<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

And so, Kyo was off. He was given only one more instruction from Makima: the order to refrain from action until she said otherwise. He'd do that, but if things became too interesting, she'd be getting a very shaky call later. Before any of that however, it seemed Makima would be further prodding Yugi's thought process. He didn't initially think she'd be requiring much speech of him, but there were ways to deal with most things. In this case, he chose to slip two fingers into her canal in the time he had to respond. "It's only a bluff if there's nothing for them to reveal. And if they're not hiding anything... do you really think that kind of group trusts each other enough to believe nobody else in the guild has a secret worthy of the association's attention? And there's a pretty high chance that, even if nobody in the guild is doing anything... somebody will start advancing their 'technically acceptable' bullshit, either thinking somebody else's plan has been targeted... or thinking it's time to finish making moves before they're shut down for good."

Yugi gave his thoughts on what could happen with the Ember Skulls, but he had another curiosity about the Dungeon Break and... a living strike team leader. His understanding was that everyone in a Dungeon had to die for a sudden break to occur. With that being the case, the leader couldn't have been present when the others fell. "Actually... that one guy ─ the dickhead. He's probably got something going on. Unless I'm missing something, he left his team for dead. I don't think it was cowardice. I think... yeah. Yeah, it's that," he said, pausing the point as his thoughts became deeper. Even so, he kept that finger moving and gave the occasional lap between statements. "He'll try to make the most noise in all of this. His team is dead, the association and the guild leaders set him up for a bad time... He thinks he can make himself a hero and come out on top of a new or refurbished guild with a bunch of clout backing him."

[Apollymi]

Makima usually used a different person to strategize with, but he was to her knowledge out of town for a while. Finding a second brain she liked the thought processes of was well beyond her expectations in life. And much like that particular man, this one, when he needed to use his mouth for actual speaking moved on to inserting fingers into her core. She smirked appreciating his ability to do both things for... reasons. "Good boy~" she said seemingly amused. As for his actual words, Makima took up experiencing the stimulation while processing his speech. "You would have made quite the interesting up and comer in the underground," she said acknowledging the power of his brain.

While Yugi pontificated Miko listened. The bathroom wasn't soundrproof and she hadn't closed the door or anything. Her soft humming was simply to keep track of time. Just the same, those fingers and added tongue did do quite a lot for Makima. She also noted that with his mind working the lad seemed less effected by her mana. "Clever boy~" Makima praised. "You aren't missing anything. In order for that Break to have occurred he couldn't have been in the Dungeon when his team died. Whether he let them die on purpose or he claimed to leave to get help he's the lead and it's his fault," Makima said. Oh but the lad had even more to say and with a brain like this in her control, Makima couldn't help but feel even better as he worked. In fact she'd be tightening up on those fingers as their Intimacy rose another few percentage points... 45 would be the new count. "Ah♥~ You don't say?" she seemed beyond pleased to have this information. There was a lot to be done in a short amount of time. "I wonder then if I shouldn't send him some help while letting his guild master know what he did," she said those rings in her eyes pulsing, and her face flushed with that recently released orgasm. Miko slipped out of the shower, and was drying off. She'd be dressing herself in a little purple off the shoulder sweater dress and some knee high heeled boots. Her hair loose and a little damp as she managed a quick wash during her time in there.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi was told that he'd make an interesting member of the underground. Oddly enough, it wasn't the first time such an observation had been made about him ─ nor would it be the last in all likelihood. "I've heard something like that before. Probably from someone you know," he claimed. Overall, two additional forms of praise were delivered unto Yugi in a short span of time. He had a sizeable buff going for himself, even at the halfway point of maximum stacks. More importantly, he wasn't missing a thing in his observation. That man was entirely at fault for the loss of his team, whether purposeful or otherwise... and Yugi was banking on the former. Makima would be finding out about that soon enough.

For starters, Makima seemed to find a great deal of pleasantry from having access to Yugi's mind. While that came as no surprise to him, it did obviously contribute some much-needed Intimacy. If it wasn't doing that, something was really weird about the System and/or Makima's route. Either way, she loosely suggested having the Players sent as 'assistance' with the Dungeon Break. Though Yugi had issues with that man, several implications said he wasn't expected to survive. "If you don't expect him to make it through the break regardless, I don't care. He's one wrong move from being put on a t-shirt regardless of all the guild shit," he claimed without much concern.

[Apollymi]

Apparently, the sentence that Makima used to describe the lad was one he heard before. Something said by someone she might know. Given what the lad was like and who she knew his father to be, she smirked. "Let me guess, one of those stone cold killers playing baby-sitter~" she said with a slight hint of amusement. No matter there was quite a lot that could be said about that particular person and their family. No matter what the underground was still the underground even with public faces, hers was always a fine line walked.

