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[color=hotpink]"W-well... that's at least good to know..."[/color] The catgirl finally skulked out of the shadows and back into the light, the snakes finally leaving the room due to someone knocking the stuffing out of them, and interestingly enough, Akiko seemed to be in okay shape. Granted, she looked like she had the stuffing knocked out of herself, as well, but her forearms seemed to be healing just fine, save the blood. 

[color=red][ The tail blocking seemed to share damage between you and I. Apologies. ][/color] Castle emerged from behind Akiko and slung dust off its forearms. Interestingly, to everyone else but Kanbaru, they'd only see the dust flying off, but Kanbaru could see the whole ghost doing just that. [color=hotpink]"Eh, it's fine Castle. I'll tough it out. Good thing we learned for the future."[/color]

The girl stepped out just in time to catch Kanbaru's rant about how the card rejected her. On one hand, that caught the girl off guard, cards being able to do that. On the other hand, this really wasn't too world-shattering, considering most cards seemed to have minds of their own in the first place anyway. Akiko could speak to her cards even if they weren't out, so a card rejecting her didn't seem to shock anyone's world. Still, something bugged her, and she stepped over to Kanbaru. Maybe if she could s-

And just like that, they were back in the Bunko, and Akiko stepped right into a table.

[color=hotpink]"[b]KSSSS[/b]!"[/color] The girl hissed like a cat and stepped back, rubbing her hip that jammed into the side of the table and grumbling. [color=hotpink]"Yeah, okay, [i]ow.[/i]"[/color] She stepped away from the table and stepped over to the stairs, snapping her fingers towards Kanbaru. No sooner did Castle emerge from Kanbaru's own shadow and address her.

[color=red][ Miazaki wishes to speak with you later about that card issue you had, as well as understanding how you are able to see me. She's going to bathe and rest first, so she'll come get you when she is ready. It'll likely be a while. ][/color] 

And just as soon it showed up, Castle left, dissipating into a fine dust before completely disappearing.

[color=hotpink]"I'm taking a bath. We're taking a night here and we'll leave in the morning."[/color]