<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

Enju had some recommendations for private baths Aki may be able to use. He'd seen plenty, but they all had some justified concerns that left them pushing him away, or creating a generally uncomfortable environment. "No point. I've gotten used to it now. Too much work for a bath trip anyway," he said, putting out that burning cigarette against his own wrist and subsequently shoving the butt back into the box. "Huu~. Wonder what other kind of crazies they'll have in here now. Where'd that Zen'in girl get to?" he mused. Soon enough, Aki would find himself in the vicinity of the dining table as well. One of the aforementioned 'crazies' was standing around, talking about a maid outfit with the male Player, while Shadow Soldiers placed appetizers around the table. "Instead of your own bunny suit or something? Or... actually... you could really pull off the slutty sailor thing. You could swab the dick~" Yugi countered. "Want one?"

At Kaiba Corp, a simple directive was followed without any fuss. If that worker managed to do that sort of thing of his own initiative, there would be no problems. Instead, Kaiba Seto was standing on the proper side of his desk, leaned forward against it in discussions with that blue-haired woman. "Thank your lucky stars you get to take the hands-on approach. Running the business is like commanding an army of autistic birds. With broken wings," he complained. Soon enough, Makima was being invited into the office. Gojo Satoru sauntered in right behind her ─ something that wasn't mentioned by the desk worker either. Instead of addressing Makima immediately, the CEO had words for his... employee. "Oh look, you can follow simple directions after all. Since you're so good at escort tasks, escort yourself off the premises. Oh, and make sure you take all your incompetence with you. I don't want someone who knows how to do their job slipping on it in the lobby."

[Apollymi]

According to Aki the recommendations weren't necessary. He wouldn't go through that sort of hassle for a bath. Enju also watched the man put out his cirgarette on the flesh of his wrist. He must have been used to quite a bit of pain to do something like that without even wincing. Now was that a Hunter thing or a Yakuza thing? It wasn't her place to ask but she'd put out her own on the bottom of her shoe, while rolling her eyes at the chimera in her head. "Green hair and glasses? I think she ran off a few minutes ago, by the stairs. As for the others, I saw the pick up of someone else from the same place I came from~ He should be around..." Enju said putting together a few context clues. As dinner was being brought out, Miko slipped out of the kitchen, with Shutara at her side. "Really you can go on... I was just going to get Tae-sei and Ai-sen for dinner. They wanted to go upstairs and work on their rooms~" Miko said. "How about I do that... since I want to have a look around... I got good vibes and all~" Shutara claimed as she patted the girl on the bottom and went her own way for a bit. Just the same Kaguya was hearing about those different outfit choices and laughing it off. "Oya? I don't know if I'm brave enough for one of those bunny suits. Still, Mi-chan makes it look like so much fun~" she said teasingly. "How about this, since I'm all yours for that chosen day, you can dress me up how you like. We tried the salior thing before and we do make interesting ones~" Kaguya mentioned almost casually. A bit of laugh would be occurring as she watched the group fill in. That guy with the top-knot seemed quietly dangerous, definitely a Miko style choice if nothing else.

At the same time, that Makima and Gojo were being lead up, Kaiba had complaints to launch about the nature of business and his annoyances in dealing with employees. He claimed the girl with him was lucky for taking the hands on approach and not having to deal with the people. He had quite a few colorful expressions to give about the people, "Hehe~ That isn't luck. I made my parents pick up the front in slack when they moved out of the labs. And I've been working on putting together a decent board with Ashikaga's help. I have no desire to deal with... people. I barely deal with you," that blue haired girl claimed with absolution. She'd rather spend all her time, in labs, mechanical workshops and testing tracks. Ah but soon enough they were joined in that office by Shidou Makima nad Gojo Satoru. How interesting that Makima came by at a time like this... the blue haired girl didn't even lower that hand from the side of her head and gave only a nod. That poor office worker was soon on the outs though, he thought he was about to receive compliments. A glint in his eye happened as he mentally heard Kaiba appreciating his work. Only... it didn't last. No... the compliment was just the start of a tirade that crushed than man emotionally. He didn't even get a chance to stand up from his bow, as the weight of Kaiba's words appeared to crack his spine as he lowered his head in defeat. He couldn't even stick up for himself afterwards. "Yes, Kaiba-sama, right away." said that poor man without even lifting his head. He slumped and took the elevator back down. How had his day gone so wrong. Makima for her part in this looked up, thinking about that firing and finding it a bit amusing herself, though the look on her face never changed from that carefully crafted mask she wore most of th time. "Is hat what that looks like? Well, I do know what it's like to have to get rid of imcompetent employees. I did something similar earlier today," she mused almost casually. "Hisakawa Hiromi, this saves quite a bit of time." Makima observed almost absently. "To skip the unnecessary plesantries, I'll borrowing your wyvern corpse for a few hours. I'll return it in the same condition... likely before breakfast." Makima stated plainly. And suddenly, Hiromi as she was called was pinching the bridge of her nose. "And here I thought, the weirdest thing I was going to hear to day was that improper compliment sandwich of a firing. It's been too long since my last cigarette," Hiromi state she could feel the vein in her forehead twitching.

