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The Sound of Silence [Colin/NPC]
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Post by ghostmagus on Sept 29, 2021 8:34:57 GMT
Colin was used to big cities, but Terminus was unlike any city he had ever been in before. The city felt like it was guiding him somewhere, and his feet seemed to move on their own accord in what felt like a counterclockwise circular direction. Boyo began to shift uneasily on top of the duffel bag he was riding, and for good reason. The more Colin followed his instincts, the deeper into the bowels of the city he found himself, until he wasn’t in Terminus anymore, but the dread city of Tenebrous. Soon whispers of “uplander” began to follow behind him but Colin didn’t seem to notice, something was calling him. Through tunnels and down alleys, the tamer and his Digimon traveled in silence, they were waiting in anticipation for something but neither one of them knew what. But eventually Colin found it, what he hadn’t known he had been looking for. The Monastery of Silence. It was a stone holy building of some description carved or built out of black stone, all around it was a rather beautiful garden of vegetables and mushrooms Standing outside the monastery Colin felt a chill run up his spine and he put a hand on Boyo’s head, gently ruffling the fur of his partner as they stared, in silence, waiting for the purpose of whatever had drawn Colin here to reveal itself. As they stood in the underground city Colin pulled out his pack of premium cigarettes and lit one up taking a deep drag as he contemplated the visions that had been shown to him the last time he had meditated. He knew deep down he was suppressing something, and he was still too afraid to face whatever those thoughts might be. Colin flicked some ash from his cigarette and sighed, maybe he was just seeing meaning where there was none. |
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Kano & Wrylia
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Kano & Wrylia on Sept 29, 2021 19:54:15 GMT
For as dark and gloomy and unsettling as a majority of the Tenebrous was, the Monastery of Silence both fit in amongst the usual locales of the place, and yet was also distinct, thanks to the garden that grew up around it. Quietly, almost completely silently, the occasional digimon could be seen tending to these gardens - harvesting, trimming, planting... Occasionally, they would glance towards Colin as he neared, but none of them would speak a word; even outside the Monastery's walls, silence was what they were taught by, and thus silence was what they would uphold. Still, in this silence that everyone else seemed keen on maintaining, it made even the sounds of one's own breathing almost too-loud, almost out of place. Not when the gardeners were able to pass through the garden without even rustling the plants and mushrooms they tended to... And not when a digimon - her presence belied only by the barest sound of fluttering wings - would touch down at the entrance to the tunnel, that Colin and Boyo had come in from, blocking the way.  ... Were the duo to glance back behind them, they would see her - a Lucemon, in the usual garbs that one would expect of the angelic digimon, with a multitude of wings that neatly folded themselves as she landed. She was initially perfectly silent - eerily so, almost identical to the gardeners that milled about the place. The angel glanced to Boyo first, ever so briefly - though it was clear that her interest wasn't in him, but instead in Colin, with the way her eyes would narrow as her gaze fell upon him... And this initial silence of hers would be broken, as she began speaking. "My master saw your heart, and deemed it wanting - and yet he also claims that the darkness you carry is not our business, as you are a human, and not a digimon." She declared firstly, standing as tall and firm as the childlike angel could before she continued "But I disagree. I will tell you now - your heart is shrouded by a miasma - and though its nature is unknown yet, any rot bodes trouble. Especially when the problems of your kind oftentimes become our troubles as well."
"Tell me, human; what should I expect you to do about it?" |
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Post by ghostmagus on Sept 29, 2021 21:27:16 GMT
Startled by the female voice behind him Colin turned around swiftly causing the smoke from his cigarette to ripple through the air. He examined the young-looking angel with a degree of skepticism, but then the words the Digimon had spoken began to register sinking in after the initial surprise of what appeared to be a very literal angel was the first thing that had come to his conscious attention.
Surreptitiously he reached into his jacket side pocket and pulled out his D3. He quietly thanked his lucky stars that he had purchased the scanner upgrade for his device. “Well, I won’t lie, heart disease does run in my family, I keep telling my dad he needs to cut back on the sodium and red meats, but he insists on his steak and potatoes. Honestly, I can’t blame him, I’ll probably feel the same way when I get to be his age.” It was nonsense, humorful banter to distract and keep this Digimon occupied while he figured out what was going on.
