What's In The Water? [Saku/Zyb/Amelie]

Eeeeeeeeh? Her ol' buddy Naoko wanted her help? Well, who was she to say no? 'sides, she's never been to a jungle! Only thing she knew of jungles was that they were warm, and that weird animals lived there. So, Otohime walked towards the meeting point, swagger in her step, wearing nothing but a tanktop, jeans shorts, and of course her eyepatch and medical mask. Jiro was visibly upset by his tamer's get-up.
"D-d-d-d-don't you think this is a little bit little for the jungle?"
"Eh? Nah. If it's warm, I can't wear more. 'sides, I got all my shots, so dontcha worry."
The Dracomon sighed and just kept walking.

The two came upon Noko just as Titania spoke about bugs. This caused Jiro to cringe and freeze. Otohime, though, did not notice. She was too busy grabbing Naoko and hugging her roughly.
"Eyyyyy, Naoko ol' buddy ol' pal! Howsit hangin'?"

Research, huh? That sounded interesting, even though this was the first time Amelie was about to meet with a lot of newer additions to the club. Like... Naoko, for example.

Speaking of which, she was walking beside the shorter girl like... right now? After all, somebody had to accompany new club members (and minors) to potentially dangerous situations, right? It was only fair for it to be that way. "You know... I didn't know that Haru had a little sister." She mentioned, a little absentmindedly. "She never talked about you, or... about a lot about herself, now that I think of it."

Besides that small game that Kuu made them play in the elevator, most of the club members were a bit of a mystery (besides from the fact that they seemed to abhor swimsuits, apparently). "Maybe it's because you're younger and taller? That'd explain a lot of things..."

Adopting a pretty classical thonking posture, the brunette wasn't expecting any kind of response, at least until she saw the rest of their small ensemble converge. Well, that was definitely a surprise.

"Oh, it's Ryuko and Jiro!" She waved at them, a big smile on their face. "How are you? Hope you've been doing well!"

Otohime was...kinda unaware of Naoko's flusteredness, and just hugged her some more with a big grin under her mask
"Doin' amazingly, buddy! Didn't know you were with nerd Squad! I'm totes hyped that ya wanna have me ol' knucklehead to come along, though!"
She then turned to the familiar voice of Amy and smiled.
"Oy! Good to see ya! How's the dog?
...and are you still mad at me?"
Her usually so loud voice got rather quiet for that last sentence, and was filled genuine remorse.
She then looked at the trees in the distance and regained her moxie.
"So we goin' in there? That's cool. never been to a jungle!"

Jiro shivered a bit, then realized Titania was talking to him. He shook his head, not wanting anyone to worry or ask questions!
"A-A-A-Ah! I-I-I-I'm ff-f-fine, don't worry!"
He gave an awkward smile. He was definitely not fine. Something really spooked him!

Undoubtedly, that was a very mysterious pair of sisters. Haru, with her outward confidence and kindness, yet with a veil of mystery behind what seemed like plain obvious on the outside. And Naoko, with her cryptic and probably-unintentionally deceitful exterior, yet way more straightforward on her answers than her older sister.

And, in a sense, it made her ponder on what kind of relationship the two girls had, but those thoughts, along with the previously what was previously thonked managed to disappear from her mind as soon as Ryuko decided to apply what at plain sight seemed like a MMA lock.

Of course, eventually, they broke away from each other, the older girl seemingly... still regretful about that incident in the onsen? "Oh, you're still worried about that?" In all honesty, the brunette had kinda forgotten about it by this point. Maybe it had been the relatively long period of time that had passed since then, or it was just her hectic lifestyle, but who really knew. "It's fine! You apologized already. Remember? There are no hard feelings, at least from my side!"

Once that had been taken out of the picture, what really mattered. "Mamoru's doing really well, even though I think he kinda misses you and Jiro. You should visit sometime; I'm sure he'll appreciate it."

It was just then when she noticed that the three girls (and their digimon partners, if applicable) weren't the only ones present in this small venture. There was another couple of members she had missed; shortsighted on her stead, hadn't it been?

Amelie waved at them, a friendly expression. "Pleased to meet you, too!" Their banter was... interesting, for the lack of a better word, even though she couldn't resist thinking about it a bit loudly... "Isn't being somebody's assistant something akin to a partnership, anyway? I don't see there being much of a difference, honestly."

A small shrug, then the question that more or less had brought them all here. "So... take everyone's ready to get to work? Even though I'm not exactly sure about what we're supposed to do. But I'm sure it'll be interesting!"

Otohime blinked.
"Eeeeeeeeeeh? Differently coloured Digimon? That's coooooooool! I bet they're like Jiro! Hey Jiro, is that your home??"
The dragon Digimon gave an awkward smile and scratched the back of his head.
"Eeeeee, n-n-n-n-no, th-th-that's not my home..."
"Ah bummer, I figured we coulda met your family!"
The dragon sighed.
"Yeah, my family..."
"Uuuuh, you ok buddy?"
"Eeeeh? Y-y-y-yeah, d-d-d-on't worry about me!"
Otohime looked at him, then shrugged and turned back to Naoko.
"Nerdstuff, eh? Well that's shit I ain't good at at all, so I dunno if I'd have any questions! I'm jus' along for the ride and ready to kick someone's teeth in!"

It was undoubtedly a small world, that much Amelie could think as she nodded to Koko's words. How the three actually knew about each other was nothing short of a pretty big coincidence, yet still something that ultimately saved them doing the introduction thing... at least on that side. Dee and Ginjiro were still people who she had to meet proper.

"Mamoru? Sure, you can visit him at any time; he's still a small doge, but he loves to play around and meet new people... or digimon, if his experience with Jiro is anything to go by."

Speaking of which, did the younger girl even have her direction? That was something that the brunette found herself pondering for a bit, until...

Yup, the motive of their small expedition was revealed; digimons of different colors populating a village, huh? That seemed interesting! And something she could definitely do, even if entertaining hypotheses wasn't something she wasn't a fan of. Less acutely than Otohime for sure, but she was also the type that just wanted to get her hands dirty as soon as possible with actual facts.

"I think we'll be able to assess the situation a lot better once we get there; even though something as simple as coloring could have pretty much any cause, as far as I am aware." After all, when parents had different species, pretty much everything could happen. "But if this phenomenon is so common, maybe it's something related to the village's environment, so... make sure to be careful, unless you want to exit on a different color!"

She laughed in a good-natured way, shrugging right afterward. "I'm ready to go whenever. Shall we?"

Given that Koko was the one in charge, it was only natural for her to lead the way.

"Fun? Oh heck yeah, I love fun! And friends for Jiro! You hear that, lil' buddy? There might be friends for you there, cuz they look like ya!"
The Dracomon manages an awkward smile.
"Y-y-y-yeah, th-th-that'd be great...!"
He seemed rather unsure, but eager nonetheless. The sukeban smiled, and then strode on ahead, toward the village!
"Say, Naoko-kun, how'd ya end up with the nerdsquad anyway? I didn't think ya'd be in with the thinkers!"
While this sounded like an insult to Naoko's intelligence, it most likely wasn't. The first thing most people becoming friends with Otohime notice is how the girl throws around insulting things without malice, because she just never thinks that far!