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An offer she can refuse [Katherine/Yume]
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Post by Katherine Jasso on May 26, 2018 16:23:42 GMT
CHAPTER I: THE DREAM, THE GIRL, AND THE BUNNY
Episode 3: An offer she can refuse Katherine started opening her eyes. She could feel a very hot environment around her and the strength of a relentless sun over her pale skin, as well as the dry, hot sand around her legs and over her face. Where was she? the bright sun was clearly an impediment for her completely opening her eyes, so she had to squint to be able to get any vision of her surroundings although her vision was blurry and she didn't feel well. She seemed to be in some kind of dessert. -Come on! faster! She's going to wake up! -She heard a child-like voice with a high pitch. -I'm trying, I'm trying! How do you open this stuff? I've never seen one of these. -Another child-like yet lower voice replied. Katherine started looking around, still from the ground, she managed to spot a couple of creatures around her backpack. They seemed to be having trouble opening it. They were the same kind of creature, with one big horn over their head and a some sort of white fur coat with what seemed to be purple zebra-stripes over their bodies that were from a soft pink tone. They both seemed to be extremely confused about how to open the backpack.
-Uhhh... Guys... I think she's up... -A much goofier voice spoke, Katherine could feel it was extremely close. She turned her face to the opposite site to discover a third creature, of the same specie, next to her. It had some sort of weird gadget on its right paw. Out of pure scare, Katherine let go a massive squeal. -Yeap. Definitely up. The creature added. -Crap! Come on guys! Retreat! -Said one of the other two.
The creature started running toward his friends and they all ran into the distance. Now that she was up, it all came to her mind: The weird dream, Talia, the creatures she met earlier, how she got through the portal guided by her Digivice. THE DIGIVICE! She thought. That was what the other Digimon was holding.
-Wait! -She let go a very non-intimidating squeal, and started to run after the gang. She couldn't lose that Digivice, not only Talia had stated that it was extremely important, but it was the only possible way she could think of on how to get back home. Katherine knew now: it was all real, the creatures, the other world, Talia was telling her the truth all along. Katherine started feeling how her legs vanished and her vision turned all blurry. The shock of these events combined with the unbearable heat made her collapse into the ground. No catching those critters today, she was out.
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Post by Wish on May 26, 2018 22:01:34 GMT
The desert was hot, blistering. The heat was strong enough to make one wanna puke, and even with the supplies that friendly merchant Saggitarimon was willing to lend, it wasn't even enough for the untrained to keep their thought process intact. What would you expect, it was a desert. But Yume had never been in a desert. Up until this day, never once had Yume experienced the kind of heat that would even go so far as to make her abandon her blanket, and even a nice comfy bed. Cloudy had it easy, she thought, because at least her head laying on her body would make a shade. Even Toy, despite his insistance that Yume and Cloudy were the ones to ride the Saggitarimon for a while, was barely able to keep up, and seemed about to stumble every few steps. In fact, he did stumble, once, then twice, and at that second time he simply remained laying there. Saggitarimon stopped as well after realizing this, then began turning around. "Seriously. If you can't keep up, don't pretend like you can."He scolded the cardboard-box digimon, making a rather obvious attempt at not staring at that digimon's face, even if it was buried in the sand as he still struggled to find the strength to get up. His deep voice almost mixed with the sound of the desert's silence, that numbing feeling that induced headaches with the heat. "Hey, mr Saggitarimon, we will still take much longer to Rustpork town?" Yume inquired with a yawn. Saggitarimon sighed at the question. "Little missy, it's called Rustport, and we're still about an hour and a half away. Still, we're closer than before, if that's what you'd like to hear.""Then I guess it's fine." Yume rolled on the large digimon's back without a care in the world, except for how uncomfortable it was to try to nap with all that heat. She couldn't even remember why they came to this place to begin with. "Onward! Hehe.""Hands in the air! Just where do you think YOU're going?" A voice said behind them. "To lustport!" Yume said, raising an oversized sleeve, having failed to pick on the clues of the voice's commands. There was a moment of silence, during which Saggitarimon raised his arms and turned to face the voice, which seemingly came from this small digimon in a cowboy hat, made of guns. "Oh...I...wh-what?" Saggitarimon sighed again. "We're going to Rustport. This one is just an idiot, don't pay any attention to her Revolvemon.""Oh, so you know my name?""No, you just all have the same name.""I guess that's true..." The Revolvemon stopped to think about it for a moment before realizing he was distracted and shaking his...head? Body? Gun? "Hey, wait a minute, what does that matter this is a robbery! Hands in the hair I tell ya! Gonna take all your money and show the boss just how much better we are than those pricks in the... ""I'm here, I'm here! What's going on?" Toy had finally managed to release himself from the sand and was zombie-walking in the direction of the group. The revolvemon turned to him, annoyed, but froze as he saw Toy's eye. Bacomon was likewise confused about who the newcomer was. "Hm? Who is this? He looks-"Toy's stomach growled at that point. The Revolvemon dropped his guns, well, the ones he was holding and not the ones he was made of anyway. "The undead have come to haunt me, I am being persued by my victims! I'm sorry! I'll stop it, I'll stop it all ok! Please!" Revolvemon misunderstood, turning around and immediately running in the opposite direction from Toy's. Saggitarimon, Yume, Cloudy and Toy simply stared as the assailant fled screaming. Saggitarimon sighed again and pointed at the direction in which he fled. "I don't know how you're gonna feel about it, but, we're going in the direction he just fled to."Yume yawned. ............................................................................................................................................................................. As they felt the breeze arriving in town, the memory of their purpose there was slowly reawakened. Toy recalled they came there to find his friend, guided by a Saggitarimon that came to trade with a certain Elecmon. As promised, as soon as came across the Monochromon that was being rided by that merchat, Yume and her team got ready to leave, when they noticed there was a sleeping girl on the back. This wouldn't be easy. Merchants did not just give things out for free. "How much?" Yume pointed at the sleeping girl. Everyone there had to collectively resist the urge to facepalm. It was collectively agreed they'd let Yume and her digimon take the girl to somewhere they could rest. Saggitarimon and Toy were the first to volunteer to take her out, and began doing so. "Meh." Cloudy said, as if some force above compelled her to say something so meaningless instead of simply continuing to sleep. Katherine Jasso
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Post by Katherine Jasso on May 27, 2018 6:27:29 GMT
A constant strong pounding, like something was exploding beneath her woke Katherine up. She was over a harsh black surface, not too comfortable but just enough for someone to be able to sleep on it, there were different type of boxes and odd-looking items around, like it was some sort of shop. It took her some time to realize the whole thing was moving, and the pounding came from it's steps into the sand. She crawled into the distance, just enough so she could take a peek over the border, to see what was she riding. It was some sort of massive creature, his legs were at least 20 times Katherine's size and looking at his front, she could see some big green eyes and an enormous horn. Even though being about to panic, she managed to remain calmed. Was she getting used to seeing this creatures? Digimons were scary, of course, but truly fascinating. They all had different shapes, sizes and even voices, for such a curious person as Katherine, only looking at this creatures made her soul happy. She could only begin to think what kind of partner she was meant to have, since she had a Digivice, Talia said she had to had a Digimon partner, and she had to find it. -Watch out, or you're going to fall. -A cute little voice came from behind Katherine. She slid her body completely back into the creature and spotted a green colored monkey-like digimon with big eyes and a giant slingshot on his back. It was kind of cute. Again, the panic tried to take over her, but the feeling rapidly went away.
-Oh, h-hi. My name is Katherine, you're a digimon, right? -Katherine asked, very respectfully. -I am. The name is Koemon. And you're a human right? I've never seen one up close. -The creature replied. He spoke perfect Japanese, so perfect, that it was odd. -Up close? does that mean you've seen another humans around? -She asked. Talia did tell her that there were other human with digivices, who had digimon partners. -Oh! So the girl is up. -Another voice, much more raspy, spoke. There was another digimon at the front of the creature they were over, he was holding two very long ropes that went down, seemingly tied to the giant creature's fangs, like controlling it's movements. It was a small, black digimon with yellow stripes. Katherine couldn't reassemble this to any creature from the human world. He seemed to be busy controlling the beast, so he didn't even turn around to look at her.
