Charles Patricius

Kazuhiko could be considered a casual enjoyer of festivals at best, but one thing he always remained... was a lover of adventure. His excitement didn't come from the idea of seeing a festival, but instead from having a new experience shared with a new person. Kei would join the ranks of those who understood that side of him soon enough. In the meantime, there was a warning provided by Kaguya about the white-haired girl's eating habits. He didn't mind that either. "Well one big part of enjoying an adventure is stopping to try the local specialties! We could have a whole food tour for all I care. Whatever it's gonna be, let's go!" he said. Kazuhiko was the sort whose excitement only grew by the moment when a new adventure was right around the corner. He'd already scooped up his cards, and already had a hand stretching across the table toward Kei. Reiji spent that same time finishing Miko's purchase and... seemingly being propositioned in some way. His little joke turned into a question about special privileges ─ something that preceded the mention of a contact exchange he'd been thinking about earlier. Reiji sighed and produced his smartphone. "I can't say I've thought of any special privileges to go along with a membership I just made up. As the founding member, wouldn't that be your prerogative?" he asked while holding his phone next to Miko's, enabling an exchange of information.

True enough, the one called Ajax did not ask things of Mitsuki during this life. Of course he refrained, knowing this fleeting existence would come to an end in only a blink from his own perspective. In this case however, he needed to meet Mitsuki as himself for things to truly play out well in the aftermath. "You always could. You're the boss, remember? This life is for you," he said with certainty and full commitment. Once he and Mitsuki were in position, even as he hesitated to begin their final night together, Mitsuki spoke a name that echoed throughout the cosmos. What happened to rewarding cute girls? She asked. "Heh. Nothing happened. It's been fifty years, you know? Maybe these bones of mine are finally lagging behind a little~" he joked, even though his face showed nothing resembling a joking mood. No, the banter was just a distraction from deeper thoughts. Regardless, he had a duty to perform one last time in this reality. Ever so slowly did he inch forward, crawling into Mitsuki's core with a firmness that never waned and a magical density that only deepened by the moment. This body of Mitsuki's should never have been capable of laying with him, but he reduced himself as always. Tonight, however... he'd be lifting the curtain millimeter by millimeter, sad though it made him to do so.

Hiruko may have bitten off a little more than he could chew. After finally catching his breath, an effort that felt like it took eons, Nuren offered more words of encouragement... or perhaps warning. Only then did he realize the true depth of his actions. All that feeling he had, and there was virtually nothing to show for it. He'd been tricked by expectation into believing she'd mounted him, but it was only the kiss. Hiruko's eyes traveled downward to see that their bodies were not yet joined... but how? "Haah! What's that? Playing with a loaded hand?" he asked, the rise and fall of his chest only increasing over the following moments. With the question about bubbles popping on the proverbial table, Hiruko actually had to think for a moment. "I'm not going to win a gamble just to chicken out when it's time to cash in the chips. Even if the bubbles all popped, I'd say just shake it up ─ some new ones will form. All in!" he announced resolutely.

Kazuhiko lived for excitement and adventures, even simple things like visiting a festival could be viewed with a special lens so long as the person he was going with was new to the experience. "Kaya-sen, hold back a little..." Kei said as she put away her cards and packed everything away into her own bag. "I did, you have no idea what I would have said if we weren't in public~" Kaguya mentioned. The rest of the group was all packed up as well and Chika was holding on to Anya who was holding on to her plushie. The blush on Kei's face wouldn't be going anywhere, but something about a food tour was definitely entertaining. Small bag on her back with all her things in it and that hand outstretched to her would be taken with haste. "Food Tour! Let's go!~" she said willing herself to take off. "Itterasshai♫~" Miko chimed for her friends, and such a chorus was echoed from others as well. With that pair apparently heading off Miko's cheeky conversation continued. An exchange of information took place and Miko would send hers as well, with this done, and the conversation about her privileges as a big spender ongoing she couldn't help but giggle. "Sure, I can decide... I'm sure of the kinds of things I want~" she claimed with a knowing smile. "But I am not always that pushy, I could just check-in, with a message, if you like I could add you to an exclusive mailing list... make sure it's beneficial to both of us♪~" she mentioned lightly.

