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ONWARDS, TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD V2 [ROTWANG, STACY]
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Post by RF007 on Jun 11, 2023 17:14:24 GMT
It had been a while since Rotwang's latest adventures and these had come in the form of the usual grind of his daily life. That is to say, he had been busy as always, with involving himself either voluntarily or involuntarily in various activities. These included things such as attending to his academic work for his M.D./Ph.D. program, accompanying his parents with the routine inspections that they did of their mafia family's various business assets, mingling with the heirs as well as the heiresses of other families which were also ultra-rich and highly influential similar to his own, and naturally immersing himself in the pursuit of his various interests, with the chief among these being his true loves. More specifically, these two were his ongoing and ever burgeoning mad science research studies as well as his similarly long-standing and ever-increasing fascination with all things related to pop culture, history, and mythology.
Of course, these relatively peaceful days that he had been enjoying to some degree came to an end in a manner which was as surreal as it was abrupt. This interruption ended up coming in the form of the sound of a notification tone from his iPhone which he had set to be the special DLC soundtrack called "Voices of War" which he had been fortunate enough to receive as a reward for being a generous and veteran patron of one of his most favorite video game series called "Oda Nobuna's Ambition".
Hmm...vat iss it now?...Anozzer zummonz from mein parents...or perhaps zome infite to anozzer gala...or iss it zome zort uff akademik prochect zat needs me to attend to it urgently?...Vatefer it iss, I do hope it vill not become too tedious...as zat vould be...truly irkzome...
Rotwang thought thus silently as he stirred awake from beneath the veritable mountain of research notes, medical and surgical textbooks, piles upon piles of failed model designs for projects, and so on. He had immersed himself in furthering his mad science research studies since this was one of his rare days away from the usual hustle and bustle of his daily life and academic work and at some point, fallen asleep without realizing it due to his penchant for willfully ignoring his bodily needs, especially that for sleep, and that was why he now found himself amidst the rather chaotic environment which was his private lab. After he managed to finally drag himself out from underneath this heap of stuff he had been laying under within the confines of said private lab which he had set up to be located on the grounds of his personal estate in the Society Hill region of Shibuya, Tokyo, he headed over to the smart table upon which he had set his iPhone to charge overnight as per usual and perused the source of the previously mentioned notification tone which had awakened him today.
To Rotwang's great surprise, however, the content of the notification was nothing at all like he had been expecting...no, instead, it was a mysterious audiovisual file which had been sent to him in an equally mysterious message from an even more mysteriously anonymous sender. So, naturally, he felt his innately insatiable curiosity become piqued quite strongly and decided to play the file in question using his iPhone's built-in media player. Upon doing so, he watched on as what seemed to be a holographic HUD of some sort was projected from his iPhone's screen and hovered in the air at eye level to him. However, there was no actual video to be seen on said display, but rather just continuously scrolling visual static like there would be on those old CRT displays from way back when in the past. As would be expected of someone like him, he could feel his mental gears starting to race every faster as he beheld this scene unfold silently. As he watched on, after what seemed like several minutes, he started to hear a voice coming through the wireless speaker system which was also on the smart table, as if this mysterious sender had somehow commandeered his iPhone to pair it to said speaker, but the voice came forth in a garbled and interrupted manner, sounding like something from a badly tuned walkie talkie or radio from way back when in the past.
"Ro...t..wang...Fra...nken...stein...wou...ld you...li...ke...to...ha...ve...the ch...ance t...o...del...ve...into...a bra...ve...ne..w...wor...ld?...on...e...th...at...is...unl..ike anyt..hing...yo...u...ha...ve...exp...er...ien..ced...be...fo...re?"
For all his experience with the world of popular culture, mythology, as well as history and all his prodigious intellect, Rotwang could not make heads or tails of this message's contents and this mysterious invite that this mysterious sender had given him just now. That said, he did feel that all too familiar tug caused by the reawakening of his mad scientist's soul in response to being presented with the prospect of a brand new and potential exciting adventure, especially one with a start as mysterious as this one had turned to be in the current situation. Therefore, he looked at the "YES" and "NO" choices which were now displayed on the holographic HUD floating in the air before him and then, he was about to click on the "YES" option when he saw it being automatically highlighted and clicked on despite him not saying or doing anything, almost as if the display or perhaps the sender had scanned his mind and registered his response in the affirmative, and then the voice recording started to play again a split second afterwards.
