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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Mar 9, 2020 23:25:20 GMT
"Oh, no, no. I never thought a single second of this would be simple."
Mikemon proved to be quite honest with the floating AI, that aura now tightly wrapped around his body, slowly starting to smooth out the same way it was before. Indeed, this was stressing his body, his joints creaking and his insides feeling like they were in flames - but he endured it, largely without complaint. "I said I could use three pills, but I can't imagine putting my body through this sort of torture a third time, Jade. If anything, I'll go back to being a battle medic after all of this - "
... Presuming he'd return alive. His ear would 'flick' as Jade casually spoke of a 2% chance of his survival. He gave a slow blink, turning to face the orb. One who frankly questioned his condition - and even went as far as to compliment him on the aura he was able to demonstrate. To that, the cat gave a low sigh, closing his eyes as he shook his head.
"When I last spoke with you, you weren't able to read emotions well at all. And now you're trying to comfort me, this far in." He gave a small smile at that. "I know. Holly's barely keeping it together as is... but do you think she would be okay? Eventually?" ... Alright, maybe there would be more than one reason for the Village to call, though maybe Holly's thoughts could stand to be a bit less morbid. The Swanmon's attention seemed to perk up as Holly mentioned that the doctor was 'sick'.
"Really? That's such a shame... and no, its nothing like that, don't worry. Actually, the last time we gave a call like this was for 'you', Holly." The Swanmon would give a bit of a chuckle, at that.
... Right.
"After the last, we're pretty much certain: there's two eggs here with your dad's signal, at least partially."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2020 23:37:17 GMT
”To be fair sir, I’d be berating you if you did.”
The AI chuckled lightly and shifted it’s body. The side orbs were rotating around one another and after a few moments they’d spread back out. The ‘tainted’ one had lost a good deal of it’s sheen but the others had picked up on this aura and took a little bit of their own to do better. Jade herself or at least the primary one remained at a decent enough distance.
”Sir that’s not what I meant. Silence. Holly and… eventually syre all exhibit abilities or the type of data that is open ended in certain parts of their structure. A structure two of them inherited from their parents. One of those parents is you sir. My suggestion is if you do survive that you partake in finding an alternate form or perhaps even go further to construct such a medium.”
Jade pause a bit and tilted her head as the other spoke, that sigh and that frustrated look. The orb seemed a bit taken back and she’d mumble softly.
”Were I to spend all my time around machine type digimon this wouldn’t of been possible. Being around positive enforcement, emotional outbursts, death and… well. Many more things I had to realize after some time I needed to encourage my own growth. Holly encouraged me to seek out ways to grow. Ways that she herself has. She… She. If she loses you. If she was to lose the last parental figure she had…. I believe sir that no force on the digital world’s surface will stop her from getting revenge. It will be all consuming and it will breed a hatred so deep inside of her heart that only a small amount of people… myself included will be able to bring her back from the brink. I’d say… give her a few months, a year. Maybe two at most? And she will be okay. But… Without you here. Without… your presence and your words she so looks to hear. I see nothing but sadness and an empty life for her if she cannot steel herself for what is to come.”
The orb looked down and shook her head again. She seemed sad and after a moment?
”To that end. I don’t… think that as I am that I can do a good enough job at reeling her in. So I will be developing a way to do that. Honestly it’s a silly venture and one that is slow going. But what do you know of the machine type digimon sir?”
Holly didn’t really even realize that her thoughts were morbid. She’d tilt her head as the other spoke. “Sickness” was a lie but she’d twirl her pen and then she’d freeze at hearing that they had called like this last time.
Last time.
Last time
The meicrackmon dropped the phone and there was a clattering on the floor and the meicrackmon brought her hands up to her face. She'd mouth what she had just heard, slowly and then with a deep breath. One that could easily be heard from the other room and almost seemed to shake the foundations of the room she was in!
”DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Mar 9, 2020 23:52:46 GMT
An alternate form, huh?
To that, Mikemon couldn't help but snicker. "Were it so easy, Jade. I'm not as variable as K or even Silence - I'm just one species of Digimon, just like most others in the world. The amount of focus it took me to even abandon my form as a Lord was exceedingly difficult. At the start of my journey, I didn't have any clue how to do medicine at all."
