Digital World 101 Taken to Spartan Way [Colin]

Ryu was pleased at how the twin works. He watched as they fight, and seem to get the basic about holding back. Yes, it's hard, but he's proud of them. Bellamy need to learn to be more patient though, and Luke probably need to learn to be less emotional when it's needed. They both balances each other, but they need to learn more as individual when to stop. The dragon clapped his hands together.

"Alright! We're done over here! Let's wrap it up, fellas! You did great today, make sure you remember all the basic training I taught you so far! If you need any more training, you can contact me and Aniki! We'll make sure to make even better challenge next time! Now why don't we join our partners?"

Of course on Ryouta's side, he understands how bewildered Colin is. He only can laugh and made himself the same rod. The mention of Colin's father and brother made Ryouta remembered his, but this time, before he could dwell on it too much, he decided to ask instead.

"Are your brother and Dad a great fisherman?" he asked. "I honestly also like to fish when I got nothing to do. It's relaxing."

Of course Ryu seem to be happy, but... all in all, it turned into a bit sad smile. "...Say boys? Can I have a bit of your time?" Ryu asked. Then, once again, the Dracomon began to juggle his balls. "Do you think that fighting is bad? Do you think that anything in this world can be easily separated into enemies and friends?"

He stopped juggling after  few minutes passed, then turned around. "...There are case where even your friends can be your enemy... not in case where like, one of you wanted it to happen. It just... happened. Wrong evolution, wrong raising, wrong groups... at that sort of time, you might would be lost at what you should do. But remember, we're Digimons. we can reset Digimons to ensure that they would be fine in the end..."

...then, he looked down, almost in resigned manner.

"...But what's scary is if your partner gone on wrong path. As Digimon partner... it's our duty to guide them. No matter what, please make sure that whichever path you choose, it'll be a right one. We're not on the receiving end only in here. It's a give-and-take sort of relationship... that's what it means to be partnered. We protect, we care, we become shoulders for one another... and when you reached that top, only then you can be super ultimate. Super Ultimate, is your 'answer' to your 'trial'."

Meanwhile, on Ryouta's side, he smiled at Colin. "Is that so? Sounds very exciting. By the way, if you have problem with your parents about Digimon... try to show their good sides... then slowly, show that they're naturally means good. Yeah, Digimons are different from cat and dogs, but... remember, they're for lifetime. If they're not accepted by your important people and your family, then... it'll be difficult. That's why, as much as possible, bridge them."

...Ryu was quite satisfied with their answers, but why he felt as if there are huge misunderstanding over here? He don't know where to point at, though. He decided to probably wise to not bring it up again or comment about it. It's already enough for him to hear about their resolve; it's such a heavy subject afterall. He merely smiled toward his friends and decided that the best course of action is to let it be and guide them to the side of their partners.

"...By the way, uh... Digimon going to Human World would be a big problem... so before anything else happened, I'll just say... if you need to appeal to Colin's parents so they would let you stay in their house, do it gently, do it as best as you can, don't make any sort of mischief or say something that could be taken as either offensive or too mature for the poor boy.

...Ah and... this is something that you should know, but... it might be too long for you, anyway... Battle between child stages wouldn't really damage the real world significantly... battle between adult stages would leave a significant mess, battle between perfects should probably destroy human world buildings and such, might would need long time in repairing... maybe like... you could destroy so many buildings for that sort of battle.

...Now, bringing anything above that in real world... is downright irresponsible. I can see a city totally leveled in fight between two SU.... speaking of which, to make it a hard fight for Digimon on a stage higher, you probably would need about five to six Digimons on lower stage... for example, like against adult, five to six child stages are needed... against perfect, five to six adults. I dunno if it works like bringing 36 child stages in battle against perfect would help, though."

He continues juggling as he entered the forest, looking somewhat satisfied with the tutoring.

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Ryouta understood what Colin means. He think it's a logical action.

"Oh, you got something?"

Ryouta grabbed a sturdy looking net that somehow ended up on the riverbed... Digimon world river sure is full of trashes... he made a makeshift net with a strange metal ring shaped object, combining and connecting it to a sturdy looking branch and tie it with some sort of rope. The makeshift fishing net is done. He helped Colin scoop it.

"Whatever you do, don't let it go!"

"Oh, yes, yes, totally mature... for mature audience, that is," Ryu jabbed, grinning widely. "Then again, I guess we're all immature for laughing at your jokes, or finding it way too funny." Of course he followed Luke laughing soon after, enjoying the banter. "Then again, it's all fun and game until the rolling pin came out, and then it's scene of carnage."

