Here we go! It's time to reveal the other parts to show! How does a guild adventurer and an Idol sound? Things are only going to get weirder from here on, trust me. Now, things are all set up for us to eventually go to Lastation, but who should appear there? After all, we've got three gashats I want to have appear and there are many kamen riders that fall under the category of 'technology based'... Maybe it should be - Anyway, let's go!
Super hero time!
Ex-aid: Naruto, deal with the new arrivals!
Naruto: And you should deal with your own problems! enter the game, riding the end!
Ex-aid: Well it's certain stranger than fiction with her!
Naruto: And we don't exactly seem normal to the people of old!
E-a + N: Game start! Showtime!
It was at least organised, he could give it that. However, the deranged writing upon the blue walls over the slumped bodies wasn't exactly reassuring, scrawled in the same liquid that decorated the tiled floor.
"Seven counts of murder… one hundred and fifteen counts of rape… eighteen counts of assault…" with every sentence his read, Egi's stomach felt the urge to throw up grow, a hand to his mouth in case, but with the utter devastated state the room seemed to have even with the relative neatness of the bodies, vomit wouldn't exactly look that out of place.
"Oh, I tried my best with this one!" the woman declared in a song like tone, spinning round lackadaisically. "It's got to be so much better than what that girl did, no, the whole basilicom! No, wait, they work under you, right!? Oh, I'm sorry for insulting your people, but it's true! They're always so happy to detain people, but why should they be detained when they have such horrible crimes on their shoulders? It is so they can suffer with their sins?"
"They are kept alive because we can't just go around killing every criminal!" the doctor yelled, grabbing the woman by the shoulders and pointedly ignoring the small moan of happiness. "Did you go around collecting all of these people just so you could kill them to make yourself feel better? That's not what people of Genmeer should be doing!"
"But, they're scum, the worst humanity has to offer."
Egi's resolve wavered slightly at the deadly seriousness that her voice had taken, the tears finally stemming as she looked to her God with empty eyes.
"After all, they prey on the weaker, crushing them down so they can feel bigger when in truth, they're just making it so there's no one that can stand tall." The girl muttered, Egi giving a small surprised yelp at how her fingernails drew blood from her forehead. "At least I was able to see my position on the bottom of society but these people, they tried to reach too far for what they were worth. They could never deserve to even be within ten thousand miles of your presence, let alone alive in the very same city!"
What had he walked into? There wasn't exactly much he could do when the woman's iron grip latched onto his arm once more. Eyes involuntarily falling shut once more, Egi could only listen to the rhythmic sound of his feet as he was dragged along. They were down to two: Neptune and 5pb.
The girls… what could possibly happen to them that he wasn't there to see? Blame it on the fact that he was having to go through this horrific experience, but his protective instincts were going on full blast; could they have possibly been kidnapped by a group and he didn't know of it? Had they been injured far too much and were now stuck crying out for his help in the middle of nowhere, bleeding to death!?
'No, no, keep yourself together Dr. Yuuno!' the black haired man mentally scolded, clapping a hand against his head as his eyes burst open. 'dwell on those thoughts and you won't be able to keep yourself together for this!'
The corridor they had been going down was surprisingly long, making the man wonder what exactly was there that needed to be kept so far away from the beginning. From the rhythmic beats that kept pumping out from behind the turquoise door, it certainly wasn't going to be friendly. Taking a small step back when the vicious grip was released, only to be met by headphones, the doctor could only give a confused look to the protection.
"I understand that you are far stronger than whatever I could do, but I don't want to harm you at all, naturally." The girl whispered, taking his gentle hold and crushing it in her own, the door near kicked open.
Hey, are you ready to hear me sing? 3
The note seemed far more threating in those moments than it should have, but the doctor rider merely nodded his head numbly, looking around the new interior. Done in the same colour as the door, there was a surprising lack of mysterious fluid upon the floor, though the agonised yells mixing with the thumping beat did just as well when it came to terrifying him. The headphones didn't really seem to cancel out the noise, merely leave him insusceptible to the same torture that the people roughly chained to the walls were so clearly feeling. Their pained squirming and occasional cries were a stark contrast to the laughter they gave, smiles brutally forced upon their visages that spoke of indescribable pain, only growing as soon as the redhead took to the mike.
Shiawase desu ka? gimu desu yo? Hatashite masu ka?
Shiawase ja nai nara...
Kousatsu, zanshu, juusatsu, kamayude, dekishi ,denki,
Hiaburi, ikiume, yakusatsu, ishiuchi, nokogiri, haritsuke,
Suki nano o erande ne
Hai haai!
Saa saa minasan, shiawase dake ga michite maasu!
Fuan toka fuman, nani hitotsu nai deshoo?
Kowaai, kowai waa!
Shiawase sugite, kowai waa!
"Burning? Drowning? Crucifixion?" the man muttered, his fingers tickling the edges of his pocket as he made sure that the girl was too busy trying to be a better idol that an actual idol.
MIGHTY ACTION X!
GASHAT!
