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Driving Lessons

Contrary to belief, Phillip wasn't about to just throw Will onto a bike. Thus being said, he had asked for her to come to the sensoriums for a little bit of practice, remembering how he learned how to drive.

A series of pylons in a large open lot were set up and a RideVendor stood to the side, idling quietly as he leaned against the HardBoiler, looking all for the world like he was debating on the course about to be undertook.

For that matter, he had dragged an assistant out, one Ren Akiyama for the part of the course.

Ren could stand to get some more friends going.

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It was amazing how well Ren tolerated Phillip, given how he was trying to drag him into social interaction. But for all he didn't like trying to make friends, he did at least have something in common with Phillip: they were both Kamen Riders, and they were trying to restore their worlds. And after that, they could part ways. It wasn't friendship; it was convenience--or so he told himself.

Ren leaned forward as he sat on his bike, newly recovered from the hangar. If anything, he was here to make sure that Phillip's lessons didn't result in Will getting hurt. The other Rider had a bit of a tendency to think that just because he'd read up on something, he'd mastered it enough to practice or teach. He'd been lucky so far, but Ren wasn't exactly looking forward to that luck running out.

Will smiled as she walked into the sensorium, probably looking a bit too eager to get started with the driving lessons. After all, it was years earlier than she was going to have been able to get started back on her world, so of course she was eager.

Hopefully Ren's thoughts wouldn't... be too far on the mark though.

"Ah good you've arrived," said Phillip, shutting his book reflexively. "Will, I'd like you to meet Ren Akiyama, my roommate. Ren, this is Will Vandom. Not to be confused with the previous Miss Vandom."

"And this," added Phillip, stepping to the side to reveal the black and gold bike, "Is your RideVendor."

Ren nodded in lieu of any real greeting, then turned his attention to the RideVendor.

"There are several of these in the hangar, and it looks like they belong to a Kamen Rider or a team of them. Since Phillip, Kazami, Kadoya, and I are the only ones here that we know of, we'll be using these spares to train you."

Will blushed a bit, looking over at Ren. He was... rather good looking... and probably way too old for her to even be thinking about him being attractive anyway.

She nodded, smiling a bit as she saw the bike. "Ooh, it looks pretty nice!" she said, moving closer to it.

Phillip nodded, handing her a set of keys and a remote starter. "You can store it upright with a click of the button," he said. "It's called a RideVendor because it changes into a vending machine, although the contents are long since gone."

"As such, we'll be moving you through the paces, staying upright, handling, and then trying the course out."

"Get on first to see how it feels," Ren said. "It's already started, so you'll transition to the next part of the lesson more smoothly."

Will nodded, moving over to the bike and moving to get on it. And probably some how doing it wrong, but hey.

"You want to position yourself a little further up, and not leaning over as much," said Phillip helpfully.

Ren decided this was probably a good time to add his two cents, so he said, "While it's true that leaning forward reduces your wind resistance, don't do it so much that you'll hurt yourself."

"Besides," he added, stretching his back slightly, "we're not racing. Yet."

Will nodded. "Okay," she said, moving herself a bit, following Philip and Ren's instructions... before grinning. "Racing? You think I'll get good enough to race?"

"It all takes practice," replied Phillip. "Riding a motorcycle is like riding a bike, but with a lot more give and take to it. Keeping in mind safety lessons is always good too."

Ren, ever the reassuring and supportive person he was, added, "It depends on how long it takes for you to catch on."

Then, knowing that Phillip would probably call him out on completely failing at social grace, he amended it with "But at least you'll have learned the basics."

Will nodded and smiled. "I got you. I wasn't even thinking about racing at all. Not this early anyway. I already tried that when with skiing... with no idea how to ski. At all."

"I haven't tried skiing yet," mused Phillip, but with considerable effort, shoved it to the side.

"All right, we should get started on the riding lesson. As with any cycle, you need to take a fairly clipped pace, about ten kilometers per hour at the most to keep upright. Start it up and we'll show you how to go through the course."

Ren noticed the look Phillip had on his face and sighed. He'd dealt with Phillip's obsessive research before, and it wasn't fun.

"Focus on one thing at a time, Phillip," he insisted.

Getting back to the lesson, Ren gave instructions on how to actually get the bike in motion, then said, "Start moving."

Will nodded, listening to Ren's instructions before she started the bike... and then had the thing speed forward pretty fast before she got it to slow down. Good thing she wasn't near a wall or anything!

Phillip jogged up to steady her. "Ease up a little on the throttle," he suggested. "Slower motions than fast ones first."

Ren brought his bike up closer, mostly as demonstration since he was only barely leaning in his seat.

"Watch how far you're leaning," he said. "Right now, you need the wind resistance."

Will nodded, leaning back a bit as she slowed down on the bike.

"There you go," replied Phillip. "Keep it nice and steady until you can increase the throttle a bit."

Ren kept his pace, nodding as he watched Will. So far, so good.

Will smiled as she relaxed a bit, getting more of a feel for the bike. She sped up a bit, but not too much, since well, hey, she was still young and getting used to this. It was kinda like how she needed to take it slow when she first got her powers.

"She's doing pretty good," remarked Ren. "A regular rider." And he chuckled at his pun.

Ren gave Phillip a look for the dumb joke, then turned his attention back to Will.

"Better," he said.

Will was a bit more confident now, to say the least. "Okay, so what's next."

"All right, we'll start in on the course. Try to follow the row as best as possible. We'll get on weaving after that." said Phillip, giving Ren a quirky grin.

"Take it slowly at first," Ren reminded her. "Speed up when you feel confident."

He wasn't about to have her crash and burn on her first lesson. People person or not, Ren did have a protective streak.

Will nodded. "Okay, will do," she said, focusing on keeping it slow for the moment.

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