<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

Makima had some thoughts about his dismissive response to her plan. What she possibly didn't know, was that he no longer had any intention of walking into such play with the woman until he could go all the way. Such was the dichotomy between Aiba Yugi and Genokiller. Aiba Yugi was, and always would be, a perverted lad willing to observe nearly any form of deviant behavior on a whim, even to the detriment of important tasks at times. Genokiller, however... was something Makima would soon learn about through Miko sharing her longest tirade to date, leading into access to the biggest website dedicated to the cult phenom.

METAFALL had taken the gaming world by storm, spreading the word of Genokiller like wildfire. Through it, Makima would surely come to learn of the calculating, methodical, resourceful individual dismantling the established 'best tactics' of every major game in the entertainment industry and its associated communities. That site was full of fan posts, but what made it one of the best websites for that purpose was... the gratuitous attention to detail and spreading of factoids, clips, sourced articles and witness reports. Perhaps the strangest thing about Miko's plan to show that website was her mention of an account ─ something that would immediately out her as one of Genokiller's most devout followers... or rabid fans, as some might call those who had proper accounts on that site. Yugi found himself standing idly by, looking quizzically at Miko from her tangent to the present. "... Unlikely. System tech seems to work like a two-way mirror. Just don't post anything new," he advised. Ah, but there hadn't been anything new about the true Genokiller in quite some time. Of course, that didn't stop the influx of fan posts either theorizing what happened to the gaming legend or... mistakenly attributing other decent gaming feats to him to try and pin his identity. That sort of thing happened a lot anyway. Another interesting note about METAFALL was that its most active members tended to... 'kindly' correct those who would otherwise spread misinformation.

[Apollymi]

Men were men, this much was true, but Genokiller wasn't a man. He was an enigma. The perversions of Aiba Yugi, were fun, and his pure interest in deviance was fine, but Genokiller was about the work. His attitude was something wholly different and Makima would be learning that directly. As Miko bought and summoned a computer with which to find the fansite she was looking for, METAFALL, she incidentally outed herself as one of Genokiller's biggest followers. "Hai hai, resisting urge to tell people they are trash and don't know what they are talking about!~" Miko chirped happily. Upon finding out that she likely wouldn't be found out she typed in her own ID: IncandescentHart and logged in after typing a password which seemed to be in iambic pentameter. Makima for her part in this only raised an eyebrow. "IncandescentHart?" she questioned the girl. "Look when you're young you make up weird online names. I have a more professional one, but this one feels better for general purposes..." Miko claimed happily.

Still, there were quite a few things to see. Though, there had been no new sightings of the Genokiller in quite a while, several posts had people claiming to be that guy, and posting proof by way of completed runs, unorthodox character builds, and even a few advice or tech offers. But they were quickly shut down. GenoTransfuser was a name which appeared quite frequently. Saying things like "Fuck you, the Genokiller would never had come up with such a stupid plan!" or "The Genokiller would have broken the scoreboard." and one worth a secondary note, "A virgin like you could never be the Genokiller because I'd never sleep with you!" those were quite interesting. Makima had something to say about that... "That one has some very strong feelings about the Genokiller," Makima observed. "Yeah, she is probably the only person I'd count as a bigger fan of his than me. I'd consider her an internet friend, we usually chat when a game is up that is revelant, but I don't play all of them," Miko explained. As Miko began her points to Makima. "A while after games go up and METAs are established the Genokiller appears. META in this case being the Most EFfective Tactics Available. It's for people who can't get past content or find it easier to go along with a specific way to beat something that someone else has already used to complete it," Miko started, Makima did have a question though, a normal one to be certain. "Shouldn't you want to use the most effective tactics to complete a task?" she asked, as Miko made it seem like it was a problem. "I think you should do what's fun to you. But simply letting someone else figure out what works and abusing that isn't good. Like sure no one is going back to bringing an army of spear wielders against nukes or whatever, but... the stakes in games aren't the same, creativity goes out the window and so does our ability to play to your own benefit. You use someone else's tech and it'll never work for you like it works for them," Miko asserted waiting to see if Yugi would have anything to add. She was one of his most fanantical followers but she wouldn't speak too candidly on his behalf while he was in the room...

