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Post by Unica & Birdie on Oct 11, 2017 18:14:02 GMT
Once Unica was safely off Kyo's back, she walked closer to the tree's truck in order to be as close to the source of shade as possible. Approaching the base, she reached down and touched the ground to check the temperature. The last time she sat down before checking, the back of her legs were burned by the scorching sand. She wasn't about to make that mistake again. She had learned her lesson. Once confident that she had found a comfortable spot, she sat down with a plop and a quiet huff. She worked on taking off her backpack, awkwardly twisting her arms and grunting in strain as she worked in pulling the straps from her shoulders. After her short battle with her backpack, Unica put it between her legs and unzipped the main pocket. Without a moment's hesitation, she pulled out her lunchbox and allowed her backpack to fall, zipper still open. She didn't even seem to notice that a textbook and her pencil pouch tumbled out.
While opening her lunchbox, Unica heard Kyo ask if she was excited to go back. Of course she was! She was ready to be in a place that she recognized and she was ready to see her mom again, but - most of all - she was excited to tell everyone about the amazing adventure she had with Kyo and Yuu. However, her young mind couldn't formulate a sentence fitting of her feelings, so she instead replied with, "Yes!" and a giggle. That seemed like a sufficient response, so she returned her attention to her open lunchbox and took out the water bottle. She unscrewed the cap and immediately began chugging the cool liquid, coughing once as the water got caught in her throat, but even that didn't stop her from finishing her drink.
"Oh," she mumbled upon looking at her empty plastic bottle. She had planned on sharing some with her new friends, but it turned out she was much thirstier than she had previous thought. She remembered seeing the two of them drink from a canteen, but she still wanted to share something with them. After all, that's what her mommy said friends did - they shared things. So instead of sharing her drink, Unica decided that she'd share something else, something far more delicious than regular water. She promptly looked back into her lunchbox and pulled out a chocolate candy bar. There was other food in her box that she should have eaten before the chocolate, but her mommy wasn't around to scold her.
Unica torn open the wrapper to find that one end of the bar had already begun to melt in the desert heat, but she wasn't disheartened. She slowly worked on tearing the chocolate into three pieces, one for the each of them. She rested each chocolate piece on her knee before licking her fingers clean. She pointed at one of the pieces with her now saliva-covered index finger. "For doggy," she began before pointing to the next piece, "For lady," then to the final piece, "For me!" She wiped her hands along the front of her frilly white shirt, leaving faint streaks of brown down her torso. Once her hands were sufficiently dried, she grabbed the first two pieces of candy and handed them over to Kyo and Yuu. Once they either accepted or rejected her gift, she ate her own.
Then, she began to sing.
oh, sweet child
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Post by Manami on Oct 11, 2017 22:43:08 GMT
Once everyone had gotten off Kyo's back, the digimon's body got enveloped in the same light than before, but instead of increasing in size, she began to shrink, reverting back to her Plotmon shape. Once there, everyone sat down and began to enjoy the scenery.
The girl herself seemed to be way more comfortable now and as a confirmation of her statement, drank her water within seconds. Both human and digimon were moderately thirsty at the moment, but they had her own supply, Yuu taking out a couple of canteens from her backpack and handing one towards Kyo. Both began drinking with gusto, even if it wasn't near as close as the small blonde's zeal.
To their surprise, however, the small girl began to unwrap a chocolate bar, and while the whole process of peeling it and sectioning in three parts could have been seen with a bit of revulsion was seen with endearment the duo instead. Yuu couldn't help but to think about her own little sister back when they were way, way younger.
Well, cept that her hair was brown and her features were asian, but that was just background noise. With a smile, they both accepted their chocolate, munching on it as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "Thanks!" Kyo said once she was finished. "It was pretty good!"
At this point, Kyo and Yuu were just silently admiring the panorama while hearing the small girl sing. At this point, there were just waiting for their companion to say when it was okay to keep on with their journey.
What neither of two had noticed, however, was that a presence had been following them all the way from the desert. Silently stalking them, and brimming with curiosity, and maybe... other intentions. What could those be? For now, the duo remained oblivious to the presence.
