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"I knew it! I didn't become a general for nothing, after all," Lee boasted, placing her hands on her hips and feeling proud to have had her sex appeal affirmed. "Er, not that I was hired on for being hot! I'm better at fighting than I am this, you know!"

"Woah woah, you don't get to just make up rules willy nilly, capiche?! You got your stupid little game already!" the mobster-looking woman complained, waving her gun threateningly. "What'samatta with you, anyways? You got a death wish or somethin'?"

The host, however, was already rubbing her hands together deviously and nearly drooling. "I think he has a good point: we haven't properly punished you yet! However, we entrusted the game to a random draw," she explained, using the term "we" rather liberally, "and the decision is final! But that doesn't mean we can't stack up the next punishment! Let's make the final challenge especially interesting..."

"Oh boy... I think you may have just dug our graves, Capo!"[font=Bodoni MT][/font] VoiceMan sighed.

"I'm diggin' somebody's grave, alright!" the girl growled, gritting her teeth irritably.

"Since DragonierMan's team has the most points and they didn't really get to complete their punishment they earned, we'll balance it out this way: if they lose, their remaining general has to do a strip-tease," Showbizz recommended. "VoiceMan, if your team loses, both of your girls have to strip AND complete the original penalty planned for this final game!"

"I don't want to start something, but aren't you going to make it easy for DragonierMan to win so that we have to do the punishment and you get higher ratings?"[font=Bodoni MT][/font] Kindle whimpered, smelling a conspiracy.

"Wait, you! Are you saying that me having to strip isn't a good enough prize for you?" Arch questioned indignantly. "I'll have you know that's a big deal to me! I don't just do it lightly..."

The orange-haired reporter seemed slightly surprised, unable to hide the doubt from her face. "Huh? Really? But you NS girls wear scandalous clothes and do perverted things all the time, don't you? I've heard rumors..."[font=Bodoni MT][/font]

"... It's on! We accept their challenge! Once we beat you, you'll see who's scandalous and perverted when you're stripped naked!" Arch challenged them, raising one fist. Lee clapped along, even though the gold-armored general's words weren't making a lot of sense.

"That's the spirit! Now let me present to you... the final challenge!" the host announced, holding one palm outward. The stage floor began to rumble, then split, carrying her podium and stand upward while the two halves spread to the left and right. Amazingly, a swimming pool with a water depth of about 4'0" had been concealed beneath the stage. "It's the game of Chicken! Each team will form a pyramid and-!"

"Wait! I don't mean to rub you the wrong way, b-but two of us are fire navis, right? We shouldn't be playing in water!"[font=Bodoni MT][/font] Kindle interjected, causing the host to break into a scowl. Apparently, Showbizz hadn't foreseen that complication.

"Good point! Alright, then, Lee and Kindle are just going to have to sit this one out. The competitors will be Capo and VoiceMan versus DragonierMan and Arch! We've prepared some swimsuits for you guys, so please, direct yourselves to the curtained rooms from earlier and change quickly! While you change, here's a quick rundown of the way this game works, for those unfamiliar: in each team, one member sits on another's shoulders. Then, the two teams meet at the center of the pool and try to wrestle the enemy's top off!"

"I-I don't think that's how it works! Toplessness is not part of chicken!" Arch protested.

"Geez, keep your top on! I meant you try to get the member on top to fall off! The first team to dethrone the other team's top wins!" she explained. "Now, go ahead and change, alright?!" the host griped, stomping her feet angrily.

Arch disappeared back behind her curtain; Lee gave her a pat on the back as she wandered off. Inside DragonierMan's own booth, he would find a gold-colored pair of swim trunks with a white star pattern, intended for his use in the event.

Disappointed at not getting another striptease right away, Drago motioned for Suzume and Aya to stand down. At least for the moment, as they might get another chance after beating VoiceMan's team again. The girls sat up in their seats as DragonierMan went behind his curtain. He began removing his armor step by step. Draping his large cloak on the nearby hook and then piling the parts of his armor underneath. The design of his armor had modified over time to be less cumbersome than before, and easier to remove. But it still took him a few minutes to go through the motions of unclasping and unbelting to remove the layers of plate, chain, and leather that covered him from neck to toe.