Still she brought up a particular video she always enjoyed, a MonHun Clear of one of the final bosses, as a team carry using a Sword and Shield. "In this game, everyone was demanding that all participants play a specific weapon, with specific gear, or the owner of the party would kick you. Not a problem if you wanted to play alone, but it got really toxic trying to get in a few quick runs with parties if you weren't willing to dress ugly or play the one weapon everyone else was playing, this is the Genokiller appearing to fix the problem!♪~" Miko asserted. She let a video play while Makima tuned in. The premise of this particular game wasn't unlike killing bosses within the Dungeon, she could understand it enough to know party composition shouldn't be all the same weapon at least. "Sou ka," Makima said. "That was a pretty novel way to handle it. Hell yeah it was, and it made it much easier for me to play one of the two weapons I normally do in that game!" Miko asserted. "And then, in this one, Ishigami Daisuke got a clear in the early game with a rogue build, so it became standard for the season. Genokiller went in with a full Knight build and wiped!" she showed those clips. She made sure Makima got full visuals. Every fight, every different tactic. Every methodical completion. Every challenge started with a 'Game on!'. It was magnificent. And this was just referencing games Miko played herself... anything that included potential romance options, a high tier fashion scene, or games with beat maps.

[Bloodedge]

And so, Yugi was back to silent observation. He briefly thought Miko would inadvertently out herself as a musical superstar with things like 'IncandescentHart' as her username on a website, but... then he doubted many others would go through the mental gauntlet required to make such connections. Yugi loosely observed as Miko showed Makima the website, specifically noting the continued aggression of one particular poster. He recognized the tone used on that account, and all the extreme reactions that came with it. 'That girl's still at it?' he wondered.

As the topic progressed, Yugi found one other reason to scoff. Miko explained the general purpose of Genokiller, specifically noting the anti-meta approach and what it meant. Makima was one who seemed to believe in following the established 'best' tactics, and... there came the scoff. Yugi even had a few words to offer in addition to Miko's counter. "Settling for what already works is how stagnation happens. Don't be lasagna," he stated plainly, bitterly even. Miko went on to showcase multiple clips of Genokiller joining parties, winning games and such, he spoke again just to confirm the primary clip being referenced. "Was that the Behemoth one, or the Alatreon one?" he wondered. He didn't intend to show off or any such thing, but it was a fun memory in spite of the annoying segments. Even better was what may have been his first official victory over one Ishigami Daisuke ─ which was an event he intended to repeat in real life now. "Gonna do it with a Necromancer build too... against whatever the fuck he's got going on this time. Fuckin' bitch."

[Apollymi]

Yugi went back into quiet mode as Miko made explanations. But the general appreciation of both Yugi and Makima. Makima didn't know how extreme the girl known as the 'GenoTransfuser was. Miko happened to have that one as a contact on the website. If anyone was still defending the Genokiller with all of their being, it was her. 'I wonder if we could introduce them?' Miko thought but aloud she just said, "Box it." sitting a thought aside for later. Beyond that point, Miko pointed out the issue of using the discovered most effective tactics. Makima understood what the girl had to say, but the lad's addition made her brow raise, "Stagnation, huh? What does that have to do with lasagna?" Makima wondered.

"Don't get him started... I'm still hungry from earlier," Miko mentioned with a cute little pout coming to her face. Makima would be poking her cheek while staring at the screen that Miko had pulled up. She watched as four man party took on something of a black dragon. One with a sword and shield and the rest using long swords. "Alatreon. Behemoth I feel like had impact but not the same kind," Miko asserted. All the while Makima's brain was processing and the gears of her mind were turning. She saw usefulness in these skills picked up in a game and moreoever, she understood what Miko had meant about the lad's ability to translate things. Miko had even spoken of the lad winning out again Ishigami Daisuke in this gaming context. "Hm... you seem so sure," Makima stated. "Of course he's sure... look at how many time's he'd lived up to it♪!~" Miko began scrolling. Those moments she'd just shown, were simply a couple of her favorites. There were dozens of others, including other games where he'd competed with Ishigami Daisuke and won. Miko pointed things out and watched the little shift, the switch in Makima as she considered that the pair were playing a game in life. And if that was the case, then life for Yugi had become something he could absolute own, with the same kind effeciency that he did all of these video games. He could apply gamer logic to clear dungeons, "Oh, you're already doing it, huh? That's what Toru-pyon meant when he said you were gamers and your approach was different," Makima said. If Yugi was really that certain, she could see him reaching the goal he'd so recently put forth. "Did I just become a game to conquer then? Is that what I didn't understand?" Makima questioned which made Miko smile and nod her head. "Hai♪!~ It's not just a horny teen thing, it's a fucking challenge and Genokiller doesn't back down. He fucking conquers♪! His own way, in absolution!♪~" Miko boasted on the lad's behalf. And in so doing the thoughts Makima had would lead to something interesting, that 49 to 50 percent which had been shifting repeatedly settled on 50. No stagnation, no games. If it wasn't just him being horny and there was evidence so much of it, of him accepting a challenge and conquering it... Makima could accept it. Much like she'd originallhy accepted Hiruko's gambling.