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Post by karin on Nov 5, 2016 20:09:26 GMT
Rhodonite cocoon, that was what people called that thing that located deep inside the Server Wood. Embedded deep inside the lake, it reflects light brilliantly, like a real gem... well, various people already tried to get it out of the root of the tree that entangles it, but for some reason, they just never can. Some said that upon approaching, blade of gold suddenly would cut them or something...
..or at least that was the rumor.
Another rumor states that there's a person inside that cocoon. Nobody could get it out though... still, as of how that thing could host a human for that matter is unknown... but anyway, that's the sort of rumor that circulates around in the surrounding settlement, including the village of beginning. It's just like something that awaiting to be founded.
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Post by Manami on Nov 5, 2016 20:53:12 GMT
Server Woods was a strange place, just had to admit. Nostalgic, in a sense, loathsome on others. In here, she met Kyo for the first time, and, well, also lost her for the first time.
She had gotten over that long ago, and Kyo too, but the memory still made this place interesting. Sometimes, the blonde wondered where either tall man with the bear or blue haired boy with cowardly tendencies were just to get the two of them a piece of her mind, but concluded on them being either lost, dead, or retired. And she was fine with the three outcomes; she wasn't really a vengeful person, and that experience had contributed to both hers and Kyo's growth.
Digital World wasn't a place to have fun. Well, that wasn't true; you could have fun, as long as you respected its dangers and decided on your companions carefully. Otherwise... you weren't up for a pleasant surprise.
As the duo strolled around, Kyo seemed to grow uneasy. The puppy began to sniff the air, almost as if searching for something, until... she began to run wild.
"Nee-chan, I think I found something! Follow me!"
Well, Yuu had to admit Kyo was fast, and that... she was kinda out of breath, both for having to follow her up and for what they had found, a giant cocoon in the middle of the the lake, right in its bottom. Kinda nice, huh?
"It's the scent of Jeanne-nee! I'm sure of it!" Kyo's words didn't have an ounce of doubt. She was absolutely positive about it. "JEANNE-NEE! WAKE UP! IF YOU DON'T EXIT THAT THING I'M GONNA RIP IT AND GET YOU OUT, YOU HEAR ME?"
The teenager had to admit that her partner sounded like a raving lunatic right now, but she also had to admit that meeting Karin again would be really nice. Just... what did she do to end up like that?
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Nov 6, 2016 4:17:47 GMT
Sometimes, Elliot and Isaac wondered how they got into these situations. Oh, sure, the exact origins of their time in the Digital World were perfectly clear. So was the fact that the Digital World was a strange wonderland of trickery and unpredictability, leaving their heads spinning after every new happenstance. So was the fact that they had a knack for danger and rushing headlong into situations that most sane people would back away from.
Okay. Maybe they had no reason to wonder about how they got into these situations.
That didn't change that this was an especially strange one. There was a tiny black dog looking down into a lake in the middle of the forest, yapping about how her best friend needed to wake up or she'd rip her out of "that thing." Was she talking about the crystal below the lake? It was a rumor Elliot and Isaac hadn't heard much about, only really from babblings in Primary Village that greatly exaggerated the nature of the crystal. "I hear it's full of a bajillion million Bits!" shouted one excited baby. "I hear Daemon comes out, and he eats your soul!" said another.
Regardless, the bros simply watched in confusion as the dog yipped away, an out-of-breath girl standing next to her. Part of them wanted to see what was going on and keep watching. Part of them figured it was rude to stare. And maybe a part of them was genuinely curious about the nature of this strange, crystal prism. They decided, against their better judgment, to walk toward the source of the chaos instead of away from it.
"Everything okay?" Elliot asked, taking the lead on this conversation for a change. "You seem really worried about something down there."
