<Nocturnal Harmonia>

Clearly Ai was one who could appreciate a meal in bed, as opposed to some table dining experience from time to time. Her 'shut-in vibes' were obvious to Yugi, but perhaps not to the common folk. He couldn't really say if it was obvious to them or not. Before he even bothered with a response, she was asking how he knew... and what else he knew about her. Yugi's answer dated back to their first encounter, which wasn't much of a meeting at all. "There aren't many remaining options when someone working as a 'bodyguard' is totally silent without giving off a single 'strong and silent' vibe. Besides, you were at an onsen, on duty, in your room and only mostly naked. Not enjoying the bath? Not out in the lobby, or anywhere that would put you in a better position to do your job? Total gyaru as well. You're active when needed, but otherwise lazing around on your phone or computer... not gaming... but sometimes messing with whatever gadgets you've got handy," he rambled prior to Tae's arrival, which managed to pull his attention away from Ai's neck for a moment. He still let his tongue lash out to lick up to her jaw before responding to the doctor, though. "Basics? Besides the fact that it worked to get you here, back home, and here again?"

Meanwhile, Igris was making an effort to be useful. The food on this planet was curious. Whatever an eggplant was, it seemed quite familiar to something the Shadow knew in life. Miko explained its nature and purpose well beyond its use as a food. Though it was a replacement she didn't need, he kept it on offer as if suggesting it still. Though Igris had his other hand reaching out for the mortar, it seemed Miko was content to deal with things herself. She did have instructions, however. As Igris stood there brooding over an indirect rejection of offered assistance, he was ordered to bring down carrots, onions and celery. Some visual cues had him reaching up to grab the proper items, which he'd promptly place on the island before awaiting further instruction.

Ai was definitely a person who could appreciate a bit of bed related food. What was more, she quite liked the intimacy of a moment like this and the closeness she was allowed to have with Yugi. She was inspecting his body and found that cursed seal on his neck and was allowing her finger tips to trace the mark as he spoke and kissed upon and licked her neck. She heard his assertions and even had something to say, he pegged the entirety of her personality in a few sentences and even found her habits apparently. "Sugei~ I don't know whether to be impressed or scared Kage-tan~" Ai claimed as a new voice interrupted them. She tilted her head back slightly and caught sight of the S-rank Doctor Takemi Tae. "Ooh? That Doctor..." Ai said as her neck was licked. Apparently, that pick up went well... she was glad for the young man in question. Still, Tae would be scoffing. "Way to steal the punchline... but I guess if I'm here it's not that complicated. Also rooms are empty. And you go back exactly to where you teleported away from. And upstairs is organized by gender, and a huge set of doors I passed somewhere in there which I assume is the master suite. Also there's a pervy assassin playing hide-and-seek~" Tae finished up her explanation without too much else. "But assuming you got all of that I need to talk to the little patient. have fun with your exotics collecting~ Also nice eyes~" she offered Ai. "Thanks~" Ai said finding that to be a rather agreeable young woman. Interestingly enough though, she was the second such individual to appear in that way, she also heard this one had done something with Kaguya she wondered if he had a type...

Meanwhile, Miko was working her way through the first course, toasting bread and making sure that she managed to get together the base for her sauce. After explaining the nature of an eggplant to Igris he continued to hold it out to her. "Sou ka, well... if you think it'll be a good addition... I'll work it in too♪~" Miko chirped. She noted the odd shift in Igris when she went about busying herself but since he was so apt to work she wondered if he wouldn't mind doing a lot of the tasks that would have gone to a sous chef. "You wanna help chop up the veggies? It'll make things go faster. I don't need the green tops on the carrots or the tops or bottoms of the celery. Also not the weird root part of the onion. But chop the rest into uniform sizes... small for me?~" Miko knew Igris was more intelligent than regular Shadows. She'd be seeing if his knife work extended to kitchen related things while she made her garlic butter and started to quietly gather the lower veggies for a small side salad. Which would be the first course she planned to deliver after getting the sauce started. Just the same she'd be handling the egg plant herself since it also needed a starting bit of cooking before anything else.

It was quite the usual occurrence for someone dealing with Yugi to lose themselves between awestricken and disturbed. When Ai shared the opinion of so many before, he paid it no mind at all. It was much more imperative for Yugi to to busy his mouth against her neck, and his hands under her skirt. Well... that was at least the case until Tae entered the room. He thought everything she had to say was handled, but there was more information still. Upstairs, where one could easily assume the bedrooms were, was organized by gender. Yugi supposed the harems were fully separated. The Players' room was made more obvious by a much larger double-door, and... one of two Assassins, surely Amamiya Ren, had been encountered after her arrival. "Huh. I guess we each get a wing for our Bondmates then. That's good to know. Oh, and I haven't done it yet because they're busy, but the Shadows will be tilling a garden whenever they're done making tables and shit," he shared as Tae went looking for Miko. "She's in the kitchen," he informed. With that, his attention was returned to Ai ─ mostly what he assumed was the most sensitive part of her neck: the upper left side, not far from the ear. That, too, was an observation/assumption he remembered making when they first met. "More questions?"

Igris, much like all Shadow Soldiers, wished to be useful to the Shadow Monarchs. There was silent satisfaction radiating from the knight when Miko took the eggplant he suggested. That feeling persisted when another request was made of him. Crushing herbs and spices was something he could do easily, but Igris's bread and butter was cutting. Miko gave very specific instructions for what he should do with those vegetables. Igris could not speak, and he did not nod. No... he acted. A pair of daggers were pulled from his backside, where a belt would have been. The root-end of each vegetable was sliced and moved aside with machine-like precision. Igris's daggers moved like the wings of a hummingbird, turning sideways after julienning all parts. His next series of slices did not perform a brunoise, nor did they mince. What he offered instead was the uniformity of the former, but the ultra-fine nature of the latter... with a pair of combat daggers. Igris would have continued chopping them down into powder with those blades, if only his blades could manage even smaller pieces... but Miko did want them chopped. As such, the knight produced three piles of ultra-fine cubes, all perfectly squared and uniform in size. He stood back afterwards just to kneel.