[Bloodedge]

"Mhm. Totally looking forward to that," Aki said sarcastically about whatever individual Enju spoke of. He'd take the rest of that whiskey with him, turning away from the dinner table upon hearing talks of maid outfits, sailor uniforms and the like. When Miko and Shutara exited the kitchen, Yugi caught wind of their exchange. It sounded like Shutara was going to look for and modify her room. Yugi knew she didn't have such a thing here yet, but that was an undiscussed matter for another time. Instead of bothering with that explanation, he kept focus on Kaguya for the moment. "Maybe not that bunny suit for now, but I'm pretty sure there's a type you'd like. Something more classic. Anyway, I'll see what I can throw together. Oh, have you been shopping yet? You could do something with your room while we're here too. Well... unless you realize you've got expensive System taste. We're pretty broke for now."

Kaiba Seto had two intentions after ending that call. First, he'd get rid of the deadweight in his corporation. Only when that was done did he intend to address Makima and... apparently Gojo. The firing went about as smoothly as always... except the 'former' Kaiba Corp employee had to pass Gojo on his way out. The white-haired, shades-wearing man bent at the waist in a pose most casual, speaking a few parting words to the new civilian. "And get that cheap-ass AOKI suit away from people with real money, broke bitch!" he taunted. Once that was done, Makima made her intentions clear. She wanted to borrow a wyvern corpse that had been used for research within Kaiba Corp ─ and happened to be the reason Hisakawa Hiromi was here presently. Apparently, her being around was also important for reasons not yet stated. "Borrow?" Seto questioned immediately. "That corpse is carrying a new trademark chip in its head, and mesh particle tubes in its nervous system. It's in no safe state to be moved around currently. What do you need it for?"

[Apollymi]

The person that Enju had mentioned was mostly a warning, but also a fairly recognizable individual. No matter, she'd live in the chaos and finish her drink, befoe choosing a spot which felt safe enough near the table. One which would allow her free movement but also not let anyone sneak up behind her. Shutara was looking for a room that belong to her, she was looking for two missing people to tell them that dinner was on its way out. Miko had given her the full rundown so, she knew she likely didn't have one, and wouldn't until all her feelings met the right criteria. Weird though that whole thing was, she figured even if she didn't get her own room very quickly someone else would end up with a crash-pad. Even if Miko didn't fully realize that information herself yet. Meanwhile, a flirty but normal conversation between Kaguya and Yugi would continue without course. As for his questions she had a few options, "Well I do like a few classic things~" she said about the nature of a more 'normal' bunny suit. As for her shopping. "I had a look around the shop but I only picked up the Yukata and a few other things. I'm not prone to spending unnecessarily. I probably have enough for the kind of room I'd want to make for myself. My tastes aren't extravant or anything, I just enjoy comfort~" Kaguya mentioned. True enough... even in her own home her room was mostly just organized and furnished to be comfortable for her... nothing too extreme it wasn't in her nature.