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Post by karin on Nov 6, 2016 16:50:54 GMT
The cocoon down there let out faint pink light, reacting to Kyo's berating. If it's Jeanne, probably she's amused? The appearance of the two brothers from the other side suddenly made the cocoon glows even more brilliantly. Almost in time bomb manner, it blinked several times, over and over again, until all that left was shining pink light, followed with huge BOOM, big enough to launch all of the water in that small lake up, creating heavy, momentary rain. What lies in place where the cocoon was is indeed a girl, with eyes covered in visor and armor resembling Lord Knightmon's. The blond haired girl breathing heavily... the wound on her stomach looks as if it's still very fresh. Before long, they split into two, one girl with cat bonet, and another is the Lord Knightmon. The girl fall to the ground like a doll which strings cut, her wound no longer bleeding, only leaving scars. Her clothes, however, is in tatters. The girl's Digivice fell from her hand directly to the ground.
The Lord Knightmon stared at Kyo, and then the rest of the group.
"...Kyo-chan." the voice that came out from the Lord Knightmon is very nostalgic one. Even if she couldn't see her face, that face must be smiling, probably tiredly. "Long time no see, Kyo-chan... and Yuu too, although you're a girl now. How amusing." However... that reunion was shortlived. The Lord Knightmon is mortally wounded. She pressed a hand to her sides and saw blood. If her mask is off, she's probably smiling derisively at this moment/
"WARNING," a mechanical voice suddenly declared. "DATA CORRUPTION DETECTED. PARTNER "JEANNE" HAS RECEIVED MORTAL DAMAGE. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE IDENTITY, REBOOT WILL BE INITIATED. SCANNING FORMS..."
"PUTTIMON - DAMAGED CUPIMON - DAMAGED PAWNCHESSMON (WHITE) - DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR DARCMON - DAMAGED KNIGHTMON - DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR LORD KNIGHTMON - DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR BIOMERGE IMPOSSIBLE
ATTEMPTING TO FIX DAMAGED DATA... DAMAGED DATA WITH REPAIR POSSIBILITY REPAIRED! ATTEMPTING TO BACKUP THE DATA... BACKUP CREATED REBOOTING..."
A mirthless chuckle came out from the Lord Knightmon, which only gets heavier the moment she understood that her fate is sealed for now.
"Thought so... hey, Kyo-chan...? This time around... I'll leave it... to you..."
The body of the Lord Knightmon exploded into data particles, with most particles lost their gleam almost immediately... corrupted. The leftover data seem to pull any available data left, then forms the shape that many wouldn't find alien... the Digitama.
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Post by Manami on Nov 6, 2016 18:30:07 GMT
Kyo wasn't really paying attention to anything except the strange glow back into the depths of that small lake, so, it was on Yuu to answer to the two boys that approached the same place as them. As soon as she caught her breath again, that is.
Routinely procedures. First, she made a gesture as if she were zipping her mouth shut, telling them that... well, she couldn't really speak. Then... she shrugged after pointing to the increasingly brilliant glow, as if telling them to draw their own conclusions. It began to pulse until... it exploded.
Welp, just as Kyo said, it was Karin, and Jeanne's biomerge. Then it just became Karin and Jeanne; one was mortally wounded, the other was unconscious and... well, probably would need a change of clothes really soon.
"You're going to..." She knew what was happening, having experienced it herself firsthand. Her voice choked at the realization; it was sad indeed.
Yuu wasn't as solemn as her partner, however. Part because of the tasteless joke, but what could she do about it; well, except joking back. Guess that's how Jeanne wanted for them to take her eventual demise.
["Holy crap, Jeanne. I can't believe that you're freaking dying and the first thing you noticed was that."] Her nonchalant attitude made way to a serious gaze as she regarded the digimon in front of her. ["Don't worry about Karin, I promise I'll take good care of her until you get to hatch again. You can leave her to us."]
The Plotmon's sadness was eventually lifted, and, in their last moments together, managed to look at her sister caringly and with camaraderie.
"I'll be waiting for your return. Next time, I'll make sure this doesn't happen again, okay? Guess we'll be seeing each other around soon..."
And that's how Jeanne was (temporarily) no more. It was sad for both Kyo and Yuu, but there wasn't much they could have done about it. Now, however, they had a lot of work to do.
["Get Jeanne. I'll get Karin."] Said and done, the duo went and picked up the unconscious human and the egg, moving them carefully until they got them resting against a nearby tree, Yuu using her sweater as a blanket of sorts to cover Karin's... well, slightly compromised modesty, just in case the boys decided to hang around here.
