Counting Up The Cards 1, 2, 3

[of-10-faces.livejournal.com]

[Tsukasa was in one of the practice rooms that had been converted from storage. He was certain not many came along this way, and quickly he strapped on his Buckle and removed several cards, taking stock of them.]

Blast, Slash, Invisible, Illusion and Final. Still far too few for any real battles. Henshin!

KAMENRIDE: DECADE!

[Dusting his hands, he held up one of the grayed out cards and opened his buckle.] Henshin.

KAMENRIDE: FAIZ

[The activating sound of the card abruptly terminated as Tsukasa grimaced under his helmet.] Let's try that again. Henshin!

KAMENRIDE: W!

[Still nothing.]

KAMENRIDE: KABUTO! ATTACKRIDE: CLOCK UP!

[Letting out a seething growl as nothing happened, Tsukasa leaned against the wall in frustration.]

No closer to the Riders... and I'm stuck with all but the basics. [And he tossed the cards to the side negligently, fanning out in a pattern of nine Rider cards to skid towards the door as he slumped to a sitting position.]

Comments

[of-10-faces.livejournal.com]

Beats me. I've asked Dan to keep an active scan of anything but so far, nothing. Could be that we're just going through wilderness though.

[im-not-asking.livejournal.com]

Eh... I'm sure we'll find them eventually.

[of-10-faces.livejournal.com]

Probably. Anyhow, I don't think we've met officially anyhow. Tsukasa Kadoya, Kamen Rider Decade.

[im-not-asking.livejournal.com]

First Lieutenant Forte Stollen, Angel Brigade.

You were one of the ones who was there when me and Second Lieutenant Sakuraba arrived here, huh?

[of-10-faces.livejournal.com]

[A nod as he pulls the device apart, his henshin coming undone.] That's right. I was the one who kicked the second to last fighter out of the sky.

[im-not-asking.livejournal.com]

Gotta admit, that's quite some power you've got there, to be able to fight Spards on foot.

[of-10-faces.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that. Not everyone can earn the title of Kamen Rider anyhow, much less have the power to fight mecha as well.

[im-not-asking.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiosity, what makes a Rider?

I wonder if it's similar to what makes an Angel, is all.

[of-10-faces.livejournal.com]

Able to fight... powers... some would say truth and justice, and others would say their own goals... [he's holding up his hand in the Kabuto pose, a finger upraised into the "sky"]

A Rider for me... is discovering what I'm supposed to do, and where I belong.

[im-not-asking.livejournal.com]

Hrm... Perhaps not entirely different from the Angel Troupe, then.

[of-10-faces.livejournal.com]

Perhaps not. Maybe in time we'll find the things we need to do, and the people we need to protect. Until then, I'm just a cook in this place, who scrambles when need be.