"I'm afraid that I can't let you do anymore!" Egi declared, the blade of the Gashacon breaker at her neck, summoned as soon as he placed the cartridge into the kimewaza slot holder. Rather than the usual reaction of violence or fear however, the low moan that escaped the red haired woman was more than a little disturbing considering how close the weapon was to her. Sure, it didn't exactly look like a conventional weapon, but still!
"Ah, I was waiting for this moment! When you would take me in and promise you wouldn't ever let me go!" she sighed, uncaring for the fact that Egi had brought out the odd device that Toei had used to communicate with him before.
"Egi? Where the hell are you!? I was knocked out and the next thing I know, I've been sent back to the Basilicom!" The oracle roared, a small wince escaping before the doctor could properly answer.
"I've been dealing with the issue and will arrive in the basilicom main hall in just a second, ensure that there are no people in a certain area big enough for two." The Genmeer god ordered, the sound of agreement letting him shut it down. From what he had seen, there was an easy way to get out of here, as long as he focused on the right location and made sure to select it…
GASHUUN!
STAGE SELECT!
"I think we have everything we need to make a super feast!" Compa stated as they checked through their bags, the basilicom only a small distance away. Al they would have to do is make sure that Egi didn't come back before the preparations were done!
IF was quick to catch the ringing of one of her phones, flipping open the lid and answering the call with skill only born of repeated actions, easily set to speaker.
"Um, bad news you guys… Egi's already back at the basilicom, or will be when you get there."
"Wait, what!?" Neptune exclaimed, the passers quickly walking away from the screaming purple haired girl as IF placed a palm to her face. "What sort of cheat did he use to do that!? You said he would be on a mission that would have him gone for a long time, you liar! Dance away you liar!"
"Well I'm sorry, but he finished early and then, he planned to use the stage select to come back! He coul- he's already back!" Toei whispered, a small sense of panic entering her tones. "Just make sure you aren't found and send someone up first to divert him until everything's ready!"
The call was rapidly cut off, the last sounds being Toei's enthusiastic greeting to the returned doctor, the blue jacketed agent giving a small sigh. Their work just had to be made harder.
"Well if we need to, I could probably distract him for a while…" 5pb suggested. It wasn't exactly as if she was the most important in this case, with Compa making the food and IF dealing with the decorations and for some reason, she didn't exactly trust Neptune with not making any mistakes.
"Hey, why do you say that?" the goddess of Planeptune moaned, the songstress looking to her in confusion. "I can do anything without mistakes!"
"But, I didn't say anything about that…"
"Anyway, we'll have 5pb misdirect Egi and then while he's being led out by her, we'll sneak into the main area and it will be easy to get up." IF declared, a small collective agreement before the singer strolled in, Neptune pulling out a cardboard box from some mysterious dimension before cowering beneath its cover, a sweatdrop falling down the other pair's faces.
"Well, I guess Nep-Nep has a chance of not being seen…"
"We don't have time for this Compa, let's get down now!"
"When was the last time we were alone like this?" Egi mused as they strolled through the streets. The park wouldn't be too far from here and even though there was a slight struggle with getting the deranged woman into custody, Toei had been surprisingly receptive to the idea of leaving it all to her, 5pb happily entering with her request with perfect timing. "I should make some more time to go out with you lot individually."
"I'm sure they would love it…" 5pb answered, gently walking closer. It would be simple, just make sure that he goes nowhere near the Basilicom before she got the call. With a request of helping her with her music, it should take a good chunk of time, especially if they were planning to produce perfection.
"But I have to ask, why would you choose me?" the Egi questioned as he led 5pb to a large tree in the centre of the park, tapping the space beside him that was eagerly filled. "After all, I'm not exactly the best at making music, so shouldn't you get someone with a bit more… reliability?"
"I can't really trust too many people…" Lyrica admitted, gently strumming the guitar with an ear to the wood. "There's a chance that they'll try and twist my work for a certain purpose, or just mess up and not give me a choice. There's a few people I could go to, but they're either busy or their music tastes don't exactly work with what I do."
"Okay then, so what do you want me to do then?" the doctor asked, waving to a passing child that frantic greeted him. Being a CPU ruler of a landmass was still weird, kind of being like a king, which meant that there was a whole bunch of people that recognised him, the children especially happy when they saw him. "I'm not exactly the best when it comes to instruments. I did play a small bit of sax when I was younger…"
"You played the saxophone?" Lyrica said, a tilt of her head as Egi nodded. "I wouldn't have expected it… that's cool!"
"Anyway, we should begin, right? What do you have so far?" as people filtered into the park, the clear sky making for a beautiful setting for a fun family day out, they would be granted what would basically amount to a free concert, the pair adding various elements to the tunes and using the reactions of the people to gauge their success. For keeping a song secret, it was an absolutely terrible move, but if you were to ask either of them, they wouldn't care. After all, they were having fun and if they were able to share the fun with everyone else, then that's only a bonus.
Soon, word would spread through the city, people quickly gathering as they heard the idol singing her works in progress and laughing at the absolutely terrible attempts from their leader. If he was let loose with a keyboard, he could at least make some relatively simple melodies, but... he was kept away from the microphone.
