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Not What it Seemed [Mission]
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Post by yuuki on Nov 26, 2018 21:40:38 GMT
Aeterna, morning. The cafe is once again bustling with customers, but the owner is nowhere in sight. Truth to be told, there's only a Strabimon on the counter, manning the cashier. She's masked, and definitely doesn't look like most of the people who worked in there. The only familiar face in that shop other than the waiter and waitresses are a hyperactive white Gaomon with fluffy white fur that seem to in charge of... soothing any people who want to pet him. Looking at that, the Strabimon seem to grumble about how it's uncool. Speaking of which, those who came here not for the food or the drinks would find a thing on the counter. That is, the Wannyan Candies, candies with almost Wannyamon shape. Today, there is a sign that says "as many as you like, it's free!" ...It's perhaps a code... and a code it was. To those who applied to a mission regarding shady business recently circulating around Terminus they would find something on their D-Terminal.
From: Hikaru Subject:Commission
Good morning, ladies or/and gentlemen. My name is Hikaru, I'm the owner of Aeterna, a bar slash cafe in Terminus. If any of you isn't aware of where my store located, Included in this e-mail is a map to my humble store. You can ask several guide Guardromon if you're lost. I'm sure they can help you to find it. Upon finding my cafe, please ask my daughter, a Strabimon for any drinks of your liking (Alcohol are off counter until night, sorry, there will be no alcohol). When she ask you of what else would you like, go on ahead and say "I'd like a bucketworth of Wannyan Candies. Follow her instruction afterward. I'm waiting for your arrival. Sincerely
Hikaru
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john
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Post by john on Nov 26, 2018 22:16:27 GMT
John and Shepard were a bit nervous, when they entered the Aeterna, this was their first mission after all. Shepard had just recently regained his rookie form and was still slightly uncomfortable and, by his own admission, a tiny bit rusty. However, well this mission didn't seem to involve combat, which is why they had decided to do it, esspecially since they were still pretty broke when it came to Digital World money. They both sat down at the counter and scanned the area at first. The strange Gabumon, who seemingly had a petting fetish,seened harmless and not interested in them. The rest of the customers inside the cafe were just normal people, nobody paying any attention. It was mostly digimon, as was to be expected, mixed with a few humans, so John didn't completely stick out. Shepard was first to order, because John still needed a moment to remember the code phrase. "I'd like a great water with some ice please." the dragon soldier said, with a wide grin, before he looked at his partner, who was still trying to remember the phrase. He hit his partner ribs with his elbow and John also ordered, having finally remember the phrase. "Yeah, I'd like the same, please. Oh and I'd like a bucketworth of Wannyan Candies."
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Post by Alan Pantell on Nov 26, 2018 22:57:08 GMT
"It's a good thing the meeting place ended up being somewhere we've been before," said a Veemon in the corner of the bar, wearing a grey ivy cap. "I doubt we would have made it here so quickly otherwise. Alan?" The Veemon turned to find his human partner, a young blonde man wearing a light jacket, glasses, and a black baseball cap. As his digimon partner spouted information they both knew already, the boy was busy petting away at the white Gaomon.
"Alan..."
"He's fluffy, Levi."
"Alan."
"Fluffy, I said!"
"Alan, it's too early for this," said the blue dragon, with false exasperation. The human, however, mistook it for honest annoyance, and immediately got up from petting the Gaomon, staring at the ground with sorrow and regret.
"No, Alan, I didn't mean- it's fine, let's just go up to the bar, all right?"
Levi ran up to the Gaomon to give him one scritch before catching up with his partner and sitting with him at the counter. They were feeling saucy, so they both asked for their own glasses of chocolate milk.
"And a b- hold on." Alan dug into his pockets and fiddled with his D-Terminal, reading through his recent messages. "Just gotta make sure I have this right... *ahem.* I'd like a bucketworth of Wannyan Candies. Follow her instru-"
"Alan. You know very well where there was supposed to be a quotation mark."
"Fine, jeez! I'd like a bucketworth of Wannyan Candies."
"Aaaaaand scene," sighed Levi as a joke, taking another sip of his chocolate milk while awaiting further instruction.
