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I'm Not That Bad, I Swear! (Asher)
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Post by Asher on Dec 19, 2016 6:24:33 GMT
Oops. It looked like Asher had broken the younger teen. He watched, amused, as Isaac opened and closed his mouth. Huh. Neat! But, now that words were spilling out, the redhead lifted his hands to shrug. "People have tried to change me before, and it doesn't work! Just because other people don't like me, it doesn't mean that I have to dislike them." After all, that didn't mean there was a problem with him in all the instances. Show business was one full of dirty tricks and plenty of people that wanted to see everyone else fail. If that hadn't broken him, Isaac certainly couldn't!
...Oh. Wait. Maybe, he was just too broken to notice it, at this point!
"In all fairness, if you had kept them open, I was going to start poking each, individual eye. If we're being honest," Asher admitted, with a grin. That didn't sound insane at all, nope! But, hey, could anyone blame him? They were gross and unnerving! Nothing should have that many eyes! Ever!
Well, at least the possession thing seemed highly unlikely from what Isaac was saying. And, it shed a little more light on Karin. With any luck, he wouldn't find whatever part of the Digital World that she had explored. After all, it must have been unpleasant. But, he wasn't going to mention any of it to the girl. She'd kick both of them for even breathing her name, he imagined!
Okay. So they were pretending to be dead monsters. That wasn't going to ease the nightmares. "All I can imagine is climbing into a dead creature's skin," the young man mumbled with a shudder. Ew. That was a horrible thought. But, were little fire-imps and yellow foxes really ancient heroes? Eh, they were probably the stubborn ones that were being mentioned.
"I don't know," he admitted again, trying to think about what questions he could have. After all, the main one was just repeating the question of what he was, over and over again, until some satisfaction would be found. But, Asher knew it wouldn't be that easy. "I kind of forgot what I was going to say! Aside from, you know, being pissed that I was the last one to know about Mr. Whiskers." After being laughed at for not knowing cat anatomy, he was a little bitter, to say the least. "I want to ask about the fireball-thing you made, but you seem a little out of it, so maybe another time!" Oh, yeah, he had no clue how the weird attack-things worked. Were they just instinctual? Or, did the user need to study some sort of stupid magic? Everything was too vague! "What are the usual questions that are asked during this stuff?"
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Dec 19, 2016 6:37:46 GMT
The mental image of someone poking Devidramon all over the eyespots was so absurd that Isaac couldn't help but burst into laughter over it. All of his fatigue and stress practically poured out as he laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Maybe Asher wasn't the only crazy one around here. But that's okay. After such a weary day, maybe they earned the right to be a little crazy. Slowly he recovered, bracing himself against a tree to make sure he didn't just fall right over from the absurdity of that statement. "You know, of all the reactions in the world, I can't say I expected that one!" he coughed out, his smile back now.
Of course, a much more sensible reaction was his reaction to them being Spirit Users. "I was hoping neither of us would have to phrase it that way. Like, at all," he said. "If it helps, Digimon reincarnate, so this is way less weird for them than it is for us. Oh god, no, that still makes it sound super weird. Okay! I bet if I can't think of a good way to phrase it, Alicia can. And if Alicia can't, her spirits can. 'Cause I'm trying my best here, but I'm really not that great at the whole ancient wisdom thing."
At mention of the fireball Isaac instinctively clutched his Digivice, but it sputtered out with a sad farting noise. "Heh. Looks like I'm too pooped to get this thing working again," Isaac remarked, shrugging. If he was an actual Digimon, he'd be locked into a baby form right now! Then again, warning Asher that Digimon totally had the potential to regress into babies would've probably scared the poor guy even worse! What if he flirted with a cute Angewomon, and then she turned into a Botamon on him? That'd just be rude!
"Okay, so, that's an attack. Because life just couldn't make it easy for us, even if it makes it kinda cool. Every Digimon's got different things they can do. The trick's finding out how to use them," he explained. "It can be a bit confusing sometimes. After all, they don't exactly teach you how to sling fireballs in school. And you should've seen Elliot try to adapt to a tail the first time he spirit Digivolved. Poor guy kept on wobbling because of how much it threw off his balance. Its another one of those things where you get more comfortable the more time you spend in your body. Like, you could turn invisible. That's a pretty big deal, y'know!
