Charles Patricius

For his new Robe, Yugi was given some options at the other side of things. He could be a Throne, a Robe, or any armament. Of course he could be a sword or something of the sort. Acting as a shield would be quite sensible, he thought. "You don't have need of another Throne; I think your perch is already established well enough. Your shield might be stable enough as is, so... I'll also go Robe. You've got the right arm-draping shoulders; you could use a good one♥~" he flirted while watching Guinevere don her actual, physical cloak. He saw her as a bit disheveled in doing so, but that just sold the moment and afterglow alike. Surely it wouldn't be the first time Arthur witnessed frazzled hair and a messy ensemble... though the white river flowing between her legs may or may not be a first. Whatever the case, Guinevere had her wish at the ready. She wanted to visit a library ─ the greatest of all. With the shadows moving them closer and closer to the main group, Yugi took a moment to think. "Hmm. The Library. It's just called that. Officially, it's the Lux Foundation Library. You'll love it; it has every book ever written anywhere. It fills a whole planet! I'll have to be very picky about the time, but I can make it happen. You want me to go with you?" he asked for clarity, assuming there was a chance she intended to explore a library with her legal husband instead. Given the still-pulsing diamonds in her eyes, though... he figured Arthur would soon be getting a different form of news entirely.

As that pair reached the start of a grand hall, something else of interest was ongoing ─ namely an exchange between Jovians that would end in some form of exciting calamity. Kazuhiko was only made excited by the growing threat on the horizon. He was more than ready, and luck wasn't what he required; Artoria could keep that. "No way! Luck is the last thing I'll need going into that! Hold the luck; I'm plucking my ass all the way into new adventures!" he stated firmly. Yugi heard those words and sighed, already having a decent idea about what was going on. Actually, he understood more about the goings-on than some who were involved. "So we're just... pretending to be affected by fluxes now? What's that earning you?" he asked. Strangely enough, he didn't seem to be addressing Aglaea at all. . .

Guinevere got herself back together in a fair bit. She knew that others could take care of straightening her up a bit, and if Nitocris was in charge of this party she'd likely be getting a bit of a wardrobe upgrade regardless. "I might have taken that as bird reference..." she said chuckling. "Still I get the point, you are right, Robe is good. I accept~" she expressed. Something about this man walking beside her would remind her a bit more of those like Ozymandias who asserted themselves without thought. Officially it could be considered a good time. Still there was her wish which was apparently one easily granted. A bit of an explanation came with the thought of the next best library, and it brought a decent bit of excitement to Guinevere. As a young person, in her previous life, the study of history and literature had been consuming for her. In the magical world, she'd learned the truth of certain kinds of tragic existences and heroes and figures she'd studied. Now, she found herself interested in how the universe preserved information for the next generation. "The entire library is a planet?!" she seemed enthused with those still pulsing diamonds in her eyes. As for if she wanted him to accompany her to it, she gave it only a passing thought, "You are one interested in history too, right? It'd be great if you went with me!~" she decided as well. Ah, but there were several layers attached to that thought, half of which were connected directly to her soul's desire to remain connected to the black haired man. While she considered that such dates were usually reserved for her and her husband, this outing felt like it had more potential than that kind of day.

Meanwhile, as they made their way back into the room with everyone else, it became obvious that a special kind of deviance was taking place between the Jovians one of whom was pretending to remain affected by the time flux. Apparently no luck was needed, Kazuhiko planned to use pluck to ride his way into the new adventure he was creating with one of his wives, which would definitely be boiling over in a short time. "As you like... still even I think this might be worth witnessing," Artoria claimed. Perhaps she'd watch those goings on with a glass in hand while thinking over something she'd never seen as a reaction from that particular woman before. Meanwhile, Yugi's question was one which did indeed need an answer, "What? I figured it was one of those challenges...prize to be determined," a voice spoke with pure audacity which made several of the waking ones look towards the redhead in the gown with overwhelming poise. She'd been sitting completely motionless, liming both breaths and blinks with averted attention and gazes for the duration of the flux, she likely would have gotten away with it, if Yugi hadn't returned so swiftly. Still, she'd had plenty of time to prepare the lie and obviously the one paired to her, didn't seem to be apt to give up his secrets either. Surely this wasn't a problem. At the pure ridiculousness of such a thing Kimiko couldn't help but laugh, all the while Aglaea was still trying not to falter. How many seconds in eternity? It didn't matter, it only mattered how she felt and the repayment she'd be offering her dear husband when the children were sent away. "Oh? Is there a game I missed? I definitely could have pretended..." Sakura mentioned as her tentacles kept probing Aglaea to the point that those tear filled eyes were glistening as she tired to hold herself away from an outburst... keeping silent had to have been torture for her. Still a quick glance over at Guinevere from Artoria told the Queen of Knights all she needed to know.