Beyond all other things, the Kaiba Corporation head office had a man standing to have negotiations after firing a useless employee. The words of Gojo rang out. Once again he was commenting on the broke energy of an individual and even commenting on that one's taste in clothing. Makima looked the man over, and she supposed she could see it. A suit that was well-made but far from tailored perfection. She had something to say about that almost casually. "He does that around broke people. He really doesn't behave very well in mixed company~" she seemed almost amused by Gojo's antics at all times. At the same time that poor little worker felt his soul leave his body. He thought those suits were top of the line. Beyond that, Hiromi was stifling a chuckle as she'd never heard an insult quite like that before. Still, Makima let that 'request' of hers hang in the air. Hiromi claimed she'd not had a cigarette in too long and Makima reached into her pocket and tossed her, her personal already opened pack. "Have those then." she said with an odd glint playing over those rings in her eyes. Hiromi caught the pack and grinned. "Thank you~" she said while offerng a playful wink but still she'd be inspecting this pack of a brand she'd never seen before. As for Makima's actual words and those of Kaiba the red haired woman didn't change anything about her stance nor was she bothered about what he had to say. "I am not here to steal corporate secrets nor do you I want your technology. Not as it is... I simply need to borrow the corpse. I have a method of transporting it that will cause no harm to it..." Makima mentioned. "As for what I want it for... is technically a secret. Those out of the circle can't know just yet... and it isn't information I'm at liberty to discuss. But if you're curious... I could pass your number along to someone who might be willing to tell you," Makima claimed. Hiromi heard those words as she was pulling out one of those cigarettes and leaving it to dangle between her lips, she was offering to toss the pack back but Makima simply held up her hand and shook her head. "Consider it a gift. I'm feeling generous today, and you won't find those anywhere else so you might as well get to enjoy most of the pack." Makima claimed lightly.

[Bloodedge]

Kaguya had a few things selected from the System Shop already. Interestingly, she didn't mention any specifics. Yugi took special note of that. "Not gonna mention what, huh? Do I get a fun surprise later?" Yugi wondered almost absently. At the same time, Aki was finding himself a seat not far from Enju. He'd much rather be around the less chaotic side of the table. Maybe the two of them being there would even establish a 'smoking section' of some sort, he thought. Ah, but there was another near them ─ one Amamiya Ren, who couldn't take his eyes off Enju. "Is that... Takeuchi?" he thought, recognizing her from a game he once played. He was already reeling from the sight of a girl passed only a few moments before. "And was that... Senjumaru in the hall?" Once again, there would be a 5% increase in Intimacy from Ren, even with no direct involvement by Miko herself.

All of Hiromi's complaints about lacking cigarettes was eventually addressed by Makima. Seto watched the exchange, watched Hiromi hold one cigarette in her mouth, and scoffed. "If you light that in my office, I'll buy every share in Capsule Corp just to send you under," he said simply. As for Makima, a claim was made that she had no intention of stealing Kaiba Corp technology. She had some method of moving the wyvern corpse without disturbing it ─ a strange claim, but not one he could refute. "If I thought you had some plan to steal my tech and have any idea what to even do with it, I wouldn't have let you in the door. I've got nothing to worry about, but it's not like I'd expect to have the Hunters Association coming to ask about a wyvern I've been working on for weeks, for reasons I can't be told. I'll be expecting a lot from this contact of yours." As Kaiba spoke, he moved one finger to the intercom button. "Open the White Chamber," he ordered. No response came. Kaiba fell silent for a moment, realizing he'd just fired the very same person who would have been assigned that task. "Useless. Not around to do a job just because I fired you? I'd fire you again if I could," he grumbled. With that being the case, he supposed he'd have to deal with matters himself. "Come on. I'll show you the wyvern."

[Apollymi]

Kaguya had gone without telling Yugi what kind of things she'd bought out of the shop, mostly for shock value later. But she wasn't the type of person to waste a good joke, nor a good surprise. "Of course you get a surprise later, Otensai~ I can't waste such a good opportunity~" Kaguya said lightly. She'd be finding her seat at the side of the table closer to the seats obviously designated for the Monarchs. She was a close friend of one, and close to the other, how else was she to crack jokes and enjoy dinner? Meanwhile, Ren was having his Intimacy increase over the recognition of a few spare people. Miko was making her way over to that end of the table, having noted two drinking and smoking she'd decided to drop an ashtray between Enju and Aki. "Enju-nee is one of the face claims. You're doing better than me... I was confused for a bit at the color swap♪~ And Shu-nee is a friend of mine too♪~" Miko chirped happily. Meanwhile, Ai was clinging to Shutara and then upon seeing Enju sitting at the table happy squealing. "Whoa! Mi-tan you never made this introduction before?! This is a great fucking group!~ I gotta be part of this... would it be in bad taste to ask for pictures?!" Ai wondered, which only made Miko chuckle. Meanwhile, Tae, Shutara and Ai would be wandering downstairs and Tae's eyes would be widening. "Oh... so it's like a dinner, dinner~" claimed Tae who'd not expected this sort of thing.

