Charles Patricius

Would Soma be sticking around with the group this day? Of course. He had great plans for this life, and keeping an eye on everyone in the immediate group and beyond would be a necessary start. "Can't play chess without pieces ─ especially pawns. I have a set to build, so... yes," he agreed while looking at every possible target nearby. Who were those potentials? Well... it was quite literally everyone the way Soma saw things.

In a matter of moments, Kazuhiko was returning to form, and Saori was returning to the attire she was born with. Marisbury kept looking over the latter, smiling warmly yet deviously. Meanwhile, Kazu was suffering a momentary lapse in both memory and equilibrium. "Relax, Kimura-kun. You're processing the change I made earlier. Things will be normal and make sense in a few moments," Marisbury stated. Kazuhiko was holding his head and hearing about some emergency meeting that involved several people. "Huh? We playing Among Us?" he asked as if barely understanding his own surroundings. Soma took the time of this impromptu meeting to look toward Sena... who was taking orders for her first job in the moment. "First job, huh? You seem excited to be taking an order for something," he commented.

"Hai hai, set your board, learn your pieces... all stuff I get~" Kaguya mentioned with a bit of a smirk. She understood her son a bit better than most. It also helped that his analogies were ones that she'd make herself. Analog gameplay had a bit more thought involved than other types, and Kaguya could respect her son looking for talents to make his goals come true, whatever those happened to be at any point in time.

Beyond that the warm yet devious smile of Marisbury Animusphere was something met with a glare from Saori. She truly would have socked him if he'd not already been helpful, it would be the only allowance given as she turned and went back into the room she'd been using. Knowing that Saori had to get dressed, Miko and the other girls piled into that one as well. But not without tasks being delegated and all. "Arigatou na~" Miko chimed as she ushered everyone else past her and into that second bedroom so that they could discuss the imposter. "Oh well, duty calls. Play nice, Soma~" Kaguya teased as she passed Kazuhiko and left the side of her son for a bit. But she would also answer his question, "Hai, we always play Among Us. But... in this case, Emergency Meetings are the physical version of that girl group chat, you've already witnessed~" she clarified for the young man as she also slipped into the bedroom. With that Sena was left, hm she made some assumptions about the nature of girl time, and how it probably related to something those girls had in common that she didn't. Ah, but she wasn't left alone, no, it would be her standing guard over a door and Soma speaking to her. She looked at the young man in front of her and nodded. "Hai! I get to be helpful and do something new. What's not to be excited about?" she said seemingly pleased. Whatever was going on in that bathroom, the girl who was inside wouldn't be allowed out without clothes, that much she understood.

With that door closed the emergency meeting began with haste. A now completely naked Saori was once again putting on clothes, but in a room full of girls... this was somehow less stressful than it could have been. "Emergency Meeting is now in session. Buchou~" she chimed as Miko began to pace the room. "I didn't know I'd get invited to one of these," Angelica mentioned while leaning against the wall. "Same. I haven't been pulled into one of these since my last year in college. Quick question why was I naked?" Saori followed up. Ai would be the one to speak on nudity first to get it out of the way, "Eh, well... that magic is more like a projection. A copy that cannot last as long as the making of an actual item. So basically they were magic clothes that existed within the space before," Ai clarified. "Sou ka..." Saori said as she slid her hips into a pair of jeans once more. Miko was watching her most directly and once again drooling just a little. "Princess you are going to be invited regardless, Hayami-san... how do we make that happen? In fact, anyone who can explain to me how to get that version of Charlie speak up! We need that any information and ideas will be taken!" she Miko demanded. "Also magical phones, I could have had a picture...come on..." she said quickly. Ah, her brain was all over the place but all things could be worked out bit by bit.

Kazuhiko learned this was akin to the emergency meetings of a popular video game, but more like the friends' group chat. He could take from that the idea that he wasn't invited along. Just as well, proper movements were escaping him for the moment. Marisbury stepped away, escaping to the kitchen for a few moments while the women of this group collected in a bedroom. By the time they were all gone, he was with Kazuhiko once more. "Here. This should help the first time," he said, offering the 'younger' male a glass of water. "Arigatou," Kazuhiko replied.

