After having Lucidly shifted from Friday back to Tsuki, and vice versa on the other end, Tsuki remained in the Crystal Pyramid, gazing up and around at Tymon, whom she knew could see her, waiting for him to let her out.

"Alright, Tymon. Everything has been set up. We can relax now..." That's all she really wanted was to know that everything would be fine. Now, with Tigen and Friday handling things, she knew that they would be. She trusted them both... Now.

"... If you like, we can continue right where we left off... Or maybe practice with the powers we learned?"

Her hair was no longer glowing purple, but had returned to being its normal color. She still wasn't sure how to unlock the First Restriction, but wasn't really all too concerned about it, at this point. That was something that she and Tymon could deal with on their own time... Now that they had it, that is.

"Looks like our Peace is now here in the Veritas... So we can roam freely unencumbered..." She'd been waiting for this day just as long as he had. (10:08.) This was her Beautiful Dream and now, it was coming true, thanks to the the Reality... Rather, the Veritas. "... Now let me out so we can be Free together, you bastard. >>; "

"Heehee," he chuckled playfully, releasing the Crystal Pyramid prison from around her being, "Sowwy~!" (8:58) His cute sincerity was only matched by his embarrassed look on his face, not realizing that she'd been contained in there all this time, "Hahahaha... Haaa... >>; " He coughed. "Sooo. How'd it goooo? <3 " Whilst he waited for her to respond, he would start making another little critter to mess with using the Pandoire... He was capable of multitasking.

"YES! A LOTUS LILY!!! INGENIOUS!!" He shouted to himself, pulling some energy from the air like a card from an invisible deck, "Oh man, Water? Let's see... It'll have to be a Water Spirit... Something like an Undine, or something..." He started to think deeper about the personality of these beautiful creatures, developing them swiftly in to fluttering floating icons around him and his head, dancing and twirling elegantly and with harmonious fluidity... " ... Hmmm... Dance upon the lake like water lilies..." As he said this, they would slowly sink into an invisible pool of distortion emanating from around his head like water, being sucked under till only their lotus flowers atop their heads were what remained, "Or, maybe dance UNDERwater like a lotus flower...?" Tymon didn't realize that these things were happening as they occurred, he just knew that he was thinking of them.

"Absorb the Moonlight...." he pondered, looking up to the night sky above him with the moon and stars shining through the breaks in the trees and the leaves, painting a picture almost like a sort of ceramic picture tinted with the dark of night and the shadow of silhouettes against the moonlight, "Hmmm... Keeps water purified with their Moonlight Dance... Hmm..." The petals would twirl, starting to glow and gain power from their slight exposure to the Moonlight, "And they have psychic powers." Yes. This was all coming together quite nicely... "Because the Lotus Lily that is upon their heads is the source of their power, and allows them to perfectly align their chakras!" He waggled his finger in the air thoughtfully, as though he'd had the 'eureka' moment and was now coming into full understanding and returning full circle back to the completion of the design of his 'latest and greatest' creation;

the Lotus Lilies!

"Well, I just told you the gist of it," she said smugly, rolling her eyes, "But it looks like you were too busy being distracted by some dumb shit again. Not even paying attention." Her eyes darted off to the side as she watched him make a flurry of watery hoes around himself and quickly became inflamed. "I'm going to destroy all of them, you know." It was impolite not to give her his undivided attention... Especially when it was to make those little lucid floozies float all around his head. She was starting to wonder why she herself wasn't just enough for him to give his attention to... Especially if he wasn't paying attention enough to even have answered her questions... 

The dancing Lotus Lilies blissfully blossomed about the boy's head, twirling and swirling in elegant harmony and with perfect synchronicity to each other, as though their minds were linked. Their eyes were closed and smiles rested upon their faces. They all drew nearer and nearer to him until, suddenly, before they knew it, they felt the intent of Tsuki bearing down on them from afar and, being psychic, would immediately be whisked away by an invisible wave one by one until they all disappeared elsewhere in the Veritas.

