<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

Makima wanted a list of series to follow, and Miko agreed to construct one. Gojo wasn't sure how necessary that would be. "If you want a list from a fan, it'll end up being everything. I'll take starting point. You might want to make time for a binge when your gem gets back~" he said to the chairwoman, nodding toward Yugi for some amount of hint at what he had planned. At the same time, Yugi was watching Enju and that chimera that didn't know when to hop in or pop out. Too horny? Yugi hardly knew the meaning. "You're Roze, and I already made it obvious I'm a fan. You know damn well how many times I've self-inserted any time your character was being railed. Well... every time it was a named character besides Satoshi, at least," he chattered.

The chimera kept warning the woman against getting involved, but what warning could it give against a bit of flirty banter? The way Yugi saw things, it was better to become friends than foes. Soon enough, it was showing some known 'tsundere' traits, huffing and shutting itself back inside Enju's body. "You know 'when you're dying' and 'when WE are dying' is the same thing if you're symbiotic, right?" Yugi asked rhetorically, scoffing. Whatever the case, Enju's proper introduction came with an agreement... and a new route starting at 25%. He'd have to figure out a way to properly deal with her annoyance at some point, but that was fine. "Accept. My name's fake and I don't even remember what it is, so call me whatever and don't ask any stupid questions. Now..." Yugi paused there, turning to face Makima. "I think we're at the part where I start shouting 'Free Roze' until it's backwards."

[Apollymi]

According to Gojo getting a list from a fan would end up being everything. Makima gave that mild consideration and Miko only scoffed. "Iia, from me it'd be the ones I think she'd like most first and then let her peek around the collection for the rest after she's hooked!♪~" Miko chirped. But at the same time, she was used to balancing all of her friends and their different tastes so it was simply how she operated. "Well, I'll make arrangements. He should be back tomorrow or the next day, I was planning to make an introduction anyway," Makima said her eyes shifting towards Miko for just a moment. Moving on, it would seem that Enju was one whose character was a point of fantasy thought for the lad, and thus his thoughts weren't too horny. "Most wouldn't admit something like that. I'm a bit to practical to judge though..." Enju admitted. Well, cast parties were always fun and she at least spent time with the 'gem' that Gojo was referring to. "Definitely not a Satoshi. Whoops, why do I know that?" Miko murmured seeming to wonder about the things in her brain again today.

As some agreement was reached and acceptance was given, Makima knew the lad had formed a route with the lass inside of the cell. She supposed then this one would be spared and allowed to grow into her powers properly. In that acceptance, there was a fake name that existed, but wasn't remembered, no stupid questions and him trying to get her free. "His fake name is Kiriya Haruto... I assume something to call him is better than nothing, or choose a nickname most people do that. Free Roze until it's backwards♪~" Miko offered almost playfully. Beyond that, the lad made another joke which Makima paused to think over. "I don't get that one..." Makima said her brows drawn together. While they discussed the freedom of 'Roze' she would be making a subtle suggestion, "That cell over there, has a kid in it that was on some raids with me... he might be the kind of person you guys are looking for. We talked a bit through the cells," she offered that information as Miko shifted herself in the direction of that other person. She might as well take a bit of advice from a new Bondmate, Miko wasn't unreasonable.

[Bloodedge]

"That's the same as all of them, but a trap!" Gojo exclaimed, mockingly aghast. Crocodile tears, a shaking head and trembling fist would ensue. "My precious student... converting innocent businesswomen to the cruel, dark reality of depraved fiction! WHERE DID I GO WRONG?!" he added. Yugi chortled, but kept his general focus on Enju... until Miko mentioned the character named Satoshi, which had his eyes cutting in her direction briefly. "Hm," he murmured. "... Anyway. I don't count as 'most' under any circumstance. You've got a parasite that can attest to that for reasons I don't even know."

