[Miyabigaoka] Takeuchi Manor

Much to Shoichi's expectation, he came out ahead with these simple movements against the teen Storm Rider. Even so, he was fated to stop soon after gaining this lead, as Chiyo descended from the balcony to speak with the girl. Shoichi's eyes opened then, unveiling the Over-Cross Twinkle Eye of the Brain Charger bioengineering project. "Really? I'm disappointed that you make it sound like she could have won with different moves. I must be slacking off," he said while moving closer to the pair. In the meantime, Usagi began a more gradual descent toward the ground.

The next time Shoichi's mouth opened, his words were once again his own. The cross in his eyes returned to the form of wings, as what he had in mind was too directly related to Shoichi's own vision for him to be anyone but himself while coming to the conclusion he had. "She's right, y'know? You didn't learn how to fly right. You've got wings like a crow, but you're trying to fly like a falcon. It's never gonna work."

Shoichi's words to Chiyo made her look at the young man with narrowed eyes, the tomoe of her eye twisting around within it. Her mind screamed at her while she looked at the Over-Cross in his eyes. 'Why, why three? There is no good reason!' she thought only to scoff at the man, his likeness to Kurama was almost undeniable to the Storm Queen. "Fuck! If you don't want to be disappointed then do something. It isn't just the moves I am talking about here, beating you isn't such a direct thing," she said calmly. The Storm Queen, who'd once been Fang Queen had many times before kicked the young man in his chest or overtaken him in races with the wow factor she knew this girl was capable of. Regardless, Jojo's confusion was spreading even further than the words spoken to her by Shoichi. "Wings? Crow? Falcon? What the hell does shit like that even mean?" she said the impatience of childhood still fresh in the girl's mind. "It means, your limbs are too short and forcing long legged movements is going to cause the ligaments in your knees and ankles to snap..." said Chiyo rather easily which only served to make the young girl scoff immediately. She crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. "I'll grow eventually, you'll see... and then it won't matter," she said seeming to not understand. "Of course you will, but it doesn't change the fact that moving like that and trying to force it aren't good for you physically. I should also say your body knows the way it is most comfortable already and you're avoiding it or maybe you've forgotten it, here" she said while tapping the girl's forehead with her singular pink finger nail. At which point Chiyo began to circle the girl looking at her up and down and pushing to the back of her mind the bit about Shoichi until she could properly visualize it in her head.

"... Eh?" Shoichi muttered when Chiyo explained his clause to the lass. Frankly, such things had never crossed his mind. Shoichi never bothered with the sorts of thoughts she shared, as he'd always found natural movements to be a deterrent to injuries of any sort. Of course, that simple matter could have been related to his own Road and run style, but he didn't care much for the specifications. "Yeah yeah, leg movements and stuff... whatever. Didn't think about it for a second. Look at the pretty light show!" With a quick change of topic, Shoichi clapped and interfaced with the wind, forming his Stardust to make visible the wings he saw in riders. One could note Jolyne's wings being of an elliptical variety. They were quite short, but such wings were misleading in the fact that they allowed incredible maneuverability in birds that bore them. "See? You're like a jaybird or something! Speed ain't for you. You should be movin' that ass all over the place, instead of just trying to push forward all the time."

Chiyo knew it was likely Shoichi hadn't actually considered the real applications of his knowledge. This technically didn't surprise her at all, though this still didn't stop the young woman from running her hand over her face as she suppressed a very unique desire to injure the young man before her. 'So fucking stupid, but that's just him...' she thought still not understanding how he got to this point. It seemed though, Jojo understood at least what Chiyo meant about her physical developments. To go along with this she soon got a picture of her own wings, as Shoichi clapped his hands together. "Sugoi! That's really cool!! Never seen anything like that before!" the girl said taking into account these wings. Though she didn't really understand what he meant by his commentary about her movement but the fact that speed wasn't for her, seemed to be devastating. "Why? Would he say something like that, but be so excited about it?" she said pouting as one might expect a kid to, Chiyo removed the hand from her face as she circled the girl coming to a stop before her. "I could go into everything wrong with telling a kid to shake their ass, but I am going to qualify it as Shoichi logic and let it go..." the purple eyed young woman said before averting her gaze to the young blonde girl who seemed to be in deep contemplation.