["Do you think she'll wake up soon? Seems that Karin's definitely worse from the wear, but she looks like she'll survive. Guess we'll take her somewhere safer when she wakes up."]
The only thing Kyo could do right now was to shrug. Time'd be the only one able to tell that.
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Nov 6, 2016 18:53:48 GMT
Isaac nodded as Yuu made the zip-lips gesture. Normally he'd wonder if she was telling him to be quiet or not, but this was a situation the past month or so had given him a lot more understanding of. While his motions were still shaky and somewhat uncomfortable, he managed to twist out three letters in the form of a question.
"ASL?"
Okay, so from there his ability to sign devolved into "I love you Maia", "where is the bathroom," and a scattering of other words. But for someone who had learned the language entirely by slacking off on his studies to instead learn how to talk to his girlfriend, he was making surprisingly good progress. Maybe he'd actually be able to hold the tiniest part of a conversation with a bit more time and understanding.
Of course, the signs Yuu was currently making were incomprehensible to him. Maybe she'd switch to the ones he was more familiar with, maybe his inquiry would be paid no mind for the time being. Whatever the case, he hoped he'd at least be able to communicate.
And then the pink knight split, only for the Digimon half to degenerate into an egg. Death in the Digital World was a very hard pill for the boys to swallow. They had only seen it once before, an opposing Gargoylemon that was attacking an acquaintance of theirs. It didn't even speak, so much as ghoulishly howl at them as it tried to defend its treasure, but it still caused the boys great discomfort to see something so callously degenerated. Even then, however, it was like seeing a wild animal being put down. This? This was a wounded knight, sadly reminiscing on how she had failed her mission before dying before her dear friend's eyes. Even as someone who hadn't known her before, it hit hard. Elliot found himself misting up, and Isaac found a discomforting feeling in his chest as he looked down at the degenerating life.
Briefly, they pondered on their own mortality. What would happen if they died here?
"Is there anything we can do?" Elliot asked as he and Isaac watched. "We might not have known her like you do, but there has to be something, right?" Isaac nodded in affirmation, prepared to switch anything his bro said to ASL if needed and translate Karin's requests to English for Elliot' ssake.
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Post by karin on Nov 7, 2016 2:05:03 GMT
"Tasteless joke," Jeanne began, albeit with much difficulty. Probably she was smiling, probably she's smirking. "Is much... better... than tears in my death. At least... this time... around... I'm with friends..."
Kyo's choking voice made it harder for her to joke like that, though. Her hand was trying to reach her sister, but... the damage is just too severe. She's not sure that she could reach her. what could reach her is only one of the ribbon of the knight, caressing her cheek.
"...To think that this reunion could be this unfair... I guess fate is not always so kind."
She wanted to inquire about the other two presence, but... her vision is getting cloudy. Kyo would probably already take action if they're hostile. Jeanne chuckled at her little sister's words. Yeah, they'll meet again... but when is what bothered her. Nevertheless, that was her last action before she burst into data.
When Yuu helped Karin and leaned her on the tree, the blond haired girl stirred, semi in pain and semi due to her slumber disturbed. Her eyes opened slowly, staring at the people that stood in front of her... Yet, it was empty. Empty to its truest sense. She's not even acknowledging Yuu or Kyo. Only moan came out from her mouth, like a person in trance. The shock from that damage was probably just that much.... or being encapsuled in that cocoon was the reason of such change.
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Post by Manami on Nov 7, 2016 3:22:43 GMT
Nodding with a finger, Yuu told the shorter of the two boys that she knew. Even if this wasn't the most comfortable situation, at least she remembered her ASL signs quite well; he didn't seem to be all that proficient, so she went slowly, doing a conscious effort to be understood.
["Yes. No need to sign, I can hear."]
But overall not paying too much attention to them. After all, pleasantries didn't seem to be all that important compared to what was happening in front of them. So, after tending to the unconscious Karin, she seemed to be waking up, even if... she knew that face all too well. That lost expression maybe meant... hopefully not what she guessed. In any case...
