Shibuya

[Apollymi]

Man biz, he claimed. This was the nature of the thing he didn't wish to speak of. Even in this form of teasing, there was a certain amount of amusement present in the face of Kimiko. He'd made the claim that without a certain male appendage he'd not divulge his secrets. He'd forgotten already hadn't he, a look of smugness came over the lass' face as she seemed to be examining her nails for imperfection. "If that's all, you're going to have to tell me you know?" she asked of him with her eyes narrowing at their corners. "After all, you've already told me that if you have it, it's mine. That includes this~" she said with a casual stroke of that finger across his manhood so casually still on display. "Actually you quite literally give this to me, so you really can't say I don't have one... now can you?" she asked most teasingly. Never would she forget anything she'd been given, yes even in moments of joking conversation she wouldn't let something like this go. It simply wasn't in her nature.

According to him beyond this point. The thing he was thinking of giving her was the most unsultry thing he could think of. Given his already established hard lines, it hardly seemed like something she would turn down regardless of what he claimed it was. "Oh? Well, I'll get both a new thing and something you apparently think is unsultry sounds like fun to me~" she claimed, with an amount of certainty that most would find startling but she hadn't lied at all. Kimiko was strangely open with her own deviance in this case, there was very little he could claim to offer her that she wouldn't take.

Kimiko looked up at the lad with something akin to excitement in her own visage. Why wouldn't he want her going overboard he asked? With their shared tastes pretty obvious it should be more than clear to him why he wouldn't want that. But perhaps she was simply thinking too much about the softened version of him she'd come to know. He did seem to like her more demanding nature and all that came with it. Perhaps he'd be decently amused if she were to take a bit of control of his life for him. Oh, no poop, still on the list. No diapers either, the laugh that escaped her came from a great place within her belly. "Oi oi, I'm not into that either. I actually count all of that in the same no shit category. Infantilizing people is weird, no two ways around it. I draw that line at bratty behavior..." she said which should have been obvious by her previous moments. Still there was her actual ideas to be addressed. Perhaps she could approach it a bit more broadly to avoid sounding like a crazy person. "Hm, a lot of reasons. You seem to understand my nature, but do you understand what it means for someone like me to truly monopolize you?" she asked of him in rhetoric, there was a devious smile appearing on her face. Oh, she could drag him to school and have a lot of fun. In corners, on the rooftop, in the library, hell in the gym equipment room, all kinds of cozy places lightly monitored for them to have impromptu sexual encounters.

[Bloodedge]

Oh. Right, she was definitely going to turn his words around on him; he should have expected that much. The attitude she carried when doing so, however, was a special kind of appealing. From the nonchalant body language, all the way to that little flick of his manhood, was downright entrancing to the lad. "I. Well, that's..." he stammered. "That's just not fair. I call hax on conditional clause! That's not even the same. You're a girl, so you don't even get the absolute fury and hatred that us guys treat our own junk with!" he proclaimed with a strange amount of honesty. Still, there was the slightest addition of a red hue just below his eyes. . .

How ridiculous. Yugi could have been thinking of anything, bar a few specific things that would receive a hell no from even him. How then, could she openly accept without prior knowledge? "That's kinda ridiculous, isn't it? I could have been thinking of sodomy and chains and whips and stuff," he explained. That wasn't at all where his mind had been going, but he had to point out how extreme Kimiko's instant reaction was.

Just as extreme, was Yugi's aversion to the things he'd listed. Kimiko shared said aversions, which was always a plus, but she also shared a preference for bratty behavior... on the other side of the equation. As for what it meant for her to truly monopolize something, namely him in this case, there was a very simple answer as to whether he knew or not. "Not a damn clue! And honestly, that's what makes me really excited. It's pretty rare for me to not solve a puzzle, even when the puzzle is a person. Never managed to figure you out, though. I like that, and all the complications that come with failing to know what's going on in your head."

