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The Great Maiden Rescue (LJ, Ryu, Octavio)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2023 6:12:11 GMT
 | PresentMeliabiri von Zoa - In HidingBelphort St. Bunsworth
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You'd think that renting a filming studio in the middle of a sunken city would be affordable, but sadly, apparently the land owners never heard of a buyer's market. Thankfully, Meli's was old money, or at the very least, old, sunken treasure.
The only problem was the location. Sure, the promo video gave the coordinates, but the partially sunken city could seem kind of same-y to the non-marine folk who visit. Goodness knows how many tourist traps there were around the city. To someone unused to the aquatic urban life, one sunken building looks about the same as the next, after all.
Thankfully, Meli managed to get one of the taller buildings, so even the plebians that can't breathe underwater would be able to spot it if they searched the city for long enough. What's more, she also had the idea to paint "BIRIZOA PRODUCTIONS" on the sides of the building, and good ol' Bel was up to the task.
But while things were coming along nicely... the actual wait was... more than unpleasant for the poor Jellymon. She made it a habit not to check comments, instead leaving all that stuff to Bel. The butler had insisted that it had drummed up a bit of interest among some other Digimon but Meli couldn't be completely sure if anyone would show up today.
It was so worrying that the Jellymon holed herself up in her private office, isolating herself from the rest of the production for the time being. That, and the fact that the new girl she brought on was like... super annoying! She couldn't shut up about stuff that the Jellymon couldn't understand... and from the way she spoke, sometimes Meli wasn't even sure if the human girl even knew what she was talking about!
It was nice she was willing to work for super cheap, but Meli was beginning to regret giving her a role as important as the damsel in distress. She figured picking a human would drum up some sympathy as opposed to a Digimon, and it wasn't like the human girl was a bad person or anything... but Meli and the human just didn't have a lot of compatibility, so Meli preferred her space. But between the intercom system and the cameras set up all over the building, and of course, having Bel around, things could operate smoothly no matter how long she hid.
Not that she could afford to for very long, sadly. It was about time for whoever would show up to arrive, which meant she would have to come out of hiding soon.
But... just a few more minutes alone wasn't hurting anyone... right?
Bel was already there at the entrance, along with some of the film crew; a Cameramon whose job was probably pretty obvious, along with some Hagurumon working some tech off in the background. The catering wasn't anything special, just a couple of tables set up with various sandwiches and salads, and some slightly stale donuts along with just about every kind of drink except, ironically, water. A Gomamon with a spiked mohawk, silver-studded leather collar, and sunglasses was over there, munching on a donut while chatting with a Candlemon chowing down on a toasted sub sandwich while a gaggle of DemiMeramon floated above them.
Bel himself waited patiently, sitting at the table, reading a thick book with a worn cover. His ears were tied back behind his head in a braid while a pair of reading glasses were placed on... the fur completely covering his eyes. But if any of the bothered him it didn't seem to show. But other than the relaxed big bunny, there was a sense of nervousness and excitement emanating from the entrance.
Now all that remained was for their guests to arrive.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Feb 12, 2023 7:23:27 GMT
Unaware that all this was a stunt and that no one was really in trouble LJ looked around taking in how a lot of places were underwater. He was in his rookie form of an Impmon purple Elecmon and the fur on an Elecmon that would normally be blue was red. It had been awhile since LJ was in his rookie form so he took in his appearance more taking in how the color scheme complimented nicely. He had never thought about how nice deep purple and red looked together before. Then his attention snapped back to the task at hand as his brown eyes gazed across the area.
"At least if I have to swim it is handy I have a mini diving kit. Now where is that human girl imprisoned? She could be anywhere. Talk about a needle in a haystack." LJ said mumbling the last few words to himself gazing at the mostly submerged buildings before digging around his bag taking out his mini diving kit resting it on his head but not fully putting it on yet as he wanted to get a better look around. Walking on near the water he continued to look around. Hopefully some clue on where to go would present itself.
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Post by Ryu Yoshida on Feb 12, 2023 12:31:03 GMT
After seeing that strange call for help in the TamerNet (or some kind of a PV or a PR stunt?), Ryu wondered what the hell did he and Daten watched. Normally, he would shrug it off and went off his way enjoying Terminus City before heading out to their real mission. But with how desperate she sounded back in the video, he couldn't let it go not because he thought she was really in danger. If he did, he would hate himself for ignoring a lady (or getting teased by Daten for not being a lady's man, which how the hell did he find that term?!).
In any case, they took a Trailmon to the Southern Tropics where the location was marked. But there was one problem...
WAAAAH!!! Do we really have to swim to get to that dramatic lady?!
Ryu groaned after reading the text and saw Daten, who was now a Tsumemon, clinging onto his shoulder in fear. He could tell that he was scared (considering how painful his nails were from how hard he was gripping onto him), but he sighed in dismay at this.
