Kaya watched as the bright light began to shoot up into the beautiful Shibuya sky. It seems that the partnership was now complete. How glorious. She could remember not too long ago where she was.

"You are doubting them far more than you should conductor... How about a little game? I will pose as a player and show you that humanity still has a spark of hope in it. You will take my place temporarily. Do you accept?"

The young composer smiled as she saw the light disappear and looked at the male in front of him. "I do appreciate you accepting my offer for partnership. We wouldn't have gotten very far if we hadn't.... Oh how rude of me. My name is Kaya. It's a pleasure to meet you." Kaya reached her hand out to the male as she smiled warmly as usually.

"Is this your first time playing? This is.. Eh.. My second. Yes. The first one didn't go very well... But second times the charm hm?" She giggled slightly. She had already had her little story together. She was just a humble girl visiting Shibuya when she just so happen to be robbed and shot. Her first game was a complete failure and she was the only one who was able to stay alive. However, they didn't reach the 7th day, so she had to play again. It was a flawless alibi.

She rubbed her chin slightly as she looked at the male. "Hm... Well then. I wonder how many people will be playing this time around..... Aw well. We will most likely encounter them in no time. Shibuya is quite the small place. Though we should keep our guards up at all times. You never know what could be around the corner.

Her warning was more than accurate. She instructed all of the reapers to be on patrol from above. Of course, they would be under the conductors control and due to Kaya being a player now. She was looking forward to this week. Nothing would be more exciting than taking part in the games. Being in her position in power could become... Over whelming. Being able to be normal again, even just for a week, was a dream come true.

As she awaited the young mans response, she slowly took out her phone. She promised to keep in contact with the conductor as the days progressed. Just to tempt him of course. "Ah. Still no connection.... Who would i call anyway hehe. Would someone even answer to a dead person?" She continued her slight rambles as she began to message the conductor.

"Well it seems today starts our little game. Be sure to remember you are using my reputation Silas. I hope you don't disappoint me
ヾ(＾∇＾)
~ Kaya"

Melody's eyes widened slightly as the creatures dispersed, leaving her and the red haired boy alone one they made a pact. "Damn, that was a close one... I've never seen anything like that creature before. I think they were called Noise? I don't know, but they look like weird tribal tattos come to life. Kind of cool, but I'd prefer them as far away from me as possible." Noise... so that was what those monsters were called, according to her new partner. She made sure to make a metal note for future references if they meet another one of this creatures. Her situation was all very fascinating. She could have sworn that she was hit by a car recently, and now she ended up in a weird town with a new chance to live. Not that she was complaining, but... it wasn't scientifically possible as far as she knew. Her arms tightened against her pillow she held to her chest in an attempt to calm her rapidly beating heart. For as long as she remembered, she had been using all her wits and skill to simply run away from the mister chasing after her, and though the threat was now gone, she wasn't too sure whether to let her guard down yet.

She watched as the boy lowered his stick, letting it rest on his fingertips. She recognised his face somewhere in her memories... Wasn't he the one in the same team as her brother? Before she could react however, he addressed her, introducing himself, having a slight accent that she recognised as American. He must have come from somewhere in the States..."My name is Ian. Ian Alexander. I'll do my best to keep you safe this week. Consider it payment for making you stuck with me." Her natural shyness hit her in front of a stranger. Even though she knew his face, she hasn't really spoken to him yet, and her face gained a shade of red as she buried it into her pillow and nodded silently.

She only looked up just in time to catch him extending his hand to her, asking her for her name. She panicked slightly, resisting the urge to flail her arms, knowing full well that giving up her voice as the entry fee would stop her. However, she came up with an idea in a second as she hesitantly took the free hand and wrote on it with her own finger, spelling out her name and giving him an apologetic look with her crystal blue eyes.

