Trophaeum City

[Bloodedge]

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Beneath the island of Trophaeum, there is a massive underground city which features all forms of Air Treck technology, including scrapped ideas and prototypes. This is where all ideas are tested, and where all unreleased technology is stored and utilized to avoid the public eye. It is also the location that powers the 72 Trophaeum Towers across the world, and can be linked directly to each one through the planet's mantle. Here, the legendary individuals that have been given the epithet "progenitors" have a place to call home. The city is otherwise occupied by scientists and the like, all of whom have been given a new, underground life for the purpose of testing and maintaining the structural balance of the city. As for why... only the progenitors have been told.

[Apollymi]

Akiza finished her meal and the glass of wine, though she was not very pleased about it. When they arrived at this place called Trophaeum Island the girl's eyes widened as she stared down into the tunnel they were visiting underground. "Sugoi. I mean... skeptical but... amazing." she mentioned of this kind of place. She still had no idea why on earth she'd been brought to such a place, but given the fact that Shoichi's eldest sibling as involved she could only assume it had something to do with whatever had taken the Ice Queen away from her studies and managing her own team. Akiza was rapid thinking but right at the moment her face was flushed. The reason the young Thorn Queen was in general opposed to drinking, wasn't because she didn't enjoy the activity, but instead because she was a bit of a lightweight.

[Bloodedge]

"Here we are," the blonde man said when the helicopter finally landed at its destination. They seemed to be within a large, vertical cylinder of a chamber with a panoramic view of the giant city around them, both on floor level, and upside-down on the ceiling. Outside, there were many smaller tubes which people seemed to float through in either vertical direction, and floating around the city were a few hovering vehicles akin to ships. "Congratulations, by the way. You are the first Gravity Child from your generation to enter Trophaeum City." These were the final words of Shigeru, who then exited the helicopter and offered Akiza a hand in stepping down. Once outside the vehicle, one would find Takeuchi Roze being the only other inhabitant of this chamber. She sat alone in a steel chair, right leg crossed over her left, with her eyes focused on the younger Thorn Queen. "Izayoi. Welcome home~♥" the white-haired woman said with a smile.

[Apollymi]

Akiza had a look at all this place seemed to offer, and was a bit stunned. When it was mentioned by her journey friend, Shigeru that she was the first member of her own generation to come here she shrugged. "Hm, well, that's pretty interesting, but I don't see why that's worth congratulating." she seemed to be a bit stunned by what she was seeing here. But soon enough she was taking this young man's hand as she exited the air craft they'd found their way here in together and soon after facing Roze. This was surely a woman she'd only seen twice in her entire life. Still a little pink faced the young woman looked to the elder woman sitting in the chair and smiled. "Konbanwa, Takeuchi-san...you had me kidnapped, saying welcome home like that is odd. " she said those golden eyes of hers suddenly rather serious.

[Bloodedge]

"Oh, wow. Shig, did you give her the whole bottle, you snake?" Roze asked both rhetorically and in jest upon seeing the state her successor seemed to be in. "You're free to go, doll-face." Once he'd been given permission to leave, which was more of a demand to do so when coming from Roze, Shigeru bowed to the woman, then to the younger woman he'd escorted to this place, before taking his leave via helicopter. While the rotors were turning to lift the machine above ground again, Roze shared her words with Akiza. "I didn't have you kidnapped. I had you reigned in. This is where you belong... where all Gravity Children belong, technically. This is where we're made. Oh, and don't listen to Shig. You're not the first to be brought here, but you're the first of your lot to come here while conscious. You'll also be the first to leave without having your brain overridden, so buck up, sissy."