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Post by Vergil on Nov 28, 2018 3:22:55 GMT
The café was becoming more visible and detailed with each step Justice and his two Digimon took. The mission note told them to meet with a Strabimon in there. Justice had no idea what she would look like, but luckily his Digimon will know when they see her.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" said Vee, who climbed on top of his Tamer's back to get a good view of the place. Justice, who was over-analyzing the note set his D-Terminal in his bag.
"The message said that the mission holder would be at a café, so this has to be the one." Justice said in a chilled tone. However Gummy, who was unsure about how sure his partner was, jumped on his back as well.
"And what it's not?" He questioned, giving his partner a cheeky look.
"Trust me, it is. If not, then you have my permission eat the leftovers I have in the fridge."
Justice hoped he sounded more certain than he felt. On the one hand, he always made sure to go through with something even if he had no clue what he was doing. On the other, this was his second time visiting the Digital World. Besides meeting both Vee and Gummy at The Village of Beginnings, he was going into new, unchartered territory. So there was no questioning it-- they're here now and they're gonna see this mission through, even if it meant Justice was going to turn in homework late.
As soon as the three entered the café, they took a seat immediately at a booth. The café was small; and obviously family run. Just as Justice was scanning the environment, he noticed two familiar faces at the corner: Alan and Levi. He wanted to greet them, but not yet. He wanted to make it a surprise.
"Oh! There's the Strabimon!" Veemon said, pointing her at Justice's direction. "You remember the password right.?"
"Of course. I've studied the message so much that I've practically memorize the thing in the back of my head."
"Just try not to sound like a dumbass, Specs." Justice gave Gummy a cheeky look and prepared to order.
"You can give us some Cranberry juice please." he said what looked to be the Strabimon in a cool tone, wanting to sound like he was all business. Both the twins groan at his attempt."Oh and I'd like a bucketworth of Wannyan Candies." He added.
"I'll give you a 6 out of 10 for trying." Vee exclaimed, wanting to not sound too harsh.
"And I'll give you an L for loser." Gummy added, holding at the L sign with his hand while drinking his juice.
Justice rolled his eyes in response smirking, and took a sip from his juice as well.
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Post by yuuki on Nov 28, 2018 4:44:22 GMT
The Strabimon eyed the applicants from behind her mask... all while her brother just enjoying the pats from Alan. The white Gaomon truly enjoys the petting, leaning his head to Alan's hand as he goes. Excitedly, the white Gaomon wagged his tail. Pity that his neck isn't getting longer anytime soon. But that means thankfully no one gets in any trouble.
At any rate, the Strabimon wordlessly passed THREE entire bucketworth of the said candy, one for each group, also their drinks of choice. "Dear guests, please come with me. Haku, hold the fort til I return."
"Roger that Jill~"
"It's Jiltis, get it right."
"Yeah yeah, Jill," the Gaomon waved a dismissing hand to her.
The Strabimon walked deeper to the cafe where there would be private room, probably for smoking area. When they're there, she lets them come in first. Inside, it looked no different from any other . When all of them are inside, she instead stood on the doorway.
"Iuncti fortes sumus."
Once she said that, the Strabimon closed the door, probably leaving the team to ponder what she just said. However, they wouldn't have that much of a time. The "room" that they thought was a room was actually a lift. It descended, probably about a good few minutes before it stopped. They seem could take their time here for a while, but once they're done with whatever business they have in this elevator slash private room and opened the door, they would find long corridor that looked almost mystical and ancient. On the end, they would find a big circular hall, where a Dorugamon awaits.
"Well hello there! Name's Hikaru, Would you mind if you walk a bit to my office? We'll talk there~"
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john
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Post by john on Nov 28, 2018 7:52:56 GMT
Poor little Gaomon, seems like his sister is the one who "has the pants on" here. But John and Shepard couldn't think about it for long, as they were guided to another room by Jiltis. Seemingly, only guys had been hired for this job, not that they had any problem with it. One of them seemed to be a fellow Tamer, who had blonde hair under a black baseball cap and blue eyes behind glasses, accompanied by a Veemon, who seemed to be obsessed with the fluffyness of the Gaomon and who had almost failed at saying the code phrase. The other one was accompanied by another Veemon and a Gumdramon, if this were pokemon they'd be fucked if they met a Jigglypuff or an Ice-Type. But they were here to do a job and John started to doubt the simplicity of this, when the room they were in turned out to be a secret elevator, which seemingly brought them to the core of the earth, judging from how long it travelled down. Once the doors opened again and they found themselves in a seemingly old or even ancient hallway, with a large room at its end, John couldn't help himself but comment: "Didn't except to work for the Digi-Illuminati, but ok.", Commandramon snorted out a laugh, before they made their way to the Dorugamon, which waited for them in the large room.
