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Hazy Revelations [JunJun]
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Post by Asher on May 11, 2017 6:30:28 GMT
OOC: This is a continuation of In The Clear. Asher wasn't really sure why blushing was necessary with that statement. Maybe he was seriously oblivious about it! Maybe Junjo was embarassed! He had every right to be, considering how poorly this train ride was going so far! Instead, he looked around the train for something to keep the duo entertained, but had little luck. Hearing about the motion sickness, the teen cringed away a little. "Please don't throw up on me." "Huh?" A groggy sound emitted from the front of the Trailmon, while he made a few smacking sounds. "Oh! Oh yeah! I fell asleep! Oops!" "What?" Was that safe?! Suddenly, the train lurched to a stop. "Good thing you woke me up! We almost died!" Confirmation! Not safe at all! "If I'd gone much further, we'd fly off the tracks! That's not fun! I don't know how to get back on them!" Either way, the creature seemed to have stopped at a station someplace, popping open its doors. "Last stop! Binary Archipelago! Home of.. uh," he paused, "I don't know, I'll tell you after I wake up from my nap. Snnrrrk-choooo." Was Trailmon seriously snoring like that? It was so dramatic that it couldn't be real! Opening his mouth, Asher had to think about what to say before anything could come out. "Okay, then. Not taking this train ever again, either," he expelled a deep breath, while getting ready to stand up. "How's your motion sickness? Can you stand?" How did motion sickness work, anyway? Did it make people woozy?
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Post by Junjo Natsuki on May 11, 2017 7:57:48 GMT
Junjo tumbled out of his seat and into the floor when the train abruptly stopped in its tracks. He seemed fine altogether, but he sat up and rubbed his face as if a visible skid mark would be there. "Ouch. . ." He complained, looking up at Asher with wide eyes for a second.
"O-Oh! I'm fine really! No sickness at all, oddly enough. It's usually just when I read or start thinking about how fast we're going. . ." he laughed nervously, standing up and brushing himself off. He wasn't going to comment on how he apparently almost died.
"Let's uh. . .um. . .let's go!" He said with enthusiasm before bounding off the train as if he were some fearless leader or something.
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Post by Asher on May 13, 2017 7:28:11 GMT
Stabilizing himself, Asher didn't even have a chance to try to catch Junjo before he hit the floor. "This is why Trailmon need to have seatbelts," he mumbled under his breath. These monsters were not safe modes of transportation! At all!
Rising from his seat, the actor waited while Junjo rose to his feet. "That's good, at least," he hummed, in regards to the motion sickness. Nobody wanted vomit on their shoes or lap. In fact, Asher wasn't entirely sure how he would handle such a situation! Probably not particularly well!
But, now the teal haired boy was off! "Huh? Uh," it clearly took a few moments for Asher to process just how quickly Junjo had escaped the Trailmon. "Wait up," he hissed, hurrying off the train to follow the boy. This was already proving to be a hassle!
"Thank you for visiting! Come aga--snnrrr," the Trailmon sleepily chimed, before dozing off again.
Yeah, Asher was pretty sure he'd rather not take up that request. At least, once they were off the train, it didn't seem quite as terrible of a fate. Sand and water definitely seemed like a pleasant experience! "It's a beach," the redhead sighed in relief. Okay, this would be an easy babysitting experience! The butler's customer service skills overrode his ability to stop himself from asking the potentially regrettable, "what would you like to do first?" Please just want to go for a nice swim, or something!
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Post by Junjo Natsuki on May 13, 2017 8:50:13 GMT
A beach indeed! Junjo found himself a bit awe struck by the sheer beauty of the water lapping against the shore. It was crystal clear and stretched forever. In the distance there were some islands that seemed to just be strips, but their shape even then was a bit too perfect and angular.
As he took a few more steps he noticed ruins coming up out of the ground. There weren't any stones or or blocks, but long metallic shards that looked like something very alien; behind those ruins a lush jungle that seemed to bear bright and colorful fruits and flowers, including some coconuts-though they seemed to be purple and red!
"Wow!" Junjo grinned ear to ear as he took in the beautiful scenery, however he hadn't realized that he was right in the way of a train, a wedding train of Mushroomon heading to their arbor set up on the shore.
"Hey bub! get outta the way I'm tryna get married here!" A purple and red one bumped into Junjo, causing him to "Eep!--" and jump back a little.
"Honey, humans are so weird. And no manners!" A red and yellow one said, it seemed more feminine in its ways, that and it was wearing a dress!
"So-s-sorry! Um--talking mushroom!" Junjo watched in bewilderment as a posse of them continued on, multiple colors flashing by as they made their way to their digi-wedding!
"That's Mr. Mushroomon Sr. to you pal!" the thing shouted back before going about its business and getting ready for the ceremony.
