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If a Tree Falls in the Jungle... (Marshal, Open)
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Post by Dante on Apr 15, 2016 6:18:02 GMT
The life of a Tamer is seldom easy. Even after you defeat the big bad guy, and save the world, there's always going to be another adventure just around the corner. Today was no different. Times are changing in both the real world, and the Digital World. Territories expanding, hostile takeovers. And right now, very few areas are as highly contended as the Cipher Jungle. One of the Digital World's largest sources for lumber, and a wide variety of exotic fruits and vegetables. The reigning providence in the jungle territory has deployed a platoon of warriors to patrol the vast jungle. However, not long after the patrol set out, they were captured by mercenaries sent to take over the jungle.
Normally, an organization such as DATS would look into this crisis. But due to political turmoil among feuding factions, officials are prevented from intervening. Thus, the leaders of the jungle territory have elected to seek out Digimon Tamers and assemble a squad that can infiltrate the mercenary occupation and rescue the captured platoon. So far, only a few Tamers have answered the Digimon's call for help. One such Tamer is no stranger to danger, Dante, the rebel with the heart of gold. Although his lungs are probably black from smoking. Where were we? Let's just find out what happens.
Dante and Wormmon arrive at the village in the jungle. It wasn't very long ago Dante received an urgent text requesting his aid. Despite his journeys, he wasn't familiar with the Cipher Jungle. Still, he couldn't pass up an opportunity to help. As usual, Dante came prepared for this expedition. He has left his favorite leather jacket at home in favor of a black trench coat to give him more protection from the dangers that await. He's wearing a heavy duty black vest and black cargo pants with green trim. His boots are even bigger than usual, and he's protecting his head with an eastern straw hat. Dante sees Cherrymon standing near the center of the village and walks over, with Wormmon riding along hanging onto his leg. "Hey. We're here for the uh, rescue mission." "Ya! So just point us to the bad guys and I'll blast them with my energy cannon! P'tu! P'tu-p'tu!" Wormmon pretends like he's Stingmon, pointing his arm out and firing." Cherrymon looks at Dante and inspects the little bug Digimon. "You're kidding me, right? Boy oh boy! I wanted REAL Tamers to come save our branches here. Not some rejected video game character with a caterpillar."
Wormmon crawls up onto Dante's shoulder and puts his hands on his hips, or rather legs on his torso, looking very steamed with the large tree. "Great, just what we needed, Dante. Another comedian." "Look, in all seriousness this job requires expert Tamers. Why don't you go run along and ride a bike or something?" The nerve of Cherrymon! Here they were, out in the jungle to help, and this tree is talking to them like a couple of punks. "Well then, be that way. Only a fool would reject help in their time of need, and fools deserve their fate." Wormmon sticks his tongue out of his sideways mouth at the tree. Dante turns and starts walking away. "Wait, no. We do need your help. Forgive me if my bark is better than my bite." "Is he going to keep making puns?" "Let's just wait until more Tamers arrive. Bark... Oh, this is gonna be frustrating." |
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Post by Marshal North on Apr 15, 2016 22:14:00 GMT
Marshal and Coronamon had volunteered to go back to the Cipher Jungle in order to take on a rescue mission. Apparently, a patrol team had been dispatched some time ago, but were captured by mercenaries. These mercenaries were typically non-violent until two of their own, a certain Kogamon and Ninjamon duo, had been murdered by three Digimon reported to be with the patrol team. However, Marshal knew that those Digimon were actually Lynxmon and Juro's two Armor Digimon, Pteranomon and Raptordramon. Feeling guilty about the trouble he had caused (unbeknownst to literally anyone other than Juro), Marshal sought out to clean up his mess.
After arriving at the village, Marshal looked around and finally met up with the Tamer he was looking for. He was told that he'd be the one with a Wormmon by his side.
"Hey there!" Marshal greeted, extending his arm out for the customary handshake. "My name's Marshal, this is Coronamon. We're gonna be working with you for this mission."
"Nice to meet you," Coronamon said pleasantly, giving the other Tamer pair a bow.
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Post by Dante on Apr 16, 2016 3:33:33 GMT
Dante has no connection to this group of Digimon out in the jungle. Nonetheless, when Dante takes on an assignment, he's 100% on board. Regardless of political turmoil, his mind was made up, and they were going to fight to free the captured patrol. Another Tamer arrived in the village. They introduced themselves to Dante and Wormmon. "It's nice to meet you guys. I don't believe we've met before. I'm Dante, and this little bundle of joy is Wormmon." Wormmon looks at Chronamon suspiciously. "Dante, watch out! That's Chronamon, the Digimon we fought before!" Wormmon was confusing Chronamon with another Digimon of the same name. "You got it all mixed up, little buddy. What happened to Digimon being able to tell each other apart?" Wormmon realizes his mistake, yet still chooses to be a little cautious. "Alright Dante. Nice to meet you guys!"
