Shibuya

[Bloodedge]

Fair indeed. None could underestimate the annoyance of having to restructure a room, even on a smaller scale. He imagined though, that Kimiko's experience with such renovations was on a very different scale than what anyone else could comprehend. "A whole room for play, a whole room for gaming. Do you have toilet, sink, bath and shower in separate rooms too? Let me guess; there's a spa room three doors down from where you sleep─" Yugi said in half jest. All things considered, that actually sounded quite divine─ albeit no less excessive than the rest of it.

Apparently, Kimiko would have made her entry through his singular window if not for the magical door. That would have been a sight and a half, considering that little window of his hardly had value as ventilation. "I'd pay to see that. Good luck getting anywhere but stuck trying to get your ass through that little thing," he said with a chortle. Still, the idea of having Kimiko as a personal alarm clock was its own type of appealing. Yugi looked forward to whatever type of waking he was fated for, just as he would soon be looking forward to his turn in the bathroom. It was only natural that Kimiko take the first trip, considering the state her undercarriage had to be in by now. As such, Yugi leaned against the frame of that closed door, stretching and yawning briefly before finding a comfortable slouch. "Y'know, I also figured there was a way for me to blow open that door with like... zero effort. I might try that sort of thing out, if I can avoid it being vandalism."

[Apollymi]

Ah, a jest was coming Kimiko's way but... it wasn't really a joke to her. No, she did not have a separate room for each bathroom apparatus that would have been a bit psychotic. But this speak of a spa room did make the shrug casually. He was wrong about something in that statement and it was a very specific thing that she would state very clearly. "I have an en-suite bathroom which has all of its facilities in a single room." she stated matter-of-factly. "But there is also a Spa Room four doors down, though that wasn't entirely indulgent." she explained of her personal living situation. But, she was a girl, there was no reason she wouldn't have a variety of different things available to her. Yes, it was overly indulgent to most people, but there were at least a few charitable reasons she had a Spa Room.

As she cleaned up in the bathroom she knew Yugi was just outside the door. Was it strange she found that comforting? There weren't usually people so close to her all the time so even as she cleaned up she could hear his words and process them for the sake of a continued conversation. What was this? He didn't think she would have been able to get her butt past the window. "Hm, that might actually be true. It is kind of small... Alright if I lower myself into it, I'll do it backwards, then you'll be responsible for getting me unstuck~" she chimed finding the idea of the situation a bit funny. It was definitely the sort of thing she'd expect out of a hentai meme. And what was he saying now? Well, according to him, he probably could have broken the door at the movie theater, to get them out of that room. "Hm, probably could have. What I have found of playing around with these powers is they seem to work like they do in the other world. I haven't done a huge stress test, but at least the base functions of them are the same. I also haven't felt much if any backlash from using the simpler forms of mine either," she finished. It took a few minutes but her insides were now clean of all secretions and her undercarriage was clean. Which of course meant it was time for a new pair of underwear. A pretty little lacey black pair of cheeky type panties would emerge from a portal. They were purchased today, and would be slid onto her hips under her skirt. She'd drop her used washcloth into the hamper and open the bathroom door feeling refreshed. "Still, I wonder when you'll get a proper go at testing them out?" she questioned.

[Bloodedge]

"Really? I mean, I figured both of those things were outlandish, but you actually have a spa that close to your bedroom?" There was hardly a thing for Yugi to say. Ridiculous as the concept was for one to have a full spa in their house, this girl had one only a few steps down the hall... assuming the space between doors wasn't the length of an average house. Well, at least his mind wasn't traveling in any negative direction when he thought of something like that so close to one's resting place. Many potential opportunities were ahead.