He pulled up the scanner function on the D3 and began the process of scanning this young-looking angel, who Colin was willing to bet wasn’t as harmless as she looked. “I gotta hand it to your master though, being able to clock high cholesterol so quickly is no mean feat.” He smiled good naturedly at the angel Digimon but Boyo was completely unimpressed.
The Pagumon began jumping up and down on the bag staring daggers at the Lucemon, “Yeah, and who is your judgey master who thinks they are so awesome they can pass judgement on my papa! Maybe if he’s so smart you should listen to him leave us alone, and buzz right off!” Boyo’s fur stood on edge and he was visibly quite agitated, he had quite literally never seen anyone with this level of audacity before.
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Kano & Wrylia
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Bare your fangs, break your chains.
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Kano & Wrylia on Sept 30, 2021 8:26:42 GMT
The Lucemon's eyes could only narrow further at the duo's responses, frowning deeply. She would respond first to Boyo though, her demeanor almost softening upon regarding him. "... This matter affects you just as much as it does your partner, little one." She stated, a hue of concern and sympathy for the young Pagumon making itself apparent. "If the darkness rots his heart, it will begin to rot yours as well - as is the nature of a human and digimon's bond. However..."Lucemon turned her eyes upon Colin now, her gaze narrowing once more. "... I wonder. Are you ignorant, of this miasma? Are you negligent, believing it will go away on its own? Or perhaps - Homeostasis forbid - you are accepting of it? Embracing, even?" She interrogated, her tone quickly shifting into one of disgust towards the end. She briefly sneered, to top it all off... ... As she spoke though, Colin would be able to get a proper scan on her - the information printed on the D3's screen being as follows... Name: Lucemon
Type: Angel
Attribute: Vaccine
Field: Virus Busters
A disciple of the Monastery of Silence, who - despite the nature of this place - still holds tightly to her virtues. Fights primarily through martial arts, both with her fists, and a staff she is able to summon and dismiss at will.
Signature Moves:
[PASSIVE] Spiritual Realm: This Lucemon has trained in the Monastery of Silence for some time now - perhaps ever since she hatched, even. She has an eerie ability to notice things around her without even needing to see it first - despite the Monastery's ever-present silence - and she can react faster than one might expect of an average Rookie. It's almost as though she has a sixth sense - increasing her Evasion by 30%.
[ATTACK] Purging Gold Glory: Charging her staff with large amounts of holy energy, Lucemon charges forward and strikes with a sharp jab - aiming for a pressure point, if possible - before discharging the built up holy energy into her target upon contact! Deals extra damage to evil/dark type digimon. [2 Turn Cooldown] After a momentary pause though, she exhaled, her expression soon returning to a neutral state as she regained her composure. "... Humans - alongside their digimon - can bring either good or bad to this world. Until I know which you are, I will not leave." She stated simply. With barely even a sound, she would bring her hands together - and as they parted, a golden longstaff not unlike that of an Angemon's would form between her palms, holy light made solid. Wielding it in both hands and taking on a readied stance - as if expecting an attack - she'd firmly conclude "And nor will you, if signs point towards you being the latter; I would be a fool, to let a threat go without nipping it in the bud." |
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Post by ghostmagus on Sept 30, 2021 22:59:15 GMT
The polite and pleasant demeanor on Colin’s face dropped, an impatient and irritated scowl replacing it. He read over the data on his D3 for a moment, remaining silent as Lucemon continued to soapbox and make thinly veiled threats. His jaw clenched and his brown eyes moved back up to Lucemon who was now standing brandishing a weapon at him. He felt his heartrate begin to increase and the first taste of adrenaline enter his system. He knew where this was inevitably going, but he had a few points to make first.
He gave a humorless smile at the Lucemon and shook his head, “Then you’re never leaving. Because I don’t subscribe to moral absolutism. People aren’t all good or all bad, there’s nuance to every soul. Take you for example. You pretend to be all high and mighty and concerned with the greater good.” He locked eyes with the Digimon and stared deep into her soul with a look, “I heard that disgust in your voice, that self-righteous hate on your face. You wouldn’t be picking this fight if you didn’t have some darkness in your core too.”