["Leaving this to you Kyo. You're better than me handling this kind of stuff."]
Backing slowly and leaving the Plotmon to her own devices, she began to address the two boys that happened to be there too. Well, at least now she could divert some of her attention to them. And actually write notes instead of trying to communicate with the guy who obviously had a shaky at best level of ASL.
Guess I don't have to say that the situation is really, really, really delicate, so I'd appreciate you guys being sensible about this. I don't wanna recur to threats, but I won't like it if anything goes wrong, okay? I just want my friend to get better.
Kyo, on her stead, just regarded Karin with kind eyes, looking at her with the patience and sympathy of a deeply-concerned friend.
"Hey." She began, trying to appear as docile as possible. "Are you okay? I'm here to help, so... if you need anything, just tell me."
Best case she'd probably just be thirsty and/or hungry, but not injured. Otherwise, they'd probably have to take quicker and bolder measures.
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Nov 7, 2016 3:54:16 GMT
Isaac nodded as he saw Yuu write the note. Part of him was a little irritated by it. This wasn't his first rodeo, after all, and he and his bro were a lot more practiced at helping others than one would expect. Besides, who the heck decided a good first impression was to threaten someone? At the same time, he understood her worries. If Elliot was in that kind of state, he wouldn't exactly be Mr. Smiles and Sunshine either. He huffed slightly, but let out a sigh and nodded. "Yeah. I get that. Don't worry, though. We've learned a lot about being careful since we've been here.
So, what can we be sensible with? Don't want to just do something out of the blue."
Whereas Isaac was more cautious, Elliot decided to be more proactive. He slowly unhooked his backpack, keeping his hands up in the air in a show of non-aggression. He squatted down, making sure to take it easy on his bad leg while still keeping his hands up, and then rooted around with one hand to take out a very soft looking pillow. If one looked closely it even had Elliot's name monogrammed on it!
"This is the most comfortable pillow I have, okay?" he said, voice a little bit shaky. "I think she needs it more than me right now. It's really not good to rest so uncomfortably when unconscious, right? Could you please help me give this to her?" Still with one hand raised in a show of nonaggression he hobbled toward Karin, hoping her could share his restfulness with her. It always did wonders for him after a bad day, and this . . .
Okay, it was beyond a bad day. But the pillow could still help, right?
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Post by karin on Nov 7, 2016 4:42:41 GMT
Karin looked at Kyo, still unresponsive. She saw a blond haired female that felt so... so wrong somehow. So out of place. Why? She looked at two new people, one that kindly offered her some sort of pillow. Light slowly returned to her eyes, but she still haven't recognized who the two people are. She looked at Kyo again, then the pillow, then Kyo again, then the pillow... her eyes finally stopped at Yuu.
"...a..."
her voice came out, but what came out next was...
"...I never heard from you that you decided to change your gender, Yuu."
Some straight up harsh joke almost immediately, like it's some running gag with Yuu changing gender. Her lips curled into some sort of teasing sneer."Never thought that you like blond hair that much either... unless somehow being blond is contagious then you should know to not hang around with me you weirdo, I'm honestly surprised... hi there Kyo-chan. Miss your auntie Karin?" she joked, then looking at the two strangers.
"...I don't need the pillow but thanks for your offering... I need more information of what just happened, though... all I know is..." she weakly looked at Jeanne's egg. "...she turned into Digitama and I was stabbed on the back... Welp, jokes aside... anyone got food? I'm a bit hungry... I must have been there for months already... Why don't we start with introduction? Name's Takamiya Karin... I'm bilingual, so don't worry about English. I can also translate for this chick over here... Her name is Tsumura Yuu and that's her partner Kyo."
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Post by Manami on Nov 7, 2016 5:34:12 GMT
Good. Thank you very much.
Yuu knew she wasn't being the most polite person around, but that's just how things were. Right now, Karin was too much of a priority for her to pay attention to stuff like manners in the face of unknown people. Maybe if she felt better, but until then...
Okay, forget about it. If the situation had been different, Karin'd have already been given a piece of her mind, but as things were, she just turned around and gazed her with intensity.
