<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

When offered a celebratory makeout, Maki's immediate response was to point out other people being present. Well, it wasn't so immediate. She first went through the most extreme state of fluster he'd seen from her yet. Regarding the actual response, Yugi had no personal issue with there being others around. Maki seemed to be a... very specific type of person, though. If Yugi was right, he now had his first official route with a virgin. "Still not a no. Wanna hop over there and do it?" he asked, aimlessly pointing over his shoulder. Maki truly was an interesting combination of archetypes ─ a combination he fully intended to explore to its limits.

At that time, Miko was conversing with Aki, having some knowledge about how chaotic his day had been thus far. What he shared was only part of the story ─ albeit the majority of it. What he could easily give the overall majority to, however, was those two E-ranks... or whatever they actually were. Aki wished he could have a longer cigarette, or perhaps a drug at this point. "At least you're conscious of it. It's not a big deal... probably. Definitely not at the top of my concerns list right now," he admitted. Now that the boss was dead, Aki could go back to figuring out his living situation... or so he thought.

Satoru knew the truth of this matter. The true 'boss' of this raid was currently en route to the group, and would be appearing amid the straggler spiders in due time. As if he had nothing to do with the man's survival to this point, Satoru merely floated overhead, continuing his phone call with the chairwoman. "I don't think that interest will come unless you say it can ─ not for him anyway. And you... want to wait on that?" he asked, not really needing an answer. Makima thought she had time before the Players and her 'children' were closer in strength to each other... but she probably didn't have the entire day before such a thing happened. "Hm," Satoru murmured. "The real show's about to start!" he exclaimed, all for the sake of shifting topics.

[Apollymi]

All the reactions of Maki seemed very familiar to Miko as she'd been 2 days ago by her own approximation. Maki herself was so flustered she had no idea what was wrong with people in the current moment. 'It seems we both get to virgin slay today...' Miko had nothing but approval in her thoughts. Maki on the other hand was still being propositioned. This time he pointed over his shoulder and claimed they could go there and make out, "That doesn't change the public nature of this situation!" Maki claimed. She hadn't said no, "And I wouldn't say no... just like later," she said while rubbing the back of her head and looking away. Yes the monster was dead but there was still clean-up, reporting in and all that to deal with.

Meanwhile, Miko was conversing with Aki and hearing him out. She knew she only knew a bit of his day, but sometimes being around to commiserate with was enough. She also fully realized dealing with the pair of them was likely more than most people would ever sign themselves up for, "You probably are more worried about other things. It's okay, I'll help if I can♪~" Miko said. She already fully intended a certain kind of favor, and a conversation with the higher ups as this whole thing was a specific person's fault regardless of everything else. No matter what Miko didn't want people upset nor did she think it was okay for Aki to have such a troublesome day simply because Sato Kenta couldn't get his shit together. Miko was mildly pleased as she began looking through her phone, intending to pick out a pair of sunglasses for Gojo just in case he'd been close enough for his to break.

Meanwhile, Gojo and Makima were discussing her match making the twins she'd raised and the Players. It seemed Gojo was surprised by the idea that she'd wanted to wait for them to reach the same power level... "I was going to make sure they couldn't accidentally hurt each other... I didn't consider that Kyo might feel as if he needed permission. That's a good catch," she said with appreciation. "Wait... why did you say that like that?" Makima asked after a second of extra thought. But apparently the real show was about to start, Makima sighed, "Oh? You actually made sure he made it? Interesting, I guess we'll be seeing how they do..." Makima said wondering what the pair would be doing at the approach of that lumbering A-rank Tanker.

[Bloodedge]

Even going to another location didn't change the fact that they were in public, Maki insisted. She wasn't rejecting his idea, but pushing it off until later. Virginity confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt, Yugi thought. "Of course it does. If no one is looking, it's the same as no one being around. And you've had this much of the conversation already, making it clear to all listeners what's going to happen. The only difference between doing it now and doing it later is... not having to look other people in the eye afterwards. But that won't help. If you ever see those people again, if they gave a shit in the first place, they'd have reason to assume or wonder about how far my tongue went into your mouth after that one conversation at the end of a Dungeon Break," Yugi rambled. At some point during his speech, Yugi was simply completing his own train of thought aloud. That aside, there was another annoyance keeping him from progress. Satoru was floating nearby, which meant... Yugi could glance down from the fox's head and see none other than Sato Kenta stomping closer and closer. "Reasons to do a murder getting more and more numerous..."

