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Post by ricochet11-Lilly on Jul 13, 2023 19:44:49 GMT
Lilly as well as Knightmon observed how Y2K seemed all too eager for the free meal that the Knightmon seemed to be offering. However Shadow seemed understandably cautious of the meal offered. To be honest so was Lilly but the young Guilmon was intending to be polite about it. She was intending to smell the food when they eventually got to the table just to make sure it was safe. If one thing she inherited from her Leomon father it was Lothar's sense of smell.
As for the Knightmon's level Lilly had an inkling of the level but decided to ask "I know this is a bit out in left field but are you a champion or ultimate level Knightmon?"
Knightmon looked at the young Guilmon before lightly chuckling as he answered "I would be an ultimate level Knightmon but I have a feeling at least one of you don't trust me. However I don't blame any of you one bit seeing as I came out of nowhere from your guys' perspective. If you don't trust the meal I am offering, don't worry you don't have to eat it. Just know that I am going to try and earn the trust of all of you since I was the one who guarded the princess before she became the digimental to begin with."
With that Knightmon turned around and began leading the group inside. As for Lilly the young empath was fully intune with everyones' emotions and could tell how uneasy everyone was so the young Guilmon remained on high guard as a result. As they made their way inside a dining room with food ready to be eaten Lilly took note of what Hana said and said "Now. Now. Hana. Shadow is a cute digimon too and I'm sure my siblings and parents would definitely agree with me. Even though Shadow doesn't always act adorable since he doesn't have to with the fact that Rush handles most of that."
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Post by Rai Ryuichi on Jul 15, 2023 2:48:42 GMT
Rai listened in unspoken agreement with the others. Y2K didn't have a suspicious bone in his... well Rai wasn't sure had -any- bones in his body. Too naive and too friendly.
The Knightmon identified itself as an Ultimate Level, which made Rai further uneasy, given Y2K had yet to digivolve to Ultimate at this point. He went on to assure them they wouldn't he -forced- to eat and that the Knightmon was going to try to earn all of their trusts. Rai still hadn't known the digmental had been a Princess prior to... becoming a digimental? He hadn't thought that was how that worked, but he reminded himself he knew next to nothing regarding the mysteries of this world.
As they entered the dining room, Rai looked side eyed at Hana when she asserted Shadow was also 'a cute digimon'. He supposed first impressions and attitudes towards strangers could not be everything, but to Rai, Shadow seemed like a pretty serious guardian who wasn't interested in being nice.
"Even if it was poisoned, Y2K processes his food to primitive 1s and 0s before he swallows it. Loose binary supposedly can't be dangerous. I've yet to find something he can't eat." Rai commented as if that was one less a worry.
Y2K giggled. "Kekeke! Anything in the digital world is food if you really want it to be! Harder things just take longer!"
Rai sighed exasperated with the thought, "Excepting living things... but Y2K would eat a house in Terminus if I let him..."
Rai and Y2K availed themselves to sit at the table, side by side each other.
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on Jul 30, 2023 13:21:35 GMT
With the Knightmon's explanation, Shadow narrowed his eyes at the knight, begrudgingly following the Knightmon with the others after he put his swords away. Not trusting the knight one bit, Shadow still made sure to keep himself between Hana and their mysterious "host" during the entire trip. While they walked, though, Hana made sure to clarify one thing to Lilly. "No, no, no. Rush is the cute one, and Data's the tough one. Shadow's the scary one. I mean, Data has his scary moments, too, but at least he can be talked down. Shadow... not so much."
"Alright, Knightmon, let's talk. You still haven't actually explained anything yet, and I am running out of patience. So. Stop. Deflecting." Shadow growled out once everyone was in the dining room, grabbing Knightmon's shoulder with one hand and painfully digging his claws into the Knightmon's armor.
"See? This is what I mean by Shadow being the scary one." Hana whispered as she sat down in a chair next to Lilly. Even if she was sitting down with the others, Hana still had no intention of eating anything Knightmon provided due to sharing part of Shadow's suspicion of the knight's intent. Well... not yet, at least. Worst case scenario, she still has the snacks she keeps in her backpack.