[Apollymi]

"Ja ne~ Ito-san." Akiza mentioned to the man as he bowed to her. If they'd still been on the helicopter she'd have had an argument about why that wasn't necessary, but.. given the way Roze spoke to him in that moment, she was almost certain he'd be having nothing she had to say. Beyond this point the man seemed to leave. "He's nice." she commented after the man had left, and it was something she didn't imagine thinking when she was first grabbed off the street. Akiza was left alone with her predecessor who seemed to have a lot to say about the nature of her visit here, and how different it was from the others. "Sou ka, Sho-nii, Chi-chan and Ciel-chan... " she said thinking of the members of her generation with the personality problem. But Akiza wasn't really that interested in such things. Beyond that she couldn't really imagine a gravity child wanting to live underground after spending their formative years stuck underground the idea of doing so for any extended period of time would likely have driven them to madness. "Really, I'm glad I'll be leaving as me, but... what do you actually want? Like why am I even here..." the girl asked, because to be honest, she couldn't imagine any reason for her trip to a place none of the rest of her generation seemed to know about.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course he's nice. He's my new second. I wouldn't have a fuckboy with such a title," Roze commented with utmost nonchalance while inspecting her nails. "Ugh. Time for a manicure already." Soon enough, Akiza was asking the question Roze had been waiting for since her arrival. Now that she'd done so, the former Thorn Queen rose from her chair and walked barefoot toward the lass. Her Regalia, though with her, had been left beside the chair at arrival. "You're here because you're one of the weakest fighters your generation has to offer, and I'm not letting that stick. A couple of your friends are already being taken care of, so it's time for the princess to take the throne. You're going to be the new Rose."

[Apollymi]

"Hm, everybody is replacing their seconds lately~" she mused. Which was true for her, she'd become Mukuro's second on his team. The young Ice Queen had recently replaced her second in command as well. Perhaps this was simply a thing that was in season presently. Beyond this point, it seemed the previous Thorn Queen was finally ready to say why she'd brought Akiza here, which made the pink haired girl's brows draw together. Still she looked at the woman before her figuring this was a point of personal pride for her, that she didn't want the person who also rode the same road she did originally to be weak by comparison. "Hm, I knew Chi-chan was gone, she's all super responsible and sent out a mass text, someone else is gone too... must be Sho-nii. So, it's what I thought you wanted to help me out, still saying didn't have to have me kidnapped for that..." she said aloud and mostly to herself. It seemed that the Thorn Queen was a bit quicker on the draw than most would give her credit for. "Ah, but wait a minute, Roze is your name, yeah? I can't say I just want your name or anything. That'd be freaky weird, especially considering..." she said not having any idea what this woman could be getting at aside from wanting to help her out a bit.

[Bloodedge]

"Having my men stop to chit-chat is a waste of time and money. It was more efficient for everyone to have you brought in without question" As Akiza continued to speak, Roze continued to step toward her. Though she had managed to catch up to what had been going on around her, her implication about the Sky Queen's name caused the woman to reach out with her left hand, aiming to flick the lass on her forehead. "Roze is an epithet. My name is Shirousagi. The title Roze came from my days as Thorn Queen, just like my original name came from my run style. It's the road we all end up taking. Well... most of us. The good ones." In the midst of her speech, the woman walked toward the windows to her right, motioning for the Thorn Queen to follow so she, too, could have a view of the city. "We've got a lot in common, y'know? Us Thorn Queens, I mean. No one else suffers the way we do by being outside of a tower. That's two of the reasons we're here. Look up there. Half of this city is upside-down on the ceiling because of the gravity platforms being used in a zero-gravity space, but there are a lot of areas in this city that don't have them on purpose. That's the first reason: Because we're better in the tower. The opposite is the other reason. I've seen how you ride, and you force hyperventilation more often than I ever did... except for a few times. I discovered a secret to the Sonia Road those times, but I decided never to use it. You, on the other hand, have less general strain on your body, just like the rest of your tower compared to mine... so I think you could make something of it."

[Apollymi]