Finally stripped naked, it did not take him long to don the golden swim trunks with white stars. He pushed the curtain open and felt a chill run over his skin as the studio's air conditioning wafted over him, causing the fine hairs to stand up. His shirtless body was muscled, but not as excessively toned as Lee, and much wider of shoulder. And he was covered with a few scars, but he didn't look that bad otherwise. He rubbed his arms to warm up a little as he waited for his partner, Arch, to come out of her dressing room. He looked over at the pool and wondered why "fire-navis" would be so scared of the water. It looked harmless enough. It's not like it was infested with sea-living creatures. Though Drago admitted to himself that he would rather be fighting viruses right then, then doing a game show.

By the time DragonierMan came out, VoiceMan had already taken up the other side. Like his adversary, VoiceMan wore star-spangled shorts, only blue instead of yellow. Neither Arch nor Capo had taken the stage yet. A few girls swooned as the boys came out, but it was pretty clear that the Showbizz events came with audiences packed full of guys, so the response wasn't outstanding. "I'm sure Capo's thankful you helped her out of her belt earlier,"[font=Bodoni MT][/font] the celebrity joked, shouting from across the pool. Capo seemed to bark a response, but DragonierMan could not make it out.

A little while later, the mafia girl stepped out. It soon became clear that Showbizz had ratings in mind yet again, as the bikini the girl wore was nothing more than some blue star shapes and a little bit of black nylon. For the most part, it was wasted on VoiceMan's bodyguard, as she didn't have the breasts to fill it out, but her bottom was pretty round and cute. One might imagine that the suit would look pretty good from the back. VoiceMan stared in surprise for a while, before turning back to the host and raising his eyebrows. Capo, of course, was not so silent. "Hey, I'd like to change the terms! If we win, I'm making you strip, see?!" she complained. The host only laughed in response.

Much more hesitantly than the previous contestant, Arch pulled back her own curtain and came out, apparently still on her quest to prove that the other team was perverted and not her. With her helmet removed, her blond hair now fell slightly over one eye and to the nape of her neck. Red spread across her face, owing to her bikini, which was a gold-and-black version of Capo's own. Unlike Capo's, it was far more strained to hold together its assets. With how differently the outfits fit the two, it was a little surprising that both could fit and yet still be the same design... that was a little evident in how Arch's stood off her body, taut between the shoulders and chest. Her body was nicely toned as well, due to the results of her training, although again, not nearly so obsessively as Yasu's.

She quickly informed everyone around to stop staring, which they, of course, did not. Even VoiceMan was having a hard time averting his gaze. "I wonder if we should just give up..."[font=Bodoni MT][/font]

"Shut up! Her body doesn't have anything to do with whether she'll win or not. She's gonna be swimmin' with the fishes," Capo cackled, flexing her fingers readily. VoiceMan plopped on into the water, then cordially allowed her onto his shoulders.

Arch watched DragonierMan, waiting for him to step into the water while crossing both arms across vertically across her body, so that her hands rested at her lap. DragonierMan got the strange feeling that she wouldn't climb onto his shoulders as easily as Capo did VoiceMan's...

Drago saw Arch's hesitation. In response he sidled up to Arch nonchalantly. "You look good. Though I prefer a little more cloth myself," he started. His eyes didn't linger too much on the subordinate's assets before turning back to watch the competition. "Well... the faster we beat them, the faster we'll be able to get back to normal." He shifted his feet and tried to slide behind Arch as he was talking. "So let's finish this."

With that, Drago reached out to grab Arch around the waist and hoist her into the air. Ducking down slightly he moved forward and butted his head between her legs, sitting her down on his shoulders. Then he held her thighs tightly with his hands as he dropped into the water, landing hard on the pool's floor. He took a moment to stabilize her, moving his hands up to her waist and butt to readjust her position, before going back to her upper thighs. Then he turned his attention to VoiceMan and Capo, "The Neo-Shogunate will sweep this competition and show everyone our strength." He paused to squeeze Arch's leg, "Ready to crush them again, partner?"