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Post by Unica & Birdie on Oct 12, 2017 0:12:19 GMT
After eating her piece of chocolate and handing the other chunks to her new friends, Unica stuffed the chocolate-coated wrapper and the empty water bottle into her lunchbox, since there didn't appear to be a trash can around for her to utilize. All the while, she sang a lullaby that her mother used to sing to her, regardless of how incorrect her words were and how out of tune she sang it. She continued joyously, completely unaware of the approaching entity as she worked on putting her things back into her backpack. With a final zip of the main pocket, Unica finished her song and turned to Kyo. She rose to her feet and once again struggled to put the bag over her shoulders, but she eventually managed it by herself. "I'm ready!" she chimed, twirling her hips from left to right eagerly in order to burn off some of her energy.
oh, sweet child
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Oct 12, 2017 0:50:10 GMT
This presence that had been stalking Yuu and Kyo was actually not very sinister in nature at all. No, it was something far more wary and far more lost...Well, maybe there was more than one presence...Who knows?
Either way. Against all odds, and against all known things that be...Coolmon had no idea how she got here.
Again.
For the umpteenth time. It was blisteringly hot within the desert and the poor Rookie was feverish. BUT.
Coolmon had sighted this big doggo with people riding it, so she decided to follow it! And when they stopped at a place with...trees. Coolmon had no memory of this place. Yet she was no wizard...She thought.
With a degree of hesitation, the Cutemon decided to approach Yuu and Unica, stepping forward towards them and clearing her throat.
"Hello."
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Post by Manami on Oct 12, 2017 6:14:51 GMT
That was it, then! Now that everyone was ready to depart, Kyo began to get up again "Begin packing, then!" It wouldn't take her much time evolve back to Gaogamon and begin their journey back to Terminus, but...
"I'm picking something." The small dog said, picking a scent in the air. She began to sniff around, trying to find its source. "It smells like... lunch." Turning her gaze around, she immediately located the approaching digimon. "Oh, whoops. Just a Cutemon."
Yuu almost dropped comically at Kyo's words, but ended up waving at the oncoming digimon. Her partner wasn't planning on eating him up, right? That'd be a shame for sure, especially since she seemed somewhat nice. "Hi!" The Plotmon greeted, a smile already etching on her features.
The digimon's presence was enough to pique Yuu's interest. Neither people nor mons just came and greeted, right? She probably wants something. "So... want to keep us company? We're going to Terminus, if you need a ride there!" In all honesty, she doubted the tiny digimon would weigh her down even on the slightest, and if that was her intent, Kyo would be glad to help.
If she wanted something else, however, she'd have to be more expressive than that.
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Post by Unica & Birdie on Oct 12, 2017 17:51:58 GMT
Unica was young and didn’t yet understand the concept of jokes and sarcasm. This was especially true when Kyo mentioned that she had picked up a scent that resembled that of lunch. Instead of realizing that Kyo was trying to be funny, she instead began to wonder if she ought to have given her apple and sandwich to the small Digimon in order to satiate her appetite. However, before Unica even had the opportunity to offer up food, Kyo corrected herself by claiming that the smell belonged to someone called Cutemon. That was a strange name. Curious to see what had caught Yuu and Kyo’s attention, Unica turned and looked out in the direction they had just travelled from.
Approaching was a small pink rabbit with earmuffs and a brown scarf. It was adorable and Unica couldn’t help but hold back her eagerness at seeing another strange and cute animal. “Bunny!” she gasped, delight in her voice and hands clasped over her mouth. When the rabbit stopped and said hello, she couldn’t hold back her excitement anymore. This creature could speak too! Could all animals in this place speak? Why could they and why couldn’t the animals back home do the same? Did they just choose not to speak? It was a mystery for sure, but ecstasy overwhelmed the young girl and she couldn’t formulate the words to ask her questions.
As Kyo invited the stranger Digimon to travel with them, Unica darted toward the rabbit and wrapped her arms around its neck before pulling it close into a hug. She didn’t squeeze so tightly as to harm the poor Digimon, but enough to certainly make things uncomfortable. Having obviously not heard Kyo’s words in her blissful state, Unica twirled back around to her two companions – rabbit still in her arms – and asked, “Can I keep him!?”
oh, sweet child
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Oct 14, 2017 2:57:35 GMT
JUUUUUST A CUTEMON?! That's actually kind of rude! Well, it was rude to Coolmon. Judging from how her expression shifted to one of discomfort for a moment...Yeah.
