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The Other Side of Crazy (Dante/DracNos, Ask for Invite)
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Post by Dante on May 17, 2016 23:06:12 GMT
Life has been more hectic than ever for Dante Palladino since he moved back to Japan a few months ago. From meeting his Digimon partner, to running from an evil clown, chasing after girls, girls chasing after him, fighting an interplanetary cyborg assassin, saving the city from a Godzilla knockoff, traveling across the great desert, and even becoming mind controlled by a super sexy Goddess. And those are just a few of the wacky adventures Dante wound up in. And just think of all the people he's met along the way. From reuniting with Sakiko, a childhood friend, to the boy crazy Sal stalking him, Team Takashi attacking him like he's some kind of bad guy, a Terriermon mob boss dead set on profit, Shirou the computer wiz capable of creating entire virtual worlds, a Leomon that tracked Dante like prey, and even Cornette, a famous rock star that took a liking to Wormmon. Yes, Dante has already been on many wild adventures.
However, this distracted Dante from his college classes. Soon he was spending so much time with Wormmon, that higher education was thrown on the back burner. But now it was time to pay the piper, and Dante has gone back to class to make up for all the time missed. Dante and Wormmon are sitting in an empty classroom. Mrs. Kurosawa walks in and drops a large stack of books on the desk. "It's time you finally make up for skipping class so many times." "I know. I'm sorry, things have been crazy lately." "I know as a Tamer you've got certain priorities, but that's no excuse to neglect your education. If Wormmon wasn't so cute, I wouldn't be giving you this 2nd chance." Mrs. Kurosawa bends over and picks up Wormmon, hugging him too tight. "Ahh! You're cute too. Just let me go now." She sets Wormmon back down on the desk. "Now you two just hit the books and study hard. Once you reach chapter 38 there will be a test. Wormmon can help you out." "Oh ya, big help there. Wormmon is a distraction." "Well fine. Wormmon can stay with me while you begin studying." Mrs. Kurosawa picks Wormmon up again and sits down at her desk. She puts her feet up on the desk, knocking over a stack of papers, and leans back in her chair to take a nap. Wormmon curls up in a ball on her chest and catches some z's.
Dante starts reading through one of the books, doing his best to remember everything long enough to answer the questions on the test. He starts with advanced calculus, leading into basic economics. Page after boring page. The clock ticks on the wall, drilling into Dante's head like a nail. He pulls himself together and continues grinding through. (Thinking) "Oh man. Why am I even taking these stupid classes? I should just have Stingmon rob a bank and live up in the mountains, eating lots of junk food."
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Post by Dante on May 22, 2016 3:55:26 GMT
Dante grinds away, reading through page after page of boring 'knowledge'. He takes notes about only the most important information so he can recall it later. Taking any notes at all was not Dante's style. He'd rather just dump all that useless information in some underused corner of his brain and only dig through it when he needed to. Kind of like dumpster diving for information. After about an hour and a half, Dante finally finishes the first stage of his crash course to catch up. He gets up and stretches his aching back. Dante walks up to Mrs. Kurosawa's desk. "Um, Mrs. Kurosawa. I'm all finished." Mrs. Kurosawa and Wormmon are sound asleep. "Z Z Z Z Z Z..." Dante talks a little bit louder, trying to wake up his teacher. "Mrs. Kurosawa..." No response. Dante pokes her in the arm a couple times. "Wow. I wish I could fall into a deep sleep so easily." Dante pokes Wormmon, who wakes up and immediately bites at Dante's finger, before falling back asleep. Almost as if Wormmon was just reacting naturally in self defense. That, or Wormmon wanted to sleep on Mrs. Kurosawa's lap some more. Realizing he just got a free pass to get out of studying for now, Dante puts his things away and slips out the door.
Free from the tyranny of learning for a couple hours or so, Dante heads over to the campus lounge to chill. Inside is a foosball table, several bean bag chairs, a snack bar, and several computers and video game consoles for lazy college students to waste their precious youth. Dante walks over to the snack bar and gets some lemon lime soda. A group of students is gathered around one of the computers. Dante takes a closer look. Someone is playing a computer game, blowing past the last level with relative ease. "Oh man, I always die at this part." "And you still play on normal difficulty. He's beaten the whole game on Suicidal Psycho Mode." Dante can't tell who the player is, but sees that he has long black hair. Could it be someone he knows? What are the odds? Lots of people in Japan have dark hair. And coincidently, lots of people in Japan are great at video games. It was probably just some super nerd, who failed at life's more challenging aspects, like maintaining eye contact and reading body language, so they dumped all their time into playing games. That, or Dante just has a cynical view. (The real answer? Both.)
