Charles Patricius

[Bloodedge]

Artoria brought attention to a few particular words shared by Yugi. There were some things he didn't know, but the cheekiness with which she made that comment was worth a bit of banter in return. "Of course. I can answer the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything... but I don't know if she will ever give your brother the time of day. I'd talk about a few things I do know, but... that's a topic for later~" he said with the lightest hint of a flirty tone.

The threat he delivered to Ozymandias seemed to resonate with Kimiko in a less positive manner. That wasn't going to change a thing. He saw those narrowed eyes briefly, and he responded with only smugness. Threatening the Sun to a Boundary trip was yet another means to the ultimate end... potentially. Ah, but that part wasn't relevant just yet; he'd remain ready for whatever method was necessary in the future. Regarding Sakura's torment of Aglaea, he was satisfied to hear she'd saved the alternate route. "Good girl~ Show me later? We could grow it into a full bubble!" he said excitedly. With a few tweaks here and a few additions there, one such moment kept by Sakura could spawn a universe. Whether that came to be or not, he was content for the moment to watch the others rediscover life. "Time for a little chat," he commented. All the while, Arthur was making a marked effort to avoid watching Guinevere for too long. He'd known what was happening in another room all along, but it was made no less awkward to see the results for himself. "Did─" He thought to speak, but Yugi interjected rather quickly. "Nonono! Stupid idea! Check the eyes before you ask any questions, or you'll get an answer that might actually disturb you!" he warned. "Anyway, you're not going to the Boundary. Guin's bailing you out," the black-haired male explained, much to the blonde's confusion. "Huh? What even happened? How does that work? You of all people don't need money from us!" Arthur argued. Little did he know. . .

[Apollymi]

A bit of banter occurred between Artoria and Yugi. He spoke of things he did know, but none of them were related to whether or not his partner would actually give her brother the time of day. Oh well, they had better things to talk about... later. "Hmphf," she uttered with her nose turned up. She wasn't an outwardly flirty person all the time, of course, she was still aware of the light flirt applied by such a thing. It was fine, she'd move on from it. At the same time the little narrowed eyes of Kimiko were met by smugness, which was also about what she expected, but that didn't let it go. Her hips shook a little against Ozymandias but Yugi's plans were always a bit wider range than the momentary annoyance they created. Though that wouldn't stop her from extracting extra if he managed to do something which put her out a second time.

Beyond this point, Yugi seemed pleased by Sakura keeping that moment for herself. He claimed she should show it to him later and they could make it into a real bubble. "Hai, it's an interesting potential at least..." she said of that singular moment. She often enjoyed watching extra timelines or moments play out differently, sometimes even making herself a precipitating factor in such moments. "Hm, right... I'll work it out~" she said about the chat as Sakura got up and went to talk to the other girls. Arthur however opened his mouth to begin asking a question only to be disrupted by Yugi who gave a warning which was something quite strange. "Blimey..." muttered Nitocris as she realized by such an answer that Arthur couldn't understand the truth. She looked to Artoria who simply shrugged. Of course, this would only continue as the statement that Guinevere would be bailing him out was met by confusion and thoughts about the human world equivalent of money. "Ew, did you even just imply that you of all people have monetary value to offer us?" Kimiko asked immediately feeling innately offended by the question posed there. There was something quite bite-y about that initial reaction one which Sakura acknowledged even as she began her real work today. "We still have to decide who is taking Kazzun's bail. Janken?" she questioned the other four. "Wait, I'm in the middle..." Johanna said quickly as her hips were still moving in little Kazuhiko's lap and she wasn't yet of the mindset to properly play Janken. Of course Aglaea would remain quiet, though she felt pained by Arthur's statement and Kimiko's subsequent reaction she held Kazuhiko's gaze. While this occurred a pleading look went from the knightess in Kazuhiko's future harem to Artoria. "What? Don't look at me like that... I was told, I am the most annoying when I think I know something so... I won't be the one explaining this. I tried to warn him, he'll live with the consequences and figure it out," Artoria replied which only mad the girl with the high ponytail shake her head.

[Bloodedge]

One could only ever expect a response from Artoria similar to that little huff in more public settings when flirts were delivered. Yugi counted himself among the list of individuals who found it endearing. Perhaps she learned long ago how much of a target she made herself for the interest of others. If she did, perhaps she found the use of yet another weapon. Speaking of weapons, Ozymandias's recovery did not come with any allowance of weaponized Boundary time. With Kimiko still moving about in his lap, he reached around to grab her by the breast with one hand, taking her opposite hip with the other. "Fat lot of good you are! I'll have you for letting your boy threaten the sun!" he threatened. One couldn't truly threaten the Venusians, but there tended to be a key way to 'attack' the one of their opposite gender.