Really, it comes down to instinct and knowledge. If you find anyone like you it can be valuable asking them how to do it, but a lot of it's just focusing really, really hard on trying to do something. Or you could luck out and get something simple, like "hits people with a club really hard." Man, those forms are a nice break."
At the question of questions, Isaac shuffled a little. "Hmm. That's a tricky one. I mean, does "oh god what is this?" count. But I think we're past this one, or at least started getting past it," Isaac remarked. "A lot of times people ask what kind of places there are in the Digital World. Or what kind of people there are in the Digital World. But I think in that case showing might be easier than telling.
What do you say? In the mood for a quick trip?" Don't make it sound so normal, Isaac! Then again, when he's been doing this for half a year, it's easy to be kinda blase about it.
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Post by Asher on Dec 19, 2016 7:01:24 GMT
Well, nobody could say that Asher was always predictable! But, he actually made Isaac smile! In a totally legitimate manner! Oh, and almost fall down from laughter. But, that only made it better. It had been a while since he felt like someone was actually laughing about something that was actually funny, rather than just at the teen. It was strangely warming.
And that made it frightening.
Clamping his canine tooth down on the tip of his tongue, the teen continued to smile. It was weird, what the mind told someone to do to avoid forms of discomfort! Such as digging teeth into their own muscles to bring peace of mind! Distractions!
But, man, Isaac really seemed to talk up this Alicia person. "Alicia sounds all-knowing," the redhead commented, cheerfully. "Should I assume she's been doing this for years, or something?" If only he realized that the two of them were a lot closer in age than he was thinking! As of now, he was imagining a much older woman, with sagely advice!
Hearing the sound from the digivice, yellow eyes went wide. What the heck was that? "Like I said, another time. I doubt I'm going to have to worry about fireballs any time soon, anyway." Or, uh, whatever his sprite did. But, he listened to the difficulties of being a Digimon, with hesitance. Elliot had a hard time with his tail? Weird. Renamon's just kind of moved as if it was it's own thing. He didn't even realize it was there unless it bumped something!
"Is it?" Asher hummed, thinking about the weird invisibility thing. "It seems pretty touchy. I don't know." Then again, a lot of people wished for invisibility as their super power. Shouldn't he be happy about that? "I'm still stuck on the fact that, under all that fur, apparently there's uh," keep it kid-friendly, Asher! What if Elliot walked in on this conversation? "She has a chest." Yeah, that worked. Hopefully. Unless Isaac was really, really dense.
But, hearing about the Digital World, the teen shrugged. "I never actually thought about it," he admitted, with a smile. Of course he hadn't. He was too busy focusing on some sort of bodily crisis! Though, that made him think about something. "Uh, sure, if you want." Wasn't Isaac just getting irritated a little bit ago, about how Asher had found him outside of work?
Pulling his digivice into one palm, the teen began to click the buttons a little. "Do you think someone there knows how to turn off the, uh, alarm-clock-map-feature-thing, by the way?" With another press of a button, the device began beeping. "It's just kind of been... going off, whenever it wants. It's getting annoying." Turning the item to face Isaac, a map flickered onto the screen, with a little dot seeming to indicate something. "Unless, you know how to fix it?"
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Dec 19, 2016 7:15:52 GMT
"Huh? Oh, no, she's been doing it about as long as we have. But her spirits are, like, ancient. So I'm pretty sure they're legit close to all-knowing," Isaac explained. Or at least Sol is. Kisara was more like all-trolling. He swore, if Asher learned about Alicia turning into a younger body and then flirting with him because Kisara thought it'd be a fun idea . . .
Okay. No need to dwell on that! Although finding out that Alicia was a young woman and not some kind of magic Digimon sage would probably send Asher for a loop. Then again, if Elliot had his way, that would always be the reaction. Why did Elliot always insist on playing matchmaker with people?
Isaac's inner monologue was interrupted when he remembered that Asher totally became a girl. He tried his best to avoid snickering about that, but a few still escaped. "I completely forgot about that," he said, hoping to excuse himself through that. "Man, that has to suck! I didn't even know spirits could do that. I mean, Alicia's are based on a male Digimon, and she's still feminine in them. Heck, she actually got kinda upset at Elliot when he thought otherwise. Wow, you must've drawn a really awkward straw there." Isaac, you're not helping by pointing out how weird it is! "But hey. That's, like, a one in a million chance, I'm sure. Maybe you'll get luckier with the next one."
