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Post by Revvie on Nov 8, 2016 3:34:01 GMT
It had been about a day after having departed from the plains. Ruru and Viere had slept along the way on the wilderness...Viere was of course unhappy with not being able to return home on the very same day, she kept quiet the entire trip. Ruru on the other hand was perfectly fine with this situation, exploring, meeting new Digimon, but Viere being so bitter about this all was somewhat concerning. How would she ever be happy if she kept being so bitter about everything?! This was her partner too!
"So....Viere, you feel better?" She asked, after closing the distance between the two. Viere just had a frown on her face and looked at her sheepishly.
"....Ruru, I've been taken from my home and to a strange world, I've had to work and have not been able to return home yet. I've had to walk long distances with my backpack on my back and a basket...." She spoke in a stern voice, Ruru looked aside awkwardly.
"I'm....I'm thinking that's a no?"
"....." Viere simply remained quiet and then sighed. "C'mon. We are starting to run out of food and drink." Viere said, nodding at her hand which currently had a near empty basket.
"Well that's cuz you eat so much." Ruru teased jokingly.
"Shush you. I'm only eating it because it would go bad if we didn't....Besides why don't you eat as much? I figured a slime like you would be glutonous..." Viere pondered out loud. Ruru, seemingly pleased with being able to start a conversation with Viere despite the rocky start, answered with a proud smile.
"As a slime I can eat whatever data I want! As I drag on the floor, I absorb the data from the ground and plants and stuff." Ruru answered. The two continued talking as they begun to enter a strange jungle like canopy of trees, they didn't really take much note of this...
"Data? What do you mean?" Viere asked curiously, slightly confused why suddenly tech talk came into the conversation.
"Digimon like me eat the data all around us! Data y'know?" Ruru gestured with her hands, outstretched and gesturing at the world.
"....I don't..." Viere answered clearly not understanding.
"In the Digital World, there is data everywhere! Everything is made from data! Even us!" Ruru explained.
"Digital...world? That's what this place is?" Viere stopped on her tracks, looking at Ruru with concern, who simply responded with a confused stare.
"I would have thought you knew this was a whole new world! A dazzling place you already knew!....about."
Viere squinted and looked at Ruru like she as some kind of idiot.
".....Really....?"
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Post by ryouta on Nov 8, 2016 5:08:11 GMT
A Grand Locomon floats above the jungle without any care in the world... but that's only because Ryouta is harvesting some raw material from nearby tree. Ilbert in his ecosystem preserving plan has put some number of quota that his master may pick for the day. More than that, he'll stop his master. The Grand Locomon moves slowly, following Ryouta... now that he think about it, one compartment is about seven meters wide and seven meters tall... How long, that he have no idea. Probably about fifty meters. This sort of unwieldiness why Ilbert rarely participate in battle... and why he's not inside that forest.
"...Well, I think this much is enough," Ryouta said, passing Ilbert the very last bucket of raw ingredient.
"Very well, young master."
Ryouta decided that the best of the action was to probably get out of here now that he's done with his business, but... somehow he heard people talking. In curiosity, he followed the voice and... somehow ended up finding a girl talking with her Digimon. Due to the sudden stop, Ryu bonked his snout on Ryouta's leg. The small dragon rubbed his nose and tried to look clearly at the duo.
"...Is that?"
"A classmate you can say," Ryouta muttered. "Hey, 'xcuse me!" he approached the two. "Are you two somehow new around here?"
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Post by Revvie on Nov 8, 2016 6:16:59 GMT
"So let me get this straight...this world is...Made out of data and code...And..." Viere began, removing her glasses and pinching the bridge of her nose as if it woul help her make heads or tails out of this.
"And we are what live here! Digital Monsters!" Ruru added cheerfully.
"...And why didn't you bother to tell me any of this...?" Viere asked her "partner" with slight frustration, as she pointed to her with her hand.
