A boy with odd looking hair would be shuffling his deck when he noticed a flyer on the ground. Picking it up and looking at it he seemed to grow curious. "Guess it couldn't hurt. I'm still new around here." He'd stumble around for a while before finally making his way to the door. He'd huff a bit obviously tired from walking all around before finding this place but would quickly recover as he help his fist in front of him. "I...won't let a little walk like that...get the best of me!" Finally he'd bring his fist to the door and proceed to knock...twice. "Hey! This is the place to go to learn about agricultural systems, right?"

Test subject... This sounds like it could be dangerous, and he can't exactly say that he's fond of somebody just running around and doing science of unknown types. "Time to go and poke into things I guess, with any luck he's just testing something harmless..." The man reaches into a lab coat pocket, pulling out a large belt with a device attached and strapping it around his waist as he sets off for the place. Upon reaching the door, Taiga would knock only once and stare at the door with a stoney face.

The boy, clad in a minecraft tee, walks up to the door and reads the sign "Hmm, I am wondering what would happen if I were to only knock, say, once." Piqued with curiosity, Alphinaud gives the door a firm singular knock

Ten knocks? Two subjects and some farm students, huh? Just about the same as last time, maybe someone new came by. The door cracks open, after some heavy clunking sounding like locks coming undone. A flow of stale dusty air pours out. A foreign chemical scent rides on the air, making it almost smell like a hospital. The door opens to reveal a single light perched above a man seated in a chair. The first person to step through would feast their eyes upon a light system turning on one by one to reveal white pods leaking blue light and a hazy steam. "I'm glad you folks can read! At least that's what I'd've said if your numbers matched up with the number of people! Unless, some of you are here for the farming class, in which case I regret to inform you the instructor is currently out right now! So if any of you... folks... were here for the tests, come on in!" The seated man stands and beckons for those standing outside to enter. Of course, those not here for the experiments were free to enter as well, given they choose to stay.

PK enters with a deep breath, arms at his side, from his last encounter with the testing the man here wouldn't deceive them, or at least not stab them in the back, he would be safe for now. Noticing the pods he can only guess what happens next. Hmm.. more gas?

Alphinaud holds his grimoire and enters the building slowly, eyes affixed on Evolt as he does. "What manner of experiment is it thou art conducting, pray tell?"

Taiga wanders into the building, looking the place over carefully as he does so. "Test subjects huh? I'm not here as one, but I am a doctor myself. So consider me nothing more than a curious observer looking to learn what he can." The lab-coated man with black and white hair walks to a wall, leaning against it with his hands in his pockets and keeping watch over the room as he absently toys with something hidden in his right pocket. "So, what sort of testing is being done here anyways? I'm a radiologist by trade, but it's always interesting to see other things in action." He can't help hearing PK mutter about gas as well, perhaps he knows something? "Gas? I'm guessing you've been here before, right?"

Mishiru would sigh, disappointing that the farming classes were canceled and yet, he decided to walk in. He came all this way so he might as well see what the testing thing was about although he was more interested in watching than anything else. "A test? What kind of test? Like a sort of game or something. I came for the farming classes but mind if I watch. I've kind of always liked things like this."

That's a lot of people requesting to simply WATCH the experiment. The doctor might be an interesting witness, but the kid probably won't understand half of what's going on. Time to employ the best tactic of confusion, big words. Of course, even squeezing one subject out of this lot would be beneficial in the long haul, so keeping the fools occupied with pretty prose might prove to be what he needs. "Simply put, doc; I'll be exposing them to a foreign substance with mutative properties. After the exposure, most subjects undergo rapid physical prowess enhancement. Rarer subjects; however, retain a hominid form and heightened physical aptitude. The compound in question is administered in the form of gas, which can later be used to induce more reactions within the body, eventually allowing for the combination of refined, and administered gas to function as an armor of sorts. There are various systems to utilize this property of the gas, but that is a story for another time." What a mouthful... Maybe that much will sate the curiosity of the spectators, maybe even buy him some time to get a test completed. "Now... can those who are actually volunteering for the test please stand near a pod, once you've picked one, I'll begin prepping for administration."

