[Mushverse] JUU MOUSOU! No, no. MOUSOU HENSHIN! [Open to anyone, ESPECIALLY KAMEN RIDERS PLOX]

[kamenriderhikou]

My belt is not as amazingly elaborate as I had always hoped and dreamed. But it has such super awesome cool abilities, and unlike a certain group of, ugh, Sentai Otaku, I can totally explore this supposed 'delusion' (as if it could be anything but MY REAL REALITY AT LAST) without being transformed.

Which is awesome.

I am going to save this world.

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[uchuukitaa]

Ooh, this guy looks excited! I'm excited too, so I near skip up next to him, and wave. "Hey!"

[kamenriderhikou]

AAUUUUGHHHH.

"Kisaragi Gentarou-san," I screech. "Kamen Rider Fourze!" I nearly knock him over with my enthusiastic hug, knowing that he, and his fiery love of friendship will well receive it. "It's an honor to meet you!"

[uchuukitaa]

I stagger as he thuds into my arms, but hug him back enthusiastically. "Sure! Um! Who are you!"

[kamenriderhikou]

My chance!

I reel back, striking a well-honed pose. I've had this part picked out and practiced since I could stand. "I am Tsukino Ayumu," Now this part of the pose I had to adjust a bit, once I got my belt, but it's just as smooth. "Kamen Rider Hikou!" I bolt forward again to grab his hand in both of mine and pump his arm furiously. "So pleased, so happy to meet you! Some of the shitty otaku talk a lot of shit about your design, but I think it's awesome!"

[uchuukitaa]

I grin at him. Yuuki'd love his pose.

He runs forward and nearly shakes my arm off, but I'm still grinning. "Hikou. Ayumu. Got it."

I blink at his comment. "Oi, what? I don't even take design class!"

[kamenriderhikou]

He's the best.

"You know," I bring my hands together to a point over my head. "Your helmet, they think it looks stupid. And Magnet States is a little funny looking, but I say, funny looking doesn't mean you're not awesome, I mean, look at Amazon! He doesn't look like another single Rider before or since, he's completely unique but he's one of the best, the best!"

[halfboiledjoker]

There's a guy across the street acting fairly odd - if I didn't know any better, I'd think he was posing. But why would someone be posing in the middle of the sidewalk in this area of the neighborhood?

I'm curious, so I cross the street to get a better look. Most other people are giving him a wide berth, so I try to lean against the nearby retaining wall inconspicuously. I bring my hat down, just a little bit, trying to hide where I'm looking.

...wait a second. Is he wearing a rider belt?

[kamenriderhikou]

I know that hat!

AIEEEEEEEEEEE~

I dive at him, stopping short just in front of him and bowing about as low as I can without breaking in half.

"Hidari Shoutarou-san, it's an honor to meet you!!"

[halfboiledjoker]

The guy flies at me, shrieking his head off, and I drop all the pretense as I contemplate running for it. But then he stops, just a few steps away, and folds himself nearly in half as he hurries to bow.

"Ah, uh, aha, what?"

My hand is still on my hat, but now it's more to keep it on than to look any shade of hard-boiled. "Do I...do I know you?"

[kamenriderhikou]

I stand up again, flailing my arms about a bit before I manage to compose myself. This is Hidari Shoutarou, after all, he's so cool and collected and awesome, not to mention hard-boiled, and he really looks it with his hand to his hat like that, and I wish I had a hat.

On well.

"Not at all! I mean, not yet! But I hope you will soon!" I lower my voice into a mock whisper and pat my belt. "I am Kamen Rider Hikou!"

[halfboiledjoker]

He pats the belt proudly and pretty much confirms that yes, he is wearing a rider belt.

But a guy like this? A Kamen Rider? How does that make sense?

And wait a second. Does he know about me and Philip, then?

"Ah, nice to meet you," I say slowly, finally lowering my hand and nodding awkwardly. "Um. So. How do you know me, then?"

[kamenriderhikou]

I stare up at him with wide eyes and a wider grin, then duck my head with a bashful face. "You're one of my favorite Kamen Riders. And I'm not just saying that! I'm really not, a lot of people are really rude about how much they love Double, but I'm not one of those fans. The dynamic between you and Philip is a joy to watch!"

