"RIDER!!" School Uniform called out, screeching to a halt beside them.
Rider twisted around to see her.
"ARE YOU OKAY?? (WE WERE WORRIED SICK!!)"
"TCH- I'M FINE—"
"Okay, good... because there's someone THAT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE US FOLLOWING US AROUND AND I THINK I LOST MINE-" School checked behind her shoulder.
Rider wasn't very surprised at this point. Of course there would be a copy for every single person...

School Uniform noticed the team blue copies and jumped. "EEP—-!!! WHAT'S GOING ON??!!"
Bamboo Hat ran up to School, looking around. "I- I lost Stealth Goggles!!"
"AH! GOGGLES!? WHAT'S GOING ON??" Hachi asked in a panic, running over to team blue with the rest of his team.
"Hi Hachi!!" Goggles waved.

"HEY-!!" Iromaki Red shouted. "ONLY ONE TEAM CAN BE THE COOLEST AT POSING!!!" He did a pose with the rest of the Iromaki Rangers. The Iromaki clones inched closer to the team.
"Goggles is better at posing than all of you. (You should show him who's the best.)" the clones whispered.

"Goggles was stronger than your 4DS." a diseased Hockey whispered to Hockey.
"WHAT?!" Hockey jumped.

"It would be cool if YOU guys took out Goggles and Rider... (Gloves said it was cool.)" a diseased Tennis Headband whispered.

"Grossssssss.... Look at his smiiiiilleeeee......." a droopy Mask whispered to team cyan.
"Huh... disgustiiiiinnngggg........" Mask's eye twitched, the rest of the team looming in the background.

"Rider is weak. (Weak. Weak. Weak.)" a cloned Skull whispered to Skull.
"......" Skull narrowed his eyes.

"EEEEK!!" School Uniform was confused and bewildered, shuffling closer to Bamboo Hat. "THERE'S SO MANY—"
"Rider doesn't want to hang out with you," other School Uniform whispered. "He'd rather hang out with Goggles.... isn't that weird?"
"Y-YOU FOUND ME—"

Rider grabbed Goggles by the shoulders, backing away even more. 'Shit shit shit SHIT WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE- THERE ARE SO MANY TEAMS HERE—'
"Goggles. Squid form. Now," Rider whispered in a panic.
"HUH?!" Goggles blinked.
'I'll figure this all out later, but I need to get Goggles somewhere away from all of these- things—' Rider thought.

"WAIT—" Specs tried to stop them.
"Rider's taking him away, like he always does...." the other Specs whispered.
"Squid form NOW," Rider repeated, fingers starting to twitch.

"Why are you FOLLOWING ME?? GET YOUR POSSIBLY GRUBBY HANDS AWAY FROM ME...!" Inkfall cried, approaching the large group.
"Goggles is disgusting. Does he even wash his hands after eating pickled plums? Imagine all the dirt he's collected. Your perfect shirt, stained." the other Inkfall told him.
"MY SHIRT!!! RIGHT—"

"Hey hey HEY—!! Why's everyone here now?" Squinja called out.
"Does Knight even respect your costumes? He treated them like rubbish. This is who you are- and he ditched it and you along with it," diseased Squinja hissed.
"TWO SQUINJA'S?!?! COOL!! (Your costume looks ruined-)" Squinja was actually excited.

"Goggles blew your wigs off—!!" other School Short told team school cardigan.
"Wouldn't it be satisfying to give him a taste of his own medicine?" other School Asymmetry whispered.

Goggles tripped into Rider, turning into his squid form. "SO MANY CLONES!! (Are we having a party?!)"
"Tch- of course not!!! (This way—!!)" Rider held squid Goggles close to his chest and spotted an opening out of the crowd, running in that direction.
"Hey... RIDER!!! RIDER, WAIT..!!" School Uniform called out.
Rider didn't stop to listen.

He took a turn left and came to a screeching halt when Emperor was right around the corner, inches away from him. "GAAAAH—"
"Have you no manners? (It's rude to run in the halls of a hospital)," Emperor said pointedly while crossing his arms.
"DON'T YOU HAVE A COPY, TOO???" Rider cried.
"Copy? I think Rider's lost it!" Eging Jr. exclaimed, coming up next to Emperor. "If he hasn't already, multiple times."
"Nonsense." N-Pacer said, unamused.

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