[Apollymi]

Stammering. That was about what she expected as she looked up into this lad's face. She still managed to look unbothered by the whole of what she'd so recently said and done. Turning things around, playing the line of words and understanding. This was all a part of business and something she was rather good at. Besides all of that, man business was still business she could play a part in that too, as far as she was concerned. Ah, but his rebuttal came with a strange admission and a tint to the area right under his eyes. Awww! He was actually a bit abashed right at the moment. That was adorable, she'd never really get tired of such a reaction as the one she was so recently given. "Ara ara, how am I really supposed to resist teasing you when you make faces like that, Yugi!?~" she asked with innocent light in those eyes of hers. Still she reached up to gently hold the side of his face. "Still, that isn't really much of an out, though, I'll accept the conditional clause, because I can't really know that. It's pretty fair as a girl I have an entirely different perspective~" she said. Having elicited a new sight from him, she could stop teasing him right at the moment, but how long that would last was sort of up in the air, considering her own personality.

What was more, Yugi claimed that Kimiko's acceptance of a thing without knowing what it was, implied some level of ridiculousness. A chuckle escaped the lass as he claimed a couple of things which could have crossed his mind which were apparently on that less than sultry list. Still, even their mention did nothing to change the look on her face. Eventually, they'd figure out that both of their limits were aligned in some way, perhaps she'd do her fair share and keep explaining what her lack of limits actually meant. "Hm, sodomy isn't exactly off the table considering our shared interests. And whips and chains usually come with aftercare and some pretty clear communication, before... during and after. It isn't exactly like I have any current objections to any of that. I'd try it a couple of times to figure out if I like it or not at the very least," she explained of herself. "So, accepting it even without knowing isn't really a big deal now is it? There would be an experience I'd get to share with you, I can't turn that down at all~" she mused. Yes, that was about as clear as she could be on the situation. She truly would accept most things from him, aside from their hard shared noes.

Moving on from those points, according to the man himself, Yugi had no idea what sort of deal he was signing himself up for by being monopolized by one like Ashikaga Kimiko. But when he spoke about the situation he didn't seem at all displeased by it as an idea. No, he claimed a level of excitement by not being able to figure it out exactly. According to the lad nothing usually presented that much of a challenge to him, when he considered it a puzzle, so not being able to figure her out was some kind of epic adventure for him, even when not knowing presented him complications. "Oh?" she said averting her eyes for the first time. She really couldn't do anything but take his excitement as a compliment at this point. "I'm flattered by that... I don't think anyone else likes not knowing what I am thinking. I'm pretty sure it stresses most people out to not clearly understand my intentions," she said though she was never truly unclear. Still him being excited about the whole thing gave her warm tingles, and only further cemented the idea that she wanted to spend more time with him not less. "You should come to school." She said in that same tone that implied it wasn't truly optional. Monopolizing him was something she intended, doing without him because she had other obligations wouldn't make her happy long term. So, getting him into the same places she was already going was about what she needed.

[Bloodedge]

Again with the teasing. Yugi wasn't opposed to it at all; it was actually interesting to see the look on Kimiko's face while she experienced any sort of victory. Besides, it was all a bit of innocent fun on both sides. "You could know that," he said, skipping ever so casually over the mention of his own expression. That wasn't something he had words for. "All you have to do is grow a dick; you'll eventually be able to go all mechanical with it and do some furious jerking. Actually, I can probably trust you to use mine and learn the ways of the manpeople. Your hand's kinda small and dainty, so you definitely couldn't do any damage or anything... I think. Either way, ara ara me one more time and I'm liable to let you do anything you want─"

Sodomy was on the table. Whips were on the table. Chains were on the table. Why did Yugi still not understand that nearly everything was on the table? He could hear it time and time again, but hearing still didn't equate to believing. It was so ridiculously unreasonable, how could anyone just outright believe it? Maybe he was a hypocrite. Maybe Kimiko was just crazy. Maybe both of these things were true, or maybe it didn't matter either way. The one truth of the situation was that both of them were in for a very interesting future. "Alright. I'll get used to all that eventually. For whenever that happens, my safe word is Wombo Combo," he joked. If nothing else, he would always be ready and willing to throw random humor into the mix.

Of all the things Kimiko could get from his admittance, what she chose to latch onto was... flattery. He'd just admitted something strange, that he was attracted to her perplexing nature that put off so many. Well, that was probably the reason it was flattering, wasn't it? "Everybody else is dumb. I like when stuff makes me think, and that's something you do most of the time. My mind's still blown from back in Dwargon," he claimed. In the midst of their discussion, Kimiko had something else to say. 'You should come to school,' she uttered more randomly than any other statement thus far. Where the hell did that come from? If Yugi had anything in mind to do immediately, he gave up on it. "See, that's what I was talking about. We're having a conversation about jerkoffs, butt stuff and your RBF, and suddenly I should be going to school. Like... what? Did I do a dumb? The hell would I want to go to school for?"