Which may have been coming sooner than Isaac thought. He looked at Asher's Digivice, trying to get a sense as to where the dot was pointing. "Alright, promise not to get mad? But that's another one of your spirits," Isaac said. "I mean, hey. Elliot and I were stuck as a pair of imps for almost a month! So you really hit the jackpot getting out of your little form so soon. Only question is, what's a spirit doing close enough that we can already pick up on it?
This could get a bit hairy. Spirits usually come from eventful things happening. And eventful things aren't always friendly," Isaac explained. "I'll have Elliot hurry up, so he doesn't miss this. But you might want to be prepared in case we need to fight our way out of a situation. I hate to ask this so soon, but could you Digivolve again?"
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Post by Asher on Dec 19, 2016 7:42:26 GMT
"If you laugh more, I'm going to bite you," the teen threatened, deadpan. The worst part with Asher was that nobody knew if that was something he would legitimately do! Regardless, it would really be for the best if Isaac didn't test it.
Wait, what? A girl had a male spirit, but it manifested as female? Was that what he was understanding? But, the way Isaac was talking was not making Asher feel any better. Arms crossed tightly over his chest, almost as if trying to hug himself. "You're rubbing in the weirdness, and that just makes it more weird," he pointed out, grumpily. A blush brushed over the teen's face, while he tried to avoid eye contact for a short while. Was he really an enigma? "Maybe." Why did he feel so doubtful about that? But, hey, it really couldn't get worse than a female furry, right?
But, the realization of what was on the screen was more confusing than anything else. "Are you telling me that I have to go and find these things?" Oof. He didn't sound excited. People needed to give him better warnings about these things. But, he needed even further clarification. "Please tell me that you're not meaning literal hairy. I'm tired of furries." Please. Please, no more fur.
Asher didn't need to think much on if he could digivolve or not. Was it really that tiring? Isaac could do it like seven times, before he had to stop. Was it normal for newbies to be so pitiful that they couldn't even do it twice? "Yeah? Unless it's because you want to stare at my girly figure. Then, no, you're creepy and you already have a girlfriend," the redhead huffed, playfully, with his tongue sticking out. "Anyway, the map looks like it's directing us to the train station. Do you want to tell Elliot to meet us there?" Then, there was a pause, as the young man seemed to process something. "Elliot's going to see me turn into a lady-fox. I suddenly don't think I'm okay with this." Really? Did his image in front of a kid matter that much?!
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Dec 19, 2016 7:58:04 GMT
Right. Activity. That made Ashers sad. "Yeah. That's the rub about being a spirit user," Isaac said. "Most Digimon can just power up to new forms, but we're stuck hunting for ours. Thankfully, our Digivices help show us the way, so it isn't too bad." Okay, so it was kind of inconvenient and somewhat frustrating. Sometimes even terrifying. But Isaac was trying to be good cop here, darnit, not bad cop! Karin seemed to have already put too much fear in Asher's heart to be healthy. Maybe he'd ask her about that later, but something told him it'd be best to avoid her bad side.
At mention of furries, Isaac raised an eyebrow. He had no idea how to break this next part to Asher. Sure, there really weren't that many, but Leomon existed so that cancelled all of the goodwill out. "If it helps, they're far from common. You'll see way more robots, and dragons, and knights, and angels. And regular-type animals. Besides, the next spirit you get is usually way more human-like, so I doubt there's gonna be much fur left in your future." Furries were really the domains of sprites, from what Isaac had seen so far. Beast spirits were usually flat-out beasts, rather than anything like that. So now Asher was in the clear!
Isaac snickered a little at Asher's statement, shaking his head. He didn't see Asher that way at all, even if he had to admit he was built. "Nah. But I'm glad to know I can count on you if this gets dangerous," Isaac said. "Honestly, with all the . . . concerns you had about this form, I was almost afraid you'd just flat-out not want to Digivolve. So I'm glad you're at least stepping up to the plate this time.
