Charles Patricius

If nothing else, Angelica could be credited for her tenacity. Most targets would have collapsed under the weight of NanoWise's advances ages ago, yet still Angelica persisted against him. That simply couldn't stand. Her ability to procreate was far too powerful to pass on, but even an endless battering to the backside and a hefty load to the mouth didn't stop her resistance. He had little choice but to continue, as Angelica did seem to weaken over time, bit by bit. "Acceptance is compulsory. Subject has been deemed imperative to cultivation of stronger specimens. Subject must comply," he reiterated mechanically. All the while, Yugi was checking a watch that didn't even exist on his wrist. The cycles were continuing as Wise and Angelica both persisted, and he began wondering if 100 points was actually enough to make up the downtime. Silently did he decide on an arbitrary time limit, after which he'd probably increase the value once again. This sort of thing would have to be used as a hindrance in future iterations, or at least considered for it. The same could be said of the one called Black, whom Miko wanted to meet... but a date, it was not. "Mhm. If you want to meet him, clear your schedule for a lifetime. I can't even give an estimate for how long that'll take... which is more reason this is looking pretty... inspired," he said as if judging Wise's scientific decisions further.

Sometime in the future, Kazuhiko would be aiding Miko in the creation of some subspace... or even a return to Jupiter if they could find out how to make it a round trip without time-travelers' interventions. For now though, it was more imperative that their back-alley debauchery see a slight change in position. The rise of Miko's leg came with an arch in her spine, in addition to the added tightness he felt from her. "That's the stuff! Doing the thing!" he warned. Kazuhiko had no immediate need to ejaculate after the shift in friction, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to respond in kind. Miko obviously favored certain parts of intercourse, and knowing what one of them was... of course he'd utilize a discovered technique to flood her rear in a showing of gratitude.

Speaking of showings, it seemed Hiroshi couldn't study Nara Rita enough. Comparisons between him and human males made little to no difference, but self-realization of the link between Iino women was indicative of higher soul consciousness. He had to meet the one called Risa and confirm for himself a running theory. "Not quite the word I would choose, but that's a topic for another study," he mused absently. The near-strut from Rita toward the washroom was followed closely by long strides; Hiroshi couldn't keep too far away even if he wanted to. Apparently there was no need for the extra work due to something Rita called... Golden Week. Things called 'golden' were very different where he was from. "What is this... Golden Week? Is there a Golden King here as well?" he wondered without much thought about the massive structural difference. To Hiroshi's credit, though, his mind and eyes were elsewhere at the time. "Also, you'll have to forgive me if I mistook that enslavement comment in a more devious way than intended. I may be letting my own excitement run too freely of late."

Tenacious was indeed one way to describe Angelica. Stubborn, would have been the word that most chose to use when making that same kind of comparison, but there was nothing wrong with that. In this case, she was showing herself to be able to withstand the repeated torment being given to her by NanoWise, while not just submitting to becoming a breeding factory for the robot man. Continue did this robot to pound away at Angelica while claiming her compliance was compulsory. Claiming that she had to comply... well, that wasn't like her at all. She didn't have to, she was quite the contrarian. "Nooooo...owwwooah~" she moaned as a combination of stimuli seemed to converge. She couldn't say yes, to something compulsory. Even if it was for a good reason she had to remain strong, even if she wasn't currently standing. She felt it was good that she'd not gotten herself multiples of this man to deal with, she couldn't imagine having more than one and this one to deal with. She didn't even want to... Meanwhile, Miko was going through quite a few extra individuals while practically searching for a special one herself. Ah, but even if she didn't find one here, she was apparently arranging herself one with Yugi instead. Though that came with something cautionary, the ideation that she would need a lifetime, because he wasn't sure how long it would take, "That's not discouraging... sign me up, Daddy♫!~" Miko claimed without hesitation. She wasn't the little one, any time she answered with that type of affirmative it was with purpose. Just the same as her closing her mouth around an encroaching cock with the intention of vibrating it to completion while it moved unhindered in her mouth and throat.

A place for quick debauchery was apparently on their list of things to create together. A partnered project for their shared time together was far from something Miko would turn down. She also couldn't turn down complying with his orders and the happiness she felt from being gratified immediately afterwards. In this particular case, a lifted leg came with extra tightness and an exclamation that Kazuhiko would be 'doing the thing' that now had a very specific meaning in MIko's mind. And she wasn't let down as a cascade of his essence flowed freely within her rear. She felt energized by it, a moan slipping out from between her lips that would vibrate outwards in a pulse. "Aaaaah, I love the thing♫!~" she chimed as if it was the best feeling she'd have, and it truly was in most cases. There was a certain satisfaction she got specifically when being filled by Kazuhiko that she couldn't have explained, and this new sort of filling was exactly the sort she'd enjoy as well. Her main body had now been filled at least once each and that was something she could enjoy even in this rushed scenario.

Speaking of people who should be rushing, Rita seemed to be utterly relaxed for someone who had a store to run and a job to do. A chuckle came from Rita at the mention that the wording of genetic linking wasn't one that Hiroshi would choose for the link between herself, her sister and her niece. "Good luck with that, they are apparently hanging around while Miko-chan is here..." she said without thinking too much of it. The oddities presented by their famliar likeness was what Miko had describe das them 'sharing a face' and given they shared that, Rita figured they likely shared other things as well. Moving on from that though, there was a direct curiosity expressed about 'Golden Week' and what it entailed. "You are doing nothing to discourage me from thinking you grew up in the middle of nowhere..." she said honestly, but still she'd answer his question without thinking too much about it. "Golden Week is a series of four national holidays which take up about a week and a half of time. We don't have a golden king, but it celebrates the birthday of the turn of the century emperor, constitutional memorial day, greenery day and children's day... kids are out of school. Travel is popular, you visit national parks, gardens, take time off and the like, good for small businesses like this but it's also fine to take some time for yourself to celebrate the different things..." she claimed as she started the water for the shower. As was the case with most women hers was rather hot but not the complete steam fest of many. Afterwards it was made clear that he'd taken her enslavement comment a very specific and probably deviant way, she looked back at him a smirk coming to her face which moved that little beauty mark under her eye. "Good thing I meant it that way~" she claimed as she allowed herself to get wet and bent over directly. "Go ahead and slip in though, we don't have a lot of time~" she claimed as an open invitation as she picked out soap for herself.

Again and again, the subject of NanoWise's evolutionary plan rejected all notions of compliance. There was a fault in the system somewhere; of this he was sure. By all accounts, she should have been desirous to a point of obsession when it came to him. A state akin to that of Diamonds should have long since been achieved, in addition to one mimicking the Heart and, perhaps to a lesser extent, the Spade. His nanobot-driven mind could not make sense of current events. Ah, but perhaps... he didn't have to make sense of it. Perhaps it was in his best interest to simply change protocols and invalidate Angelica's thoughts entirely. It was for the greater good, after all. "Subject's opinion will be disregarded. Subject's compliance will be acquired by force. Initiating Breeding Protocol Three. Accept." Previously, 'accept' had been presented as a question at each turn of the tides. This time however, NanoWise did not await Angelica's acknowledgment. Tentacles that bound the goddess pulled her arms and legs up high, pinning her thighs against her own torso as if to initiate a standing form of the 'mating press' position. The nanobot tentacle in her rear had much greater freedom to writhe about recklessly, but most important for NanoWise was his body's heightened ability to slam into her womb while ejecting his essence into her, just as quickly as those cups took it from her breasts. Yugi had been speaking with Miko casually, but even he found interruption from the sight at hand. "Ho? Replicated robot 69 buffs. Nice," he commented.

That alleyway wasn't going to quiet down any time soon. The pair had much luck avoiding discovery thus far, and it seemed such luck would persist for some time yet. Just the same, Hiroshi had a stroke of luck continuing from the previous night. All the fun of sexual endeavors aside, Rita as a subject of study was most interesting. Well, that much could be said about the Iino family itself based on Hiroshi's observations thus far. He'd certainly be committing some deeper studies at his earliest convenience. First and foremost however, he was to learn what this Golden Week thing was. Humans were so strange for decisions such as a collective holiday, but he supposed he found no real fault in it. "So many things. It sounds terribly indulgent and asinine to me. Even so, there's nothing wrong with the occasional excuse to work less. Where I'm from, a person of repute would never take a trade they could not also take pride or enjoyment from," he explained whether that added to the strangeness or not. Whatever the case, Hiroshi was overdue for some minor hypocricy. He'd spoken of indulgence, but only one thought could cross the mind of any man when witnessing someone like Nara Rita bent at the waist the way she was ─ especially after her confirmed deviant clause of moments prior. "Well in light of that, I must instead beg forgiveness for any lessons I'll have to ask of you in future. I've always been told I am an excellent worker when driven," he commented lightheartedly. With that however, there was indeed no time to waste. It was not out of need to progress toward the working day, but instead a need to answer carnal desires this family seemed so capable of bringing forth. Two hands, two cheeks ─ a match some would say was made in either heaven or hell. That match would be made once more as Hiroshi positioned himself to return to Nara Rita's mysterious love canal.

A fault in the system was apparently the thought that someone wouldn't accept becoming a robot breeding factory, even if being a breeding factory was technically a natural part of their existence. A fault of technology not fully understanding spirituality was what was being shown in a moment like this. Still, it was rather interesting to watch if nothing else, the NanoWise was at least making the sorts of decisions one would expect of a hentai antagonist. It was always interesting when the plan was tossed away in favor of a single-minded goal. As such, NanoWise's new points were heard by all present and understood for what they were, Kimiko finished another round of Wises as Angelica was being further pummeled and pressed. "Noooooa-hyck!~" she murmured again. Still with his ability to drain mana from her and receive it in return, that earlier decision of 100 points was surely not the steep advantage it could have been. She wasn't even thinking of the game, or anything in particular really, she was just holding on to being contrary and to not falling to these tactics even as they pulled at her deeply. Her body was simply going along with the motions even though her soul wasn't in a place to be complacent. Ah, but that might become a bit more difficult as he was pouring mana into her womb with everyone of those major pushes forward. Those hiccupping noises would continue as gurgled noes were becoming indistinguishable language in the moment. Oh well, as for the conversation about the 69 effect it would be Kimiko finishing up Wises who commented on that and initially included Miko, "69 Nice!~" they claimed together. "Hm, it's a catch-22 and a surprising thing to give a robot. Wise you're so bad~" Kimiko claimed as she went on to her next target. Even with her slower start, it was much easier for her to catch up while one was out of commission for so long.

At the same time, a musical alley would be allowed its time, while a pair at a convenience store took a different sort of time. The fun of some deviant sexual activity with a friendly person was on the table for both Hiroshi and Rita, and neither would be turning it down. It would seem that they had appetites which could be considered near enough to each other to continue. Even as some normal things were discussed and showers were being readied for, there was a bit of a deviant edge. "Yeah, but as schooling is compulsory and some jobs have to be done... the indulgence is allowed~" she said of human life in general. "Still, it would be nice if everyone could do what they loved exclusively~" she thought that such a way of life would have been infinitely more interesting as a person who had such a wide range of interests herself. Still, right now her main interest was having Hiroshi bury himself inside her, and Hiroshi begged forgiveness and sank into her. She moaned gently while he claimed that he was a hard worker when driven, she could see that. "Hai hai, speed it up then, you have to keep up~" she claimed as she rocked back against him and moved herself forward. He could keep hold of her hips all he liked, it wouldn't stop her from choosing the rhythm she'd used to back herself against him repeatedly after that first alignment was made. And she chose one decently fast, as if there was some music no one could hear but her, playing in her head as she caused their bodies to collide repeatedly at a quick pace without fully withdrawing from him.