"....Teehee~?" She stuck her tongue out and gave herself a tiny bonk on her head. Viere looked like she was ready to smack her on her head harder than she did...But then suddenly another voice. Viere jumped, assuming it was another Digimon. Was there some sort of thing someone wanted help with again? She was already tired from this trip...
"Oh." Ruru peered over Viere's shoulder and looked past her. She smiled.
The sound of an engine was heard and Viere turned around to see....A body builder? Why would the..IT WAS A HUMAN?! Viere looked shocked at meeting another human...even though the Yasyamon already informed her of there being a bunch of em already, she was still perplexed at finding another human out here in this...whatever world.
"....H...Hello...Uh yes. We are uh...W-Well I am and uh..." Viere's amazing social skills were clearly shinning right now. When it came to other humans...yeah, Viere wasn't too well versed, specially when it's some body builder. It was kind of intimidating for her. He looked strangely familiar too...
"Heeeey!" Ruru took over, skidding in front of Viere and eying the human.
"Nice to meet you! I am Ruru and this is Viere! Are you human too? You look so much different to Viere!" Ruru got closer to the young man and started to run circles around him, as if taking in his full appearance. She then noticed the small dragon by his side.
"Oh! You are 100% a Digimon! Cute too! Hiii!!"
Viere was clearly embarrassed by her partner acting all hyperactive...she was kind of speechless..
"....s-sorry about her she's uh..."
"A slime!"
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Post by ryouta on Nov 8, 2016 7:10:50 GMT
"Viere Kayos, right?" Ryouta asked to the girl and deciding to ignore the slime for a while. "Last year we was in the same class. Name's Noguchi Ryouta. I think I made it in news that I was missing and then dead?"
Probably that came out as way too sudden but whatever. He now turned to Ruru who looking at Ryu and called him cute. The small dragon blushed and muttered "Aw shucks" while trying to cover hiss snout in vain.
"I'm a boy, Viere is a girl. That's the basic difference." Ryouta said. "Anyway, what are you doing here in wilderness? Are you lost?"
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Post by Revvie on Nov 8, 2016 7:39:31 GMT
"How did y--" Viere was about to ask, but Ryouta continued speaking, saying his name and mentioning how he had gone missing way back when...That's right...that's why she felt his face was familiar. Back then a classmate went missing and was presumed dead...He looked...less buff...She couldn't remember right what he looked like, but she was sure he wasn't THIS buffed up. Besides how did he even remember her?
"....How do you even remember me...?" She asked in a somewhat defensive voice...another thing that bothered her was the fact that this had happened about a year ago, yet...yet he was still here? Does this mean that once you're here...you can't go back? Viere's expression turned grim as she asked the following.
"Is there...no way back? You've been here for a year right..?" Viere seemed extremely concerned and anxious to find out the answer.
Meanwhile Ruru answered for Viere, as well as for herself.
"Oh! Boy and girl! What are those exactly? Also we were heading to the south to find a big city with Trailmons! Viere wants to find one!" Ruru told him as she turned back to the little dragon and with greedy eyes asked.
"Can I cuddle you pleeeeeeeeeeeease~?" Her tentacle hair wriggled excitedly.
Viere somehow felt less grim and concerned....Ruru did know how to ruin a mood didn't she?
".......Ruru...stop yourself before you suffocate someone..." She peered at her slimy partner...who seemed to ignore her words and continue waiting for an answer...
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Post by ryouta on Nov 8, 2016 11:21:21 GMT
"Hmmm, it's hard not to..." Ryouta said. "I mean we haven't talked personally all that much, but the way you play your alter ego Prism Darkness was... how to say, very amusing. It just stuck out until now.... well I just dislike how you're evaded in the class too. I was going to talk to you before my disappearance.... well, too bad it didn't happened. Anyway... I'm not trapped in here for a year because I didn't find a way out. Why don't we first come to my transportation? We'll get you there." he said, of course after he made a defensive gesture toward Ryu, trying to stop Ruru to give the small dragon a trauma.
The gigantic train from above suddenly descends few meters in front of them. The compartment door opened wide with a butler stepping out of it.
