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[forgottendecade]

A -- private message posted for Wild Tiger on the Omeganet:
if you are still interested in that suit, it is done
--Rider


B -- on Rumblr -- this account usually is full of reblogs of fancy technology, odd machines, superheroes with odd gimmicks, and once and a while questions that seem a little weird. This is one of those posts:

how many people have heard of the term kamen rider? if not that, how many know what a driver is?

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B

[fabricati_diem_pvnc]

Computers have them. Or so they tell me.

[forgottendecade]

you're not sure?

[fabricati_diem_pvnc]

I'm not the best with computers.

I know a bit of Japanese though. "Masked Rider?"

[forgottendecade]

drivers are a piece of a computer but they can be a little bit more than that
yes a masked rider

[fabricati_diem_pvnc]

I've heard rumors...

Why?

[forgottendecade]

im curious
there were a few people talking about it at the bar last night and i wish to know if others have heard about them

[fabricati_diem_pvnc]

Pub hearsay is about the whole of the thing, as far as I can tell.

B and I should be very sorry

[gigigigigigi]

[Amazon cannot read. Amazon cannot computer. But through some strange, not at all contrived twist of fate, someone left a laptop out in the open unattended at the park, and they were browsing Rumblr, and Amazon is curious.]

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[Amazon is also randomly pressing buttons.]

[forgottendecade]

[wait what? did someone's pet decide to type for them?]

are you okay?

[gigigigigigi]

[He's fine, some guy in the park is debating approaching the weirdo in the loincloth to get his laptop back, and now he's pressing another button. He is also rather surprised that there are MORE THINGS appearing on the screen!]

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[forgottendecade]

i think you should tell your cat to stop playing on the keyboard

[gigigigigigi]

[Amazon will just continue responding with all the literary flair he can muster.]

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[At the same time, there's a post to that Rumblr account from the account owner's phone. It's a picture of Amazon poking at the laptop captioned "help I left my laptop in the park and now this guy has it and im afraid to get it back."]

[forgottendecade]

[ he checks the new post, snorts to himself and then responds to the poster. ]

try luring him away with a banana? or any food?

[the_ko_stands_for_tiger]

[You have no idea how much it's taking him to not dance giddily at the news. The fact that Tomoe's watching him right now helps.]

awesome

where can i pick it up

[forgottendecade]

Zero's down near the docks

[the_ko_stands_for_tiger]

gotcha be there soon

[He's out the door at a speed unbecoming his age, leaping in the car and going as fast as he can down to the docks. Oh man oh man oh man, he hasn't felt like this since he got his FIRST costume from Tomoe.]

[forgottendecade]

[Zero's is one of those places where people go to get away from such things as law, order and health inspectors. it was also populated by rough bikers and rougher dock workers, which made Joji stand out. he sat at the counter, chatting with the server over a pot of tea while a scraggly cat sat on his shoulder very much like a pirate's parrot.]

[the_ko_stands_for_tiger]

[Phew. The area sort of reminded Kotetsu of his teenager days, for some reason. Man, he was kind of a punk at the time. Still, he treads with caution to the bar.]

...Don't cats usually sit on a guy's lap?

[forgottendecade]

A cat does what it wants, when it wills to do so.

[because this was a pg-13 show, the bar only serves non-alcoholic drinks and there wasn't anyone smoking outside of the guy who can become smoke, so there is that. however, it was still a seedy place and joji was pretty comfortable in such a setting.]

It's nice to see you again, Wild Tiger.

[cardsflippedup]

"Kamen" meaning "mask" in Japanese, correct? Masked Rider? I haven't heard that name specifically, but now I'm curious. Why do you ask?

[forgottendecade]

yes it means mask
i've heard about one that was involved in the dinosaur attack
other people have rumors of there being different ones
it's also like the legend of the bat man

[cardsflippedup]

Is that so? I got a number of pictures from that fight, I wonder...

You wouldn't happen to have any links or resources about these rumors, would you?

[forgottendecade]

the people i talk to usually do not talk to just anyone
you could ask the police department about rumors, but i'm sure that they will answer like they do about the bat

[cardsflippedup]

I'm more interested in more direct sources than having to go through the police.

What sort of people do they talk to?

[forgottendecade]

the kind that usually end up getting smacked around by supers
i work on bikes and cars and i hear things while i work
some of the people aren't what anyone would call model citizens