As for Yugi's continued work, apparently her idea to let the kids play his help was something that was fine with Yugi. Makima looked up and saw Miko. "Do you need a recap?" she asked the girl. "Iia, I heard it... I also don't care," Miko said. Miko was well and truly aware of why that man would end up dead in the right circumstances and imagined his interest in her could be a reasonable way to get him to say whatever he was going to say. "That sounded almost familiarly hostile, for one who didn't even have a full minute of contact that is interesting. He doesn't have to live, Kyo will find everything needed to bring his guild master to heel regardless. And I do believe the captain should go down with the ship. It's one of those things that always annoys me," Makima said without too much thought. "Finish up. I expect a cleared Dungeon Break. I'll even let you surprise me with your plan after everything is done..." Makima said with a smirk coming to her face.

[Bloodedge]

Makima had a guess to make about the other person Yugi spoke of. A stone-cold killer playing babysitter seemed about par for the course for that one, whether in regards to how Yugi knew her, or her placement within her own family at times. "Something like that. Playing hard to get too," Yugi commented. It was unnecessarily difficult to be a pervert around that one, bar some moments he was almost certain she'd merely been throwing a dog a bone, so to speak. Surely things would be marginally easier when he encountered her again ─ something he had to do eventually.

After actually managing a shower in three minutes, Miko returned to have her thoughts recorded as well. It seemed neither of them minded being sent as the 'help' for that Dungeon Break. No concern would be shared for the life of a fool ─ especially not one who was responsible for the deaths of others. Makima would also have the leader of Ember Skull taken down one way or another. The Captain going down with his ship was a notion Yugi could also get behind. He even had similar plans in relation to the state of Japan a year before. Actually, that was something else he had to think about later. Maybe he'd look into the current state of other countries. For now though, he had to finish up between Makima's legs and join Miko for a Dungeon Break. One day, a Gate and a Field-type Dungeon? That was the sort of grind Yugi was looking forward to.

[Apollymi]

Makima was lightly amused, the lad was well in the know, and connected well enough to have a pretty sound understanding of a certain individual's personality. He claimed she was playing hard to get, but for that to be the case, the young woman had already figured him out and was likely toying with him on purpose. That's how she saw that one anyway, "I doubt she was playing at that part, but perhaps she's calmed down as she's gotten older~" Makima said. It'd been a while since she last spoke to that one, perhaps she would. Ah, but it'd wait for just a bit, at least until the lad was done servicing her. And she'd just barely eek out another orgasm before sending him on this way, and leaving him with another 49 percent Intimacy to sit on. "Ooh~ Good boy. Run along now, can't keep a Dungeon Break waiting too long~" Makima said, though she sounded relatively calm, she was practically beaming, if one was capable reading her moods.

"Yay! I get to see this one... I wanted to see the other one but I couldn't have tagged along," Miko murmured mostly to herself. "Toru-pyon you can drop them off and 'keep watch'. I can't have monsters eating the zoo animals at Ueno," Makima mentioned. She wouldn't have the pair completely separated from their new mentor, but she would have them acting on their own. Miko looked a bit surprised, as it seemed gates could literally pop up anywhere but there had to be a bit more rhyme and reason to it. No matter they'd be heading out and Miko would be wondering exactly what work they'd be left to do in keeping this field from invading a zoo.

[Bloodedge]

The woman they spoke of would possibly be hearing from both Yugi and Makima eventually, for different and similar reasons. He'd have to find himself a train at some point. It would be foolish to try contacting her via phone. Even if the System phones weren't accessible, he couldn't risk what could be done to any normal device, or any nationwide probes. The lengths his father could go to were ridiculous. Whatever the case, Yugi was wrapping things up with Makima soon enough. Yet another buff came his way from her acknowledgement, so he'd take a moment to check overall. "Status," he said after rising. There were a few more stat points to allocate, and one very interesting threshold teetered upon. "Oh? 49%. You almost have Inventory access," he said casually while distributing points.

Gojo Satoru, the designated mentor of the Players, was tasked with... dropping them off at the latest Dungeon Break. One who knew him well enough could tell in his lax expression that he intended to do that literally. He'd already been through a C-rank Gate today; a B-rank Dungeon Break was far too boring. Getting close to that field wasn't a plan for the white-haired male. "I'll pluck out my extra eyes and drop them in their pockets. That'll work, right?" he joked, extending a hand to each teen. Those hands would be dragging the pair toward Satoru, who would once again carry them with no physical contact ─ into the air this time. "You heard the lady! Go join the new team and make sure a giant mantis doesn't confuse a tiger for its made. You know what they do with those?!" And with that, Satoru would be 'flying' out of the association headquarters. To the skies and across the city they'd go, until the trio floated high above a growing swarm of spiders the size of cats, ants the size of wolves, and a dozen or so centipedes that could rival small trains. "Oh. Never mind. No mantises here, nothing to worry about! Now where's that dead guy?"