I'll text Elliot to head to the train station. 'Course, knowing him, the second he heard we had Digimon stuff going on he was already making his way over there. He can be real savvy when he wants to be." Nonetheless, Isaac fired off a quick text to be sure, hoping Elliot wouldn't mind changing course. "Finding the right place is a no-brainer. Its the only terminal that's full of talking trains," he clarified. "And don't worry about Elliot. He's a good kid. I doubt he'll tease you over how foxy you look." Da-dun, tsh!
With that said and done, Isaac started leading the way to Shibuya station.
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Post by Asher on Dec 19, 2016 8:17:24 GMT
This digimon thing was shaping up to be way too much effort. Darn it. Was there any way to just buy these things online? Asher supposed if it were that easy, people would already be doing it. But, at least it didn't sound like the digital world was just full of fuzzy people. Not, uh, that there was anything wrong with that. But, it really wasn't his sort of thing!
"I don't want to," Asher replied, flatly, as he began walking. "But, Karin and Jeanne used 'dangerous' a lot when they were trying to drill this stuff into my head. And, I'd rather be prepared for that, in case it's going to find me." Or, more, in case he had to keep his sister safe. He didn't really know if anything bad would come from rejecting this sort of life, but he wasn't going to risk it.
Meicoomon finally hopped up from her spot at the base of a tree, scurrying toward her human without a word. After all, she didn't want to be stranded here! It would be really boring!
And, the teen added with a shrug, "I was born to take whatever role I was given," quite literally, "so, what if this is just another one?" Maybe, a more meaningful one than appearing on televisions and monitors. Or, something to help keep the redhead grounded somehow. Though, really, it sounded more like Digimon made people less connected with the reality that everyone else knew. This was going to be tricky.
Eyes shifted downward, feeling his phone vibrate in his pocket. Biting his lip, Asher pulled out the device, hesitating. It would be little surprise that Piper was calling him, of all people. She probably wanted to know what he wanted for dinner, or something. Teeth clamped down on flesh harder, as his thumb hovered over the red circle on the screen. With a shaky breath, the button was pressed, and the phone was stuffed back into his pocket.
Recovering quickly, if only seemingly, yellow eyes shifted to Isaac. "Correction. If you ever make another fox pun again, I'm going to bite you." Again, don't test him!
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Dec 19, 2016 8:32:25 GMT
Isaac nodded. Karin may have heavily emphasized the danger above all else, but he had a feeling she had her reasons. Nevertheless, it was a terrible intro for a newcomer! "It can be," Isaac said. "But that's mostly if you bite off more than you can chew. Some people make that their business. I'm kinda guilty of that sometimes. But if you stick to the cities, bring a buddy or two, and keep up with your training, it can also be a real relaxing place to spend the day. I mean, just because all Digimon can fight doesn't mean they all fight all the time. Sometimes you get to just sit back, enjoy a beachside view, go mountain climbing or spelunking, and see some of the biggest, most unique cities around.
There. That sound a bit better than the deadliest place since Space Australia?"
At mention of taking any role he was given, Isaac couldn't help but smirk. "Even Ashnard?" he asked teasingly. "Man, its gonna break his little heart when he finds out you hated the role he wrote just for you. Gave you the biggest castle in the kingdom and everything." At least it was clear from Isaac's voice he was just screwing around, though. Elliot's writing wasn't a winner all the time, after all.
Upon noticing Asher fiddling with his phone, and for once not texting back, Isaac gave him a gentle pat on the shoulder. He knew this had to be one of the hardest decisions that Asher had ever made, and physical contact seemed to at least help cheer him up. Of course, at repeat mention of Asher biting, Isaac promptly retracted the hand. He wasn't gonna take that risk!
Elliot was waiting expectantly at the station, waving once the duo arrived like his life depended on it. "Hey! How'd it go, you two?" Elliot asked, clearly more concerned about Asher at the moment. "Are you feeling pkay? I know this must be a lot to take in. I mean, I'm still trying to process a lot of it.
If you need anything I'm here for you, okay?" How could anyone ever doubt that face?
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Post by Asher on Dec 19, 2016 8:50:42 GMT
"What's Space Australia?" Actually, the redhead suspected he didn't want to know. But, the question had come out before he was able to process if he really wanted an answer. Ah well, too late now. Hopefully, it would be shrugged off.