[Apollymi]

Oh, she could know the information she claimed she didn't have. And how would she learn it? Well it appeared according to Yugi, all Kimiko had to do was grow herself a phallus and have a bit of fun with it. That was a hilarious bit of misdirection. The laugh that escaped her came from a good place. "Oh? Is that all I have to do? Well, I can't say I wouldn't do exactly that under the circumstances... I would at least be curious..." she said of the possibility of random manly anatomy. "But, I'd only bother growing one under the condition that you become a girl. I won't even demand you go through the crazy part of figuring out if you will get to have boobs or not~" she mused. Not even bothering to point out the craziness of growing a penis or anything. "So, I'll definitely use yours at my leisure and leave you to determine things like level of ferocity. And I ara when the mood strikes, it's nice to know the outcome of something as simple as an utterance though~" she teased. Oh, they were in for something rather interesting, either in the near or far future. What a strange set of individuals they were to have such random conversations without real prompting. It was one of Kimiko's greatest joys.

Among the other things that caused her joy was their ability to randomly converse and joke with each other, even in the midst of something serious or sexual. Not many understood the humor that Kimiko presented, as such she had a lot of fun while chatting with Yugi about any random thing. His safe word of choice for the future was one such moment which elicited an almost reflexive response. "That ain't Falco." and just like that she giggled again. Yes, they were still naked. Just two teens relaxing and naked and joking in a box chatting about any random thing that crossed their minds.

According to him, other people were dumb. He claimed to like thinking and she made him think. A small smile crossed her face in the moment, she took that piece of information as a victory for herself. She was doing something for him, that others didn't do in the same way. And apparently he was still thinking about something from an early point in their adventures together. "What did I do something weird in Dwargon? I can't think of anything..." she said remembering the whole of Dwargon as a standard adventure and not being able to pick out any particular thing that should have stood out about it. Apparently her most recent statement was one such strange and crazy interesting thing as well. He didn't get how she'd gotten to that point. Did he do something stupid? No. "Oh? That seemed random huh? I do a lot of thinking about things and skip right to the end for the out loud part... though since you aren't bothered by it, I didn't explain that before," the lass admitted. "You didn't do a dumb thing or anything like that. I want to monopolize you and spend all the time I can with you. I went to school as I am obligated to, but it's really boring. You'd make it less so. Besides, think of all the cool places we could make out and have sex in at school... it'd be worth it just for the extra thrill. And I'll have you to keep me company during the part of my day that wouldn't be nearly as tolerable without you. So, you should come to school." Finished as if it was completely logical. And yes, she did throw sex at school on the table to further sweeten the deal and no she saw no problem with it, because she honestly meant it.

[Bloodedge]

"I'm sure you would be. It goes both ways, after all. Every guy knows exactly what he'd do the moment he randomly turned into a girl. We gotta know!" Yugi announced, knowing self-exploration would be higher on the list than anything else could ever be. What did things feel like on the other side? That had to be the eighth wonder of degeneracy. Moving on though, there was a curious mention of Kimiko going through the aforementioned magical transformation only if he went through it as well. That was... fair, but strange. "Pretty sure pegging is on that 'no' list too, actually. Though I guess..." The lad paused, taking several moments to give some consideration. "Yeah, I guess if I were a girl, you'd probably be a guy I went for. This is the sort of thing guys talk about, like... 'would you let your guy friends get a piece if you turned into a girl' and shit. Weird having it in this direction─"

Random references to memes and other such things were aplenty with these two. One could be slipped into conversation by one and picked up on by the other with nary a missed beat, and things could progress smoothly thereafter with a laugh and continuation of the ongoing topic. Now was such a time, as Yugi chuckled all the way through to his next rebuttal. "It's not that you did anything weird in Dwargon. It's just..." He paused once more. Thinking back, the initial strangeness regarding Ashikaga Kimiko had been a matter of his own generalization. The girl remained an oddity among her social group, even without giving consideration to her position, but Yugi wasn't normally one to judge without reason to do so. Upon having the late realization of who the one called Miki really was, he'd let himself jump to conclusions for a bit. Luckily, that all passed. "It's nothing. I'm glad we met," was all he said in the end.

