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Eyes in the Darkness (Mao)
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Post by Akari Kinuko on Jan 16, 2019 0:40:51 GMT
The Entertainment District was somewhat a place of scorn for the inhabitants of Shibuya... for plenty of legitimate reasons in fact. It was seen as a bit of a wart on the generally modern and blemishless city, Akari not knowing why the city has yet to try and fix this dump. No one knew what happened there, but nowadays it has been left behind in the dust of the growing Japanese metropolis... a mere graveyard of the ugliness that stained this city.
All the blonde, young woman knew now that it was somewhat of a meeting grounds for some of the more unruly individuals in Shibuya's districts, especially those her age. It was perhaps to no surprise that she and a few other High School girls were loitering together in the dead of night of these ruins; a more native-looking girl smoking a cigarette while sitting on one pile of concrete rubble while another was practicing throwing knives at a block of wood that was leaning against one of the many torn down walls that covered the ruin district. Akari herself was merely gazing at her cellphone, looking up social media and occasionally tipping her attention away from the device to gaze at her surroundings... ever watchful in case of someone unwarranted dropping on by.
"Oy. Akari. You staring into space or something?" the butch-looking girl with the knives ended up commenting as they tossed one into the block. Bullseye as you'd imagine... If they weren't dulled, she probably would have been able to serious injure someone with one of those things.
The posh young woman tore her eyes away from her cellphone with a slight scowl, shrugging at her hoodlum friend. "Nah, Natsume. Mind your own business, dude." Akari somewhat harshly jabbed back, enough to silence Natsume into going back to their knife-throwing. She honestly didn't even like these people. Too scummy and messy for her own tastes, but it was good to cover all your bases. The more people you had as "friends", the more ties and connections you have. Having a good network of communication like this was essential in the real world, even if it did involve her having to deal with lawless heathens.
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Ashikaga Mao
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Post by Ashikaga Mao on Jan 16, 2019 4:24:00 GMT
If there was one thing Mao hated about Shibuya, it was the Entertainment District. It was full of people she found she disliked talking to. People she disliked just being around. But there was a reason to her being here. A method to what seems a lot like stupidity. Something had been lurking here and it had been grating at her.
The dead of night was a good time to be moving through here. She didn't stand out all too much save for the orange hair. Especially since Mao had decided to stick to the shadows. But...There was a name she heard as she was passing some high schoolers. Akari.
...Why was that familiar?
Anyways, the thing she was looking for had to be around here somewhere. The girl pushed her glasses up. And started to pace around. Carefully.
Hopefully she didn't attract any attention, right?
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Post by Akari Kinuko on Jan 16, 2019 15:33:48 GMT
It was perhaps unfortunate that Mao happened to just be wandering in the Entertainment District at this particular kind of night... It was a fairly common hangout amongst the schoolgirls Akari hung out with, which needless to say were perhaps the exact opposite of people that the neet may enjoy being around.
It was the girl sitting with the cigarette that caught sight of Mao, they staring at the stranger with a baffled look. "Hey. You just gonna walk away without saying hi at least, tangerine?" the girl with the cigarette bitterly spoke as she flicked some burnt ashes off the piece of tobacco. "C'mon, you don't look like someone who'd be just lurking around a place like this. Whats your story?"
Akari and Natsume seemed to have their attention drawn to the newcomer, with Akari gazing at the spectacles-wearing girl's hair. Geez... Where did she see that kinda hairdo before? Was it already a few years since she saw this girl? God, it really has been a while. "Shit... is that you four-eyes? You look as lanky as ever." the fashonable young woman commented, actually somewhat surprised to see Mao once again.
Awkward.
Natsume casually tossed another knife at the block of wood, staring at Akari somewhat in bafflement. "Hey, you know this chick Akari?" they commented, a look of shock on their face.
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Ashikaga Mao
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Post by Ashikaga Mao on Jan 16, 2019 15:53:58 GMT
"Hi. Now can I go?" Simple words, but pretty gutsy. "Lost something around here and I'm pretty keen to find it before some dumbo does." Compound a simple explanation atop that and Mao was pretty sure she had grounds to bail on this.