Eyes widened, flashing to Isaac again, "do not tell him that I don't want to be an awful dragon! It would break Elliot's heart! Or, maybe it wouldn't. Asher didn't know the kid well enough, but there was no way he wanted to dampen Elliot's mood! He was too nice! "If I have to, I will pretend that I love that stupid dragon to the point I'd put on a replica costume of it. No singing, though." He'd rather swallow a pin cushion, needles out, if it got him out of singing while pretending to be a dumb dragon.
It was weirdly true that physical contact brought some sort of comfort to the teen. But, teeth flashed in a grin when it was retracted. "But, that was the nicest you've been to me! You don't want to test it?" Of course, this was joking. He, uh, wouldn't bite the hand that comforted him, right?
Okay, yeah, he would.
With Elliot in sight, Asher waved just as enthusiastically. A different mask for a different person, it seemed. "I think it's going great! I think Isaac and I are really starting to bond!" Don't make it creepy, don't make it creepy, don't make it creepy. Okay, in the clear. Maybe. "I feel great, I mean, why wouldn't I? I get to see your face." Oops. Might've made it creepy.
Mr. Whiskers climbed onto her human's shoulder, letting out a pleasant-sounding meow to the boy that she hadn't met yet. Until she was positive nobody that shouldn't find her abnormal couldn't hear her, she wasn't going to say a word!
Elliot was so innocent. And friendly. "Thanks, but I'm sure everything will turn out fine." Or not. But, stay optimistic! While Isaac might have seen cracks in the facade earlier, Elliot still hadn't. If at all possible, it seemed that Asher wanted to keep things that way. He was stronger than that.
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Dec 19, 2016 17:47:16 GMT
The whole way back, Isaac could barely help himself from grinning about Asher's goofy overreaction to the idea of upsetting Elliot. At least considering Ashnard was a shapshifter, he wouldn't have to wear some kind of overelaborate dragon costume! But that was exactly how Isaac pictured it nonetheless, because that was the goofiest possible way of interpreting Asher's words. It was certainly a surprising thing to learn about Asher, at least. Did he really care about Elliot that much that he'd go so over the top for him? It was actually really sweet!
Another, less surprising thing was learning how much Asher liked physical contact. But was it really to the point of being disappointed when Isaac broke contact? It seemed today had been a really illuminating day for getting to know the strange, closed book. Briefly, Isaac wondered if he had inadvertently become Asher's confidant. Well, considering before he had just matter-of-factly opened up about nobody liking him, Isaac didn't quite mind that. Better to do something good for a guy he felt questionable about than contribute to making things worse.
"Oh, thank goodness!" Elliot said, grinning. "I was starting to get worried about you two. Don't mind my bro for being a porcupine!" Of course, Elliot's mirth soon gave way to a shy smile and a big blush on his face at Asher's next comment. "O-oh, thank you!" he said, Isaac quickly shooting the two a "hey, no" look. No encouraging Elliot's goofiness, Asher!
Seeing that Asher seemed a bit more confident, Elliot nodded. "Great! I'm glad to hear you're feeling confident about this. We're gonna make sure you'll have a way better first day than we did, trust me," he chirped. He walked as he talked, brushing his hip up against one scanner. It beeped, a slightly lower tone than most of the scanners in the station did, and let Elliot through the gate. "C'mon, this way!"
As the group entered the conspicuously empty hallway, Elliot turned excitedly to Asher. "So! Can I see your Digimon form? Isaac told me it looked really cool," Elliot said. God damnit Isaac!
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Post by Asher on Dec 19, 2016 19:23:49 GMT
"Porcupine?" Asher looked Isaac, trying his best not to imagine the boy covered in quills. It was a strangely suiting descriptor! "Nah! I wouldn't call him that!" Maybe, he was more like that clam with a bunch of little eyes. What was it called again? Ah, whatever. Isaac was now, permanently, a clam in the teen's mind.
Smile widened, noticing the look that the older of the brothers had given them. Aw, why not?
Elliot seemed all too eager to help. Not that Asher was going to complain. He had no clue what he was doing! "Yeah, I heard your first day wasn't great," he tried to sound cheerful about the matter, to avoid hearing about it more. Or putting Elliot in a bad mood. After all, he didn't want the sensitive kid thinking about whatever had probably been going on in his mind during all of Isaac's story.
Following the boys through the gate, the redhead threw a glance to the scanner. That seemed like awfully fancy technology. But, the hall was too quiet, and unnerving.
