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Reaching Out for Help(Supes)
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Post by supesman on Dec 23, 2021 14:25:10 GMT
Zack's eyes considered them both. Looking from the Angemon to the Gomamon. One could almost see the cartoon thought cloud above his head as he worked out the mental math unsuccessfully. Angemon plus question mark equals Gomamon apparently? He was thinking of it in far too literal a sense of course, the human ideas of genetic code and inheritable traits still holding a very firm spot in his mind. It was hard for him to adjust to thinking outside of the logical box when it came to the Digital World.
"Hello? Earth to dad." She said, clapping her front legs together inches from his ear, making him jump up from his seat before settling to look back over to her, blushing slightly as he turned back toward the conversation.
"Well Alucard, Poseidon, welcome to our humble shelter. I'm Zack and this is my daughter Marigold. As you can probably tell she IS in fact, adopted. Because the whole..." He pointed at his human face and then at the glittering insectoid visage of his little girl. "...y'know..." He shrugged.
"Gee dad, thanks for the glowing introduction." She glowered at him, sighing before she said anything else. "It's nice to meet you both. Though of course we wish it could have been under less dangerous circumstances. All water under the bridge at least. You're up, even if you're not back to your full strength and that's the most important thing." She said, her father nodding along with her amateur medical assessment. Better a live, aching Angemon than the alternative after all.
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Dec 24, 2021 0:38:15 GMT
Alucard studied Zack's reaction to him having a child despite never having a mate and the human looked perplexed. It was almost as if he was trying to process how an Angemon could produce a Gomamon with a holy ring around his neck. Then he realized that he only said he didn't have a mate not that he never had one and somehow managed to not facepalm despite his body wanting him to. It looked like Zack's brain had shorted out before Marigold snapped her father back into reality. "Dad, maybe you should explain." Poseidon suggested. Alucard realized his son had a point.
"Poseidon's egg was not created in what most in the Digital World would consider a conventional way. His egg was created artificially as a blank egg with no defining species traits that was programmed to take on traits from me once I touched it before taking on an element as well as a evolution line at random while still exhibiting some holy digimon traits. An ally of mine was ordered to leave the egg where I would be passing by and when I noticed it I touched it and the egg developed a blue wavy pattern indicating a likely water element digimon. Poseidon was born shortly after." Alucard explained before he said "So Poseidon only has one parent technically." Now how would Zack handle this bit of knowledge was unknown to Alucard.
Alucard looked down at his tattered and filthy clothes crinkling his nose at how disgusting he had become. Despite the wounds being cleaned he needed a bath and his clothes needed to be washed and repaired. He was still looked barely identifiable as an Angemon except for his mask and grime covered wings. Looking back up he said "I would appreciate access to a place to wash that wouldn't risk popping my stitches."
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Post by supesman on Dec 24, 2021 15:55:06 GMT
Zack bit down on his lower lip as he absorbed the new information. he shook his head side to side, as if trying to physically banish the neat and tidy cause and effect order of events that was so easy for him to fall into when thinking about things from a human perspective. So he did something else that came equally naturally to him, he thought about it as if this was a story he was being told from a comic book. With that, the ridiculousness of the mental exercise as well, he smiled and threw up his shoulders in a shrug.
"Sure, you know what? At some point I have to concede that it's not the most absurd thing I've ever heard. I became a father when a bee egg appeared out of my computer screen. At some point you just have to toss out logic ironically to keep yourself somewhere close to sane. Figure that one out." he said, standing up and walking over to the Angemon, reaching out and taking hold of one of his hands, very gently slinging it over the back of his own shoulders. "Marigold sweetheart? Would you start running a bath? Think it might take us a second to get over to the washroom." He said, swapping out the American slang for the British slang seemingly as a matter of course, it was part of what gave his New English heritage away sometimes.
"Coming right up." She said, buzzing into the bathroom and within seconds the sound of hissing water was coming down the hall. She called from inside before she buzzed out back into the wider hallway. "Alucard if you wanna toss your clothes out into the hall after you I'll see what I can salvage. Unless you don't trust my sewing skills." She said, sarcastically referring to the fact that her sewing was the only thing holding him together. Zack continued to help him shamble toward the bathroom door.
