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.

Comments

[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.