The student playing the game reaches a boss battle. A large demon with a giant red hammer bursts up from the ground to attack the player. "Oh, this guy's tough. It took me an hour to chip away at his health bar, and I had to spam potions the whole fight." The student moves his character to part of the map in between a wall and a plant. He glitches into the gap. While the demon can still see him, due to the clipping he cannot engage the player in combat. "Wow! I didn't know you can do that." "Now you can just spam projectile attacks until you've killed him. Do you wanna take it from here? This part is so easy, but it takes far too long." "Sure!" The student playing stands up, and another student starts playing, firing ranged attacks from the glitched spot, completely out of harms reach. Dante recognizes the student's nasally voice. Finally it sinks in. (Thinking) "No, it couldn't be him! It just can't be!" The student turns around and faces Dante. Sure enough, his suspicions were correct. For the first time since the Data Core Tournament, and the virtual video game, Dante has ran into Shirou again.
Shirou is almost as shocked to see Dante as he is. "Dante! Hey how are you, man?" "Shirou, I wasn't expecting to meet you here." Shirou walks over to the snack bar. "Do you think any of these lemmings could master Demon Slaughter 4000 as well as I have?" Yep, this was Shirou alright. The 1337 playing skills, the superior attitude, there was no doubt that this is Shirou. But what is he doing here? Shirou grabs an energy drink, and the super nerd and wayward student sit down in some bean bag chairs. "No doubt you have many questions." "Indeed, my, good chum. What's the matter? Snack bar all out of wine?" "As I recall, our last encounter did not end pleasantly." "As do any of our encounters." "Yes, and I am humble enough to admit that I may have slightly been at fault in the past." Slightly? Ya right. "It hasn't been all bonus lives and hidden Easter eggs for me, since the tournament." Dante hadn't even seen Shirou in the psychical world since the tournament. "I thought the only thing left of you was data." "Or so it may seem. Yes, after you defeated me in my one chess defeat in the last 68,420 games, I used what energy I had left to finish powering up the data core. As you know, after the fiasco in the facility, Terriermon's men searched the site, and recovered my programming. There was enough of me left in the files to retain my consciousness, the same Shirou everybody has always known and loved." "Sure, let's go with that." "Don't think your sarcasm can fly over my head, Dante. I find it quite pitiful." Shirou takes two big gulps of delicious energy drink.
"As you also remember, I told Terriermon about my plans, and convinced him to fund the most amazing game ever created. After weeks of gathering data from players, I was able to reconstruct my glorious psychical form, and resume a semi normal life, as a prodigy in charge of a multi million dollar game living amongst the sheeple." "Do they know you talk about them like that?" "They don't care. All they are interested in is my skills. I could rub dog crap in their face, and they would still ask me how to skip the purgatory level. Newsflash, it's not rocket science!" "Huh. So that's why you couldn't help me save our friends before. Because you were a bunch of 1's and 0's. So I guess there's no reason you can't help out now? ..." *Waits for excuse* "Friends? Who? The Defectors? I defected from the Defectors because they were already defecting from me. And Team Takashi, ah Haa hahaha haaa!" Shirou takes a sip of energy drink. "They are buffoons." "That doesn't matter! Before you told me that you saw what happened after you released everyone at the end of the tournament. So you know why Piedmon needs to be taken down for what he did! You don't get it, I was the last one left. Both teams were all but done for." "Yes, and you seem to be on top of it so far." "Don't give me any sarcasm if you can't take it!" Shirou smirks and adjusts his glasses. "Fine fine. You've caught me again, Dante. That's why we are such good friends. You're the only one on my level." "We are not friends." "Aren't we? It's just us, two Tamers, two gamers sitting on bean bag chairs drinking unhealthy sugar water. That sounds like a friendship." "Ya, well, maybe it is now. But you've been a real jerkass for so long. Especially when it came to Wormmon." "Come on, you should be able to take a joke." "It was no joke. You treated me like dirt because I couldn't keep Wormmon in check. And you knew all along why Wormmon is so anti authority." "We've already gone over this. I don't say this very often, but Dante, ... I- ... I'm, ... ... sssssssorrrrrrry." A little bit of blood drips down from Shirou's mouth." "Wow, that must have been difficult for you." "It was. Now that that's all ancient history, we can finally be best friends, Dante!" "Hold on, I never said best." Both Shirou and Dante smile. "This looks like the beginning of a beautiful relationship." "Let's just call it an association."
Holy smokes! Shirou's back, and now the super nerd and Dante are totally becoming besties! This horrible abomination never would have happened if teachers could stay awake.
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Post by Dante on May 31, 2016 0:36:21 GMT
Dante and Shirou hang out for a while, playing games and talking about anime. Shirou goes on and on about how hot some of the girls are. Short skirts and big boobs, universal love. Dante checks the time on his phone. "Oh, I gotta get back to class. Mrs. Kurosawa might wake up any minute, and if my butt isn't in my chair she's going to discipline me." "Hahaha! Mrs. Kurosawa is your teacher? No worries. The other teachers think she's a ditz, so lately they've been spiking her morning coffee with nighttime cough medicine." Dante tosses his empty soda can in the recycle bin, because environment or whatever, and starts to leave. "Hey, don't worry about getting caught up on your classes. I've got a brilliant plan for tomorrow." Oh great. So far, Shirou's brilliant ideas have included taking over a facility to make two teams of Tamers battle it out, creating a virtual video game that inflicts pain on the player when their character takes damage, and who could forget his series of hot girls created in his virtual worlds? What sort of 'brilliant' idea could Shirou have in store for tomorrow?
