Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-36289716-20190320154045/@comment-26892768-20190325150935

The man standing before Ms. Fortune looks to the side. "I suppose you'd like me to explain where you are, though, right?"

Ms. Fortune blinks, snapping back to reality. Okay, maybe this guy knowing her name is creepy, but at the same time... "Okay, if you know where I am, then yes, do that, please! Don't let my, eh...defensiveness from earlier stop you; I am totally willing to let you tell me where I am because I want to get back to Little Innsmouth as soon as possible!"

"Alright..." The man looks back at Ms. Fortune. "Then I suppose the first thing you should know is that you're far from home - you're not even in your own world anymore."

Ms. Fortune is confused. "...what?"

"Although, I suppose you would call it a universe - hardly makes a difference." The man shrugs.

"Wait, wait, wait wait wait...let me get this straight..." Ms. Fortune looks at the man. "You're saying that I'm in another universe? Like some kind of low budget sci-fi show?"

"Yes." The man replies with a completely straight face. "Hard to believe?"

"Hey, lemme think...guy who I've never met before just walks up to me, tells me I'm in another universe, and then expects me to trust something that ridiculous on word alone? Obviously, I should trust everything he says!" Ms. Fortune sarcastically remarks.

The man smirks. Suddenly, a wall of grayish, shifting light appears behind him, and when it moves over him, he disappears.

"Wh-" And then he appears directly behind Ms. Fortune and places a hand on her shoulder, causing her to yelp and scramble backwards.

"'Ridiculous,' you said? I suppose the claim of another universe is just as ridiculous as what I did just now, then?" The man retorts, his smirk now having settled into a more even grin.

"How did you..." Ms. Fortune shakes her head. "What was that?"

"My method of travelling through the worlds." The man begins to walk around Ms. Fortune as he talks. "You see, I happen to be a traveler of worlds, and happened to be in your world when I came across one Dak'kull Dubu. It was interesting, really - when I looked at the opening hours on the door, the restaurant should've been open, but when I checked the restaurant itself, it was closed. I managed to get in through the back door, and that's when I learned that your friends were worried because, apparently, you disappeared during the night. Your bed looked like it was when you went in to sleep in it, no signs of a struggle, no signs of you going out...it's as if you ceased to exist while everyone was asleep. So, naturally, I decided to help out."

"...I..." Ms. Fortune has several questions, but just shakes her head. "Okay, let's say I believe you - can you just take me home already? I mean, if Minette and Mew-Nyan are that worried, I-"

"I could...but not yet." The man gets closer to Ms. Fortune. "You see, I left something out of that story of mine...I was actually in your world to look for you even before I knew you'd gone missing. I have a bit of a personal stake in this, and only you have what I need."

Ms. Fortune stares at the man. "Did you mistake me for some alternate version of me that's rich or something? Because I hate to break it to you, but I'm not exactly a fat cat, if you get my drift."

"No, that's not it..." The man gets even closer now, and Ms. Fortune leans back to avoid getting her personal space invaded. "You see, what I'm after is something even more personal...something inside you..."

"This is starting to sound like a bad pick-up line, but I'll bite. What is it?" Ms. Fortune asks.

The man smiles, putting a hand on her shoulder...

And then Ms. Fortune finds herself staring down the silver barrel of an oddly-shaped blue gun.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqDrZZ0BLuc "The knowledge of where you hid the Life Gem." Daiki Kaito, world-travelling thief, states, his face now completely straight as he shoves away Ms. Fortune, slides a card into the gun, and slides the barrel forward.]

 [ ᴋᴀᴍᴇɴʀɪᴅᴇ: ] 

He points the gun to the sky, and yells out a single word. "Henshin!"

And as he fires and Ms. Fortune bears witness to his transformation, one word echoes from the gun.

 [ ᴅɪᴇɴᴅ !] 

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Now Kamen Rider Diend, the thief turns his attention back to Ms. Fortune. "Now, we can do this the easy way-"

He promptly gets sand kicked in his covered face, obscuring his vision for a moment as Ms. Fortune bolts, going into the forest.

"Not sure why I even bothered to offer when I knew what she was going to choose in the first place." Diend remarks, before going after her with inhuman speed.