It was merely a moment, though. "Wait, Terminus?" Coolmon replied after waving back at Yuu and Kyo. "Sure. Uhhh...I might or might not be lost. Don't ask why, things just happen." She explained.
...Of course, this was all very...uh. Strained.
Because this kid, this REALLY adorable kid ran up and hugged her like there was no tomorrow! And while normally Coolmon detested these acts of adorkableness...There was a part of her code that she could not overcome.
The Cutemon emitted the happiest squeak as she hugged Unica! "Well, that depends...Are you my partner?"
...Was this little human her partner or was she just a lonely soul in the Digital World? Either way...Coolmon felt weird when she asked that.
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Post by Manami on Oct 15, 2017 0:38:06 GMT
Apparently, the Cutemon had taken a bit sourly the fact that she was called Cutemon? Wasn't that weird? Probably, but it wasn't like the Plotmon cared too much about it. If she didn't take into account that small gesture on her stead, Kyo would say her fellow digimon seemed like a pleasant individual, going as far as to accept her offer for a free ride to Terminus.
"Well, if you're lost, then at least you'll be able to make out where you wanna go in Terminus! Place can lead everywhere, even to some places I didn't know they existed? Kinda neat, isn't it?"
She was about to gesture to Yuu to begin the digivolution once again, but that gesture was stopped as soon as the girl began to squeal about the small digimon, going as far as to hug her in what Yuu had aptly named the little girl death grip. Once it began, chances of stopping it until the person providing it was satisfied were really close to zero. It was indeed a perilous fate, but the Cutemon seemed to handle it more or less alright.
"I guess... you can keep her as long as she accepts? It's a decision she has to take, after all..."
The digimon's own reference about the blonde being her partner wasn't completely outside the realm of possibility, but neither Yuu nor Kyo were entirely sure of it. Guess it was something the two of them would have to figure out.
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Post by Unica & Birdie on Oct 16, 2017 16:14:43 GMT
When Unica asked if she could keep the bunny, Kyo responded hesitantly, offering up a condition: "As long as she accepts." The cat-dog had a point. Unica wasn't about to force the rabbit to do anything it didn't want to do, but that also didn't mean she would be happy about letting the Digimon go if it protested against her cuddles. In fact, if the pink rabbit showed any signs of ill-will, Unica most likely would have began tearing up... and nobody wanted to deal with a sobbing child.
In response to Kyo announcing that the decision was up to Coolmon, the rabbit asked if Unica was her partner. "Partner? What partner?" Unica replied, unsure what that meant. However, it didn't really matter. She would love and cuddle the pink rabbit for as long as she could, whether or not she really was its partner. The truth of the matter was, Coolmon and Unica were not partners and their meeting up was a mere coincidence that would result in them being nothing more than travel companions. If they had, in fact, been destined to be partners, the lavender Digivice in Unica's pack would have glowed and given off some sort of indication that they were united by fate, but this was not the case. Her Digivice remained hidden from everyone in the company, not yet making its presence known.
Unica decided that her confusion on the topic of partners outweighed the adorable Digimon's ability to say no. Besides, the rabbit had already agreed to come along - admitting she may have been lost and that Terminus was a good way to get oriented. Unica was merely claiming the creature as her own for the time being. The young girl stroked the rabbit's head between its ears and began to walk toward Kyo. "Let's go!" she giggled, any trace of sadness now gone as a result of her having an animal to hold and take care of.
oh, sweet child
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Oct 17, 2017 18:03:22 GMT
Sure, Yuu said whether or not Coolmon was to be kept was up to her. Sure, she accepted.
She did know, however, she wasn't anyone's partner. She felt kinda bad. But...Someone had to protect those who hadn't found their way in this world yet. Besides! The hugs were really nice.