There were some questions to be asked of Wise eventually. Mostly, one such as Yugi would wonder what breeding kink-having nanobots had to do with the betterment of their group, when they all had such abilities and growth potential already. Surely there had to be some deviant excuse behind it all... or perhaps Uranus's leaders really had such a one-track mind that sought scientific development for the simple sake of it. That seemed likely as he watched NanoWise do everything but short-circuit against the resilience of Angelica. A machine could only do so much. Artificial intelligence showed its fatal flaw as it failed and failed to convert Angelica, and responded simply by exerting itself further. Surely another dose of this and another spray of that would work, it thought. This one had no apparent failsafe; it retried again and again, following a path of near-insanity as the outcry of 'no' continued. Sadly, it had no user making direct tweaks for one purpose or the other. All it had was the body of Wise and the majority vote in favor of its own goal. If nothing else, it could keep that Wise stable and ejaculating so long as it continued registering an intake of the subject's mana signature at the chosen rate and quality... which it currently had a solid pace for.

All the while, something surely and wholly consensual would officially begin again. Hiroshi entered Rita's core as if he belonged, and she in turn... immediately behaved as if he were a belonging. So dangerous was a simple shift back from Nara Rita. He thought squeezing her buttocks would be the go-to for this round, but Rita's autonomy said he had to grasp her hips instead. If he did anything else, Hiroshi's thin frame would have been launched by the impact of her ass in no time at all. "Keeping up is only the secondary concern for me when you do that," he mentioned. What was the primary concern though? Whether remiss or elated to say, Hiroshi could admit it was... survival, mostly. Being wet by the cascading shower water didn't help his stability at all either, but... it was going to be one hell of a journey before the convenience store opened again for the day ─ if Hiroshi didn't have a slip and fall.

Whether Wise had a deviant excuse or a purely academic interest in making his breeding kink nanobots, they were actively trying to complete their task. The insanity of the AI to continue trying the same tactics for an eventual result was something but there was also Angelica. All this time, she'd been held up and tortured yet, she still said no. This was all likely some kind of trauma related experience for her, stemming all the way back to her time spent trying to create a rift so that she could escape Aincrad. Her body was being pummeled, filled and held but those soft gurgling noises were becoming slowly more defined. "Nooo..." she moaned. She didn't consent to breeding without purpose, she didn't fall to the will or abstract thoughts of others she'd not experienced for herself. Her body began shifting and twisting. She pulled at those robotic tentacles which held her, even as one continued to writhe about in her other hole. "MORE!" wait... that sounded a bit demanding. Perhaps the issue with an AI was the lack of consideration for autonomy? Aphrodisiacs made her want Wise and want to receive him, but what would happen if the desire to accept and create became Angeilca's primary focus? An active physical struggle to take a more concise position was made. Angelica was lowering her arms, aiming to wrap her legs around Wise's waist... she was aiming to take control... this wasn't a time where she was being flung from one reality to another. No, something wanted her to make something and she was the one who got to decide.

Meanwhile, that convenience store was full of conveniences for its owner. One of them was a new store manager who seemed to be on call for something more than simple work related needs. The shift in his grasp was a usual one when she moved back against something, admittedly though, he had significantly more to work with than most. That backward shift had him reaching her depths and tickling something deep inside. Holding on to her hips was the right call she knew, but that wouldn't stop her from abusing his stance. "Secondary, huh? I suppose it's a pretty good place. Though you're telling on yourself~" she commented as she kept up her actions. Slipping in the shower was a minor concern, but precision in movement was the name of the game. As long as he retained human amounts of resistance, he could remain standing against those back peddling motions. If he wanted to be worked over, she'd gladly do it for as long as the duration of this shower, and until they reached satisfaction.

An artificial intelligence had its limits. Angelica was quite the difficult subject for the maiden voyage of its third incarnation. Still, the machine remained steadfast as well. Another 'no' from Angelica warranted yet another rise in intensity. NanoWise intended to avoid overwhelming the subject, but it seemed he had no choice. Alas, that 'no' wasn't the only thing Angelica had to say this time. There were differences to how it was delivered, and an unexpected follow-up of... more. Did she mean no more? That didn't compute. Actually, Angelica proved the exact opposite with her next actions. The struggle she took on was not the expected one of resistance, but of... taking control? Legs lowered, but did so for the sake of wrapping around NanoWise. Her arms were pulled down as well for reasons he'd yet to rationalize, but was this even something to stop? No; it seemed more conducive to the goal than anything else thus far. "Subject's actions unregistered in data cloud. Explain," was all he could say. Even the core Wise viewed this as an unexpected turn of events while watching. "Never seen that side, huh? Leave it to her to confuse a supercomputer with raw crashout energy~" Yugi commented.

Hiroshi managed to sign himself up for another dangerous session ─ both for the state of his body and for the state of his sensibilities. Whatever trait this family had to rob one of their reason, he had to find out eventually. Ah, but first he had to focus on keeping his stability. All that slickness from the shower was making things quite difficult. Each time Rita bounced against his lap, he was launched back slightly. The natural response was to clutch her hips and pull inward to further power his own thrust, but... that was the issue of slickness and the additional desperate, clawing snatches required for him to keep that pattern intact.

Of course, he wasn't the only one struggling. Another version of Wise was active on the surface world ─ specifically the one who belonged in this time period. Atsushi, as he was called off-duty, was presently moaning and groaning, tossing and turning in bed. The internet had not yet been restored in his new home. What else was there to do? Without some form of network connection, he'd have been better off slipping into a coma than sleeping, even if he still managed a long waking night before. Regardless, he was repeatedly checking his phone for those precious Wi-Fi signal bars, albeit to no avail.

Angelica was finding success, her movements weren't being hindered as much as she would have thought, and beyond that it seemed that NanoWise and his core self were quite confused. She didn't have the mental capacity to harp on that... no her focus was too narrow. NanoWise wanted to breed, well, Angelica would do so only on her own terms... if he was the focus he had to be ready to offer what she needed for such an ending. Ah, but Yugi had an explanation, she was 'crashing out' as he called it. Taking control, legs allowed to wrap around his waist would lower until her heels collided with the back of his thighs. Even if he fell forward and her back hit the ground first, she'd simply roll him into the position beneath her. However if he buckled to his knees she'd simply use her arms and upper body to force the issue and place him on his back while speaking in a bratty yet demanding way. "I said more! This is what you wanted right?!~" she further demanded, with leverage her hips could move freely and would crash into the man as her core aimed to clutch and take more from him than he could receive from her. Pulling inward magically was the name of this game, if only to ensure that she had enough material to work with to create as she saw fit. This for Angelica was indeed a matter of instinct and not necessarily one of finesse. And her attitude wasn't one of passive resistance but instead one of pursuit. He'd forced her to need so she'd take without reservation and wrestle from him control of this situation and that of his loins.

Meanwhile, Hiroshi was being used as an aide in the shower, with active potential for Nara Rita. The young woman was enjoying the fall of water and as she backed herself against Hiroshi, he clutched at her physically and grasped at her slick skin to keep up his movements. It was enjoyable as an experience and one she wouldn't be letting go of even as she felt a consistent build up within her core. Those internal twitches were becoming more frequent as the backward bounce of her hips became even more steady. She wasn't the type to speed up when seeking sensation, no she was one to hold it with a steady and experienced form. So easy was it, to hold Hiroshi's rhythm with her own body and so nice was it to feel that nudge inside her body which caused the start of the feeling of flourish before space was established once again. It was an easily climb towards climax which would lead to her, singing in the shower... as it were, when those movements of hers finally led to her eruption.

At the same time, a waking set of teens was experiencing life without internet. While one tossed and turned groaning and checking his phone... the other lay in her own bed. Blue hair stuck up over a pillow messily as her face peeked over the edge. She had her arms under that pillow and her feet in a semi-constant motion as the gentle tapping of buttons could be heard. "You're gonna drive yourself crazy, searching for updates like that... Onii-chan~" she said in a teasing voice. Admittedly she was doing all she could do, not to get up and storm downstairs demanding their service provider speed up, or allow her to help get it done faster. She knew it wasn't good for her to loom over some strange man just trying to do his job, but that didn't make it feel any better to wait either.

Wise's attention had been fully grasped by all that happened on Angelica's end. As he watched the nanobot-influenced version of himself be topped, flipped and rolled into mountable position by the blonde, he mulled over the missing variables in that technology's creation. All the while, NanoWise himself was only becoming more confused. Why was he now beneath Angelica? Why were all those refusals necessary, if she was just going to do more to enable insemination? It didn't make logical sense to the AI. This was technically some version of what he wanted, but... something else was afoot. Mana ejected from NanoWise's body into Angelica's womb was accelerating, and soon enough surpassing the pace of what he drained from her breasts. "Incorrect. Breeding Protocol does not acknowledge domination switch. Error," he stated in confusion. By NanoWise's approximation, the ideal circumstance for this session involved forcing a balance in Angelica's mana reserves. That balance was quickly being lost however, as his mana was rapidly depleting to fill Angelica instead. At this rate, NanoWise would be consumed before completing the execution of his protocols.

In the meantime, Atsushi's tossing and turning would get him nowhere. Whatever person had been assigned to establish their in-home internet connection could have been done within minutes of arrival, but they were probably being paid by the hour or something stupid like that. Annoyance was growing in the white-haired lad. That constant tapping of buttons from Rin's game had him tumbling more in aggravation. According to Rin though, he'd soon drive himself crazy with such behavior. Atsu's brow twitched then, only to rise when he heard her address him in that teasing manner. Quickly did he reach beside his own bed to snatch a box of tissues, which he would proceed to chuck across the room in Rin's direction. "Uruse! If anything's gonna drive me crazy, not having internet is gonna drive me crazy! Must be nice being able to enjoy offline games in this day and age!" he griped.

The tables had turned on NanoWise, who even as a supercomputer couldn't quite figure out how things were working right now. Breeding Protocols as he claimed them to be, were much different for those made to create in a more absolute fashion. All of his questions weren't ones that would receive a direct answer, but were instead the sorts of things that would be shown in a moment. On top and now doing an apt job of draining NanoWise, Angelica was finding her senses among all that aggression that she possessed. Perhaps she was still mostly focused on 'breeding' but it was a different perspective than the one NanoWise expected. And she'd be slamming her own hips on him as he was pinned beneath him and forcing with magical and physical exertion him to expel more of himself than he could take from her. "No error. Breeding is creation and that is for me to decide. You don't take you give... more!~" she exclaimed. NanoWise was in for a crazy ride, but Angelica was by descent one of the highest order creators in existence, there was no way once she decided to create she'd be limited by computer logic. For her, such things were actions of feeling, so... she'd feel the situation out, while taking massive quantities of mana to create that which NanoWise wanted but not with any method he thought it worked by.

While a NanoWise was being ridden into destruction, Atsushi was being annoyed by his lack of internet connection. His irritation was palpable to Rin as she laid in her own bed happily playing a game on her fully charged handheld. Her teasing words earned her a box of tissues. They hit her and she mockingly coo'd, "Ouch, Onii-chan is so mean to me... I'm keeping your tissues now~" she claimed as she moved to tuck them under her pillow. "Also, I've always said you should get yourself a handheld, a couple of cartridges and a full charge can keep your mind busy just a little.... and save your bed from all that flopping~" she claimed as she pressed the button to resume her game and couldn't avoid looking at the wi-fi, signal in the corner which also hadn't changed. Oh well, they were just handling their antsy behavior a bit differently from each other. At least neither had embarked on a journey into the lower house to hover around a technician who should be much faster at their jobs than they were...