"I wish I can ignore her as much as I do. But since we're already here, we might as well check it out and see why in the world did she put up that crazy video in the first place." Ryu then took out some kind of diving kit from his backpack. "Thank goodness the Gomamon we helped out along the way gave us will help us get to our destination."
But I might lose you in the water if we do... I don't want to lose you!
"Relax. That's why you're in your Tsumemon form. If all else fails, you can Digivolve to Keramon to catch me with your big hands. We can get through this if we put our minds together. Unless you're scared of sea monsters from the net..." Ryu sneakily grinned at Daten.
No! I'm not scared! I'm your partner! I'm not scared of a sea monster!
Ryu quietly chuckled at his response. "Then let's dive in. I hope my clothes in the backpack will survive the trip. Just hang on and hope my swimming exercises back at school will pay off." With that, he prepared to dive into the water. But he stopped when he felt pain on his shoulder. "What now, Daten?"
We're not alone. Daten pointed one of his tentacles to his right.
The young boy turned and gasped to see a strange Elecmon near the water, too.
"Hey, are you here because of that video?" Ryu called out.
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Post by Octavio on Feb 13, 2023 18:02:01 GMT
Octavio had to admit, upon closer inspection of the video that Cecilia had shown him, he felt that there was something off about this whole thing. That ending bit where the girl mentioned doing another take to someone offscreen made the grizzled soldier feel like this might be a practical joke or something, but he knew that the possibility of this actually being a real emergency meant that he couldn’t just ignore it.
Hence why Octavio decided to investigate this whole thing to figure out what was going on. Seeing as this would involve going to the Sunken Elysium, Octavio was only going to have his daughter tag along to aid him due to the fact they are the only aquatic Digimon in the entire Xros Army. Well, Tartar and the Ballistamons would technically be coming, too, but for an entirely different reason. Specifically, their GranLocomon Xros form was going to be their transportation across the ocean to reach the sunken city.
Which leads them to the present, as the five Digimon arrived at the beach where LJ, Ryu, and Daten were located. Those three weren’t that hard to locate, honestly, what with Ryu blatantly yelling about the Tamernet video.
“Oh, you guys are going to the Sunken Elysium because of the video, too?” Cecilia suddenly called out. “That’s great! That means we can all go there together!”
“Hey, first we need to get our ride ready, first.” Octavio interjected, before turning towards Tartar and the Ballistamons. “You guys know what to do.”
“This is demeaning.” Tartar muttered, but otherwise followed along as Octavio used his Xros Loader to merge the three mechanical beetles into their GranLocomon form.
“Next stop, Sunken Elysium. All aboard!” GranLocomon called out, before letting out a train whistle.
“Well, you guys heard the talking train.” Octavio said as he gestured towards the X3 Digimon. “Let’s go!”
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Feb 14, 2023 4:12:11 GMT
It was then that LJ's ears wiggled as he picked up the shouting coming from not far from him causing LJ to turn around spotting Ryu and his partner Daten just as the human called out asking if he was there about the video. LJ nodded before he said "Yeah I am even though something seems strange about it. Still didn't want to take the chance incase the distress call was for real, ya know?"
Soon five more digimon arrived to the location the group getting LJ's attention. "Yes we are." LJ answered Cecilia's question regarding the video before he then said "Shame I don't have the foggiest idea where to begin looking though." When Octavio used a Xros Loader to digi xros Tartar and the other two mechanical beetles, not without some complaints though from one of the beetle digimon about it being demeaning, this caught LJ's attention as the young ninja had never seen a digimon wield a Xros Loader before. "I have to admit. I've never seen a digimon as a Xros General before." LJ said before shaking off his shock and remembering his manners as he said "It's nice to meet all of you. The name is Lothar Junior or LJ for short."
As LJ approached GranLocomon he asked "Do you guys have any idea where we are going?" As LJ boarded he hoped that Octavio or even somone in his army had any idea where they were going cause all he knew was that this was the general area to look.
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Post by Ryu Yoshida on Feb 14, 2023 6:04:36 GMT
Ryu sighed, seeing that his guess was correct. "We're here for the same reason. She might be doing it for the views, but there was a chance she might endanger herself from her own stunts. And we're not risking it to let it happen," he explained. "At least we're not going there alone. The name's Ryu Yoshida. I'm a Tamer of this little scaredy-cat."
I am not! Daten protested through the text on Ryu's phone that he showed. I'm Daten! Hello! This is our first time swimming in the Digital World. After they could introduce themselves, Daten turned and his eye widened. Large Trailmon! Large Trailmon coming from three Digimon!
