<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

Both Players agreed on the attempted use of a Slime core for their eventual bath. Yugi nodded along, figuring it would be fine even if the Slime was a bit... rapey, so to speak."I agree. And you can test it first because... well, we all know why you get to test it first," he decided. Once that base core was placed to erect a proper barrier around their new estate, the Players received a notification. Their very first quest had now been completed in all aspects. Yugi had also forgotten about that part, thinking it was simply a failure after they left the tutorial dungeon. "Damn. Quests last forever," he said, becoming quite pleased thereafter by 10 new points to allocate. "All going in Strength!" he decided.

Amamiya Ren and Gojo Satoru both received that Concubine notification from the System. In Gojo's case, he happened to be sitting in a bath with Makima at the time, enjoying a floating tray of sushi he'd brought from halfway across Tokyo. "Free room already? That's how you stack paper! I taught them everything they know!" Gojo boasted over a raised cup of sake. At the same time, Ren was holding onto his key and wondering if he shouldn't make use of it immediately. Ah, but those weren't the only two who had a key from Miko. One Akechi Rikuya was the first of Miko's routes to exceed 50%, but special conditions had him lacking a notification at the time. He had this one; however, he didn't have a clue what he was seeing. "A what for a what?" he wondered from his usual late-night hangout: Leblanc. That key was something he'd seen in his pocket the previous day. Now, it was something he could look at to see another readout... claiming its use would lead to an unknown home in Aokigahara Forest. How strange. Based on what he knew, there was a security team being mobilized to that area presently. Perhaps he'd have to investigate.

[Apollymi]

Both Players seemed to be fine with the idea of including a slime extract in their open air bath which they'd be having built at some point in the near future. Yugi even had the splendid idea of Miko being the one to test it when it was complete. "Slimes are actually real? And why Mi-tan?" Ai wondered from her perch. Miko shrugged and managed to look a bit embarrassed. "Slimes are real. Our first encounter before the Dungeons was with a slime colony which was posing as a lake..." Miko explained gently. "As for why it's me to try it... those were a bit rapey. They were trying to get all inside me and they ate all our clothes, and items, and tried to eat all my mana... but, after it wasn't super dangerous, the whole thing felt pretty fucking awesome~" Miko gave that answer while Ai looked at her. "Did you make our baby even more a pervert than she was in her closet? I don't think she would have admitted to that before~ And not a word, I've seen the folders on your tablet~" Ai decided playfully amused by the entire thing and knowing that Miko's gallery would be quite interesting to look at. Miko for her part in this had opened her mouth to speak but upon remembering that Ai had claimed to see quite a few problematic things in the gallery of her tablet, she pouted holding up her hands in mock surrender. Beyond that it seemed that quest didn't even have a proper end until that moment. "Oh... well, I suppose unless they have one at the start they wouldn't have time limits. I did help you complete that event quest earlier just by tagging in when someone else couldn't finish... the quests themselves seem pretty intuitive like that..." Miko said thinking about an earlier moment.

Beyond that the spread of those notifications was quite interesting. Makima's eyes shifted to the side as Gojo spoke aloud about the teens adventures. "Ara?~ They picked it up already... I know they claimed it wasn't really work for them but that was fast~" Makima mentioned as she reached for one of those pieces of Sushi with a chopstick lazily eating in the pool of warm water. "Good Sensei!~" Makima jokingly congratulated Gojo on his 'teachings' even while knowing that both children were quite beyond that kind of help. "Hm, I wonder how they'll celebrate... well besides the obvious of course. they did mention not being done with their dailies yet," Makima wondered if the pair had decided todo a house warming date or something of the like. That one unknown of Miko's list, getting a notification would have been odd news to her, if she'd had time to think about it. Instead, Kaguya was sitting in bed, after a surprise extra round with Miyuki. Her head was back and she was relaxing with it against the headboard while a little smile came to her face. The idea of having a secret place to run off to, was... amusing at least. And if they set it up out here somewhere that had to be something they put some thought into... Poetic choice!~ she sent to group chat with her secret phone before allowing it to disappear again. At the same time... Tae was looking at her own key, having just made it back to the right side of town. How fucking edgy could you get?~ If I use this key will I have to find my way back across town? I'm not one of those speedy types, I actually use vehicles.