"I've descended as per order, Young master," Ilbert told him. "We're ready to head to Terminus immediately."
"Ah, great. Why don't we continue the talk inside then? Come in, don't be shy."
He gets inside first, followed by Ryu. The butler seem to await for Viere and Ruru to get inside.
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Post by Revvie on Nov 8, 2016 12:42:25 GMT
Viere immediately felt her heart sink and her whole body turn bright red from sheer embarrassment of being reminded of her..."amusing" self from back then, when she had her fairly interesting Chuunibyou experience. Never again. With Ryouta talking more and more about her from back then, she simply looked down as if to cover her blushing face and her expression which was just sheer awkward embarrassment.
"T-T-Th-That's enough! Mo-Move on!" She stuttered out nervously....She didn't even take into account the fact that he could have been around back then...Oh god what sort of trolling was this?!
Meanwhile Ruru's....victim, did not reply.
"I'll take the silence as a yes!" Ruru smiled brightly, her tentacles and her hands reaching to the small dragon Digimon and hugging it very tightly, wrapping her arms around him.
"Sooooo cuddly and scaly!" she cheered, slowly causing the Digimon to sink. Viere immediately shot her gaze back up and dashed towards Ruru.
"Sto-Stop! Ruru you're gonna suffocate them!" Viere tried pulling but her hands sank right into Ruru's back, who turned her head back.
"Awww but why?" she whined, her grip loosened.
"Did you not just hear me???" Viere yelled, Ruru simply pouted.
"Oh poo, fiiiiine. It wasn't that bad right little buddy?" Ruru let go of her victim, leaving the Digimon covered in slime.
"Ugh...God...Sorry...uh...Noguchi-san...Uh..And you...Digimon." Viere bowed politely to Ryouta, almost forgetting that they were around the same age...must be his physique, it somewhat made her self conscious of her own.
Afterwhich letting him know about their destination, suddenly...a train came from the sky and spoke. A...Train. Viere looked up in shock...Sure she knew Trailmon were Digimon too but it was still just flabberghasting.
"W-Wait transportation? Uh..." Viere eyed the GranLocomon with doubt...She wasn't too sure how okay she was with entering a living being...She saw Ryouta hop in and gestured her to come by.
"Te-Terminus?"
"Is that the name of the city down at the south? We gotta go there for the trailmons y'see!" Ruru told him with a smile, already hopping on the Locomon without a single care. Viere was the only one left, still seemingly stunned...until he realised she was the only one outside.
"R...Right...er....excuse me...uh...T..Trailmon...?" She very hesitantly entered the Digimon, but not before very quickly shaking a little of the dirt off her shoes. She thought it wouldn't be too nice to have dirty people uh...ENTER you. God...that gave her some weird thoughts. Stop that.
After from the outside it already looked real advanced... the inside was....well, if first class was real fancy, this must be some kind of presidential, diamond executive first omega zero awesome class. What the hell was this?! Viere who had only ever travelled on economic class and public transport...and who lived on a medium class wage...What the hell. This was way too fancy?! The seats looked like they were made from such fine materials... the inside looked like one of those futuristic trains you would see parents rave about in facebook posts.
"U...UHH..." Viere was pretty speechless...this was so different from normal public transport.
"Oooooh fancy place you have here MR.BigTrailmon! Don't mind me!" Ruru brightfully pointed to herself, mainly referring to the slime she was dripping.
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Post by ryouta on Nov 8, 2016 13:07:29 GMT
Of course Ryu was thinking that he was going to be hugged and doesn't mind it--UNTIL ALMOST ALL OF HIS FACE SINKS INTO THAT SLIME. The poor Dracomon flailing about, trying to somehow let go from that torture In panic. In desire to save his partner, Ryouta quickly grabbed the slime's face and pushes it back. "OFF FROM MY PARTNER DAMMIT! YOU'RE SUFFOCATING HIM!!"