-My name is Elecmon, I'm just a merchant, and this is Monochromon. Here, take this. -The digimon threw a bottle of what seemed to be water to Katherine, who clumsily almost let it fall off the Monochromon. She had not realized how thirsty she was until that moment, but she drank all of it in a single gulp. -T-Thank you so much! -She said, completely relieved. -Don't mention it. Being in the dessert and such can be ravaging for your body, you need to be careful. We're about to arrive to Rustport Town in like half an hour. You should try to get something to eat there. -Did you save me? -Katherine tilted her head with a confused expression. -You were completely unconscious on the ground. I couldn't have seen you even if I wanted to. -Elecmon replied. -It was Monochromon who stopped just before you and lowered his head so I could drag you into his back. You're heavy, miss. -The little beast chuckled. -Well thank you very much, Sir. And you too. -The girl crawled near the head of the creature and petted it. He let a loud growl go, like he was very happy. He was adorable. Katherine gave back the empty bottle of water to Elecmon, who placed it in a box next to him and gave another full bottle to her. -Here, take this for the road. You can put it in that bag that was close to you when we found you. -Elecmon stated, pointing with his head at her backpack, which was next to the box. -My backpack! -Katherine crawled to it and started looking desperately for her stuff. Everything was there: her laptop, earphones, cellphone, books, and some tailoring items. The only thing missing was, of course, the digivice. -Agh! They really took my digivice! -Who? -I don't know, some purple zebra fur digimons with a horn. There were three of them. -What was she going to do? She needed to get her digivice back, the only thing Talia let very clear was that she needed to have her digivice with her at any moment, and she failed in completing such a simple task. Now finding her partner would be much more difficult. -What's a digivice? -Koemon, still resting at the back of the Monochromon asked. -It's a device that ties me to my digimon partner, and apparently can make them stronger. -Katherine answered. Then realized these creatures probably didn't know what she was talking about. -So you said three digimon with a horn took it, right? -Yes. By chance do you know who they might be? -Nope. Not a clue. I guess you could ask for them around town. -Until then, you probably should rest for a while. -Elecmon said like it was almost an order. He was probably right, once she got to town she could try to look for answers. Katherine took her backpack and crawled back to the center of Monochromon's back, where she closed her eyes and after a while, started falling asleep.
R u s t p o r t T o w n
Katherine could feel how Monochromon stopped. She was still half asleep, but she could hear some of what Elecmon was saying. He seemed to be trading some stuff with another being. After the deal seemed to be over, she heard a soft girl-like voice, even though she couldn't understand what she was saying. Then she heard Elecmon's voice again.
-This? it's just a human we found earlier. I guess I could give it to you for another box of those cookies they make at Snowflake Village you gave me the other time, Saggitarimon.
Katherine could feel how Monochromon started moving, he was getting her down. Did she just got traded for a box of cookies? She decided to keep her eyes closed, since playing asleep seemed safer right now. She couldn't avoid being a little nervous, why did this digimons want her?
-Okay, there you go then. She probably will be safer with you anyways. -Hearing Elecmon saying this, calmed her down a little. He wasn't only giving her away like some object, he truly believed she would be safer now. But why? if these were also digimons, why would she be safer with them?. She heard Elecmon voice saying goodbye, and then felt like she started moving. She seemed to be in the back of a moving creature again. She could hear at least two voices around her, this seemed to be a more crowded group.
Katherine slowly opened an eye and tried to look around as much as she could. The creature she was over this time wasn't so big, but she still had plenty of space. She could see a very strange creature not far from her. It was definitely the weirdest digimon she had seen up to date. It was like a pillow-shaped sheep with what seemed to be a sleeping hat over it's head. He seemed to be asleep. Katherine slightly moved her head to discover more of her surroundings. After seeing that weird digimon, she was prepared for pretty much anything, she expected to see any kind of creature at that point. Nevertheless, what she saw, was the only thing she wasn't prepared to see.
A small, blonde white girl wearing what seemed to be a pajama, with a very sleepy expression was sitting over the creature's back, not too far from her. Without thinking, Katherine let go a squeal and lifted her body to sitting position, pointing at the girl.
-Another human!? -Then, she realized what she had done. The cover of playing asleep was over. She had drawn all the attention to her.
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Post by Wish on May 27, 2018 10:44:05 GMT
As soon as the Elecmon merchant uttered that joke, Yume immediately began searching the Saggitarimon's inventory for what he had asked for. "H-hey! Stop that! He was joking little missy! Don't touch those things or the heat might ruin them! Ah!" Yume stopped what she was doing, tilted her head without a change in expression yet, and the Saggitarimon quickly moved his arms to close up the pouches again, sighing. Saggitarimon proceeded to walk up to the side of the other merchant's mount, who slid sideways to make it easier for Saggitarimon to pick up the human girl sleeping on his back among a bunch of other digimons. He sighed, yet again. "I got assaulted today, you know buddy? But I think I'm starting to understand how your Monochromon feels carrying all those digimon on his back. I'll help take her to somewhere she can rest, we'll talk later. Found a sweet new source of bits, like you ain't gonna believe it pal."With that little bit of help, Saggitarimon lifted the human girl, and slid her onto his back. Yume also totally helped, she slid a few inches to the side to give the girl room. She was helping! Yay! But also, kinda tiring, so nap time! With that thought, Yume made herself comfortable, placed Pillomon under her head again and closed her eyes to nap, right up until she heard that sudden scream, and Yume shot up into a sitting position, covering her ears for a moment before realizing it was too late to stop anything, because the girl had stuck to only one sentence. Yume yawned, then gave the girl a slightly annoyed look as she scouted her appearance. Green eyes, too weird-looking to be Japanese, and too good a figure to be just some dorky girl, with her polish and make up and all that... She looked like one of those clique girls always talking about the boyfriends they didn't have or the latest fashion trend Yume wasn't following because her pajamas were more comfy. "Hello, "other human". My name is Yume Negai, Cloudy here is one of my digimon partners, the other is that one over there walking next to us, his name is Toy. I do not have a boyfriend, I don't care about that, nor about fashion. We good? We good. Now if could not scream I... " Yume yawned again, and immediately plopped back into Saggitarimon's back, her head landing on Pillomon already unconscious again. "Don't hold it against her, Yume does that a lot. It's not on purpose." Toy told the newcomer, still walking next to Saggitarimon. "You're also a human, right? You can talk to me unless you want to sleep like her. My name is Toy, what's yours? Do you have a digimon partner too? Where are they? Why did you come to Rustport on that merchant's back? Oh, and I can't forget, this is Saggitarimon, the one whose back you're riding. He's a really helpful guy who offered to accompany us to Rustport."Saggitarimon scoffed, but didn't protest the introduction any more than that. Katherine Jasso
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Post by Katherine Jasso on May 27, 2018 20:47:40 GMT
Those looks, that calmed expression on her face, that easiness to fall asleep. Who was this girl? And what the hell was she talking about? fashion? a boyfriend? Katherine tilted her head very confused, as the girl went back to sleep on that very odd digimon, which she referred to as 'Cloudy'. She quickly reached to the conclusion that she must have been making some assumptions based on Katherine's looks, even though, for Katherine this was the ugliest she had looked in years. She still had her uniform from yesterday, felt very sweaty and dirty and her hair was a complete mess. Yet again, this girl was wearing a pajama in the middle of the dessert, so she didn't have to say it, it was pretty obvious she didn't care at all about looks. Katherine reached for her bag and took an old hairbrush, and started brushing her hair, as she leaned to the side of the creature she was riding this time, and took a sitting position, with her legs falling from the side, while speaking to what seemed to be the second partner the girl, called 'Yume Negai' had. How normal was for a tamer to have two partners? Talia did mention that some of them had two, but until now, the only two tamers she had met had two partners instead of one, so it could be a more common thing than she thought. If Katherine had two partners too, she was twice as far from her objective, and even you could multiply that by two, considering she didn't even have her digivice at the moment.
This second digimon also had a very particular appearance. For Katherine, it seemed like a small robot made of cardboard, with what seemed to be a box for a head with a hole in it's left side. He did seemed very polite, as he introduced himself as 'Toy'. -Toy...mon? -Katherine tilted her head with a confused look. Weren't all digimon's names supposed to end in "mon"? How come these two didn't? Katherine didn't have much time to ramble in her head about this, as the digimon was making some questions.
-Thanks, Saggitarimon. -She said, giving a soft warm smile to the creature, who didn't pay much attention to her. It looked like a very odd Centaurus, with a lighting-shaped horn and armor all around his body, with flame details around his hands. His looks were pretty epic, it definitely didn't seem like the kind of digimon you would want to have trouble with.
-I am a human. My name is Katherine Jasso. -Katherine answered. -I... -Katherine frowned and lowered her head. -I... suppose I do. I just don't know where they are. -Her voice turned to a much sadder tone. This was so frustrating , she didn't know where her partner was, and the best lead to find it had been taken for some robbers.