He looked around a bit more and noticed a plethora of different creatures on the beach as well, betamon and gomamon playing volleyball, a gatomon and mikemon or two bathing in the sun, some gaogamon building sand castles. "Th-there really are monsters here. And they get married. . ." He was still a bit confused about that one, mulling it over until Asher finally approached him.
"Um. . let's. . ummmmm." He honestly didn't even know where to start, until his stomach growled again. "Food."
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Post by Asher on May 14, 2017 6:38:04 GMT
For once, Asher seemed to be in luck. A beach was absolutely perfect to keep someone entertained and out of trouble! But, apparently not out of the way of a wedding-in-progress! Luckily, nobody seemed too upset about the situation, so once Asher made his way over to Junjo, he made sure to chime after, what he assumed to be, the bride, "I love your dress!" Maybe a bit of positive energy would fix the snag in her wedding day!
"I told you that there were monsters. What did you think would be here?" Raising an eyebrow, the spirit user tried to process just how to get information through the other man's head. Maybe this would prove to be a hassle. But beaches had a tendency of being far more lax than other places they could have ended up! Surely, the redhead could handle something like this! "Of course they're getting married. They're just like humans. But," he paused, "not." No, Digimon were only human-like in mannerisms! And that was still only sometimes! Humans couldn't shoot lasers from their eyes! It was totally possible with certain monsters!
But, as far as food went, what could they eat? Looking around, the teen could see a little cart with a grill on it not too much further along the beach. At the cart, an unwelcoming looking Octmon flailed various skewered meats around with most of its tentacles, shouting angrily at any passerby about buying his food. Slightly more welcoming was the tiny Chibickmon that was flailing around, preparing the foods, squeaking happily at the few Digimon that mustered the courage to purchase food.
There was a slight cringe at the thought of trying to convince an alarmed teen to approach an octopus monster with a sword, but options seemed limited! "Well, there's that," he pointed at the cart, which only caused an, "arr!" and a sword raise from the very strange Octmon. Okay, so he was apparently a pirate. Or, maybe not. Was that actually the sound pirates made, or was the Deep Saver just growling at them? Asher wasn't entirely sure which answer he hoped was accurate. "Or we can walk around and see if there's something else."
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Post by Junjo Natsuki on May 14, 2017 7:13:12 GMT
"Did you hear that honey, that boy liked my dress! Maybe they DO have manners~" The Mushroomon Bride seemed very happy, singing praises until they were too far down the beach for the two humans to hear anymore.
Junjo seemed utterly confused for a second, taking it all in. Though for now he didn't quite seem scared. "Okay, so they get married. . .um, I didn't think they would talk too--" He scratched his chin and tilted his head to the side, his long, teal bangs sweeping away from his head for a moment. "Just what kind of monsters are these?" He really put some thought into it before food, and Asher, interrupted him again.
"That does smell awfully delicious. . .but wait--it has a sword!" He proclaimed before jumping back behind Asher at the boisterous "Arrg!" that came from it.
He poked his head out from behind Asher's shoulder though to view the other monsters that seemed to be enjoying the food. "I'll eat it if you get one for me. . ."
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Post by Asher on May 14, 2017 7:44:48 GMT
Asher really couldn't fault Junjo for assuming that monsters couldn't talk. He had a hard time when his pet cat had begun actually using human languages! "The Digital kind of monster," he shrugged, with a small chuckle. While that might sound sassy, it was the best, and most accurate, answer! "I mean, they're literally called Digimon -- Digital Monsters." Anything beyond that, as far as their makeup went, Asher really had no idea! "And everything seems to be a pun off of either Digital or Monster. Digivice, D-Scanner, Digivolve, every monster's name end with -mon, those kind of things." Someone was not very creative!
Not that the redhead had too much time to ponder how ridiculous the whole thing was, when Junjo was hiding behind him. "Pfft," for a moment, the young adult attempted to withhold his laughter, but only a few seconds later, he was almost doubling over with laughter. "Are you- ha-" breathe! It was hard to talk and laugh at the same time! "Are you serious?" Straightening his posture, Asher grinned over his shoulder at his company. "He probably just uses that thing to cut up food." Or to slaughter his enemies, but whatever.
Brushing a finger across the corner of his eye to keep it from watering, the young man reached out to hook his hand around Junjo's arm, trying to pull him toward the stall. "I'll get it for you, but you have to get close enough to see what you want." It couldn't be that scary, right?
Then again, Octmon shouting, "rawww!" and jabbing his sword in their direction surely didn't help this, but it was quickly followed up with Chibickmon chucking an empty wooden skewer at the Deep Saver's face, which clinked and bounced off harmlessly. Now, the octopus let out a mildly distressed, "arh?" while looking down to his companion, that let out a series of high pitched squeaks. With any luck, one of them would at least speak some language that the boys could understand!