Luckily there's Viere to the rescue. The Dracomon now wet with goo... but he doesn't exactly focused on his condition. He's looking at Ruru like looking at a torture machine. A really big torture machine that also doubles as capital punishment machine. Poor Ryu... when Ryouta asked if he's OK...
"...I think Mana-chan's hug now would feel like heaven, Aniki..."
...Of course this made Ryouta's impression of Ruru drops a lot.... rock bottom if one can say.
"I'm a Grand Locomon," Ilbert in his human formed double explained. "Please make yourself at ho---" no need to say it apparently. While Viere been very decent, Ilbert cannot help but to twitch slightly at the impolite Digimon who decided to have no common courtesy. Not only that, his impression of her wasn't exactly the best from that situation from back then. Not only that, it almost looks as if there's a vein popping on Ryouta's forehead.
"...Ilbert, bring me some sake, please."
"At once, young master."
He seriously tempted to close to other compartment so this abomination of slimy airhead won't go there... actually, apparently Ilbert already doing it. He sat on one of the chair.
"Please have a seat..."
"Ah, young master, apparently lady Yuu asked your presence in Whitewater at once. There's some new job for us."
"Is that so? Very well. Inform her that we'll go. Sorry, looks like there's change of plan, but we'll go to a city nonetheless. You can fetch some train to go to Terminus."
"Certainly, sir."
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Post by Revvie on Nov 9, 2016 5:13:40 GMT
Ruru had always severely underestimated how strong her hugs were, not only that, it always slipped her mind that she would unconsciously make them sink into her...not to mention she was too much of an airhead to even realise her own mistake. As Ryouta looked at Ruru like she's some monster, which technically, she was. She simply cocked her head to the side, looking innocent, not really knowing why he was looking at her the way he was. Maybe she had something on her face.
Once on, Viere could feel the...tension between everyone and...well, Ruru. She wasn't the most well mannered mon, having born in the wild and with no real example set. Viere was slightly shocked...Wasn't he 16 too? Asking for sake...She guessed being in a whole new world meant no more rules and the such...But still. As he offered a seat, Viere nodded somewhat awkwardly.
"R..Right, thank you." She answered, taking a seat. Ruru remained standing, Viere looked over to her.
"....Aren't you going to...?"
"Nah! I'm quite fine just standing!" She smiled, as she stood next to the seat Viere had taken.
After overhearing them mention some other city, Viere looked somewhat confused.
"...Are Whitewater and Terminus two different cities? Which one's the one with the Trailmon?" Viere asked, somewhat concerned. "I...I came here somehow...Yesterday, I was going home from school and then when I took my train and took a nap, I suddenly woke up arriving in the middle of nowhere near a forest..." She explained.
"That's where we met and I gave her her Digithingy! Viere wants to find that same trailmon that brought her to get her back to her home!"
"...if it even can..." She looked aside worryingly bothered by this possibility, she wondered about Ryouta. If he's been here for a year...then...How long would she be stuck in here for?
"Aww don't give up! I'm sure if we ask nicely enough you'll be able to go back!" Ruru spoke in high spirits, trying to cheer her up and patting her shoulder. Strangely enough, it did not get wet at all, only a tiny little damp, but still clean.
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Post by ryouta on Nov 9, 2016 6:40:37 GMT
"Both are with Trailmon," Ryouta answered. "But the one with exit to real world is Terminus. Don't worry. In return I'll pay for your fare. It's just that I'm in emergency, see.." He took a sake served by Ilbert. "...Yeah, I know I'm underage, but something happened to me that made it hard to not resist few cup after a particularly stressing day. 5% alcoholic content is still better than Chardonnay..." he muttered. "Plus Digital World doesn't have drinking restriction in the wilderness. Give or take."
He seem to sweatdrop at how she said something about sleeping inside a Trailmon though. It was supposed to be in a broken, locked platform and yet somehow she still could reach it in some way or another. He understood immediately what Viere is afraid of though.