Even though they made Coolmon stick to the inner workings of being a Cutemon. Whether or not that was up to fate, it was still certain. "...So how're we getting to Terminus? Uh...One of those fancy portal things? Cool digivolving? Or the character-building walking across a couple hundred miles of desert?"
...Another thing came to mind. She had no idea how long this child intended to keep her in the little girl death grip. If it was fate to perish in this hold, so be it.
If not...Awww. "I'm Coolmon, by the way, what're your names?"
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Post by Manami on Oct 18, 2017 11:36:39 GMT
Yuu gazed at the small girl, then at the Cutemon, then back at the small girl, then back at the Cutemon. Theeeeeeese could probably be partners, but she wasn't betting on it; despite having seen more unlikely pairs coming to fruition, she considered those an exception, not a rule.
Maybe she was just too callous about this whole business? For some reason, that made her feel really old. Anyhow, in the end, Kyo ended up speaking up. First, she addressed the girl. "Partners are like... siblings! But the difference's that it's between a human and a digimon. If you have a thingy like Yuu's, it'd probably tell you if you're near your partner or something!"
After all, that how Yuu told her that she had found her... twice, to be exact. Thrice? Man, this business of dying repeatedly surely did a job on her memory, but it wasn't like she was in a situation where thinking about that was okay.
Shaking her head, her gaze went to (the Cutemon) as Yuu brought her digivice. "Cool digivolving, of course! I'm about to turn back into Gaogamon and we're gonna get there in a couple of minutes!"
Well, not really since their not-so new friend was terrified of high speeds, but still! As Yuu's digivice began to summon the power of the digimental of ambition, the same process described before began to occur, and soon enough, the big dog in boxing gloves appeared again. "Everyone up! Time to get to Terminus!"
Once they got up, Kyo would resume her journey, this time at a more acceptable speed. They probably had ten to fifteen minutes before arriving.
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Post by Unica & Birdie on Oct 18, 2017 16:58:47 GMT
When Unica asked what partners were, Kyo was the one to respond. She explained that partners were almost like having a sibling, but the key difference was that one was a human and one was a Digimon. In the short time she had spent in this world, Unica had never heard the world "Digimon" before, but it didn't take a genius to realize that "Digimon" was the official name given to the strange-colored, walking, and talking animal creatures which seemed to populate this bizarre world. So having a partner was to have a close relationship with an animal from this world?
Unica immediately began believing that she and the pink rabbit were destined to be partners, since she loved it and it didn't protest against her hugs. A huge smile spread over her face as she was about to say this aloud, but Kyo continued speaking, mentioning the familiar-looking device that Yuu had used to make Kyo change forms earlier. She said that if Unica had one of those devices then it would tell her if her partner was nearby. Considering she was unaware of her Digivice, her smile immediately fell away. So the bunny and her weren't partners after all. Unica pouted for a brief moment, but quickly cheered herself up by stating, "Okay! We can p'tend to be partners!"
Eventually, the conversation shifted from partners to transportation when Unica called out, "Let's go," and Coolmon's comments were strange. Well, Coolmon was strange. Kyo and Yuu were strange too, but Coolmon was a different kind of strange - the kind of strange that left Unica feeling confused. Fancy portal things? Digivolving? Character-building walking? What did those words even mean? "You're so funny," Unica giggled as she stroked the Digimon's head a few more times before re-wrapping her arms around its body. Coolmon wasn't really being funny, but the young girl's statement was more of a cursory, instinctual reaction to the strange words and comments that the pink rabbit was saying.
Kyo was quick to respond, however, by saying that their method of transportation would be via "cool digivolving." As Yuu pulled out her strange device and the small black cat-dog began glowing, Coolmon finally introduced herself. The adorable bunny followed up by asking what everyone else's names were. Unica was quick to respond for everyone. "Unica!" she chimed excitedly before looking at Yuu. "That's Lady." Her gaze shifted back to Kyo who had just finished digivolving. "And that's Doggy!" She seemed fairly certain about her claims, even though she knew that they had real names. After all, they had introduced themselves to her earlier, but she couldn't remember what they had said. Instead of beating herself up about it, she decided to instead introduce them by the names she knew them by. No one seemed to have a complaint against Unica's names, which made the small girl even happier. Even if they weren't fond of the names she gave, they didn't say anything against it.
