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Ninety Percent Timidity (Rebecca)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2018 3:58:26 GMT
"Try the kids sections, those pieces of clothes are TINY," August joked as he walked along. He and Gabe both took time to look and see how Rebecca was doing, which was... okay, at best. She clearly wasn't used to large groups... or just, making friends in general. Almost makes you wonder what's happened to this girl...
"What's wrong with her...?" Chenjin asked Gabe, referring to Rebecca.
"She... she's had a hard time in the past," Gabe responds, not wanting to break Rebecca's confidentiality. If she wanted to talk about it, then she would.
Chenjin clearly did not get that. "But look at her... she's so sad. I wanna cheer her up!"
"Trust me, kid, we've tried... it's not gonna work."
When the group got to the store, right outside there was a cardboard standee of White Wolf, a popular idol in Japan. August had the bright idea to stand right next to the standee and mimic her pose. Chenjin laughed his butt off, while Rebecca just looked away, not wanting to be a part of that at all. However, she then accidentally bumped into Alan. "Oh! S-Sorry... wasn't... ugh."
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Post by Alan Pantell on Oct 20, 2018 22:06:25 GMT
Ignoring August, Alan stopped for a few moments to examine the cardboard standee.
"Ah! S-Sorry..." he said, in unison with Rebecca, recognizing immediately afterwards that even though he had stopped walking, it wasn't really his fault. Compulsive apology is a hard habit to break.
"I-it's fine." He stepped out of Rebecca's path to continue considering the standee.
"Idols, huh..." he commented, "they're, uhh..."
Alan thought for a second.
"I was gonna say something else, but I... don't really know anything about idols apart from what I half-remember from online articles, and I know better than to talk about something if I don't even know if I know anything about it. When you don't pay attention to certain genres of music, everything just sounds the same when you hear it, and that leads to heated arguments over..."
Where am I going with this?
"Sorry, I'm... I'm rambling 'cause I don't know what to say. I've got a lot on my mind, so... let's... j-just go inside."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2018 22:17:44 GMT
"I appreciate idols," Rebecca says, with almost all of her nervousness going away. "Think about it: they get up on stage in front of thousands, possibly millions of people. They perform to make us happy. They... they give us hope that things can get better, even if your life is just being flushed away..."
She realized what she was saying when August, Gabe and Chenjin were staring at her. Immediately, she began to blush and immediately head inside.
"Uh... what was that about?" Chenjin asked, curious. August and Gabe looked at each other, as if they had inside information, and just headed inside. "Hey, you didn't answer me!" Chenjin yells as he runs inside as well.
Okay... I need to look for that one brand of pepper that Grandma always gets for her spicy curry. It's usually in the spice section here, right? Looking... looking... ah, here it is." As Rebecca reached out to grab the pepper spice, she... thought she saw the shelf move a little bit? Maybe she was losing it...
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Post by Alan Pantell on Oct 20, 2018 22:51:03 GMT
Starting a conversation was especially difficult for Alan when he knew nothing about the other person's interests, but he was glad he had stumbled upon something Rebecca was passionate about. However, the last thing that Rebecca had said...
It seems that idols make her happy. Perhaps if I pretend I didn't hear the last part?
Alan followed after Rebecca. "Wait," he said, "it's fine. You weren't being annoying. In fact, I like hearing people talk about things that make them happy. I like learning about new things. And I get where you're coming from. I've always had issues with public speaking myself, let alone, you know... so I also respect people who can just... get up there."
If Rebecca was embarrassed because she was going on about idols, Alan hoped that would help cheer her up, and if what was bothering her was the last thing she let slip, well, maybe she'd be willing to talk about it. Alan was never one to chase after people's secrets for the sake of curiosity, but he had learned firsthand how much better it felt to tell someone about his problems before.
"H-huh?"
Before he could wait for a response from Rebecca, he, too, thought he noticed the shelf moving.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 1:12:56 GMT
"Oh, idols don't make me happy," Rebecca corrected Alan. "They just... help me cope with things. I'd... prefer not to talk about it." It seemed like the way the conversation was going was making Rebecca very uncomfortable. "It's... sweet that you care, though. You're not like everyone else."
Now back to the shelf... Rebecca was SURE she saw that shelf move a little bit. Confused, the girl turned towards Alan. "You saw that too, didn't you?"
Chenjin, meanwhile, was off looking for premade meals to heat up in the microwave, when he felt something hit his head. "Ow! Who... what?" Chenjin turned around and looked down to find... a potato?
The other customers began to notice strange things, as well. In fact, a woman in a giant sun hat was complaining to the cashier that her dress got ruined by a thrown tomato. The cashier in turn kept apologizing, but the woman was not having it.
"A bunch of angry humans and weird things happening," August says. "Either one of those monkey creatures escaped... or there's a Digimon nearby."
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Post by Alan Pantell on Oct 24, 2018 2:46:45 GMT
Sweet? R-really? But that's just what anyone would do....