"Ex...cel...lent...ch...oi..ce...in...de...ed...we...her...e...by...tha..nk...yo...u...fo...r ac..cep...ti...ng...th...is...in...vi...te...an...d...lo...ok...fo...rw...ard...to...se...eing yo..u...so...ome..day...fo...r...now...fol..low...th...e...dir...ect...ion...s...th...at we ha...ve up...loa...ded...to...yo...ur...de...vi...ce..."
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Jun 11, 2023 21:13:49 GMT
On the way to Shibuya station heading there from the Digital World mainland after she left an undersea kingdom that was ruled by a Neptunemon was a Jellymon. Sure she loved her undersea home but after many many months of hearing of how the spirit of Hinookamimon was not only back but also had a bearer as well. Maybe she could assist the spirit wielder if she had not found the rest of the remaining spirits. Oh well it couldn't hurt to ask after all. After some research she even heard the name of the human and that she had at least one brother. Then another thought hit the Jellymon's mind and that was how was she supposed to find the great Hinookamimon's bearer in a place as big as Shibuya without drawing too much attention. Shrugging her should she guessed she would figure that out when she got there.
Speaking of the bearer of Hinookamimon, meanwhile, Stacy had left AEGIS headquarters before ducking out of sight of all wondering humans before she digivolved into her mentioned rookie form. Her frizzy tail swishing Hinookamimon sprinted down the sidewalk always glad that this form could easily be mistaken for a white dog even though the far more observant would realize the resemblence was far closer to a wolf. Hinookamimon was about as big as a six month old wolf cub giving her a surprisingly adorable and harmless appearence at close glance.
Chuckling she wouldn't be surprised if the sight of her rookie form hadn't become an urban legend. Dashing through Shibuya at a speed that wouldn't draw attention to herself the speedster made her way towards Shibuya Station. Soon enough she would make her way there and it made her tail wag in excitement. One thing she enjoyed about being a digimon was that it made her feel like she was a teen or young adult again. Shame she wasn't as energetic as a human even if a bit hyper since finding the spirit she was currently in.
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Post by RF007 on Jun 12, 2023 0:34:48 GMT
Naturally, Rotwang was even more fascinated by what he had seen occurring just then since it was so out of the ordinary for him. So, he merely watched on silently, while trying to take in all the details he could from the event transpiring in front of him since the message had mentioned the fact that he would be getting directions on what to do next. Fortunately, he did not have to wait too long for said directions "Yo...u...ar...e...to...he...ad...to...th...e...lo...ca...ti...on...in...yo...ur...wo..rl...d th...at...is...kno...wn...as...Shib...uya...St...at...ion...Al..l...wi...ll...be...com...e...cl...ear...th..en..."Upon hearing these directions, Rotwang felt his mental gears spin even more swiftly as his mind now raced to make sense of what he was witnessing and hearing from this mysterious sender's mysterious message. However, he realized that he would not be able to decipher it by simply waiting around, so he readied himself in his outfit of choice, namely his physician-scientist's attire and after that, he informed his support staff of where he would be for the day and headed out from his estate in his fully custom-built vintage limo to Shibuya Station as per the directions that he had received earlier. Of course, he made sure to bring his iPhone along for the ride since he figured that it was probably important for whatever was going to happen next in the situation.  Thanks to all the various custom features that he had ensured to have built into his vintage limo, it did not take him too long to reach his destination. Once there, he bade his chauffeur to head back to his estate and then entered Shibuya Station with his iPhone in his pocket so as to not miss any directions that the mysterious sender might give him next. Unbeknownst to him, however, his day was about to get a lot more intriguing...and chaotic. Initially, everything was calm with nothing out of the ordinary happening to him. All that changed when he was about to walk past the part of the station which had always been cordoned off and clearly was broken down as well as shut off from service indefinitely. After several minutes, he felt a strange heat in his coat pocket, the one with his iPhone inside and he even saw a mysterious glow coming from the device at present Vat in Heisenberg's name?...Vell zis certainly iss an unexpected turn uff efe...Interestingly enough, Rotwang had no time to finish that silent thought since he now felt himself being pulled along by the iPhone in his pocket, toward the allegedly broken down section of the subway station he was a few paces away from at the moment. He didn't want to seem strange, so he tried his best to act like he was walking briskly and was simply going to check out the shut down station out. As the wall got closer and closer, he had fully expected to have a rather unpleasant collision with it, but something truly inexplicable happened just then. More specifically, he was actually transported through the clearly solid brick wall and had exited out of the other side of said wall. Vell, zat vas certainly a qfaint little enkounter...now...vat do ve haf here?Rotwang thought thus silently to himself as he looked about his new surroundings. The avoidance of collision with the brick wall had been odd enough, but that wasn't the end of it. The even more surprising sight was this...the so called broken down station which seemed to be in perfect working order on this side. Naturally, this caught his attention and kicked his curiosity into high gear, especially since he now saw his iPhone start to float up out of his pocket and hover in the air in front of him while its screen started to project a holographic display of a strange sigil that he had never seen before in his life.  |
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Jun 12, 2023 1:11:54 GMT
As Hinookamimon made it to the station she had caught sight of a limousine driving away which peaked her curiosity. Sniffing the air it seemed there was indeed an unknown human scent heading into the station. Following the scent for a while her tail wagging she noticed that the scent was going into the area that was cordoned off and only those with a connection to the Digital World had an awareness of the area's true purpose be they experienced with the Digital World or new to the idea of there being another parallel world.
