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The Sting of the Hunt (Spirit Hunt)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2020 23:57:00 GMT
The Cipher Jungle was a dense and humid place, that much Hachi was able to figure out on his own upon his arrival. There were tons of places to explore in the vast Digital World, like the Kilobyte Oasis or the Backup Bayou, and even more modern cities like Terminus or Whitewater to visit. Why would Hachi Zaan, who was a rich and practically pampered fifteen year old, doing in the jungle?
Well, that's simple. It's because Hachi is a Spirit Wielder.
You see, just a few days ago in Digital World time he and his classmate Honoka had encountered the Trailmon station underneath the Shibuya Train Terminal, which had taken them right to the Digital World. From there, Hachi learned that he was a Spirit User and had obtained his sprite spirit, Dokunemon.
But Dokunemon was only at a rookie level. There were even stronger Digimon in the world, and to be able to compete with them as well as expand Hachi's ability to traverse these landscapes, he would need to find more spirits. Thankfully he got a good tip from his Wizardmon friend about a Spirit Totem that could be found somewhere in the depths of the Cipher Jungle. With a little help from a local Birdramon, Hachi was able to make it to the jungle.
Now all that would be left to do was... well, to search for this Spirit Totem. But where to start first?
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Post by Dante on Jun 3, 2020 0:31:56 GMT
The sound of birds chirping can be heard off in the distance. The sunlight manages to poke through the dense shrubbery of the jungle. Many Digimon lurk out here, but not only Digimon. A certain Tamer and his foul mouthed friend have made the jungle their home. High up in the treetops lurks a man wearing a tattered grey cloak sporting a beard growing ever longer. Dante takes a drag from his cigarette and exhales as the ashes smolder into thin air. He gazes off into the distance as the breeze flows by.
This area was their home now. Having grown tired of saving the city time after time, Dante decided to relocate to get away from it all. It was safer out here than it was in the city sometimes, and Dante didn't have to be around people. Dante was comfortable leaving the fate of the city to rest in the hands of a fresh crop of Tamers and Spirit Users, let the newbies rise up. The hardest part about living in the jungle is having to listen to Wormmon all the time.
"How much longer are we going to live in this stupid jungle?! There's no video games, no smoothie bar, no internet, no cheeseburgers..." "No traffic, no homework, no bills, no BS. I like it out here, it's peaceful." "Whatever. I miss the hustle and bustle of city life. Go down to the dive bar and play in a band, maybe moonlight as a mixologist." "You never did any of that. You are confusing reality with video games again." "There's a difference?"
Suddenly, Dante hears someone walking down below. He slowly takes a look down, careful to make as little noise as possible. Wormmon hears it too, and his antennae rise up. "Someone is down there. Could it be a wild Digimon?" "I don't know, little buddy. We should take a closer look." Wormmon shoots silk thread down from the ledge, creating a spider web below. After putting out his cigarette, Dante grasps Wormmon in his arms and leaps down. They bounce off the spider web and tumble into the bushes.
Dante rubs his side and groans in pain. "Nice landing, Dante, haha!" "Shush, they could be close by." "Nobody shushes the Worm King, tiny hooman." Dante pokes his head through the branches. He can't see anyone, but he hears footsteps growing louder. Whoever it was, they must be getting closer. "I have an idea. I'll set a trap." Wormmon shoots a silk thread across the path at ankle level, hoping the nearly invisible thread will catch them off guard and trip them. "Do you really think this will work?" "It's better than your idea to jump out of a tree."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2020 4:07:48 GMT
Without a care in the world, Hachi walked through this hot jungle as if nothing in the world bothered him, even if the heat was already starting to get to him. He was fascinated by what kind of Digimon he would turn into next when he found the spirit. He guessed it would be something bug related, thanks to what Wizardmon called his "sprite spirit". Ah well, Hachi liked bugs somewhat.
Suddenly he heard a couple bushes nearby rustle, followed by some laughing before some shushing. Hachi simply shrugged those noises off and continued walking. Probably just his imagination, or just some random rookie-level Digimon fighting each other. No big deal.
