[He'll help, even! Ryou's gonna get settled first...and then...
And then Atem shrinks. His arms pull back into their sockets. The scales at his waist grow up his belly and back, sprouting like a wave, until they crest over his head--
--and a very big asp, but a very small naga, is looking at Ryou.
Delicately, he slithers into the backseat of the taxi, over Ryou's knees, into the seat on the far side. Most of him manages to curl up on the seat itself, but a little bit ends up on the cab floor. Being able to rear up to make space helps! The snake speaks.]
Insert Coin Arcade, please!
[He's being polite, since he knows this is weird, but any time Atem takes a cab from the arcade, he tips stupid well...so...the driver up front just pulls his cap down over his face and deals with it.]
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[He'll help, even! Ryou's gonna get settled first...and then...
And then Atem shrinks. His arms pull back into their sockets. The scales at his waist grow up his belly and back, sprouting like a wave, until they crest over his head--
--and a very big asp, but a very small naga, is looking at Ryou.
Delicately, he slithers into the backseat of the taxi, over Ryou's knees, into the seat on the far side. Most of him manages to curl up on the seat itself, but a little bit ends up on the cab floor. Being able to rear up to make space helps! The snake speaks.]
Insert Coin Arcade, please!
[He's being polite, since he knows this is weird, but any time Atem takes a cab from the arcade, he tips stupid well...so...the driver up front just pulls his cap down over his face and deals with it.]