Arch smiled awkwardly, apparently unsure if she was supposed to take DragonierMan's statement as a compliment or sympathy. "Come on, dude! You know you're not supposed to tell a girl she should wear more clothes," Lee scolded DragonierMan, smacking him on the back with one hand. "Don't lie just cause you're trying to look like a good guy!" Apparently, the general thought that the subordinate must be lumping on chivalry to try to appeal to Arch.

"It's fine, Lee. He's got a good point: the sooner we finish this up, the sooner we can dress back up and they can dress down!" Arch affirmed, although she'd half forgotten why she was so adamant about winning to begin with. All the same, she wailed with surprise as DragonierMan grabbed her up and swung her around his body, positioning her himself using his hands and grabbing at areas Neo-Shogun soldiers had often fantasized about grabbing at. "I can hang on fine myself, thanks!" she protested, shifting further against his neck as if to prove her point.

"Boy, Capo... you're a bit heavier than I expected!"[font=Bodoni MT][/font] VoiceMan murmured at the other side of the pool. "And your calves and thighs are uh... I mean, er... The slacks always made you look pretty slim!"[font=Bodoni MT][/font]

"Hey, Boss, there's only so much you can say before I start feeling like I've got a mind to whack you, no matter who you are!" she warned him, kicking one foot into his chest to shut him up. "Hope you're ready to rumble, Goldilocks!" VoiceMan turned his head up to her, causing her to sigh deeply. "Not you, her!"

"C'mon, Arch! Give them your battle cry!" Lee demanded, pounding at her chest with one fist. "Uwoooooh!"

Arch closed her eyes and shook her head, regretful that she'd ever agreed to appear on the broadcast. With that, Showbizz gave the signal for the two teams to begin by clapping her hands together loudly. "Remember, your objective is to make the other team drop their top! No violence! No staying near the sides of the pool! Those are the only rules; anything else goes!" she announced. "Now, get to it!"

((Use your actions to move and interact with the enemies! Any movement or interaction requires one action. You can only physically interact with the enemy when you're next to them. Don't knock the enemy off towards the edge of the pool, or you're disqualified!))

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x = VoiceMan team
o = DragonierMan team

--POOL FIGHT 1, START!--

DragonierMan planted his feet firmly on the pool floor and gave his own battle roar in response to Lee's cry. Then he charged forward to meet his opponents. He held tight to Arch's legs as he pushed through the water. The drag and slosh of the water around him slowed him down a little. But eventually he came to the middle of the pool and braced himself for the push, placing one bent leg in front of the other and turning a little sideways.

He then dipped slightly down and forward to throw his weight into his partner's strike. Pushing himself off his back foot. He attempted to collide his upper arm with VoiceMan's chest, trying to turn him to the side, to throw him off balance. Trying to give Arch an extra edge in tossing off Capo. As his foot hit the pool's ground again he leaned back on it, redistributing his weight for the counter blow. He gripped Arch's legs and attempted to redistribute her weight on his shoulders.

DragonierMan moved, carrying his precious cargo of one Neo-Shogun subordinate, to take the center of the pool. It seemed one advantage he had over VoiceMan was his lack of hesitation; witnessing this, Capo elbowed her leader in the head and whispered to him. With a sigh, VoiceMan followed her instructions, maneuvering around DragonierMan while Capo and Arch locked arms. Seemingly, Arch had the most favorable position, because DragonierMan was holding her in one spot and using his efforts to keep her balanced. Arch also had the advantage of reach, so while her height and weight ought to be greater, it gave her easier access when it came to grappling.

Still, rather than take up a safe position, VoiceMan continued to maneuver around to the side of the Neo-Shogun subordinates; DragonierMan was forced to turn along with him. The danger created, he noticed, was that Capo's back was now facing towards the rim of the pool, which would mean disqualification for the Neo-Shogun team if they tried to push her back onto it. Apparently, that was part of the strategy Capo had been whispering to him.

