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Blazing Heat and Familial Love [Logy]
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Post by yuuki on May 16, 2019 5:32:40 GMT
"Sorry that you have to accompany me so suddenly, Logy. I don't think anyone is available at this time, so you being around in the base actually helped a darn lot! Oh and of course Tadao too. Are you OK there? We've been walking for quite the distance. If you're tired you can ride Haku!"
"So he said, so don't worry and just give me a call if you're tired!"
Walking through ferns foliage and tropical trees, two Digimons chatted merrily. The horizon already painted orange as the sun slowly set on the west. On the eastern horizon, circuits glows starts blazing through its course. With starlights accompanying it, it looked quite mystifying. However, the group does not have such luxury to stop to admire it. When the sun set, they would be completely blind without any form of lighting.
"So what's the thing is about again, Pops?"
"Well you see..." The first who came out from the foliage, and directly to a small mountainous road is a Dorumon in button up shirt that looked like an explorer's. "There are apparently fossil veins somewhere nearby. And as you know, Digimons usually just returns to Digitama if they died. But why the fossils?"
"Oooh, that's right, that's curious!" the second one that came out is a Gaomon so fluffy and white that it looked like a walking cloud. "...What do you think, Big bro? Yuuki too?"
The third that came out is a human busily muttering about various theories while his face is on the book. Seeing this Hikaru chuckled and shook his head.
"Hey, Yuuki!"
"Wha? Oh, sup?"
"You're on your bad habit again!"
"Well I can't help it. Usually these things are found at Valley of Dragon, but here we are! We're in Spear of Megiddo, you know? Islands, and not mountain area... It's curious!"
"True enough! We're almost there, Lads! Doing alright there?"
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Post by Tadao & Logan on May 22, 2019 10:59:56 GMT
Logan the Offmon honestly didn't mind this sudden notification of a mission in the digital world. In fact, he was honestly delighted. He had been cooped up for so long on Earth with his partner Tadao being consumed by work for college, he was glad to be here in the digital world with his father.
"It's okay, pops! I'm alright with it" he answered.
Tadao meanwhile was panting a little from the effort of this excursion. While he wasn't unfit by any means, walking around the Shibuya university campus with a heavy laptop for 5 days a week was no easy feat, he wasn't used to the hiking involved in digital world travels. But still, he was dressed for it, with olive cargo pants, a long-sleeved khaki shirt, hiking boots and a sun hat.
Still, the young man wasn't at a critical point just yet. "I'm okay" he answered, panting a little. While it was an effort, he managed to keep up with everyone.
"Obviously it is an emergency if we're hiking this time of the day" Tadao observed. But he too was glad to be here. It had been such a long time since he had been in the digital world, to the point that he was worried that something bad might happen if he delayed further. So he was thankful to be here, with his partner's father and brother.
The reason they were here? Some fossil vein had opened nearby. This was a big deal, because due to the nature of digimon, fossils weren't a common occurrence. So of course they had to investigate.
Tadao and Logan soon followed the others from the heavy underfoliage, ready for this adventure. "Yeah, we're fine!" Logan told the others.
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Post by yuuki on May 29, 2019 21:18:37 GMT
"You're still OK? That's great. But do't push yourself, alright? We'll be here for a while after all!" Hikaru reminded Tadao. "Well then, things aren't really that emergency, but it's best if we go immediately. After all, Fossils are akin to what golds are to people in the... 17th? 18th century or so? Not to mention, if the fossils are part of ancient Digimon, loading it might cause you to gain ability of a really old Digimon. Or at least that's the theory. Whether it's viable or not, that's question of another day, though."
Slowly, they hiked up toward their destination. Well, it's not really a hike considering it's just a slight upward slope at the moment, then they ended up in more rocky part of the island.
"So to recap," Yuuki started "about few hours ago, we got a report that someone found a fossil vein. We have no idea what Digimon these fossils belonged to. There are little studies done to these sort of thing... and apparently, so far the studies are to revive the Digimons. However, in our case, we're going to check their properties of the data, so to say."