[Bloodedge]

While Miko answered Ai's curiosity regarding her little... tryst with a slime colony, Yugi began taking steps toward the castle. He wasn't going to keep waiting around while having a conversation. As he still had Ai against his back, he figured Miko would be following along. Along the way to the massive throne platform right in front of the entrance, Yugi was asked directly about the 'corruption' of Miko. What had he actually done? In truth, Yugi hadn't done a thing besides enable urges he found obvious in the lass. "I didn't do anything but expose the slutty part. Want me to do yours too? I can tell it's in there~" he teased to the girl whose breasts were still firmly planted atop his head. With that, he was standing in front of a massive double door, Ruler's Hand at the ready for one side of it. "Open the gate!" he announced in a mockingly haughty tone, intending to open the left door if Miko took the right.

Meanwhile, Gojo seemed completely unworried, tossing sushi into his mouth by hand ─ or seemingly so. Joking though it was, praise came from Makima, causing the white-haired man to behave as if he'd been greatly empowered. "HRAAAAAH! My power is surging!" he joked. Makima had more to say. Whether he'd been refusing to pay attention or simply missed some information, Gojo wasn't privy to the list of daily requirements. "What dailies?" he wondered. All the while, messages were flowing in. Yugi received one from Kaguya and one from Tae, quite close to each other. To Kaguya, he sent: Thinking about a secret trip already, or...? Shortly afterwards, he messaged Tae: So much edgier. Try me. Haven't tested whether there's a way to teleport back or not. I can let you know, unless you want to do the test.

[Apollymi]

It would seem that questions were being answered on the move, Miko easily kept up, with Yugi, even given much shorter legs. After an explanation from Miko and the subsequent teasing from Ai, Ai was subjected to teasing from Yugi. He claimed that he'd only exposed the slutty part of Miko and he could do the same for her... he could tell it was there. "What?! Kage-tan, how could you? No way I have anything like that..." she said in a purely sarcastic manner. Her activities with a female friend due to a bit of prodding said otherwise, so did her current positioning. Though she wasn't the type to throw herself into something without getting to know someone, she could say she'd at least enjoy things presented to her after a certain level of comfort was reached. "OPENING THE GATE♫~" Miko chanted as her own use of Ruler's Hand would push open the opposing side and let them enter. All the while, Ai was enjoying her perch but having her number of question grow by the moment. "So you have Sharigan, telekinesis, the start of Susano'o and these weird Shadows, seem to do your bidding, we haven't talked about that yet by the way... And you can just pop a house out of nowhere. Appearing from a gate in the kaicho's office... and?" Ai wondered what kind of craziness this pair was up to, and just the things she'd observed had been bad enough...

While Ai, pontificated and started freaking out about the oddities being shown by the Players. Makima was enjoying sushi, and a bath with one of her favored pets. She'd watched him power up and chuckled, "Kyah~ Stop~" she said still in jest. She felt like she'd laughed more today than she had in several years. No matter, there was the Players and their Daily Quests that Gojo didn't know anything about. "Yeah. Apparently the update to their System gave them a list of daily objectives to complete for some prize they didn't mention. They also mentioned the ability to double up... but had some complaints about how some things they'd already done didn't count, A Gallery Photo, A Route Event, Intimacy Increase, and something else," Makima explained of the situation. "I was told sending a photo could make them easier for him... so I planned to after I was done eating. And the little one was complaining about her events from earlier not counting," Makima explained what she knew of the situation. Gojo was technically in charge of them, so him knowing how things worked was simply beneficial all around. Meanwhile, Kaguya was looking at her secret phone and chuckling, Maybe just a little. I'm awake on my own and I can't help but notice I'm not hearing anything from next door anymore~ Well, at least she knew they were out doing something to further themselves and their progress. besides she knew her friend was quite the busybody, she didn't expect her to remain stationary for too long. As for Tae, apparently he could be edgier. She thought about his question and had a smile break out across her face. I love a good experiment. Let me ask... can I store something big in my portion of the Inventory? Like if I can bring my bike with me, then I can get back even if I can't teleport back. I wouldn't mind doing something like that...

[Bloodedge]

"Oh really? Well, if she's not your slut... she must be mine~" Yugi flirted regarding the secret, promiscuous side of Ai. Once that gate was opened and the trio could enter the building, there was another series of curiosities from Ai. Yugi had answers... but he'd only give them after rotating the blonde around to his fore, aiming to hold her there as if they could start something sexual right then and there, clothes aside. Ah, but he left it at a bit of face-to-face interaction and some easier groping of her rear. "That's better. Yes. Those Shadows are also dead things. We each have the title Monarch of Shadows, and that comes with the ability to extract shadows from the dead. We've got a lot more on the way. Oh, and... you'll probably like the fact that we can craft things through the System as well," he explained.

