The Faces of Coolness [Open]

incoming famalam bumping into you, right about now. hope I didn't break the time-space continuum
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He'd finally made it. Terminus City, the main hub of the Digital World. The place was absolutely sprawling with scraping towers, dark alleys and the bustling murmur of different digimon. It reminded him of the human world's city, the one he'd accidentally visited instead of Terminus. That had been embarrassing.

And yet, this city held a sense of familiarity to him, despite having never visited it before. The... deja vu, was pretty intense. Still, there were places to see and things to do. Even for a shy digimon such as himself. He'd promised himself that he'd eventually see more of the world, after all.

The scuttle of bright yellow legs down the busy streets was now distinct from the padding footsteps of other digimon. Every now and then, Rinji couldn't help but to stop and stare at the huge steel buildings, or into the shop windows of various businesses.

It wasn't his fault, however, when a huge MetalMeramon bustled straight past him, knocking him out of the way like a pinball. Straight into poor ol' Coolmon. "H-hey! Owww..." The MetalMeramon was gone now, and Rinji looked up, dazed, to see Coolmon. "Ah! I'm so sorry!" The shock of seeing her familiar rabbit-y features went overlooked by his concern. He sincerely hoped that bumping into her with his hard exoskeleton hadn't hurt her in any way.

"Well, that's good," he winced a little. At least Coolmon wasn't hurt. 

"I think I'm alright," he admitted, still stuck on his back like a stranded turtle. He was lucky he had his armour. "It was..." he stretched, trying to find the digimon that had so rudely shunted him aside. "Nevermind..." In this position, all he could see was the sky, and quite frankly, his own butt.

"Um, let me just try and get up," he said, aware of Coolmon still watching him. He started by rocking the length of his body left and right until enough momentum built up - allowing him to finally roll back onto his front. "Sorry about that... I really didn't mean to bump into you like that," although he was quite glad to see a familiar face. Coolmon seemed to be doing that a lot quite recently.

Rinji rubbed the back of his head awkwardly; the slate-grey of his face was blushing pink from exasperation. That had been really embarrassing. Why was he so... uncool?

"So, umm, what brings you here?" He asked, hoping to change the subject. After all, it was pretty weird to see Coolmon in Terminus City. Was she going shopping or something? Or did she live here? When Rinji thought about it, he didn't know much about Coolmon at all.

Ahhh! Now Coolmon was blushing!? Wait, was it because he blushed first!? Shaking his head from embarrassment, he tried his best to listen to Coolmon instead of think about... that.

So she had gotten lost? There again, from what he knew, that didn't seem to be too out of character for her. She was a bit of a wanderer, judging from how she always had the ability to pop up in the most unexpected of places - such as now. It didn't seem very suspicious or strange for her to somehow end up in Terminus.

Well, Coolmon was right about him not being much of a city digimon. So what was he doing in the city? "Oh, I've never visited Terminal City before, and the first time I tried, I kind of got lost. So I thought I'd do it for real this time." He explained, thinking back to the time when he'd gotten the timetables wrong and ended up in the human world... better not mention that.

"We could do all of those, if you have the time? It could be like a day out," he offered, it was the reason he'd visited in the first place, and if Coolmon was there.... they might as well go together, right? It would definitely be more fun than doing it all alone.

That did sound like an adventure... wait! "You ended up in another world?" Could it be? "That.... that's exactly what happened to me too! How did you get back?" Wait, he was going to keep his mouth shut, wasn't he? But he couldn't just ignore a coincidence like that - not many digimon really went to the human world, did they? Even if he did it by accident and Coolmon did it on purpose. Well, he didn't know if she was really talking about the human world, though. The Digital World was varied enough to call its different regions 'other worlds' if someone really wanted to.

Rinji visibly perked up a little when Coolmon accepted his offer. He couldn't help it, she even called him cool. Wait, why was she blushing again!? Oh no... How was it even possible when she was already pink anyway? Would this cycle of blushing ever end?

So what should they do first? Oh! He'd gotten so wrapped in their conversation that he forgot to think about it. "Umm, let's see, let me get my map out." Originally, he had just been window shopping, but aimlessly dragging Coolmon around the city didn't sound like a very well thought-out plan. It was one thing to do that alone, but with someone else... you had to have a plan, right?

Fumbling under the crevices beneath his armour, he finally pulled out a leaflet. Then he unfolded it, carefully smoothing out the crinkles with his claws to reveal a huge map. All of the main streets and routes were marked in bold colours, and the biggest go-to tourist sites were carefully illustrated.

"So if I'm right, I think we're here," he said, holding the map in a way so that Coolmon could see, and pointed to the purple route. "The rest of the way up the route are shops, and then it connects to the... city centre, yeah, that's got to be it." Rinji squinted at the map, turning it a little, as if it would make the small lettering any larger.

"I think that's where the Mall is as well, so we could always visit that first." Anyway, Terminus was famous for its mall, to not visit it on a trip to the city was unheard of. "And a 'Leomon Memorial'? Never heard of that before... It's an outdoor memorial by the looks of it, and we'll probably see it on the way there." It must've been pretty impressive, if it was listed on the leaflet... but still, Coolmon didn't seem like the history-buff type.

Either way, visiting the mall first wasn't a bad idea, and if Coolmon wanted to visit somewhere else, there were plenty of other attractions listed on the map. She only had to point them out.