How Kimiko would have tried getting herself through his window, he didn't know. She would undoubtedly find herself stuck at the hips if she attempted that, but Yugi would actually find that rather entertaining. Moreover, Kimiko held him responsible for getting her unstuck. How was he expected to... oh. Indeed, this was the stuff of pornography. He could definitely offer some 'assistance' in a situation like that. By the time Kimiko opened the bathroom door, she would even be able to witness his willingness to do so, painted all over his face in the form of sheer deviance. "Yeah, of course I'll get you unstuck! What kind of guy would I even be if I let you stay in there, all uncomfortable and whatnot~" he rambled. Of course, there was only one thing he would ever do if she got herself stuck in anything. He would help... after he was done with far more important things.

Now, there was a topic of powers and a distraction of lingerie. Yugi could only deal with one thing at a time, right? Wrong. "What do you mean? You're doing a stress test right now, aren't you? Or does Greed not also want all of my attention─" he wondered, managing to address both subjects at once. "Anyway, I'm pretty sure I could test mine out at any time. I've just been trying to be careful with how volatile it is, you know?"

[Apollymi]

"Hai, I actually do. It's four doors away from my bedroom door..." she confirmed. Ah, but spacing was an issue. She visited her Spa Room sparsely enough because of the amount of space she had to walk to get to it. Not that she was exceedingly lazy, but she could take care of most of her own personal needs without having to go so far away from her bedroom. "I haven't used it so much lately... but it's definitely there, and always ready for use~" she said confirming that information. But there were more things to discuss than the weird assortment of rooms in her house.

Now there was the matter of perverse uses of windows and the precarious situation involving getting stuck in an unsavory position. Kimiko knew that her flirty words would definitely hit the lad in an interesting way and by the time she opened the door to look at him, she had a very interesting view of his face. Well, at this moment she didn't have to question if he knew what she was getting at, instead she smiled back at him with an interestingly similar face. "Eh? You'd definitely be terrible if you left me like that. I'll feel free to rely on you to make sure I don't find myself in such a position for too long~" the girl agreed. There was a strange amount of lighthearted fun in such words, flirty as they were.

Speaking of cheeky flirty words. The ones that came from Yugi when he next spoke addressed both the matter of their power usage and the matter of Kimiko's attire. "Hoh? Figured me out did you? Well, the answer is of course, I want everything~" she chimed as she stepped past the lad to leave him to the bathroom if he so desired. "And yes, definitely have been testing the ability quite a bit in the last few hours. It all seems fine with its same general constraints," she mused. He finally addressed his own use of power, claiming he could test it out any time but that he was careful of said ability due to its potentially violent nature. "Well, that is fair. Being cautious with an ability like that is probably for the best..." she said. "Bathroom is all yours~" and she would wait outside whether their conversation continued over these points or not.

[Bloodedge]

"Only four doors down, but you haven't used it much recently. Maybe I was right then," Yugi commented. His mind had been all over the place these past few moments, even rationalizing the potential distance of four room doors in a mansion even bigger than where he once lived. "I was wondering if 'four doors down' for you is the same as walking down the street," he added for clarity. Either way, if they wound up in that house together, he definitely had a use or six for a spa room. . .

Yes, it would be terrible of him to leave her stuck in a window or something of the sort for too long. He wouldn't be doing anything like that, but of course, he would be... taking his time in helping to free the lass, so to speak. "You can trust me. I'll get you out of there, no problem. Since I'm such a nice guy, I'll even make sure a lot of focus is put into uhh... loosening you up properly! Yeah, that's it!" he said. Nothing would be hidden about his true intentions, but there was no point in avoiding the joke of it all.

Kimiko's answer would always amount to one thing: Greed. She wanted everything, and would unabashedly admit to that. Yugi couldn't say anything against it; to each their own and all that. He would say something regarding abilities, though. "I'm sure you have been testing for a little more than just a few hours. Let's be honest, we both know you've been considering it at every possible opportunity since you found out about it," he teased. With that, Yugi stepped into the bathroom at last. He didn't bother closing the door; there was hardly a point to doing so. Instead, Yugi turned on the shower and began discarding... well, everything he was wearing. "Oh, you could've used the shower, y'know?"

