Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26998060-20180806001050/@comment-26892768-20180809203320

Not that the Skeleton King can really hear the Lich, since the Skeleton King is currently on a completely different ship and all...

But then the Skeleton King contacts the Lich. Convenient.

"Are you ready to move on to the next world?" The Skeleton King asks.

Meanwhile...

"I'll make sure to answer those questions later, but right now, I need to explain why I'm here before I run out of time. You're this Earth's defenders, right?" Kouta asks.

"Yup!" Coop grins.

"Well, on a technicality, yeah..." Jamie answers, shrugging.

"There aren't really any other options." Kiva bluntly answers.

Kouta raises an eyebrow, but just shakes his head and doesn't ask any questions. "Alright, good; I got the right people. Look - you need to prepare. Something is coming - a dark force known as the Lich and his allies, wishing to snuff out the life from every world across the universes. You need to prepare, probably faster than you might like, really; one of them has already made a move here, and soon enough-"

The ground shakes for a moment, catching the four off-guard. Kouta looks at the city behind them and winces. A giant, red, spiky eye with tentacles, ready to wreak havoc upon the unsuspecting New Jersey.

"I'm guessing that would be a little present from the Lich guy you were talking about." Jamie remarks.

Kouta shakes his head. "From one of his allies - a skeleton king that used to be human. I don't know much about the creature itself, since apparently it was rarely summoned until he joined forces with the Lich."

He pulls out a lock with the image of a cherry blossom on it and opens the lock, causing it to jump out of his hand, unfold, and grow in size until it's become a cherry blossom-themed motorcycle. Kouta gets on, and then looks to the local trio. "I can hold it off until you get to your mech, but you need to get to it fast."

That remark gets him stranger looks than he was already getting from pulling out a lock that transformed into a motorcycle. Kouta decides not to mention that by all means he could kill the monster himself with ease - it'd just come at the cost of a lot of property damage and a lot of potential casualties.

"Oooookay then. Good luck with that!" With that, Coop gets in his car, Jamie following. Kiva nearly follows, only for Kouta to grab her shoulder.

"Before you go - take these." Kouta hands Kiva several flash drives. "Look them over. You can't always rely on your mech - some of your fights will be up close and personal, and if you want to survive them, you'll need more than skill alone."

Kiva looks at Kouta one last time, before getting in the car.

Kouta looks as it heads off, before riding towards the city on his motorcycle, putting an odd belt buckle on his waist and letting a yellow belt materialize from it as he rides on. He pulls out another odd lock.

"Orange!"