<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

"Sou..." Ren replied. If Miko had been having 'a time' as she put it, there was nothing to be done about it. That said nothing about how she'd missed that information for the better part of an entire year, but Ren wasn't one to pry... directly. On the topic of Field-type Dungeons, he would have initially agreed to the danger... but things seemed relatively fine in actuality. "I think there's only a certain distance they can travel from the center point. The ones I've seen never had any magic beasts at the perimeter wall," he commented while watching the girl type on her phone with the most interesting glint in her eye. Moments later, she spoke of a box being open... only to ask Ren a question with zero context about articles worn by women. "... Eto...?" he muttered, confused by the question overall. "Did I miss something?"

Meanwhile, Yugi spoke no words into Tae's phone. In exchange, the woman on the other end said... good. Did she not want him speaking? How strange. Stranger still was her observations about his recent activities. There were only two ways she could know about his movements. Either she was some sort of official, or she'd been hidden and following him. No, the latter made no sense; there would be no reason to call as opposed to appearing in that case. The warning she gave was further evidence to the idea of her being an official presence in Hunter society, perhaps the person in charge overall. Apparently he could spread the Dungeon's radius by wandering about. To say that, she implied it was finite without direct interference. Yugi seemed to be collecting knowledge from the most random interactions of late, but one thing remained. "Well I already didn't do that thing, and you didn't tell the S-rank Hunter you were just on the phone with to detain me," he said initially. Figuring this woman had been manually keeping track of him, and seemingly every Hunter in the vicinity to boot... Yugi had a pretty good idea the type of person she was, if nothing else. "Does it freak you out that much? Having a variable in your equation?"

[Apollymi]

There was more interesting news incoming from Amamiya Ren. According to him the smaller add-ons in Dungeons and even Dungeon Breaks could only spawn so far away from their boss monsters. Thus the edges of Dungeon Breaks could be defined by the perimeter in which those monsters didn't exist. 'Sou... that makes sense. I guess by that logic we also should have been on high alert for that Riverglass Specter because we found the eels. That was us being dumb...' she thought about hers and Yugi's combined instance of short-sightedness. She'd be making a marked effort to not have such a situation repeat itself again at all and to make sure that their short-comings didn't line up in such a potentially disastrous way a second time. "That's great information, arigatou," Miko stated. Soon though, while she furiously typed that text message to Yugi, she asked the boy in front of her a question and it seemed that it lacked context. "Oh, right... box opened, I forgot to explain the othe rparts... I mean for your CBT, the type I didn't mean. Tights, or heels and thigh-highs, or do you not have a preference when someone's stepping on your dick?" she questioned, her face was still innocent, but the word choice held a certain purpose and she was obviously flirting in a different sort of way now.

Meanwhile, Tae was choking, well... not literally but she was aghast. This young lad was on the phone with a rather important person, speaking like he had a death wish. As for his understanding of he situation the woman on the phone only smiled. "Of course I didn't. That isn't why we're speaking," she said calmly. She didn't care if this lad was detained, or not. She knew what Tae was like and knew it would eventually be possible to find out all she needed to know about him if she wished it. As for the lad's understanding of her controlling nature, she could only chuckle . "Too many variables, popping into existence at one time, is something to note. How else will I keep track of the everchanging environment that I am in charge of?" that was a question of sophistry but also one which answered curiosity and quieted arguments. Tae, wondered if this lad understood who this woman was, he obviously didn't. No normal person would challenge this man, and he wasn't a National Hunter or anything of the sort, so he definitely fell under her jurisdiction. He should given he thought himself no stronger than a C-rank, aim to remain as unseen as possible. That would be the smart way to stay out of sight of something which could currently eliminate your existence. But apparently he had no fear.

