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Post by Kai Aizawa on Mar 7, 2022 23:25:08 GMT
The duo, after all their trekking since they first met, would finally find themselves in the city of Rosewood, the human Kai was wandering about and found their way out of the Bayou and b ack on the right path. Kai looked and reveled in the city as she saw it as a genuinely peaceful place that was buzzing with activity. "So this is Rosewood, it's a cheery place." She commented as she would look at a few shop windows as she walked through the city. "Yeah, this place was set up by a community of Rookies, it's a great place for those who want to settle in peace and serenity, or to rest if one needs to get their bearings or nurse some wounds." Tera said as she would fly slowly next to her human partner. The former courier looked about recalling some of the businesses and residents she delivered to in her old position.
"So I take it you come here often?" Kai said as she recalled that Tera said her old business was set in some place called Terminus if that information was correct. Tera nodded reassuringly as she kept going forward. "Yeah, lot of people order stuff here." She replied and Kai nodded. "Makes sense. So we can get a train from here to Terminus?"[/font She said as the two would walk towards the town center square and would look about. "That's about it, I mean we could relax for a bit, you're tense and even you gotta be hungry by now." Tera interjected as she had a feeling Kai went a while without food.
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Mar 9, 2022 9:32:07 GMT
Not far from the duo a different pair that were a tamer and digimon were making their way down the street. Laying across his tamer's shoulder was a Calumon named Yoshihiro and the little in training digimon's ears were wiggling as the small digimon was alert for potential danger even in a place like Rosewood. His tamer, a tall young man by the name of Ryuji didn't question the behaviors that had become normal for the tiny martial artist that was his partner. For the most part Yoshihiro keeping an ear out kept the pair from being shredded and that was something the human didn't complain about.
Unknown to Ryuji the other pair came out in front of them but as Yoshihiro said "Ryuji, stop!"
However the warning came too late as his tamer crashed into Tera from behind and fell onto his behind but somehow Yoshihiro wasn't dislodged in his tamer's fall as he said "Ryuji, I keep telling you to pay more attention to those around you." Looking up at the human and digimon Yoshihiro then said "Please excuse both me and my tamer. He's been distracted a lot as of late but won't tell me why."
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Post by Kai Aizawa on Mar 9, 2022 19:04:29 GMT
Tera would hit the ground hard before Kai instinctively stepped out of the way as she turned on her heel halfway towards the scene as she quickly looked down. "You okay Tera?" She asked the Digimon who groaned in pain a little. "I bit my tongue but I'd be more worried about the other guy, they fel on me and I'm mostly covered in armor." She said as Kai would focus on the Digimon, before kneeling down to check on the human having their arm around it. "It's okay, well not really as your friend didn't notice he was walking into a jet... did he hit his head?" She asked as she was trying to look over Ryuji for any sign of concussion or if he cut himself on the way down.
Tera however slowly inched her way out from under the human before returning to hovering in the air once she was free of him. She stretched her metal wings a bit before cracking her long neck. "I'm Kai Aizawa, and this is my partner Tera. Who might you two be?" She asked still looking over Ryuji's body.
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Mar 9, 2022 23:10:19 GMT
Apparently there was enough force in Ryuji's clumsiness to also knock over the armored digimon as well. However the digimon, apparently named Tera, only bit her tongue but otherwise seemed fine. As for Ryuji, though he didn't hit Tera very hard he likely had some bruises from bumping into the armored digimon but with his red hoodie such a thing would of been hard to tell. "No I didn't hit my head." Ryuji said while Yoshihiro was checking the messy mop he called hair on his head and found no bumps or any hint of injury to the human's head.
When the girl introduced herself as Kai Aizawa and her partner as Tera, Yoshihiro noticed the girl was close to Ryuji's age and muttered "Here we go."
He then looked at Ryuji noticing his tamer had gone silent looking at his hoodie before Yoshihiro said "Sorry my tamer for some reason is shy at first around girls near his age. It isn't personal. His name is Ryuji Amano and I'm his partner Yoshihiro."
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Post by Kai Aizawa on Mar 10, 2022 1:54:36 GMT
Kai paid attention as aside from one line when the man was not aware of what Kai was at first he was quite silent. Kai was a bit cautious as she would not want to cause the boy to once again lose his balance. However she paid more attention to his Digimon partner who seemed to take it upon themselves to speak on their partner's behalf for the meantime. "It's okay, I'm used to this happening, I never take it personally. It's a pleasure to meet you both." She said as she would start to save face as she was trying to be a bit modest.
