Charles Patricius

"Yeah, I know. That's why you're such a good target. So easy to fluster," Yugi specified. The fun of a target like Miko was watching her shift in and out of the proverbial closet of deviance. One such example was the statement she offered in accordance with his own goading. Very pointed was that one, as was it very... specific. There was a glow in Yugi's eyes upon hearing it. His brow quirked, and his attention shifted fully toward the blushing brunette. "Did you... do that on purpose?" he wondered, unsure if she even had a clue what she'd done. Those specific words, that specific sentence, meant he'd be making a very complicated visit ─ one that had to happen quite soon in Miko's timeline. He had to actually accomplish what she requested; it was too spiritually driven to brush off.

Meanwhile, Wise and his many selves were shuffling about just slightly, some even being approached by the likes of Kaguya. Obviously, this was the best outcome for him ─ he got free action many times over due to an accident. Yugi knew, however, that it would be an interesting ending... but that wasn't worth spoiling at present. Kimiko brought up the idea of a new party game/variant, which seemed to be going interesting places as well. Even with no specific details going, both Yugi and Wise knew something amusing would come together. "I get to be a new game? I always wanted to be one of those!" Wise said excitedly. Meanwhile, Aglaea and Miko continued their interaction for the sake of clothing the latter... and Yugi seemed to be working on something else. To avoid immediately reacting to her request by the pull of his own soul, he had to form a contract of sorts. "Ugh, how to deal with this without having to do something the moment you forget? I could say... first time alone? That might work..." he mumbled.

Easy to fluster, was indeed an apt descriptor of Iino Miko. This was apparently something that made her a target for people like Yugi. This was not a problem for Miko, as she enjoyed his attention, even when it made her embarrassed. For instance, her trying to think through something she wouldn't mind saying, after hearing what was said by the alternate version of her in the marble. But she'd not actually figured out what to say by the time she spoke, "Definitely easy to fluster. I apparently fluster myself..." Miko uttered while still aghast. But what about the words she'd spoken? Well, he'd turned his attention towards her, and she'd not expected it. "Of course I didn't do it on purpose. It fell out of my mouth before I even decided what words I was okay saying..." Miko confessed. Admittedly though, that random attention and a glowing eye was rather intense, the blushing face of Iino Miko would be going nowhere anytime soon, 'I might be turning into Kaya-sen. And I am sure I shouldn't be speaking when I keep just blurting out weird stuff all the time.' she thought. What was more even if she hadn't realized it yet, she wasn't actually opposed to the thing she'd said, and was only truly aghast that she'd said it aloud without filtering it at all.

In the meantime, there was the development of a party game, which was surely going to be named after the coming event. Whether the name happened at the beginning or end didn't really matter. "I guess, it's a decent goal. Still, I'm a gamer... I'm not about to be anything but on the top of a leaderboard that's you, Nii-san!~" Belle said as she seemed to gather herself up to the task. Five was her thought on the number of individuals she could take, but maybe seven was possible. "So, is the point of this game, just to conquer as many Wise as possible? Should there be counters?♥~" Kaguya asked almost playfully. "Sounds about right, and then imagine it, we can use Wise as a scale for sex power rankings♥~" Kimiko said with a playful wink. At the same time, Aglaea finished dressing Miko who was hearing the mumblings of Yugi and staring at him. She found herself looking at Yugi strangely, why did it sound like they needed to meet up again soon and why was she excited by it. "I don't know if I should apologize or feel smug for doing something unintentionally..." Miko settled on her thoughts. For her part in this Aglaea was now simply inspecting Miko's form and commenting on her attire. "Definitely as cute as I thought it would be, what do you think?" she asked the girl who stood and rotated in place. "I really like it. It's comfy but form-fitting and it has a kind of techy look but also seems like something I could have picked for myself. And it has so many pockets! Arigatou Gouzaimasu!~" Miko mentioned tucking that little marble bag into one of the pockets on her thigh. She uttered quickly, as several of her words hit the ears of Aglaea strangely but she only nodded. "I'm glad you like it, little one. Anything else?" she asked of Yugi, not wanting to get herself into any more 'trouble'.

