The sun yet rises... [Amelie]

The meicrackmon turned her camera this way and that, snapping picture after picture. There was a lot to capture here and a lot of the time her fingers didn't seem to be positioned in the right way. So she had to take a few of each one; though she started to get the hang of it and with a wolfish grin she'd flick through the couple hundred pictures she had taken in the last ten or so minutes.

Honestly she was going a little overboard, but she knew some people that would probably like the amount of images she took. The meicrackmon's ears flicked as she could hear footsteps; who was out here along with her? Some feral mons? Some workers? The meicrackmon turned this way and that; blinking owlishly as someone approached.

Then they spoke. Mae? Tawna? Holly knew both of those names. One was a dear friend and the other was apperantly an aunt she had never met. The meicrackmon turned, her camera's auto-focus making it easy to make out the human and without even a moment of hesitation she'd snap the picture, capturing her first meeting with someone she'd never met but someone that knew both an friend and aunt could never be bad!

"Eheh! Niether actually~ The name's holly! What's yours?"

The meicrackmon lowered the camera, a toothy grin splitting her features. She was in a much better mood than that dark time yes but there was still the edge of stress and tiredness to her smile. It was hard to sleep some nights even with her Da's medication and the stress came from her studies seeped into every aspect.

"My sis said I should come and visit this place and a person too~"

Unknown to the meicrackmon that person was literally standing a good bit away from her but honestly? What a pleasant way to meet an aunt...

Holly grinned ear to ear as the brunette allowed her to take a picture without really any fuss. She of course didn't stop with just one, she'd take a handful. Figuring that she could manage to at least take one good one out of them as she was still getting used to the camera. She'd rumble to herself as she went over them and procceded to hold it up for the human to see.

"Well thank you! It's very pretty, a lot of work has gone into this place! Maybe once I'm a doctor I should set up a clinic around here eh?"

The meicrackmon chuckled a bit and flicked her ears. Amelie. Amelie. The meicrackmon's eyes blinked furiously for a few moments. This was Amelie? The one that her sister wouldn't stop going on about? Or wouldn't stop telling her about. She felt her cheeks turn a rosy red and the meicrackmon realized that she never had put two and two together! That amelie was human. That syre had an aunt that was human, a uncle that was human and a aunt that was a meicrackmon. But did any of those aunts and uncles know one another?

"Ehhe... I'm neither of their sister's actually! Tawna's an aunt and Mae is a good friend of mine... Got me into anime~"

The cat let out a snicker and she'd flip through her camera till she got to a particular picture that she had saved a digital copy of on the camera for when she felt lonely. She'd offer it to the human with a sad but somewhat cheerful smile.

The picture itself was one amelie likely hadn't seen yet. It held a mikemon, a white cloaked renamon, a meicoomon and a blackgatomon. The renamon was hugging the mikemon and blackgatomon together with a big smile on her face while the meicoomon was almost piggy backing the renamon, though her head was set on the renamon's.

"I'm uh... I'm syre's sister actually. I suppose you don't know about Siris either?"

There was a long pause and she'd fidget a bit; she knew this person's name before even meeting them but never actually got to see a face. She'd bite her lower lip and huff out a small puff of air.

"Which... if you're the same Amelie she goes on about... that means I just met my Second Auntie."

Holly wouldn't call herself skilled if anything, she'd call herself enthusiastic or perhaps even willing to learn. The meicrackmon admitted fully that every city without a doubt needed a doctor that everyone could rely on and with her da now residing in snowpoint well... She needed to spread out further, to places doctors would be hard to come by. Where she could without a doubt set up and be needed. She'd grin wolfishly and flick ehr ears forward, leaning back a little bit so that she could crack her back. Groaning softly as she felt that travel along her entire spine.

"You should be really proud of this place, I read up on the history of the dark area before coming here and I don't think even once someone tried something this big. I am interested in a long term partnership, though I have my own housing in Luminas... and I still live with my Da off in snowpoint."

The meicrackmon grinned ear to ear and leaned forward to tap her Auntie on the nose if allowed. Her gentle fuzzy finger hopefully not irritating the brunettes nose or anything. Was she allergic to cats? That would be awkward.

"None of that Auntie! Just cause I'm new doesn't mean you can't take the oppurtunity~ isn't that the best when something just sort of falls into your lap?"

The meicrackmon snickered loudly and flicked her ears back, eyeing the human as they had a silent reverie to her image. A happy smile spreading across that face and the meicrackmon couldn't help but snap another picture of it given the chance.

"They really didn't, three kids in less than two years I think? Two of them within the same month heh! Oh... Big bro isn't around much, he's super busy with knight stuff and well.. he's taken to being more aloof than not. It's all right though, everyone deals with stuff in their own way and he's got all the time in the world! And yeah! Uhm. We are one big family. Like wow, so many of us it's kinda crazy. I don't know what I'd do if they had more kids..."