[Bloodedge]

While Ren figured Miko may have been on her phone shopping, or something else totally innocuous and normal like that, the truth was far dirtier than that. Even he, with his deviant mind, didn't expect her to bring up the 'CBT' he initially thought she was talking about earlier. Alas, that was the truth in full. She wanted to know if he preferred one or the other if someone were to step on his cock. If Ren had any water left, he'd be choking on it, aghast. "... Oh." That was the only thing he could verbalize for some time. Were she and that detective not an item, but instead just having a fling in the café? Had he coincidentally stumbled upon someone of interest? Or was he completely wrong, and it was a simple matter of curiosity now that she knew a potential shared interest? Time would tell. "I guess it depends. Heels would give a more 'dominatrix' feel. Without would be more sensual. Barefoot is also an option and would fall somewhere between. Different choice, different approach, different feeling and outcome. It's a very diverse thing," he claimed, perhaps offering the most words in a single instance of speech thus far for the most sultry topic.

The Shido woman on the phone had no interest in having Yugi detained. That much was obvious, but what was her true intention? Yugi had a few thoughts... and more importantly, a few other thoughts about this contact. It seemed there were multiple 'variables' appearing today under the nose of a control freak. He didn't have enough knowledge presently to figure out what they may have been, but surely one of them was somehow connected to... the very lackluster Dungeon Break he'd been walking in the vicinity of. Whatever the case, she wanted to keep track of the environment she controlled. How direct. Her question about managing that may have been rhetorical, but Yugi had a multi-purpose answer to give whether it was or not. "Easily. You let a variable introduce itself, figure out where it wants to go, and guide it there. Variables are innately uncontrollable, but the idea of a controlled variable exists for a reason. You enter a mutually beneficial agreement with them. As long as they get what they want, you get what you want. And as long as you do that, you don't ruin the experiment. Boom. Hypothesis to theory, theory to law. You're welcome for the kryptonite."

[Apollymi]

In the moments leading up to a rather blunt explanation of a box opening, Miko was watching Ren. What she'd been doing on her phone, had been innocuous enough a simple text to her partner when she'd noticed a change in their 'game' System. Still, she was able to watch as Ren seemed to be aghast by the directness of her questioning. It seemed by her visuals that he was searching for something to do for a second, like the moment you panic press the pause button when you notice there is a timer. But his water glass was empty and he had no more real pauses left, so what would happen? Well, Miko would find herself on the receiving end of one of the most in-depth explanations she'd actually had with this lad since meeting him. It seemed, that, things suspicious and things perverted were things to converse about most freely. In this case he had quite a bit of variable opinion about the nature and ornamentation of feet which would be used to step on his cock. Given his words, Miko considered several different ways for it to work, she saw herself lording over him already dressed and standing applying pressure. She saw herself encouraging him playfully with a barefoot as they did some innocuous activity together, she saw a single thigh high being removed from her person with his teeth while she ran her hands though his hair while her toes remained perched on the tip of his cock. "BOX IT!♪~" she chirped immediately. All of that was a bit too real.... it needed to be put away. "Squeee♪~" a happy little chirp escaped the girl. "That's the most words about any single subject I've gotten out of you since we started talking. I like it though, it's good insight. I don't get that a lot when I want to try things out♪~" she mused. This lad could be quite useful for gathering perverted information from. If she was understanding him right already he also had a wide breadth of kinks to explore which would in trun help her explore her own. "Is that it, is our silent protagonist so silent because are you like a secret pervert trying not to out yourself? Well more so than can normally be expected? That's exciting~ A♪~ ma♪~ mi♪~ ya♪~ kun♪~" Miko chirped out his name at the end of that sentence. She could do this, peel back the layers and figure out what was going on beneath. He seemed very interesting in a way that she couldn't say she saw in others currently.

Shidou Makima was a woman who demanded excellence and absolute control. She received it, as a part of the natural order of things, with very few exceptions. The fact that the lad on the phone wasn't backing down was just as interesting as it was infuriating but she was a practical individual. She'd listen, she figure out what was necessary to keep people under control and she'd do that... whatever it took. Just the same Tae knew that information, she'd been in Makima's presence before, forced into a situation of being completely honest and finding out that people that sometimes looked bad, were the most agreeable. Makima was quite while Yugi ranted, controlled variables was a scientific term but one which when applied to her current situation made a fair bit of sense. He claimed in layterms that a certain amount of freedom should be given while variables were nudged towards her preferred goal, instead of absolute control being applied. "Oh? Isn't that an interesting idea... I haven't heard one like that in quite a while," she mused. There was a certain level of satisfaction along with a creeping little itch but that was fine. She could take those words, potentially put them into practice and still keep an eye on this lad and the girl she was looking for. Three variables could be managed to some extent. And then she waited if this was his idea, he obviously wanted something and knowing what it was would just give her something to dangle over him, she might as well leave him the rope to apply for himself.

