Charles Patricius

"I wouldn't expect you to use it. You'll probably hear something similar to that a lot, though. Now you know," Kazu said to Angelica, deciding anything that made her transition into human society easier would be worthwhile. More immediately relevant however, was a would-be momentary exchange with Miko. According to her, he was now in danger of encountering a different persona than what he knew. Was that supposed to be anything other than exciting? "Also on a bender, Annie. No location is safe, and that's not enough of a warning," he countered with a wagging finger.

Yuuya made his way into a changing room, and at another room, so did Konomi. One of those two had no place, but would receive a certain welcome the moment she stepped inside. Konomi immediately expressed her exasperation, wondering if he even tried for anything proper. Soma only smiled. "Why would I? I did try for something else a few minutes ago, but that will take a different type of investment. You made a choice to come here ─ one I figured you'd make," he said without making a single move in any direction. In fact, the only thing moving besides Soma's lips was his dick. "Interesting, huh? What's so interesting about them?" he asked as if curious. Speaking of curiosities, there was one he'd been waiting to have answered. "And more importantly... what conclusion have you come to?"

"Hmph, thanks I guess..." Angelica said huffily. Of course, she would be able to better understand colloquialisms the more they were used around her. Still the obvious relationship between Kazuhiko and Miko was only showing itself more and more... even not in private settings. Angelica would have to talk this over with Sakura later, and give her all the details of how these two interacted. Hmm, though she also realized that Sakura had information as she'd been alone with them when they weren't being so open. That wagging little finger was something that made Miko look up at Kazuhiko with a pout coming to her face. "Don't go wagging fingers at me, my brain isn't wired for wholesome thoughts right now. Forget about the locations, I'm not safe!" Miko declared in full pout mode. If her earlier extremes were anything to go by, she could be doing all kinds of things in an instant with little to no real prompting.

Meanwhile, Soma was talking to Konomi. Apparently, he'd tried for something else, but it would take a different kind of investment. She assumed Emirie one of his peers in birth order was on his list of prospects given the amount of time they'd spent talking. A different kind of investment was an interesting way to phrase things. Though naturally that one would have leaned in the same direction as her parents, she assumed a few extra nuances from person to person. "You would have, just in case... that's pretty reasonable. Granted you haven't been shown to be that kind of reasonable just yet," she said, at least she wasn't pinching the bridge of her nose currently, so there was no real annoyance. Instead she was busy looking at the lad nude except for shirt he was holding and finding her eyes drawn to his moving erection. "Most people don't have enough muscle to fill those out.. they buy them small and they don't really cling unless someone is devoted to the gym... given what you said about your own birth, you're oddly fit and would fit nicely into that shirt for someone whose face is so pretty," she mentioned honestly all the while she hadn't actually looked up at his face. She was coming to understand her urges a bit better with the real information she'd been given, even so, it was still a lot for a normal human to deal with. "Hm, mostly that this whole thing is still pretty crazy. Also I realize that if I am going to finish this evolution or whatever, I need more of you, inside me. Oh, and that the benefits generally outweight the risks, I just have to put aside my common sense to take those leaps I keep making... And that it's apparently alright to keep up with your childhood dreams," she mentioned in a fairly earnest way. Still her eyes had never really moved, she couldn't help it, being drawn to a dick was probably the most ridiculous part of all this. Maybe, she'd get over that eventually?

"Thank me later~" Kazu said cheekily. Of the things that came about most recently, he was finding Angelica's consistent appearances and commentary most refreshing. It was something he thought about here and there ─ something he could truly appreciate at any given moment. At some point, he intended to have a one-on-one conversation about that... but she'd be left to her stabilization before then. Moving on to Miko, her pouty face was doing her no favors... and neither was the clause she shared. She wasn't hardwired for wholesome thoughts presently, but neither was he. In fact, Kazu would have rather been wagging his dick in front of her instead of his finger."Then don't be safe, Annie! Nobody in this conversation is safe, and neither are the pants I'm wearing!"

Soma was not the most reasonable individual. He was, however, rational beyond human comprehension as his interactions with Konomi continued to prove. His opportunity to choose clothing for the remainder of this trip wasn't squandered ─ it was put aside for a known eventuality. Konomi talked about his choice of shirt, commenting on his musculature and the oddness of it with consideration to his recent creation. "Sou ka. I just figured I'd have to get more adjusted to tight squeezes, considering the direction this life is taking already. Being clung to is also just a pretty fun thought; don't you think?" he asked. As if he expected no answer, Soma placed one hand on his hip and raised the other in gesture. He'd stop talking only to listen, all to find out where Konomi was in her progress. What she needed was him, inside her somehow. That was going to be the endgame regardless of her choice. "That's the most sensible thing you've said all day. Dealing with me, you won't have to consider risks; I'll open every path to benefits I can. Become my ultimate mage, and I'll make sure you gain power no one else has ever imagined. In the meantime... there's something you want, right?"