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Post by Alan Pantell on Nov 28, 2018 19:38:20 GMT
Alan hadn't expected to actually receive an entire bucket's worth of the candy, but hey, a bucket worth of candy is... a bucket worth of candy. He stored it in his infinistore for later tasting. Hopefully either he or his partner would like it; they had a bucket of it now. Alan became a little excited, being led down to deeper parts of the café. He liked being able to see employee's only areas, or otherwise areas no one else would think to go. Just before being left to their own devices, Jiltis uttered the phrase "Iuncti fortes sumus," likely to start the lift. Rather than take stock of the other people who had agreed to the task, this phrase is what Alan focused on, pacing around the elevator, speaking his thoughts quietly to himself.
"Iuncti fortes sumus." Come on, six years of Latin class, don't fail me now. "Sumus." We are. "Fortes." I think that means "strong," like a "fortified" wall, or someone who has a lot of "fortitude." "Iuncti." "Juncti." "Junct." "Junction." "Joined?" "Together?" "We are. Strong. Together." "We are strong together." "Together, we are strong." I think that's correct.
Before either of them could begin to pay attention to the others on the elevator, the door opened. Alan and Levi stepped out first, as they liked to dismount elevators as quickly as possible, even if that elevator wasn't likely to be going back up soon without anyone telling it to. Outside of the lift, they found a face that was almost familiar, and a name that certainly was.
"Together we are strong!" exclaimed Alan excitedly, with a snap and a point of his finger. He was a bit too eager to know if his guess was correct. Levi turned his head to his partner for a moment, sighed with a slight laugh, and turned back to Hikaru.
"Hey there, Hikaru," he said. "Good to see you're looking..." his eyes darted up and down the fuzzy dragon. "...exceptional."
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Post by Vergil on Nov 29, 2018 2:26:24 GMT
After the Strabimom gave Justice his share of candy, she directed to everyone involved with the mission to follow her into the back. The twin Digimon quickly got up and followed her, with Gummy bringing the bucket of candy with him. Justice was the last one to leave, as he was feeling anxious about what lies in the back. Well, this was his first mission after all, so feeling like this was expected. He started walking, hands in his pockets and catching up with the others. There was always something interesting about exploring into parts of a building where only workers were allowed in. The café was no different for Justice, as he couldn't help but get goosebumps at the thought of it.
As they reached into what seemed to be a regular back room, he took a moment to look at the other person and his Digimon with them. He didn't think of them much, but seeing the Commandramon wearing military gear, he thought that he looked cool. Just then, Jiltis said a mysterious chant, and before Justice could process what she just said, the floor they were on suddenly started to descend, catching the young man by surprise and knocking him off his feet.
"You ok?" Said Vee, extending his hand out to help his Tamer up.
Justice signaled his hand out to him, letting him know that he's fine."Yeah I'm good." He said, scuffling all the dirt off his shoulders and pants and sitting on the floor. "It's just not everyday that you see a room suddenly turn into a build-in elevator."
"Hmph! If you think that's the strangest thing you've ever seen, then you humans have seen nothing yet." Gummy said, munching down on some of the candy he brought with him.
"Oh, ok. But you wanna know something strange?" Justice crossed his arms and leaned down so he was at almost at eye level with the purple, spiky-headed Digimon. "Eating Frosted Flakes with cheese." He smiled.
Gummy put his hand up to his mouth, seeming to throw up at any moment. He looked at the bucket of candy and put it to the side for now since he lost his appetite. Vee couldn't help but laugh, much to Gummy's dismay.
Once the elevator stopped and everyone proceeded to go through the long hallway, Justice couldn't help but chuckle a bit to the other person calling the mission handlers the Digi-Illuminati.
"Good one." He said to him as they met face-to-face with the Dorugmon, who was waiting patiently for them.