-I came from the real world, through a portal. I appeared right here in the middle of the dessert. I was robbed from my digivice and now I have no idea on how to find my partner -She sighed. -By chance you know three digimons who look exactly the same, with a zebra fur coat, a light purple horn and pink bodies? -She knew too many few digimons to know what was the name of those guys -I... wish I knew their names. Their stripes were purple and... -Katherine then remembered some more characteristics -Oh! They had like a very odd green mark around their bellies. They weren't too big, around your size, and... they also had green claws. -Could that be enough for Toy to identify these creatures? At this moment, she needed any kind of lead, anything that could help her find these guys and her digivice. She turned to the blonde girl again. She kept sleeping like a baby, she seemed so calmed and comfy, Katherine was almost jealous.
-How did you guys meet miss Negai, Toy? -She asked. It was pretty useful to have found another human, since that could help her answer a lot of questions that were going through her head. It would be, of course, of much more help, if she weren't fast asleep. In the distance, Katherine could see how they were finally arriving to a tavern with an abandoned look. The entrance had a sign, made with scrap metal and different waste products, with letters also hand crafted of different materials. The words 'CHILLI PEPPER TAVERN' could be read.
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Post by Wish on Jun 2, 2018 15:39:01 GMT
Toy chuckled a little bit at the girl's question, but shook his head. "Hmmm... not exactly miss human. My name is Toy, but it used to be Bacomon. Yume was the one that gave me the name Toy. She also gave Cloudy her name, but her species is Pillowmon. Most digimons just go by their species's name and some were given names or named themselves. A few others, like me and Cloudy, were given our names by our partners. I for one really like my name, even if Yume gave it to us because it was easier to remember than switching every time we evolved." He chuckled again, a bit more nervously this time, rubbing the back of his cardboard box head. The human made her introduction, explaining she came through a portal and her digivice was taken. Come to think of it, this scenario was almost like Yume's own. "Forgive me if I'm being insensitive, but was there perhaps a cloaked man riding a giant golden bug around where you appeared?""We're almost to the tavern. Is this where you wanted me to dump you? Will the new human be going with you as well?" Saggitarimon inquired. Toy waved his arms as he responded. "Ah, no, actually, there is a bit of a hut just a little bit behind the bar. If you could help us to get there, that'd be much better, thank you. As for miss Katherine..." Toy turned to the human girl again. "Would you like to accompany us? There is something we'd also like to find, so we're going to see a friend of mine, who knows A LOT. I used to think he knew everything, even hehehe. Maybe he knows how to recover your digivice, maybe even where to find your partner! So, will you come with us?""I understand. I'll you there then." Saggitarimon stated. "I do believe I've heard of the digimon you described, however, Katherine Jasso. They are psychemons. Around rustport they are known as mischievious scum, petty thieves. Not the kind you'd want to associate yourself with, though I don't imagine you have done so on purpose. Other than the fact there seems someone coordenating them, I can't tell you more, as I don't know it myself. I would have reported it to the authorities around here if I knew more.""Maybe they are connected to that digimon that tried to rob us earlier?" Toy suggested. Katherine then inquired Toy about how he and Cloudy met Yume, he cleared his throat and began explaining. "She showed up in the digital world in pretty much the same way you did. A portal just opened in the sky one day and she dropped from it, along with a bunch of her stuff. Me and Cloudy were there, and we just jumped and grabbed her to save her from the fall. Then this golden bug showed up and started chasing us until we ended up in a cave, but the bug wouldn't go away. He found us, attacked us and Yume got me and Cloudy to armor evolve and fight off the bug. Then she gave us our names.Antyhing else you'd like to know, Katherine?" Toy explained. He glossed over a lot of details, but he didn't want to bore the other human. He was used to dealing with children and sleepy-heads, so he knew better than to explain everything with absolute detail. Katherine Jasso
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Jun 2, 2018 22:54:39 GMT
As Toy explained the reason behind his and Cloudy's 'monless'-ending names, Katherine reminded Talia and her twin digimon pair: Tohru and Simba. Those weren't their specie's name, those were Hackmon and Lopmon, but Talia decided to name them differently. Would she name her digimon partner different than their specie's name? She was never skillful with names, so she couldn't think of any right now, again, it really depended on how they looked. Evolving... a concept Katherine wasn't very familiarized with. Talia did mention her twins looked different when she found them, and then they evolved to a more elaborated form. "A cloaked man riding a giant golden bug", she definitely didn't see anything like that when she arrived, but then again, she woke up once she was already over the hot dessert sand. Toy suggested they went to a small hut behind the tavern, where a friend of his was supposed to guide them on what they were looking for, Katherine agreed to go with them. She didn't have any other possible option, plus Toy did say that maybe she could find any lead on how to find her digivice or her partner there.
-I don't think so... -The girl said placing her index finger on her mouth, replying to seeing a giant golden bug. She only remembered those horned guys that, as Sagitarimon began explaining, she discovered were named Psychemon, and they belonged to a local gang of bandits. That was great! At least Katherine now knew what kind of digimon they were so she was one step closer to getting her digivice back. She tried to look around looking for any digimon that looked anything like them, but no luck. Rustport was kind of an abandoned town, with very few digimon walking down the streets and a very 'wild west' style. Some of them looked like ancient warriors, and others like beastly animals she had never seen before. She couldn't help to be completely marveled at her surroundings, this was a brand new world that was up for discovering, so many species to know, so many places to be at: it was incredible, no doubt. -So... Toy, if I may know, why did you guys come here? what are you looking for? -She asked.
While Toy was telling her the story about how they met Yume, she couldn't be anything but grateful. The portal opening up in the sky? that didn't seem safe at all, she was very lucky that she arrived already on safe ground, cause her digimon partner definitely wasn't even nearby to save her. In his story, the cardboard digimon mentioned that golden bug again, and something about 'armor evolution' which Katherine assumed could only be another form of evolution. How strong were this guys? was she really safe with them? probably better than off on her own, of course. As they arrived to the hut and she began getting off Saggitarimon's back, she spotted Yume still asleep on the Centaurus's back. Did she come here by her own will like Katherine? why? she sure didn't seem like the adventurous type, but then again, she did seem like the perfect tamer for Cloudy, the other fast asleep creature on the place. Katherine could only wonder, then, what kind of digimon was her partner? why had not they look for her? where could her digivice, the only thing that could help her finding them for sure, be?
All of the answers to Katherine's question were inside of a small cave not too far from there.
-So I sent you three losers to Folder Dessert to look for something good to sell at the black market... -Jazz, a small Lopmon, was lying in an old couch, looking with a very non-amused expression at the group of three Psychemon that had just brought her a very not tasty can of soda they took from a distracted passer-by near a local tavern, a bunch of metal parts they 'stole' from the local junkyard, and a very odd-looking purple colored device. -And all you brought was... a bunch of trash. -The bunny, sighed, while she laid her head on her tiny right arm, while holding the can with one of her ears, drawing it closer to her mouth to take a sip of soda every now and then, while she looked at the odd gadget, that she was holding with her other ear. The device was like nothing she had seen before in the whole Digital World, it was intriguing, and for some reason, she couldn't help but keep looking at it, even though it's small screen was completely blank and it didn't seem to work.
-W-We are really sorry, Miss Jazz, we really didn't have much luck, plus... -One of the Psychemon, whose name was Koru tried to explain. -EMPRESS JAZZ FOR YOU, IDIOT. -Jazz yelled, throwing the soda can to one of the other Psychemon, who hadn't said a word. -Ouch! -He squealed. -I-I'm sorry Empress Jazz! I think what Koru was trying to say is that we got some troubles along the way -The other Psychemon, named Boru, said, while rubbing the third Psychemon's head, who had just received the hit from the can, and was named Roru. -Hmm... so you say, Boru -Jazz took a seat and looked directly at Boru, trying to put some pressure on him. -Then tell me, what kind of troubles you found? -She asked, with an expression that made very clear that if the answer wasn't satisfying enough, there was going to be trouble. -We found a very odd looking creature in the middle of the desert, your majesty! -Roru answered, while stiil looking rather not pleased by the hit he just took from that soda can. -We did! I've never seen something like that in my whole life. -Jazz frowned for a moment, but then thought they were probably just making stuff up to get away with this. -You morons! Don't you think for a second that by lying to me you're going to get away with such a mediocre job! -I-it's not a lie, your majesty! I think... It was a human. -Boru, who was the brightest light bulb of a definitely not very luminous lamp, explained. -A human... -Jazz went back to a non-angry but rather thoughtful expression. They weren't smart enough to lie about something like this. Their lies were pretty non-elaborated, like that time Koru told Roru a gigantic VenomMyotismon had appeared in the middle of the night to steal the cake he was saving at the fridge, while still having some remains of the dessert on his mouth. The fact that Roru believed him definitely said more about their brightness than anything else.