On the other side of things, Arthur's ignorance was made apparent to all who knew of the Venusians' punishment system and its inner workings. Kimiko took exception to his mention of currency, but... apparently so did most others. How strange, he thought. "That's not my implication! That's what bail usually is!" Arthur insisted. True enough, that tended to be the case in the more boring sentences throughout the cosmos. As all things spread far and wide, however, there were many different methods to observe. "See, this is why nobody knows if Pluto's a planet or not. Half of it doesn't even understand the Convergence. Am I going to have to tell him?" Yugi wondered aloud, his gaze shifting between Guinevere, Kazuhiko, and the brief exchange between the knightess and Artoria. In the end, he even looked Makima's way. Somebody had to tell Arthur the truth, but his method of doing so may have been a bit more extreme than necessary.

All the while, time was beginning to restore for the younger ones at last. When Kazuhiko woke even partially, he did so with an intense throbbing and a sense of movement he didn't have only a second ago ─ at least from his perspective. He'd been in the middle of a movement toward Johanna's lips, and though he continued it still... there was a certain amount of moaning and groaning accompanying the shift as he nearly exploded on the spot. What had even happened? Well, he didn't expect any normalcy from this meeting anyway. . .

[Apollymi]

Artoria would always flirt, quietly. Those who flirted with her and had it reciprocated tended to understand that soft reactions weren't put downs. She was instead one of many who enjoyed privacy, maybe even to an extreme. Whatever the case, she wasn't currently the topic of conversation, instead it would be someone like Ozymandias who took further hold of Kimiko much to her own happiness and have her a bit of a verbal chiding for not coming to his defense against her own mate. "Oh, you'll have me alright... feel free to take your pound of flesh, or pound it, ya know~" Kimiko flirted without hesitation. She didn't mind being the one punished in this situation, with an Ozymandias who wasn't in destruction mode, this was a rather playful turn of events, one she could enjoy. Or at least she was trying to, until the words of Arthur caused her extreme distaste making the grin fall from her face as she expressed disgust as his suggestion and more than a little annoyance at his obvious ignorance. His idea of normalcy was purely audacious to most present and it would be Angelica to gain outward understanding, "Oh, that's what it's like... never been outside of that before," she whispered which made Sakura nod her head. She enjoyed when people learned from others, even if it was simply from their ignorance.

At the same time the Knightess couldn't be the one to explain it was far outside of her amount of interference in this group. Artoria wouldn't be the one giving an explanation because apparently she'd been trying to warn him the entire time and he'd not taken the instruction. The speech of Yugi, would imply many to believe that if he explained there would be no kindness involved. So when Yugi looked towards Makima her ringed eyes glowed just gently. The male of the generation of Hoshimi which produced gems like Rie, Eri and even Emi... brought forth something unpolished and fragile. And his own wife couldn't even be trusted to share information with him, because her current state of being would likely express things far too directly for the lad to recover emotionally. An opportunity was presenting itself, a loyal and easily broken dog while boring had its uses, "Fine. I agreed to help. I'll explain..." Makima said turning her eyes to Arthur. Her explanations had a good place to start, they shared a similar enough background for her to clarify the situation and even include the information he either simply never picked up or willfully ignored. "Come, sit and listen carefully. I do not like repeating myself," Makima mentioned. As the youngest were waking up. She had one of the best vantage points in the room and a chair would be materializing beneath her as Nitocris knew how her type liked to sit.

All the while the youngest were waking up, with Kazuhiko waking to the shifting in his lap as his cock reached the depths of Johanna's womb making her pupils break into hearts in an instant which were pulsing with a very specific desire. As such their continued kiss would happen. This would take place even as the other young women arranged themselves for rock paper scissors. Fists would be brought back only to be thrown forward and one particular individual would be throwing rock, her faithful and trusting servant. Everyone else also threw rock, except Sakura oddly enough, who threw... scissors. "Oh, it appears I am out. Good luck, everyone~" Sakura said stepping away to go back to the others, mostly because she had a small discussion to have with Yugi. At the same time, the knowledge that Sakura had thrown not paper to win but instead scissors to lose, directly plagued the mind of Jean, who was now feeling odd about having Angelica and Johanna as the ones going against her. Meanwhile, little Miko was letting out a moan as her walls collapsed around a still thrusting Hiruko. She didn't know what happened but she was pretty sure it was awesome, "Best♪ Day♪ Ever♪~" she sang happily as she orgasmed around him while boucning her hips against him. Still the current tension and words were odd to hear in the middle of multiple people's sexual experiences.

[Bloodedge]

A pound of flesh was offered to pounding. Ozymandias hadn't heard a better idea since Nitocris last opened her mouth with a suggestion. In a moment of spite against Yugi, it seemed Kimiko would reap the benefits ─ as would Ozymandias. He'd soon be off his chair, leaned forward to keep Kimiko suspended in the air below his torso. Already supported by the hand on her bosom and a grasped hip, she'd be roughly ground into, her ass never allowed separation from his pelvis. "Round and round to pound a pound. Bit more than that though, innit? This ain't an arse you can measure in freedom units," he joked all the while.