It was kind of below her. Though, she turned to Akari, taking a moment to recognize the blonde before an expression that could best be described as what would happen if you took the magnitude of hatred exerted by Goebbels in the Eyes of Hate photograph, and focused that into the face of a young lady promptly overtook Mao's face.
"Nice to see you too. Ass." Yeah, if that glare wasn't enough of an indicator she was not in a good mood, then what she just said probably cemented it. Mao didn't want to talk to people right now. Especially people from when she was in school. Not while this DAMN BUZZING was in her head.
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Post by Akari Kinuko on Jan 16, 2019 16:18:34 GMT
"Yeah. I do." Akari somewhat dryly responded at Natsume, lazily gazing at Mao. It seemed they at least grew a spine since the last time she saw her... especially if they are hanging around a place like this. "Mmmhmm. Up yours too buddy." That look of utter hate from Mao... Yeah, not unexpected. Mao was one of her and Xenica's prime bullying targets back then... little shit like spreading rumors of the Kita family being in poverty, or just disgusting habits of the bespectacled girl among the student populace. Petty stuff that honestly she had outgrown... No point to kicking worms down in her eyes.
The tall and semi-toned Natsume let out a hearty laugh, even so far as walking up to Mao and laying an arm around their shoulder while idly spinning a knife in her hand. "Ha! I like her already! C'mon why don't ya chill with us a bit longer?" she somewhat playfully spoke, her interest picqued by Mao's story. "So whatcha lose? Drugs or something? Maybe we could help ya... if ya give us a share."
Akari groaned internally. What a fucking idiot... Trying to flirt with chicks and or get stone were seriously all the delinquet had on their mind. "Natsume, goddammit. Stop trying to find cheap hits and just let her go. She ain't even worth the effort." She wasn't trying to actively defend Mao, but she didn't see any point to them messing with her now. She just wanted a night to unwind and relax, thats all. The girl with the cigarette took another swig of smoke before exhaling it, staring at Mao very skeptically. "What I'm more wondering is what kinda loser drops shit in a place like this? If you lose something here, you aren't getting it back."
"She can go looking it all night if she wants, Hana. Its not something I want to bother with frankly." Akari snarked back. Neither she nor Mao wanted anything to do with the other... so why were her so-called "friends" so determined to know what she was doing?
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Ashikaga Mao
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Post by Ashikaga Mao on Jan 16, 2019 16:43:13 GMT
"Feh." Mao rolled her eyes dismissively at Akari. As much as she wanted to clock her across the face or break her legs, it really wasn't worth it, despite the rumors that got spread about her thanks to Kinuko. Mao then promptly looked at Natsume. Who the hell was she? "Thanks, but...uh. No thanks. Wasn't drugs. Something different." No way she was gonna explain that she was probably looking for a ghost. Seriously, what ghost would cause this?
Of course, Hana seemed to strike a nerve. "The kind of loser that'd rather you shut the fuck up." Mao snapped, before she tried to, quite simply, get free of Natsume, and move off to continue her search. It had to be here, right? It definitely had to be. What didn't help was that asshole was smoking. The smell was noxious.
All the more reason to get out, really.
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Post by Akari Kinuko on Jan 16, 2019 18:26:42 GMT
Akari knew Hana was generally the quiet type, but they were keen... Was it really surprise that sweaty neet was hiding something from them? Even being dissed off, the cigarette-smoking girl stepped in with a scowl. "I'm just saying your story is a load of bullshit. You probably have never even been here, yet you are looking for something you lost here?""Does it matter if she's a load of bullshit? Just drop it already." Akari ended up butting in, more just wanting the conversation to be over and done with. No point to provoking four-eyes... She'd have rather watched paint dry at that point, but these idiots felt the need to keep going at it. "Hahaha. Oh look, a woman has a fraction of working brain cells. How hilarious." a suave-sounding masculine voice dryly spoke from above, causing the girls to direct their attention... towards a strange-dressed man in black leather and a helmet that covered his eyes standing on a metal girder hanging from above them. Was he covered in cyan paint or something...? He looked unnaturally pale. "Of course she was never here... She wouldn't have reason to come here if she didn't know that what she seeked WAS here. Isn't that right my dear Spirit Wielder?"Okay... What the hell was going on? How did that guy get so high anyway? How long was he watching them anyway? Akari was to say the least not amused, scowling at the mystery man. "The f-... Where the hell you come from?!"Mao of course would have instantly recognized the Digimon not being at all human... he flashed a menacing smile as he dropped down onto the ground, separating Natsume and Hana from Mao and Akari, he facing directly at Mao and Akari. "It doesn't matter. You don't have the right to even question why I am here. Women such as yourselves should stay complacent in your place in this world. Under us men."