"Don't ask me where on earth the hot water is coming from, I don't even want to think about how plumbing is meant to work in the Digital World, especially out in the middle of scenic nowhere. I just take it as a blessing."
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Dec 25, 2021 1:48:55 GMT
"Then again since when has the Digital World been known for being logical seeing as the weird seems to be the norm here." Poseidon said with a shrug of his own. The Digital World concept of logic and normal was rather loose at best and at worst it was flat out absurd. Yet Poseidon never thought about it as he was born in the Digital World and seemed to be desensitized to a lot of it.
Alucard stared at Zack as the human grabbed his hand and tried to support his weight. Though weakened Alucard did his best not to lean to much on the human seeing as he was much taller and obviously heavier than humans normally. When Zack asked Marigold to start running a bath even switching accents, Alucard looked over at the human clearly puzzled. Was it normal for humans to just casually switch accents like that?
As the sound of water was heard coming from the hall Zack had made it part of the way there with Alucard. When Marigold said to toss his clothes out into the hall he looked at Poseidon before looking at the collapsed staff attached to his hip. Reaching down to it he pulled it from his hip and tossed it to the Gomamon who caught it clumsily before he said "Keep an eye on my staff, Poseidon."
"Uh sure. No problem, Dad?" Poseidon said before setting it down next to him. He knew better not to play with it as the weapon didn't belong to him which was why his father trusted him to take care of it.
Alucard then looked back to Marigold before he said "I'm confident that the holes could be patched but what is more worrying is how grimey and disgusting my clothes also are." When Zack told him to not ask him where the hot water was coming from. With the briefest of shrugs he said "For all you know, Zack, the plumbing could be routed through some stable anamoly. Who knows with the Digital World?"
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Post by supesman on Dec 26, 2021 18:02:03 GMT
"That, my dear Gomamon and Angemon is part of what worries me sometimes. That you're absoulutley right and I have NO IDEA how things work a lot of the time and just have to throw up my hands and accept it. That's not easy for humans, inquisitive bunch that we are." He said, helping Angemon to the door and waiting until he seemed like he had a firm grip on either the door or the doorframe before scooting himself out from under the angel's weight. "I'd help you in further but I don't think we've gotten to the point of friendship where I'd be comfortable bathing you." he said, giving a cheeky smile and a wink to make totally sure that the Angemon knew that he was joking.
"Don't worry about it Alucard. You're gonna have to trust me when I say that I know how to deal with clothing in this sort of state." She said, sharing a glance with her father. She was more paranoid than him a lot of the time so she didn't think they were at the level of friendship with these two to reveal their little "secret" unless they totally had to. His alias was becoming more well known day by day in the Digital and Human worlds because of his constant patrolling and crime fighting. The chances of them recognizing or having beef with the Digi Rider were slim, especially since neither of them recognized the Angemon, Gomamon pair but the odds were never truly zero.
"Yea, I can vouch for that, trust me, she's a wizard when she gets a thread wrapped around her legs and puts herself to work. Hell, she did a pretty good job putting you back together and she's done even more wonders for me on more than one occasion." He said, turning away from the bathroom door to give Angemon some privacy. Marigold hung around close to the bathroom until Angemon tossed his clothing out behind him, bolting to pick up the pile and buzzing over to her dedicated sewing machine and assorted work station.
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Dec 27, 2021 1:42:34 GMT
Poseidon giggled before he said "If there is one trait of many that digimon and humans tend to share is our sense of curiosity. Some digimon are more pulled by that drive than others. I know first hand being that way myself." Poseidon didn't want to bring up things his father didn't want to discuss as it was not his place.
Alucard meanwhile had gotten a solid grip on the bathroom's doorframe and at Zack's statement regarding bathing him, the Angemon rolled his eyes though the gesture was not noticeable behind his mask. As he stiffly made his way into the bathroom he said "I may be weak right now but I think I can manage just fine." Then he stepped into the bathroom his clothes landing just outside the door except for his mask before closing it behind him.
Alucard had heard Marigold's statement but said nothing but Poseidon asked "Is Zack really rough on his clothes or something?" Zack's words only made him more curious. Meanwhile Alucard had removed his grime covered mask setting on the side of the sink planning to deal with it when he was clean before stiffly making his way into the tub sinking into the water with a pained hiss.
