Memories in Time

[Zeronos]

A portal opened up in the center of the dining room. Jin and a solid Yuuki came out of it and the portal closed as soon as they did.

"I'm back everyone."

The three imagin rushed over to Jin in excitement and did a variety of welcome back gestures. Jin smiled and then noticed Mitsu sitting in the corner.

"I'm Jin aka Kamen Rider Lucifer. Who are you?"

[Ancient]

"Mitsu. Just Mitsu. I intend to head home once it's possible, but I managed to get lost in time on this one. Those friendly guys 'rescued' me." He pointed, and smiled. He wasn't being grim or anything, but the words looked that way when you didn't hear the cheery tone.

"I used to be Kamen Rider San, but I've got a funny feeling I might never see that belt again. Probably returned to the Museum if it's not here. I've got no idea where it is, though."

[Zeronos]

Jin nodded in agreement.

"So I take it your from W's world? Nice to meet you. I know your from W's world because I've heard of "Museum" when I was traveling back home."

Akutama walked up to Jin and handed him a golden rider pass.

"What is this Akutama?"

"Something the Station Master gave us. He called it a Master Pass."

Kazan pushed Akutama out of the way and continued

"He said it would allow us to travel to any of the other rider worlds using SkyLiner! We get to go where ever we want isn't that interesting!"

Sasuga pushed the two of them out of the way to add his own statement.

"Now I get to steal the spotlight in other worlds!"

Yuuki pushed all three of them out of the way and slammed against the wall of the dining car.

"Let's just stay here. It could get scary in those other worlds."

Jin sighed and put the Master Pass in his pocket.

"We're staying here since we have a duty to protect the flow of time from the imagin. If another rider comes to ask for help in defending another world then we help them, but until then we will stay here and protect our home."

The four imagin nodded in agreement and took their seats different booths. SkyLiner began to move and was now traveling through the sands of time.

[Ancient]

That pass... looked a lot like the card Mitsu had found on the ground outside. He fished it out of his pocket, and showed it to the group

"Is this one of those 'passes', do you know? Perhaps someone you know who would?" He kept his position standing for the time being. He rode trains standing unless there was no other choice, even without the railings to hold himself up. It was good for his balance, even leaning against the wall, and anyway this train rode more smoothly than any other he'd ever ridden.

[Zeronos]

Jin walked over to Mitsu and examined the pass after taking it from Mitsu's hand. He returned it to him and said

"That's a normal rider pass. That let's you ride a train, but it's not a SkyLiner pass."

The imagin nodded in agreement and Jin walked over to the bar in the corner of the dining car. He pressed a button on the wall and a robotic Deneb walked into the room.

"Denbot please serve everyone drinks."

Denbot nodded in agreement and began to prepare drinks behind the bar.

"Want anything in particular Mitsu-san?"

[Ancient]

"Does it serve food, too?" He asked, casually walking over to take a seat near Kazan. He leaned towards the imagin, and frowned.

"Is anything that robot serves even edible?" He whispered. The Imagin had been in his head. He figured it wouldn't mind talking to him.

[Zeronos]

Denbot nodded at Mitsu's request.

"I shall serve food to everyone on SkyLiner. Effective Immediately."

Denbot walked over to the fridge behind the counter and began to take various food items from it. Kazan was playing with a Slinky when Mitsu started talking to him and didn't reply for a few moments.

"Of course. Denbot can make great food! He can make anything you could ever imagine!"

Jin sat on seat opposite of Akutama and they began to play cards while Sasuga teased Yuuki about not doing a good job fighting back on Hibiki world.

[Ancient]

"Alright. I'll trust the robot tengu butler chef to know what he's doing."

He conceded, in his head, that the description he'd really made very little sense, but nor did T-rexes flying F16s and that was awesome anyway. He wondered if they'd get anywhere before his food was finished. He really didn't know what to do with the time between now and having food in front of him.

[Zeronos]

Denbot quietly prepared food behind the counter of the dining car while Sasuga joined in on Akutama and Jin's card game.

"Oh guys I nearly forgot. I want to formally contract with you guys."

The four imagin nearly fell out of their respective booths when they heard Jin say this. Akutama turned to Jin and said

"Really? Why so suddenly?"

Jin sucked in some air and replied

"Well if someone were to ever attack our world when I'm away then I need someone I can trust to protect time while I'm gone. You guys are best friends and just like me want to preserve time as it is. Unlike the other imagins you guys came to me with the desire to protect time."