Akiza could already see there was no way of talking the white haired woman into admitting that the kidnapping of her as a person wasn't a necessity. Even so, she kind of wished the woman would understand how traumatizing such a thing could be. But it seemed the girl would be receiving a bit of physical pain to go along with her trauma, because soon after she was trying to reason out the name thing, she was flicked in the forehead. Such an action was so unexpected she couldn't even dodge only reach up to cover her own forehead and be a bit stunned. "Ouch." following this though, the girl received a full explanation on the naming of Shoichi's eldest sister. "Ooh, that... makes sense." the young girl mentioned and soon enough she was stepping over to have a look out the window. She was following all the things said by her predecessor and though she didn't get the bit about body stress, she figured if she really needed an explanation she'd remember to ask the person who pointed body stress out to her as a factor. "Hmm... something out of what exactly? I get the hyperventilation thing, I've always gone a bit harder for that... it's a bit of a reflex. But... I didn't know there was a use for it beyond what was intended." she said knowing that forcing that kind of breathing was one of the reasons her road hurt her so much when she was outside of the Tower, but it hadn't been anything she could correct.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course there's a use for it. This entire Road of ours is a giant, double-edged sword. We take damage when we fight, but we do even more damage to who we're fighting, if we get it right. That's what's going to make you bloom into the next Rose. Renowned... alluring... and painful." Without further ado, Roze walked away from the window, grabbing her ATs en route to an anti-gravity corridor. She rode the corridor up, relative to how she had been previously, and was taken to the upside-down half of the city some moments later. Assuming Akiza followed, the woman would still be speaking. "The name Roze came from a trick I used once. It was an accident. I built up nitrogen for shock absorption, but I did it a bit too much, and I was bleeding when it happened. The next time I used a thorn, it went through the blood. It was kinda pretty. Looked like a rose with the splash that happened as the thorn went through."

[Apollymi]

"Hm... I suppose that is true." the girl said as she followed Roze. She didn't know why, but she really didn't want to be too far out of range of the woman who still made her feel a bit off. With this in mind she was behind the woman when she grabbed her regalia and hopped into an anti-gravity tube and thus heard the entire explanation of the trick which she wanted the girl to give her. The furthered explanation of the trick she'd used and why she'd been named Roze made the girl chuckle just a bit. "That's different. I am always bleeding at the end of a fight, but I've never tried shooting a thorn through blood before." She concluded, her extremities were covered in scars from the battles she had and then covered by gloves and accessories because she saw them as marks of her failures. But perhaps her tendency to take damage would be useful to her in some way. "That's a pretty good idea... actually..." the girl's mind began to work overtime as she started thinking of other things, but she'd be able to work on that a bit later.

[Bloodedge]

"I don't think that's something one would think of doing. Like I said, it was an accident when I did it, but it won me that fight. If you're going to get all battered up anyway, you may as well learn how to use it to your advantage." Roze never stopped moving once she reached the city. That is, she kept moving forward until she reached a closed section of the city which a key card from her person permitted access to. This was an area larger in size than the tower, with buildings and all, but... with no gravity. Floating out into the open space, she turned around to face Akiza. "So... step one." With no warning aside from her previous words, the woman threw her Regalia at the Thorn Queen while hopping overhead. From above, she would twirl and kick numerous times over the course of two seconds to unleash a shower of thorns upon the girl.

[Apollymi]

"Hai hai!~" the young Thorn Queen said with a grin. She could at least see the point of this, but soon enough she and Roze were entering a closed off part of the city, which was a city but without gravity. This was kind of stunning, given the effect gravity tended to have on the young woman, the lack of it, made her rather pleased. But she didn't really get a chance to enjoy this, as soon enough, the woman said something about step one, but before this could be properly questioned, Roze tossed her Regalia at Akiza. This prompted the young woman on a reflex to catch the regalia, which would happen only to end in the girl being riddled with thorns kicked out by the First Generation Sky Queen's bare feet. She was hit an innumerable number of times, but only seemed to be a tad phased by it. Her body took the hits and she was pricked multiple times, but she'd had a lot happen to her in the past, she seemed really easily capable of shaking it off. "Ouch. Shit, a bit of warning would be nice." she said as she rotated her shoulders and tossed the woman's regalia up and into the air.

[Bloodedge]

"You had a warning. I said step one." As she descended, Akiza threw the Sky Regalia overhead. Roze twisted and turned, eventually kicking into each AT and lacing them just before landing. "That ought to do the trick. So, now let's see how you operate. I'm not going to guide you through this like the others would in my shoes. I'll tell you what to do, and I expect you to do it. So... let's see you plant some roses."