"Popular girl in school eh?" Tera snickered a bit before Kai shot a glance at Tera. "More like a fair amount of the peers I interact with are reclusive by nature and nurture. Some have weird triggers for selective mutism and shyness, I've seen men who can't talk to others at even hours, women who can't look at a man past seven in the afternoon, and even a few others with strange limitations like not being able to talk to anyone who both passes an intellectual and aesthetic appearance threshold." She retorted before she slowly stood up. "I take it you two were paired recently as well? You seem to still be quite-" She said before Tera flew up to Kai and held her mouth shut with one claw chuckling nervously. "Sorry, first day and all, she pretty much learned the basic premise of Digivolution let me correct my mist-" She said before forgetting her claw was still emitting heat as Kai was starting to wobble. Tera yelped a bit before letting go and Kai gasped for air soon after before shooting a death glare towards Tera.
"Was that really necessary?" She asked a bit bitterly before Tera shrugged a bit awkwardly "For some Digimon it's a sensitive subject. You see while Digimon can Digivolve and Dedigivolve to various stages, we all have one form we like or are most comfortable with and can sustain. Rookie is like four out of seven the form most prefer when they don't need others, some can sustain Champion level, but as you can see, some like to go back to In Training level. Once Digimon get strong enough, going between the those three forms is like a human changing int comfy or work clothes." She explained a bit.
"Ah, I apologize Yoshinori if I was about to tread on unintended insults and supposition based on limited information." She said as she would bow in a bit of shame as she was worried that if Tera stopped her in such a manner it was probably gonna touch a nerve.
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Mar 10, 2022 4:23:18 GMT
Yoshihiro didn't seem bothered by the fact that Ryuji was now looking at the ground near him as this was all too normal behavior for the eighteen year old he had known for a little over a year. Then when Kai said it as a pleasure to meet them and the small Calumon smiled before playfully ruffling Ryuji's hair.
While Kai and Tera interacted Yoshihiro chuckled before he said "I'm not sure if Ryuji was the popular type like you seem to have been, Kai, but he doesn't seem to be that type. Maybe it's because he can be too serious for his own good sometimes but he's still a nice enough guy."
When digivolution was brought up Yoshihiro quirked his head as Tera explained how digimon could digivolve and dedigivolve into various stages. Yoshihiro himself had access to two armor forms as well as the ability to digivolve as far as ultimate despite not looking as such. Perhaps that was one advantage he had as he might be able to take some adversaries by surprise since he didn't look that strong seeing as he usually spent a lot of time in his in training form.
When Kai said his name wrong Yoshihiro sighed before he said "It's Yoshihiro not Yoshinori. As for talking about digivolution it's not a big deal to me. Believe it or not but Ryuji and I have been working together for a little over a year yet I can see how one can interpret us as new. I mean look at me for example and ask how many tamers wander around with partners that prefer to use their in training forms outside of combat. I may be a humble martial artist but I don't mind nowadays that many don't realize that I am stronger than I appear. When I was first starting I was a notorious show off and braggart who drove Ryuji nuts."
"Now he drives me crazy in other ways." Ryuji managed to mutter knowing full well that Yoshihiro could hear him even if he whispered but the Calumon began snickering not at all offended.
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Post by Kai Aizawa on Mar 10, 2022 6:02:20 GMT
"Sorry about the wrong name, I'm a bit off today trying to adjust to the, multiversal Digital stuff. Still a Martial artist? That's interesting. I'm sure Digimon Marital Arts is quite a fascinating topic to explore given how diverse forms get even within an evolutionary line." She said as she did have to admit the topic did prove to be some merit given the diverse amount of body types. "And honestly, you're quite the sweet gentleman, hard to see someone like you ever being annoying. Though I do suppose gaining wisdom is a hallmark of a great martial artist." She commented as she was definitely trying to flatter the Digimon.
"Doesn't the transition from pain in the ass egotist to sagely gentlemen take a life time of experience?" Tera asked a bit confused but Kai shrugged as she was not of the opinion of a solidified requirement for personal growth. "I mean, depends on how one lives in the year as there's no solid rule saying growth requires a certain amout of time. It's impossible for a day or a week, but in truth a year is plenty of time to learn and grow. Also technically more then enough time to read and start living by the guide of how to be a gentlemen." She explained making Tera laugh.
"Guide to being a Gentlmen, there's no book for that." She said before Kai pulled up her phone and opened her Ebook Library and pulled out "The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness" written by Cecil B. Hartley. "Published in 1860, a little dated no?" She commented as Kai put her phone away. Kai would look at the Caulmon. "Yeah, I'm not even sure how I'm supposed to maintain relationships with other Digimon. As apparently I'm a bit different then a tamer." She said pulling out her Fusion Loader to show the Caulmon what she meant and hoped he would understand.