While a new adventure began and a card shop was slowly but surely being vacated, in an alternate universe a long goodbye was being undertaken. So light and full of banter this life had been. Mitsuki had been the mistress of her own fate, and for many long nights had given random and plentiful instructions to Ajax. "I could have done a lot of things... but took some great advice one day, from someone who told me to do what felt right to me... so I've just been doing that~" she chided playfully. All his words always played in her mind. "There is at least one bone of yours that isn't lagging at all~" Mitsuki said with that pouty kind of snark. Ah, but she could see it. She'd known him too long and even with his place in her life as her virtual savior even she knew when he was deflecting. Maybe goodbyes were difficult. She could understand, just being with him had kept her going for so long... and now as he began his forward push she felt it, even at greater intensity than she'd felt it the very first time. "Waited forever to show me something like this, huh?~" she mentioned while noting that she was falling apart with every push forward. Ah, every breath was becoming more difficult to make an her own body's pulses were drawing him in even though she could feel him weighing down on her. She'd never felt that before, she always knew this man was too good for her, this was simply the proof. The more it built up, she was sure her heart beat was slowing even as her body reached the fever pitch. It was sad that she only had this one left in her, she wanted so much more... but still, she was happy she got to have this much.

At the same time, Hiruko was learning a difference between himself and this strange woman, and it was very similar to the understanding Sakura had gained about Ajax. The warnings given were given with intention, there was nothing to stop an existence like hers from crushing him into dust, and she had to be careful not to do that thing... specifically because of the timing of this situation. "My hand is loaded. This is a high-roller table you have to decide if you have enough to bet with♥~" she commented almost teasingly. Still his next decision was one which brought pause to the young woman who was being called Nuren. "Sou ka, I didn't expect to see that likeness today... meeting with the young is always so interesting♥~" she commented about something which wouldn't be obvious to anyone but Kama at some point in the near future. "Still, I'm a sucker for earnest, reckless behavior. But the backup plan is yours to figure out... I won't lower myself to help you keep your head above water. Sink or swim, Awanari♥~" Nuren said as she reached below herself. A hand on his cock she properly aligned herself to mount him this time and this time, the sweet darkness and deep pressure would be enveloping his cock instead. That sensation of drowning, of finding oneself at the depths of the ocean and in the darkness where no light could reach... this was where he would find himself. All the while, Kama watched finding this kind of flirting to be a different sort from the type she observed in her parents. And finding it interesting to see from this outside perspective what it was like for a male to be crushed under something bigger than himself.

And so, an awkward moment was saved with a runaway of a different sort. Once Kei shared excitement over the food tour and took his hand, Kazu was on the move. As quickly as his hand was grabbed, he darted away, even pulling Kei over the table to do so. "See you guys back home!" he announced on the way out. After running through the door and receiving a complimentary glare from Soma outside, he finally slowed down and turned toward Kei while walking. "So we've got some hours before curfew. Wanna grab something we can take on the bus?" he asked. Meanwhile, Reiji was falling into precisely the trap he envisioned earlier as confirmed by Miko already having an idea for the 'privileges' she wanted. Moreover, she talked about adding him to an... exclusive mailing list? Maybe recent experiences were poisoning his mind and he was returning to the deviant thoughts of adolescent years. Yes, he had to at least entertain that as a possibility. Either way, what if he was right? It wouldn't change anything that already happened. "I would caution myself to ask what you mean by that exactly, but... fine. I'm not that old. Do your worst," he challenged.

Over fifty years later, Mitsuki was referencing advice given to her by Ajax during their initial meeting. She never looked away; she never turned back on that mentality. No, she looked forward while dragging their entire past along with her in the form of memory. Going forward now, the old woman with a still youthful visage had a bit of jest about his 'bone' not lagging. "It never will. I've got to keep something worth giving you~" he joked right along. They were finally joining again with that, for the last time in this life and universe. It had been so long since he reached the percentage he was now climbing to, even Mitsuki noted the fact that he'd been holding out for their entire lives thus far. Well, he didn't have much choice. "Out with a big bang, right? I came here to give you a great life. I still don't want it to end, even now," he said solemnly. Regardless, they would begin their final round with slow thrusts into the depths of Mitsuki's core, an equally slow climb in magical weight taking place as the strokes continued. He could have granted her immortality. It would have been both easy and effective to do so, but... no ─ he had to let this flame fizzle out at the end of its wick.