Dante heads back to the classroom. After closing the door, Mrs. Kurosawa finally wakes up. Dante quickly rushes to his seat, sliding across a desk and landing in his seat. "Aww, another great nap. Oh goodness me! We're all out of time. I guess the test will have to wait until tomorrow." "Oh, darn. I don't know if my head can retain all this information for 24 hours." "No kidding around, you're way behind in your classes, and the only way you're going to stay enrolled is if you can make up everything in the next few weeks." "I know. Thank you again for this second chance. College was a top priority after I moved to Japan, but the whole Digimon Tamer thing kind of threw my schedule in the blender." Mrs. Kurosawa gets up and hands Wormmon back to Dante. The Worm King wakes up. "Oh, I'm still tired." "You've been asleep for hours. Come on, let's go home." "Can we stop and get something to eat, Dante?" "There's no time. Judith has been a real pain lately. If she knows we went out for dinner without her, we'd never hear the end of it." "Fine, but there better be dinner waiting for us. Goodbye, Mrs. Kurosawa! It sure was a nice nap." "Yes it was. It's the strangest thing, but I've been getting very tired lately. Take care you two!" Dante shoves Wormmon in his bag. He grabs his things and heads out to his car.
Dante and Wormmon arrive home. Dante somehow manages to carry all of his bags and books up to the door. He shifts his stack of books to his side and struggles to open the door. Judith is sitting on the couch, watching some stupid reality show about cake. "It figures you'd be busy." "Oh hush! I'm not in the mood for your sarcasm." "Hey Judith! I got to take a nap with Dante's teacher. Where's dinner?!" "It's Dante's turn to make dinner." "What?! Since when?" "Since I've been cooking almost every meal we eat at home. You can't just live off of fast food, you know." "Great, I raced home without stopping for food, and now I've gotta make dinner. I wonder if there's any pasta left." Dante sets his things down on the desk and puts Wormmon on Judith's head. "Very funny, bro. Hey, we never went out for karaoke. We should really go tomorrow." "That's a great idea. So long as you know I'm better at karaoke than you." "We will see." "Oh ya, there's something you should know. Now, don't freak out, because this is really surprising. Wormmon, you listen too. I kinda, sorta, somehow, became friends with, ...Shirou." Both Judith and Wormmon gasp, and their eyes get real big. "Dante how could you?! Shirou is an evil creepy pervert! I can't believe he's actually your friend."
Wormmon jumps through the air and slaps Dante in the face. Wormmon lands on the coffee table, then kicks Dante in the leg. "Oww! Watch it!" "What the hell were you thinking?! Shirou likes torturing people! Especially us!" "I know what you're thinking. Yes, Shirou is an evil, perverted, self-centered, creep. But he's also a genius. And we both like video games and anime." "Who doesn't?!" "You two are not giving Shirou a chance! I know more than anybody about Shirou's past transgressions, but I have forgiven him and moved on! Maybe you should too." Judith looks concerned. "I hear what you're saying. It's just that I'm worried about you. Shirou has done some horrible things." "Maybe he's changed. Do you honestly think I would put up with him for more than 5 minutes if I didn't trust him?" "You trust Shirou?! What the hell happened while I was napping peacefully underneath a pair of giant funbags?" "Hey! What did I say about euphemisms for breasts?" "Which ones can I use?" "I am not having this conversation. Just be sure you know what you're doing, Dante." "Ehhh..." Dante makes an annoying noise of disproval, then walks into the kitchen to start making pasta.
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Post by Dante on Jun 5, 2016 6:05:08 GMT
After a quiet night at home eating pasta and drinking wine, Dante climbs into bed for a good night's sleep. The next morning, the alarm on his phone is blaring. Knowing that he has to get to class, Dante drags his body out of bed and gets ready to go. Same as yesterday, Dante heads to his class with Wormmon hiding in his bag. Mrs. Kurosawa is waiting at her desk. "Good morning, Dante. Take a while to get ready for the test, and wake me up when you're ready." Mrs. Kurosawa picks up Wormmon and leans back in her chair. She takes two big gulps of coffee, and it's not long before she's napping again. "Do I have to stay here again? Not that I'm complaining." "Rest up while I get ready for the test." Wormmon cuddles up in a ball on Mrs. Kurosawa's chest. After a few minutes, Dante shuts his textbooks and steps outside. He heads over to the student lounge to see what brilliant plan Shirou came up with this time.
