"I'll put on clothes if you want me to. But nothing bad will happen. That much I'm absolutely sure of."

"You've been sure of things before."

"...mm. But the game specifically told me that nothing bad would happen based on me being naked."

"...and it hadn't specifically told you nothing bad would happen based on fucking in the lobby."

"Not specifically, no. It gave me a quest to do it, but it never said there wouldn't be consequences. I should've thought it through more."

"Hm. What'd you get for the quest?"

"EXP. And, um, it says you're in my 'harem' now."

He looks around at the place again, then shrugs. "Guess this is as good a place to build a harem in as any. Sure, let's go have breakfast while you remain buck naked, I'm still curious how your magic's gonna deal with that."

"Your wish is my command."

"Then stand up, Mr. Kaltmann, and take me on a date."

Ari stands and takes Eric's hand, and leads him out into the wide open world.

Are there any breakfast nooks in the area that seem particularly nudist-friendly?

There's this one place that has a balcony in which there are a couple of shirtless guys and everyone else seems to be in highly ero attire.

"Ooh, let's check this one out," he says, pulling Eric's arm toward it.

"Sure, sure," he says, smiling slightly.

There is no one to seat them, it appears that they just have to pick a table. No one looks up at or remarks on Ari's nudity.

Ari will pick a table, then!

Then he says to Eric, "So you were asking how I got so lucky, earlier, right?"

"Right."

And just in time, a waitress approaches them from an angle that blocks his lower body with the table. "Good morning! Will you want to see the menu or is it the brunch buffet for today?" She has a nose piercing and a huge floral tattoo is visible on her expansively visible cleavage.

"Hm. I think I'll go for the buffet," Ari says innocently. "Mr. Jones?"

"Sounds like a good idea," he agrees.

    "Very well, I'll leave the two of you to it, then!" she says brightly. "The buffet is that way." And off she goes help some other customers.

Ari stands and heads over towards the buffet, where he loads up on sausage and eggs.

Eric gets up and follows him. "Are people just going to... let you be naked around here?"

"Apparently! I entirely approve."

Ooh, French toast. Ari snags some, then returns to the table.

He grabs some of the same stuff Ari does, but less, and some more varied things, like an avocado milkshake and some yogurt, then returns to the table, too.

"I'm worried this is mind control of some sort. Why would people just. Not care."

"If it is, it seems awfully passive. Some kind of mind-your-own-business field?" He takes a bite of sausage. "I wonder if it'd cover you too."

"What would it do instead, if it didn't?"

He shrugs. "I don't know. Maybe it's too dangerous. I'd think it'd be pretty silly to get too het up about you being naked when I'm right here being diplomatically invulnerable, though."