Hiruko figured he was at the high-roller table in a manner of speaking, but even he didn't anticipate the sort of minimum wager this woman was demanding. He'd have to get more chips, it seemed. "Low chips, foreign economy, big spenders' table..." he muttered through heaved breaths. Hiruko was already being put through the proverbial wringer before penetration began, even to the point of assuming it happened before it did. He did indeed have to come up with a backup plan whenever penetration began in earnest. Considering the kiss itself, that was going to be dangerous... and oh so exciting. Nuren steadied his cock and lowered herself, and just like that... he was rushing through that ocean floor trench once again. Functions were quickly escaping him. Well, this wouldn't be his first escape room, though it would join the rare few of pleasurable torture in his life. Sink or swim? That was the question and the decision. Hiruko appeared almost lost, but his body was not inactive. To some extent, he'd be going along with Nuren's rise and fall, as if letting the current dictate his movements. Sometimes one had to submit for survival; Hiruko knew that better than most. Even under the pressure of the ocean floor, he had to take action from time to time. When would that come? He schemed actively against the idea of Nuren ascending, planning to take that as an opportunity to thrust. Doing so would have him peeking into her womb, but symbolically it would be as one swimming deeper into the trenches by force, all in search of an air pocket. Sure his body was unlikely to survive the pressure, but... whose victory would it really be in the end?

Kei had reached across the table on instinct seeing Kazuhiko's offered hand. She was swiftly pulled along with him, a little noise escaping her lips as they flew out. "Wheee!~" she chimed. "Ja..." she managed quickly to the group at large. Outside she noted Soma, the son of Kaguya seemingly glaring and couldn't quite figure out what that was about, but as they took off she didn't really think it mattered much. "Hm, that'd be fine with me. I still want to save room though... what about Butaman. It should be pretty easy to find and the mix of flavors shouldn't be too harsh so we can still have other things without it clashing too much," she offered easily. There was also the fact that as a street food it was exceedingly cheap and the buns made them easy to carry. Suddenly being alone with this lad was way more effective for having his focus but that meant she also had to keep the conversation up on her own. There wasn't anyone else to bounce off of, in such a situation. At the same time, Miko and Reiji were coming to a general agreement. He would be added to an exclusive mailing list, though he'd end up challenging Miko in the process. She grinned up at him as she tucked her phone away. "Hai hai, I absolutely will, since you're giving me permission~" Miko said. Permission for Miko was a dangerous thing. Allowing her freedom was tantamount to asking for the safety to be removed from her activities. Oh well, he'd be fine, she wouldn't harm him or anything like that. With all of that taken care of, Miko slipped back around the counter. "Thanks for everything today, Reiji-san!~" she chirped knowing full well that what she'd gotten from this man went far outside of the norm but still thought he deserved thanks for both the time and energy spent on things. In the meantime they would be gathering up the rest and able to head out.

That alternate universe was experiencing something of a more permanent end. As Ashborn and Mitsuki would be meeting in body and soul for the final time, she'd joked and bantered and both seemed to be quite pleased with what was going on. Ashborn's joke even made her giggle just a bit as she appreciated his ability to not take himself too seriously. She called it one of his more charming points, "You've always had something worth giving me... don't sell yourself short. Someone also told me that quite a few times~" she claimed. Not a single moment in their time together was something she could forget. She was serious about that part of their conversation. There was a sense of finality to this moment as it built up, and even Mitsuki could feel it. She wanted to go out with a bang, and Ashorn had wanted to give her a great life, and wasn't ready to see it end. He was solemn that wouldn't do, "You did give me a great life! The greatest ever, from my perspective..." she offfered as happily as she'd offered everything else to this man in life. And here and now, she'd offer him one more thing... "Arigatou, Ashborn..." she wrapped her arms around him, and placed her lips against his. She felt it, the climax of her lifetime, both physically and spiritually. She could feel herself heating up even as her heart beat slowed. "Ja ne~" she said her goodbyes as she always would as if she had every intention of seeing him again, even if she knew it wouldn't happen. Her core tightened and her body tensed as she inhaled at the peak of her own pleasure... the very last of such a feeling she'd have.

