Doce rejoiced at getting to keep her new armor, then put Soren's best business face on, glanced at her still-open map (now depicting the town) and, headed for the south customization plaza. She stopped when Rukia's called out to her, having completely forgotten about the rest of her party.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Oh. I forgot about these guys,</span>Doce thought, pulling up her user interface and removing herself from their party.<span style="font-style: italic">I don't need them anymore.</span>"Not a clue, no idea, and Kalluto is a crossdresser," she looked apathetically at the soul reaper over her shoulder, disregarding her questions. She had a thought and added Rukia to her friends list.<span style="font-style: italic">The real Rukia in an NPC uprising plot line... I shouldn't let her go unnoticed... or too far away.</span><br/><br/>"You can tag along if you wanna come with me to find out," she said, letting a sudden warmth seep into the ice mage's voice. "Knowing Lucile, it will be interesting."<br/><br/>With or without her, Doce continued on to see her sister-in-arms, paying no attention to her other former party members and ignoring the twinge of guilt she felt over this.<br/><br/>She saw Kalluto, who had arrived before her, waiting discretely. Soren's distinctive appearance and the fact that she was expected made it easy to get the child to notice her approach without drawing much attention from others.<br/><br/>"Hey, I've got any idea~" Doce cooed, hoisting Kalluto up as if he were Soren's little sister, propping the kid against his hip and probably just being way too invasive. "Let's be siblings. Then we can be close like this, and we can talk about delicate things, and nobody will hear us or think us suspicious for whispering so much." She smiled Soren's perfect smile. "I'll be your<span style="color: #0080FF">nii-san</span>."<br/><br/>She then lowered her eyelids and watched the boy with obvious intelligence in her gaze. "So what's up,<span style="color: #0080FF">boku no imouto</span>?"