At the same time, Miko was offering some kind of assistance with Aki's situation. He didn't really need someone else's help, but the gesture could be appreciated. "Don't waste your energy. We're the only ones left from this raid; the payday will be crazy. I'll get a hotel and see if there's a way to fix my other problem," he said prior to a deep, long cigarette drag. Sadly, he didn't get to enjoy the end of that puff. Yugi said something about a murder, and he already knew what the lad was getting at. Indeed, Sato Kenta was in the vicinity. "Well, I guess we can't just settle for completing the Dungeon Break. Wonderful," he complained.

Makima now had a bit of direction when it came to dealing with those twins ─ at least the male who showed no interest in her new female pet. Satoru didn't see it as a matter of Kyo 'needing permission' but rather... that man didn't care about anything normal unless he was ordered by the one person he'd take orders from. Ah, but Makima also caught the strangeness of Satoru's reaction. Luckily for Satoru, Kenta was perfectly placed as a distraction/topic change. "I'm not a betting man, but I'd put money on victory with a flair. Everyone here has reason to hate that bastard, so maybe we'll get to see a gangbang~" he said through a rather wicked grin.

[Apollymi]

Maki would have been fine to recover on her own, but of course that wasn't allowed. No, Yugi went on an entire tirade about how this whole thing worked and her issues with the situation. They were spot on but that didn't mean she wanted them pointed out to her in such a straight-forward fashion. "You know you could keep all that in your head. I don't need to be read that hard!" the girl said her face fully flushed in embarrassment. She couldn't really help it. Why he wanted to say so much and make her think about all the bits associated with those actions. Ah but there was something on the way which apparently would require murder. "What did that guy actually make it this far?" she questioned looking off towards the approaching Sato Kenta.

At the same time, Miko was having a casual conversation with Aki. She'd offered him help and he'd claimed she didn't need to waste her energy. "I wouldn't consider it a waste of energy. I'd take it as a mini-vacation. You grew an arm back today, you deserve it♪~" Miko said lightly. Ah but they couldn't remain so light-hearted as the mention of murder piqued Miko's attention and brought back into her hearing radius a certain existence. "Ugh, I'd tuned him out and everything... I guess it would have been too much for him to die on his own. Or I don't know... rethink all the behavior that got him to this point?" she offered. A bit of introspection was healthy but she figured most people didn't get enough therapy to realize that most things that happened to them were because of their own choices. "This is gonna be on us isn't it? The E-ranks that ruined his plans and made him look bad. We're gonna get Bronzed for the second time today..." Miko murmured softly mentally preparing for a fight, having already rationalized his death indirectly.

Meanwhile, Makima was being distracted from match-making to deal with the whole Sato Kenta situation. That man didn't know others were watching, no he was simply approaching a group that was winding down after a successful hunt of a creature just to have to deal with him. "Not a gambler either, but I don't think I can in good faith be worried about them.... though I am curious to see what they'd been doing," Makima thought. "Besides with you grinning like that, I'm sure they're about to show some rather exciting developments~" Makima added. Willing to go quiet and watch the coming fireworks.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah, no... Too difficult once my brain starts going, and this is the toned-down version. They thought I had Tourette's until I had my brain scanned. That wasn't even a hard read, but I know something you need hard. That's basically what I'm trying to work my way up to here, so bite the fucking bait already," Yugi said. Much to his annoyance, he wasn't allowed much progress now because of Kenta, who'd have to be dealt with one way or another. Before that, Miko had some wisdom to share with Aki about how he could view his life situation. He'd grown an arm back today ─ he deserved a short holiday. Well, this wasn't the first time he'd grown back an arm... but it was the best regrowth to date. "I often have to grow back an arm. Shouldn't you be the one getting credit for that? You take a vacation," he countered. Aki would be forcing the fox summon to lower itself, while Yugi was looking at the System screen. They had an alert about the boss's defeat and the distribution of loot to go along with those two levels. What interested Yugi most was the loot ─ one thing in particular.

"Arachnid's... Hand Crossbow? Like, for free?!" Yugi asked of the greater universe. At the same time, now that they were low enough to be in clear view of Kenta, the A-rank Tanker had a few words to share. "You! You all look like you're having a damn good time over here, don't you?! Any of you got a clue what you've done?!" he yelled. "Oh yeah, it's coming," Yugi said to confirm Miko's musings. "I think... we killed most of the creatures out here, wiped the boss and secured the bag~" he said to Kenta, shifting his glance toward Maki for a quick wink. "Oh, I've got something for you by the way. Wanna come get it?"