Mitsuki wasn't the only one understanding her situation. In this case, Hiruko was coming to understand the table at which he sat... and how he ended up there even after being warned. "That's right~ It's good you understand it completely in your own terms. Being able to reframe the world in a way you understand it best is how you can most easily shift the currency exchange in your own favor~" Nuren mentioned as if the teasing elder sister. The truth of the matter was, if Hiruko already had a way of thinking about things, he could easily begin the process of using his actual magic in the way he wished. Kama as an outside observer realized the lesson in this sexual activity and was stunned by the usage. "Hm, this is an interesting way to give a lesson. I suppose in this way it isn't just for Hirrun either..." Kama quietly understood the situation she was witnessing and would be taking from it. Upon sinking down on his cock in truth, Nuren found herself watching from her perch as Hiruko swam through her depths. ever so often, he nudged her womb, not content to let her determine the full scope of this ride. He really was quick to catch on.... "Ara? That might not be a respite..." she mentioned as she rose and fell with the pressure of her depths. She knew that if he crossed into her womb fully he might find himself in a vacuum of pressure and heat like plugging a geyser. Still, such a feeling was always a good one for Nuren, she'd not be holding back on her own pleasure to spare him the weight of her soul.

"Butaman? Like nikuman?" Kazuhiko questioned, having a bit of a dialect issue transitioning so far west. He didn't particularly care what Kei wanted to eat. They'd agreed to a food tour, so a food tour they would have! "Whatever you want is fine with me. I've spent a lot of time on the road; can't be picky about what ends up on your plate. I almost ate an ugly fish with legs before my wedding," he said, laughing. At the same time, Reiji could not laugh. How could he be expected to, when there was an ominous shadow settling over him? Miko's acceptance of a challenge gave him a deeper sense of foreboding than anything else before. Even so, he was actually surprised she didn't call his bluff immediately. Did that make things better... or more dangerous? "... Hai. I'll definitely be in touch when that shipment comes in," he said with a bow. When the group gathered to leave, he bowed yet again. "Arigatou gozaimashita! Mata okoshi kudasaimase!" the owner exclaimed. Every single one of them was more than welcome to return ─ encouraged, even. Well... one wasn't. Soma still stood outside when the group exited, leaning against that newly-acquired van of his and beckoning Konomi toward himself.

Yet another message the one called Ajax gave Mitsuki that first day was used against him as Ashborn. This time, he laughed. "Never will," he said. On the positive side, Mitsuki gave confirmation of the quality life she had in his company. That was the overarching goal. Words of thanks and a kiss were shared. Ashborn thought to sink into that moment and keep at their round, but lo... it seemed Mitsuki wouldn't make it past her initial orgasm. When their lips parted, she gave her farewell. Ashborn laughed shakily then. "Don't say that yet. We're just..." There was pause and realization. Mitsuki's body no longer sustained life, no longer sustained her expanded soul. He thought they had more time than that. A full night of bliss was within expectation, yet there was nothing more in that body. Tension beget the final relaxation of a mortal husk, and Ashborn... pulled away slowly. All the while, his senses were open to something else ─ something bigger than this world. Sadness became a hidden fury. "Oyasumi, Luna," he said first. With his rise came the appearance of an unperceivable figure. Ashborn knew what that entity was. The end of this universe was encroaching, and had been for decades. "Did you start eating faster because you saw me back then? That was a dumb move. She should have easily had another fifty years in her. Then what? In comes the fat fuck of time to end it all early. Did you think I wasn't going to notice?" he asked of the mysterious figure who seemed to move toward Shota, inhabiting the old man's body. "This life ended long ago. You've kept this one from Finality. I sent a message through that girl."

Ashborn sighed. Such an annoyance this entity was. After a moment of thought, his sighing evolved into manic laughter. "You ate a quarter of the universe just to get here faster, all to get at me for going against your principle?" he asked, though there was no answer. "Nothing? Figures. You know what's funny about that?" he asked. "Funny? Your emotional state should be one of sadness. There is always sadness at the end," the entity in Shota's body replied. "Yes. Always. Everything ends... and it's always sad. But everything begins again, too... and that's always happy. That's the part you don't get. That's the part HooH doesn't get. That's the part none of you idiots ever get! So I'll tell you!" Ashborn turned at last to face an apparently disgusting being, his robes restoring around him and a power flowing outward to combat the universal collapse occurring in the distance. "Sad, then happy. Happy, then eventually sad again. You know what's always between that? A comedy. Everything's just fucking hilarious between," he preached. "And what is so funny?" asked the other. Ashborn laughed more, making a grand show of spreading his arms wide in a gesture toward the open cosmos. "You ate a quarter of the universe! The funny thing is... just look. Look what you needed to mimic a fraction of our power!" Those words seemed confusing to the one who spoke of Finality. "Our?" he asked. In the following moments, he'd have his answer... as the shadow beneath Ashborn began to grow, expanding toward Mitsuki primarily as Ashborn's eyes glowed more brightly than a flickering star. "Arise."