["HOLY F***!"] Maybe she was going to do that, after all. ["You wake up after being mortally wounded in your digimon form, right besides Jeanne's egg and the first thing that crosses your mind is questioning my gender and my hair? God freaking dammit, Karin, you're unreal."]
She walked towards her, seemingly angry, but instead of keeping on with her rant, she just hugged the younger girl somewhat tightly for what felt like three seconds. More would probably be dangerous.
["At least it's good to know that you're still you. I kinda missed you and your trademark prickiness, you know? I was scared when I saw how injured you were. Thank goodness you're okay."]
Kyo, on her stead, just joined in and stayed there for far longer. Happy up to the verge of tears, she was left with a knot on her threat, unable to say anything about it by the sheer amount of emotions that were coursing through her. That, and well, she had to admit that she almost guffawed at the blonde's first words. Karin's brand of humor just went really well with hers.
Now, getting into what was important, right into the point. As Karin introduced her them to the two boys, she found a timely moment to write a quick note.
Sorry for being rude earlier, I was just... kinda worried about this dolt. Nothing personal, I guess? Pleased to meet you two, anyway.
And into what happened, well, that was another interesting story.
["Well, at plain sight, I'd just say that you got utterly destroyed by some kind of bad guy while you were biomerged, and somehow ended up on the bottom of that lake or whatever. Seems like Jeanne managed to keep you alive til' now, but the exertion was too much for her, and she had to reformat. With any luck, she'll hatch again soon, however. Now, breaking into the bad news... some of her forms apparently got lost beyond repair, but I guess that the good side is that she'll get new ones. Or at least I hope so. Oh, by the way, I brought some sandwiches with the idea of staying in this place for some time, even though that'll probably end up in a change of plans. Take some."]
As she handed the food to her friend, Kyo had moved towards Jeanne's egg rather quickly, poking it with one of her paws, as if trying to bring her attention or to get a response from her. Maybe that way she would hatch sooner? She hoped that for sure.
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Nov 10, 2016 2:08:51 GMT
Elliot and Isaac were relieved to see that their new friend was okay! A little bit weird, yeah, but perfectly okay. Unless her odd sense of priorities was caused by her hitting her head too hard on the way out of the crystal, or something. The two smiled as they listened to her talk, trying to see what she wanted. Food, information, and introductions in that order. While they couldn't provide most of those, they at least had some ideas.
"Sorry, but we don't really have much in the way of info," Isaac said. "All we know is that you were in that crystal under the river."
"Yeah, apparently you were in there long enough to be a local rumor," Elliot added. "No wonder you're so hungry! Lesse, do I have anything on me . . ." He rooted around in his pockets and backpack, but let out a disappointed huff as he noticed a distinct lack of food there. "Nope. No luck. Isaac and I must've finished off the last bit of trail mix the last time we went exploring around here. Sorry!
Anyway, my name's Elliot. It's great to meet you!"
"And mine's Isaac. Likewise." He looked down at the note Yuu slipped him, smiling a bit. "Hey, no need to sweat it. If you met me while Elliot was out of commission, I'd probably be a major wreck too. Apologies for getting a bit worked up over it.
Guessing you two've known each other for a while?"
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Post by karin on Nov 10, 2016 2:39:10 GMT
Of course Karin as usual merely chuckled and attempted to push Yuu away. "For love of---I'm just recovered from my wound, you ass." Of course she know it's futile. It's like a baby Chihuahua trying to push away a huge St. Bernard. The part about 'this dolt' make her attempt to kick Yuu's ass feebly, though. Yeah, she can't look at it, but she guessed that have something rude on it "You're so lucky that I can't move right now, Tsumura Yuu, otherwise I'd kick you far harder than ever before... but glad you're more of a chipper now. You used to be rather gloomy..."
She nodded at the brothers. "We goes way back. Our partners are sworn siblings, so that makes them sisters. This girl used to be a guy back then, but looks like there are some Digital juju happened and viola, lost his treasures he goes! Well... I don't even know the details. I'm not there, but... You OK, Yuu? How long has it been anyway since this happened?" finally she decided to be serious for once.