According to Makima, there were a few different daily quests connected to the Players' routes. A photo, an event, an increase of Intimacy, and something else Makima couldn't place. One thing they did regularly was missing; Gojo assumed that was the fourth quest. "Probably fucking," he asserted. "I could send something too. I think they were talking about some kind of annoying punishment earlier. Can't have Little Thumper getting punished by a machine if I can help it~" he claimed. Perhaps Gojo would also send a photo or see about spawning some sort of event. While Gojo was considering his options, Yugi was sending two more texts. To Kaguya: Can't make the other visitors send noise complaints on the first night. So make sure you've got that lipstick on tomorrow. To Tae: We can. You should be able to. You could probably even get a new bike from the System. Haven't checked the prices or anything else about vehicles yet.

[Apollymi]

"Oh?~ Kage-tan you're too much~" Ai commented though she was still being playful about it. It was odd to be flirted with in such a direct way. People normally danced around the subject so hard and when they finally had something to say, it never came out feeling so... casual and unpracticed. Ai was beginning to feel like it wouldn't be terribly awkward to share Miko's boyfriend, and the girl herself seemed completely unfazed as they progressed. In this case, when Ai was moved onto Yugi's fore, Miko only gave another look and once again stuck out that boba on offer. Ai would take another sip, knowing that such offers didn't come from Miko after she took something. Yugi made his explanation while she looked around at the inside of a building she found strangely comfortable. Ai picked up her visor, showing off that 'Twinkle Eye' of hers for a moment as she noted that within this space her eyes didn't feel as overwhelmed as they normally did. "Sou ka, that's pretty crazy, Kage-tan~ When added to everything else, it seems like you two might be more broken than Ishigami Daisuke. Who is the reason I was in kaicho's office, by the way. It's also really nice in here. It's not terrible on my eyes... and what do you mean crafting? Like can I do tinkering tech stuff? Or is it just potions and weapons?!~" Ai immediately got excited seeming to wiggle in his arms while he molested her rear but her own excitement was growing instead, enough that the lad would see, a casual increase of a 5 percentage points in their Intimacy. She also liked facing him.

Meanwhile, Makima and Gojo were discussing their continued assistance being offered to the Players. Makima couldn't quite place their last daily objective, but it seemed she'd overlooked a particularly obvious point. Gojo pointed out that their last objective as likely sex, givne how much of it the pair had, Makima supposed that making sure they had sex with at least one Bondmate per day outside of their personal deviance was likely. "That... was almost too obvious. I suppose that explains why they didn't bother mentioning it. The little one ran some tests, to find that Intimacy could potentially be increased remotely. Apparently Routes can appear that way as well, as she got one for Hi-pyon while they were here, doing something completely unrelated~" Makima chose to use Miko's words in that last bit finding the girl amusing. As for help offered, it seemed Gojo was willing to offer aid to Miko as well... seemingly remembering something about punishments. "They did mention that a couple of times. Debuffs and incompletes or failures for quests and a loss of things they didn't want to happen. It's in my best interest to keep them growing so I'm going to send one when I change out of this bikini~ I'm surprised though, you sound like a real caring sensei~ Worried about the little one's punishments and all~" Makima couldn't help but tease, she found it amusing. Gojo rarely found other people amusing, it was interesting to watch him grow in this way. At the same time, Kaguya was receiving a text back that read rather cheekily. Lipstick for quiet to keep the other guests unknowning and they'd disappeared for similar reasons. Oya?~ I guess I'll have to make sure I'm fully prepared then~ Let me know if you guys need a cover story or anything. I'll hold down this side~ At the same time Tae was reading a different message. Oh? Well, I'll check and also use myself as a test. I'll pop up soon if all goes well!~ Tae's message was excitability incarnate. If her Intimacy was able to be boosted, she'd gain another 4 percent just for inclusion in the testing phase.

