[TheSpatialWeeg]

Therider Coolshaymin

Yuichiro Hikari had given Noah, Mio and Zelda an address as a point to meet him in shortly after establishing contect with them. The address would lead them to a fairly sized apartment, to which Yuichiro would open the door to the mission goers and allowed them to enter. Inside the apartment, Mayl, Roll, Mega Man and Rhyme were all doing some manner of idle time, the Net Navi and Operator duo chatting with each other, Mega Man on the corner seemingly playing a video game, and Rhyme on a computer, likely a caffeine-heavy drink by her side. "Thank you three for responding to me in such short notice, and it's nice to meet you in person. I'm Yuichiro Hikari. These are your partners for this expedition. Mayl Sakurai and Roll.EXE, Rock Light, and Raimu Bito." he said, motioning to the four idling on their respective positions. His talking seemed to have caught their attention.

"Hey~! I'm Mayl, nice to meet you! Hope we can get along." Mayl greeted them with a smile. "And I'm Roll! Nice to meet you too! If you need a quick patch-up, I'm your girl!" she said. "Rock, though, you can call me Mega Man for this. Let's work together!" Mega said with a little fist pump. "Heya. Call me Rhyme. Nice to meet you three!" the remaining one greeted, not leaving her seat.

"Alright. Now that everyone's here, let's go over the mission details." Yuichiro said. "As I've stated before, I've been working on ways to improve the Life Sphere's network systems and cyberspace, but I've come across this particular access port that looks...a bit familiar from the world Mayl, Roll and I came from." he began with a recap. "The idea is to send you all inside the cyberspace and investigate the access port, see if it is safe to connect to it. Normally, the idea of sending a living person inside cyberspace is something that sounded so far-fetched, beyond my wildest dreams...but I had this...benefactor, who didn't want to be named, that managed to construct something to help me." he continued. "That said, the technology hasn't been properly tested, so we'll run some tests to make sure you can fight properly inside the cyberspace before we investigate." he said.

Rhyme would then step up and clear her throat to catch attention. "Mayl and I will be working as Operators for this...operation. Basically, we'll hang back into the real world and supply you with whatever we can give you to get an edge in battle. --Well, Mayl will do that for Roll mostly, but she'll help me with quadra-timing the rest of you if I need it." she said. "You should be able to use all your abilities in there, but if something unexpected happens, we'll try to help out as best as we can." she finished with a nod.

"Now then...this was perhaps a bit too much to say all at once. Any questions before we begin? I'd be happy to clarify anything for you." Yuichiro said.

[Therider]

Ah, so there were adults here on this world called Li.

Noah visibly flinched when the older man opened the door to the apartment. Noticing he caught his breath, he breathed out again, only to catch the eye of his partner, nodding with support. "Ah, we've been told to come here for the mission. My name's Noah."

Mio spoke a bit hesitantly, "I'm Mio. You must be Mister Hikari. Sorry, we're... not used to adults."

The others in the house were younger, a few around their 5th or 6th term, as far as Noah could tell. Introductions began, and Noah grinned a bit sheepishly. He'd turn his head to check that Taion or Eunie caught all of their names so he could check later- Oh. Right. Just him and Mio. Spark, it felt empty without them there. Mio, noticing her companion and his distress, nudged him a bit. "Hey, I got it. Don't worry about names." She held up her notebook. "All written down here."

"Ah, thanks. Well, I'm Noah, and this is my partner, Mio. We're here for the mission, right?"

Mr. Hikari explained a bit of their plan; explore this "cyberspace" area and find out the cause a familiar area from Mayl's homeworld. Noah pressed his hand to his chin in thought, as Mio scribbled down some of the details Mr. Hikari had shared. A few things struck Noah as odd and curious, but he was sure they'd ask if he had any questions before going in. When the offer was present, Noah glanced at Mio, who looked a bit puzzled as well. "Yes, I think we both have a few questions, Mister Hikari. Mio?"

Mio nodded. "Sure. This 'cyberspace' area, it's connected to your terminals here right? Like a physical representation of files and records. Would us exploring it as ourselves be enough to make any possible changes to the area? Also, Miss Rhyme, you mentioned quadra-timing. I'm not sure what that means in this context, would you be able to help us understand?" Mio checked her journal again. "That's about all I have. Noah?"

Noah nodded. "Right, what kind of resistance are you expecting us to find in this area? Should we be on alert for any sign of danger? Are the things we'll be fighting in there... alive? Are they just data given a form, or are they beings with souls?"Noah paused before continuing. "Either way, we're happy to help out as much as we can."