He hadn't done anything dumb. That was good, as he was occasionally prone to dumb impulsions. Kimiko wished to have him attend school simply so they could remain in each other's company. Of course, this also included all the debauchery two perverts like them would get up to, and Kimiko didn't refrain from bringing that up at all. Yugi nearly moved past that mention, only to be silenced by his own thoughts before speaking about something else. "Wait... did you really just try to bait me into school with sex? How's that fair?"

[Apollymi]

A commonality between men and women... or maybe it was just one shared between two degenerate individuals? Regardless it seemed that both of them agree that at least a round or thirty of self-exploration would come directly as a result of having their gender randomly swapped. "Nice to know I'm not alone in those thoughts. I suppose I should have expected that in some way~" she mused seeming to find interesting how her thoughts aligned. Ah, but moving on from that point, they discussed this magical action of gender swapping and according to Yugi, he added pegging to his list of hard noes. "Hm, noted. Not that I had that in my thought pattern to start with, but its always nice to know where the lines are," she said. Admittedly, Kimiko never considered pegging, but it wasn't as if she'd miss it as an idea or anything. Though according to him, if he became a girl and she became a guy, he'd likely choose her again regardless. This was nice information to have, though admittedly this was a strange conversation. "Ah, is that the way dude conversations about that sort of thing go, I wonder what that means for that large group of dudes who play chick characters getting ported to the other world..." she said having a moment of extreme curiosity. She figured there were likely some very promiscuous women who didn't start their lives with girl values based on this conversation.

Speaking of getting ported, according to Yugi, she did nothing particularly strange in Dwargon. He spent a moment or two in thought but settled his statements upon deciding that he was simply happy they'd met. That seemed like a great deal of thought to come to such a brief conclusion, but still, somehow it gave Kimiko a great deal of comfort. After all, she was a blaringly large existence for other people, it was probably frightening for regular people to even give her a chance, the fact that he was happy they'd met was comforting. "That was a lot of thought for that..." she said with a small smirk coming to her face. "Though, I'm glad we met too..." she mused. "If I am being honest, I had several frightening thoughts upon seeing you the first time and I almost gave up on that quest," she admitted. The part of her that was still gun shy after her more recent gaming experiences almost didn't wish to be near any strange man for very long.

Kimiko's train of thought was acknowledged finally as she clarified the sort of thing she sought from the lad. It didn't seem he had any problems with her proposed ideas at all. Only several moments after the fact he tried to claim that she'd been trying to bait him into going to school with sex and asked how it was fair. A laugh escaped the black haired lass as she looked at him with certainty in her eyes. "Of course it's fair. It isn't like the sex is just for you... and knowing the best points and tactics for negotiation is part of a getting a deal that works out in your favor," she said as if this was the only logical way to think about it. "Technically speaking there are no negatives to be taken from such a request and it comes with a bonus of sex and companionship. It is the strongest stance to negotiate from..." she said giving a curt nod. "Should I take that to mean that the bait didn't work... or did you only just realize that this is what I was intending?"

[Bloodedge]

"Of course you're not alone. If I woke up as a girl, my room would be flooded by 7. No question about it," he stated. As for those lines in the sand, he did have a bit more to add. He wasn't into the idea of something entering his backside as a man, but if he were something else, it wasn't exactly an idea he shunned completely. "I should say, if the whole magic thing happened, that thing probably isn't on the list. Weird to talk about, but... I mean, we did spend the last half a year in a magical world with slimes and goblins and shit. Gender-swapping is probably a thing somewhere, and it's definitely the case with Avatars. Oh, and yeah─ there are definitely at least a few thousand guys in woman bodies taking every dick in a ten kilometer radius over there."