Meanwhile, Soma was drawing closer still to the purple-haired girl. Her willingness, even excitement, to take orders... was interesting to him. "Helpful, huh?" he replied initially. Eyes were traveling up and down the girl's body, inspecting her physique and determining abilities both physical and magical. He could benefit from someone willing to take orders without hesitation. Perhaps a stroke of good fortune was right in front of him? "And who are you willing to take those orders from? It doesn't seem like you've pledged yourself to anyone. Why take that instruction? Are you a soldier in need of a commander?"

Among Us, a game with some pretty interesting mechanics, played with party groups for amusement. The basis of this was used for the girls to speak all together for a moment or two while they discussed the great changes, magical or otherwise between them. Angelica was invited and according to Miko she would be, Saori was currently on the hot seat as she pulled a sweater over her head and pulled out her chopsticks to release her hair. "I want to punch that guy," Saori said of Marisbury. "Scamp behavior earns punishments, we get that..." said Miko. But her demands also hadn't be addressed. Saori held her hands up as if not wanting to get pulled in to deep. "Look, all I can tell you is what I was told. That is apparently something closer to his natural state inside..." she confirmed. "And the one which aligns best with me and made it easiest to finish Sena," she confirmed. Angelica nodded, and Ai would speak, "So, it's an Avatar. So it'd be mostly about figuring out how to make it appear under normal circumstances. Or getting him to finish it enough to force the form to appear?" Ai offered a fair assessment. "As for magic phones, adjustments like that would have to be made where magic is more plentiful, gomen." she said to Miko. "Mi-sen you're freaking out over something like a change in outward appearance. I get that he's hot but that's no reason for an Emergency Meeting... it's sus," Kei managed finally.

A gentle exhale came from Miko as she was on the verge of a tirade and Kaguya behind her ready to interfere if need be but important things were going to be said. "Ugh, you have no idea how much I like muscles and his are godly, but it isn't just that or the scars or even the gruffer voice. Do you have any idea how much that personality shift calls to me? He's a challenge presenting himself or claiming, he'll bite back. He'll dominate, why wouldn't we want some of that?! And I am not the only one. Think about how much different yesterday could have gone for you, if that one was the you met! The one who wouldn't have escaped the crybaby!" exclaimed Miko. Well, Kei couldn't argue against that logic. But Angelica would have something to say, "I mean, I am all for it. But he seems like he'd be even more of a handful than he already is... I still haven't recovered," she admitted. "Princess, if you need someone to be your shield, I will gladly take that spear for you, any day!" Miko said pausing to bow for dramatic effect. "This is surreal..." Saori murmured. These kids were far too used to the outlandish for normal things.

Meanwhile, Sena stood watch outside the bathroom door while Marisbury took care of her father. Just the same, the other boy so recently born was now talking to her about the nature of her choices to take orders. "Yes, she asked so I'll help," said Sena as if it made the most sense in the world. Iino Miko as she'd introduced herself had rather innocently given her a job to watch over someone else, and it was worth doing in the moment. "Soldier? Iia... I don't think that one works for me. I answered to her because it felt right to me," she said. Her own logic was a bit different.

This girl seemed quite simple ─ perhaps even easy? Soma would find out while awaiting the others. According to Sena, it was as simple as someone asking for help. She was no soldier in need of commanding, but that particular order felt right? Strange. "Equal parts simple and complex. Alright. I'll make things a bit easier," he mused with no particular purpose. What did have purpose, however, was his movements that followed...

Soma began pacing around in front of Sena, keeping an eye on her face the entire time. His hands slipped in and out of his pockets, he patted his waistline ─ he even swiped at the air in front of her. All the while, Soma collected his thoughts for an eventual proposition. "You're no soldier, but you could be. Maybe an enforcer? If someone could pick at your strengths and... huh?" Interrupting himself, Soma looked into the distance, down the hall. He seemed startled, as if something suddenly moved at that end of the house. Despite that interruption, his eyes instantly shifted back to Sena. "... Must be nothing. Anyway, what if you could reach your greatest heights under the command of someone else? Your strengths enhanced, your weaknesses covered; does that sound appealing to you?"

The conversation between Sena and Soma was one which had to be among the first Sena would have in her life. This boy who shared her age, was definitely quite different from her at his spawning, she could tell by his mannerisms. "That sounds about right," she said of her nature as both a simple and complex being. If her understanding of her parents was anything to go by, she had both an innate sense of responsibility and her own motivations to at. Even so, she would do anything she could to help within reason. And now she was left to observe Soma. The lad in front o her paces, she'd have assumed he was thinking and wouldn't be interrupting. Those movements of his hands in and out of his own pockets, and the patting of his waist was odd enough. That swipe of the air in front of her didn't make her flinch but she was definitely keeping an eye on him regardless given how close he'd ended up. "Enforcer?" she had a strange enjoyment of that word.

