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Adventure through the Bayou [Armor Hunt] [OPEN]
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Post by Owen on Apr 29, 2018 9:02:53 GMT
Owen chose not to comment at what Shoutmon said. Best leave it be, he thought. Then Adrian offered to carry the digimentals. Owen smiled and shook his head.
"Ah, that's doubtful, since digimentals don't work that way" he said. "Only its chosen user can hold them, to everyone else it'd be unbearably heavy. Still though..." Owen looked at his white, gold and blue artifact. "I'm not really sure how to activate it. Ah well, I'll find a way". For the moment, he popped it into his tunic pocket.
Roy meanwhile had caught onto the attention of his brother. "Wow, Rex, if you just evolved, I might not be too far behind!" he exclaimed.
"Heh, I know you can do it, Roy" the Growlmon assured his now little brother.
As they reached the river, soda was mentioned. Owen glanced over hopefully, but, supposed that soda might not be what he needed right now. Probably a good long warm bath would do nicely, yes. But that was not available at the moment.
While Adrian and Shoutmon laughed, Owen brushed off this minor inconvenience and instead turned to the river. "Well then... best get this sorted then" he said, then focused inward, bringing forth his innate power to bring them across. The blue dog took off his tunic, then glowed brightly.
"Gaomon digivolve to... Gaogamon!"
When the light faded, he now stood as a large blue and white Akita dog about the size of a horse. While now a quadruped and thus couldn't use his paws like he used to, he still grabbed his tunic and tossed it over his back like his scarf.
"Well then, hop on, Roy, I'll get you across" Owen offered his friend. Roy obliged and climbed onto his back. Owen would let Adrian and Shoutmon aboard if they wanted to as well, but if they didn't, that was fine.
"I'm fine with swimming, it's okay" Rex said. He liked swimming as a Guilmon, surely as a Growlmon it would be no different. When things were ready, they would enter the river and begin to paddle across it.
Owen hoped this would be a short trip. However, he had the distinct feeling that they were being watched...
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Post by Adrian Boriker on Apr 29, 2018 15:23:54 GMT
"Okay then," Adrian says, understanding what Owen was saying. "So wait... even if SuperShoutmon DID think to grab yours, he wouldn't have been able to, anyways!"
"Flawless logic right there," SuperShoutmon nods. At this point, it probably would've been safe to devolve back into Shoutmon, but he felt like he might need to keep that form for a little while longer. Besides, he was feeling the same as Owen: something was following them...
When the approached the river, Adrian witnessed Owen digivolving into Gaogamon, all on his own! He had never seen a Digimon digivolve without a Tamer before, so he was pretty impressed!
"Thanks," Adrian tells Owen after offering a ride, getting on top of the Gaogamon's back. It was probably suicide with Owen's inept clumsiness, but maybe in his Gaogamon form things will be different!"
"No, I'm fine," SuperShoutmon says, taking out a hoverboard that Adrian had bought in Terminus and floating on it. "I'll just use Adrian's hoverboard here."
"Please don't break it," Adrian pleaded to SuperShoutmon as the group began to travel again.
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Post by Owen on Apr 30, 2018 22:01:43 GMT
Well, that was technically true, which was why Owen wanted Shoutmon to carry him over in the first place, it would've prevented much of the unpleasantness afterward. Still, that was in the past and he was alive and well and with a digimental.
And thus, with Adrian and Roy on Owen's back while Rex paddled at the side, they made themselves across the tidal river. It was a bit wider than Owen had expected, at least 150 yards across, but well within his capabilities.
For a time, things were quiet. Owen was much more careful in his progress than he would have been had he been swimming alone, mainly because he respected that Roy might be feeling nervous and didn't want him or Adrian hurt. Then, as they passed the halfway point, things started to go bad.
Hiding in the reeds on the other side, the digimon spotted the approaching party. His beak-like mouth would have grinned had it been capable of doing so. This was just perfect. He aimed his weapon at the approaching beast and dragons. Who should he aim for first? The Gaogamon? That would take out the Veemon and the human too. The Growlmon? Hmm, perhaps. Or that Shoutmon variant perhaps? Yes, perhaps that would be the best way. The Gaogamon and Growlmon were helpless as they were.
Sagomon then aimed and fired a high pressure blast of water straight at Shoutmon! He aimed to knock him off the hoverboard and into the river. Rex gasped at the sudden attack, while Owen sped up his swimming, realizing how vulnerable he was in crossing the water.
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Post by Adrian Boriker on Apr 30, 2018 22:18:18 GMT
"You know... I enjoy this peace," Adrian says as the group went along the river. "It's nice to just sit back, enjoy the scenery... especially since this isn't my world, so everything seems so new to me still."'
"I have to agree," SuperShoutmon says, floating along on the hoverboard. "Despite my yelling as Shoutmon, I enjoy serene environments, where we can just relax..."
