<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Apollymi]

Makima couldn't trace those two regardless of her enhanced sensory capability and her understanding of Hunters in general. No matter, the pair had proved themselves to be quite capable, she'd choose to believe in their eventual return. "Poof, huh? I suppose they'll have an interesting story to tell when they return. I'll handle the rest of this in the mean time..." Makima said. She did actually intend to debrief the group, and make sure that the newest acquisitions understood they weren't to speak on the 'Players' and their powers. They would also be offered more 'jobs' or closer ones if they wanted, in exchange for their silence. Makima was used to handling situations both publicly and privately, she had no worries about what the other three would be saying.

In the meantime, Miko and Yugi, were now setting themselves up to begin a new kind of journey. That last gripe to Brainface was even given a bit more context. "Hell yeah, checkpoints!" Miko agreed vehemently. Oh well, they were now in the midst of their job change quest and would have a lot of work to do. Both of them made the same assumptions about the nature of 'survival quest', he even claimed he didn't want to settle for the bare minimum which made Miko happy internally. "I'm glad you said that about not taking the minimum. I'm too much of a perfectionist to shoot for something so low. I'd rather get a full clear whenever possible," Miko agreed. There was a certain happiness to the lad going into a new challenge and she respected it, and in her own way, mirrored it. She didn't even bother waiting around, grabbing hold of her Catalyst sword and taking a calming deep breath. "Veil," she cast for Yugi, and herself, if only to get the whole thing started properly. "Yeah... I hear armor, and clanging. I can't quite pinpoint it, but there is a lot of whatever is up ahead. They are armored and heavy," Miko managed. "Oh and updates, Veil does all recovery types and will pulse heal damage when struck. Still let me know if something major happens. I won't have to worry as much about myself," Miko murmured knowing how Mana Reversal worked passively. "Ready?" she asked a little smirk on her face as she prepared to back him up.

[Bloodedge]

"Suit yourself. I'll be around until the paper-chasers get back," Satoru said casually. He took a moment to reach out, as if it were possible to touch that short mana trail stemming off Maki. His efforts did nothing, but he continued to act as if it were a thing to play with. "Do you all count as paper-chasers by proxy? That'd be fun," he mused.

Their complaints aside, the Players had a reasonable enough guess at what they would soon be facing. Miko spoke of armored enemies en masse after casting her veil on both of them. Considering the architecture of this place and their need to claim a throne at the end, it was quite easy to figure out the challenge. "Looks like a castle, goal is a throne, tons of armored guys coming down the hall. Knights. Sword and board, two-handers, probably the works. I wouldn't be surprised to see rangers and court mages as well. Horses? Maybe horses. Careful of any in formation," he warned. With that, Miko explained the upgrade to her veil spell. It sounded like something they would find more useful than anything else presently. "Oh shit you got recovery shield? Sick! Look at you making moves that aren't just that ass~" he praised. As for readiness, Yugi would be reaching out to slap Miko's rear once more. That maneuver would precede him jogging forward, intending to pick up speed along the way with a sword already lightning-charged. In time, they would indeed come upon an army of knights so thick that it would be impossible to get around the group and further traverse the hall. "I wanna see if there's a better spot than this damn hall. Water? We can try frontloaded damage to sweep through and hopefully find a room!"

[Apollymi]

Makima planned to work out what was going on with the group and busy herself until the return of the pair of Players. Apparently, Gojo would be waiting around on their return as well. Maki whose legs were finally starting to work properly sighed just a bit. "I need you to know, I'm a seventeen year old girl and I have no idea what the hell you are saying most of the time," Maki said first and foremost. "If you think they're really coming back, I'm up for hanging out, but to be honest, I could use a nap," Maki said honestly. Makima nodded to this. "And you two, what are you planning to do, next? Being a part of a situation like that I can make a few accommodations for you bu You'll be paid obviously and it goes without saying that no one will be discussing this Dungeon Break outside of this very small group of people. Hayakawa Aki, light one of those cigarettes and bring it to me," Makima mentioned as if it was perfectly normal to start the discussion from here.