The boy's expression wouldn't actually show much confusion. It was almost as if he was used to explanations like the one just given. He'd simply put his arms behind his head with a bored expression. "I'll still just watch. Sorry, but I've had enough experiments performed on me already. Don't think I could handle anymore without starting to go mad with power. You talk kinda like my boss actually, weird coincidence, right?"

PK blocks out the explanation subconsciously, he can barely read and he already knows what it does, the explanation would only confuse him, so he steps near a pod and begins to brace himself as he turns to Snipe and nods Mmm, these pods... PK then turns to Evolt, maybe it'll make him angry to explain it but having someone to watch his back helped last time These pods are traps, walking into one is a deathtrap, it'll transform you into a monster. Those weak will die instantly though, its a risk. but someone has to. Leave this to me. If you can fight then be ready. If not. Leave.

Right then, that makes perfect sense... And sounds more than a bit dangerous, mutations are hardly something to be toying around with after all. Even so, for now, Taiga simply nods along and observes closely. "Right then, seems a bit risky but I could see the benefits to such a thing... Deathtraps?" He'd turn towards PK, watching the man closely and sighing as he hears this bit of info. "I see, very well then. I won't allow your life to end here, Mission start. Tactics No 2." The man pulls a game cartridge from his coat, spinning it around like a pistol before holding it out and pulling back on a trigger, in a swift motion he'd slam it into a slot on the device attached to his belt as it begins shouting out. "LET'S GAME! METCHA GAME! MUTCHA GAME! WHAT'S YOUR NAME!? I'M A KAMEN RIDER!" With that, a character select wheel appears in front of the man and he mimes shooting one. A masked man in a suit of armor. Finally, it would appear over him as a large gun takes shape in his hands. "Right then, let's make sure this ends swiftly and without complications for the patient."

...Everything about this sounds suspcious, espicially the part about heightened strength. The boy steps back in astonishment. "You don't seriously mean to... good gods." Alphinaud holds a firmer grip on his grimoire, getting ready to crack it right open "Are you aware of the potential consequences of this experiment? If fallen into the wrongs hands, it could start a bloody war! ...As a scion of the seventh dawn, I urge thou to rethink this course of action."

Evolt shrugs, barely even surprised at the doctor's transformation. If anything, he already knew who he was dealing with, probably. Different worlds often times mess things up in terms of continuity. Better to assume that it's the world you know in this case. "Oh my, what a treat! One of the gamer doctors come visit my humble abode! We've also got someone who can state the obvious! Is today my lucky day? Hang on a sec..." Evolt whips out his phone, making some dismissive taps, before sighing in mock defeat. "Nah, just coincidence I guess... Anyway captain goody-twoshoes, I'm not the one putting this tech in the wrong hands. Really, any sort of science could be used for war, so first I recommend you get on dismantling the dishwashers before you try and put me out of a job..." Deathtrap? Damn ingrate, and after he went and played nice too... Ah well, time to ham it up... "It's about as much a deathtrap as your belt there Mr. Gamer... Except it's actually significantly less dangerous! I have a very low mortality rate, and I intend to keep it that way, can you say the same for your virus?" Anyway, onto more important business PK needs his daily dose of extraterrestrial substances. "You know the drill then, Boss. I'll make it quick, ok?"

Right then, seems as if this crap is going to be a constant issue for them. "So you know about the virus and the nature of my belt... But to that I say this, I had no intention of making this stuff. I use it to be sure, but if I could stop it from being made... I would. At any rate, we're not here to debate the ethics of science. So I'll save it for some other time." Instead, he simply focuses on the chamber holding PK gun at the ready as he prepares to begin this battle. "Oi kid, if you need to run do so now. If not, I guess we'll be working with each other on this mission. In which case I'll trust you know how to handle yourself, as most seem to around here."

