TREASURE

[cavedwellers]

You are so, so sure there's treasure in the cave. Just a little bit further on than your light reaches. Juuuuust a little further.

No, further.

Go on.

This is completely safe.

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[oppositeofpeople]

What? No! I'm definitely not a bandit! Are you okay? That was an accident! I'm so sorry.

[can he help you up, because he's definitely going to try]

[rightbrainiac]

So does that make you part of the local fauna, or a mythological creature?

[tbh he doesn't seem to notice or care that he got knocked over! he will let you help him up, though he is definitely more interested in looking through the goggles at you.]

[oppositeofpeople]

I don't think so! Not either of those things. I'm just exploring. Are you looking for treasure too?

[peering at you awkwardly, from one angle and then another, as if he could see past the goggles if he tried]

[rightbrainiac]

[wait, now that he's getting a good look at you he realizes he's seen you before]

Ah, does a Kamen Rider not count as a mythological creature? Hello, Eiji Hino.

[now that he's satisfied himself that you aren't a new and exciting lifeform, he'll put the goggles down and let them turn back into a cute snail robot]

[oppositeofpeople]

Well, I guess maybe it—

Wait, do we know each other? I don't recognize you, I'm so sorry.

[also your goggles being a cute robot is distracting fyi]

[rightbrainiac]

We've met several times! Though in retrospect, you probably don't see my face very often. That is more Shoutarou's job.

[maybe the snail robot is gonna poke at your foot]

[oppositeofpeople]

[maybe he's gonna crouch and poke at the snail robot right back]

We've... oh! You're the other half of Double, aren't you? Philip, right?

[rightbrainiac]

[pchoo it's scanning you to make sure you're not a weird dinosaur or an impostor or a member of shocker or any of those other things that happen when rider crossovers happen]

Yes, that's correct. Why did you think I was looking for treasure?

[oppositeofpeople]

[wow what a helpful little robot! and you didn't even have to give it medals or anything, that's neat]

I don't know, it just... It really seemed like there ought to be treasure in here? I guess that sounds dumb when I say it out loud. But I swear this cave should have treasure in it!

[rightbrainiac]

[it's definitely in the top five things his mom ever gave him. while you're distracted by the helpful little snail robot, Philip is definitely glowing. not for very long, though.]

...the Earth doesn't have any memory of this place. I've never come across that before-- it's not locked, just blank.

[oppositeofpeople]

....I don't really know what that means but it doesn't sound good.

[rightbrainiac]

Well, we could be on another planet. Or in an alternate dimension! This is an amazing opportunity!

[you're getting dragged along by the arm on this fact-finding mission if you let him, just fyi]

[oppositeofpeople]

[you're dragging along Mr. Has-No-Volition here, he'll go wherever you take him. he flails a little tho]

An amazing opportunity for what?

[rightbrainiac]

For everything! This is completely uncharted territory, Eiji Hino!

[pause]

Do you know the way out of this cave? I don't remember how I got here, but surely there is something more compelling than a single cave here.

[oppositeofpeople]

....You don't remember how you got here?

[full stop]

Doesn't that sound like a bad thing? I mean I guess... I'm not sure how I got here either....

[rightbrainiac]

I don't! But it doesn't seem like there's a gap in my memory-- it's more like one moment I was there and the next I was here. I feel no particular compulsion to hunt for treasure, though.

[hmmmm.]

[oppositeofpeople]

What were you looking for, then? With your little snail guy.