"As there are no governmental power in Spear of Megiddo yet... or at least, one that I know, us being the first to find the fossils are boon honestly. Otherwise, these people might would take them from our hands. Unlike artifacts, fossils side effects are yet to be studied. We really don't want anyone to load it without proper study," Hikaru added. "Do you have any question?"
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Post by Tadao & Logan on Jun 12, 2019 11:47:30 GMT
"Alright... I'll keep that in mind" Tadao answered Hikaru. If he wanted to take a break, he'd ask for it, but so far he felt like he would be able to press on without bringing risk to himself and others.
The thought of coming across such fossils was interesting though. As far as Tadao knew about the digital world, they could bring great fortune if they managed to find them. And given how much Logan wanted to spend time with his family, he couldn't turn down this expedition.
Still, there were a few questions he wanted to know. "So... I thought if a digimon died, they'd disintegrate into data and be reborn in the Village of Beginnings" the young man stated, walking carefully up the mountain. "How exactly do digimon become fossils?"
"Well... some get their data caught in a way that they can't return." Logan replied, solemnly to match the seriousness of the question. "It fossilizes, and... that's how they're left. Or their data gets so damaged that they can't be reborn, although usually they turn into spirit totems, but that's another thing."
Logan for one had been studying this sort of thing when he could manage a trip to Ys these days. Still, he hoped he was right. "Isn't that right, dad?" he asked Hikaru.
When asked if they had anymore questions, Tadao shook his head, he had asked what he had wanted to ask and couldn't think of anything else for the time being.
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Post by yuuki on Jun 14, 2019 11:59:59 GMT
"mmm, that's half right and half wrong actually, Logy," Hikaru answered. "You're right about the spirit totems one, that they're broken to some point and they no longer can return to the cycle of reincarnation, but fossil is... a mystery, so to say. What differentiates a fossil from spirit totems if that's the case?"
"That's indeed a good counter question. If there are nothing different, then there is no stopping the spirit user to use the fossils in place of spirits. There are reports that some spirit totems have no consciousness of their own and only passed their power to their spirit users... If it's matter of consciousness that is." Yuuki added.
"...So, KIZNA research team assumed that the fossils are basically a residue of a really strong Digimon. It could be their form makeups, or something similar. I guess you can say that it's something that left behind, not strong enough to be spirits but also not crucial enough for formation of Digitama. Another theorized that their form are kind of redundant in the current, modern time. Less useful for society that the Digital World currently based itself on." Hikaru finally surmised.
And then... just right there, they're arrived at the digging site... However, for some strange reason...
"...Are... they sleeping?" Yuuki questioned out loud.
Something is wrong. All the digger and researchers are laying on the ground. They can't be dead considering most of them are Digimons, and they has yet to turn into Digitama, but... it's strange...
"Drats I forgot to buy the air analyzer..." Hikaru muttered.
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Post by Tadao & Logan on Jul 3, 2019 15:05:13 GMT
Logan acknowledged his father's words with a nod, but looked a little sad afterward. "I see. It's a little... macabre thinking about what happens to digimon depending on their degrees of death."
Tadao found that he agreed with his partner there. It was a strange feeling. For humans, it was simple, one was born from their mothers at the start of their life, and death was final in the end. But with digimon, there were many degrees of what happened next. Eternal hell was actually possible for digimon, and perhaps this was one of the reasons why he rarely ventured into the digital world with Logan these days. Not only because he had come to adore him as his digimon partner, but also because Logan was loved by so many others in his family, he didn't want to risk anything bad happening to him. But, this time, Tadao was willing to go on adventure, just this once.
The two of them listened to Hikaru's theory about the fossils. Traces of powerful digimon, not substantial enough to form spirit totems or digitama. His theories were logical to them.
"I see... would we have a way to confirm these theories?" Tadao asked, curiously. But he soon forgot the urgency of this question when presented with the scene of many digimon simply knocked out. And then Hikaru mentioned that there was no air analyzer.
"Oh... uh... maybe we should figure out what happened here before we go further?" Tadao suggested. "It looks like everyone's been knocked out by some kind of sleeping gas... we should probably gear ourselves up before we proceed further if we don't want to end up the same."
