New Members?!

<|Jasmine's POV|>

A week after my first date with Touka, the following week had been quite amazing. Until now, we had a total of 3 dates, and all of it had gone wonderfully! Touka was, unexpectedly, a romantic woman, capable of choosing the great place for our date simply from my basic descriptions of worlds and was good at setting the mood! In the end of the week, I can't help but start falling in love with the shorter woman.

We, of course, had our differences and arguments, like whenever I sometimes get distracted by gorgeous women at the start of our dates or when sometimes Touka focuses too much on the food. Yeah, normal dates with normal people leading up to the natural, normal thing. By the end of the week, Touka and I had finally made it official that we were in a relationship with our friends, who immediately began putting pictures of our dates into the chat group.

Today was supposed to be a normal day. My first week as a college student had started, so I surprisingly payed attention to my teachers and the curriculum so that I could do a Kim and study beforehand during our Side Missions. However, while in the middle of the lunch with old and new friends, I received a shocking notification.

[Two new members have been invited to the Dimensional Chat Group!!!]

Upong seeing this, I immediately went to my phone.

[Yuri has entered the chat.]

[2B has entered the chat.]

[Possible has entered the chat.]

[Sleepdeprived: WTF!? Penny!?]

[Real Girl!: Sorry! The Invitation Window just popped up in front of me while I was doing something and it surprised me, causing me to accidentally hit the [Yes] button! Forgive me for not being able to discuss this with you guys!!]

[Possible: Penny, don't worry. You don't have to be sorry about anything.]

[2B: Kim is right, Penny.]

[Yuri: Are they here yet!?]

[Real Girl!: They have yet to join the Chat Group! Also, thank you!]

[2B: They are most likely apprehensive of the invitation, as we all have been, most likely.]

[Yuri: I hope they're people I know of.]

[Possible: It's easier that way, huh?]

[Yuri: Yep!]

[Ice Bitch has joined the chat.]

[Real Girl!: Ooh! Hello! Welcome!]

[Yuri: @Everyone but @Ice Bitch, shut! Let her take this all in first.]

Following my request, the chat had suddenly gone silent, seeing the point in my words.

[Ice Bitch: ooalp]

[Ice Bitch: Oh? So this is how this works? Interesting.]

[Ice Bitch: Hmm.]

[Ice Bitch: This name is quite irritating. Why do I have such a name?]

[Yuri: I'm not sure what you're using, but there should be a round icon on the upper-left. Press it, and you should see [Change Username]. You can change your name there.]

[Ice Bitch: Hmmm.]

[Ice Bitch has changed her name to The Empress.]

[The Empress: Yes...that is much better.]

[The Empress: Now, who are you all, and how is this possible? I sense no ill-intent from this floating screen, so I will humor it.]

The names she was using wasn't enough clues, being that there are many characters with ice abilities. Still, being the "second-in-command" of the group, I spearheaded the greetings.

[Yuri: Hello, The Empress. The best explanation I can give is that a higher being had made this, the Dimensional Chat Group, and has chosen us from the vast universes.]

This was the best explanation I could give without giving someone an existential crisis. It's best to deal with that later.

[The Empress: I see. A higher being you say? A God?]

[Yuri: °A° god, or the big G Himself, I'm not sure, just that we were picked, most likely by random, to be part of this to go on missions in different universes.]

[The Empress: Hmm. I must say, this is definitely a peculiar situation I am in. This may likely be an attack using illusions, but know this, if you are aiming to assassinate me, I must applaud you for the audacity.]

'The Empress...assassination means she's someone important.....illusions imply something like magic, but that's just too broad...'

[Yuri: You don't have to worry about us hurting you. Once you accept the invitation, you won't be able to kill any of the members of the DCG, this applies to everyone.]

[The Empress: Hmph.]

'Not too trusting...confident in her strength? I need more clues...'

[Yuri: Anyway, we're waiting for one more person to fully explain everything. And in our experience, they should be here in....]

As expected, someone had appeared.

[Lady Luck has joined the chat.]

[Lady Luck: Umm...]

[Lady Luck: Hello?]

[Yuri: Hi! Welcome to the Dimensional Chat Group and thank you for accepting the invitation!]

[Sleepdeprived: Dude. I feel like this should be Penny's job.]

[Real Girl!: I'm fine with it!]

[Yuri: @Sleepdeprived, shut.]

[Yuri: Sorry about that @Lady Luck. Once again, welcome to the Dimensional Chat Group!]

[The Empress: Why have I not received such greeting?]

[Lady Luck: Glad to be here too?]

