Elise blushed a bit, laughing nervously. "Anyway, Yukito, it was nice talking to you! If you have any questions, I ... probably wouldn't be able to answer all of them, but you can just ask the others inside about what's up, I suppose." She waved at him, turning around. "I'll be back in a little while, I kind of feel like getting a little fresh air after wandering around here."
She motioned for Kivat to follow her back out through the entrance. "I don't think we'll be leaving immediately, so it should be okay, yeah?"
"Maybe not, but you should be a little cautious at least," he replied. "... You know, now that I think about it I am starting to get a little hungry ... you wouldn't mind still letting me have a candy or two, would you?"
She nodded. "I have plenty in my bag still~ here, let me get one for you."
The pair ambled on out down the block and past a large building as she rummaged around through her bag searching for the chocolates, with Kivat occasionally darting out of the sights of passers-by. Elise was easily distracted with the things inside the bag, carefully fixated on sifting through it all to find the candy that she didn't notice she was about to walk straight into someone ...
... which she immediately did, causing her to stumble and Kivat to dive into the bag to camoflauge himself. "S-sorry about that! I'm really sorry, I -- eh?" She looked up at who she'd just ran into; it was, for some reason, a man wearing a mask just standing right in front of her.
"Heh, perfect timing! You're ... Kiva, I take it?" he asked Elise, making her eyes widen big-time. How in the world does this guy know -- "No worries! I'm not here to do anything to you. As a matter of fact, there are a couple of people who've been looking for you for a while, and I've been ... helping them out, so to speak."
Kivat popped out from the bag, swooping into the proximity of Elise's hand and eyeing the masked man warily. Elise looked dead straight at him and asked, "Are you telling me the truth? Because if not, then I won't have any trouble taking you out!"
The masked man chuckled. "I have a feeling you would, but I'm a man of my word. Come on, I'll introduce you to them, just follow me."
"I really don't like the implications behind this," Elise whispered to Kivat as they followed behind, "but if this guy is serious then there might be some way of figuring out what's happening and how we can get home. If not, then ... we'll just kick his ass."
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The three of them continued on until they met up with the two people the masked man was talking about. Elise didn't recognize the dark-haired young woman, but upon spotting the familiar black and green demon ... she shrieked and flailed in excitement.
"Eh?! Elise, are you all right?" Kivat gasped, fluttering up to her.
"It's Deneb!!" she hissed, trying not to call too much attention to herself. "Ohmanohman I didn't think he'd show up here! Does this mean that Yuuto is here, too?" Of course, she didn't know that he wasn't, but damnit, she was just on her way to buy the damn Zeronos belt before she was thrown here in the first place! There was no reason for her not to be excited.
Kivat looked shocked at this development. "Wait, you know him?"
"... yeah, sort of!" Again, not wanting to call attention to the fact that they were originally fictional for their sakes. "But anyway. Let's find out what they want with us! If it's Deneb, then we know we're in good hands."
After a minute to compose herself, the two walked up to Deneb and the dark-haired girl. Elise cleared her throat a bit, her face still slightly red from her outburst. "I ... believe you were expecting us?"
"Yes!" Deneb answered cheerfully, bowing deeply towards her. "It's a pleasure to meet you, miss! My name is Deneb, would you like some candy?" He offered a few pieces to her and Kivat, which she gratefully took.
The young woman looked back at the masked man, still suspicious over how easily he was able to pick this supposed Rider up so quickly, then turned to face Elise as she slipped out from behind Deneb.
"I'm Sumika ... and you are a Rider, right? Not someone randomly pulled off the street, or anything like that?"
"Huh? Well, I was randomly pulled from my own world, but --" Elise looked thoughtfully over at Kivat as she continued -- "yeah, I ... I'm Kiva, I guess you could say now. But you can call me Elise. Now, what is it that's going on, exactly?"