"It's gotta be tough... looking up to your big brother enough to want to be like him. Never experienced it from that side, but maybe you can get what I mean anyway," Chiyo said which made her eyes widen. "He's excited even though speed isn't for you, because what is for you, is something awesome, new, and unique..." she said to the girl whose eyes widened just a little. This other boy who spoke to her like her brother did, seemed to be just as invested in her development as her brother was. She hadn't thought about it like that before, that she could shine with even her differences. "To find it, you just gotta let go of that adoring obsession, and understand, nice as he is... you can't just be him, that'd be boring. Add your own to it and show him up. He'll be speechless~" she finished offering the girl a devious giggle. Chiyo herself had shed her brother's influence by virtue of hating him, she hadn't considered until meeting this girl that liking one's sibling too much could be just as much of a problem. In this moment, Jojo looked between Chiyo and Shoichi and seemed to understand something, though not everything. And the girl's advice had basically been to show off in a way that would surprise her elder brother. And though it wouldn't stop her from admiring Kurama, perhaps she could impress him a different way. "YOSH!, Alright, gotta go again, Sho-nii. I can do this~" the girl said seemingly happy. In this moment Chiyo rolled around behind her, checking her stance and finding it to be much more acceptable. It was lowered to the ground but it was her whole body not a runner's start, but more like the start of a dance routine slightly off set hips and shoulders her ATs appearing to be ground in. 'Sou ka, that's interesting. I wonder how that changes the fire?'

"Chill. At no point did I tell a kid to shake their ass," Shoichi replied with a hand to his chin. "I said move it. Hard to do any kind of riding if your ass is still." Regardless of how his words were taken, Shoichi's point stood. Instead of questioning him directly about his apparent excitement, the young Flame Queen referred to Chiyo, who answered in kind. During this exchange, he placed his hands on his waist and erected his posture, seeming to briefly slip away from his own mentality again. "Okay... weird. Definitely still standing right here."

Eventually, it was stated by Jolyne that she could manage after all. The stance she showcased the flapping of her wings in a way Shoichi could appreciate. This was truly something out of the ordinary, but not quite unfamiliar to the Sky King. "Sugoi! I was wrong. Your wings aren't as small as they look... They're kinda folded, like mine. That's really weird; I haven't seen many like that before," he said. At that point, Usagi finally reached the group. She approached Jolyne from the rear, crouching down to place her hands upon the girl's shoulders. When she did so, a large swarm of butterflies belonging to the Pledge Regalia enshrouded Jolyne and herself. Many of them latched onto the Flame Regalia as Usagi began her own explanation. "That is because natural Brain Chargers are hard to come by. It takes a special kind of connection to become so much like someone else while still being yourself. Brimstone Flint respects the homage to Key Mother, but she can't play her part. I can do something about that, if our new friend is willing to part with her Regalia the way it is now."

"Shoichi Logic." The Storm Queen had no problem repeating herself, as it was a statement she often made when she found something wrong in the way something was stated, but couldn't fault the meaning behind said words. Beyond this point though, Shoichi seemed to take some issue with the way Chiyo had chosen to address this girl's question, which sounded a bit like how the Flame King of the first generation generally spoke to the women in his life when he felt he was being ignored. A temporary slip on personality would follow from Chiyo as well, but only because of how she chose to answer this apparent statement. "Oh you can shut that shit right the hell down, you don't get to complain about being excluded from girl talk," Chiyo snapped. All while Jojo seemed to be trying to get ready for the next leg of their race. But before the next start or take off could occur another person joined the mix.

