As Midori is lead away, Santo approaches. After checking the woman out as she leaves, he looks up at Kyouka. "Well, boss, renovations are nearly done. Putting in the bath will take a little while longer, though." He hands her a key. "This is for the locks down in the basement, where we put the loot."
'I doubt yo can ride a horse, Koko, hop on,' Jian chuckled and offered Koko to ride with him on his horse, 'Oh, before we go. Do you have anything to cover your breasts and crotch? It is not considered proper to show those parts in public.'
Ya-Ming, not particularly talkative, walks Midori through the streets, heading deep into the slums of the capital. After several minutes of silent walking, besides catcalls from horny pedestrians, Ya-Ming decides to speak. "So, what do you think of the boss?"
She nods in understanding. "I'm very sorry to hear that. Well, I want you to go places." She puts a hand on his scaled cheek. "I'd like you to work for me, do some tasks and tell me what Shintaro's doing. You can do that for me, right?"
Koko shrugs. "I suppose, though that seems dumb." She walks behind a tree, and as she comes back into sight, is wearing what could probably couldn't justifiably be called clothes, though her offending parts are covered. "There, master. Is that enough, or do I have to cover up even more?"
'Good. That should do for now,' Jian nodded and reached his hand down from the horse to help Koko up in the saddle.
@moonblack "Farewell, for now." Kyouka bids Midori good bye, before facing Santo. "Good job." She takes the keys, "Feel free to take a well deserved break. Since tomorrow, you'll be renovating our temple." She gives him a cheeky smile.
She hops up into the saddle behind him, hands clinging tightly to him. "Thanks, master." They manage to make it to the castle without incident, the sun dipping low.
Jian rode into the castle, stabling the horses. He approached one of the guards, 'Excuse me, did you see a mature woman with fair hair around here?'
The guard chuckles, looking at Chitsukiko and Koko. "What, two women aren't enough for you? I'm assuming you mean Kina, the Yokuboo sex slave? Yeah, I saw her here earlier. She asked some of the guys to tie her up. Not sure where she is now, though."
'Sex slave? No, I was not looking for her for that reason,' Jian said, 'Any idea who might know where they took her?'
"Well, if you can find someone as talented, and as loyal as you. Sure, you can have a break." Kyouka replied while patting him on the back. "Sweet dreams." She said in a teasing tone, before heading out the tavern, and surveying the surrounding establishments.
Around her inn is a sprawl of mostly residential buildings and small shops. However, as she walks past one building, she hears the telltale sounds of dice and shouting, alerting her to the fact that it's almost certainly a gambling den.
"Hmm. Interesting." Kyouka's murderous grin forms, "Haven't had much fun ever since I started my little group. So why don't I spoil myself?" She cooed to herself as she enters the building.
Inside, she sees a heavily tattooed man sitting at a table. "Ten mon to get in." Paying up, she's allowed through a set of double doors, into a crowded and smoky gambling hall, people of all kinds gathered around various games of chance. She gets the feeling that this isn't the casino she's heard so much about, but a more low class establishment. The staff, both croupiers and security, are grizzled looking yakuza types, tattoos clearly visible.
"Well, well. This place does look interesting." Kyouka cooes, looking around to see what sort of people were playing, and whether or not she could find some leader looking person.
The group of players is widely diverse, with people differing in age, gender and money. She sees a door marked 'manager's office'.
Kina blinks few times. What had happened? Her gag was back in place, but she didn't remember leaving her breasts uncovered or removing her panties... Was the spell the broke the curse, taking effect already? as it messing with her memory? That was disturbing. Kina waited patiently, kneeling for Shintaro to read the scrolls.