Dante turns his attention back to Cherrymon. "Ah good, another Tamer. Maybe if there's two of you, you can look out for each other. The mercenaries are stationed on the far side of the jungle. No doubt they've already fortified their camp. However, just getting there is going to be extremely dangerous." Wormmon gives Cherrymon a relaxed look. "I'm not afraid of no jungle! Trees are my specialty." Cherrymon takes a few steps over to the side of the hut near the center of the village. The tree Digimon grabs a white board and wheels it back over to the group. He flips through some pictures and illustrations of some of the dangers lurking in the jungle. "There's many things you have to watch out for. Poisonous plants that will melt your flesh. Vines that will strike out of nowhere and tie you up. Even the food isn't safe. Some of the tastiest fruits grow only in the jungle, but there's also many that are poisonous."
Cherrymon points at some illustrations of the lethal plants with his cane. "Under no circumstances should you consume these. I appreciate you helping us out, but if something bad happens, we're not covering the funeral costs." "Thanks for the vote of confidence, you sap." Cherrymon puts the white board away. "There's one more thing you should watch out for. There's other Digimon in the jungle that might not be sympathetic to our cause. In particular the Jungle Nymphs. Beware beautiful girls leading you into a trap. A couple of young males like yourselves must be extra careful." "You too, Wormmon. No running off with the jungle nymphs." Wormmon looks up at his Tamer. "Fine. For the sake of the job, I'll resist their charm. Although if they have cheeseburgers I can't promise you anything."
A loud noise is heard coming from the jungle. "Oh this is terrible! The mercenaries have already reached the village. Please, defeat these intruders and go save the patrol!" Cherrymon returns to the center of the village and stands still, trying to appear as an ordinary tree. "Coward... Alright you guys, trouble's already here." "That's okay, I could use a good warm up." Several low level Digimon mercenaries emerge from the jungle on one side of the village. This battle should prove to be a decent challenge, and may even require digivolving. |
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Post by Marshal North on Apr 17, 2016 17:18:20 GMT
Marshal also spotted the Digimon coming towards the village. He looked over to Coronamon, who nodded and engaged the enemy. There were three enemies in total, a Digmon and two Kabuterimon. A quick check of the D-Terminal informed Marshal that Digmon was an armor level Digimon, and the Kabuterimon was Champion level. Immediately realizing that Coronamon wouldn't be able to handle the situation, Marshal held out his Digivice. "Digi-Armor, energize!"
"Coronamon Armor Digivolve to...Lynxmon, the Blaze of Justice!"
Lynxmon stood in front of the enemies confidently and immediately shot a Thermal Blaze at the Digmon, hoping to take that one on while Dante and Wormmon took on the Kabuterimon.
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Post by Dante on Apr 18, 2016 16:23:04 GMT
Two Kabuterimons and an armor Digimon closed in on the group. Marshal and Coronamon decide to keep it up and armor digivolve to Lynxmon. Wormmon wanted to fight in their current form, but the threat of two Champions was too much to brush aside. "Ready little buddy?" "Oh ya, the Stingmon cometh!" Dante grabs his digivice, as Wormmon forms a cocoon and digivolves to Stingmon. One of the Kabuterimons flies up then descends towards Stingmon, dashing towards him with a headbutt. Stingmon quickly jumps up, hovering in the air to avoid the attack. Stingmon drops down and rolls forward, rotating and striking Kabuterimon on the head with both his heels. The momentum sends Kabuterimon to the ground. The other bug mercenary swoops in and strikes Stingmon on the side. Stingmon takes to the sky, and thinks of a way to fight both of them.
