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[ a chance for it doesn't come too often, though! ]

Rider War? [ for someone who's ~~obsessed~~familiar with kamen riders, this concept would be something new. ] No, I haven't heard about anything like that. But-- why would he attack you without provocation? And-- does that mean he knows who you are?

No, I don't think he does. ...I think he was just annoyed.

Anyway, we should be extra careful around here. Even Riders might not be allies.

Mm. I understand.

[ she pauses, then takes something from her pocket. it's a small, smelly pouch tied with a black ribbon on top. ] Here.

What is it?

It's something to keep you safe, Ryusei-san. You should always put it in your pocket to ward off evil.

Th—thanks. [I will...try to treasure it. ~~Tomoko-chaaan, it smells. :(~~]

... [...

SUBJECT CHANGE] ...You said you've met the others?

[ but it works :( please don't throw it away i spent hours hunting the rat i used for it :( ]

Mm. Gentarou-san and Sonoda-sensei and Yuuki-san. Miu-sempai, too, though it was brief. I've yet to see Shun-sempai and Kengo-san. JK... is here with me.

[I'll just put it in this drawer here...]

...I'd been hoping there weren't that many. [One of us has got to keep an eye on things back home. When we return, the Coach will probably be dead. Because Kengo killed him.] Sonoda-sensei is...?

[ remember to fling it around and shout HIIII-HOOOOOO for it to properly work. preferably in my presence. ]

Why would you hope that, Ryusei-san? Wouldn't it be better if the whole club is here with us? [ ...oh. well, someone ought to tell ohsugi-sensei about people in kamen rider not dying the usual way... ]

We didn't talk that long, though she was surprised that she saw so many of us that day. I don't think she knew we knew who she really is. [ pause. ] Who did you talk to, aside from that Kamen Rider?

[Maybe sometime in the future I will do that. Faaaaaar in the future.]

It'd be better if we were back there. There's... Well, we can all be together properly there. [For instance, I haven't seen Jirou here. The last time I saw him, back home, he was freaking out about asking a girl on a date. I don't know if I told you all this, but Jirou...is not good with girls. And then afterwards he cries on me and then I have to take him out for best friends' dinner and then I have to pretend I don't know him when he cavorts around like a loon pretending to be drunk because we can't actually drink.] I've only seen another me and someone I don't know.

Ah... Who was Sonoda-sensei again?

[ ...ryusei-san you can't just pretend to not know your best friend just because he's adorkably drunk - what if he fell over? you'll have to help him anyway.

pause. how come you don't know who she is? ] She was one of the Zodiarts - Scorpio. Ryusei-san... doesn't know that? [ but you were there when hayami said it and ohsugi freaked out about it... ]

[It's okay; I just punch him into bed. He wakes up with a bruise but then he can just pretend to be hungover!]

Scorpio? [Something is not making sense here.] ...Wasn't...Sonoda-sensei the homeroom teacher for my class? The one who Usugi-sensei came in for...?

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[ but ryusei-san that isn't very nice of you :( ]

...Mm. But it turns out she's also one of them - the earliest Horoscope to give out switches to students, even before you arrived. [ it's weird because you should know this, too.

...right! time for drastic tactics. i will just. step into your personal space and stare into your soullll.]

[I...I don't...actually punch him, you know, I just pretend to and then he pretends to— ERHEM. MOVING ON.]

[I remember Scorpio because I defeated her (but just barely because I was annoyed at Gentarou at the time), and I barely remember Sonoda-sensei because she was kind of unassuming, and homeroom teachers aren't— TOMOKO-CHAN JUST BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ME ARRIVING—] ...Wh—What?

[ ...boys are really weird sometimes, aren't they? i don't think kengo-san and gentarou-san engage in pretend punches and jk will probably scream at the sight of one flying towards him even if it's fake.

ALSO THIS IS ME STILL INVADING YOUR PERSONAL BUBBLE BECAUSE I CAN. also because of reasons. ] Ryusei-san... what's the last thing you remember from home?

[Ahaha...Tomoko-chan, I think you're coming to the wrong conclusion...]

The last thing I remember... [Sagittarius shot me. And then other stuff, but those were depressing and it feels awkward recounting it when you're so close to me.] We'd returned from the Dark Nebula, and...Tachibana-san....

Emoto-sensei... [ ...right, well, that answers my question. here, have your personal space back as i step away from you. ] I see. That's why there are still some things that aren't clear to you yet. [ but ryusei-san is still ryusei-san, isn't he? even though he's from a different time. ]

["Some things"...?] Is there something I should know?

Soon after we buried Emoto-sensei, we also learned about who the other Horoscopes were - Gemini, Libra, Pisces, Leo, and... Sagittarius.

[ pause. ] I can tell you about them, but... I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do. Or if... things will turn out differently for you after you learn about them.

[This conversation has suddenly taken a turn.]

... [I don't know if I should know, either.] ...But everyone's okay, right?

[Wait is that why you asked why it wouldn't be great if everyone were here? SHOULD I BE HORRIFIED?]

[ ...well there is that horrible day when we all thought kengo-san... let's just say i never saw you cry like that before.

pause pause pause. then, a slow nod because. is revealing this considered a spoiler in itself? ] Mm. We're all all right.

[I was doing it as hard as I could so Kengo would come back. That's how dramas work, right? ...I just canon-punctured myself. I don't think you want to hear about my mun but let's just say that any inconsistencies in my conversations are not my fault.]

[WHY THAT LONG PAUSE] ...That's good. ...Is something wrong?

[ ...ryusei-san where do you even get those ideas is that what you learn at subaraboshi ~~is that what shirakawa-san tells you~~ ]

I'm just wondering if telling you we're all right can somehow change the outcome for you. There are many complications to accidentally knowing about the future, and I don't want anything like that happening to you, Ryusei-san.

[Nnnno, I... ~~...I can't tell her I read TV-kun. Uh.~~ It's Jirou who tells me these things!]

Well, there's Den-O. He's the time-traveling Rider, right?

[ why can't you tell her that are you purposely trying to make yourself look cool to her :( ]

Mm. But... I don't know. His specialty is time traveling while ours isn't. I just... don't want to risk it.