On the talk about staying on Digital World, Ryu shook his head. "...Best not, unless you somehow got Digiport on the highest level. Digital World and Human World have about seven times difference in speed. So a week for us will be a day for Colin. That's not the greatest way to spend the day. There's also Digimon that would enter Real World suddenly... At that time, it's doubtful if you can go to Real World on time. Not to mention, without your partner, you will be unable to evolve higher than your base form... be careful. This means you'd have to run and run... yeah, it won't be the most pleasant thing."

He shook his head on the comment about the more than two level, run.

"...If you're against an adult just with two of you while you're child, run. Against a perfect with four more adults, face it... but if there are six of you as adult against an Ultimate... run the fuck out. You don't even need to wait for a Super Ultimate to come out. Just... run."

Looks like Colin managed to get it. Ryouta smiles happily and nodded. "Yep, next is cooking. I'll tell you which herb is which next. Generally salt and pepper also various other seasoning are quite cheap in Terminus, so if you'd rather not search for the herbs at it, it helps a lot. Oh right, and there are vending machine scattered about. They're strangely always there, so if you got spare bits and is in no mood to look whatever available there, just use that. "

"Oh, are we too late to the party?" suddenly someone asked. It's Ryu.

"Well, you can say that, bud! We're going to cook now!"

"Oh boy~"

"Oh boy, you really shouldn't make light of the rolling pin. Seriously, I never think I've seen such scary object used for self defense... actually, Aniki's mama was really skillful with that particular weapon. That and her sandals. I'm glad that she never used it to punish any of us, but once there was this thief... Aniki practically bolted after him, but Mama just suddenly grabbed a rolling pin and tossed it to his head! He staggered and then she dashed toward the thief and began beating him until he's unconscious. Even Aniki was shuddering at the sight... Well, it's because the thief entered from Aniki's sister's bedroom... so I can guess how high strung both of them are..."

Now, the talk about scouter just made Ryu smiles a bit. "Ah, the joke of over 9000, a waste of a perfectly good scouter I say... but don't worry, friends. Digimons are combat species... unless you're somehow bigheaded or an idiot with over-inflated ego that you can't back up and think you got the biggest toy in the play pen, you can tell what level someone is... especially if you look at Super Ultimate and think you still can wave the biggest toy around... well, think again. Then again, I never seen someone that stupid unless it's human. Oh, and... actually, the one you should be wary of is the one that doesn't look their level. It's scary to assume. Just to be safe, treat everyone as if they're a level higher than you until proven otherwise... unless they looks like they're lost that is."

Colin and his unkeenness of using other spices other than salt and pepper is understandable, but Ryouta pat his back encouragingly. "Well, here's the thing. If you got time, try asking someone who can cook in your family about any sort of dishes, then experiment it in here. I'm going to share with you some spices anyway, it'll be a waste if you're not going to use it, even for experiment, right? And I doubt you can be as awful cook as one of my friend. You know, her cooking suddenly turned alive and moaning..."

On the question about vending machine, Ryouta grinned and pointed at a vending machine nearby. It's not even connected to any electrical source, yet it hums with power.

"...Welcome to Digital World, kiddo," he teased.

Returning back to the campground, Ryouta picked the fish.

"It might be too high leveled for you right now, so leave the gutting of the fish to me. Now, what sort of dishes do you want to make? Just for your information, I got several packs of dried food, so it can be used anytime you want."

"...No matter how you see it," Ryu started "it's almost impossible for human to use those thing that skillfully unless they're trained on it. Normal housewives cannot use that. Then again, I heard Aniki's mother is probably the only woman who he absolutely fears."

...He goes silent and nods in understanding though what Bellamy wanted to say. It's certainly not going up there. But apparently it's a popular way of trying to teach lesson to someone in many manga. It's comical, but if done in real life, then it's damn scary.

"Yep, I'm not even kidding. She knew how to kill roaches without spilling its insides out. She also can use it to hit someone from very far away, and that sandal still making a loud WHACK sound." Then again, he was quite surprised when the talk evolved into something more serious. Ryu stayed silent, giving the two some time and then nodded once they have reached the conclusion.

"I'll take your words on it, then."

Then, back to the campground, Ryouta smiled and start doing the... well, gutting the fish... or actually, not at all. He just cut it into several nice fillets after cleaning it from scales. He cleaned it up from any blood and set it aside. He gave them to Colin. "Alright then Colin, when you're dealing with fish, remember that by nature they have fishy smell. You can remove that with some lime. just pour enough, then let them marinate for a while. Add seasoning as you please for now. You can leave them be for some time... next, we have easy part because meat in Digital World is actually a kono niku, which mean it can be easily taken off from the bone with just a knife."

Ryouta shows how it's done rather easily. "...Your turn. Don't worry, I'll guide you to show you how."

Then, once that's finished, he shows Colin how to cut the mushrooms. "Careful with how you handle it. To not harm yourself, make your hand into cat paws form, if you got me?"