Changing Her Image [OPEN]

There's an outburst here. Jeanne looked at Karin and signed "Digimon partner" quickly in JSL. Can't tell them that she's not alone as a partnered Digimon here isn't she? At time like this, having experience in signing sure is nice, isn't it? She made an 'ah' sound. Somehow the new girl seem to have an attachment toward her hair? To whichever the case, Karin just nodded politely at her.

"Massage! Oh my, that's interesting!" suddenly Jeanne commented. "Why didn't I thought about it? Add facial and massage for two then!"

"You can't be serious," Karin glared pointedly at her partner.

"No, I'm really serious. Sometimes girls need a total care for her body. When did you last time get facial? Get relaxing massage? Aromatherapy? Sauna?"

"...For love of lord..."

"Think about Yuuki!" the holosuited angel finally pulled that card, knowing that she'll lost if she didn't.

"..............fine!"

Karin then turned her attention to Mitsuko.

"Ah, no, it's quite alright... fussy siblings, huh?" she purposely made it sounds like that, but secretly slipped out her D-3.

"That one, is my partner," Karin mouthed. Jeanne, still in holosuit gently waved her hand at the silver haired girl, smiling in friendly manner. The moment Patamon spoke, however, Karin looked at his general direction (he's still in the bag afterall) like he's silly.

"I'll just say, though. I'm against calling myself a Tamer. Jeanne is clearly not a wild Digimon. She got her own name, she got her own desire and thoughts and she definitely not someone who totally dependent on me or would go wild without my supervision. We're both depended on one another and we grow like that. Exactly because we human and Digimons too used to the term Tamer is why the Digimons in El Doradimon treated us like we're enslaving Digimon and Digivice being the device that brainwash Digimon."

While that's too harsh, She believed that she did the right thing chiding them on the usage of term she dislikes. Her outspokenness probably a taboo for a Japanese, but not that she cares.

"You did nothing wrong. When DATS is not here, we could just bring Digimon anywhere, I guess. At most people would think that they're toys," Karin commented. "Takamiya Karin. That over there is my partner, as I told you."

"By the way, girls, I forgot to tell, you could stop whispering. This saloon only accommodate Digital-related personnel."

"Eh!?"

"Oh, this girl here?" Jeanne pointed at the clerk that she talked with "She's a Togemon."

"I had my doubts. If I was being too rough, then I apologize. However, I will not apologize for correcting you, though." Karin commented. "I dunno from where the term came from, but I found some Digimons felt that it's derogatory, you get what I mean? The connotation is negative if you ask me. Granted, that's probably a nitpick of mine. Then again, if you need something stronger than a Tamer then I suggest Babysitter," Karin answered with a teasing smirk.

Huh? What is this? The Patamon suddenly reacted to her partner? Wow, what just happened? Jeanne meanwhile chuckled at the antics. She excused herself from the holosuited Togemon and sat beside the girls. "Jeanne, at your service. Alas, monsieur, I'm asexual and aromantic. Your interest to me, I'll take it as a compliment though."

"Seriously, if you just interested in her in general, I think it's best not to pursue any romantic event with her," Karin suddenly quipped. "That one is a big sadist. She'll most likely tease the hell outta you before you could even begin with a dinner."

"Oh how mean. I mean well though. I haven't pulled any sort of whip in my teasing."

The angel proven her point herself. Karin made an expression that says there you go while pointing at her partner.

At first Karin sort of felt a bit bad to Patamon, because he had no idea what happened to Jeanne. Jeanne had her reason why she's asexual and aromantic. She understood that and that's exactly why she also know it's not something that can be suddenly revealed to anyone. Mitsuko shot him down the moment he asked if he got a chance... well, that's just a temporary hurt instead of dangling on an empty promise afterall...

"...Ara? Ah, that wasn't the c---" Jeanne's sentence was cut off the moment Patamon evolved. When he asked if it's more to her liking, she just chuckled slightly, but the moment the comment about whip came up, both girls literally lose it and laughed so hard. Karin in particular, totally had a blast in laughing. It took them nearly ten minutes before they could calm themselves down, wheezing for oxygen.