Entering the area the unfamiliar scent went she soon caught sight of someone fairly young with a curious accent. However something about him was giving Hinookamimon a sense of deja vu but she shook it off as this was likely just a bizarre coincidence as she was used to encountering strange people by now. Her curiosity still taking full effect she cautiously got closer to the tracks but stopping just far enough away from them to be at a safe distance. When the man's phone displayed an unfamiliar sigil in the air her brown eyes locked on the sight her head slightly cocked to the side as if trying to figure out what was happening as such a thing never happened with her digivice.
Meanwhile the Trailmon that Jellymon was riding was making its way but not there quite yet. However the little aquatic digimon at least had some idea of how she was supposed to handle things in the Human World. Hell maybe the bearer of the spirit of Hinookamimon may even be at the station when she arrives but she chuckled as what were the odds of that happening?
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Post by RF007 on Jun 12, 2023 2:26:01 GMT
Rotwang, for his part, had his eyes riveted to the scene unfolding before him as his iPhone was still displaying that strange sigil which he had never seen before. So, naturally, he did not yet notice the fluffy wolf-like creature which had apparently come in after him to the other side of the brick wall where he was standing right then. Soon after, the same mysterious voice that had led him to enter the section of the Shibuya Station on this side of the brick wall now started playing again, still in that same heavily garbled manner from before
"Con...gra...tu...lat...ions...yo...u...ha...ve...be...en...cho...sen...to...be...co..me...th...e...ne...wes..t...Dig...i...Des..tin...ed...Pl...ea..se...wa...it...fo..r...yo...ur...as...sig...ned...Trai...lmon...to...ar..ri..ve..."
Rotwang could barely just make sense of the directions, so he was led to muse aloud about this new development as he tried to figure out what he had gotten himself into by accepting this invite from this mysterious sender and the voice message, revealing his voice to be a naturally rich, baritone, and melodious one but one that was also one that carried a heavy German accent
"What exactly is a DigiDestined? How fascinating, indeed...and what in Heisenberg's name is a Trailmon anyway?...Then there is also the matter of this strange sigil that I have never seen before...Egads, there seems to be so much hither-to-fore unfamiliar data here...hmm, just what have I become embroiled in this time?"
Then, Rotwang fell silent and mulled over everything that he had experienced till now while also keeping an eye on his iPhone which was somehow still keeping itself aloft with no apparent means of doing so, and that was yet another mystery present before him that he was fascinated by at present.
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Jun 12, 2023 3:03:34 GMT
Hinookamimon's ears twitched as she listened to the iphone send a garbled message about him being a Digidestined and to wait for an assigned Trailmon. So this guy was obviously new to the whole Digidestined thing given his words despite his heavy accent. This made Hinookamimon wonder if she should approach in her current form of dedigivolve back into her human state.
However before she could contemplate that more a Trailmon came into view slowing to a stop before the doors slowly opened. Before Hinookamimon even thought of boarding, however, the sight of what looked like a humanoid jellyfish like digimon came floating out of the Trailmon before looking around. Jellymon spotted the human but looked not far from him seeing a form well known to the digimon of the kingdom she came from. "Hinookamimon?!" Jellymon asked with a tone of surprise before floating up to her and said "You are the great one who helped King Neptunemon in saving his kingdom. Not to mention before becoming one with a human you protected the....."
Hinookamimon reached out with a paw cupping it over Jellymon's mouth wanting to facepalm as her plan to gently introduce the man to digimon got flushed into the sewer by this digimon's over eagerness. "Easy there. We have someone here new to the whole concept of Digidestined so he doesn't know what we are." Hinookamimon said struggling to not loose her patience.