[Apollymi]

The woman they were speaking of would definitely hear from both of them, but that wasn't a matter that needed any direct discussion. Both Yugi and Miko had similar thoughts about the potential risks of contacting people closer to the Prime Minister's radar. No matter what care was to be taken. At the same time, Yugi was checking his stats and Miko remembered her own because of his words. "Right Status..." Miko murmured looking at her own stats and thinking about them in an odd way. No matter what Makima was one who had reached 49 percent as well. "Oh, Inventory Access..." Makima said. there must have been some sort of limitation, she supposed she'd be questioning that further when they got back, she had a reasonable amount of faith they'd be alright regardless of what they faced.

Still there was the matter of their upcoming placement and Miko being dragged towards Gojo who was picking them up to literally drop them off. Miko managed to look a little pouty. "This has to be what kittens feel like," she decided that being carried around in such a way wasn't bad though. It definitely was starting to grow on her as a feeling. Right up until they got where they were going. "I feel like mantises would know martial arts and I don't want that..." Miko confirmed her own feelings. "I don't think I want to see one getting busy with a tiger..." she said her brain trying to imagine it and then abandonging it because the idea was too much. Soon enough the scene itself was upon them and full of something else. "Eww, this would be the dungeon a guy like that allowed to break, something full of things that make my skin crawl. I can hear all those fucking legs moving," she said cringing as she always did when she heard sounds like that. As for their dead guy. "I'd assume near something not so dangerous..." Miko said listening for the man even from their current height.

[Bloodedge]

While Miko thought Satoru's method of transporting them wasn't so bad, Yugi detested it. Something about being picked up and carried by another man was demeaning inherently. He didn't complain, however, choosing instead to log that away for later... when he was the more powerful one. For now, the primary concern was the field-type Dungeon waiting below them. There were tree obvious forms of insects, none of which were appreciated by the teens. It had to be terrible for one who could hear the way Miko did ─ dealing with the creepy crawlies in massive form was even making Yugi's skin crawl just slightly. "You know... those would be pretty cool if I didn't have to entertain the idea of being touched by them," he observed.

As for the former strike team leader's location, there was a reason he wasn't already seen or heard. He and another ragtag group of Hunters were on the field's outskirts, looking inward. Satoru seemed to already be looking in the right direction. In fact, the trio would suddenly find themselves floating over that very group. "Alright! The Hunters Association doesn't want anybody but their special favorite guilds taking out the bigger Dungeons like this! The leaders of my guild are in on it too. They gave me the worst group to take this challenge, but if you follow my orders, I know we can all take it on together! Who's with me?!" he asked of the others. In that moment, Satoru called out from above. "These guys are!" he said while dropping the teens into the group. "Gift from the association! They'll carry your sorry ass! Give 'em hell, my sweet, succulent pupils!"

[Apollymi]

It became obvious that there was a gendered difference in the appreciation of Gojo's movement style of choice. Miko didn't mind being transported, though she would have preferred a method which put her in more physical contact with the man. The three types of insects made a weird sort of ecosystem and would definitely be problematic if left to their own devices. and where Yugi thought they might have been cool aside from having to touch them potentially, Miko couldn't agree, "Iia, I definitely made one of those makeshift flamethrowers and almost set the house on fire trying to kill one of those thousand legged demons, when I was being a bit manic. I got a very stern talking to about how even accidental arson is still arson," Miko admitted. She definitely wasn't one who found creatures with multiple legs cool. It wasn't even fear it was simply a matter of how strange she found the noises they made.

No matter what they were moved into position to help with the Dungeon Break. Miko heard the words of their 'benefactor' and knew them to be lies based solely upon what he'd heard the man saying directly to Makima earlier. "Ugh, it's going to be one of those. You can do the brain thing, I'll follow your lead," Miko spoke on her general plan to Yugi as she'd been doing most things in the previous outing. This man had all the vibes of an early game turncoat mini-boss. No matter, it was worth it to keep track of his lies and pay attention to this new group to see how was falling for it. He'd talked up his own group to Makima, not even taking her advice to bring another other more advanced Hunters, and now he was claiming his group had been trash. That wasn't going to go over well if anyone used their brain even a little bit. "Eeep♪~" Miko chirped as she dropped. She'd not expected to be volunteered by Gojo but it wasn't too bad a thing to have happen having it mentioned that they were a gift from the association was a good thing for rooting out problems but very bad considering the apparent 'social suicide' that came with their current ranking.