One Sasagawa Usagi joined this trio apparently taking it upon herself to start the mending process for the girl. Explaining that her need to be like her big brother had bonded them in a way which made her something of a brain charger, but more on a sibling bond and less on a complete memory wipe. A chuckle escaped Chiyo as she watched this girl's eyes widen as she turned to see butterflies and the movements of this new person whose hands rested on her shoulders. If Jojo had any idea of what was going on in this moment, she couldn't rightly say, but a huge grin crossed the blonde girl's face. "So, I got no idea who you are. I don't have any idea what that means, but it sounds fucking awesome so go for it!" she said seemingly excited about what was to come, and about this new person. And with that Chiyo watched with happiness in her eyes as this girl began moving closer and closer towards completion. But in this moment a very stark memory struck her, one of a tuner gone awry with multiple personalities that emerged to deal with the stress of her work. The raven haired lass had her eyes widen beyond belief as all the pieces of the puzzle finally slipped together, triggered, just a bit by the shift in Usagi's speech. 'Oh fuck, that's why it's three. The Angels are three, so three personalities if it is based on that, they made an ultimate Sky King, out of Roze, Yoichi and Shoichi... fuckin' hell someone needs to slap their dad.' Chiyo thought her astonishment and enlightenment showing in this moment across her face, as all the instances of likeness between Shoichi and his other two personalities made perfect sense. It also made sense of why she often felt strange around both Roze and Yoichi, irrespective of her own state as a Brain Charger.

Having been given clearance to progress, Usagi smiled. Her right hand left Jolyne's shoulder, finding itself gently placed against the spot on the girl's back where her heartbeat was strongest. Usagi closed her eyes once she found this, and all but one of the butterflies in the area collected on the Pledge Queen's body to form an AT suit of a strange build. The full formation of the suit boasted a pair of wings, skirt thrusters, and a pair of double-layered halos on either side of her head. The last remaining butterfly landed upon the forehead of Jolyne to form a bridge between her rhythm, and that of the Pledge Queen. "Dynamic Synthesis: Access!" she said, prompting her own heartbeat to align itself to the Flame Queen's. When this was done, the Flame Regalia upon Jolyne's feet shattered into every individual piece which made it whole. These pieces floated around the two of them as Usagi came to understand the Regalia's will. "Forge of Creation, Flame of Destruction, light the burning path to a brighter future!" As Usagi spoke, the pieces to Jolyne's Regalia shifted around, reorganizing themselves and - in some cases - being altered toward new ends. "In an inferno of power and might, a blazing new beast is now forged! Come forth!" Suddenly, all floating parts began slamming into one another to create a new form of Jolyne's Regalia. It was created in its sealed state, which boasted a heterochromic cat motif with protruding ears at the toe, and a pair of saber teeth stretching down the front edges of each front wheel. The wheels were still those belonging to any ATs using the Flame Road, implying that Jolyne would still be able to ride said Road in the conventional manner... but there was something much greater hidden within its mechanisms now. "Smolder Crux!"

The activities of the Pledge Queen of the Second Generation could not be overlooked. A wide eyed Chiyo watched from the outside perspective as Usagi activated her regalia to tune Jojo's regalia. It was a sight to be held and a huge grin crossed the Storm Queen's face as she saw it. "Fuck! Onee-chan out here showing everybody up... I'm a bit jealous," the raven haired lass' face held a bit of humor in those royal purple eyes of hers.

Jojo on the other hand had her eyes widen immensely as her regalia was stretched out before her very eyes and reconfigured without any real idea of how or why that happened. "Sugoi, grown up tuners are so cool!" Jojo said seeming to develop some sort of new infatuation with this situation and Usagi by association. It was such a strange opinion that Chiyo couldn't help but giggle as she more than well agreed. Even so Usagi's speech continued and she recreated the small girl's regalia into something much more fitting for her present run, complete with an epic speech which left the Storm Queen of the 2nd Generation speechless. The young Flame Queen was also quite speechless as the ATs on her feet came back together in a strange new way. She looked down at the cat-themed wheels she now possessed and grinned. "Nani! They're so cute... and they feel so... different?!" her last statement came out as if confused. She didn't dislike this feeling, in fact, it felt most natural and right, but it seemed that there was something more magnificent waiting for her horizon which she didn't yet know about. "Arigatou gozaimasu Nee-san," the girl said offering deference and a bow to the young pink haired woman after she turned around to face her. The added friction creating sparks which flamed to life beneath the wheels of her ATs, this made the small girl grin as her eyes returned to Shoichi. "Can we go now?!" she asked seemingly impatient which is about what Chiyo expected as she intended to keep watching this race from Usagi's side and let it continue to see what the girl's run now looked like.

