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Post by ricochet8-Kshin on Oct 9, 2021 7:02:03 GMT
Solaire and Terrance's answers seemed to satisfy Grace and the Gammamon smiled before she said "Good to know you guys are alright but being able to headbutt chrome digizoid is a feat not all digimon can handle. Well I guess I can do it too since we Gammamon have armored heads built for that kind of thing."
Kshin smiled though it wasn't fully visible since the lower half of his face was covered and then said "Armor digivolving seems to be just as mysterious as any other form of digivolving. Makes me wonder what I'll become as a champion form. Maybe I'll become Arresterdramon like my father or Dorugamon like my mother. Or I could become something else all together. It is exciting to think about now that you mention it, Solaire."
Soon the group came upon a doorframe and Grace quickly moved in taking pictures of the entire doorframe graphics and crests in all. "Wow those crests are so cool looking! I wonder what they represent."
When asked if he had seen the crests before Kshin shook his head and said "No I'm afraid not. Sorry." Then when Terrance illuminated the hall with his Baby Breath the empty hall was visible but only briefly. Kshin then focused his energy into his staff causing the head of it to glow before he said "I can't believe that worked but at least you won't have to spit fire all the time, Terrance."
OOC: Icy Entrapment: Fires a freezing beam from his staff in an attempt to freeze an opponent in place for 1 post. (Cooldown of 2 posts.) Cooldown 0/2 posts.
Kshin channels his power into his staff illuminating it.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Oct 9, 2021 7:10:28 GMT
"...You know, with all the machine Digimon we have, you'd think someone would have calculated out the process behind Digivolution." Solaire suddenly says in an epiphany before shrugging as he heads down the tunnel. Terrance follows behind him, making sure he could leap in front of Solaire in the event they needed to. The tunnel stretched on for a while, actually.
"...Hey Grace." Terrance suddenly wonders. "Where did you come from? 've never heard of a Gammamon before." He asks as they keep going down the tunnel. Solaire had to admit he was curious too, but he knew he was gonna word it wrong if he asked. He was too excited to lead the way ahead for the Digimentals!
Terrance can't help but think over what Grace is. I mean, obviously she's some Rookie, and with a nice armored head. Would she be a Triceramon eventually? It was a mystery that wrapped around his brain for some reason.
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Post by ricochet8-Kshin on Oct 9, 2021 7:29:37 GMT
"You would think that but maybe the process of digivolution is meant to not be predicted for an unknown reason." Kshin said thinking for a moment as the light from his staff reflected all around with the effect bringing out the Socerimon's amber eyes. "Makes digivolution seem all that more special doesn't it?"
"Speaking of digivolution, I hope my digivolved form as at least half as pretty as Kshin's Sorcerimon form. That and I wouldn't mind being strong either." Grace said as she moved to follow the twins down the tunnel. Seeing this Kshin moved to catch up with the others doing so easily enough.
When Terrance asked where she came from the Gammamon shrugged before she said "Gammamon doesn't seem to be a common sight but maybe that's because my species could be fairly recently created by Yggdrasill or something. All I know is I was born in the Village of Beginnings and when I was a bit stronger I began wondering the Digital World before one day meeting Kshin. He helped a village that was overrun by rescuing the village leader with my help, though it still embarrasses me, I was afraid of helping him at first. At least things went well. We met again later in the Dark Area where we came across his digimental."
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Oct 9, 2021 7:42:42 GMT
The two nod gently as Grace explains herself. "...Yeah, that's fair." Terrance says with a small smile, before he looks around. "...Hey, haven't we been walking a while?" He then looks behind them...
And it turns out that they haven't moved at all. They can still plainly see the entrance to the cave behind them, exactly as large as it had been when they started. Solaire blinks and looks at Terrance. "...Wait, how did you notice?"
"I dunno, it just felt wrong. Bad vibes." Terrance rubs the back of his head as he looks up and around, trying to figure out how to actually get the two to proceed... The green brother then lets out a huff. "What if..." He then looks at the rest. "Stay here. I've got an idea." Terrance then turns and wanders deeper into the tunnel, suddenly getting enveloped in the darkness. Solaire shuffles his feet a bit, nervous. Terrance didn't usually volunteer for stuff like this. What had gotten into him?
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Post by ricochet8-Kshin on Oct 9, 2021 7:58:19 GMT
When mentioned they had been walking awhile Grace scratched her chin before she said "That's right. Shouldn't we have made some headway by now?" Then she looked backward like Terrance and was just as equally confused.
Kshin was confused too. Why hadn't they made any visible progress other than winding up right back where they started? The hallway was straight without any visible turning points to remotely indicate going in a circle. Digital World shenanigans maybe? Either way it was as confusing as it was frustrating.
"You aren't the only one getting bad vibes from this, Terrance." Kshin said before Terrance seemed to have an idea and began walking towards the darkness.