Hiruko did always have a way of shifting perspectives to something relatable. He took those words to heart, but there was still a matter of his own being thought through. He felt as if the currents were taking him mercilessly toward his untimely demise, and it took all he had to avoid crashing into jagged rocks within the trench. Oh well. Hiruko would have to leave the fate of his body to chance and continue fighting. Nuren warned that entering her womb may not be respite, but Hiruko knew it was sometimes worth it to take the biggest risk of all in the heat of a moment. Those conscious thrusts of his earned him a bit of momentum... and eventually, he'd use it to move the rest of him. "Hah. I wasn't done yet," he managed, panting. "Low chips, foreign economy, big spenders' table..." With that clause picked up again, Hiruko flung himself forward with every intention of taking Nuren with him. His aim would be to pin her to the table in the same motion that he took that fateful thrust into her depths, right into the burning geyser with sweet, numbing adrenaline helping his cause against the destruction of his own self. Through all the pain, Hiruko seemed... strangely happy. "All or nothing! If all I see is red, I'll still put it all on green!"

"Hai, they call it that here... steamed pork buns~" there was something of a light shining in Kei's blue eyes. She really did appreciate food quite a bit. It seemed like keeping up conversation wouldn't be an issue either, as Kazuhiko was surprisingly easy to talk to and would come with topics of his own personal adventures to fill in what could have been uncomfortable silence. His words processed in her mind and she immediately looked surprised, "An ugly fish? Why would you eat an ugly fish? Also I am going to hard disagree, food shouldn't be ugly or gross. If you're eating it you should at least enjoy it!" she exclaimed seeming to find it odd as they made their way down the block towards a food stand which sold the steamed buns they were looking for. At the same time, Miko was wrapping up her conversation, according to Reiji he'd be in touch when her items came in, "Hai hai, I might be in touch before then~" she mused. His bright farewell caught the attention of many in the group. "Hai hai, no need for all the formalities... we'll see ya' around~" Kaguya said as she left. Once outside the group seemed to be dispersing with a couple of boxes housing all of those cases of cards to be opened within the possession of the group. At the same time, the blue haired girl Konomi was motioned to by Souma. She with her new bag and things wandered over to him and his van and her brows rose. "Did you have a busy afternoon too?" she asked of him. Meanwhile Miko was addressing the rest of the group defaulting just a bit, "Hai hai, we're heading back to Tenjou-kun's place and I guess, I'm ordering pizza for everyone after that movement. Just a bit more everyone!~" she said as she looked over the group and took a headcount minus the few individuals who were down. Surprisingly enough she'd not received a message back, but figured Hiruko was probably busy she wasn't the intrusive sort.

At the same time, in a different universe, the world was crumbling and a single life, though it should have burned a bit longer, definitely flickered out like a candle in the breeze. Mitsuki had said her goodbyes, she was beyond satisfied with the life she'd lived and now... it was over. Ah, but that wasn't entirely the case, though she wasn't fully conscious of it, some words were being shared between Ashborn and another which saw the man go from pure sadness after pulling away to maniacal laughter and simmering anger. And then a word was spoken it called to Mitsuki the deceased lass began to culminate in that shadow. Making her form something humanoid but steeped in darkness, with a pinkish quality to the outer edges and wisps of energy. What was more, where its eyes were, there were also pinkish flames. It would seem such a thing made her whole, and once she was she curtsied before Ashborn, waiting as she knew immediately that she was meant to bow before such an individual.

Meanwhile Hiruko was being given a trial by drowning. Though this was the bet he'd taken, Nuren assumed that he would either rise to the challenge or die trying. Such was the necessary energy that was needed to properly face a being of her caliber. Still, as Nuren moved in his lap, it seemed that Hiruko gained more focus, he hadn't been done speaking and now she was curious. What else did he have to say? Well, there would be an interruption as he pushed forward, taking her with him, she was pinned beneath him on that table as he pushed forward. He entered the hot, pressurized depths of her womb and her core shivered around him an orgasm right on the cusp of her being as he claimed he was an all or nothing sort of guy. "Fuck♥~" she swore as her climax was reached that that pressure collapsed in a moment of pressure and intensity that had her, wetting the area between her legs and spreading said fluids to his lap. Still even with this reversal of roles a thin line of magical energy blue in color materialized from her hands it'd wrap around his neck and allow her enough leverage to pull him close to her face a grin spreading across her face. "Don't start, something like this without actually finishing. I need a cork popped so we can properly celebrate!~" she mentioned as she leaned up to peck his lips again.

