Kagebaka

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--Zi-O OOO Armor--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Attesa@Second2Last@TeapartyGoneMad
Sougo's advance was met with the charging stampede of Shantae The Elephant, which forced the Kamen Rider stumbling back, drawing out his sword on his other hand. Using his hopper legs, he leapt high above Elephant Shantae's advancing path, Sougo turned the blade and folding it onto the hammer-like part of his blade, a gun muzzle appearing underneath the folded blade, transforming the sword...

JYU!

Into a gun. As he landed, Sougo aimed the gun at Grey, who attempted to communicate, telling Sougo that he's being mind controlled.

". . ." Sougo was still eeriely silent, and with a ruthless demeanor, he fired his gun. Plasma shots shaped like clockhands were fired off of the gun--yet he missed. One's keen eye may notice that his arm is shaking, almost as if he's slowly trying to fight back. Yet the tea's hypnotic effects are still at large. And so, the Kamen Rider lunged at Grey once more. Claw arm raised as he fired a volley of avoidable shots.

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--Zi-O--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Crow@Paper94@Attesa@Second2Last@davefromdiscord@TheElenaFisher

Uh oh. Maybe Sougo shouldn't have given in to his thirst. Hearing something about a plan, Sougo placed the cup down just as the ghost girl destroyed one of them. Just then, the figure hopped onto the table, revealing himself to be a short man, cosplaying as the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. In a blink of an eye, everything went dark.

Until it wasn't.

The group found themselves in what seems to be a giant stopwatch.

"What the...?" Sougo gasped as he glanced around, wondering where exactly are they when the rabbit masks appeared once more. Sougo took out another watch, a green and yellow one, with what seems to be a red bird-like mask on its face, bearing large green eyes. As Sougo was about to don one of his armors, he felt something...Knock at him. Pushing him to turn and face his comrades. A gentle and subtle voice, telling him to attack--and betray them.

ARMOR TIME! TAKA! TORA! BATTA! O~ZU~!

And so, the grandfather clock chimed as a different kind of armor manifested onto Zi-O--this one, comprised out of 3 differently colored animals. Latching onto Sougo as if some kind of megazord, the green giant grasshopper formed the legs, the yellow tiger formed the torso, giving Sougo a yellow claw, and the hawk as the visor. Pink letters spelling out the word 'OZU' on its visor.

Falling silent, Sougo raised his claw arm, lunging towards Grey as he swung his claw!

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--Zi-O--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Attesa@Second2Last@Crow@davefromdiscord@TheElenaFisher

"Oh, uh...Thanks." Sougo nodded upon hearing the perpretator's compliments. Although his comrades were adamant that they wouldn't play along, something tells him that they shouldn't anger this guy. Who knows what he'd done to those men? Those seemingly statue like men in bunny masks, all sitting there like dolls. Unmoving, staring at each other rather lifelessly. It's...Quite eerie.

Something about this feels familiar to the young Time King. A white rabbit, and a tea party...All that's missing is the Hatter, and this would be referencing Alice in Wonderland!

Still, Sougo lifted the tea and brought it onto his mask--where the lips would be. When he was taken from his world, Sougo...Hasn't had dinner yet, so he's understandably parched.

"Just one sip." Sougo mumbled, bringing the rim onto his mask. Surprisingly, he can still drink things through his suit. "Oh, right. Do you know about Superman? The one who kinda, sorta demolished this building?" He asked, thinking he might as well get some information about their target.

--Penny Polendina--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Lazaro1505@FactionGuerilla@TheElenaFisher@SomeMekBoy@Yamperzzz

Penny's distraction worked...Sort of. While she did get the attention of the thugs, she did inadvertedly put some of them in danger, being placed in direct, point-blank gunpoint. Before Penny could try to negotiate to them, her comrades moved in for her in a rather...Brutal manner. Those men who placed some of the hostages in gunpoint got their hands sliced off, while the others were electrocuted by what Penny could only describe as something akin to a Semblance.

Regardless, Penny would soon move in to the hostages, asking them one simple question. "Are you alright? Can you stand?" She asked each and everyone of the hostages as the others interrogated about their supposed involvement with Superman. Although, surely enough, it seems that this hostage situation didn't involve the caped tyrant. Once all of the hostages were accounted for, she would prepare to fly them a bit down and dropped onto the red clad spider's safety net.

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--Zi-O Wizard Armor--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Attesa@Second2Last@Crow@davefromdiscord@TheElenaFisher

Entering the room at the end of this seemingly long hallway, Joel opened the door. As the group entered the room, they were greeted with darkness. As one of them lit a flashlight to see what was going on, the lights revealed something...Bizarre.