Meanwhile, another revelation would be coming Arthur's way. This one... would be delivered by Makima, of all people. A sigh kept within Arthur's head. He'd dealt with this woman only a couple of times in his original life, and it was never a reasonable scene to walk into. Nevertheless, it wasn't as if he could reject her offer... or rather, disobey her command. He stepped toward her, glancing in Guinevere's direction only twice more along the way. When the time came to sit, however, there was no proper seat for him. Arthur lowered to his knees without any conscious thought at all, only questioning the reason for this position internally after taking it. Well, he couldn't question it much; he had the strangest compulsion to listen intently.

Another compulsion was taking place on the hammock shared by Kazuhiko and, apparently, a future wife of his. The young male was blissfully ignorant of all the time hiccups taking place during this event, blaming his sudden climb toward ejaculation on Johanna alone. As they kissed, he even saw something familiar, yet oh so strange. There were hearts in the blonde's eyes. He didn't know what they meant, but he knew what his own feelings in the moment were when they appeared. It was high time to stop resisting and use 'the thing' as he called it. Johanna said in the beginning that she wanted the end result inside, so... she'd be getting exactly that for some time to come, starting the moment after Kazu witnessed those eyes. She wouldn't be the only one receiving such a thing, however. The younger Miko would find herself on the receiving end of a freshly-popped champagne bottle straight to the womb. Ah, but she'd find this version of Hiruko had an entire brewery's worth of bottles to pop.

[Apollymi]

Kimiko after a threat to Ozymandias and a flirt from herself would be on the receiving end of her own idea. Suspended over the ground a cock shoved all the way inside her and held up by a firm grip. She offered a pound of flesh to be pounded and received joking banter in return. A grin crossed her face as his work began properly, and those words left his lips. She was aware of his leanings as a person, but this exact lightness in personality was why she'd not opted to bring forth the Black Sun. "Ehehehe♥~ I guess you'll have to find some other units to measure it in~" Kimiko joked right along with him, enjoying the depth and grinding and allowing herself to fall prey to the sensations. She was aware of the rest of what was going on, but until it became something she needed to comment on, she'd make sure to keep an ear open if it remained possible.

Meanwhile, a smile crossed Makima's face as she gave a gentle incline of her head in Nitocris's direction. She was always one to acknowledge good work and it even seemed she understood what Makima intended by her explanation. In the moments it took for Arthur to take his seat in front of her, her eyes shifted around the room. She supposed this lesson was good for everyone thought it wasn't necessity for anyone but Arthur. Once she was sure he was listening properly she'd sit with her hands folded in her lap and begin an explanation. "You should already understand that Convergence is the alignment of the planets to achieve specific goals. And beyond that aligning requires exchanges of information and energy... that part is common knowledge. Admittedly the true details of that seem to escape you... sex is the magic to forge such connections and they show in the moments they are active. I will further explain that point in a moment..." Makima mentioned almost as if bored, but at the same time staring down into Arthur's face studying his reactions. "The reason that the Boundary punishment is time alone is so you can think. For those without material needs, exchanges become very specific, that of service. It isn't all too different from how I originally operated in our first lives. The Venusians do not take payments of cash, they take payments in time and energy. As such Guinevere has given herself in exchange for the lightening of your sentence. That part isn't negotiable at this point you already broke a rule, you already earned your sentence and the payment for that sentence has already been determined." Makima explained clearly. The nature of the solar system was a complex one, but beings of powers didn't operate with mortal ideations of morals, they didn't think or behave like them either. "If you understand all that I have said, nod your head once and I will move on to the magical things you do not understand." that part was a command. Since she offered to help with the explanation she had to make sure everything was clear before moving to the next portion.

Meanwhile that hammock shared by Kazuhiko was being used to continue rocking back and forth. Those hearts in Johanna's eyes were pulsing as he released the 'thing'. The thing was something that all on Jupiter knew of, and Johanna was no exception, she was only surprised a little by the fact that the youngest version of him had already developed such a skill. "Weeee, he did the thing!♥~" she chimed happily much to the general understanding of all the Jovians present. At the same time, she was still in the rock paper scissors game, but that clutching of her hand would have her changing from rock to scissors as the next round went down. "Yosh! I'm on a roll!~" Angelica seemed to be quite amused. It seemed that she was finally about to win one. And in truth the one called Jeanne definitely was going to let her. All she had to do, was throw down scissors as well... and she could allow herself to be out of the game. But what, if... what if today was the day that Angelica tried something different for the last round knowing that she'd been on a streak. What if her arm finally relaxed and paper happened instead? Jean didn't want to win this game accidentally, she would be watching closely to make sure she did the right thing in their next match up. At the same time, a singing little Miko was receiving several bottles of champagne straight to her core. She'd tasted this man's energy before, she knew it well... but his future self had much more to offer. So much more in fact that she was left nearly gurgling as her body tried to immediately began processing him. "Hyuck♪!~" her face reddened immediately as her body convulsed finishing with every pulse towards the end of her womb. "Worth it♪~" the girl who immediately approached drunkenness claimed.