"...Well, the only reason as of why I'm here was apparently I was held in some fight for a year. You're not involved, so you, like many other people, should be able to come and go as you please. It's not that hard... well, your only problem is that sometimes Trailmon are... very moody and refuses to just ferry one person to any destination. So you'd need lot of food to bribe it in case you want it to go exactly to your direction. Either that or money... either that I'm willing to paid and see if you could reach your destination."
He suddenly clapped his hands. "I'm sure you're hungry so... Ilbert, please bring something fitting for the lady."
"At once, young master."
In about twenty minutes, appetizer came. It's soup and bread. Of course the quality is so Ilbert-like.
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Post by Revvie on Nov 9, 2016 8:49:14 GMT
Well that made things complicated, which one were they going to? The one with the way back home or the other one he needed to go to? Whitewater was it? Turns out they would be going to Whitewater first. Viere seemed slightly bothered by this...but she wasn't about to complain. They just offered to give her a ride and pay her fare, that was good enough. After explaining about the sake....Viere still couldn't see it...but to each their own.
"...O..Okay." She simply answered, looking aside and wondering what Chardonnay was....well from the context, it sounds like just another alcoholic drink. But what he said following that shocked her. There WAS a way out..? She felt like a big burden had just been lifted from her, Ruru clapped happily for her partner's relief.
"Horray! See? I told you!" Ruru's tentacle hair wriggled happily. However Ryouta did add that some Trailmon would be real picky and bothersome to deal with..so even if they do get to them, trying to convince one to take her home would be hard as is...
"Maledizione...Even if I do find one I gotta convince it...But at least I know I can go back...But money...or food..." Viere thought to herself out loud, pondering about how to convince...well a train. She couldn't just give it her food, both her and Ruru needed it, well mainly Viere, and money...Do Digimon accept Japanese currency? Maybe Italian...or not. Suddenly she heard a clap, which broke her concentration, she looked at Ryouta who had called in food...Viere wasn't against that, but she already had her basket with...well, 3 more sandwiches and...strangely enough, most of the bottled lemonade...Ruru never had any.
"N-No don't worry uhm...Me and Ruru already have some uh..." She pulled the basket to her knees and displayed it..well, almost empty. Ruru simply smiled.
"Well, it's almost empty." She commented.
Well while the food was coming...Viere had to ask.
".....And uh...why haven't you gone back? Or thought about it? I'm sure everyone is worried sick about you..." Viere asked cautiously, not knowinf if she was stepping in a landmine or not. Ruru simply remained on her spot as she peered around the place, kind of just taking the whole look of it all in, her hair slowly swaying. She occasionally glanced at Ryouta and Ryu.
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Post by ryouta on Nov 9, 2016 9:26:06 GMT
"Like I said," Ryouta had to reiterate again--he wonder if this is because of the girl being nervous or he's just that bad at explaining? "It's generally. The train will ask you for a fare and you're mostly not going there alone. There are just too many passenger that goes to Terminus and back to the real world. But if you just happened to not be in the train that also have several more people in it, high chance you need to pay for the fare share alone. And even if that happened, for now I'll pay for the fare, so rest assured, don't worry."
Still, looks like none of the two got food, so maybe they really deserved food afterall... Well, Ryouta's expression would stay pleasant had not Viere asked why he didn't came home... then a look of surprise just erased his previous smile and... he merely smiled sadly and looked outside, where the train is going at pleasant pace.
"...Well... how to say... Ilbert, did you have that still?"
The butler nodded respectfully and brought interactive tablet for Viere to read about the news.
"...That was... about a month after I'm declared missing. My parents just vacated the house, no one is there anymore and there are no sign of them anywhere... It's not that 'I haven't came back'... It's 'I have returned and ended up having to see my house is not there anymore, no family, no friend and everyone thought that I was dead and moved on with their life'"
Never once since her question that he spared a glance to her. He seem tried to held back tears that about to well up.
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Post by Revvie on Nov 9, 2016 11:11:04 GMT
"Well...that simplifies things.." Viere noted, giving a small nod...She understood it better now. She just needed to wait for a time in which people would head back? So it was like a normal train with a normal schedule..Except it was alive. The thought of that came back to mind and it still weirded her out.