Shooting a glare to Isaac, Asher worked hard to keep a grin on his face. "Oh! He told you that? That's funny!" Oh, he was going to kill his coworker. "But, it's really not cool! At all! And, we're still in public, aren't we? Shouldn't that wait?" He didn't want to let the little brother down, but shoot, it was hard not to strangle Isaac. He should've punched him, in the forest, when he had the chance!
Meicoomon had looked around the area well enough to decide it was apparently safe to talk, shuffling to be more noticeable. "Don't let him fool you!" The feline snickered, cheerfully. Yes. Embarrass the human! "His spurrite is purrfect for him!"
No it's not, Mr. Whiskers. Stop. Bad cat!
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Dec 19, 2016 19:34:26 GMT
"Oh? What would you call him, then?" Unlike Isaac, Elliot was not the type to let things drop. Besides, he was curious to know what Asher thought about his brother, especially now that they were finally getting along! "I think maybe a mongoose? 'Cause he gets all fighty despite being so small," Elliot said. "You should've seen what he did to these punks that tried to hurt me on our first day. Walked right up to a guy, like, two and a half heads taller than him and just KO'd him with a book! Or at least, that's what I thought I saw."
"Elliot, you were sinking into raw sewage," Isaac said. "How'd you even see the part?"
"I'm not too bad a swimmer, really," Elliot said. "I would've been fine if that river was, like, anything other than a portal to another dimension. Turns out those things have some really wicked suction!"
"Jeez, I thought you were drowning!" Isaac said, a little bit irritable. "The least you could've done was, like, wave to show you were okay. Gave me a heart attack there."
"Hey, all's well that ends well, right?
Anyway! Come on, don't be so down on yourself. It can't be any dumber than Isaac and I's first forms," Elliot assured Asher. "Besides, this part of the tunnel's not really visible to the public. I'm pretty sure that scanner's, like, some kind of interdimensional portal or something. It'd explain why the Japanese public transport depot hasn't ever wondered why it leads to another dimension." Really, that would've been the kind of thing to check ages ago! "I mean, how else do you explain it? Secret agents tackling anyone who tries to enter? All the Trailmon just run and hide? They're trains! They're way too big for that."
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Post by Asher on Dec 19, 2016 23:09:49 GMT
A what? Well, it certainly wasn't a clam with a ton of eyes, but Asher didn't care to babble much about sea creatures, so why not just go with it? "A mongoose? That sounds spot-on!" The teen grinned, listening to the story of Isaac being a hero. Okay. He had to make a mental note not to let the older brother near Asher's with any books. And never, ever be even potentially partially responsible for anything bad that may happen to Elliot.
But, as far as the redhead was concerned, changing gender might actually make his form worse than two tiny imps! So, even with the hilarious images of trains trying to hide, there was no comfort in the actual reason the teen didn't want to evolve.
It was a losing battle, regardless. Asher was fairly positive that everyone present knew that he wasn't willing to let Elliot down! Curse his need of being a people pleaser!
"This, uh, usually takes a minute," the teen admitted. He really needed to work on either an easier method of this, or at least a way to not get distracted. If it were ever an emergency, he'd be screwed. Or, it just took more practice than he'd put into it so far.
Materialize the fractal code. Check. Now it was just a matter of keeping it in tact long enough to utilize. Don't get distracted about how embarrassing this is to do in front of other people! Especially since they're people that actually know what they're doing! "Spirit Evolution."
Cocoon wrapped, and dissipated, rather quickly, revealing the sprite within. The Renamon let out a small huff, crossing arms tightly over his chest. He was an actor! This shouldn't be embarrassing. But, oh, it was.
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Post by Elliot and Isaac Sunderland on Dec 20, 2016 4:50:53 GMT
"You got that right! And he's gonna keep all the cobras away from me," Elliot said, tone warm. Isaac tried to hide how much that made him smile. Sometimes, he just couldn't handle how sickeningly sweet his brother was. Even when said brother was comparing him to a tiny, angry animal. Of course, when it came to animals with sharp teeth willing to bite at the slightest provocation, that was way more likely to be Asher. At this point, Isaac was wondering just how many problems Asher thought he could solve with his teeth.
Then again, that was probably as many as Isaac thought he could solve with headbutts.