Beyond talks of Aeons works and the like, Miko remembered the name Yugi couldn't hold on to. Kiriya Haruto. Ah yes, that was it! "Yeah, that. Totally remembered the whole time. I'll still settle for whatever you want, though... but I'm guessing you already know all about that. Really weird for Roze to be on the other side of the law, but I get it," he rambled. Yugi had very recently made a few connections leading to the understanding that 'Enju' was a former assassin, and not the Hunter classification. No matter. His attention was pulled by Makima, who didn't understand what 'Free Roze until it's backwards' meant. "Really? That's not even a reference; it's just simple," Yugi asserted. "Shout 'Free Roze' until it's 'Roze Free'. Word pun," Gojo chimed-in plainly.

As for the lad Enju spoke of, he wasn't very far away at all. A young man in his early twenties sat in tattered robes against the far wall of a neighboring cell. Dark eyes and medium-length slick, black hair parted down the middle were his natural 'defining' features, but... perhaps one more was the sleeplessness visible under his eyes. He'd been silently listening along to whatever words reached his cell this entire time... but he had no actual interest in getting involved up to this point.

[Apollymi]

Apparently, Miko's plan was some kind of dastardly. There were crocodile tears from Gojo as he concluded she was trying to convert an innocent businesswoman into the realm of Aeons works. Miko looked at Gojo with minor sinister intention, like a small child plotting against the world. "I am a fully devoted... individual. If I believe in something I believe with everything. Everyone must convert. You must read, and watch, and wait. And buy and wait. And be on the message boards, and wait. And read. And watch and Wait!♪ RESISISTENCE IS FUTILE!♪~" Miko declared like she was a raving lunatic. Makima chuckled, these teens would be something ridiculous she thought. Beyond that apparently Yugi didn't count as most, Enju could see that as a thing. "He's probably not going to tell me anything useful about it either. I'm not worried about it..." Enju mentioned casually as she had very little worth worrying about.

Beyond this point, there was the issue of 'Roze' as she was known in those novels being oddly on the wrong side of the law. Apparently this lad understood the difference but Enju could only shake her head, "I bet. As for the law, I choose where I land... and I follow who I want. You seem to have made a similar choice," Enju noted, as he was currently in Makima's good graces, enough to joke around with her, it was obvious he'd decided the 'fully lawful' approach wasn't worth it either. As for the word pun, it was explained by both men in this group and Makima nodded. "Oh, that was way simpler than I thought it would be. Regardless, I fully intended to free her once a route was established," Makima mentioned as her hand rested against a fingerprint scanner and opened her door from the outside. Miko hadn't missed that little look either. She wouldn't even question it, as it was something that happened around her quite a bit, she considered it a normal reaction to things she said.

Speaking of reactions to things said, Miko was once again wandering off, if only because she was curious about what Enju meant. Upon reaching that other cell she looked in to see a man, who had dark eyes, hair parted down the middle of his head and the deepest bags under his eyes, that she'd seen on anyone not herself. "Waaaah♪~ You really aren't okay," she murmured as an initial reaction. Now she was curious this man hadn't slept in a long time, she could tell... "I'm not judging. I know it's rough not being able to sleep. Is it a Shukaku thing?" she wondered given the oddities of this world and the Aeon's works, she figured a reference might lighten the dark mood she oddly felt.

[Bloodedge]

Another scoff passed Yugi's lips. That damn parasite wasn't giving any useful information, and Enju didn't expect to get any out of it either. Those types were such annoying individuals. "Well I could always kill it, bring it back, and demand answers," he threatened with a bit of thought to follow. "But damn symbiosis. I wouldn't want to kill you. But maybe I'll figure something out one day," he mused. Yugi's decision was hardly a matter of choice at all, unlike Enju choosing to 'go straight' as she put it. Happenstance put the Players in Makima's path. Though he wouldn't turn away from that event either, the facts remained. "I didn't make a choice. What Mommy wants, Mommy gets. That's just the law," he insisted.