"Hard to imagine you get much relaxation in your Champion form, since it requires more energy than Rookie, right?"
"Eh, you get used to it..." SuperShoutmon replied as they continued to go along. Suddenly, though, SuperShoutmon was hit with a blast of water and was successfully knocked off of the hoverboard. However, that sudden shock also completely knocked him out, and he began to sink into the river below...
"SHOUTMON!" Adrian yells as Owen speeds up. "Wait, stop, Shoutmon is still over there! He's sinking!!!"
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Post by Owen on Apr 30, 2018 22:37:40 GMT
Sagomon simply couldn't believe his luck! He had knocked the Shoutmon variant out cold, and his armor was bringing him to the bottom of the river. With the Growlmon and Gaogamon left to deal with, that would make them easy pickings!
Owen meanwhile was astonished as Shoutmon fell into the water, hoping that he'd be alright and be able to recover, but, it wasn't so. The attack was something powerful. At the Perfect level at least. This was bad... Owen had to step up if they were going to get through this.
"Rex... I need your help!" he said. "You take care of Adrian and Roy for the moment!"
"But, Owen, I could dive down and get him too..." Rex began, but Owen shook his head.
"There isn't time! This is a Perfect level out there, I need to get Shoutmon back up and then fight him off!"
Owen could have just digivolved and fought whatever was there, but he couldn't do so while Shoutmon was at the bottom of the river. Rex thus obeyed, taking Roy from his back, and helping Adrian too. With that, just as a second blast of water shot at where his head was, Owen dove under.
The Gaogamon paddled down, trying to get to the spot where Shoutmon had sunk. In his quadruped form it was too much to get there in time. This called for some jet propulsion.
The water glowed where Owen had disappeared. Under it, his form changed once more. A great big metal jetpack appeared on his back, as well as cybernetic gauntlets and a futuristic outfit. While ordinarily this would have just weighted him down, well, Owen hoped the jets worked underwater. And indeed, they did.
The river bubbled vigorously for a moment as Owen found Shoutmon under the surface. He held on to him, then turned straight back upwards, then burst through the water's surface, hovering above the river in his Ultimate form - MachGaogamon.
"Show yourself!" Owen snarled at their predator. And, thus, he did.
"Well now, this is interesting..." a voice said. "Enjoying your little safari, MachGaogamon? Hope it isn't too much for your friends, heh heh".
While this was happening, Rex would try and get Adrian and Roy closer to the shore.
"I'm giving you one warning..." Owen growled. "Back off now, or you'll be destroyed".
"Aw, look at you, babysitting human filth like a good little boy scout" Sagomon sneered. Instead of backing down, he readied his staff weapon. "Why don't we go a few rounds then?"
This was bad. Owen looked down at the SuperShoutmon. "...hey, are you alright? Can you hear me?" he asked, hoping he hadn't drowned under there.
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Post by Adrian Boriker on Apr 30, 2018 22:45:48 GMT
Adrian was so worried. He just saw his friend get knocked right off the hoverboard, and now he was possibly drowning! He wanted to help so bad... but alas, he just got onto Rex like Owen had said to do, and watched the Gaogamon go back down into the river to retrieve him.
When Owen got back up, not only was he now MachGaogamon, but Shoutmon was also unconscious, and in his rookie form now. The force from an attack that powerful really did a number on him. And Shoutmon did not respond when Owen asked if he was alright.
"Give him to me," Adrian asked Owen. "We're gonna be useless against that Digimon. I can at least get Shoutmon to a safe place until he's able to get up. If you don't he's gonna die..." Adrian absolutely hated feeling useless, as he has felt his entire life, but Shoutmon's life was at stake here.
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Post by Owen on Apr 30, 2018 23:01:29 GMT
Owen saw that Shoutmon had de-digivolved back to his Rookie form. Well, that was probably a relief in that Owen had got him to the surface so quickly, but, still, that made him very much alone in this fight. Owen then would have no choice but to fly down to Adrian, leaving the human with his partner. He tried to do it as quickly and safely as possible, dropping Shoutmon no more than a couple of feet onto Adrian's hopefully awaiting arms.
"Why are you doing this?!" Rex asked Sagomon with horror. "We didn't do anything to hurt you!"
"It's not what you're doing, it's what you will do" Sagomon replied. "You and your human friends, trespassing in our home, raiding all of our secrets and treasures, if you're not stopped here you'll never be stopped! You already took two holy digimentals!"
"Those digimentals belong to us" Owen replied. "We wouldn't be able to carry them if that wasn't true"
"Well then, by that logic, your friends belong to the river now, seeing as it's about to carry them to their doom!" Sagomon snarled in a rather disturbing way, his eyes flashing with malice as he spun his heavy weapon above his head. "Treasure Staff... Whirlpool Formation!"