[Yuri: Sorry, @The Empress, you caught us off-guard.]

[The Empress: Hmph.]

[Lady Luck: ?]

[Yuri: Anyway, now that our two new members are here, Penny, it's your turn.]

[Real Girl!: Hi! @The Empress, @Lady Luck, I'm Penny, the Administrator of the DCG, but it doesn't really mean much since I can't do anything special!]

[Real Girl!: So, explanation time!]

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As Penny explained what the DCG was, it's rules and regulations, and what we'll be doing from now on, I silently observed our newest members through their way of speech and the information they occasionally drop unknowingly.

The Empress was, like her name, regal in nature. She's cutthroat, prone to making threats of violence, guarded, and powerful. She had let slip that she was a General, a military status, but not much else.

Lady Luck, on the other hand, was possibly the complete opposite of The Empress. She speaks freely, kindly, and seems to always think of everyone's feelings. Lady Luck is also more trusting than The Empress, but she also had this bubble around her to protect herself with.

[Lady Luck: So....what are we going to do nwo?]

[Real Girl!: We can meer each other face-to-face!]

[Lady Luck: *now]

[Lady Luck: Oh? How? I thought we needed a Mission to do that?]

[2B: We have Side Missions we can freely take whenever we want. And we all do the same Side Mission, the time in our own worlds would stop.]

[The Empress: It still is quite surprising how easily this...thing can do such phenomenon. I myself find it hard to stop time myself, so hearing it be used so casually is quite...exciting.]

'Note to self, find something that would keep me from being stuck in time.'

Having to decide to meet the new members face-to-face, I looked for the Shokugeki no Soma world and picked a Side Mission that wouldn't inconvenience our meeting.

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As we entered the world of Shokugeki no Soma, with the Side Mission of [Act like a tourist.], 'cause the Side Mission had °everything° available, I stood there with my friends, staring at the new additions of our group. The moment my eyes laid on their faces, I immediately knew they were and did my best to contain my squeal!

The Empress, previously Ice Bitch, was motherfucking ESDEATH from Akame Ga Kill! You see, I'm into a lot of types of women, but bad/evil seductresses? They're high up my types of women! Once again, despite having a girlfriend now, I was being thirsty for another dommy mommy in front of me!

As if reading my thoughts, Touka pinched me, causing me to quietly yelp and give her a lighthearted glare in response to her own possessive ones. I love her, I truly do. Possessive women are also on top of my types, but that wouldn't stop me from lusting over other women, at least only visual wise, even if said possessive woman goes yandere.

And speaking of the other person! There, standing beside Kim, was Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Like, holy fuck! She's absolutely adorable! Despite having rather decent proportions, Marinette can only be described as absolutely precious!

Once again reading my thoughts, Touka gave me another pinch, causing me to pout as she was bow practically rubbing herself against me.

"Woah. That was weird. Weirder than going through portals." It was Marinette who broke the silence among the group.

And as if prompted by that, Esdeath finally spoke. "Hmph. This is...quite disorienting."

Despite my previous lusting for the woman, I still had my guard up against her. Now that I knew who she was, hazy memories aside, I still knew that she was an insane, sadistic bitch that wouldn't bat an eye to killing an entire battalion with a simple wave of her hand. The only thing allowing me such freedom to be so friendly was due to the DCG's regulations of a member not being able to kill another. We had experimented it once with Penny, who volunteered, when we had enough money to buy a revival potion, and when we nearly killed Penny, we simply got frozen in place, stopping out attacks.

As memories began to rush back up, I did my best to find ways to keep Esdeath leashed. I am not above using my semblance to keep my friends from critically injuring each other, or using it for more nefarious reasons for the "greater good", but that is simply the last resort. Then, pinpointing a memory about Esdeath, I nodded myself before digging deep into my aura and....smiling as innocently as I can at Esdeath.

Suddenly, it was like a switch has been flipped, and the previously standoff-ish woman was suddenly in front of me, studying me.

As Esdeath gently placed a hand on my cheek, I couldn't help but intentionally panic. 'Did I just fucking charm her with a smile!?! Like, HOLY SHIT!!'

Touka, for her part, was too stunned to do the possessive girlfriend act, too surprised with the sudden change in Esdeath's previously cold personality. I, on my own part, was simply too confused with how easily this worked! Honestly, it worked °too° well! My only aim was to hopefully get her to lessen her hostility, but now I somehow got the main protagonist treatment!? Like, what the fuck!?

"You are beautiful." This was the last thing I heard before chaos erupted.