Dante sees Shirou playing ping pong with some other students. Shirou misses the ball, and loses the game. (Thinking) "Great. All that time playing video games and yet he still has no motor skills. Why am I trusting this nerd?" Shirou sets the paddle down and walks over to the mini fridge to grab a can of orange soda. "Ahh, Dante. You're right on time." Dante walks over and grabs a can of orange soda. "What's with all this orange soda?" "The campus has been making some budget cuts. It sickens me. I'll be sure to bring some energy drinks tomorrow. This orange crap is almost intolerable." Dante and Shirou sit down on some bean bag chairs and start playing a video game on a big screen TV. "So what's this plan you have in store?" "Relax. We have plenty of time to play for now." Shirou starts up some kind of creepy anime game where the characters are all big breasted, half naked women. "Really? Why are we playing this game?" "Come on, it's a good game." "You just wanna get off on these sluts, don't you?" "It's also got a great game engine. It takes a lot of memory to fully render the jiggling." "Whatever."
The two skinny pale-faced gamers play the fan service aplenty game for a while. Shirou seems to know all the tricks and button combinations, and is just steamrolling through the levels. "It's a good thing you're on my side. How long have you played this game?" "Between this console and my save file at home, I'd say 200 hours. And this game was only released a couple months ago. But it didn't take long to figure out how to break the game." "Jeez, man. And that's in addition to all the other games you've been playing, and running your own virtual MMO." "Indeed. Speaking of which, why don't we log in later and reign hellfire down upon the players?" "Wouldn't that take the fun out of it? You control almost every aspect of that game." "True, but it is still satisfying. And I meant literally reigning hellfire down on the players. I can do that. Imagine them, screaming in pain as they are burned by fire falling from the sky." "You sick bastard! You should have never programmed the game to trigger the sensation of pain." "Lesser men cower from opportunity. If you are going to play God, you get to burn a few ants." Dante has had more than enough of Shirou's, Shirou-eyness. "Alright, onto your plan." "Wait, let's finish up this mission. There's a cut scene I like watching."
One gratuitous cut scene later, Shirou turns off the game. He walks over to his bag and pulls out a blonde wig. "Oh, you've gotta be kidding me!" "Trust me, this is going to work. I've also got a red one in case you dyed your hair again." "You really think Mrs. Kurosawa is going to think you are me? Putting aside your ego and poor opinion of others for a moment." "It's not that difficult." Shirou puts on the wig and does a bad impression of Dante. "Hey, I'm Dante. I'm a bad boy. I have a leather fetish. And despite my pretty boy looks, girls don't like me because of my terrible personality. Ehh, Shirou's a nerd. Hey Wormmon, what's up little buddy? Shut up, Judith! I've gotta go get my ass kicked by a girl." "Okay, point taken." "Now hush up and start stripping!" "What?!" "Mrs. Kurosawa already saw you today. I need to wear your clothes." "Fine. Let's go change in the bathroom." Dante and Shirou walk over to the bathroom and exchange clothes. Shirou is wearing Dante's black shirt, leather jacket, and black jeans. Dante is wearing Shirou's white school uniform. "These pants are too tight! And I thought I had skinny legs." "It won't be that long. You can hang out in the lounge." Shirou adjusts the wig in the mirror, then exits and heads over to Dante's classroom. Dante looks at himself in the mirror. "Oh, this is a bad idea..."
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Post by Dante on Jun 11, 2016 7:24:09 GMT
Shirou walks over to Dante's class. He opens the door and steps inside. The sound of the door closing behind him wakes up Mrs. Kurosawa. "Oh Dante, are you ready?" Mrs. Kurosawa stands up, and Wormmon falls off and bumps his head on the floor, waking up the Worm King. "Oww!" "Oopsie! Sorry about that. What were you doing outside, Dante?" "I stepped outside to smoke a cigarette, err, I mean get some fresh air, ya." "That's horrible! You really shouldn't smoke." (Thinking) "Hee hee hee! Let her think she caught me in a lie to mask the real truth. Wahaha I'm just so clever!" Wormmon recognizes Shirou in the wig, but decides to just play along with whatever is going on. Mrs. Kurosawa hands Dante-err, Shirou, the test, and goes back to her desk. Shirou goes over the test, filling in answers with little difficulty. He happily hums the tune to "Look at this Face". After a few minutes, he hands the test back to her. "Oh my goodness, Dante! You must have really been studying hard! Keep it up and you'll be at the top of the class." "Oh, it was nothing. Come on, little buddy." Wormmon hides inside Dante's bag, and Shirou exits the classroom.
Shirou meets up with Dante in the lounge. Shirou takes off the wig and throws it in his bag. "The deed has been done. I even got a few answers wrong so she wouldn't get suspicious." "Great! Hey, Judith and I are going out for karaoke later. You wanna come along?" "Of course! Let's just make one quick stop first." Dante and Shirou switch clothes back, and get in Dante's car and take off. Shirou gives directions for a high scale hair salon. "You should really go back to the red hair. Ladies will swoon over you." "Well, it has been a while. Okay. Wormmon, wait in the car." "Damn it, not again! Can we at least stop for smoothies later?" After Dante and Shirou get overpriced haircuts, they head over to a smoothie place, and buy a ridiculous amount of smoothies. "I'll meet you later at the karaoke bar. Try to break the news to Judith softly. I know she won't like me hanging out with you." "My sister isn't the boss of me." Shirou splits, carrying several smoothies in his arms. Dante and Wormmon head back to the house.