In due time, NanoWise was without discoverable logic or ability to process movement through Wise's body. Angelica was proving by her own method that organic/spiritual creation had the capacity to overpower that of a technological variety. Little did the AI know, it was equally difficult trying to cull the call of creation within its host. In spite of the mad ride Angelica was taking, Wise's hips were instinctively bucking beneath her to offer more, more, all she demanded of him. There wouldn't be much Wise left in him by the end; the spill of mana was already endless. NanoWise could feel himself becoming less Wise over time, as the continuous loss of mana was leaving only Angelica's influence that made its way in. Something had to be stopped. The AI made its attempts to avoid some catastrophic reboot of its own systems by ceasing the draw from Angelica's breasts. Alas, Wise's body still acted on the instinctual need to recover by latching to one of those nipples with his mouth. Yugi never stopped observing. "Hmm. Probably a value of 200 by now. Apart from that, this tech has some major issues. In this case, Wise, you're lucky it's a Creator teaching you it's supposed to be an offering. A Destroyer would have wrecked your tech... and you. Probably forever."

A false 'ouch' passed Rin's lips after she was hit by a tissue box. In response, Atsushi merely scoffed. The true meaning of 'mean' was her sudden abuse of familiar terms that had deviant connotations. Also mean, was the notion of keeping his box of tissues. "Oi, give it back! I need those for my terrible sinuses!" he griped despite making no moves to go over and reacquire the tissues himself. While Rin spoke of handheld games and their benefits, he checked the Wi-Fi signal yet again... to no avail. Hopefully their parents weren't paying too much for this service ─ especially after getting the house for a very sketchy price. "Every time I get a handheld, it just gathers dust in a drawer somewhere until it's old and useless. They don't release good enough games for those things, and the memory chips are a total scam. What came standard with that one? Like four gigs?" he asked with another scoff. "Hard pass as long as it costs an arm and a leg to put more than one real game on the thing."

If one was capable of proving the power of physical and spiritual creation, Angelica was among the best examples. She'd taken control of this situation and though she still found herself wanting Wise as part of her creation process, she'd be draining him dry to get what she needed. In these passing moments Angelica was finding her own logic and needed more of an offering to make it so. Only a piece of Wise was available in NanoWise, but she'd take as much of that as she possibly could. His hips moved against her wide ride and though he'd tried to stop taking her in, eventually his mouth was latched onto her bosom as he tried to keep up the energy flow between them. "You haven't given enough! I need more!~" was Angelica's demand as she found satisfaction and built herself towards orgasm in this moment. But, before such a time as that, Wise's core form was receiving information about the truth of creation as a spiritual thing. "Definitely forever!~" Kaguya agreed as she spun around that pole she was using and landed in her split once again. She understood the pull of destruction a bit better than most, and though she wasn't a 'tech person' she definitely knew just a machine would end up broken in the face of true destruction and then unsatisfied those with destructive natures would seek more fun. Ah, well that wasn't all together just a destroyer thing to do. In fact, if Angelica made this Wise disappear, she'd still be seeking the others to finish their contributions to her new creations, whatever they'd be when she had the idea, at the point of climax.

Meanwhile, Atsushi was scoffing at Rin's claim of injury. It would seem he didn't believe in her hurt feelings by way of that tissue box. He even claimed he wanted it back and for her part in this, Rin would only shuffle herself around staring up at her console as she turned her head towards him and narrowed her green eyes. "Hoh? Have sinuses moved to a lower point in the body since my last biology class?" she asked sarcastically. "You can come get it if you want it, but you'll have to ask nicely since you gave it to me, Onii-chan~" Rin stated as if it was the most moral decision she could make. Moving on from that it seemed that handhelds and Atsushi didn't get along. They ended up collecting dust in drawers unused. He thought that the memory was pricey and not enough for the basic convenience they offered. "Eh, yeah, it was probably four. But I bought a memory expansion with the system... I'm not a pleb," she claimed with an eye roll. "Still, I guess I can respect it. You could always choose a free to play game for phone or something since you splurge on that anyways... but then you'll be dependent on the mobile network for... game... connectivity," Rin started speaking slower as she thought of something odd. Mobile Networking was possible, why did they spend the entire night in the dark ages?

More. Whatever Angelica's plan was, she required more. Another thing the AI didn't understand was a special trait of Creators, which specifically linked to one's willingness to give what they desired. Angelica was very aggressively making demands, but Wise still felt compelled as if it were an innocent plea. She'd get precisely what she wanted... but would it be enough? Shortly after she claimed he'd yet to give enough, Angelica would find he hardly had more to give. There was so little left within NanoWise that he began to wither. That spillage was running dry, his bucking hips were losing ferocity, and his eyes were rolling back. In that time, the nanobots remained. NanoWise didn't disappear, but something seemed to be changing as the machine slowly separated from his body. All the while, there was a sense of dread settling on other copies of Wise in the vicinity. Something dangerous was coming for those who'd yet to be dispersed. "Alright, I think NanoWise is finally dead. Let's check in on our other contestants!" Yugi announced as he looked toward the other screens.

After he mentioned having terrible sinuses, Atsu was subjected to further teasing. He seemed mockingly aghast after her allegations, even gasping aloud. "Oi, don't give me that! It's spring; my sinuses are actually screwed!" he insisted. Of course he had other reasons to keep a box of tissues next to the bed, but those were only natural. "I'm not coming to get anything. If I get up, it's going to be for the sake of unboxing my equipment... WITH WORKING INTERNET!" he yelled, assuming the technician downstairs heard that quite clearly. Moving on, Rin confirmed his annoyance of nigh-nonexistent memory chips in modern handheld consoles, further solidifying his adversity. He did consider investing in a few mobile games as she suggested, but there was a problem or two with that idea as well. "Huh, I could go mobile. Got any that aren't predatory gacha trying to sell me my own boner?" he wondered, hesitating thereafter as he realized a very strange expression on Rin's face. "What? Why did you..." When trying to figure out what was so odd about her, Atsu recalled the last few words Rin mentioned... and the current topic of conversation... and the fact that he had the most up-to-date smartphone on the market, further enhanced by his own tinkering. "... Oh. Oh, I'm an idiot. You're an idiot. Why are we idiots? Does Osaka just make us idiots?!"

Angelica wanted and needed more from Wise, but NanoWise it seemed wouldn't have enough of it to give. She rode him until he had nothing else to give, until it would seem he'd fade away like the rest. Still, after the last bit of energy was taken from him, Angelica rose, completely freed from his restraints and with her eyes glowing softly. There was a sense of foreboding surrounding her, like a dark aura which seemed to radiate a certain demand. Poor the next few clones of Wise as any found within her radius with a boner would likely be mounted immediately in similar fashion the number over her head reading 201. What of the others though? Sakura was in the bathroom with a constant flow of Wises to go through, even while sitting in a Wise's lap in the tub and handling a cock on either side. The number over her head read 157. At the same time Morgan was emerging from the pool while droplets of water fell around her body. A number of Wises had been conquered and now she was on her way to casually dip herself into a smaller grotto, the number over her head reading... 107. At the same time, Belle hadn't yet abandoned her spot on the couch and had at least one wise entering her from behind while one was in her mouth and had one for each hand... her number currently read... 144. Kaguya had her group around her and was still bouncing on random cocks by the stripper pole her little show would lead her to a solid showing of... 109.... which was quite a lot considering. It would seem that Kimiko had picked up her pace a bit since the last time anyone had looked at her and had a whopping 69 Wises under her belt. Meanwhile, Miko who had been balancing quite a few bit by bit seemed to be approaching a different number. Even now her body in swing was almost fully occupied, and she had a number reading...106. Overall it would be a significant thinning of wises, given the number of special ones which had been cycled through periodically, about 1/2 of the 1000 total Wises were left in rotation and the room was starting to feel a bit lighter again.

"I'm just messing with you~" Rin claimed, she still made no moves to return his tissue box, but he'd get it back eventually, spring allergies were quite the annoyance. Still it seemed he would not be getting up to retrieve his tissues. Instead he had only more gripes for the installer to hear as they waited for that special magical moment. In the interim they discussed the potential for mobile gaming instead of a handheld console for Atsushi. "Well, they are still mostly Gacha so yes they will try and sell you your boner, but I have a few in rotation that aren't super predatory. Ones made by the Aeons are pretty F2P friendly and there is pretty much one for every franchise~" she claimed. Even so, they both had some very interesting moments. As they both seemed to come to the same conclusion within a few seconds of each other, Atsushi claimed himself to be an idiot and said the same of her. "Ugh! I know. I'm so dumb... it has to be the air here or something. There is no way we didn't think of this last night!" she exclaimed wondering how they two known geniuses had missed something as simple as mobile networking to handle their internet needs. "We could have hotspotted or even searched and hacked neighbor wi-fi," she claimed. They were called by some very specific terms in their 'work' lives and they weren't living up to that acclaim presently. "Maybe its the parents. Being around our parents has to make us revert a bit right? So we appear normal... like the safe button on your browser... we switch into safe mode, and go dumb..." she said as if it accurately explained their situation.

Yugi had a casual glance at each magical monitor keeping track of the game. In doing so, he saw everyone was busy with at least one or two targets, bar Morgan who was being a bit sneaky in her approach to conquering Wises. For the most part, everyone seemed quite close to everyone else in ranking. Well, that was true of all but three people. Kimiko's score was criminally low for her ability, but perfectly fine given her apparent lack of concern... in addition to being one of few perfect numbers for anything, Yugi thought. Others stood out for different reasons ─ reasons to be made clear as the announcing returned in full force. "Looks like it's mostly a tight contest, ladies and gents! Sex-nuts Angelica is in the lead by over forty points, even though she's only had two successful encounters so far! I'd say it's time to start catching up, but it doesn't seem Sakura needs to be told! She's holding second place with 157, soon to be at least 160! I wonder if anybody else is due for a breakout performance! Let's all find out together!"

Atsushi would just have to hope he didn't have a sneezing fit for some time, lest he have to make a trip out of bed. On a day like today, that was the last thing he wanted for any reason. "Just messing with me on the darkest day of my young life. I haven't been online in more hours than I want to count," he said. When they started discussing gacha games and general mobile titles, it seemed Rin didn't have anything to offer that would change his opinion. Even Aeons titles, free-to-play friendly or not, could only be a massive trap to him. "Oh yeah, that sounds great. I won't want to spend a single yen on Chiyo's ass or Valentina's tits. A trap's a trap, and I guarantee I'd drop into every last one of them," he said further, nearly shunning the idea of gacha entirely. Moving on, there was an epidemic of idiocy afoot. Both he and Rin were missing some very obvious things this last couple of days. There was no logical excuse for their oversights in Atsu's opinion. Things only got worse when Rin brought up the idea of using a neighbor's connection if necessary. "Why would you make us dumber?! You know what? It's been a crazy week. We're owed a few dumb moments, right? People are under a lot of stress when they move ─ yeah! Or we blame the parents. Yeah, actually... I'll blame my mom for anything, anytime. Knowing her, she'll probably find her own justification for why she's more at fault... or something. Anyway, you know what this means?!"

The contest between the women was pretty close as far as points were concerned. Except for the early lead of Angelica and the apparent high tier consistency of someone like Sakura most had around the same numbers to work with. At the very bottom of that list was Kimiko who seemed content to float above now that she'd reached such a prime number. Morgan for her part in this was now having sex with a Wise in a hot tub amused as she always was, and Sakura was working through her current set. A very aggressive Angelica had mounted another Wise and was demanding to be given more of him as she created. At the same time, an unknown individual was alone with a Wise. It wasn't one of the major contestants, no, Johanna had ended up with a hard Wise in her company and seemed to be helping him keep a boner while she figured out a discrete way to slip onto it one way or another. Kaguya for her part in this was bouncing in a low impact split after spending a bit too much time upside-down a few moments prior and... Belle was still leaned over a couch basically being filled from both ends by two different Wises. Everyone currently had normal Wises to deal with as far as they knew, and would be working through their lists. 'I think we've got a lurker~' Kimiko said to Yugi pointing out the issue of Johanna in the corner and knowing it wasn't something they'd want to deal with as a problem.