[Bloodedge]

Ozymandias was an architect, an engineer, and most importantly... a creator in the more magical sense. The asses of greater beings such as Kimiko could surely not be measured in what he called 'freedom units', or in any human form of measurement for that matter. The dimensions of physical reality couldn't fathom what went into such bodies, but there was something that could. "Sorry luv, I've only got one kind of unit in mind for measuring here. All it can do is check the inside," he mused while continuing to 'explore' and 'measure' the full breadth of Kimiko's inner sanctum.

Arthur was prepared to listen, but it seemed he had much more listening to do than anticipated. Still, Makima spoke... and he could do naught but listen. Arthur knew how closely connected sex and magic were; he'd learned that a long time ago. According to Makima, however, there were additional details he didn't know. Arthur didn't think that was true... yet still, he listened. By the time she started explaining the Boundary and its use as a punishment, he was already nodding. On the other hand, Yugi was floating again, leaning back with his head in his hands and his legs crossed. "Is that what we told you the Boundary was for? Huh," Yugi said, nearly whispering to himself. Arthur was just shy of being flabbergasted. He understood the redhead's words, so he did nod. Alas, there were words to accompany his gesture of understanding. "I don't even know what rule I've broken; there's no list of any sort to go by! And how is that anything more than an excuse to be a degenerate? Besides, I've been to the Boundary already and there was never any sort of bail mentioned," he said. In that moment, Yugi rolled his eyes and whistled a jaunty tune and looking toward an approaching Sakura.

As Kazuhiko did 'the thing' and received confirmation that it remained a key part of his future relationship(s), a special note was made. This woman was someone very important to his future, but that future was a total mystery. There was every possibility that he'd never even see the same future she lived in. With that being the case... he should go above and beyond. Perhaps he was seeing Johanna now, and wouldn't even live to meet her in his own timeline. Kazu's hips began bucking wildly beneath her as he realized it was even more worthwhile to pour out every ounce of mana he had ─ something he'd already done multiple times today. All the while, Hiruko was pouring out similar quantities of mana into Miko ─ all to the tune of how great this day apparently was. "Isn't it always?" was all he could say about the decision's value.

[Apollymi]

Ozymandias was this worlds premier Architect and Engineer. A creator beyond what most could be considered capable of, and still... he had no answers for how to truly measure interplanetary asses. Apparently, all Ozymandias could do was check inside, and that made Kimiko laugh again, "Ehehe♥!~ Hai hai, but I am sure I can take that full unit of measurement anytime♥!~" she flirted back as he kept digging in. This was always such a fun exchange she couldn't help but enjoy it. Still the words of Makima were shared with Arthur about the nature of convergence and the exact details of boundary punishment which Kimiko had also never heard exactly that way before. Being a time traveler was always so interesting... but she wouldn't be outing herself.

As for Yugi's question of that explanation while he whistled that little tune, Makima could only smirk. "Hm, yes... though I remember it being one of your usual types of conversation. You are the one who told me that... I assume that kind of spoiler is normal by now," she said. She'd once asked the pair about their travels in time space and their lack of knowledge of their own actions and apparently that was normal, but it often meant they entered situations they'd started technically without their own knowledge. Still there was Arthur and his nodding understanding, but he spoke without being given permission to, such actions needed correction before dogs like him became too yippie, "I don't remember giving you permission to ask a question. Speak only when spoken to.... and ask permission to pose questions," Makima made another demand of the lad in front of her, one she didn't even bother trying to enforce on anyone else in the room. "The rule you broke was trying to summon an Earth Grail into a Venus domain. Given all the different times converging here, a breach could have several consequences you wouldn't understand. That you would be incapable of fixing, as such any punishment doled out in lieu of payment is technically fair. Ignorance of a law is no excuse for breaking it. And the person being punished does not get to decide the punishment they receive. Those are the kind of stances normally taken by the chivalrous, right?" she asked cutting her eyes towards Artoria. "That does sound pleasing to the ear," Artoria asserted. "Beyond that point, bail is only offered to those who have Boundary sentences after they have already served twice. Right at the moment the Jovians are playing Janken to determine who will be taking on Kazuhiko's sentence. They see it as a prize. The degeneracy of the moment isn't in question. It may be a pretense, but how the people holding space time together take payment for their actions isn't something which requires negative judgement. Paying your way through making someone else work extra is normal. When money isn't to be used then... your body becomes the currency. If your body isn't being confined because your partner is taking your punishment. Then leniency is being offered. Nod if you understand." she explained while looking towards Yugi to make sure she missed nothing.

