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The Quest Giver [Einmal Mod Account] ([personal profile] thequestgiver) wrote in [community profile] oomori_hill2019-06-25 08:11 pm
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Month 2: Enter the Meme King

In a secluded, shadowy, disused location, the select few of a newly formed organization come to meet.... What dark and--

"Oh for gods sake, do you have to narrate every damned time?"

"Look, I'm trying to build the atmosphere here! How are we to be proper about this if we don't even go that far?"

"Who cares about being proper!" a third figure, noticeably smaller than the first interrupted. "I wanna know who's gonna be fighting this week!"

"Ug, seriously? We don't even have everyone here yet!"

"So???"

"He does have a point, you know..."

"Oh, don't you start too."

"Hey, I'm just saying..."

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"All right, all right! Eesh! Make your report already!"

There was the distinct sound of glasses being adjusted, a glint of light reflecting in the darkened room. "Currently over 25 individuals of note have been recorded. Not all of them are of significance, however, as a few... supporting individuals seem to have been connected as well. Of these, the Rider franchise seems to be the most represented, with Ultraman coming in second. More research is needed to determine how to create connections in a more targeted way before phase two of our operation can begin."

"And I can fight them!!" the younger voice piped in excitedly.

A deep sigh from the glassed figure answered. "After they fight each other first," he corrected. "We've been over this..."

"Ha! You just think they need to be softened up first, don't you?! Don't you believe in my power??!"

"... don't make me answer that."

"Hey!!"

"And that's enough of that, I'd think... Fade to black, everybody!"

"...drama queen."





Any Displaced individual prone to visions, premonitions or other plot sensing type skills may have had a variation on the above scene in a dream, vision or just felt like someone was watching them. Even those without a plot speaking skill may start getting a strange feeling of being watched when they're out in public....

Not that it will be foremost on their mind very long, as suddenly, every single TV screen or similar nearby flashes white, before a short clip begins to play:

powertotearer: (Evasive)

[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-16 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh."

That...is very weird. Somehow, in the infinite universes converging, it had never entered the realm of possibility that he might have a double while Ankh might.

"Sorry. For confusing you, I mean."
fiveinzero: (no one said only one word)

[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-16 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"You better be!" came another sudden behavior-shift, complete with a step forward and a finger wagging at Eiji's face, "I thought you were Tomoki and then you were just some nobody who-"

"Be quiet, Jin." He muttered under his breath, forcing a half-step back.
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-16 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Rei's very Ankh-like anger was sudden, but it was...okay. A surprise, yes. But Eiji was so ready to apologize for everything in life that hearing someone actually blame him was almost refreshing.

But then Rei stopped himself, stepped back, and started whispering something. And Eiji was sure he'd heard the name Jin.

"...Are you okay?"
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[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-16 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine," he replies quickly, meeting Eiji's gaze again. And then he pauses for a second. He doesn't usually bother trying to explain to people. Mostly he's fine with keeping to himself and letting the few people who have had enough contact with him to see the personalities switch just decide he's weird. But Eiji seems genuinely concerned and... well, Tomoki understood, didn't he?

"There are a few of us that share this body."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-16 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That is not at all what Eiji expected to hear. Mostly because for a second, that sounded exactly like what Ankh and Shingo had done, but...no, that was impossible, right?

"Is it like...a shared body, or a shared mind, more?"

It sounds so stupid when he says it, but how is he supposed to ask "are you possessed by someone else too?"
fiveinzero: (Default)

[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-16 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not a question he was expecting, either.

"Both, I suppose. It's a little hard to explain."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-16 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Eiji can't help but laugh when he tries to catch his breath.

"Try me.
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[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-16 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
He really isn't sure what that laugh is about, but he lets it go with a slight tilt of the head.

"There are five of us. Different personalities, ages, sexes, backgrounds. We think I'm the original one, but I don't really know where the others came from or why. They don't know, either."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Eiji now looks at Rei...them?...curiously.