Meanwhile, Atsushi was busy lamenting the darkest day of his young life apparently. "Never had one of those power out days huh? It's not so bad..." Rin mentioned as she found herself distraught but still trying to hang on. Only as their conversation progressed did both realize their issues. The gacha game problem was one she understood with both of those series in particular. "Yeah, they are some hard ones to ignore. I spend a little here and there, but you can get away with pretty much a 2 characters a patch on just a battle pass as long as you don't have skill issues with game play~" she affirmed of her own choices. Of course, she understood the major issue as well. "There are the adventure story driven types, Kingdom Hearts as a sub game out on Mobile. The Otome games are also mobile not gacha, but I don't know if you'd be interested in them," she admitted of her own wide knowledge of games. Ah, but there was something else, their combined stupidity. "Stress is definitely not good for the brain. Obviously in the move I haven't been eating as much lately that can't be good for brain power either. Sweets and fat help brain power, we should get some good lunch when the internet pops..." she confirmed.

As he observed the game from all necessary angles, Yugi noted three things. First came the realization that another special Wise had been discovered, though luckily not one like Angelica's recent experience. Morgan decided to mount a Wise in a hot tub, but she wouldn't be allowed to dismount for some time. Why? Well, it seemed she'd discovered a Wise with a knot meant to thrust deep into her core and make a home for itself. The second thing he noticed was Kimiko's abandonment of the game ─ something he would have also done if he managed to nail that particular score. "Good choice," he commented. Ah, but what of the third thing? It was something Kimiko herself realized as well ─ something that should not be allowed under any circumstance, given what she'd already done. 'Yeah, I know. Nothing to worry about. It's not going to get very far,' Yugi replied in spite of the fact that the Wise in question seemed very interested in whatever discretion Johanna was attempting.

Meanwhile, Rin was asking about Atsu's experiences with power outages. He hadn't been lucky enough to avoid them in all truth, but in earlier times, there was another way around the lack of tech. "Of course I have. Those were the days I could just go to the hideout until I found out the house was worth living in again," he said plainly. As for the gachas and their predatory nature, it seemed those produced by the Aeons were indeed a bit friendlier than most. Still, he was not swayed by the logic. "Still not happening. I can get two 5-star, SSR, UR or whatever characters in a patch for free, but I bet it's extra awesome to pull extra copies. Still spending. Trap," he continued. An otome game or two could keep his interest if they were made properly, but rare were ones fitting his criteria. "I might be. I'll play any type of game if the mechanics and hardware are good. I never got enough free time to add a Kingdom Hearts game's clusterfuck of a story to my list, but for an otome game... I'd give it a shot, I'm picky with those. Good story, something other than just social stat upgrades to talk to the girls, and for fuck's sake no Mary Sues! They always take the most boring girl in the world and make her the canon relationship; it's so stupid!" he stated firmly. Nothing was worse than one of those. Their dumb moment segued into the topic of food, reminding Atsu that he hadn't eaten in some time either. The mere mention had his stomach growling. "Huh. Now that you mention it, why wait? Grabbing a bite would kill some time while we wait for ANOTHER SIX HOURS AT THIS RATE ─ HINT HINT!"

Kimiko seemed fine to float above the games and process. Her own plans said that by the time Wise as done being properly accosted by Angelica and properly recombined after all the others, he'd be a prime target for her 'plan' which was taking place in the afterparty. Until then she'd be keeping an eye on the rest of the game with Yugi. It didn't slip past her notice that Morgan had found a special one. And though that meant she'd have a hole occupied, Morgan herself seemed pleased. A bounce on a cock with a knot meant it was pretty well stuck, and she began to move her hips a bit differently as she enjoyed the sensation of crushing the lad within her. "Aaaah~ Something like this would make Uranus worth an extra visit or two~" she said in an almost teasing voice. Perhaps she'd volunteer for one of those experiments? Whatever the case, a not so discrete Johanna was trying to slip herself onto a Wise's stiff cock. She was all lined up and no one appeared to be paying attention she was lined up and ready to lower herself onto him. "Hm, if you say so... I wonder what her excuse is going to be. Jovians are always so horny~" Kimiko thought almost absently. Speaking of horny Jovians, Sakura was up to her 160 count and still drawing in more Wises as she began shifting positions again. Miko to her credit, called more with her voice whenever her mouth was empty to take up missing places... hoping to come across one of the more 'dangerous' Wise so she could see what kind of punishment she'd be taking. Belle on the other hand had fallen over the edge of the couch only to pop her head back over a few moments later. How that had happened, she didn't know, but it wasn't a hard fall or anything.

At the same time, Rin was learning more of Atsushi's life and getting a handle on how he handled black out days before. His claim of going to the hideout until home was livable again was one she understood. "Hm, I did that too a few times. We're going to need a new hideout... in Osaka that's going to be annoying or terrifying if we don't use a middle man," she said aloud. Osaka was being run by a very specific person and that person wasn't one, who people liked dealing with directly. Beyond that point was the issue of Gacha Gaming in general. "Yeah, they are always like that, but in the Aeon's ones vertical investment is only the cream on top, all base mechanics just good... still I get it. I only play a few of those myself," she explained of the Gacha games she was thinking of. Still the more he spoke the more of an idea she had of the kind of games he might enjoy. "Well everyone's still waiting on three so if you were going to play catch-up now is the time for Kingdom Hearts... as for your take on Otome games you are quite picky, Onii-chan~" she said while chuckling. "Kingdom Hearts Otome game is called Masquerade of Hearts... There isn't a plain protagonist in that one, you are a create your own Keyblade wielder and your actions and choices change your alignment. Because of that you are basically allowed to become your own sort of protagonist and choose where you end up and who you talk to. It has a bunch of secret endings and hidden lore and for spoiler-y reasons you can always restart after a path ends. Combat is also pretty fun and since you are playing as your own character and collecting ones you have interactions with it isn't so bad. The only part that is a gacha is if you want to collect some specific Keyblade instead of building it, but the DtD pass is cheap and will give enough parts to build one Keyblade a month basically. Though, there isn't a short cut to collecting characters so you'll definitely have to run a couple of storylines a few times, but that's more like new game+," she gave a little rundown on game he might enjoy. Beyond that the talk of food was one she figured they both could use and it seemed that he thought it better to have food than wait around for their internet to be turned on. "Hai hai, I'm all good, should I just order something or do you want to get out of the house for a while and scope things out?" she asked in earnestness. Obviously he wasn't going to remain patient and the poor worker downstairs couldn't be having a good time knowing that there were two glowering teens upstairs.

Morgan mulled over the positives of visiting Uranus due to finding a knotted Wise. The core Wise was taking notes, of course. "Is that all it takes?" he wondered aloud accidentally. "What? Getting something extra freaky to get Morgan on your planet? Yeah, pretty much. Girl's a freak~" Yugi answered while keeping his eyes on screens, though his senses were open to something entirely different. Johanna's attempt to collect a Wise of her own was no issue. He knew exactly what she wanted out of it; everyone knew what she always wanted. Alas, he'd wait to spoil her fun. Insertion had not yet occurred, but the moment it did... the snap of Yugi's fingers would have Johanna's location shifted. She would find herself right in front of the black-haired male with the opposite orientation, given his upside-down floating state. Only then would he address the issue of her attempts... first by flicking her forehead. "Dumb move. Why did you even think that was going to work? You've already got a freaky space-time pregnancy going from earlier," he chided.

Atsushi agreed that a new hideout for their operations was an absolute necessity. They needed a middle man, but now that Rin mentioned it, he had something in mind for that. "Oh, right! I forgot to mention, but that's why I was MIA before. Aventurine is in the area. He had me run a dox and said something about a payment. He should still be around somewhere, so it shouldn't be much to get in contact with him. Not sure what kind of pay he'll ask for if we need a whole building though..." he muttered. With that, Atsu would be having a change of heart over the course of an explanation. The Kingdom Hearts otome game Rin spoke of was an interesting concept that he might actually enjoy, given its features. Alas, there was one thing he really wanted to know before searching the app store on his phone. "Woah, that doesn't sound bad at all actually. I wouldn't pay anything for a Keyblade unless it had awesome visuals anyway. But... can I harem route Gula and Kairos at the same time?" With that question hanging in the air, Atsushi rolled his way out of bed and stretched into a standing position. "It wouldn't be a bad idea to just go out. New city, new places, new food. Might even try something new for a change. You up for it?"

Morgan was an enjoyer of 'freaky' things. At the very least she'd always been one to enjoy her off time with deviant activities. Sometimes she even peppered such deviance into her 'work' time. Whatever the case, she'd be stuck with someone buried within her for at least a few moments so she'd do what she needed to draw a few more to her, and not let her score get disrupted by a bit of fun. Meanwhile, Johanna had herself lined up and was sliding down onto a Wise only to find herself in a wholly different position being thumped in the forehead by a Yugi floating overhead. "At-taaa..." she complained about the forehead flick. Her hand went up to rub the spot and she managed to look at least a little abashed. Obviously, she didn't think it was a bad idea, and obviously she knew she was already pregnant. "I mean, it was right there... and I know I am already pregnant, but I was going to work on it a bit, but it feels kind of familiar already... and I get better ideas when someone's inside me," she explained of the situation. That explanation of behavior was so Jovian that Kimiko couldn't stifle her laughter, "Ehehehee~" she giggled. It was always worth it, to hear out one of those young women when they got caught doing something they weren't supposed to do. Miko who had someone disappear from her in a moment and was between taking new ones completely understood, "It's okay Anna, I think better while I'm fucking too♪!~" she said in a show of both solidarity and truth.

Meanwhile, it seemed there was at least a bit of an answer to the problem of their hideout. Wise had previously gone radio silent for a bit, and he'd apparently been doing some work for a man known as Aventurine. According to him, he'd done a dox and was waiting on payment. "Maybe it'll be a good day and we can just exchange some services and pay for the building. Though I wonder what kind of cover we should run. We can't exactly not have a similar story while our parents live together and talk to each other..." she said while thinking over a few things. While she got to a good save point in her game, she explained the nature of Masquerade of Hearts and it seemed that it would be something that Atsushi was into, he only had one real question and it was one she somewhat expected, if not directly then indirectly. "No decency in you at all, huh, Onii-chan?~" she said in a teasing manner. "No but really, that is a very common combo that people want. Harem ending is possible multiple times over even... there is a walkthrough for that particular pair as it's a pretty difficult set to get and if you want to do it in one go there are a few nuanced choices you have to go for~" she explained of the choice, managing without spoilers. "Oh but be careful... you can romance any gender in the game regardless of your chosen one. Act too friendly and some blue haired old man will be asking you on a date!~" she joked but there was a hint of seriousness as she saved and put her system into rest mode. She'd sit up, returning it to the wireless charger she'd set up on her night stand and as Atsushi stretched she'd be holding that box of tissues in her hands. "Yeah, I am definitely up for it... I wouldn't mind having a look around before everything else. Besides I can never turn down an outing... and we didn't get to hang out much like this before," she agreed without qualms. She'd toss him his tissue box and move for several pieces of clothing.