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Post by RF007 on Jun 12, 2023 15:59:33 GMT
Rotwang had been puzzling over all the data that he had received till then and had been silently immersed in trying to process into intelligible information when his reverie was interrupted by the sound of a train pulling into the station that he was standing in at present. However, said train was unlike anything that he had seen as it seemed be alive and even sentient by some unknown means, and it even had what seemed to be a distinctive attitude from what he could make out from the train's notification to all its passengers to disembark and to make sure to carry their belongings out with them. The interesting thing was that this announcement came not from some speaker setup inside its passenger cars, but rather from the mouth-like section with large spiky teeth in it at the front and this mouth actually moved with every syllable it uttered, thus thoroughly mystifying and fascinating Rotwang the more he was listening to it. "Is that...train actually...alive?! Great Scott, the more I experience of this situation, the more enthralled I become from it!! Hey you, you must let me dismantle you so that I can study your design elements, piece by piece. I have a feeling that I can learn a lot more about you and your world if you let me use you as my lab rat in my research studies. So, what say you? I can make it worth your while..." Rotwang said to the Trailmon, but before anything else could happen and before the Trailmon could respond to him, he saw what seemed to be a diminutive entity that looked like a gremlin garbed in pink and black with a jellyfish bearing long tentacles for headgear. Then, as he watched on, said entity disembarked from inside the Trailmon and then headed out while speaking, this being yet another thing that fascinated Rotwang, not only because of what she was saying, but also because she seemed sentient just like the Trailmon. Rotwang noticed that the entity seemed to be busy in addressing someone or something that was standing behind him. So, he turned about on his heel to see the target of the jellyfish gremlin entity's address and discovered said target to be yet another unfamiliar entity "A dog?...no...you seem to be a canine of the lupine variety?...and how is it that you also seem to possess the ability to speak just as that living train over there and even this diminutive gremlin with a jellyfish for headgear...and what exactly is a Hinookamimon?...Did this gremlin also mention something called a King Neptunemon?...What in the world is that?...This is starting to feel like gazing into the proverbial abyss now...and I am being inundated by such a voluminous mass of data that it seems to be almost impossible to comprehend it all in a single stretch!! ’Tis truly exhilarating!!" Rotwang exclaimed with a gleeful and hyper-excited look on his face with an ear-to-ear grin along with a nigh maniacal gleam in his rust-red eyes like one would see on a stereotypical mad scientist who had encountered rare specimens or had successfully brought one of his inventions to life after toiling over it for a long time.  In the same breath and overcome by his curiosity and obsession with knowledge as he was, Rotwang now practically bombarded the entity he now knew to be called Hinookamimon with a brief, but rapid-fire stream of queries. Here, things got even stranger for the desire to fluff all things fluffy which he absolutely loathed to admit about himself and which he usually tried to keep suppressed in order to maintain his mad scientist persona came out in full force. "FLOOF AND SQUISH FOR THE WIN!!"He exclaimed loudly, sounding like a complete moron, and then started acting and sounding like a zombie and his eyes took on a somewhat eerie red glow as he walked toward the wolf like creature which was called Hinookamimon and her companion the jellyfish gremlin entity while repeating the same words like a broken record "Must...floof the floof...must floof the floof...must floof the floof...must snuggle le squish...must snuggle le squish...must snuggle le squish..."Once he was within range, he got down on his knee and extended both arms toward the oh so fluffy tail of the Hinookamimon and the oh so squishy looking head and tentacles of the jellyfish gremlin entity, clearly intending to hug both of them and had even begun to bring his face closer to them as well.  Needless to say, he looked even more insane now than he had just mere moments earlier. However, he wasn't concerned with any of that since the only thought in his mind at present was the one that was now urging him inexorably to bury his face in that fluffy tail of the talking wolf creature and the squishy head of the jellyfish gremlin entity to hug them tightly. |
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Jun 12, 2023 19:53:52 GMT
The Trailmon just sighed at Rotwang's words regarding wanting to dismantle him before its teeth clicked together and then it said "Fat chance, Human." Trailmon's tone sounded curt as well as annoyed. Sure it wouldn't be pulling out of the station for a little while but this human's behaviors made rolling out of the station extremely tempting.
Hearing the other human speak Hinookamimon's ears twitched at the excitement in his voice. This guy was sounding shockingly like someone she used to know but what were the odds that there was another human that sounded a lot like Faustein. Coincidence perhaps? Who knew at this point as the universe at large seemed to have a strange sense of humor from what she learned in her forty one years of life.
Jellymon blinked in confusion then at Rotwang's excited expression as this man began sounding like a complete moron and repeating himself. By this point Hinookamimon no longer had her paw covering Jellymon's mouth and was sitting on the ground facing the approaching man before she said "Here we go." The tone of her voice indicated she was bracing herself for what was likely to happen.