According to Miko, whatever she'd done was not done with purpose. He figured as much; there was a slim chance she'd be utilizing that manipulation tactic so very early. That didn't change the fact that she'd pulled a magical string with a very potent action attached to the other end. Yugi would have to be the one dealing with that, if only to avoid another conundrum in this timeline. After a bit of thought, he heard Miko mentioning something about apologies and unintended actions. He wasn't piecing her words together very well while sorting through his own thoughts, but that changed nothing about the outcome either way. "Hmm... yeah, it might work. A contract. How's this? When you're alone... when you're properly alone... say my name. Not one of the silly names everybody knows. Say the big one," he said with no real context as to what the name was. Right away, Yugi moved on to addressing Aglaea. "Nothing I can think of. If anything else came up, you'd probably punch a hole in the space-time continuum. Then you'd have to put on a Temporal Pair-o-Socks," he mentioned.

All the while, Wise's excitement was growing over the idea of being a new game's main subject. Whatever the intended game was, he was interested. Of course, he didn't get much of an idea from the statements of Belle, Kaguya and Kimiko, but did that matter? No it didn't. Multiple versions of Wise were absolutely ecstatic as things came together. In fact, the ones closest to an interested Kaguya were beginning to circle the black-haired girl, while others brought up commentary about the game being created. "Wait, I get to have rankings? That's the best kind of game to get! C'mon, what's it gonna be? And how do we make this a game to revisit without splitting my atoms every time? Because, I don't know if you all know this, but... that kinda hurt more than anything."

As was the case with most of Miko's actions, they were unplanned. Those words from her mouth, a simple act of executing without any real thought being put into her words or actions. Of course the Elder Miko had already had a conversation about being better when it came to moments like this, but the younger one hadn't yet learned such a tactic. Even so, things that were accidental, could be used later with purpose when the results were able to be quantified and repeatable. She didn't say anything but still, the gears in the back of her mind turned, depending on the outcome of this, she might be inclined to use such words again, it was all but confirmed by her elder self. "Is this just a demon thing... thinking with horny, saying a name I assume I don't know yet," Miko seemed to understand the assignment even if she'd not understood the why. "Okay though, when I am properly alone... a name I don't know," she repeated the instructions seeming to want to remember them quite a bit. Aglaea on the other hand was told nothing more was needed from her, that she might punch a hole in space time if she overstayed or overreached. "Hm, but they are so comfy, how could I say no?~" Aglaea said with one of the flattest affects ever heard. That level of sarcasm was odd, but she didn't need to do anything else, instead she'd move on to something else, for now at least.

The excitement surrounding the game being created was among the most amusing of the things happening presently. Kimiko was pretty good at thinking through the baseline, even as a pack of Wise were surrounding Kaguya. It would seem the young man himself wondered how this game would progress and how it was to be repeated without splitting his atoms again. "Come on now, no need to worry about something like that, there are plenty of ways to do it, without the pain of atom splitting; Magical clones, pulling out Avatars or Variants, there is also the regular way of just calling up more dudes to get them involved. The game has you as the base, but the exact situation isn't necessary for another round or fifty~" Kimiko mentioned. Meanwhile Belle would be thinking about the game as she understood it to exist. "Basically, the game is getting you off as many times as possible, so our rankings would be a Wise body count. Oh... like the Heartless Rush, but sex instead of violence~" Belle mentioned seemingly more hyper about the start of this game than anything else. "Hoh? Interesting... I'll provide counters and participate myself, surely I could take 10 or so without much of a problem~" Morgan said seemingly amused by it as a thought. A gauntlet was forming as a number of people had glowing blue counters in old runes appearing over their heads.

Miko's question about the unknown name she was to speak, which she called a 'demon' thing, was met by a playful and dismissive scoff. "Chiisai na. That would be a demon thing, yeah... but it's a name you know. You just don't know you know it yet. I know that doesn't make sense, but... big names are like that. You know how cats can know their names, but it's more like they recognize the sound? That's how all names are, but none more than ones like what you'll need to say. The feeling comes first; it'll lead to the right sound. Oh, but be mindful of the place. There will... be a bit of a tear," he explained. "Anyway, yeah. TL;DR: the name is inside you. You'll know it when the overwhelming desire to let me in hits, so... be ready to say something else in a way you didn't originally plan to say it~" he added.

Wise, who finally had a dream coming true as a member of this massive group, apparently didn't have to worry about any atom-splitting in his future. A sigh of relief came from dozens of him at once; he didn't want to relive that feeling. "Oh, awesome! I like those ideas way more than splitting my atoms. Seriously, I don't recommend anybody doing that thing. It sucks ass," he complained further. With the rules being established, and with Morgan even taking on the role of scorekeeper and participant, Yugi turned himself upside-down and floated nearby. He'd been passively listening to the game as it came together. With his place in the universe, he decided to speak up. "Sounds like a good game to me. Atsushi Tataki... or Whack-a-Wise. Master Rule 1: Players can only take a target that's ready. Game Condition: once the game begins officially, all targets will shuffle, and participants will have to select one that's ready before he goes soft again. Any against?"

