Hazy Revelations [JunJun]

Tilting his head, a small smile remained across the redhead's lips. Maybe he was telling the truth. It was hard to tell if it was just a mental breakdown or not! "Alright. I believe you." Did he really? Well, that was hard to tell, coming from an actor!

    Taking another bite of his food, the teen looked toward the jungle. That seemed dangerous. But, since when did Asher really care about his own safety? The only real downfall was a human being thrown into all of this! "If you really want to, we can check it out." This was going to end so badly! Asher could already see all the possible ways the adventure would go wrong! Who let a human wander this world?!

    ...Oh, right. He did.

    "But, if anything tries to kill us, the first thing you're going to do is stay behind me. Alright?" That was the responsible way to do this, right? Okay, no. Asher was terrible at being the responsible adult in these situations! Either way, the redhead began to slowly walk in the direction that Junjo had mentioned.

    "Sure," the teen began to reason, "it's not like you've lied to me yet." At least, not from what Asher could tell! For all he knew, Junjo was even more of a nut than he'd already let on! But, it felt like the teal haired man had been pretty honest so far!

    Giving a shrug, Asher decided not to think too heavily on any meaning behind what Junjo was thinking or what the Digital World could do to someone's brain. Was it possible for it to really mess with a normal human's mind? Seemed plausible. "Just don't let something actually pull you anywhere, alright?" That felt like a good deal to make in this situation!

    Wandering toward the jungle, the actor pulled his digivice from his pocket again, just in case it became necessary. It was weird how such a dumb looking item would bring some sense of comfort or safety, wasn't it? "You're still going to have to tell us where we're going, though. I don't feel anything," he hummed, throwing a glance over his shoulder at the other man. Even lost puppies could have an idea of where they wanted to go, right?

    Well, at least Junjo seemed pretty determined that he was an honest person. That was respectable. But, weird images or voices in one's head didn't necessarily mean that he was being entirely honest! It could just be that he was being tricked by me! But, Asher wasn't going to think too heavily on that concept right now. It was for the best that he wasn't going to get too worked up!

    Looking at the direction pointed out, Asher subtly cringed. "Of course it's in the completely untraveled part of the jungle." That made it totally safe and couldn't be that Junjo was being brainwashed! Ugh! Offering a hand out, the redhead glanced at the sky. "This is going to be weird, but," he paused. Oh, this was so weird! Asher didn't really want to come off as a creep! "You should probably hold my hand, to make sure you don't get lost." Tall grass and sketchy jungles? That just screamed opportunities for a human to be stolen away with ease!

    Thinking on the next question, the teen realized his word choice hadn't been intentional. "Yeah!" Or, uh, "mostly." This warranted a smile, remembering that Junjo wasn't really familiar with the Digimon thing. And, spirit users all seemed pretty different on their capabilities! "I mean, there are my spirits, but I don't know if they count as an 'us.'" There had better not be anything else around here!

    "It's fine! Really," the teen reassured, with a smile. "I mean, what else are we going to do until the train's running?" Aside from, you know, relax at a peaceful beach. That could have worked, too.

    At this point, Asher wasn't sure which would have been more awkward. Having his hand held, or being rejected. Either way, he tried to play it off as casually as possible, only providing a smile at the compliance. Beginning through the grass, they hopefully wouldn't have to worry too much about anything dangerous!

    But, upon remembering that Junjo was still completely clueless to the world, the redhead hesitated a little. Carefully tightening his hold on the teal haired man's hand, Asher continued looking forward. "Ah, yeah," he hummed, trying to think of the best way to explain. "Do you remember in the train, when I called myself a monster?"

    Giving a moment for a response, the spirit user still couldn't decide how to describe this. He wasn't a Certified Digimon-Explanation-Giver! "I turn into them." Would a werewolf be a bad analogy? Probably. Don't go with that one! "Spirits are Digimon that gave their bodies and powers to people. Like me. Does that make sense? At all?" No, Asher. It didn't make sense. It just made him sound more like a nutcase than before!

    Biting down on his tongue, Asher continued several steps into the forest. Where were they going? He really had no idea at this point! The further they went, the less likely it was that anyone on the beach was going to be able to help them out if something jump-scared them! "You don't think I'd joke about calling myself a monster, do you?" For a brief moment, a slight static crackled in his tone, which was immediately covered with the teen clearing his throat.

    Keeping a tight hold on the teal haired man's hand, Asher lifted up his free hand. "I don't really want to show you what they look like," he admitted, as casually as possible, "but, we're in a world full of things that can, and possibly will, try to eat you. You don't really think I'd be here, if I couldn't keep myself safe, right?" With such a 'motivational' speech, black coding warped out from the teen's palm, circling his hand, and pulsing out almost shadowy-looking smoke, rather than the light that some found accompanying their evolutions.

    "I'm a Spirit User. I have spirits that might not even like me." Looking at you, Antylamon! Then again, nobody else had really vocalized how they felt about him, so maybe all of his spirits just hated him! That would really explain a lot! "What's the punchline, if this is a joke, anyway?"

    "S-Sort of," the teen started, only hesitating in an attempt to not correct himself. "For the most part, I'd say it's more that the people possess them." Except, it was a really convoluted process that didn't necessarily equate to possession! But, close enough! Asher didn't want to admit that he had at least one instance where the Digimon was, in fact, capable of possession.

    Raising an eyebrow, Asher gave a curious, "hm?" upon hearing his name. Then, it was Junjo's turn to confuse Asher! "Yeah. Fractal Code," he confirmed, as the shadowy entity pulsed again, as if agreeing. "How do you know that?" Was Junjo failing to tell Asher something important about this encounter? Maybe the teal-haired man was just playing dumb! Ugh. This was going to be really embarrassing, if it was a trick!

    Managing a small laugh, the redhead gave a smile. "I'm not great at them, either. My cat can vouch for that." Whiskers hated Asher's jokes! Mostly because he could never take anything seriously! But, the teen was going to leave that part out!

    Maybe, Junjo wasn't as crazy as Asher was thinking! But, it was definitely looking like the Digital World was taking a toll on him. Hopefully, nothing was trying to possess him! That would make for a huge problem! Especially considering Asher wasn't the most confident in using his own spirits right now! Not that he'd admit to that.

    While listening to the teal haired man, Asher tried to ignore that the ground began to feel a little strange. Soft? Crumbly? Not quite stable. But, hey, it was the Digital World, and nothing was really normal here. Why should he judge the dirt?

    Oh. Maybe because they were falling now. At that moment, the redhead released his hold on the other man's hand, in an attempt to avoid hurting him any more than the landing would do. But, rather than digivolving, he simply... let himself hit the ground. Or, oh! Cushioning? Well, this wasn't too bad!

    Rolling up, from landing on his back, yellow eyes darted to look toward Junjo. Okay, so maybe he should have turned into at least his rookie form! But, what if it had scared the human? Instead, Asher had to deal with the wind being knocked out of him, and a slight daze. "Hey," he shuffled, testing to make sure that he hadn't actually hurt himself before moving too much. "Are you alright?"