trans_9 | Friendly Fire

Elsewhere on this ship, a war was being waged. A war for the hearts and minds, the souls and very sanity of this crew.

A war that Stacy wasn't certain that all would survive, hence why she released you. Replacements would be needed.

But that war is miles away from where you are. Or at least, so it seems. There are no screams of agony to greet you, no monsters trying to claw at you.

But that doesn't mean the Nightmare King can't reach you.

Prior to your arrival here on the Obs deck, reality had been shifted. Constructs of the current crew grew out of nothing. All of them look, sound, feel, behave, and scan as the crew member they're copying. They're as real as you are. And with smiling faces, they await your arrival.

They can't wait to welcome you. To your doom.

Won't you say hi?

[ooc: Nightmare plot is still on, people, and this is the newbie portion. For all current players, as stated above, the Nightmare King made copies of your guys, who are still stuck fighting nightmares elsewhere in the plot. You can tag in as the copy of your character, have them be friendly, get the newbies to let their guard down, and then the real nightmare can begin. Newbies, you can tag in, have fun, and suspect nothing until its too late.]

[Only new characters and Command Staff can start new threads for introductions, to limit the number of threads. Everyone else, just tag in and have the copies of your guys greet the newbies.]

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The boy led him in that direction, hands folded in front of himself.

"Um, what's your name, sir? I'm Fletcher?" Making conversation was something Fletcher would do, and it was a good icebreaker.

Tsukasa started and looked at the child...after all, there's only one response when someone asks you a question like that.

"I'm just a passing through Kamen Rider. Remember that."

He frowned cutely. What was that supposed to mean? Oh well, it wouldn't matter for long.

It wasn't long before he'd led the strange man to the city. "What's a Kamen Rider?" he asked, making his way down the streets. He had to find at least a little greenery.

Tsukasa looked at the child; doesn't he know what a Rider is?

"It doesn't matter right now." He gave a small smile to the child; best to keep such information close to...What the heck is this child looking for? Ran through the Rider's mind as the kid was looking around for...something. He didn't like that; Tsukasa made sure that his belt buckle was within easy reach, and pressed on after him.

Here. The area around the Garibah tree was a small, park-like place. Not big, but it would do for his purposes. The fake Fletcher stopped walking and knelt down to peer at the grass. An odd bird, this one was. "I guess not," he said. "Everyone here can do something unique." Then he smiled up at Tsukasa. "Would you like to see what I can do, Mr. Kamen Rider?"

It's not like it mattered what the answer was, but the construct was playing the role until the very end.

Creepy kid... The danger sense in Tsukasa's head went off, telling him it was time to get DecaDriver out.

He smiled at the small child and said, "Oh? You can do something unique, too? Well, how about we show each other our special abilities on three?" He already had his belt out and ready.

Was he suspicious? That could be a problem... The boy looked back down at the grass and found a nice bare patch of dirt. In any other circumstance, the circle and symbols he began to draw might look like idle doodles. "Okay! That could be interesting. Then... one..."

"HENSHIN!" Tsukasa yelled out, sliding his Decade card into his belt.

*KAMEN RIDE! DECADE!" The belt responded for the second time that day, clothing him in the magenta colored armor he was so well-known for. After the transformation was finished, he rushed over to the child's drawings, attempting to stomp them out.

But he was already finished. He'd had no intention of waiting for "three".

Vines and roots shot up out of the ground, seeking the ensnare the transformed Decade -- Fletcher, of course, showed no reaction to the transformation, despite apparently not knowing what a Kamen Rider was. Even if Decade did manage to stomp out the transmutation circle, the plants would continue attacking him.

The boy backed off, letting his plants do the work for him.

Damn! Too late! Ran through Decade's mind, as the trees themselves started attacking him. Two vines swept toward him, which he barely managed to dodge.

"When facing trees..." Decade started, and his hand went to the RideBooker, pulling out two cards.

*KAMEN RIDE! HIBIKI!* Sounded out, enveloping Decade in flames. With a flung fist, the flames disappeared, fully transforming Decade into Kamen Rider Hibiki.

*ATTACK RIDE! ONIBI!* Flames shot out of Decade!Hibiki's mouth, burning the plants around him, in an attempt to make an escape route.

Despite the boy's supernatural nature, the plants themselves were completely ordinary, and when the fire burned them they fell, unable to continue their assault. But still more came. Their intent: Ensnaring Decade and either squeezing him to death, strangling him, or ripping him limb from limb. So many options, after all.

It would be easy to make them stop if the fake Fletcher were to fall. He just stood there, several feet away from the carnage, a disturbingly serene smile on his face.

Decade!Hibiki's Onibi worked quite well...more than a few of the trees attacking him had fallen, burned. But, still more came, and he could sense the killing intent.

Let's try... *ATTACK RIDE!ONGEIBOU REKKA!" He pulled out two drumsticks with demons heads on them, and began flinging fire into the attack mass of greenery, while jumping higher and higher among the mass of dead forestry.

He'd picked a strong one to go up against. Well, it would just be all the more satisfying when he finally fell.

Decade was too well-matched against the plants themselves, so the boy ceased that line of attack, letting the attacking vines and roots fall limp to the ground, and approached Decade himself. "You're not very nice," he said simply.

[OOC:If it's cool, I'd like to wind down this particular thread. That all right with you?]

Decade!Hibiki landed at some distance away from the creepy child, and stepped back as he approached him.

"You're not very nice."

"...Well, someone trying to kill me kind of annoys me." If his face had not been hidden behind a mask, the child would have seen a glare that would have light him on fire.

[OOC: No probs. Go ahead and shank him, godmoding the construct is fine with me :D]

He didn't dignify that with a response. Instead he did something that would have been insane for any actual child his age -- he rushed the Kamen Rider, prepared to attack on his own.

What the hell kind of kid charges a Rider?! Ran through Decade's head...until he saw the glint of murder in his eyes. This...child(?) was going to kill him if he didn't do something. So, he pulled out a golden card.

*FINAL ATTACK RIDE! HI-HI-HI-HIBIKI!* A large half-sphere appeared, and Decade threw it at his opponent; the sphere froze him in mid-step. He charged to him, and began beating the energy sphere in an unique rhythm using the Ongekibou Rekka. After thirty seconds of that, he stopped, drew them back, and struck the sphere with both of them simultaneously. The child(?) exploded into leaves, leaving Tsukasa alone in a field of destroyed forestry.

The next thing that he did was revert back to his normal Decade form, walking away from the battle even more exhausted than he was before.

Friendly Fire

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