A large man could be seen walking aimlessly through the streets holding a strange black orb. His hands move meticulously around its surface as different colored lights begin pulsing from within. This all stops as the man's attention is pulled away from his work and towards an obnoxiously loud ringtone. With a quick glance and a chuckle he'd pocket the orb and begin walking with purpose... right to a convenience store. Some time later he appears at the given location and approaches the door with cola in hand. Instead of knocking he simply waltz is unaware of what was happening inside. "Honey, I'm hoooooooome!" He pauses and blinks a few times upon seeing the situation. "Well... this is a thing I guess." He calmly shuts the door behind him and locks it. "I'm sure whatever is going on can be talked out. No need to make any hasty decisions."

Alphinaud continues his interrogation, undeterred "Is that supposed to reassure me? While I agree that oft times innocent sciences may be manipulated for malevolent uses, 'twould be folly to allow individuals to wield weapons of mass destruction for their uses on the sole grounds that any science could wield such potential." Alphinaud opens the grimoire and holds it in front of his chest "If you truly believe your practice to be an honest one, I don't suppose you wouldn't mind if me and the other scions were to analyse this substance." He proclaims with a smirk

The boy would just be up against a wall looking at the cards in his hand. He'd already have 4 ready and in hand but if anyone were to catch even the slightest glimpse of the cards they'd soon see that all four were completely blank. "I'm sure it'll be fine. Mr. Scientist seems to have it under control. Better to just play by the rules of the game until they apply to you, right?"

He sees Snipe in action and quickly turns his smirk to a frown "I was hoping we could try diplomacy first, but when that fails I am ready to prepare myself"" Alphinaud says as he uses the geometric shapes on the grimoire, causing a familiar in the shape of a green fox to appear "Ready thyself, Carbuncle"

Right on cue, almost instinctively, Evolt lets out the only response worthy of such an entrance. "How was work today? Did you get my shopping list? Oh... I should probably catch you up on these fellas. The snarky one that tempts my trigger finger oh so much, you already met, the guy in absurd armor, well... he's pumped full of so much science you'd be surprised at the laundry list of health problems, and the guy getting ready for a dose of good boy juice! Did I miss anyone? Oh yeah, the kid over there seems to have taken an interest in dirt!" With introductions out of the way, it was time to move onto business. Evolt draws a tiny gun, a pistol really, and slots a purple device into it. [COBRA] "Normally I like to be prepared for all situations, but this crowd is really hostile tonight! Lemme just put on some protection before this gets out of hand! Bleeding Steam" [MIST! MATCH!] He points the gun to the floor, and fires a blast of steam that covers his body in a dense fog. Every so often, a flash of red light crackles through the cloud like lightning, showing glimpses of his shadow. Eventually, the figure changes into something... unnatural. The steam clears to reveal a maroon red figure with a cobra emblem on his chest and helmet. The pipes along his chest shoot out fireworks which explode behind him. [FIRE!] Evolt clears his throat, and his voice shifts down to something more modulated, deeper and roguish. "There... let's start the experiment, shall we? (Nailed it)" The pod flows with gas, filling PK's lungs with painful vapors. Eventually the pain caused courses throughout his body, filling every part of his mind with the pain. After that, the pain fades, along with any trace of the man that once entered. He retains his form, but is a husk. He can move, but he cannot think. He has a brief period of time before he transforms. PK has discarded his humanity, and is now given the powers of the gas. He will shortly transform into a bulky figure perforated like a speaker, with a large glowing orb in the center of his face. His joints are bulky, but curve smoothly. He is primarily a gray color, but hints of brown are accented near his joints. PK is now enhanced by the power of the Record Smash. He can now blast sonic waves from his hands, and shoot projectile explosives at light speed from his lens, but doing so damages the lens for a period of time, in which it will slowly mend if left undamaged.