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First day on her job as a reaper and she was already hopelessly lost. "Bah! Why in the heavens above is Shibuya so large!" the black haired female griped under her breath as she ran, following the winding streets. She could never get used to the maze-like city no matter how she tried, and her memory wasn't the best thing in the world. However, a smile pulled at the tips of her mouth. Something interesting happened today, putting her into good spirits. The composer swapped places with the conductor as a bet, something like an interesting game. How nice. A composer who hasn't given up on humans completely, that's what you don't see everyday. Now, how exactly would it turn out, and which side should she bet on? She mused quietly to herself. Silas, who was currently taking over, was capable enough, having a sadistic and manipulative personality, but who was to say that the previous one wasn't?

It was like a special treat to see the little game they were playing, with both sides so fixated on winning. Aiko giggled slightly as she gave king Saw some experimental swings. She would be looking forward to her fight, not having erased anyone before. It would be... interesting, to say the least. For now, however, she was following one of he composers last orders, to be on patrol above Shibuya. "Founnnnd them~" She said to herself in a singsong voice, staring from her perch at the new players in the game. She stopped for a moment to observe the pairs, intertwining her finger over her sword and resting her chin on them in an almost bored pose, staring down at the players. The boy with the red hair and the girl with blue seemed to have partnered up, just in time to escape from being killed. Well then, more fun for her. Aiko puzzled over which of the players were the hidden composer, not having seen him or her in his normal form, but only the one with wings. "Huh, I wonder..." she continued looking at them for a while, passing her time, before finally deciding.

That was it. She didn't want to handle the boredom any longer. Quickly heading toward the Composer's lair, she found the Conducter, Rentaro and pulled out her sword from behind her, pointing it at him almost mockingly. "I've had enough of the boredom of watching people, lets spar!" It was almost habitual of her to find him whenever she was bored, as they used to train together. Though she'd hate to admit it, Rentaro was a brilliant sparring partner, and he was one of her favourite opponents to fight with.

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"Dying as a hero never appealed to me, so I went with the other option.""

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I guess I'm just sick and twisted, eh? Oh well.

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Today was the day.

What day, you ask?

Well, today was the day Rentaro Hyuuga would start his duty as a Game Master for the week that the Reaper's Game took place.

Today was a the first day of seven where he would be in control of events that would decide if someone were to be erased, to be returned, or to be promoted.

Today, of course, was a day that he had been looking forwards to ever since he heard about it.

Rentaro was, as he usually did when he wasn't occupied, simply lounging about with only a single thing on his mind: the Reaper's Game. It was to be a very strange one too, as he had heard that the Composer was joining in on it as one of the Players. Oh, how awesome that was! The very thought of being able to beat the Composer sent Hyuuga's blood into a boil and he became very excited to start this so-called 'game'. What would happen if he were to assign a mission that not even the Composer could beat? Did that mean he scored a victory against them? That he would win against them? That he would steal their position and become the new Composer? How about if they would be erased? Did that rule apply to them? If so, what face would the Composer themself make in their very last moments of existence? This was such an appetizing thought to the strange man, and he almost couldn't bring himself back to reality because of it.

"I've had enough of the boredom of watching people, lets spar!" came a very familiar voice, managing to snap him back to his sense. He had quite an odd grin on until this point.

"Eh?" he groaned, almost as if he were against the idea, but after a short sigh, his expression widened into a grin. "Alright, that sounds entertaining enough. This will be a perfect chance to make sure we don't have some shrimp dealing with the players of this game. After all, you do know who is among them in this game, don't you?" as he spoke, he stood up and retrieved his phone. It was a perfect time to give the Players of this week's game a mission. Not that he actually had to. In fact, maybe it would be more fun to see if Himura could handle them all?

Hmm.... she is fun to spar against..... I guess I'll at least give them something to do today. Something pointless at first should be fine....

Reach the CD shop in the AMX district, or face erasure

After sending the text with the mission to all Players currently participating in the game, Rentaro returned his phone to his pocket and then retrieved the gauntlets he had preferred to use when fighting. To him, there was nothing more satisfying than personally brutalizing your opponent until they couldn't fight. Yes, it was so... delightful. Rentaro wore a very sadistic and pleased smile when he faced the woman who would be his sparring partner for now and he took what appeared to be some form of combat stance, though it was unorthodox.

