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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Jun 8, 2020 1:03:36 GMT
"W-well... I'm sure that having no memories isn't as bad as not being able to remember stuff at all..." The girl tried to encourage Kazumi and her partner. "Cause all you have to do is make really good memories to replace the ones you lost, right? Like if your favorite bird that always flies outside the hospital window disappears one day, you can always find a new favorite bird!"
"That seems kind of specific..." Cream's voice commented. "But I agree that losing your memories isn't necessarily a bad thing. I think any Digimon that's lived a long time would prefer to have a few they could leave behind..."
"What's this now?" Mocha's voice inquired.
"It's nothing..." The Terriermon replied.
"Meh. Whatever. Sounds boring." She mentioned dismissively. "Speaking of boring, how long are we going to have to hang around in this bag? We're getting bored over here!" She sound of a small creature snoring emanated from within the confines over here. "Well, one of us is bored over here!"
"We don't get the chance to meet other people like this, Mocha! Please be patient for a little while longer! I swear I'll make it up to you! I promise!" Nanami pleaded with the Lopmon.
"Whatever..." Mocha responded, but made no further comment.
Nanami let out a sigh of relief as she turned back to Kazumi and Ran. "It's a shame no one who the most popular people are, then. Because if there were people that all the leaders of the Digital World could trust, they could represent the Digital World and I'm sure they could make peace with those DATS people or something!"
She turned back to Kazumi and simply waved away her apology like it was nothing. "I-it's really not a big deal! My mom just tells me I shouldn't believe everything people say, especially if sounds convenient..." She then suddenly realized something. "Oh, but don't worry! I believe all the stuff you guys are telling me, like the things with the Eclair..."
"Xros, stupid."
"Yeah! That!" She gave her bag a gracious smile, then turned back over to Ran. Did she not know what a cult really was? Then it was finally Nanami's turn to be useful! She could explain that no problem! "Ah... a cult is when... uh... It's when it's like a religion or something... but they're actually trying to get all your money, so..." She struggled to think up anything comprehensible. "But there's people who pretend that they're prophets and tell other people that by worshiping them they can go to a good place when they die, so people believe them 'cause they don't want to go to a bad place..." She had to ponder for a second. Then again, wasn't that just regular religion? "Oh, but a cult has a fake religion, unlike a religion that's really real, like... that iggdrizzle thing you guys were talking about, maybe..."
The sound of someone slapping their forehead shot out from within Nanami's large bag.
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Mae
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Post by Mae on Jun 17, 2020 6:19:29 GMT
"She has a point. Amnesia really isn't very scary when you can simply make new memories until you can remember whatever the old ones are." Mae shrugged. "It does seem a little specific for an example, but it still works."
While it was indeed a shame nobody knows who was popular in the world, the truth of the matter was...Mae -was- considered a hero in some places. For some reason. However, it was not in the nature of the cat to state that in the slightest. Humility was something that was pretty much set within her core from the get-go.
"Of course you're not with a cult. And if you're planning on starting one...Don't. It won't end well, I've seen it." There was yet more still to clarify, though. A lot more! "Well, it's more people have an inflated idea of who's popular and who isn't. The leaders, meanwhile, just...care more about their cities than anything. As for a cult...yes, it's a scam. I was correct."
Maybe she should start one. "Yggdrasil." She corrected Nanami, quietly. The girl and her partners appeared to have been asking a lot of questions regarding the other world, and she did mention she was getting ready for a big trip, so...With a bit of putting two and two together, that gave Mae a bit of an idea as to how to keep the conversation going.
"Nanami...Have you even gone to the Digital World yet? Or is that...what you're preparing for?" She was quiet in her tone, but still audible enough to be heard over crowd bustle. "They do say seeing is believing, after all...Or does that not apply here? Hm..."
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Post by ricochet3-Kazumi&Vemmon on Jun 17, 2020 6:41:21 GMT
"Y-You have a point, Ran. If it's I-important I'm sure I'll remember eventually. I g-guess I was just lucky I came upon Kazumi instead of s-someone who meant me harm." Vemmon said.
Kazumi looked at where Mocha was and said "It seems one of your partners is not only a handful but not very patient either. I hope that doesn't end up getting you into to much trouble later on, Nanami. I haven't been to the Digital World much and when I did go there Vemmon and I had to deal with a large angry bee digimon." At the word bee Kazumi shuddered the encounter bringing up unpleasant memories. "As for cults, Nanami, I agree with Ran on that matter. They are very dangerous and I think when you go to the Digital World you should be more careful than I was the first time. Getting in potential fights won't always end well."
"H-Hey, Kazumi. M-Maybe the injured arm you found me with was the result of a battle." Vemmon said after mulling over everything his general said.