Yugi hadn't put a lot of thought into that singular sentence at all. Actually, it wasn't even part of his thought train, but he didn't care to divulge the whole of it. Everything boiled down to the same anyway; there was no point in blabbering on about the nonsense he once gave too much consideration to. Life changed, ways changed, and he intended to take the raven-haired girl's hand and sprint through the gates of fluctuation. "We agree then. Good," he chimed in. Kimiko admitted to a very rational series of thoughts in the earliest moments of their meeting. Yes, he recalled that day as well. "You could have never mentioned that, and I wouldn't have known. I just figured you were going the traditional Rogue route, and nudging me to run Tank. Not that I mind that anyway; it was pretty fun riding a pig my first day in a magical world~" he admitted.

Fair. What an interesting choice of words, and an equally interesting way of considering the exchange Kimiko offered. He supposed it could be considered fair from a business perspective, but they did view some things differently. There was a gleam in Yugi's eye as he processed her proposal. It wasn't that the bait didn't work; he'd go for that in a heartbeat after what he'd so recently experienced. However... "It's neither. One point each for the sex. One point each for companionship. Minus one point from my side for having to go to school, and plus one on yours for having something extra in your day." Toward the end of his speech, Yugi held a hand in front of the girl's face, forefinger alone extended. "Even if that last one doesn't count, you're still at a one point advantage. I'm not exactly one to speak business, but... unfair; reneg!"

[Apollymi]

A chuckle escaped Kimiko, as Yugi had some pointed words to share about his apparent waking as a girl. What was more, a bit more clarification was offered to the lass. Apparently pegging was out, but not necessarily all aspects of butt stuff. "Good to know..." she said filing that little tidbit away along with the rest of the things she learned this day. Oh, and according to Yugi there were a thousand guys who ended up as women and were likely engaging in promiscuous behaviors because of it. "Hm, I suppose that is likely... though if they were raised that has to be weird. Girl puberty and friend groups are tough to manage..." Kimiko gave this a bit of consideration and made a few mental decisions surrounding the idea. She'd probably eventually get to speak with someone who made this transition, it would be worth a solid amount of interrogation to find out if they'd gone through both sets of puberty.

Beyond this point, they both agreed that they were happy to have met each other. That much was probably obvious even without it being said, but it was at least nice to share such sentiments. Ah, but what came next was the response to her admission about their earliest meeting. According to the lad, he wouldn't have known if she hadn't divulged it as he would have assumed a gamer related tactic. "Hm, it wasn't really like that at all. Though I'm glad you had fun riding that pig, that was pretty unexpected..." she said thinking back on that day herself with a small smile on her face. "Truthfully, when I stopped freaking out about the whole thing, and having the normal girl thoughts of running into a potentially toxic gamer... I decided that I would just kill the pigs and move on. And I figured if we were both there it would be easier. The Rogue way is how I would have taken it if I was alone with a weapon more suited to my playstyle. I gambled that if it was noted I was putting forth my own effort then I couldn't be mistaken for someone just being exploitative. And I was willing to give up the reward for the potential safety or picking up what I initially thought was an NPC helper since I didn't have a mount or anything I would have preferred having right at the start," she explained of her own tactics. Though that information was likely strange, she was pretty fresh off a set of bad experiences so she was being cautious. "Still it was pretty good, meeting someone else who could pick up on an easy tactic and run with it... people don't normally listen to me in such situations, so I wasn't used to the idea that someone might be able to keep up with that line of thought," she concluded. that had been a nice experience for her after all.

And her thoughts about that past experience were leading to another interesting present experience. It seemed that their current level of negotiation was now underway but Yugi had a certain gleam in his eye. She knew they saw the world differently so she waited for his explanation and the terms he came with were sound enough for her to give them consideration. He at the end of his statement claimed that they should renegotiate because of his current standing of being one down in the count for the 'fairness' of her offered deal. A wide grin spread across the lass' face as she continued to longue across his lap. "Hoh? I didn't expect that... how interesting. Well, I did promise only fair deals, and though you were attending school at least a bit anyways, I suppose I can see the argument of an unfair leaning..." she said. One finger was now tapping the side of her face. "If you've had the time to think that offer unbalanced, I assume there is some term you'd find that would bring it into the alignment you seek. State it."

[Bloodedge]

Yugi dreaded to think of the sheer quantity of men and boys whoring themselves out in the other world as female Avatars. Now that they were having a conversation about it, he realized the chance of things going very badly, had he not met Kimiko early with their relationship developing as it did. What would life have been like if he'd gone for the typical nerd dream experience, and wound up balls-deep in some random dude? He shuddered at the thought. "Let's... drop that part, yeah? I shouldn't think too much about how many girls calling me 'hero' or whatever are probably guys who want me in their weird pants," he said.

