"Hai, Sho-nii is always late to those things... it's easy to slip in a couple of pictures." she said having a bit of a laugh at herself. For all her ability to show the kind of person she was, at heart she was probably still considered to be an average 20-something. At the insistence of being called by a shortened version of his given name Shizuka smiled. "Yare, yare. Later, Shig~" and with that the girl turned on her heels to head into the building.
Meanwhile, Akiza was busy, plotting in a very specific way. At the mention that the Tar King had some issues reading the Echo Queen from time to time she could only chuckle. "Well, everything can't be easy. That'd be maddening." she said. Seeing the girl heading up she decided to continue watching out the window her eyes very alert as she formulated a specific plan. At the question of what she'd like Mukuro to while she entertained the Echo Queen she turned to the man with the most sinister smile on her face. "Hm, I am surprised she found it, that books been out of print for 10 years." she said of the apparent reason Shizuka had ventured here tonight. As for the rest of what the Tar King asked, the answer was entirely different. "You're the bait for the trap Muko, so you can just be you~" she said a devious looking crossing her face as she looked around the room, she knew from the look of things the Echo Queen wouldn't be able to resist questioning a bit, and once the most obvious piece was in place, well...