"Lets see what you've got!"

Silas stared at the girl. His expression? Emotionless, unreadable, however after a pause he let out an out of character snort- sudden he laughed. The room filling with only his sadistic, jeering laughter, but after a while he began to settle down, and between short giggles he replied with a Cheshire like smile, "Of course."
Red eyes gleamed with muse as chest pieces were moved around a checkered board. 'This is why humanity amuses me.' He thought, before spinning the board so the other side would face him. In a few brief moments, he checked out several pieces.. then he eyed the king with now stoic eyes. "Check mate." Again he spun the board...
And with ease, he picked up the king and moved it, dodging his own fatal death against.. well himself.
About to do the spin cycle once more, he heard the rare sound of a beep. He smoothly took out his phone and snapped it open. His heterochromic eyes scanned the screen.

From Kaya.

Silas was anticipating this text, so clicking read, he skimmed over the message.

"Well it seems today starts our little game. Be sure to remember you are using my reputation Silas. I hope you don't disappoint me
ヾ(＾∇＾)
~ Kaya"

Not moving for a moment, he froze in position- his fist under his chin in boredom as he looked over the lighted screen. Suddenly, he began to type with one thumb, quickly, and shortly after he pressed send.

"No promises -Silas"

With that, he snapped closed his phone, and went on with his little game with himself. However looking closely, one may notice the twitching of the corner of his mouth.
He loved all things fun.

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". . . Oh how rude of me. My name is Kaya. It's a pleasure to meet you." His partner, who was a girl apparently named Kaya, was saying as Raudly gawked at the bright beam of light that had just shot upwards into the sky. What the hell had that been? Hopefully it didn't mean that anyone had managed to get themselves killed so early on in the game.

Raud noticed that Kaya had her hand out and hesitantly he shook it."Nice to meet you, too. I'm Raud." He said quickly, dropping his hand and rubbing it on his jeans. He really wished that there was hand sanitizer available somewhere. Maybe there was a Shibuya convenience store? Surely if there was a place were dead people could get their lives back, then adding in a few necessities couldn't have been too much trouble.

"Is this your first time playing? This is.. Eh.. My second." Kaya started to say, then the next thing Raud knew a completely different sentence was spewing out of her mouth. ". . . the small place. Though we should keep our guards up at all times. You never know what could be around the corner." Once again Raudly hadn't caught all of her words. Man did she talk a lot. It was hard to follow, with all the 'blah-blah thises' and the 'blah-blah-that's'. She seemed like she meant well enough, though. And they were already partners. The least Raud could do was give her and her jumble of words a shot.

"This is my first time playing. If all goes well, it'll also be my last." Raud sighed as he rocked back on his heels, eager to get the day started. If Kaya had played the game once, then she probably knew the whole outline of it, right? Maybe he was just making assumptions, but it felt like he was getting paired with the smart kid in math class here. "Totally sucks that you have to play through this again but... it's kind of like an advantage for us, am I right?" He asked hopefully, raising an eyebrow at the girl. Of course it was. How could it not be? He'd just sit back and let Kaya work through the days... yeah. That sounded easy.

Raud didn't even notice Kaya tapping at her phone, because by then he was too busy staring at his own.

Reach the CD shop in the AMX district, or face erasure. The text message read, and Raud guessed that that was the mission for the day. He had figured that it was going to be something more difficult, like finding a tiny object or fighting something, but this was perfect. How could anyone miss a CD shop, of all things? Still, getting there...

Raud turned to Kaya and showed her the message. She had said something about not getting service, hadn't she? He thought she had. "Ready to go?"

She was thrown so suddenly into the fray, with barely a warning from the strange character who first approached her when she arrived to this place called the Underground. Only seconds after she accepted the offer that was given to her, strange creatures began to appear, and not very friendly ones at that. It seemed the only way she could escape from them was to find a partner to enter the game with, but every body she passed were people still alive. Not a single one would be able to help her, let alone see her. In fact she could pass right through them like she was a ghost. Well, she practically was.