Since not long ago, Jazz had been having this urge to know more about humans, to get closer to one. She didn't know why, but there was something that was making her want to approach a human and know more about then. Even though, she knew she hadn't seen even a quarter of this huge world, and that she still had a lot to accomplish, there was something that drew her to this beings that were rumored to appear some times around the Digital World. Then again, she didn't get to go around town very often, since she really didn't like being around other digimon, plus, she liked to keep herself low-profile since she was, well, a wanted criminal at some places.
-Actually... what you're holding, is one of her possessions, your majesty. -Boru added. -It was near her when we found her asleep, but then she woke up and... -And we got scared! -Roru finished. -Oooh so you got scared -Jazz said with a very warm smile like everything was just fine. -Y-yes! That's it! -Roru said, letting go a chuckle, while the other two looked at him with a disheveled expression, knowing he just let his guard down thanks to his complete inability to understand sarcasm. Jazz expression changed, back to one full of anger. The three Psychemons started to run as fast as they could. -WHAT KIND OF BANDITS ARE YOU? GETTING SCARED OF AN UNCONSCIOUS HUMAN? GET OUT OF MY SIGHT AND DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU HAVE SOME GUTS.
Just a regular day at Gururu Cave, just at the outsides of Rustport, where Jazz's bandits used to hang out.
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Post by Wish on Jun 4, 2018 15:43:13 GMT
Yume was taken out of the Saggitarimon's back, and brought to the ground, only half-awake. She was able to carry Cloudy on her own, but she still needed Toy to take her hand and help guide her into the hut. "Ow!" Yume complained as she still hit her head on the tiny doorframe despite Toy's attempts at telling her to watch it. At least that was enough to get her to be minimally awake again, enough to be actually conscious as they passed by the several purple curtains with small trinkets hanging behind each set, and junk of all kinds, from random tires to loose rusty coins, pipes, ragged papers and other things as such served as decorations to the thrird-wooden, third-straw and third-old-metal walls. The ceiling was a tad taller than the doorframe, but even then even Yume still had to bend down a little just to be able to get around in there. So, as they reached a set of three doors and Toy knocked on the middle one, Yume took the opportunity to immediately sit down to relax her neck. "Hey Tripmon, are you home today? There's something I want to discuss with you!" Toy announced before giving the chance for anyone inside the home to say anything. From the other two doors, there was a loud "ssshhhh!", as if two librarians just caught some kids blasting music in their facilities, but Toy paid them no mind. "Bacomon? Is that you?" A voice inquired from the middle door. "Who are those people with you? Are those humans?"Toy nodded in response to his friend. "Yep, that's me. Though I have a new name now, I'm Toy. These are Yume and Katherine, and Cloudy, she is that Pillomon I mentioned the last time we met. Can we come in? We'd like your help with something.""Yeah, of course! Just a moment..." There were some sounds of keys and other metal things, then the door was open, revealed a digimon with a cloak, witche's hat, some goggles, a red scarf and a huge bag behind their back. Clearly a very trusting fellow. "I hope you've been well, Baco- err, I mean Toy. It's nice to meet the rest of you too! Do please come in before my neighbours get mad though, I'd hate to have a talk with the sheriff about it again. Do close the door after you come in."Each of them entered the small home, about as tall as the hall, with Yume and Cloudy being the last two as usual, just barely managing to remember to close the door. There were maps everywhere in this place, photos of places most diverse, all of which seemed unfamiliar to Yume, so she assumed they were photos of different locations in the digital world. A few candles decorated the top of a short shelf in a corner, not currently used for ilumniation thanks to a tiny lamp on the ceiling, beneath which was a small, plain wooden table with what seemed like children-sized chairs around it to Yume. Tripmon went to a backroom that was lit a bit better than this one, while Toy decided to take a seat in one of the chairs, only then realizing Yume probably wouldn't fit in them, and by extension neither would Katherine. "I'm so sorry Yume, I didn't realize..." He began to apologize. Yume yawned and waved a hand in front of herself. "Don't worry about it, I'm sure the wall will be good enough." She stated, immediately heading to the wall, sitting next to it and putting Cloudy in between her head and the wall. Some might think using a digimon this way was some kind of mistreatment, but not only did Cloudy never seem to actually feel it, she also seemed to enjoy it, like she was fulfilling some sense of purpose by having Yume's head lean on her. Finally, Tripmon returned, carrying with him a tea set. He laid it on the table and bowed to the group. "I do hope you enjoy Garuru Cave tea. It's been a few years since exportations from there stopped coming, but I'm happy to share these seeing an old friend again after so long." He flashed a genuine smile, or so Yume guessed by his eyes, it was hard to see anything like a smile behind that scarf. Then he took one of the seats at the table, and served himself some tea. "My name is Tripmon, as I'm sure you're already aware. You mentioned you were looking for something Toy?""Yeah, to be precise, it's Yume and Katherine who are looking for things. What was it you wanted Yume?" Toy responded. "Uh? Ah, I was wondering if I could find some pants."There was a brief moment of silence. "Pants?" Tripmon inquired, confused. "Yeah. Some comfy pants to go with my outfit. I came here in just my night gown, and while I AM wearing something beneath it, I'm not some pervert, it's a little uncomfortable being cold down on my lower limbs all the time. Oh, oh, it would also be nice if I could get a pair of slippers! I can't exactly go home now, but I would love to get a new pair of bunny slippers. And maybe some other things, like an extra sleeping bag or even an actual bed. Oh and food would be-"Tripmon raised one of his oversized sleeves. "Ah, alright, I think I get the picture. A lot of those seem like pretty human products, which I should have expected, you ARE human after all... I think maybe you can find something like what you want if you go to Terminus Mall. It's barely used these days, so I don't know if it's still fully operational, but it can't hurt to try. I do want to mention, though, you CAN go home miss. There is a certain trailmon station that can take you to and from the human world. I could provide a map to both these places if you'd like.""I'll be fine with just the Terminus Mall One, thank you!" Yume flashed him a smile. Tripmon hesitated before asking his next question. "And, how do you plan on paying?" Yume raised her mouth open to speak, but no words came out. Oh no, she forgot that part! Not only was she taken from her room without any money, she wasn't even sure if the money she had collected in the digital world was enough for anything. "I...I dunno.""I see. Well, I'm sure you can always find a job there. I'll try seeing if I think of any offers I heard off for quick money, do come back here tomorrow if you'd like to hear any." The digimon then turned to the other human. "Ah, Katherine was it? Were you also looking for, pants, and stuff...?" Katherine Jasso
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Jun 6, 2018 15:22:14 GMT
T r i p m o n 's H u tAs they went inside of the hut, Katherine started feeling different than she had ever felt since she arrived the Digital World, even though it was a closed place with lot of curtains and metal walls, it wasn't at all as hot as the dirt roads around town with the relentless sun heat, somehow it was a cold environment. That place had a pretty particular vibe, it's effect was clearly psychedelic, immersive and exhilarating. As Katherine expected since she had to crouch during the whole time she was in there because the ceiling was too low for her being able to stand up completely, the digimon living inside the hut wasn't too tall, he had a backpack on his back that seemed to be even bigger than himself, and definitely had the looks like he had a lot of information or at least the tools to acquire it. As soon as they went in by the center door, Katherine took the chance to sit on the ground, around the table, since she was afraid she could break one of those tiny chairs if she tried sitting on them. This Tripmon, as he introduced himself later, seemed to maintain a pretty good relation with Toy, and was willing to help as much as he could. Yume Negai's request, nevertheless, was something Katherine didn't see coming. While she listened to the girls request, and just after some hesitation, Katherine took a sip of tea, which actually had a pretty good taste, like some potion made out of exotic herbs. It's taste was somewhat comparable to some of the tea her mom used to make back at home, but definitely not exactly like anything she had tasted before. Listening to Negai's needs definitely gave a clear perception on how the sleepy girl had been in the Digital World longer than her. She hadn't even considered she was wearing her school uniform and didn't take a shower since yesterday morning, nor she had thought on how or even if she should go back home once she found her partner, what was next after finding them? Did Yume had any plan for the future or she just didn't even care about staying there? Was she genuinely so uninterested on going back or did she have something to do here?
Based on Tripmon's words, there seemed to be a 'trailmon station' that they could use to go back home. Talia did mention some of this before, but the thought of going back home had not crossed Katherine's mind. There must be a reason for Katherine having that digivice, for her going into the Digital World. There had to be a mission she needed to fulfill. All immerse in her own thoughts, Katherine barely noticed Tripmon talking to her.
