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Neither brains nor brawn ((Virtue))
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Post by Duffer & Kotemon on Jul 14, 2014 22:25:41 GMT
A human child sat in front of the training grounds, looking over the various exercises and able-bodied mons. His partner sat on his shoulder as he let everything register to him.
"Isn't it beautiful?" MetalKoromon asked, looking pleased that he was able to drag his tamer out of bed and onto the field.
"This looks... stupid." He finally said, frowning.
"Stupid!? What do you mean stupid! Look around you! Look at these powerhouses working out and becoming stronger and faster than they were before! Look at their composure, their endurance, their sheer willpower! You and I will be among these powerhouses one day, and not only that, we'll be able to defeat them!" As MetalKoromon looked ecstatic to be here his tamer was half-way back to the exit.
"You do that, I'll b- OW!" MetalKoromon asserted his dominance quickly with a whip of his tail on his tamer's ear.
"No, WE'LL do that. You need to work out or you'll be dead long before we get to your precious "America"."
"...You're a jerk, you know that?"
The two began bickering about which of the two was worse off, leaving them wide open to be interrupted.
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Post by virtueseeker on Jul 14, 2014 22:46:07 GMT
Divo walked around, the strange device on his hand still not working. Where was he? What kind of World was this one? How did he even get here? This questions were just going up in his mind, floating around and annoying. That`s when he saw it: two weird beings, one clearly bullying the other. The one bullying appeared to be a humanoid mushroom and the other a giant red bird. He ran to them, hoping he would get to stop that. "Hey you two! What are you doing?" He shouted "This little brat owes me insulted me. He`s gonna pay." The mushroom said. "Wait that`s it? You beating up the guy because you insulted you? That must be really bad one..." "All I did was ask if he could borrow me a chair..." the bird complained "Shut up!" the mushroom shouted "Wait, you beating him up because he asked for a chair?" Divo asked "Hey, that`s MY chair. I don`t just borrow it. Where would I seat myself? But you`d never get it." "You`re right, I don`t. I don`t see the great problem with ASKING since you could simply have said "no". But forgive the guy, you beat him up arledy..." "He insulted me." "I heard that, but you can forgive it anyway. Everybody desserves a chance..." "And who taught you that?" "Wise people." "Great another mad one. Fine, I`ll let him go IF he apologizes and never asks for the chair again." "I`m really, really, really sorry." The bird apologized. The mushroom started to leave and with him went the small crowed that had gathered to watch. "Thank you, sir." "You talking to me? There`s no problem..." Divo replied.
(OOC: Red Bird and Mushroom)
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Post by Duffer & Kotemon on Jul 14, 2014 22:59:48 GMT
"Wait, what was that?" He looked over to the human a little while away. "Oh look! He's got one of these things too!" He said, unpocketing his D-3. "Now, lemme get the phrase book and... perfect!" He opened up the book and began approaching, MetalKoromon smiling.
"I guess that means I won."
"What gives you that idea?"
"I said that coming here was a good idea."
"You said that it would be like going to an arcade."
"You should know perfectly well when I'm using a word I don't know the meaning of."
"We just met yesterday!" And so the bickering continued as they began arguing in English, probably for the best for everyone listening considering how blue their language got.
"And another thing!" He said, coming within earshot of the boy.
Duffer wore his black T-shirt, wrinkled and stained in ways it's been for far too long. Eventually, MetalKoromon flicked his ear again, causing yet another series of arguments to ensue between them.
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Post by virtueseeker on Jul 15, 2014 9:15:13 GMT
It was good to help someone in need again. Divo had this familiar need to assist people at all times, and sometimes it led to disaster. But not this time. This time it went just fine, and Divo`s only complain was that he didn`t seem to be able to find another human being in this world. Was he the only one? A pair of a computer mouse-like creature and a human fighting seemed to give him the answer as if by miracle. He ran to them. "Hey! Why is everybody fighting today?" He greeted the two. The question was sincere: it seemed that nomatter where he went that day, he would always find someone fighting someone else there. "Hey there. " A voice said suddenly, causing Divo to stop and look to the side. With it`s back against a tree stood a something that reassembled a werewolf and he was staring right at Divo. "Nice speech back there. Short, but effective enought." "Hi. Thanks. You are?" Divo replied "My name is Strabimon. Mind if I go with you?" "No problem, I could use a guide."