A discontented sigh would be coming from Hiromi, as Kaiba made a threat to her that made her roll her eyes. "Do you know what kind of tension headache dealing with you gives me?!" she exclaimed. Still, she wouldn't actually violate his odd policies she knew why they existed after all. As for Kaiba's point... he was quite right, she wouldn't normally make this sort of request, but she would at least give the creature back once all is done. "That contact will likely give you more than you ask for, or exactly what you ask for... It's a bit hard to tell~" Makima seemed to be amused but she was mentally deciding how quickly Miko would fold to Kaiba Seto's more domineering personality. Still, after hearing his grumbling rage, Makima decided the girl would definitely tell him anything he wanted. Hiromi couldn't hold in her annoyance, wanting to get to the White Chamber as it had a balcony she usually smoked off of anyway. "You're going to have to hire a new front desk person... or promote an intern," Hiromi pointed out. "Lead the way~" Makima claimed willing to follow this young man to his special project.

[Bloodedge]

"Well I can't either, so I'll be looking out for it~" Yugi concluded. Though he could always focus on Kaguya with great ease, Yugi fully acknowledged that there was a grand dinner about to start. Members of this dinner party were assembling around the smell of food, natural meandering, or their own boredom or contentment elsewhere. "Only a few left," Yugi observed casually while looking around the table. The only people they were really waiting on now were Makima, Gojo, that vice-chairman, and... a goddess. Yugi leaned against the table, planting his elbows and resting his chin against both hands. "I wonder what the order's gonna be~"

Speaking of order, Kaiba Seto was sorely lacking someone to order around at the front desk now. Having to escort Makima and one of her goons to the White Chamber would only interrupt his progress more. He wasn't too bothered about Makima's contact at the moment, but... Hiromi did have an excellent point to make along the way. As fate would have it, there was an intern currently looking for someone who... would no longer be around to receive the coffee he was holding. A young man with spiky black hair, an attractive-yet-imposing face, and square glasses stood in wait at the front desk. When he saw the CEO approaching with a group of apparent VIPs, he bowed profusely. "Good idea, Hisakawa. You. Name and position," Seto ordered. "Hai! Manjoume Jun!" the lad replied. "I'm an intern, still finishing high school," he explained. "Dual enrollment?" Seto questioned. "Hai..." Jun replied. In that moment, Seto took the intern's identity card in hand. He'd proceed to remove it from Jun's person and scan it into the front desk computer after a quick login. "Good. Dual enrollment means clever. Don't disappoint me," Seto said as he tossed that ID card back to Jun. Since that coffee no longer had its original purpose, Seto took it for himself and had a swig. "Uh... Kaiba-sama? Matsumoto-san..." Jun started to question. "Oh, was that the idiot's name? Fired for not knowing how to buzz-in important guests. You've got his job now. Your card has access; get the new one from my office in the morning. Oh, and... open the White Chamber," Seto ordered finally as he led the others to the east side of the building. A dumbfounded Manjoume Jun couldn't fathom what was happening... but he'd seen enough to know it was time to do exactly what the boss said. With that, the group of four were on their way down a long hall ending in a 9-layer vaulted door that was opening as they stepped toward it. Inside was a large, reinforced circular chamber with a testing platform roughly 10 meters wide, a natural vivarium separated by tempered, layered glass behind and... a particle accelerator around the entire structure. The chamber was illuminated by false sunlight. Right atop that ten-meter platform was the wyvern Makima came for. White scales adorned a long body. Though golden eyes had long since lost their glow, there was an underlying blue sheen in those eyes that looked mechanical in nature. Many of its scales had been picked off to make room for various tubes and wires forced into the wyvern's body. "Subject: Kaisellin. This one was an A-rank boss in an anomalous Dungeon. In a few weeks, it should be flying around as a tool for mankind."

[Apollymi]

"Mm-hm♥~" Kaguya said as she sat at the table seemingly amused. Miko had dropped an ashtray at the end with the smokers, made commentary to Ai and Ren alike and then moved back towards the kitchen. She was barefoot, except for a pair of thigh highs and had on something like an oversized hoodie. She looked more like a teenager caught at home on the weekend than a 'Monarch of Shadows' but most would appreciate that sort of thing. Shutara at least found her level of comfort to be quite telling and worth silent acknowledgement. At the same time, the table seemed to be settling into a soft murmur. "Those three will arrive together... my guess on the other one is magic determining how long it takes♪!~" Miko chirped from nearby having had all of the food laid out and all she joined Yugi at the head of the table, sliding into the chair with him as part of her desired comfort.