As he did so, Rex and Roy could feel the river current below them grow suddenly fast. Sagomon was trying to make a whirlpool to suck them under! They had to get out of the water fast!
But, all of this was halted by a surprisingly fast blow from Owen. Jets ablaze, his cybernetic fist spinning, Owen shot at him like a bullet, and aimed a Winning Knuckle straight at his face. Sagomon unfortunately ducked under a direct hit, which at that speed would have undoubtedly broke his face, but as Owen knocked the staff from his hands instead, that halted the whirlpool, thankfully leaving those in the river just a bit dizzy and swept downstream a few dozen yards. They weren't far from the shoreline now, just a bit more and they could get there.
"Now then, mate, you asked for a few rounds with me, not my friends didn't you?" Owen asked Sagomon, flying back up out of reach. "Let's have it then".
Sagomon growled, realizing an advantage had been taken away, but that wouldn't change things, this beast was going down as far as he could help it.
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Post by Ayumi on May 1, 2018 10:48:31 GMT
Near the spot all of this was taking place, a familiar pale figure emerged from the trees, her hair full of moss and rushes, her backpack full of samples of all kinds. She seemed quite chipper. Her Monodramon friend seemed less so, but then again, it was hard to tell if he felt anything at all! "Aaaaah, finally, see, I told you this would get us back!" "I never once doubted it." Despite the clear sarcastic connotations, he was completely sincere. However, he soon noticed the commotion happening around here. "It would appear that we have found our group. At a most inopportune moment." "Eh? Oh no!" The two had returned just as MachGaogamon had stopped the whirlpool by knocking the staff out of Sagomon's hands! They saw that those still in the water got swept downstream! While no longer in danger, Solomon still ran down to help them out. Ayumi remained closely behind him, her Super Scanner directed at Sagomon to find out just what the others were dealing with!
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 2, 2018 18:36:20 GMT
Luckily, Adrian had caught Shoutmon just in time and was now holding the red dragon in both of his arms. "Man, he's heavy..." Adrian groaned. With nowhere else to go, Adrian just remained on top of Rex, since he did not want to just abandon them. Might not have been the best choice though...
"This isn't good..." Adrian says when Sagomon tried to create a whirlpool to suck them all into. Thankfully Owen was there and hit Sagomon before he could complete its creation.
"Alright! Go Owen!" Adrian cheered after that successful blow to Sagomon. "I know you can defeat him! Do it for Shoutmon!"
Then, Adrian noticed a couple of figures moving towards the group, and towards the fight. "Wait, who is... Ayumi? Solomon? SOLOMON, OVER HERE!" Adrian called out to the dragon-like Digimon. "Shoutmon got knocked out in the fight, help him first, please!"
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Post by Owen on May 3, 2018 1:50:29 GMT
The super scanner would tell Ayumi that Sagomon was a Perfect Level Demon Man digimon, as well as other details about his form. Owen meanwhile had pretty much worked out his opponent. Crafty, seeks to attack weaknesses, not above fighting dirty.
Rex meanwhile had finally reached the riverbank, panting as his feet touched the muddy bed. It still didn't support his weight for another few yards, and before long the Growlmon as well as Adrian, Shoutmon and Roy were out of the water.
"Are you all okay?" Rex asked, hoping his brother and their friends hadn't been too shaken by what happened. Roy seemed to be utterly frozen in shock and fear. He had not enjoyed that journey one bit. Had the ground not been filthy and muddy he would have kissed it, but, thankfully it didn't come to that. Now with his allies no longer in the water, Owen could thus focus all of his energy on the fight, and thus flew directly upward.
"Running away eh?!" Sagomon asked as Owen increased in altitude. 50 feet, 100 feet. If Owen flew too far away then he could simply strike back at the weaker digimon. In fact, why not do that again? Sagomon looked at them, preparing another attack, but when he did so, Owen immediately changed course, flying down straight at him, using both his sheer strength and gravity to make this Winning Knuckle truly hurt. Sagomon looked up again and prepared to dodge but at the last moment a tongue of flame was roaring at him. Rex had joined in, sending a burst of flame at Sagomon.
Even though Rex's Exhaust Flame was simply a Champion level attack, it was hot and bright enough to take Sagomon's eye off the stronger opponent. And thus when he was distracted for that one crucial second, Owen crashed down on him with a powerful kick, knocking him to the ground.
"That's enough of that!" Owen said, snatching Sagomon's staff from the shocked digimon's hand and hurled it into the river, where it sank straight to the bottom. "I suggest you stop fighting now" the MachGaogamon advised.
