have too much for the others. The Sky would have been a burning endless thing and no storms or anything below would have any shot. There was also the mention of the vastness of Shoichi and she supposed she could see that as well, especially given how well she knew Shoichi to begin with, the difference being Shoichi was the kind of guy to take everyone along, even when he outpaced them by a ridiculous amounts. It was actually one of his more endearing qualities. When she thought of this a small smile came to her face. "Fuck, those metaphors are a bit trippy, but I am pretty sure I understand what you mean. Does that mean that the Crazy Bird Lady is your generation's Storm? To match Roze's Sky." she said, coming to a very sudden stop in front of the man which would stand for a second exactly before she moved again. She'd momentarily forgotten Suzume's name, but filled in with a nickname that would be dangerously close to one previously chosen by Jinx so it would likely be understood regardless. She took note of the Flame King following her about, causing clashes between fire and ice which were amusing to see dance together to become the warm mists their runs seemed to make together.

[Bloodedge]

"... Yeah. The crazy... bird lady," he said hesitantly, yet seemingly a bit amused by the chosen epithet. When Chiyo stopped moving, he did as well. Just the same, he met the following movement with one along the polar opposite path, making for a very flashy show of the elements overall. He had the passing thought that the Angels above may find this entertaining if nothing else, but this thought only lasted for a moment. "By definition, a Storm King or Queen is an amalgamation of Roads leading toward one great power, comparable to the Sky itself. Your generation needed something different, though. Even without being part Roze, Shoichi is going to be a sky that's almost incomprehensible. Being the kind of sky he is, though, he won't require a storm to block him out. Instead, he'll need one that acts as a bridge between himself and everything below him. From what I see in you now, you'll fill that role perfectly."

[Apollymi]

The Ice Queen took note of the hesitation in the Flame King's voice and attributed it immediately to what she'd chosen to call his friend. Regardless of this, she could see the dynamic he mentioned play out between Roze and Suzume, after all, she'd witness a bit of how the two behaved while they were together and supposed it made a great deal of sense. As he went on to explain what her likely role would be in a comparable situation she figured that made a bit of sense as well... though one thing about this title bugged her and as she spun rapidly in a circle creating a veritable tornado of climbing ice before jumping out of it herself she mentioned this. "Fuck, our understanding of that was all messed up. Ya' know Shoichi was Storm King for a while, it was the title given because of his road at the time." she stated still seeming to have fun. "But I get ya'..." this calmer version of the Zone was amazing for Chiyo because it also allowed her to freely observe the entirety of the space simply by dividing her points of vision between herself and the Flame King. With this she could tell he was pacing himself to match her and could only giggle as their clashes of elements seemed to make sparkling displays as they happened.

Meanwhile, the Angels upstairs were watching from one of their monitors. In particular the Angel of Creation seemed to be bemused by the sight. Fire and ice dancing about in such a way seemed to make within her a bit of a creative frenzy. "The Angel sees beauty when the Flame God and the Little Cold One dance."

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah, I know. It wasn't exactly wrong, though. Your generation's tuner was right. The Hurricane Road was a combination of the Wind and Rumble Regalias, right? What if I told you that the Wind and Rumble Regalias were actually parts taken from the Hurricane Road? Suzume's Road. It's a bit dodgy, but to keep it as simple as possible, Shoichi was a basic form of a Storm King back then." Kurama's path remained in opposition of Chiyo's, though they soon crossed once more. When they did, he kicked up an extra bit of flames, assuming Chiyo would easily see his movements and be able to respond accordingly. "That's the beauty of a storm. It has the ability to encompass more elements from within the sky, and keep growing. Shoichi chose to abandon his cloud and become the sky itself, but you... You've already gone through the condensation stage and become a storm the size of the hurricane your generation once had. You're not big enough yet, though. How your storm grows is up to you."

[Apollymi]

Chiyo heard out what Yoichi had to say about the Hurricane Road and its origins and by that logic she supposed it made a reasonable amount of sense that Shoichi had been crowned Storm King. "Fuck, I guess it does make sense, considering that he was Storm King after Ichi-kun gave up his Regalia Cores to him, when he decided that he didn't want to participate in the Gram Scale Tournament." she said. "And I figured Usagi-nee wasn't wrong, she's an odd one, but I've never really seen her be wrong before." she stated, when their paths crossed again there were extra flames, but she saw this coming and didn't need any reaction time to kick up extra ice as well, to make a burst to create the mists without taking any injury from the extra heat created.

Beyond this point as she basically danced with the Flame King he said something she both simultaneously understood and that deeply annoyed her. She couldn't keep the look of distaste from her face as her eyes narrowed in that moment. Because, Chiyo somewhere deep inside had a bit of a Napoleon Complex and didn't like being referred to as little, even though she was in fact quite tiny and there was no way around this.'Fuck, did this sly fox fucker just call me little?'