Jellymon squeaked in surprise when Rotwang reached out grabbing one of her tentacles. Meanwhile Hinookamimon's fur stood on end at being touched by a stranger even if he didn't seem to mean her harm. One of the quirks that came with her mild autism was that she didn't like being touched unless someone had her permission first. After a short time Hinookamimon began to glow before she dedigivolved back into her human state and backed away while she said "Alright that's enough of that!" When Rotwang took notice of her human form he would likely notice she looked like a young adult of no more than twenty five years old give or take. She was fairly tall for a human woman at five foot six and was petite in body structure. He would also notice she was wearing some kind of uniform with a black leather jacket over it. Her thick brown hair was cut in a short pixie cut about two inches long that was dyed blue at the tips matching her blue glasses. She also had brown eyes which matched her hair color.
As for Jellymon she looked pitifully at Stacy as if asking for help with out saying anything. Then Stacy said "Easy there, friend. I don't think the little one likes the excessive attention."
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Post by RF007 on Jun 13, 2023 14:50:53 GMT
Initially, Rotwang's indulgence of the super fluffy Hinookamimon's tail and the super squishy Jellymon's cap and tentacles was going well enough, but then he saw the Hinookamimon disengage herself and the Jellymon from his grasp and then, he saw her back away, a fact that brought him great sadness as he had been enjoying himself so very much. However, he had no real time to dwell on that since he witnessed yet another strange occurrence a moment afterwards. More specifically, that was the said small and super fluffy lupine transforming before his eyes into the form of a perfectly human woman who seemed to be somewhat older than himself. Naturally, his fascination with his current situation grew even more intense than before, leading him to blurt out the query that was now front and center in his mind upon seeing this transformation
"What...exactly...are you? Are you perhaps...a human like me...or...some truly otherworldly being such as that cnidarian-esque gremlin next to you? Furthermore, how is it that you transformed yourse..."
Sadly, Rotwang did not have the time to finish that sentence since his iPhone which was still being held aloft in the air before him by some unknown means now exerted a sort of pulling effect on him which caused him to be dragged into the open passenger car of the Trailmon, and while this was happening, the garbled voice message that had been playing from his iPhone now sounded again
"Do...n...ot...ta...r..ry...O...Dig...iDes...tin...ed...fo...r...ti...me...is...of...th...e...esse...nce...he..re...th...os...e...com...pa...ni...ons...of...yo...ur...s...al...so...ne...ed...to...be...pre..se..nt...fo...r...th...is...jo...ur...ney..."
Upon hearing this mention of his companions, Rotwang looked towards the Hinookamimon as well as the Jellymon she had next to her curiously, wondering whether they both would acquiesce to the voice's invitation and then, he silently waited to see if they would come along with him.
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Jun 13, 2023 22:27:48 GMT
Stacy took notice on how Rotwang seemed to sad at the fact that she disengaged herself from the impromptu snuggle session rather gently. However the sadness in the man didn't seem to last long as he appeared understandably fascinated in the fact that she had transformed back into a human before his very eyes. He then began to ask a bunch of questions but his thoughts were interrupted by curiously his iPhone. It was clear that his phone was trying to prod him to board the Trailmon. However Stacy figured that there was no harm in answering his questions as, after all, who could blame him for wanting answers? "Easy there, friend. I can answer what I can of your questions. As for what I am, I am as what you see before you which is a humble human being. However my powers of transformation come from the world the little one hails from." Stacy explained before turning her attention to Jellymon before she asked "Speaking of which who are you and why are you here little friend?"
"That is a fair question. I am Adhira and I am a species of digimon known as Jellymon. Like I said I came from the kingdom you and your brother saved, great one." Adhira said with a formal bow.
"My name is Stacy." she began before turning to Rotwang and said "Or as the lovely people of Japan would introduce themselves that would be Miller, Stacy." Stacy did a slight but polite tip of the head before turning her attention back to Adhira and asked "Now, Adhira was it?" After Adhira nodded Stacy continued "Why did you call me great one? I mean I get that the form I take was a protector of the weak in ancient times and is unfortunately extinct leaving me channeling the power of its spirit."
"That is a fair question, Gr- I mean Stacy-sama. See in the kingdom I come from it is one of the civilizations that see Hinookamimon and its evolution line as a guardian diety." Adhira answered.