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Mar 10, 2022 6:21:43 GMT
"Don't worry about it. I can see how my name can be a bit difficult to say sometimes never mind spell. Believe me sometimes even I spell my own name wrong from time to time. As for the whole martial arts thing I'm trained, it is a digimon variant of the Mantis style of martial arts but I have also been studying the human version since I partnered with Ryuji. It may come in handy someday." Yoshihiro said watching as Ryuji was now getting to his feet and brushing himself off. Other than the bruises he likely had he seemed otherwise fine which was good for Yoshihiro to know. "As for the wisdom that can come with martial arts it is more than fair to say I have a long way to go to be considered wise."
"Yes you may not be a pain in the ass egotist but you aren't exactly a sagely gentleman either. You're overconfidence still gets in the way sometimes but I guess after meeting one digimon last year you have improved greatly." Ryuji said to the small digimon who was now floating near his tamer.
"Okay, fair enough. I guess I can also be quite the handful with my mischievous and playful ways but at least I mean well." Yoshihiro said with a giggle mussing Ryuji's hair causing the young man to roll his pale blue eyes in response to the tiny digimon's behavior. Hard to believe while in his holosuit that Yoshihiro posed as the older brother of the two. Now that Ryuji thought more about it the irony was kind of funny. Oh well at least Ryuji seemed to be communicating verbally even though there was a female around his age around.
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Post by Kai Aizawa on Mar 10, 2022 7:59:11 GMT
"Well you two do seem to adapt quickly. Ryuji's already talking out loud near women. That's good progress right?" Tera commented with a slight joy as she would see the improvement. Kai was mentally cursing her luck that Tera jinxed the luck as she would start to wonder if maybe she should find a way for her and Yoshihiro to spend more time together so hopefully he'd rub off on her. She could tell Tera was not entirely far off from where he claimed to have started a long time ago. "Seems like you two really formed an inseparable bond, outside the obvious fate induced bond of tamer and Digimon that is." She said as did admrie the way two beings of two technically totally different walks of life got along.
However she did have her own questions to deal with and given these two had a great deal of experience with this world she hedged her bets on these two having local knowledge and hoped that there were enough similarities or human influences to get what sh3 was hoping for here in the Digital World. "Weird question but is there an inn and maybe a clothes shop nearby? I emerged in the Bayou earlier..." SHe said hoping that covered everything as she had been coated by swamp water four times by now and wanted to clean herself and a change of clothes if possible as well as a meal. However if none was available right away she would settle for just the quickest route home at this point.
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Mar 11, 2022 1:17:37 GMT
"Well adapting quickly tends to be normal for us digimon or we wouldn't have good odds when it comes to survival." Yoshihiro said before he then said "As for Ryuji, he used to be much worse around females being dead silent for quite awhile. I guess us somehow running across many female humans has done him some good."
"Hey!" Ryuji exclaimed reaching for Yoshihiro but the agile martial artist floated gracefully out of his five foot eleven tamer's reach before playfully blowing him a raspberry. Shaking his head Ryuji looked at Kai and Tera before he said "An inseparable bond is pretty accurate as we seem to be much like brothers with how we behave around each other." He then pointed at the floating Calumon before he said "Believe it or not he is the older brother of the two of us and even uses the family surname while using his holosuit."
"Come on, Ryuji. Grandma and Grandpa seem to love me for who I am." Yoshihiro grinned causing Ryuji to facepalm.
"Yeah, I know but we only visit them. They don't live with a rascal like you twenty four seven." Ryuji said with a sigh before Kai asked about if there was a clothes shop or an inn nearby.
"There are many kinds of shops in Rosewood even clothing shops since some digimon do wear clothes. I'm sure there are inns as well since Rosewood is easily big enough to have a few. Maybe if we look around we can find what you need, Kai." Yoshihiro said as he floated down closer to the group again.
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Post by Kai Aizawa on Mar 11, 2022 8:20:28 GMT
"Thanks, I appreciate the help." Kai said as she was grateful that there were kind folk in town. It would take the group a few minutes before they would find a clothing store. "I got some bits saved, I'll cover ya." She said to the girl who nodded as she would browse about, finding a few items in her size, quickly settling on one simple outfit. She left Tera to pay for it as she would head into the changeroom to change into the outfit, consisting of a red halterneck top, dark denim jeans with a brown belt, black leather boots, and a beige hoodie that she would wrap around her waist and tie off. She put her Uniform back in her shoulderbag, and began to tie her hair back into a ponytail as she left to rejoin the others. "Sorry bout the wait, but if I gotta traverse this world, more practical to do it like this then my School Uniform." She said as Tera would examine her partner. "Whew, lookin' good there Kai, careful you look almost like a brand new woman. Don't wanna make Ryuji nervous again." She said with a joking tone towards the end. Kai would scoff at the joke brushing it off for the moment. "Come on, it's not that drastic a transformation." She said before she would focus back on the other two. "Just a miracle they had anything for humans, thanks again for coming with us on this.Outfit:
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Mar 11, 2022 10:49:19 GMT
As the group looked for a clothing store Yoshihiro floated down to Ryuji landing gracefully on his tamer's shoulder once again. Since the little guy couldn't exactly fly but instead float at speeds barely faster than a human when he digivolved to his rookie and armor champion forms he had always found it easier to keep an eye on Ryuji by riding on the eighteen year old's shoulder and the older teen never seemed to mind having a small digimon riding on him either so it became normal for the pair.