But before more could be said, Soma's concentration was broken? One could only wonder why and she peeked down the hallway while also making sure she knew where Soma was and kept her senses available for the bathroom. Whatever was happening here, she didn't want to be caught off guard and with her back already to the bathroom door, she needed a bit of control for everything else. He asked her a question, answering to someone who could enhance her strengths and cover her weaknesses? "I mean I could answer to someone who could do those things, but I couldn't fully rely on it. If I am not putting in work myself to cover those things... then I couldn't trust myself," she decided. She could answer to someone, just not blindly, some decisions she needed to make for herself. And the strengths of her body were ones she intended to take care of on her own. That was how she was, yes, that sounded right.

Meanwhile, that Emergency Meeting needed a bit of focus. That tirade of Miko's had shut up, Kei, but her offer to shield the princess had done something different. Angelica looked at her in a huff and turned her face up, "I mean... do what you want!" she said quickly. A smile came to Miko at this moment. And Kaguya clapped her hands together, "Oya? Princess showing your vulnerabilities to a monster will end up interesting enough~" she cautioned the girl. Miko only scoffed. "Ouch Kaya-sen I haven't even done anything yet," she claimed. "Hai hai, but you've had your tirade. We now know that this is a confirmed form that Kazu possesses. We can figure out the rest of the conditions. And I for one, am with you... there was something quite delightful about that form, too bad I was busy trying to make a demon lord to get a closer look~" Kaguya mentioned in an offhanded way. "Still, if I understand your thoughts right now, You want us all to prioritize magical phone enhancements and to figure out the conditions of pulling that avatar to the surface? Sounds like we have goals, and most of them start with making sure he has all he needs to move towards it, opening the ceiling if you're looking for potentials~" Kaguya confirmed something more like a plan. "Kaya-tan, I worry when you can translate Mi-tan's whims. Admittedly, I agree that form is quite interesting we might as well prepare for the future at the very least... I'll keep in mind the bit about phones too," Ai was moderately agreeable. "Good, use every method possible and I'll take the brunt if need be. Kei-chan, if you manage it with your spider strings or something, just holler, I'll help!~" mentioned Miko. "I don't know what kind of power you think I have, but... It's worth seeing again at least," Kei commented not fully committing but indirectly going along with the plan. "Alright then we're all in agreement!" all the whikle Saori just watched and smiled. This generation was so very different yet, so similiar she'd felt a tinge of nostalgia watching and hearing this plan of action. "Hai hai, and for what its worth and as weird and surreal as I find this experience, if I see it again... I'll let you know," Saori said.

Sena seemed to like the title of enforcer. Soma would have expected as much based on her shown demeanor. Whether she would be of use to him or not, however, was yet to be determined. More important was his need to test the girl. As for how he intended to do so, well... that was already in progress. He saw the way she kept track of those movements. As for the distraction down the hall... "See anything?" Soma asked.

The most interesting thing he noted was the split in Sena's attention. She checked that distraction, but never let him out of her sights. Just the same, she remained on guard the entire time. Soma found that interesting. "Smart. It's the better decision to never trust anyone blindly. That's the sort of attitude I'm looking for, but... maybe a bit too shallow." As he spoke, Soma stepped even closer. He was eventually close enough to reach out, placing a hand on the door frame behind Sena. Her belief about reliance was noble, but not inline with his ability and suggestion. "And what if I said I could bring out your latent potential whenever necessary? Does that go against your moral compass? The thing about latent power is, when you reach into the depths... you'll find there's always more even deeper still. There's always a ladder to climb."

The distraction down the hall wasn't something Sena saw or felt. That didn't mean she discounted its existence though... she'd express that while keeping an eye on the boy in front of her... "Iia, I didn't see anything, but you could have. Your senses could be better than mine or it could be something else," she expressed her understanding in that moment. Still, she never really gave up on her post. Not even when there was a claim of something shallow. Hm, she wondered how he came to that conclusion but figured when she needed to know she would. He moved in his hand on the doorframe behind her but she seemed unafraid and unmoved. Well, she was quite certain of her physical abilities, with someone in such close range of her, she was sure she could fight if she needed to, though, she'd prefer a more ranged approach, now that she was thinking about it. More of a thought exercise however was his potential ability to bring out her latent potential whenever necessary. "Hm, if it was only when necessary, I could agree to that. I plan to progress as necessary for my own goals and shared ones... I don't see myself taking handouts just to take them but if they were deemed necessary I would accept them. I'd be putting my own work in regardless of potential bonuses... I think that's how I'll be," she said truthfully. He didn't currently strike her as violent for no cause, but he was rather close for no reason. She couldn't let her first job go undone to amuse someone else.