[Apollymi]

'Great warning.' the girl thought as she rolled her eyes. It was becoming obvious to her that this woman was particularly disagreeable about things, but she wasn't the worst person she'd ever come across in life. With this in mind she began to breathe pretty quickly. Actually that isn't the thing, she went from calm to hyperventilating in just a few seconds, as she hopped into the air herself. Her regalia in its resting state was rather odd looking like a single sock line up to her knee and large pieces around the outside with several spikes, including one inches long at the back of her foot. "Also, you fixed up my regalia, and she's really picky now, it took me a whole day to get her to activate after..." the pink haired girl mentioned, figuring the woman would know what she meant as she jumped into the air there was a kick ensuing from the girl's hip down to the tip of her toe done with each leg in rapid succession with a twisting motion applied like she was dancing in a circle but all the way down her body. These movements were exceedingly flamboyant and necessary to get her regalia to work. Doing so caused them to unfurl, turning into large spiky heels balanced atop a single wheel. They were very aggressive looking pieces wrapped around her legs, and since she was up in the air, her breathing hadn't gotten any deeper, if anything it was more shallow and as blood streamed down her arm she flung her wrist outward. A spray of blood would happen but because of the lack of gravity, each droplet stayed suspended in the air. A smile crossed her face as these were considerably darker than blood which normally dropped from people.

'Hmm... just hitting them should do it huh.' she thought as she pulled back the string on her bow at her right ankle. Doing so would create an arrow like sonic boom which she would fire, though given the dexterity of hand she would fire about three in rapid succession down her legs and through the the black blood creating a trio of black rose like splashes as they aimed to rain down on the Sky Queen. Such a thing was pretty easy to put together with the explanation, even so, the girl's breathing was still very rapid.

[Bloodedge]

"There's a reason for that," Roze stated. In the face of Akiza's rose attacks, which were surprisingly darker than what Roze herself had once managed to produce, Roze began shifting her body to and fro. Each of the roses bypassed her as a result, only to be swept out of existence by a lashing thorn whip while behind the woman. "You kids need inhibitors before you become strong. I knew I'd end up giving you this training when I found your Regalia, so I made sure I applied the same limit to you that everyone with Regalia should have. That limit is... if you're going to use it, you better mean it. Now, show me something else."

[Apollymi]

In hearing about the reason that her Regalia would no longer easily activate she supposed she could understand. There were several in her generation who needed those kinds of boundaries as they were simply likely to fly off the handle accidentally. Akiza didn't consider herself to be one of those people, but for the good of the group she could accept such a logic being applied to herself as well. "Mendokuse, someone ruining Regalia privileges for all of us, huh?" she was almost amused, beyond this the Sky Queen outright demanded to be shown something else, so a cheeky smile came to the girl's face. She could continue showing off her tricks, under the assumption that someone with the title of Sky would be more than capable of handling it.

As such Akiza began to spin, a rapid motion which started at her hips fired off thorns from her feet without use of the bow attached to her ankle. Even so these seemed to creep around moving inward to the Sky Queen but none seemed to be intended to touch her, they just seemed to be scattered randomly. Beyond this she drew back the bow on her left leg, with her left arm, which would aim to spring the trap she'd just sprung in a single moment, where in all of the randomly laid thorns would close in on each other aiming to lock the Sky Queen's legs to the ground.

[Bloodedge]

Whatever this Thorn Queen had in store for her, Roze was certain she would not be very impressed by it. To her surprise, it was a set of thorns brought together in such a way that they could create bindings on impact. It was, indeed, quite interesting, especially when Roze considered that the Regalia had not been absolutely necessary for this trick's production. Though she still maneuvered around these attacks while moving closer to Akiza, she had to give credit where it was due. "Not bad. But, you can do better. You can be the best your generation has to offer. I hardly want to admit it, but that rose of yours was more advanced than the one I once used."

[Apollymi]

"That was a compliment." she stated as if this was the last possible thing she expected from the white haired woman before her. Of course, given that this woman thought she could do better, Akiza somewhat felt the need to show her what better was. Of course, she had one idea, she'd been thinking about since the mention of roses and the idea of blood being part of her attack. "Well, I suppose I can try this now... since it won't hurt, rather the recoil won't hurt. And you can tell me what you think~" the pink haired girl mentioned as she turned she would rocket herself into a rapid spin, lifting her still bleeding left arm she'd spray droplets of blood around the room, and in so doing begin nailing them at random with thorns created by the whipping motion her body was taking as she kicked. This began making roses and thorns indiscriminately in a manner very different from even her infinity atmosphere. It was a garden of black thorns, vine like thorn whips and roses which were building up in the area round herself and the Sky Queen, being fed by the Thorn Queen's own blood. If left unhindered it would very nearly trap them both, in the concussive sonic booms and nearly suffocate them even forcing Akiza further towards the ground even as she spun.