-Oh! No, no, no, no, no! -She said waving her hands quickly in front of her. She wasn't at all against a comfy bed, some food, new clothes and a shower, but right now, there was something more important going on. -I-I need to find... something -The girl made a quick pause and took a deep breath. -I just arrived into the Digital World today, I was unconscious lying over the sand in the dessert, and upon waking up I could see three Psychemons going thorough my stuff. -The girl said, taking another sip of tea. -They didn't manage to take any of the things in my backpack, but next to me, there was my digivice. -She then had the idea that Tripmon could not know what a digivice was, and turned to Yume. -N-Negai... could you please show Tripmon your digivice? you have one too, right? -She asked very respectfully to the girl, who seemed to be already half asleep as Katherine was telling the story.
-This digivice they took, as you may, or may not know, is connected to my digimon partner, the digimon that's supposed to be by my side, and without it, I'm afraid I cannot find them. Do you have any idea of who these bandits are, and where they might've gone? -Katherine asked, waiting to get any kind of information from the only lead she had until now.
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Post by Wish on Jun 10, 2018 16:13:07 GMT
Seeing Katherine taking a sip of his tea, the Tripmon ...probably smiled at her. "I do hope you like it. I'd hate for my friend's companions to be underserved in my own home." He stated. After the whole conversation with Yume, Katherine explained her real goal was to find her digivice and digimon partner. Toy turned to Yume just in case he needed to tap her to comply to Katherine's request, but it seemed there was no need as Yume wasn't that asleep yet. Yume raised her digivice for Tripmon to see, but the digimon shook his head in response. "I'm afraid I haven't seen that anywhere. I've seen a few like it, of different colors, but they were not with any Psychemons, they were all with other tamers and their digimon. However, I do know about those Psychemon. However..."Tripmon hesitated before continuing. "Toy tell me that you are not gonna do anything stupid." He noticed Toy starting to raise a thumbs up. "Nothing "cool" or super brave or anything, just please stay out of trouble. You're not strong enough to...""Tripmon, I armor evolved." This seemed to surprise the other digimon. Toy pointed at Yume. "Thanks to her, and her wishes. Both me and Cloudy, we armor evolved. And I'm sure we can do it again, or go even further than that. As Logamon we did a lot of stupid things, but I'm sure now we can be even stronger.""You... you still can't beat everything.""I know. But I AM stronger now. And I am more aware too, I mean I have these two to take care of, you know? Can't exactly leave them in danger or they might fall asleep on the battlefield." Toy chuckled a little as he said that, especially after he noticed that Yume didn't protest because she was already zoning out again. Tripmon chuckled with him this time. "So, tell me Tripmon. What do you know about the Psychemon?"Tripmon turned to Katherine. "Listen. The psychemon belong to a gang which has been causing trouble around this area. Their goal seems to be robbery, but given they are never seen buying anything it is unknown what they want to do with the money even, or if that isn't their goal then why they are randomly robbing people of seemingly random items becomes and even bigger mystery... They don't seem very well organized from what I hear but they do follow Jazz. That said, I can't tell you their whereabouts or that of their base, as I do not know it myself. That is all I know.""That's alright Tripmon. That was plenty, right Katherine?" Toy inquired the human. Tripmon gave her a hopeful look, then cleared his throat. "Ah, this place is pretty cramped, isn't it? Maybe you'd like to go to the inn? It's pretty comfy in there and the humans wouldn't have to sit on the floor. Don't worry it's my treat."Slowly, groggy, Yume began getting up. "Alright, what are we waiting for, let's go!" The girl began marching on with Cloudy under her arm. "Yume, the door is in the other direction." Toy noted. Katherine Jasso
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Jun 21, 2018 2:40:57 GMT
-It is! Thank you very much, Tripmon. -Katherine replied to Tripmon smiling warmly. It was in fact a very tasty tea, as it made Katherine think about all the other possible kinds of foods, drinks and fruits that could be found in this world, with so many different flavors. Back to the important matter, she listened to Tripmon's caring about Toy's safety, as the scarfed digimon seemed legitimately worried about the matter, Katherine could only conclude that the cardboard one was pretty brave when it came to fight for what he believed in. Even if Simba and Tohru seemed to have different personality traits, they did seem to be at the same page about most stuff, but Toy and Cloudy definitely looked like oil and water. How could someone like Yume, a girl who spent most of the time she had known her slept, make them work together? judging by Toy's words they definitely shared a tight bond.
"Armor Evoling". Those words again. Was Katherine good enough to make her partner evolve, when she couldn't even find them to begin with?. Katherine nodded at Tripmon's words. -Y-Yes! Thank you, Tripmon! She replied. So Jazz was their leader, then. What kind of Digimon could that be? if it was capable to boss others around, it had to be a though one. Beating them without a digimon was out of the picture, so even thinking about how was she going to convince them to give her digivice back was making her head hurt. But she would think about that later, for the moment, going to the inn seemed like a perfect plan for getting food, rest and more info about this Jazz. She already knew enough about her digivice robbers, she just needed to know where were they hiding.
As they passed by the curtains and got out of Tripmon's hut, Katherine giggled at Negai going at the opposite direction.
-Should we go to the tavern, then, Toy? -Katherine asked, just outside of the hut. They just passed by the tavern on the way there, so going back shouldn't be any trouble. Going to a tavern to find out some info about some bandits? pretty Wild Wild West style, if you asked her.
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Post by Wish on Jun 24, 2018 22:15:46 GMT
Now was the time in which they had to move. Toy simply in response to Katharine's question about whether they were going to the tavern now. He took Yume's hand to help guide her, and reached out a hand to Katharine as well, smiling at her (momentarily forgetting about his "eerie eye"). Just before they went however, a voice called out from behind them: "Wait, wait Ba- I mean Toy!" Toy looked back for a moment, seeing Tripmon coming towards them with full green pouch. The informative digimon gazed at them for a bit, seeming to just then realize Toy's hands were a bit occupied, and handed the bags to Yume instead, who loosely took the leather pouch. "This is so you can enjoy your time in the tavern. You were short on money, right?""Thank you very much Tripmon. I hope we meet again when we settle down a bit with Yume. Then we'll have to make you some tea like you've never seen before!""I don't know about that, I've seen a lot of tea before." Tripmon chuckled and bragged. He waved them away as they made their way to the inn. The road remained as heated as before, this is the artificial currents just barely offset the desert's scorching temperatures, which really didn't help Yume get any more comfortable. With all that heat she just wanted to lie right there on the ground and be done with it. Knowing she couldn't, however, Yume (ever slow on the uptake), distracted herself by staring at the pouch as she raised it to her eye-level, trying to figure what could be inside. Suddenly Yume felt a spasm of pain in her leg. "Ow! Wa-watch were you're going!" A Gotsumon complained from the ground, using the wall to his side as a support to pull himself up. "Oh-uh, a human! I-I'm so sorry your highness I promise I won't ever stand in your path again, please spare my lifeeeeeee!" Like the Starmon Yume had encountered earlier, Gotsumon took off running before anything really had to be done. "Are you ok?" Toy asked Yume. She shrugged, and they entered the tavern. Yume tilted her head with a pretty neutral expression. "Are you that surprised Yume?"Yume responded with a short nod. She was not sure what she was expecting out of this inn, but it was all of it and none of it at the same time. It seemed like a cheap bar from downtown and a fancy bar for only VIP reservations, it seemed like a medieval tavern, a western saloon and a modern bar all mashed into one. It was a large, half-full spacey tavern with a full cozy wooden decorations and lots of ventilaton shafts. Aside from that, the most one could see in terms of technology was a jukebox near the oldest corners, which seemed to be pratically rotting from the poor maintenance, especially compared to the almost pristine and very clear and clean majority of the inn. Several sets of staircases led to the upper floors, and a few holes probably led to other stairs that led to lower floors, including rooms, attics and storages. Toy took a seat in of the taller round tables, which while it was just a tad too tall for him, leading to him having to spread his head and arms on the table just to properly reach things in there, it also was quite good for his tamer and Katharine to seat themselves. Yume followed the cue, moving to take a seat, but upon seeing Toy's state, she picked up the digimon. "Yume? What are you doing?" The girl didn't respond with words. She just sat on the chair Toy was previously on, and put the digimon on her lap next to Cloudy. Toy didn't dare say anything following this gesture, especially because Yume's head was already starting to bob back and forth again, but there was the faintest trace of a blush in his expression at this point in time. Then, at last, he made up his mind and faced Katharine again, not wanting the conversation to end in that awkward silence. "So, Katharine. You aren't a tamer yet, that's what you said. But you seem to be reacting pretty, well, not surprised about seeing us digimon. We've only heard stories but humans are usually surprised about us or scared of us when they first start to see us. Even Yume thought she was still dreaming when me and Cloudy saved her. So, why do you not seem surprised at all?"Soon enough, they were interrupted by a waitress. "Here is our menu. So, what can I get you?" She inquired. "I'd just like some sugarbread and lots of water please." Toy requested. The waitress turned to Yume. She wasn't in a disposition to think. "Surprise me." She stated. "Are you sure miss?"Yume sighed. "Fine, I'll take..." She pointed at a random spot in the menu. "...this.""Good choice miss.""Yume, that's hard liqor. Are you sure you want that?""Nonsense, why would they sell that to a minor?""What's a minor miss?"Yume gave the woman a bored expression and handed her the menu. "Just bring me some milk if you have it. Or a milkshake, that would even better, with little strawberries on top.""Redberry milkshake, coming up! So, lastly, you miss." The waitress gave Katharine a huge smile. Katherine Jasso
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Jun 25, 2018 5:43:47 GMT
As she saw a weird boulder digimon bump into Negai, Katherine was caught a little off guard, but then, the digimon quickly left. Was he being sarcastic, or was he actually scared of the girl? The other digimon around didn't seem to pay much attention to them, as Tripmon said, it seemed fairly normal that there were humans walking around Rustport Town, even though she had never seen any around, other than Yume. The situation seemed to be quickly forgotten by the group and they went in Chilli Pepper Tavern & Inn. Half of it seemed like an old bar from one of those movies Katherine's father loved to watch on weekends, but it also had some very well decorated parts with very good lighting. There were all kind of digimon walking around the place, drinking and eating around the bar, as some others playing card games sitting around a table not too far from the one they took a seat at. Katherine giggled at the sight of Yume putting Toy over her lap, they did seem to care a lot for each other. She turned her looks to Cloudy, who was still completely asleep, was he able to talk like any other digimon? Katherine guessed he was, he was just pretty busy sleeping.
