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Post by supesman on Mar 26, 2022 13:44:41 GMT
"YAH!" Marigold spun, tying her own string around her waist and spinning to face away from Poseidon as he barreled toward her at top speed, buzzing frantically and spasming her limbs beneath her in a midair doggie paddle to try and get away from the oncoming shot that was closing the distance between them much faster than she thought was possible when she had started taunting him. Not that knowing how fast he was would have PREVENTED her from taunting him but she would have been more prepared at least.
"...have you ever noticed we're both raising sorta weird kids?" Zack said, trying not to make it too obvious to Alucard that he was changing the subject as he leaned back in his seat and just watched the two of them dogfighting in the air on their balloons like a pair of world war one pilots dipping, dodging and twirling through the air as their bounced their balloons off of one another. It was a game with unspoken rules and no real point, the exact kind of thing that kids always came up with when left to their own devices and any amount of time.
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Mar 26, 2022 20:08:49 GMT
Poseidon giggled as Marigold also tied the balloon string around her waist before barreling for him her little limbs spasming looking much like a doggie paddle. As she came at Poseidon the dogfight began as flew gracefully through the air fast. These two were just making up new ways to have fun as they went. Poseidon twirled to evade Marigold before trying to use one of his flippers to try and tickle her.
"Not really surprising given how we could be considered odd as parents go." Alucard said with a shrug as he was also watching the children play before he then said "To be fair kids often seem weird to adults despite the fact we were children once. I was a bit of an odd kid preferring to study how to fight vampires and none of the other kids seemed that interested in the subject. I was what was the studious introverted type as a kid." Sure Alucard was more aloof nowadays but had been acting a bit more open with others over time probably thanks to being around Poseidon.
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Post by supesman on Mar 27, 2022 13:53:58 GMT
Zack visibly seemed to relax as he saw Marigold get back into the little game she was playing with Poseidon, giggling and squealing as she felt his flippers poking into the softer underbelly parts of her soft, small body.
"No fair! heheHAHA! N-no fair, your arms are longer than mine!" Marigold squeaked, trying to wriggle free and gain some distance between her and the seal chasing her down, always with those long flippers that were able to poke and prod up against her while her stubby little arms couldn't even reach his shoulder at arm's length, let alone anywhere he might also be ticklish.
"I didn't say weird was bad. Weird is good, the human world especially could use a lot more weird." Zack sighed, shaking his head and trying not to linger too much on that thought either. Maybe he was getting too serious in his old age. Considering that he was barely into his early twenties that probably didn't bode well for how he would age into actual adulthood but he shrugged for now, smiling at his own little internalized joke at his expense.
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Mar 27, 2022 21:56:30 GMT
Success! Poseidon had not only caught up to Marigold but had begun tickling the small larval bee digimon taking full advantage of his longer arms as Marigold put it. Poseidon laughed before he said "My arms may be longer than yours but neither of us have arms as long as our father's down there." The little bee was trying to wiggle away and likely would since Poseidon wasn't really restraining her anyway.
Zack visibly seemed to relax as he saw Marigold get back into the little game she was playing with Poseidon, giggling and squealing as she felt his flippers poking into the softer underbelly parts of her soft, small body. He knew when she got away he would likely get his "just desserts" soon enough.
"Yes a little extra weirdness would be good for humans as a whole. Various genres of human entertainment can only do so much as imagination is limited." Alucard said noticing how Zack sounded before he said "Sounds like we both are sounding old for our ages and by humans terms neither of us are all that old."
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Post by supesman on Mar 28, 2022 14:07:25 GMT
"My god you've got that right. In the last year or less I've gone from an idiot college student wondering when I was supposed to feel like an adult to a single father trying to run a shelter for wayward digimon and now I'm wondering when I'm supposed to relax and STOP feeling like such an adult all the time." Zack said, pressing his face into his hands and rubbing them back and forth, shaking his head sharply to banish some of the tiredness that he was feeling behind his still bright blue eyes. He kept a lot of energy up on his day to day basis and he was becoming very tired in the evening more often than he used to.
Marigold did indeed have a plan to get back at Poseidon, buzzing her wings until she was floating higher in the air than the seal digimon, leaping from her balloon with all of her weight and tucking in her wings she tackled the seal in a bear hug that sent them both hurdling into the floor with a soft but firm THUMP like someone dropping beanie babies from the ceiling to the floor.
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Mar 28, 2022 22:29:56 GMT
Alucard nodded at Zack before he said "While I have gone from young adult by digimon terms trying to become strong enough to seek vengeance on a vampire who murdered two friends in front of me to a single father of a seal digimon and his only biological parent strangely enough." Alucard noticed that Zack was also looking tired and the angel digimon could definitely relate since he himself was completely wiped out. Then again digimon didn't wear out as easily as humans.
Poseidon watched as Marigold as she initiated her plan to get back at Poseidon as her wings began to buzz lifting her higher into the air. Poseidon untied the balloon from his waist and braced himself as he was tackled by the small bee larvae sending both of them to the floor the thump catching Alucard's attention as the Angemon turned to watch the children. Poseidon reached out with his flippers using his training to attempt to flip Marigold off him and onto the floor. Chances were as the daughter of a superhero she may of had similar training so this may be fairly hard.