Growling Boyo jumped off the bag and jeered at the Lucemon, “That’s right! You’re the only threat here! Nothing but a big bully trying to hurt a defenseless human!” As Boyo shouted at the Lucemon Colin reached up with a shaking hand and slowly took a drag from his cigarette. Silently he contemplated about how he could probably diffuse this situation, talk himself out through charm and wit, and slowly he began contemplating the options to do this.
But then he turned his attention to Boyo, this practically helpless Digimon standing up against a potential opponent who was determined to force Colin to comply with their broken form of morality or be destroyed. That thought made Colin realize, he didn’t want to slink away. He wanted to put this loudmouth in her place.
The blood was roaring in his ears now, the indignation, the arrogance it was more then he could accept. “You know what. I think you’re afraid.” Colin spoke his words shaky with emotion, a shade coming over his face. “Afraid of a power you don’t understand, a power that disgusts you, and your fear of that power is what makes you weak-willed and eager to hurt those who have done you no harm! You disgust me!”
In his hand, unseen by Colin his D3’s screen was lighting up dark purple, almost black, his rapid breathing in sync with the pulsing light, and as he spoke the words a seal within Colin broke, and all the rage he had been suppressing for years came boiling up and that’s when Boyo began to glow.
The Pagumon slowly hovered into the air and his glowing body began to swell and spread, legs bursting out from underneath him first, then two arms, all four of those limbs with sharp looking long claws sticking out of them, a head with two long ears emerged from the growing torso then a thin whispy tail flew out. The light faded and Boyo stood before the Lucemon as a Gazimon now raising his own claws up. “Why don’t you pick on a ‘mon your own size, tuts!” jeered Boyo.
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Kano & Wrylia
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Kano & Wrylia on Oct 1, 2021 19:56:45 GMT
"Whatever darkness might lay in my core will be dealt with, with time - it is why I train here." Lucemon responded simply, inclining her head in the Monastery's direction. "And it will not spread like a mold, as yours will to your partner, if left unaddressed." At least for now, she was making no aggressive motions - her stance was more defensive, if anything. But that still didn't mean that things couldn't switch at the drop of a hat; though she was calm and steady now, that didn't change the previous softness she displayed towards Boyo, or the previous disgust she displayed towards the subject of the supposed darkness Colin carried.
It was becoming quickly apparent that neither Colin nor Boyo had any time for Lucemon's bullshit, though; as Boyo spoke up, the angel Rookie would glance to him, expression once more briefly softening. "What thoughts and emotions your partner carries - both good and bad - will, inevitably, affect you and how you grow, little one." She spoke, in a gentle tone. "I do not wish to see you become a mindless monster, in the event that the miasma taking root begins to consume him."
And yet, they weren't ready to listen. Colin had much to say about Lucemon's beliefs, and once more the angel's expression returned to an almost cold stoicism as her eyes shifted to him once more. Initially, she would open her mouth to speak -- and yet, she could see the light that shone from not only his D3, but also Boyo, and the grip on her staff would tighten slightly. What was about to happen?
Well, a digivolution was the obvious answer - Boyo changing in shape from his little Pagumon form, to that of a Gazimon! Perhaps, were this on more amicable terms, this would be something worth congratulations. A digimon was typically regarded as being able to take care of oneself as a Rookie, at least in Lucemon's own experiences.But this was not the case here - the newly-evolved Gazimon was clearly itching for a fight, and the angel would frown softly, before sighing. "If we must come to blows, before either of you will see reason, then so be it."
Taking a few steps back, Lucemon would begin to take in a deep breath, slowly but surely, and held her staff out in front of her with both hands in a horizontal position. Her eyes would drift closed, and her lips moved as though she was speaking, though no words could be heard from her - not even the slow exhale she would release. It was almost as though she were meditating, or in a prayer...
... But it wouldn't be a good idea to meditate or close your eyes in front of the enemy, right? Was she open - or was there something more going on?
- Lucemon starts off the fight by taking a few steps back, and using Profound Agility
Move Used:
[ABILITY] Profound Agility: Lucemon steps away from close quarters, and - taking in a deep breath, and closing her eyes - falls into a brief meditative trance to put herself in a state of focus. For the next 2 turns, her Accuracy increases by 50%, as her strikes become all the swifter...! [2 Turn Cooldown]
Known Passives:
[PASSIVE] Spiritual Realm: This Lucemon has trained in the Monastery of Silence for some time now - perhaps ever since she hatched, even. She has an eerie ability to notice things around her without even needing to see it first - despite the Monastery's ever-present silence - and she can react faster than one might expect of an average Rookie. It's almost as though she has a sixth sense - increasing her Evasion by 30%.