Dante and Wormmon were probably watching this chilled-face'd teenager walking down the path, expecting him to simply walk through the string and activate some sort of trap. What they didn't expect is that due to Hachi's walking pattern, he simply walked right over the string and continued on his merry way. It was as if the string wasn't there at all! What will they do next?
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Post by Dante on Jun 11, 2020 3:50:59 GMT
Dante and Wormmon waited impatiently for the unsuspecting stranger to walk into the trap. However, the thread wasn't high enough. Hachi walked over the thread through good timing. Wormmon goes from excited to disappointed and his antennae drop.
"Well that didn't work." "It looked like a human. What's a human doing alone out in the jungle?" "Maybe he has food. Feck this, I'm hungry!"
Wormmon waddles out of the bushes and stands in the middle of the path. He barks out to the stranger. "Heyo! You got any food, playa?"
Dante remains hidden in the bushes in case things get hostile. Dante hasn't even seen a human since he came to the jungle a couple months back. In that short time, Dante had become very territorial with this patch of the jungle. Though maybe this stranger had good reason for being here, and provided an opportunity for some action. Wormmon sure could use the energy burn. Day 2 of being out here, Dante was ready to punt the Worm King into a lake for being so annoying. While Dante took to the isolation, Wormmon is suffering from severe video game withdrawal.
"When are we going to leave this stupid jungle? I wanna go back to playing Death Simulator 3000 for 14 hours a day! There's so many ways to die in that game. Fire, drowning, electrocution, shark attack, but right now I'm dying of hunger!"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2020 3:59:22 GMT
Hachi didn't think anything of it when he walked over that string trap. Hell, he most likely will never find out it existed until someone tells him it did. He pulled out his D-Tector to get another look at the reading. It was definitely getting stronger the more he walked in this direction, but he'll have to keep a close eye on it in case the direction of the source suddenly shifted.
He heard more rustling from the bushes before hearing a loud voice. An absurdly loud voice. Hachi raised an eyebrow as he looked up from his device to get a good look at who was barking at him. It turned out to be a Digimon that looked eerily similar to his sprite spirit. This bug Digimon was a slightly dull green with antennae, blue eyes, pink claws and a beak.
A beak that was sideways. That had to be difficult to manage.
Anyways, this Digimon seemed to be asking for food. Wizardmon mentioned how most Digimon were like bottomless holes. He thought this Digimon seemed harmless enough, he probably went for a day or two without food. Hachi pulled off his bag and rummaged through it, pulling out some melon bread that was still in its package. The teen would simply toss it to the Wormmon and continue walking down the path, more focused on finding this spirit than anything else at the moment.
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Post by Dante on Jun 11, 2020 5:51:24 GMT
Wormmon's eyes light up as Hachi tosses him some melon bread. "Oh? A bread melon? Thank you, stranger!" Wormmon starts chomping down on the bread. "Oh, mon, that's good. I've been eating so many stupid berries lately. Ooh, hello, carbs. You taste delicious. Chomp chomp!"
Dante pokes his head out from cover and sees Wormy feasting. This person didn't seem hostile. It was probably safe to come out. Dante emerges from the bushes and walks up towards Hachi and Wormmon. He was a little rusty, but Dante struggles to get out a greeting. "Hello there. What brings you out here to the jungle?" "Oh, hey Dante. This is my manservant." "I'm his Digimon Tamer. Yes, my name is Dante, and this is my foul mouth compadre." "Come on, Dante. Now that's no introduction! Not one fit for all mighty worm royalty, and sexy worm royalty at that." "Oh great, here he goes."