Kimiko's first approach in the other world had been a mixture of two things, it seemed. She was taking the Rogue approach, but it was also due to her apprehensive nature regarding toxic gamers and the like. These things together formed something very understandable, and he could throw no blame because of it. Alas, it was concerning that she mentioned never being listened to when providing tactical advice to teammates in games. "Dumb," he said initially. "Even bad advice is worth listening to, even if it's just to figure out where someone's coming from. Just listening could even end in a person who has a better idea, tweaking their idea. It happens. People who don't go at least that far, are the same people who become tyrants if they ever get any actual power," the lad concluded. Interestingly enough, what Yugi said most recently came from personal experience. It wasn't worth discussing, but the thought was always something worth bringing up.

There were some gears turning regarding his counter, but in the end, Kimiko seemed to be agreeable. Relaxing further into the couch, he kept a non-aggressive sideways glance trained on Kimiko's face, wondering what she would produce as a result of his earlier words. She was right; he did have a mind to consider a balancing aspect to this arrangement. Yugi wasn't into the business mumbo jumbo, but he was into agreements between parties. Maybe that line was thinner than he cared to admit, but that didn't matter now. Now, he wore a snarky, nigh-fanged grin. "Skip school," he said firmly. "I'll go to school if you'll be there. But, instead of going every day... we skip together. And don't worry; I'm sure you've probably got some mandate for attendance, whether it's official or self-imposed. I won't go dragging you away from school as often as I like to skip myself, but I kinda want to see what you're like when you're getting the full degen experience~"

[Apollymi]

Apparently, Yugi thought a bit too deeply in the moment. He would soon voice this as a statement about not really desiring to know the number of women who had been 'male' in this world, desiring him. "Hm, I get your point. It's probably extra scary for you too... since even normal dudes think Kou is pretty~" she said in the lightest of teasing tones. "Worry not, I will protect your virtues, especially from those with weird pants~" she said with a magnanimous hand roll. And with that said she was more than willing to drop the point. Though admittedly as a girl surfing the internet she'd become pretty good at identifying other girls who were hiding in plain sight on the internet. They had shared habits, guys who played female Avatars had some pretty solid tells and she would likely be able to identify one if she came across them. Actually, at least one person hit her radar like that all ready... not that it mattered in the moment.

Speaking of experiences with the internet, it seemed that Yugi understood without any extra prodding what her online experiences were like. He claimed it was dumb, and it truly was, "Yeah, those kinds of situations always wind up bad for those who don't listen, even outside of simple things like games. But I don't think people who end up in those situations ever consider the repercussions until they happen. So, telling them more than once is kind of exhausting..." she said of her own experiences. Technically speaking these things were true in both games and business. And Kimiko seemed to take a very specific stance in both cases. She'd watch people crumble to their own hubris, or if the win was necessary carry it through only to give up on the group as a whole. Obviously those who couldn't take the advice of those who were consulting with them, didn't deserve to keep having it.

Oh but even more than those who didn't listen in the world, there was a conversation of fairness taking place between this pair. She wished him to attend school so that they could spend more time together, but this offer was weighed in her own favor. Accordingly a counter was being waited upon, and since he became more relaxed she took it to mean there was nothing amiss between them. She didn't expect they would do anything other than have such conversations to come to such conclusions. They'd worked together, lead a team together, and fixed whole countries together for six months, a simple agreement between the two of them was pretty easy. So what was his counter offer? That grin was so very interesting... she kind of like that. Was that weird? Whatever the case, his clause was put forth and she couldn't deny the fairness of it. "Skip school... done." she said without giving it a reasonable amount of thought. The lad's words were true. And as far as she could tell, if she was content to drag him towards her more straight-laced way of life, then he should be allowed to be free to drag her a bit into his more degenerate one. After all, their discussion on the Grand Cypher did indeed include the idea that she didn't know enough about how to take a day off. That agreement probably seemed unreasonable so she'd clarify a bit. "You don't have to worry too much about that, my contractual obligations to attend school are basically just part of my agreement to try and have a normal high school experience. Included in that is a Rebellion Clause meant to cover any and all deviance from the rules. So, I wouldn't be breaking anything to take some extra days, crash a car or anything like that..." she concluded. It seemed their deal had reached a fair point for both of them, with one simple addition.