[Bloodedge]

For the oddest reason, a proper discussion was beginning at Leblanc. The topic of cock-and-ball torture had opened a door which Ren couldn't currently differentiate from a window... but he was also no stranger to entering a building through either method. Unlike the previous two times, Miko uttered 'box it' with some very high enthusiasm. "What was that one for?" he wondered aloud without even stopping to think. It seemed the girl was excited to get so much of a response out of him. Well, it was a topic he felt more excited to talk about, and apparently something of a shared interest after all. At the very least, it was something she had an interest in trying. "You'd have a good starting point. You have the feet for it," he said freely, as it was clearly known he'd been watching her shower. As for the reason behind his silence, it wasn't quite due to his secret perversions... but that was neither here nor there. "Umm. Partially? Let's just go with that."

Meanwhile, Yugi received confirmation that the woman he currently exchanged words with had encountered a likeminded individual at least once in the past. Regardless, it was clear to him that they each had use of the other. "I accept favors in place of gratitude. If you're looking for a follow-up, said favors only become more degenerate based on what I have to do," he explained briefly. "And yes, the tabs you'll be keeping on me do count as me having to do shit. So does me telling you what kind of cheese to put in the trap. It's not exactly on the legal side of things... but you're not the type who limits yourself to the law anyway, are you? I'm guessing full criminal empire with an eventual foot in politics just to cover every possible base. The Gates appearing must have had you squirting in excitement, huh?" Yugi rambled, getting back to the point after clearing his throat. "Anyway, I don't know why you're pretending to wait. Hack away, or get your hacker to get a move on. You won't see my face, but you'll see something that'll have you looking for me again by the end of the lockdown."

[Apollymi]

A real conversation was developing and Miko couldn't be happier about it. Hearing real and genuine enthusiasm from Ren made it worthwhile to have taken the kind of chance she did by actually explaining the nature of that box opening. She was becoming more comfortable by the moment and such comfort would lead to her easily answering this lad's questions. "Based on what you said I had a few really strong visualizations. I boxed them for later... in case a moment pops up where I can do them... " Miko explained of her most recent visualizations and boxing activity. She'd had a pretty strong one, but she didn't know how far or how hard that one like Ren would go for what she had to say, she didn't want to potentially put him in a stranger situation than they were already in. What was more he claimed she had the feet for the activity he spoke of, and in that claim was confirmation beyond her own already established amount that he'd been watching her shower. Her eyes went a little wide and a blush creeped up her neck and onto her face. "I'm glad or it'd make that boxed stuff super awkward to try later. I missed one, I should have put on the thigh highs, but I'm kind of picky about how they go on now,"" Miko murmured, with a subtle gripe. It could almost be considered strange, how quickly she allowed a few interactions to change how she did simple things like getting dressed. Her own boyfriend had been very honest about 'anime feet' as he called them, but she was sure this lad she was with was just into feet in a general sort of way, and whatever else. He was being sneaky about his perversion but that was only partially his reasoning for being so quiet. "Sou ka, I like a complex person. You don't have to tell me if you don't want. Everyone's entitled to their secrets~ Besides, we seem to have enough in common already♪~" she mused with an earnest smile. She had quite a few of her own. Including the fact that regardless of how any individual saw her public persona, she was definitely someone very different in a sexual situation.

Meanwhile, Yugi was having a conversation with Makima that she found to be, amusing in a very interesting way. This lad was negotiating terms as if he had strings to pull. His confidence alone was... cute. Ah, but it wasn't just that... it was in silence that she listened to his demands, his understanding and his... logical thought progression. For him to be someone who shirked her authority, meant he had no idea who she was, so how did he figure all of this out. He hadn't been seen carrying a computer and Tae's office would have pinged if something odd were taking place from that location. This sort of issue was exactly why Makima didn't like variables. "You really do speak quite a lot when you feel you understand something," Makima said as a point of pure observation. "Bold of you to assume this wasn't wasn't already directly in my line of sight long before I made this phone call," she said already having the active and live feeds of the inside of the thanks to a certain hacker. "As for your demands, you're a clever boy, you already know what I am going to say about it, so I won't waste my breath. Now, enjoy your lockdown." And with that the true exercise in Makima's control happen, instead of forcing him to comply with her demands she didn't give him an opportunity to keep talking. She simply hung up the phone, knowing that she'd simply contact Tae again when he clinic was empty and that she'd be watching for important purposes.