Once he had Johanna in his sights, Yugi could only wonder what wild excuse the next Jovian would come up with for their irresponsible actions. The only one he could rely on for a logical excuse was Sakura, but Johanna... claimed she had better ideas when someone was inside her. Though he knew such things to be true with many people, the risk she took in doing something like that with an atomized Wise was colossal in nature. Ah, but he had something else to deal with before addressing the issue here. "You shut up!" he said to Miko first and foremost. As for Johanna... "Well if you get better ideas from that, maybe letting you finish taking that dick would have led to a realization, hm? Maybe the realization that... you're pregnant with your own husband's younger self's child, and adding the mana of someone else in his future would form a link through time to that person? Do you want KazAtsu ship? Because that's how you get KazAtsu ship, at least three splintered realities, and possibly lock one of your own sisters out of the group you know now. How many times do we have to say it? When we're doing a timey-wimey, what's the first step?" he asked while holding out that finger again, priming it for another flick.

The one they called Aventurine was an interesting subject. Whatever he wanted out of a deal was difficult to assume for those who weren't in one of his 'special circles' as Atsu would call it. Rin presenting the idea of exchanged services was questionable at best. "Whatever those services are, I don't think I'm the one to offer... or the one to offer anything he'd take. I'd rather just work for free for a while, but that'd be an even bigger issue if we want to deal with bills at the new place," he surmised. "We'll definitely need a consistent alibi. I don't think school clubs or anything like that will line up, so maybe a shared part-time job doing tech work? My mom doesn't get the tech lingo, so it's an easy one for me without having to speak in code." As he spoke, Atsu took the time to pick up a crumpled shirt from the floor. Right away, he slipped it over his head just to see Rin holding out that box of tissues afterwards. He took it, tossing it recklessly onto his bed while showing an expression of disgust over the game Rin explained. "Ew, gross. Anybody else can do whatever they want, but the last thing I want is to accidentally become gay," he griped. With that shirt, all Atsu had to do was select the right pair of shoes downstairs. First though, it seemed Rin was making a selection of her own. He stopped next to the closed door, wondering if she was going for a full change. If that were to be the case, he'd definitely kill more time by watching. "We don't get a lot of random, chill hangouts. That'll be a plus from this situation we're in; I like when we hang out. Maybe we could even scope-out some choice spots for a new base while we're out."

The game was continuing but Yugi's announcing had taken a back seat to a bit of parenting. Firstly, Miko was told to shut up, which she took in stride only pouting a tiny bit while she went for her next conquest. 'I worked though my own thing today, I didn't even do anything...' she thought huffily. Still, there was a more pressing matter directly in front of them, apparently there were many things that Johanna hadn't considered. Like potentially what her pregnancy with her husband's past-self's baby meant. Yugi went on quite the tirade as he explained that such a connection would have caused Kazu and Atsushi to become connected across space time, ending in some sort of homosexual relationship for the pair. "I didn't think about that, I didn't plan to add anything to them. They feel oddly complete. I wasn't trying to lock anyone out and I wouldn't want KazAtsu... I don't get that whole boylove thing, I'm not Mimi..." she said with her brows furrowing. "Shots fired~" Kimiko uttered quickly unable to help being amused by the situation. Miko on the other hand went wide-eyed. "Party Foul, I was comforting you... why am I being attacked today?" Miko exclaimed. She was willing to ignore the fact that only a second prior to that, the idea of seeing such a thing for a few minutes would be worth the watch. She wouldn't watch any intense homosexuality or anything. Regardless, there was a question that was being asked of Johanna so she looked sheepish. What was the first step of doing a timey-wimey, "I should wait for time people," she murmured softly. It was always bad when she got these sorts of talks. She'd not intended to do anything bad.

Meanwhile the present had a version of 'Wise' speaking on what it would mean to use Aventurine as a connection. Working for free was always an option, but not if they wanted to pay bills on a new hideout, "I guess that would put a damper on things. I don't mind some casual work for free, but the likelihood of it being casual is very low..." Rin said as she thought it over. Hm, it was something however which could be done. At the same time, they were figuring out the socially correct way to deal with their parents. A consistent alibi for their 'work' was necessary. "I agree, clubs and such would be a bit too much. A part-time job might be doable. Both are parents should know we are both into tech-stuff. My dad is a bit more computer literate than that, but only just a little... like he can use more than the base stuff for his job, but his line at high tech is drawn at old consoles. Him, that friend of his and his Sega... is as far as it goes," she said chuckling. "Actually, if we found a tech-repair shop or something similar we could cover our usual work and technically any 'emergencies' that need us to be not at home to handle them..." she added. The part time job idea was definitely coming together nicely. In addition to that their discussion on the game called Masquerade of Hearts had Atsushi having a rather extreme but understandable reaction, "I definitely figured you'd have that sort of reaction... that's why I warned you. It's pretty easy to separate friendship from romance once you're deep in the game..." she explained of the situation. After giving him that tissue box, what would she be selecting to wear? A graphic long sleeved t-shirt. her usual vest as it had all the things she needed in the pockets. An orange skirt today, a black belt thigh highs, and probably whatever shoes she had by the door, they tended to work no matter what. With those things spread across her bed, she'd begin getting dressed seemingly without care. "I also like when we hang out. It's always more fun than most things... and we can definitely look at some spots if nothing else~" she said as she easily slipped into various pieces of clothing until her outfit came together. She ruffled her own hair and grabbed a few lips to put her bangs away from her face before checking herself in the mirror and slipping her phone into her pocket.

Johanna didn't think about the potential consequences of her own actions. Yugi couldn't really be surprised; others weren't nearly as well-versed in time manipulation as Kimiko and himself were. Still, that was just more reason to rear them in. "A breath. That's all it takes sometimes. You already have the baby now, and he hasn't met you yet... so think back. Wasn't there some sort of unreal, mystical connection between you two? Like something pulling you together beyond what he was at the time?" Yugi asked for clarity and Johanna's understanding of events. "That same type of pull would exist between him and Wise. It's what happens when the timeline is acknowledging a fixed point; it pulls all involved parties straight into the event horizon of causality, sparing no one along the way," he explained. As for the first step required when doing time-related things, it seemed Johanna at least remembered that. He had a finger prepared to flick her forehead again, but it instead extended for a poke. "Wait for the time people. Good girl. Now, here's the other thing... you can't keep the baby," he stated firmly. After everything else had been explained, the one remaining fact was that Johanna and Kazuhiko would have very difficult lives if a future child between them continued to exist. The possibility of someone being written out of the group was still open.

Rin may not have minded the idea of working for free, but Atsu didn't have any interest in it. He'd have a change of heart if bills were no issue. So long as they were, however, keeping the internet and electricity going were requirements to continue working and... well, having a life, as he saw things. Regardless, it was more important to establish an alibi, that they might work at all. Too many risks were associated with doing what they did from home. Frankly, they wouldn't have the connection for it anyway. "So definitely tech support somewhere. A repair shop wouldn't be bad; it'd explain all the parts we have going in and out for the occasional tinker. We'd probably want to run it as a legit business though, right? I mean... from what I know of Osaka, we'll probably want to do some laundering," he mused while contemplating further. Whatever the case, Rin was dressing herself and Atsushi was preparing to open the door and head out. By the time she pocketed her phone, he took the go-ahead and slipped into the hall. "Yosh! I'll download that Kingdom Hearts game once we're connected again. First things first! Find food, find... 'jobs'. Geronimo!" Atsu announced as he hopped down the stairs to select and equip a pair of pristine white sneakers.

No one knew time travel like Kimiko and Yugi, it was indeed their personal forte. Even so, people like Johanna often found themselves getting lessons on it given their lack of knowledge and their pension for making a bit of trouble on some fronts. In this case, Yugi was aptly explaining to her the issues of her earlier thought process with examples that she could understand and piece together from her existing experiences. "Hm... it was like that. I understand, though that kind sounds like a flaw somewhere in the design if it can cause something like KazAtsu," she commented after everything. Yes, even when it was understandable it didn't make complete sense. As two men couldn't make a baby like that locking them into an inexplicable desire for each other was weird as an acknowledgement of a single event. At the very least, she only received a poke to her furrowed brow as she remembered the main rule for doing things with time. Even so, it seemed a thought she had looming in her mind was being made true. A sigh escaped her when she heard those words, "I knew you were going to say that... I remember this one," she said with a hand placed on her stomach. She really wasn't looking forward to parting with this one, but she also knew it was coming because of the amount of familiarity she felt with it. All the while, the Wise based game was still taking place in the background.

Moving on from the issues of the party, Rin and Atsushi, were putting themselves together to go outside, and look into their 'alibi' and work while they were here. "Yeah, that sounds pretty reasonable to me. Laundering, a place to get a lot of specialties delivered... and somewhere to go when we want or need to escape the house, sounds good to me," Rin claimed as their door opened. In the space outside and down the stairs she also went to put on a pair of sneakers, they were plain, black and worn in but that was fine. She looked at Atsushi's choice of exit words and chuckled. "Ahahehehe~ All those shoes are yours? Hm, I suppose its a good thing they are stored down here, Food, jobs... game on!~" she said seemingly surprised. Of course, it didn't much matter as they headed out.

While that pair headed out, a college age blonde was standing outside of a convenience store. She was due to start work in about thirty minutes, but oddly enough the store itself was closed. It was a very unusual thing but she didn't mind in truth. She managed to look innocent enough in her button up shirt and plain black mini-skirt. Her outfit was completed by a pair of flat shoes which weren't impressive but still completed her look. She absently played with a strand of her hair with its pink tips her as she held her phone close to her face. She supposed that she'd waited long enough she might as well, keep herself occupied by checking on th lad she knew to be in the hospital. Her mind schemed actively, what would she say... "OMG! Akira-kun are you doing okay?" she sent after some consideration. Keeping the messages short and concise would have him answering her back in no time, and keep her occupied for a while yet. She kept the casualness of their conversation, didn't separate them from their previous closeness and even made herself out to be worried about him. That sort of thing would work on someone like him, he had to be starved for attention considering how plain he was in general.

As per usual when pointing out the effects of causality to others, there were logistical concerns presented. Johanna found a flaw in the system. Yugi closed his eyes briefly, having a clear visual of the path leading to 'KazAtsu' as they were calling it. The flaw Johanna spoke of was a matter of perspective. "Three-dimensional viewpoints. Put a trace of Wise in an infant already connected to Kazu by his own future, and he becomes a necessary part of it. The same way he's drawn to you and you to him, you'll both equally be drawn to Wise, and him to you. Without the right way to rationalize it, your souls won't understand why the link is so strong, and then... two-thirds of the Good Boys is gay. Good Boys don't do gay, right?" he asked openly to receive an immediate, albeit irrelevant response from Wise. "Uh... I've just been waiting to ask why my name's on the sub side of this gay ship?" he asked. Immediately, Yugi shifted his gaze in the white-haired male's direction. Obviously he didn't know. "Because you're a Good Boy. Kazu has multiple live-in wives. He's a bad man." That was about the only reply Yugi had for Wise, though the latter didn't seem to fully accept it. Either way, Yugi quickly moved on to address something odd in Johanna's last clause. "Now... what do you mean you remember this one? Is this one of the easy times? Tell me it's one of the easy times!"

In the meantime, there was a black-haired male lying in a hospital bed, phone atop his chest when it vibrated. Kurusu Akira expected a message from the likes of Chizuru, or perhaps another threatening or otherwise weird text from Yuusuke, but lo... what he received instead was something from the very woman who led to his near-demise. Akira struggled to flip his phone into visual position due to the cast he wore. Upon finally managing to view the screen, he had an immediate list of reasons to question the message. Why was she messaging him at all? How was she behaving like his fate was news to her? What was the point of checking his condition after that heartless breakup? Most importantly... what was hiding? For a moment, Akira viewed his screen with a bit more seriousness than others tended to see in his face. As for his answer, it was: "No. Hospital. What is it?"