"I saw Drago there hit my boss with his arm! That's DQ, right?" the mobster navi spoke up.

"It's going to be a pretty lame contest if I count something like that as a disqualification, isn't it?" the host retorted. "Kind of fun watching the men dance around, though! You girls aren't pulling your weight in this contest!"

DragonierMan could feel the momentum changing as Arch tried to figure out an alternate way to take care of Capo without throwing her onto the poolside. It'd almost certainly require coordinating with Arch, to make sure that they weren't trying two different strategies.

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x = VoiceMan team (poor balance)
o = DragonierMan team (great balance)

The Neo-Shogun team had to get VoiceMan's team away from the side of the pool. "Pull towards the center," DragonierMan suggested as he scuttled sideways to his right and then turned to his left, facing back towards the center of the pool. He moved slow enough to keep a solid balance for Arch to attempt the pullover. He also shifted his weight towards VoiceMan and then away from VoiceMan, attempting to lend more weight to Arch's pull.

If they were successful in luring VoiceMan and Capo into the middle of the pool, Drago attempted a gamble. He moved up close to VoiceMan, chest to chest. Shifting his weight to his left leg, he then swept his right leg around VoiceMan's left. "Push!" Drago called out as he leaned HARD into VoiceMan, trying to trip him as he fell backwards. His legs strained to apply pressure under the molasses of the water and keep him stable enough that he himself didn't trip. Hopefully Arch's advantage over Capo was enough to push Capo back and destabilize VoiceMan even more by having all that weight hanging behind him.

Drago's left leg then shot wide, attempting to stabilize himself and Arch from tumbling forward with them, had they succeeded.

DragonierMan moved to the right, but this time, VoiceMan didn't move along with him. This made it so that both girls had to lean forward somewhat just to stay grappled with one another, straining the balance of each participant; still, neither girl wanted to relieve that position. Grunting, Arch attempted to toss VoiceMan's load off and into the center of the pool; apparently, though, Capo had the same idea. "Her arm strength's sort of surprising!" Arch murmured under her breath.

"Just be happy I don't have my brass knuckles right now, Blondie!" the mafia girl growled back.

Although he wasn't as close as he'd hoped to be, there was still room for DragonierMan to execute his maneuver. Leaning forward far, he rammed Arch's knees into VoiceMan's body. While he groaned, Capo pulled Arch in further so that she hung across the gap like a bridge, hugging her legs tightly around DragonierMan's head to stay on. VoiceMan coughed, having lost his wind due to the disguised attack, while Capo pulled harder and ever to try to get Arch off.

DragonierMan could see that VoiceMan was having a hard time supporting Capo. At the same time, Capo was doing her darndest to pull Arch straight off of DragonierMan to the point where if he let go of her legs or dipped his head a little, she'd probably slide right off. "Oh yeeeah, the climax! Pull her so hard she falls right on top of you! Pull her by her bra straps, that'd be even better!" Showbizz coached from her throne. "Oh, dragon guy, let her slip a little further and then hold bite her thong with her teeth to hold her! Well, it'd probably snap so you'd lose, but that's fine too!"

"We'd both lose a little more than a contest if he did that!" Arch protested.

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x = VoiceMan team (very poor balance)
o = DragonierMan team (poor balance)

His plan foiled by his opponents' stubbornness, DragonierMan had to move forward to stabilize his teammate. Now both teams were at the edge of the pool, facing one another. He reached up to Arch's upper thighs and wrapped his arms around her waist like a seat belt. He braced himself by his knees and attempted to pull her back to a sitting position on his shoulders.

"Don't give up. Show them the power of the Shogunate!" He said as he tried to inspire his teammate as he pulled and tugged, lending his strength to Arch as he tried to pull her back with Capo in tow. Threading his arms around each of Arch's legs to pull back and down with more force.

Closing the gap allowed Arch the opportunity to try to scoot back, but Capo doggedly pulled back to keep DragonierMan's ally stretched. DragonierMan raised his arms to provide further support; the position made it impossible for her to regain her old seating, but kept her held where she was. "You can do it! Shogun Power!" Lee called out from the sidelines.