-Well... I suppose I'm a digimon-less tamer? -The girl said tilting her head. Was that a thing? She wasn't sure, but Talia did say she was a digimon tamer, and her digimon had to be somewhere around. -I was pretty scared the first time I saw a digimon -Katherine memories of yesterday (or what she thought was yesterday) when she saw those Tsukaimon and Simba and Tohru for the first time came to her head. -And that wasn't even that long ago -She added, giggling. -I met a great tamer back at the real world. The digivice I lost appeared on my night stand two nights ago. I was looking for answers and found this tamer who told me to follow a lead I had, and that's how I found the portal that brought me here. -Katherine thought it would be better to save the dream story for later, as Talia did mention not having anything like that before finding her digimon, so it probably wasn't a recurring situation. -I know I'm a weird case of coming to the Digital World without finding my partner, but I know it has to be somewhere. -She sighed.
Katherine hold herself to yell "A human!" when she saw the waitress approach the table. She seemed like a normal girl with a very odd nun dress, an large light blue hat and dark hair. She remembered Simba told her there were all kinds of digimon, even some that looked like humans. Katherine could see the difference between a digimon and any other creature based on their eyes. There was something in a digimon's eyes that was different of anything Katherine had seen before, some sort of sparkle that wasn't comparable to humans or animals. Nevertheless, Katherine was fascinated by this digimon girl, as just to think about all the kind of digimon that could exist raised her curiosity and made her heart excited.
-I... I would like any kind of dish you have that's good for lunch and really makes my stomach full. please. And... some water, of course. -Other than some snacks Talia offered her, Katherine hadn't eat a thing since yesterday's lunch, and even if she was very ashamed to be using Tripmon's money, she couldn't help to ask for something that really helped her satiate that. -I should go back and thank Tripmon again once I'm done finding my digimon partner, he was very nice.
-Excuse me... Miss. -Katherine couldn't contain her curiosity any longer. -May I ask... what kind of digimon are you? what's your name? -She didn't feel comfortable saying the world 'specie' for some reason, maybe because she had such human look.
After the waitress left, she turned back at Yume, trying to exploit the time she was awake as much as she could.
-So, Negai. How long has it been since you arrived the Digital World? Toy mentioned something about a cloaked man riding a giant golden bug earlier. Why are you looking for him? and why did he attacked you guys?
Just after finishing this sentence, Katherine's gaze matched toy's left eye. She started feeling very uncomfortable, sort of surrounded by the feeling she was in danger. She couldn't stop looking at Toy's left eye, that was actually more like a red dot inside a hole made on his cardboard self. What was this feeling? why couldn't she move? was she in actual danger? her whole body started shivering, as she tried to stop looking at it, but she was paralyzed by fear. Katherine was about to run away when Toy turned at her, and looked her with his right eye, making Katherine loose sight of his left eye for a second, being able to look away. The feeling of fear fade away immediately. What kind of digimon was Toy?
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Post by Wish on Jun 26, 2018 22:35:06 GMT
"They told you to follow a lead? That seems pretty irresponsible, just tossing you to the digital world like that without helping you or you having a partner. What if you were attacked by someone like that guy on the golden digimon, you'd be sliced up like Octushi! Not that I am one to talk, though..." Toy couldn't really deny he had the most control when he and Cloudy merged to form Logamon. Even inside a jogress, Cloudy still found a way to be asleep. To a great extent that cool attitude and almost reckless demeanor, those had been him, Toy. Snapping out of those thoughts, Toy almost slammed lightly (but only because he was made of cardboard) on the table. "No Katharine, don't think that about yourself! You're not weird at all, well maybe a little, but not more than other tamers! Just look at Yume, she came dropping from the sky, bed and all! I'm sure your partner will be super happy you went to such lengths for them!"The conversation was interrupted by the coming of the waitress and Yume's antics about her order. Katharine didn't display much of a preference either, deciding to leave it to the waitress to decide what counted as filling. "A meatapple-pie and water coming right up!" The waitress giggled. Katherine's curiosity was sparked by the waitress, however, so before the digimon could leave, Katharine inquired about what kind of digimon she was. The waitress turned around and tilted her head. "My apologies miss, but what do you mean by that? Oh, my name? I am Sistermon Ciel. Is something the matter miss? If you'd like, I can send in a different waitress..."There was something almost heartbroken about the way she uttered those last words, the way she clutched that silver plate to her chest and the downward gaze. Yume continued to contemplate the number of sheep she could mentally visualize, Toy pondered interviening but decided against it not wanting to put words in Katherine's mouth, and Cloudy's thoughts could accurately be chalked up to "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...". As the waitress left soon after, Katherine commented about how nice Tripmon was. Toy simply couldn't resist speaking now. "I know, he's a real friend of mine! While me and Cloudy were travelling together we met him a lot, since he can get pretty much anywhere almost instantly. He had some really great stories on the campside , like the time a friend of his got had to fight Mushmoons for a whole day and by the end he thought there were raining Agumons, or that time he found a treasure map under a rock... Of course, me and Cloudy also had things to share with him, like the leftovers from gifts from digimon we helped rescue." Well, "rescue" was perhaps a bit of an exageration. Most of the time Logamon just called for help or dealt with very mundane minor issues. They didn't have the kind of power to try things like "Oh go defeat the Myotismon" or "save the world" or anything as ridiculous as that. "So, if you don't mind Katherine, I had a question, why did you ask the waitress what kind of digimon she was?"Then, the conversation turned to be between the almost asleep again Yume and th very much awake Katharine. In response to the later's question, however, Yume just lazily waved an arm covered by her oversized sleeves in a calm, almost dismissive manner. "I would never be after that guy. I'd rather stay as far away from him as I can. Even if I pushed him back once, his digimon seemed a pretty good match to Cloudy and Toy working together and armor evolved. I mean, it's not like I'm not curious or a little upset or anything, his voice did sound a bit familiar, but that was probably because I woke up to him and I think it was his digimon throwing me with my comfy bed right down a portal along with anything I tried to grab just to avoid falling! It was awful! What's worse, they even interruted a really great dream where I was in a land made of super yummy candy! All so they could rob me or whatever. I really don't know, but all I want is what I told Tripmon earli-"Suddenly, the lights shut down, leaving only the spotlights on the stage focused on a certain Princemamemon. "Ladies and gentleman. It's a little past lunchtime, so we're gonna start our daily roster of talents, starting of course, with the newcomers. Our first performance is by a group named "The Bandits". They are young, they are fast, they are talented, and most of all, they are very admirable followers of Jazz! Please welcome, the Bandits!"There was a round of applause. "Are you sure about this? I don't want to get in trouble with those Psychemons." a faint voice said outside. It was the voice of the Gostumon from earlier. Yume stood from her seat in the table, just barely grabbing Toy and Cloudy in time so neither of them would plop to the ground. "That's them, Katherine! Hey you, bandits! We're gonna get what you took, then we're gonna go back to having a peaceful lunch and a peaceful nap!" Yume threatened, yelling. She began stomping towards the digimon holding the musical instruments, Toy accompanying her. "Yume, are these really them?"Toy gave them a good look, resulting in the digimon group taking off running. "See? Yes, it's them! It's what tripmon said, they're followers of Jazz! Let's go Toy!" Carrying Cloudy in her arms, Yume sloppily chased after the escaping band with Toy right besides her. ................................................................................................. Meanwhile, near their table (outside the inn's window)... "Do we even know where to find them?" The Gotsumon asked. "I mean, this Jazz is their leader, she can hide pretty well."He squeezed the cash in his hands, then looked at the Goblimon's eyes. "Well, I know where man. You just need to follow the first tall rock, then turn to the left and go straight until you run into a cave that kind of looks like a Garurumon, you got it?.""Those wolf digimon?""You damm fanboy, if you keep catching words from the humans I'm gonna stop being able to understand you man."The Goblimon sighed. "Alright, as I was saying, after that you want to descend the abandoned part a little, and you will see a closet with a terriermon stamp, or I guess a "bunny digimon" as humans would call it, then tap it three times, 'kay? That leads to the door you can get through to reach Jazz's place. I hear she's even got some interesting new items for the black market. We should hurry there man." Katherine Jasso
