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Post by ollieandprocopius on Sept 26, 2022 12:51:46 GMT
The IceDevimon seemed to have been pushed beyond words, letting out a bat-like screech after the impact that left him reeling, pulling himself out of the mark he had left in the wall and just shrieking at his attackers, his wounded pride clearly putting him completely over the edge as he lashed out at both LJ and Procopius with wild, icy slashes, his claws cutting chilled streaks through the air as he lunged potently at the trio.
He was stopped though by something, or many somethings grabbing hold of his ankles. Many of the Digimon who had up until now been standing sheepishly near the walls were reaching out and taking a hold of Ice Devimon, halting or pausing his momentum as he tried to lash out. It seems that they had been listening to the trio's words, even if Ice Devimon hadn't. All of their discontent with the way things had changed, with the morally shady things they had been forced into doing by their new "leader" clear on their faces as they pulled him back, multiple digimon to each leg like they were playing tug of war with the icy demon.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Sept 26, 2022 19:56:28 GMT
It seemed IceDevimon was beyond reasoning as he pulled himself out of the hole in the wall and was screeching like an actual bat making LJ clench his teeth and fold his ears back in pain. Not only that he began lashing out at LJ and Procopius causing LJ to get into a karate stance to be ready for the oncoming demon man.
Yet what happened was something that caught LJ by surprise as many of the members of Procopius' old gang were now grabbing the demon man's ankles pausing the demon man's momentum looking as if a game of tug of war had begun. "Well what do ya know. It looks like our words have at least gotten through to the others. Even if IceDevimon seems to be not willing to listen." LJ said looking over at Procopius and said "Procopius I think we should knock this guy out so we can turn him over to the Knightmon. Your old gang deserve to not have this ego maniac bullying them like this."
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Post by ollieandprocopius on Sept 27, 2022 21:27:29 GMT
"You know what? You read my mind." The Raptordramon said, relishing at least a little bit in his new voice that rumbled the air when he spoke. He had always been a dinosaur, but being THIS kind of dinosaur, gigantic with the earth and air shaking mass that people imagine when they imagine a dinosaur, that was something new that he felt like enjoying "You know what? Give him here." Procopius' long neck shot out, clamping his teeth deep into the Ice Deivmon's shoulder, tossing him up in the air, end over end, until his teeth again closed around the demon digimon's feet and ankles.
He slammed his trapped opponent down onto the floor, the Ice Devimon's back and head cracking the concrete below him once, twice, three times until the demon was hanging limply in his grasp, everything but the tiny cartoon birds swirling around his head as Procopius tossed him off to one side like a sack of garbage he didn't feel like carrying anymore. The room was filled with a deep, suffocating silence as everyone watched. The Ice Devimon groaned, breathing clearly, but not getting up.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Sept 27, 2022 22:28:14 GMT
Procopius was quite the sight now compared to his rookie form. LJ would of thought that Procopius would become a machine digimon not a feathered dinosaur. This showed just how unpredictable digivolution could be at times. Sure LJ's evolutionary path so far had been straightforward but now he was curious as to what forms were coming in the future for Procopius.
Then what Procopius did next caught LJ by surprise as the Daitrymon shot his neck out grabbing onto IceDevimon's shoulder his teeth sinking deep. Then he tossed the demon into the air before snapping ahold of IceDevimon's feet and ankles. When Procopius slammed IceDevimon into the floor multiple times before tossing the demon man to the side. After blinking for a bit LJ shook off the shock and said "Procopius, uhm, just wow. I think that may of been a little much man."
Then he looked over at the other digimon before jabbed a thumb in the direction of the gang members as he asked "So what about them?"
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Post by ollieandprocopius on Sept 28, 2022 12:19:07 GMT
"Eh, didn't kill him, which I very much had the right to considering that he did it to me first. He's breathing, which is better than he deserves." Procopius said, shrugging as best his Raptordramon body could as he kept at least one eye on the icy devil that way laying prone on the ground.
"What about them?" Ollie said with a shrug as the question of what was to be done about the gang members was brought up. "They don't seem like they've ever needed someone to "rescue" them from this lifestyle. With the bad apple at the head of the bunch tossed out with the garbage and the two of us checking in on them regularly, they'll be back and better than ever." Ollie said, empathizing more with the gang than he had originally realized. Just like them he had been born into a hard world, but also like them he never needed someone to come in an save him like an angel sent down from above.
"These are my people. We'll take care of each other. Always have." Procopius said, the Raptordramon shrinking down into his Black ToyAgumon form, confident still as he looked up at LJ.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Sept 28, 2022 20:48:26 GMT
"I'm glad you didn't kill him all things considered. That just proved you weren't willing to stoop to his level." LJ said also keeping an eye on the IceDevimon. He knew that if the demon man was given half the chance he would likely leap at them again.
At Ollie's words, LJ said "You have a point, Ollie. They've been able to take care of themselves but maybe with IceDevimon out of their lives they can get back to their normal lives. To think my little brother was on the streets when he was much younger than Procopius. At least this group seems to care for each other unlike the gang Kshin was abandoned by."
LJ watched as Procopius returned to his rookie form of BlackToyAgumon before he said "Maybe we should tie up IceDevimon and take him to the authorities." He then looked at the gang members and asked "Do any of you have something we can use to tie him up with?"
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Post by ollieandprocopius on Sept 29, 2022 12:17:33 GMT
A Palmon or two stepped out of the crowd around them, using the vines growing from their clawed fingertips to lash out and wrap the devil digimon in a tight cocoon that extended from his neck down to his ankles. The devil digimon didn't respond to it much at all, grumbling and snarling in the same way as if they had done anything else, knocked clean and clear of his senses by being hammered against the floor by Procopius.