"See? If that sort-of-Star thing can throw stuff at it and survive, there's no way it'll hurt you!" Just keep saying positive things, Asher!
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Post by Junjo Natsuki on May 14, 2017 8:05:59 GMT
"Digital. . .?" Junjo wanted to take more time to question Asher about that, but before long the male was half fallen over with laughter coming from his belly! Well that was rude!
"O-of course I'm serious!! Swords are dangerous! Even if the thing holding it looks kind of ridiculous!" He exclaimed, his cheeks showing his frustration at the laughing red head. That frustration soon turning into embarrassment as Asher hooked a hand around his arm and pulled him along. That was closer than he had expected them to be so quickly.
"Would you two calm down. You're gonna scare away all of your customers. Like that odd colored human. Or are they all odd? Hm. . ." A strange looking drum started to speak near the two meat sellers. It was a digimon! Dondokomon to be precise. It happily started pounding on the Octmon. "Come get your meat here! Fresh, tastey! We're TOTALLY friendly!--Right Octmon!"
Junjo jumped in his skin as the sword came towards them. "Eck--!" He couldn't help but be a bit frightened of the thing, but then a drum started happily banging about and he felt somewhat better.
"W-Well I guess if those two smaller ones can do that to it. . I-I should be okay. . ." He muttered as they approached.
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Post by Asher on May 17, 2017 6:38:23 GMT
"Ridiculous is, like, this whole world," the redhead snickered, staring at Octmon. Sure, swords could look intimidating, but that 'guy' was just hilarious with his pirate sounds! Overhearing the chattering drum, he scrunched his nose, "who's he calling funny colored?" Everyone looked pretty normal, as far as Asher was concerned!
"Rr-eeeee!" Gruff growls turned into a higher pitched squeal while the poor Octmon found the jar on his head pounded on. It was similar to being in a garbage can with someone banging on it! Eyes visibly began to swirl, as the octopus began to sway and flail out of dizziness. "It's a mutiny!" Octmon managed to wail, before dramatically falling backwards into the sand.
Peering over at its dazed friend, Chibickmon frowned and began emitting a series of squeaks at Dondokomon that could only be interpreted as some sort of chastising. After a moment, the creature let out a huff, hopping over to swipe Octmon's blade from his tentacle. With dramatic movements, from how large the item was in comparison to the Digimon now wielding it, the star creature lifted it above its head, heavily dropping it onto a chunk of meat.
It looked like Asher's assumption about the sword could be correct! Or, Chibickmon just assumed that was a good place to keep it until Octmon could get up. It was hard to tell! "Good! See? You can do it," he encouraged, while continuing to pull on the young man's arm to bring him to the cart. The options seemed mostly kebab-everything, with meat varying from beef-like substances to fish -- and octopus that hopefully wasn't related to the creature tending to the stand. Wait. Were octopuses one of those creatures that could regrow limbs? Oh, thinking too much on the subject was making Asher lose his appetite already! "What looks good to you?"
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Post by Junjo Natsuki on May 17, 2017 7:10:38 GMT
Dondokomon blinked curiously as Octmon fell over, only to be chastised by little chibickmon soon after. He gave a nervous laugh before raising his padded drumsticks to the sky. "It'll be fine! That hard head has a-well-hard head!" It surmised before it continued to bonk the Octmon on the head.
"Meat here! Get your meat!"
Junjo felt much better now knowing that a giant sea monster could be bested so easily by two tiny creatures. He tried not to look at the digimon too closely in the eyes as they approached the three of them.
"Toriyaki please. . ." he muttered to Asher. Though a thought crossed his mind. "Will my money work here?. . ."
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Post by Asher on May 22, 2017 4:09:52 GMT
It seemed that Octmon was down for the count! Occasionally, the creature made a gurgle, and bubbles would form around the neck of the pot that concealed its head. Hopefully he wouldn't drown from his own drool! Chibickmon didn't seem overly concerned, however, giving a shrug to the far more energetic coworker, before lifting the sword again to begin cutting meat.
Finally close enough to the cart to order, Asher better looked over the options, before nodding at Junjo. "That sounds good. Two toriyaki," he hummed, deciding that he would try the same thing. Sure, if he had gotten something else, he could offer it to Junjo if he didn't actually like his first choice, but why do that?
Chibickmon let out a series of happy squeaks, while tapping away at a little calculator. After a moment, it turned the device to show the total price of the food, which didn't seem to be overly high! Or, at least, Asher didn't think it was. He still wasn't entirely sure about the currency conversions between Yen and the US Dollar, let alone whatever they really used here!
"Don't worry about it," the redhead began, pulling a small card out of his pocket. Much like its shared owner, the card was orange, with a large, black paw print slapped on the upper corner. Why did Meicoomon have to insist on such a design? It just seemed tacky. Especially when the cat used it! Luckily, it was just Asher, and no weird felines offering up credit cards designed to look like them. Sliding the card through a slot on the calculator, the device made a happy 'ping!' before spitting out a receipt.