"I just wanted to steal the spotlight," interrupted Sasuga.

"I wanted to take over the other rider worlds and I still do." added Akutama.

"I wanted to learn new things not destroy stuff!" clapped Kazan.

"I just wanted to save myself from being destroyed by you if I ever tried to mess with time." squeaked Yuuki.

Jin sighed and continued what he was saying before he was interrupted.

"I know you had your individual selfish reasons, but now I believe you guys share my desire to protect the present."

The four imagin nodded in agreement as they no longer wanted to argue with Jin.

[Ancient]

Mitsu sat in silence, then turned to this world's rider. He didn't quite understand the contract part, but he figured he'd get it after a while in this world. He gathered that it had something to do with the solid body of the imagin he'd been used to help defeat as opposed to the sandcastle forms Kazan, Sasuga and Akutama had taken earlier. He didn't interrupt their conversation.

[Zeronos]

Jin then continued when he believed the four imagin would no longer interrupt.

"Okay I'll start with Sasuga since he was my first imagin partner."

Jin turned to look at Sasuga who waited with absolutely zero patience to hear Jin's wish. Jin smiled and said

"I wish you would help me protect time and at the same time steal the spotlight."

"I'll accept that wish, but I don't steal the spotlight for the spotlight is always on me!"replied Sasuga who jumped into the air and stayed there for a few moments.

Jin then turned to Akutama and continued

"Akutama, I wish for us to protect time together and not conquer it."

Akutama ignored him until Kazan nudged his shoulder and he replied

"Fine I'll accept your wish. I won't try to conquer this world, but all the worlds will be mine."

Akutama laughed maniacally while Jin turned to face Yuuki.

"Now for you Yuuki. I wish for you to always live on the SkyLiner and not fight me like the other imagin."

Yuuki whimpered loudly and nodded his approval of Jin's wish. Jin finally turned to look at Kazan who already replied with

"I'll accept any wish Jin! I just want to learn new things!"

Jin laughed and continued with "Fine then I wish to for you teach me tons of new things."

The four imagin nodded in approval at the exact same time as they know had solid bodies outside of the train.

[Ancient]

Well that was all kind of cute. Mitsu just waited for his food, as his stomach growled, interrupting the proceedings. He put his head down in mock shame, and smiled.

"Sorry." He was frank, his tone cheerful. He looked around at the Imagin and smiled. "Well, now what do you intend to do with me?"

[Zeronos]

Denbot was slow in preparing anything and Jin wondered why the Station Master gave him that. When Mitsu asked his question everybody stopped what they were doing and looked at him.

"I'm not sure. You're not a rider anymore, but you don't have a place in our world."

"We should just throw him out now. It's not like we have any use for him." interrupted Akutama.

"I agree. I don't need anyone stealing my spotlight even if they aren't a rider." added Sasuga.

"We don't know anything about him," squeaked Yuuki, "He could really be a bad guy like that rider from earlier."

"I think he's interesting! He did let me use his body to fight the imagin!" clapped Kazan.

Jin nodded in disapproval of his imagin partners as Denbot finally finish preparing the food.

"Food has been prepared. Please come over and select what you would like to consume."

Jin sighed as the four imagin rushed over to the counter and began to pig out.

"You can stay here as long as you want Mitsu-san since you don't have anywhere else to go."

[Ancient]

"Thank you, Jin." He nodded, and stood, walking over to elbow his way in to get some food. He figured they'd be a bit fair, considering he'd been the one to ask about it anyway. He managed to smuggle away an cut California roll, and stood facing Jin, now holding his rider pass again.

"So ,like I asked earlier, is there someone who might know about this pass? Someone who manages the Trains of Time, maybe?" His head wandered for a bit, and he took a bite of the roll, enjoying the sweet and spicy contrast. He looked at Jin, then the train. "If the Past and Present are the edge stations... Where's the central hub? Is there a station master of sorts there who might have an answer?"

[Zeronos]

Jin smiled and nodded in agreement as he walked over to the door of dining car.

"Of course. The Station Master will know. We just have to go back to KingLiner."

Jin ran out of the car and headed towards the front car where he hopped onto the SkyChaser bike and redirected SkyLiner back towards KingLiner. Jin returned to the dining car shortly after the imagin had finished off the food.

"We've docked in KingLiner. You can go see the Station Master now."