"Like I said, give us half a chance and we can solve any problem you throw at us." Procopius said. It was a spirit of cooperation forced upon them by a hard reality. They could either close ranks and help one another, or they could all shiver and starve to death. "getting back to this was all we really needed." He said, taking a moment, it seemed like he was chewing on an idea that had been lightly swimming around his head already. "It's a shame I can't join back in. I have somebody else I need to take care of now." He said, within LJ's field of hearing but outside of Ollie's who, as was his nature, had started sketching and asking questions of the group assembled against the walls.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Sept 29, 2022 17:43:13 GMT
LJ watched as a couple of Palmon stepped out of the crowd and, as if willing to help out now, used their vines to envolope IceDevimon in a tight viney cocoon from the neck down. IceDevimon apparently was quite out of it only grumbling and snarling which made LJ relieved since hauling him out would be much easier than having to deal with a loud angry demon man the whole way. Smiling at the Palmon he said "Thanks for your help."
As LJ lifted the IceDevimon and threw him over his shoulder he walked back over to Procopius and said "Your friends do come off as an adaptive bunch and with this clown out of the way they'll be able to go back to living in peace again. Maybe they can work with reestablishing trust with the people of Terminus."
LJ, also in Procopius' field of hearing but outside of Ollie's, said "True you have Ollie but you can still keep in touch with them too. I don't think they'd mind being able to contact you if they need help or to have a friendly chat with each other."
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Post by ollieandprocopius on Sept 30, 2022 13:06:19 GMT
"Oh I'll be making the rounds sure enough every time we set foot back in the Digital World for any length of time but..." Procopius looked at the crowd for a moment. There was an odd energy in the way that they seemed to look at him in that moment, something hard to explain but that put an equally strange melancholy on his face. "I was gone. And someone terrible stepped into the place and authority I'd made for myself. I can't just step back up and put things right. A new leader, hell maybe a whole new system OF leading is what they need right now and I can't do that for them." Procopius said, it seeming to softly dawn on him that whatever system they had had in place before, it had put too much power in one Digimon's hands, it's how they had gotten into all of this compounding mess.
"What are you guys whispering about?" Ollie said, walking up to them with his scratch made digital world encyclopedia clutched up against his chest. Procopius' misty eyes cleared at the sight of his new charge. it wasn't as if he was being tossed out into the world completely without purpose.
"Nothing interesting, buddy. Nothing interest." Procopius said as LJ hitched Ice Devimon over his shoulder and they began to walk out with the grumbling, snarling menace in tow.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Sept 30, 2022 19:29:17 GMT
"I'm sure they're glad you are doing well, Procopius." LJ said as he also looked out over the gang of digimon. Then when Procopius spoke again LJ turned back to the ToyAgumon and said "Maybe they can either vote for a new leader since you can't lead them or they can set up a council of some sort so they can exchange ideas."
When Ollie caught on that LJ and Procopius were whispering about something he asked them what they were whispering about while clutching a book to his chest. Hard to believe he was fourteen with how vulnerable he looked. To think this young man was about the age of a high school freshman. "Depends on what you find interesting Ollie. I get you are brimming with curiosity but I'm sure even you have your limits. I know I do." LJ said as he caught the grumbling and snarling from IceDevimon causing the Leomon X to shoot a glance back at the demon man before he said "Behave yourself, IceDevimon. Be grateful I'm not dragging you to the authorities by the scruff of your neck like a naughty kitten."
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Post by ollieandprocopius on Oct 1, 2022 12:14:35 GMT
"'I'm sure I can find anything interesting if I get into it from the right angle. But I won't pry." Ollie said, showing a surprising moment of emotional intelligence that certainly wasn't expected of the socially shy bookworm. He realized that Procopius had been having a private conversation and even though Procopius hadn't told him what or why he just smiled that supportive smile and went back about idly sketching the digimon species who now milled about, murmuring and mumbling to one another as their stock stillness against the walls of the room began to slowly break up as the tense energy of the fight steamed away one moment at a time.
"Yea, we should deliver this package before it goes stale, I'm sure the Knightmon will want us to sign something or other because of course they will." Procopius said, back to his normal grumpy self for the moment, which seemed to lift a lot of the tension off of Ollie's shoulders as they made for the exit. Procopius paused at the door, looking over the crowd and finally seeing some smiles returning to the faces of the street rats he had once called his own.
For the moment? That was enough.
[EXIT]
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Oct 1, 2022 19:30:55 GMT
LJ nodded at Ollie's statement as it seemed the teen was definitely eager to learn many subjects but since the kid seemed the shy bookworm type. LJ shrugged knowing full well one couldn't judge a book by its cover. Obviously Ollie had far more emotional intelligence than most would give him credit for. LJ watched as Ollie had gone back to sketching the various digimon in the room as if not bothered by what happened earlier. As for the assembled digimon moved away from the walls and were talking amongst themselves so it seemed they may be okay.
When Procopius said that they should deliver the package before it went stale LJ chuckled before he said "Ah the joys of paperwork. It seems not even digimon can fully avoid such things unless they are feral. Makes me envy the feral digimon in that regard." As they headed out LJ turned back to the gang and waved goodbye to them with a smile and eventually they dropped off their package dealing with the paperwork that came with it.
[EXIT]
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Oct 20, 2022 13:08:54 GMT
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