Meanwhile, Makima and Gojo were along for a walk. Along with Hiromi as Kaiba made his way towards a very specific location within his own building. Along the way, he did indeed find an intern. One questioning and then... immediately promoted to the position of the man he'd let go of without hesitation. Makima watched this exchange with that same smile on her face. 'A small injection of youth... he'll be fine,' she thought about the lad who'd introduced himself as Manjoume Jun. No matter, a bit more walking would lead them to a chamber, with that dragon corpse in it, full of tubes, missing scales and with mechanical eyes instead of normal ones. The counts applied had an almost mystical aspect, so she supposed, Kaiba was a bit of a lore buff at least when it came to dragons. "A few weeks, huh? That's quite a lofty project. And look it even has two competing corporations working together, how interesting," Makima claimed. "There have been quite a few odd Dungeons lately, I've been sending reports out. No matter... Kaisellin will be returned to you in a few hours. And I'll pass along your number to the contact~" Makima mentioned. "Oh, I'll pass along yours too, Hiromi. I wouldn't want to create a public or business rift~" Makima claimed. Just the same she reached out for the creature and placed it in storage causing it to disappear from sight without disturbing anything else around it. And with that unless some sort of question was asked Makima would be going on. "Come on Toru-pyon. We're probably late already~" she claimed as if amused by the entire situation but, making a grand entrance was in general more to her liking.

[Bloodedge]

When Miko finally made her proper return to the dining table, she had something to say about Yugi's musings. He scoffed even while letting the lass share the same throne he'd put up, expecting that much closeness to be sought regardless. "Is that even a response? Back to square one," he said about the order of arrivals. "An intentional flex, then an existential one... or the other way around. One of those. No telling what's being picked up from the association, besides... scrap Essence Stones, I'm sure," he chattered. "Ano... is there someone else we're waiting for?" Yuto wondered. Aki, already impatiently lighting another cigarette to stave off the growing hunger, responded: "Kaichou's probably been invited. Flashy glasses is usually around these two, too." Yuto nodded briefly, then tentatively looked around to everyone at the table. He had some curiosities. "So is this kind of a... meet-and-greet? Are we doing introductions over dinner?" he asked while Yugi smirked. In spite of everything else, he had something stewing in the back of his mind.

Meanwhile, Seto showed Makima to her target. She commented on the wyvern project bringing two competing corporations together. Seto had a strange reaction to that statement. "Competing? Hmph," he huffed. One might have even believed he refuse to see Hiromi's corporation as competition. Though that was true, he rather saw it as them not being in 'competition' per se. They may not have been allies in truth, but nor were they enemies. Whatever the case, Makima's claim of returning the wyvern came with its sudden and unexpected disappearance. Seto's eyes narrowed, his brow furrowing. What sort of magic could she have used to perform that act in the White Chamber, of all places. "... These walls are lined with anti-magic plates," he stated as a matter of fact. Even the white-haired man standing next to Makima should have experienced some difficulty using his power ─ or at least controlling it. That much had been all but confirmed through vigorous stress tests. "Better be one hell of a contact. I'll be waiting for the story," he concluded. Farewells were not common from Kaiba Seto. Instead, he left the pair of guests to their devices while silently contemplating what he'd just seen. Gojo would then be taking Makima back to where they'd left Hiruko... where four Lamborghinis of different models were aligned to be retrieved. "That was quick. The black one with crimson accents is yours, Kimacchi♥ Revuelto, blood-red suede interior~" Hiruko announced when Makima arrived.

[Apollymi]

Miko popped up near Yugi and took her place in their shared throne. She wasn't about to sit by herself she was technically very comfortable sharing a space with Yugi, irrespective of the venue. Here and now, she simply relaxed against him while they discussed their last few guests. As for his actual query, Miko pouted and thought about it in more depth. "Essence Stones, would be nice... if there is something else like that of equivalent value for you... it'd have to be previously 'unsable' monster mats. Expensive things that others can't or won't work with..." Miko decided on the fairness of Makima as an individual. "The intentional flex is coming first I think... she would give enough time to figure most of our people would be here. At least everyone she can already keep track of, and then she'd show up♪~" Miko decided. She was also still able to hear all of the little conversations at the table, choosing not interrupt unless a question went unanswered for too long. That other special guest was working on that opening. It was almost big enough for her to fit through, just a little more.