Meanwhile, that game of Janken was coming to an end, In a battle between Jean and Angelica one would throw rock and the other would throw paper. A reflex had taken both women and it would be determined that it would be Jean taking on Kauzhiko's punishment. "Sorry Jelly, better luck next time..." she murmured, while opening her arms to embrace the other girl. Though she would have willingly given up her spot, the rules of Janken on Jupiter were sacred and the outcomes locked in. "No problem, I thought I'd finally won one," Angelica said only a little disappointed. After that winner was determined, Sakura approached Yugi directly. "Regardless of what happens, I remember your plan and I'll help. I think in this case, it would be best if I stood in for Mercury as it's Princess for the sake of efficiency, right? Onii-chan♥~" Sakura posited her own desire to participate in this large project. Helping to mediate a few of the unknown variables for the project that Yugi had in mind. At the same time, Johanna didn't have time to feel bad about her potential loss. Instead she was having a bit more fun, as Kazuhiko began pouring himself into her. Those hearts kept pulsing and it was only getting better. She was meeting him with both of them rocking that hammock like a pair of teens crazed. Meanwhile little Miko was enjoying having her womb filled beyond reason with champagne flavored mana. She sung about it being worth it, and Hiruko's words after hit her ears in a very specific way. She thought over it, wasn't it always? "I don't know, I've only been at it for a week right now, but... I really hope so♪~" she concluded while her core rocked. She didn't need this much of his energy but she owuldn't say no, even as her body started to gently wobble and her eyes started to cross. She'd felt like this before.

[Bloodedge]

The exchange between Arthur and Makima was annoying to watch for a few reasons, but Yugi seemed entertained enough by Makima's knowledge alone? Why? Well... for starters, it sounded like something fabricated in a moment just to give an explanation. Apparently he'd been the one to tell her those things... which made perfect sense. Surely it was something from his own personal future, but he already knew it to be false. "It's normal, yeah. It's also normal to make some things up on the spot," he said, clearly entertained beyond reason. Meanwhile, Arthur was anything but amused. He hadn't been given permission to speak, unless spoken to. He was also commanded to ask permission before any questions were allowed. Where was the sense in that? If he couldn't speak until spoken to, he couldn't ask permission for anything. Arthur's mouth opened and closed in grand confusion, only for his unasked questions to be answered by Yugi. "Basically, shut up," he stated.

Soon enough, Makima was wrapping up her explanation... mostly. When she looked Yugi's way, he shrugged. "I guess that works? I'm not sure why I end up telling you all that bullshit, but the Boundary jail is more like power cycling electronics. Time spent in the Boundary is time being removed from all realities ─ until you return and reset reality's memory of you. Someone causes a problem, they go to the Boundary, the universe fixes itself according to its own laws. You're right about everything else, though there are some extra details. The three-time rule is because once we've seen and felt how each person's Origin acts in response to the 'system repairs'... we're able to do it ourselves in less time, and with better outcomes. That's where the cost comes into play. If you mess something up and I fix it to make everything better for you, bet your sweet cherry ass I'm taking payment for it. In this case, the payment is Guin's ass ─ right?" he asked of Guinevere.

While greater details were offered to the most ignorant member of this congregation, debauchery continued four times over. Yugi didn't bother himself with any of that at the moment, but he did commit a great deal of attention to deviance yet to come... like which Jovian would be winning the competition to claim Kazuhiko's bail, and the fact that Sakura had a plan for her own involvement all along. "Mm. I figured that's where your brain was going. I don't plan on pushing Kimi and her mom into the same deal, and your mom... well, you know. Mercury's Princess getting involved is definitely the most efficient. As a warning, though: keep talking to me like that and the party won't end for you in time to reach Convergence this time. You're always a hair's breadth away from going way past diamond shopping when we link-up~"

[Apollymi]

The exchange between Makima and Arthur was one which hadn't been something any of the others thought there would be a direct need to specify. Even so, it seemed that of the people present at this party, Arthur was the one steeped in his own ignorance and apparently unwilling to take the gentler approaches offered by his siblings. Meanwhile, such a spoiler was normal and also making such things up on the spot was normal. "Yes, I do believe you said something like that during the explanation..." Makima asserted. Still it seemed that Arthur was left in a state of confusion by a set of purposefully contradictory commands, alas Yugi still had enough kindness to give him the abridged version of her command.