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Post by yuuki on Jul 7, 2019 17:21:46 GMT
It's indeed macabre how they talked about Digimon's death, Haku looked visibly uncomfortable about it. His big brother might have no idea, but he had to saw his father's death right in front of his eyes. Hikaru of course know about this and decided to not talk about it any further, considering he's the subject of this. Still, he pat Logy's shoulder to reassure him that everything will be alright.
Would they have a way? "Well, honestly, that's what we're trying to do. The plan is to make sure the fossil veins are there and make sure to work any sort of logistic side of it and just... you know, transport it to our lab back in Ys! Well, had it not for this sort of thing that is... and honestly? Things are not looking too good. Haku, can you--?"
Oh right, Haku quickly snapped back to attention. He's the doctor, therefore he could make sure of what happened here... he quickly checked for pulse of nearby miner. He also quickly did a quick scan, and eventually, he looked up at his father.
"......Sleeping gas, no doubt about it. Nemunemu Grass was used it's seem... type that need to be burnt to take effect. It's something akin to aromatherapy, but if used in huge amount would cause you to be knocked out til next day at least."
"...Next day, huh... how long has they been out for?"
"The ashes suggests that they have been out probably for about two or three hours... it's cold."
"Well damn..."
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Post by Tadao & Logan on Jul 20, 2019 11:59:05 GMT
Logan smiled back at Hikaru as he was patted on the shoulder. He liked this attention.
Afterward, it seemed that the culprit responsible was "Nemunemu Grass", apparently a plant that when burned, released a sleeping gas. In its most potent form, it could knock out a digimon for a whole day, but according to Haku, they had only been knocked out for a few hours, indicating it wasn't quite at its most potent.
"Still though, we should use gas masks or something like that." Tadao suggested. "Just the thought of sleeping gas alone makes me nervous. Unless..." he turned to Haku, "There's a way to maybe counteract it?"
Logan smiled and looked to his father and brother. He knew that they had come prepared for a case like this and would have a solution for them. "So, just the sleeping gas is the problem here, right? If we do manage to get through it and reach the fossils, what next?" the Offmon asked. He was eager to hear a case for the full plan, just so that he and Tadao would be able to know what to do.
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Post by yuuki on Jul 25, 2019 7:18:41 GMT
"Well if we have Energizing Lemon, that would be nice. That and added with Okioki Herb, it can be counter for burnt Nemunemu grass.Even then however, it doesn't looks like our worker will be up until tomorrow considering from the amount of ashes... which is honestly dangerous..." Haku answered
"Is there is a way to protect them?" Hikaru asked.
"There is... I thankfully got the item ready. They probably going to wake up with nausea later though, considering it's meant to ward of all sort of Digimon... but what can we do I guess... Unless..."
"Sending them back to Ys?"
"That's what I think too..."
"...We can't risk their health. Send them back home," Hikaru decided. "Anyway, do you guys have gas mask ready?"
"I have one," Yuuki answered. Of course Haku took out two, one for himself and one for his father.
"Good, what about you, Logy, Tadao? And that's right, Logy... but I feel like someone is responsible for this. There are no one foolish enough to put a Nemunemu Grass in their bonfire... someone is responsible for this... and we might have to fight against some nasty opponents. That's why our mission now is to subdue whoever did this, make them confess, and we'll increase securities. For now, wear your masks, and we'll activate mass transport to the base for our team and call for backup workers."
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Post by Tadao & Logan on Aug 23, 2019 16:23:42 GMT
Upon hearing that there was countermeasures for the effect of the sleeping grass, Tadao and Logan were thankful, and were more hopeful of this expedition being successful.
Logan for one was impressed by how competently his little brother Haku conducted himself when his medical skills were called upon. Honestly, that really made him want to try and find his own way to excel in this family. After all, Haku did his best with medicine, Bezil did his best with exploration, Jill did her best with security. Maybe it was about time that he should find his own place in the digital world where he could act just as well as his younger siblings?
When the question came to gas masks, however, Tadao and Logan froze for a moment. It turned out that Haku had the masks for himself, Yuuki and Hikaru, but, it rather left them vulnerable.