At that much, he'd give a smile. A smile that would fade into a softer one as Jade spoke. It sounded like it would be difficult for Holly to get past this, should what Jade considered the 'more likely' result to happen. Heck, she sounded downright somber just thinking about it. And as the orb slowly 'turned away', the doctor would raise up his hands, grasping onto the main orb, and held her close - leaning his head right against the crystal surface.
"It's not just her, isn't it?" The cat gave a low smile. "Holly's kindness, her innocence, her curiosity. Its all rubbed off onto you. Machine Digimon aren't that much different from us - they have thoughts, feelings, and emotions like the rest of us. But aside from that, you aren't just a construct, not anymore."
"You're a true member of this family. You're Holly's... second-best-friend, next to Syre." He'd chuckle at that small qualification. "When I come back from beating Wrath's ass within an inch of his life, I'll teach you all about this aura. Alright?" "... Yup. Yup, that's the Holly I know."
Yup. That 'yell' was enough to almost shake the entire house's foundation - and Mikemon's ear gave a flick as he heard Holly call from the other room. "A-alright, I'm coming, already! Sheesh, be careful, you might cause an avalanche downhill!" He raised a hand up for Holly to stop, and would pick up the receiver from the floor. "H-hello? Sorry about that, um... um. Oh. I... um, yes. Of course."
"S-someone will be right over."
With that, he'd gently put the phone down with a click and look right up to the absolutely giddy MeiCrackmon.
"... Breathe, hun."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2020 0:31:27 GMT
”Sir the people in this family are unlike any in the entire digital world. Out of everyone, every single mon I have met there is no doubt in my mind is if you tried to do something like that... you would succeed. It may take time but I believe so.”
Jade shifted a bit and… well once they were grasped onto and they felt that head against the orb. There was an awkward hum; the orb hadn’t really been one for physical affection before. Well… other than holly they didn’t get any at all. She’d shift and find the little orb shaking. She wished… and cursed the lack of hands.
”Yes… I… Tch. That’s not the reason why I brought them up sir. I… I think I might be able to craft a body or at least get holly to craft a surrogate body for me to inhabit to help her out in more than just simple data collection. I may not be a construct in laymans terms but... Thank you sir.”
Jade chuckled and nodded their body up and down. She was curious about all of this and if he was willing to teach her…
”Then come back to us sir. Whatever it takes. We… No. I need you to.”
Holly was bouncing on her feet and she looked like she might start hyperventilating. She had a huge grin; one that split her face ear to ear and she could barely contain herself. Her tail was thrashing about and she had to stop it from punching a hole in a wall with how it was wagging all over the place.
She was trying.
Very very very hard. Her grin continued to grow and then she’d groan a little bit as she felt a little snk in her jaw. She’d rub at her face and huff before leaning to pick up her da. She looked at him for a moment and then tilted her head this way and that before grinning ear to ear again.
”Now you have to come back. Cause two eggs. I’ll get them! Please? Or maybe call syre back so we can go get them together?”
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Mar 10, 2020 1:22:09 GMT
"For you, then. I'll be back."
Mikemon kept that smile, and gave Jade a gentle pat on her side, as he would slowly step away to an already-freaking-out Holly. He didn't know too much about building a body - Mikemon's focus was more on the core itself - but it was clear that this family still needed him. It didn't dissuade him from what he needed to do - no, far from it.
It just steeled him to how much he had to succeed.
And seeing Holly's happiness, her tail thrashing about, Mikemon gave a nervous chuckle. "Alright, alright, settle down, girl! Remember, you're going to the Village of Beginnings. You need to be a nice, calm Digimon while we're there - and... probably a Meicoomon, just so things go a little smoother. I'll let the Swanmon know that you're going to pick them up, while I set up the incubator for them. I'd go myself, but..."
He looked down at his hands, and held them up, waving them as the dark aura trailed right on behind them.
"'Demon Lord found at Village of Beginnings. News at 11.' Just be careful and leave them in the basket if they give them to you in one - two eggs are a bit tricky to carry by yourself, alright?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2020 1:48:01 GMT
”....Thank you… G… Thank you.”