Sweating, Arch tried hard to shift Capo's weight and throw her off to the free side. "All of that arm training really ought to be good for something!" she heaved. While Arch may not have been strong enough to get Capo off herself, she did have the advantage that DragonierMan was helping her tug as well, while VoiceMan was more or less debilitated and likely didn't have the relative strength of the others regardless.

With the other team thus hampered, it was only a matter of time before Arch's pull became strong enough that VoiceMan could no longer sustain his load. His head dipped forward and he crashed into the water, while Capo roared in indignation and tumbled forward into Arch and DragonierMan. DragonierMan's vision became blocked as his head became sandwiched between the crashing Capo and the backwards falling Arch. Thankfully, they were in a fairly deep pool so there wasn't as much impact falling backwards as there might have been. Regretfully, DragonierMan's vision and hearing (and probably speaking capability) were all completely blocked, so it was impossible to tell if he and Arch hit the water or Capo.

DragonierMan was vaguely aware that whatever was happening, Showbizz was announcing something. His vision was completely blocked by shuffling bodies, however, so he was unable to tell what. He didn't seem to be surrounded by liquid, so he'd either been moved somewhere else or the water had been drained. While DragonierMan struggled to get his bearings, Destin was able to listen to Showbizz and figure out what had proceeded.

Arch had ended up behind DragonierMan, still with her legs wrapped around his head. At the time where she fell, Capo had attempted to latch on with her own legs and arms so that she could stay up, such that her stomach was pressed over his face and her legs tucked under his arms, making it difficult for him to move or get up. VoiceMan stumbled around haplessly on the other side of the pool while the host used her slow motion video to show who the winner of the contest was...

"As you can clearly see, Capo hit the water first! That means that Capo and Kindle both endure the original penalty, but ALSO have to perform a strip tease!" she announced.

"I don't mean to rub you the wrong way, but how can it get worse than having to strip?!" Kindle inquired from outside the pool.

"You see, girls," Showbizz started, crossing her arms across her chest knowingly as she walked down to join them, "before this started, I cut a deal with the leader of each of your organizations! They agreed that the penalty for the final game would be a work trade program; that is, whichever side loses has to loan the other side their workers for a small frame of time. What this means is that you girls are now honorary Neo-Shogun subordinates!"

"... Boss, you...! Geeeez! I can't work for those guys! I'll be totally outta my element!" Capo complained.

"Oh ho! The Neo-Shogun's Army expands? Good to have you aboard!" Lee welcomed the girls, giving a thumbs up from her place, seated at the edge of the drained pool.

"Wait, so we would have had to be reporters if we failed this?! You know... actually, that really doesn't sound like much of a punishment to me. Almost like a vacation, compared to this job," Arch admitted.

Showbizz beamed and held her hands up for applause, while the audience gave varied reactions.

It took a little time to disentangle DragonierMan from the mess, both physically and mentally. Finally though, he sat up and looked around. A small message packet was sent to his processor from Destin, and scrolled across his eyes, telling him that he won. Drago quickly stood up at the good news and thrusted his hands to the sky in victory. "We are victorious!" He shouted.

Suzume and Aya began clapping and cheering, trying to get the crowd going. Even going so far as to make a few clones to raise the amount of noise they could make. Though Drago calmed down quickly during the rush of applause and walked over to VoiceMan, extending a hand to shake. "You had us going there for a bit at the end. You will make fine additions to the Shogunate."

Then he smiled a wiry smile as he turned to Capo and Kindle. "And as your first official act: put on a great show for the audience. Your reputations as entertainers and as new honorary subordinates are on the line."

"Well thanks, big guy! I'm going to keep holding things down on the show, though. Capo and Kindle will be traded to you all, but the show must go on, as they say," VoiceMan responded, still breathing heavily from the lunge earlier.
"Gotta admit, though, I was hoping we'd win! I'm not like stars-for-eyes over there, but I would have liked to see the ratings that we'd get from having two Neo-Shogun Army officers help us on set."