Ah well, he didn't maintain too much kindness and that much was obvious by the rest of his explanation. The truth of the Boundary and its punishment was something quite simple for anyone who understood even a little bit of technology. A cycling function dedicated to fixing issues related to people messing with time space. Something the Venusians apparently maintained the ability to do themselves, and with extra benefit to the person who originally did something against the rules, but for the price of sexual favors. For most of the women present, such a price for fixing a galaxy class fuck up was not a high price to pay. But for Arthur the direct issue of it would become obvious as Guinevere was mentioned directly. In being mentioned that way, with her eyes still pulsing with Diamonds created by Yugi there was only one answer to his question and every woman in this room and most of the men knew it. "Yes, Daddy♥!~" she chimed in that Russian accent happily. Makima sighed. "Bringing us to the final points... eyes are a showing of the kind of relationships bigger entities like us have. They are a show of the bonds between souls and have different meanings which I will explain now so that there is no confusion about what is happening here..." Makima mentioned in clear terms. "Make sure you look and understand the differences when you see them. Remember this information..." Makima stated because she figured it wouldn't be the last time someone like Arthur found his wife in a state he couldn't identify. "Johanna look this way..." she chimed which made the blonde lass in little Kazuhiko's lap turn her head towards the voice and show the pulsing hearts in her blue eyes. "Those are Hearts, they are connected to the base need to create; or in lighter terms, the desire to breed. Easy to make happen and most likely to be seen," she mentioned. "Oh and Kaguya over there has Spades in her eyes if you hadn't noticed, denoting a desire to be broken. That one is a bit less picky as long as the energy and action criteria are met though you aren't likely to see that as you are," Makima observed, as she looked at jewel red eyes with spades pulsing instead of pupils. "The... elder Miko beside Kaguya has Clovers in her eyes, denoting a bond of equality. Hard to achieve for many apparently but a sign of souls that acknowledge each other in terms of true friendship, or 'besties' as they would say. Yes including the sex that's part of their friendship..." Makima explained the situation to Arthur making educated guesses as the kind of objections or clarifications he'd need based on his previous outbursts. "Now, look at Guinevere's eyes and see those Diamonds and know that at this point she is a possession of the one who put them there, spiritually. She'll answer his orders and do what he wishes and there is nothing you can do about it. A bond of trust and submission exceedingly hard to come by for many," Makima mentioned as if bored. "That will conclude my explanation of convergence, souls and the boundary and should be more than enough information for you to understand what is actually going on around you now. If you have questions you may speak now, but know that you already owe me..." Makima finished up her explanation and left herself leering domineering down at Arthur's face.

The continued debauchery was something that apparently everyone except Arthur was used to at least witnessing in passing on a daily basis. Someone like Sakura for instance, had grown up in a place where it wasn't uncommon for her to watch her parents engaging in such a way while busying her mind with other activities. Right now though, she seemed content enough to flirt with Yugi, "That doesn't sound like any reason to stop... I've seen a few of those endings myself already♥~" Sakura claimed. The relationship between her and Yugi and she and Kazuhiko were similar enough to be interchangeable in some ways. She'd noted the same of Kimiko and Kazuhiko in such instances and often played around with such deviations in the imaginary number space. Often times when she and Kazuhiko spent time together it was in the company of the Venusians. It seemed that this time however she'd be joined by Jean, "You have a nice collection coming together..." Sakura observed while making mental casual calculations about the likelihood of the other involved parties.

[Bloodedge]

Whatever Yugi said in his future was a mystery to him currently. He didn't think some of the things apparently said to Makima would be true, but those were just his thoughts in the moment. Maybe things changed; maybe they remained. "Huh. I wonder what else I said. You're skipping all the good conversations we had~" he commented in a flirty tone. Surely he'd also informed her that spoilers given to time-travelers were fine... whether that was true or not.

Regardless, one response from Guinevere was more than enough to grasp Arthur's attention. He'd never consciously heard those words from her before, but no one else seemed surprised. Sadly, he couldn't comment at all ─ even when Yugi responded in kind. "Good girl. You get a bonus~" he said without an ounce of shame. Arthur was being forced into more learning anyway. His attention was demanded in multiple directions as Makima explained eyes fitted to card suits, which were each present in the eyes of someone in this very room. He'd seen the Heart before, but never figured it had such meaning attributed to it. Though... that moment did result in a child after a very interesting mid-coitus conversation. He may have also seen the Spade before... but that was strange and seemingly without the applied connotation. Perhaps he'd remember to question that later. Alas, what he wanted to question more was the information given about Guinevere and the Diamond symbol. For something apparently so hard to come by, how did the rarely-seen Yugi have such a link instead of Arthur himself? Well, he supposed the Clover would be more what he sought in his own relationship. When finally given permission to speak, that oddity was the only thing left on Arthur's mind. "But how is that? Aiba is─"

"No," Yugi said flatly, his demand striking Arthur's soul without fail. "You don't call me that," he said. After all these centuries, one would think Arthur knew that by now. There were quite a few ways to upset the one called Yugi. Some did the trick quicker than others. "... Right. But possession? That doesn't make any sense! Guin lives on Pluto, not on Venus! You'd think a matter of ownership would be more direct than that, apart from not existing outside established relationships," he complained, confused and misguided.

Yugi and Sakura had words to share amongst themselves, but Arthur was being... well, Yugi would just call it dumb and move on. "Is it time to prove a point?" he wondered of any and everyone currently in the know. As for Sakura and her existing spoilers, he could only scoff in mock annoyance. "You scamp! Keeping all the good stuff from me is how you get time in solitary confinement," he said, alluding to a very 'special' form of Boundary punishment. The collection she mentioned was something of note ─ something filling the numbers but not yet complete. "Four... maybe five more? Six? If you've got any calcs ready, I'll hear them. I know it'll take a full Convergence with added Void stuff for the extra kick. Maybe something for range, maybe something for sturdiness? I don't know if those'll be necessary. This reality gets a little wonky; it doesn't like precision from outside forces like us."