The Champion level, Argomon has appeared.
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Post by Ashikaga Mao on Jan 17, 2019 2:46:18 GMT
Wow, the cigarette girl really was an asshole, huh? Mao continued scowling at practically everyone there, even as Akari was trying to get them to lay off.
Mao was about to bite back with something that would have definitely started a fight before some curiously dressed/sounding guy very literally dropped in. Who was he? Well, it didn't really matter. While it was one thing that he at least knew what she was here for, it was another that...
...This guy really grated at her nerves. The Digimon talked like a human, too. "...How about you fuck off especially, you incel?" She took a step back...And the buzzing grew a little louder. The spirit couldn't be nearby, could it? If Mao had to guess, it was hiding in one of the walls.
Maybe she could...Yeah. Piss the Argomon off, have him break a shitload of walls and work off of that. A genius plan, no doubt.
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Post by Akari Kinuko on Jan 17, 2019 16:53:46 GMT
Well, there was one thing she and Mao had in common... Neither were looking like they tolerated this guy's presence. He was one hell of a sexist, wasn't he? Akari was someone who had pride, and she wasn't going to tolerate some prick jabbing at her like this. "Eat shit and die."
The Argomon only let out a hearty laugh at both of the girl's comments, merely waggling a finger tauntingly. "Ah, so scornful, aren't you ladies?" the demonic plant man teased... before suddenly two of those vines that grew from his back ensnared Hana and Natsume's arms. "I think I'm gonna have a real fun time with you two especially." the demonic Digimon grinned maniacally before tossing the two stragglers over a wall like they were ragdolls.
Akari's eyes widened in shock as she took a step back, any sign of rebellion replaced by fear. What the hell was this guy...? Did she really see that right? How the hell did he do that? The well-dressed girl glanced at Mao awkwardly with a look of panic, then back to the demon man. "O-Okay, what the hell is going on?!"
The Argomon chuckled as he tossed his arms into the air mockingly, taking a step closer. "Oh you sweet little plumpkin ~ Your friend here has something I want... and lo and behold, she led me to another prize. My collection of spirits will double with this venture!" he exclaimed as he turned to Mao. "Hand me your D-Tector and maybe I'll play nice with you both... Maybe you'll even keep your dignity when I am through with you. But if you don't..."
The Argomon gleamed a malevolent smile, the two vines reaching out quickly to try and clamp at Mao's arms painfully "I will kill you both."
Argomon has used Imprisonment to try and grapple Mao's arms.
Imprisonment - Argomon sends his vines to grapple a foe, dealing damage and immobilizing up to two limbs for a turn. (Cooldown: 2 turns)
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Ashikaga Mao
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Post by Ashikaga Mao on Jan 17, 2019 18:59:10 GMT
This person was...vile. Loathsome. His mere presence pissed Mao off. His mere presence repulsed Mao to the point where she felt like it was comparable to the hate she felt for monkeys. Or wuss Generals. She took a step back as the Argomon hurled the two girls away like they were nothing, and found herself taking several steps further back.
Hand over the D-Tector?
No. As much of a curse as it was, it allowed her to do the things she normally thought of as impossible. She was near the wall now. The buzzing was stronger than ever, so she called her D-Tector into her hand and pressed a button to try scanning for the spirit. Right as Argomon's vines clamped around her arms. SHIT.
Mao didn't make any noise. But, something else did. Another voice--not Vemmon's, but a younger sounding one. ...Who woke me up...? Oh, it...must be you. What's wro-...Oh. Oh. You...need me, huh?