[Apollymi]

It seemed Yugi had been thinking about the implications of distance in Kimiko's lack of use of her spa room. His assumption once he clarified it, was that the distance between her room and the spa room was great enough for her to avoid going there too much. This wasn't exactly a wrong answer, but it didn't cover the depth of why she hadn't used the room in a while. "Hai, that is pretty accurate. The distance would be like going from here to the end of the block. Enough that I don't see it as being worth it for an every day sort of thing. My favorite things are in the bathroom attached to my bedroom. Besides, I didn't set it up to use it alone..." she said lightly. It was true enough that Kimiko hadn't set up the room to be one she used alone. She'd technically had the whole thing installed for her and her friend to use together and had gone out of her way to have it be a space that they could use to do girl things that wouldn't compromise the other girl's health in anyway.

Moving right along according to the lad in question, she could trust him to help her out of an inconvenient situation like being stuck in a window. He'd definitely make sure to loosen her up properly. His words were innocent enough but there was no way she could interpret that as anything other than a dirty joke. "Promise?~" was the flirty reply. A single question with unlimited possibilities. Yes, that was indeed the way Kimiko chose to enable further perverted commentary at all times. She had no problem rolling with such jokes, and knowing they were very similar in how they considered such things. She knew such a thing would be well received.

And then they were right back at it. And she was being more than gently teased about the nature and depth of her power testing phase. Everything the lad said was true of course, but that didn't stop it from being more than a bit embarrassing that he realized it and pegged her activities so easily. Playfully terse, with a light blush developing on her face, that would be Kimiko as she explained herself and tried to negate the teasing nature of the sentence presented to her. "Well, yes. But considering the applications of such things is important... it's not like I've gone full sim and just started taking random things... there is at least a method in place~" she said crossing her arms over her chest while trying and failing not to watch the lad strip himself of his clothes as he aimed to enter the shower. Right, now was a time of obviousness and Kimiko was perverted enough to watch the lad strip unabashedly even though there was nothing remotely sexual about the current situation. "Oh? Well, I considered it briefly, but I didn't finish my shopping. And I am still girl enough not to want to wear the same clothes. And definitely girl enough to want my cosmetic products of choice~" she said seeming to shift into thought. "Though I can probably just store a bunch of stuff in my treasury?" she gave a pause, with an upward inflection on the word treasury as if she wasn't sure about it. "That sounds a bit weird to say. Need a new word for that... different word. Treasury sounds like I came from 3000 BCE."

[Bloodedge]

Of all the things to potentially be right about, it couldn't be anything other than strange for Yugi's assumption here to be accurate. Any normal member of society couldn't fathom walking such distances across their entire house, yet Kimiko casually spoke of traveling the length of a city block to reach a single room. Yugi had a vague memory of the Ashikaga manor, but he never registered it being that ridiculous. Of course, his memory was during a time of childhood excitement about everything─ even back when said manor was the only building notably larger than his own home. In retrospect, perhaps his state of living at the time had him failing to realize how ridiculous the other home was.

Promises were a dangerous thing for one Aiba Yugi, even if the lad didn't know that himself. Even so, the flirty retort of Kimiko would be met in kind, as it always would be. "Knight's honor~" Yugi replied while drawing a cross over his heart. Those two things didn't really go together, he thought, but that wasn't important. "You won't regret relying on your friendly neighborhood degenerate, K─... Yugi." How strange. After six months in another world, being able to say his own name was markedly unusual to him now.

While stepping beneath the shower head, Yugi processed the justification Kimiko had to offer. Fair enough, she wasn't going to any major extremes or anything like that... but that didn't change the facts. "Yeah, but does it really count? Wouldn't you have done exactly that if there was that much stuff worth taking nearby?" he questioned during the rinsing process. Kimiko wasn't going to deny herself something she desired, so it stood to reason that a lack of desire for things she couldn't obtain naturally was the reason for this apparent reservation. More importantly, there was the important topic regarding Kimiko's... treasury. That inflection pretty much summed up Yugi's thoughts on the name as well. He would only agree with her assertion while lathering himself with soap, though he'd do so from a slightly different perspective. "I was thinking treasury would come off a little pompous, but yeah, it does sound pretty old. I guess it wouldn't make much sense to call it a puzzle sphere forever, especially since..." He paused there, deciding to avoid revealing a certain bit of information regarding the Artifact's shape and functionality. Clearing his throat, he moved on. "Anyway. How about vault?"