"Ahem, ladies and gentlemon, weighing in at six and a half double bacon cheeseburgers, he is the reigning, and defending, undisputed chicken wing champion of the WORRRRRRRRRRRRLD, the Worm King, Wormmonnnnn! Wormmon, Wormmon, Wormmon, Wormmon, Worm Mon!" *Clap clap*
Dante rolls his eyes and facepalms hard. One good thing about total isolation is that he doesn't have to babysit Wormmon around other people. Dante knew that Wormy is on edge as of late. "Okay, little buddy. Why don't you turn it down a couple dozen notches?" The Worm King raises the bread high and dances around. "Oh great bread melon god, we salute you!" "Don't eat too fast, Wormy, or you will get sick. Hey, if your stomach rumbles, does that mean it's a rumble in the jungle?" "Boo! That joke is lame, Dante. You've told me that joke twenty times already. Jeez, eighteen months out in this dumb jungle with Dante making dumb jokes all day."
"It hasn't been that long." "Well how the hell can I keep track of the time? There's nowhere to go, no babes to pick up. All I do is lay around eating berries. Delicious, purple berries." "Wait, you haven't been eating the grimace berries again, have you? Those make you hyper!" The desire to punt Wormmon into a lake continues to reach uncharted levels.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 4:21:35 GMT
"Yeah, no problem," Hachi told the bug Digimon after giving him the melon bread, "I can stand to lose one, and you looked like you needed it more than I did. Well, I'd better be off." Hachi continued walking forward, prepared to consider this conversation as a throw-away pit stop. However, that didn't seem to be the case for the other party.
Another being stepped out of the bushes and up to Hachi, this time a red-haired human. Hachi was a bit surprised, but he didn't let it show. In fact, Dante would soon come to notice how Hachi's eyes were always Brock-like, and how he was just always smiling... that unsettling aura was sure in full effect today!
Anyways, the bug Digimon from earlier introduced the human and Dante, and put on a small-big show as he introduced himself as Wormmon, the "Worm King". While Dante was facepalming, Hachi was giving the little bug a small round of applause. "Heh, never met anyone who introduced themselves like that. Good show, good show. I am Hachi Zaan, pleasure to meet you, Dante and Wormmon."
Now, Zaan was a decently well-known name in Tokyo, but would Dante or Wormmon know about Z-Inc and their line of tech products? It was yet to be known.
Then Dante and Wormmon started to discuss/bicker among themselves. Hachi could see that he was in no shape or form a part of this, so he just continued walking his merry way with or without them noticing him do so, not caring if they decided to follow him or not. It was their choice in the end, after all!
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Post by Dante on Jun 12, 2020 6:54:16 GMT
The young man was kind enough to give Wormmon some melon bread. Dante did notice that Hachi seemed to have the same expression throughout their brief conversation. His eyes were blank and he flashed a smile. Wormmon's introduction was met with a warm reception from Hachi. The young man returns with a polite introduction to Dante and Wormmon.
"Oh, you doesn't have to call me Wormmon. You can call me Wormy, and you can call me Worm King, and you can call me the Kingah of the stingah, or you could call me-" "Rap up the bit, Johnson." "...but you doesn't have to call me Wormmon." How Wormmon learned that old shtick is beyond Dante.
Something did catch Wormmon's attention. "Hachi, Zaan? I've heard that name before somewhere." "Oh really?" "Ya, I saw it written on a sign somewhere. Was that at the liquor store, or that place in the mall that Dante is afraid to go in? The one with all the pink bags." "Uhh, I think you are mistaken." "Whatever. Maybe it was a mall kiosk."
While Dante and Wormmon are bickering, Hachi decides that their squabble doesn't concern him, and he heads off. Dante is surprised to see him go already. "Why are you so shocked?" "Oh, nothing. It's just that usually when we meet someone, we go on a wild adventure with them. You probably drove him off with that big mouth of yours!" "Or maybe all your nagging got on his nerves, like my nerves every damn day, Mr. Bossy Pants! It sounds like you miss going on adventures. What happened to laying around the treehouse all day, talking about how much the world sucks and how cool you are?"