Meanwhile, the younger Kazuhiko was silently, sneakily working his way through a series of Wises, as if to remain hidden in doing so. He was making his way toward a particular blonde: the one called Jean. It didn't seem he was on the usual mission stemming from horny teen behavior, but instead one of curiosity. If he managed only to get her attention, he'd be gesturing in an attempt to pull her toward... well, a slightly more secluded area if one existed in this sea of clones.

Miko had her question answered in a direct way but with a bit of teasing involved. What was said about how names worked made sense to her. She was also told to be careful because wherever she summoned him to, there would be a bit of a tear. "Well, it might be a while regardless... I don't think it's possible for me to be alone right now and I wouldn't want to tear anything else," she mused knowing that space and time were already kind of iffy around Yuuya's house. Whatever the case, she knew the name she needed to say, just not consciously and she should be prepared to say it in a different way, "That's terrifying? Exciting... I'm not sure which..." Miko uttered. Still, she wasn't a coward, she was definitely going to do it, though admittedly the extra anxiety wasn't helping her mind calm down at all. Maybe this was the feeling that Anais had dealt with when dealing with her next teacher and that was why she was afraid. Another commonality to mediate the extreme differences between them.

Meanwhile, the ways in which this game could be played without harming Wise made him happy. This was good as far as Kimiko was concerned, she considered him to be one of her best friend type people. She didn't want to harm him or have him unhappy very often. "I'm sure it's no better than burned to cinders or.... something like that. We'll avoid it for the most part. Oh yeah..." Kimiko murmured remembering something she'd forgotten from earlier. A new note was made, but while she was thinking about it she looked for where she'd left Kazuhiko and found him... wandering off. She supposed she'd keep an eye on him for a while yet. At the same time, Yugi was naming and giving master rules for the game that people were deciding to join in on. "Hai! Nice name for that one!~" Kimiko said. "The rules seem fair, to me..." Kaguya mentioned seemingly fine with a bit of extra time to spot a Wise to use. "Playing Atsu-Smash!~ I was born for this game!~" Belle claimed. Well, she would think that, she'd been playing some variation of 'Atsu-Smash' since she was a teen.

At the same time that sneaking Kazuhiko found himself with Jean and that young woman noted him as well and sighed. She knew she shouldn't do anything like whatever he was coming to her for, but... there was a certain lack of resistance that she maintained when it came to this particular young man. As such she was also sneaking off with him, even while trying to keep a low profile. "You are going to get us in so much trouble," she murmured softly. But even knowing that she was still here and willing to sink herself like she wasn't already taking a boundary sentence for this same man at some point in the future.

"I wouldn't be so quick to say that if I were you," Yugi said regarding Miko's initial opinion. "It'll be a totally different story if I tear open reality, tear your clothes off, then start tearing you a new one. Perspective," he stated. The tearing effect he initially spoke of wouldn't be too bad either... though it could be, so he gave proper warning regardless. It all depended on how much Miko let the desire build before speaking his name aloud. Miko's additional clause, in which she confused something terrifying with something exciting, would also receive a quick note or two. "Yes. You're a bigger soul. The answer is usually... yes," he mentioned with no further context. All Spirits and those like them were fated to learn that such sensations were one and the same.

Moving on to the newest party game, basic structure and delegations were established with ease. Yugi liked what he heard, so he applied a buffer to the game's skeleton and let it become official across reality. "I feel like that's still an abuse of power, but no complaints from me this time!" Wise declared. Amidst a casual chat and some not-so-casual petting of Zmeya at that giant goblet, Ozymandias took the time to construct a series of temporary chairs, beds, harnesses, tables, desks and so-on ─ a structure for most of Wise's copies across the building. Meanwhile, Yugi had his tongue protruding in the core Wise's direction. "Everything's an abuse of power. That's what being powerful is. Anyway, additional rules. To claim a success, you have to make physical contact with the target. Too many people are able to do too much for game balancing. Break the rule, lose a point. Participants chime in!"