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Post by yuuki on Dec 1, 2018 1:54:46 GMT
"Why, it's nothing sort of Illuminati," Hikaru answered, chuckling. "We'd love to share our finding with Digital World Society at later date, but for now, I'd like you to think that we're just your friendly neighborhood secret whistleblower. Nothing so super secret. We're just pretty much adventurers, researcher, chronicler and other kind of lovely entourage. Think of Indiana Jones, perhaps?"
The Dorugamon turned his attention to Levi and Alan. "Heh, well that's our motto. Welcome to KIZNA base, you two. Good to see you two again. Managed to crack a bit of the Latin, eh, Alan? Hope my daughter wasn't being a pain in the ass for you guys. Thanks for the praise, Levi~ Just so you know, I'm twice more fabulous in this form, hohoho~ Too bad there's no kilt matching my size. Now where, are we? Ah, right, business. Come over here."
Hikaru guided the group to the office, which turned out to be some library with chairs and some tables.
"Yuuki, the team is here!"
"Ah, right.
From the depth of the library appears a young man, probably about seventeen who wears a black slightly formal suit, accented with gold. It looked like mix between those of a researcher coat, student blazer and mage's robe from the design. On his chest, he wore a badge that seem to be the badge of the organization.
"Hello, thank you for answering our call. First, please do take a seat."
Almost like magic, the table expanded, and the chairs that lacking filled with duplicates that seem rises out of nowhere from the floor. Yuuki pulled one of the chair and sat down. Hikaru gone to the back and returned soon after with a small globe that seem made out fragile glass.
"Let's get to the main topic. I have no idea how long has you been here, but I hope you understand well enough about the dark tower... at least the overview of it. If you have no idea..."
Yuuki poked the globe. It released a light that works as projection, showing the picture of the dark tower.
"These towers prevents evolution in its area of effect. They also have the ability to enslave the Digimons. No one really know where they came from, and frankly, as much as we like to study them, the focus this time isn't the latter part, but the former."
"All Digimons in its area of effect would return back to their child stage upon entering its area of effect. It might sounds good, but of course not everyone is happy to be stripped of their hard earned power. Not to mention, apparently the effect does not works on certain Digimons. No one know what's the criteria is, but let's say, all human-linked Digimons are absolutely affected by this effect. They apparently messes up with the connection between the Digivice and the Digimon, thus preventing natural evolution through Digivice. And that, brings us to another point."
Yuuki took out his D-Terminal and taps several buttons to eject out a Digimental. His Digimental, Digimental of Faith. It's shaped like an egg with protrusion and upside down metal wings crossed on its back.
"If you have no idea what this is, this is a Digimental. This is... 'evolution through assistance' item that could make your Digimon evolves to their armor form, which is essentially weaker than your natural evolution... but in this case, it can fight against the Dark Tower's power. Why does Digimental exist? Many still questioned it. At first I thought it related to how the chosen's best qualities crystallized into new power, but that's not the case. Solo Digimons also possible to have this Digimental. Not only that, Spirit user too, with their Fraction spirit that apparently coding wise similar to the Digimental. I have yet to hear the case on Xros General, but I'm guessing it's the same for them. Now, it brings us to the main point.
Why, do you think business of selling 'Digimentals' flourished? The answer is simple. Not everyone is chosen. Digimons out there felt fear toward whether yay or nay they can evolve with the dark towers around. What if they're one of the affected Digimons by the dark tower? What if while they walking around suddenly they entered the tower range, and then they got ambushed? I have heard all the ideas, but in the end, it boils to...
'Why only minorities are chosen?'
...And here came our Digimental traders. So far, do you guys have any sort of question?"
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john
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Post by john on Dec 1, 2018 19:46:49 GMT
Fake Digimentals, that was something new, he had to admit. Commandramon had wondered about using Digimentals to evolve, normal digivolution would probably still take quite some time for them. That even single Digimon, Generals and Spirit users could use these fake Digimentals. And those Dark Towers, they had heard rumors about them, but never seen any, thankfully, now that John thought about it. "So I guess you want us to investigate these 'fake' Digimentals, and at the very best bring one back to you, so you can analyse them?" Getting one of them shouldn't be too hard, newbies like him and Commandramon were always looking for shortcuts to get stronger and these things seem to be an easy way to. Although only within a few seconds John could imagine two dozen things that go wrong with using a strange Digimental you bought from a hustler and getting turned into a nightmare monster was one of the more harmless ones. "You sure you don't want us to focus on these towers? I mean, if we managed to neutralize them, the demand for the 'fake Digimentals' would disappear and the market would dry up." Commandramon asked and earned a suprised stare from his partner. "I read one of your grandpas books about economics while I was alone at home.", the soldier dragon explained proudly, before a still stunned John returned his attention to Hikaru.