They didn't even notice how the sun was close to setting before the ringing of a phone came, 5pb jumping slightly as the tune began to play. With an apologetic smile, the girl stood on the other side of the trunk, a hand covering the screen.
"So is everything ready then?" she asked, to be met by silence.
"Neptune, give me the phone, she isn't going to hear you nodding!"
Aw, you're no fun. What if she had a super cool feature that let her shoot a hologram of our faces or something?"
"Well, she doesn't have one and I don't so give me that!"
The girl just stood quietly as the sounds of conflict filled her ears, a victorious cry depicting IF's success. "Um, so am I good to bring him back then?"
"Yeah, take your time. We only have a few things we need to do, so it should take the time you need to come back." The brunette explained, Lyrica nodding. All she would have to do is simply say that she wanted to walk slow, that would probably be enough to get him to walk slow enough.
"Okay, I'll see you there then!" she happily bid farewell, ending the call with a flick and walking back around with a childish innocence. "Egi, we should get back. Apparently, Compa's made dinner and they're just waiting on us."
The surrounding children all gave a small groan of disappointment, parent's ushering them away as Egi gave his goodbyes. Most of the people seemed not to have prepared for what would turn out to be a full day outing, so they had all clamoured around him when he stated that he would fund lunch for them all.
"Well then, we shouldn't leave them waiting, should we?" The doctor remarked, drawing the idol close and eliciting a squeak from Lyrica. "Don't worry, I can get us there super-fast."
"Ah, you can't do that!" 5pb immediately protested, drawing a surprised look from the doctor. "What if you end up… teleporting into a table or something?"
"Oh, that won't be an issue here, trust me." The boy dismissed, gently lowering his mouth to her ear. "Is there a reason why you don't want me to return quickly? Did something happen between you and the others?"
Well, that was wrong by a longshot, but what could she say!? "Um, no, it's just… I wanted to spend a little more time with you…"
She wouldn't need to fake the blush that appeared upon her cheeks, a similar colour overtaking Egi as he just realised exactly how close they were to each other. The girl gave a small gasp as she felt calloused fingers entwine with her own, Egi giving her his brightest smile as he began to lead her away to the sound of gossiping mothers.
"You know what? Maybe we can afford to take our time."
When he had arrived at the warehouse he had been told to appear at, he hadn't expected to see such a… lazy sight. The man was swinging his legs from atop of a crate, the sounds of a game filling the silent void until he finally noticed the arrival of his guest.
"Ah, so you did decide to come!" he cheerfully greeted, receiving a stern nod in reply. "I was starting to believe that Avenir wasn't willing to accept my assistance Ganache."
"Well, we're always looking to expand our hold." The businessman stated with a push of his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Now, what is it that you wished to show? Should it not be worth our time, then the deal will immediately end. Should it prove to be something of note, then we will begin the negotiations, Pallad."
"Oh? But after the first demonstrations, you seemed so impressed by the response." Pallad quipped, leaping off of his seat with acrobatic grace to land with an elegant bow. "After all, you seemed so into the demo… you could almost say you were frightened stiff."
Though he showed no reaction visually to the sudden barb, Ganache was inwardly seething, his indignation fully felt from his speech.
"You would be wise not to antagonise our company Pallad. After all, we are far greater than a single man even if he holds a weapon to us." He warned, but he hadn't been expecting the enthusiastic laughter that came, nor the sudden hand that grasped his neck.
"And you would be wise not to underestimate my might. Like a puzzle, I am far more complex than I may first seem." He whispered, neither backing down until eventually, Pallad released the man to fall onto the warehouse's concrete floor. "But we're here for business! It's just as we agreed last time, right? I supply you the data required to begin the mass creation of the game and you work on the blueprint plans I gave you?"
"Those were the terms we agreed on, yes, though I must ask. Why would you attempt to recreate the power that the CPU of Genmeer holds?" Ganache questioned. "There have been tales of those who tried to steal the power of a goddess, none too good." He was answered by a tut, the man reaching into his pockets with a causal stance.
"Ah, but what you don't know is how it functions, something I am particularly familiar with." The rider returned, a black gashat now in his hand. "With this, you will be able to simulate the conditions needed to use the same power, which was usually done through an operation. Obviously, that wouldn't exactly work here. As soon as you can create the driver, then I will prove that I can use the same power as Ex-aid."
Flipping the back of the cartridge up, he was greeted by a neon green, the character on the front all silhouettes. Ganache was silent for a moment, pressing the button as Pallad's smile grew.
KAMEN RIDER CHRONICLE!
Game pause! Well, I never said I wasn't going to introduce any gashats before we go to Lastation either! This is a big change, so please look forward to that! I think that I've got a good idea for what i'm going to do in Lastation, I just need to confirm that the Kamen riders will work. Oh yes, that was meant to be a plural before you ask, but who? Oh, I won't be able to upload for next week, but I should be able to do it for the one after that if my work permits it.
