Charles Patricius

[Bloodedge]

Time looping back placed Reiji at the point of making a note about Sakura's purchase. Not much time would be required for it, but he was presented another thought by Sakura. Everything seemed normal outside of that, though Reiji did have the strangest semblance of an image in his mind. A quick glance at Sakura let the man know it was simply his imagination. No matter; such things happened from time to time. Whatever the case, it seemed she worried about this new topic altering their relationship as merchant and consumer. Strange as that thought was, he couldn't think much about it without context. "Sou ka..." he muttered instead.

Only about twenty seconds later, Reiji finished tallying Sakura's purchase for the next day. Since she'd decided to let him finish before asking whatever strange questions she had, he could now grant his undivided attention. He looked away from the computer, focusing entirely on Sakura and wondering what she could have to ask that was so serious. "Alright, that's all I had to do. What was so important? I'm willing to take it seriously, and I will do my best to maintain a professional relationship."

[Apollymi]

Time looping was a skill that Sakura had to use freely within the other world. But here and now she was using it for the simple matter of trying to figure out how to have sex with the upstanding citizen that was the shop owner. Oh he looked back at her as if expecting to see something strange. Did he remember? She supposed that was worth investigating if this one didn't work out. Sakura seemed to have succeeded at the step of obtaining his undivided attention and separating him from his work to avoid not being heard properly. But how would she be addressing the next leg of their conversation. It seemed that some twenty seconds after the first moment, he'd recorded their transaction. Now he was wondering what was so important and claimed he'd take her seriously and hear out what she had to say as professionally as possible. Something about this seemed oddly familiar but it seemed so far displaced from her present interactions that Sakura had a hard time placing it immediately. "Oh? I don't think it necessarily requires a professional attitude. Actually, I figured you might like to keep it separate from that..." she said seeming not to think much of it. "Still, without compromising our current platonic interactions, I thought you could be interested in having sex with me. It'd help me out quite a bit if you did," she offered in all seriousness. Still she was prepared for any potential backlashes. "If that isn't of interest to you though, would you mind letting me know why?"

[Bloodedge]

Once more, Reiji was being propositioned. Well... it wasn't truly a once more thing in his case, as opposed to a completely random suggestion. He did claim Sakura would be taken seriously, so he'd do exactly that. However, her opening involved the suggestion of ditching any professional attitude. She thought to offer him sex in some way that didn't alter their existing relationship. She even claimed it would somehow help her out if he did so. "Sou ka. I understand now why all the extra information was added. That is a very strange thing to say," he claimed. Strangely enough, Sakura was prepared for a rejection, judging by her follow-up. Reiji was not entirely disinterested in the idea, but... he wasn't exactly interested either. "Sumimasen. That would be wholly inappropriate behavior. It's nothing against you, really. Like I said, you're a lovely and attractive young lady. It just goes against morals to haphazardly agree to something so serious with someone I barely know. Frankly, I wouldn't even take you seriously if you didn't preface the suggestion. That's the sort of thing I would expect of someone who's either drunk, lonely and desperate, or otherwise salacious. I do wish you luck in whatever makes you happy, but I don't think this is the way to go about it."

[Apollymi]

Once again, it was noted by Reiji that Sakura was saying something strange. People said that about her more often than not, but it didn't strike her ear as a bad thing. No instead she was being told some more interesting and useful information. This time, Reiji's rejection came with an apology and an explanation on her not fitting the type of person he would have expected this sort of behavior from. She was deciding moment by moment that most of the humans of Gaia were confused about how sex should work. She'd had people who were terrible at sex throwing themselves at her literally all day, but now the second person she'd found who had the potential to be really good at it, took some moral issue with doing so 'Whoever decided humans should be this way... should be murdered.' She could tell that he was mostly neutral about the situation as a whole, but it really was an odd thing to work out. Still his answer reminded her of someone else. "Sou ka. You remind me of him," she said that dazzling smile of hers returning as she realized the other person she'd met with such a strange issue surrounding just sex was Kazuhiko himself. She was already choosing the point right after he'd returned his attention to her to restart this conversation from. Perhaps a more salacious approach as he called it would make it easier.