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Post by Alan Pantell on Dec 2, 2018 20:45:23 GMT
"I think that would be a good idea," said Alan, responding to the well-read Commandramon. "However, while I'm all for taking care of a problem at its source, and I agree as much as anyone else that a problem shouldn't be ignored just because it can't be completely eliminated in one go, I think 'not knowing the source' is part of the issue. Nobody knows where the Dark Towers came from. Not to mention, if they send anyone to take care of the towers directly, it won't be us. I don't know if any of you have had more luck, but although we've seen at least three times what they're capable of, Levi and I haven't happened upon any digimentals of our own. If I was a man of weaker integrity, a purchasable digimental would be a tempting offer indeed."
"Hashtag humblebrag!" chimed Levi.
"Right. Me and my big ego, heh heh. That aside, I can't help but feel bad for the ones who weren't arbitrarily 'chosen.' Especially if they really are just being scammed. That'd just be an extra kick in the stomach. (It's a figure of speech, Levi.) So, I'm happy to do whatever I can to help."
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Post by Vergil on Dec 3, 2018 23:31:13 GMT
Digimentals, Dark Towers, Spirit users, Xros Generals? This was the first time Justice was hearing of any of this. Granted this was his second time in the Digital World, but for all that information to come at him at once washed his mind like a tsunami. As he watched the two other groups talk, Justice was left utterly confused. He raised his hand to get Yuuki's attention.
"Umm... I got a question: What? I mean I don't need to be rude and all, but Digimon can evolve? I've only had my Digimon for a short while, so this is the first time I'm hearing any of this. The Dark Towers I sort of get, but what are Spirit Users and Xros Generals anyway? Are they just like us Tamers or something? Are they related to the mission in any shape or form? And another thing- OW!"
Justice was interrupted by a comical chop to kidneys by Veemon. He clutched his sides in pain. "What was that for?" he said as he recoiled in pain.
"You're thinking too much into this." he commented. He turned towards Yuuki. "So to put it bluntly: investigate the fake Digimentals to see if they're legit or not, and destroy any Dark Towers we come across. Correct?"
Gumdramon on the other hand, pounded his fist together in agreement with Commandramon "Heh, destroying the towers, acquiring the Digimentals through tactical espionage, whatever! As long as I get to smack anybody stupid for getting in our way!"
"Yeah... I whole-heartly agree..." said Justice, who was still on his knees in pain.
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Post by yuuki on Dec 4, 2018 2:15:11 GMT
"Incorrect," Yuuki answered to Veemon. "Do hear carefully, I'm not telling you to destroy it and I in fact heavily discourage it at this point. Tower busting might be something that you can do early on, but an inexperienced human and Digimon going around waltzing saying they'll destroy these dark towers is equal to asking for not only buttwhooping, but also chance that you, Digimons, got controlled. Are you seriously fine with that? Experience came as you explore Digital World more and more, but the last thing I would recommend you is to toss yourself to some unknown danger over some baseless overconfidence."
"As for your question," Hikaru chimed in, looking at Commandramon. "...Indeed, that's the basic economics... but thing is... we have no idea who's building them, these dark tower...,or whether just by destroying them is enough to settle distress felt by the public. Even if we want to do it, we need to make sure the people we sent are up to standard... standard that you guys currently sadly have yet met. However, do not get discouraged. Start from the bottom. And so you know, you guys are very perfect for this job in way more than one."
Yuuki just smiled wryly at Alan's words. "Thanks for saying you'll help. Indeed, not even a simple thing like this can help in the future. Most likely, I'll pass the follow up to stronger members... but... I have a tip for you, perhaps a reality that you guys should hear...As much as I'd like to agree... in term of survival, 'dirty' and 'clean' should be blurred. You have to survive at all cost. Digimons can reborn after they die, but... human only live once in this world. Your death means your partnered Digimon is doomed to be at their lowest stage for a while, perhaps until your Digivice find its new owner, or maybe until they finally able to become solo Digimon. But what chance are they surviving without you? Really small.