"That's okay. Take your time," Elliot said, warmly smiling as Asher fiddled with the fractal code. Wait, that happened? Elliot turned to Isaac, confused. "How do we even do that, again?"
"You know? I'm not sure," Isaac remarked. "I can't say I've ever seen that when I'm Digivolving. Then again, considering we generally make ours all full of light shows and explosions, I think we're just solving the same problem in two different ways."
"Oooh, I get it. He's saying a phrase to anchor onto, like Alicia's transformation chants. And then he's visualizing the code so he can actually work with it, since that's a really foreign concept otherwise," Elliot said, merrily technobabbling away. "That's really smart! Is that why we started messing with our transformations?"
"Huh? Oh, no. We just do that to look badass," Isaac responded, grinning wickedly.
By the time they were finished, Asher had returned to his brand-new sprite form. Or, in this case, her new sprite form. Isaac couldn't help but feel a bit of schadenfreude at the sudden role reversal, Asher being the embarrassed actor to Isaac's guiding hand. Elliot, on the other hand, looked starry-eyed. He was so tall for a rookie! And he was nailing the fierce, aloof look like a pro. "That's so cool!" he cheered. "You look like you could take on the world! Isaac and I just get all short. And blue. Ooh, but look, look, we match!"
"Sorry, bro, no can do," Isaac said, a glow starting and then fading around Elliot's hand. "I burned myself out something awful back there. Gonna need at least, like, and hour or two to get my juice back."
"Oh. Well, maybe next time, then," Elliot said, a bit dejected. "Anyway, there should be a train coming soon. Are there any that're easy on newbies, Isaac?"
"Well, whoever shows up, lets hope it isn't-"
"Hey! Hey, there you kids are!"
"-Worm."
The overeager Trailmon's doors flung right open, practically inviting the group in. "Glad to see you popping back around in the Digital World. Last time I saw you all, you seemed pretty grumpy. Still fighting with each other? Oh, hey, and there's someone new with you. Bringing a friend back to the Digital World? That's really nice of you. Great to meet you, by the way! Name's Worm. What's your story?"
"He can be a bit nosy," Elliot whispered, sheepishly. "I promise, not all trips to the Digital World are this noisy. Some of the Trailmon are so quiet, you can take a nap while riding them and everything!"
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Post by Asher on Dec 20, 2016 5:31:39 GMT
Wait, did the duo seriously not know how to mess with the fractal code? Either they may know a lot less on the subject than Asher thought, or it was such a pitifully novice thing that they couldn't even recall it. He was going to lean with the idea of the latter. Why couldn't he have been the one to teach other people about turning into monsters? Why was he the inexperienced one here?
But, the teen had to focus on working with the code, rather than participating in the conversation. After all, he was curious about how they had started 'messing' with their transformations. But, maybe that was something Asher would try to figure out on his own. Forget asking other people about it.
Eyes were focused on glaring at Isaac, initially, before Elliot started gushing. If only he could tell Isaac how much he wanted to kill him right now! Either way, the Renamon managed a smile to Elliot. Oh, there was a new problem. The feminine tones. Crap. Talking was going to get the ridicule, if the body didn't. But, he couldn't really stay mute forever!
Asher couldn't help but feel bad about Elliot not getting to show off his matching form, though. "Sorry! Blame me! I tired Isaac out already," the vixen chimed, trying to keep things as light as possible. Ugh, but that voice. He was never going to get used to it! Sometimes, he couldn't stand his own voice, let alone his own voice turned woman!
"Can't mew turn into your tiny skin alone? I imewgine you weren't digivolving all over the place when Isaac was!" Ms. Fluffykin inquired, with a tilt of her head. She was trying her best not to laugh at Asher, because he just radiated discomfort. But, without some sort of distraction, it was going to happen!
Okay, yep, talking trains. This was, wow. "I didn't think it was seriously going to talk," the redhead uttered, mildly alarmed. This was going to take a lot of getting used to. "I'm Asher," the sprite introduced, feeling absolutely insane. At least everyone else was able to see the talking train, too. But, there was still an awful itch to call his old therapist.
With a shrug at Elliot's comment, the teen smiled more, "it's fine! He kind of reminds me of an assistant-lady that I had once!" Was she actually an assistant, or something else? He really wasn't sure what her title was. But, either way, both were nosy and noisy. So it worked out!
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