It's a dining room of sorts. With a long, mahogany table decorated with a white table cloth. Sitting on them were several men occupying both sides. Clad in bunny masks, sitting in eerily perfect posture. This gave the young Time King a shiver down his spine. It's freaky. Almost out of a horror movie, this was.

The voice then demanded the group to sit down, and seemed to dodge all the questions. Guess they have to play along for now. Sougo made his weapon disappear, removing the Wizard watch from the left slot of the buckle, forcing the armor to disappear. However, Sougo still remained suited up as Zi-O. He doesn't feel comfortable revealing himself to this maniac, especially since it looks like having masks is a part of the dress code.

Kamen Riders are called Masked Riders when translated, after all.



Sougo had sat beside Grey, and grabbed a teacup. Sniffing its aroma before glancing about, trying to match the seriousness of his comrades.

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--Penny Polendina--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Crow@SomeMekBoy@FactionGuerilla

"Salutations, gentlemen!" Penny greeted right after hearing the gruff sounding superior's orders. She floated towards the ledge, and touched down on it with a slow grace. Penny hoped to gain the attention of the masked thugs--a distraction, as Cole would've put it, and make sure they don't hurt anyone. "Would you be kind enough to let these people go?" She asked, motioning to the hostages with a somewhat kind and warm smile. Which would seem scary, considering she was the one who carved the hole in the wall.

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--Zi-O Wizard Armor--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Attesa@Second2Last

"Woah, a ghost!" Sougo yelped, seeing Lilith follow the group. "You must be with us then...You almost scared me there." He sighed, advancing through the building until...

"Well that's not right. Did we make a wrong turn somewhere?" Sougo asked as they reached what seems to be a luxurious looking hall, completely different from what would be the very place that Superman had destroyed. What is this?

As he pondered this, a manic laughter erupted out of nowhere, echoing through this lone, long hallway. This voice was rather scratchy, almost insane. Regardless, it explained that they're somewhere else entirely.

ZIKAN GIRADE! KEN!

Sougo materiliazed what seems to be a sword with a clockhand as its main motif. It has a large guard which seems to resemble a gun's hammer with a large slot as big as one of the watches in Sougo's belt.

"Everyone, be careful." Sougo says, advancing slowly after Joel. "Somehow, I've got a bad feeling about this."

...

He jinxed it, didn't he?

--Penny Polendina--
Interaction: @Thatguyinastore@Crow@SomeMekBoy

"...!" Penny gasped upon inspecting the situation through her infrared vision--it seems that there's a hostage situation at the same time as Superman's attack! There seems to be some gas seeping in where she detected these signatures. It was then that Amazo offered his services. "There seems to be a hostage situation occurring in this building." She turned to what seems to be a featureless humanoid robot, whom she thought she saw turn into a copy of herself before it smoothened itself out. Like clay being rolled back into a ball after it molded into something...That's a thought for another time. "We must free them posthaste!" She said, flying in front of the blocked window. From her back sprouted blades that seem to float. To the keen eye, there seems to be tiny strings attached to them, connecting the swords to its user.

The swords formed tiny groups as which beams of green Dust shot out, carving a hole large enough for the hostages to run through. The swords then shot towards the sides of the hole before pulling her arms back, pulling the wall off of the building, allowing the smoke the seep out and hopefully, no longer affect the hostages.

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--Zi-O Wizard Armor--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Attesa

Sougo dropped the boulder and withdrew his arm from the circle as the girl was freed and ran out of the building. He nodded at the survivor as they moved deeper into the building, bracing themselves for more rescues and of course, the fight of their lives.

--Penny Polendina--
Interaction:@Thatguyinastore@Crow@ratking @Flybys

Hearing the coughs of those trapped within, Penny would approach the one that was the nearest, attempting to use infrared vision to detect human heat signatures within the building.

ArcRift

--Zi-O Wizard Armor--
Interaction:[@Thatguyinatore]@Attesa

"Stand back!" Sougo says, raising his hand to the side as a magic circle appeared in front of him. "Big, please!" He chanted out as he put his arm through the circle, coming out as a giant fucking arm on the other side. This arm would easily lift the boulder, allowing the trapped girl to move as Sougo strained to hold it up. Even though his arm's now big, a boulder is still a boulder. Crushing it would risk her, too, so doing this should be enough for now.

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ACT 1

"Down and Dirty"

--Sougo Tokiwa || Penny Polendina--
Interaction: @Thatguyinastore@SomeMekBoy @StrikeTeam/CivilianRescueForce
Zi-O Wizard Armor Rescue Team: @Attesa

As everyone formed teams to combat the supposed alien threat, Sougo glanced at Luthor one more time--for someone who's supposed to be a concerned party, he seemed...Lax. Regardless, he didn't exactly have the time to chat with his new team as suddenly--a nearby building shook with a mighty explosion! At its epicenter was a floating figure, donning a bright red cape. A sinister S adorned its chest, its insignia--his symbol.