"Wait, Terrance, what are you doing?" Grace asked making a move as if to stop him only for Kshin to take ahold of her arm stopping her in her tracks causing her to look at Kshin in confusion before she asked "Kshin, why did you stop me?"
"It seems he's going on some kind of intuition. While I don't understand his reasoning I think we should wait before making a move." Kshin answered causing Grace to stare at the darkness and nervously bite her lip. She, like Kshin, watched the darkness that swallowed Terrance quietly.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Oct 10, 2021 4:38:04 GMT
Solaire starts shuffling his feet hard out of concern. After a moment, Terrance suddenly reappears and the entire tunnel is lit up by the stone walls faintly glowing. Terrance holds up a crystal before crushing it. "...Just had to see the truth!" He says with a happy grin. "Had the bad vibes hard, just needed to um... like..."
"Pull back the veil?"
"Yeah!" Terrance grins wide, before looking at Kshin. "Any thoughts on perhaps who mighta been able to set up a test like that? Magic seems to be more your gimmick." He rubs the back of his head.
Solaire looks to Kshin too before looking ahead and seeing a circular chamber ahead. He waits for Kshin's answer before moving up into the room, and seeing a giant wall. Lots of text is carved into it, and Solaire scrunches up his face trying to read it all.
"...Man, reading is hard."
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Post by ricochet8-Kshin on Oct 10, 2021 4:57:20 GMT
Fortunately Terrance came back and he was not the least bit harmed. "Just had to see the truth? What in Yggdrasill does that mean?" Grace said looking at the remains of the crystal before looking back at Terrance her face scrunched in confusion as if she was struggling to grasp what happened.
'So the crystal was magic huh.' Kshin thought when Terrance brought it up before shaking his head and said "Unfortunately such magic is well beyond my grasp of understanding. I am merely a stage magician. I have no magic powers except when in this form. Sorry." As they continued on Kshin's staff stopped glowing as it seemed no longer necessary.
Soon the group was in a circular chamber and it seemed the wording was hard to make out. "This would be easier to make out if there wasn't so much and it wasn't so old." Grace said rubbing the paw not holding her camera across her face. This had gotten harder than she thought it would be.
Kshin squinted at the writing and was not making any more headway than anyone else. "Man what is up with all this gibberish."
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Oct 10, 2021 7:33:54 GMT
"Alright, Mister Truth-seeker. What do you make of this?" Solaire asks Terrance, who seems to be lost in thought as he looks at the wall.
"Dunno what it's written in, but I can read it." Terrance declares.
"What?"
Terrance points up at the text. "Alright. So. It looks like a riddle, and something right up your alley, Solaire!" the green brother declares, before spinning around and raising his finger as if preparing to lecture.
"There are two brothers, one accused of a crime. The evidence points to one having committed the crime, but that brother has a witness that puts him on the other side of town. The other brother has a witness that puts him in the same part of town. Which brother committed the crime?"
Solaire narrows his eyes as he mulls this over... looking over at Kshin as if somehow, he will glean insight from the Sorcerimon's white robes and fancy hat.
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Post by ricochet8-Kshin on Oct 10, 2021 8:00:22 GMT
A short time later the words made sense to not just Terrance but Kshin and Grace as well. Grace's face was of deep concentration and she said "Now that the words make sense, why does it have to be a riddle? Two brothers and one accused of a crime." She then scratched her chin after placing her camera back around her neck and under her scarf before she began to pace while thinking things through.
"That and these 'witnesses' mention each brother in different places but not mentioning the crime being done by either sibling specifically even though other evidence seems to confirm that one of them committed the crime." Kshin said still staring at the wall as he puzzled things out.
"Could the siblings be identical twins? That could explain the confusion if one of the brothers are guilty." Grace said as she began another circuit of pacing around the room trying to figure this out.
"Wait! What if one of the brother's confesses and it eventually leads to the real perpetrator be found." Kshin said catching Grace's attention and causing her to stop.
"That makes no sense, Kshin. The only way that would remotely work is as if the real criminal does so because he truly cares about his brother." Grace said her gaze locking with Kshin's as if trying to understand what made Kshin come to that conclusion.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Oct 10, 2021 9:03:39 GMT
Identical twins. That was it! Solaire grins. "...Grace is right. The twins are identical, and were playing a role to try and throw everyone off the trail. It isn't that only one committed the crime, they're BOTH guilty. The one witness that claims the other brother was in the same part of town as the crime was mistaken, it was the brother who committed it that was in that part of town. And the brother who did not commit the crime was ACTING as the one who did in the other part of town."
Solaire points his finger at the wall. "They're both guilty!" He declares louder.
There's silence... and then the wall starts to glow and crumble away, revealing two pedestals. On the left sits a Digimental that looks like a golden visor off a medieval helmet, bearing the blue mark of the shield crest from the front of the cave. On the right, a Digimental that bears a great resemblence to a Digimental of Friendship, but with the magnifying glass crest emblazoned upon it instead. Solaire and Terrance look at each other, then to Kshin and Grace.