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Post by supesman on Mar 29, 2022 13:35:46 GMT
"Where does it go? And how the hell did I lost track of it so hard." Zack said, picking his head up out of his hands and rolling his shoulders as he watched the two child digimon wrestling on the open ground, seeing the youthful energy that both of them seemed to have in spades, no matter what. "Time. I mean time. I was just graduating high school yesterday, I can swear it. The day before that I had gotten my learner's permit. Before that I was on a playground arguing about some stupid cartoon or another. Twenty one years and when I look back I can only see flashes of it and wonder where the hell it all went." He said, shaking his head again. He wasn't upset with the way his life had turned out, far from it even but stepping back and looking at how everything had gotten away from him it still sent his brain spinning.
Marigold did indeed have plenty of training to counter Poseidon's own, keeping a death grip on his arms (impressive considering this form didn't have any fingers) so that even if he did flip her over she could just tug with all her might until she was on top of him again when she landed.
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Mar 29, 2022 23:47:04 GMT
Alucard nodded sagely at Zack's words regarding the passage of time. For both humans and digimon it indeed seemed to pass quick sometimes. "The passage of time sure can seem fickle but humans like yourself aren't the only ones that feel that the years seem to go fast, Zack. With me, for example, it seems like yesterday I was a fresh digimon before digivolving to my in training and then rookie stage shortly after before leaving the Village of Beginnings as a Lopmon to begin my journey. Then as a newly evolved rookie I met Sangloupmon and Dracmon spending two years training with them before witnessing their tragic murder. Then I found my first digimental allowing me to become Pegasusmon. Sometime after that I became Angemon before finding Poseidon's egg after some adventures. After the egg imprinted on my data I ended up a father despite only being roughly three years old. Then I found my second digimental allowing me to become Submarimon. After months flying by I was able to reach ultimate though it doesn't seem to be the ultimate of my main line. Time does fly indeed."
Poseidon noticed his flippers were somehow pinned by Marigold's stubby limbs but the little guy wasn't out of tricks yet as the holy ring around his neck glowed a bit before he grinned and jerked his body to the side hoping to dislodge himself from the grip of Marigold.
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Post by supesman on Mar 30, 2022 13:44:20 GMT
"No idea where it all goes. None." Zack said, tapping his foot slightly. He tried to connect backward, to fully integrate himself with the memories of the past swirling around in his head. It was no use. "You told me any of this a year or two ago. Well first thing's first you'd have to wait until I stopped screaming at the seven foot tall angel appearing right in front of me and telling me about my future, that might take a while." He said, being realistic. He had nearly flipped his lid when Marigold hatched in front of him for the first time as a tiny, cute insect, let alone all of Alucard's potential "be not afraid" energy what with the biblical implications of a random angel showing up in front of him. "But once you got past that and told me...ANY of this, there's not a snowball's chance in hell that I would believe any of it. And I'm sure you're the same, though less dramatically. Your past self probably wouldn't buy where you ended up either." He said, shaking his head. Time and chance had the habit of messing with even the best laid plans made with the best intentions. It was a common human saying that a good way to make god laugh was to tell him your plans for the future.
Marigold yelped as her "opponent's" flippers were yanked free of her grasp, leaving her with nothing underneath her leaning weight, her large, round head bonking off the floor with another sound like a dropped stuffed animal.
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Mar 30, 2022 23:21:43 GMT
It seemed Poseidon's greater size, not necessarily weight, payed off a little too well as not only did he jerk free of Marigold's grip as he hit the ground with a soft thud as Marigold's large head bonked off the floor. Good thing they were on the floor when it happened and that digimon were tougher than humans so Marigold was likely fine. Using his flippers to propel himself he scooted across the floor and gently nudged her as if double checking if she was alright.
Alucard watched Zack tapping his foot feeling the tiredness creep across him that he was struggling to ignore. At the rate he was going he would likely fall asleep right there in that chair. Fortunately Poseidon would be able to handle himself in the meantime so he was less worried what would happen when he fell asleep. "Fair enough." he said tiredly before he continued "I don't think I would of taken some human dressed as a superhero telling me of my future when I was Lopmon. While I wouldn't of screamed I would of stared at you like you were crazy." Alucard then yawned which caught Poseidon's attention from the floor and then another sound caused the youngster to look at his father. It had seemed Alucard had fallen asleep leaning back in the chair with soft snores coming from the Angemon. Seeing he was injured the way he was an earthquake likely wouldn't wake him.
[EXIT]
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Post by supesman on Mar 31, 2022 12:55:12 GMT
"Mmm yea it's a...it's a strange world we're all...living in." Zack smiled softly as he listened to the angel digimon's breathing turn deep and steady. He suddenly felt the heat of the fireplace wrapping around him and just how tired he was, the last of the adrenaline from seeing to the injured angel having finally cooled off fully in his blood. His eyelids were heavy as they flickered open and closed, the last thing he can remember looking at fully being Marigold giggling about something or other. It was...nice, to see her smile as he slumped down in his chair and let himself become totally dead to the world.
Marigold yawned, smiling at Poseidon and shrugging as she felt her own eyelids droop, tiredness in her joints and muscles catching up with her from the way that she and the seal had been playing. She buzzed over to one side of the room, digivolving up for just long enough to retrieve two blankets, she threw one over each of their fathers and then shrunk back down to her tiny insect form and snuggled against the crook of her father's neck between his cheek and shoulder, letting her own eyes blissfully close as the entire room sank into a gentle quiet, just the crackling pop of the fireplace to one side and four rounds of deep, steady breathing that synched up as their owners dozed off deep into a dark and gentle night.
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Apr 1, 2022 4:08:13 GMT
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