ride on

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Finding the place hadn't been easy. Guzma had been reluctant to tell Sena or Adora anything about it, and they couldn't go to Lusamine to ask, what with Overwatch keeping tabs on her. But Kukui, on the other hand, had been surprisingly forthcoming, although all he'd given them was a vague hint about a hidden door somewhere in the new Stadium. 

That had been enough. Searching around the base had netted them a secret door at the seemingly empty end of a hallway, and taking it leads to an elevator down into the depths of the stadium. And that led them to another door...one completely locked up with no visible keypad or lock. The only thing there is an odd camera-like device, and a speaker...the light above it a bright red. They're stumped.

"How're we supposed to get in? Did Lusamine give you some kinda secret key or something?"

"Eh?! W-W-Why would she give me anything like th-"

As if responding to his voice, the light suddenly flashes green, and a neutral female voice sounds through the speaker.

"Ultra Rider Zero-One, confirmed."

"...Eh?"

The door unlocks and allows Sena to pull it open, revealing a room very similar to the secret lab that Lusamine had shown Sena some time prior, equipped with multiple buckles and other equipment for additional Ultra Riders. Before Sena and Adora can step inside to get a better look, however, a hologram boots up in front of them. It's a young female with bob-cut hair, dressed in a white and green suit dress over black. She speaks in the same neutral voice from before, making it evident that she's related to whatever computer system just recognized Sena as the first Ultra Rider.

"Greetings, Ultra Rider Zero-One. I have been awaiting your-"

SLAM.
...
...
...

"...Sena, why'd you shut the door?"

"...No, I was just surprised..."

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As if on cue, the woman pushed her head through the door. "Zero-One, please enter the room. I have been waiting, and there is much to discuss."

As if on cue, the doors opened once more, revealing the rest of her body as she stepped back, holding out her hand as if she was a tour guide.

a call to arms!

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"A-loooo-laaaa!"

The voice on the video post made to the Rotom-Net is surprisingly perky, given how dire the circumstances are here. It's a bright, energetic female's voice, spoken with a slight buzz that clearly indicates its artificial origins.

"Annoyed with the uninvited guests that have settled down here? Gotten chased down by totally incompetent but suuuuper bothersome armored goons lately? Really want some peace and quiet around here without some old goose telling you what to do with your life? Well, we have the solution for you!"

The screen pans over the secret lab, zooming in on a rack of seemingly innocuous belt buckles as the voice continues to ramble incessantly.

"Join the Ultra Riders! A new, totally elite branch of the Ultra Guardians, organized by Lusamine to explore the Ultra Holes! Travel across the multiverse, gain incredible experiences, and show those Overwatch nincompoops that we can do whatever they can, but better! You'll get a sweet armored outfit and everything - hey, Seeenaaaaa!"

Where's Sen-ah, there he is. Looks like he's reading up on something using one of the many monitors in the room, something rather complicated if his tired expression means anything. He perks up in alarm when Rotom calls him.

"Rotom? Wait, what do you want?"

"Neh, neh, why don't you show everybody your super cool Ultra Rider suit, and the transformation, it'll get them hyped up and everything!"

"HUH?!" Sena reels back in his chair, face red with embarrassment. "I-It's not cool, it's ridiculous, and the energy on it is limited so we shouldn't just play with it, and - what do you mean show everybody."

"Everybody watching, duh! I'm recording an advert to help you recruit people to Ultra Ride with you, you two did say that you couldn't do this by yourselves! Lusamine did tell you to make a team, after all!"

"Yeah, I did, but we don't need to do it like this - watching?! As in, right now?!"

"Ooobviously! It's live-streamed, after all!"

"LIVESTREAMED?!"

Sena's voice squeaks in his panic as he jumps out of his seat. Not a second later, he darts for the Rotomdex, and the video shakes as he manages to grab her.

"Sorry about that! I don't know what she told you, but she probably just exaggerated things - I-I-I mean we'd like the help, but it's definitely dangerous, so you should be careful thinking about whether you'd like to join or not, uhm, uh, anyways! Rotom! Turn it off!"

"Aww, but you didn't even show them all the cool parts about being an Ultra Rider, like the transform-"

"TURN IT OFF, ROTOM!"

on the streets

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After that totally embarrassing live-stream that exposed him, Adora got the brilliant (as in, he couldn't say no to it) idea to go around and actually speak to people about the Ultra Riders! Which, he was planning to do anyway! But now that Overwatch people are on the streets, they've obviously gotta sneak around in the shadows, like a resistance organization, and -

Anyways, this just means that Adora and Sena are both skulking around, trying to get people's attention in a non-attention grabbing way.

Or bailing them out of tough-slash-inconvenient spots the Overwatch goons are putting them in. That's probably more likely.