Viere took note of the sudden change in demeanor in Ryouta's expression and knew she asked something she shouldn't have. Ruru blinked as they read what was on the tablet. As he explained Viere felt really bad for bringing up old wounds...She can't imagine how terrible it must have been...Going back to nothing. She looked at his distant expression. She glanced up, with a sad look on her face and then back down to the article. Ruru frowned saddened...She who had been born alone couldn't quite understand how he felt. She tried imagining what it would be like to suddenly lose Viere and then hear that she has left her behind..If Ruru could cry she would, but being a slime held its misfortunes as well. For once she didn't know what to say.
"....I-I'm sorry for bringing this up...I...I really am." Viere said, closing her eyes and handing the tablet back.
"I can't...imagine how.." She bit her lip, looking at the ground and stopping herself from speaking as she felt like no matter what she said right now it wouldn't change much, not to mention it might be insensitive of her to keep going.
"I...I'm sure one day you'll see them again...I-I'm sure of it...! I believe it..." Ruru tried to cheer him up, but the topic was such a sad one she felt all her high spirits leave her, her hair slumping down...she trully did wish for it though.
The two remained quiet, sort of keeping their gazes to themselves, Viere occasionally glancing at Ryouta.
The food arrived and Viere looked at her reflection in the soup. She silently took a deep breath through her nose. She may feel bad about this but the one feeling worse is probably Ryouta.
"...Thank you for the food." Viere simply said politely.
"Yes..thank you for uhm...the yummy looking food for Viere!" Ruru tried to change back to happy. Viere looked over to Ruru.
"Don't you...uh, want some?"
Ruru smiled and shook her head.
"N-Nah, I'm alright still." She answered slightly suspiciously.
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Post by ryouta on Nov 10, 2016 15:22:30 GMT
"Well, it's OK, no one's blaming you. Well, I got that it's harmless question, but... yeah, sorry too. I should've dealt with that better. Anyway... I'm not giving up just yet. I mean, my house might be not there anymore, but the shop my father have somehow still there and there's no 'sold' or change in the interior, so it might be still under his name. Maybe if I somehow get the key... I can reopen it and finally tell my parents that I'm alive."
...Ruru's reaction to the soup was... a bit odd. Ryouta raised an eyebrow and honestly wondered why she don't want one, but doesn't think much about it. He sipped more of his wine and finally returned to the usual mood. "Anyway, please don't worry anymore about me and just eat. I'm not alone now, though. I got a cousin that apparently got clue about the missing case, so I'll be probably return to my normal life sooner or later."
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Post by Revvie on Nov 10, 2016 23:58:57 GMT
The two were thankful Ryouta didn't take their prying to heart, nor did he take much offense, but Viere still felt some level of guilt. She felt so lucky to be able to have a place to return to with her mother and father. Ruru nodded as Ryouta confirmed he would not give up in finding them.
"Th-That's good! Never give up! Fight!" Ruru fist pumped the air triumphantly after he was finished.
Viere wondered what kind of store Ryouta's father had...It made her remember of her father's restaurant back in Italy. She wondered how he was doing...and even wondered about the possibility of taking over once her father retires. He did always like mentioning how one day he wanted to try something like getting a farm, her father was a dreamer sometimes.
Viere was just as confused as Ryouta about Ruru not wanting food. She barely ate compared to her...maybe it's like she said before, because she's a slime she absorbs the data from the ground as she walks over it...but does data equal food for her?
"Well...that's good."
"What's a cousin?" Ruru asked curiously, looking at Viere who was about to eat some bread.
"Uh...they are like...someone who's part of your family but less loosly related? I don't know how to explain without first having to explain parents." Viere answered, eyeing her bread and soup.
"....And family!" Ruru laughed awkwardly a little.
"...I'll explain it later." Viere simply answered, not wanting to spend the whole time explaining when she could be eating.
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