When Kyo told everyone to get aboard, Unica walked over to the large canine's side and lifted her new "partner" up. She mimicked the same action that her mother had done when helping her daughter reach high places and the same action Yuu had done the last few times Unica had climbed on and gotten off of Kyo. It was a simple motion which revealed a sort of parental motive and it was one that revealed the bond Unica felt for Coolmon.
oh, sweet child
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Oct 20, 2017 13:49:22 GMT
The very literal first thing that Coolmon decided was she was gonna call Yuu Lady Yuu because that sounded funny to her. She didn't really have a lot of things to say towards much of Kyo's exposition. She felt more focused on the little girl death grip. Maybe they were partners.
Maybe not. If they weren't, it'd just be some undeniable proof that Coolmon really was destined to be alone. That was kind of sad.
Anywho. Names came out! The first response Coolmon formulated but did not say? I'm gonna call Yuu Lady Yuu because it sounds funny.
She was pretty sure Doggo didn't say her name, though. So the doggo would remain mysterious. Speaking of mysterious, some fancy digivolution occurred as the doggo turned into a bigger boxing doggo. "...That's cool." Coolmon said.
That was pretty cool, too. Coolmon didn't have much of a reaction to being lifted up by Unica and put on a big dog. "Wow, you're pretty strong!" She nod-nodded!
She wasn't sure how to feel now. Coolmon felt that sort of parental motive/bond.
It was one she hadn't felt before.
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Post by Manami on Oct 20, 2017 16:53:45 GMT
Funny how both Yuu and Kyo would find out that Unica's name was Unica due to the Cutemon's timely intervention. And that Unica probably didn't get anything of the digimon's explanation, even if that was okay. She'd figure out stuff soon enough
Or at least that was the hope. Maybe she'd find her partner soon enough? Or maybe the Cutemon would prove to be it? Maybe it just was a delayed thing or something. Those and many more thoughts coursed through the Gaogamon's mind as it advanced forward, the destination being no more and no less than Terminus City. "Oh, right. Names are Kyo and Yuu." As funny as being called Doggy and Lady was, there was not much to keep their identities hidden; especially since the pair had a quota of renown due to their occupation as justice officers.
"Look, in the distance! We're really near!" As the black canine kept advancing, the sight of the city began to be more and more obvious at the distance; it was massive enough that even the small Cutemon or Unica wouldn't have trouble looking at it from Kyo's back, and it was frankly... a breathtaking sight. "A couple of tips, especially for you." She said, referring to Unica. "No splitting up, okay? Try to always be near us if you can. Getting lost in such a big city is really easy, and we don't want that to happen. That's okay?"
Even if Kyo was confident on her chances of just tracking her again, an opportunistic digimon maybe would seize the opportunity to take advantage of a small girl while she did that. And that was something she wasn't going to let happen.
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Post by Unica & Birdie on Oct 20, 2017 18:45:14 GMT
As the four of them continued on their way through the Network Plains, a large city came into view. Even though Unica's small stature had a difficult time looking over Kyo's head, she could look to the left and right and see the city's edge as it extended far into the horizon. "Woah!" she gasped quietly, her mouth hanging out a little as she did.
She couldn't remember seeing her home town from a distance, but she imagined it looked much like this. In fact, she couldn't help wondering if this was her home. Was there a strange desert with even stranger animals and people just outside of the place she called home? The thought scared her. She wasn't sure why it was scary, but it was. It made her nervous and she subconsciously responded by hugging Coolmon tighter. Fortunately for them, Yuu was sitting behind her, ensuring neither would fall off although Kyo wasn't going nearly fast enough for them to.
As the details of the city became clearer, the heat waves in the distance were replaced with a massive stone wall - or, rather, what appeared to be stone. As a precaution, Kyo told them to stick together unless they wanted to get lost. Unica nodded in understanding. She didn't need to be told twice, since leaving her mother's side at the train station was the reason she had ended up in the desert in the first place. When realizing that Kyo couldn't see her nod, Unica spoke up. "Yeah, okay," she mumbled, the overwhelming sense of anxiety making her feel a little nauseous.
oh, sweet child
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