Alphinaud turns to Snipe "I trust thou can handle the boy? I'll stall this one." Alphinaud then reaches his hand out to Evolt "Carbuncle, attack!" Wasting no time, the magical pet runs to Evolt and dashes at his legs, attempting to bite his ankles "Ruin!" Alphinaud then begins to inscribes shapes into his grimoire

Mishiru's cards would begin lighting up with several different colours before the four would begin floating around his wrist. Another blank card would seem to fly out of a card pouch on his belt and into his hand. Two of the cards floating around his wrist would begin turning into pure energy before being sucked into the blank card. One would dissolve in a shower of sparks while the other would evaporate into a cold aura. The blank card would gain a new symbol on it before Mishiru dropped it into the ground in front of him. The card would seem to phase right into the floor as if it wasn't even real. "Trap card, set. Feels like it's been a while since I've done this." Another card would begin floating around his wrist, making a total of 3.

Kalib simply watches for the moment as chaos unfolds before him. He takes his time assessing the situation before acting. "Well this looks pretty messy... this typically what happens around here? Little bit hectic for a lab, no?" He continues to stay out of the way as he puts down the case of cola and retrieves the black orb from his coat. "Let me know if you need a hand." Once again he begins fiddling with the orb as various colored lights pulse from inside the orb.

So, it thinks he can be cowed with a bit of loud shouting and some inhuman speed? A head-on charge telegraphed by a shout isn't the toughest thing to evade, but the speed's enough to make things tough for him. Instead of dodging entirely, Taiga braces himself while fire off blasts of energy from the Gashacon Magnum aimed straight at PK's skull. By the time his foe reaches, about 2 would have flown. "Hope you enjoy rapid fire... And that you're not too tough against my weapons." He'd grab onto the front of the Smash with his free hand, pressing the other right into the thing's head and simply slamming back on the trigger at point blank as the fly... Till he slams into the wall with a thud that is, at which point Taiga would kick both his legs against his foe's torso, aiming to send himself flying back through the wall, assuming his strength is enough to break free of the hopefully stunned enemy.

Evolt pulls out a dagger, and splits it in two. He takes the pieces and mounts them on the pistol, making the gun into an assault rifle. He puts a light blue device into the magazine portion, and pulls the trigger. [FULLBOTTLE! STEAM ATTACK!] Evolt then turns the valve on the rifle a bit before a projectile resembling a missile shoots out of the barrel. As the fox reaches him, he punts it away with beyond superhuman strength. [DEVIL STEAM!] With an ominous laughter, the rocket flies until it strikes PK. As the steam from the missile envelops him, the smash begins to double, even triple in size. "Been a while since a good challenge... Well a challenge of my authority that is! Oi, guy with the Bop-it! Put the cola in the fridge. It's one of the pods, probably has a sticky note reading food on it!" With that bit of business out of the way, Evolt begins to stroll about the place, rifle perched over his shoulder. "Maybe I should try and take care of you lot before you trash my setup, of course, that'd defeat the purpose of this experiment in the first place! Like I haven't got backups... tch! I'll stick with taking out the fella who thinks too much of himself first!"

"Aye aye." Pocketing the orb once again he picks up the cola and walks over to the pods. Of course as watching the mayhem unfold as he does. "Whew... he's a big guy..." Noting the monstrous form taking on the others, he finally reaches the pods. After finding the one labeled "food" he puts the cola inside.

Alphinaud finishes drawing the shapes into his grimoire, and then a bolt of arcane energy seems to thrust from the book and home onto Evolt at an insane speed. While it was not of a destructive nature the pure energy released would bring harm if hit, exhausting one's stamina to expel it from their body and putting a strain on their muscles. The familiar flies backward from the attack, landing somewhere in front of the boy and resting from injury. "Carbuncle, hang in there!" Alphinaud then begins to write more shapes on his grimoire

Right then, seems as if his foe has decided to try and blind him. Which is a fine move for forcing Snipe not to attack, it won't stop him from stumbling through his Gashats off sheer instinct though He quickly pulls the current one out, drawing a larger wheel-ish looking cartridge labeled Bang Bang Simulations. Blah blah blah, transformation go. Now Taiga's in this armor. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/kamenrider/images/a/a6/KREA-Snipel50.png/revision/latest?cb=20170226043235 With that, the man locks his cannons straight onto the now giant-sized PK and sighs to himself. "What is this, some Sentai crap where they make the monsters grow for a robot fight?" Regardless, he begins firing energy massive blasts from the weapons, aiming straight for PK's oversized head as his eyes begin to clear, and the suit's targeting system does a good chunk of his work of course. Though, this one might just require a shift in tactics to something less head-on if it keeps up.