Wormmon starts hopping along after Hachi. "Hey, wait up! Where ya going?" Dante is miffed at his partner. "Wormmon, what are you doing?" "I wanna go with Hachi. It beats listening to you be emo all day." "N'yeh! Wormmon, come back here!" Dante starts following after Wormmon, who is following Hachi. Where they are going, Dante doesn't know. He couldn't just let Wormmon wander off. "Hey, Z-man! You wouldn't happen to have any melon soda, playa?"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 17:47:52 GMT
Hachi chuckled as he crossed his arms, looking right into the eyes of the bug Digimon. "You have way too many nicknames," he simply responded. Well, that was certainly blunt, wasn't it?
Hachi was a little bit curious at first when Wormmon mentioned seeing the name "Zaan" somewhere before. He didn't have to do much thinking to figure out what he was talking about. "You're probably talking about my father, Niki Zaan. He owns Z-Inc."
Since Dante and Wormmon were bickering among themselves, Hachi felt it would be right to just simply... walk away. Of course this confused Dante and Wormmon, probably due to their previous adventures in the Digital World. Wormmon seemed inclined to follow Hachi to wherever he was going however, with Dante following suit. He didn't mind too much, as long as they didn't get in the way of his goal. Sure that sounded pretty bad, but it was the truth.
Wormmon asked Hachi if he had any melon soda as they walked. "I don't really drink that stuff, sorry. I have some water if you want, though."
Hachi pulled out his D-Tector again, which showed that the signal was getting stronger and stronger. They reached a sort of crossroads, where the "path" diverged into two different directions, left and right. Which way did Hachi go? Straight forward into the bushes, of course!
Or he would have, if he didn't hear muffled sounds of talking behind said bushes. He'd have to be stealthy about this. The teen pulled out his D-Tector and quickly - as well as quietly - evolved.
"Spirit... Evolution!"
Right before Dante and Wormmon's eyes, the teen had just turned into a Dokunemon, seeing him in that form for a few seconds before he suddenly disappeared, and seeing the bushes seemingly move on their own... Hachi Spirit Evolves into Dokunemon, before using "In the Shadows" in order to investigate the strange noises...
In the Shadows: Hachi's Dokunemon skin becomes invisible to the naked eye. Last for three posts unless he attacks or is hit by an attack. Cooldown is two posts, starting after it wears off.
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-In the Shadows (0/3)
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Post by Dante on Jun 13, 2020 4:31:07 GMT
It was true, Wormmon did have too many nicknames, and self appointed at that. Wormmon seemed to recognize the name 'Zaan'. Hachi goes on to explain that his father owns Z-Inc. With Wormmon deciding to follow Hachi, the young man didn't mind as long as they didn't get in the way. Unfortunately for Wormy, Hachi didn't have any soda, only water.
"Water? No thanks. Who wants water anyways? Can you imagine if water was really scarce?" "That sounds dreadful. What are the odds of that happening? I'm just surprised your vocabulary is growing." "Well, maybe if it was out in the desert or something. Thirsty Digimon killing each other over beverages." "That's a little farfetched, don't you think?" "Could you imagine if their was a TP shortage?"
The trio reaches a fork in the path. "Which way should we go, playas?" "I say we take the path less traveled by. Poe." "Come on, even I know it was Frost!" While they are deciding, Hachi overhears rustling in the bushes. Hachi quietly takes out his D-Tector and Spirit Evolves to Dokunemon. Wormmon is shocked to see another green bugapillar. "Is this for real? He's totally copying my style! I'm a confirmed fashionista."
Hachi activates a cloaking ability, disappearing before their eyes and heading into the bushes. "Whoah, maybe I did have some bad berries. I'm totally tripping, Dante!" As Hachi gets closer, he overhears a pair of Digimon conspiring. A Monmon and a Vegiemon are preparing to launch an ambush.