[Apollymi]

While Makima finished up her lesson to Arthur she amused herself by passively flirting with Yugi. In this case, he'd pointed out that there was a lot she wasn't saying which likely took place in their conversation, well that was true. She'd come across this information in a particularly odd moment, but that wasn't important to the moment. Besides, she wouldn't much want odd influence on a moment like that, "I'm certain there are some things you'd rather live, right?" she offered Yugi as playfully as she managed to be at any point in time.

Ah, but the question issued to Guinevere got a response that every woman in here had given at least once in their lifetime. The difference between Arthur hearing it now and the other situations it popped up in was likely perspective. Many didn't worry about such utterances in sexual situations because they'd caused a few and heard a few. Special nicknames, pet names and the like uttered in moments of passion weren't uncommon. And a few special cases, seemed to apply to specific kinds of individuals in various situations. So when Guinevere was told she'd be receiving a bonus and was praised as a good girl, the faint blush on her face and happy smile that crossed her lips while those Diamonds pulsed seemed to hint at something specific that would be considered as such. Regardless, a bit of a spite in Yugi happened when he was referred to by the surname he had when he was young. Ah, but a correction was made as Arthur chose now to question the possession aspect of Diamond shaped eyes. He claimed that such a thing should be a matter of more direct ownership and didn't understand how the rarely seen Yugi managed to have such a thing when he himself didn't. Yugi himself seemed ready to serve a major crash out and it would be Jean who didn't really want to see it, "Can we... like not go that extreme. I'm not trying to see a soul crush today, and maybe he'll get it with a different kind of explanation?" she pleaded on Arthur's behalf and for her own sanity. There were obviously a lot of nuances that Arthur didn't understand or hadn't sat through the explanation of and now that his crash course was here... Jean didn't want to see it become a cram school massacre.

Beyond this point, Sakura seemed to be doing a reasonable job of keeping a bit of Yugi's attention. Their little private conversation concerning his 'pet project' in one of the most literal senses around, was one which was light enough for her to smirk. "Oh? But I have to keep a little something~ Never said I wouldn't share, though I suppose if I find myself in trouble I'll have no choice but to submit~" Sakura added with playful sarcasm. As for any calculations she'd already done, "I've run a few myself, given the current potentials list, one from each planet should suffice for both your project and Onee-chan's. The exact composition is a bit finicky though... especially for the planets with multiple rulers potentially of different calibers of input... Mars, Neptune and Uranus come to mind as potentially problematic, but the right choices in those slots would only contribute to a bit more smoothness and adaptability" Sakura gave the information she saw as most useful. While if interrupted Makima would try to explain possession, "I assume you've never had a pet, even in the vanilla sense. If you are asking how a person can take ownership of another person then the answer is by force or submission. There are obviously several deep and magical implications to that but it could be as complicated as breaking down someone's defenses over thousands of years or as simple as accepting an offer. Where a thing exists, who it is being used by, and who it belongs to... are all very different and we are far beyond the human legal understanding of possession. There are many people in this room who could claim they own elder Miko... she freely gave herself as a possession to 99 percent of the population of this room. For some that means at any point in time, they could call upon her with the right pet name or trigger and see diamonds in her eyes and have her respond their their whims and desires." Makima used an easier to understand point of reference to explain this thing, situations surrounding Guinevere were a bit more complicated than her objective explanations could cover.

[Bloodedge]

Makima was another of the individuals Yugi would call a sassy bitch. Of course, he was easily roused by such behavior. As for whether there were things he'd rather live, the answer was simple. "Nope. Unless I'm living it in the moment, I hate waiting. Time-travel does that; you start skipping the middle bits," he explained briefly. Shirking any importance that matter had, Yugi was more than prepared to make Arthur believe by making him see. Jean, however, argued against it. She didn't want to see any soul-crushing done to the blonde male, but there was little to worry about as Yugi saw things. "It'd be fine. The worst case would be an improvement over the standard; it'd just look bad for a few days," he said. "Or would you rather be the example?"

Whatever the necessary results, there were important plans to address. Yugi kept a certain amount of his attention on Sakura, taking special note of the flirty banter they shared even during more serious moments. "Too late to claim you'd share now. I already decided the punishment~" he mused. Just as anyone could have assumed, Sakura had more than just banter to offer; she had numbers. She didn't believe he needed any excess for this grand plan, nor for whatever project Kimiko intended at some point. He could trust her judgment and be satisfied that things would be a bit easier. In fact, he already had some plans in place for the few exceptional mentions. "I've done some work in advance. You've got that already, yeah? Esil's either got a Diamond unlock in this timeline, or can have one easily. Morgan should create a strong synergy with... well, you know; that should be its own boost. As for Uranus... I can't not bring Rin along," he rambled.