There was one body she didn't pass through though, and instead slammed right into the dark-haired boy as she turned a corner, causing them both to go crashing to the ground. Realizing that this boy must be the same as her, she quickly insisted for him to partner with her without much thought of who he was or what type of person he might be. She just wanted those unpleasant creatures to stop chasing her.

So now here she was, sitting on her knees as she tried to calm down her breathing. The monsters dispersed once she formed a pact with the unknown person, so all she could feel at the moment was relief. "Thank you! I thought those things would chase me forever!"

She gave the boy a grateful smile, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed sitting there on the ground after just ramming into him and urgently asking him to partner with her. Her shoulders tensed for a second at the realization and she practically jumped to her feet. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to run into you before.", she said hastily, giving a quick bow.Now that she had the chance to look at the stranger, she could tell he was probably around the same age as her. He didn't look like a very talkative person either, but she wasn't about to judge a book by it's cover.

Curving her lips slightly, she gave the boy a polite smile. "My name is Mashibura Mimiko, but you can just call me Mimi if you want. I'll do my best to help you if you do the same for me." With another small bow, she straightened up and gave another sigh, but a sudden feeling of concern rushed over her. "Or wait, you are a player too, right? I mean you're not just dea- I mean...you're not just someone who's passed..?"

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"It's so cold"
"It's so dark"
"So this is what dying feels like..."

It was as if the boy was in a deep sleep, between life and death. This slumber, however, would soon be interrupted by a blinding light. Upon awakening the boy finds himself in the center of a massive culmination of people, there was no doubt about it, he was in the Shibuya Crosswalk...
W-what, the hell. The boy had a dazed look on his face, his eyes wide open, palms sweating, his gut felt as if it was vibrating, and his heart was reaching speeds he didn't know were possible. Why am I here, I-I can't. The boy began stepping backwards looking for a way out of the crowd, preparing to charge through, something strange happens, Kyoko goes directly through the people. He looks back, noticing what had just occurred, "how did I?" Almost immediately he begins to smile, then laugh, "haha, that's it, I finally lost it... HAHAHA!" Kyoko quickly spins around, still laughing, then slams into something. Goddammit! Kyoko quickly looked at what struck him, it was a girl. At this point too many things were going through his head, what was going on, who was this girl, why did he just bump into her, the fact that she must think he's and idiot, while this all coursed through his head he heard a voice. It was the girl, asking him to become her partner, "Partner...?"

She introduced herself. After a moment Kyoko mumbled his name back, it was barely audible. She asked him once more for his partnership, Kyoko didn't know what to do, he couldn't think straight, he didn't know this girl and he didn't know what kind of situation he was in. "S-sure" mumbled the boy. This is too weird, what the hell is going on, what are players? What are Noise? Who the hell is this girl, why does she want to be my partner, why does she NEED to be my partner? Dammit, I must look like an idiot right now! The boy wouldn't make eye contact with the girl, he looked at the building behind her and spoke.

"W-what exactly is going on?"

Kaya blinked blankly as she listened to the male. Something about him made her a bit... Uneasy. She laughed slightly before hugging her stuffed animal close. "Ehh... Advantage?... Well I...." She quickly thought of a excuse that would help her in the situation she was in. "Unfortunately the scary people in hoodies told me not every game is the same so who knows what it could be like this time. And my old partner was very helpful. He knew a lot about Shibuya. Im not from around here so... Im not quite sure where everything is quite yet."

She soon paused as she heard the adorable beeping of her phone. That must be the first mission. She quickly read it then smiled. "Oh looks like it's time to get started! This will be so exciting! We'll be the best of friends, don't you worry."She soon paused and pretended to think.

"Oh AMX district?.... Eh.... Wait i think i know where that is.... Maybe..." She looked at her hand which had a clocking running down pretty quickly. She yelped slightly. "Oh my. Were being timed. We should hurry and head there now." She said while jumping up and down eagerly. She had forgotten what it was like to be a player again. It was actually a bit exciting. But this was only day one. She had quite a few more ahead of her.

