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Akiko glared directly at Rose. The utter audacity this girl had to waltz up and just hug Akiko's cat was remarkable, though it certainly wasn't much welcome when it was able to assault the cat that Akiko had. [color=hotpink]"Hey! Listen to the catgirl, Cap'n Cleavage, and get your hands off her!"[/color] Akiko scolded the pirate mage with an explicitly annoyed tone, a flash in her eyes going off while [u][color=ed1c24]she gazed into Rose's soul.[/color][/u] You don't just walk up and hold someone's cat without telling them first! That's just rude.

[color=hotpink]"We can absorb our Serei?"[/color] Akiko questioned as she looked down at the catgirl with a raised eyebrow. [color=hotpink]"... while I could likely use your strengths to increase my own for power, I'm pretty sure I'd rather wait to do anything like that. Nothing against you, Smitten, I just feel like we could get to know each other better before any of that happened,"[/color] she explained as she pulled out her fans and looked at the other party members again. [color=hotpink]"Rest assured, I'm no biker, and even if you are just a Spirit it could be possible that you just need some sort of incredible power to escape the clutches of the tower. This'll be quite the learning experience, that's for sure."[/color]

The bard's attention was quickly grabbed by the arrival of yet another new girl. [i][color=hotpink]"Sheesh, why does he get a harem?"[/color][/i] Akiko didn't mind exactly what was going on, though they did somewhat wish that there were a few more guys around. So far the ratio seemed to be... hold on...

Akiko, Kanbaru, SK, Touka, Umi, Rose, and Lin... to... literally just Tokuda. Grand, it was a 7:1 ratio. The tower coward had his own personal harem. 

[color=hotpink]"Welp, hello newcomers. This... is the ragtag party, I guess. I'm Akiko, and hopefully I won't have to introduce everyone else."[/color] Akiko finally introduced herself to the rest of the cast before she looked back down at Smitten once again, placing a hand on her hip all the while. [color=hotpink]"I know you're probably gonna react with a 'Do I look like I'm ten?!' response or something similar, but do you wanna get on my shoulders or something?"[/color]