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Well, so far everything seems okay, I've gotten rid of the viruses that were causing the most of my problems. But the Adware still remains. Although, I'm posting this from an acquantince's computer at the moment, so...yeah.
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[x] Let Luize handle the dishes while you go shower for the day.
Luize seemed okay with handling the dishes and while apart of you did want to pitch in and help Luize out with them, you felt you had some personal matters to take care of first, namely in the form of taking a shower for the day. It was usually never a good idea to go on through the day without looking up on your personal hygine first, especially since you also had a bit of an engagement with Alice back at the palace when noon rolled around. Gotta be presentable for stuff like that...
"Well, if you're okay with doin the dishes I'm off to take a shower for the day." You told the demon tourist who nodded as she continued to hum her tune. Your not sure if the song she's humming is something she's making up, or if it's from an actual song, but it does sound pretty good to listen to. Maybe you can ask her about it later, but for now we had a body to get clean. You rise from the table, pushing in your chair as you go, and head out for the washroom, slipping off the pajama shirt you wore along the way.
You remember where everything is last time you took a shower here so it isn't hard to recall where the spare towels were and what have you. This time however, you wouldn't have to wash your clothes by hand, as Luize seems to have already taken care of that little chore for you. As you enter the bathroom, tossing the pajama shirt into the hamper at the door, you realize that the room itself was alot warmer and steamier than you would believe, the sweet scent of lavender is also lingering in the sauna like atmosphere a clue that maybe Luize had used some form of body wash earlier...or perhaps some shampoo of the same fragrance. Hm, now that you remeber it...she did smell rather nice when you walked past her earlier this morning...
You shrug a bit and decide to focus on the task at hand for now, after all, you could ask Luize about it some other time...maybe.
You turn on the water and let it run for a moment so is to let it warm up, in the mean time you pull out a towel for after you finish and shut the door. Keeping the heat inside would be a good idea, considering that usually once you get out of the shower to get dressed...it gets fairly cold.
Once you slip off your pajama pants and toss them into the hamper to join your shirt, you hop into the shower, pulling the curtain forward the moment you get inside and allow your body to grow accustomed to the warming water that quickly drenches your frame. The water itself hasn't completely heated up yet, but you can tell it's slowly getting there, being borderline lukewarm instead of just plain hot. You look beside you and spy the bottle of lavender body wash Luize might have used when she was in the shower earlier on. For some reason, you feel as though you wanted to try it on yourself...just this once. A demon who smells good, attracts good company right? Then again...aren't most body washes mostly meant for...well, women? Yes, there were some for men avaliable, but given how this is the only bottle in the entire shower and the obvious fact that Luize was a woman you're pretty sure this was meant for feminine use...
Yeah...maybe we should just focus on cleaning ourselves for now...
You're still unsure of that dream you had with Luize. Pleasure be damned, something about it still irked your senses. You know the Luize you dreamed of was far more aggressive than the one you're, supposedly, living with now. Said aggression even going so far as to overwritting her usual polite demeanor. Well...it could be your hormones acting up, thus manifesting a dream of a more...carnal version of the demonic tourist. Can you (honestly) recall last time you had sex...?
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...Yeah, let's move on...
However, you have this feeling that such a dream shouldn't be so easily passed off as some form of wet dream gone wrong...and not because of it's provacative nature. Something certainly didn't feel right about it. It was as if the dream itself was...how do you say, '
forced', like if someone was telling you to dream of Luize in negligee or something...
Ah...that sounds kinda crazy...but it's the most you can describe out of it...
Still, that being said, dream tampering is a fairly uncommon skill among demons, the only creatures that has this skill come natrually to them are succubi like demons. There were some mages who could do the same but their aptitude in the ability was far outclassed by that of an average Succubus class demon. When that comes to mind, you can only wonder if Luize truly is a succubus or not...she is a demon after all...
However, there were several problems with that theory; for one, you feel perfectly fine...normally when a man is visited by such a creature he is drained of his life energy, and left feeling either weak or as a lifeless husk, depending on how much is initially drained from the victim. You, on the other hand, still had alot of your energy left, enough to take on this day and thensome. Besides, Luize just didn't seem like the 'Succubus' type to begin with...in fact she even showed herself to get nervous the first time she saw you in a simple
bath robe...a normal succubus would be all over you if she saw a healthy young man in such an attire...or at least flirt with you in a subtle manner...which ever came first.
This would mean that, the Luize you saw was in fact a Succubi in disguise, taking on the face and body of someone you most trust hoping to make an easy meal of your demonic soul. You're not entirely sure if there are any Succubi in Makai, but it's something to consider given this is a realm of demons...much like the netherworld. In fact there was one other you knew that fitted some of the succubus qualities, and her name was Elis.
Her lineage of being a devil and her playful and some what mischevious demeanor makes her identical to some succubi. But let's not jump to conclusions just yet...we have no reason to believe why Elis would even do such a thing to you to begin with, perhaps to tease you, but that's probably not the case...
Oh well, if you plan on finding out the truth on this, then it's best you go find Elis and confront her about the situation, but for now you should focus on cleaning yourself up for the day.
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The shower doesn't take much longer afterward, and before you realize it, you're already out and drying your self off. Your body know enveloped in a refreshed and clean feeling. You even took the time to brush your teeth while you were in here, figuring that since you had plans for the afternoon then it was best to go there with a clean mouth, as opposed to the usual demon way of things by not brushing your teeth regularly (Yes, there were many demons who lived like this, far more than you know actually). You were fortunate that Luize had at least one spare toothbrush under the sink, the brush itself being a mix of pink and white...not the most masculine of colors, but it's the only one here so there's really no reason for you to complain...
After brushing your teeth for the morning and heading back to your room to get dressed, you find that Luize was indeed telling the truth about having washed your clothing, the lot of them being being draped across a small collaspable rack located at the far right end of the room. You give them a quick feel to find that they were a in fact dry, save for a few areas that were slightly damp.
Getting dressed doesn't take long, a few minutes or two is all you need for you to get full dressed as your current attire wasn't anywhere near complicated to begin with, save for the sleeveless vest which required some buttoning, but yeah nothing over the top really. You only wonder, what type of clothing Luize would come to purchase for you...
Either way, after several minutes, you're all dressed up and ready to go. You weren't exactly sure if Luize had already left or not, but given how you could hear the faint clamour of the television in her room going, then it's unlikely that she's gone just yet.
[ ] You know what...maybe you should wait and go with Luize into the city.
[ ] Let's head back to the ruins of Pandemonium - 1.
[ ] Maybe stop by Shinki's Palace a little earlier?
[ ] Ask Luize if there are other places to visit around here...
Going Armed?
[ ] Yes, you never know if something wants to kill you.
[ ] No, not really...Makai is a peaceful realm after all.
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Yes, Ghost looks like the Gunner from Disgaea 2 and 3 (with only an added vest as a touch of originality), since, y'know, this was originally planned to be a Disgaea/Touhou crossover anyway...
However, this CAN be changed if you manage to get ahold of the equipment that matches the MC's name sake from Starcraft. If you can do this then, the Ghost exclusive PSI abilities will manifest and his class will change along with his appearance and abilities. So far you already have the [Lockdown] technique. Of course, all that requires extra effort from you readers to unlock.