Jade bobbled a little bit at being patted and had to re focus herself. She really was getting a lot from holly… She’d follow after them given a minute or two and holly was trying to calm herself down. The little orb keeping to one side. It was likely her giddiness that opened all of this up.
”Right right right… Yeah. Can’t show up in mega or super mega that’d be bad. Tch Tch tch.. Mm. All right. Basket… Oh! Can they be put into infini-storages? I have one of those!”
Holly brought out the little cube and grinned at her da, she was giddy and her tail nearly knocked the self same item out of her hands. She’d nod her head a few times as he explained and moved to the exit of the room.
”Okay I shouldn’t be long… two sisters? A brother? A sister? Two brothers? I wonder what they’re gonna be…”
The meicrackmon mumbled to herself and stepped out quickly. She’d have to take a tportal and well she’d turn herself down to a meicoomon. Her tail flicking every which way and her tendrils flopping in excitement. Her grin on her face was appearant on the arrival to the town… and while she was going away?
Jade needed to still keep track of mikemon’s struggles. She’d shift and move closer, gently bumping against the mikemon.
”Sir? If I may… Do you think it’s from you and silence? Or is there a possibility that a single digimon can have offspring? Time wise… well. I don’t believe the two of you have been seeing each other that much this week correct? Or can data take some time to accumulate?”
Meanwhile holly was quick to arrive on scene, the swanmon that was responsible for her when she was around was waiting at the portal drop off point. The meicoomon quickly following after them as they waved her to come along. They would step lively and it’d be a quick thing. Two eggs… Simple enough. One black. One white. Nothing sharp about them. They were pretty ordinary looking but… Maybe it was just her sensitivity but she had a feeling she could tell what sort of powers they had. Or maybe it was a guess? No… guesses.
She’d take the eggs in a basket provided by the swanmon who would escort her back to the train station and well… A few hours later? She’d push the door open with a huge grin on her face, meicrackmon tendrils flicking and shorter after that? The eggs would be carefully set on the table…
”...We gotta tell syre and silence. Siris too if we can reach him. They need to know about these guys. Erm... well maybe once you've left or maybe go off and practice uh... Somewhere they can't sense you.”
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Mar 10, 2020 4:01:57 GMT
"No, no, don't use the infini-storage, hun. Just be careful, alright?"
He gave a chuckle - and as Holly moved down to her smaller self, the doctor would give her a good pat on the head to see her off. The Meicoomon could handle herself on her own, and he trusted that she'd be able to calm down long enough. The Mikemon took a low breath out, clenching his teeth as his aura started to pop again.
... Though he'd manage to keep a chuckle as Jade made that comment.
"Oh, they're definitely mine and Silence's, the both of ours. New Digimon don't come from one person's data - and the Swanmon didn't mention anything odd about the egg, did she?"
He'd grin, and would move back to the living area to continue his focus... Several hours later?
Mikemon would find himself collapsed on the sofa, only about an hour out of practicing his energy control. He honestly found himself barely able to move - barely able to last more than an hour in the end, before it all came crashing around him. But, at the very least, he was able to do it.
His ear would flick as Holly would step on in, and with tired eyes, he'd look at the two eggs set on the table. That wicked aura no longer flickered around him, and he'd give a tired smile in the cat's direction.
"Heh..." Slowly, he'd sit up, and rest his head back against a pillow. "You can tell Silence, right? Heh... to think we'd end up with five kids like this. Let's wait until she's back from training at least, alright? Those eggs might still be a month or so out..."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2020 4:46:34 GMT
”I’ll be sure to be careful da! I don’t want to drop my new brothers or sisters!”
The meicoomon grinned a bit, splaying her ears and stuck her tongue out at the mikemon before she had to head out. Jade on the other hand was curious… and she’d shake her body when the other asked about if there had been anything strange about the eggs.
”I’d say if there was anything odd or strange they would have told you from the gate. Any thought as to what they may be sir?”
With that said the meicoomon arrived and was fairly surprised to see just how out of it her da was. She’d lean and put a hand to his head to see if he was running a fever before flicking her ears. She wasn’t sure why the oldest of them all wouldn’t want to know about having more siblings!
