Jaydie caught onto what was going on for the tutorial a bit fast than Yasuko was currently doing. He still looked pretty lost during her description of what the point of having people they couldn't interact with was. He was too impatient and cute for simple memory or puzzle games! That's why he always demanded to play action or fashion-based ones! But after some time spent absorbing everything he had learned, it clicked inside of his pink little head. Suddenly everything made sense! He could see the lines of code inside of the world! Maybe not literally, but Yasuko finally understood!

"Yeah, now I get it!" The fashionista took a few steps closer to the weird see through guards and studied them for a second. His hand came to his chin in thought, stroking his cute little chin. "So we have to set up a defense area for people we can't see or interact with us and vice versa? It's some weird ass kind of puzzle then! Pretty simple, so we just break stuff and move it around. Should be pretty simple!"

Yasuko was proud of his judgement, then scrolling through his phone again and coming across his ability. There was only one available, but it certainly would be helpful! "Says here I can give people my Guises and grant them the powers of it. So that covers the armor part. I just have to pick and choose when. Outside of that, we might be on our own for finding armor and weapons for the guards here. Any ideas?"

Jaydie Bluestar

Yasuko shot the woman a look as she apologized from being so ugly. Her poker face was either the best in the business or she was messing around with him. It was honestly hard to tell for him, so he could only really take the woman at face value. "Ugly? Pffft, no way!" The beautician said while walking around Jaydie. He took in every little detail about her appearance, carefully inspecting her fashion choices, make up and even hair. It was a quick walk around, taking up a total time of at least around three seconds of intense scanning and so. But after which, Yasuko would come back in front of Jaydie with a playful pout. "You would dare call yourself ugly like this? You've got some real panache in you, I can tell! Just look at that hair! I mean, yeah, if you wanna get super nitpicky, I can tell it's kind of dry and you're not using enough moisturizer but that's true for like 90% of people! Stop selling yourself short!"

Yasuko was liable to ramble on for hours about the concept of inner beauty and how Jaydie was a diamond in the rough, but held back only by the common courtesy of social etiquette. He allowed her to speak a little while longer as the joke was flying straight over his pink head, truly believing that she wasn't too fond of her appearance. His expression worsened the more in depth she became. This poor woman was in desperate need of some self-love, and boy she was lucky that out of everybody, she ran into him of all people!

Until she started to burst out laughing and apologize.

Another pout came from him as Yasuko looked relieved, then quickly shifted into being salty about her little prank as he whined. "You really had me worried! Ugh, I was going to start bringing you to every salon and good place I know in Yokohama that could heal that soul of yours." After that little snap, he shook his head and tried to be upbeat despite having a fast one pulled on him. "Jaydie, huh? I love it! Cute name!" If she was going to be silly, then he could match it wholesale. His feminine voice shifted while Yasuko took a more dramatic stance before her. "I'm the last beautician of this fractured world, sent by the powers that be to mend the tortured souls, imprisoned by the facade of doubt and fear. It's my duty to bring out the inner beauty of everybody, so that we can flourish into the best versions of ourselves!" He struck another dramatic pose, tossing some loose strands of pink hair behind his head as if they would blow in the breeze. "I'm Yasuko, the Makeover Maestro, the Ferrywoman of Foundation, the Slayer of Self-Doubt, and Your Personal One-Stop Shop to bring out that hidden beauty you've got hidden away!~"

Jaydie Bluestar

Fuck, that cool knight dude had just taken care of their problem. Yasuko was happy that the two of them weren't being skewered against the wall right now, but where did he even come from? It didn't take long for the guy to give his answer. ”Whoa, you just summoned some cool knight without meaning to?” Yasuko looked up at Kurai with elation in his lavender eyes. An elbow playfully bumped into his side as the smaller boy cracked a smile. ”You kinda fit being a summoner and all. Even if you didn't mean to, thanks for the save.” He would have said more but was cut off by the sudden appearance of some strange screen that popped up in front of them. Neither of them seemed to have gone and activated something for that to pop up, and it did offer some help. Maybe it could be of some use?

One wall of text later by the enigmatic Waddle Dee later, Kurai and him got some answers to their questions. Maybe not as sensical as one would expect them to be though. ”This is all too freaky. Earth-chan? Tutorial? What the fuck's even going on anymore? What's any of what you're saying, you weird ass screen?” Yasuko whined. He did try out opening his own menu as the explanation was given to both of them about classes and such. To his surprise, more screens popped up in front of him with his own information! He dug a little deeper into his own systems and things, even finding an inventory! It was empty for now, but Kurai was right. They probably should start getting on finding a way out of this tutorial. His hand fell in the other male's and off they were inside of the security room.