Seriously... lightning? Exhausting it might be, save for the compensation put out by the transteam system. Time to wrap this part up and let the heroes do their bit. Evolt at last slots a red device emblazoned with a Phoenix into the gun, firing it off in a blast of fiery heat. FULL BOTTLE! STEAM ATTACK! A wall of fire flies directly toward Alphinaud's tome. Until it scatters into multiple tendrils of flame which wrap freely about the book, and its user. In this amount of time Evolt tosses Kalib an empty bottle substance. "Normally it isn't this crowded, I'll get back to you on the details of this affair, just use this on the Smash after it's defeated. Ciao!" With a puff of steam, Evolt disappears, his cackle echoing throughout the building.

Alphinaud covers his eyes from the spectacle that was unfolding, until he notices the heat emitting from the fire. The tome igniting, he quickly throws it away from him to stop the fire from spreading to his person. However, that was a mistake as the burning grimoire lays intact on the ground near the boy's feet and his boot gets set ablaze. Suddenly all strength in his burning ankle has left as he collapses on his other knee and grunts in pain. The burns then begin to creep up to his exposed leg before he can react.

He frowns as he clumsily catches the bottle. "This better not mean I need to fight... I didn't wear my fighting pants today!" He turns the bottle around in his hands. It's a curious little trinket, and it seemed to be related to the bottles that the man used. "Well whatever happens happens. Let's just hope I'm not caught in the crossfire..."

The soundwaves would, in fact, knock the rest of Snipe's shots off course. Sadly for PK, the soundwaves only serve to send the man himself flying backward, a bit stunned and bruised but able to stumble up off the ground. "Well, if I can't get solid hits in from long range... Only one thing to do." Rather than simply keep firing at his foe, Snipe would suddenly go quiet and take cover behind a nearby building. Rushing through shadows as much as possible, the man's aim would be to quickly get himself behind the giant PK, hoping that a small speck who's no longer shooting will go unseen for a bit by the huge beast. Assuming he was able to do that, Snipe would leap into the air before firing off both his cannons straight at the ground, the massive recoil of the weapons propelling him up and towards his target. Naturally, this would break any stealth he managed, but hopefully, the high speed keeps PK from reacting too well as he charges into point blank of the foe's head. "Time to end this mission, one way or another!" As he rushes to his foe, the man would quickly pull a switch on his belt. "GACHON! KIMEWAZA! GACHAN! BANG BANG CRITICAL FIRE!" The Rider's arm cannons come together into a single weapon, shaped like a battle ship and with a massively powerful energy ball charging up inside it. Finally, right as he reaches PK's head the weapon would fire off, shooting straight into the giant Smash's lens if all went well. Either way, he'd crash back to the ground assuming PK didn't catch him.

Alphinaud manages to roll the fire off his body. However, the flame still spreads on the ground, and threatens to burn the rest of the laboratory if not extinguished. Unable to act, Alphinaud runs away. However, thanks to his now injured leg, he falls down to a knee again and just sit down and examines the burns. "Someone, help!"

Seeing what he could only assume was his opportunity, Kalib races over to the toppled Smash and holds out the empty bottle. A stream of gaseous energy would make its way from PK's body and into the bottle. "That looks like mission complete! Good work kiddos!" Kalib grins as he places the now black bottle into his pocket. "All according to plan I suppose?"