(OOC:sorry about the short post Also: Strabimon just scroll a bit down first partner) |
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Post by Duffer & Kotemon on Jul 15, 2014 11:35:37 GMT
"Huh?" He asked, grabbing the book and looking through it. "...OK... Oh, OK..."
[Hello] He said, hoping the book would work. [Fred Duffy is name. This is... ally.] He motioned towards MetalKoromon
"You better not be saying bad things about me..." MetalKoromon mumbled and was shushed by his tamer.
[We are looking for exhibit... no wait, exit! Look for exit!] He said, smiling.
MetalKoromon rolled his eyes. "Can't you give him the book?"
"And risk losing my only lifeline in japan and this backwards world?" He responded, frowning.
"Have you ever thought it was your world that's backwards?" MetalKoromon asked. "Consider that maybe your world is the fake one here, maybe you've just never looked at it right and realized the digital world was the only real one."
"Now you're just trying to screw with me. It's one thing that you were right about that river, but it's another tha-"
"Don't you have a new friend to try and talk too? As fun as it is to outwit you it'd probably be a good idea to try and make some friends so you don't end up alone."
"I- ...Right. OK..." He cleared his throat, looking back at the phrase book. [What is your name?] He finally asked.
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Post by virtueseeker on Jul 15, 2014 12:00:35 GMT
Divo reached the pair again, this time accompanied by his new guide, Strabimon. "My name is Divo. Divo Ferrari.Do you speak Italian? English?" Divo asked, seeing the other boy was struggling with his Japanese. "So. This guy seems to be a tamer, judging from the digivice he is holding." strabimon suddenly commented "The what?" "The digivice. You know that thing in his hand." Divo looked to the boys hand. He was holding another strange device, quite different from Divo`s. "And that is a fusion loader." Strabimon explained. "You want to explain?" Divo requested "Xros generals have fusion loaders. They`re humans who have a small army of digimon which can then be fused to form greater ones." "I don`t have any army." "But you will have. And I will be the first soldier of it." "Excuse me?" "You think I came to you by chance? Nothing happens by chance around here." "Or anywhere. God has a plan for everyone." "Alright then. Moving on, Tamers are the humans who only have on digimon, but that digimon can evolve on it`s own." "I see... so you are one of these ...tamers...Fred?". |
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Post by Duffer & Kotemon on Jul 15, 2014 12:13:32 GMT
"Oh thank god you speak english." He sighed, putting the book away, blinking as he took his D-3 out. "Uh... Digi-vice? Tamer? ...Digimon? I think we need to slow down a bit..." MetalKoromon rolled his eyes.
"Is there a way I can trade this one in for a working one?" It asked sharply.
"Hey!" He said, about to start bickering as they'd done time and time again. "I'm new at this, give me a break! Not every human can be your precious vision you know."
"Because this one smells, and complains, and watches TV, and does nothing past that, eat, and sleep."
"Look at you mister pot! You just nag and nag and nag!"
"You leave me in your backpack and hide me from potential allies!"
"Because you'd scare them aw-OW!" He was interrupted by the whipping of a tail. "And stop doing that!"
To the casual observer, it was clear these two did not make the perfect pair. In fact, it almost looked like they hated each-other.
"And your comics are boring!" The mon said, tossing one of his comic books to the ground. "It's the same story over and over again filled with stupid nonsense!"
"No, it's true! This guy DID have his kidney stolen! And there is a growing pile of bones in the french sewers!"