Dante and Wormmon go inside, carrying along several smoothies. Judith is watching some stupid blockbuster movie with all action and no story. Dante sets the smoothies down on the coffee table. "Hey bro. Cool you dyed your hair back!" "Thanks. It was Shirou's idea." "I can't believe you're hanging out with him!" "Well I invited him to karaoke later." "You what?!" Judith picks up some lame gossip magazine off the coffee table and chucks it at Dante. "When are you going to grow up and stop acting like a child?! Shirou is a scumbag, and a terrible influence on both you and Wormmon." "Oh give it a rest already! Shirou's coming with. We are going to have a great time. And if you keep on complaining I'll shove so much sand down your throat, you'll never be able to sing again!" "Hmph! Asshole." "Simple minded she-pig." Judith storms off in a huff. Dante sits down on the couch and starts playing video games with Wormmon. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" "He had a great idea earlier. I would have actually had to study to do well on that test. Trust me, what's the worst that can happen?"
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Post by Dante on Jun 16, 2016 8:51:43 GMT
Dante and Judith are getting ready to go out for karaoke. There is much competition between the two, are neither is going to back down from this challenge. Dante doesn't like Judith's taste in music, and will do anything to undermine her upstart singing career. Dante is playing a baseball video game with Wormmon. It's the bottom of the ninth and Dante is behind one run with two outs. Dante has a runner on second. The next player in the lineup steps up to the plate. "My time is now! I'm gonna hit a walk off home run right here." "Oh please! Wasn't that guy accused of using growth hormones?" "You're a Digimon. How do you even know about this stuff?" "I've been playing online with Rob all night. Why do you think I keep taking naps with Mrs. Kurosawa? I mean, besides the obvious reasons." "Your pitcher is fatigued. Why don't you go to the bull pin?" "He's been kicking your butt so far."
Wormmon throws a pitch. Dante swings and misses for strike one. Wormmon throws a pitch high and inside. "Dang, I missed!" "Were you trying to hit my batter?" Next pitch Dante fowls it off. Wormmon goes for the splitter. He throws it a bit low and outside. Dante swings and misses for strike 3, and Wormmon wins the game. "Oh ya! Who's the champ?!" "Ahh, dang. Nice win. You've gotten pretty good." "That's loser talk!" Dante gets off the couch. "I'm leaving you here when we go. Can I trust that you're going to be responsible?" "Oh fine. I'll just raid the fridge and play some games." "Remember, I don't want no trouble." "That's a double negative. I thought you were smart." "Just, be responsible. And work on your fielding. You made 6 errors."
Dante goes outside to smoke. He sees a black limo passing by. It parks next to the big pile of rubble that used to be Sakiko's house, and the Defectors HQ. The door opens and out steps Shirou wearing a white dress suit. "Good evening, Mr. Palladino." "Really, a limo? You've been living it up since you created that game." "Yes, times have been great as of late. I mean, for me anyway. Although I try not to show it off too much. It really makes the commoners jealous." (Thinking) "He's still the same old Shirou, that's for sure." Dante puts out his cigarette and the two 'geniuses' go inside. Judith is standing in the kitchen pouring a cup of coffee. She sees Shirou, and her expression instantly chances from mildly irritated, to wildly agitated. There's an awkward pause where nobody wants to say anything. Finally Dante breaks the silence. "So, let's go now." Judith decides to bring the entire pot of coffee along with. The three exit the house and get in the limo. Wormmon cheerfully plays the baseball video game. He starts up Dante's file and starts trading all of his good players to bad teams. "Whahaha! The Worm King is pleased!"
The group heads off to the club for karaoke. Probably one of the most uncomfortable limo rides any of them have had before. Dante looks over at Judith, staring at Shirou and sipping from the coffee pot. "Umm, Judith? Are you alright?" "He almost got us killed, Dante! That whole tournament shtick of his was just an excuse to torture us!" Shirou laughs. "If it's any consultation, I could have easily killed all of you, and I didn't. Also, while you were uploaded into my computer program, I took your measurements and used them as a character model in my game." "You bastard! Do you see what he does, Dante?" "I know about Shirou's negative personality traits more than anybody." "Other than your friends, whom you haven't rescued yet." "I don't see you helping." "Help them? Those fools don't even know how to help themselves. I don't care if they stay in the Digital World, in little tiny doll form."