Fortunately, Tadao had an emergency lifeline that he could invoke upon. He excused himself for the moment as he sent a message through the tamernet to an old friend. Thankfully, that message was reciprocated by a portal opening up next to him, with two gas masks being tossed through them - that turned out to fit both Tadao and Logan well.
"Sophie James was a classmate of mine in high school, she gave me her details for an emergency like this, and, guess she delivered." Tadao explained to the others, a little nervously. "Hope that's alright though, I heard that AEGIS and KIZNA are allies?"
If they weren't, that'd be pretty surprising to Tadao. As far as he knew, Sophie respected the equilibrium of the digital world and would never act in opposition against people like Yuuki.
Once that was dealt with, both Tadao and Logan felt that they could agree with Haku's briefing. "Alright, we're with you all the way, brother~" Logan said to Haku, happy to assist him in this task.
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Post by yuuki on Aug 29, 2019 8:48:11 GMT
"Hm? Why wouldn't it be? Also, I'm going to open a portal a bit..." Hikaru answered to the two. "Plus it's just for a while, and a bit unofficially, but we was part of AEGIS at one time, before KIZNA happened. And before Yuuki lost his memories of course. So I don't think we're in bad relationship at all?"
And thus a portal to Ys opened. After hearing commands from Yuuki, a lot of Penmons came out from the portal. Each and every one of them is wearing nurse suit, seem part of paramedics of Ys. Most of the city workers are usually Penmons after all, because they're fast, could use the canals to swim toward their destination, and most of all, they're very adaptive to the north area.
Soon, once everyone has transported, a bigger Penmon with impressive looking golden eyebrows appeared and saluted at Yuuki, to which he saluted back.
"Right, so... According to Haku, they're affected with Nemunemu Grass. You should use Okioki herb to counter it... and what else, Haku?"
"IV drip them with IV solution mixed with Energy Lemon please. Also use the Okioki herb like aromatherapy incense. Please ask them what happened to them after they woke up and is completely lucid. Also please ask for backup workers. This time around, make sure they're equipped with EV Suits and gas mask. Also please brings at least Perfect stages..."
With that being handled, Hikaru looked toward the entryway.
"...Logan, it's been a while since I last saw you in action... can you tell your old man what's your abilities like? We might need to depend on it, like to jam communications and whatnot."
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Post by Tadao & Logan on Oct 27, 2019 13:08:41 GMT
Tadao was glad that the alliance between AEGIS and KIZNA was confirmed. After all, why wouldn't it be? He knew Sophie personally, and she didn't seem in any way opposed to the things KIZNA wanted - peace over both worlds, power carefully reserved and controlled.
Then the portal opened. Tadao and Logan watched as the Penmon came rushing through to save what digimon they could. And both of them were grateful for this intervention.
Apparently, according to the head Penmon, the knocked-out digimon were affected by Nemunemu grass, which could be treated with Okioki herb.
"Well... hopefully there's enough of that to treat everybody?" Logan asked, hopefully, but then was rendered silent when Haku gave much more detailed instructions for their wellbeing. This feeling within Logan... it wasn't jealousy, but, inadequacy. If Haku was this talented at medicine as his younger brother, what excuse did he have as the eldest at being so talented in nothing? Owen and Hikaru were fantastic digimon, yet, Logan felt like he had inherited little of their talent compared to his brothers and sisters.
But Hikaru's next words were just the thing he needed to get out of this jam. Logan's expression brightened immediately.
"Well, papa, my main ability is that I can disconnect things I can make contact with from their source." Logan began, eagerly. "I can also jam the abilities of digimon attacks that hit me. Something I learned from daddo~" he gave a little grin.
"But yeah... I don't know if I can specifically focus on jamming incoming attacks without prior knowledge of them, but, I'll try my best!" he finished, trying to look as enthusiastic as his younger brother Bezil. And also trying not to feel ashamed about being the eldest of the family yet having to rely on his younger siblings for inspiration.