One Kabuterimon flies up and hits Stingmon with a headbutt. Stingmon takes the attack, then counters with a fast kick. Kabuterimon flies back out of range, and the second mercenary fires an electro shocker, hitting Stingmon and sending them hurtling towards the ground. "Rrr, come on Stingmon! There's gotta be a way to juggle these pests." Stingmon gets up and cracks his neck side to side. "These guys aren't fooling around. Looks like are odds are against us. With is great, because that's just how I like it!" Stingmon points his energy cannon at the ground, and fires a blast, propelling himself into the air. Stingmon flies up and stabs one of the Kabuterimon with his spiking strike. The bug lets out a cry in agony. Stingmon grabs onto Kabuterimon by the horn and pulls of his spike. The other Kabuterimon flies towards Stingmon, but Stingmon blocks with the other one. The two Kabuterimons collide, and one of them falls to the ground. Stingmon holds Kabuterimon up, and punches them rapidly in the chest, then flies up, pulling Kabuterimon by the horn.
"You're a worthy foe, Kabuterimon. A tough and fast bug like me. But I'm still better!" Stingmon grabs Kabuterimon's horn with both hands and put his feet on their shoulders. Stingmon pulls as hard as he can, nearly ripping Kabuteirmon's head off. The two rotate in midair. Stingmon leans back and flies towards the ground, crash landing on the Kabuterimon he was holding on to. Dante is surprised Stingmon executed such an advanced maneuver. "Wow! Where did you learn to fight like that?!" "Inflicting pain just comes naturally." One Kabuterimon down. Lynxmon continues duking it out with the other armor Digimon. Cherrymon is impressed with their battling. Not that he would admit it. |
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Post by Marshal North on Apr 19, 2016 2:48:08 GMT
Digmon and Lynxmon's battle continued. Digmon created a bunch of fissures here and there, trying to trip up Lynxmon, but it didn't do any good. The Armor Digimon was too fast. Finally, Lynxmon got into Digmon's range and hit him with a Wild Nail Rush. "Easy as cake," Lynxmon said, reverting back to Rookie.
"That didn't seem too bad," Marshal muttered, skeptical of how easy that fight had been. "I wonder if that's really all those mercenaries have to throw at us?"
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Post by Dante on Apr 19, 2016 4:43:48 GMT
The small squad of Tamers had no problem dealing with the ambushing mercenaries. After most of their forces had fallen in battle, the rest decided to retreat. Cherrymon looks around at some of the huts destroyed in the battle. "Look at the mess you made! Oh well, we will rebuild. Noting to do in the jungle anyways." The Tamers and their partners meet back up in the center of the village. Stingmon devolves back to Wormmon. "Did you see that?! Oh that was so awesome! The Juice is Loose!" Cherrymon smirks at the small bug Digimon. "Hmph, well that was just some lackeys. The real challenges are ahead. Go, and find the mercenary camp. Go on, I'm sick of looking at ya. No I'm just kidding, you're beautiful and a pleasure on the eyes." Cherrymon continues rambling on. (Thinking) "Oh, what did I get myself into this time?"
"Ya, I'm up for a real challenge now. That was just a warm up!" "Alright, let's head out. We will, leaf, you be." Cherrymon groans at Dante's lame pun. "No kid, you're doing it all wrong. But I don't have the power to give you a sense of humor, so try and find some in the jungle. And while you're at it, look for a better personality, huh huh." Dante somehow resists the urge to facepalm. Instead, he just shakes his head, and the group starts walking off into the jungle. It's not long before the village is out of sight. They march on, sticking towards the windy and narrow paths through the jungle. A vine rises up and trips Dante, sending him face first into the ground. "What's the deal with that?!" Another vine wraps around his leg and starts dragging Dante across the ground. "Ahh, Dante! Where are you going?" Several more vines rise up around the group. Not even 5 minutes in and they are already under attack by evil plants. |
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Post by Marshal North on Apr 22, 2016 18:36:33 GMT
Marshal watched as Dante was grabbed by the vines and dragged away. Almost immediately, they started grabbing for him as well. Lynxmon was ready to help, though, and swatted them away with his claws. "Dante!" Marshal cried, worried for the other Tamer.
"Let's run after him!" Lynxmon suggested. The Armor Digimon ran full speed to see if he could catch the Tamer in time, and attempted to cut the vines dragging him away.
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Post by Dante on Apr 22, 2016 19:42:39 GMT
The vine continues pulling Dante across the ground. Marshal, Lynxmon and Wormmon head after him. They successfully cut off the vine. Dante stands up and grabs his back in pain. The group looks around, and sees various kinds of plants moving closer. "It looks like they were dragging us into a trap." A large vine with sharp needles rises up and lashes towards Dante like a whip. Dante raises his arms up and the vine cuts him on his left arm in several places. "We should have brought a flamethrower and barbequed these stupid plants!" Dante takes up a defensive stance as vines surround the group.
