[MISSION] Attack of Ex-Girlfriendmon!

Alicia sighed softly, taking a glance at her D-Scanner every now and then as she tried to hide herself in the hordes of Digimon that were in the area. She'd come across the flyer that painted the desperate cry for help and took it up, feeling bad for this poor soul. Sure, she was human normally and the two involved were Digimon, but certainly there had to be some similarities somewhere, right?

She did feel bad about running out on Kai so soon after acquiring her Sprite Spirit, but seeing how bad off the boy was it broke her heart to rely on him any more then she already had. Now at least she had some means of protecting herself should push come to shove. And it's not like he wouldn't know. She'd left her note in a fairly open place where one would have to be blind in order to miss that it was there. Hopefully he wouldn't fret too much about her or be too mad about the whole thing.

Oh well, she'd made her move now, and she was going to stand by her decision one way or another. All she had to do now was follow the directions provided by the flyer. The Psychemon peeking out from above in the tall building would be in for a bit of a surprise as it was a human who first turned to enter the abandoned building.

The darkness was a bit disorienting for her, sadly. While it wasn't outright crippling, it did hamper her. Fortunately she had a Spirit willing to assist in this matter at least so, with his helpful guiding hand, she reached the door to the right room without incident and knocked on it. "Hello? Psychemon? I'm here about the request you put in." she called out to the little horned mon. Having warned him as to her intentions, she took the chance to open the door and come inside.

((OOC: If I took a bit too much creative liberty, please let me know and I'll edit.))

    Ratatoskr despised Digimon. Even though, to the eyes of many, he was one of them. He wasn't. And, were it not for the X antibody, he would not even be sentient. And this knowledge irked him deeply, to the core of his being. How he envied these Digimon, who were meant to exist! But that envy, it was mistaken for hatred. And so Ratatoskr hated Digimon, every last one of them. So what was this Digimon hating creature doing in the middle of Terminus?

    Well, to make a long story short, it was because he hated Digimon. He hated them so much, he would not allow their presence to dictate where he went, or did not go. Still... He stuck to the slums, finding some small joy in the existence of ones far more miserable than he. Ones such as Psychemon. Who, it appeared, had asked for some help regarding these specific troubles. How boring. Bipedal creatures, accompanied by Digimon. He wasn't utterly aware of the job posting Psychemon had placed, but he slipped into the room along with the job takers. He sensed the possibility of indulging in his schadenfreude... And he was not about to pass up on that!

Everything was all fine and dandy. Things were quiet, the Psychemon didn't flip out... too much when she showed herself. This was turning out to be a quiet thing so far. Of course she just had to think that. Hadn't she learned from the FlareRizamon incident when she picked up her first Spirit?

"Kid, hea-" The half-hearted warning wasn't complete in time as suddenly a young lion slammed into her back, knocking her over. "...-ds up..."

"Oof!" She yelped out as she caught her breath "Fat lot of help you are..." she muttered under her breath and looked over to see the lion cub proudly sitting on her back. "Really not how I saw my day going." At least the lion cub's tamer had the decency to apologize for her partner' actions "I'm alright, nothing but a bruised ego..." she answered back before getting her arms and legs up underneath her.

"And up we go..." She said to no one in particular as she shoved off. Unconcerned with what might occur to the poor Liolmon, she pushed herself all the way back up to her feet, though she noticed just how heavy the cub was. Hopefully that wouldn't happen again. Dusting herself off she sighed and turned to the other tamer.

"Name's Alicia, glad to meet another human hanging around these parts. Getting a bit tired of surprise attacks though." With that, she sent a pointed glance at Kion. She wasn't exactly mad or anything, just a bit upset at the feline's pounce. "Also I'm guessing cat Digimon are a common occurrence? Kai with Kuro and Shiro, you with... Kion if I heard you correctly?"

Shaking her head, she missed the squirrel slipping in. She turned to focus on Psychemon as he began to relay what he wanted from them. Or at least tried to. He was interrupted part way through, much to Alicia's surprise. "Definitely not how I saw my day going!" she quipped again, jumping down without a second thought to confront the hybrid Digimon.

"... And here I thought I'd seen everything..." her spirit abruptly spoke up in reference to the Palmon/Gabumon hybrid. Alicia frankly had nothing to say about that though, one hand on her D-Scanner and ready to rumble if it came down to it.

"So... care to give us your end of the story? What's he done to wrong you so badly that he's scared witless by you?" Alicia abruptly asked of the hybrid. Maybe there was a way to settle this peacefully? Talking it out can help, but she needed to know the extent of the issue to try diplomacy. Of course, that relied on the questioned party deigning to speak up. If she didn't? Well, things were gonna get messy Alicia supposed.

    Ratatoskr didn't care about the humans. Them and their Digimon partners. Such a bother they were. Beings that belonged. Beings that had a place. The creatures teeth grinded. No! He was not jealous of them! He hated them! Hated those foul creatures, both the humans and the Digimon! He had no interest in them! Or so he told himself. On the bright side, their entrance seemed to have had an amusing effect on the poor sap who had called for help. "Audio file not found." Oh, right. He couldn't even laugh. Oh well, let them assume what they may about what he had said- It made no difference to him. Heck, maybe they would mistake him for trying to say something helpful! Or, more likely, just not notice him at all. That suited him just fine, too.