That flirty commentary hit Angelica's ears oddly. She continued to turn up her nose, but she still found herself looking at Kazuhiko from the corner of her eye. They'd spent quite a lot of time together lately and given this, she'd also grown a bit more attached to his antics, even when she didn't have an easy or acceptable way of expressing it just yet. Meanwhile, Miko found an odd amount of encouragement from Kazuhiko. Well, that was wrong, she found encouragement from him more often than not, but in this particular situation, both of them seemed to be teetering upon something close to Step Four. "That is encouraging of step four, we were supposed to be the responsible ones, Charlie♪~" she said, though, 'If his pants aren't safe, we should inspect them!~' Miko blinked. Her brain had fallen so far, why was her darkness so direct... why was her bender getting so much more out of control? Well, if it was in fact his dick in front of her face instead of a finger, she'd likely be in a very different position right about now...

Meanwhile, Konomi was discovering that there was quite a bit more to the cheekiness of Soma. The young man claimed that he'd chosen a tighter fitting clothing article based on the idea that he'd have to get used to tight squeezes. A scoff came from Konomi as even she would have admitted that was a funny thing to say, but she was soon enough moving on to her own understanding. She had a specific thing in mind but even while she discussed things, she found herself, staring unabashedly at his cock. Apparently, she didn't have to consider the risks of her own behavior while being around Soma, he'd give her benefits for becoming his ultimate mage. "Sou ka, well that makes it sound rather enticing I guess..." she mused about the benefits. As for something she wanted, well... "Yeah, you wanna do it again?" she mentioned, while making a rather lewd hand gesture which encompassed moving her index finger into a circle created about her other hand's fingers. She'd not felt inclined to ask such a thing of someone before, and even while doing so it felt wrong to do. She knew that was just left over stuff, but that didn't make it easy to discard. She was working on it after all.

Miko would continue to find encouragement from Kazu, as had always been the case. Their morals and beliefs aligned too much for any other outcome, and in this particular situation... deviance worked like opposing magnetic poles between the pair. Miko spoke of step four. Was there a plan being thrown out? From the looks of things, Yuuya had only just entered the dressing room. Soma had been in there for a few minutes now, and Konomi was just walking into his room. "We are the responsible ones, Annie! Look where she just went!" he said regarding Konomi. From that moment forward, Kazuhiko was whispering. "Irresponsible would be if I already had my dick out in the open here. I'm being so responsible right now!"

All the while, another pair was abandoning all notions of responsibility. Soma was content to handle all of the thinking regarding his group's growth, bar any they decided for themselves. In Konomi's case, he would undoubtedly ensure her abilities were not so miniscule as magecraft; she'd have true magic aplenty. How he would manage that was yet to be discovered, but... Konomi's gesture and request would pave the way to growth. The way she presented that question, however, was so very human. "Do it?" he asked, snickering. "I thought I was the young one. Besides, you shouldn't leave the choice of position to me. It's your growth. Be assertive; be specific. Taking mana the way most natural to you, is how you grow the way your soul wants."

There was something odd about Miko, something she was learning slowly but surely along with all other things in her head. Something about older men seemed to appeal to her, and in conjunction with that, encouragement and praise seemed to get extreme results from the girl. Her brain snapped to accommodate whenever she felt encouraged and also in direct response to praise. So, what would their deviant turn in conversation receive as an answer from Miko? "You're right, we're definitely the responsible ones♪~" she chimed excitedly. All the while, Angelica could see it so clearly, she didn't understand how she'd missed it before. She was watching Miko and Kazuhiko begin a spiral around each other which moved past normalcy. They were trying to justify a course of action, they had already decided on, and they were using each other's flawed logic to reach the conclusion that made them feel best about the decision. 'Is this really how humans work? Are they really doing this, they think it's wrong they want to have more sex, and they're working towards justifying their behavior?' That whisper of Kazuhiko's was heard by Miko as loudly and clearly as if they were the only people in the room. A little shiver occurred in her body as she grinned up at him. 'You heard the man, inspection time!~' her brain fired off. "Yes, you're right! Charlie, I am also being totally responsible, by suggesting an inspection. We have to make sure the pants have no faults. It's very important!" she said looking up at Kazuhiko with eyes that pleaded a strange combination of innocence and deviance. 'And if we happen to find a fault, we should fix it~' Miko's brain was on sexual overload, what was one more encounter today? She was already used to multiple sessions with partners she liked, it was only fair to treat them equally. Obviously going into the dressing room was the most responsible choice.