Alan knew perfectly well that his last thought wasn't true; Rebecca had said it herself. He had never been good at taking compliments.
He saw the shelf move again, and decided this train of thought was for later. "Huh? Yeah, I'm seeing it, too. It definitely moved just now." For the next few seconds, he waited in silence for the shelf to move again. Instead of the shelf moving, he began to hear noises elsewhere in the store. Objects of various size, shapes, and states of matter hitting the ground. It wasn't long before something large and round hit him in the back of his right leg, causing his right knee to buckle, and him to be forced into a kneeling position for a few seconds.
"AH! Fff-frick!" gasped Alan, taking a few seconds to recover, and look behind at what hit him: an entire melon. There were small wet spots trailing from where it had hit him to where it had landed.
"Wow... I've been taking a beating these past few days. Hey. Look at this." Alan picked up the melon and turned it in his hands. "It's punctured in a few spots. I'm not sure what it means exactly, but I think 'digimon' is a safe bet."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 3:07:38 GMT
Rebecca wasn't entirely sure what to expect next, but she DEFINITELY was not expecting an entire melon to hit Alan. His sudden yelp caused Rebecca to gasp and back up a little. "O-Oh my god! Are you... are you okay?!" And just like that, Alan felt like he had to make a joke about it. Typical.
He did bring up a good point, however... Alan picked up the melon and showed a few spots to Rebecca where the melon was punctured a bit. This was definitely a sign that a Digimon was behind this.
If Alan were paying attention, he'd know that something... changed inside Rebecca. She looked inside her bag and pulled out a hair band, putting it in her hair to form a ponytail. She then looked at Alan, with complete confidence in her eyes, and said, "Let's go hunt us a Digimon."
The Digimon wouldn't be hard to find as more and more humans began screaming and running out of the store, a couple of them running right past the group. August, Gabe and Chenjin all took off their Holosuits when the humans left the store.
"What kind of meanie Digimon would waste food like this?!" Chenjin asked as he looked around.
"Maybe they ran out of his favorite cereal or somethin'," Agumon quipped.
"Spread out; it's still hiding somewhere."
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Post by Alan Pantell on Oct 24, 2018 5:30:50 GMT
Well, she's certainly passionate about this, concluded Alan, noticing the shy girl's change in demeanor. I don't think I'll ever really get used to this, per se, but I can definitely see myself getting a kick out of the thrills.
"Yeah! Let's g-"
"Aren't you forgetting something?" reminded Levi.
"S-sorry..." Alan set the bag down to let Levi get out more easily. "You need me to hold the hat?"
"Sure, thanks!"
Alan took the hat from Levi, and placed it back in the bag. Now it was time to search the store. With less people around, the digimon was less intent on showing itself. Or perhaps it had noticed the four other digimon running around. Occasionally, another item or two would still fly through the air. With his backpack a lot lighter, Alan drew his hardlight baton and held it at the ready, hoping it would give him a chance to deflect further attacks. He also liked having a reason to hold the hardlight baton.
"We have a total of six people here, right?" suggested Alan. "Then it shouldn't be too hard to corner them somewhere, what with all these shelves around. Agreed?" He looked to all of the others for approval.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2018 0:43:31 GMT
"Unless they are RIGHT ABOVE YOU!" A voice suddenly called out, seeming coming from everywhere. Right at that moment, a barrage of vegetables was thrown at the group, hitting them hard and generally creating a mess.
"AUGH! It's in my hair!" White Wolf complained as Chenjin and Agumon simply licked the messy vegetables off of themselves. They surely didn't care too much.
"And it's in my pelt! It's so hard to clean it," Gabumon was complaining as well.
"Neeheeheeheeheeheeee!" A laugh was heard as movement could be heard from the ceiling. "Maybe after this you humans will think TWICE before messing with us Digimon!"
"Alright, ya prick, just get down here so we can roast ya nice and simple," Agumon threatened the voice.
"No problem, if you can walk forward without looking stupid!"
"What the hell does that have to do with anyt- WHOA!" Agumon said as he walked forward, not knowing that RedVegiemon had left a banana right in front of him.
"You humans will bow down to my will! I control ALL the items sold at this store!"
"Now that's just wasteful..." Chenjin commented.
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Post by Alan Pantell on Oct 26, 2018 1:32:02 GMT
Alan was wearing a hat, so the raining vegetables didn't get into his hair. They merely hurt a little, and pushed his hat down, causing him to need to take a second to readjust his hat and glasses. Rather than let himself be distracted by the urge to argue with the assailant's... dubious reasoning, he decided to focus on the issue at hand: their opponent was above them, and remained unseen.
Levi doesn't have any ranged attacks, but from what I've seen, and felt, of his power, he can definitely send things flying.
Taking care not to step on any of the debris left by RedVegiemon, Alan made his way over to where he had dropped the melon, as quickly as he reasonably could. He bent over sideways to pick it up, keeping an eye on the ceiling, then stood and shouted back in Levi's direction.
