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[ Feed clicks on to a young man with an ostentatious ring on his visible right hand. His expression is placid, but there's a line around his brows and a smudge of dirt on his cheek. ]

Aaah, well this place is certainly something, isn't it? To think I thought I'd seen the weirdest things the world had to offer. My name is Haruto Souma, and I have two questions, if you'd be so kind! First, these undead creatures, formerly human and, well, otherwise--are they safe to kill, or should I continue just, ah, restraining them? Is there a difference between the animal ones and the human ones? I only arrived recently, I'm not sure if this is a regular event, or if there's some kind of procedure you guys have in place for these things.

[ The camera shifts, and there's at least three or four zombified woodland creatures huddled up and bound by a magic circle and several magic chains. Haruto looks unperturbed by the condition of the rotting, living animals. ]

If I do have to keep them locked up, is there someone I can, well, deliver them to? Or a way for someone to come pick them up, preferably, my spell isn't exactly portable.

Ah, and second--is there a place to get good doughnuts around here?

[ Zombie problem or not, there are important questions to be answered here, you understand. He smiles, as if it's not an out-of-place question. ]

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[ Now, that is suspicious. ]

And what would that be?

[ Still, it's not like he can't handle himself. ]

I guess I can take some time out of my busy schedule to meet up, Tendou.

[Acting suspicious is Tendou's job.]

Then where are you? A general idea should be enough - I know the area well.

[He ignores his question, plus holds off on asking Haruto's name either. That's not top priority to him right now.]

[ He was shortly beginning to understand that exact concept. ]

I left the apartment building and walked away from the Hold for a while. There's some trees, if that helps.

I could always set off a beacon, of course, but only if you really need it.

[ Somehow, Tendou's inattention to his actual questions isn't surprising at all. ]

I'm sure I'll manage.

[Which he does, in a way; although he hasn't found Haruto specifically, he is in the general area, casual stride about him as he searches for this other kamen rider.]

[ Haruto is extremely noticeable, all extremely stylish brown coat and bright green pants and all. Well, that and the bright silver sword balanced against his left palm. The zombified woodland creatures from before are nowhere to be seen as Haruto notices Tendou--or, at least, he thinks that's Tendou--and he sketches a short wave to grab his attention. ]

Tendou.

[That's him alright; once he notices Haruto waving, he stops and turns towards him, but doesn't actually approach. There's a fair bit of distance between them, but not so much that it makes conversation difficult.]

I never got your name.

[ Haruto regards Tendou levelly; somehow, the fact that Tendou missed him introducing himself isn't a surprise. ]

Haruto Souma. Kamen Rider Wizard. And why were so interested in seeing me in person, Tendou?

[Names are never all that important; most of the people he has spoken to here he's only spoken to once and never again.

what is this social thing you speak of]

As I said, there's something I'd like to see.

[It's only then he brings attention to something he'd been holding all this time yet kept partially hidden, that being a small box covered in a piece of fabric to hide whatever's inside, by crouching down and placing it on the ground.

Once he removes the material from it, it reveals it's actually one of the zombified animals contained within which, once it's exposed to the outside world again, starts making those pained cries all of them seem to be due to the plague infecting them.

This is bound to attract more of them, but Tendou doesn't really react, just stands back up and places his hands in his pockets.

"They're coming Haruto, what do you do" his gaze seems to say, but he remains silent.]

[ Oh, hell.

The challenge is very clear, and so is the sound of approaching undead, or whatever the hell these things were.

He's not sure what Tendou's looking for, but he's never heard of him from the other Riders, and they had all been extremely (overly) helpful in warning him about names that would be unfamiliar to him.

He'll have things to say after this. For now, he sets the SwordGun down in the earth at his feet blade-first, and holds his right hand over his belt buckle. From there, it's the singing of his Driver ('Shabadoobie touch to henshin!') and a well-practiced shift of rings. ]

Transform.

[ He's gone straight to the yellow Land Style, though, instead of the red Flame Style. Bind will work better with stone than chain. ]

[Well, he's definitely a rider at least - the transformation causes Tendou to quirk his eyebrows a little, but for the most part he doesn't react.

At this point though a few of the infected critters emerge from the woodwork and are going straight for Haruto with their claws and teeth, probably because a moment ago he was a flashing lights display with a loud singing belt, so attracts more attention.]

[ Don't knock the light show, Tendou, you know you enjoyed it. Either way, Haruto no longer has time for you, already gathering up his sword. There are too many here to gather them up and bind them together, but he's already taken to thinking of these things as unfortunately human-shaped Ghouls. They're no longer human, and he has no intention of being turned--or murdered.

It's easy enough to fight them, in Land Style; even when they come at him with claws, the pumped-up defense of the style keeps it from being much more than a minor annoyance, and it's not like their pointy bits can pierce his armor. His sword cuts easily, and he doesn't know if these guys started out without any combat skills, or if their affliction stole their abilities, but he can fight his way in circles around them, and in fact does for several minutes. It's all very stylish. There's just too damn many--which means one thing. ]

Lupacchi magic, touch to go--Copy, please!

[ Two Harutos are much better than one. And even better than that is four. ]

[Well, looks like Haruto's just full of surprises - the copy thing is definitely not what he was expecting. He spends a few minutes just watching him fight, observing...not for any particular reason though, in the end it was just curiosity. He'd be lying if he said the guy didn't have style alright. It was pretty impressive.

Now, though, he figures he can't just stand by and watch anymore, not that Haruto seems to need the help, he has just had his curiosity properly sated and killing zombies was on his to do list wizard or no wizard.

It's been a while since I've seen another rider besides myself.

[More than a year, in fact. He raises his hand upwards, the Kabuto Zecter suddenly flying in from nowhere; on the way to Tendou it rams into a few ghouls, knocking them over, but eventually it reaches Tendou, who catches it in hand. He parts his jacket open, too, revealing the ZECT belt he's wearing.]

...Transform.

[He slides the Zecter into place on his belt, which glows brightly, before armor begins to form all across Tendou; once it's complete, he takes his Kunai Gun in hand and fires a single shot at the caged creature on the ground, which not only busts the container but kills the thing inside.

Then he just runs over to Haruto and the ghouls and swinging the bladed end of his weapon left and right, cutting through the undead with ease.]

[ What.

What.

To his credit, despite his confusion Haruto doesn't pause in his work. This wouldn't be the first time he's met a Rider he's never seen before, after all, and since Tendou's definitely not shooting at him he's perfectly willing to let this conversation go until later.

The crowd has begun to thin enough that Haruto thinks it's time to switch tactics; he flicks the switch on his Driver to change sides, and swaps his left-hand ring for the more familiar red Flame Style. He tosses out his left arm and allows the glyph to fly over him, the rhythmic chanting of 'fire' from the belt as familiar as the sliding warmth of the style change. The three other clones absorb into his body as the change is finishing, and he slaps his SwordGun down from sword mode to gun mode. ]

It's showtime.

[ The coat-tail tossing was probably unnecessary, but it morphs midway through to firing at a ghoul under his left bicep. Then he spin-kicks another, and he's just finishing up shooting them in the face when Tendou gets close. ]

Should I start calling you senpai?

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