[Apollymi]

Yugi seemed to be considering what Kimiko had said, but had nothing extra to say about it. The girl had seen several other homes in her life and those comparable in size and quality weren't very high in number at all. It was an interesting point but she knew enough of housing markets to understand many people wouldn't have purchased large quantities of land that they weren't going to use to farm or produce more money for themselves. As such only people who already had a certain baseline of income would ever be the types to buy or build such extravagant living spaces.

Even so, what was more interesting about the situation was that Yugi seemed to set it aside rather easily. Switching back to her demand for a promise of his help in a future degenerate situation. Though he'd initially seemed rather hung up on her status as a person, he'd moved far beyond it over the space of the last few days. Here and now he was giving his honor as a knight to help her out of any situation she found herself stuck in. And then out of habit he almost referred to himself as Kou. A chuckle escaped her. "Eh? On a Knight's Honor, I feel so safe~" she said in a lighthearted manner. Of course, that wasn't all she had to say as she continued to watch the lad begin his shower. "Also, I am glad I am not the only one, who has to focus to use my own name. I didn't think I'd slip up so much," she mentioned. Referring to herself as Miki as the other world forced her to was rather weird.

Ah, but they were moving on from that. And to the girl's habit of taking things she wanted as a matter of her own greed. Did it really count? Would she have been taking things left and right if she thought there was something worth taking around? Well, there were answers to those questions and they would come with the same amount of shamelessness that Kimiko presented herself with in situations of degeneracy. A firm nod of her head and she'd answer those questions in reverse. "Absolutely!" she said as if excited by the prospect. "I would take things if there were more things worth taking. But because there aren't it counts as restraint, though legitimately it is about the same amount I always show~" she mused. The girl who was spoiled in the strangest of ways wouldn't stop herself from acquiring something she wanted. At the same time she would also not simply take things she couldn't see the value of, this was balance. Her ability to store things, meant that she would be infinitely pickier about the things she kept. Speaking of it seemed they were both in agreement about how the word treasury didn't work. Yugi made the claim they also couldn't refer to it by shape, but immediately quieted. Oh, it was probably some other surprise related thing she'd have to figure out later. He skipped over it and she would log it away in her memory. At the same time he offered a new word for reference. Vault. Hmm.... "I think I like that, vault sounds hidden, exclusive, chic... yeah. Vault is a great word," she finished up that commentary before returning to her previous version of the sentence surrounding her necessity items. "Anyways, I'll probably just store a bunch of my favorite stuff in my Vault," she could say that word without feeling strange.

[Bloodedge]

"Right? I didn't think six months of being forced to use a different name would have such an impact. I would at least hope having multiple Avatars could stop that, but I guess I was Kou more often than anyone," Yugi surmised. At least he managed to catch himself before the full name was spoken. Now that they were on the topic in a roundabout way, Yugi thought there was something very valuable that had been missing for quite some time. Six months was a very long time to go without a point of obsession, and Yugi was just realizing it. "Say, have you played any AoE since getting back? I thought a few times about how weird it was to live in that world, but not actually play the game."

Much to expectation, Kimiko easily confirmed that she would be taking any and everything that was of interest to her. "Hah!" the lad exclaimed, dramatically pointing in Kimiko's direction. It was a shame his shower had nothing resembling curtains, as this simple action was done just quickly enough to result in an accidental splash of suds flying toward the girl's face. "Ah─" said Yugi upon realizing what he'd done. "Ahem! So yeah, Vault! Good, solid name for a good, solid Artifact!" he continued as if to bypass the entire ordeal of flinging suds.