"I guess that means they're ours then, huh?"
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Post by ricochet8-Kshin on Oct 10, 2021 9:28:49 GMT
As Solaire solved the riddle by coming to an out of the box solution from listening to both Kshin and Grace, Kshin said "That's not what I was thinking but it is very possible both brothers were in on it."
As the wall crumbled, Grace said "Apparently the out of the box answer was the right answer. This is why I hate riddles. Not all the solutions are straightforward if one thinks about it."
"Aww, come on Grace, I thought you didn't mind a mental challenge." Kshin playfully teased giggling a bit.
"A mental challenge, yes, but not to the point of insane mental gymnastics." Grace said with a shake of her head managing a smirk herself before once again bringing out her camera. Seeing the digimentals she smiled at the sight of them. "Wow! They are pretty! I wonder if this is true for all digimentals." she said as she began taking pictures of the digimentals with the smile on her face growing wider by the moment.
"Well here is your chance to grab for them guys." Kshin said as he decided to keep an eye out for potential trouble while not being a party pooper. Looks like his adopted parents had some interesting influence on his behavior but it also could of been a habit brought on by his childhood trauma as well.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Oct 10, 2021 9:37:52 GMT
Solaire and Terrance look at the two Digimentals before nodding as they step up... And the Digimentals rise from the pedestals on their own before leaping for the brothers directly! They each catch one, Solaire getting the golden visor and Terrance getting the shoe-shaped one. They look at the Digimentals and grin before cheering. "Woo! We got them! ...but uh..." They then look at each other, then the Digimentals, and then to Kshin.
"How do we use them?" They ask simultaneously, sweatdropping together.
The brothers hold them up to their faces, then kinda just hug the Digimentals to their chests. It's actually kinda cute, seeing them working so in sync with one another. They then get wide eyes and grin beofre looking back to Kshin and holding the Digimentals out.
"What if we went back somewhere a bit safer and you can teach us?!"
"Yeah! Would you please teach us, Kshin-senpai?!"
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Post by ricochet8-Kshin on Oct 10, 2021 9:52:09 GMT
Seeing the digimentals move as if by their own will was something Kshin had never heard of digimentals doing but obviously it happened that way sometimes though the circumstances were unknown to him. Maybe he should research into it sometime. Anyway both digimentals made their way to Solaire and Terrance with Solaire getting the visored one and Terrance getting the one curiously somewhat resembling a shoe.
Sure Kshin was surprised when they asked how they used them but it made some sense seeing as they could of thought it required more than saying Digi Armor Energize. The twins then began acting in sync hugging the digimentals to them and Grace, after once again putting her camera away, cooed "Aww! You two are just adorable!"
Then when the twins not only asked if Kshin could teach them but called him Senpai, he blushed with most of it concealed by his cape before he said "I never really taught anyone before but I guess I could give it a try. I agree with heading somewhere safer than potentially unstable ruins myself." Grace let out an amused snort as she caught sight of the faint hints of Kshin blushing but said nothing about it otherwise.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Oct 10, 2021 10:03:19 GMT
"Yes!" The brothers grin and high five each other before running up to Kshin and bowing deeply. "Thank you so much, Senpai!" They say simultaneously, and when they rise from their bow, their eyes gleam and glitter with admiration for the currently armored up Kshin. They hold their Digimentals close to their chests.
After a moment, they then look at the crests. "...I guess this one is Justice."
"Mine must be Truth."
The brothers look at each other and grin. "Guess you are destined to be a knight after all, huh Solaire?"
"And you'll be right there by my side the whole time, making sure I don't get too close to the sun."
"Yeah!"
They grin wider and bow to Kshin again. "And we'll make sure to heed your lessons well, Senpai!" Solaire adds.
"Yeah! A knight's gotta be well-educated, right Solaire?"
"Right!"
Oh, they are just so cute aren't they? Grace really should take a picture of the admiring boys.
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Post by ricochet8-Kshin on Oct 10, 2021 20:45:06 GMT
Looks like Grace's camera didn't stay put away for very long as it was once again in her paws and a pair of wings grew from her back from what looked like fairly innocent but larger spikes near her shoulders. She was not the only digimon who had useful body parts that seemed to fold out of sight afterall. Fluttering at a low altitude she began taking pictures again from different vantage points.
"Justice and Truth definitely are fitting for those wanting to be knights." Kshin said as he looked at the direction they came before he said "Perhaps we should head out."
"That and Terrance was real brave to go into the darkness to seek the truth of why we weren't getting anywhere. That and Solaire solved a riddle involving Justice and it was a hard one too." Grace said while she continued to flutter around her wings beating much like a hummingbird.
"Well I guess there is nothing wrong with being well educated no matter if someone is a knight or not." Kshin said as he began leading the group out.
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