"Alright, let's all calm down. We are just going out for some fun. Everything's going to be fine." Judith sighs, and takes another sip of coffee. "You're right. Just a fun night out on the town. No monster attacks or computer programs." "Yes. A night out with friends. I don't think I've done that before." Dante was hoping the night would go well, but it was off to a rocky start. Shirou wasn't even trying to be polite. It's like he just enjoyed trolling Judith for laughs. But that's the price you pay for hanging out with a narcissist. Shirou presses a button on the chair. Part of the seat folds forwards and a bottle of wine and three glasses appear. Shirou takes the bottle and pops the cork. "But where are my manners? I don't mean to spoil the evening." Shirou fills the glasses and the three of them make a toast. "To Friendship!" Dante and Judith: "To Friendship!" *Clink*
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Post by Dante on Jul 20, 2016 3:47:52 GMT
The gang finally reaches the karaoke bar. They go inside and sit down at the bar, waiting for karaoke to start. Dante orders more and more drinks as the night goes on. "Uhh, shouldn't you slow down? We already had wine." "Relax, we're hearr to partyy. I'm still gunna kick yewr tush at karaoke." Dante is starting to slur his words. Karaoke starts, and Dante gets up to sing first. He stumbles over to the stage with a drink in his hand. Shirou leans over to Judith. "Is he usually like this when he's drinking?" "Only when he drinks too much. But with any luck he'll start throwing up and wind up laying on the floor."
Dante steps up to the microphone as his song starts to play. He's starting off with "Fire Burning on the Dance Floor www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4RgpHDpgqw " Even in his inebriated state, he's still singing pretty well, and putting a lot of energy into his performance. "Fire burnin', fire burnin'!" The girls at the bar seem entertained by his antics, crowding the dance floor in front of the stage. "Woo! Way to go, Dante!!" "Oh please, don't encourage this behavior." "She get it pop it lock it drop it, that birthday cake! Go a candle need to blow that crazy flame away!" "I don't know, Judith. Looks like music runs in your family." "He's all high energy and flair. Can't hit the high notes." "Sounds like you're jealous." "Our mother is a famous pop star in France. Competition runs pretty high between us."
Meanwhile, Wormmon is fooling around playing video games at home. Suddenly, there's a rhythmic knock on the door. "Oh, I know that knock anywhere!" Wormmon gets up and rushes to the front door. He crawls up the wall and opens the handle. Standing outside is Rob with a 12 pack of beer. "Hey! What's happening little dude?" "Hiya, Rob! Dante and Judith are out for karaoke." "Dang, sorry I missed that. Well we can still party while they're gone. Brra-brra, yeeeeaaAAAAAahhhhhhh!!" Rob goes inside and sets the 12 pack on the coffee table. He opens it up and tosses Wormmon a beer. "If I know Dante, he's probably wasted by now. No reason we shouldn't party too." "Hellz ya! Let's rock this bitch Rob!"
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Post by Dante on Aug 5, 2016 17:34:26 GMT
Dante finishes the song. He sets the mic back in the stand and walks off the stage, doing a quick little spin on the dance floor. He walks back to Judith and Shirou with a s***-eating grin on his face. "Hmm, not bad, bro. My turn..." Judith stands up and takes a deep breath. She walks over to the stage and prepares to sing. "I have to admit, Dante. 90% of the time you're this dark loner cliché, but when you want to, you're hilariously entertaining." "Thank you, my good man. I guess there's a lot we didn't learn about each other when we were busy battling it out over an intense game of chess." "Yes, well let's hope you win your little contest tonight."
Judith's song starts playing. "Oh no, she went with this song..." *Blank Space starts playing.* "Nice to, meet you, where you, been? I could show you incredible things." "Not your favorite song?" "Not exactly. Judith and I don't agree on a lot of things." "Aww, I think it's catchy." "You of all people should know better." "Oh my god, look at that face! You look like, my next mistake." The girls are cheering even louder than before. Despite Dante's high energy performance, it was clear Judith has a wonderful voice. "Well, look on the bright side. At least you are a Tamer." "I can make the bad guys good for a weekend."
Dante and Shirou sit at the bar, drinking beer and listening to Judith sing. "You know, I really do like the lyrics." "Will you shut up?!" Dante is upset he's been bested by his sister. He chugs the rest of his beer. All this time trash talking, and now he had egg all over his face. Judith looks around the room. Everyone but Dante seems enthralled with her performance. Judith glances over at Shirou. "Get a long list of ex lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane. But I've got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name."
(Thinking) "She couldn't mean, no. Judith isn't attracted to me. She's just teasing me." Shirou appears to be in deep thought. Dante looks over at Shirou. "You there? Wake up!" "What, huh? I was just thinking." "Ya, well don't think too much. Even your good ideas are terrifying. I'd hate to see the bad ones." Judith finishes signing, and everyone gives her a huge round of applause. Dante just sits there, wallowing in self pity.
Meanwhile, Wormmon and Rob are having their own party, tearing up the house. Rob chugs a hard apple cider and slams the bottle down on the coffee table. "Yeah! Let's get down, Worm King!" "Hey Rob, check it out! I'm trading all of Dante's players away. His Basketball team is going to stink! Muhuhahaha!" "Oh, I've gotta play that game man. Hey Wormmon, you should drink this." Rob hands Wormmon a bottle of whiskey. "Oh, I don't like goofy juice. It tastes horrible!" "Just trust me, man." Wormmon takes a swig of whiskey. "Hmm, I don't feel any different yet." Wormmon takes two more swigs. In a few minutes, he's jumping around all over the place, crawling up the wall and shooting silk thread everywhere. "WOOOOO!!!"
