Beaten Up With Nowhere to Go

[of_many_treasures]

[Well if this wasn't a sorry sight.

Kaitou was stumbling along, holding a wounded shoulder as he was making his way to the only people who he trusted to get him help. And with a groan, he collapsed in the front of Myodoun Academy, face first on the ground.

It wasn't long till students started noticing this, and Kaitou groaned as he tried to get up. He was also clutching onto a familiar looking cooler with a shrill elephant-like miniature sound trumpeting from inside.

With a heave, he looked up at the nearest student, biting out,] Call your student body president... and get me to the infirmary...

[Someone help? Looks like he got severely thrashed again.]

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[fightbymoonlight]

[Thankfully Yuri is ever patient and very much used to Kaitou's shit, so she actually does wait until he's finished speaking.]

Your DiendDriver got... [Wow, no, that is... not good. She's the only one that's allowed to steal that, okay? She sighs.] You certainly have gotten yourself into a fine mess again.

[of_many_treasures]

Don't I know it. I was debating on going to Tsukasa's place but he would just pile a debt on me. So I came here instead, with the last of my abilities. I'm just powerless right now to take my weapon back.

[Damn right she's the only one allowed to take it.]

[fightbymoonlight]

I suppose that makes sense. I can't exactly blame you for showing up like this. [Well... she can. But she won't.] Do try not to scare half the student body next time, though. [Because there will be a next time. Let's not even pretend otherwise, she knows how this goes, even if she hopes she's wrong. There will definitely be a next time.]

So what are you going to do?

[of_many_treasures]

[Wait till the Rider War. Then you have a huge amount of things to blame on everyone.]

I'm going to heal. And then get my treasure back. After all, I suppose I owe it to return this. [And he held up the ice cooler that shook in response.] I took Genta's Ika-chan Origami. He'll want it back.

[fightbymoonlight]

[Oh, sure, she's totally looking forward to that.]

Well, obviously, that goes without saying. I'm wondering more about your actual plan. [You do have a plan, right? ...right?]

Somehow I doubt you're talking about folded paper.

[of_many_treasures]

I was hoping to let the Shinkengers and Tsukasa hash it out and I'd just swoop in and take my weapon back. [Easier to be passive, right?]

No. It's a giant mecha. In miniature form.

[fightbymoonlight]

Well, if they'll be sufficiently distracted by each other, that should work. Assuming that you can be subtle enough until you actually get it. [ ... ] You can actually be subtle, yes?

Right, of course it is. That makes perfect sense. Who even names these things?

[of_many_treasures]

I can be subtle. It wasn't like I was going to waltz in and just grab it. [mostly.]

Ask your Sentai counterparts. They'll do something helpful with that.

[fightbymoonlight]

Considering your track record, you'll have to forgive me for assuming that that's something you would do.

Right. [Another sigh.] Why can't this world be more normal?

[of_many_treasures]

I'd only waltz in after the fireworks are done. I'm not dumb enough to try and get it back the way that resulted in me getting shot.

Because it never is honestly.

[fightbymoonlight]

[Do you see this look, Kaitou? That's a look saying that Yuri believes that, yes, you are definitely dumb enough. She has plenty of proof to back that up too.] Of course not. Still, please be careful.

There are some perfectly ordinary worlds on the community, you know. Not many, but there are some. Would it be so much to ask for this one to be one of those? [Yes it would be and don't lie, Yuri, you know you love the weirdness.]

[of_many_treasures]

Right, that's true enough.

It probably would. I wouldn't have seen anything else that suggests that some mostly ordinary worlds have some kind of background that doesn't make it ordinary at all.

[He'll be more careful, mostly.]

[fightbymoonlight]

[It's that 'mostly' that she worries about.]

I suppose all of them must have some... well, quirks, I suppose. It seems to be a prerequisite for even connecting to the community at all, somehow.

But a few less giant robots and otherworldly invaders would be nice. I don't think that's asking too much.

[of_many_treasures]

This is true. But I think it may just very well become a constant. Every day we're getting more faces on the community.

Who knows, these worlds are interesting in themselves. It's quite a story to tell.