[Bloodedge]

The latest moment of boxing was due to very strong visualizations, apparently ─ ones Miko needed to save for a moment in which she could do the things she imagined. There was only one thing she could have been talking about, considering that was her follow-up to his list of possibilities. Ren assumed those thoughts may not apply to him then. "Sou," he said. Ren did believe she had a pair of feet that would be ideal for whatever sexual purpose she decided, but that was simply the truth of his own observation. He could give a similar opinion about most of her body after that singular viewing experience. Moving on though, the lass accepted his silent nature without seeking any further answers... claiming they had enough in common already. If only she knew, Ren thought. His bag of secrets and degenerate thoughts, plans and preferences was a bottomless pit of quicksand waiting to sexually ensnare anyone who fell into it. "We have a little in common. I'm not sure how much."

After all Yugi had to say, the chairwoman's initial observation was simply how talkative he became when thinking he understood something. "If that were the case, you'd never be able to make me shut up," he quipped in a flat tone. "Also, you know it's really common for bigwigs and people who aren't dumb to avoid admitting things by throwing an observation at the observer? Just saying. Your chair must have been too waterlogged to save~" he added just to rub in the essence of confirmation. When the woman spoke of his assumption, he scoffed. "Yeah right," he said. All the while, Yugi was grinning beneath the shadow of that hood. She didn't have a live feed before making the call... but she definitely had one now. And he, in turn, knew how little time it took to establish the hack. 'Gotcha,' he thought. It was only recently that he told Ai she didn't need to be a hacker. Finding one of those of excellent quality was even easier than he planned, as if they were dropped right in his lap during the execution of another scheme. With her final words delivered, Makima ended the call. Yugi's brow furrowed in that moment, and he glared right into the phone screen. He wouldn't stop talking. If she had a video feed, there was a decent chance she had audio as well. "Fucking cheat! Let me guess? You're either the 'last word' type, or you expect somebody else to hang up first after telling them to do it somehow. Yeah... probably that one. Smart choice. I was definitely gonna avoid doing whatever you said just to be a bitch about it. The lockdown is a dumb idea, by the way~" he said into the open air before holding Tae's phone out... and holding his own phone up for the camera to see. "Oh, and here's the thing your hacker's gonna be looking for. Tell them to go ahead and try now so they don't waste time later."

[Apollymi]

Miko explained her boxing and received another observational response. Perhaps, it was a simple matter of Ren not knowing that she was thinking about him while having those visualizations? She figured he may not assume that sort of thing, considering he knew her to be getting railed in the moments prior to their meeting by a different man. "Mmm-hmm," she noted while looking at him. Her own cup of water was nearing finished and with that her attention was being fully aimed towards him as well. He claimed that they had some things in common but he wasn't sure how much, "Exhibitionism, masochism, voyeurism, maybe CBT... that list is abnormal for many people and that isn't everything for either of us," she mused seeming to understand quite a bit. "We could figure out what else we have in common, right?~" she asked of him with imploring eyes.

Meanwhile, Tae, was watching Yugi have a brain battle with someone she wouldn't have advised doing such a thing to. Meanwhile, Makima was hearing a lad speak more and more. He was quippy and full of spunk, it was appreciable in some specific ways, she supposed but there was an underlying itch to bring him in line. "Oh to be young..." she mused lightly. The preoccupation with sex, the joking mannerisms, the full pushing of boundaries screamed of youth which hadn't been crushed. Yugi was just as good at giving away information as he claimed everyone else was, regardless of how advanced his mind was... he had an underlying childishness. Beyond that though the woman known as Makima would be hanging up of her own accord for once, and leaving the lad to his tangent. She would of course be watching, listening would likely be determinded by the devices present. "No one ever tell you about poking sleeping dragons, kid?" Tae finally said shaking her head. It was obvious he was trying to do something but provoking someone like Makima wouldn't end well, especially not when you realized exactly how 'lawless' her ideal order was in truth. Meanwhile, seeing him hold up his phone, the red haired woman sat behind her desk a smug smile on her face, she'd managed to ruffle the lad even a little bit and that was all that was needed to restore the balance she'd been aiming for. No matter what she would be having something done. "Track his phone." she stated.