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Post by ricochet11-Lilly on Jul 30, 2023 20:44:35 GMT
When Rai mentioned that it was okay even if the food was poisoned cause apparently Y2K could eat even a house in Terminus if allowed to which caused Lilly to cock her head to the side in curiosity before the young Guilmon said "Wow. Y2K can eat poison? Is there anything he can't eat then?"
As for Shadow it was all too clear that he didn't fully trust the Knightmon. To be honest neither did Lilly but she was trying to remain polite while dealing with the knight digimon while Shadow's fingers were sinking into the knight's armor. Knightmon kept quite as he gently pulled himself out of Shadow's grip before sitting down not far from both Lilly and Y2K as he looked at Shadow before he said "You have every right to be suspicious of me and I don't blame you for you being suspicious given the circumstances. If you need to know what is going on that I can help you with." Knightmon then sat down in a chair next to Lilly before he said "You see the reason for coming in here is simple. As you already know the princesses' form has taken the form of an armor digiegg but that was due to someone in the castle attacking her when my back was turned. I feel bad enough that I wasn't able to protect the princess so please try to trust me friend."
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Post by Rai Ryuichi on Sept 24, 2023 0:16:04 GMT
Rai agreed, Shadow was scary alright. But they could hesitate regarding this Knightmon's intentions all day and a stand off would get them no where.
"This is going nowhere. He says his Princess is or was the Digimental, she went from being a digimon to a digi-egg because he failed to protect her in the past. Now he wants our help to redeem that failure, and has invited us to a dinner table to discuss this properly. Did I get all of that right?" Rai paused as if to offer the others a chance to talk.
"So there's supposedly something else in this place that was responsible that Knightmon as an Ultimate level, can't deal with alone. We can doubt Knightmon all night and stand here at an impasse, or we can follow him to this table and hear him out properly." Rai continued.
Y2K scratched his head and suggested, "Food is good! Princess killing bad! Eat, eat up for strength and fight the villain! On towards Dinner and Justice! Kekeke!"
Rai sighed. He still had doubts it would be anything so simple.
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on Oct 11, 2023 20:00:28 GMT
Well, Rai did have a point that a standoff wasn't going to accomplish anything. At least now they were starting to get somewhere as Knightmon began explaining what happened to the princess. For now, Shadow would back off and lean against the nearest wall. "So, who or what exactly was this assailant that attacked your princess? If you were willing to risk losing the digimental just to try and bring us in here, then we should know as much as we can about this thing once they decide to make their move."
Shadow didn't really need an entire history lesson for this. All he really needed was the relevant info that explained who the unknown attacker was, since the group was inevitably going to have to confront them over the princess' digimental at some point.
*pop*
Shadow turned his head towards the source of the noise, revealing it to be Hana. The teen has just opened a package of Diginowa she had kept in her backpack, and was now silently staring at her partner as she slooowly popped one of the diginowa rings into her mouth and started chewing.
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Post by ricochet11-Lilly on Oct 11, 2023 20:29:23 GMT
Lilly looked at Shadow uneasily as the young magical Guilmon sat quietly in the chair next to Knightmon before looking over at the knight also silently waiting for answers as she was lost as to how someone other than the one destined could move the princess when she was reborn as a digimental. Something seemed fishy to her but, as if channeling Mandrake, she kept her face neutral as the Knightmon then answered "The princess as she was dying managed to get outside the castle before using the last of her power to create the barrier to trap her attacker whom is still at large somewhere in this castle. Apparently upon using up her power she transformed into the digimental the young Guilmon you all call Lilly found. Unfortunately the identity of the culprit is unknown even to me as my princess didn't tell me anything. Perhaps she didn't see her assailant either."
At the excitement about getting food rolling off of Y2K Knightmon chuckled before clapping his hands and a small Burgermon scampered into sight before Knightmon said "Chef Burgermon. Could you make a large meal to welcome our new friends. They are here to help solve the Princess's murder by helping me find the killer."
As the Burgermon nodded and scampered back outta sight, Lilly decided to voice her concerns as she said "This whole mystery is getting more and more suspicious by the minute." Then the sound of a pop caught her attention as she turned to look at Hana cocking her head in curiousity and letting out her familiar draconic squeaks in response.