Meanwhile, Miko and Yugi were coming to the end of their complaining and the start of their brainstorming and strategizing. Miko had heard the sounds of armor, and the look of this place seemed to be enough information. "Hai hai, don't get caught in the formation, and be ready for the random knight class swarm," Miko said in summary of the information. What was more, there was a Veil applied to both of them with an explanation from Miko. This would result in praise directly from Yugi she smiled and wiggled her hips. "Yep, still with the ass though♪!~" Miko chirped happily. Oh well, she had to slip those in somewhere. As they progressed it seemed there was a bit of an idea to see if there was a better room than this hallway. "Okay, I'll flood you shock.. and we'll see what happens♪~" Miko said, switching her catalyst for the water staff and pointing it towards the end of the hallway, She'd gather up a ball of wet mana before allowing it to crash down the hallway and let Yugi follow it up as he would, but it'd reach that shadow and spread across many an armored soldier.

[Bloodedge]

The seventeen-year old Zen'in Maki didn't even understand what Satoru was getting at. How strange; he thought her generation was the one primarily into such reels. "You need to stop touching grass and start touching yourself. It'll help with that case of can'ttakethedickitis you've got~" he suggested with a wagging finger. It went without saying that Maki could use a nap. From the looks of them, Satoru could assume all three victims of his students could easily fall asleep at any given moment ─ especially that mage. Ah, but the mage Hayashi was alert enough to hear the chairwoman's words. For some reason, he felt it would be in more than bad taste to avoid listening when she spoke; it felt like endangerment. Even Aki could presume as much, for reasons he'd never share with the general public. He was even the one addressed directly. Makima wanted him to light a cigarette and bring it to her. Was it some sort of test? She'd once been known for such things in a certain circle of society. Oh well; that didn't matter as much now. "Huuu~" he exhaled smoke before anything else. "Can't do that," he said. There was a reason for what seemed to be disobedience from the topknot-sporting male. He wasn't rejecting her order at all. In fact, he was already retrieving a second cigarette and walking toward the desk. "First hit's too good. Here," he said, holding out the cigarette with one hand. His other hand held a lighter, which he fully intended to light her smoke with... assuming the chairwoman even smoked.

Within the Job Change Quest Dungeon, Miko was asserting that she still 'made moves' with her ass. As he'd come to expect, there was a bit of wiggling between his slap and that statement. Yugi was beginning to view such things a very specific way. "That's gonna become my motivation ritual at some point. I've been mulling over that thought for hours now," he admitted. Soon enough, they were on their way toward the oncoming horde of knights. It may have simply been the advance guard, but if that happened to be the case... then this would be a siege. The plan to clear their way to a room, if possible, was accepted. With that in place, Miko released water forward as Yugi ducked beneath the launched sphere. More knights than one could count were drenched. Yugi would utilize the tested method of throwing his electrified sword into the fray, keeping a mana thread attached to the hilt for eventual retrieval. As was the case with the spiders before, the knights were stunned and electrocuted. Unlike the spiders however, it seemed the knights would take some time to actually fall from electrocution. "Huh. Stronger than B-rank. Not a fan of instant power creep," Yugi observed.

[Apollymi]

Maki pointed out the randomness of Gojo's words and got in return more brainrot, this time directed to her in ability to fully engage in sexual experience. Unlike most things though she had some kind of response to that... "Hentai monster men don't get to give advice..." Maki said shooing him off. Even so, she wasn't about to leave without Makima's permission to do so, she already knew who that woman was, and was more than willing to defer. And it seemed she wasn't the only one. Aki was addressed directly, and given a set of orders. What would he do with that? Well... exhale and claim he couldn't follow such a direction. Still, he was moving towards her and saying more. Makima watched with an impassive face and no discernable look on her face as he approached. Well, she was always like that in general but then he was still about to pull out a cigarette and handed it to her. He claimed the first hit was too good, and as such would be allowing her that special pleasantry. As an actual smoker, Makima was aware of the power of a good first inhale and would be taking it as that cigarette was lit. A deep inhale would take place as those rings in her eyes almost vibrated with amusement before her eyes closed and her shoulders relaxed. She sat back before finishing that drag and then so slowly exhaling. "That's actually really good. They haven't given me a single thing that wasn't higher quality than the usual," Makima mused. She'd continue to smoke that cigarette. "Would you like a job, Hayakawa? I could use a new personal assistant, and based on what I saw you could use both a new house and a job that wouldn't require you to rely on reasonable team compositions to do damage," Makima mentioned almost casually.