[Bloodedge]

"I guess you can call it that," Roze said as she crossed her arms. There was a certain amount she expected to see from this girl before she could consider the training complete, and given the look in the Thorn Queen's eyes, she thought she just might get what she was hoping for. With a nonchalant smile, she voiced her opinion on Akiza's plan. "Alright then..." Roze didn't seem to care much for the field of thorns and whips that had been created. In fact, the hind wheels of her ATs unraveled into whip-like extensions while producing whips of thorns to counteract Akiza's production of roses by tearing them apart as they formed. This also caused significant damage to the area around Roze, but she cared not for any of this. "Impress me~"

[Apollymi]

The Thorn Queen was having a pretty good time, besides that her predecessor's words struck a cord with her which made her feel very oddly. The girl soon found herself standing before a metaphorical door as she got into this moment she touched the ground with her eyes closed, knowing of the destruction taking place around Roze and finding it to be just the sort of push she needed. The kind of push which would let her slip into the doors which had opened just a crack to let her in. But this might not have been the direction which the Sky Queen wished to push this interaction. "You're in luck, Takeuchi-san~" the girl said and when she opened those golden brown eyes of hers they were streaked with lightning and she seemed to be quite happy, though her hyperventilation had reached a critical level, and she slipped into the Zone. "I feel like showing off."

And with that she began to spin, but it seemed to continue to feed the trap she'd already laid, and beyond that her flexibility and speed had already increased drastically. As this happened she drew back on the bow at her ankle while pushing out with her hip and in doing this with her left hand it seemed to bleed continuously making a single thorn arrow travel through several drops of blood splashing them about as the Black Garden would close in and attempt to overtake the thorns which were destroying her original roses. All the while she was flooding the air around herself with nitrogen as she exhaled, forcing it even into the thorns she created which she was aiming at and around her predecessor.

[Bloodedge]

"Good, because if you-" Roze started. Whatever she intended to say to this girl, she lost the thought upon realizing that this generation's Thorn Queen possessed capabilities otherwise seen within her own tower's "generation of miracles" and others like them. There had already been two confirmed gravity children from the second tower who could enter the Zone, but they were each Brain Chargers of these "miracles" and thus, they made sense. Roze thought it otherwise impossible for members of the second generation, with their lack of physical capabilities to match the capacity of her friends. Still, the look in Akiza's eyes was unmistakably the look of one who'd entered the Zone... and even Roze had to be wary of this. As the assault of Akiza came her way, Roze's Regalia began creeping up her legs, and soon, overtook her entire body. Every rose sent her way made contact, just as intended. However, when the debris cleared, the only thing that seemed to be affected was the trick Roze had previously used. She now stood wearing the full-body suit that was her form of the Sky Regalia, and thus, had become virtually indestructible. "Oh... wow," she said while inspecting her suit. The fact that the Regalia had become her clothing, which she confirmed after looking down her new top, was quite amazing to the woman. "Blessed by an 'Angel,' huh? Ain't that somethin'. Alright; got anything else for me?"

[Apollymi]

Whatever Roze had been intending to say before that moment was lost on Akiza mostly because the woman didn't finish her statement. She instead activated the Sky Regalia fully, which to the Thorn Queen's credit was something she'd never seen before this point. "Sugoi, a second compliment~" the young woman said those lightning streaked eyes of hers narrowing just a bit. It seemed the Sky Queen was simply more than capable of taking more damage now, and with that in mind Akiza seemed to be rather eager to please. "One more I think.~" stated the Thorn Queen happily. She wondered what she'd have to do to make it through to this woman, but it didn't really matter because she'd continue trying until she did. She exhaled again this time her hips began to spin. As she did this she fired off thorns creating a virtual coffin of thorns laced with nitrogen which seemed to spread and grow up and around the Sky Queen. If she assumed she had nothing to worry about, that was fine with Akiza because right now she was trying something she'd never really thought possible before. She kicked back bending her back at an almost 60 degree angle, pulling on the bow string at her right ankle with her left arm all of it aimed downward with her own blood leaking from the tips of her fingers. The final nail of this coffin was the giant rose which was black and being fired at the woman from above with all the strength of her thorn arrow. When it splashed it would create a blooming rose which would saturate the air around the woman in nitrogen and leave a crater several meters across as it made contact with crushing power. Additionally it would spring the coffin like thorn trap upon impact aiming to claim the woman below with both the other thorns and the black rose itself.