Now with some privacy between them, Yasuko sighed. ”Tell me about it. This was way easier when we thought we were being kidnapped.” He paced around the office some and began to search for some kind of way for that alarm to shut off. It wasn't too much of a hunt as a security override button was found perfectly on one of the consoles the two security guards had been at. He pressed it without thinking as the sound of silence replaced the blaring alarms. ”Finally...” Yasuko said until asked about his own class. It was a good question. He fiddled with his menus for a bit before he pressed his status screen and-

”Face Sculptor?” He said aloud, repeating the class name on his screen. ”Can I steal your face and become as handsome as you?” It was a joke made in jest, but not without the boy floundering as he realized how that remark could have come off as. To break up the awkwardness, he read through a quick blurb while showing it to the other guy. ”I get it. Says here that I'm just a walking wardrobe and each look does cool stuff. I can even give you one and share the benefits. Let's see.” Yasuko clicked the option for Solar Flare as his body was wrapped in light for a brief moment.

His attire changed from the sweater, skirt and leggings he had on to a simplistic, lightweight white sundress that hung off of his form with two scrunchie bracelets on both wrists. It did expose his more slender and lithe body, but didn't restrict his movement in any way. A pair of matching white heels pushed his height up an inch or two. He was still looking up at Kurai, but any boost was appreciated. Two crimson colored wings burst from his back and fluttered once to test them, while Yasuko's hair would suddenly burst into flames that styled themselves in a long, flowing style that mimicked the sense of hair. A warm, inviting light engulfed the room while Yasuko looked at himself.

”This is way better than what I thought it would be!” He smirked, turning to Kurai. Yasuko twirled around and struck a playful pose at his partner. ”How do I look? Think I'm hot enough?~” He giggled at his own pun and then looked over to the door. As much fun as they were having, they had a mission to complete. ”Anyway, what's the game plan? I'm not too thrilled to go into the lab, but with these classes, I can try.”

kurai

Another person with pink hair? Yasuko had dyed his hair himself and with some little hiccups here and there, the deed was done. This Summer person must also have had good taste when it came to beauty if they were dying it the best color ever created. He'd have to meet them one of these days. It was always an exciting day when you could meet another person with such colorful hair! ”They sound pretty cool.” Yasuko said. He watched as Hana jumped off of her board and was ready to offer a hand in case she needed it. She was back on solid land again, but her surfboard didn't stick around. It just straight up vanished after she got off of it. Another thing to ask about, although it was slowly turning into a list that was ever going to see an end at this rate. ”Not as cool as somebody who rides a surfboard around the subway though~”

The other person at the other side of the subway didn't stop the sus behavior. Yasuko watched him with a critical eye, even when he was approaching them and asked about Hana's comment about Tokyo. Had he jumped all the way forward like this randomly? ”Uh, yeah. This is Tokyo. I didn't know anything about it becoming super dangerous. When did that happen?” He looked to Hana for any kind of an answer. She had been here longer than either of them. But more importantly, a thought came to the pink beautician's head.

”Anyway, is there a place nearby with food or something? I just got out of a freaky ass hospital after fighting off insane doctors. I'm starviiiiiiiiiing…” Yasuko whined, really in the mood for a good burger or some "fat food" as he called it.

Hana Sakuyuki
Tristan Wu

The mysterious girl of mystery touched base right back at the subway platform. Yasuko found himself greatly interested in what magic she had to just create waves of water beneath an everyday looking surfboard. She waved to everybody as they began to disperse. Some hushed whispers caught his ears as they mentioned “anthem” to each other or the term “guildmaster”. He hadn’t heard either before now, given his recent entry into Japan after the tutorial. But by some stroke of luck, the surboarder turned to him. Confused for her talking to him out of everyone else, Yasuko raised his hand in a wave to match her own. ”Summer?” he asked her. It was a pretty strange question to ask first thing to somebody. It sounded like she knew a person by that name though.

”Sorry, but I’ve never met anybody by that name before. I actually just loaded in from the tutorial.” Yasuko said. He took a step closer to Hana as to close the gap between them before the sudden shout of who had caused him to jump. Somebody else across from them must have heard her. Did they mean them any harm? Hana obviously didn’t know them if they were asking about Summer. ”It doesn’t sound like they do either.”

Yasuko turned to face the person across from them but then looked back to Hana. ”Sorry, I’m Yasuko, by the way. You really know how to get around on a surfboard like that.” He joked, then went back to Tristan. ”You okay? You’re acting sketch.”

Tristan Wu
Hana Sakuyuki