Well, however that went, Yugi would continue his shower while whistling a nonchalant tune. There was also plenty of time to address casual matters─ anything that would lead the conversation away from that little mishap. "Favorite stuff, huh? What sort of stuff would that be? I mean, you've already got a pretty decent collection going already, so what else are you looking for?"

[Apollymi]

Yugi attributed his being of Kou constantly to why he'd slipped up on how the name was used. Kimiko could agree, he'd spent more time as Kou than any of his other faces. "Hm, that sounds right. You were Kou more often than anyone else," she said seeming to think about it only in passing for a few seconds. Ah, but then a question was posed which was related to world they'd come from. "Iie, I had other goals when I discovered I was back here. I gave it consideration but... I didn't want to play alone again. Not after adventuring with someone for so long..." the lass said. Those words from her came out somewhat soft, but she meant them. She gave consideration to playing but in her own mind it felt like it would be weird to do so by herself after enjoying the world so fully with the lad at her side.

Ah, and one such moment of confirmation of her feelings of not wanting to go it alone was here in the present. An excitable Yugi turned around flinging suds at her in the process of issuing an accusing finger because of her statements surrounding her acquisitive nature. The boy then changed his tune immediately turning around as if he'd done nothing, "Hmph...hahahahaha~" the girl fell into laughter flicking those soap suds off her face. "You're not getting away with that you know? I'm totally not just going to forget it," she said in a manner most teasing. Whatever the case, she wasn't upset at all. Vault was indeed a solid name for her artifact so she was fine with it. "Hai, and it's only right that you named it. I probably would have asked you about it but... you know you made it and then passed out. I almost dropped it by the way, you're lucky my dexterity is so high~" she was going to be merciless at this point but that worked for them.

She'd even give him the ability to slip past this to allow him to question her. What else could she want? She already had a good collection going. "Yes, I do already have a pretty decent collection going, but what about the treasures? I don't know what I want to have, but when I see it, I'll know and I'll add it," she said happily. "Unless you meant what tangible normal things I want, in which case, incidentals, toiletries and such..." she clarified.

[Bloodedge]

Whenever they returned to the other world, Yugi would have to keep in mind the idea of rotating his Avatars more frequently. He would hate to spend even longer over there, only to return here once more and make a habit of using random character names in place of his own. Though, perhaps that wouldn't matter either way─ it wasn't like he spent much time talking to many people at all. In fact, he spent little enough time speaking with others that he'd shared more conversations in the past two days than he had over the prior year or so. It was such a strange thing to consider, he actually found himself shocked when thinking about a solo gaming experience in a world he only knew as a real-life cooperative thing. "Huh. Y'know, I thought about missing the game, but I didn't even think about how much it would suck to go at it alone again. I can't imagine being sucked into that world again, and being by myself this time. Tell you what? Why don't we add each other and party up?"

Ah, an excellent idea. They both enjoyed gaming, and the amount of time they spent actually focusing on the game they were playing earlier in this very box was entertaining. It could only be a boon if they approached that particular title as a unit. First though, apparently there was the fact that Kimiko would not let that little flinging of soap slip under the radar as Yugi would have preferred. "Getting away with what? I've got no idea what you're talking about~" he said, managing to almost sound as if he were being genuine. Actually, perhaps he could flip things around a bit. She almost dropped the Artifact he put so much time and effort into, did she? "Nearly dropped it?! Oh, well I officially get a free pass for anything then. That thing's a one-of-a-kind treasure in its own right, y'know?!" he shouted.