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Jul 1, 2018 4:12:27 GMT
Katherine frowned at Toy's statement. Was she reckless for going into the Digimon World? Talia did try to stop her before leaving Overlord Enterprises, but her undying curiosity and the feeling that she was not being useful after that Tsukaimon attack on the rooftop, made her want to go by herself and live her own adventure. It definitely wasn't an easy call to make, but it was made, and there wasn't much to do right now, this was probably the first irresponsible decision she had made in her whole life, and she wasn't backing up from it now. In the cases of the two tamers she had met so far, their digimon partners had found a way of getting to them, somehow. Was her partner looking for her? were they even close? -N-no! everything is just fine! I was just curious. -Katherine said waving both hand and smiling nervously, feeling a little sad for the heartbroken expression on the waitress digimon. The girl spent a good time laughing at Toy's stories about Tripmon and the journey he and Cloudy had made, apparently if there were something like 'The good guys' in this story, Toy and Cloudy seemed to fit the role, rescuing digimon and such. She definitely wanted to listen to more stories about their trip, once this was all over. -I find this world truly fascinating, Toy. All my life I've been wanting to know if there's something else, no, I've got the feeling there was something else! Like more life to explore, more places to know. I've always wanted to discover new places, new experiences. And now finding out about this world, with even new forms of life so magnificent as digimon! I just... can't hold my excitement sometimes. I want to know every type of digimon there exists. -She could feel a certain sparkle lighting in her eyes, and she couldn't help it. Even though she was scared, this was an adventure Katherine was very excited for, and she couldn't deny it. She cleared her throat, trying to take the excited child expression off her face. -So... yes. That's why I asked.
Just as the food arrived, Katherine was truly pleased to finally be having some sort of conversation with Negai, while the Sistermon placed the dishes over the table. Negai's story seemed sort of messed up too, she had this cloaked man riding a giant golden bug trying to kill her as she arrived, just after taking her out of her bed. Could Yume and Katherine be in this world for the same reason? or were there individual reason why each tamer got a digivice? As she listened to her story, Katherine started eating her meatapple pie, which was something she had never tried before, ever. She could definitely feel the taste of apple mixed with spicy meat in it, but whether because she was incredibly hungry, or because this was an actual good combination of flavors, it tasted pretty good. Yume couldn't finish her story, as the lights went down and the reflectors focused on a round, golden digimon with a cloak and a crown. It was yellow, and looked like some sort of king. Katherine kept eating her lunch as she heard the king-digimon talk. He was presenting what seemed to be a Jazz band called 'The bandits', or that's what Katherine thought, even though noticing the coincidence with the fact they were looking for a bandit named Jazz, she didn't think there was something else to it. It was pretty surprising for Katherine that there existed the regular music genres in the Digital World. What was the connection between the real world and this world? Did one came out of the other? Were they to sides of the same world? While rambling about this thoughts, and without her noticing, Yume had stood up from her seat and was walking towards the stage, with the most threatening look Katherine had ever seen on her face in the few hours she had known her. Katherine was somewhat happy to feel Negai was really actually interested in helping her, but she did thought Yume was misunderstanding the situation. The group of Digimon from the jazz band, which Katherine could not recognize at all, took off running scared by the back door of the tavern, with Yume (holding Cloudy) chasing them and Toy chasing after her more than after the other digimon. Katherine had finished her meatapple pie and drank her water as fast as she could, putting some in her flask, and getting ready to chase the trio. As she stood up from the table, she could hear a familiar voice just speaking by the window next to her table, that caught her attention. As PrinceMamemon applied the 'Show must go on' philosophy and presented some 'Ponchomon the Comedian', Katherine got closer to the window to listen to the conversation, since she heard the name 'Psychemon'. That was definitely the voice from the rock-digimon from before, the one that stumbled on Yume earlier. 'Jazz is the leader' she heard. This made her put her body against the wall, making sure not to be seen by the pair. There was a green ogre-like digimon talking to the rock. After the conversation ended, Katherine made sure Toy had left Tripmon's bag of money over the table and ran off the tavern as fast as she could. She knew where her digivice was, and she even knew how to get there, she couldn't wait any longer, she had to go get it. She remember the tall rock that they saw on the way there, entering Rustport. It didn't take her much to get there, and she recognized it because it was fairly larger than any other rock around. She went straight passing by it. Someone had written "Gururumon Cave" with an arrow pointing left, with some kind of chalk on the rock. She remembered Tripmon mentioned that cave earlier, it probably was a frequented place long time ago, so there was some sense to it being pointed by some sort of sign, even as unorthodox as it may be. The dessert was hot, but luckily, she had had water and some food just some minutes ago, so there wasn't any risk of collapsing this time. Not long passed until Katherine could see a wolf-shaped cave not too far away. She also could see a giant dark figure next to it, as she got closer, she could recognize the figure: It seemed to be a Monochromon, but it was of a red, lava color. Katherine saw a giant boulder, and quickly rushed to hide behind it in order to avoid being noticed by the beast. It definitely wasn't the same digimon she saw earlier being ridden by Elecmon. Quickly, Katherine could notice a group of digimon around the beast. She counted five, not including the red Monochromon. Everyone seemed to be listening to a big, brown digimon. It was another ogre-like digimon with silver long hair, very scary huge fangs and an evil look. He was holding a big, white bone that seemed to be from some animal on his right hand, he wore a black-stripped yellow loincloth. Katherine was no expert, but these guy didn't seem to be from the good guys. Was that Jazz? it could be. The Digimon around him didn't seem to be Psychemon, though. They were other 3 ogre-like digimon, exactly like the one who was talking to the rock digimon back next to the tavern's window, much smaller than the bone holding big guy, with red short hair and a dark green skin. There was a 5th digimon, but Kaherine couldn't detail it's appearance, since he was already at the entrance of the cave waving at the others to go in. Katherine couldn't really listen to what they were saying, but the brown one seemed to be their leader. They went in the cave, that was exactly shaped like a giant wolf, having the entrance at it's mouth. Once she was sure the group was completely in, Katherine made a run for the cave entrance, only to trip on a rock and fall to the ground. Not the best way to start this mission. She then heard a loud roar that came from the red gigantic dinosaur. Almost paralyzed by fear, she turned to the creature, scared he was going to stomp her, but she found a rather sad expression on his face, like he was uncomfortable. The brunette stood up, dusted herself up and got closer to the beast. -W-What's wrong, buddy? -She asked, approaching the dinosaur slowly. He didn't seem to be angry at her or anything. He just kept roaring, like he was upset for something. Katherine could see it's lizard-like skin was very hot. Could he be thirsty? Katherine took her flask out of her bag, and extend her hand to the creature. He let go a much softer roar, like he wanted whatever was in it. -Hmmm let's see... -The girl started climbing one of the rocks next to the creature, trying to get as high as she could, the later helped her by lowering his head, so Katherine could open her flask and let all the water in it fall on his mouth. He seemed some sort of refreshed by it, Katherine could almost see a smile on his face. -I know it isn't much, because you're so big, but I hope it helps. -The creature started moving his head in from of the girl, so she could pet him, she obeyed and he seemed very pleased by it. -You silly... -The girl said giggling. -I have to go now, but we can play later, okay? Be good. -Katherine winked at her newest friend and went inside the cave. G u r u r u C a v e
Katherine found the cave was even more abandoned than it looked like. She spotted an old sign, just entering the cave, next to a set of stairs that went down a pit. 'The plants that were found in this cave's pit used to make tea are no longer there, plus some dangerous digimon had been spotted around the cave. We warn any visitors to stay away. Go back home!