At the same time, the pair in the Job Change Quest were beginning their work. Of course, there couldn't be a regular moment between these two teens without a bit of horny implication. Miko wiggled her hips and recieved a slap on the ass. Yugi claimed it would become a motivation ritual, "Hm, I've never been a part of a motivation ritual... I'm down♪~" Miko chirped as they began to look forward to this whole thing. Their method and teamwork started properly, but the results were lack-luster compared to their more recent usage. "Definitely not good for them to be so strong so early. Weak-points and concussive damage? They are in armor..." Miko offered an idea with another mana thread soon attached to one of those crystal swords she'd been using before.

[Bloodedge]

According to the Zen'in girl, hentai monster men weren't allowed to give advice. She aimed to shoo Satoru away, but no one in the world could wish her enough luck to make that work. "You took one of those. Doesn't that make you a hentai monster man-fucker?" he asked in a seemingly rhetorical fashion. All the while, Aki was approaching Makima to light a cigarette for her sampling pleasure. She agreed to the incredible quality of that smoke after the first drag, causing Aki to nod along. "Too good to make sense. Can't complain about much of anything while I've got one of these," he admitted before being asked the strangest thing. Somehow, his life was actually allowed to turn around today... perhaps. He was offered a job as a personal assistant? If it came with a place to live, the ability to continue Hunter work, and access to organized teams that would let him participate in raids as the summoner he was, it would be hard to turn down. "Tempting. You mean I get to keep working, but better? Couldn't say no to that."

The topic of a motivational ritual was interestingly worthy of note for Miko. "I'm gonna need that agreement in writing. On my dick," he said as if that made an ounce of sense. Well, Yugi believed Miko would fully understand his meaning. When they assaulted the first wave of knights, death didn't greet the army as quickly as either would like. Miko suggested targeting weak points and applying concussive damage, but Yugi wasn't so sure they'd need it. "Hmm, maybe not," he said. The knights weren't surviving the electrocution per se; they were just taking a little longer to kill than he'd like. "No, they're falling. Not a fan of it taking so much, but it's working. Got a cheap way to make it quicker? If not, I think we should sacrifice time for conservation."

[Apollymi]

Gojo Satoru was the kind of man who always tried to annoy someone. At this point she wished the other two were still around because she assumed if they were he'd have something better to do with his time. "That no... that isn't what happened at all," she said with an eye roll. She wouldn't call it a fucking, she didn't even get it all inside and she knew by virtue of seeing something else that it was possible. She'd call it a practice run at something she definitely didn't have enough practice for. An opinion was being shared between Makima and Aki about the nature of those cigarettes. "You're right, I'll have to get some from them when they return, if nothing else it'll be relaxing again," Makima mentioned as if she was only lightly amused. Still, she put up that job offer and the young man before her, "That is the point. It also comes with free guaranteed housing, there are a few free apartments within the building and as long as you complete your necessary tasks it's free living," Makima mentioned. If Aki was put to work that would do and give Makima another reasonable person to call upon.

At the same time, the Players were starting another kind of agreement. Miko liked the idea of being part of Yugi's motivational ritual, and he claimed he needed it in writing, "Yeah sure but that sounds like a three hole kind of signature set♪~" Miko flirted absently. As for their first attack it seemed to be doing quite a bit of damage but not taking out the crowd as quickly. As for Yugi's question Miko had a light idea. "Well, the concussive wave from my sword doesn't have a huge mana cost, and I can double activate it if I'm just humming," Miko asserted. "Though I still need to find some proper spells for just me to use... I didn't find any in the shop when I last checked. I have to assume they'll be super expensive," Miko thought as she pulled that crystal sword out and lightly hummed. Attuned with her voice a quick slash would release concussive force down the hallway in a horizontal wave which would knock into those armored bodies and cause extra vibrations.

