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[color=hotpink]"Bar again, bar again."[/color] Akiko desummoned Lorelai and put away her Red Relic for a little while as she hopped down onto the bar floor, landing ever-so-gracefully on the floor due to her new enhancements from the Monkey Card, as well as her previous ones from Smitten. This might not have been the life she initially imagined for herself, but she definitely was not complaining. She just wondered that if this was the beginning, how far could she go from there.

Alas, just as last time, Akiko had another blank card to redeem and a pretty hefty amount of money in her pocket. Assuming this tower operated on JRPG rules, this was the Rest Floor and she could upgrade her equipment and gear here as always. Emilia was the shopkeeper for the Dangeki Bunko, so it was only befitting of Akiko to go and ask her for assistance first. Maybe something would pique her interest aside from the blank cards.

[color=hotpink]"Hey Emilia,"[/color] Akiko cooed as she walked up to the desk that sat Emilia. [color=hotpink]"I've got another blank card to exchange, and some actual... money..."[/color] Akiko's eyes trailed amidst the wares that Emilia sold at the desk, though one specific item really caught her attention. [url=https://fsb.zobj.net/crop.php?r=BbwxBSHiZGvmBzIddlWmFXdTt86rsypsATvIlscAd6bUl7bDcagB6WIf5jry3bJRxmm_DyiAP04ZjTbhFC9MMC7KmUnSiTR3_zgCsDCsjHuEAs6ISIBXleVXfJEWQaMId3HBZiSqgcVjXEpc]What appeared to be an arrowhead[/url] caught Akiko's gaze, almost... calling out to her to take it for herself. It was unlike anything she'd seen down on Earth, but then again, she'd never expect to be able to have multiple sets of ears and here she was with that ability. [color=hotpink]"Well hello..."[/color]

The catgirl reached down to grab the arrow, lifting it up for a moment and feeling some latent energy from within. This... this was something she could use. [color=hotpink]"I'll buy this arrow along with room for one additional card, if the latter is even possible."[/color] She gently placed two cards, her blank one and her money one, onto the table for Emilia to work with as Akiko herself kept her hand on the arrow. 

[color=hotpink]"What... [i]are[/i] you?"[/color] She asked, the oh-so-familiar [color=red]flash[/color] appearing in her eye as she looked at this artifact. Would that even work, though?

Immediately, one of the things Akiko was trying to get had returned to her possession. the Blank Card was now replaced with a card labeled Bonesword. Hm, kind of a dumb name, but it was certainly neat. Happy Birthday to her, she guessed.