We're not in the Kasugayama Bomb Shelter anymore, Dorothy.

[positively]

Oh, my-- it sure is dark in here, isn't it? It's a good thing I've got a flashlight.

Is anybody else lost down here? Stay where you are and call out, and I'll come to you with the light. I've learned my lesson about letting people run into cave walls in the dark!

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[positively]

[pffft. cars you don't own, abandoned villain speedboats, public transportation, and a restaurant shaped like a zeppelin, ALL FAIR GAME WHEN GETTING OUT OF THE DUNGEON.]

I will admit, it's sort of weird that the car is running already.

...which I say when I just randomly ended up in a cave. [maybe the driver just didn't get brought to the cave with the car! that... actually makes a lot of sense. not even in a weird way. still, let's put it in neutral and make sure the brakes and everything work before she actually drives it, because she's shounen, not stupid.]

[onlyhonournow]

...

[nothing seems to be wrong with the car, but it seems to be handling really poorly, like it's resisting--or something? Cars don't resist, do they?]

[maybe it just needs a check-up. Wait, is that really quiet chuckling?]

[positively]

[jeez, whomever was in this car is LUCKY they didn't come to the cave with it. or maybe the car is lucky that it's not with somebody who doesn't take it in for tune-ups. EITHER WAY, somebody is lucky here.]

And the radio's not picking anything up-- damn, there goes that idea for figuring out what's going on.

[just as well nobody's up for a car ride yet, or is keeping quiet about it! because she should probably make sure this is safe before she lets the trolls ride; they seem pretty young! and the only way to make sure it's safe is to rev this baby. >D]

[onlyhonournow]

[the car seems to have stopped fighting you. Perhaps it's too alarmed to protest. That's silly, cars don't have feelings. Or talk. Definitely not that.]

... Both hands on the wheel.

[positively]

[wooooooah, talking car! for which there are two possibly explanations: either (A) someone has invented an amazing talking in-car computer, the likes of which have never been seen in 1999, or (B) the car is POSSESSED, which is admittedly an improvement over the time they had to fight that possessed toilet. though if the car is possessed, maybe she shouldn't be driving it without asking. ^^;]

Ah-- did you want to make a contract?

[onlyhonournow]

And that's definitely a wall, right there.

[positively]

[BRAKES BRAKES BRAKES BRAAAAAAAKES]

[onlyhonournow]

[skidding sideways and juuuust scrapping the wall of the cave]

Whoa--easy there. I got it.

[positively]

[oh no, hopefully this demon doesn't care about his paint job!]

You're very helpful, for a possessed car! ...we don't already have a contract, do we? [hey, why else would he be helpful?]

[onlyhonournow]

[gently, but sternly]

We can talk after you get out. You can move, right?

[positively]

[is your name Katsuya Suou, car? because you sure are channeling him. if you start baking cakes when you get depressed, she's really going to get weirded out.]

Oh, I'm fine! ...I guess that's a clue for me to get out, huh.

[onlyhonournow]

[he probably arranges giant flowers. Who knows.]

[car door opens as if on cue] Stand back a bit.

[positively]

[i-is she going to get scolded by a car, this is terribly embarassing. ah well, nothing to do about it, time to get out of the car and get it over with.]

You could have said something before I actually started driving, you know!

[onlyhonournow]

[aaand transforming. kneels, and holds a hand out in clemency.]

You surprised me. That doesn't happen often. I thought I'd see where it was going.

[positively]

[well she was not expecting THIS. cars turning into giant robots, actually the one thing they did not have in Sumaru!]

Ahaha, sorry about that! It's just that usually when there's a vehicle around and a really weird situation going on getting out of there in the vehicle is the best choice! My life, let me tell you.

...uh, would healing magic even work on you? I might be able to fix that. [it can't hurt to ask! ...and if a liberal application of diarahan fixes property damage, well, Maya's life just got so much easier.]

[onlyhonournow]

I did ride myself into that one, so to speak.

[looking down at the scrape on what is now his forearm and smiling at Maya]

It's just a scratch. I'm glad you're not hurt.