Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26892768-20180130225255/@comment-26892768-20180131164408

Double nods, not noticing Makuta's glance. "Good. Now then..."

"I'll need my Bugvisor." Cronus reaches a hand out to Double.

''"No, you don't. You and I both know very well about your Energy Items - which are still on your person, mind you." ''Double corrects.

Cronus forces back a curse - goddammit he'd been trying to make everyone forget about those - and just nods. "Ah, yes...the Energy Items. They will suffice for my task."

''"Excellent. Now, go. And perhaps if you're swift, and I'm in a good mood..." ''Double's form shifts to that of an attractive, black-haired woman with sharp cheekbones. "You could get a reward."

Cronus doesn't seem to express anything, but if one looked closely at him, they'd be able to tell that his posture has stiffened. "...That will not be necessary. Now, if you'll excuse me..."

He teleports away.

Avak looks at Double as she shifts back to her usual nun form. "Uh..."

''"Masamune Dan is the biological father of Kuroto Dan. How exactly do you think that happened?" ''Double answers Avak's unsaid question with another.

Avak blinks as the implication sinks in. "...Oh. That...wow. Never even occured to...either Cronus is abusive on top of everything else, or he got really, really lucky."

''"Surely a mystery of the ages." ''Double turns to Fuma. "Now then...I believe we need to retrieve Reidak's consciousness?"

Fuma nods. "I'll be in and-"

''"Forgive me for not being confident in your skills, but considering just who you've brought into that virtual world, I say you need back-up." ''Double interrupts. "Take Makuta with you."

Fuma sighs. "...Very well."

He walks over to Makuta, and presses a button on the side of his belt.

'"STAGE SELECT!" 'A larger version of the image on the Hurricane Ninja Gashat appears in front of Fuma and Makuta, and proceeds to move them, the screen taking their bodies elsewhere.

Makuta and Fuma reappear in a wasteland - a city torn apart, darkened by the red sky blocking all natural light and tinting everything in a shade of red. Black mist seeps through the wreckage, and the sound of conflict is not too far off as figures in the distance fight each other to the death, metallic clangs going through the air.

"Let's get this over with." Fuma starts walking, swords at the ready.

Elsewhere, Cronus reappears in his secret "living space" of sorts - a place on a far-off planet. Completely uninhabitable...unless, of course, you don't need to breathe to live.

Cronus sighs, takes a deep breath...and punches the wall next to him, his face curled into an animalistic snarl.

He is going to kill Double. And then he's going to kill whoever this Dimentio is for simply telling her about the very existence of Sakurako Dan, because NO ONE can replace his wife, and he will be her weapon of vengeance from beyond the grave against this thing that dares to think that just because it can imitate the form of his love it means it can be a suitable replacement!

Then Cronus sighs, the rage past him. His vengeance will come, but he needs to be more...subtle. He needs to think. Of course, he has a vague idea of what the Skull Heart is - something he ended up finding out about through his research. An artifact that grants one wish to any woman who asks...but if the wish is impure, then the woman becomes a Skullgirl, a bringer of destruction and calamity. And, naturally, nearly any wish can be twisted to be seen as impure in it's eyes.

And he already knows the perfect candidate. Clearly, this Dimentio fellow didn't tell her much about a certain other shapeshifter who still has yet to get over a certain incident that happened a bit over a year ago, because otherwise she wouldn't have bothered with having him search. But, of course, Double expects him to actually do some observation, so he has to spend that time somehow, right? So, perhaps it's time to pay a visit to his old universe...he's always wondered where the CR kept the Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashats after the Ministry of Health took them off the shelves, anyway.

He teleports away.

''"Well, to be fair, I did get hit with that Judgement. I just didn't die!" ''Dimentio comments. "And just like the fly attracted by honey in a jar, she's so close to the right answer...and yet so, so far."

Sari and Emily look at each other, and then head in, the latter keeping her amulet at the ready.