Niles stares at the new door with confusion spread across his face. He could only assume it was a door as he could see something that vaguely resembled a door handle and the hinges. He stayed back a bit as Miu rushed forward and opened the door. His eye widened upon seeing all of the odd metal contraptions past the doorway, not knowing what a single thing was within the room. His eye darts to the blonde upon hearing her squeal with excitement before she rushed into the room.
"Oh hell fucking yes! Look at all of these babies! A computer lab~" Miu exclaims from within the room. "I know I'm going to be doing~ Fixing these up to make them sexy as hell~"
"Rantaro... What the fuck is a computer lab..?" Niles asks in a whisper as he leans towards the green haired male.
"Well, it's a room that has a bunch of computers hooked into it but this one looks a bit different as it just seems like one massive computer with a bunch of screens and chairs..." Rantaro starts to explain. "Just think of it as a bigger and more powerful version of the MonoPad. That is technically a computer."
"...I fucking hate technology- It's so confusing," Niles groans out, rubbing his face.
"Wow Daddy~ You really are a dad! You can't even understand what a computer is~!" Kokichi says to Niles, giving him a shit eating grin that only widened when an arrow was suddenly pointed at his throat.
"Can it- You know damn well why I don't understand technology-" Niles hisses, narrowing his eye at the Supreme Leader. "And I'd rather you keep your mouth shut since she hasn't passed yet."
"Uuuuuggghhh fiiiiiinnnnnneee," Kokichi whines out before turning and sauntering into the new room to investigate and pester Miu as she nerdgasmed about the room. Maki had already slipped inside to take a peak around.
"Well, do you want to see what's inside or would you rather not since you hate technology~?" Rantaro asks teasingly as he hip bump Niles. The Outlaw scoffs a bit before returning the hip bump.
"We can go inside. Something tells me I'm going to have to learn how to use whatever abomination this is once Miu fixes it up," Niles responds before heading inside the room, Rantaro following him. "So what exactly are you planning with this room Miu?"
"So normal computers are like so last century, right? And this place fucking sucks, right? Well, with my genius, I'm going to turn this bad boy into a virtual reality machine~" Miu answers smugly.
"...What-" Niles asks, at a complete loss as to what Miu was saying.
"Yeah even I'm lost on that one," Rantaro says, eyebrows furrowing.
"Oh my god, you two need to catch up and stop being such old men!" Miu groans out at the two. "When I get this baby up and running, we'll be able to transport our minds to an alternate reality! It'll be inside the computer so a virtual reality as we'll still be able to interact with things as if they were in the real world!"
"Huh... That's... interesting..." Rantaro says, impressed with the idea. Niles wrinkles his nose up a bit at the thought.
"Mmm... No thanks... But theoretically were I to do this... How exactly do you plan on transporting our minds?" Niles asks, arching an eyebrow as he crosses his arms over his chest.
"Well without getting into the technical details since it'll go over your non-genius heads, there will be a gateway over your eyes that connects you fuckers to the machine and will allow you to step through!" Miu explains.
"...Ah yes. Two eyes. Must be nice," Niles comments nonchalantly, causing Maki and Rantaro to snort.
"So question Daddy - do you have an eye underneath or is it just a hole?" Miu asks, getting a snort from Kokichi and a muffled one from Niles. Niles then glances around and just lifts up the eyepatch to reveal a gaping, but clean, hole with light scarring.
"Whoa- That's a really cool wound! How'd you get it?" Kokichi asks, going on his toes a bit to peer closer at the eye socket. Niles flips the eye patch down before pushing Kokichi back down onto his feet. Niles gives a wry smile.
"Mmmm, let's just say there's a reason I don't trust many people," the Outlaw answers before leaning down a bit to get close to Kokichi's face. "And why I have no qualms in making those who don't understand pain or suffering~" he says, the wry smile turning into a sadistic grin. The grin made all four people shudder, though one person in particular didn't shudder in fear, as they're all reminded that Niles was not someone to cross and that he could probably easily kill everyone in the entire building if he so desired.
"Well fuck you and your missing eye- Now I've got to think this over more so that you can join in properly," Miu scowls at Niles.
"Or I can just not go into the whatever thingy you're trying to do," Niles says.
"You really hate technology," Maki comments, looking at the one-eyed male.
"I do! It's frustrating and can get overly complicated, so bite me," Niles huffs out.
"But that's Dad's job," Miu and Kokichi immediately respond in sync. Niles couldn't help but then look over at Rantaro and wiggle his eyebrows at the Survivor. Rantaro flushes lightly and has to look away from his boyfriend. Rantaro clears his throat in attempt to calm himself.
"Well Miu. While I know most people won't necessarily trust Niles to not kill anyone if this happens, I do have a solution if you can't get it to work differently than how you plan," Rantaro starts. "Make two less than people present so someone can stand guard with Niles so that no one tries anything funny in actual reality."
"...That's not a bad idea. It would probably reassure everyone that way," Maki says.
"I'll figure somethin' out! And my original idea could still work despite Niles only having one workin' eye," Miu says. "If it doesn't work, then it doesn't fuckin' work for the first round."
"Mmmmm, I'm still fine with not going into this... alternate reality..." Niles says. After all, he had his fair share of alternate reality hopping already.