"Your girls will be getting an invaluable experience, working for our Shogun! If Yasu were here, she'd explain that it's just as much a privilege as it is a responsibility," Lee encouraged him. "The Neo-Shogun Army's all about respecting yourself and your abilities!"

Showbizz raised her hands for the audience to quiet themselves, then nodded to Lee. "Working for that guy sounds like a great honor! That's why it's going to be just perfect seeing you in your new uniforms," she chuckled.

The two Voice employees looked at each other dubiously, then back to her, feeling as though she was probably hiding something. "How am I supposed to strip, anyways? I'm wearing dental floss and marshmallow cereal as it is, thanks to you," Capo grumbled.

"That's why I mentioned the uniforms! What better way to show off all of the features of your new uniforms than to have you guys peel them off in a full feature segment? We can sell it as too hot for TV and air it after the program finishes! Ooooo, it sounds good!" the host giggled, practically drooling.

"I'm not trying to start something, but I don't really want to do anything that's too extreme to be televised," Kindle sobbed.

The host waved off Kindle's concerns and rolled her starry eyes. "That's just a sell tag! I have to pay for censorship fees and so forth if you actually get naked, so make sure that if you bare it all, you don't really bare it all. Got it?" she explained, almost sounding as though she was scolding Kindle for suggesting that she might have to get naked. "It's like blackjack! As close to 21 without going over; that's the sweet spot!"

Lee and Arch took over explaining to Kindle and Capo what they ought to be doing in terms of registration procedures. In the mean time, Showbizz went over to talk with VoiceMan and DragonierMan. "You ought to thank me, huh? I just taught you how to make a real show that people'll line up out the door to see!" she boasted. "As for you, DragonierMan; you better be happy that I put together a foolproof event! I swear, you're pretty straight and narrow for an NS guy. A striptease is pretty old fashioned," she sighed. "And you're surrounded by all these girls and act like you don't even want to touch them! Geez, I thought the NS was going to be full of pervs. There goes that fantasy..."

Amazingly, she sounded genuinely disappointed at the fact that the shogun's army was not filled with perverts. "Anyways, whatever! The Kindle and Capo thing was a big enough twist that we ought to get good ratings out of all of this. Let's count our blessings and dish out the green. Your boss may have some kind of extra pay for you, dragon guy, so be sure to check the mission kiosk," she resolved, handing over both team leaders their cut. "One takes money and the other takes weapons... I guess that's organizational differences for you. I only accept payments in stardom, personally! That's how I got to be the starry, glitzy person I am today. Feel free to take notes!"

It seemed like Showbizz could talk all day if they'd let her... As such, VoiceMan excused himself politely before going to speak with his employees.

((DragonierMan gets: ElecShock2 and Blizzard2))

DragonierMan bowed a little after receiving his share of the prize. "Thank you. But, I was born to combat instead of showmanship. I make no excuses to that regard. And as for perversion, I was on duty. So perhaps you would care to join us later in a less official capacity?" he asked with a wink before moving on to Arch and Lee.

Suzume and Aya came down out of the bleachers and joined Drago as he went to speak to Arch and Lee. "We beat the competition and brought more subordinates into the fold. I say the Neo-Shogunate has shown its strength this day to the world. And my own power." He ended with a flexing of an arm. "How are you two holding up?" he inquired.

"Uh, unless you can improve my numbers in the weekly reports, I don't have any plans on hanging out with you any time soon. Nothing personal~" the host finished, skipping off to attend to other business. This likely suited DragonierMan fine, as he had his own acquaintances to get back to.

"Good job, earning us some more soldiers! I just wish I could have taken part in that last water sport thing... That was about as close as it got to a battle in all of this mess," Lee sighed. "I guess I should have known from the friendly feud part that we wouldn't get to do any fighting!"

"I'm doing fine personally, although I'm eager to change back into my clothes," Arch responded hesitantly. "I haven't had a chance yet since we had to tell Kindle and Capo where they'd be reporting! I wonder how they're going to react when they get their silly new names and uniforms from Yasu..."