[Bloodedge]

Roze had nothing to say about Akiza's assertion that she'd been complimented. To be fair, she had to admit that without the Sky Regalia's defenses, she'd have taken quite a beating from that previous attack. The woman turned her head sideways while viewing the next wind-up for Akiza's attack, whatever it was meant to be. In fact, she leaned to one side just to fully capture the sight. "Nice ass. There's a compliment for ya'." A bit of fun banter aside, there was the matter of the trick this Thorn Queen had come up with, which didn't seem to be much initially. The thorns around Roze were nothing she saw as being an issue, but the rose above was something she punched upwards at, producing a shorter, thicker thorn than the norm from the spike worn on her right fist. This dispersed the rose, but the dispersal itself proved to have exactly the effect Akiza had been going for. The shockwave produced caused the apparent trap at her feet to enclose around her, much like the shutting of an iron maiden-style torture device. A burst of wind would escape the body of the Sky Queen shortly afterwards, removing her from the structure. "Whew~. That's the kind of trick that can only kill somebody... or turn them on. Not dead, by the way," she said while pointing toward herself.

[Apollymi]

The young Thorn Queen didn't appear to be particularly moved by the woman's playful compliment. In fact, she seemed to be quite used to such a thing. 'Ah, that's where he got that from...' she thought, given the kinds of things she'd gotten used to hearing from her own Sky King. She figured the extra personality of his was now the source of them, though something about him was still quite a bit different from the woman she was facing. Beyond this her trap worked exactly as intended, this made her smile, but soon after landing the power of the Zone would fade from her eyes and she'd be left having a very odd conversation with the woman known as Roze.

The pass made at Akiza made her eyes widen just a little, actually she hadn't been so shocked by a statement in a very long time. But the words of her predecessor were praise overall, so she figured she'd just take them as such. "Eh, that sounds like four compliments to me~" she chimed apparently happy with herself as her Regalia returned to its sealed form. She rather suddenly felt very tired, but then she'd also been using her own blood as a catalyst for several tricks while hyperventilating, in addition to the rather taxing tricks performed while in the Zone, which she didn't know would have such a traumatic effect on her stamina. In fact her body swayed and her vision blurred, it took about three seconds for her to realize her body wasn't having anything she was trying to do right now, and that was just standing.

[Bloodedge]

"Take it how you want. Not like a dick, though. I wouldn't recommend taking it that way. Well... unless you really want to," the woman commented. With Akiza leaving the Zone, she reverted her Regalia to its base state. "Gotta say, you're coming along a lot faster than any of your little friends would. The other two are in training for a month. Must be a Sonia thing," she added with a wink. "By the way, how was the wine? I've been trying to find the best level of sweetness for my regular brand. Speaking of wine... do you know why I drink it?"

[Apollymi]

A laugh escaped Akiza, this woman was funny. "Wow, I didn't expect that... it was funny." she mentioned moving right along, and concentrating particularly hard on keeping herself upright. Which was less work than it had been three seconds before, but something which was way more work than she'd like to admit.