According to Yugi, their 'three-dimensional' thinking was the reason that Johanna saw a flaw in the system that would create a relationship between Kazu and Atsu in order to facilitate a baby being born between them. "Hmmm..." Johanna nodded her understanding. Well, if it was only a matter of perspective it didn't matter, still she wouldn't purposefully change anything about Kazu or anyone else. Still, Yugi wanted confirmation that the Good Boys didn't do gay things, while Wise seemed more concerned about being the sub in this hypothetical relationship. Yugi had an explanation for it, and it wasn't one that Wise seemed to be familiar with, but as multiple wives were present they'd agree. "I still don't get boylove but if, Jels treatment of you is any indication I'd say it's accurate," Johanna mentioned, all while watching Angelica pin a Wise into the male version of mating press and continue to ride him without care for his well-being. "Well as one who partakes of both of the men in question and the boylove genre .. I'd draw it that way♪~" Miko claimed as yet another Wise was dispersing having ejected himself into her mouth. Still, she wouldn't deny a bit of curiosity about this situation, even if it wasn't something she'd get to see in the moment. Beyond that there was Yugi's time of asking a strange question of Johanna was this one of the easy times? What did she remember? Well... "Maybe, you did say you hate Aincrad though..." she murmured. "This one, I can feel, they are... the only good thing I made in Aincrad before my escape this one was what I was living for, a perfect little one," she explained thinking back on those early days of hers. It was tough that time she spent locked away but... a few rays of light happened during her time there.

Meanwhile the blonde lass continued to stand outside of her work place, steadily waiting on a reply. It'd taken a while longer than she'd expected for one to come in. It was short, concise and maybe a bit colder than she would have liked, but there could be multiple reasons for that. The first of which was whatever his injuries actually were. Still, there was a question at the end, which left her enough of an opening. A little sparkle occurred in her blue eyes as she thought of what to say next. "It's nothing, really. I was just checking on you. I did hear what happened, and it's crazy!" she claimed easily. Well, a bit of sympathy would be enough. He didn't have many people to rely on, she'd made sure of that... so surely a bit of teasing and maybe a visit and he'd be hanging on her every word, even with no promise of a real relationship again. It was the easiest way to handle someone like him, besides... this didn't seem like the sort of job that would require all of her attention, she had plenty of time to string him along.

The issues present with Johanna's current pregnancy were easily avoided, at least in a technical sense. Any hypothetical situation involving Kazu and Wise was an issue Yugi had no further interested in; he was already floating lower to bring himself eye-level with Johanna's womb. Reaching out, he'd touch the upper end of her pelvis with his palm while hearing her mention... Aincrad of all places. "... No, that's not funny. Why does it have to be that one?" he wondered immediately. On the list of annoying places to visit, that one was rather high. Such a special moment and apparent beacon of hope could not be taken from Johanna's past, though; he would never take something like that for his own hatred of something connected to it. "Fucking shit! More time in Aincrad, but you know what? I'll do it. But you still owe me," he declared with a groan.

Elsewhere, Akira remained motionless in that hospital bed. He didn't have much choice without proper use of his legs or arms. At this point, all he had was whatever garbage news the nurses left on a low-quality television set, a drip-feed of morphine via IV, and the phone kept close to his broken chest. With that being the case, Mami's messages were easily received and read now that he had that phone stable. Just checking on him, was she? A lie, probably. The one called Mami always had some sort of ulterior motive. He saw the mask she wore, but he'd yet to peel it off and see what lay beneath. Perhaps he still had a chance? Well, time would tell. Carefully did his thumb move across the touch-screen keyboard until another response was managed. It read: "I'll be fine. Will take months to recover. Hospitalized for at least a week."

The Kazu and Wise issue were no longer one which needed more conversation. It would seem that instead the magical pregnancy of Johanna held a bit more importance. This particular child of hers, was one she remembered and was technically the first she birthed in happiness. Yugi didn't think the mention of Aincrad was funny and was legitimately upset about having to visit there. That hand upon her pelvis wasn't one she'd turn away from, even if she was currently being chided for her bad actions, Yugi had always treated Johanna with a certain amount of kindness. "I know you don't like it there, not many with your kind of alignment do..." Johanna mentioned almost apologetically. Aincrad wasn't a pleasant place for anyone who wasn't a purely 'creator' leaning entity. "Come on, Aincrad is annoying but... naughty nun time~ Forgive me, Daddy for I have sinned♥~ A full session in a confession booth? I can't say no to that~" Kimiko said in her lightly joking manner. As for Johanna, it appeared she'd owe Yugi for making him go there, but she didn't mind. "That's fine... depending on when you go it might not be too bad for you, there is that weird thing that happens during that time period..." she said remembering an event which changed the 'climate' within the floating space. Hearing words like that a certain brown haired young woman quietly shifted herself into a new position bent over in that swing to sway between two Wises and hope that wasn't one of the things that would get her into trouble that she didn't remember.

Meanwhile, Mami continued to wait around and text. Much to her own relief and satisfaction, there was no confrontation with Akira. He simply answered her questions and kept up his usual behaviors. His texts didn't imply that he even blamed her a little for his situation. Such a thing almost made it too easy to keep him on the back burner. "Good that you'll be fine. But you should definitely watch where you're going, lol." was the first message sent. Ah, but a quick follow-up though so he didn't think she was being too snide with him. "JK. A week is a pretty long time, to only see doctors and nurses. I'll stop by and say hi after my shift♥~" she added to those words. Yeah, that'd be alright, she'd just be the breath of fresh air in a hospital full of random sick people, cementing that she was there for him at some point during his recovery. And so long as she checked in on him every once and a while, she'd be fine to continue her other endeavors and know he'd be at her beck and call once he was a bit better physically. She could even probably talk him into going shopping with her and helping her attract some other people, she could play him off as her 'just friend' for the sake of getting other guys interested. Yeah that worked and if anything happened he'd defintely help her out, that was the type of guy he was...

Yugi spent quite a few moments figuring out how to work around Johanna's unique situation. This sort of thing wasn't normally a problem at these parties, surprisingly enough... but there were costs to the type of plan he had. Given Johanna's existing memories of the child in question, however, he figured everything would be fine. The only real issue was having to visit Aincrad, but even that could be mediated by a bit of deviance according to Kimiko. Hearing her suggestion, he could only give proper consideration to the trip. "You know... Aincrad might be worth the itchy feeling. All for a good cause and whatnot, yeah?" he said after a few moments of contemplation. With that, he moved on to scanning backwards through Johanna's origin. So far back he had to go, but a bit of conversation was no distraction in this case. "It's farther back than that, if what you're talking about is the first time pipe organs were deleted. It's fine though. I'd rather go then, than right after they were invented again. That one wasn't problematic; it just sounded like shit," he chattered. "By the way, you probably understand already, but... most of the 'you' from right now is going to be lost in transition. It'll be an incomplete kid... but I'm sure you already remember when it was finished."

Games. Games were being played, but who held the controller? Frankly, Akira couldn't tell for certain. There was every chance he remained in control of the situation without making advancements at the pace he'd like. On the other hand, there was an equal chance he was being played like a fiddle. Not knowing what was truly beneath Mami's exterior made things quite difficult ─ especially when he didn't know how much she'd seen through him. Still, there was something bothersome about her message warning him to be careful. As if she hadn't been the reason for his accident. He should... ah, no; there was another message mentioning a visit later. That would be nice, he thought. No! That wouldn't work at all! Chizuru was too forward; she'd definitely be appearing just as she'd claimed the previous day. "You don't have to trouble yourself! The staff here is nice. They'll keep me company," he replied.

It only took a little poke of deviance and a bit of a distraction for Yugi to see the trip to Aincrad as something to look forward to. Yes, he still would have completed it for Johanna's sake but lightening the mood around the trip was one of the better ideas for a pair like Kimiko and Yugi. Among their time travels, they saw the best things, but they also saw a lot of the worst things this world had to offer. It was best to go into those moments with a bit less tension built up, lest a world ending event be something they caused in their own forms of rage. "Mm-hm~ It's gonna be great! For the cause and all that... and to be fair, between the itchy feeling and the vertigo, a distraction will definitely be worth it~" she asserted. Naughty Nun cosplay was one of the best things about attending to the 'churches' this world had to offer. Whatever the case, apparently, Yugi would be appearing before Pipe Organs were destroyed but he preferred that, "Yeah, I can't say I like them either. Mimi has a whole tirade about them, luckily she's eating~" Johanna mentioned as if it was amusing. Miko was swallowing something while speaking about the nature of Pipe Organs, "They fucking suck♪!" she exclaimed as she gobbled up another Wise for her trouble. As for her baby and the lack of the current Johanna in it, she understood. "Yeah, I understand that now. I didn't before, that one was way too good by the time it came together for the younger me. But it's worth it... I'm glad I can give my younger self something like that..." she mused. There was a stark difference between the Johanna that existed now and the one she was talking about. That girl she was talking about... was a confused mess and barely anything more than her purpose. It would take a very special man and a group of individuals to help her become something else.

Meanwhile, Nanami Mami was busy playing with Kurusu Akira. The lad was such a soft man, he couldn't help himself. It was far too easy to get him to comply with her wishes. Yes, he'd be strung along for quite a while yet, and as if on cue his next message was one which showed the exact attitude she saw in him. She shouldn't trouble herself, the hospital staff was nice. All of those words just led her to believe he didn't want her seeing how lonely he was without her. He was probably still trying to play off the fact that he'd been distracted enough to nearly get run over just because she'd broken up with him. It'd be a good story worth teasing him over in front of others, she was certain it'd keep him in the right space at least. "Wow, Akira-kun, you're practically begging me to stop by, lol. It's really fine, don't go bugging your doctor to keep you company~" she typed that message to send it and did so. Her face in the moment triumphant. Still, what could be taking this store so long to open, were there Golden Week hours she wasn't aware of?

The general consensus about pipe organs was not a positive one. Fair enough, they often sounded horrible even when they weren't anti-demon machines made by a tyrant god. Those problems aside, the exchange was now officially worthwhile. "They weren't so bad the last time I heard them. I'm not sure if any of you know the guy, but... one person plays it well," he commented. In a matter of moments, Yugi pinpointed the time in which he'd be delivering Johanna's most recent... or rather, her first child. Strangely enough, it would be shortly after Johanna herself was created. "Damn. Younger you is an understatement. Looks like I'm dropping this off at the start of your origin, so... I guess we'll meet on the night of your birthday. Literally," he said while pulling the soul of Johanna's unborn child into a tangible sphere, which he'd proceed to pocket in his own magical storage. "Job's done... for now. You can go back to doing whatever you want. Or whomever~" he urged, freeing the lass to seek whatever additional pregnancies she desired.

All the while, Akira stared at his phone with the strangest form of curiosity. He really couldn't figure out which direction this exchange was leaning in, as had been the case since he'd met Nanami Mami. The most important thing now was avoiding a situation in which Mami and Chizuru's arrivals overlapped. Worse still, there was a chance of Mami appearing while Yuusuke was nearby. He'd never stop feeling the physical pain from that one. Sadly, Mami had the opposite intended reaction to his diversion, even believing his desire for her visit was apparent. Well, he wasn't totally against the idea; there was still a chance of success with her. "I'm begging for the opposite! Really, the doctors are just doing their jobs to help me get back on my feet!" he replied. Of course, if he had the opportunity to bug a doctor for company, Akira had a long list of reasons he'd want to do so now. Alas, those reasons had nothing to do with his attempt to dissuade Mami.