The meicrackmon giggled as she was reminded of the mass of children that perry's parents had. That was truly a large amount and she was surprised that they managed all that. Holly was about to open her mouth to continue but amelie managed to steer the conversation quite well! So much so she'd grin a little bit. So they had seen her sister recently? But not so much to really know what had been going on. Then came something she realized. Something that made the meicrackmon's breath catch in her mouth. She wanted to stop her aunt from asking but there was nothing she could do.

But it's been a long while since I've seen either mikemon or K. How are they doing?

The expectant and hopeful eyes made holly's core twist in a knot. She felt her breathing sort of return and the meicrackmon rubbed at the bridge of her nose, a small swath of tears easing out of her eyes. How was she going to break this to her?

"...Syre's doing okay. She's been busy with knight work; I don't know what area she patrols but that's for compartmentalization or something. Da's been busy with his doctoring, working on various cases and helping me with schoolwork. See I'm not a full fledged doctor yet but I will be once I finish college. It'll be a bit though!"

She was trying to work up the courage, trying to work up being able to tell Amelie what had happened. How it had happened. She felt her words catch in her throat and after a moment all that came out was a small strangled grouping of gibberish. She'd slap herself across the face and huff in irritation before stuffing her camera away into an infini storage.

"...Some time ago. Around the second or third week of my life Ma fought wisemon in the eastern-timberlands. It was such a battle that it ended in some far off dimension between that of the gates of destiny. A hellish place that mons never want to see and none that enter usually return."

There was a long drawling breath and the meicrackmon rubbed at her temples. This was very difficult for her but Amelie needed to know the whole story and she needed to know the context of K's choices.

"She fought and killed him. But she was trapped in the beyond that is that place. So she broke her personal taboo in order to both escape and hold his data. Trying to make sure that he would never be born again for what he was trying to do to the world. I don't think she ever told anyone what those plans were either. If she even knew."

She was stalling for this fact but now that she got there well...

"...Shortly after. K went and fought the Demonlord known as Daemon, in the dark area. Your shores were torn apart in the struggle. In fact I'd be surprised if people didn't see the meteor that she dropped on the place. I only know because of what she told me. But after that fight she learned that Wisemon was turning her vibrant blue core black. So much so that he was killing her to try to resurrect himself."

Holly closed her eyes and let out a long sigh, taking a seat and motioning for the brunette to either sit with her or on the large cat's lap. As is she was basically a giant fuzzy chair!

"So ma and Da talked. They talked about it. And decided to remove his data to stop him from being able to kill her and make her his body puppet. They put his data in some totem and that's the last I know of him."

Holly drawled on even longer. Kneading at her knees and growling out a soft breath. She was frustrated that she still couldn't do more. There was a level of determination in her stance even while sitting that spoke of the choices she made and what she would do if something like this ever happened again.

"She had less than twelve hours after that to live. But one of her friends needed help. A spirit user named Toki. I will never forget that man for what he was to my mother defies me still. I believe he was a best friend of sorts. But after she went to go rescue him she came back. And for her last hour we were together."

Holly looked at amelie, the absolute sorrow in her tone in her voice and the tears streaming down her face spoke volumes of how she still hadn't really gotten over this event. How she would never get over it.

"...I didn't see her die. But I felt her go. I felt her data signal stop and saw a few wisps of blue data escape through the window."

There was a long pause and the meicrackmon rubbed at her eyes. Growling softly as she wasn't quite done yet.

"...There's going to be a memorial soon. I'm not sure exactly when but it's in a place that meant a lot to her. Where she meditated for two whole months on what it meant to be her. Where she finally became a knight. Maybe not a Knight but..."

Holly sighed and fidgeted a bit, looking somewhat unsure while biting back a harsh reprimand to herself. Cursing her inability to control her emotions in extreme moments like this.

"...I think she'd like you to come to the memorial. Or at least visit the place if you can't come."

Holly's smile widened further and she seemed rather pleased with the fact that Amelie took her compliment and went even further to state that she indeed was proud. The idea of a long term partnership with this city was definitely something she'd want to consider. Getting in early as they would call it! The meicrackmon hummed a little bit and flicked her ears.

"That makes sense to me, we'll have to sit down and hash out the nitty gritty when we get the chance~ I'm not in a rush. Did too much of that when I was still really little!"

She'd let out a knowing chuckle, giving the human a doofy grin and shifted so that she was a little more relaxed. Although... With the way that the conversation was going it was hard to keep the cheerful facade ongoing. The story that she told to her auntie was a sad one, one that she knew would hurt in the end but she had to tell this young woman of what had occured.

The meicrackmon took the time t o stand up and if allowed? Would hug amelie close to her, letting those tears get caught up in her fur. She wasn't about to let the other have to suffer this in silence.