Ryu turned to where Daten saw and gasped to see a large steam train with eyes emerged after merging with the said Digimon. He could tell it looked similar to Trailmon, yet why did he have a feeling it was different from them? More importantly, he was amazed to see how they managed to merge into it.
"Whoa! That looks so cool!" Ryu exclaimed. "How did you fuse all of your Digimon? And where's your Tamer? Can we ride on it?"
Can we? Can we?
Regardless of their answer, they did hear from the Elecmon that one of them was an Xros General, which was new to them. Either way, Ryu and Daten quickly boarded after the Elecmon, relieved that they wouldn't struggle swimming through the sea without risking losing air.
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Post by Octavio on Mar 3, 2023 22:42:43 GMT
He may not have much of a face to emote with, but GranLocomon let out an offended huff at being called a Trailmon. "I'm a GranLocomon, not a Trailmon. It's like comparing a Greymon to an Agumon! Trailmon just travel the same tracks over and over, whereas I make my own tracks! I can go wherever my heart tells me!"
"Note to self, never press the 'Trailmon' button if at all possible." Octavio muttered under his breath. "Anyways, I'm Octavio, and Cecilia here is my daughter."
Said daughter was currently heading over toward Daten, cooing over how adorable the little Tsumemon was. "Aww, he's so cuuuute! He's like a little baby jellyfish, but with fingers!"
As for Ryu's questions, pulled out his Xros Loader and twirled it around with a tentacle. "This here Xros Loader can temporarily merge, or 'Xros', multiple low-level Digimon in a Xros Army into a single, stronger one like GranLocomon. Thus, we have a Xros General instead of a Tamer, and I am the General in charge of our unit. As to where we're going? I had our group's hacker trace the original video's metadata in order to pinpoint where it was sent from. We know where exactly it was uploaded to Tamernet, which gives a good starting point to investigate."
With that brief explanation, Octavio grabbed Cecilia's arm and started to pull her towards GranLocomon (causing the Rubescemon to let out a dejected "nooooooooo..." at being unable to gush over Daten's cuteness anymore). "If you have any more questions, I'll answer them once we get on the train. And yes, we will be riding in the amphibious train, so get your butts in here."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2023 1:50:10 GMT
| PresentMeliabiri von Zoa - In HidingBelphort St. Bunsworth
Buncha Random NPC's
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It had taken them long enough... and for the author even longer to get their ass in gear, but thanks to a handy-dandy Digixros'd GranLocomon, the group made their way towards the destination, purely in the interest of moving things along. There would be plenty of time to ICly explain all the OOC classes another time. It involved a quick dip beneath the surface, through some sunken buildings, moving in between what looked like your typical big-city skyscraper, only underwater.
They would enter a partially underwater parking garage, eventually surfacing above water halfway up. There, they would find the same scene described in the first post. What looked like to be a makeshift film set. A Hagurumon was tinkering with some camera equipment, a Solarmon was messing with some lights, a punk-rock Gomamon chatting with a Candlemon and a small crowd of PetitMeramon over a table full of mediocre catering.
And of course, an Angoramon with a book in his hands. Upon the group's arrival, he put the book aside, tucking it under his eternal fuzziness, and patiently awaited the group to disembark before giving them a bow.
"Pleasant greetings, all of you. I am pleased that you've come all this way." The Angoramon stated. "I am Belphort St. Bunsworth, butler to the Zoa family, and I'll be serving as your assistant for this afternoon. It will still be some time before we begin, please feel free to partake of our refreshments. If you have any questions I will be here to assist you."
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Apr 5, 2023 5:05:33 GMT
LJ smiled at the group before the royal purple and red Elecmon said "It's nice to meet all of you. I agree about being glad about not going in alone. Who knows what we'll find when we get there so safety in numbers and all that."
Sitting down on one of the GranLocomon's seats LJ was feeling a sense of excitement making him think that Daten's own excitement may of been catching. However the uncertainty of not knowing what they may be walking into was forefront on the young digimon's mind but he managed to pass it off as just being in thought as an effort not to worry anyone. Possibly was a trick he picked up from his fathers but which one he was not sure as he seemed to be a notable mix of both Mandrake and Lothar's traits only he was more outgoing than Lothar.
As for GranLocomon he seemed put off with being called a Trailmon which LJ understood and when Octavio said not to press the 'Trailmon' button he said "Noted. I can see how your friend could be offended by being called a Trailmon. That would be like calling me a ViElecmon when in this form I am just an Elecmon with magic properties and different colored fur and eye color than the average Elecmon. Still being able to make ones own tracks is pretty cool." Maybe at being called cool GranLocomon's mood might improve but LJ didn't know this group so it was hard to tell.