"Oi, rude! Birds get that from somewhere, you know?" Yugi responded with swiftness. As for the library they spoke of, Guinevere was sufficiently excited by the prospect. "It's a fucking planet!" he affirmed. Such a lovely place to visit, the Library was. A few key moments in history were worth avoiding, but searching for the between moments would always be worthwhile. Apparently, his assumption was correct; Guin wanted him along instead of Arthur. It didn't seem like the diamonds in her eyes were doing the talking, but... he could still figure out the reasons within the reasons. "I'm the history book, yeah. I'm also the one who will bend your legs back against the picture book section. That's the more important part, isn't it?" he wondered with a bit of cheek.

Artoria spoke of witnessing the events Kazu set himself up for. Strange though it was to hear something like that from her, he wasn't at all opposed. "If that's what you want, I don't mind," he said. She was one who could watch or involve herself in anything she wanted, if he had any say in the matter. Here and now though, Yugi and Guinevere were back... and it seemed Yugi had much to say about a specific individual. That redhead had a quick lie to offer about her reasons for stillness. The nude male crossed his arms and stared the woman down, knowing her words couldn't be trusted before she even spoke. "Uh-huh," he said, glancing in Aglaea's direction for just a moment before returning his gaze. "Well, you're obviously doing a better job than someone. I guess that means you win, huh? The prize isn't to be determined, though. You get a six-month vacation at my place. You'll even get VIP treatment if you're a good girl... or a bad little devil; whichever angle we're talking. Either way, you get where I'm coming from. The afterparty is going to be a little different this time♥~"

Apparently, Yugi took offense to the mention of birds, they got it from somewhere, he claimed. "Is that how it works?" she asked almost genuinely. Of course, she was a bit impish in nature so it was mostly sarcasm, she felt it was nothing worth getting too worked up over. Instead, it was exactly the sort of thing which would be bounced from while discussing this apparent Library Planet. Both showed a similar amount of excitement and both could effectively appreciate the other in such a way. "That's so exciting! I really can't wait!~" she claimed and it was earnest. There were few things that stirred the passions of people like her but things she enjoyed were among them. Beyond this point there was the cheeky flirty commentary. She'd thought about having Yugi along and it wasn't just an after-effect of her eyes current state. "I mean, if it's going to be an experience, you have to go for the big one..." she seemed almost sheepish about it, or at least, as close as someone with her disposition got to such a state. And while her husband could be talked into things, the amount of doing that would take was far beyond her current desire for just the excitement and the experience. If she'd only get one shot at it, she'd make it the one to remember. If it was possible to get another afterwards, she'd take the slower route the second time.

Having rejoined the group she met quite a few gazes and knew that many were freer during such a moment than she thought would be. At the same time, apparently Artoria was being given the rest of the permission to see this situation though. Whether anyone was aware or not, she had a tacit agreement with the one called Aglaea in all of her forms to watch the things she did. But that likely wouldn't come up for a while. So just another smirk would come from her as she felt the central part of this agreement. At the same time, there was an exchange happening between Yugi and the redhead, and that would come with a certain amount of oddity. Everyone present and awake knew that woman was lying about her reasons, but that didn't matter, there was an olive branch on extension, which for her type of being wasn't something that could be ignored. "That might not be fair, no one is messing with her... except you, Onii-chan~" Sakura mused also knowing she shouldn't have said exactly that all the while she was watching as Aglaea held in all reactions except the ones which naturally couldn't be avoided. So stifling did that one find these current seconds, ticking by. Meanwhile, the rehdead was to attend the afterparty, as her prize, for six months. Which technically sounded more like a punishment, but according too him was a VIP thing so long as she was good or bad, a quick bit of thought made that woman's left brow twitch just a bit, mostly due to the words of Sakura. She didn't like being manipulated but she also couldn't well out herself completely either, an exchange was offered so she supposed, it was for the best to simply accept this offer. "If it's the prize I have no reason to refuse..." she stated while staring blankly at the man in front of her.