"Ahhh, that's been a while since I laughed like this," Jeanne commented between wheezes. She still haven't really recovered apparently. She took off her holosuit, now it revealed an angel with more conservative armor. Her clothes are navy blue instead of red. Her hair also much longer and is in braid compared to normal D'arcmon.

"As much as I want to give you chance, see... I... am still traumatized about being in love. Before I'm a partnered Digimon, I was a soldier Digimon or sort. A platoon leader... or maybe a captain, hell, I don't really remember. I was engaged to my superior officer, a Holy Angemon. Unfortunately, as the fight in the battlefield get rougher and rougher, I was deserted by my own fiance. I was left to die. Me and my comrades-in-arm... Well, it's been countless of years, and my data about that day is fractured... but the impact is still very significant. I don't think I can love another person in that way again. I was afraid, afraid that I'll get betrayed and that's the end for me."

Karin was surprised that she decided to share, but that's probably because Patamon---or Angemon, does sounds like he not someone that can be persuaded unless she pulled that card.

"Ah, here comes the barber."

"Hello, my name is Alice," a  girl told them. This one is a Digimon too, but holosuited. "I'm sorry to tell that the massage parlor is still full... do you need us to grab you anything while you wait, miss?" she asked to Mitsuko.

"Unfortunately," Jeanne said between laughter from the new flirting "I crawled out from Hell. Oh Homeostasis, you seriously telling that to me? I don't know is that just absolutely riot or the sweetest thing I ever heard in a while, but your eagerness for punishment made my sadistic instinct tickled."

"Do not step on him," Karin warned, but obviously she's still laughing a lot. "Though the scene going to be fun."

"Minor Angel stepping on Angel? Yeees, the scene is fun," Jeanne shot back, laughing louder.

After her laughter died down, finally Jeanne turned to Mitsuko again. "Ah yes, I kind of already feel that it might be the biggest blessing behind such unfortunate event... I now mostly already gave up on any vengeful thoughts, but I still am not ready for any romance. After that sort of event, I can't imagine that I'll fall in love in that way anymore..."

...Still, the constant barrage of flirting just made her laughs harder.

"Oh my lord... Listen to my partner a minute, she just said I'm a huge sadistic angel that would seriously bring out the whip and you STILL at it? Holy, guess I'm not really good at playing the hard to approach woman."

Of course Alice nodded and brought back the requested item. Soon, while the massage parlor isn't vacated yet, someone came to give Karin her haircut. The long blonde hair now styled into much shorter, neater one.

"...At times I missed the time where I still have my hair length about near my hip, but nowadays it doesn't suit me anymore."

When Mitsuko put it that way, Jeanne only smiled mysteriously. Karin who saw that raised her eyebrow at her, but the angel did not change her expression, just smiled at her again.

"...Oh my god. You can't be serious. "

Her expression stayed the same, only her smile gotten slightly wider.

"OH HELL NO. NO. I'm not going to be responsible for any broken heart or hell TRAUMA after that! You're so going to make someone having some sort of trauma dating a woman, you hear!? I don't even know whether you're serious or not, but if you're not, back off this instant!"

Yet Jeanne's expression only make it harder for Karin to see that her partner has ceased in her endeavor in trying to fish a reaction out of the other two. The Digimon however immediately stop it with the meaningful, mischievous smile when the talk delved to more serious one.

"...I'm sorry to hear that. There are no wrong in that," Karin answered. "Don't worry about being sentimental... I too, am quite a sentimental person. Here, this necklace I got here is from my grandmother. She passed away when I was six. I always carried it around... kind of my good luck charm you know?" Karin took off her necklace and showed it to Mitsuko. It's red jewel, rhodonite, other name Incarose. "She said that it always reminded her of me... and she hoped that I will remember her everytime I have this with me."