/threadjack

[uchuukitaa]

Oh, is that Double? He's got his hat down over his eyes. Probably trying to be inconspicuous.

"SHOTAROU!" I bellow from across the street, waving enthusiastically. "IS THAT YOU?"

So this got lost in my inbox... ;;>.>

[halfboiledjoker]

My entire composure is ruined when I hear a familiar voice thunder out my name, and my balance falters. I just barely manage to avoid smacking myself in the face, and instead grab at my hat to pull it down over my face completely.

"Gentarou..." I mutter into the hat, hoping he's moved on somewhere else. The boy means well, but he's got as much subtlety as a sack of bricks falling from a ten-story building.

hee <33333 (/has never ever lost or taken more than 0.5 seconds to respond to a tag coughcoughcough)

[uchuukitaa]

I jog across the street and knock cheerfully on his hat. "That's me! You okay under there?"

[halfboiledjoker]

I plaster on my best annoyed smile and lower my hat to look at Gentarou. "Totally, perfectly okay," I say, my mouth spreading in a thin line across my face. "Except, probably not."

I look over to where the odd maybe-rider had been, trying to see if he's still there among the crowd. Or, worst case scenario, if he noticed this whole little interaction and is currently more interested in us than I am in him.

[tarosetera]

Maybe I should have had one of the Imagin do the shopping. But Deneb is the only one I and Yuuto trust with such tasks, and I... don't think Yuuto will be letting Deneb posses him for quite a while longer yet. not after the whole mess with Sid and the not-Captain Marvelous.

It's not my fault eggs are so fragile.

Somehow I manage to escape the market with minimal damage, but now I can't seem to find my wallet and that's not good at all. I'm sure I put it back in my pocket after I paid.

[kamenriderhikou]

THIS WALLET IS THE HOLY GRAIL.

I'm not shaking. I'm not trembling. I'm fine, cool, collected, totally awesome, and holding Nogami Ryoutarou's wallet.

I have to find him! And return it to him!

I pelt out of the store without any of the things I went there for, and plow immediately into...

"AAAAAAAAAAH!"

[tarosetera]

I'm never very surprised when random people collide with me. I'm used to being invisible to others, I just hope this person isn't trying to rob me, I don't need to go chasing after my bicycle again like that one time...

My groceries spill everywhere, eggs rolling around and smashing, milk bursting on sidewalk, vegetables all askew.

"I'm sorry!" I whine, flailing about as I stand and try to gather my things. "I'm sorry! It's my fault. I was in the way..."

[kamenriderhikou]

"No!" I cry in dismay as his groceries go flying. I recognize his voice and his poor luck, and I fall to my knees to help him stand. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there. Nogami Ryoutarou-san, I brought you back your wallet." I hold it out as proof. "And, and it's an honor to meet you." I help him gather what isn't broken or spilled, shoving a handful of shiitake into the mercifully unripped bag.

[tarosetera]

I nod and bow, and nod and bow again.

"Ah, it's quite alright, this sort of thing happens all the time to me, I..." I blink down at my wallet in his hands, taking it from him as I cautiously look back up at his face.

Yuuto and I aren't even supposed to be a part of this timeline, how was this person able to connect my name with my face. "...Th-thank you."

This could be very bad.

[uchuukitaa]

I sprint up to the poor distressed old guy and give him a big smile. "Hey, everything all right?"

No, he doesn't look that old now I see him. Not in the first flush of youth like me, no, but probably no more than 45.

[tarosetera]

Of course I recognize the young man that sprints up to me, I've been keeping at least passing tabs on all the Riders and other heroes in this timeline.

I'm just not ready to address the Fourze situation. Especially considering how young he is, and how close he and his allies are to the epicenter of evil.

"Ah," I give him a little nerves half bow, trying to get the hairs of the back of my neck to stop making me shiver. "I, ah. Seem to have misplaced my wallet. It's okay though, my name and address are stitched in it. It'll come back to me, it always does."

Of course it's a fake address that we set up for the specific purpose of my wallet returning to me without anyone connecting my name to the actual location of our base.

[uchuukitaa]

"Tchhhh," I say worriedly. "Let me help. Or at least give you some money. You probably need medicine or something!"

[tarosetera]

"It's quite alright, really, I just, I..." I blink at the boy, then tilt my head, staring at him curiously.

"Why would you think I need medicine?"