"Huh. The more you know," Kazu said simply. The name they chose for pork buns in this area was funny to him, but that was neither here nor there. Kei thought it was worth delving into the story of that ugly fish, and that... had Kazu laughing properly. "Well I wasn't actually going to eat it... but there's always the 'what if this was it' thought, right? I was teaching Angie how to fish, and what she pulled up was this... big, hideous, muscular titan of a beast!" he said, exaggerating only slightly with his arms held up high, fingers wiggling and face twisting to sell the image. "It was fifteen stories tall and moved the earth with every flap of its gills I tell ya'!" he added before calming down. "... Alright, that whole last part was just a joke. Never got to tell a proper fisherman's lie though~" While that pair conversed and moved closer to their destination, Soma was awaiting the approach of Konomi. She didn't hesitate to ask about the eventfulness of his day, and he did have much to tell her... and something to ask. "I handled the problem earlier, met that killer girl and the governor, and secured our housing along with this van. Do you have a license?" he asked plainly. "Either way, everyone get in."

The end of Mitsuki was a thing of great sadness. Unlike the entity he spoke to though, Ashborn knew all ends should have beginnings. As such, Mitsuki rose again in a new form, as per the demand of his power. "You truly are THEM. You spit in the face of Finality!" the other said, seeming to actually possess an inkling of emotional range. "Bitch I'm HIM! I point and laugh at the idea of something ending!" Ashborn replied with snark. The shadowy form of Mitsuki rose, and immediately took a knee before him. Such was the way with the risen ones, but it seemed Ashborn's nature was returning to something more normal. Why? Well... "What? No head?" he said to the Shadow. "What is your purpose? Why do you reject Finality?" Shota's possessed body interrupted. To that, Ashborn finally had a greater point worth offering. "Keep talking and I'll bring Finality to Finality. You don't even know how many Paths I've consumed. And you know why I'll do that? Because you didn't even know Mitsuki's name. But I'll tell you her name. Her name..." He paused there, looking down at the Shadow and reaching out to tilt her chin. He'd be looking this one in those pink eyes with glowing orbs of his own. "... Your name is Mirrebantis. Finality has no place in the same room as you," he stated as if to suggest an even deeper meaning. In that moment, Shota's body began trembling.

Hiruko managed to successfully bring himself back with that little maneuver. As a reward, he even got a lovely little outcry and an unquestionable climax from Nuren. "Whew! That was rough!" he said. That was a minor lie, as he would have more accurately said it was rough still. Everything about him felt like it was being crushed and washed away... but he'd push forward on a gamble. Ah, no ─ he wasn't really pushing forward. Apparently, Nuren was pulling him in instead, via some clearly magical rope. It seemed she needed a cork popped for a proper celebration. Well, that could only mean one thing. "Well I ca─" Nothing. Lips were brought together by Nuren's machinations, and with that, Hiruko was drowning again. His hips were moving, perhaps of their own accord, or perhaps due to some other unknown reason. "Hngh! What's the rush? I'm still collecting my payout!" he chattered even though there was very little resistance in his cock ─ which was one motion away from popping that cork without his consent.

Apparently, Kazuhiko was unfamiliar with the switch in dialect in this particular part of Japan. That was fine, Kei could easily fill in the blanks. Beyond that she found him to be interesting in a moment of simple acceptance. Beyond this point, he began to tell a tale. A literal fisherman's tale about a time in which he was teaching Angelica to fish and she had caught a larger than life hideous catch. "Hehehe!~" she giggled seeming to not want to erupt into a fit of giggles. "Only the last bit?! Was it actually, huge and muscular with legs though? That sounds like a fish gone wrong!" she said shivering at the thought. "Two please!" she asked at the stall, once they arrived. It would seem she was less likely to be upset and didn't intend to do anything but have a small bite to each before they reached their destination. At the same time, everyone was making their way outside. It would seem Souma wished to know if Konomi had a driver's license she simply shook her head. "No, I'm a student, I can't afford a car. Trains and buses are easier to manage... Wait you met the governor? That's crazy..." she said legitimately astounded. For a guy who was only born this morning he sure was busy. Still it would be interesting to find out all he'd actually done, and beyond that point he claimed everyone should get into the van. I would be walking up and offering herself for the sake of making sure everyone got where they needed to be. "I have a license and as I am still working, I can drive us back. Even though she'd survive it, Kaya-tan's safety is still my personal responsibility~" Ai mentioned. Meanwhile, the van was being opened up and Miko was back to giving directions. "You heard the man, into the back. Load up all the extras. Chika make sure you hang on to the baby!" Miko said not willing to care too much about transport given her own life up to this point.

