[Semi-Open] A fresh set of scales.

[how_vexing]

Hands deep in his coat pockets. Brows furrowed.

"How...vexing" He'd murmur. "Are you certian about this?" They had been walking for hours. Monsters have been in and out of sight. Venosnaker becoming restless as well as his other two contact beasts.

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[how_vexing]

"It's safe to assume that he has just as much to lose as anyone. Hence the...press for an introduction like that" He'd say to Compa.

Many years ago there was talk of several continent's research centers trying to close or reverse the ways that riders appeared. Needless to say he and many others aught wind of that and eradicated the laboratories.

He of course, took it further than that...for good reason.

"This all seems too simple. However...you seem to know much. A little 𝙩𝙤𝙤 much, I've gotta say" He'd take a breath for some mild composure. "I accept" a shrug with a faint smirk of his own.

[genmnokami]

"On paper it is simple. But going through it, not so much."

"Reverse them? Hah. If anything, I want to open and take advantage of them. If they close, the data and blessing they possess will be lost. Who would dare do something so stupid...they deserved to be deleted. Idiots." He spits, and tilts his head, smirking.

"I've been here for some time. Perhaps not as long as you...but the data. You Kamen Riders...the goddesses..the nations..the whole economy of this world..is WAAAAY BEYOND THE CONSUMERS /FEEBLE/ MINDS!!"

Deep exhale....

"Good~" Raising his bugvisor. "A signal has been fluctuating in and out for the last 24 hours. If it's the remains of one of these research centers...then there's no doubt the flux is in it's unstable stages. New Riders must have come by..creating a trickling affect. Like an old injury when the body faces irregular temperature. We must go. At once."

[clumsynurse]

Relief in his words. Or some, at least. Compa gave him a nod. Before looking to Takeshi.

[how_vexing]

"The ones known have been...ah, as you say...𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙" a faint smirk.

"Fine, lead us. I'll take care of it" a lift of his head. "Perhaps this could lead to more clues on those other mirror beasts..." a rub of his chin.

[genmnokami]

A smirk.

"Perfect~"

POINTING ONWARD. Looking to the bug visors data signature, he leads ahead with his arm still outstretched into a point...!

"Now....This way...!!"

Already starting off. Clearly he's taken great joy and intrigue in this!

[clumsynurse]

Compa taking her rider's hand as they followed him. Red eyes throwing him glances every so often.

[how_vexing]

He was focused on what may lay ahead.

The thought of another fight not necessarily pushing away the one that just transpired, but a reminder of how he needed that thirst he's always had. Run with it, essentially.

A tighter grip on Compa's hand for the moment, his other on his advent deck.

[genmnokami]

Focusing on the signal, his hand on his hip while mumbling over specs and probability while he gazes up.

Their walk would further on, but they may soon notice that there was a certain density in the air. Things were feeling 'heavier'.

"One question I have for you both."

Looking over his shoulder at them, drawing in further.

"How far are you willing to go to see things done?" A smirk. He finds them both intriguing. He wants to know the extent of their fealty, for future plans..

[clumsynurse]

Compa certainly felt it. She wasn't quite as bouncy as usual...

A small glance to her Rider, keeping her hand in his. "I-I would do anything to see his wish granted" a hand over her chest with brows furrowed in determination.

She had more than showed her mettle in doing so. Becoming a bit more ousted by her friends and community in Planeptune for choosing Takeshi and defending his ways amongst other things

[how_vexing]

He remains silent, not meeting the Nurse's gaze. The pressure was..pleasant? To him. He was curious as to how much of this it would take to crush a skull...

[genmnokami]

"..Is that so?"

"Remember you said this. And you. What about you? We already know how far you'll go. But can you do so knowing your sins.."

He stops, and turns to them both.

"Think hard now. Think of your gravest sin." Pointing up ahead..there was a wavy flux just ahead of them.

"Because /that/ there. There is where we'll be put to a test by the worlds converging." Head tilting, grinning.

"..She still doesn't know, does she?"

[clumsynurse]

Compa nodded, then looks to Takeshi with a head tilt.

𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙞𝙣?
Perhaps its as everyone has said, that it was meeting him? She didn't feel that way, but...

"Don't know..? Don't know what?" Blink blink

[how_vexing]

His face 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽.

Venomous rage in his eyes. "What are you playing at, huh?"

Dropping Compa's hand, both of his balling into fists, his jaw set tight.

𝖧𝗈𝗐 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐? 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗒.

[genmnokami]

"I'm a man who does his research and knows his data, though in this case it really did not take much." Arms folding.

"But I see that all but confirmed it."

"Keep that rage...you will need it." He looks at Compa, then looks ahead. Choosing to not dwell on it right now. "Go through. From my experiences, the fluxes will forge an area based upon the entry. I will follow."

Gesturing them on.

[clumsynurse]

A small frown, looking between the two.
Cautiously, she stepped forward toward the flux rift and peered at the energy that seems to emanate from it. A little gulp before she put on a brave face and stepped on through!

[how_vexing]

Before he stepped through after Compa he turns to him.

"If she finds out so much as a whisper...that data will be the least of your worries"

Long legs bring his stride to be behind her once through the odd opening. A set of rapid blinks with a squint...

[genmnokami]

Nodding. A small smirk, as he seems to find his fury all the more intriguing.

This man…hostile and unpredictable. But what an interesting response. Is he protecting himself? Or Compa? He tends to think the latter.

“Now that’s vexing…” He joins them. It seems within is a makeshift widespread area in Japan. Quiet. Eeerie. It’s uncertain if it’s real or not.

But that heaviness before..it’s increased. Something was here..

[clumsynurse]

"Where are we..?" tilting her head. The pressure making her uneasy, as well as a headache coming on.

A back-step, bumping into Takeshi.

[how_vexing]

It would be hard to tell.

The man has no friends. Murdered his own family without much of a thought.

None the less, in the present, he remained silent. A sense of familiarity here.

He'd place a hand on Compa's shoulder to steady her, his sandy hair blowing about. The silence heightened his senses and his urgency with the matter at hand

[genmnokami]

"Ogikubo, Tokyo."

He walks further, spotting a building with their reflections being seen along the walls of a studio building.

The walls ripple, like water..black shadows begin to seep through as humanoid entities walk out towards them, their faces like static as they all make sounds of a crowd of people murmuring to themselves, distorted.

"..Data remnants from other worlds. Lost and compiled. Their murmurs are encrypted thoughts..and anything not like them, get's purged." He eases his jacket aside a bit, reaching for two gashats.

[clumsynurse]

"Then...we have to fight them?" Compa keeping her head lowered some. They almost looked like people.

She had to remind herself that they weren't...

[how_vexing]

"Henshin..."

Flashing his advent deck into the nearest window. His belt appearing for him to slide the deck in. A glint and he gained his Cobra armor with a roll of his neck, a slow roll of his neck.

"Saa..." He was more than ready to let off some steam

[genmnokami]

"That's correct."

Click!

👾MIGHTY ACTION X!👾

💀DANGEROUS. ZOMBIE!💀

"Grade X O. Henshin!"

💀DEATH THE CRISIS. DANGEROUS, ZOMBIE!💀

Tearing into his transformation, with a snarling guttural hiss..the entities start to take shape uniquely. Some shifted to Bugsters, in appearance. Others, mirror beast. And finally, the last..were..more human like than before. Faces distorted by static..garbling Compa's name and fashioning sharp appendages.

"Phase 2 has began they are scanning for our adversaries as visuals..!! No matter what..DO NOT SHOW MERCY!! GREEHEHEHE!!" Rushing in, he already is swiping and kicking at the Bugster based entities.

[clumsynurse]

Her syringe appearing in her extended hand. Shaky steps before a green circle appears beneath the three of them, it pulses and gives them a temporary shield that shocks enemies upon contact.

At the sound of her name she backs away slowly...

[how_vexing]

Stepping in front of the nurse he comes along with wide swipes of his sword, causing many to fall. He'd turn sharply to the left and slam a card into his staff.

𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵

Venosnaker emerges with a hiss, the massive Cobra coils around the nurse to allow him to move away and continue his frenzied slashes.