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Post by DracNos on Aug 9, 2016 5:51:46 GMT
A loud "Slam!" was heard as a tiny, devilish rookie level poked his clawed hand through the newly opened windowsill. "Knew it! I coulda' swore I heard a party, and who else could it be, other than bug guy and his edgelord tamer!" an unnaturally cheerful voice called out as the claw gripped the upper windowsill, as a small, child-sized rookie leveled, virus digimon yanked down on his grip on the window, using the force to flip himself into the party, directly in the center of the group, slashing through a small web of silk, landing on one of his palms and his knees, rising to his feet. "Alright! Let's get... this... wow. what a mood killer." He muttered, as his mojo was almost quelled by Judith's gentle singing, "Come on! Someone give me some exciting music! Not this... lullaby!" He yelled, stomping the ground, "You know what? Screw it. I've got my own tunes!" With that, he jumped up onto the stage, grabbing a mike and screaming into the device, "WaKE mE Up, WAke ME uP iNSiDe! SAAAAVE MAY!!!!" he screeched, making to attempt to sound melodious or pleasant, and instead vying to sing the heavy metal variation of the legendarily dark song.
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Post by Dante on Aug 10, 2016 21:03:34 GMT
Wormmon was getting drunk. Shirou was hanging out with, friends? Just what exactly is going on today? As Judith got to the end of her song, all of a sudden a strange dark figure entered the room. The crowd was too drunk to know what on earth they were seeing, but Dante still had enough brainpower left to recognize DracNos, the wily little scamp they occasionally run into while on adventures. Dante is bewildered to see the charismatic menace to society out in public. "Drac? What's he doing here?" "We can't afford to be seen associating with a Digimon out in public. We should exit quietly without drawing attention to ourselves." "Stop being so serious all the time! These people don't care."
Judith sits down at the bar with Dante and Shirou. They watch the little Rookie sing his own version of a popular song. "I don't know, Judith. I think he's got you beat." Shirou reaches down and fiddles with his wrist watch. A loud explosion is heard outside. Lots of people run outside to see what's going on. Shirou laughs maniacally and takes a sip of beer. "Was that you?" "I had to create a diversion. Introduce me to your friend." Dante waves over at DracNos. "Hey! What's up, you crazy joker?"
Back at the house, Wormmon is totally trashed on booze. He starts hallucinating, and sees a pink DracNos crawl through the window. "Oh my Goddess, it's DracNos! Hey, buddy, what's happening?" Rob looks around confused. "Yo, whatchu talkin bout? I ain't see nobody." "What are you crazy, Rob?! He's right here!" "Eh, you wasted, Worm King. I'm cutting you off." "Cut me?! Bitch! I'ma cut you!" Wormmon hops across the ground and climbs up Rob's leg. He's so drunk that he can't crawl in a straight line. Wormmon falls off and lands on his back. "Ohh, where am I?"
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Post by DracNos on Aug 10, 2016 23:40:33 GMT
The rookie level noticed the call, and jumped from the stage, towards his friends, when he landed, he tossed the mike behind himself, "Hey, guys, why didn't you tell me I was bad at singing, because MAN, do I suck at singing." He exclaimed, stretching his arms and leaning back, seemingly exercising as he spoke. "So what have you been up to, any more deities you need vanquished? I seem to be good at that." He boasted, now jogging in place, he immediately grew tired and stopped, deciding to lie on the table, "Hey, you wanna know why I go to parties?" He asked, his arms stretching out to peer at Shirou and Judith, "It's because no one really cares what you look like, as long as you ring some fun with you. I could be an undead child with eyes on my palms, actually, that IS what I am. Well, shoot, anyways, no one cares, since I give life to parties! And if you do that, you can go to any party, save for political, THAT was a disaster..." he recalled, it was difficult to tell if he was joking, or not.
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Post by Dante on Aug 12, 2016 2:11:31 GMT
Shirou was confused by this unusual Digimon. Dante was kind of used to DracNos's mannerisms by now, but to everyone else, this Digimon was truly one of a kind. "Uhh, I guess so. I don't go to a lot of parties." "Political parties? I would vote for you, DracNos. Do they even have elections in Japan? I haven't bothered to look into that yet." The group hangs out at the bar for a while, chatting and drinking beer. It starts getting late, and it's time to head back to the house. "We are going to head out. Do you wanna tag along? Trouble's always around the corner."
Dante, DracNos, Judith, and Shirou make their way back to the limo. They arrive back at the house. Shirou walks with Dante and Judith to the door. Judith is carrying the empty coffee pot from earlier. "Are you sure you don't want to spend the night?" "Nope. I've got important business to attend to." "Ya, video games and pervy anime." Dante opens the door and walks inside. Judith follows, but stops and turns around. She plants a kiss right on Shirou's lips. "Cya later, Shirou." Judith goes inside and shuts the door. Shirou just stands there, blushing. (Thinking) "A kiss?! Does she really like me? The only dating I do is online. Just what is she up to?"