Meanwhile, there was a certain childishness presented by Konomi as she mentioned the reason she'd come into this dressing room. That snicker of Soma's was about what she'd expect if she'd chosen a partner 10 years her senior or more. In this case, he was the young one, but adulthood by human standards was a bit different. Still he gave some pretty reasonable advice which didn't sound like so much a foreign language anymore. Her soul growth was something which was determined by mana intake, that much was obvious, the fact that the how played into that, was odd but she supposed that made sense. 'So in charge of us, except for this...' she thought while frowning. Sex in such tight spaces was rather limited but her natural inclination was to abuse her own best assets in such situations. Her eyes finally moved away from Soma's cock to his face and she nodded. Being specific was easiest done by exemplification, being assertive, could also be actions. Konomi moved, leaning her own fore into the mirror while she flipped up the back of her dress. She'd move her panties to the side spreading the slick folds at her desired target and looked back over her shoulder. "Put your dick here and fuck me," she concluded as the best choice of words to denote assertive, specifics.

Kazuhiko and Miko agreed; they were obviously the most responsible members of this group presently. As they could so obviously start a sexual encounter at any given moment, right out in the open, the resistance they showed was well beyond mature. They both deserved praise, reward even! As none of the others were responsible enough to do so, however, perhaps they'd have to take it upon themselves? Or, perhaps they'd just be more responsible, per Miko's assertion. An 'inspection' was her suggested course of action. Kazu took a moment to think after hearing that. "Hmm. Well... I do think these clothes are unnecessarily expensive. If you're the one spending your money, it's only right that you make sure they're up to snuff," he asserted with full feigned confidence. "Fault check!" he announced further. With that, there was no further hesitation. He and Miko had talked themselves into a bonus session, and he was taking long strides right into the first empty dressing room ─ all bags in tow.

Soma could, and would, have Konomi in many different ways. He could easily envision several methods of debauching this dressing room and other future locations. Alas, Konomi would serve him best if her evolution occurred in a more natural way. If he took charge too frequently in the beginning, he risked making her too much like himself. Fun as that would be to witness, it was not conducive to producing his ultimate mage. Ah, but there was something interesting afoot. Even being in charge of her own fate, Konomi decided to arch her back, supporting herself against the mirror while presenting her backside once more. Clearly, she was one to put her best foot forward ─ just as Soma needed his mage to be. A better choice of words was also given. "Oh? That's good posture, and better words than... whatever that was before. Careful with the word fuck, though. It doesn't mean the same for people like me," Soma stated. Even so, he was stepping toward Konomi, lifting his erection with one hand. He spent a few moments repeatedly dropping it onto her ass, as if performing a test of sorts... or even building anticipation? Whatever Soma's purpose, not much time was wasted before he aligned himself for penetration ─ which would be a far more rushed maneuver than their previous session. This time, Soma was aiming straight for the woman's cervix from the beginning.

With Kazuhiko and Miko reaching an agreement, it was only becoming more obvious to Angelica how this trip would end. Angelica didn't fully understand this dance, but it was one which played out in several ways over decades of time spent together. Perhaps, it'd be explained one day, or maybe, it'd just be pieced together through observation, still, she saw them working towards a justified reason to indulge themselves. At the same time, the smile on Miko's face only grew as she would find Kazuhiko once again, going along with her logic while leading them both towards pure blissful chaos. He claimed the clothes were expensive and thus it was on her to make sure they were worth it. An announcement was made as they began moving towards an empty dressing room. "Aye, Sir!♪~" Miko chirped. On their way into that dressing room she gave Kaguya her credit card once more, just in case purchases needed to be made ahead of her and Kazuhiko's exit. "Oya? Again... I might need an upgrade from Vice-President to Personal Assistant~" Kaguya said teasingly, still, she'd do all that was necessary and technically Miko was never truly very irresponsible, that's what the layers were for.

Meanwhile, Konomi was managing her own desires in truth probably for the first time in her life. She was young enough that it wasn't that unusual, still, it was odd if she considered the person pushing her to do so, was only a few hours old. Regardless, it seemed her new choices would be accepted. She'd even be praised for her improvements while being given a warning. "Even though I am apparently not going to be regular people too long, I'll keep it in mind," she said as his rod smacked against her bottom a few times. Of course, she couldn't know exactly what was going to happen as a result of her most recent request. And she found herself being rather suddenly entered and Soma pushed himself all the way towards her womb. It was only a short while ago that such a thing became possible, having it happen so swiftly was overwhelming. Her mind went blank for a moment and she all but forgot the need for stealth as he reached into her body in fullness. "HUUUUYUUCK!~" she was ready for the entrance and even that didn't stop her loins from twitching as they stretched to accommodate only to try collapsing immediately as her knees almost gave out at a finish. Surely this was some smut romance novel tactic, making someone orgasm at entry wasn't really possible for most.