As for why her training seemed to be taking less time she could theorize and while riding the Sonia Road was probably significantly helpful in pushing one's physical limits. She also knew Shoichi and Chiyo as people and both of them were probably learning a lot faster than a month, but they were likely taking the time to make friends with the people in charge of their advancements. At least this was the thought the young girl had, there was also the matter of Chiyo's special eye which was likely something to be specialized a bit more given what the small girl said it could do. "The wine was really sweet; at least to me. Tasty too, I enjoyed it. Though to be honest, I was very skeptical of the guy kidnapping me offering me a drink..." she paused thinking about the phrasing. "Rather telling me it was demanded that I drink after freeing me. I don't do so regularly 'cause I'm a bit of a lightweight. I got no idea why you drink, but I'm sure you've got a great reason." the pink haired girl stated, finally took a step forward and had her vision clear enough that she was sure she wouldn't just collapse thereafter.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah, I thought it was pretty good. I think it's missing something, though." As the woman thought further, she brought a hand to her chin while allowing her train of thought to process accordingly. "But, whatever. I did order Shig to make you drink, and for the same reasons I drink. Firstly, it's god damn delicious... and secondly, blood alcohol content. Between 0.001 and 0.029, everything is normal. 0.030 to 0.059 is where euphoria sets in, and with it comes relaxation, lowered inhibition, and just a general good shit, at the cost of a slight concentration loss. 0.060 all the way to 0.099, you feel less, you open up, and euphoria is at its best, but you might lose a bit of reasoning and depth perception. A bit of alcoholism goes a long way for overriding the negatives, but the positives are all things that really help riders like us, so I started using them to my advantage as frequently as possible. No matter what you do, relaxation is key, and the quickest way to get that is to get a bit of a buzz going. Though, it's not as effective as a good lay. Get one of those if you can." Though this would have been all Roze had to say, she thought about her final statement while lighting a cigarette, and produced an amendment to it a moment later. "Can? What am I talking about? You're a good looking chick, so just go out and do it. Since you can take a bit of pain, the army that's willing to stretch you out over anything big enough should be even bigger than the norm."

[Apollymi]

"I wouldn't know what it's missing... not like I drink very often." the Thorn Queen mentioned. Slowly but surely she was regaining her ability to think and she could even breathe easier now that she wasn't stressing her lungs. Soon enough though the Sky Queen of the previous generation told her all about why she should be drinking and such a thinking made the young woman blink several times. "Uh-huh. I suppose that makes a great deal of sense." she mentioned but the amendment to the woman's statement, specifically as it related to sex and going out to find it, made the young woman's eyes widen. She paused and blinked and then burst into laughter. "Sou ka, that's why Chi-chan doesn't hang out with you~" the Thorn Queen mentioned. She didn't bother explaining that it wasn't necessary to go out and find a good lay, likely because she felt no need to discuss her private life with Shoichi's elder sister.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course it makes sense; I fucking said it," Roze said following the first drag from her cigarette. As for the reason Chiyo was typically not found in the presence of the woman, she scoffed. There were more reasons than the one given, and Roze knew it. But, this was certainly the prime reason. "Yes, because Chiyo is afraid of the dick. Chiyo is also uptight, has OCD, and is in constant need of activity. Don't be a Chiyo. It does not suit you."

[Apollymi]

"Hai hai~" Akiza said to the woman's statement of her rightness in this situation. Of course, she couldn't help but notice this woman seemed to be exceedingly excited about her rightness. The woman's thoughts on the Ice Queen caused extreme laughter in the Thorn Queen. So much so, the girl almost fell over, she was holding her sides laughing hysterically. "Oh stop it!~" she chimed taking a few moments to pull herself together. And once she had she stood up straighter and wiped a falling tear from her eye. She couldn't really argue most of the points listed, from what she'd seen from her childhood friend, Chiyo was all of those things, but she wasn't sure about the bit about her being scared of male anatomy. The black haired girl didn't seem to be afraid of anything... perhaps there was more to that... "I don't plan on being Chi-chan. I don't really think she planned to be that way herself... Gotcha covered, relax, get laid...kick ass." the pink haired girl gave her understanding of what was laid out as far as parameters from her predecessor. "Just know I won't be doing any of that while the sun is up... daylight is tiring."

[Bloodedge]

"Those are the three keys to life. Use them wisely." Roze was roughly halfway through her cigarette by the time this conversation between herself and Akiza approached its end. As she finished the rest of it, she made her way toward the far end of this chunk of the city, seeming to have some other information to share with the Thorn Queen. "C'mon then girly. Time to show you the secrets of the first Trophaeum Tower," she said while beckoning for the girl to follow. The Sky Queen would proceed to show her successor quite a few unspoken secrets discovered in the ruins of the first tower, partly as more warning for the second generation's tower. Afterwards, she would have the lass returned to her home from the tower in Kyoto.