"...It's okay to cry about this sort of thing. I couldn't stop for like a week after it happened. But I at least got to say goodbye. Not a lot of people did get that chance."

The meicrackmon sighed a little bit and flicked her ears, glad to hear that amelie would be honored to attend her memorial. Holly would have to keep up and up with the brunette to make certain they could be there. She knew that her ma would want the human there.

"It's... not all bad though. She... well she wasn't loaded so she came back in a sense but... She's nothing like how she was before. Brash, arrogant, loud... Heck she's put at least two hundred bits in the swear jar since she visited last."

A low rumbling chuckle ran through the meicrackmon's body and there was a light purring that started up. She was trying her best to at least comfort the human in a time like this. Even if she couldn't even if the loss seemed far too great... She had to wonder who else knew her mother. And who else would find their own emotions challenged?

"I'd love to come in. Tea sounds really great but I gotta watch out for how much sugar I take. I'm uh... on sleeping meds and I'm not sure what messes with it quite yet..."

The meicrackmon reached down to give the top of the human's head a gentle pat, rufflign at that hair for a moment before sighing sweetly.

"I think... Syre could use a visit from you at some point Auntie. I already had to deal with someone's death that was close to me, so I had a better time coping but this? Ma was the first person she lost."

Holly was glad that her auntie would be willing to work with her, long term the meicrackmon always worried about things. She was such a poor planner when it came to short term planning the only thing she had going for her was her long game. With this put aside for a moment she was allowed a brief glimpse at the crack in Amelie's emotions. Something that she could relate to and with the gentlest of touches to the brunette's back she'd squeeze amelie against her.

The returned hug made her sigh softly; she could feel the grief from the other. Even if she didn't know the relationship between the two all too well she couldn't imagine it being that easy. Holly could only ever stare forward when she thought of her ma, thought of those ideals and the things she fought for even up until the bitter end.

But even in death K lived on, even in death the renamon had passed on a brilliantly burning torch to someone who took it practically sprinting forward. Adding to that flame with their own passions to create a practical inferno. Brash and arrogant the shutmon may be... But she was brash, arrogant and incredibly passionate. The little bit that she got to talk to them Holly found herself liking them further and further!

Holly reached down to gently rub at the top of amelie's head. If the other wanted to express grief it'd be okay; the meicrackmon had wept. She had cried into the night, she had lost a lot of herself when her ma left. She had gone into madness for a short time and was only reigned out by her doting father.

"I've never had bitter tea. Garlond likes his sweet and well.. I do like sweet things so I never really questioned it? I'd like to try it though!"

Holly beamed down at the human and found herself mulling over the questions she was presented. She knew that amelie would make good on the promise to go visit her sister... But a scenic route would make for more good pictures... while a quick to the city would get them tea faster! There was a slow clicking and the meicrackmon's face split into a grin.

"Lets go with the scenic route, I want to take more pictures of this place. Buuut only if I get to take more pictures of you smiling in them!"

The meicrackmon knew how odd that sounded, but she also knew that if you got a person to smile enough that eventually the kind things of the world would come back into view for them. K might of been gone, but Silence her second iteration was around. They were someone that she felt that amelie had to meet on her own time and learn about them on their own. Which meant that she couldn't cope with the loss in the same way the rest of them were given.

If they cheated it, the twisting route of someone's heart would make it so much more difficult in terms of recovery...

Holly was glad that her auntie took the hug and the gentle support that she gave. Purring all the while to try to help her aunt feel better. She knew that it was hard to accept that her ma was gone, as family, as friends. As everything that there was here well... she'd treasure it. The feeling and sensation of a new person entering her life even amidst all the loss.

"He's ma's butler. He runs the paperwork in the knights and babysat me when I was younger when da or ma were busy. He's a renamon too and has some really cool stories!"

Holly smiled wide and took out her camera; it hadn't been gone for too long and the meicrackmon snapped pictures of the place as they went. Sure it was just a string of tunnels but... these were the tunnels to the city. Not just any crazy place that she went. They looked well cared for and holly bet that someday they'd be even better and bigger!

Once they came out of the tunnels holly's breath was taken away, her eyes welling up as she took picture after picture of the location, the clicking of her camera only accented by the small flashes that came along with them.

"He's a knight of sorts too yanno, like. Nothing like the actual knights... Like Asher or Luke or Iko but... He's a really good person. Joseph too even if he's sorta... well. After ma died joseph took it really hard. Cause back in the real world ma saved him from being what she called a 'trash panda' or something."

The meicrackmon shook her head and after a few moments well... She'd de-digivolve to her meicoomon, the camera a tad large for her now. She'd stuff it into her infini storage with a small huff.

"Probably be a good idea to stay as a meicoo.. people get antsy when they see meicrackmon's walking around I've noticed. This city looks so great for only being in construction! How long has it been in development? Is the outline going to increase over time or is it like set in stone?"