Wow, she had met so many new people! The amount paled in comparison to the band of four that had been required for him to get back home. Sadly, he didn't recognise any of their names, but he nodded to Coolmon in acknowledgement. "That's a lot of people. At least you got back safely," he added, always eager to see safety first. Going to other worlds could be dangerous, as he'd learned. Even if humans tended to be more scared of you than you are of them.

With both of them looking at the map, the chances that they were wrong about their own location were pretty slim. He listened intently to all the locations Coolmon wanted to hit up, sorting them into his own mental checklist. He never knew that Leomon was called the Noble Hero. Coolmon must've become quite knowledgeable for all the travelling that she did.

"Definitely," he replied happily to her plans as she wrapped it all up with McBurgermon's for lunch. He'd at least heard of that place before. He was sort of looking forwards to trying it out with Coolmon. 

He looked back down from the map to Coolmon, as he was somewhat awkwardly taller than her, to see her positively beaming. She just looked so happy, that he couldn't help but grin when he saw her face. Happiness is contagious, you know. Especially when it's coming from small, adorable rabbits.

"Oh! I know that there was an electronics shop along here!" He added excitedly, thinking back to all the cool gadgets he'd seen in the human world. Of course electricity fascinated him. "I was hoping to buy one of those 'mobile phones' that the humans like to use? I know it sounds kind of silly, but it'd be nice to be able to keep in contact with them," Rinji explained. "And I'm pretty sure they sell other human world devices too." In fact, the store that Rinji was talking about specialised in human technology and brands. Mobile phones, movies, music, games and gadgets could all be found there. And it was only a very short walk down the road.

"I'm not sure about any other stores... so if we see any interesting ones, we can just go in when we walk past?" He suggested. Of course, there were lots of other interesting small stores, such as trinket shops, bakeries and the like. They would likely pale in comparison to the Mall, though.

With their plans set in tow, Rinji gently folded the map back up, stuffing it neatly beneath his carapace again. Just before he started walking, he looked to the rabbit digimon inquisitively, and asked innocently, "wait, what's a holosuit?"

Rinji found himself having to suppress a giggle when he heard Coolmon squeak, and settled on a smile instead. It was just so charming and sweet. Why did she have to be the very depiction of an adorable bunny rabbit? At this rate, he didn't stand a chance.

"Awesome, we can both get one then!" He was glad Coolmon didn't think using a human phone sounded silly, and the idea of both of them buying phones together to keep in touch with their human friends just had such a happy feel to it. Wait... did Coolmon say something else afterwards? Nah... he must've been hearing something else. The city was a noisy place.

But if he had heard right... then maybe he should ask for her number when they both got phones? There wasn't anything weird about asking someone for their number, right?

Coolmon's explanation of a holosuit baffled Rinji. "It disguises you as a human?" He questioned in disbelief. It wasn't that he didn't believe Coolmon, far from it, but because of how outlandish the idea was. "That's amazing." Technology in the Digital World must be getting incredibly advanced. "I'd definitely want one! It can be pretty hard to visit the human world," but this 'holosuit' would fix everything! Maybe they could even visit it together if they both managed to get one?

"I wonder how it works?" Rinji briefly asked himself, but loud enough for Coolmon to hear anyway. Maybe she knew? She did seem to have a knack for these things. It wasn't a big deal if she didn't, though. He was sure he'd find out soon enough once they got to the mall.

Rinji briefly checked to see that he had all of his possessions, especially his money, and looked to Coolmon eagerly. "So, we're all ready to start shopping then?" He was genuinely, very much looking forward to starting this adventure, especially since Coolmon was here now.

All in all, he was ready whenever she was.

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(If Coolmon starts walking, assume Rinji's following alongside her already. Let's get this ship sailing ball rolling!)

So the humans had told Coolmon about the holosuits? Thinking about it, it made sense. Not many digimon seemed to use them. "Well, I'm sure they'll let us demo them," he added optimistically. He really did want them to be worth it.

Rinji was taken by surprise when Coolmon grabbed onto one of his claws. Her paws felt really warm. "Y-yeah, an adventure for two people!" He exclaimed happily, not yet realising the weight of the sentence.

It was only when the pair had started walking, still holding hands (if they could be called that), that he saw the slight blush on her face. "Uh," Rinji blushed and quickly looked away while Coolmon was still going over their plans in case she saw him. 

"Yep," he replied, when she asked him if she'd remembered it all. He hadn't even noticed that she hadn't mentioned the mall, but they were obviously going to go there anyway. It was the main destination!

He looked back at her, hoping she hadn't seen him blush too. He'd never felt this way about going out somewhere with a friend. It was weird.

"I can't wait to see what they're like too." Coolmon's musings about how they'd look as humans made him think. "I bet you'd look pretty cu... uh, cool as a human. Maybe you'd have pink hair?" He hurriedly covered his verbal slip-up, trying to focus on something else. Little did he realise, that he was turning a slightly darker shade of crimson.

Was it him, or was it really warm today?

"Hey, I think that's the store," he pointed across the street with one of his free forelegs. It was medium-sized, with the logo of a gramophone and a Labramon above the doorway. The text 'HTV' was also printed next to the logo. "Oh, I remember now! It was called HTV; it stands for 'His Tamer's Voice' apparently." He said, referencing the dog digimon listening to the speaker on the gramophone.

It was a fairly quirky yet modern shop, and certainly looked promising. He inwardly hoped that Coolmon would like it.

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I'm sure nobody will know what brand I ripped off this time
feel free to add your own details to the shop/shoppers/shop workers/shop stuff as we go along. Ain't no holding back on these decks