Yugi could do naught but scoff in the wake of Guin's question. Surely she knew by now what the oldest entities were, and how many things stemmed from them ─ especially being one such entity herself. More importantly than any of that, however, their apparent date to the ultimate library was given a certain amount of importance. He did agree that big experiences were best had with gusto. Such was especially the case for long-awaited events, he believed... but one thing Guinevere stated was worth a bit of fun. "Really, only the big one? Not two?" he questioned as if to establish the would-be state of his own genitals during the trip.

According to Sakura, there was a lack of fairness given to the redhead. She wasn't being physically assaulted like Aglaea was, so the blonde technically deserved consideration for the handicap in this imaginary game. "It might not be fair, but Makima always gets the dommy mommy bypass clause that I just made up," he asserted in a casual manner. "Besides, I've got two reasons to believe she won't be available for the prize. Claim effective immediately. Oh, and someone's also gonna have to claim bail from Jupiter. That's six months," he rambled. Now that he was on that topic, he had words for Artoria as well. "Oh, Arthur has a year of Boundary; I'm sure you heard. Since I'm so nice, I won't make Guin suffer the whole bail. I'm guessing a protective older twin like you wouldn't mind taking half the weight off?"

With that question hanging in the air, Yugi was assembling the masses in his head. A few pieces of his plan were missing to complete the next big puzzle. The one called Makima was needed, and apparently in agreement under the guise of a 'prize' being issued. Still feeling a bit cheeky, he adopted a bit of extra pretense to get another point across. "Awesome. We'll have a lot of fun. I was thinking to go diamond shopping. You've got a good eye for that kind of thing, right? You'll be perfect for the set~"

As they settled into the room the present state of Yugi was brought up again, as a point of tension. The big one, not two... was the question. "I can't argue two..." Guinevere mused. At the same time, the mention of the lack of fairness in the Makima's win condition of a pretense of a challenge was one thing. Apparently Yugi, excused due to the fact that there was a 'dommy mommy' clause he'd decided to make up. "Well, there is that..." Sakura decided looking him over. There was obviously something in the works behind all of this pretense, she knew that Miko wouldn't enjoy being excluded but that was something for them to work out at a later time. For now, if she was going to be busy someone would have to take Kazuhiko's bail for his time spent in the boundary. "Hai hai, the others and I will discuss it when they're back up..." Sakura decided. She could always do it herself, but the wives liked to be included in such things, so no one took too many of the 'extras, punishments or bonuses'.

At the same time, there was a topic shift which would have Yugi addressing Artoria. There was a claim that Arthur's year of boundary time was a lot for his singular wife to take on, and that as a protective older twin sister, she could take half of it by his benevolence. Ah, but Yugi was quite busy with Guinevere earlier he didn't know that Arthur had already talked himself out of having such an out for himself. "Iia, I am no such thing. Can he hear yet?" she asked only to continue rambling regardless, as even if he couldn't hear, she knew Guinevere would, "You see, I am annoying when I think I know things, and as such I've withdrawn all such assistance. Obviously, he can take care of his own year within the boundary," she said in a flat no. She wasn't one to place her nose where it didn't belong and she definitely wasn't going to bail out a brother who didn't appreciate her efforts. He could deal with losing his wife and himself for however long it took, she no longer cared to assist.

It would seem Makima had the right eye for diamond shopping which was itself another pretense. Many wouldn't even bother commenting on it, as most knew how and why such things existed. No, instead it would simply be acknowledged, "Fine. I'll help." she would maintain her dignity for the duration and likely experience something like one of those crash outs everyone else experienced if it was ever brought to her again. Oh well, such was nature in a nutshell. Just the same there was still the torture of Aglaea still taking place for the duration of time not catching up, until it did, Kimiko said but one thing. "I don't know what you're up to, but I'll be accepting no complaints from you about the work you do of your own accord..." she commented absently. If he was to be busy for awhile yet, it would mean she had time to amuse herself in other ways.