"Alright then, Melody." "Not much of a talker, eh? That's kind of a shame. I guess I won't really get to know you all that well. But that's fine. To each their own. I'll just do all the talkin' for us! No worries!"

Melody almost gave a sigh of relief as the boy caught her name without any trouble. She was glad he accepted the fact that she didn’t speak, though he probably didn’t understand why she wasn’t able to talk. It was nice of him to offer doing the talking for the both of them too, as she could see various ways of how her inability to speak would prove a problem for the both of them in the future, not to mention that her partner seemed to look like the type to act first. However, as odd as it may seem, her situation was looking up a little.

Keeping a regular pace beside him, she half-listened to him talking about his likes before a sound of a guitar interrupted him and caused her to jump a little, her blue eyes looking questioningly as her own phone vibrated in her pocket. Taking it out, she read the message as he addressed her one again."I actually used to hang around the AMX district when I didn't have practice. Nothing too much there but a couple stores, really, but it's one of the cleaner parts of the city." So he knew about the city! That would serve to be a great asset in the future if they were escaping or fighting, a thing that could be used to their advantage. Her mind was already calculating all the possible solutions to the problems as she looked at the streets of Shibuya, her brows slightly furrowed in thought. It was simply a habit of hers, and it made her feel more secure in doing so.

She was so immersed in her thoughts that she didn’t see her partner striding off, and when she noticed, she immediately took off, dashing in his direction as she tried to keep up with her shorter legs. In fact, she was already panting slightly as she pulled on her partner’s clothes to make him slow down for a minute. Unlike the stronger boy, her stamina was quite low and she was weak, in a sense.

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"Alright, that sounds entertaining enough. This will be a perfect chance to make sure we don't have some shrimp dealing with the players of this game. After all, you do know who is among them in this game, don't you?"
Aiko gave him a slightly amused look as he said that. She was sure that she had fought with him long enough than to be called a 'shrimp' but it was Rentaro nevertheless. She had never quite gotten his moods figured out yet. "Hmm? Well, sure I know. You and Silas are excited for this, I suppose?" she said, a smirk dancing on her lips as she watched her partner fetch his preferred weapons and assume a fighting pose. She was already batting fired up for their fight, its been a while since they last trained, and lately things had been getting progressively uninteresting, and she was quite excited for a fight, despite the fact that she couldn't kill or harm him too much. It was a spar after all, and it would be wrong to actually kill the game master. Who else would be a strong opponent to fight with?

Taking a firm hold of her blade, she took off from where she was standing, heading at full speed for him, immediately going on attack. She wasn't the one to wait around for your opponent to attack first, being reckless enough to charge headfirst into a fight without thinking much. He hasn't given her a reason to be serious yet, and she wore a smile as she charged, her hair flowing behind her while she focused on him with her ruby red eyes. "You are a sick one, aren't you?" She asked, half-jokingly as she gave a meaningful glance to his gauntlets. She wasn't the one to judge however, being almost as twisted herself, as she slashed at him, grinning from ear to ear as the adrenaline filled her. It was a while since she had felt the thrill of a good fight, and the woman was savouring every bit of it.

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"Dying as a hero never appealed to me, so I went with the other option."

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I guess I'm just sick and twisted, eh? Oh well.

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The look of delight in Rentaro's eyes only increased when he was rushed by his sparring partner. He figured she did not want to waste time with anything else but making the fight interesting, and he couldn't really blame her. After all, aside from the surprising announcement that the Composer would be joining in in this week's Reaper Game - which he had the pleasure of hosting - there had been little to no entertainment, as far as he was concerned. Yes, how... boring recent events have been. So it would be kind to indulge in this spar while they could.

Rentaro hopped back in response to the woman's advance, although he did so quite later than one would expect. The blade soaring through the air grazed his chest, sending a sharp but bearable pain through him as it did. The wound was nothing serious at all, although it was visible. "Hahaha! Yes! What delightful agony!" he screeched before, without missing a beat, he lauched himself at her, gauntlets at the ready. He threw a combination of three punches with the metal gauntlets at her with his sick and sadistic smile, hoping to return some of the pain to her.