There was one good point; many rare treasures were out there in the world. If anyone would see themselves fit to collect them, Kimiko was that person. Strange as it was to hear toiletries and the like added to the list, the idea that they hadn't done much by way of dungeon-clearing came to mind. Oh, the amount one could fill rooms within that vault. . . "So pandemic amounts of toilet paper, and whatever random shiny thing you've never seen before? You know if you want my custom weapons in there, you'll have to put me on super special payroll~"

[Apollymi]

Kimiko considered a great many things and given Yugi's words he'd only just realized the potential oddities of playing separately. It would indeed be a rather huge blow to her if they went back to the other world separately and it would be boring to play alone outside of it, after she'd gotten so used to having him nearby. He would soon go on to offer up the idea of partying up so they could play together and that was good but... why take a little when you could have a lot? "Hm, well... it would be terrible to play alone. And we should definitely party up, but... why stop there," the girl started only to look thoughtfully. "I have extra monitors and plenty of reasonable space set up. We could play at my place, together..." there was something of a devious light in the girl's eyes there was some sort of argument coming she could almost see it in the future. But she had an answer for that. She had an answer for most things. "I should probably also mention my parents are on vacation... and its not like we could run into them accidentally," the lass mentioned at the end, to quiet future arguments against her presented idea.

"Oh? So I'm just imagining you flinging soap at me and then trying to act like you didn't do it, with all the finesse of a kid caught with their hand in a cookie jar?" she asked of the lad in a manner most sarcastic and rhetorical. Again it wasn't really about the thing, it was about the banter and fun. And she could have a lot of fun, with Yugi and at his expense. Ah, but he seemed he had a similar idea, turning around her commentary about almost dropping her puzzle sphere upon receiving it and claiming that it was a one of a kind treasure. "It sure is a one of a kind treasure. But when someone precious is about to fall face first into the ground passing out, choices have to be made," she said with another nonchalant look. "I find you precious so I'll take care of you and everything you give me.~"

Kimiko's statements were true. In the moment when both he and the object were falling in Atlantis she definitely would have chosen him over the object if she had to. But she could catch them both so she did, but she saw him as more valuable than the object he created. Speaking of objects created by the lad, he made a joke of the things she wanted. He wasn't far off the mark but the matter of keeping him on payroll was something entirely different. A bit of a grin came to her face as she thought that over, "I do like shiny things. And you can never actually have too much toilet paper," she joked along with him until reaching the point of the treasures potentially provided by him. "As for your custom weapons... I'm sure there is an arrangement to be found somewhere that could get me all the shiny special things I desire and keep you aptly satisfied~" she mused. Strangely enough, Kimiko wasn't talking about money as his form of payroll. She couldn't imagine he'd actually take payment from her even if she offered it.

[Bloodedge]

Yugi should have expected an extension to the idea of cooperative play. Going about it online was not the most ideal situation, yet his own home obviously had only a single device to play on. There was probably some sort of way to split the difference, but Yugi wasn't going to make that sort of sacrifice for such an in-depth game as AoE. Would he visit Kimiko's house then? It was a novel idea, albeit a slightly uncomfortable one. "Eh... I think it's a bit uh..." Silence would fall upon the lad. Kimiko had her bases covered, thinking to mention the fact that her parents were currently away on holiday. Those words caused a great many things to cross the male mind; Yugi's was no exception to this. In his eyes was a light, a sharp gleam even. "... Yeah, sounds good," he said without further hesitation. Once more, the game itself was struggling to remain the major point of focus.

There was no flinging of soap; she was surely just going crazy. All of his naysaying was obviously from a point of truth. Why would he have gone and done something like that? Hell, there wasn't even a speck of soap left on his body by the time he responded. "Impossible! See? There isn't even any soap here~" he insisted upon reaching the end of his rinsing process. Now was the time to dry off, which he did unabashedly with a towel he'd left resting folded on the back of his toilet. During this time, the claim that he would be treated in higher regard than some unique treasure averted his gaze and tinted his face. "Ahem," was all he could mutter in light of such words thrown his way.

The pair would eventually have another arrangement on their hands. Yugi rather enjoyed creating Artifacts in that other world, even though he'd only made a few thus far. If Kimiko desired such a thing, he'd gladly construct one, and he wouldn't take a dime for it. Ah, but what was a relationship without a bit of friendly, deviant negotiation? "Me, aptly satisfied?" he questioned, finishing the drying of his body and twirling around the damp towel. "Bold claim, bold claim. My Artifacts are Celestial quality, y'know? They'll go for a lot, and I think I'm starting to pick up a bit of your greediness. You sure you've got enough collateral for my craft?"