"Cool cool, now all of you get the fuck out so I can work in here! And no I don't want one of you dumb shits in here to keep me company!" Miu says, shooing the others out of the computer lab. She then heads out of the lab herself to go to her Research Lab to get the tools and extra pieces parts that she would need to fix this big ole room. The other four watch as Miu heads off before deciding to head back towards the stairs themselves, making their way down to the third, and then to the second, first and eventually the basement. The four knew they wouldn't be bothered within the Outlaw's Research Lab and all make their way in there. Kokichi goes over to the chest and he hops up on it, taking a seat there. Maki looks at the archery range before taking a place against the wall. Rantaro was standing next to Maki, his eyes on his boyfriend as the man pulls his bow off his back.
Niles pulls out a few arrows and starts firing off at the targets, moving as he did so. He could feel Rantaro's eyes on him, though he could feel Kokichi's and Maki's as well. As he moves side to side, he pulls off some acrobatic moves that he often employed amidst war that allowed him to avoid getting hit and to better hit his mark. As his head came upside down, he made eye contact with Rantaro just long enough to flash a smirk before losing the arrow in the middle of his momentum. The arrow struck true and Niles bows with a flourish as he lands. His blue eye looks up to catch the fading pink of Rantaro's cheeks.
"Impressive I'll admit," Maki says, the only thing on her face indicating that she was actually impressed were her eyebrows raising up.
"Damn- And the fact that you do that shit in a war is insane!" Kokichi says to Niles.
"I do pride myself on those tricks~" Niles smirks widely. "But we all know my bow demonstration is not why we're here."
"No. It's to talk about Miu being in on the secrets," Rantaro says.
"...I think we can tell her," Maki says. "And no, not just so I'm no longer the only girl who knows this secret."
"Yeah, she could be told eventually. Buuuut I do think we need to test her a little better first though," Kokichi says.
"I am in agreement with both of you there, but you sound like you have an idea?" Niles prompts the purple haired gremlin.
"Weeeellllll~ We can either tell her a believable lie under the guise of it being a secret that she cannot tell anyone outside of our little group~ Or an actual secret that you don't mind getting let loose should she blabber away," Kokichi answers.
"That's... Not a bad idea actually. And we need to make sure she knows that she can't even tell Shuichi or Kaede," Rantaro says, nodding along.
"As much as I'm up for the lie... I think telling her an actual truth will be better. If she finds out what we tell her is a lie, she might not take the actual truth seriously enough," Niles points out.
"..Niles is right. And I can follow her around to see if she spills it," Maki states. "And I think my true talent would be the best choice for our test."
"Are you sure Maki?" Rantaro asks, looking a bit surprised.
"Yes. It's bound to come out sooner or later. And this would also give me reason to ya know... follow her around," Maki answers.
"Works with me. If she doesn't say anything by the next inevitable murder, then we tell her after the trial," Niles states.
"I hate that that is the reality of this situation despite having played this game before..." Rantaro sighs, running a hand through his hair.
"Well! With a plan in mind, I'm going to go be an absolute menace to society~" Kokichi says with a wicked grin before hopping off the chest and actually skipping out of the Research Lab. Maki, deciding that she didn't want to be left with the couple alone as she could sense some of the sexual tension coming from Niles, just turns and leaves the Lab shortly after Kokichi does. Rantaro watches the two leave the room before bringing his gaze back to Niles who was smirking at him. Pushing off the wall, the Survivor approaches his boyfriend.
"Since you don't like technology and you were clearly showing off.. Perhaps you could teach me?" Rantaro asks.
"With pleasure darling~" Niles purrs out. He hands his bow to Rantaro. "Try the normal stance. I would give you arrows but as much as I love pain, I'd rather you not shoot me," he says. His blue eye watches as Rantaro attempted the normal stance he saw Niles take when shooting an arrow between Kaede and Shuichi. He then circles around the green haired male before stopping behind him. Niles has his chest pressed against Rantaro's back as he starts to fix his boyfriend's stance. The Outlaw chuckles deeply in Rantaro's ear hearing the other male's breath hitch at their position. "Like this~ Wouldn't want to strain your arms like this when there are more fun ways to do that~"
"You're horrible Niles-" Rantaro says, blushing as his mind went right into the gutters where Niles's brain was. Niles only laughs as he then rests his hands on Rantaro's hips and adjusts those.
"Oh but you know you love it~" Niles whispers, his lips ghosting over the shell of Rantaro's ear. He smirks as he gets a shudder in response. "Good job~ Like that~ Now just release the string so you know what to expect with it" he hums. Rantaro follows instructions and winces a bit when the string hits his forearm.
"Ow- That's going to leave a welt-" Rantaro comments.
"It will but that's alright. But I think you'll be good to give a shot with an actual arrow now. I am curious about your accuracy~" Niles says as he pulls an arrow from his quiver and hands it to Rantaro. The green haired male takes the arrow and again takes the stance, adjusting his arms to how Niles had corrected them before.
"Am I free to fire?" Rantaro asks, glancing behind him.
"Always~" Niles hums out. With a deep breath, Rantaro pulls the arrow back smidge more as he focuses on the target and lets loose the arrow. Both males watch the arrow fly towards the arrow and hit the target. While not dead center like Niles, Rantaro had managed to hit about midway between the top and bull's eye. "Not bad."
"Well, I have an amazing teacher," Rantaro hums out, looking at Niles. He turns around to completely face Niles before gently grasping the chin of the Outlaw. "But I do like teaching so perhaps I can teach you something~"
"Oh do tell, I like the sound of that," Niles responds, grinning wickedly as he pulls Rantaro completely flush to him, their faces just inches away from each other.
"That can wait for later in a more private location. I want a few more lessons from you," Rantaro says, being a tease for the time being and stepping back out of Niles's grip. The archer huffs but he complies for the time being and continues the few more lessons for Rantaro for the rest of the morning.