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Post by supesman on Dec 27, 2021 14:47:29 GMT
"You know what they say. Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back. You never know what you're going to learn if you don't follow your creativity and imagination where it leads." He said, using the full phrase where most people only used the first half. Turning a warning about the dangers of curiosity into a call to arms to go searching anyway.
"Uhh...well the thing about that is umm...dad help me out here?" She said, having stumbled directly into the questions she was trying to avoid by being cute and sarcastic about it. Turns out most people aren't stupid enough to hear them making allusions that obvious and not have follow up questions.
"Eh, I'm not super strict on the secret identity thing anyway. Besides, this one's out here fighting demons more or less, squint at it a certain way and you could say Alucard and I are in the same profession." Zack said, jerking a thumb at the bathroom door for extra emphasis on his point. "Marigold and I are superheroes, Poseidon. We go out, we do good, we make enemies of the bad guys. Real boilerplate sorta stuff that often ends with me coming home with my jacket in tatters and in need of a few dozen stitches."
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Dec 28, 2021 1:43:04 GMT
"I guess you have a point, Zack. Humans sure have interesting sayings. I don't think I'll ever completely understand them." Poseidon said before looking at his father's detracted staff on the floor next to him before looking toward Marigold as the FanBeemon seemed to be stumbling on her words. All this while looking like she was trying to avoid being cute and sarcastic with her words.
"I wouldn't call Dad a superhero exactly. More along the lines of what humans would call an anti hero given Dad's line of work. That and how I am his apprentice." Poseidon said reaching back scratching his mohawk wondering how to best discuss this without upsetting his father who could likely hear everything through the door. "Dad and I are vampire hunters that deal with vampires that are a threat to others so, I guess, we are still helping others in our own way. Dad is definitely a better fighter than me even though I somehow was able to defeat Asuramon. Though I admit I think it was mostly through fear and adrenalin driving me."
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Post by supesman on Dec 28, 2021 16:20:33 GMT
"Oh adrenaline shma-drenaline. You took the victory and you did a good thing, the circumstances don't really matter when you get right down to what happened. I think you're more than able to claim the good feelings on that one instead of trying to be humble." He said, flopping down onto the cushions of one of the shelter's salvaged couches, groaning as he settled into place. He hadn't realized just how tightly he was stressing out during the sudden medical emergency until ironically all of his OWN adrenaline was fizzling away.
"It'd be weirder if you were fighting multiheaded demon digimon WITHOUT your heart screaming in your ear, that's sorta what the adrenaline is for. Even if I'm not sure how well that kind of biology lines up with Digimon." She said, speaking up even while she was totally bent over her sewing machine, having to speak slightly slurred and muffled as she held some of the threads she was using in the corner of her mandibles, calling into question how she talked so well without an lips, cheek or tongue but still ended up having to change her speech pattern when she was holding something between her teeth.
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Dec 29, 2021 1:04:39 GMT
"I know that reaching ultimate as young as I am is an impressive undertaking alone but even then I wasn't sure if I would of won that fight. I'm just relieved I was successful. Though I think Asuramon definitely was surprised to see me use a holy move. I guess he didn't notice the holy ring I have always had." Poseidon said looking toward the bathroom before he then asked "Hey, Zack, are there any towels or even a robe suited for winged digimon? Seeing as Dad has lots of stitches I don't think him dedigivolving into his rookie form would be a good idea."
Poseidon watched Zack sink into the couch the human's fatigue catching up to him. When Marigold started speaking Poseidon turned to look at her in wonder at how she was able to speak with thread in her mandibles. Shaking his head he said "I guess you have a point. Though humans and digimon are alike in many ways, I forget sometimes we can be quite different biologically."
Meanwhile Alucard was beginning to feel better now that he was not a walking grime monster and was now relaxing in the hot water. It had been awhile since he and Poseidon had usually bathed in rivers and lakes so a bathtub of hot water was a luxury to them since they rarely set foot in towns.