"So you really don't remember how it happened?"

He hopes the "you" carries across as meaning all of them, not just Rei.
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[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-17 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Rei chooses to hear it that way, whether it was intended that way or not. He shakes his head.

"We've tried to find clues, when we can, but there aren't many."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
So that's another mystery on top of everything else. And given what kind of people have been drawn to this merged world so far, Eiji can't help but ask, "You don't think someone did this to all of you, do you?"
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[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-17 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
"It's very possible." Considering what very little he's managed to put together about Piece so far...

He shakes his head. "But I doubt it matters much here, unless it's the same people who brought us all to this place." Which he can't rule out at all, but it's not a conclusion he's going to jump to.
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"It's worth considering," Eiji points out.

Unlike his counterpart from Rei's world, he's not in the habit of bringing writing material with him. Not unless he's checking out a dig site, anyway. But he does have a phone, and he opens up an app.

"Do you know what they're called? Or anything about them?"
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[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-17 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
He shakes his head.

"All I know-" He stops abruptly and is replaced by the gruffer voice.

"Oi! Don't think we'll trust you just because you look like Tomoki."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
It is still uncomfortable how much that particular voice reminds him of Ankh. It takes a minute to deal with that shock before he can answer, "Okay, you've got a point. But there's still a lot of people who could be behind this. Any information would be good."
fiveinzero: (no one said only one word)

[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-17 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Even Jin has to admit that that's reasonable. And that it's unlikely that Eiji has anything to do with whoever's behind Piece when he seems just as lost here as anyone else. Still.

"You first, then. What information have you got?"
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
A whole lot of nothing, it feels like. But Eiji has to try.

"There's this organization in my world. Foundation X. Terrorism, human trafficking, arms deals...it's a lot. The last thing they did before we defeated the latest cell was create a device that would merge worlds together. So...maybe it's them, but we destroyed that device."

He shakes his head. "I know, it sounds like it would probably be them. But they go underground for years between defeats. This is the first major problem they've caused in about seven years."
fiveinzero: ("this wasn't supposed to be a porn site")

[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-17 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
The tension in his stance eases a little bit, and the voice is replaced by a serious one Eiji has not yet heard.

"That sort of a device would do quite a lot to explain this place. How did it work? Is it possible any part of it survived?"
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
That's...four now, right? Assuming that the first, excited voice had been another one of the personalities.

It's still a little off-putting how fluidly they manage to switch, but he tries to keep up, answering, "I don't know. It was developed by the same person across two worlds. And another scientist named Takumi Katsuragi. But I saw it explode in the sky, so..."

So it was unlikely. Especially with the way Riders exploded things.
fiveinzero: ("this wasn't supposed to be a porn site")

[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-17 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Rei, or more precisely at the moment, Ken, is oblivious to any discomfort Eiji might be having over the personality switches. This piece of information is intriguing.

"So it's unlikely there's any part of it in working order," he concludes. "But that doesn't mean there weren't plans or blueprints someone could have found. It would be worth keeping in mind."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe," Eiji admits. "I mean, we never did find out if Katsuragi had a counterpart in our world. Just because he died in the other world, it doesn't mean that it was the same for us."
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[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-17 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
"We should see if such a person exists in this place," he agrees. It might be a long shot, but at least that's something to go on.

"As for our information, I'm afraid it's unlikely to be of use. All we know is that there is something called Piece that can be implanted into people's bodies. Despite having studied what I can of it, I have very limited information on how it works, and none about who created it or why."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Implanted?" That's...uncomfortable. And uncomfortably familiar.

"What does it do when it's implanted?"
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[personal profile] fiveinzero 2019-07-17 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
"It contains a kind of power. What specific form that takes might vary from person to person."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2019-07-17 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"So, they'd inject it into people, just to see what it would do?"

Eiji frowns. This sounds way too much like the kind of thing he'd seen from Foundation X already.

"You don't have any names of people connected to this organization, would you?"

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