"I figured you'd say that," was Yugi's final response to Guinevere before other topics were addressed. In the little time they all had before time was restored, he thought it best to address a building collection for purposes unmentioned. Sakura and the other Jovian women would be determining who claimed Kazuhiko's bail in their time, which meant he only had a few things left to establish here and now. Alas, something had occurred between the Pendragon twins to cause Artoria's rejection of an offer. "He probably can't. Either Kimi hasn't broken him yet, or he's still too small... or any number of reasons," he asserted about Arthur's ability to hear. As for the issue at hand, Artoria outright refused the idea of relieving her brother's time in the Boundary. Yugi didn't care about any of that; he had other things to worry about.

"Hmm. Tough shit, I guess? Family arguments are pretty stressful, huh? Maybe you'd instead be interested in some well-earned time off? Come diamond shopping with us; you'll enjoy it," he said, abandoning one pretense for another. If Artoria rejected that idea as well, he'd have to think of something different. Makima was secured, which meant there was one less planetary entity to address in the collection. If nothing else, having one from Jupiter was also assured whenever they figured out which it would be. In the meantime, Kimiko brought up Yugi's growing workload and preemptively silenced any of his complaints. "You know exactly what I'm doing. Remember? Last time we talked about it was family dinner on Mercury. I was fucking around a while ago, and I realized there's been a really powerful generator right in front of us the whole time. It just needs the right core. By the way, watch out♥~" he warned at the end. Why? Well, Yugi realized time was restoring itself just enough for Ozymandias's rising hand to continue its original path. Only a moment later, its collision with Kimiko's ass was assured ─ as was the sudden moaning and groaning to accompany an unexpected rush to ejaculation within her person. Ozymandias felt as if he'd been ridden for an hour despite his session with the Venusian beginning mere moments ago from his perspective. Surely something was afoot. "Augh, bloody hell!"

Guinevere couldn't argue two, but that was an aside for later. For now, she was picking up on some sort of arguement between the Pendragon twins which likely meant a very specific kind of incident had occurred. As an older sibling she knew that there was a certain kind of argument often had between the older and the younger. It usually came with a claim of meddling from the younger sibling, who always wanted to tumble into their own even when the elder sibling of choice could clearly see the dead end broken bridge they were headed towards. Whatever the case, the passive aggressive way was that of Artoria Pendragon, who'd apparently given up and wanted her younger brother to know that she'd not be bailing him out. What was more a list of potential reasons why he couldn't currently hear were quite high. Artoria wondered over Kimiko not claiming her brother, but given that one was her personal bodyguard for years, and she never heard tale of the girl doing anything but being a bit of a 'bossy bitch' to him, she assumed there was no real interest in her case. "Hmph, not surprising..." Artoria said of the lack of claiming. The her that would have been concerned might have asked the other girl about it, but now she had no reason to care.

Instead she was being further propositioned. Shopping for diamonds was something that was being done by Yugi apparently. And Artoria was invited to this as well... how interesting. So whatever he wanted her for, the cover for her brother was only a pretense. If she understood correctly, the only diamonds he could be looking for were the ones in eyes like Guinevere's. "Hm, sounds fine. I'd enjoy some time off~" she said huffily, even though she was now looking at the group at large with a minor bit of skepticism. Whatever Yugi wanted with a collection of diamonds, she was sure it wasn't something she was going to understand the details of. But a bit of chiding from Kimiko came with an explanation, one which gained the attention of Sakura. What he was talking about at the last dinner on Mercury. How interesting, perhaps someone else would indeed be getting a turn this time. As whenever everyone came back online there would have to be a game of Janken to determine the punishment taker of Kazuhiko. At the same time Kimiko seemed surprised, but remembered the incident well, perhaps she wouldn't be running off just to debauch the timelines. "Sou ka, personal project time then. I...ah♥!~" that hand came down on her rear as her womb filled with all work of her hips earlier movements. The return of the Pharaoh was something which made her moan. "Wasn't me, someone was fluxing up. Welcome back, Sunny♥!~" she chimed. Around the same time, Nitocris came back as well, but she was looking at a struggling Aglaea and slowly coming to realize that one had several shadowy visitors. "Bloody hell indeed..." she whispered. Was this enough people for Aglaea to stop? Well... not quite, still she'd managed to keep herself mostly still but Sakura had not stopped her assault even as she realized a new coming project to work on. "Oh, she's really done her best... juu...kyuu...hachi...nana...roku...go...yon...san. ..ni... ichi♥~" She counted down the seconds until she'd finally release Aglaea. All the while Aglaea stared at Kazuhiko with dangerous intent brimming from her person.