[Bloodedge]

"Hmm, true. It was pretty boring, honestly. You'll get it next time!" Satoru said, offering Maki a thumbs-up paired with his usual careless smile. As for Aki, the position he was now being offered didn't sound like it had much by way of negatives. Sure, Shido Makima was a thing to be frightened of in any realm of society... but he technically already worked for her anyway. Besides, he wasn't in a position to turn down complementary housing. "Sou desu ka. Well I'm not in a position to sleep on it. I'll take the position," he decided with only a few moments of thought. The rise of Hayashi finally occurred, paired with an offered phrase for Aki. "Omedetou, Hayakawa-san," he said. Only after nodding to the younger male did Aki remember he was part of normal society nowadays. "Oh... arigatou. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu," he said to Makima, bowing with all the 'elegance' of someone who didn't log their first kill of a human after the Gates started opening.

A three-hole signature sounded far better than Yugi's original idea. He caught himself after hearing Miko's rebuttal, and thought to add even more to the idea. "Fuck it, we'll write up a whole contract! No less than twenty pages. 'Sign here, here and here,' front and back... that kind of shit!" he decided. By the time they were witnessing the slow fall of knights, the time had come to further discuss tactics. Miko still had concussive damage to bring. She could currently get two activations for the low price of one by using those crafted sword catalysts. Alas, offensive spells were quite scarce in her kit. "Oh shit, we didn't sort through all that loot from two Dungeons. Even I just grabbed the first few things that seemed cool from the high-ranking shit. If we get an open window, we should use some of our time for..." Yugi paused there. Something was wrong ─ very wrong. He checked the System, but one thing they should have seen was currently nonexistent. "... Uh... where's the fucking survival timer?"

[Apollymi]

What Maki received from Gojo after a personal bit of confirmation about the nature of her session with Yugi, wasn't exactly teasing. It was an honest opinion of what her session looked like from the outside and... encouragement. Maki didn't like Gojo Satoru, she found him annoying in a way she couldn't explain but... somehow that statement from him, didn't feel like it came with his normal amount of animosity. "Huh, that's weird. You're weird," that was Maki's conclusion as she moved on from that logically. Meanwhile, Makima was obtaining a new personal assistant. "Good, I'll have the paperwork drawn up, and do you have a preference for the side of the building your apartment is on?" Makima was many things, but she wasn't at all unkind to those who worked directly to her. Hayashi gave congratulations and Maki gave a playful salute. Better working with them than against them, no matter. Hayashi was another point of interest though Makima gathered he was quite small as a presence he could still have his uses. "And you... you look quite young, have you graduated high school yet?" Makima wondered earnestly.

At the same time, the players were clearing out early enemies and still strategizing. Even so, they were having a bit of fun, about writing and signing contracts. "Oh? That's going to be a long process. I'll make sure I have all the pages printed up♪~" Miko said lightly joking. She didn't even mind the idea of being covered in quite a bit, not that it mattered. Beyond a light use of concussive energy, Miko didn't have a lot to show for her offensive abilities. Yugi brought up something she'd not thought of, "Damn, we really didn't. It kind of happened really close together," Miko mentioned. "Done deal..." Miko agreed. Actually, if they cleared this hallway they could use it as a point to hold. Ah, but nothing could ever go as smoothly as this pair would like, and Yugi was soon griping once more. Where was the survival clock? It wasn't ticking, "Oh, that's weird, I also don't have it... it isn't ticking visually nor giving a countdown. Does that mean we aren't currently in that part of the quest? Is this one of the stupid ones where we have to fight the boss first?" Miko wondered immediately. That would definitely put a damper on things.