[Bloodedge]

Miko went on to list the few things she and Ren clearly had in common. They were both masochists, which was news to Ren. They were both exhibitionists and voyeurs, which he was only just realizing applied both ways. He'd have only been able to assume himself as the voyeur and her as the exhibitionist... but he was absolutely the latter as well. CBT was obviously something she'd yet to attempt, but likely would at some point... but she realized both of them had much longer lists than that. There was a suggestion that they find out what else they had in common, with the most interesting and seemingly-innocent expression paired with the offer. There was little for Ren to say. "That would take a while, but I guess you're stuck here... legally," he said. With that, Ren looked toward the end of the café. Past the restrooms was a staircase ─ one he'd be moving toward while beckoning Miko. "Up here. There's a... slightly more comfortable room."

When that phone call ended, Yugi was casually brandishing his own device and issuing a challenge. Tae obviously had some issues with how he approached that call. There were reasons for his fearlessness in this case, not that Yugi would be sharing them all. "If nobody ever pushed a boundary or ten, nothing would ever happen. It just happens to be the case that the guy doing it is the only one you can call out... until he makes it work. Fair price for a win, I'll say," he declared. "Besides, I didn't poke a sleeping dragon. You might say I found a nesting dragon whose mountain of treasures is bigger than the rest in sight, but... if you told that dragon about a neighboring village sitting on a goldmine, it would go make sure it added to the pile. Now, about that consultation~" While that topic was returning at the clinic, Makima addressed a male figure with dark red hair and a laptop upon the table he stood by. An order to track the phone of that mysterious lad was given a nod. With that, he scanned for electronic communication devices within the clinic. Ah, but it wouldn't be so simple. The man performed that scan and easily found Takemi Tae's phone, which was already recorded in their system. He looked at the camera feed in front of Makima. Something was strange. Where there should have been another device, he instead found a blank space that refused to acknowledge radio waves or anything of the sort.

[Apollymi]

Miko understood that she and Ren had much more in common than Ren could observe. He'd only seen her naked. He'd only witnessed her cleaning up in the aftermath of a rather wild meeting, but he'd not seen or heard what was happening during that meeting. He didn't know how the girl had been sneakily flirting and working over Akechi Rikuya for most of the night. As such she would let him know the things she'd observed about him, based on his answers to her questions and his activities. "Yeah, it would take a while but I could have left a while back.... even with questionable legality I could have slipped out by the method I was lightly discussing with you earlier♪~" Miko murmured. "Still, I'm not ready to stop hanging out with you yet, Amamiya-kun♪~ A lockdown is good fortune for us♪~" Miko chirped as she began to follow the lad up to the place which was more comfortable. With her bag on her back she began making her way with him where he led. She wasn't afraid and she was quite interested in what this lad had to offer.

Speaking of being interested in what someone had to offer. Tae had accepted the offer to at leat consult with Yugi based solely on the ability to potentially use him as a guinea pig. That being said he was playing with fire in the most direct way. "Pushing boundaries is fine for certain reasons, but I don't think what you're doing counts that way, exactly..." Tae said with a casual eye roll. "Still, it doesn't matter, definitely have to get that whole consultation done, before you end up a non-entity or something," Tae mentioned almost casually. They were still headed to exam room one, but Tae picked up her phone and walked away, knowing that if they were being watched that would be something done irrespective of what room they were in. All the while, Makima was waiting on an update. The man next to her, hadn't been the type to disappoint, but he'd been very quiet for a task normally completed quite quickly. "What's wrong?" she questioned in a manner that was obviously genuinely curious, but there would always be an underlying sense of menace.