All the while, Arthur still hadn't managed to rise from his knees. Something about Makima's orders affected him more than his comfort allowed, but there was naught to be done about it. The matter of possessing a person bound to someone else just didn't make sense. He hadn't seen Yugi that many times, and Guin hadn't been to Venus nearly enough times for that outcome to be sensible... At least, that was the limit of Arthur's knowledge. Considering how free Iino Miko was with herself, it made perfect sense that she was owned by most of the extreme population present. Names and triggers being conditional unlocks for a certain state made sense as well... but so many other things didn't. "So you're trying to tell me, someone can be broken enough to actually start calling some space-time kid 'Daddy' and still go home afterwards? That's the part that doesn't make any sense. Or are you saying my whole marriage is a lie?" he asked. In that moment, Yugi spoke immediately. "Where others blindly follow the truth, remember, nothing is true," he quoted, offering what many in this room would understand to be half of the creed Agents of Chaos followed.

[Apollymi]

"Hm, good to know..." Makima mentioned. What she would do with that information, but it would amuse her nonetheless. A little flirt and a bit of pleading led to a different kind of conversation, but before that, there would be Yugi directly speaking to Jean. Oh, she'd been a bit nicer on Arthur's behalf than everyone else, but would she be the example... "I would rather not be the example but you know as I am right now I'm not into the suffering..." Jean mentioned as she always would. Well, that would be how she felt most of the times anyways, on a very rare day... she likely would have said 'Fuck him, he gets what he fucking earns...' or something like that.

"Oh well~" Sakura joked along with Yugi. If a punishment was already decided she supposed she'd take it. Just as most women in this group would if only because the differences between punishments and rewards were often blurred in these more extreme cases. While the spoke in their little gathering about his project and Kimiko's technically, Sakura gave her thoughts. Yugi went on to specify a few of the extras he intended to add to the mix and she thought of the power structure of such a group. "Hm, very healthy and with a good bit of synergy as well. Layers of synergy. I can almost see the array! Prime Number would work best for what you want to do!~" Sakura concluded excitedly.

All the while Arthur seemed to be incapable of wrapping his head around the idea that his wife could be a possession of someone else, while also being his wife. Odd was this entire thing, considering he fully actualized the example given and understood what was being said about her. His question wasn't one that Makima had given him permission to ask, but as she'd already freed him to talk she supposed she wouldn't hold it against him. She stared at him the weight of her gaze falling upon him. "I am telling you that someone can have their soul's desires satisfied enough to agree to the terms and conditions of continued satisfaction, the least of which is calling an ancient time-space kid, Daddy..." she explained. "I am not saying your marriage is a lie. I can't claim to know that... what I do know is that every time she comes home to normalcy it is an active choice she is making," Makima concluded. Her words were harsh but there was an underlying kindness that most in this room already understood. There was no higher compliment than a choice from those who could choose everything. "Where others are limited by morality or law, remember," Kimiko said staring the second half and knowing that by the end most of the active women in the room would be in tune enough to help finish the line. "Everything is permitted." The Agents of Chaos were quite numerous.

[Bloodedge]

Whether on her best day or her worst, the one called Jean was an Agent of Chaos. It might be said that she was a bit more than that, considering a few factors that would not be openly discussed in this meeting. Irrespective of that, however, she was a kind soul who would not take part in Arthur's suffering ─ even temporary as it would be. "Then I'll give it a pass, but you know that's a shame. Been a while for us ─ at least from my perspective," he said while floating about almost aimlessly. His primary concern of the moment was the greater plan anyway, so he left Makima to deal with Arthur and focused on Sakura's assertions and magic theory. "Prime number, huh? So... nine planets, one Void, one wanderer. Eleven should fit to finish the array. Oi! Got room for an Empty Sky after this?" he asked of Nitocris from afar. With that question in the air, Yugi began fiddling with another sphere of magic ─ one that seemed like a four, or even five-dimensional map.

Meanwhile, Arthur once again felt as if he'd done something wrong. He had no idea what it was, but Makima seemed content enough to continue the discussion regardless. Perhaps it didn't matter in the end. What she had to say about the way Yugi was addressed, seemed legitimate... but it also didn't. He could see and process the results, but the extreme nature of that bond didn't fit within the realm he viewed as rational. "This magical life takes everything too far," he complained. Perhaps it was the ultimate compliment that something of that nature could happen, only to result in Guinevere returning home in the end. It happened oh so long ago, long before different planets were factors. In that regard, he believed the slow life was the superior way for himself and for Guinevere. She obviously had desires he did not, but they made it work with this strange interplanetary "collaboration" the others were so fond of. "I don't accept the logic. Nothing I'm seeing here looks like compliance; it looks like enchantments. I don't care as long as life goes back to normal, but it's ridiculous to think I'll find the sense in any of... this," he said with both arms waving. Yugi had some unfamiliar words to say. Kimiko continued with another phrase unknown to Arthur, but apparently known to every woman present... as well as all the men aside from himself. "Everything is permitted" was chanted by all but the two from present day in this world ─ all but Arthur. "... So we're a cult now? Is everyone but me really in this?!"