”Do you not want to tell syre da? And okay. She should be done with training in about a week from what she said… so.. And yeah! Five! I wish siris was here but no one’s seen or heard a lick about him.”
She’d sigh a bit and lean to gently check out each egg. The white one seemed odd to her somehow while the black one seemed rather… Chill? Was the word? Maybe/ Or was it just the way they were sitting? It was hard to tell! She’d lean back in her chair and mumble a bit.
”So they get to call her ma then right? Should I tell them about my ma when the time is right?”
There was an honest question there, should they know that their mother was the same mon but not? The difference between the two being so vast but they were still family… She’d furrow her brow and rub at her chin.
”Are we half siblings or full siblings? Seeing as… Well silence isn’t ma but she’ still my mother in a weird way. Eesh. I can just tell she’s going to be giddy about it just as much as I am. Or was. Or still is.”
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Mar 10, 2020 23:31:30 GMT
"Well, of course I want to tell Syre!" Mikemon gave a smile, letting Holly check the doctor's head. He seemed a touch warm, but that was to be expected after such a long day. It didn't stop him from eventually getting up to his feet, over towards that basket. "But she's with Silence, so it would go hand and hand with telling the mom. Hey, there..."
The doctor gave a warm smile, carefully running a hand over each egg. Both so young, so smooth: "Yeah, these are early. They haven't even developed a pattern around their shells yet..." He'd give a smile, and carefully picked up the basket, heading deeper into the cabin. They'd come to a quiet room - an empty guest room, that Mikemon had set up while Holly was gone. There, two boxes had been set up with comfortably warm, loose blankets, with both a microphone and a small camera set up on a table in the corner. He'd carefully place an egg in each box, a small smile on his face, ear flicking at Holly's question.
"Of course they can call her ma. That's what she is... heh..." He'd chuckle at that second bit. "And you can be a half sister or a sister. You'll be a good role model for them Holly, a good older sister."
The cat's words were kind, but soft - carefully running a hand over that black egg. There was a small silence in the room - and a bit of somberness to his tone, only a slight smile held at the edge of his lips.
"... You two are coming into a wonderful family. Full of love, full of people who want to do the right thing for the world. You two will do fine. And I'm sure you'll each have your quirks - you'll get frustrated, you'll mess up, and you'll be at each-other's throats occasionally. But..."
He chuckled.
"I'm sure you two will make me proud."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2020 23:44:18 GMT
”Oh I thought that uh… she was out on patrol or something or there was some reason you didn’t want to tell her yet.”
She’d frown a bit at feeling that he was a bit warmer than usual. She’d be quick to hand him an icepack or at least get him something to drink that would help him regulate his temperature a bit. She didn’t know what her da was thinking at the moment so it was a guessing game for her… a really fun guessing game.
”Oh. Is it rare for eggs not to have a pattern? Whatcha think they’ll look like?”
The meicrackmon sat in a chair in the room and stared at the boxes. The eggs looked so frail and so… strange to her. She’d reach out to gently run her hand across either of them. Smiling warmly at them.
”...Well I wasn’t really sure uhm...It’s kinda hard to figure out that nonsense really. You know? I think I’d rather just be a sister. Easier to think that way…. A… A rolemodel? Da I’m not someone that I think would be a role model! I’m always makin mistakes and I fuff up all the time! Maybe a good older sister but syre will be a better one than me!”
Holly huffed a bit and she’d sit down, shaking her head. Then mikemon spoke; she’d flick her ears forward and smile leaning to give her da a hug. Full of love? Full of people wanting to do the right thing? This entire family was like that.
”jeez you’re talking like you won’t even get to see them like that you goober. Chin up da; can’t have your negative mojo affect the eggs~”
She’d stick her tongue out and sit back down. She mulled over something for a moment before asking quietly.
”Any idea what you’re going to name them? The only person out of the family that wasn’t named by you or ma was siris right?”
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Mar 11, 2020 0:16:17 GMT
"Yes, the eggs will get patterns eventually. Its usually spots or stripes - and given our family, maybe orange or purple?"