Digimon aren't there to be just your protector in this scary world. They need us, just like how much we need them. Don't take your bond for granted. At first you might feel like you guys doesn't click... or maybe they're really annoying and just like some burden... but as you guys go, your bond will be stronger. Key to evolution isn't mere experience and emotions. Bond, is the keyword in reaching new stage. That's why, survive, for your own sake, and for everyone who cares about you, and forge stronger bonds with your friends and partner. As much as I hate 'Nakama power' trope like the other person, it's undeniable when it comes to Digimon.."
Finally, returning back to the topic.
"I'll restate it once again. Your mission: Meet up with the client, you'll be briefed with his side of the mission. You'll be supplied with some spying tools, simple one at it. Make sure to not be spotted and do not reveal who your client is. Extra objectives: Bring back a sample of the Digimental. One should be enough. Gather the info who's behind this all. Don't delve too deep. Just the general idea who's behind this would do, even if it's just agent of one level higher than the traditional sellers. Do not attract fight. This is Terminus, you can and will be charged with appropriate punishment if you do. It'll also negatively affects the human relationship with Digital World. If that happen I'll declare the mission failed. Is that clear? If you have any more question, speak now or keep your silence til the end of the mission."
Soon, the team would likely to find the mail of the map of where their client is. It's apparently a general store. Hikaru then took away the globe.
"If you guys are ready, just return to where the lift was... and I guess just eat one of the candy or wait about thirty seconds if you're not into bbq chewy candy, hehehe~"
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john
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Post by john on Dec 4, 2018 18:54:17 GMT
"Meet the client, get equipment and find some dealers. Get an example of these fake Digi-mentals if possible. Also General Idea of who is organising this whole operation, got it." Commandramonn definitely needed to watch less TV, John thought to himself as the soldier dragon happily saluted they client and started to walk back to the elevator. He was picking up the habit of acting like whatever character he liked the most from the show he watched at the moment, which was getting a little bit annoying. But for now he had to worry about the mission, so he said his goodbye to the clients and also made for the elevator, passing the other Tamers and their partners. Their little dragon-squad was not supposed to get into combat and stay undercover, something he was completely ok with, the last time they trained, Commandramon had blown up and entire meadow by wildly throwing grenades into every direction. They were no longer welcome there. His partner tended to have his head in the clouds, unless he was in actual combat, but well, there could be worse things than that. "We should go to a BBQ restaurant with the money we earn, I saw a good one on the way here. Those BBQ candys make me hungry." John hadn't even noticed, but the whole time, between talking, Commandramon had been chewing these candys. He had stuffed all off his pockets with them and had probably already ate half the bucket they had gotten. John chuckled about his partner, as he waited for the others to also come.
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Post by Alan Pantell on Dec 4, 2018 19:46:41 GMT
As Yuuki provided Alan and Levi with his advice, one could swear that a scowl momentarily flared across Alan's face, quickly being replaced by a calm smile, signaling that Alan had decided not to let whatever was on his mind bother him. "Hm hm, we're actually faster learners than you're giving us credit for. Naturally, we're well aware of the varying stakes for each person involved, but still: you ever watched or read Re: Zero? You can get as many lives as you want, but nobody likes dying. So we understand our priorities, should a split-second decision have to me made, but with utmost optimism, our main tenet is:"
Alan stood up and placed his wrists on his hips, while Levi got up onto the table to do the same.
"We don't plan on letting anyone die."
They both switched to a more casual standing pose.
"And don't worry, we worked out our differences on day one of being in the digital world. Which was day nine of being partners. But we stopped counting immediately after that. Now. Onto business. Don't worry, we'll do everything in our power to ensure there is no incident. This D3 has a few tricks of its own. Thank you, and we shall be on our way."
The pair began to follow John onto the lift and wait. Levi reached into the infini-store, and offered his Tamer a piece of candy. The boy eyed it curiously before taking a bite. "Hmm. Surprisingly good," he said. "I was worried. The name made it sound a bit too much like pet food."
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