[Bloodedge]

It couldn't be any clearer that Maki had some issues with Satoru. He never cared for the opinions of 'brokeys' as he called them, but Maki may have been turning into what he'd started calling a... paper-chaser. Being called weird though, Satoru leaned back, feigning massive amounts of shock. "Oh no! Zen'in my darling, how could you betray me so?! I thought what we had was special!" he shouted in the most exaggerated way. Meanwhile, Aki was gaining a legitimate job and some housing he could trust wouldn't be ruined by Dungeon Breaks within a month. He relaxed so much, that first cigarette was being smoked all the way down to its filter. He was already reaching for another when Makima asked about his preferred lodging. Aki would answer only once the first drag was taken ─ during its exhale specifically. "I'm not picky. All I want now is a place I can keep for more than a month. Fuckin' spiders," he griped. As for Hayashi, Makima was right. He was quite the young Hunter, having very little field time despite awakening only a couple of months after the Gates appeared. There was a reason for that. "H-hai! Hayashi Yuto, 18, B-rank!" he said nervously, bowing far deeper than one might consider necessary. "Eto... I graduated high school last term. I've been signing-up for... mostly D-rank Dungeons since graduation. There isn't much I can do," he admitted.

Even at the start of an important quest in a System-generated Dungeon, the Players would remain... a pair of perverted teens who considered and discussed sex acts before, during and after combat and survival. Once they reached a consensus however, more immediately important things were openly discussed. Yugi remained at the ready, occasionally pulling his electrified sword back to stab between armor segments of a knight who pushed through the group. Something was strange about that too; it didn't feel right. "Tch! So... I don't think there are bodies inside this armor," he said. As if that wasn't concerning enough, neither of them could find the countdown for this quest. Annoyed by that turn of events, Yugi pulled his sword back and punched the next knight in its helmet. Black Flash activated in that moment, and seemed to course through the full set of armor, causing it to fall into pieces. "Fucking stupid System! And what in the Fullmetal is this shit?! I swear to fuck if I see anything resembling a boss door at the end of this hall, I'm skull-fucking the next thing I see!"

[Apollymi]

Gojo Satoru was an odd man. Maki was almost certain he was treating her a bit differently than before. Those words didn't carry quite as much sting and the jests weren't quite so one-sided. Was he one of the weird men who required extra proof? She couldn't hate someone for having standards she supposed, she still found him annoying though... "Definitely don't have anything special. Especially not when I already told you what my name was..." she said while rolling her eyes, she knew some were odd but he was one who'd push any button that was obviously a button. Meanwhile, Makima was finding that Aki didn't have a lot of specifications for himself. He simply wanted a spot which would last longer than a month. "That is do able. I'll choose the other things then... and arrange a house-warming present," Makima decided. Beyond that she got a full introduction from someone who'd only graduated high school in the last term. He claimed to not be very good at anything and even as a B-rank Mage he was only going into D-rank Dungeons. "Do you like helping those smaller than you? I don't mind continuing to arrange those kinds of things..." Makima mentioned. That boy wasn't the type that could work for her, he was wound far too tight but, Makima could understand his value to someone who presented as softly as the female Player did. He looked to be a comfort pet. Something that needed care and help to properly flourish.

Beyond the new daily life being established for this team, so that Makima could keep a close eye on the group, the Players were flirting and being deviants while also planning their real battle ahead. Perhaps one day, they'd get through something without it devolving into a conversation about their sex life? New observations were being made. There weren't bodies inside of the armor that they were currently fighting against. "It is called the 'Trial of Shadows', non-corporeal bodies might be standard," Miko made a few connections based on verbiage. And by the time Yugi was punching one of the creatures with a Black Flash, Miko was sure of her own hypothesis. "I'm going to need you to define skull-fucking if you're going to be upset about the likeliest scenario..." Miko decided to assert while hitting another few with low cost concussive blasts that would finish breaking apart the armor. "But if there aren't bodies in these armors, are they just gear? If so, this hallway is looking like that window we were talking about a minute ago," she wondered it was leaning more and more towards scary boss room ahead feeling when the 'soldiers' were just falling apart.