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Post by RF007 on Jun 14, 2023 15:57:16 GMT
Rotwang listened to Stacy's explanation with great interest and made sure to commit everything she mentioned to his photographic memory along the way. Aside from that, he also learned during this same conversation that the cnidarian gremlin entity who he had tried to snuggle with before was known as a "Jellymon". As if that was not enough, he also came to know that there was an entire parallel world apart from the one he knew, aka the Human World, and so he began responding to all that he had heard and been told till now
"Ah, so this mysterious voice that has been goading me along till now is basically attempting to lead me to accept getting isekai'd to this other world you mentioned...the one that is supposed to be the source of these transformation powers of yours...well now, this is turning out to be quite fun, indeed! I had always encountered such tropes throughout the course of many anime, manga, and other such popular cultural media...but never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that such a thing could actually be something that is as real as this human world of ours...thus, I find myself becoming truly excited at this prospect!!"
Rotwang exclaimed, and now, his thick German accent which had been permeating his otherwise perfect English became even more apparent with his steadily rising excitement at this idea of a journey to a completely different world. However, since he wanted to put up the convincing front that he, like all other normal people, was also one who was sensitive enough to abide by the usual social norm of introducing himself in return for others doing the same for him, he decided to give his own intro in return for Stacy and Jellymon introducing themselves earlier, despite the fact that deep down he did not really care much for abiding by these tedious social graces
"You both can call me Rotwang Frankenstein, or simply as Stein if that is what you prefer instead...but I suppose, as is the case with you, the people from this country would also say my name backwards...Frankenstein Rotwang...it is a pleasure to make the acquaintance of both of you...and did I hear correctly that this other world also contains within it a series of civilizations just as we have in this human world of ours?...All that aside, now, it would probably behoove us to commence our sojourn into this other world that you have been talking about till now? Apparently, if this mysterious voice message is to be believed, it seems that there is some as yet unknown cause for you both to accompany me on this first voyage of mine into this world...but do you perhaps have any notion of why this might be the case?"
Rotwang asked of Stacy and Jellymon and then, he fell silent, waiting once more to see what else would happen in this situation.
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Jun 14, 2023 22:37:57 GMT
"Yes I can see how the concept of a new world is not only mind blowing but peaks the natural curiosity we humans all latently have as a species. Though I myself am curious as to why such a mysterious voice is coming from what is clearly an iPhone that started floating above your head a short time ago." Stacy said before an amusing thought came to mind causing her to giggle before she said "Besides even with all of the many upgrades these cell phones get none of them have ever made my phone float. Though such a feature on all phones would be wild to see." Stacy shook her head before she said "Sorry my mind wandered off on its own but I've gotten used to the weird quirks that came with the mildly autistic brain I was born with."
Then when Rotwang introduced himself he also mentioned he would like to be called Stein. Blinking in surprise at that as she knew someone who had died sometime ago that she was strangely friends with and this guy was acting similar. Curiouser and curiouser. "Stein eh? Talk about a crazy coincidence. I once knew someone called Faustein that also liked to be called Stein as well. Not only that he also seemed obsessed with floofy things like my wolf tail when in my digimon form for example. Meeting you definitely feels like a crazy sense of deja vu indeed."
Then when asked if there were other civilization in the other world, Stacy nodded before she said "There sure are. It seems the residents of the other world, known as the Digital World, seem like us humans in many ways which that in and of itself is quite fascinating to me."
Then Adhira spoke up as she said "Stein is right, Stacy-sama. We should board the Trailmon as it will likely be departing soon."
Clearly still not used to being addressed like that Stacy let it go before focusing her attention on Rotwang and said "Then let's board the Trailmon shall we?" Then a random thought floated into the spirit wielder's mind as she dug into the left pocket of her leather jacket before pulling out her digivice showing it to him before she asked "So, Stein, you wouldn't happen to have a device similar to this one would you?"