She made herself comfortable, hearing what the three have to say, before sighing. "I know what's up til the point I'm turned into a cocoon guys... but looks like Jeanne would need some time, eh?" she picked up the egg and start stroking it. "Anyway... I'll give you an update, Yuu, Kyo... Especially you, Yuu. You need to know what happened... and you too, Isaac and Elliot is it? I need you two to know about this too just in case before it's too late... anyway, anyone seen my cat bonnet?"
She regardless started her story.
"Have you seen this?" she asked, pointing at two locks of her hair that deviated from the other, looking ribbon-metal-like instead of normal. "This is side effect of prolonged biomerge. Lot of my friends have it... the reason of why we're in such state to begin with was because of some sort of war. There's a strange organization called Arbiters that seem to hellbend in chasing human out from Digital World. As of why they're not so widespread until now, I think this is because they're too busy in handling our base... Elysia. You can say that Arbiter's goal is to make Digimon grows naturally instead affected by human's action. We're like an outside factor for them.. Invader, so to say."
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Post by Manami on Nov 10, 2016 6:25:20 GMT
When Karin finally decided to get serious, Yuu just gave her a significant look. Jeez, about time she got some credit.
["I'm fine. I've been like that for ten months or so. I like to think I've grown used to this, but... well, that's evidently not true. Hopefully I'll get there one day though... especially since the chances of me going back to what I was are almost nil, in all honesty."]
When the shorter girl took Jeanne's egg, however, Kyo just pouted, evidently disappointed at the event, but at least understanding that she wouldn't return instantly.
"Aw. I wanted to play with Jeanne-nee so badly..." She grew understandably silent after those words, but she couldn't really be blamed about it.
As Karin began to tell her story, the taller blonde began to write a note, passing it to Isaac hurriedly.
You have no idea. Karin's the first person I met when I arrived to this place, and even though she has an attitude, she's a good person deep down once you prove to her that you'll have her back both on good and bad times. I thought that she had disappeared for good, but I'm glad to see her in one piece.
So, apparently her biomerge had side effects when she used it for prolonged periods of time? Well, she could get that, as Yuu herself had experienced some of Kyo's own traits. Even though they weren't as bad as having metallic ribbons for hair, that was for sure.
["Arbiters, huh? Well, that sounds like a really nasty can of worms. I guess you'll have to wait until you get Jeanne again to go back there. The rest of the guys, cept Ryouta are there, right? I should definitely try to get there and see if I can get more of you outta there. If things are as dire as for you to have gotten those injuries, I don't wanna imagine what the others are going through..."]
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Nov 20, 2016 2:03:08 GMT
The bros nodded as they listened to Karin and Yuu's story (or, in Yuu's case, read it). It sounded like the stories they had been working toward in their own right. Come to a mysterious new world, bond with the first people you meet, and through trials and tribulations eventually achieve a bond stronger than anything they could have ever imagined. Such had been the case with Maia and Alicia so far, and even their own bond had been sharpened to a razor sheen with how much trouble they have been through so far. It was interesting seeing the end destination of this bond, where even after a huge absence the two still fell right back to having each other's backs.
Of course, the rest of Karin's story was a lot less uplifting. Some of it went right over their heads. For example, they had no idea what the heck a biomerge was, or why it seemed to leave a corrupting effect on her. They did know what a war was, though, and it was something they honestly hadn't expected to hear about. Something about the Digital World made skirmishes sound a lot more personal, a lot more one-on-one. Could there really be wars when everyone was some sort of weapon? How would they ever end?
Whatever said war was, it seemed to be targeting humans. This was another thing confusing the bros. There seemed to be humans all over the Digital World! Was there really such a big pushback against them? Sure, some Digimon could be really cold to humans, and they weren't always the most welcome group around, but outright war against them? Honestly, the bros were amazed they hadn't found out about this sooner. Then again, judging by what Karin was saying, they had been keeping to some isolated part of the world for this sort of fighting. It certainly left a lot of questions to think about.
And yet, those many questions could basically be distilled to two.
"What can be done about it?"
"Why are they doing this?"
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