Cooldowns:
Profound Agility - Waiting
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Post by ghostmagus on Oct 3, 2021 21:45:52 GMT
The Lucemon’s words fell on closed ears, “Don’t patronize us, no one asked for your opinion you walking pillow.” Boyo made a rather theatrical display of looking nauseous “you’re such a preachy garbage pile, you’re going to make me-“ Boyo cut himself off and started to actively gag before letting loose. He opened his jaw wide and shot out a gust of green misty gas that shot at the Lucemon like a particularly volatile chimney. Even if the gas missed the Lucemon the smell would be awful. Grinning Boyo used the back of his paw to wipe off the excess from his mouth then spat on the ground in disgust. Colin furrowed his brow, heart still pounding with his anger. He wasn’t a violent man but he wasn’t about to let some moralist punk push him around either. He was slightly concerned about why the Digimon had just stood there and started praying for some reason, he doubted it was an empty ceremonial gesture. “Careful Boyo, she’s up to something,” warned Colin and Boyo nodded and widened his stance, and lowered his center of gravity bracing himself for a counter-attack of some description. Silently Colin started thinking about what he had read on the D3, it seemed the angel Digimon emphasized martial abilities, which suggested if Boyo was able to keep his distance and kite the preachy Digimon around rather than engaging in a head-on conflict they might be able to neutralize some of Lucemon’s more powerful abilities. He called out to Boyo “Keep her chasing you, make her work for it!” Boyo nodded and pounded one of his claws into the other.
Ability Used:
[ABILITY] Nicotine Breath: All those cigarettes Boyo has been sneaking have left his breath very stinky. The acidic quality of his olive green smoke breath burns the opponent and leaves the smelling like old nicotine for a little while.[2 turn cool-down debuff/damage]
Cooldowns:
Nicotine Breath: 2 turns
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Kano & Wrylia
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Bare your fangs, break your chains.
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Kano & Wrylia on Oct 5, 2021 23:03:28 GMT
Her eyes were closed.
With all logic, she shouldn't have been able to see Boyo's attack coming, let alone react to it.
And yet, as the burst of gas came her direction, Lucemon reacted. Wings opening wide, she would spring upwards and take flight to rise up and above the cloud to dodge it - her eyes still perfectly closed, all the whilst. She shifted her grip on her staff to more properly wield it - as opposed to just holding it out in front of herself - as her wings fluttered quietly, almost like that of an owl's wings, to keep her aloft.
In the absence of one sense - the others became all the keener.
Her mind was empty of excess thoughts, of excess worries - there was only silence, and only the need to do what must be done.
Thus, Lucemon wasted no time as she dove down at Boyo; as if she could still see him as plainly and as clearly as if her eyes had been open this whole time. But that couldn't be possible - her eyes remained closed even now - even as she readied her staff for a strike. And once she came in close enough, the staff begun to glow as she attempted to bring it forwards in a sharp and surprisingly quick jab, aimed at a pressure point on Boyo's chest..! And, if the staff made contact, it would send out a discharge of pure holy energy into the Gazimon's body!
- Lucemon dodges Boyo's Nicotine Breath by taking flight
- In return, she attempts to dive down at Boyo and strike at him with Purging Gold Glory!
Move Used:
[ATTACK] Purging Gold Glory: Charging her staff with large amounts of holy energy, Lucemon charges forward and strikes with a sharp jab - aiming for a pressure point, if possible - before discharging the built up holy energy into her target upon contact! Deals extra damage to evil/dark type digimon. [2 Turn Cooldown]
Known Passives:
[PASSIVE] Spiritual Realm: This Lucemon has trained in the Monastery of Silence for some time now - perhaps ever since she hatched, even. She has an eerie ability to notice things around her without even needing to see it first - despite the Monastery's ever-present silence - and she can react faster than one might expect of an average Rookie. It's almost as though she has a sixth sense - increasing her Evasion by 30%.
Effects:
Profound Agiliy - +50% Accuracy - 1/2
Cooldowns:
Profound Agility - Waiting
Purging Gold Glory - 0/2
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