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Post by RF007 on Jun 15, 2023 15:13:18 GMT
Rotwang nodded to Stacy as he listened to her explain about how she too was curious about why his iPhone was floating in the air like it was since it was apparently something she had never seen before she met him and how she was also getting more curious about the mysterious voice that had been guiding this first journey of his to the soon to be encountered Digital World. After that, he remarked with a thoughtful look on his face as he analyzed all the data he had gathered about the voice and speculated aloud to Stacy about it, with his rising excitement causing his thick German accent to become apparent yet again "Indeed it is, Stacy. I was certainly not expecting to be invited to travel such an endlessly interesting path when I awoke this morning...nor to meet anyone quite like you and your Jellymon associate, Adhira...but I am certainly not complaining, for I am absolutely in my most preferred element now!! Now then...as to how my iPhone is floating in the air like it is and is capable of exerting such an inexorable gravitational force upon me, I cannot yet say with any degree of certainty...for I do not have sufficient data for that just yet...but perhaps this phenomenon is connected to the source of this mysterious voice that has been guiding me along till this point...hmm, if I can dismantle it, perhaps I can examine its interior to see if there has been any physical changes to it since this morning..."Rotwang paused there to collect his thoughts and then continued putting forth his remarks about his current situation and potential future developments in it "With regards to said voice...it definitely sounds female...and it is certainly self-aware too from what I have analyzed of it so far...therefore, perhaps it could be yet another entity from this world that I am being led to for the first time now...seeing your situation leads me to believe that there might be some similar entity to your Jellymon associate, Adhira, out there for me to track down for some similar purpose...this is quite intriguing, indeed!!"Then, Rotwang moved on to addressing Stacy's next few remarks, specifically, the ones regarding her meeting and acquaintance with someone else who had been exactly like he was now "Curiouser and curiouser...so this man was called Faustein, eh?...If I am not mistaken...that name sounds like it is a portmanteau of the words, 'Faust' which is no doubt inspired by the name of the fictional doctor/surgeon character hailing from that one famous play...that character being a man named Johann Faust, the one who made a deal with the devil who is known as Mephistopheles in a desperate attempt to save his lover named Eliza...and the other part of that name must certainly come from either Einstein as in Albert Einstein, a famous scientist from our world's past who gave us the now famous E=MC2 formula and completely shattered the then supported physics paradigm...or perhaps...Victor Frankenstein who is yet another fictional character, this one being from Mary Shelley's famous novel as well as the concept of Frankenstein's Monster therein...either way, it seems like a very intentionally chosen name for someone who was destined for the sciences...and you also mentioned that he too was obsessed with fluffy things like I am...was he perhaps also just as incorrigibly obsessed with scientific inquiry at any cost like I am? If so, he must have been a man after my own heart, then...a true kindred spirit to me if ever there was one...no wonder you experienced such a potent déjà vu moment from this meeting of ours today..."After that, Rotwang moved on to addressing Stacy's next few remarks, specifically, the ones that she had said regarding there being civilizations in this new world that he was being taken to by this mysterious voice "Wúnderbar!! Simply thrilling!! To think that the physicists from our world have long theorized about the existence of parallel dimensions with their own civilizations...and now, I am getting the opportunity to enter just such a brave new world!! This is like a dream come true!! I am certainly looking forward to acquiring and then conducting extensive research upon all the specimens and their civilizations that I will be encountering in this new world that I am going to today! ¡Viva la ciencia!!"Rotwang exclaimed aloud while throwing up his hands in his state of palpable excitement and with his face now lighting up just as it had done before and just as it did whenever he became excited like this and along with this, he also started laughing maniacally, making him appear rather like a stereotypical mad scientist  Once that state of euphoria had passed him over, Rotwang calmed down for a while, but that state of calm was only transient for when Stacy brought out the strange device that she now showed him after she and her Jellymon associate, Adhira, had boarded the Trailmon along with him, he then felt his previous state of excitement come back full force as he made his observations about it and answered her query "Great Scott!! No, I have never seen such a device in my life! What a curious gadget this one is...How does it work?! Where and how did you come by it?! Does it have anything to do with those transformation powers of yours?!..."Rotwang blurted out all these questions at Stacy in a rapid-fire manner due to the fact that his excitement and passion for studying anything unfamiliar or exotic had gotten the better of him yet again. However, thankfully, he managed to calm down after that and fell silent as he waited for her reactions and responses as well as those of Adhira, her Jellymon associate, to his actions and words. Meanwhile, the Trailmon decided to pull out of the station now that its passengers had all climbed aboard and it did so with a loud " Choo-Choo" noise, although what was interesting was that it actually said those words rather than merely emitting the noise, thus making it oddly humorous for Rotwang to behold and listen to on this first trip of his to the Digital World. |
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Jun 15, 2023 21:28:28 GMT
Stacy took in the excited man's words with a look that suggested she was trying to figure out the person before her. Yes this man was quite the quirky one from that start but who was she to judge considering she could be a bit of an oddball herself which made her think about what she chanted while channeling her inner nerd when she digivolved into forms from her dark line. "Believe me I know all too well about interesting paths life can take. When I first came to Japan a few years ago I was sure surprised when this machine that other world or Digital World calls a D-Tector came into my life. Seeing as most the destined ones are under thirty me first going to the Digital World when I was thirty eight was quite the shock for those around me. After all I don't look middle aged with how young I look." Stacy said before she continued "Perhaps you could hold off taking your iPhone apart at least for now. I am getting this vibe that perhaps the entity reaching out to you through your phone has chosen that method for a very good reason."