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Nanami Hanabana
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Jun 17, 2020 8:03:56 GMT
Ran had corrected her on the pronunciation of Digi-god, but she still didn't think it sounded any different than what she said. She supposed she would just try not to say that name just in case she could accidentally annoy some religious Digimon.
Ran had asked Nanami if she was heading to the Digital World, and she couldn't help but relent. After all, she could trust the disguised Digimon, right? "Yeah! Cream and Mocha don't like it very much in this world, so I promised that I'd go play with them in the Digital World, starting tomorrow!" She didn't want to tell them that she was planning on outright running away from home to do so, however. A hero like Ran would definitely tell her not to do that.
Then Kazumi mentioned that the Digital World could be a dangerous place, criticizing Mocha in the process. Almost everyone she met didn't like the loud bunny, and even though Nanami completely understood why that is, she wondered what she would be like if people were nicer to her. After all, Mocha never said anything super mean about Cream, though she would often imply that she was the superior twin.
Still, she looked Kazumi dead in the eyes and gave a gentle smile. She ran her fingers down the scar that ran down her chest, though it was mostly covered by her shirt. "Don't worry! I'm not afraid to die anymore! Ah, but it's not like I want to do a bunch of dangerous stuff, though... Cuz' there's a bunch of stuff I gotta do before I die, after all!" She couldn't help but laugh nervously as she realized how silly she sounded.
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Mae
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Post by Mae on Jun 20, 2020 4:10:27 GMT
So, it seems Mae had built enough of a rapport to be considered trusted. Okay...If Nanami was willing to trust her with information such as that? Then she should keep that information. Yes. That much was certain. "Alright. Just so long as you go there prepared...There's a lot that the Digital World offers that isn't found here, that much is true...But it can also be difficult to take it all in.
There was absolutely no way that Mae was going to infer that Nanami was actually running away from home. Such a thing did not mean much to a Digimon who had quite literally spent most of her life being homeless, after all! "And it's not just a lot for the humans...Both Cream and Mocha have to keep you safe if you go there."
A pause. Nanami's words...
I'm not afraid to die anymore!
...Why did they resonate with her?
"Just because you don't fear it doesn't mean you should go walking towards it...Not that I think you will. You bear conviction. A desire to see things through. I can respect that."
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Post by ricochet3-Kazumi&Vemmon on Jun 20, 2020 4:27:03 GMT
Kazumi had to admire Nanami about her eagerness to travel to the Digital World. Just because her first encounter there involved a territorial Fanbeemon didn't mean Nanami would be dealing with giant bees in her first trip. At least she had Cream and Mocha while, for the time being, she had only Vemmon to help her out in the Digital World.
"Death doesn't worry me that much. I'm more concerned with dealing with more than one bee digimon. Bees in the Digital World are huge in comparison to the ones from this world and Vemmon and I only met one of them." Kazumi said. Her fear of bees was no secret but at least Vemmon was kind enough not to tease her about it.
"At l-least you have me to protect you from more than just bees." Vemmon said making Kazumi smiled as she looked at the digivice which stored her soft spoken partner.
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Nanami Hanabana
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Jun 20, 2020 11:33:18 GMT
Ran had warned her of the Digital World being hard to take in, and Nanami smiled back at her. "It's okay! Even if I don't understand it all, it's like you said; Mocha and Cream are with me! Plus they're a lot better and remembering stuff than me! When I played them in Othello I got beat really, really bad! And they didn't even know how to play at the beginning!"
"I think that says something about you, more than us..." Mocha muttered from within the bag, but Nanami decided to ignore the comment. If she told her partner to shush every time she said something rude, the conversation wouldn't be able to progress.
Then Ran said something about Nanami having conviction. "I don't think I've committed any crimes before, but I guess I'll take that as a compliment!" She laughed nervously as she rubbed the back of her neck. She really didn't know how to take compliments that well, especially with the new friends she had made last week.
She heard Kazumi's comment about bee Digimon and she pondered for a second. She really couldn't think of anything she would be scared of in particular. "So if there are really big bee Digimon, does that mean they have giant bottles of honey in the Digital World, too? Putting too much sweetener on your food is bad, so I wonder if all the Digimon are eating right..."
But there still wasn't something quite right. "Oh, but Kazumi-san! I'm sure you can make friends with the bee Digimon if you really try hard! In fact, maybe you'll be less scared of them if you do! It's like how I used to be scared of having chest pains, 'cause every time I did I would get dizzy and have to go to the hospital, but then I started to have so many that I got used to it!"
She fidgeted around for a bit before adding. "Oh, but I'm all better now! For the most part..." She couldn't help but laugh nervously again.