Dante and Judith walk into the living room. They see Rob laying on the couch, and Wormmon running around talking to the air. The room is a mess. Beer bottles litter the coffee table. "Rob! What the hell is going on here?!" Wormmon sees DracNos and rushes over. "Hey, you're not pink any more. What is going on?!" "Is Wormmon drunk?" "I'm not drunk, you're drunk!" "You're both drunk!" Judith walks over and wacks Rob on the back of the head with the pot. "Clean up, and go to bed!" Judith storms off to the kitchen.
After a night of playing video games and drunkenly dancing around, everyone wakes up the next morning, tired and hungover. While last night may have been fun, trouble does indeed wait around the corner for these wild partiers.
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Post by DracNos on Aug 12, 2016 5:38:14 GMT
"Hey! You guys are awake!" DracNos cheered, as he was spinning on the ceiling fan, his legs hooked around one of the blades, spinning in circles, oddly enough, during the night, he never drank any alcohol, but still displayed the same fervor and confidence as a drunk. "Man, you guys passed out, WAY too quickly, ah, but I still had fun. Not the best, but it was pretty refreshing, partying with digimon AND humans." He reviewed the party he had partaken in, swinging from his batlike perch, landing on a table, clinking some bottles gently as he landed, he cracked his fingers and stretched, "I guess some upside-down sleeping isn't THAT bad, I mean, it has been a little while, I still slept for a whole three hours, A new record, to be completely honest, I am getting pretty lazy, whatever, do you guys want to fight each other in a video game?" He asked, wanting to find out who among them was the best player, mainly so he would know which Youtube Channel to watch. "Hey! Are you guys still half-conscious?" He asked, looking at the hungover group, completely oblivious as to what a hangover was.
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Post by Dante on Aug 12, 2016 6:32:27 GMT
Dante gets up and grabs his head. "Ohhohhh, my heeeeead..." Judith is already up and making coffee. Wormmon is still fast asleep in a little web hammock. Dante tries to piece together what happened last night. "Did I just fight Godzilla?" Judith pours a few cups of coffee and sets them down on the coffee table. "Here, drink up. But careful, it's still hot." Wow, Judith being nice? What is going on today? Dante doesn't remember much from the night before.
DracNos suggested playing some video games. All of a sudden Wormmon yawns and wakes up. "Video game?" Wormmon hops up and crawls over to the console and presses the power button. He picks up a controller and crawls up onto the table. He sees the freshly roasted coffee, the steam rising up from the mug. "Ooohh, coffee." Wormmon goes to take a sip. "Wait, it's too hot!" Wormmon takes a small gulp, but just enough to burn his mouth. "AHH HOT HOT HOT HOT!!!" "Told you. Hey, has anyone seen Rob? He loves this game." "I think he took off last night." "Well he better not have! He drank way too much silly juice to drive." Judith walks over to the window to see if Rob's low rider is there. "His car is here. I wonder where he went."
Dante picks up a controller and starts playing his new basketball game. He goes to his roster to check his team. All of his good players are gone, and have been replaced with total job guys. "Wormmon, what did you do to my roster?!" "Baha hahaha! The Juice is loose, Dante!" "Alright that's it! Drac, you're on my team. We're gonna give the Worm King some payback! You can pick the team." They choose their teams and start playing. Wormmon is playing as a custom team with green and white jerseys. His team is stacked, several 95-99 ratings, super tall players, a team that completely takes the competition out of the game. "Damn you and your stupid, overpriced, roided up freak team!"
Dante and DracNos start out well against the little green monster. They might not have Wormmon's dream team, but skill would have to beat power. The duo succeeds well at making passes, getting rebounds, stealing the ball, and playing defense. Meanwhile, Wormmon's making almost all of his super long range 3 point shots, getting lots of rebounds, and fouling any time they made it into the paint. Wormmon celebrates as he steals the ball and sinks a long distance basket. "Woo! Let it rain, baby!" "You wouldn't be doing this well if it wasn't for your team."
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Post by DracNos on Aug 14, 2016 7:05:05 GMT
"I think I'm doing fine, on account that I can't see the screen." Drac said, giggling, His eyes could barely see the screen, rather, his claws were absorbing information through the cable connecting his controller to the console, directly, reading the console directly, quickly absorbing any information the console gave to the television. His play-style was bizarre, his movements seemed completely separate from his player switching and maneuvers. He caught the ball, and started tossing the ball back and forth, sometimes to one player, sometimes to another, in uncoordinated patterns, occasionally, the characters would run in circles, squares, or other shapes. Suddenly, one of the players bolted with the ball, sprinting to the net, jumping to try a slam dunk, before passing it to a player Dante controlled, having baited some of Wormmon's A.I controlled towards him, giving Dante a clear shot. "If I'm being frank, I'd rather to be doing something else, maybe I could do something else, I don't like watching, or doing sports, do you have any fighting games? I mean, I prefer an evenly matched fight, if anything." He shrugged, honestly just button-mashing.
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