Soon the group found a clothing store and Kai began browsing until she found some things in her size. After she found enough items for an outfit Tera payed for the items and Kai headed for the change room soon coming out wearing the new outfit.
"I have to admit that outfit is more practical for travel in many parts of the Digital World except for the cold areas that is." Yoshihiro said before thinking about the uniforms some girls wore and said "The uniforms that many girls wear for school are nice enough and all but not all that practical in the Digital World especially if one has to dodge attacks from digimon. Makes me wonder with those uniforms what some people were thinking when they designed them."
"Yoshihiro..!"
"What?" the Calumon said with a legitimately innocent look on his face.
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Post by Kai Aizawa on Mar 12, 2022 5:02:13 GMT
"Too be fair they were designed to be worn to promote some form of equality among classes and I was inside the school so I was wearing shoes never meant to leave the building for cleanliness reasons. No one exactly was considering multiversal wormholes to swamps opening up inside the property.She explained as she would start to at least try to justify the attire. While she did see that Ryuji probably caught on, she guessed that the Digimon didn't really understand that not all clothing is as versatile as others. She was quite patient as she would explain the concept. "It's not like the designers know this problem is common. Most human world schools that are designed for peace and to only be worn in towns and cities. However if your complaint is about skirts, well it's tradition that lasted for generations." Kai commented as she was honestly indifferent to the uniforms for the most part, aside from when it came to the rare and extreme situations like being take to another world.
"Personally I'm just glad you got proper footwear before we had to go much further. Otherwise that could be a problem, I've ferried a few ungrateful people who made big mistakes. Like wearing flipflops in a quarry." Tera commented as she was more focused on the critical element of clothing for humans rather then the rest at the moment. "Yeah I can't disagree with you there."
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Mar 12, 2022 5:27:00 GMT
"Oh yeah. I forgot how in Japan people wear shoes intended to be worn in various places. So I assume a student would also pack their outdoor shoes as well when getting ready for school." Yoshihiro said as she mentioned the uniforms being more for equality and Yoshihiro nodded. "I can see advantages as well as disadvantages of that system but at least there seemed to be some room for creativity even with wearing uniforms. You know like using backpacks with various colors or in some cases simple jewelry. Doesn't seem like wearing uniforms in school sounds so bad to me." When the conversation went about the skirts Ryuji looked surprised by what Yoshihiro next said "I have no real argument there as I barely notice them for the most part. Though I'm sure there are times where skirts can be troublesome for females. I know a skirt in the forest would be difficult to manage but your new outfit would work better especially when pushing through foliage."
"Yeah I agree that some footwear is not suited for long distances or walking in rocky quarries." Ryuji said also agreeing with the subject of having the right footwear.
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Post by Kai Aizawa on Mar 12, 2022 7:26:16 GMT
"I had proper footwear for this in my Shoe Locker, but yeah. It wasn't comfortable making the distance in those shoes that were meant to preserve floor then protect feet from the ground. Frankly I'm surprised to even find proper shoes in this world." She commented a bit with a slight jovial tone. However Tera wasn't as surprised as her general at the stock as she did remember delivering a few crates of similar stuff. "Well this place is often where humans who are drawn into the Digital world pass through at some point, plenty like yourself who were not exactly dressed properly. Honestly they make quite a buck without gouging prices for cases like this." She explained the slight industry of keeping clothes in stock for various humans that may suddenly appear in the Digital World.
"Makes sense, not everyone is bound to be wearing proper trekking gear when they emerge and it's not really amoral for a shop or two to cash in on that within reason." She said as she was thinking about the ramifications of taking advantage of a common occurrence for a business tactic. "What would be out of reason for you miss lawyer in the making?" Tera said as she was genuinely confused as to what Kai might consider moral and fair in regards to business. "In short, honest goods with fair play advertising, no undercutting from others by libel and slander, and not unfairly gouging customers with distrustful tactics like praying on ignorance or vulnerability." She said as was being a bit honest with what she believed in.
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