[Bloodedge]

When told there was nothing special between them, Satoru acted as if he'd been shot through the heart, grasping at the location and all. "Huagh!" he groaned as well. He'd continue addressing the girl by her surname for reasons all his own, but that was of little importance presently. For Aki, he was told of a future housewarming present arranged by the chairwoman herself. He took the second drag of that second cigarette, seeming a little curious. "Is it hookers?" he wondered. Hayashi had no such desires. Of the group who cleared that Dungeon Break, he was the member least likely to fit in overall. He was simply asked about an enjoyment of helping weaker individuals. He couldn't say that was specifically the case, but it did fall under the umbrella. "I like helping anyone I can. They don't have to be... 'smaller' than me or anything. I'm fine just being useful," he specified.

Yugi was really starting to dislike the features of their current quest. Knights with no physical bodies beneath their armor had massive potential as a bad sign, though a glance near the fallen ones did confirm a fair amount of armor-type loot yet to be properly viewed. "I didn't want to make the assumption after 'Shadow Concubine' and all the other edge-lord nouns so far," he stated, flinging that sword again. They were making their way forward bit by bit, though not without Miko commenting on the term 'skull-fucking' from Yugi's tangent. Reaching a boss door was the likeliest scenario, she claimed. "Listen! If somebody has the brain to put together the System, they should have enough of a brain to subvert fucking expectations! I'm running no hope, all cope!" he asserted, Sharingan detecting the end of that large mana cloud. "Do you have a range limit on those swords? I can see where the mana sources stop. Since this is just a big ass hall, you could pull off making a sort of echo chamber."

[Apollymi]

In this moment, Maki and Gojo came to an agreement. One which wasn't necessarily quiet, but it didn't need more speech. She knew she didn't actually hurt his feelings, she doubted there was anything in the world that actually would. "Hmphf~" Maki managed to hold in her laughter, but mostly she just turned away from the man to continue to be part of the general group dynamic. At the same time, Aki's living quarters were being determined and thoughts of a housewarming present were being put together... he asked if such a thing was... hookers. "Iia, I didn't plan to give a present like that. Though I'm sure you'll enjoy it regardless," Makima asserted. Obviously her general plan was simply to send Miko to him, given they were already on track and progressing Player bonds was something she wanted, mostly to observe growth. Moving on from Aki, the boy with the loftiest kindness claimed he liked helping people in general, not just those smaller than him. "Okay then, I'll just make sure you're a pickup where you'll be most useful then," Makima concluded. No matter, she could easily keep him busy and maybe leave a few openings for the Players to continue expanding his abilities. With paperwork and politics to follow Makima could easily busy herself getting this trio paid and settled into their new life goals.

Meanwhile, Yugi wasn't the only one starting to dislike the way this particular Dungeon was shaping up. If nothing else, it being slightly predictable would lead to easier formation of plans and tactics. "Yeah I get that, but upon starting to hear these words spoken, I don't think they are edgy just for the sake of it," Miko gave her own opinion as the one hearing the voice of the System more often than not. If she had to say something, she'd say some of those odd words were often spoken with a unique amount of reverence and and almost fanatical love. But she knew quite a bit about that sort of thing given her own feelings. Beyond that point apparently Yugi was running on cope about the nature of their approaching challenge. "Hai hai, I suppose this is the sort of situation where a surprise could potentially be nice," Miko said carefully. As for the newest tactic, Miko tossed those two crystal swords in her hands and shook her head. "Iia, they don't have a working range per se. They will require more time for sound to travel if they are far apart, but it isn't really a problem when Mana is involved," Miko asserted. He wanted to create an echo chamber out of this space, and she could see it working. "Sugoi, I could do that pretty easily without it costing too much. Where do I need to aim it?" she asked ready to toss those crystal swords where they needed to be to make the best use of the closed in space.