With this in mind she raised her fingers and snapped. This time she was within the twenty second window immediately before she prefaced her next moment of conversation. If he wasn't married, and this wasn't about potentially ruining their working relationship she figured that maybe he just needed his mind cleared of his morals a bit. Perhaps with all eyes on hers a little bit of temptation needed to be dangled in front of him to make him more pliable to her desire. "Without changing our working relationship and in all seriousness, I was wondering if something like this would interest you?" she said aloud. When his attention returned to her, she'd gone back to making that cute little face with her fingers in a ring close to her mouth her tongue sticking out in the ring. "I thought it would be worth trying on you... "

[Bloodedge]

Once more, time was rewound. This time, Reiji was simply staring at Sakura and awaiting whatever important topic she needed to broach. It all sounded strange since she spoke of it changing the way he considered their interactions, and that he may not take her seriously. What could it be? Reiji wondered, but he wouldn't be waiting too long for an answer. Sakura wanted to know if something very specific interested him, and lo... it was a gesture recognizable even to those who'd never seen it previously. That sort of expression she wore was indeed salacious, and it did indeed garner more of a reaction from Reiji. His eyes widened prior to a clearing of his throat, which itself accompanied the adjustment of his glasses again. "Ahem. Sou ka. If you were trying to garner a reaction, I suppose that's one way to do it. Some people do say I seem a bit too serious at times... but I don't believe that is the right way to break me out of it. It is a very lewd gesture not to be used unless you have... very specific intentions, Tohsaka-chan. Perhaps I am not the one you should be showing it to, though I'm sure someone of interest would find much use in it," he preached. Sakura may not have been quite there yet, but there was some clear progress that included a tingle in Reiji's breeches. He couldn't help it, of course ─ it was a natural reaction.

[Apollymi]

It took quite a bit, and while she didn't get a full reaction, Sakura received just enough to know that she was on the right track for doing the thing she wished to do. In truth, it was a wonder humanity survived in the first place when a goddess was having problems getting laid. 'I'm definitely going to have to ask someone about this later.' she thought. Ah, but in the here and now her eyes were alight as she watched Reiji's eyes widen and then him push his glasses up on to his nose. It was such a distinct and nervous gesture it tickled Sakura's sadist button and the smile which spread across her face was a little bit demonic in nature because of it. Though it still had its own kind of alluring qualities. "Oh no, I'm sure I showed it to exactly the right person, Reiji-san..." she said seemingly pleased by this moment. It was actually interesting to consider that Reiji seemed to have been set off by such a simple gesture. She assumed he wouldn't be too receptive if she went too far in his place of business. Perhaps in this case it would be easier to talk him the rest of the way out of work. "Reiji-san, the work day is over. And I'm just a girl... We could get out of here and you could watch me strip out of these clothes. Then I could show you exactly what I do with a look like that~" she offered freely. Of course, his answer to that might require her to reset again, but at least she had some kind of understanding. Tempting was difficult to try on purpose without a life or death situation. But she was sure this sort of thing would have worked on most people already.

[Bloodedge]

According to Sakura, he was the right person to pull that maneuver on. The grin on her face was simultaneously disturbing and alluring. How she managed to pull something like that off was a mystery to the greater universe. It was not, however, a mystery Akaba Reiji intended to solve. Worse still, Sakura kept making passes at him after an expressed disinterest in her plan. The work day was over. She was a girl, and the sun had set. It would have been Reiji's intention to drive her home at this hour anyway, but her suggestion was... bad? Yes, it was certainly bad. Nothing should be that appealing so randomly. "Ahem," Reiji interjected while adjusting his glasses once more. Annoyingly, the imagery from what she spoke of was flooding his mind. "While that is... certainly an appealing offer, Tohsaka-chan, I still think you should take your... wiles elsewhere. I am willing to escort you home, but I must still decline your offer. Hopefully my answer isn't upsetting to you. Again, it's nothing against you or how desirable you are. I've already made my decision, and it would go against my integrity to turn back."