[Bloodedge]

True enough, Yugi did recall one specific situation in which an obviously straight male was in outrage over his Avatar's attractiveness. Maybe it was time to spruce Kou up a bit to avoid any... problematic encounters. No, it probably wasn't worth it. Even if he really wanted to, there was no undoing the passive appeal of the type of Celestial he chose for that Avatar. "I should focus on finishing that mask. I had a whole plan for using it, and it's pretty important for my endgame build."

Telling the non-listeners this from that was never a worthwhile endeavor; Yugi could agree to that. He'd long since given up on wasting his time on such things, taking to letting them follow their own moronic ideals. It was always easier to approach things his own way, abandoning the others if necessary. That all changed about six months ago out of necessity, and only changed further from there. To think, he'd even recruited a random bard to be the second member of his knight party─ possibly the strangest decision he'd ever made. Such a thing would never have happened if he didn't meet Kimiko that first day in another reality. All things considered, he didn't have a single regret.

Easily accepted was the term of Kimiko skipping school. That was... strange. Apparently though, she didn't have any actual mandate on school attendance. Well, that wasn't quite true. There was one, in a way, but there was also a clause for... teen rebellion? What sort of thing was that supposed to be? Yugi stared at the lass. After several moments of hesitation, he began blinking intermittently. "Rebellion... clause," he repeated. "So you have a whole thing where you're allowed to go against the whole deal? What is even the point of having the rules, if there's a clause that says you're allowed to go against the rules and just blame being a teenager?"

[Apollymi]

A gentle nod came from Kimiko, as Yugi explained what he should be doing as part of his other world experience. The mask he only had a couple of pieces of was apparently important to the overall aspect of his build. "Well, if it's important to the endgame portion of the build it does need picking up. I still haven't figured out where my hourglass disappeared to, and the Bones of Rathma are kind of important as well," she said thinking about her own build a bit. Unlike Yugi her own items were needed to help her maintain her human visage for her end game build. "Oh, and the pieces of the Lich King's Crown I don't currently have. One of them should be on Karna, who annoyed me into the passing thought that I could kill him again in PvP to get it. And the other... should be at the Great Tomb of Nazarick, if that last tip I got was any good," she mentioned of her own adventuring needs, only to add a bit more, showcasing a considerably strange method of her own thinking. "I thought of inviting everyone else along because of its complexity. It's rumored to have more connections to the Dragons as well, so I figured you might want in on it given your search for the Dragon Emperor's Mask fragments," she mentioned of particular game play. That tomb was going to be the place her build rounded off at eventually, and most of the people on their ship could have fun and benefit from things found within the tomb. Kimiko herself needed very few specific pieces that could be found there and didn't mind sharing any extra loot.

How strange. Kimiko normally undertook so many things on her own, that she never really thought about the necessity of others to the overall success of her plans. That being said, that day she'd decided to try and branch out in the otherworld, she'd grown into nothing but an exceedingly considerate individual. She used all of her normal stealth and rogue related methods to plan and ensure certain outcomes for everyone, not just herself. And she found the experience all the more enriching because of it. She definitely wouldn't have done such a thing without Yugi, and she'd taken quite a bit to begin showing her own acumen in such situations given how much people tended to ignore her warnings on things. They'd both changed each others perception quite a bit, and Kimiko couldn't be mad at her more diverse world view.

Moving on from that, Yugi seemed to be mulling over the Rebellion Clause of Kimiko's contract. The lass couldn't even begin to properly explain it, it hadn't been a thing she'd wanted in the first place. "To be honest I don't really get it either. That wasn't a clause I desired, it was one of Papa's counter terms," she said managing to look a bit thoughtful. "But when I asked about it, I was told that normal teenagers should be a bit more flexible with their line of thinking. And that I might one day want to make a decision that was outside of my normal behavior patterns and I should because I am young and can experiment with things..." she said giving it a casual shrug. "Still, I have no problem holding myself to any standard I set and expect no more or less from anyone else. I left it because it could only be beneficial to me, I didn't see it as the sort of thing that could be used against me among any of the other clauses."