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Post by virtueseeker on Jul 15, 2014 13:05:03 GMT
Divo and Strabimon looked at each other and shook their heads together. They were like the perfect opposite to Fred and MetalKoromon. While the last two kept fighting ignoring what was happening around them, Divo and Strabimon were in simple harmony with each other. Divo certainly wouldn`t mind having Strabimon in a team of his own, but not as a soldier. As a teammeber at most. Strabimon had similar wishes, but he was prepared to be a soldier if that was what Divo needed to allow Strabimon to join him. Strabimon heard his words.Was it possible that he, Strabimon, a criminal for God Knows how many crimes, being robbery and morder amongst them, he would get redemption? "You two stop fighting. Fighting is pointless. Heck, I`ve heard of wars with less insults than your conversations." Divo said, attempting to put an end to the fight. "MetalKoromon, that human is your tamer. Please respect his interests and instead of complaining try to remedy his ignorance. ANd you human, attempt to exercise yourself. Ask effective questions. Stand. Help your digimon become stronger." Strabimon pressured The truth was, that despite everything, both Divo and Strabimon were new in this human/digimon relation thing, so they might just be doing well because they just met. They hoped that was not true. |
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Post by Duffer & Kotemon on Jul 15, 2014 13:28:27 GMT
"Don't boss me around!" Came both of their voices to the duo, leading to an awkward silence from the two.
Staying silent, Duffer grabbed the comic book and put it away, clearing his throat. "Well... um... This is... MetalKoromon, maybe we should go and... I mean, dinner might be... I mean, it's early but they might need..."
"Yeah we should... I mean, clearly we need to..." As the two began and continued stammering at their moment of sudden partnership, even if it was at the expence of another, it became clear that they were two sides of the same coin. Whether the coin was one of any use or just a penny tossed into a sewer drain was yet to be determined.
After a few moments, a thought struck the tamer. "Wait... didn't you two just meet?"
"Yeah..." MetalKoromon added. "What gives YOU the right to tell US what to do? ...We didn't even meet this second guy properly."
"...And you didn't answer my question about this thing." He held out the slightly smudged and marked D-3, making it clear neither of the two realized its importance until this moment.
"We've just been using it as a watch..." MetalKoromon mumbled.
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Post by virtueseeker on Jul 15, 2014 13:41:28 GMT
"That`s a digivice. A D-3 one to be exact. It used to channel the emotions of a human to empower a digimon. Amongst other, less importante things I imagine. As I said my name is Strabimon." Strabimon replied. "And everyone is free to give their opinion. Strabimon told you his." Divo explained. "By the way, do you think it`s time to eat?" "I don`t know. I eat when it comes. You tell me if we need." "I don`t have a tendency to have my time right either. I usually Forget to eat until I finish my work." They both laughted a bit. Then they looked back to the other group. "I guess it`s your call then." Divo said. "There`s a lot more to this tamer and xros general thing, but most of it, you should just let time teach you." |
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Post by Duffer & Kotemon on Jul 15, 2014 13:50:36 GMT
"Channel my emotions?" He asked, looking at it and tapping the buttons. "Do you know how it works?"
"I doubt it, they said that we'd have to figure out ourselves, remember?"
"It was a few seconds ago, of course I remember..." He cliped it on his backpack again. "Well, no, not really... I just... we... don't tell anyone about that thing with us and the yelling at the same time. It's just... weird. Oh, do you have anything to clean this thing?"
"Of course, the most important object in the world and you end up making it filthy..."
"I didn't KNOW it was important!"
"Among other things..."
"...Whatever. Why is my exercise so important to you?"
"Why are your ugly comics so important to you?"
"Why're yo-OW! Why do you keep hitting me!?" And like that they just went back to bickering.
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Post by virtueseeker on Jul 15, 2014 14:09:15 GMT
Divo and Strabimon were puzzled. It was awkward to be standing in front of two "people" who began a fight two sentences after stoping the previous. "Hmm... I have an idea. Fred, why don`t you come walk with me, while Strabimon goes with MetalKoromon?" Divo suggested "Great idea." Strabimon simply replied "We could go and meet up here when the sun begins to go down. There`s no way one can miss that." "Sure, what do you two think?" They both prayed that the other group at least had enought sense to agree and take a day off fighting every second.