Meanwhile, Ashborn was becoming more himself by the moment. He ranted, he raved... he was recognized... he raised the shadow of Mitsuki and asked about head. Somehow that shadowy face managed to gain an extreme reddened tint even from her current position curtsied before him. "Chotto...." she managed, still those showings of her personality prevalent in her soul. A power was proclaimed by Ashborn the ability to bring the end to the end... and that was a crazy sentence but somehow it seemed that it was absolutely true. Mitsuki even in her risen form seemed to know he was capable of anything including ending a life big enough to sit at the end of the universe. Ah, but that wasn't all, that form had brought back the voice and face of Kakihara Shota, which was grating to her nerves even in her current state. And what was more, he proved he still cared, as he claimed he was willing to show the end the end, simply because he'd not known Mitsuki's name. Still, in this moment, Ashborn gave her a new name, Mirrebantis. And what was she to do with her new name? Rid her space of... the Finality that had taken Kakihara Shota's form. "Really? Great! I really don't like that guy anyway!~" she claimed as she rose to do what she was told. And when she reached out she'd touch him, well it was more or less a slap, right across his face with a pulse of power behind it. That hit would paralyze his flesh and the magical toxicity of her person, would disintegrate flesh and could do so... down to a spiritual level when allowed to fester. The Finality wanted an end brought to Kakihara Shota, it would only be right if he sat through it.

Beyond that Nuren was busy taming or being tamed by Hiruko depending on the way one wanted to look at it. He gambled and he was winning and collecting on that win. As he did so, there was something that happened. That magical tie around his neck pulled him in, and Nuren had expressed that she didn't consider it done until she received, such was the nature of her kind of being. It seemed like he had some kind of argument to launch but instead of doing so... he kept pumping his hips after their lips met, and Nuren moved hers as well. She met his thrusts even while beneath him and wiggled her hips even when he separated their lips. "You are collecting your payout, but you said you were all in. The rates are higher for someone like me. So, be good and cum for me, Awanari♥~" she offered something of an explanation while waiting for that proverbial cork to pop fully and quell the geyser he'd plunged into. She wasn't trying to murder this man with her body, besides she still had a present for him.

The fisherman's tale shared by Kazuhiko was only partially false, but perhaps the more disturbing bits were true as the sun was bright. "Yeah! It was the size of a donkey with legs almost as thick as my body!" he reiterated. "It was so wrong! It must have been the descendant of a Leviathan or something!" he added. Once they were at the stall, Kei ordered a simple two pork buns. Kazuhiko held up a hand with four fingers extended, silently correcting the number. All the while, Soma was awaiting Konomi's answer, only to scoff upon receiving it. She couldn't afford a car, so she didn't have a license? That didn't make sense to him. Oh well ─ the blonde called Ai had one that could be used... though she gave an amount of detail Soma considered beyond unnecessary in mentioning it. "I don't care what the reasons are. Here," he said, tossing her the keys and moving toward the back. "Why are those two moving separately?" he asked of anyone willing to answer the curiosity about Kazu and Kei.

Mitsuki, despite being presumably a normal human before, made quite the strong Shadow. She was more than sufficient to have the ability to speak, and furthermore retain her personality ─ seemingly in full effect. "What? Shadow head is fine. Don't knock it 'til you try it!" he responded. With that little test out of the way, he went on to name Mitsuki's Shadow and deliver the first order. The one in charge of Finality could not be killed in this universe, not now. It could, however, have its expectations shattered and its vessel destroyed. Mirrebantis, or more accurately Evernight, apparently had a strong enough distaste for Shota to be excited by the idea of ending him... or perhaps it was the entity within? Well, it didn't matter. A strong slap to the face would surely resonate with some Shota in a different reality, and the rejection between Evernight and Finality's 'representative' would surely result in a long bout of burning. All the while, Ashborn would be focusing his own power on collecting this universe's remnants over time. Well... he also had a glance at Evernight's backside when she moved forward to slap Shota's husk. "Huh. Did you get Shadow Army ass buffs?" he muttered in a manner most casual, even over the gurgled screams of Shota's body due to the entity's searing pain within.

