first trick

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[A teenage boy appears out of nowhere, followed by the whine of Air Trecks, soaring impossibly fast and followed by a riptide of wind. But where he just came from, there was sun, not stars. He skids to a stop on the impossible ground and reaches up to his face, where he pulls a pair of goggles back over his forehead. His hair is incredibly unruly, and considering the loose unbuttoned manner of his shirt, he doesn't seem like he’d be too polite. If anything, he’s a street punk, especially with those A-Ts. He gazes around with a rather confused expression.]

Whoa, that’s not what was supposed to happen. Guys? Kazu? Onigiri? Buccha? Agito? This place is kinda...

[He rubs at the back of his head and walks around, trying to figure out who might have done this. But there’s no wind except him, so it couldn’t be a trick, right?]

Well... shit.

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[bloodyroadking.livejournal.com]

[bloodyroadking.livejournal.com]

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[Have a little boy tackle hug you and attach himself permanently to your arm, Ikki]

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[something like verbal keysmashing]

Akito! Do you have any idea what's going on? [He frowns while casually peeling off the fangirlboy.] Where the hell are we?

[bloodyroadking.livejournal.com]

[EXCITED] We're on the Astral Plane!!

[Re-attaches self] I've been coming here for months, Ikki-kun took forever to show up!

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

The who in the what now?!

[detaches again] How is that possible? I'm pretty sure you could've said something!

[bloodyroadking.livejournal.com]

The Astral Plane! It's like a place where lots of people from different worlds meet. I have no idea how it works, but it does.

I did! Lots of times! You made fun of me!! [reattaches]

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

That's crazy. ... And kinda cool. But still crazy.

Uhh, Akito? [detaches] I'm pretty sure I would've remembered hearing about something like this.

[bloodyroadking.livejournal.com]

But Ikki-kun, I really did tell you, why don't you remember?

...

Ah! You must be from a different world too! But don't worry, I love you all the same! [reattaches]

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

I─ what? That's not possible. [detaches] Is it?

And don't talk about love so casually!

[bloodyroadking.livejournal.com]

It could be, I don't know for sure, I haven't been paying that much attention to these things. Ah! But there are some other Storm Rider here, Team Bacchus. They claim to know me but I've never heard of them, they must be from a different world too.

But Akito loves Ikki-kun! [Attaches self to other arm to see if he'll have more luck there]

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

... Figures. [a sigh] ... Another team, huh? Are they any good?

You're kinda persistent. [detaches]

[bloodyroadking.livejournal.com]

Nope. [Grins] Agito beat them, so now this whole plane is Kogarasumaru's territory! [BEAMS ALL PROUD]

Because I know Ikki-kun doesn't like people who give up~ [attaches]

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[impressed] Well, well. I'll have to thank him.

How are you supposed to fly if you're clinging onto me all the time? [detaches]

[bloodyroadking.livejournal.com]

I'm happy you're here, it was getting lonely with nobody from the team here. Oh! You'll have to meet the people here, I've told them a lot about you!

[gasp, uhm, uhmuhmuhm!!.....] Ikki-kun is strong enough to fly for the both of us? [CLINGS]

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

... You told people about me? [grins] Yeah, sure, love to meet 'em.

I could fly for the whole team if I wanted. But sometimes I gotta have space, y'know? [Ah, crap, he doesn't have a crowbar. Looks like he's stuck.]

[contract_star]

[Have a Hei, who still has a cold.] Another one?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Ikki doesn't remark on the man's stuffiness.]

Eh? What do you mean, 'another one'? I'm the one and only Minami Ikki. [He grins and pushes his goggles up with his thumb.]

[contract_star]

[Sniffs a little and smiles, gesturing at Ikki's feet.] The skates. There are a couple of other people here with them.

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Ikki lifts one up a little, obviously fond of them.] Ah, these? They're more than just skates.

As for the other guys... you think they'll show up? I gotta admit, I'm curious.

[contract_star]

[Chuckles.] I figured as much, considering your entrance.

I expect they will, at some point. There's Agito-Akito, though I haven't seen him around much lately...the others look like they're part of some visual kei band. There's four of them, but I only know Romeo and Juliet.

Ah, this is the Astral Plane, in case you haven't heard. It's a crossroads between worlds.

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Akito and Agito are part of my team back ... uh, home. [Now THAT description gets him headscratching.] You gotta be kidding me. They sound like something out of a book.

Akito told me, but that was all. So you're not from my world? You don't look like an alien to me.

[contract_star]

Ah, so you know them. There's that, at least. This place is easier to deal with when there's at least someone else here who you know.

Well...I guess it depends on your definition. No one here is from the exact same place, but a good amount of them are just from different realities. Like, different versions of Earth. But there are also people here who are from completely different worlds. It's complicated.

Ah, also--time doesn't pass back home when you're here. And you can come and go just by thinking it. [And all the talking makes him start coughing.]

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

Seems like it.

[More headscratching.] Wow, that's crazy complicated. I think I get it.

So you─ whoa, are you okay? Breathe! Breathe, man, breathe!

[contract_star]

[Sheepish smile, fjkdla cold.] I'm alright, it's just a cold. It's actually starting to go away, even.

But, yes. You'll learn a lot more just by being here. The whole thing is an experiment run by the Twins and Ms. Sault, but we don't know much about it yet.

Ah! Sorry...I'm Li Shengshun. You are...?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

That's good.

Other realities, huh... that could be a good or a bad thing. [He's seen enough bad sci fi movies to know.]

Li, huh? People call me lots of names, but Ikki's fine. Nice to meetcha.