"This... isn't over!" Sagomon snarled, But he was disarmed and useless for combat against another Perfect level right now. His only choice was to make a run for the river, where dove in and disappeared with a splash. He didn't resurface, seemingly having enough of the battle. None of them thought he was drowning, as an aquatic digimon he likely had the ability to breathe underwater.
Owen didn't wish to pursue, however, he turned to the others. "Ayumi, Solomon, glad to see you two alright!" he said. "But we'd better get out of here lickety-split, I don't think we want to hang around".
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Post by Ayumi on May 3, 2018 11:04:12 GMT
Ayumi made sure to log the the info on Sagomon into the Database. If any other club member would meet one, they'd now know what they're dealing with! Her attention was drawn by Adrian's shout, asking for assistance with Shoutmon. Before she could call upon Solomon, the Monodramon was already on it. He rushed towards Adrian to help him get Shoutmon to safety. "It would appear we have missed a big encounter. I apologize that we were not there to assist." Ayumi looked over to the digivolved Owen, impressed by his new form! She immediately scanned him, too. "Whoa! What happened here? Who was that guy?"
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 4, 2018 21:31:45 GMT
Adrian was relieved when the Sagomon went about his way. Finally, they were safe and out of that place... "Yeah... yeah, I'm perfectly fine, Rex. Thanks for getting us to shore." He then turned back to Ayumi. "That was... Sagomon, I believe. Hit Shoutmon out of nowhere by a water attack, and knocked him unconscious. I hope he's okay..."
Adrian took a quick look at the digivolved Owen. The forms that Digimon could take still amazed him to this day. He wondered what other forms would Shoutmon eventually digivolve into...
If Shoutmon woke up at all.
Alas, he was still out cold. It hurt Adrian to see his partner in what seemed to be a straight-up coma. "We can't leave him like this. There's no healing program on my V-Pet. He needs to get healed before we can go back home. Can one of you guys try to wake him up? Is there a Digi-hospital around here?"
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Post by Owen on May 5, 2018 1:31:33 GMT
Owen waved off Solomon's apology, landing on the ground, his jetpacks extinguishing. "That's alright, it's not your fault". He only wished they hadn't wandered off like that, but supposed that since they were here and in one piece they had managed to handle themselves in the Bayou.
After the explanation on what Sagomon was, Owen had more to add. "Looks like that nasty bugger was angry with us for taking digimentals" he said. But then his yellow eyes wandered down to Shoutmon, still out cold.
"That was a nasty hit you took there, I'm sorry that I couldn't stop it" he said, shaking his head. "But at the very least I'll try to fix you up, mate".
With that, Owen began to glow slightly. Blue sparks emanated from his body as he focused. This was a special technique that he could use on his friends and loved ones. While unusual for such an attack-oriented digimon like himself, well, a digimon has to have a means of reversing damage.
"Emergency Bolster" he recited, and sent a shower of blue sparks that danced gently over Shoutmon. This technique would mend his data and heal any injuries, although, whether it would return him to consciousness, Owen was unsure. In theory it should, given that an Ultimate level healing a Rookie would be potent healing indeed.
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 5, 2018 3:47:09 GMT
Shoutmon just laid there, eyes closed and unmoving. It looked as if he were in a very, very deep sleep. Hopefully, that healing move performed by Owen should do at least something to get Shoutmon up and moving again.
At first, there was nothing. Shoutmon still lied there, unconscious. He didn't even start to move or get up or anything. Adrian was starting to get worried... what if Shoutmon was... dead?
Thankfully, that wasn't the case, and Shoutmon immediately sat up, gasping for air and vomiting out water, before getting into a giant coughing fit. "Raise your arms up and cough, Shoutmon," Adrian immediately tells him. After Shoutmon did so, his coughing stopped.
"A... Adrian? Wha... where are we?"
"We just got out of the Bayou. A Sagomon really got you good, knocked you out immediately. You would've drowned if it weren't for Owen here."
"Really? Thank you, Owen... You saved me."
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Post by Ayumi on May 5, 2018 12:16:35 GMT
When Solomon was sure Shoutmon laid well, he turned to Owen. "Is that so? Why would someone attack you for finding Digimentals? Are people that protective of them?" Ayumi turned her head aside. "Eh? What's a Digimental?" "The way my grandmother worded it, a Digimental is a virtue given form. They can sense the virtue in people, and resonate with them. Those people can then lift it, and use the power stored within to allow their Digimon partners to achieve new forms of digivolution. ...though that's not literally what she said, she said "Them ol' weird eggs what lay in the ground and make ya mutate"." Ayumi giggled at the wording. "Aha, those sound really cool, I hope we can find one someday, too!" Her attention was pulled back towards Owen, who was healing Shoutmon. "Whoaaaaaa! That's amazing!" Even Solomon was impressed. Not that anyone could tell that from his face. Still, he had different priorities. "Good to see you are well again, Shoutmon. But where do we go from here?"
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