[Bloodedge]

A few little actions were causing Ai's Intimacy to rise quite steadily. It wasn't the speed he'd become accustomed to with some others, but it was what he'd expected from the start. Besides, she seemed complacent enough in his antics while not being hindered by prior entanglements. Soon enough, the girl even took off her visor, claiming this location wasn't terrible for her eyes... after comparing them to the likes of Ishigami Daisuke. "How did I know his name was going to come up?" Yugi asked of the universe, clearly griping. Oh well; he could move on from that. "Whatever. Anyway... yeah, you can probably do tech stuff. I've got a doctor who's able to modify our potions. I'm sure neither of us would have an issue with you handling tech stuff ─ especially since you obviously want to. I like tech shit," he stated. At the same time, with Miko offering them that cup of bubble tea, Yugi looked... skeptical. "If you hand me boba, you're not getting it back."

At the same time, Gojo was giving some honest consideration to sending Miko an image he knew she'd like. He was sure Intimacy could be increased remotely after his own met conditions for the Job-Change Quest. If he could help his precious 'students' along by enabling their deviant behavior, he'd do so. Whatever got Miko up to speed quicker would work for him. As Makima went about her explanation, he removed himself from the bath by floating up. It took nothing for Gojo to dry off; the water simply left his body. In its place, he drew over a dark-blue jinbei that would be left open once it was donned. "Too many brokies in the world. I gotta support the real paper-chasers when I can~" he said simply. "It's late. I'm going to a flex spot. You in?" he asked of Makima. If she agreed, he'd merely pull her along with him to a pagoda around back. All the while, Yugi was deciding those last two messages required no immediate response... so he shifted between checking out the blonde attached to his torso, and checking out a very empty, very dark and magical castle.

[Apollymi]

By Miko's approximation Ai was a much more 'typical' route in an Otome game. A hopeless romantic who opened up fairly easy but had a few life complications to keep the story with just enough conflict to keep it from being boring. As she was carried along by Yugi, she seemed to be fine with the shift in position as well as looking around quite a bit. He'd claimed he liked her eyes earlier and she mostly hid them for her own comfort. Even so... if their house was going to be a safe place for all of them she'd make sure to have a decent time with everything. "They call him the King of Hunters and Humanity's Ultimate Weapon... he's basically the bar for ridiculousness~" Ai said. Having met him last night, she'd say that was relatively well-earned. Beyond the points of ridiculousness, there was the matter of the crafting System. Apparently there was a doctor who could craft potions and Ai could apparently be in charge of tech things, Yugi made the assumption neither would mind. "I definitely don't. I know how you are... and I figured you'd like to make some upgrades to your gun♪~" Miko chirped happily. "YOSH!~ Life is about to get so fun!~" Ai seemed to be legitimately happy to know that somewhere in the future she'd have access to tech and be able to make her own or tinker as she pleased. A whopping 7 percent increase would occcur with that little piece of information. At the same time, Miko took another sip but continued offering boba to Yugi. His words to her made a smile come to her face but when she opened her mouth she had something specific to say. "And if you don't take what I offer you aren't getting any. I'd rather you enjoy it as much as I do♪!~ But no complaints if you turn me down and I'm done sharing afterwards♫!~" Miko asserted, oddly willing to let things go, but not willing to share if she was turned down too many times. Her kindness apparently came with limits. A curious look crossed Ai's face her brows furrowing. She heard that sentence, but with a whole new meaning applied to it. 'Sou, Mi-tan really does mean those things in more ways than they initially seem...' Ai thought but she was willing to leave it be for now.

Soon enough Makima was finding Gojo's words rather interesting. Apparently his concern for the teens was the fact that the world had too many 'brokies' and thus he wanted to support 'real paper-chasers'. What an interesting young man he was. Makima watched almost absently as the man rose from the water and began dressing himself and planning a spot in which to flex. "Yeah, I guess you're not wrong. It's cute my favorite pets always grow up so fast~ I'll go along with it, I have an idea~" Makima mused. switching out that bikini she'd been resting in for a thin man's dress shirt. Noting too outrageous but it stopped right over the curve of her bottom and was one of those casual flexes she'd started to appreciate. If she was going to show off, she'd do so, in every aspect. At the same time, one Takemi Tae had been in her own apartment. She'd gone downstairs, and placed her motorcycle into her Inventory and then returned back inside for the sake of... testing a theory. Within her apartment with the door shut and locked, she would be seen holding that key in her hands. Soon after... she'd be using it, to appear within an empty and rather dark bedroom. She felt in the moment a surge of power, and got a notification for the activation of Shadow Reaping's passive ability. "Sugoi!~ This place is awesome!~" she decided. "Next test..." she held out that key a second time and to her surprise she received a different notification, asking if she wanted to return to her previous spot. Upon pressing yes... she'd find herself able to walk back through and into her apartment where she'd originally been... a grin spread across her face and she laughed. Those two and all their stuff was so fucking ridiculous. And as such Yugi would see another 2 percent increase in Tae's Intimacy.