As the armored fighter crashes to the ground with a loud thud, he'd look towards the seemingly defeated Smash with his weapons aimed. Looking for any signs of more attack, and wondering exactly how he's meant to turn the damned idiot back... Only to hear the other idiot screaming for help and walk towards him with a sigh. "How badly hurt are you, I'm not sure that leaving the man turned monster alone is a good idea. But assuming that's dealt with I guess I could help treat those injuries if needed, I am a doctor after all..." Only to see that guy from the GYM dealing with it, he'd turn towards that one with a suscept tone in his voice as he speaks. "Yes, I guess my plan did work out assuming the kid will live... You seemed strangely fine with our mastermind though, didn't you? He even gave you that bottle, so I wonder. Are you two partners? Or at least colleagues in the same sort of work perhaps?"

As the gases leave the body, PK is left there on the ground dazed and confused, looking around the area in shock Huh..? Where am I? The building is on fire? Just another day I guess.. Getting up he recognizes his sword at least and picks it up before seeing an injured person, running over he places his hand over the wound as it begins to heal rapidly Hold still. Or I'll have to amputate and regenerate the entire thing. With his healing job done he turns to the other two in the building, the green navy suit definitely stood out at least. They seemed familiar, but PK's memory was too foggy to remember a name

"Partners? Colleagues?" Kalib scoffs at the man's words. "Try online date gone wrong. All I wanted to do was learn what he was up to and see if I could apply it to my work. He omitted the bits about what his work actually was but..." The man pauses. "Well what's important is my goal. So long as he isn't going on murder sprees then I couldn't be bothered if some idiots fall for his ploys. Natural selection and all that." He looks over at the injured Alphy and shakes his head. "People are too eager to die as the hero. Those self destructive habits won't help anyone." He looks away and speaks again. "Something tells me that this is just the tip of the iceberg. If you can't protect yourself, then I suggest you don't get involved anymore. Or do. It's up to you lot after all."

Alphinaud slowly raises and begins to let out a cough, the healing magicks imployed by PK seeming to take effect. He turns to the boy and takes a bow. "Thank you, if it weren't for you my career would be like to end here and now" He then begins to stretch his arms as he wipes his forehead with his arms "That was rather too close for comfort. From here on out, i'll think twice 'fore I engage a foe of this magnitude."

Right then, seems as if the former Smash healed the kid so all's well that ends well. "Natural selection huh? I can't say I'd agree with that statement, but I'm not about to start shooting over it... Gotta say though, I'm a little curious what kinda work you do now GYM man. But I'll see you around later." With that he'd turn to the white-haired boy and shake his head, simply watching him for a moment. "As for you, I hate to agree with what GYM man said. But he's not wrong about that, kid. If you can't take the heat stay outta the kitchen, and leave it to people who've got if nothing else, some experience dealing with stupid mad science. Anyways, I'm getting some damn rest after that mess." With that he'd pull the Gashat from his belt, quickly turning back to the usual lab coat and reaching out for a clear cartridge that seems coated in crystal, in a few moments he's swung it down like a knife, and vanished into the resulting portal that goes away as soon as it appears.

PK nods as he shrugs off the compliment Just doing my job.. I think. Anyhow you should probably stay away if you can't protect yourself. Just be careful not to go 6 feet under. I would hate to have to bury your corpse. PK then looks to the two arguing and shrugs again, not his business, time to go home and think about what happened here, if he can remember where home is..

"It seems I have a lot to learn, then. But, before I go about learning how to better defend myself, first i'll need a new grimoire." He then turns to Klib and accosts him "I don't suppose you know where I may purchase arcane weaponry?"

Kalib turns to Alphy with a grin. "Not going to turn back? Well then here..." He reaches into his coat and pulls out a curious book with a bolt of lightning upon its face. He tosses the book to Alphinaud. "Not sure exactly where you can find magic gear, but an old friend gave me a few books back in the day. Enjoy! And try not to get killed. This isn't a game anymore." With that he ushers Alphy out of the building before locking the door once more. Unbeknownst to him at the time, but the orb in his coat began to crack.

"...I have lost many a friend to know the risks by now. And many more would be lost were no one there to make those sacrifices. This is the burden we scions must carry and I am fully prepared to do so." Alphy then slowly exits the building and goes his own way, all too certain that the people he met today he would meet again