    And then something happened. The floor fell through, Psychemon with it. Once again, Ratatoskr would have liked to laugh. A nice booming one, the likes of which was not in his audio banks. It was such a hassle, only being able to repeat what he had heard! But one day, he would have audio for every situation. And then he would be able to laugh whenever it struck his fancy! But for now... He would have to make do with mentally laughing at Psychemon. The squirrel creature scampered over to the edge of the brand new hole in the floor, peering over. What? Another Digimon? And by the sounds Psychemon was making... Things were about to get interesting. And Ratatoskr would watch all of it. What a great shadenfreudish time. He almost wanted to laugh, again!

Alicia blinked and tilted her head at the hybrid Digimon's... odd manner of speech as it were. Was it just an ingrained quirk that she had to talk in such a roundabout way, or was she deliberately doing it? Given the frustration she displayed, Alicia leaned more towards the 'ingrained quirk' explanation. Still, it made sorting through her half of their talk more then a bit... irritating...

Still, this time the squirrel didn't go quite so unnoticed. 'Audio file not found' is not something someone generally says in passing so it certainly caught her attention, so she took a moment to look in Ratatoskr's direction. Given it was a squirrel, not a human, she assumed he was some kind of Digimon but... was he suffering from a glitch or something? She'd have to ask later once things are sorted out between Psychemon and Vetina, one way or another.

"Wait... Infidelity...?" she suddenly asked, the metaphorical light bulb going on as the connection clicked. At that she leveled a suspicious glare at the Psychemon. "You cheated on her?"

"That appears to be the case being made, Alicia. I doubt this 'Vetina' lass is refering to lack of faith in a given religion."

"Okay then..." she mused to herself. "Psychemon, I hope you have a real good explanation for this. I didn't take this job to save a two-faced coward from any trouble he brought on himself." Folding her arms, Alicia frowned at the trapped Digimon. She wasn't sure what to make of Vetina herself, but if she really did catch him with another girl... She didn't seem like the type to make up accusations and she certainly seemed furious enough to fit having been double crossed.

"Got any words of wisdom you'd like to impart, oh Spirit of mine...?" She whispered to herself, wondering what his take on it was

"Oooooh No. You're not dragging me into this mess more then I'll allow. I've had enough relationship drama in my life time thank you very much!" Well that was decidedly... unhelpful. Alicia was left with an eye twitch at the abrupt dismissal... hopefully no one would misunderstand that.

    Oh yes. Ooooh yes. This was delicious, and Ratatoskr ate it up. Not only had he arrived just in time to see this detestable Digimon receive what appeared to be a most delightful beating... But even the ones who were supposed to be on Psychemon's side had turned against him! The one who had captured the subject of the squirrel's schadenfreude was saying something... But it was barely intelligible. Certainly unimportant then. Of far more interest to the digital lifeform was the fate of poor Psychemon. Crushed by vines? Ooh, maybe a vine would wrap around each limb, and pull until one popped off!Or maybe she'd just tear off his head. Oh, how delightful!

    So engrossed in his delusions was he, that Ratatoskr did not notice how close he was to the edge. One small misstep, and... The creature landed on its head, with a resounding, 'bonk.' Pulling itself upright, it shook out its head, then rubbed the bump with its paw. Ow. But hey, front row seats to the carnage! All he needed now is popcorn... Whatever that is!

    Of course, to Psychemon, it may appear that Ratatoskr had done it intentionally. After all, he has no way of knowing how much the former messenger enjoys his pain! And unlike the two humans, Ratatoskr was not saying anything. To the casual, or desperate, observer, Ratatoskr might actually seem to be on Psychemon's side.

Blinking, Alicia looked over at Kion and gulped a bit.

"Someone did not take into account a feline's sharp hearing, I see."

Looking away from everyone she hissed a quick "oh, shut up!" under her breath before laughing nervously and looking back at the Liolmon. "N-Not exactly! Um... I mean... you see I have a bit of an oddity as a Spirit User... He kinda pokes around in my head and comments on things and I'm the only one who can hear him. So yeah if you hear me muttering under my breath I'm almost certainly talking to him. Please don't think I'm crazy..."

"Smooth." the Spirit of Steel quipped with a smirking tone. "Got any other quirks that write you off as a mad woman?"

"Not. Helping!" she hissed again, glancing away again. At that point the glitch squirrel fell on his head with a comedic impact. Alicia winced anyways though as she witnessed the fall. "Um... you okay?" she called out hesitantly, not really knowing what else to say since the squirrel wasn't talking. At all.

A couple seconds of silence later left her shrugging, and that was when Vetina started to more or less begin extracting her vengeance upon the cowardly Psychemon. Who still had the audacity to beg for help. Well... She supposed she could let him know he was going to be short at least one bodyguard very soon.

"You know, you taught me something about myself today, Psychemon... I hate taking a job when the guy I wind up working for is a total coward and two-timing jerk." Putting her hands into her pockets, she walked up to the restrained Digimon leisurely, smiling to Vetina behind him in the hopes of letting her know she wasn't planning on helping the sorry sap in her vines. "Now, I don't know if this saying is heard much in the Digital World, but back home we humans have a phrase for this kind of thing."

Kneeling down, she leveled a glare right at Psychemon's eyes. "'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.' In this case, you cheat on a girl, you deserve everything you've heaped on yourself. I'd start praying right about now if I were you." Straightening back up she winked once to Vetina.

"Hit him hard once in the face for me? What with wasting our time like this and all." was the only request she made as she turned her back on the two and walked over in between the tamer and glitched Digimon. "Say, Itsuki, Kion, how about we wash our hands clean of this mess and make better use of our time doing something more productive?"

Yes, she was actually advocating abandoning this whole mess entirely. So what if they might forfeit the reward? She wasn't about to deal with something dirty because of someone jabbing the knife into a girl, even if they were Digimon and not humans. Wouldn't have felt right anyways.