"Boy, Dee's going to be super mad when she learns you had Drago between your legs!" Lee laughed, elbowing Arch once playfully at her ribs. The subordinate grew red at the innuendo and crossed her hands at her mostly naked lap.

Destin took the downtime to reshuffle his chip library programs and monitor his tracking programs that Magistrate and DragonierMan had set up throughout the Net so far. Beyond the occasional navi/virus fight that passed by, it was mostly quiet across the sections of the Net that had been explored and flagged. One or two of the darker Networks had yet to be explored, such as the glittering lights of NetVegas Net, an area known to him but never ventured due to him not having a navi before. Though once he had been to the city before on vacation. It was one of the more infamous areas of his homeland, Netopia, after all. This would make a good stomping ground to get some money for upgrading his navi. He had been lax in getting the funds these past months.

DragonierMan nodded at Arch's response. He was still clad in his own bathing suit and felt quite naked and exposed without his heavy armor. Then Lee made a jibe about him being "between [her] legs." He smiled inwardly about the innuendo. If only Lee knew about the things that had happened thus far between himself, Arch, and Dee over the course of the relationship.

"Dee has seen that stuff before," Drago remarked offhandedly. "But tell me Lee, what about yourself? I have only seen you briefly a few times and know little about you. What have you been up to since... when was it? That open meeting where you spelled out what the NS was and then tried to recruit?"

Lee looked taken back for a moment at the suggestion that Dee had already seen DragonierMan between her best friend's legs, then remembered that they were just making some saucy jokes. "Oh, ha ha! Well, uh, I've been doing patrols mostly. It's boooring stuff, nothing to fight but viruses. If there's anyone in need to help out there, I'm missing them somehow," she sighed. "I also fought in the Showbizz Generational Violence event! I beat a girl in the first round but lost to some huge Choina guy in the second. I'll get him back though, I swear it!"

"I'll be happy to skirt any further appearances on Showbizz's programs," Arch murmured.

"It's been a long time since the summit, though. I remember you looking a lot different back then! Was it your hair? No, that wasn't it," Lee mused; her memory often tended to fail her when it came to small details. "I thought you were pretty good looking at the time, actually, but now Dee's got her hands all over you! Well, there's more and more good looking guys in the Shogun's Army, thinking on it..."

Drago perked up his eyebrows at the mention of other good-looking guys in the army. Apparently he did not have the monopoly in looks, to his chagrin. "And who else has joined the NS? I haven't taken the time to loiter around the main camp and meet all the new recruits." He glanced over to Arch and jerked his head slightly in the direction of the changing booth. He saw that Arch's top wasn't concealing much. "You should change first. I can see that you are getting a little cold out here." His SPs giggled a little.

Arch crossed both arms across her chest, red faced and glaring. Seeming a little moody, she headed away from the gathering and back off the set.

"You don't really have to loiter to catch them. Some of them are pretty evident, even just watching the news! One of them's MachMan; he's a super powerful guy, too, on top of being handsome. Escort's hung out with him a bit but uh, he's wasted on her, if you get my drift," Lee sighed. The comment seemed a little strange, as Lee must either have a distinctly low opinion of Escort or know something else extraordinary about her. "Besides that there's uuuuh... I thought there were more, but maybe not. A lot of the soldiers have started to personalize themselves out of boredom, I guess, so sometimes it seems like there are more eligible guys than there really are."

"I see..." Drago said as he stroked his manly stubble. "This MachMan sounds interesting. I should meet him sometime." Aya cleared her throat and tapped Drago in the arm, pointing to his changing booth. "We should get going before they throw us out of here," she remarked as she swept her hand around the studio to show that they were already cleaning up. "Oh, right. Well, be seeing you General," Drago said with a wave, then disappeared behind the curtain to change.

A little while later he emerged fully clothed. "It has been fun showing off and all, but now its time to go." He gave a thumbs-up to Arch. "See you later when I become stronger... Oh, and give General Dee a kiss on the cheek for me," he ended in a smile before his SPs disappeared with him in triple beams of light.

[DRAGONIERMAN LOGGED OUT!]