"HEY!" He shouted abruptly, now getting slightly testy, "This is NOT dumb shit. This is EPIC ART!" Before the last little water nymph thing got away, he'd snatch one up out of the sky and bite off its flower, then crush the little body to dust, since there was no more power sustaining its form, "Mmm... Yeah, but the lotuses on their heads are actually like, herbal elixirs that will temporarily align your chakras and increase your powers. Maybe if you eat one, it'll help you." It was then that he realized that he ate the only one he captured. "... Whoops. I mean, I can just make another one, but yeah."

He rolled his eyes at her right back at her in a mocking manner, since she did it to him, and explained himself a bit, "Look, I don't know why you're so upset. Just because I didn't answer right then and there doesn't mean I wasn't paying attention. Number one, you asked ONE question. Number two, eat one of these 'watery hoes,' and you'll probably have enough strength to unlock some more of your powers, considering that these flowers basically align all your chakras momentarily." He'd create another Lotus Lily in his hand, and before she could realize what was going on and warp away, he'd snatch her up and rip the flower off her head, then give it to Tsuki as the Lotus Lily's body dissipated...

"We can use it to train... Just like you said~." He definitely was listening. He was just already getting everything prepared as she was speaking so they wouldn't have to waste much time. He smiled lovingly at her and placed it on top of her head, then grinned goofily at her. "Teeheehee~! You look so cute, Ohime-sama~!" He was just messing around with her, but... He actually meant it behind the goofiness. Especially with the little Lotus Flower Crown... That's what made her the MOST cute~. >///>;

She was so happy to hear that he was actually paying attention to her and not those dumb broads that he was thinking up around him. It seemed like he was actually capable of multitasking with thinking and listening, which made her enjoy knowing that she would be heard without him having to look at her or directly focus. He got the message just fine and was simply already working toward the solution as she was giving him the issues. That was rather settling. And, the little one he snatched up and crushed right before her was more than enough to get her heart throbbing again, just like they'd never had a dispute in the first place.

*~dokidoki~*

I love you

"O-okay..." she said sweetly, plucking the flower from atop her head and eating it. She felt strange for a moment or two, a strange shuddering in her spine like electricity crackling. Maybe that was all of the chakras aligning. "... Umm..." muttered, her dark hair rising a bit before becoming saturated to a rather deep violet, "... Is this what you're talking about?" She could feel, somehow, the power of her Phantasmagoria flowing through her again, much more readily accessible and somehow with knowledge of its capability flowing directly into her head. "... Yeah... That flower totally did it." It was at that moment that she realized he ate his earlier, "Wait! You already ate yours! No fair! You probably poisoned mine, you cheater!" Angelic wings of a deep purple flame sprouted from her head, looking more like owl wings made of a phantasmal aura made from her hair. She would look to be a true Night Angel.

With a single flap, she would release a flurry of burning feathered Night Arrows from one wing, whilst the other would enlarge to become a shield to protect herself.

"Uh, no, but thank you for telling me~" he'd say in a sarcastic, joking manner, "Is that MY Epic Art you're using as your Creative Energy? Uh huh..." He honestly hadn't been thinking about that fact nor did he intend to do any of that until she opened herself up to the thought of that by suspecting that it could happen in the first place. That's what she gets for not trusting him to play fair. >>; "Geez. Can't even get a fucking 'Thank You' before you start attacking. Hmph." The first arrow that came close was snatched out of the air on reflex, being crushed in his hand and dispersing the energy as a burning purple wall of the phantasmal flame. It would absorb the Creative Energy of whatever was being used at the time to build its own, being part of Phantasmagoria. "Hmmm... I think I'll call this one 'Night Angel,' since you gave it to me, Tsuki-chan~!" He blew her a kiss and a wink, a little heart flying up from his lips like a cute little balloon. He was getting good at forming his Epic Art in small little intricate details, so making small little things like that occur around him would be good practice.

