Jump 286: Kamen Rider Neo-Heisei, Part Final

Jump #286: Kamen Rider Neo-Heisei, Part Final
>Wheel of Fortune: The path of destiny. Karma on a grand scale.
Of all the trumps to get... why does this one make me nervous?
>Location: Japan, 2014
>Identity: Drop-In
>Drawbacks: There's No Going In Reverse (0), Somebody's Watching Me (+300)
It seems I've stranded myself in the Ganma Dimension. Except I'm supposed to be playing Ex-Aid, I'm not equipped to deal with this nonsense! Argh. I'll have to run around and try to find a way out, or at least a place where the dimensional lock is weak enough for me to do a plane shift.
>For Their Smile (Free, Drop-In)
Even if I have to give bad news, it doesn't mean I'm going to be a jerk about it. At least now others can always see that instead of focusing on the bad news and shifting the blame to the messenger.
>Caustic Co-Operative (Free, Drop-In)
I'm not necessarily here to make friends, though it's for the best, but as long as everyone can work together we'll be all right.
>A Bright Crystal (1200, Drop-In)
If only people knew their potential. If I can get them to believe in themselves perhaps they'll be more likely to reach for that potential.
>Game Clear (1000, Drop-In)
This is definitely no Path to Victory, but it is enough to give me an idea of what I need to do to obtain a given objective. Sure, it's not step by step, but if I need to fix something... I'll have a solid starting point and have enough of an idea of what I need to deal with it. It's more than I started with!
>Gone Horribly Wrong (900)
I don't think I've actually got any other perks that do this short of using clairvoyance to make sure that something I make doesn't go Skynet on me later. This is much better.
>Only A Machine (500)
I know this is aimed at Roidmutes initially, but I honestly wonder what effect it'll have on gashats.
(+300 item points!)
>Jumper x Rider Heisei Generations (800)
The final addition to my belt!
>Got Game? (600, Drop-In)
It's nice to know that I won't die if I lose a fight, if nothing else... not to mention the ability to extract diseases from a person's body. ...does this mean I can Scroll of Genocide cancer?
>Game Maker IX (300, Drop-In)
OHOHOHOHOHO. You, my friend, have an appointment with my RIDICULOUSLY LARGE GAME COLLECTION. Gashats for everyone!
>iControl (0)
This is another thing I'm using for gashats, at the moment, but being able to understand how an AI is developing is way more useful than many might think.

Well.

The final jump in the Kamen Rider arc. It's finally come to a close.

Getting out of the Ganma dimension was definitely... interesting... but it's fortunate that I had rider forms that were at least capable of protecting me, if not taking the fight to them. After all, this was their home, and I was the trespasser. On the plus side, Game Clear gave me the roughest of ideas how to get out, though it took longer than expected. Months, in fact.

By the time I got out, it was actually 2015, and there was plenty of time for me to settle down and get caught up in the various inevitable fights for justice without breaking out the new gear, though I tested it out a bit. Stage select tends to make things interesting, but useful.

When the Ex-Aid plot actually got rolling, I got in on it as well, though it confused the hell out of everyone when every game that I used were things that never existed in their world. And some that did but shouldn't have been a thing. Which of course meant that during downtime the others (ESPECIALLY Emu) insisted on playing them, but hey, no complaints there really. He was actually a pretty cool guy, I've got to say, and I supported his goal of becoming a great doctor by subtly giving him a few things to help him on his way. He's got his hands full with both being a hero and pulling shifts at the hospital, after all.

Eventually, things calmed down (as much as they ever DO in this universe, anyway), and I started getting things in order to leave. And let me tell you, the level of ridiculousness the kamen riders started getting up to after 2020 is just ridiculous- oh god no it's Narataki again.

>"Damn you, Crux!"
"Oh what the hell are you even DOING here. We settled this! Years ago! MOVE ON!"
>"Don't care. Worlds ending. Universe exploding. Your fault."
"Have you considered that it might not happen? At all?"
>"I was there! I saw it!"
"Oh for- okay, you know what? Fine. Worlds ending, my fault for existing. Because I do exist. In every world."
>"Like a cancer-"
"Uh, more like a thread weaving them together technically. Also? Shut up."
>"Infiltrator! Obscenity!"
"Did... did you honestly just call me an obscenity? Like, literally 'obscenity'?"
>"Walking blasphemy! It's all your fault!"
"Look, you're the one constantly screwing with time. Have you considered that screwing with time could damage the worlds you travel in? The local multiverse?"
>"You're just trying to distract me! You won't prevail!"
"You know what, I am so done with this. All you ever do is scream how it's my fault and not actually DO anything except get others to do your dirty work."
>"And you keep killing kamen riders! Breaking the world by walking through it! No more!"

"You're right, no more. L̶̴̯̖̩̞͒ͭͦ̽̇̂́Ǒ̸̢̝̪̫̳̣̫̻̼̈́̇̔͐O̪̭͖̲͍̹̹͌̈͐ͮ͡K̠͉͐͌̕͝ ̬͎̺͓̺͕͛͐̐̾ͧ͊̇͒͘͘ͅÙ̴̩̦͖̖̤̲̲͍̎̈́̐͝ͅP͇̈͂ͯ͑̅Ơ̲͍̯͇̱̺ͤ̓ͣͩ̀̃ͭͦN̹͎͍̲̮͈̘̏̃̾̀͜͡ ̸̶͕̫͎̹ͬ͋͐͊́ͬ̓͐ͅM̧̲̼̰̻̙̪̿̓̒E̬̖͈̞̭̦͖̰̾̂͐̈́̏́͟,̱̫̘͎̜͇̰̹̝ͧ͑ͧ̋ͧͯ͡ ͖͖̠̜̪̦ͪ͑̌̑̈́ͨͩ̾͜͞M̡̯̮̩̟̫͗̓ͨ́̕O̢̖̞̩̝͉̲͎͎ͮ͋̎̌̔ͪ̀R̵͔͎͎͈̖͍̺̜ͨ͞T͔̒̀̌̂͐ͩͧ͐ͅA̻̟̅̅̀̔L̷͚͖̬͓̻͙̤̩̿̔ͩͬ̓͌,̶̜̖̹̗̩̤͒ͨ̒̃ͪ ͖͓̬͉͚̦̐̎͂A̙̼̘͎̯ͣ͆̐̒͂́͘N̞̹̜͕̜̹̭ͮͬ̌͛̒͢D̵̹̣͍̎ͦ̒ͣ͞ ̛̬̤̳̳̖͕͔̔ͤ́ͮͧ̋̋̈́ͅD̘̞͇͎͙ͮ̈́̎̈́͐́E̶̵͇̪̿̉̉̅S̴̯̝͔̝̩͙̗͕̈́̍ͦ̀͂͢͢P̴̷̼̘̭̼̙̳̘ͫA̭̲̬̠̳ͩ̽̒̌ͮ͜͡I͙͍̣͍̰͕̪ͤ͆͛̈̑ͮ̕R̹̘̩͍̊͟.̶̡̹̩̼̬̫̎͋̂̀̀͌ͫ͆."

>"I KNEW IT--!"
"Ha, no, I'm just fucking with you. Seriously, Narataki, get a job."
>"Damn you..!!"
"Yeah. We're done here. Go away before I call the cops."