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Post by Rai Ryuichi on Oct 12, 2023 16:33:24 GMT
Maybe it was just the way Rai was, but he found Knightmon's chuckle at Y2K's behavior odd given how serious his request was. Still the little data eater swung his head and arms backwards and forward with the same blank grin as always, waiting for the promised feast.
Rai supposed the food wasn't coming from nowhere either. But... "How many people are left in this castle? We're starting a murder mystery; we should know all the actors shouldn't we?" Rai asked Knightmon in an unfeeling monotone.
In reality he still felt suspicious-- and conscious that everyone here seemed stronger than them, "So far there's you, a Knightmon, and the Chef, a Burgermon. Who else mons this place? And who or what lowered the barrier? You? Why that moment when Shadow's attack was falling? Just a mistake, or was there some part of this place you needed damaged?" Rai pressed.
"Do you think the other digimon in the castle would want to be friends?" Y2K asked, prompting Rai to remind him;
"No making friends until we find out which one could have killed the Princess." however this caused the blue digimon's antennae to droop.
"Ooookay..."
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on Oct 12, 2023 18:30:15 GMT
Well, this was just turning out great, wasn't it? Shadow groaned and rubbed his temples with one hand as he processed Knightmon's explanation. "Great, so we're now trapped in here with a known killer, who could be literally anyone in here because nobody else apparently saw the princess' attacker. And that's assuming they didn't just make a break for it while the barrier was down earlier. Great. Just great."
The dark knight turned around and began banging his head against the nearest wall in frustration before ultimately punching the wall with his fist, which radiated a dark aura as it impacted said wall with as much energy as the ShadowGrademon could muster. Rai's questions managed to cool the dark knight's anger slightly, spurring him to add his own input. "He does raise a good point. We do need to know who is still here, and whether or not you were the one who opened the barrier for us. Because if it wasn't you, then who else could've done it?"
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Post by ricochet11-Lilly on Oct 12, 2023 18:58:17 GMT
Rai and Shadow wanting to know who else was in the castle was something Lilly agreed with as it could help possibly narrow things down. "Perhaps after the meal we can go around the castle asking everyone else if they might know anything about the Princess's murder." Lilly said before the young empath got up out of her chair walking over to Shadow and gently placed a paw on his arm. "Shadow, don't worry. I'm sure if we all work together we can solve this mystery." Lilly said gently hoping to calm Shadow for the wall's sake if nothing else.
Knightmon, however, didn't seem put off by everyones' clear suspicion of him as the knight digimon shifted his weight as Lilly returned to her seat and when the young Guilmon sat back down, Knightmon said "It makes sense wanting to know who else is in the castle. Unfortunately most of the workers have also been murdered much like the Princess. However other than Chef Burgermon there is an Eyesmon. She was the royal family's advisor for many years. Then there is also a BlackGabumon and Gabumon pair of twins who are the only other guards left in the castle and are my students. They tend to patrol the garden. Oh if only the Princess's younger brother hadn't gone missing before the Princess's death for he also possessed the magic needed to protect the kingdom." Knightmon's last few words regarding the Prince were filled with worry.
Lilly stared at Knightmon in surprise her mouth agape as if struggling to form words. The Princess having a brother that had gone missing before her death was a wrinkle that she wasn't expecting.
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Post by Rai Ryuichi on Oct 21, 2023 4:37:47 GMT
"I notice you completely dodged the question of who lowered the barrier, the timing and the potential significance of the damage." Rai droned on without obvious feeling. "And it sounds like the Prince could have either been the first victim, or complicit in the murder..." It was a logical speculation--but that's all that it was; a speculation. Suspicions on suspicions.
Y2K voiced a concern, "But if he's gone, how do we know? No asking a gone person!" innocently stating the obvious. "Unless they are hiding in the castle... with food!".
The Keramon put a large thoughtful finger on his lip, "Hmmm, big stash of food... for hiding long time! Or stealing... has food been going missing? I hope there's enough for dinner..."
"We obviously can't interrogate someone who isn't here... but its possible clues gained from the staff or found around the castle may point in that direction. All speculation at this point. Perhaps we should avoid having preconceptions." said Rai shaking his head. Trying to think ahead was fine... but so far they only had Knightmon's word about any of this.
"So about that barrier?" The unexpressive teen prompted the Ultimate Level Knight again.
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