At the same time... Makima was looking at a wyvern that was quite powerful in its life. An A-rank creature would be quite nice for the teens to do their quick movements on, especially given how they felt about Gojo's method of transportation. Soon enough Makima was trapping the creature in System Storage and finding it easy to do, as if the magic wasn't of this world to start with. A smile came to her face when Kaiba pointed out the anti-magical nature of this room. "Anti-magical plating, huh? Interesting~" Makima mused. She wondered the extent of that stress testing, but she was rather certain it wouldn't have mattered if she used a different form of magic or not. Things like the System Phones were already doing things like ignoring the magical boundaries of Dungeons, she was already certain that very little in this world was comparable to the overarching powers the System could provide. Hiromi for her part in this was also watching and stood in the hallway taking a drag from the best cigarette she'd ever had. She could feel it in her lungs in her body, proving the movement of her mana beyond all else. What an interesting thing. Makima noted two types of curiosity piqued and with it, she'd gladly disappear without a goodbye. "I won't be giving you that story. It isn't mine to tell~" Makima claimed almost casually. Hiromi for her part in this looked at Kaiba after Makima and Gojo left, "This is the best cigarette I've ever smoked in my life. It's improving mana flow and maybe healing me. This isn't an IPC connection or anything else..." she decided, proving there was indeed a brain beyond her lax exterior. And once they were back with Hiruko she was doing a mental count in her head. How long would it take for Kaiba Seto to decide to chase down his little pet project? In the meantime she'd be looking at the ride Hiruko had procured for her. "Wheeeoo~" she whistled appreciatively. "This one is great. It's been a while since I drove something like this, maybe I'll take the scenic route on the way back~" Makima said as she extended her hand to it, and picked it up. She fully intended to take the actual invitation into the Aokigahara Forest. "Does that mean the two not gold ones are for them? Should I store them as well?" Makima wondered. Well, she could or Gojo could it really didn't matter.

[Bloodedge]

Miko had her assumptions about whether Makima's group, or Irkalla, would appear first. Yugi wasn't willing to make an assumption in either direction due to the unquantifiable nature of that dimensional rift and how it aligned to Makima's desired and unrelated show-stopping. Either way, he could foresee the potential outcome of either result. Well, he'd be finding out which route was fated soon enough. Until then... he'd wait and consider the question of Yuto. "Introductions aren't a bad idea. We'll get to that when everyone's here. I've also got a question for uhh... a special guest we're having~" he mentioned.

Meanwhile, two events were taking place elsewhere. At Kaiba Corp, the CEO was returning to the front desk where Manjoume Jun was getting himself adjusted. "Track the artificial intelligence attached to Project Kaisellin," he ordered simply. Something strange was afoot, and he'd find out what it was. At the same time, Hiruko was bowing in response to Makima's appreciation of a new vehicle. "Thought you'd like it. If you're going for a joyride, I'll come with. Those two are the ones. If you could store them, that'd be great~" he said while perusing the System Smartphone. "You know there's a lot of stuff in here? I'll give you the rundown if you want, but I guess it's time to..." Hiruko paused, realizing Gojo Satoru was no longer among them. He'd accepted his invitation just a few seconds before, only to appear above the dining table where others had already assembled. "*Sniff sniff*. Hmm. Thought I'd smell money. Smells like cheese," he stated, floating upside-down overhead. "And is this all the hoes?! My students, you disappoint me!"

[Apollymi]

Miko's assumptions were based solely on figuring dimensional travel would be harder to make happen. Regardless, she was willing to sit on that assumption and have a casual conversation while waiting. Yuto's suggestion seemed to sit well with Yugi, who claimed they could do that after all the guests arrived. Miko gave him a happy thumbs up for an awesome suggestion and for putting himself out enough to say it aloud. That sort of thing was often difficult for the shy ones. "Nice one♪~" came the happy chirp. Miko was casually wiggling in their chair seeming to look for comfort.