"Omoshiroi..." he muttered, a cross-shaped X targeting Tsuki directly at her heart (since he was always NATURALLY focused on that, anyway). He found that being able to use the Creative Energy of other beings to be quite the interesting fact... And necessary, for that matter. With all of the absorbed Phantasmagoria, and now with the capability to use it freely of his own will, and he could target her at any given time he so chose. He would align the heart with Tsuki's and use it as a crosshair. "Ayanami... IZANAGI!!!" A gleaming cross-shaped glint would glimmer in his eyes before an eerie force would both pierce and spiral through the heart and the wall like a spinning needle, the blazing flame trailing behind like its thread. It was the new way he used the 'Rasengan Overload,' having remembered it and using it, but giving it a new name on the spot (for copyright purposes *COUGH*). It was time to anchor this bitch down right quick... >>;

Since he was stupid enough to throw some of her own Phantasmagoria back at her, she would simply take control of it again and use it though it were hers. However, when she attempted to do so, she found that she couldn't use it to her advantage like she'd done before. Because it was under his control and she had yet to make contact with her Influence to it again, she was unable to manipulate it until her influence was within it once again and she could take control of the energy. That was her plan.

She'd allow him to think that she didn't know about how she couldn't control it and instead now be prepared to regain her power when she was hit. As soon as the needle-like gaze touched her wing, it would all start to get absorbed back into Tsuki, which would then start to suck out as much of Tymon's Manna (Creative Energy) as possible. Especially since it was attached to a convenient thread...

"Heh..." he chuckled smugly to himself, a sinister grin curling upon his face, "... I knew you'd fall for it. So like you, Chibi-chan..." At that point, the tip of the needle bore straight through the Owl's Wing, penetrating the Field of Flame around herself and stabbing directly into the Core of Tsuki; her Heart. "Can't play the 'Mirror Game' all the time, you know... Don't care how much you enjoy it." The needle, being composed of Epic Art, would absorb the Phantasmagoria and use it as more fuel for the Epic Art itself. After piercing her straight in her heart, he would begin to transfer her some of his Creative Energy before it had been changed into Epic Art, restoring to her the energy that she lost after she was pinned down by the needle.

"There ya go. Now we're directly linked to each other. You can have my unconverted Manna all for yourself, as much as you like~! Isn't that what you wanted in the first place...?" his eyes gleamed again, as he grasped and yanked the chain of purple flame linking he and Tsuki now, reeling it back in by rapidly drawing it in and converting it back to Epic Art, "... Chibi-chan~?" (6:06) He blew her yet another kiss, though this time, it came out in the shape of a Sylphee Bomb, which would burst in her face the same way the one Friday shot down burst in his before.

"Payback's a bitch, ain't it, hoe?"

Tsuki was actually shocked to see that her plan failed due to a minor technicality on the part of his weak-ass broken 'Epic Art.' She basically couldn't use any of her Manna against him without him changing it into some of his own Epic Art. That was pretty dirty.

Even so, somehow, to think that he was able to get one over on her was actually kind of attractive to her, in a weird sort of way. She liked that about him and the fact that he wouldn't go easy on her just because they were lovers, no matter how much he loved her. Thinking of him in such a way as the needle bore through her heart brought her great pleasure and pain simultaneously, something that almost made her... ... ...

"Nnn~!" she cried out, trying to muffle her voice as not to scream. Where she thought that this was the end for her and that he'd simply take out all of her Manna, as she would have thought to do... Instead, he GAVE her some of his before its conversion in order to help her out. She was confused a little bit, but at the same time, pretty mad at him for thinking so low of her. "Hmph. I didn't need your help--" before she finished her sentence, she was yanked toward him on the thread that connected the two of them by the needle in her heart and the strings coming from his mind and heart. This wasn't gonna be the end of her, though.

When he blew her the kiss, a huge violet wing sprouted from her head and knocked both it and him away, causing the Sylphee Bomb to explode prematurely and keep herself protected from its destructive blast. She was gonna need to find a way to sever this connection, or she'd be through in this battle. (1:03.)

"Don't take pity on me and don't go easy on me, either!! I'm not just your delicate little wifey, you know!"

She wasn't entirely certain about what to do here, but she certainly wasn't going to give up. She just had to figure out a new power, or something, that would fuck him up. Or perhaps, remember an old one. He barely even had to think of his, since he could just make new ones up on the spot. But, then again, technically, so could she, using the Phantasmagoria.