As for Hiruko and his dealings with Nuren, it surely wouldn't take much for his entire existence to fade away. Even so, the blonde male remained resolute in the face of destruction. Nuren still demanded his ejaculation. Ah, but that wasn't really necessary. His hips hadn't stopped moving, and neither had hers. He really was already a single motion away from the end of the line. Little did he realize, it wouldn't even be the movement that did him in... but instead the demand of Nuren. By her order, Hiruko's next thrust didn't even reach completion. Any response he thought would be given was replaced with... "Hu-guah!" and an extended series of further incoherencies as spastic hips trembled between her legs, his essence flooding her womb like it had only a singular purpose. In that moment, his eyes contained only whites. Was Hiruko still alive? It did seem like he was, at least by the moans and groans that kept passing his lips. . .

Kazuhiko and Kei were having a nice kind of conversation one which involved a bit of exaggeration but still managed to be pretty light as a topic. As for his fisherman's tale, Kei fell rather easily for the bait of it. And kept laughing because of it, "Hehehe!~ I've seen some pretty crazy stuff, but that sounds terrible!~" she mentioned. Soon enough the meat buns were being pulled out and a corrected number was present, in two little baskets for their consumption. Kei found herself looking at Kazuhiko as if confused... In the meantime, everyone was being loaded into a van. Angelica slipped into the back and took boxes and bags and offered a hand up to everyone coming in. While Ai, dealt with a type of nostalgia she'd not imagined while being handed the keys. "Hai hai, I forgot how much she was tough work while she was young..." she said while heading over to the driver seat and adjusting, it, the seatbelt and checking the mirrors. "Oya? I wasn't that cut and dry about it. And I was traumatized..." Kaguya said in defense of herself. While Miko made sure everyone else made their way into the back of the van, she'd answer the question presented. "They're going out on a date to get to know each other properly. Not everyone shines in group settings and bonding sometimes needs a few less variables," Miko uttered, knowing that the calculating and ambitious sort that he'd presented himself to be, might not get the potential positives of making an effort like that... even if that wasn't Kazuhiko's reason for doing so.

The personality of the shadow, which used to be Mitsuki was still the one that belonged to Mitsuki. Light, airy and somehow innocent. The more direct form of Ashborn was greeted with a cute reaction and that ever blushing face which seemed to apply even when she was a creature of darkness. "Eto..." she muttered still feeling a bit out of sorts. Well, her life had recently ended, it was fine if she took a bit to catch the rest of the way up. And while Ashborn collected the universe around them, Evernight was making sure that Finality's representative, met a painful end, which was admittedly taking quite a while. A secondary stinging slap was delivered to the alternate side of that one's face, if only to help quiet him. At the same time, the flirty nature of Ashborn was still present, obviously looking at the shadow forms rear, she easily bent over and struck a pose, "Cute girls get fluff bonuses♥~" she added in the same manner that she'd been speaking about herself since the very beginning. So happy, so bubbly, so very innocent, it was something that Kakihara Shota truly didn't get.

At the same time, Nuren was busy even beneath Hiruko making him spill his essence deep into her core. She watched as his eyes rolled back and he experienced an orgasm of a different variety. Such was always the case, when the younger versiosn of these people encountered them. In a moment of satisfaction watching him groan with no color in his eyes, Nuren became sure of a certain fact. Her actions in this moment, were likely quite the contributing factor to the first time she remembered having contact with the man called Hiruko. "Ara? That's such a good reaction. I always enjoy that little foam at the top of a bottle of champagne~" she mentioned while her core pulsed with a gentle orgasm and she rolled them over keeping that magical leash attached. Well, if she was the cause for her own reckoning she might as well make it good, "Sȳz Biarves♥~" she uttered while pecking his lips. Well, there was a certain amount of aftercare and afterglow certain people required. At the very least, his present was something which could be given without thinking too much about whether or not it'd be too much for him. After a little while she'd extricate herself from his lap with sheer amusement on her face and a little hint of red. "Oya, so potent so early~" she claimed with amusement.