Whatever the case, Mami would have to wait around for half an hour more. Slightly winded with the lingering effects of the previous night's alcohol, Hiroshi seemed to finally be in a state to move downstairs into the convenience store. He stepped out of the washroom and began donning clothes right away, turning around in the midst of dressing just to check the state of Nara Rita. "Hah... I'm surprised. I thought that would be a much longer study, but... that peculiar move when you turned around last may result in a longer session than either of us intends for the moment. You have a new worker beginning today, correct? I think I should put off my additional curiosities for the sake of responsibility for now."

Though everyone seemed to hate pipe organs, one person of Yugi's knowledge could play it well, likely post the break. Miko perked up at that information, she doubted the possibility of that after they still sounded weird to her post destruction. "If there's a guy who can make that sound good, I'll fuck him," Miko confirmed without hesitation. Well, this one did understand her ability to feed others, if she really wanted to fuck someone she could make it work... even if she had to pump someone full of the mana from one of her stomachs. Of course, she'd have sex with many people but musicians held a special place in her desire box. Meanwhile, Yugi was sliding through Johanna's Origin looking for the right place to pin her 'first' child. His commentary made her laugh just a little, "Yep. Thanks for the birthday wishes~" Johanna said jokingly. Her arrival in the world had been less good than it could have been but there were a few good things that happened in her life. Still her little one was pocketed and the job was complete. She was sent off to amuse herself as she wished, which mostly involved the creation of another baby in most cases. "Thanks! Us later or are you taking the IOU from the younger me?" she asked as she began the process of wandering off likely to assault at least one Wise during this game. She was still interested after all.

Meanwhile, Nanami Mami was reading into a text conversation based on her own interpretation of a personality. Her logic said a soft person would try not to worry others and not to be obtrusive as much as possible. Still his next message seemed almost panicked. Was he trying not to be seen? Or was it simply a matter of not wanting to appear desperate for attention? It could be either, she did tease him a lot. He'd obviously be so relieved to see her. No one else would go, well there was the eccentric and the adopted sister, but that would only be curtesy. "Calm down, you're so needy, Akira-kun. I'll be there around 5. I'm on a short shift~" she texted seeming to have missed the point completely. Oh well, that wait would continue on for Mami but at least there was the teasing of Akira. She'd of course stop by, say hi. Show off a bit and maybe play up a bit of sympathy? That seemed about the right thing to do, he'd be grateful to see her and she could then have ab it more access to him.

In the meantime Rita had finally exited the shower, seemingly pleased by that long term experience of the last night. Her own hangover wasn't anything to worry about, she didn't often get those from drinking beer, and a decent amount of exercise had indeed worked out most of the issues. She'd have a bottle of water once she was downstairs and maybe some cake and feel fine. "Yeah, can't really afford to be so irresponsible initially. Under other circumstances, since it is Golden Week I might have actually just closed the shop for the day, but new hires, and adding a bit more of a buffer to the payroll is necessary~" Rita said as she walked towards a dresser wrapped in a towel. She pulled out several articles of clothing, including a matching bra and thong, a violet colored lace with black trim. She'd also find herself some comfortable clothes a light sweater dress and some leggings would be her choice in clothing today. Of course, she didn't have to do anything but run her fingers through her new short haircut and she was mostly ready to go.

The number of people surprised by Miko's assertion was, in all likelihood... a whopping zero. Everyone knew who she was, how she was, and what she was. There was a cumulative sigh from Yugi, dozens of Wises, Hiruko and more when she spoke those words. "We know, Cle─ah!" was the call-out of Kazu, who seemed to be both surprised and silenced in a corner of abusive behavior. Why? Well, that was the fault of his partner for the time being. Yugi had nothing to add there, keeping his attention on Johanna. Birthday wishes were not his intention, but he'd keep that major event in mind and throw in something special. "Don't thank me now. Thank me in the past~" he joked. Regarding her offer and whether he'd take it later or in said past, Yugi would make only one choice. There were certain things he wouldn't do, and among them... was ruining a good thing. "Future, not past. What you and your husband have is a special thing. I'm not going to show up early and ruin that ─ not in this timeline. Maybe bend it over for me and we'll keep the party going a little longer today♥~"

Speaking of things going a bit longer than normal, or perhaps longer than originally intended, Akira much preferred the idea of Mami's visit having a much earlier window. 5pm may have been the most terrible time for her shift to allow visitation. Had she chosen to approach the hospital during morning hours, he would have found it more acceptable. Surely his doctor would allow something like that before any consultations or such things, right? "You're not already working though right? Wouldn't it be easier to get it out of the way before work if you're so set on it? I might be sleeping!" he said in a desperate attempt to make something else work.

Meanwhile, Hiroshi fenagled his way into a pair of trousers with only minor difficulty. A human body with such long legs was truly problematic; he didn't understand how they functioned under these limitations. While he adjusted and moved on to slipping arms into sleeves one by one, Rita's words reached his ear. The thing called Golden Week could have been an excuse to leave the shop closed? A mental note had to be taken about that; perhaps he'd question the others about this world's festivities later. Regardless, the shop would open even if at a later time than intended, and a new youngling to guide would begin their journey. "Even with the loss of time, I'm sure I can manage excellent profits for your sake today. It would go against my pride to do anything but succeed with someone under my tutelage," he assured while... interestingly enough, struggling to look away from Rita. One thing Hiroshi found difficult was dealing with human undergarments and how they accentuated magnificent forms such as hers. The mature demeanor Rita boasted added a different form of appeal more relatable to the known divine as well. "Ahem. For the sake of propriety, it may be best if I don't see this part of your morning routine. Even I have difficulty with restraint under some circumstances. Shall we go?"

Miko was, exactly what she was... and at the point she was at in her life, she was... unabashedly honest about it in certain company. As Miko was in such company currently such things kept slipping from her mouth, it probably also helped that she was beyond intoxicated. So what would she have to say, when Kazu tried to say something to her and seemed to be stopped on her name for reasons she thought were obvious? "You can't say my name like that when you aren't inside me♪! Punish him♪!~" Yep, that was all she had to say on the matter, a happy chuckle escaped Kimiko as she floated around still watching the on going game. It would be the one who caused the speech problem with Kazu, who was riding him, against that wall where she'd forced him to the floor at some point to ask a legitimate question. Though she'd follow through with the punishment as well, slamming herself into his lap while she choked him just a little harder. "Who let Mi-pai pregame?" was all she wanted to know. They had rules against that sort of thing on Jupiter. Meanwhile, Yugi and Johanna were having a conversation, in which she was to thank him in the past, she thought she did, well... she wasn't rude so that was likely. "Sure," she said about that. As for their IOU, it would appear that it was being taken from her future, if only because Yugi wasn't going to interrupt the balance in the relationship between her and Kazu during this particular time line. That was fine, his flirt registered and she chuckled, "I'll make sure you see it, I have another thing to make right now~" she claimed knowing there were quite a few contributions she could have to this party.

Meanwhile, Akira was trying his best to dissuade Mami, but for her it just sounded like pining. It was cute and worth giving him a bit of the carrot from the stick she'd once dangled over his head. "Don't be silly. My shift was supposed to start an hour ago, the store is late opening up. No biggie, but I can't leave right now. Don't worry about it... I'll show up to see you even after work~" she aimed to calm him down but all the while she held a sadistic little smile. How cute was it that he was so worked up? No random doctors or nurses to talk to and an opening all day. He was practically telling her he didn't have anything going on in his life. How could she do anything but give him a bit more happiness?

Ah, but eventually she'd find that convenience store opening, if only because Hiroshi and Nara Rita were actually managing to get dressed the second time around. So assured was Hiroshi about gaining profits and doing his best with someone under his tutelage. "Well, she has experience as a cashier already, so it probably won't be too much by the way of teaching but I'm still relying on you," she said about the working function of their relationship. Apparently though, it wasn't just that, he claimed not watch her morning rituals as a man who had difficulty with restraint. A deviant little smirk came over her face, "Well, that is definitely esteem boosting as a compliment... we'll circle back to that later~" she claimed as she was now fully dressed in that loose sweater which clung to her curves and a pair of leggings she'd slip on shoes as she headed down with him. "We can go, thank you~" she claimed as they made their way down, she'd flip a few switches, the lights would turn on within the store as well as some other things. She had grabbed her keys on the way down to unlock the doors and start them as well and would leave Hiroshi to his setup.

Apparently, there was an issue with Kazu trying to address Miko as 'Clea' without being inside her at the time. That was news to him; he called her that name almost exclusively in his own timeline. "Woah, party fo─ah─howl!" Interrupted once again by a meteoric slam down onto his pelvis. It seemed he wouldn't be capable of many words for a while, but... that was to be expected. As for the question of who let Miko pregame, the answer would come from one who kept himself beyond the rules of planets, organizations, and... well, most things. "Let is a very specific word. I made her do it. Diplomatic immunity," Yugi commented. Having something of an arrangement with Johanna, Yugi would be seen shooing the lass away to whatever endeavors she sought for the moment. While she sauntered off, his eyes shifted toward the scene of a Kazuhiko being mounted into the dirt. "Oh, punish him extra by the way. Cosmic level," he goaded for completely separate reasons.

Akira met nothing but critical failure when dealing with Mami. It seemed his every attempt to redirect any visit she intended only solidified her plan to do so after work. He couldn't even think of another response to send. If nothing else, he'd have to figure out another way of managing the situation some hours into the day's future. Life had become so annoying lately. "Ugh. This isn't the kind of issue I thought I'd have. I should figure out how to manage these things better," he mused aloud while lowering the phone to his chest. That half an hour would pass without Akira sending another message. In that same time, Hiroshi was getting past his issues with... well, simply maintaining his own demeanor in certain situations. Apparently, Rita thought that was something to address again at a later time. Hiroshi cleared his throat. "Yes, I suppose that would be acceptable. As you were then," he said. Glasses were pushed up onto the bridge of Hiroshi's nose as he and Rita moved downstairs. As the owner herself went about setting up lights and the like to open the store, Hiroshi took his place at the pot to assemble necessary ingredients for the day's ramen broth. He figured that would be the first thing this new employee was taught whenever she was let in. "I'll be here assembling necessities. The girl should at least be shown how to concoct this broth; patrons seem to obsess over it."

Apparently, Kazuhiko took issue with a punishment being issued for the choice of name he called Miko. Her admonishment was not for the name itself, but simply how it hit her ears, but before she could speak this the call of 'party foul' was somewhat uttered. "Psssh! Not about what was said but how it sounded... another♫!~" Miko gripped but given how she currently felt and what she was currently doing it was far from purely serious. Well, that didn't matter as Jean's question would be answered by none other than Yugi while she continued that rather dangerous ride she was going on. "Diplomatic Immunity... sure, but the Party Monster is...well, I guess you'll see or you know, whichever~" Jean said, it was a party, so surely a drunk and aggressive Miko was well within parameters since, she'd been made to become that way. Whatever the case Kazu was supposed to be punished extra up to the Cosmic level. "Hm, I mean... I'll do it, I should probably know why though..." Jean said as her movements continued. The aggression within the movements was one thing but her big deal thing was an applied pressure which stuck her to things. For the sake of the current example, Kazu's cock would be grasped completely within her being forced to meet her pull, shape and turns in an exact sort of way and forced to shift perfectly with the movements she chose. An almost magnetic force which covered the whole surface of her insides would be applied as she rode making her stick to him and him stick to her. Just the same that hand which had grabbed his throat shifted just a bit, "Do I want to know what you did? Do you even know?" she asked of Kazu with a knowing smirk on her lips as she leaned him to give him just a little kiss but that didn't change the power of the collision happening between their loins, magical or physical.