While Chibickmon hurried to prepare the food, still using Octmon's sword as an oversized knife, the downed Digimon finally began to stir. With another gurgle, Octmon raised a tentacle at Dondokomon, pointing a gun at its face. Oh, this looked like it could be bad! And after everyone had done such a good job at calming Junjo down! "Octo Ray!" It announced, dramatically, while still lying on its back. With a click, the gun sputtered a little ink, before firing out not bullets, but five baby-Octmon, which attempted to suction onto Dondokomon's face.
If this was an attack, it clearly wasn't effective beyond being annoying. The dollar-coin-sized octopus-monsters let out happy squeals, and any that failed at latching onto Dondokomon seemed content in trying to attach themselves to anything else that they could get close enough to! Watch out Junjo! They might try to hitch a ride on your shoes!
Still, Chibickmon seemed unbothered, placing skewers onto the grill while making a series of squeaks that surely translated to something along the lines of 'this isn't a daycare' to Octmon. At least everyone seemed happy, though! Except, maybe, Octmon himself!
A short moment passed, while Octmon stood back up, grabbing the skewered foods to offer out to the customers. Asher didn't hesitate to grab the items, before one of the baby Octmon could snatch it up. Offering Junjo his portion of the food, the redhead flashed a smile. "See? Nothing bad's happened!" Yet!
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Post by Junjo Natsuki on May 27, 2017 7:24:42 GMT
Junjo could hardly process the grand spectacle unfolding before him, but one thing that he knew for certain was that his food smelled delicious. "Sugoii~ It's just like the toriyaki back home!" His worries subsided for a moment.
All the while Dandokomon was complaining about having ink sprayed all over its face. It tumbled into the sand and started to roll around. "No fair!"
Junjo laughed nervously. "Right, nothing bad happened. ." He sighed, taking a bite out of his meal before something odd caught his eye, a shadow, shaped oddly, but that seemed to stick out to him as everything around him went white for a second.
"That was. . .what was that?" He used one hand to wipe his eyes and make sure he wasn't hallucinating. "I could've sworn it. . .said my name."
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Post by Asher on Jun 4, 2017 8:06:24 GMT
Giving a small laugh, Asher took a bite into his own food. "What did you think it was going to taste like?" There was no harm in light teasing, right? It helped lay off some of the stress of a weird place like this! Not that Asher, in particular, found the Digital World to be stressful.
Octmon, meanwhile, let out a garbled laugh, while drool bubbles popped from around the base of the clay pot. Its mysterious offspring let out happy squeals, charging to climb all over Dondokomon while his guard was down. Their opportunity was now!
Turning away from the scene, Asher decided to prioritize his focus on Junjo. Though, maybe Junjo wasn't quite agreeing with that idea. It seemed almost like the teal haired man was looking at something. But, that something wasn't Asher, and the redhead had no idea what to even begin to think! "What was what?" Oh, please don't tell him that the other man was a total nutcase!
But, something felt off about what was being said. "I didn't hear anything. What're you talking about?" Placing his free hand on his hip, the actor tilted his head and glanced around the area. Nobody was even looking at them! And, in hindsight, nobody around here even knew the man's name! "The stress isn't getting to you, is it?"
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Post by Junjo Natsuki on Jun 5, 2017 4:42:17 GMT
Junjo went back to nibbling on his chicken, blushing at Asher's comments. "I dunno, not chicken I guess. . ." he muttered, though still staring at the spot where he was sure that he had seen something peculiar, which for this world was saying a lot.
"I'm not going crazy I swear. There was this short little guy, with spiky hair. . .all shadowy, and everything went white for a second, and I heard it call to me--Junjo. I've been waiting for you--and then it disappeared. . . . . ." He put his food down and stared at Asher for a second.
"Okay, I KNOW that sounds nuts! but I promise I'm not clinical!"
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Post by Asher on Jul 4, 2017 7:41:24 GMT
Giving a small snicker, Asher decided not to taunt the other man too badly for not thinking his food would taste like what it was. He was under a lot of stress, okay? It had to make for a little leniency, at least! Plus, the redhead was probably going to find a million other things to make fun of Junjo for before the trip would end!
Perfect instance: Junjo's hallucinations!
"Yeah, you sound nuts," the teen commented, while nonchalantly taking another bite of his food. But, was it really that strange? This was the Digital World, after all. Plenty of weird things happened around here! Spiky haired hallucinations totally fit that bill! "But, you should know, everyone is around here." Was that some form of consolation? "So, let's say you're not just snapping from the stress," he started, with an eyebrow raised, "what do you think you should do about it?" With any luck 'see a therapist' would be the next thing out of Junjo's mouth! But, that was highly unlikely!
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