At the same time, Kaiba Seto was busy in his office demanding his new employee track their missing project. Hiromi watched almost casually wondering if she was going to get to do something she considered fun today. Meanwhile, Makima was storing two additional vehicles for Hiruko. "Well, I wouldn't turn that down. I'm bringing the little one in for a mani-pedi maybe tomorrow, we could have a nice ride on the way back before then~" Makima mused. She was also technically giving a bit of time, to ensure that they could potentially be followed if Kaiba Seto's work was half as good as he thought, she figured he might be able to track it from one point to another. If not, he'd only get to it whne she pulled it out of storage, either way it wuld be fine. As for the idea of getting extra information about the System's inner workings from Hiruko she nodded. "I had a bit of time to peruse while monitoring their job-change quest, but I was admittedly a bit distracted. I would be glad to know whatever you find out~" she claimed honestly. "Oh, Toru-pyon's gone? I guess I should store yours too and have us take the quickest method?~" she wondered figuring she'd given enough time for Kabia's workings.

And soon enough Gojo Satoru was appearing over the large dining table. Having accepted his invite, he was apparently smelling cheese. Miko looked up at him and shook her head sighing. "Of course it smells like cheese... it's dinner♪~" Miko claimed. As for his apparent disappointment at them because of their lack of 'hoes' Miko scoffed rolling her eyes. "Well, we've been in and out of Dungeons most of the last two days, forgive us for not having more time to socialize♪~" Miko said obviously quite comfortable. Shutara for her part in this looked up and seemed surprised and confused. "That's... Gojo Satoru, and Mi-chan he just called you two his students... What. The. Fuck!" Shutara exclaimed. Miko knew why she was upset, she would be explaining some of this to someone else later and it was getting far out of hand. still only a playful smile settle. "Go-sei is Go-sei... it's easier if you just don't ask, then you won't have to answer♪~" Miko said imparting her favorite wisdom.

[Bloodedge]

Yuto was bashfully rubbing the back of his neck, seemingly pleased to have his idea accepted and praised. At the same time, Yugi was glancing at Miko through the corner of his eye. He felt those attempts at adjustment, knowing the danger of having her shift around in such close proximity. His glance was one of gentle warning, as though saying there was a chance of abandoning dinner if she did too much... settling. Just then, his attention was snatched by the sudden intrusion of Gojo Satoru. Their 'teacher' looked around at the faces present, scanning the room for energies. He found only Tae and one other to be of S-rank caliber, but... there were two others on the way, plus himself. Miko sarcastically begged forgiveness for not having time to socialize, drawing his attention toward that end of the table. "Why would you get forgiveness? You two do more socializing when you're banging and raiding than most people do in conference calls. Just greet everyone you see with a bag from between their legs, and you'll be golden!" he said with a thumbs-up toward the pair. Of course, Miko wasn't the only one with something to say about him. One Senjumaru Shutara was surprised to see him in the building. "Gojo Satoru?! Where?!" he exclaimed, flipping to a more normal orientation and looking around in a mockingly frantic way.

Meanwhile, Hiruko and Makima were preparing to accept their invitations. Since Gojo had randomly taken his without a word, there was little point in them standing around a Lamborghini dealership for any purpose other than Hiruko noting his discoveries. "Well this thing has that Shop in it, but I also found this Fortune Protocol app. It's a little sketchy-looking, but I think it's one of those slot machine apps~" Hiruko mentioned. He hadn't downloaded that application yet, but he certainly intended to. Either way, he was content to accept that invitation at long last. Back at Kaiba Corp, Seto was simultaneously given some disturbing news from a nervous Manjoume Jun. "Kaiba-sama... the tracking is active, and it looks responsive... but it says it's not in range," Jun explained. "What are you talking about? It would have to be somewhere in deep space for that to be true," Seto argued impatiently. At that time, Jun was turning the monitor in Seto's direction to avoid any unnecessary backlash from misunderstanding. Seto looked at the screen, finding Jun's words accurate. There weren't any mistakes made. Wherever that wyvern was, it was actually beyond his satellites' range. "That's impossible! I could send my tech to mars and still get a damn reading! Keep the scan active!"