[Apollymi]

Sakura received one more rejection. Now she simply had to have sex with the man because it was so much work to get him to agree to it. Being denied in anyway gave her an odd desire to accomplish the goal, even if it had been a simple matter of sating her curiosity initially. Integrity, was the word used by Reiji to describe why he was turning her down. It literally shouldn't be so difficult to get a single man to have sex with her. She would have respected the bonds of marriage or even one of those human 'dating' relationships for the most part. But this was now something she needed to capture directly and experience because she needed to know what he was hiding. "Sou ka. I don't take offense to that sort of thing... it really is interesting. I've never been on this side before. Arigatou gouzaimasu, Reiji-san~" she claimed. There was still a smile on her face before snapped. Time would loop once more.

This time she decided a slightly different order of things. She knew now that the man could be disrupted and that her words and actions could be used to garner the kind of reaction she wanted. What she knew for a fact was, she simply had to get him to agree before he would have made up his mind to say no. As such, her last rewind point right after their transaction was finished in that twenty seconds of silence, could be used as a pivotal point to make or break this particular instance. So, how would she be doing it? First and foremost that foreboding smile was present on her face at the start, as if she had nothing but salacious intentions from the start. "Reiji-san with the work day over, and I'm just a girl whose interested in something very specific. I wonder if you might want to take me home, watch me strip out of these clothes and let me show you something like this~" she said offering the man a wink and her gesture of sexual pleasure. That opening in her mouth with her tongue sticking out. "It'll be great for both of us~" she added wondering if she'd need another reset but feeling like this was more organic for potentially seducing this older man without compromising any of his values and allowing him to keep his integrity while making a singular 'bad' decision. She needed a man with this much will power to show her what he actually did with it.

[Bloodedge]

Much to Reiji's satisfaction and furthered sanity, Sakura took his rejection of her advances without issue. She was not offended ─ it was simply new for her to be the one rejected, instead of the rejecter. That made total sense. Alluring as she was, surely she'd rejected dozens, if not hundreds of young men seeking some form of intimacy with her. Scarcely would any one of her peers say no to someone like her, though. "Good. I'm glad we were able to..." There was nothing more to that clause. Why? Well...

Snap. One more snap, one more reset. Reiji was yet again awaiting the topic Sakura hesitated to broach. She started by mentioning the work day was over. Ah yes, he should be doing the responsible thing and offering her a ride home for safety's sake. Sakura's remaining words spoke to that same effect, until... it became about watching her strip and show her the capabilities implied by a very lewd oral gesture. The widening of Reiji's eyes was far more intense this time around, covered only by the gleam of his glasses. She was being so direct, so lascivious. What was he supposed to say? "Well... that was certainly blunt. I was just thinking to offer you a ride home. I'm not quite sure what to say when you add the rest. I should say, though, it's very improper," he stated. Even so, that tingle he felt in a previous timeline had returned with a vengeance.

[Apollymi]

Reiji might have thought that Sakura would let go of her desire, but she was far from a person who would do something like that. No, she was simply going to keep making the world bend until her desires were met, such was her own way of doing things. She'd discovered through these conversations that the 'integrity' filled humans were less likely to give into logical desires. They needed to be broken a little, but that was also fine, considering she was a demon in actuality. According to the Reiji of the reset, he wasn't sure what to say. He'd been prepared to offer her a ride home but with her added information he wasn't sure what to make of it. He did still claim it was improper. "Instead of just offering me a ride home, you could offer to let me ride you... we'd both enjoy it~" she flirted shamelessly. It was her decision to fill Reiji's head with as many pornographic images as possible to avoid him making a decision for propriety. She wanted the fun decision and she didn't think he was too old or too tense to offer it. In truth she'd not had to try too hard for something in a while, surely she could find out what this older man had to show her. And though they only had card games and sex in common surely that was enough to start an interesting friendship.