"Alright, so I'll jump out and get their attention." "Ya, Monmon. And then I'll trip them up with my vines when they are distracted. Heh hee heh hee!" While their plan of attack is decent, the fact that they are being overheard takes away the element of surprise.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 5:00:58 GMT
Hachi smiled towards the little worm. "Now now, one should never turn down water if they are truly thirsty. As supposedly sweet as melon soda is, it actually does the exact opposite of hydrating you. I assume you're the type that would only eat pizza and greasy cheeseburgers without any actual authentic Japanese cuisine, hm?" Hachi seemed to be throwing shade at Wormmon by the way he was explaining this.
Now as a Dokunemon, Hachi was able to use his In the Shadows move to see whatever was going on behind the bushes without being spotted. He saw what looked like a green monkey and a living squash with vine arms plotting something. It seemed like they were going to try and ambush Hachi and that Tamer pair.
I suppose you didn't think I had powers, did you? Hachi thought with a smirk. The squash-like one looked like the stronger one of the bunch, so he decided to target him first. He quiiiiietly snuck up behind the vegetable Digimon and stung it with his tail, injecting a damaging poison into the Digimon. Of course he knew this would make his invisibility deactivate, so he immediately took off into a nearby bush. Hopefully the monkey didn't spot him... Hachi uses "Poison Ride" on Vegiemon.
Poison Ride: Hachi jumps up and stabs the opponent with his stinger tail, injecting poison into the target causing chip damage for at least three turns. Cooldown is four turns.
Effects
-Poison Ride (0/3)
-In the Shadows (Ended prematurely; Hachi attacked!)
Cooldowns
-In the Shadows (0/2)
-Poison Ride (0/4)
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Post by Dante on Jun 13, 2020 6:21:32 GMT
Hachi provided some good nutrition tips to Wormmon. The Spirit User threw some shade at Wormy, judging him on his high grease diet, but Wormmon didn't catch on that eating pizza and burgers is a negative. "Oh sure, I like Japanese food. Nachos are Japanese right? And sushi, oh my goddess!" Maybe they should resume this topic over a large meal, Dante thinks, as he starts getting hungry.
As the duo in the bushes plan their attack, the stealthy Dokunemon sneaks up behind the vegetable and stings him. Vegiemon lets out a yelp, quick to rub his back with his long vine arms. "What's the matter, Vegie?" "Something just stung me!" "I didn't see anyone!" Vegiemon thrashes his arms about, swinging them in all directions trying to smack whoever stung him. Monmon ducks down to avoid the large vines.
"Settle down, I think they hear us. Okay, I'm going to ambush them now." Monmon takes a few deep breaths quickly as he pumps up his chest and springs out of the bushes. "Hey look, Dante. Hachi turned into a monkey mon. Do you have any banana melons?" Monmon glares at Wormmon. "I know all about you guys. Stay away from our village!"
Monmon leaps forward and swing his large slingshot down. He smacks Wormmon right on the head. "Yow!!! What's the big idea, fleabag?! Feel my wrath!" Wormmon springs up and grabs onto Monmon's head. Wormy squirms around, biting the monkey on his forehead. Monmon flails around trying to pull Wormmon off his face. "Get off me, bug brain!" Monmon whacks Wormmon with his slingshot a couple times. On the third swing, Wormmon lets go and jumps up, and Monmon hits himself in the face. On the way down, Wormmon smacks Monmon in the face with his tail, sending him staggering back.
Wormmon lands on the ground and strikes a pose standing on his hind legs. "Ya-hah, haha ha! I got a blackbelt in face hugging!" "Is that an Aliens reference?" Monmon is getting angrier. He starts hopping up and down, pounding his chest. "You fight like such a jerk!" "Oh, I'm a jerk? You attacked me, butt breath!" "Can't we talk this out peacefully?" "Shut up, Dante! I swear, it's like you are the only person on the planet that thinks that."