"Maybe this entity is planning on meeting up with you, Stein, and that is why they are leading you to board the Trailmon." Adhira said landing on the ground and beginning to tap her chin in thought. It was clear the adorable jellyfish gremlin was also trying to puzzle things out.
Stacy chuckled before she said "Destined for the sciences indeed. As for his obsession for scientific inquiry he very well would find lots of trouble in his scientific pursuits. Let's just say hanging out with him was never boring."
Stacy patiently waited while Rotwang let loose his excitement figuring he would likely calm down in a bit or his curiosity would pull him onward since he did seem a lot like Faustein maniacal laughter and all.
Then as Rotwang asked how her D-Tector worked she totally understood that line of questioning so deciding to answer she said "The D-Tector does have everything to do with my transformative powers. As for how it works, mind you I am no expert in electronics be they be from this world or the Digital World, but it seems to curiously channel the power of the spirits of digimon. It's kind of like the device itself is like a mix of science and mysticism what with the spirits and all. Quite curious isn't it?"
Sure the whole time Rotwang was firing his rapid fire questions at her she was scrunching her brows as if in a deep sense of concentration yet somehow managed to process his words. When the Trailmon released a loud Choo-Choo Stacy clutched her ears as she was not braced for the sudden loud noise what with being distracted with meeting both Rotwang and Adhira. Turning towards Trailmon Stacy began boarding before turning and, with a wave indicating they could continue their conversation on board, made her way to one of the seats sitting down. Adhira followed shortly after floating on board before sitting down. Having a feeling Rotwang would soon follow given he was driven by his curiosity to a wild degree based on his current behavior all they had to do was wait.
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Post by RF007 on Jun 16, 2023 15:57:44 GMT
Rotwang now took a seat across from where Stacy and her Jellymon associate, Adhira, had taken now theirs on their Trailmon ride which was now well on its way to their destination. Then, he nodded as he listened to all that Stacy and her Jellymon associate, Adhira, had to inform him about in response to his remarks from earlier. Then, he began by first going to address Stacy's revelation that this other world was known as the "Digital World"
"I see...so this world is called the 'Digital World'...so then, since Adhira hails from that world...does that mean that she and the entities from there are digital and yet made physical by some means? If so, that would be a fascinating thing for me to pursue for my next major research subject!! After all, such a thing is not yet possible here in this world of ours..."
Then, Rotwang turned to Adhira and nodded to her as he responded to her speculation about why this mysterious entity was goading him onto the Trailmon
"Indeed...this as yet unknown entity may have some sort of purpose that it may need me for and that might end up being why this entity has chosen to commandeer my iPhone to send me this invite to this 'Digital World that is your home...so perhaps it would behoove to postpone my dismantling of my iPhone as Stacy has suggested earlier..."
After that, Rotwang turned his attention back to Stacy and her reminiscing about this earlier mad scientist that she apparently knew called "Faustein"
"Ah, so he was indeed like me then...even down to his penchant for always encountering trouble during his scientific pursuits...I would certainly have enjoyed an encounter with this man, Stacy...for he seems as though he would have been an excellent co-investigator for me...I wonder if there will be some way to meet him at some point in my own journey..."
With that said, Rotwang now turned his attention to Stacy's description of her D-Tector and how it seemed to be a mix of science and mysticism as well as how she mentioned that it was indeed the source of her transformative powers which she had shown him a glimpse of earlier
"Interesting...so my suspicions were indeed correct...that is certainly heartening to know...and yes...this D-Tector of yours is quite the mysterious gadget...So then, what is the nature of the relationship between the spirits of the digimon that this device can channel and the mechanisms that constitute it? Furthermore, are there perhaps others who possess similar devices?...Also, how did you happen to acquire it?"
Then Rotwang fell silent and waited for whatever reactions or responses that Stacy and Adhira may have to his actions and words till then. Interestingly enough, he had become so thoroughly immersed in his conversation with them that he did not notice how the time simply flew by for them all on this journey. Consequently, before too long, the Trailmon that was now transporting them to this "Digital World" that was their current destination had ended up arriving at it, and the change in scenery and ambience was a sight to behold, especially for Rotwang. A few moments after that, he noticed that the Trailmon had pulled into the endpoint station at their destination, and that was apparently something called "Terminus City". So, Rotwang arose from his seat and then prepared to disembark from the Trailmon, but he waited for Stacy and Adhira since the voice that had guided him to this point had mentioned their presence as being required as well for whatever purpose it had in mind for him.
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