All the while that little meeting was coming to an end. And the door at the end was opening, this time with Saori taking the first steps towards the door. "Dismissed then? I wouldn't want to break any rules," she said her hands up in surrender. "Hai hai, the necessary parts of the emergency meeting have been handled. Thank you for your contributions. You all know what your jobs are. Let's do it!" Miko chimed. The girls all seemed pretty hyped up about the whole situation and would be filing out of that room. In order of entrance. At the same time... there was finally clicking of the bathroom door, and Sena's eye was drawn towards it. "Time to step back, Asakura-kun." she uttered as the door finally opened to a pink haired girl with a bow in her bangs looking out into the hall. "Guys, something happened!" she said, expecting her friends to answer her. And behind her, quietly a small girl with green eyes and pink hair was looking up rather frightened.

Sena didn't see anything, nor did Soma expect her to. Perhaps nothing ever occurred down that hall. His ocular capacity was not better than hers; that much had been made clear by the testing phase. "Something else, maybe. There's no telling what could happen with this many strong bodies so close together. Isn't that the reason we were born today?" Soma chattered. This girl was just nearly his sister, but not quite. In terms of ability, Soma could give his approval. In terms of compatibility though, there were still discoveries to make. "So you'll take orders that strengthen you, but only within your normal limits? I can acknowledge someone who wants to be self-made. But maybe... I need something more than that."

Soma's thought process never came to a stop. He was looking for something to utilize and start progressing toward his own goals, but this one may have been missing something deemed necessary. Moreover, there was an interruption from beyond the bathroom door. Sena advised he step back; he didn't. Soma was standing in place, looking through the corner of his eye when Chika emerged. He wasn't looking at Chika herself, though. No, he was watching... a small child who seemed more terrified than necessary. 'Oh? That one has something different. What is it?' he wondered. Kazuhiko had long since taken a seat nearby. Halfway through a glass of water, he looked toward Chika and... someone else he could assume the identity of. "Another one? Already?"

Apparently, Soma had seen nothing down the hall, but chattered about how it could simply be something that happened because so many 'strong' people were occupying a single space. She could see the logic of that, especially given all the things the parents seemed to be doing literally all of the time. "Yeah, it seems to be the case that we were all born to stop a potential natural disaster or something like that," she said. Her consciousness was a bit less formed, but she did understand the gist of what was going on with their group. Including her mother's reasoning for wanting her to be age appropriate for the groups travels. Moving on there was the matter of orders she'd take, versus those she wouldn't Soma seemed to understand her pretty well. "Yeah, self-made is definitely more like me," she mused seeming to like that statement too. Oddly enough, Sena was learning just as much about herself as she was about the lad who was talking to her.

Ah, but their casual conversation wouldn't be continuing. Why? Well that bathroom door was opening, and after confirming that the woman inside had on clothes, she'd done what she was asked. A grin came to her face as her mother and the other young women came out of their private discussion in that backroom. But at the same time Soma's attention seemed to shift, not to the dressed older girl but to the young one who was practically hiding behind her. That strange little girl with her pink hair was busy staring at the lad in front of her from around the other pink haired girl's legs. She was wearing a simple black dress with a white bow around her neck and big green eyes looked up. "Nothing's different," the girl whispered, seeming not to have realized that she said something aloud. Kazuhiko for his part in this questioned what was going on. "Hai! It was really easy, I don't get what the big deal is!" she said. "Where'd the other hot guy go?" she seemed to be distraught. But upon filing out of the room, Saori took note of an actual small child with wide eyes. At the same time, as the rest of the girls began filling out the living room and kitchen slipping past the two teens in the hallway. "Being good?" Kaguya questioned her son with a raised brow. Meanwhile, Miko found herself staring at a very small child and had to take pause. "How did you even manage this?" she asked of Chika who shrugged thinking of how to explain.