No shit. Blood was starting to run down Mao's arms, staining her sleeves as she glared at Argomon. She was trying to wrench her arm free from the vine.
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Post by Akari Kinuko on Jan 17, 2019 21:25:36 GMT
Too slow. Argomon scowled slightly at the spirit wielder's resistance. You know what? That was fine. He wanted her to resist. Not like she'd be able to do anything now... Without being able to access her D-Tector, she was just another dumb woman. "Aww... can't reach your precious D-Tector? Sorry about that... not like you'll be needing it." he taunted, wanting to relish his sadism.
Akari meanwhile was outright horrified at what was going on. She didn't know what the hell was going on here... all she knew outright was that this guy was dangerous... He was serious, was he? Everything about this... thing disgusted her to the core, she having never met such a despicable creature in her life. Everything in her body was telling her to bolt the scene and get out of there ASAP, call the police or something.
One look at Mao though... and she knew she couldn't do that. She knew she wasn't a nice person... But leaving behind someone in the hands of a psycho like this? That was too far for even her...
Without thinking, with Argomon's back turned towards her... Akari made a mad dash for one of Natsume's throwing knives still embedded in the wood block as she managed to pull it out.
"Well, if you aren't going to give me what I want... I'll have to take it from you by force." the Argomon malevolently taunted Mao as he tighted his grip on her... Something that would prove to be a mistake as he suddenly flinched and screeched, dropping Mao unceremoniously.
Akari had just plunged the damn knife right into his back. Caught by surprise, the plant demon reacted in a fitting manner... swiping his hand at Akari, drawing blood through her shoulder with his sharp nails. "WHO do you think I am bitch!"
Akari had caught Argomon offguard, plunging one of the leftover knifes into his back and forcing him to drop Mao. Argomon bitch slapped Akari HARD.
Cooldown: Imprisonment: 2 Turns
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Post by Ashikaga Mao on Jan 17, 2019 22:10:47 GMT
It wasn't quite enough. Mao just continued to scowl at the Argomon and struggled against the vines--further bloodying her sleeves in the process. But, unbeknownst to her? Akari wasn't slacking off. She went and stabbed him in the back. As a result? The girl gave Mao the edge she needed. Oh, the man wants to play...Okay. I'm Arcadia--Please take care of me. My last friend left me behind and...I don't know how long I've been here.
I kind of want to go. That guy...he doesn't seem very friendly. So I'll help you. I'll offer a deal--You beat him and I'll follow you. Okay?This childlike voice could probably be assumed to be the spirit, and at that moment...A new totem showed up on the screen of Mao's D-Tector, a totem that promptly phased out of the wall and into view. It looked like a rotting creature. But in a time where Vemmon had fallen silent? It would do. Mao swiped her hand across the D-Tector, the hand becoming engulfed in fractals mid-swipe as the girl's flesh quite literally sloughed off as her body began to forcibly give way to the Digimon within the totem. Within moments, Mao Kita had been replaced by... An Arkadimon. A strange-looking one, but an Arkadimon regardless. "I know exactly who you are..." The chittering monster uttered, despite having no mouth. Immediately, the monster pounced, attempting to grapple the Argomon by the arms and impale him with an array of bladed tendrils that extended from the beast's own forearms. Should that succeed? Arkadimon would start to drink. Feed. Collect. "You're nobody."
Say hi to Arcadia. Arkadimon tries to hit Argomon with Snatch Whip. Snatch Whip: Arkadimon attempts to grapple its opponent with one of, or both of its hands before trying to impale it with the tendrils located on its arms. If successful, it will leech data off of the opponent, healing it by 10%. Two turn cooldown.
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Post by Akari Kinuko on Jan 17, 2019 22:51:38 GMT
Honestly, Akari didn't know what she was enabling here when she had stabbed the demon. Obviously, it was hard for her to really focus much right now with the searing pain her shoulder was experiencing a she let out a pained yelp as she fell down. This guy was a monster... What was she getting herself into here anyway?!