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Mae
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Post by Mae on Jun 25, 2020 4:32:16 GMT
"I wouldn't expect anybody to truly understand what it was they were seeing, or what it was they walk immediately. At least when it comes to the Digital World. Just...take things slowly." A pause. "...Othello?" Mae blinked a few times. What...was that?
"Cri-...No, no. Conviction as in a firmly held belief. A drive. Good on you for being a law-abiding citizen, either way..." She nodded a few times. Okay, Mae had the feeling she could tackle any of these questions... "Probably. Digimon don't exactly need to watch what they eat like humans do...But there's absolutely a lot of honey in that world."
The perfect answer to anything. But she blinked at Nanami again. "Chest pains? ...What's..." Okay, how was Mae supposed to approach this of all things? "...What happened to you?" This was the more simple method of approaching things, possibly. Hm.
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Post by ricochet3-Kazumi&Vemmon on Jun 25, 2020 4:48:57 GMT
When Nanami mentioned chest pains both Kazumi and Vemmon had to admit they were just as curious as Ran, yet of the Xros general and digimon duo, only Kazumi voiced their curiosity as she said "You mentioned something about a heart issue, how did that happen?"
Vemmon knew humans were fragile compared to digimon but even then occasional defects would happen with a digimon too. Some nasty digimon would say his stutter was a defect even though he had no idea why he stuttered. He had done that for as long as he could remember meaning, since he was missing large chunks of his memory, as far as he knew he always had it. He then said "M-Makes my stutter a small deal by comparison seeing as h-hearts are needed to continue living."
As for conviction that was one thing Kazumi and Vemmon could agree on. Heck the two were so alike on so many levels it seemed strange at times.
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Nanami Hanabana
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Jun 25, 2020 19:08:53 GMT
"Oh? Othello is this game with tiles with two-colors and and there's this board, and you have to turn all the tiles into the same color! Cream sometimes has to explain the rules... even though I'm the one who taught her how to play..." She let out a short nervous laugh before the attention got focused on her condition.
"B-but you don't gotta worry about any of that! I was born with a really weak heart, but I got a new one, see!" She pulled the collar of her shirt down to reveal the top of a surgical scar that ran straight down her chest. "I cried a bunch when I got it, 'cause someone else had to die in order to give me theirs, but it also means that I get to live just a little bit longer!"
Her face didn't express any sadness or regret, but rather a bright and sunny disposition. "Oh, but I need to take some... immunosuppressants... for the rest of my life or my body will kill my new heart, but other than that I'm completely normal now! Well... I'm still a little weak for my liking, and I got held back a year in school... but that can all wait until I go explore the Digital World a bit!"
She turned towards Kazumi and Vemmon and simply waved her hand dismissively at the Digimon's comment. "But it's really not a big deal anymore! But... I still don't think your stutter is a big problem! I can understand you just fine, and..." She struggled to think up some more encouraging words. "And I mess up a bunch of words when I talk, and I don't even got a condition! So you shouldn't feel so bad about it, okay?"
Nanami really felt uncomfortable when people started comparing their problems and traumas. Wasn't the point of gathering in a group to have fun together and make each other feel better, after all?
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Mae
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Post by Mae on Jul 7, 2020 17:18:54 GMT
...Interesting game. Something to look into later. However, it was not something that Mae wasn't about to go out of her way to play. Not because of any preconceived biases against board games or anything.
She just hated the fact that having the ability to see the future meant she could legitimately cheat her way through the a game. It wasn't something that was about to happen, but the mere...thought of it was enough to sour the cat's want to even play.
Board games didn't matter right now, though. She had to...hear this girl out. All of this was incredibly foreign to her, but progress could not be achieved by keeping away from the unknown. "Weak heart...but got a new one..." Mae...-had- heard about this. The idea, at least.
An organ is weak, or dying. So they take it out and put one from another human in. She did not wish to know much about...sourcing such a thing, but she knew that the new one had to come from somewhere. "That's...unique. I've never heard of such circumstances before...I am glad you're alive, though. Talking to you and your partners has been quite the uplifting part of my day, Nanami. As has speaking to you, Kazumi."
Mae was notably silent about her traumas. Not only because you were not meant to COMPARE THESE THINGS, but also because she felt like they did not apply to...any of this. They were exclusive to her and herself.
Plus, that'd just be a downer.
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Post by ricochet3-Kazumi&Vemmon on Jul 7, 2020 23:44:55 GMT
"A b-board game? T-The only games I've played since meeting Kazumi are videogames." Vemmon said not worrying if anyone had a problem with that statement. It was the truth and to him that was all that mattered.
"I still find it fascinating that a digimon with large claws, like Vemmon, can even wield a controller." Kazumi said.
As Nanami mentioned her heart surgery both Kazumi and Vemmon remained silent as she explained everything. "All of that and you are so young. Makes what I went through growing up minor by comparison."
