[IC] - All the World's a Game

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Ancient City

"To Yukari. Why?", John calmly asked Akihita.

[Kristia]

Forest of magic

Nera saw the woman "So you do have lust in your soul, that face of desire is really powerful" she said taking a step forward

"What do you desire for Miss..?" the lucario asked both the womanīs name and her purpose

Renamon was looking at both her partner and the woman and could smell the womanīs desire for two things, a fight or a make out, yet she didnīt move and let Nera deal with it.

[wonderweiss]

Akihita's eyes widened with interest.

"Oh, my. So do you like spontaneous summonings of jet fighters?"


"Lu... lujuria..."

Lujuria stared at the ground.

"I don't know... what do I want? I... I really don't know... I know my human past... I escaped Lucifer's sentence... what more could I ask for... what more could I ask for... what do I want..."

[Kristia]

Forest of magic

Nera walked closer to Lujuria "Well, you can start by searching on your soul, what do you enjoy doing and what do you like to do?" Nera asked to her

"Take me for example, I enjoy drinking sake and reading" the lucario pointed out some of her likings

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"What?", John asked Akihita in a tone of confusion.

John had no idea what she was talking about. It actually caught him off guard.

[wonderweiss]

Now Akihita was confused as well, though more so than John.

"But I was told that that was her natural behavior..."

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John had a look of confusion on his face as he tried to make sense of what Akihita was saying. John saw Yukari summon many kinds of objects, but not jet fighters. John had his suspicions about the jet fighter, but he wasn't going to say anything until he knew for certain.

"Well that's new. Uhh, she's fired suppositories, kunai, musket pellets, and even planes, but not jet fighters. When was this?", John asked Akihita.

[wonderweiss]

"I-it was during the trial... she summoned a jet fighter, and I blew it up, and that's when I shamefully banished her from the trial."



"What do I like? Well... I've never... had likings... it was always..."

Then, her eyes opened and was about to say something, but stopped midway.

"... No... she's... human... I'm a demon... a sin... an object..."

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After hearing that, John's eyes widened and his jaw slightly dropped at the realization of why she had been acting so strangely around him. It must have been because she was embarrassed by what had happened. It all made sense; her looking away and acting nervous, it was all because of her acting up in the trial. After a moment, John spoke again.

"Okay, if that's the case, then you might want to be careful around her. She might be angry at you, so you might want to keep on your guard until you know that she's okay.", John calmly said to Akihita.

[Kristia]

Forest of magic

Nera had a faint smile "Hm.. would you let me try something Juria? its just a small test" She asked to the woman

The lucario walked forward and pinched the succubus arm gently "What do you feel?" she said

Renamon just in case was ready to leap forward and get close to her partner

[wonderweiss]

Akihita nodded.

"I shall keep that in mind."

She put on her mask.

"Let's head out, shall we?"



"Wha, what are you doing-"

All of a sudden, she got this feeling in her arm.

"... I... I feel pain..."

[Kristia]

Forest of magic

"Well, for what I know, an object canīt feel anything and for what I have seen in less than an hour of seeing you, you have showed desire, lust, a bit of anger, sadness and pain. Therefore you are alive." Nera said looking at the succubus eyes

Renamon walked towards the duo and continued "Also donīt think that being from different species or worlds is imposible, just look at me and my partner, she comes from a world of organic creatures while im a cybernetic being, yet here we are after almost four years of being together. Then also are the spartan and the gap controller, she is a powerful youkai of great age while he is a cross between a human and a tank. Love is a feeling we donpt understand that just occurs when you see the right person"

Then looking at Lujuria, the fox finished "That person my return that love to you or not, but what matters is that you try"

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Ancient City

"Yep. Follow me.", John said as he traced Yukari's signature on his long-range scanners.

As they walked to Yukari's location, John spoke to Akihita.

"Now that I think about it, there's less a chance of her being hostile if you tell her that you were simply doing your job and that it was nothing personal.", John said.

[wonderweiss]

"Perhaps. I do hope she'll accept my apology, though."



"... No..."

She held her head.

"That's what you don't understand... I'm lust... I am the opposite of love... I'm evil... I cannot love... I cannot love... I cannot love..."

She looked up with a tear slowly filling her eye and a lunatic smile. "The last time I loved someone he died! He died! I killed ! A knife! By his grave! I couldn't live on without him!" She was slowly mentally tearing herself apart.

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Ancient City

Eventually, John and Akihita made their way to where Yukari was sitting.

"Hey Yukari, I'm back.", John calmly said as he approached.