LJ's attention had shifted to Cecilia who was currently cooing over Daten and admittedly the Tsumemon was adorable. However LJ had to admit to himself that Cecilia was pretty attractive as digimon went but he was wise enough not to push his luck with her father by trying to flirt with her given how messy his technique was. One thing he was wanting to avoid was making an ass of himself by making a bad first impression. This had happened some time ago when in the Human World and he wanted to avoid possibly looking bad as the first time was a situation he was still willing to apologize for if he met that group again in the future. Despite all his thoughts Cecilia being pulled away while letting out a dejected nooooooooo made the magical Elecmon snicker softly.
When hearing Octavio's army had a hacker he said "Good thing you have an ally that was able to trace the signal so we know where to go. Beats just going about cluelessly in circles hoping to find the right place."
After diving beneath the surface LJ looked outside at the underwater skyscraper like structures making him wonder more about this area. Soon the group entered what seemed to be a partially underwater parking garage. Upon stopping LJ disembarked from GranLocomon taking a look about what appeared to be the makeshift film set from the video message. As LJ took note of the Hagurumon, Solarmon, Gomamon, Candlemon and PetitMeramon going about their business his ears wiggled as the sound of the large Angoramon's voice was heard. LJ was on alert, yes, but had not taken a combat stance as he didn't know if any of these digimon were a threat. Heck he didn't know if the girl in the video was truly in danger or not. For the time being he would be polite and try to get more knowledge about what was going on. After the Angoramon introduced himself as Belphort St. Bunsworth the butler of some family called the Zoa family, LJ bowed politely in turn before he said "A pleasure to meet you sir. We are here on the business of investigating a video message of what might be a human girl being held hostage in some place around here. Perhaps you could assist us or give us permission to talk to your boss."
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Post by Ryu Yoshida on Apr 6, 2023 17:52:28 GMT
Upon hearing GranLocomon reacted to him being called "Trailmon", Ryu and Daten briefly backed away in fear. "Yeah, duly noted..."
We're not making that mistake again!
Daten was right. Ryu has to make sure not to mistake any GranLocomon for a Trailmon again.
Much to Ryu's surprise, Daten's Tsumemon form was even cute in a kid's eyes. In this case, Octavio's human daughter doted on his partner Digimon and he didn't mind the attention as it purred for attention. Alas, it was brief as it was time for them to board the GranLocomon the boy grabbed his partner as he silently protested. "Don't worry. You'll get more attention once we get to our destination. Come on!"
Meanies!
Daten's text aside, the trip was a bit smooth so far. Ryu and Daten were surprised to hear that Octavio's army has a hacker. "Whoa, that's awesome to hear!" Ryu said before he turned to his partner with a cheeky grin. "Hear that, Daten? Sounds like you have a rival in hacking."
Hmph! I'm still learning, okay?!
Ryu sighed. He has a point there. "Still, they are a big help. All that's left is to get to that girl and see if she's okay."
Speaking of which, they arrived after time passed and once they got off GranLocomon, Ryu and Daten looked around at the garage. They saw some Hagurumon operating the camera equipment and several Digimon chatting among themselves in some sort of film set. Seeing this made the young boy frown in annoyance. He also got more hints upon encountering a large bunny Digimon greeting them like any butler. Before Ryu could ask, Daten then jumped up with his phone.
Did you film that video on Tamernet?
Ryu quickly snatched his phone before anyone could see the message before lightly smacking his partner's head.
"Put a zip on it, bud! Don't get too blunt about it! We need to be discreet before we can confirm our suspicions," Ryu whispered to Daten low enough so no one could hear them.
Sorry...
Ryu then turned his attention to the Angoramon butler. "And just so you know. We can't leave until we meet them. Something's up and there's a chance this will make a huge misunderstanding," he added.
Where is the boss?! Where is the boss?!
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Post by Octavio on Jun 16, 2023 19:11:18 GMT
Well, the location the group was looking for would turn out to not be very hard to find, considering the logo that was literally painted on the outside of the building. Well, that would chalk up a major hint towards this likely not being an actual hostage situation.
As the group disembarked, Octavio hung back with their locomotive transport. "Alright guys, I'm gonna need you guys to stay together out here. Be ready to move in case we need to make a quick exit."
"Sir, yes sir!" GranLocomon replied... right before metal plates slid shut over his eyes as he settled down for a nap.
The sight just made Octavio slump down as he facepalmed (face...tentacled?), before heading after everyone else. "Fine, whatever. I don't care."
As he made his way inside with everyone else, Octavio froze as he took in the site of the makeshift movie set. If this was an anime, there'd definitely be an anger mark hovering over Octavio's forehead at this point. "Are you kidding me right now? Is this supposed to be a hostage situation or a movie set?!"
As the ShogunOctomon continued angrily ranting about the situation for several minutes, Cecilia took the chance to explore the set, moving from place to place as she examined everything she could set her eyes on.
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