The Argomon was needless to say furious... but he soon recognized his folly giving Mao enough time to take the lone spirit, she bonding with it way faster than he could anticipated. Blast it all! What was once a harmless girl was replaced now by a hulking Arkadimon that was lurching over him... and immediately planning to stab into him with the sharp tendrils that extruded from their arms.
Very successfully at that.
Akari practically shrieked at the scene, if just because it was so unexpected. She always joked that Mao was ugly in the past... but was that hideous abomination really her?! She was too injured to be able to properly get up just yet... all she was able to do was just pull herself to safety in lieu of the upcoming brawl.
The Argomon screamed in pain as he felt his vitality drained. "D-Don't underestimate me you skank! Elimination Line!" he yelled back, the yellow eye markings on the armor on his shoulders gleaming as they fired two point-blank blasts into the chimeric beast... an attempt to push her back so he could get some much needed room.
Argomon was damaged by Snatch Whip, he retaliating with Elimination Line.
Eliminate Line: Argomon fires two destructive beams of energy from the eyes on his body, dealing damage and jolting the target for two turns. A jolted target takes additional damage while moving about, with sudden movements being especially painful. (Cooldown: 3 Turns)
Cooldowns: Imprisonment: 1 Turn
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Post by Ashikaga Mao on Jan 18, 2019 0:25:30 GMT
The hulking monster cared little for the screaming human. She was focused on one thing. The data tasted like nectar. It was -sweet.- And it would be a terrible lie to say that Mao didn't want more. "Underestimate..." The Arkadimon echoed as the blasts tore into it, sending her staggering back a little bit before she regained her balance.
"I can't underestimate something that doesn't exist. Plus...I noticed..." She droned as the wounds began to heal. Regenerate. Holes patched up. Slowly, piece by piece. Mao felt like she could tax this further, but she chose not to in favor of... "...You've got an awfully deep voice for someone with no balls."
With that, the forehead of the Arkadimon suddenly flared brightly before a laser shot forth from it. It was aimed...below the belt of the Argomon. Needless to say, this would be...very unpleasant if it hits.
Arkadimon is struck by Elimination Line, the movements she takes afterwards hurting like heck. Rather than move, she stays still and fires:
Cursed Vision [RAM Upgrade]: Arkadimon fires a searing laser from its forehead. This attack is rather precise, and is capable of piercing through shields. Two turn cooldown.
Also, her wounds are being patched up already.
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Post by Akari Kinuko on Jan 18, 2019 0:59:16 GMT
If there was one thing that pissed off the Spirit Wielder that made up this Argomon, it was that he hated being toyed with. His attack hit dead-on, but it only did so much... that bitch had some mad regeneration it seemed. The demon let out a slightly sharp grunt of annoyance as he backed off, his prior gusto diminished now that he was actually facing an opponent who could hold their own.
The spirit was strong... All the more reason for him to take it, even if he needs to tear out the girl's Digicore and being to get it!
He flinched at the girl's taunts, recognizing an incoming attack heading his way. "Tch...! Proxy Seed!" Raising a hand in the air, one of the strange blue adornments attached to a vine was unceremoniously tossed high into a wall... though it didn't prevent him from being blasted head on by the laser, it cutting a huge hole clean through him
Of course... that was to be expected of what amounted to just a lifeless puppet now.
The Argomon seemed to lose all sign of emotion, not even screaming at the attack... before lurching forward at Mao, gleaming light signifying that it was going to blow! Meanwhile, the seed attached to the wall was rapidly extending out vines... A hint at the true nature of the technique.
Argomon panics and ejects a seed into a wall with Proxy Seed, his old body taking the blow. His old body immediately attempts suicide bombing Mao.
Proxy Seed - Argomon sends forth one of the blue seeds that hang from one of his vines, with it containing his Digicore. Without anything to maintain it, his old body going for a suicidal rush at a nearby foe before violently exploding. The next turn Argomon rapidly grows back his body from the seed (prior damage before the attack is still sustained), but he is immobilized doing so. (Cooldown: 5 Turns)
Cooldowns: Imprisonment: Ready Eliminate Line: Waiting Proxy Seed: Waiting
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