[Bloodedge]

Makima's housewarming present for Aki was, apparently, not hookers. He'd enjoy it either way, she asserted. Well, Aki couldn't really complain about anything at this point. He no longer had to worry about his own home situation, and his initial payment on the property was more than covered by the events of today. This new position was likely to pay better than the freelance work he'd been doing anyway. "Hai," he said simply. With that, Aki supposed he'd be waiting around for orders, whenever they came. Makima moved on to addressing Hayashi Yuto, ensuring he'd be selected when he could be useful in the future. As per usual, he began freaking out immediately. "Eh? Iia, iia! You don't have to go out of your way to factor me in like that. I'm sure you're too busy to worry about random Hunters like me," he insisted. The chairwoman of Japan's Hunters Association wasting her time with someone who only made B-rank by a stroke of weird luck was such an uncomfortable idea to the lad.

Miko didn't think the System used edgy words for the sake of being edgy. Yugi grumbled, not sure whether he should hate or love all those terms, given the information they now had on hand. "And I think edgy might be better. Maybe. Not totally sure," he rambled. Yugi would continue hoping for a surprise, but alas... hope could only dwindle as the number of knights ahead did the same. He figured their best bet now would be to finish clearing the hall, which Miko would be quite valuable for. It seemed she would be able to reach the end of the soldier group without any limitations imposed by the System. "Nice! Game mechanics out the window, science in full effect!" he said happily as Miko readied herself to launch the swords. As part of the setup, Yugi hopped back to land behind the lass, hands on her shoulders and head leaning in to her left. "If you can throw one at least uhh... thirty meters? That seems about right. Do that, scream like you're being anal raped by a whole dragon, then lodge the other sword in front of the knights before it bounces back this way." With that said, Yugi prepared himself for the moment Miko threw the first catalyst. Whenever she did that and readied her inhale, he'd be ready to... kindly slap her on the ass with maximum force.

[Apollymi]

Aki agreed to his enjoyment of a thing, and Makima continued to smoke what was absolutely the best cigarette of her life. Makima watched as the young lad Yuto seemed to freak out immediately upon being told she'd send him where he'd be most needed. "I'm the Chariwoman of the Japanese Hunters Association. Looking after Japanese Hunters is my job, little one. No need to fret," Makima said that like it was meant to be comforting but most who understood her would see the hint of calculation behind those gentler words. It would oddly enough be Maki, to walk up to the lad and give him a firm pat on the back. "Just accept it. Life is weird right now... you just became a reverse isekai deuteragonist," Maki asserted, in her usual way. Makima wasn't even giving him a job or anything specifically binding, simply making sure he got into Dungeons he could be useful in and thus was looked after in the place of those missing protagonists, or at least, that was how Maki saw it. "I didn't know your type came with sincere diplomacy," Makima said smiling absently. At least all of this could be taken care of as it was now.

Meanwhile, Yugi and Miko were busying thinking about the nature of those not really edgy statements. "Yeah, there's a lot of missing information. I jumped to a wild conclusion and now I'm happy I can multiply at relatively low cost♪~" Miko said of her own bad imagination. Oh well, whether it was truly edgy or not didn't really matter as they had quite a bit to do. Yugi had switched from a magical brain to a science brain so the pair of them could move to dispatching the rest of the creatures in this hallway. He ended up behind her, with his head leaning to her left and his hands on her shoulders. She relaxed into him seemingly ready with both swords in her hands. His explanation was colorful but she understood his meaning. "Sou ka, I know how long it'd take sound to travel that distance. I can time that..." Miko said seemingly a bit more confident in herself of late. With her shoulders relaxed she looked towards her target and held one of her swords with a thread attached. She fully intended to throw it, the full distance, and released it at the top of the arch to spiral and lodge itself into the ground behind a soldier. She then took a deep breath while switching the hand of her other sword to prepared to throw it as well, but as she inhaled a hand landed against her bottom at maximum force. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A♫~" escaped her lips as a sound before she threw the second sword right in front of the group a ways off. Her ass was stinging but it was quite good as she immediately bent at her waist and aimed to soothe it directly against Yugi's lap. The chaos that would follow would include that sword in front receiving that sound back and bouncing it within the finite confines of those walls and swords. A single screech, repeating, bouncing rattling armor and reverberating in a small space, clashing into a cacophony aimed to disrupt and dismantle what was left of the knightly guardians of this hallway, with the least extra power loss possible.