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[thinkoutsidethebox]

Captcha is the eternal enemy.

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[heirbrained]

[watching Nio intently, but uncrossing his arms to slowly undo his tie and pull it off]

[rusemaster]

[she doesn't move immediately, pausing to consider something—but once she seems to have made up her mind, pulling the bow of her uniform lose before working on the buttons of her outer vest, taking her time]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Good.

[goes to sit on the edge of her bed for the moment, watching them]

[heirbrained]

[he moves towards his own bed as he carefully slips off his jacket, so that he can lay it down neatly on the bed along with his tie. he's still curiously keeping an eye on Nio]

[rusemaster]

[just letting her clothes drop to the floor as she takes them off. humming a little as she works on the buttons of her blouse—as it opens up, the elaborate tattoo that was hidden by her clothes may be a point of interest]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[she does take an obvious interest in that]

That's unique. I assume it's not just a fashion statement.

[heirbrained]

—Ah.

[he pauses in the middle of unbuttoning his own shirt, taken by surprise, but since Erika already asked about it he'll just wait for the explanation]

[rusemaster]

Haha, family tradition? I'm self-conscious about it, really.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Is that so...?

[looks her over more deliberately]

[heirbrained]

Your supposed self-consciousness didn't seem to prevent you from accepting this proposal without hesitation...

[dryly. SKEPTICAL]

[rusemaster]

Sometimes we have to make tough choices!

[does not really look especially self-conscious, no]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[giggles]

Well, that's true. I hope you don't mind if we pay it some attention.

[heirbrained]

Do you actually hope that?

[EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE SAYING SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS TODAY.]

[rusemaster]

Thanks for your concern~. I'll try not to let it get to me.

[sliding off her skirt]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[mostly to Togami]

I was being polite. I don't mind if it makes her uncomfortable, of course. But I do hope it doesn't put her off so much she'll want to quit this early in the game.

[heirbrained]

Well, that would be anticlimactic.

[...unbuttoning his shirt the rest of the way, then, tossing that on the bed as well]

[rusemaster]

Haha, that would look pretty pathetic! I site hope it doesn't come to that.

[the stockings are coming off last]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Then, we can see how far you'll go.

[heirbrained]

[well now I need to catch up because I got distracted. undoing his belt and slipping out of his trousers, though leaving his underwear on for now]

[rusemaster]

Guess I'll see what your idea of "far" is, too.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

To start with, why don't you come over here and give me a better look?

[heirbrained]

[I'm not going to win the competition if I don't participate at all...

but for now observation is okay. he sits on the bed next to Erika though, crossing his arms and legs]

[rusemaster]

After I just said I was shy about it... You're kind of a bully, Erika-san.

[coming over, though, placing both of her hands on either side of where Erika's sitting, leaning close]

Like this?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Hmm... Yes, that's fine.

[leans in closer, tracing her fingers over a line of the tattoo on her shoulder curiously]

If you don't like being bullied, you may have a problem here.

[heirbrained]

[h... hey. glaring at her a little]

As long as you can at least tolerate it it's fine.