Mikemon was guessing pretty vaguely at that. Egg patterns were hard to determine, and were largely random - and sometimes completely absent from the egg for the entire time. Setting his ice pack off to the side, he'd make sure that both eggs were carefully settled in, giving a chuckle at Holly's point.
"No-one's perfect, Holly. I'm sure I've screwed up multiple times as a parent - and I'm sure Syre's not been the perfect sister every day of her life. You're their older sister, they're going to be looking up to you." He kept that smile, slowly stepping away - only to once more feel himself wrapped up right in a MeiCrackmon hug.
A Holly hug. One telling him to chin up. He'd smile, and give her a pat on the shoulder.
"Oh, just let me have that one, hun." He'd shake his head. "Trust me, I'm looking forward to raising both of 'em. As for names... well." He'd mull it over. "Its something I have discussed with your 'ma. Our first Renamon's name was going to be Amber - and if we had a male cat-type, his name was going to be Duke. Aside from that, well... we never thought we'd have this many!"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2020 0:31:14 GMT
”What if they’re just flat black and white?”
Holly set her head on the table, staring at the eggs. She felt an odd connection with them, a glow of sorts. She’d flick her tail and there was something odd that she couldn’t place. Something she wasn’t sure about. The meicrackmon reached out and placed her hand against the black one. She could feel the life inside of it, so small… so innocent.
”She still was a wonderful sister and one that I wish I could have spent more time with. And even if you did screw up how would I really know? You’re the only parents I know of.”
Holly grinned a bit and flicked her ears a few times as the mikemon asked for her to have that. She’d nod her head and was rather excited to hear about what they had in mind. Amber… and Duke? Those were fitting! She’d grin a bit and tap at the eggs.
”What if both were renamon? Do you have more names picked out? I can’t imagine anyone being mad at being named Duke of all things. It’s sooo cool.”
Holly rubbed at her ears and then sat down; after a minute or two jaded would come in. Their orbs rotating a bit and the AI paused as it sensed two new signals it didn’t really recognize. So young, so fledgling. She seemed almost reverent as it approached.
”Of all the times not to be able to have hands… tch. What do they feel like? All I can sense is their pure energy. So innocent. So lovely.”
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Mar 11, 2020 2:25:50 GMT
"It'll be fine if the eggs don't change - ah, careful, hun. I know you're excited, but touching them too much isn't exactly a good thing."
He'd give a smile, pulling the ice pack away from his head, giving a slow nod to the MeiCrackmon. Indeed: "All of my children have been wonderful, Holly. And I suppose you have a point, but there's things I wish I did differently. Maybe I should have put both you and Syre into some programs in Terminus to be around other young Digimon - or even kept you in the Village of Beginnings for a little longer. I mean, I love you both, but you've both turned into your own types of shut-in!"
He'd laugh it off, though! The MeiCrackmon remained curious - and even admired that second name! "Heh, really? As for you, I couldn't imagine a better name than Holly. A surprising, cute sapling that we couldn't just help but love." He'd grin, ear flicking as Jade would float into the room, asking a curious question herself. How did the eggs feel?
"Heh... they feel warm, welcoming, and curious to the world. But, mostly like thin shells of calcium containing unbound potential. Seriously, if Syre's a mega and Holly is a Super Mega, I dunno what's gonna happen with these two down the line..." It would be some time later - and a good deal away from Snowpoint.
Mikemon left Stingmon and Holly to watch the eggs for a bit. Preparation aside, there was something else the doctor had to do - and that's why he found himself back at the forest.
Back at that memorial - back at that tree, a bouquet of roses in his hand. He'd smile, and step up, gently running a hand down its side, its sheer white, glowing back still going strong to this day. He had a smile on his face, as the doctor stepped forward, and rested the flowers right on the side of the tree.
He hadn't done this often - not since the service. But there, he'd take a moment to sit down, cross his legs, and sit in the shadow of the tree. His data started to calm, giving out a consistent, low signal, as he closed his eyes and folded his hands.
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Meditation. Right now, he had to clear his head - and make sure he was ready for the next steps.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2020 4:05:07 GMT
”Oop! Sorry da!”
