Klause was his usual chipper self. As always, Kuram pretended not to notice until their interaction was over. It was enough to get to touch her when Klause couldn't. "Oh, is he?" he teased her when the other guy had gone. He laughed at her defending the grump, his refreshing cackle well-meant. She seemed in high spirits to hang out, at least, and that was enough for Kuram for now. That's all he needed from her. "If you say so, young lady." he added.<br/><br/>At the entrance of the busy locale he inhaled and got a headful of okay pizza and the copper from the popular tokens. He slapped his knee in amusement when she'd already found their machine and loaded it up. He came up behind her, and wrapped his arms around her, one hand traveling the length of her gun-arm until his fingers tied around hers on the handle, forcing her toward a target on the screen. It was the characters for the game, and he marked the worst one for her.<br/><br/>"What about your butt, Juni?" he whispered in her ear as he pulled the trigger for her, pushing himself up against her ass from behind. "If you're going to kick mine, what do I get to do to yours?" he asked and he kissed her just below her earlobe. If it in any way left her stunned he'd hurry to take his place by her side and grab his own plastic weapon, firing away at the monsters. He had a very dignified position, one shoulder turned to the screen and back straight, one arm bent behind himself as his long arm dispatched of digital foes. "You're falling behind, Ms. Monster Hunter!" he declared with a deep, mocking heroic voice. "Haha! Newbs should stay in the kids section!"<br/><br/>Soon a little boy with no fanged smile at all came up to Juniper, and tugged at her waist. The other kids that were stuck staring at Kuram gasped and cheered when the handsome, dramatic man spun the light-toy once and tossed it expertly back into its provided, mounted holster. He turned in time to see the newcomer child look up at Juniper with soaked eyes. Kuram squatted down by the kid and looked up at her as well, to see what was going to transpire.<br/><br/>"Mu-mu-misshhh..." the boy started, pitch black irises ignoring the male and transfixing on her with hope. "My mom's in trouble. Please help me!" he said and tried to pull her along. Kuram laughed merrily at this and shoved Juniper, if she had any hesitation, and took her other hand as they followed the boy who was now a few steps ahead, waving them in. He was crying quietly, and it did seem out of place in the otherwise sparkling and song-filled environment.<br/><br/>"Don't get any ideas." Kuram said, confident they'd be able to help the child in no time as he tugged her along almost more eager than the kid had. "I want to travel the world and eat some questionable sushi before we settle down with one of those." There was a grin back at her as they turned out through the exit that would lead out to a particularly desolate stretch of the alley behind the popular place. It was Friday night, so beyond the wall they heard the bustle of the city. Overhead there was only one lonely lamp.<br/><br/>Kuram stopped suddenly as the door closed behind them, and the boy started to grow. "A shifter." he muttered and let her go. He swung his hand and extracted his sheathed sword from the resulting rift. He pulled the blade free and held it by his temple. "It's a Pod-Tree." which were the monsters associated with providing the DePods. He took a breath and then nodded to her as a verdant light took over his skin, and eventually left him in his Xlayer Preix robes. His mouthguard was tighter than usual. "Better gear up for this one, Juni." he hissed, serious.