"They are different," the Pledge Queen stated. In this particular case, she had not simply reorganized the Regalia in question for a more efficient run; she had overhauled it entirely. Gone were the thrusters at the heels of these ATs. Now, there were furnaces instead. Usagi was certain Jolyne would soon be finding out what she'd done to allow the Flame Queen to continue her idolization of the original Flame Road, while still growing into her own special type of Flame Queen. In fact... she basically had to be that way. "Brimstone Flint did not agree with her rider, so she could never be tuned properly. I've done what's best for rider and Regalia. The new Smolder Crux is able to continue growing on the new Flame Road, while still paying tribute to its predecessor. Arigatou, Kujo-chan," she said with a bright smile. "Smolder Crux is a Regalia like few others I've ever worked with. She will grow with your run. It was a treat to work with you two." With that said, Usagi briefly wrapped her arms around the young lass before removing herself, and taking up Chiyo's side to observe.

Shoichi had been patiently awaiting the end of Jolyne's tuning process. He wondered if the girl would intend to finish their race, and in fact, he hoped for her to have such a desire as well. In the end, he was satisfied to hear her ask if they could carry on. Seeing her so excited for a race against him, Shoichi's excitement was ignited once more as well. He flashed a toothy grin as he answered. "Osu! Let's go!" he said. In spite of Shoichi's obvious excitement, a single tear trickled from his left eye down his cheek. Strangely, though, he didn't even seem aware of it.

Jojo found herself listening to the explanation of Usagi with wide eyes. From what she understood of this woman's explanation, there was something great which had changed with her regalia, in order to make it so the girl could continue to pay homage to her brother while growing into her own person. Her road would do the same which seemed to please her quite a bit. "I mean... I didn't do anything..." the girl managed, to reply to the thanks apparently offered her by Usagi in a slightly off way from the acceptance she'd offered of her own before. "Jojo desu," she mentioned in passing her general way of passing along the fact that she thought of this woman as a friend and as such formalities between them were unnecessary.

At Shoichi's side, Jojo retook her stance and seemed to be happy to do so, her hips low and slightly off set she seemed to know exactly how it was she intended to move and what she wanted to do. One more passing glance made her see the fallen tear on Shoichi's face and she seemed confused by it. "Sho-nii you got allergies or something?" she asked seeming to not care one way or the other. "On your mark, get set.... GO!" she said seeming to figure the boy would take off in his own time regardless she did what she intended. Going off with a rotation of her hips and shifting which caused constant grinding motions. These grinds were slightly twisting with her knees bending to accommodate the friction and make up for the shorter length of her limbs, as she didn't make any complete turns or extensions, but instead twirled and shifted in a way most flamboyant directly about her hips, causing her butt to be in a state of near constant motion. 'That's the way,' Chiyo thought. Though it went without saying she also saw the tear fall from Shoichi's eye, it was the final nail in the coffin that this boy was also the Brain Charger of one Kujo Yoichi. 'What a shitty thing to do to your own kid,' she thought but aloud she decided to comment on Jojo. "Sou ka, I know what she is now..." she said watching the girl's modified movements as she built speed and caused a flurry of flames and embers as she moved. "Kenshiko." she said using the obscure and older term for a Saber-toothed Tiger. "A predator among prey animals, the Saber-Toothed Tiger. Obvious long teeth, but that isn't really the problem," Chiyo mentioned only to go on to explain how this related to the way the girl ran. "You spend all your time worrying about the flames, you don't see the thing behind them that strengthens them..." she commented understanding why the girl had read a bit like Mukuro as she watched the grinding dance which was her present run. "She's gonna be fuckin' dangerous one day, nice job Onee-chan!~" Chiyo commented as she watched this race.