(OOC: Sorry about the short post By the way, you might want to do something beyond repeating the same action. I get the idea of trying to provide that habit of fighting to your characters, but try to get some dinamic as you do it, I`m kinda stuck if every time my character tries to interviene and get things to move, yours just go back to fighting. No offense.) |
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Post by Duffer & Kotemon on Jul 15, 2014 14:24:52 GMT
((It's OK, I'm not used to having to try and work with a 200 word minimum, so I usually end up trying to make filler...))
"Alright... I suppose maybe this would help..." MetalKoromon admitted.
Fred nodded. "Yeah, I probably should..." He carefully passed his partner over to Strabimon.
MetalKoromon mumbled something as he saw his partner walk away.
Fred yawned, putting his arms over his head. "Ugh, you can't believe how relieved I am that you speak english. And now we're alone, just two guys, out in the world, ready to be free! So, what's on your mind, Divo? What've you got whipped up over?" He laughed at his lame pun.
MetalKoromon, meanwhile, began explaining that he had this odd sensation his tamer never really wanted him, like he was meant for someone else and just ended up with MetalKoromon on a fluke. Like fate screwed up. "It'd been a day already and the only time we ever see eye to eye is when we're eating or sleeping!" He would explain, recounting the few blows they've exchanged over the course of the first day they met, the mon ending up on top after a few moments with permanent markers and his napping face.
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Post by virtueseeker on Jul 15, 2014 14:45:58 GMT
"Honestly? I don`t know where to go. But maybe we can talk, this time, from human to human. But let`s start with the basics, shall we? Tell me about yourself, Fred. Where do you come from? How did you meet MetalKoromon? Why do you two keep fighting like that?" Divo replied, relieved that at least the two of them were away and unable to start yet another argument.
Meaningwhile, Strabimon carried MetalKoromon in the opposite direction. "So tell me... have you ever heard of bievers? They`re creatures from the human world.I once met a human who told me about them. He told me bievers build some kind of Walls in the river, with sticks. You know how they hold together? Pressure. Put in short, they bash on each other and the energy from such bashing sort of spreads across the whole "Wall", making it solid and resistant to the river. You and your partner are like those sticks. You fight each other and that strenghtens you. Makes you thoughter and if you don`t take it too far, you will see that ,in moments of need, you will stand together against the strongest foes. Think of that." Strabimon replied with a smile on his face. He wasn`t exactly sure if his words on the whole biever thing were true or not, but it was just a way of getting MetalKoromon to understand. Hopefully.
(OOC: 200 word minimum? Don`t worry too much about that. The really importante is that your post contains your character`s reactions to what happens in the posts of others and something from which other people may work their posts from.) |
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Post by Duffer & Kotemon on Jul 15, 2014 15:05:12 GMT
Fred takes a deep breath and relays his tale. "I come from Minnesota, I ended up in Japan as a foreign exchange student. On my first night here I tried to get the computer in my new house working... failing that, I went to have dinner and when I came back there was this... egg. I think you and I know that an egg about the size of a large house cat is not something you'd expect to find after leaving a room for half-an-hour. I've seen movies, I've read comics, I know a giant egg is usually a bad sign of things to come. So I locked the cabinet and kept an eye on it... all night. Wouldn't you know it? Nothing came out, or in, or whatever. Next morning I go over, open it, the egg's hatched, it's left this weird... well, what you say is the Digivice. I pick it up, and there he is, on my leg. I think it's just a mouse until it's start talking. So I think I'm cracking up. I go downstairs, grab breakfast, get dressed for school, grab the backpack... and he's in there!"
MetalKoromon sighed. "Yeah but... aren't I supposed to be digivolved by now? If he really... actually cared I'd be grown, even slightly."
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