Holly withdrew her hands and she’d glance to her father who took this time to talk about his kids. He wished that he had done things differently and that they could have put them in some programs in one of the major cities.
”Well fine then! I’ll start going out more and making friends!”
Holly puffed up her cheeks a bit; she hadn’t meant to turn into a kind of shut in. She had been actually rather busy! The meicrackmon mulled over this fact; she could easily make friends right? They had people at school that they could meet and… Well. She’d have to get used to that in some manner or another. It’d be odd for her to just suddenly open up to the people at school right?
”Well. I like my name and I like the fact you guys put so much thought into our names.”
Holly reached out to give her da a gentle squeeze on the arm. She appreciated him and everyone in her family… including silence now that she had come around into it. Though that latest addition would leave a strange taste in all of their mouths. As they didn’t treat her the same and could never expect her to be like ma…
Jade on the other hand bobbed up and down as mikemon explained what the eggs felt like. Thin shells of calcium containing unbound potential?
”Well suffice to say Sir… It’s likely that they too will become powerful individuals with capabilities we can only dream of. Who knows. Maybe even they will join the knights much like how holly-”
”Jade!”
”...Oops.”
In that place. In that memorable place that mikemon had not only spent time with his beloved wife but also had said goodbye to her for the final time. Sat that tree, it hummed with barely controlled power. The flowers that the doctor left seemed to glow in tune with the tree and it’s bark was warm to the touch. Seeming gentle and responsive to the doctor’s will.
He would steady that signal and give that low consistency that he would so need. Perhaps it was because that was what came next. The gentle rustling of the leaves and a soft but familiar chuckle. Not quite what he would remember but not quite the same thing that he could know. He would hear that bunch of flowers picked up, a soft and gentle sniffing of the scents they provided before that familiar voice spoke up. It was far more gentle, far more calm and far far far more distant than she had ever been.
”You always were so sentimental… But lord did I miss that. What troubles you mikemon? For you to come here like this...”
If he opened his eyes he'd see her again. But it wouldn't be that cloak. It wouldn't be that white fur. It wouldn't even be the same familiar form. It was just the barest whisp of a form. Like the spirit she was was just barely manifesting... Was it because of the tree? Or was it because of something else? If he concentrated on her, he'd eventually see her. See her for what she was. A gentle soul, waiting for him still even after death. Her form would strengthen and she'd gain the same look as he'd remember. Thing seemed to be a touch more exaggerated because of his memory however...
"You really are going for it. Can't say I'm surprised. I was worried when I left you that that would happen."
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Mar 21, 2020 2:43:44 GMT
"Heh... you go ahead and do that, hun. Just make sure you make good ones."
After all, it wouldn't be good if Holly got into another assassin group... or told her life story to some person she met in the Dark Area for the first time, for example! Still, Mikemon wasn't disappointed in how Holly turned out. Far from it, in fact - he had a talented daughter who wanted to use her brains for the good of the world. And if that meant shutting herself in a room to absorb every bit of text she could find, well, so be it.
... Though, hearing that Holly was joining the Knights definitely got the doctor's ear to flick.
"... Well," the cat gave a laugh, "go for it. Iko's not going to go easy on you, though." It was just like that time on the mountain.
He remembered it - that vast snowstorm, that worn-out cabin, that spirit that wished to see K one more time. Hearing those flower's plucked up, and that oh-so-familiar voice, the cat felt a small smile curl up at the edge of his lips, a small breath outward given as the cat kept his focus.
"Let's just say I'm starting to understand all the trouble you put yourself through. To have to put yourself out there... even if your partner and family have their heart aching, wondering if you're going to come home safe."
There was no malicious tone on his face. As the spirit slowly took shape, Mikemon's eyes slowly opened - and he'd tap next to him, offering the fox a place to sit.
"Yeah, sorry - but this isn't something I can leave alone. I thought I could, but given everything that's happened since then... well, another tyrant in the Dark Area is not what we need." He chuckled: "Not that this is completely devoid of a personal touch. I really, really want to kick his ass for what he did to you, K."
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"... Tell me. Do you want to talk about that, or do you want to hear about the kids?"
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