All the while, the younger Kazuhiko was still creeping about. Kimiko wasn't the only one to notice, though. In fact, Kazu's older self was eyeing the young form and gaining memory of the moment, in the moment. It was a sad recollection that he refused to let his young self see, lest it affect the turnout. Ah, but the young one had no eyes for anyone else at the moment, as Jean began sneaking off along with him. Her comment about the trouble he'd get them in was the trigger for so many memories, further confirming her identity in his mind. "Well you're the one coming with me!" he retaliated via whisper. Once they were in the clear, Kazu slipped a corner to a room that contained only a few copies of Wise. A quick nodding gesture cleared the space, and from there... Kazu would be staring at the knightess with neither shame nor end. "How? I caught some stuff, and I know I won't remember this... but how?" he asked, thinking back to their previous meeting from his perspective. In doing so, he laughed just slightly. "You know, last time we met, I couldn't even get a hug. I don't know how I manage something so awesome, or what kind of alternate reality has everything work out this well for me... but can I ask you to show me something?"

Miko claimed she wouldn't want to tear anything and was told she shouldn't be so hasty. Why? Well, apparently, Yugi had quite a few things to say about tearing. Tearing through reality, tearing her clothes off, tearing her a new one... perspective was apparently the name of the game. "Well, maybe some tearing, guess I need to always be prepared to have clothes torn off me♪~" Little Miko mentioned. Good thing she'd filled in her wardrobe quite a bit already. Beyond that, it would seem that her understanding of emotions now had to do with her soul. She was a bigger entity according to Yugi, and that meant that both was the answer to her question. "Sou ka, yes has been the answer a lot for me lately. I get it..." Little Miko mentioned. Just the same soon enough Yugi was wandering away to properly situate this new game and little Miko was also wandering towards something that had originally caught her attention. Arthur had been rather quiet for a while, but Miko remembered his conversation with her elder self. She needed a more direct look and managed to navigate a few 'Wise' to get a bit closer and have a more direct look. There was a pure and innocent curiosity in her face as she took him in. Was he soft? Did he like being bossed around? Or did he need a bit more protection like another 'bo' type person she knew? There was something about him that drew her in, the same way she found herself wandering towards lost children.

An abuse of power was something which was stated by Wise, but as the game was coming together he had nothing to say about it. Yugi's explanation about powerful beings leading to abuses of power was rather fair, they knew this even as such young beings themselves. Meanwhile, game props were being put up, so that sexual endeavors could have a bit more interest. The Sun King was responsible for such a thing. "I feel like I could get far in a game like this. Yes! I'm in!" was Angelica's statement on it after hearing the rules. Meanwhile Sakura decided she'd also be playing because of the shift in rules, "Hm, I didn't know if I'd rather observe or participate. But with a balancing rule like that it presents a challenge I can't resist~" Sakura added. Meanwhile, both individuals would be receiving a counter of their own. A little chirp would be called out as well, as yet another orgasm as she bounced in Sunday's lap. "Cheeee♪ I wanna play. Just give me a second♪!~" Elder Miko chimed quickly.

At the same time, Kimiko was now keeping track of two moving targets that would have the 'Don't wander off.' Rule applied to them. As little Miko, now fully dressed was looking at Arthur with innate curiosity and Kazuhiko was chatting with Jean. Both were questionable actions but both would be allowed as she wondered what they were doing. Jean for her part couldn't help herself, "Of course I am. All those times before a look like that is too familiar, right?" she asked wistfully. As they moved into that quiet corner with Wises allowing them a little cover and privacy she heard the words of Kazuhiko. There was something there he simply didn't know about yet, "You make a decision and talk to me before I even go over there. Everything else works out, I don't hate you... I'd never hate you," she said wondering if he'd even be able to hear half of what she'd said. "All of time and space is a lot apparently. All kinds of things can happen when someone has the right intention and the power to back it up," Jean mentioned. "You can ask, if we're already in trouble, might as well. Also, I am sorry about her, she's really just fed up right now. She gets a bit better after a while..." she explained of her alter self.

In the moments of her separation from Yugi, the young Miko shifted toward Arthur. Once there, she'd find him still looking toward that goblet of mana and Zmeya. He seemed partly impassive, but mostly annoyed. Silence had hold of him still, but his expressions spoke much. Eyes that shifted toward the young Miko did so with questions. What did she want? This entire party, his presence, and whatever 'lessons' came to him were a massive waste of time; he didn't need the addition of a young Miko who wasn't likely to be much better than the older one. Well, she seemed approachable enough; he wouldn't glare or take any frustrations out on the innocent. Alas, he couldn't say anything to the girl either.