Superman.

Luthor then stood, seeing his sworn enemy fly away to destroy more.

"Right. Let's go!" Sougo nodded, soon taking out a white buckle with two jutting slots on it. He attached it onto his waist, a belt wrapping tightly around his body with a loud 'ZIKU DRIVER!'.

Led out of Luthor's company building, it's obvious to see how much terror Superman's doing. People running around in a panic--the building that blew up appeared to be on fire, too. Smoke rising through broken windows. There's still people in there!

It was there that the Emissary of Hell gave his next instruction--all those who can scale the building from the outside, do so and catch the civilians.

"Copy that! Beginning mission!" Penny nodded, as she started floating. Green flame spewing out of her soles as her long orange hair shook in the wind. It's then that she flew around the building, ascending bit by bit as she carefully inspected each window to ensure that no man was left stranded. Whenever she found one, she'd hold them in her arms until she reached the top.

ZI-O! WIZARD!

Sougo, meanwhile, had decided to go inside and save those he can with the safety net now in place. He needed to suit up before going, though, and took out two pocketwatches of sorts, its faces appeared to be visors of mechanical helmets. One spelling RIDER in katakana while the other was simply a red gemstone of some kind.

Sougo shoved the watches on both ends of the Ziku Driver before pressing the top crown, causing the device to shift in weight on the Zi-O side. A giant clock face manifested behind Sougo, spinning counterclockwise as Sougo stretched his arms on his rightside before uttering that word once more.

"Henshin!" Sougo shouted, flicking his hands as his left arm turned, making the Driver spin with his hand. The clock behind him quickly shifted, rotating clockwise as its hand spun back wildly before stopping on a 12. A Grandfather's clock chimed as pink katakana spelling 'RIDER' appeared on the face, the hands now pointing on 2 and 10, long and short hands respectively.

RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER! ZI-O~

The clock broke apart as vintage watch-strap like rings formed around Sougo, orbiting around the young King as his suit manifested on his body. The pink letters shrinking and forming the visors on the clock-rider's face.

ARMOR TIME! PLEASE! WI!ZAR~D!

The Driver announced as Sougo rushed into the building with the others, a magic circle above the king, following him. As it came down on Zi-O, the magic circle transformed into a mechanical looking chestpiece, changing Zi-O's headplate to match the gemstone-like visor seen in the Wizardwatch. In this armor, Zi-O is granted Magical powers. From using Magic Circles as shields and portals, to creating magical binds and enlargening body parts. However, while he can only use pyrokinesis as a base, he can shout out other elemental spells--mostly the special rings like Lightning and Blizzard.

He worked alongside an anthropomorphic grey wolf with a blue sword of flames, with Sougo merely punching through the falling rubble instead.

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--Sougo Tokiwa--
Interaction: @Thatguyinastore@SomeMekBoy@ProfSpacecakes@RirisStride1 @EveryoneElse

"...I agree." Sougo nods, sighing as he hears Luthor's reasoning in doing this for him. They don't have much of a choice, do they? Even if they decided to just live here, there wouldn't be a place to live in if this place gets destroyed.

It was then that a man in a spider hero costume reminiscent of the Emissary of Hell, SUPAIDAH-MAN from that old 90s Hero Show, came forth and suggested splitting into teams. One for intel, one for tactics, and one for attacking. Sougo isn't smart, so the 1st one's out. However...

As Sougo was thinking about this, a blonde muscle man with a booming voice rallied the group, stating that Superman is indeed someone they must focus on if they were to even have a choice. This man then proceeded to ask about everyone's skills. I guess it's time.

Following that, there's that blue clad man's suggestion into splitting up into smaller groups to maximize efficiency.

"I'm Sougo Tokiwa--or I guess since we won't be needing secret identities, Kamen Rider Zi-O." Sougo stood up, introducing himself. "I can see into the future. Well, about a few seconds into it at most." Sougo stood up, facing the blonde leader. "I'll volunteer to be in the Strike Team. I think can fill in an all-rounder combat role there. I do have about 20 Powers I can use in my disposal--not counting my ability to summon the original users of those powers and their vast array of other powers and abilities, although a few at a time." He says, scratching his cheek. "I don't have any other suggestions that might work, so I'll be following your lead as to who else would be with me." He glanced at the blue clad man, seeing as he's the one who suggested the sub teams within the major teams.