And so, the pair who currently held the record for longest session in this world, were apparently off to work on another record ─ one for most back-to-back quickies. Alas, there was clearly some sort of race happening toward that record. They were moving toward the second, while Konomi and Soma were beginning at the same number, as would become obvious momentarily. First though, there was an actual responsible choice made by Miko. She handed her credit card off to Kaguya, who joked about being upgraded to Miko's personal assistant. "I don't have one of those. Taking applications!" he said hurriedly before entering a dressing room. Once inside, he'd barely manage to put down his bags before hearing Konomi's... presumably first moment of this round. She was on his wish list after that earlier showing, and now there was just another reason. Regardless, Kazu was quick to begin discarding his shirt, apparently intending to reach something closer to nudity this time. Since the distraction was more apparent than it had been previously, he felt a bit more comfortable.

What was that sound he heard? Of course, it was the moment Soma dived into Konomi once more. The immediate quivering orgasm experienced in that moment was quite loud, as if she'd completely forgotten her location. Had she already abandoned the social norms of this world, and all sense of propriety? Time would tell. "You'll bring a lot of attention to yourself like that," Soma commented. As if it were his intention to counter his own point, Soma proceeded to slap the ass of Konomi with his palm, simultaneously thrusting beyond the entrance of her womb. He didn't care what happened as a result; no human could stop his efforts.

Meanwhile, at the turn of the hour, Hiruko stood in wait to board a yakatabune cruise along Okawa River. He'd very recently handed Sakura a pocketful of yen to stop by a nearby clothing store, thinking she might enjoy having a slight change for a cruise. The boat itself was scheduled for a two-hour public tour, but... as luck would have it, Hiruko had no issue convincing its operators to perform a few emergency cancellation methods. He'd effectively acquired a private cruise for the two of them, without the limited space one would normally have for such things. He much preferred the bigger ship, a walled-in cruise, and a fine dining experience already provided to the idea of just sitting on a couch in the river's open air.

The proof of responsibility was obvious in Miko, and technically speaking, Kaguya was used to managing the more manic moments of Miko, even though it was only recently that she came to fully understand why such moments were so intense. Her friend had likely been magical the entire time she'd known her. Whatever the case, her teasing commentary about needing an upgrade came with a quip from Kazuhiko about him taking applications. "Hoh? I didn't expect that... well who knows I have a great employment history, put in a good word for me~" she said winking at Miko as she slipped into the dressing room after Kazuhiko. "Always♪~" Miko chimed. Kaguya was one of the people in her life she believed in, so if she wanted something, Miko would help her. That was the nature of their relationship. Of course, right now, there were sounds which came from Konomi which stopped her in her tracks after she closed the door of the dressing room. It sent a jolt from her ears straight to her core. "Sugoi, it's such a nice sound♪~" she sang almost happily. Perhaps she'd have a chat with Konomi a bit later. For now, it seemed that Kazuhiko was keen to use the distraction to get a bit more comfortable for this particular quickie. His shirt coming off, made her pause as her eyes zoomed in on muscles unmatched. An instant desire hit her person and she approached to help him a bit while... running her tongue over his abs while helping him with deft fingers that traced down the sides of his body to his the top of his pants.

Meanwhile, Konomi was trying to recover from a sensation she didn't expect to feel so quickly. She was beginning to question her life choices, how had sex been interesting at any point before now? Perhaps that was a question for the ages, whatever the case, Soma had something rather pointed to say. She'd draw attention to herself? Right, they were in a dressing room, she should be having... still, "That wasn't my fault," she uttered. Of course, there was a slap to her ass which she wanted to be mad about as he started moving again, but her core quivered as if that sensation was truly appreciable. He thrusted past her womb's entrance and she rocked her hips backward leaving a misty exhale on the mirror, which spread unnaturally far from its initial point of contact. All she could do was continue. This kind of friction and feeling letting her know she was doing the right thing, and the mist on that mirror hinting at a magical shift which was happening at a rather rapid pace.

At the same time, Hiruko was seemingly waiting. Sakura had been given some money so she'd found herself in a nearby shop. While looking around, she picked up a little white bag which seemed like a backpack and a white sundress with a deep purple ribbon underneath her chest. She tried it on with a matching pair of white gladiator sandals with white and purple strings up her legs. A brief conversation with the clerk and she'd changed into this dress and shoe combination and paid for all the things putting the clothing and things she'd taken off into the bag instead. She thought this look was a bit better for being on a boat. The light jewelry she'd chosen earlier still looked rather good with her outfit so she felt no need to change anything in particular. "Hirrun!~" she mentioned approaching in her new outfit, "What do you think?" she asked seemingly pleased about it. She'd be taking another picture or two to send friends in a few moments. As well as seeing what they had to say about briefing Hiruko properly.