It probably came as a surprise to no one that Arthur was not on the list of Kimiko's 'broken' targets. For one who sought acquisition through challenging means, such an easy target had to be quite boring. Actually, Yugi himself had seen a couple of realities in which that was an outcome. She did seem... quite bored compared to her truer incarnation. "That's what I thought. Though, right place, right time... maybe? I dunno," Yugi mused absently. Much more to his interest was Artoria's agreement. One more tacked on to the total list brought him one step closer to something grand ─ something he and everyone else could enjoy. All he needed was a few more key pieces ─ one of which would be determined shortly.

In the meantime, Kimiko finally found the impact of that floating hand. Ozymandias found instead a sudden ejaculation that didn't make any sense. As he recoiled, it was made apparent that someone had been... 'fluxing up' as Kimiko put it. This wasn't the first time he heard something of the sort; Yugi could immediately be blamed for doing something outlandish. "In the middle of my great works? I've half a mind to... gah!" Ozymandias didn't even have words to form a proper complaint. Yugi, however, did have some words. His eyes shifted toward the Sun King, a wicked smirk upon his face. "Careful, Nightlight. Dissent is also a gateway to the Boundary," he warned. The darker male scoffed, but Yugi was already moving on to address Sakura and her apparent ending torment of Aglaea. "Booo! If you kept it going for two more seconds, it would have been even better. Anyway... it should be time now. Good luck," he said. As for who he was wishing luck, there was no clarity to take from Yugi's visage or direction. Just then however, time restored to a few others. Hiruko seemed to be slyly thrusting behind the younger Miko already. Arthur was moving and a little out of sorts, but he'd clearly seen Guinevere. The younger Kazuhiko... well, things seemed to only be occurring for individuals from the future initially.

Right place, right time... that was what Yugi assigned the kind of 'conquest' that Arthur counted as for his 'partner'. This came as no surprise to Artoria who knew of tales of this young lad, but heard none of that girl in her own time. It was easy to recognize after a few conversations that a person like Kimiko enjoyed a challenge more than anything and there was nothing particularly challenging about Arthur aside from his inability to take advice. "Something you don't know~" she mused back, there wasn't any reason for Kimiko to directly search out Arthur in this greater universe, so it truly didn't matter if such a thing happened or not. For now, all that it took was Artoria's agreement to be part of whatever project it was that Yugi was working on for the topic to move on a bit.

Ozymandias was on the receiving end of Kimiko's work on his shaft and the slowed perception of a time flux. Yes, in the middle of his work but this sort of thing did happen from time to time. Still, Yugi's response to a not even fully indulged complaint was about right for him. Kimiko looked up from her perch eyes narrowed. It wasn't like she'd sit idly by for a potential sentencing undeserved. The scoff of Ozymandias was about normal for the sort of banter which normally took place between the group, not that it mattered much. No, Yugi was moving on to Sakura... if she'd kept it going for a few more seconds it would have been even better? Splash, the end of Aglaea's torture came with a small puddle beneath her and a gentle exhale as shadows finally withdrew. She was given just a couple of seconds to slump before she had to be fully recovered. But still there was a certain shakiness to her visage which promised vengeance. "I looked at it and saved it for later~" Sakura said of the alternate ending of that particular moment. Still, ever the flirty one, she blew a kiss to Aglaea as she recovered and held her thumbs up as a method of congratulations. "Omeidetougouzaimasu~" she offered almost sarcastically. She needed no luck, but which of the other wives would? Well, with the start up of the people, little Miko's undercarriage was being treated to some gentle thrusting even as her body hadn't quite caught up yet. At the same time, a now moving Johanna noted the stillness of little Kazuhiko smirked. She didn't often feel devious but this was worth doing a bit extra now, right? Yes, of course, she began the processes of slow rocking her hips until he was awake enough to catch up, doing several movements meant to tighten up on the lad as she rocked gently in that hammock, they'd be in full swing whenever he woke.