Regardless, Enju would be freed, and Miko would be meeting someone new. The black-haired young man confined to that cell never looked in her direction. He registered the voice of an unknown woman, and knew better than to bother. "I'm fine," he declared dismissively. Miko asked if his obvious issue with sleep was a 'Shukaku' thing. "Eh..." That little noise was all he had to offer. No matter. If he didn't have words to share, an ever-invasive Gojo certainly did. "Damn!" said the white-haired man who hadn't been on this particular floor in quite some time. "Guy has a deeper bag than me! One for each side too!" the older male announced. "Oh! Is this the baby-mama-drama kid?"

[Apollymi]

A casual threat was made on the life of the Chimera who was attached to Enju's soul. Apparently, Yugi wouldn't just kill it though, at the risk of killing Enju herself. "Hmph." the Chimera was finally done speaking and for the first time in quite a while, Enju felt properly relaxed. She couldn't help but find what the lad said very interesting. He didn't make a choice, to serve Makima, what Mommy wants, Mommy gets... he claimed. "That's still a choice," Enju decided but she held her hands up in mock surrender stepping out of that cell for the first time in quite a while and stretched carefully. Perhaps a long bath and a bit of relaxation were in order for her. A stiff drink too.

Meanwhile, Miko was meeting a new person. Or rather trying to, as it became obvious he had little to no interest in her. Still she wasn't the type of person to leave well enough alone when she thought she could potentially help. "You don't sound fine... odd though you haven't even looked up really. But you don't seem scared of me so..." Miko mentioned as she had time to notice him and take in his worn out visage. She asked if he had a Shukaku style situation because she saw it as being the most obvious answer toa completely sleepless person who was also dangerous enough to need to be locked up. He didn't seem to get her initial reference but as Miko opened her mouth to explain, Gojo spoke of the deep bags under the lad's eyes making her laugh a bit. "Tehehe♪~ Can you not?~ I'm trying to be a little serious here♪~" Miko chirped at her 'sensei'. "Woah♪~ That is a loaded set of words... but why would something like that have him locked up and sleepless?" Miko wondered. She wasn't one to really pry but people needed sleep and he was so tired the eventual collapse could be considered more dangerous than anything else. It defnitely wasn't good for mental or physical health.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi wasn't going to sit around and argue about choices. No, he didn't care that much about anything but the fact that he now had an active route for one Takeuchi Roze in human form. Things were getting more exciting by the day... or even the hour. He was watching the woman stretch by the time she exited that cell, notably with a silent chimera resting within her. "Hmm. You did mocap for Roze's animations, didn't you?" he asked in observation. "So do you also do the legendary stretch?" he questioned further.

At the same time, that young man who refused to look in Miko's direction was merely wishing she'd move on. "I can hear you fine without having to look up. You should keep moving," he suggested. Gojo was looking directly into the cell through the door, head leaning in fully past Miko herself. His comments about that man's baggy eyes was apparently too much for Miko's attempts at seriousness. Gojo shrugged. He didn't bother commenting on anything beyond the alleged 'baby mama drama' of the incarcerated male. "Probably because she's holding all of his money in the divorce," he stated. "... Or she's still obsessed. Or both. Dunno. Kid's cursed. Not much else to it," he explained, saying just enough to make the imprisoned lad avert his gaze even more.

[Apollymi]

While Yugi's life became more exciting, Enju was stretching her body fully and enjoying the space. Of course, while he was here to enjoy something new, the lad was questioning Enju about her work for the Aeons. "How much watching do you do? Well, I guess the Sharingan is a hint but damn," Enju said. Still she wasn't going to not answer his questions so she figured that it wasn't going to be too much of a problem. "Yeah, that one's a me thing anyway... like the character has it because I do it, not the other way around," she said while setting the lad straight on his understanding of situations surrounding her. All the while, Makima watched thoughtfully. These kids were so interesting, picking up routes and working different angles. It was amusing to watch. Makima couldn't help but wonder how much thought went into such approaches.