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Post by supesman on Dec 29, 2021 17:39:20 GMT
"A robe for winged digimon. Well I'll tell you what my young friend. I can make one, real simple. How tall is your father would you say, seven, eight feet? Certainly taller than me by a good margin, anyway." He said, throwing open a closet to one side of the room and pulling the tag off of a fresh robe that was one of many he had tucked away for when someone might need it. They'd been making shopping trips to the human world for weeks now, picking up every little thing that might be needed by their charges. he tossed the white robe flat onto the table and walked into the other room, coming out with a massive kitchen knife. "Point out for me where on your father's back his wings are?" he said, waiting for Poseidon to come over and point it out for him. With two quick slices of the knives slitted openings were made in the fabric of the robe.
"Bit of a barbaric solution, especially with such a nice robe." Marigold sighed, always a bit peeved to see her father's cavalier attitude toward the fabrics he wore and used. It was becoming something of a passion for her the more time she spent sewing and stitching.
"Well it's probably a temporary solution. We can get some good towels and eventually you can make a robe more fitted for his wings but that's gonna take a few hours at least."
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Dec 30, 2021 0:41:20 GMT
"Dad is eight feet tall." Poseidon said as he watched Zack pull a robe from a closet and removed the tag from it before tossing it on a table before leaving the room and returning with a kitchen knife. Marigold was right. It was a barbaric solution for a nice robe like that and she sounded unhappy about her father's attitude towards fabrics. Looking at Marigold, Poseidon said "Sounds like you have been through this a lot."
When asked to point out where on his back his father's wings were, Poseidon made his way over looking over the robe before using his flipper to point out each location before Zack sliced each spot on the robe in two quick slices.
"Yeah this robe is pretty nice and it is a shame to have to cut holes in it but I'm sure someone as talented as yourself can repair it later, Marigold." Poseidon said using his natural charm to his advantage.
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Post by supesman on Dec 30, 2021 17:48:04 GMT
"Well I...I'll get around to it sometime. Assuming my dad doesn't rip his costume to shreds again in the next day and a half." She said, blushing a little bit at the Gomamon's complimentary attitude, turning her head away to try and hide the pink rushing to either side of her face.
"No promises." He says, displaying just how cavalier he could be about getting himself shoved through the meat grinder on a regular basis. it's a wonder his body was still holding together on anything more than duct tape and faith. "More times than I can count, and we haven't even been doing this for a full year I don't think."
"Seven months and a day." Marigold said, evidently having a VERY good idea of how long her and her father had been together. Not surprising given her backstory but that's not something either of the guests could have known at that point.
"Stickler for the little things, my daughter is."
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Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Dec 31, 2021 0:53:08 GMT
Poseidon chuckled quietly a bit at Marigold's reaction to his compliments and even turned her head away in an effort to conceal her blushing. Then he looked at Zack and said "Sounds like you would be a tailor's worst nightmare, Zack. Dad may get in a lot of fights but he rarely tears his clothes. This is the first time he has ever been injured as bad as he is to my memory. Who knows what troubles he's seen before I hatched." He sighed before he said "I know what happened wasn't my fault but if that coward hadn't been attacking from the shadows, Dad wouldn't of had to take all those attacks trying to keep me safe."
Then Poseidon looked in the direction of the bathroom before looking back at Zack and said "Dad sure has been in there for awhile so maybe he might be getting done soon and will need that robe and a towel."
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Post by supesman on Dec 31, 2021 14:33:49 GMT
"Alright alright stop fussing, I'm sure your father is a big enough man to ask for his own towel and robe." Zack said, walking up to the bathroom door and opening it ever so slightly. Just a wide enough crack for him to fit his hand around the corner without having to look inside. "Hot off the presses and made to order. No rush, enjoy the soak I'm sure you've earned it if you like." Zack said as he tossed the towel onto the floor beside the tub and hung the robe on the inside doorknob before closing the door behind him again.
"One sidekick to another, Poseidon?" Marigold said to him quietly as their fathers were both indisposed at the end of the the hall. She looked into his eyes and smiled, trying to put him at ease. "Sometimes the best you can do is take the victory at face value, throw up your hands and say "all's well that ends well". If you beat yourself up every time someone like them gets themselves in trouble you'll never sleep again. Sometimes you just have to accept what's in the nature of our fathers, chasing monsters is what they do, more or less." She said, stepping down from her sewing desk to place of of her legs on his shoulder, trying to reassure the young digimon.
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