"Levi! Show me that leg strength of yours!"
"Huh!?"
Hoping that Levi would get the message, Alan drew back and threw the melon in Levi's direction. Levi, though he didn't immediately understand what Alan was trying to do, did understand that there was now a heavy object hurtling towards him. In an act of impressive reflexes, he kicked the melon directly up in the air, with enough force for it to smash against the ceiling.
Oh. I see.
Since no one knew exactly where the target was, only that it was somewhere above the group, all Alan could do was make a blind shot. If he was lucky, the melon would either hit its intended target, or throw their movements off.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2018 1:50:04 GMT
When Levi had kicked that melon up at the ceiling, at first... there was nothing. No sound, no "oomph" noise... nothing. It was a rather peculiar circumstance that left the others confused.
"Uh... something was SUPPOSED to happen there, right?" Agumon asked.
"I think so... maybe it hit-" And right as Chenjin was speaking the melon shot right back at the group, right in the middle of the floor and melon hit EVERYONE.
"Augh! Not again! Ugh, where the heck are you?!" Agumon was getting pretty angry by this point.
"How pathetic you all look, covered in all that fruit and produce," RedVegiemon laughed. He then dropped down from the ceiling, hopping onto a shelf. "I guess it just takes little old me to disrupt order in this stupid world. Imagine what it would be like with all of my buds here!"
"Pepper Breath!" Agumon yells, spitting a fireball at the RedVegiemon. However, the latter simply jumps back to the ceiling to dodge it.
"This isn't working," Rebecca grumbled. "We need a new plan!"
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Post by Alan Pantell on Oct 26, 2018 3:09:24 GMT
Being drenched in the remains of a once-whole fruit was none too pleasing to Alan, sure, but cleanliness was too far gone now; there was no point in mourning its loss. He ran a finger over his cheek to pick up some of the melon material, and tasted it, for no reason other than that that was the most confident-looking thing you could possibly do while covered in fruit. It was thinking time again, and the projectiles didn't seem to be doing much harm as of yet, so he stood still while he attempted to come up with something else.
This is... a hard one. He's just gonna keep dodging, and this... suboptimal terrain, we're nowhere near as mobile. Based on what he's saying... he's trying to assert dominance. Make us feel helpless. What else did he say? He's "disrupting the order." In other words... we can't beat him using socially-acceptable means. It's not like the place isn't already trashed. Hmm... I do have another idea. Even if it doesn't get him down, it should at least make it easier for us to move.
"Rebecca!" Alan moved closer to her to ensure she heard. "Staying all bunched up like this is getting us nowhere fast. If this place has a sprinkler system for fires, I'm gonna go look for a way to turn it on. You can look, too, or you can look for another course of action, but whatever you do, make sure you look confident while doing it; it might piss him off!"
He took off in another direction, dragging his feet across the floor in an ice-skating motion. It wasn't the fastest way to get around, but it minimized chances of slipping.
Levi took a few panicked glances around the room.
"I-I'll go after him!" he announced, before doing just that.
Though Alan was usually nothing less than the definition of meek, Levi had seen a few times by now that in dangerous situations, Alan would act nearly on auto-pilot. Regardless, Alan was still in danger, and Levi was determined to be there for him.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2018 23:38:28 GMT
"Sprinklers?" Rebecca asked Alan. "That's it... that's how we can win! Good thinking, Alan. Gabumon, come with me! Agumon, on my signal, use Pepper Breath!"
"You got it," Agumon saluted as the human and his brother ran off to face the RedVegiemon. The Digimon in question turned around curiously towards Rebecca and Gabumon.
"So did you finally give up?"
"Nope," Rebecca said confidently as she grabbed a nearby broom, taking off the actual broom part and making it into basically a stick. "Gabumon, now!"
"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon shouts, firing a blast of ice right at RedVegiemon's eyes.
"Augh! You sonuva-"
"Agumon! Go!"
"Pepper Breath!" Agumon yells, spitting a fireball right at the ceiling. As soon as he did that, the sprinklers had activated, with everyone getting wet in the process. But RedVegiemon reacted more poorly to the water...
"Ack! I hate getting wet! Where's this water coming from?! HOW ARE YOU DOING- ACK!" RedVegiemon was screaming, but was promptly smacked in the face by Rebecca's new broom stick. After smacking the rogue Digimon, she and her twin partners glared at the rogue, as if silently threatening it to leave. The RedVegiemon did not hesitate and screamed his way out of the store.
Eventually, the cops did arrive to investigate the scene. The Digimon had plenty of time to go and hide, so the cops just interviewed Rebecca and Alan, along with other bystanders of the incident. In the end, Rebecca did get her groceries for dinner tonight... and Agumon handed Alan her phone number, too. Maybe something pleasant could come out of this?
[Thread exit]
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