Speaking of approaches, Miko found a lad. According to the black haired lad in the cell he could hear her just fine, but she should keep moving, he didn't have to look up. "Well, that isn't going to make a curious person stop. You'd be better off answering my questions..." Miko explained. She wasn't the type of person who'd let go of her curiosities. And anyone trying to keep her from information was only going to get badgered. Such was her nature and why school was, strenuous. Whatever the case, Miko was being filled in indirectly, as Gojo used his 'references' to clear up the situation at least a little. The young man int his cell was cursed, his energy or rather power was locked behind said curse, which had something to do with his previous girlfriend. "That clears things up but only a little, is she like inside him or something? Or is she just like bad energy or something? She's not a ghost or a dead thing... he's the closest thing to dead that isn't currently so..." Miko said assessing the situation with a bit more detachment than she normally had. "Whoops, I wasn't going to say that last part out loud," she almost sheepishly.

[Bloodedge]

Just as he thought, Enju herself was the reason for Roze's movements. Yugi's eyes were constantly wandering up and down her body as she answered his curiosity. "Figured. No way even the Aeons could think up what to do with a body like that. Way too much refinement for that time period of their stuff," he rambled. With that, Yugi turned toward Makima. "Oh, did you fill that bucket?" he wondered, scanning her up and down as well.

That male in the cell had no intentions of answering Miko's questions. His business was nothing for her to get involved in; such was how catastrophic events began. Gojo would be the one providing every answer possible, however ─ at least to whatever extent he knew in that strange way he shared information. According to Miko, the 'baby mama' in question wasn't something dead; the lad himself was the thing nearest to death here without crossing the afterlife's borders. That last part was spoken unintentionally, but that was none of Gojo's concern. "What do you think I am? A guy who knows everything? Ask your boyfriend; he likes to figure stuff out," Gojo stated. He actually had no idea what to tell her about that man's 'curse' situation. Perhaps, though... the answer could come from a certain unknown male laughing even farther down the hall. It didn't seem like a person in his right mind was about to speak at all, though the ominous aura leaking down the hall when he made his presence known was indicative of why he was here. Was that true though? "Or you should look around. Half of the people in here are the same. Sheep. There's a shepherd somewhere... but who knows where he's run off to after herding everyone off a cliff. Are you here for the wool?"

[Apollymi]

Those animations were things natural to Enju's body. She was a very specific kind of assassin, one which even the Aeons couldn't properly capture initially. Well, they got pretty close, that Sonya Road they'd designed along with Roze's pension for gun use was almost right for how Enju eliminated threats in her more direct form of work. "I think they did well considering. Their early works have quite a few growing pains though," Enju said conversationally. She knew that the various forms of her character's existence had been through quite a few upgrades and developments, especially as the project relaunched. No matter, all was well in her own mind. As for Makima she was asked about that bucket and she shrugged. "Might have gotten about a quarter full. I do have self-control as well~" Makima mentioned. "Can I have my guns back?" Enju asked of Makima. "You can have one," Makima said, not willing to fully arm the woman again until she was sure of her stability.

Meanwhile, Miko had a curiosity in front of her and there was little to be done to distract her from the oddity of it. It seemed that this dungeon wasn't necessarily for 'criminals' and she'd more liken it to an asylum for the magically unstable. As for what Miko thought Gojo was, she shrugged. "Go-sei is Go-sei... exhausting existing resources for information and having my questions answered is my right as a student," Miko asserted. "And I could ask him, but I can't always make him figure stuff out. Besides, once something has my interest I usually obsess until I understand... unanswered questions irk me... and I can't usually let it go," Miko explained of herself. So her curiosity surrounding this lad's situation would remain unhindered. But before she could voice her next question or prod a bit more... a voice struck her ears that caused her to go absolutely still. Her pupils dilated and she took a sharp breath. It wasn't the aura released, or even the crazy words spoken, though they danced in her ears like a steady music. No... it was the tone and cadence of a recognizable voice, which would make her completely abandon the push to figure out the sleepless lad. No... something that spoke to her on a much deeper level was nearby and apparently crazy. "I know that voice♪!~" Miko squeaked out immediately. She moved, quicker than she even meant to, so she could stand in front of that man's cell and confirm what her ears had taken in.