ride on

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

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..."

Comments

[shadowslipping]

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"...Activate it...on top..."

Yuume goes quiet.

She seems to be staring at the belt in silence.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"Um."

Are you okay. Did he just say something stupid.

"Will it...not work after all...?"

Actually hang on, uh.

"Oh...I didn't tell you the passphrase to use it, no wonder you're confused, right? It's, um..." oh this is embarrassing... "U...Ultra Ride..." it's so stupid...

[shadowslipping]

As if a switch has been flicked, Yuume's eyes sparkle with light and determination. Without even bothering to answer Sena, the belt is half tossed, half looped around her arm; an odd place for such a thing, but Yuume pays it no mind as she reaches for the latch and snaps it across.

"ULTRA- RIDE!"

The light is blinding. It fills the room and fills the vision of everyone there, and for a moment Yuume has vanished within it entirely. A seasoned artist of transformations, swinging her arm outward as the energy floods from the latch. The belt scatters into wisps and petals- reforming around her waist as she spins on the spot. A mere silhouette she is, arms raised upward as the entirety of her becomes a shadow in the light...only to reveal itself as a dusty suit of rose, like a sky at dusk, unseen footwear clacking into place with an audible ring as they touch the floor.

In her hands forms a blade of silvery white- and from her hands can be seen bracers and gloves of the same colour, slowly misting over her form through the dark and light. As she lowers the weapon in a slow circle, the rest of the armor seems to come into clarity as if spirited into place, formed from fog itself; shoulder pads, breast plate, and even boots with pale pink as their accents, ridged and elegant, simple jewels of gold sitting amongst them.

With a shout the blade scatters, arm thrown out to mirror how the other had transformed the belt to begin with- and as it comes back across her head, as if to knock her hat free, as if to brush hair from her eyes, a flowing cloak shines behind her...

And the helmet over her head shines. It is the helm of a true knight, a visor which hides fierce eyes and a confident smile. Yuume, it seems, is no bug.

But she is Certainly a warrior.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"Oh..."

Uh.

Wow.

"I...I guess it works..."

This. This isn't fair, man. How come you can make it look cool and not totally embarrassing?

[shadowslipping]

Well, Yuume is looking herself over...

"I think...it worked~" She melts into the shadows, and reappears again, still in the suit. "It worked perfectly..! I can still access my shadow, while wearing the suit! Incredible!"

It's super cool, ok,

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"Well, that was what we were hoping for..."

Aha ha.

"Looks like there's no problems, then."

[shadowslipping]

"Aaah, so it seems~" With that, the transformation scatters, soon followed by her shadow disappearing. "It's nice to know I won't be throwing anything off. Have you had any luck finding others?"