"W-What are you talking about, Kazumi?" Vemmon asked with genuine curiosity in his voice.
"Now is not the time to be discussing hardships, Vemmon. It depresses some people." Kazumi said gently before she continued "We'll discuss it when we get home."
"S-So humans are capable of donating organs? T-That I find interesting." Vemmon said before he continued "As f-far as I know digimon don't usually need to do that. M-Maybe it has to do with digimon being more durable than humans. N-No offense meant of course."
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Nanami Hanabana
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Jul 8, 2020 18:46:27 GMT
Nanami felt her phone buzz. She looked to check it, and found that her unexpected ride was here. She insisted on taking the train home, but chances are Eiichiro was out there to pick her up regardless. He and her mom tended to worry about Nanami whenever she went out, so she supposed she couldn't blame them. She felt some pangs of guilt as she realized that once she left for the Digital World tomorrow... she would be going out for an even longer time. She should probably write them a letter, telling them that she didn't get kidnapped or anything! Though she supposed she couldn't get into too much detail... This whole Digimon thing was really hard to understand... let alone explain.
Still, she didn't want to stop talking to Ran and Kazumi. Her only other talk with a Digimon-related person, Kaya, ended in disaster (thanks to Mocha, of course), so she never had the chance to sit down and learn more about the Digital World. But... they could also go to the Digital World as well, so it wasn't like she would never see them again!
"I'm sorry... but I have to go now!" Nanami stated, standing up and giving the pair a bow before scooping up her walls of shopping bags. She placed her other bag, the one containing her friends, securely over her shoulder before peeking inside. Both Mocha and Cream seemed to be asleep, be it through boredom or exhaustion.
"B-but it was a lot of fun talking to you guys, so..." She was a little nervous. Was she fun for them to hang out with? She was a younger than everyone, and she felt like she talked about herself a little too much. "W-we should hang out in the Digital World sometime, okay? I'd like to see your Digimon Form someday, Ran! And it would be nice to meet Vemmon in the... digital flesh! Talking to someone inside a Digivice is a little unsettling!"
Once she had all her belongings ready, she nearly skipped her way out of the food court and making her way towards the exit. Still, as she passed by Ran she quietly whispered so only she could hear. "I don't think Kazumi or Vemmon realized it, but I did! But don't worry, your secret's safe with me!" She gave the disguised Digimon a wink before continuing on her merry way. She was probably going to take a long bath and go to bed, preparing for her exciting adventures to come!
((Nanami, Mocha, and Cream exit)))
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Mae
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Post by Mae on Jul 9, 2020 5:49:47 GMT
This was a nice time to split up from here, wasn't it? Mae didn't exactly think that she saw this coming, but it was...pleasant, to say the least. Of course, the disguised Digimon didn't want to end up keeping everybody present here for too long. Everybody here had things to do.
Such was her purpose. Ushering people to a better fate.
...Sometimes. Maybe this wasn't one of those times. "...If I run into you there, I'd be more than happy to hang out with you. That much I can promise." Mae gave Nanami a sincere smile with that, before she blinked a few times at Nanami's whispering. Of course, she quickly picked up on what was being said.
"I trust you." Was all she whispered (or mouthed, either worked) in return. Once Nanami had departed, Mae would rise to her feet, and stretched a bit. "You two be good." She told Kazumi. "Dangerous times we live in. Watch over your general, Vemmon." Bad advice. But it was the only one she could give to a kind of tamer she knew little about.
With that, Mae would move to depart. If she were followed, one would find her turning a corner, and...then nobody being at that corner. Digiports were pretty nice if you were quick enough on the draw.
[Mae has vacated the premises.]
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Post by ricochet3-Kazumi&Vemmon on Jul 9, 2020 7:47:20 GMT
Kazumi had to admit that Nanami and Ran were an interesting pair and so were Nanami's digimon. When Nanami mentioned that maybe she'd get to see Vemmon in the digital flesh, she said "Some may find Vemmon an odd partner to team up with a woman like myself and I can even see why others can see him as scary. Despite his appearance Vemmon is a nice guy even if he is more outspoken than his soft spoken stutters suggest."
When Ran told Vemmon to watch over his general, the little digimon said "D-Don't worry. I'll m-make sure to look after Kazumi. W-With how dangerous the Digital World can be, she n-needs someone she can trust with her life and. since I'm a digimon, I c-can teach her about various things about the Digital World along the way."
As everyone else left, Kazumi said "Looks like I'm not the only one with a lot to learn if Nanami is anything to go by. I think she'll be fine though since she seems to be partnered with twins, even if Mocha is a handful. Let's head home, Vemmon."
With that Kazumi and Vemmon headed out of the mall and headed for their apartment.
[Kazumi Exits]
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