[Meanwhile, in Another Place...] [Locked Event]

[rideon_clearwings]

*So, Yuzu. You had a busy day. Between being chased by blue uniformed goons, Sora being weird, meeting your twin sister clone imposter that's from the future, being hunted down by a Yuya who was absolutely not Yuya-like, and then getting hugged by a motorcycle not-Yuya, the peace of being currently unconscious is likely an inviting break.

... Well, too bad, because you're waking up, and you become almost immediately aware of a boy leaning over you, shaking your shoulder, saying something that your ears can't really pick up just yet.

> Attack
> Defend
> Item
> Escape*

Comments

[strongyuzu]

I'm not a clone replacement! Everybody else is the clone replacement, I'm the original, darn it!

[rideon_clearwings]

That's what a clone replacement would say!

*at this point Yuzu, you become vaguely aware that people are noticing all of the yelling and avoiding the area--

But also that you absolutely don't recognize where you are.*

[strongyuzu]

Takes one to know one! YOU look like a clone replacement of Yuya!

[...]

Also, where are we?! This doesn't look like the Wonder Quartet!

[rideon_clearwings]

The wonder what? *he looks around, and then kinda realizes they're causing a scene, but also where exactly they are. this isn't good-- and he has to check his bike to make sure him crashing into it didn't cause any problems.* Wait, wait. Keep your voice down.

[strongyuzu]

I bet you'd like that, wouldn't yo-- [She realizes they're getting stares.]

...

...

Um. Okay.

[rideon_clearwings]

*he doesn't like giving anyone an inch, but he really has to make sure it's ready to move as soon as possible, so he gestures for Yuzu to come down the hill to join him.* Listen, I'll give you a chance to explain while I work on the bike. It's clear enough you're not Rin. She wouldn't get my name mixed up, at least. But if you were in cahoots with this Yuto guy who took her, you'd have been dueling me by now.

[strongyuzu]

[She comes down the hill, still indignant.] Hey, you mixed me up with Rin way before I mixed you up with Yuri, y'know.

And Yuto didn't take Rin! It was Yuri! He took Rin and he took Ruri too!

[rideon_clearwings]

... Alright, back up. *he kneels down at his bike after righting it, opening up a panel on it* Who's Yuri and Ruri? Are they siblings or something? Their names sound the same.

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[strongyuzu]

Huh, they kinda do...

[strongyuzu]

U-um!

Yuri is with Academia...he's another guy with the same face as you and Yuto and Yuya. He's....really, really dangerous. And he's the one who took Ruri and Rin and he tried to take me there, too!

Ruri...she's Yuto's friend! They're all from the Xyz Dimension. She's another girl with the same face as me...and I guess as Rin, too.

I mean, I haven't met either of them yet, but. You mistook me for Rin and Yuto and Kurosaki mistook me for Ruri and I've already met one other girl who looks like me, so...

[rideon_clearwings]

Soooo... You're saying there's a bunch of people going around with mine and yours faces? This Yuri guy, Yuto, and... Yuya? *Whatever the heck a Yuya is, anyway. he gets out a screwdriver, testing things to make sure they're not loose. It looks like the bike's okay...* And that Yuri is the one who took Rin, not Yuto? And is part of... what'd you call it? Academia?

[strongyuzu]

Yes! I'm sure of it, he told me himself right before he tried to kidnap me too!

Academia...they're from the Fusion Dimension...they're really dangerous. They attacked both the Xyz Dimension and my dimension...

[rideon_clearwings]

Fusion... Fusion...

*it looks like something just clicked in his head*

Wait, is that why people keep calling me "Fusion" and "Pawn of Fusion" all the time?! Because they think I'm that guy who took Rin and that Ruri girl?

[strongyuzu]

...

...

Oh wow, your name sounds exactly like Fusion.

[rideon_clearwings]

Well, it's not, okay! It's Yugo! *... wait, he's supposed to be keeping his voice down. He works a bit quicker.* Whatever, it sounds like whatever happened... I must've gotten who I was supposed to be hunting down wrong. But wait-- You say he was trying to kidnap you, but I didn't see anyone with my face around when I found you.

[strongyuzu]

Ah...it must be because of the bracelet! [She looks at her wrist, where the bracelet still is.]

...whenever two of you guys with the same face get close...my bracelet makes one of them vanish. It's happened every time so far...and now I know it doesn't apply to just Yuya and Yuto...and my bracelet started shining while you were holding me... [She grimaces.] It must've brought us here.

Wherever the heck here is.

[rideon_clearwings]

Oh, right, you don't know... *he gestures out at the sunset, where you see buildings spreading out ahead-- and it becomes clear just how high up they are right now, and that there's even taller buildings surrounding them.* This is Neo Domino City. Though usually these days... we just call it "City".

[strongyuzu]

Wait, you recognize where this is?!

[rideon_clearwings]

Of course I do. *he closes up the panel, and stands up* This is my home! This is where Rin and I are from. *... though he looks away a bit* Though not exactly this area. We're actually kinda in a bad spot...

[strongyuzu]

...we are?

This place looks kinda nice. What's wrong with it?

[rideon_clearwings]

Well, you see... *oh god, Yuzu. A few guys are approaching-- and you don't realize until they're a bit away, but their eyes are glowing, and they're dressed up in what looks like a security outfit. You hear a distinctive curse from Yugo, as he taps a panel, opening up a compartment that has a helmet inside. He takes it, and tosses it to Yuzu, before getting his own helmet on.* Put it on and get on behind me.

[strongyuzu]

[Yuzu catches the helmet.]

Wwwwhhhhy.

[rideon_clearwings]

There's no time to explain, just get on! *he's already revving up on the bike, as the guards speed up, one of them calling out in a semi-robotic voice. "Halt, Commons! You're wanted for trespassing into a Tops-only residential area!" Wait, "Commons", "trespassing"... ... do they mean you, Yuzu?*

[strongyuzu]

.....Tops? You mean those really fancy apartments?

If we're trespassing, we can just go, y'don't need to call us common, sheesh!

[rideon_clearwings]

*they don't respond to you Yuzu-- least not directly. They just simply go: "Fugitive identified. Fugitive identified. You're under arrest for trespassing..."* Stop trying to talk to them! If you stick around, you're gonna be thrown into the Prison!