Suddenly the ground starts shaking below. They quickly get out of the way. A large green plant sprouts out of the ground. It has a long stem with several vines with thorns, and a giant bulb on top. It stretches up into the and looks down, revealing a huge set of gnarly teeth. The plant grins, dripping corrosive acid from its mouth. It speaks with a falsetto tone, in rhythm as if it were singing. "Ah, lost in a lonely part of the jungle. Why don't you join me, for dinner?!" The plant creature opens its mouth wide and lets out a high pitches scream. "You better just get out of our sight before we make a salad out of your face!" The plant leans forward, sticking its mouth down next to Wormmon. "Do you think you're the first group of Tamers to stroll on through? This is my territory, and I am the boss." The plant stretches up high, singing a high pitched melody. Acid drool drips down from its mouth. Dante jumps back to avoid the acid. "If it's a battle you want, we will be happy to give you the beating you crave."
Dante looks down at Wormmon and grabs his digivice. "Ready, little buddy?" "Why certainly!" Wormmon tries to digivolve, but nothing happens. "Uh oh! I think I'm too low on energy from the last fight." If Wormmon can't digivolve, it would put the group in serious danger against such a terrifying creature. The plant grins, showing its jagged teeth. "What a tragedy. And I thought you would put up a decent challenge." A large vine rises up and swings towards the party, knocking them back. (Thinking) "This doesn't look good. If Wormmon can't digivolve, He will have to fight in his current state. And his moves are not suited for this kind of fight." Things look grim for the group. Would they wind up as a tasty snack for a singing plant? |
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Post by Marshal North on Apr 24, 2016 21:42:38 GMT
Marshal and Firamon nodded. It looked like Wormmon was unable to Digivolve, so they'd have to take on a good share of the work. Firamon immediately jumped into action with a Fira Bomb, causing some flame damage to the plant monster.
"Dante, we have to move!" Marshal shouted. He quickly tried to get to safety. "If Wormmon needs more energy, I have some food in my backpack we can use." He quickly tore the backpack off his shoulders and reached in to grab a delicious looking bar of chocolate, which miraculously hadn't melted in the jungle heat. He quickly threw it over to Dante so he could give it to his Digimon.
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Post by Dante on Apr 25, 2016 7:44:37 GMT
Marshal and Dante run a few yards away from the plant creature. Fortunately Marshal had a chocolate bar and was kind enough to share with Wormmon. "Ooh chocolate. Thanks!" Wormmon noms the chocolate bar in two bites without even taking off the wrapper. The plant boss cries out from the pain of the burn. "So you wanna play with fire? I'll just have to get serious." The trees surrounding the two Tamers start to shake back and forth. Vines and other plants come out of the ground all around them and carry Dante and Marshal up in the air. The plant boss moves its mouth close to Marshal, suspended in midair by vines. "Survival of the fittest. Everyone in the jungle knows to be afraid of Nepenthemon! Now you will know what it feels like to be eaten." Lynxmon hits the boss with another Fira Bomb, hitting the boss in the stem of the head plant. Its head flails in the air. A large tree branch smacks into Lynxmon, knocking them back. Dante and Marshal struggle trying to break free from the vines. "Hold on you guys! I've almost got my energy back."
The plant's head leans down and tries to chomp Lynxmon. It attempts to bite them a few times, but Lynxmon is too fast. Dante struggles to reach into his vest and pulls out a multi tool pocket knife. The vines tighten, pulling his right arm outward. "Argh, hold on! Stupid plant!" Dante holds the pocket knife up to his mouth and pulls one of the blades out by holding it with his teeth. He swipes at the vine on his arm with the knife and cuts it off. Vines reach down and lift Wormmon up. "Suffer for your gluttony!" "I regret eating nothing!" The vines throw Wormmon into the mouth of the plant. "No, Wormmon!" "Don't worry, I'm going to have seconds." The vines lift Dante up and dangle him over the mouth of the plant.
The mouth opens up wide. Dante's digivice starts to glow. The plant burps. The vines let go and he falls downward towards the mouth. Stingmon flies out of Nepenthemon's mouth and catches Dante. "Excuse you." Stingmon flies towards the vines holding onto Marshal, slicing some of them up with a spiking strike. "You are ruining my dinner!" More vines and plants rise out of the ground. With Dante on his back, Stingmon dashes towards the head of the plant and fires a Moon Cannon point blank. Nepenthemon is significantly injured. The plants start going back down again, and the four adventurers are able to regroup for the time being. "Fighting this thing would take a whole dang forest fire." |
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