[Apollymi]

Kimiko was right. Mentioning the fact that they were to be alone within her domicile quieted some portions of the lad's apprehension. She'd gotten to be of the mind that she should quiet his discontent from time to time. Even so, his follow up look and that naughty little gleam in his eye brought her more than a bit of surprise. In all honesty she hadn't expected those words to go over so well. "Hoh? Was that really all it took? I might be better at covering my own bases than I thought..." she murmured to herself. Of course, nothing but good could ever come of her thinking to make the lad as at ease as possible in her presence. She wished to share her world with the lad fully, this included making sure he was comfortable enough to be around her, regardless of the world they inhabited.

Moving on from that, by the time this soap flinging was properly addressed the man before her was surprisingly soap free. She stared at him unabashedly as he made his claim. "Oh? Well obviously you're some kind of mastermind, getting rid of all the evidence~" she claimed with an accusing finger. Only to let it fall while she giggled. It was too amusing that he was stuck on burying this particular incident when she still found it to be just another amusing thing he did. Speaking of amusing things he did, his reaction to her statement about his place within her scaling was adorable. She was squealing about it in her head, 'Kawaii!!!~' As she found it to be the most understated reaction to a compliment she could have given. Such reactions were definitely major charm points for the lad. Even without speaking her eyes were sparkling as she took in his current visage.

Ah, but there was also the matter of the Artifacts and weapons constructed by the lad in the other world. She figured he wouldn't be taking cash payments for anything she wished from him and thus there was only a few things she could offer of equivalent value. Most of those related directly to herself and she was uniquely aware of this, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can manage it~" she claimed still with just as much confidence as she always had. What was interesting was, Yugi was twirling a towel but her eyes were all over him instead. All that swagger and attitude. Right at the moment he was very certain of himself and his questions brought a strange feeling within the lass. "High quality specialty items are my favorites. And if you're picking up a bit of greed that's good..." she stated with a look of unabashed smugness. "I don't make unfair deals so anything I offer as collateral would be equivalent or better~" she mused. She had plenty of room to say that. Plenty of unmade faces, plenty of extra bodies plenty of different things to show off and like in exchange for all the specialty items she could keep... sounded like they could have fun for eternity.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course that's all it took!" Yugi exclaimed without hesitation. "There isn't a guy alive who wants to run into a girl's parents at her house, of all places. That's a nightmare in the making," he said. One would especially rather avoid meeting a figure of stature like either of Ashikaga Kimiko's parents, but if they weren't home, well... that was a different sort of dream entirely.

Was Yugi some sort of mastermind? There was probably one such Avatar floating around in his head somewhere, but of course there was nothing on the surface. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to awaken one in time? Maybe. "I didn't get rid of a thing. I just came here to rinse, and you imagined everything else~" he joked. It was interesting to note that Kimiko's eye remained trained on him during the twirling of that towel. One would expect attention to be on the moving object, but he obviously didn't mind it being elsewhere, especially with himself as the target in question. Ah, but speaking of targets, the one of greatest importance was the collateral being offered by the girl for his crafting services. None was needed, but certain types would be gladly accepted. Good─ they were on the same wavelength from the look of things. Kimiko even had the confidence to claim she could make a fair exchange, much within Yugi's interest.

With drying out of the way, the lad tossed his towel aside and made way for the bathroom's exit. He hardly had enough space to keep his clothes inside, so he always changed out of a clean clothes basket or whatever pile wasn't worn since the last wash. On his way out to find something worth wearing, he felt just a bit cheeky. What would he do with that cheek? Well, he'd pass by Kimiko and swipe his forefinger along her chin. In doing so, he offered a statement. "Equivalent or better is a big claim, Kitten. You'll have to offer a proof of quality for review before we can be so sure~" he said by the time he was elbow-deep in a pile of clothes.