[Apollymi]

Yuto's eager to please attitude had Miko realizing he'd likely be fine long term. She quite enjoyed meeting someone who seemed to be about as soft as she was outside of sexual situations. Still, Miko had been trying to settle and it'd not been working. If nothing else, she received acknowledgement from Yugi, a side eye, which said way more than words could. In response to that the brunette sat stiller, and then propped her elbow up on the table. Her left cheek puffing while she chewed the inside of her right cheek. Brat behavior was incoming, until of course a common enemy entered the field. Well, as much of an enemy as Gojo could be... Why would Miko get forgiveness? "I made dinner... Rome wasn't built in a day. Not everyone person can have the same approach," Miko gave back her itemized list. "Just because it worked on your sennin-itis having self, doesn't mean that's always the best option♪~ Still, taken under advisory♪!~" Miko chirped seemingly amused. "Mi-chan you can't just slip by this..." Shutara muttered. "Can and will... it's too much to explain and too much to talk about~" Miko claimed with her hands up, in surrender. They'd been keeping her away from specific members of their friend group knowing she was likely to 'bloom' as her grandmother would have put it. And now they were finding her all flowered without their input. "That's you by the way... I thought the level of celebrity would have a bit of a peak~" Shutara said. Miko normally tried to retain such a low profile she didn't expect her to be seen with this many people in any kind of situation. Ai for her part in this simply shook her head, "Mi-tan will just avoid answering the questions for as long as humanly possible, best to let it slide and sneak her~" Ai mentioned whispering but Miko sighed that pouty face of hers looking towards her. "I can hear you Ai-sen♪~" Miko grumbled with that perpetually pouty face on.

At the same time, Makima was learning what Hiruko found in his early System access. What he had to say was quite different from what she found in her own. Interesting, that further proved the teens hypothesis that the System grew and learned to support those using it. "Of all the people to find something like that... it would be you. They seem to think that the System itself evolves, it definitely only gives people individual access to things they can use already or what they need. For instance I can track all of the Bondmates with mine. You should download it, and test it out. They quite enjoy finding out new things~" Makima advised as she always would. If the girl trusted him enough to drop a million gold to him, she also wouldn't care what he did with it. "I'll be accepting my invitation now~" Makima claimed. knowing she would be appearing at the entry of the kids new place by virtue of her acceptance. At the same time, Kaiba was being rather upset. His new front desk person was at least more capable than the last. It would seem he figured out how to do exactly what was necessary but his words weren't ones of good news. "Maybe the disappearance is of a similar quality to the movement itself. Something a bit beyond the current understanding, especially since she managed to do it through the anti-magic plates. You could go analog. If you can't track it... track her," Hiromi offered a simple yet 'old-fashioned' solution to the current inability to track the creature.

[Bloodedge]

While Miko talked, Gojo merely raised a hand to mimic flapping lips. His own lips moved to silently repeat her words, and though he still wore sunglasses, his eyes were repeatedly rolling beneath them. "None of that sounded like money to me. Must need a hearing aid," Gojo said, needlessly quoting a popular song as he floated down into an empty chair beside Shutara. She mentioned him being the Gojo Satoru she'd spoken of moments before, so of course... he'd continue the bit. "Me?! My humble self gets to be that young, rich motherfucker Gojo? Somebody blow me; I'm having a fever dream~" he joked.

Moments later, the dinner table gained two additional members. Makima accepted her invitation after advising that Hiruko utilize that new app. Before installing it, he took his invitation as well. Hiruko would arrive right behind Makima, phone in hand and an unremovable smile on his face. "Oya? Is this the new chic? Could use a little touch of something, but I like the start," he commented. At the same time, Hiruko was completing the installation of something that would notify both Players and everyone ranked Concubine or higher at the time.

[HIDDEN FEATURE UNLOCKED — FORTUNE PROTOCOL]

Only accessible to those with extreme luck affinity.

You may now gamble any amount of Gold with exponentially increasing returns.

Current Bet Limit: 10 Gold
Maximum Payout: Unlimited

System Warning:
Repeated use increases risk of catastrophic loss.
Luck is a fickle variable.

All the while, Seto was grumbling over a computer monitor over something that shouldn't have been possible. Even if that wyvern had been taken into a gate, his tech should be able to show a loose trail at least. Hiromi suggested an old-fashioned approach to finding the wyvern. "I'm not going to be beaten by some magic that ignores anti-magic. If I can't track that chip, I need to find out what's wrong with the chip... and fire whoever put the finishing touches on it. Kaiba Corp products shouldn't be unreachable by Kaiba Corp under any circumstance," he stated. With that, Seto refined his search for the wyvern's chip, rerouting additional power to the purpose of finding it.