Vegiemon continues to strike in random directions in an attempt to hit Dokunemon. They didn't see who it was, but it was clear that Vegie and Mon were the ones who in fact got ambushed. The shrubbery nearby continues to be sliced apart by the vines, eliminating most of the cover nearby. Hachi may have struck first, but Vegiemon is the stronger out of the two would be ambushers. It wasn't entirely clear why they were attacking. The only thing that stood out is that Monmon mentioned something about their village. Maybe Wormmon and associates could get more information after beating the villagers up.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 17:10:55 GMT
"There are various recipes for Japanese-inspired nachos," Hachi pointed out, "but the dish itself is not Japanese in the slightest." He focuses his attention on Dante now. "How long have you two been in Japan, if you've been at all, may I ask? Because it seems your Digimon here has been living off of American food for quite some time."
This conversation may have to be saved for a later time, as they now had a bigger issue to deal with. While Hachi did sting the Vegiemon, but what he didn't know was that he also injected a poison into the Digimon that'd make him feel pretty bad for a while, although the effect may have been dulled by the fact that Vegiemon was a level higher than Dokunemon.
The Monmon then left the area to try and ambush Dante and Wormmon. Since Hachi could only possibly hear what was going on on the other side, the Spirit User could only imagine it as Wormmon and Monmon getting into a cartoonish fight, with stars flying and the dust cloud and all. This caused Hachi to sweatdrop a bit...
He didn't have much time to get caught up in that though, because Vegiemon was seemingly going crazy, slicing up the surrounding shrubbery to try and get Hachi out of hiding. Keeping to the in-tact plantlife, Hachi crawled around where Vegiemon was to get behind him, before unleashing another quick attack before running back into the surrounding green plants. "Stinger Swarm!" Hachi uses "Stinger Swarm" on Vegiemon.
Stinger Swarm: Hachi summons a swarm of glowing stingers made from pure energy, sending them towards a target to cause damage. Cooldown is one post.
Effects
-Poison Ride on Vegiemon (1/3)
Cooldowns
-In the Shadows (1/2)
-Poison Ride (1/4)
-Stinger Swarm (0/1)
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Post by Dante on Jun 23, 2020 9:43:13 GMT
Japanese style nachos? Wormmon had to try these. "It's been a few years since I returned to Japan. Wormmon seems to prefer dishes from all over the world." It wasn't long after Dante and Wormmon met Hachi that a pair of rapscallions picked a fight with them. Vegiemon's thorny vines posed quite a threat. The Spirit User summons a swarm of glowing stingers aimed at Vegiemon. The stingers hit the Champions body and vines, leaving a few marks.
Wormmon starts flexing and pumping his legs in the air. "Let's fight! Come on, Hachi. We will kick their butts from one end of the jungle and back again." "Uh, I don't think we should be fighting right now." Monmon gets up in Wormmon's face. Monmon shoves Wormmon back. Wormmon launches a sticky net towards Monmon, but Monmon dodges to the side. The sticky net flies towards Hachi. If the Spirit User gets caught in the net, it would give Vegiemon a chance to strike. _____________
Actions: Wormmon inadvertently launches a Sticky Net towards Hachi.
Sticky Net: Shoots a silk web at the target to slow them down. Target can not attack for 2 posts. 3 post cooldown. Does not work against Champion or higher.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2020 23:12:50 GMT
Hachi smirked when his glowing stinger attack hit the RedVegiemon perfectly. For a champion level, this guy was pretty weak. Maybe if the spirit user kept at it more, then this RedVegiemon would be defeated in no time, making their attempt at an ambush a complete failure!
However, fate was not on their side. Out of the bushes a white thread of silk shot right at Hachi, catching him completely off guard and tying him up in string. "Well damn," was all that Hachi had to say on that matter.
Before RedVegiemon could even think about finishing the damn bug off, he could hear a sudden flapping of wings. If he looked up, he would see his village leader Hudiemon hovering down, who had organized the ambush from the start. She would have the appearance of a humanoid butterfly, with yellow eyes, purple hair, and swirly wings with various shades of blue. She looked down at the Dokunemon, then back at RedVegiemon.
"I suppose you were not the one who tied him up, RedVegiemon?" Hudiemon asked the other champion with an intimidating presence, "And what of Monmon with those other two intruders?"
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