[Bloodedge]

'The King of Hunters' and 'Humanity's Ultimate Weapon' were titles given to Ishigami Daisuke. It wasn't enough for him to be in Yugi's way as a gamer; he had to do the same thing in this world of Hunters. Well, at the end of it all, Yugi would seek the same result. Competition was the key to improvement. It didn't matter presently. What did matter, was two things connected to Ai. First was another bump to Intimacy. Second, there was excitement over being the tinkerer for a rapidly-growing, yet currently unofficial organization. Yugi grinned as he held the blonde via one arm beneath her rear. "Fuck yeah! I'm also gonna want a gun at some point, but handle whatever you've got going on first," he advised. As for Miko's offer, it was sure to be something rescinded if not accepted. Yugi knew as much, but his statement was to be taken at face value. Moving past that, he took the cup and brought it straight to his mouth for a healthy swig. "That reminds me. I haven't eaten in like... over 24 hours. You guys want dinner?" he asked while still having a look around, scanning halls, empty rooms and so-on.

At the same time, Gojo and Makima were landing at the base of some stairs leading up to a pagoda. It was quite the festive atmosphere with lanterns framing the path up, but Gojo would remain at the lower end. With that open jinbei, he seated himself right there, snagging a candied apple from an unoccupied stall nearby. It seemed he'd thrown on a new pair of sunglasses, as Miko would discover eventually. "Wanna take mine?~" he asked of Makima while sitting in that open jinbei, apple to his mouth, eyes showing over the sunglasses, and a raging erection pointed up. Meanwhile, Tae wasn't the only one running some tests. Amamiya Ren had taken it upon himself to enter his room. It was vacant, but he didn't remain within it anyway. No, he was already creeping through the upstairs hallway, completely masked by his hiding Skill. Ren had a few plans for his arrival. . .

[Apollymi]

Meanwhile, Ai was happy to know she could become the tech type tinkerer for the group. Of course, that would mean turning down what was likely to be considered the job of a lifetime, but in earnestness... she'd rather stay with her friends. What was more, Yugi's excitement was rather refreshing, he fit right in among the odd girl friend group, and Ai was quite pleased about it. "Hai!~ Just let me know, Kage-tan~ I'm always up for some tech modifications and magic guns are some of my favorite new things~" Ai claimed honestly. It was at least partly why she'd chosen to go with 'Ranger' as a the class she put forth... another oddity about her that Ishigami Daisuke had noticed. He finally took that cup and Miko could be happy that he did, even if he finished it off completely. He seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit so she was pleased. As for his next question, "I haven't eaten much today... and I apparently missed hamberg steak so... I'm definitely up for it!~" Ai claimed looking at Miko with an obvious pout. "Well, we all know I can always eat... instead of hamberg steak though... how about a nice romantic Italian dinner... someone keeps mentioning lasagna anyways... how about I whip it up while you to talk or work up an appetite~" Miko offered freely with a flirty wink, willing to support the date, in whatever way it played out.

While the teens chatted, Makima would be moving with Gojo while he set himself up for a dozy of a thirst trap. Women didn't often like receiving dick pictures, but Makima imagined after watching the man situate himself that Miko would quite enjoy this. "I'll take yours, you'll take mine~" Makima said as if it wasn't an option at all. Beyond that she framed the picture perfectly with him in the middle a wide grin spreading across her face. "Poor thing, I'm sure if she could teleport she'd be here in an instant after receiving a picture like this~" Makima complimented Gojo with minor amusement dancing across her tone. It was a great picture. And after taking that one, she'd pose for one herself, against a banister, while all those festive lights were filling up the sky. She'd be giving a full profile of herself. No nudity, really tasteful but somehow still a full flex. And while a pair flexed... a different pair was moving about. After becoming sure of how the whole of the 'teleport' worked, Takemi Tae began moving about properly. She checked her empty room, knowing by what happened with Yugi, she'd be left to decorate it. She wasn't quite ready for that just yet, but it was her room, so she'd at least, make sure she set up a couple of tables and lamps for the sake of doing her research. This would be a much better place to keep sensitive materials. She'd take a few moments for set up, before she left her room, and began to wander the hall of the second floor, assuming she'd eventually run into the Players again or someone else who'd taken the notification seriously.