Meanwhile, Akira was learning that it would be quite difficult to balance his different forms interaction. Regardless of the form of it he chose, that was likely true, but until then, and with no more responses coming to Mami, she waited outside. To the final commentary of Hiroshi, Rita had something to say, he'd been quite cute in his studiousness, she'd have to make sure to continue being nice to him. As for his plans, "That does seem fine. But I can't say cooking experience was a requirement for hiring... new age kids don't always do that sort of thing," Rita added to soften the potential blow. What she'd gotten from her earlier talks with Mami didn't imply that she did a lot of things for herself but she wouldn't form any hard opinions about that from the start. Many were surprisingly adept whether they mentioned it or not. She'd only warned Hiroshi as he seemed to lack worldly expeirence with the 'normal youth'. Soon enough, Rita was opening the main door and letting her in. "Nanami-chan, sorry to keep you waiting it's a bit of a rough start today," Rita offered with no deals. Mami, in the moment schooled her face, playing at being the acceptable cute and innocent girl in a job. "Don't worry about it. It's a holiday week, I'm sure lots of people are having rough starts..." she said smiling at the woman and having a quick look at her. She turned her head down and aimed to follow her in, but there was something annoyingly familiar about that woman's face, and that body was beyond rude to everyone else in the area. 'Late start? Yeah, right... long night is more like it,' she thought having to fight the urge to scoff. "Good of you to be so forgiving. Fukuyama-san is making the broth for the ramen so he'd like to teach you that... since you know how to cashier the rest will be pretty standard stuff," she said pointing Mami towards that area to start her day. "Hai, I mean if it's part of the job, I'll try." Mami said trying her best not to seem annoyed.

At the call of another, Kazu was put at the receiving end of yet another dick-breaking slam ─ or at least what would have been if he wasn't so awesome! Well, that was how he thought about it at least. Alas, he'd have nothing else to think about for quite a while, as Jean's aggressive treatment of his lower half and neck would only be goaded further by Yugi. First addressing mention of the 'party monster' as Jean called the other Jovian lass, Yugi floated upright and crossed his arms in a manner most casual. "Mm. No need to finish that. You just gave my response. This is a party," he declared. In that time, Kazu was unable to truly answer Jean's question. In truth, he had no idea what he'd done to earn any sort of punishment ─ at least apart from what he'd already been sentenced to the Boundary for. Yugi had an answer, though. "If you want to know why, I'll tell you. Or... I'll let everyone figure it out. Why, when I spoke with Guin, did she start with a Spade? Why did I have to awaken her first Diamond? And why ─ and this one is really important ─ why is Paradox specifically targeting Kazu and Anna during a date in Venice instead of... I dunno, literally any other time and place on your planet full of paradoxes? Anna, got any clarity for me? I do wonder what Venice looks like. . ."

While that indirect interrogation was happening just outside of natural causality, Hiroshi was assembling an assortment of ingredients. He set out things such as mushrooms, nori, bonito flakes, miso paste and so-on. There, with a large pot filled with broth and another containing nothing, he waited and watched. Understandable though it was that human youth had such limited skill sets, he believed this simple recipe had already become too integral to the convenience store's business model moving forward. It was knowledge he had to impart, lest this new girl be incapable of properly serving customers in his absence. Ah, but what would the girl's opinion be? Rita let her into the building in due time, so Hiroshi was able to watch her demeanor. Something about her was just slightly off, yet he couldn't quite place it. Whatever the case, he waited patiently for Mami's arrival. "Nanami Mami, yes? You seem studious enough," he commented, noting that she seemed to be contemplating and working through a few things just moments prior. "Fukuyama Hiroshi. For this first segment, I'll be sharing with you something that has quickly become favored by our patrons. Come. For starters, you should try this for yourself." As he spoke, Hiroshi was already preparing a small bowl ─ one in which he poured a sample size of tare, broth and oil before dipping a pinch of noodles into a small pot of boiling water.

Jean was playing the role of enforcer as she rode Kazu. It was something which happened from time to time, and even with a Miko from a prior time, she felt the necessity of answering that particular call when it was made. Kazu got to feel the greatness or torment of that moment, whatever what he thought about it. Speaking of the 'party monster' as she was being called by Jean was apparently allowed due to the fact that this was a party. That was fine, as this wasn't a Jupiter specific issue Jean didn't feel the need to mediate, apparently Miko was free to her behavior. "It is a party, have fun, Mi-pai!~" Jean encouraged, she was the type to want everyone to have the best time possible. A cute little chime came from Miko as she continued the actions she was taking. But what about Kazu? He was on the receiving end of cosmic level treatment while Yugi questioned him. Jean was right... there was something he didn't know what he'd done. Jean kissed him, knowing he was likely in trouble and the line of questioning from Yugi made it sound like he was indeed in trouble. The list of questions Yugi asked were noted by others, and there were a couple who wouldn't activtely participate in thinking about it, but Makima was sitting in her chair looking mildly amused. She looked towards Peldio and found it odd that she wasn't a bit further along. Meanwhile, Anna, who'd wandered to a far edge was looking a bit wide eyed. "Eh? Venice? It looked like Venice I guess, I hadn't been there before... just buildings, and good food, and a lot of canals everywhere, and boats, nice boats weird names. And people with big sticks..." confirmed Johanna, though she wasn't sure why this was a problem. "Hm, someone's been naughty~" Makima mentioned those ringed eyes of hers darting towards that corner of the room.

Meanwhile, Mami was having her first day of work. She was thinking through her own look and finding the idea of cooking a bit daunting. In truth she wasn't really a 'kitchen' person. She'd never been around while her mother cooked and her father was the type of man to bring home dinner on his way back, this wasn't in her normal skill set at all. In fact, she even ate out most times as a college student. According to this man he saw her as studious enough, she wasn't sure exactly what he meant by that, but he did at least know her name and seemed to be pretty solid on his feet. There was a decent amount of business in here the previous days and she could see he'd had something to do with that. She was apparently, first going to taste this new recipe. Ramen was pretty common, though she preferred meat dishes she could see he was serious enough about it. She'd play dutiful student and have it hopefully cover any inconsistencies in her abilities. "Hajimemashite, Fukuyama-san... did you make this recipe yourself?" she presented the question while looking at this concoction of pieces. If building the bowl was all she had to do, it wouldn't be too bad. Within a certain distance of Hiroshi the faint smell of alcohol was recognizable. 'A late night, together? I didn't seem him arrive...' she thought absently. 'Which one started it?' she was left to wonder as she waited for this taste test.

While Kazu was being abused and managing little more than grunts and gasps beneath Jean, Yugi was gradually floating closer and closer. Of course, he kept himself in position to be near Johanna as well, as she'd be quite relevant by the end of his questioning rant. According to her, Venice was quite the normal place... in regards to historical accuracy. Buildings, food, canals, boats and 'big sticks' were what one typically noted when visiting Venice, but there was something strange about Johanna's description specifically. "Gondolas. Those boats are called gondolas, which are one of the first things people envision when they think of Venice. Crazy thing though, gondolas..." he mused while turning toward Makima. She seemed to know where things had gone south, and perhaps how south they'd gone. "Right? You were there, weren't you? Or... you will be there. Venice? The first 'last' carnival? Flood? The reason nobody knows what a gondola is anymore?" he questioned, recalling a few trips to Venice's final moments above the water's surface. At least one of those visits in time involved Makima and a gondola that should never have existed, well after the 'last' one sank into a crack in reality. Such a thing happened long before the time from which Kazu and the others in his era were pulled.

Hiroshi seemed to treat the accumulation of ingredients like it was second nature. Nonchalance took him as he picked this topping and that, setting them aside for use in the near future. He grabbed a pair of chopsticks just to stir the noodles, all while keeping a curious eye on Mami. Her introduction was quite standard. He saw no excitement for learning something in her visage, nor did he see any semblance of interest. How strange; something told him she was the studious type. How did she register as capable of absorbing and regurgitating knowledge without having some of the more basic traits? Perhaps he'd find out in time. First, there was the question about this particular recipe. "It is not entirely my recipe; I merely made some adjustments. Now, I do have a question," he mentioned while swiftly twirling chopsticks to collect every noodle in that pot at once, fishing them out and dropping them straight into the broth-filled bowl. A few toppings were artfully placed near the bowl in an appealing display, though none were placed inside as he slid the bowl toward Mami. "You seem to have a very active mind, but I don't think it relates to learning this recipe. Why might that be?"

Johanna was being told about the weird boats, apparently known as Gondolas. "Right, that's the word," she said while watching this exchange. It seemed to be quite a bit more problematic than it could have been. Was there a problem with them visiting Venice? Well, Johanna wouldn't have known, she'd never been before and didn't know what it was supposed to look like. Still she was learning and it would seem that Makima knew an exact problem and so did Kimiko. "I knew I felt something weird earlier... but how many times does a gondola come up in random conversation?" Kimiko murmured. Convergences were always a bit odd, and fishing up a specific Kazu was something she did with the intention of getting a specific personality, but it seemed she'd fished up one who'd done something rather strange, which he'd been telling them since his appearance. Jean for her part in this continued that abusive ride, context clues said Kazu had done another 'bad' thing, how bad was up for debate. "Sounds like trouble...you've done it now, Kacchan~" Jean said. Just the same Makima chuckled, "Yes, I was there... when I ask for things from you they are always worth it, in the end..." she mused. They had been on a date during that time period in answer to a specific request and during that date 'gondolas' had ceased to be.

Meanwhile, Mami was trying to figure out the nature of the relationship between the owner of the store she worked in, and the store manager. Such an exchange meant either one of them was getting power over the other, or one of them was looking for security. That was the only thing that made sense. She wasn't truly interested in the work, but that was fine, she only worked for spending money anyway. Apparently, there was a question to be posed to Mami, framed by Hiroshi while he put together the bowl of ramen for her. She looked at it and it did indeed look appetizing. It smelled nice and seemed like it'd be reasonable to eat, if nothing else, she figured it was worth a taste as intended. There was also the dexterity of Hiroshi and his general attitude to consider. Why would a man that tall, and that attractive be working in a store, fixing recipes and acting as store manager? Was he a criminal? A foreigner? Did he have some game he was playing? The options were plentiful, the bowl was placed in front of her and she found herself on the receiving end of a rather, direct question. She paused as she looked at the bowl. Briefly, did her eyes flicker over that man's face. He wore glasses, had sharp features and overly intelligent eyes behind those lenses. His tone, was calm, even, factual... familiar. 'Ugh, he reminds me of Dad, while he's at work,' she decided mentally. That gave her a better place to work from mentally. "Fukuyama-san, you're really putting me on the spot, it's only my first day, take it easy on me?" she questioned gently offering big eyes and a small bit of shame it was an emotional plea the kind that generally worked on most adult men, when a cute girl seemed to be a bit soft. "It does look quite nice, maybe the best of such a thing I've ever seen," she said softly, choosing not to answer the question really, but feigning innocence. "I'll try this now, itadakimasu," she murmured. she got her spoon and tasted the soup first, it was interestingly deep for something one could get from a convenience store. Then she moved onto the noodles and toppings seeming to enjoy a few bites of each. Actually, this was really good. If nothing else, if she learned this she could use it later... a single dish could be used to lure in a man who was hungry, though she didn't want to cook, it could be a cute gesture to use at some point. All the while, Rita was checking a few things on her laptop. Mostly checking the active feed on some cameras she'd set up around the store, including a few hidden ones for everyone's protection. There was a sign up about CCTV so she wasn't violating anyone's rights. And she could protect the employees and not just herself.