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Post by yuuki on Nov 5, 2019 12:46:58 GMT
Haku nodded. "There's no problem on that. Should be absolutely enough," he answered. "If there are none, well they can gather some on the farm. There should be a section made for medicinal herb there."
Indeed, the Penmons would carry the workers to the hospital, where they would do whatever Haku told them. The Samo Gaomon quickly evolved to his Saint Gaogamon form, which is a form that looked like a cross between St. Bernard and Gaogamon. Sadly, for Haku this is the only form that he can assume at the moment. Meanwhile, Hikaru after hearing what Logan have to say nodded.
"Good, looks like you can shut thing... Alright, I felt like there's some possible tampering in this place. Your ability will be very crucial. Save up your energy and if you want to evolve that's alright too. But remember, we'll most likely facing some experienced raiders... Well, then, Yuuki?"
Yuuki just silently pulled his D-Nexus and pressed a button. The moment he did, Hikaru's form exploded into datas, and rearrange itself until figure of god of underworld showed itself. Plutomon, in all his glory. Unlike Alphamon with its majesty and support that inspired awe and boosted morale, Plutomon is a merciless hunter. He's attempting to hunt the ones responsible for this.
"Boys, we'll go hunting. Let's go."
There might be some time to prepare for the meantime, but soon the exit will be sealed by appearance of new workers, especially ones with gas mask.
"Tadao, Yuuki, you can ride me for the meantime," Haku offered. Of course Yuuki took the offer on that.
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Post by Tadao & Logan on Nov 22, 2019 13:09:10 GMT
Logan relaxed remarkedly when Haku assured him that there was enough medicine for everyone that needed it, plus surplus. Tadao did as well. As anxious as he was about this situation, the fact that innocent digimon could be saved here made him more resolute in being here and take care of those in need.
Logan then listened to Hikaru's opinion of his abilities. Yes, that was most logical. It seemed that there was some kind of remote ability triggering all of these horrors. And it also seemed that Logan had the ability to jam that power, but of course, it would be wise of him to keep it in reserve. "Yes, papa, I'll hold my energy until it's needed." he answered. Partially out of the polite obedience expected of the eldest son, but also partly out of an eagerness to finally prove his own use.
The next thing that happened though made Logan withdraw with horror as Hikaru transformed into Plutomon. He had no idea that his father could turn into such a monstrous digimon. Logan leapt into Tadao's chest and whimpered for a moment, but when Tadao patted him gently and assured him that all would be alright, Logan turned around and saw that Hikaru didn't mean to inflict terror with his new form.
He was further reassured when Tadao held out his gas mask for him. Logan put his own on while Tadao did the same, rendering the two able to deal with whatever laid ahead.
"Okay, so, just checking, our aim is to get close enough to our mark to give them the medicine to bring them back to normal, right?" Tadao asked Yuuki and Hikaru, hoping this would be all for them here.
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Post by yuuki on Nov 23, 2019 10:24:27 GMT
"Was that what you're getting from the conversation?" Hikaru asked to Tadao "...actually, no. We know that someone is responsible for this stuff... which means they're responsible for drugging our team by tossing the herb inside of the fireplace. That's why we'll hunt them. They have done serious damage, and if there are a ringleader in this, then I'll make them confess. We have no idea if there are any workers inside, but if there are any, we'll bring them out too at it.
Either way, fossils are serious business that KIZNA should keep close watch on. If they think they can mess with us simply because we're peace loving and pacifists, then they're wrong. Pacifism isn't the way of sheeps. It's way for lions who wanted to live together with sheeps."
But it doesn't end there obviously. Haku have some thoughts in his mind.
"...What do you think caused this?"
"If you ask me what, then I guess it's... the secret of the fossils. We talked this before, but fossils are not natural. It's more primitive than spirits, and I believe it have part of Digimon moves inside of them. That means the hunter probably wanted to sell these fossils in black market."
Once they entered the actual digging site, it turned out that the entrance is a shrine.
"...Now this one is more complex. A shrine possibly means there are something more holy here... No wonder they're trying to get their hands on whatever fossil lies dormant inside... Let's hurry, and probably lay some trap on the entrance, lest those people gets above the ground before we did."
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