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[quote=Riku]
[color=ed145b]"Yeah, you're right. I'm Riku. I like that title, Royal-turned Adventurer. Now...how'd you know about the scarf?"[/color][/quote]
Ah, so she was right. Scarf from the mother, no doubt a queen of some far-away land, and she had come here for a life of adventure and to possibly leave all of that behind. Akiko understood, and she was in a similar boat. Maybe not exactly, but she was still looking for her own goals in a 'world' beyond hers. So far, she'd been succeeding.

[quote=Ami][color=fc9a04]"Maaaaaan, if I knew you were just gonna threaten to dismember her I would've just skipped the threats and done it myself."[/color][/quote]
[color=hotpink]"Hardly a threat, Murota. I'd think of it... promise isn't right... as a vow that I, frankly, won't have to follow up on if she chooses to play nice."[/color] Akiko spoke, almost in such a cold way to make her cheery exterior feel... disturbing. Almost like she was entirely confident that, if Riku came close, she would absolutely perish. Almost like she was fully prepared for anything.

[quote=Riku][color=ed145b]"So, Akiko, Ami. Was it? Give over your stories and why you're innocent and you won't have to get exorcised. Easy peasy!"[/color][/quote]
Akiko offered a smirk, her left hand folding behind her back and her right hand placed across her chest. [color=hotpink]"Why, I've already told you who I am. Akiko Miazaki, travelling poet and fortune teller, blessed with the ability to see into your future and pick apart your past. Of course, those are not my only abilities, though I certainly would prefer to not let you see the hand I'm working with."[/color] She offered a soft giggle. [color=hotpink]"After all, what's the fun without a little bit of the unknown to keep you dancing on your toes?"[/color]

[quote=Kanbaru, Riku, and Ami][color=cyan]"Ami, doesn't this cloaked girl give you a serious Light Magical Girl vibe? I want to punch a frown on her face just looking at it. Give me a hand, for old times sake, will ya'? And hey, she even matches the description of one of thieves. It's practically a public [b]service![/b]"[/color]

[color=fc9a04]"Yep, I like that plan."[/color]

[color=ed145b]"Now wait a second! I'm no thief! I just arrived here! I sincerely wished to offer my services to get some coin! I can even assist in finding this thief too! I'm just a mercenary looking for good work! I really don't want to fight you again, Kanbaru. I'd never steal from anywhere if I knew you were connected to it."[/color][/quote]
Now that was... interesting. Not only did it seem Kanbaru and Ami had some long past from knowing each other outside of this Tower, but Riku happened to already know who Kanbaru is. That would absolutely explain her skittish nature on Riku's end upon seeing Kanbaru, but the only question that lasted became just [i]why[/i] the two fought? She wasn't sure, but something in her mind told her that this Kanbaru wasn't the same one who entered this Tower with Rose and herself. This Kanbaru was much different, indeed.

[color=hotpink]"Ah, those two. Always resorting to violence."[/color] Akiko teased as she folded her arms behind her back, tails swishing behind her as she walked to Victoire's throne and stood beside it. [color=hotpink]"Ah, girls will be girls, I suppose. And who would've guessed that they have history! Such a surprise, indeed!"[/color] Her eyes danced along the blasts of water and the onslaught of carnal rage. Ami, Kanbaru, and Riku, all squaring off for the enjoyment of a vampire queen. She couldn't help but be enticed by this idea.

[color=hotpink]"If I might be so bold to say, Lady Bordeaux, this is [i]quite[/i] the situation unfolding. I sincerely hope you don't mind if I stay out of it."[/color] Akiko turned to face the vampire for a moment, a smirk across her face and an ear flicking towards the fight. [color=hotpink]"I prefer to keep my hands clean of such trivialities."[/color]

As she turned back, to any who could see it, Castle would remain manifested next to Akiko, but its eyes were not even close to facing the battlefield. Instead, its eyes trailed on Victoire herself. As if Akiko would let her guard down for the vampire to take advantage of her.