The count of game participants naturally included Belle, with Kaguya and Morgan adding themselves to the mix rather quickly. Now, they also had the likes of Angelica, Sakura and... apparently Miko, despite her existing literal entanglement. Six was a healthy number, but Yugi awaited any other callouts just in case. "Six in. In case there's a question, I'd say enticing a Wise who's viable as a target into coming at you will also count. How's a twist rule? Dick Magic Wise! Special targets may appear randomly and award bonus points for whacking!" Yugi added upon inspecting the Wises. To that, many of the white-haired clones seemed baffled. "Oh, did you miss it? That tech you were working on back home got atomized with you. The size enhancer, the knot former... all of those features are temporarily going to be part of you for a little while, and may appear here. Also... sorry, but the machine's gone now. Aaaand... so are the little ones," he added in a way that both relevant parties would hear, even as the ripples began to write their existences out of the current space.

On the young Kazu's end, he received some clarity. According to Jean, he decided something and sought her in the time before some arrival. Did she mean Gaia? He'd thought about it one or five times since their return, but he didn't believe the chances were very high. More importantly, Jean claimed she never hated him, and never could have. He'd have to go back without remembering that, and in fact... the memories of this entire party were beginning to fade with the passage of time moving forward. Kazu was fading, and so were all traces of everything since he regained consciousness. Chasing Nitocris and having that initial interaction with Johanna were already gone. "Ngh─! Something's missing. Is this the memory thing already? God damnit!" he griped. Well, Kazu had little choice now; he had to hurry and get his point across. "That one has every reason to be fed-up with everything. I get that better than anyone. Anyway... just smile. Can you do that? I─" Kazuhiko hesitated there as the memory of Johanna's entire existence disappeared in one final chunk. He was barely hanging on to Jean's identity, and would continue to do so to his last breath in this space. He wasn't going anywhere just yet.

After separating from Yugi, little Miko found herself staring at Arthur. There was something about the way her elder self talked to him that made her curious, but upon finding herself in front of him, she felt... something else. There was no animosity towards her, annoyance showed in the face of what was an obvious cucking. But other than that, there was a softness to him that she found herself feeling strangely. Though Miko was a deviant and some kind of sex-obsessed mad person, she was also very friendly and understood what it was like to feel outside of things on a deeper level. She didn't know what kind of interactions her elder self had with this young man but to her he felt... lonely. Perhaps she was projecting but she definitely wanted to do something about it, and she didn't have much time to find out. "I don't have time right now to do what I think I should..." little Miko mentioned. "I don't want anything, I just think..." she didn't finished speaking, she couldn't for a second, as ripples started and her brain started to feel strange.

Meanwhile the rules of the game were fully worked out and an almost complete group were ready to play. Full extra rules, "Oya, this game is getting spicy. I always enjoy something like that~" Kaguya mentioned. A bit of extra pizzazz wasn't anything to scoff at. At the same time, Belle, seemed "Waaa! I was gonna test that one! Though I suppose the upgrades will be worth experiencing..." she said of the machine, but she the game was still on with a couple of extras even. Kimiko for her part in this wanted in as well. "Oi oi, make it seven. Not like I can sit out Wise's first game~" she claimed of course, there was something else she needed to do first. Oh, but the little ones were leaving, Kimiko had something to do, "Shit, I forgot... gotta give a thing~" she claimed as she moved towards Kazuhiko as he tried desperately to hang on to his memories.

Jean for her part in this, understood Kazuhiko's words. She knew he'd forget and didn't know if she was going to get into trouble. "That's how its gonna be, if you try and hang on to it, it will hurt more..." Jean said of the memories he was losing. But regardless he understood, the part of her that was fed up, too much to be a normal version of herself. Oh well, there was something else, he wanted her to smile. That was it? The grin that broke out across Jean's face was so legitimate in the moment that she didn't even have to try. Even as he forgot thing sshe couldn't help it. 'You're always the same, don't change!~" she offered Kazuhiko happily even as Kimiko approached. "Hm, you two are too cute. All of you really... but I have to give a thing, sorry to interrupt~" she claimed as she tilted Kazuhiko's head up towards herself. "I am sorry I meant to give this earlier. It's probably going to give you the worst heartburn of your life, but... as a bonus it will let you explore the new hot bird~" she said lightly. While she pressed her lips to his, she'd pass along something so hot it'd likely burn when he swallowed it, it'd likely feel like hot lava pouring down his throat before settling into his stomach to erupt a second time. She also made sure both he and little Miko had their phones on their person with that mild telekinesis she used. "Grow up big and strong now~" she offered. At the same time, MIko's mind was being wiped but she was holding a thing herself. Nothing big, nothing truly significant just something for her elder self to do. "Consider it an exchange for that present. Do the thing for me!~" Little Miko offered as she flitted out. Her head was on fire, nothing felt right, but she was sure she was losing something else... moment by moment.