-Rustport Town Chief of Security.' Was this a good idea, to go inside of this cave following such dangerous looking digimon? She had no digimon herself, and her friends were not around. Coming so far, Katherine wasn't going to turn back, so she decided to go down the stairs, into the insides of the cave. It did seem like an abandoned place, it had some torches lit, sticking to the walls to keep some sort of illumination. Katherine kept going down for around 3 minutes. There were multiple set of stairs at many points, allowing her to take different roads, but only some of them had lit torches on their walls. Could it be the ogre digimon lighting the torches as he walked? Katherine decided to follow the flaring path, as it made more sense since the cave seemed to be like a labyrinth, and it was dangerous to walk on the dark. She finally arrived to a door, and opened it to find a small room, only lighten by a light bulb hanging from a wire from the roof. Did this thing had electricity down here? How was this even possible? Katherine immediately recognized the closet with the bunny stamp. The door was wide open. It lead to a dark hallway, with a wooden door at the end, that remained closed. Katherine started walking forward, and leaned against the door, to try to listen to what was happening on the other side. Jazz was standing over her old couch, trying to maintain the act where she wasn't at all afraid of Fugamon and her gang being in her hideout. -Gwohohoho! This is actually a very nice place you've got here, Jazz. -Fugamon laughed loudly, his Goblimon stooges followed. -It almost doesn't look like you were a failure of a bandit with no real purpose. -If Fugamon had come to Jazz hideout at that time of the month, he had to be looking for something. Jazz could spot a figure going into the room by the back door, just behind Fugamon and his gang. Was that... a human? it was a dark haired girl with pale white skin. The girl immediately hid behind some old boxes. Neither Fugamon or the Goblimon had spotted the girl. What was a human doing inside her hideout? It was obvious she didn't come with Fugamon. -What the hell are you doing here, Fugamon? It's not the end of the month, so you shouldn't be coming to collect anything -Stated the bunny. Katherine kept listening from behind the boxes. Now she knew for sure, the Ogre digimon was called Fugamon, and Jazz was the little bunny digimon, which had a huge resemblance with Tohru, Talia's Lopmon. How could a digimon so cute and adorable be the leader of the gang of bandits that took her digivice? -Do you think you can tell me what to do, you idiot? -Fugamon expression turned much more serious and evil - Don't you dare to try your luck with me, Jazz. -The ogre said in a much darker tone. Jazz swallowed, she knew she and her gang had no chance against Fugamon, he has an adult digimon, there was no way she could take him down. -But you're right about I didn't come here to visit... -Fugamon continued -I heard you just acquired a piece of technology I might be interested on. I want to see it, right now. -Could he mean the weird purple gadget that Koru, Boru and Roru brought her that morning? How did he know she got that? The device was lying behind her couch just as they spoke. Jazz felt a very weird attachment to that device, she didn't want to give it away. -See, that thing you got, is apparently a digivice, a sort of gadget that belongs to a human and ties them to a digimon, having the possibility to make them stronger. -Fugamon made a pause trying to sound smart, failing terribly at it. -And I want it! -Just when he finished that sentence, some voices started sounding around the cave with a strong echo. -3 Heroes reaching for the sky in 3 ways -That voice sounded awfully familiar for Katherine. -3 Heroes walking through the sun for 3 days -Another similar, yet goofier voice started sounding. Fugamon and his gang started looking around to see where the voices came from. -There's treasure to be found, there's some lives to be saved! -Apparently it was three of them. Jazz face-palmed. She knew who were speaking. -Good vs Evil! We've got heroes on the scene! Jazz Bandits are the number one team! -This last sentence, all of them yelled at the same time, jumping from the roof and attacking each of them a Goblimon. They disarmed them of their clubs and stood over them, leaving them face on the ground. There, Katherine could see it, they were the trio of Psychemon who took her digivice, and were definitely on Jazz's side. Koru, Boru and Roru stood happily over the Goblimons with smiles on their faces, being the proud winners. Katherine had begun to feel some sympathy for the group. Apparently Fugamon was taking part of the stuff they robbed away from the group every month, and he seemed much meaner in this scenario. Jaz wasn't smiling at all, she knew how dangerous Fugamon was. -You idiots! Stop that! -Fugamon had an angry look on his face. He stomped on the ground and with a almost deafening roar shook the whole room. Katherine closed her eyes and covered her ears, as everything was shaking around her. When the shaking stopped, and she opened her eyes, the three Goblimon were recovered and threatening the three Psychemons with their clubs, now having control of the battle. They seemed to not be affected by that roar, while the Psychemon lost concentration by it. -Haha! Goblimon are usually affected by loud noises, but they are immune to my roar. Now you have angered me you stupid bitch! I'm going to make you pay! -Fugamon turned at Boru, who was held by one of the Goblimon. - And I think I'm going to start with one of your friends. -Jazz immediately jumped behind the couch, picked the device with her right ear and threw it at Fugamon with all her strength, the ogre catching it mid air. -Huh? So this is the famous digivice... This is supposed to make me stronger? -Fugamon asked, looking at the purple gadget, holding it with his thumb and index finger. -I've got no idea, I don't know what it does. -Katherine could recognize it was her digivice, the one that Fugamon was holding. - I don't even know how did you know I had it! -Jazz added. - Oh, haha. One of my most important crew members told me about it. -A digimon-like monkey went in by one of the different doors that were spread around the room. It took Katherine a minute, but then she recognized him: it was Koemon, the monkey digimon she encountered in Monochromon's back in the middle of the dessert. -Yes, sir! I've checked the other rooms around this one, and I didn't see the... Oh. -Koemon paused, looking at the three Psychemon being already captured. -I'm sorry, sir. They seemed to have missed my view.
Katherine then realized: this was all her fault. She was the one who lead Fugamon into Jazz's hideout, telling Koemon about the Psychemon stealing her digivice. She was responsible for the trouble Jazz and the Psychemon were going through right now. She also realized she seemed to have developed certain sympathy for the bandits, since they seemed to be the good guys in this particular scenario. -That's okay, Koemon. Now... -Fugamon started walking across the room, going near Roru. -Who should I kill first? -Stop! Please! I already gave the digivice to you! -Jazz yelled, with tears in her eyes. -I don't care! This will teach you a lesson about trying to mock me. -Fugamon replied. Katherine was scared, terrified, but she had to do something. It was her fault a digimon was about to be killed! She had to act quickly. She started looking around, studying her chances. There was a big metal bar just next to her, on the ground, and it seemed fairly heavy. Could she use that to fight Fugamon? no way. She kept looking. A giant metal bell was on the eastern part of the room. The words 'Goblimon are usually affected by loud noises...' sounded in her head. If she was going to die, at least she was going to die trying to avoid it. The girl grabbed the metal bar and ran as fast as she could heading to the metal bell, crossing the room and leaving her hiding spot behind. -Huh? -Jazz spotted the human again, which she had almost forgotten about. -What the...!? A human!? -Fugamon had no time to react, being shocked by the sight. -Here goes nothing... -Katherine mumbled, swinging the bar and ringing the bell as hard as she could. The thunder could be heard all around the room, maybe the whole cave. The Goblimon and even Fugamon immediately covered their ears. They seemed extremely unsettled by the sound, so it seemed to be working. As always, Jazz took advantage of the opportunity, even if she wasn't too sure of what was going on. She took some air and yelled: EVERYONE! RUN!
The three Psychemon ran, going into a different door each. Jazz hoped down the couch, ran towards Fugamon and picked up the digivice he had dropped to cover his ears, and went inside a different room. Koemon, who didn't seem to be affected by the noise, followed the bunny. Katherine could see that Jazz was trying to take advantage of her laberynthical maze, so she had to do the same, and even when she didn't know where it would take her, she went inside another door, that was just next to the bell, that kept ringing. -Come on! Go get them! -Still with his ears covered and eyes closed, Fugamon yelled. The battle inside Jazz hideout, had begun. Wish
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