[Bloodedge]

"It is, and it does. There should be three more pieces for me to grab them, but it's a randomized list of places connected to Dragons. I went up the Goblin chain until I finally triggered a descendant of an old Dragon slayer; that one's checked off. The other one was in that Rift by Atlantis, probably left in there by a Leviathan or an ancient Sea Dragon. It kinda bums me out that I couldn't have three by now, but I didn't see any signs of a piece in the Marshlands. I just hope I don't have to go dealing with desert Wyrms or anything─" Ah, what an ominous thing Yugi was saying now. He couldn't possibly know that yes, one of the things he needed was undoubtedly kept by Wyrms in the vast desert. He'd find out eventually, but for now, he could remain blissfully ignorant. He could also take solace in the idea of following Kimiko to some place called Nazarick. What a familiar name... and by the description of it, it would be a place of interest for him as well. "Nazarick, huh? I might need to go somewhere like that for my own reasons. There's something in a place like that connected to another domain I want to enter."

Neither of these two truly understood the purpose of a 'rebellion clause' in Kimiko's agreement, but she seemed to take it in stride. Her father had to be a very strange person to come up with something like that; Yugi was left questioning his motives for several moments. In doing so, the lad shifted himself quite a bit. The couch they were on had rather large cushions, so he lowered and slid himself into the space between Kimiko and the couch's back. As one arm slung over the lass' midsection, he sighed. "I really don't see the point. Like, what if you specifically decided not to roll with it? Is there a 'rebellion against the rebellion clause' sub-clause? That sort of thing also makes me wonder if it's why you could mention school sex like it's a completely normal thing to do. I mean, I would do it, but me getting caught and kicked out of school wouldn't really affect my life or lack of image at all."

[Apollymi]

According to Yugi, there were three more pieces to his item of choice. He'd gone about, taking a very specific line of thought, to track them down. He'd done Goblin Quests to eventually get to his first piece, and there was the piece they'd found near the Dragon Lagoon Beach which had to have been left by an ancient sea Dragon or a Leviathan. All good ways to think about things. "Hm, I'd need you to get another one to prove it. But it seems like yours are pieces are being traced to things with Human/Dragon interactions. A dragon slayer near goblin lines. Atlantis practically worships Sea Dragons and had several variants of them appearing in their history. At the very least it would make sense of why you didn't find one in the Marshlands, they seem like their human historical interactions are probably low, regardless of their dragon heritage," Kimiko mentioned. She was practically shuffling through information in her head. "Actually, there are a lot of tips about Dragons in general throughout the world, I had a lot of them but I already knew what I was looking for so I'd crossed them off as dead ends, but it could be that they were only dead ends in relation to what I was looking for, they could still be active for you..." she mentioned. Beyond all of that there was the matter of Nazarick which he agreed he might be interested in helping he conquer, if only to help him reach some other plane. "Hm, which domain are you trying to enter... there might be a more effective entrance than the Unconquerable Dungeon," she said with a cheeky smirk. That whole place was just the kind of challenge she would have enjoyed taking on for herself. She'd built her entire character around the idea of taking it, since it appealed directly to her own interest in the occult.

Whatever the case, as she continued to think about the other world they'd come from and her own contracts, Yugi seemed to gain more comfort, she found the lad, lying on the couch with her, his arm strung over her stomach as she laid comfortably. It seemed the other lad also didn't get it, perhaps there was some generational gap in understanding this clause. "Hm, it doesn't have a sub clause, it very specifically just covers acts of rebellion. I guess it's more like insurance in that case. Covers any just in case I freak out moments, which given what I was like at the start of puberty, is fair enough..." she said offering a shrug, she didn't much see the point in it, but teen girls were prone to fits of temper. "Also, I freely offered such a thing simply because I would do it. The experience would make it worthwhile for me. Besides, in my own experience... the more confident you are about something you do, the less an adult would actually be willing to question you about it. I'd probably get told not to do it again and that'd be the end of it," the girl said. In her own situation, she figured more people would be unwilling to try and tell either of her parents what she was up to, and would thus be more likely to overlook something she did. There was always the idea that one could try and blackmail her, but she had negative shame so that wouldn't work either.