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Post by NolChannel on Sept 19, 2017 4:43:19 GMT
Ah, finally, a day at the beach!
Honestly, Ami wondered why neither she nor Valeria thought to come out to Whitewater for this. One would think that checking out the beach would come before the third or fourth trip to the frozen north, but hey, there was no reason to complain now! Setting up a parasol, the tamer, sporting a two-piece blue swimsuit, staked their spot in a rare bit of shade. This far away from the city, the three would have quite a bit of space to themselves.
"My, you seem chipper today." The Gatomon gave a sigh, as she took to the shade, which earned a chuckle from Ami.
"What, you're just going to sit back there? C'mon," Ami gestured towards the beach. "Be more like Valeria for today, and loosen up!" Almost on cue, the golden rabbit's head emerged from the sand, the rookie shaking out her sand-filled fur as she pulled herself up to the surface. "Of course, the desert rabbit's having fun in the sand..."
"And of course the doc's gotta be a stick in the mud! C'mon!" It was rare that Valeria could just run around like this, but what was the point if she was just flipping around by herself?
"Well, if nothing else," Ami asked the cat, "Can you just keep an eye on her while I get the rest of this set up? I'll chase after her myself in a bit."
"Fine, fine..." The cat stood, with a yawn, and trotted out. Surely, nothing too exciting could happen way out here!
Right?
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Post by Owen on Sept 19, 2017 23:25:07 GMT
Ah, this was magnificent! Since evolving to Ultimate, Owen had a whole new dimension open to him. No longer bound on land, the MachGaogamon could fly now, his jetpack bursting with blue flame. He gave a loud, excited whoop as he soared over the skies of Whitewater, practising the use of his new equipment.
All was good, but, that just left the one problem, landing. Owen wasn't quite sure how to do that. And as his flight went longer and longer, he thought he would have to do that soon, otherwise his jets would run out of fuel and send him crashing to the ground. Well, maybe he should attempt a landing on the coast perhaps? Yes, that's what he should do.
And so Owen descended, attempting to take control of the landing, but ultimately failed. He gave a loud "Yaaagh!" of panic before losing control completely and made a huge splash as he fell into the sea. Well, it wasn't too bad of a landing, at least he didn't land hard enough on the water to do damage. His jets no longer seemed to work underwater though. No matter, he then made to swim back upward.
Owen realized with a start that he couldn't swim up to the surface! Of course, his hands were cybernetic, his jetpack was also quite heavy, how could he have been so foolish?! No... it couldn't end like this! Was this the end of the plucky blue canine digimon?! What of Owen's family?! What of his friends?! He gave a panicked gurgle as bubbles streamed from his mouth.
He could swear he could hear music. Was this a hallucination? He swore he could see a Crabmon along with a pair of Swimmons, a Gomamon, an Otamamon and a Betamon playing with xylophones and steel drums, singing a song.
"Under da sea~
There are no fleas~
A doggo like you would like it here too, take it from me~
Sure you might not be able to breathe~
So I guess that you're gonna leave~
But we have no ants, nor sponges with pants
Under da sea~"
This was truly the end. His final thoughts were... Oh, wait, he could de-digivolve.
With a glow of light, Owen shrunk in size down to his Gaomon form. Now sufficiently buoyant, he lunged back up through the water, his head breaking the surface, inhaling deeply, coughing a bit of water, and a fish or two.
Well then, thankfully he had not landed far from the shore, so, he swam back, eventually stepping out of the sea. And there he saw a human under a parasol. Oh... damn, she must have seen him. Unless she was asleep? Oh wait, there were two digimon there as well, a golden rabbit and a white cat. Hoo boy. They must have seen.
Owen shook himself dry vigorously, his soaked fur merely becoming damp. Well, better play it cool then.
"Sorry about that" he said, assuming what he hoped was a cool pose that showed that he had totally meant to do that. "I hope I didn't disturb you".
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Post by NolChannel on Sept 20, 2017 2:55:33 GMT
All-in-all, this was looking to be just a nice, pleasant day at the beach. It took Koneka a minute, but the Gatomon was soon grinning, playing tag with Valeria as she kept herself just underneath the surface of the sand. And with the two Digimon aptly occupied, Ami was able to kick back and relax atop a beach towel. There would just be a couple of hours of fun and games, and then they'd be back to-
"Hm?"
Oh, why couldn't it ever be that easy! Ami saw it first, but the sound of Owen's rockets blazing in the air was enough to cause a stir, Koneka shielding her eyes from the sand as it kicked up from the rockets! Valeria even fell off her feet, and glared up: "Hey, watch where you're-"
SPLASH!
"... going?"
"Oh, for the love of... Ami!" Koneka was already running out towards the shore, and swearing under her breath, Ami stood, quickly following behind the cat. But really, what could they do? Whatever that blue canine was hit the water at near full speed, quite away from the surface, and sank quickly underwater. And it wasn't as if either Koneka or Valeria were especially good in the water. "Damn it, I guess-"
Koneka's depressing thought was cut off by a bright light near the surface of the water. A moment later, a much smaller blue dog, fur absolutely drenched with saltwater, broke the surface, struggling for air. Sudden panic switched to confusion as Ami and Koneka took a glance at each-other, Valeria just now getting to the shoreline along with them. And, apparently, the Gaomon was able to get out of the ocean and stand on his own... completely oblivious to the three standing there. At least for the moment, until he finally looked up at the three, and tried to play it off!
Ami sighed. Koneka pinched her sinus, and Valeria shook her head. It was Ami who broke the eventual silence: "Oh, not too much... you alright, actually? Looks like you took quite a-"
"Let me just take a glance..." Ankle-deep in the beach's wake, the Gatomon circled around. "Everything feel alright? Aside from your nose burning with salt, I guess."
"Sheesh, that's what you're gonna do? Ami, get the Gaomon a towel." Ami nodded, and moved further up the beach, as Valeria gave a nod towards Owen. "Sorry about the hover-cat. Name's Valeria." She gave a nod, and started back up the beach. If Owen followed, he'd soon be handed a towel by Ami - much too big for a Gaogamon, but better than nothing!
"So, why were you whipping around up there, anyway? You gave us quite a start!"
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Post by Owen on Sept 20, 2017 3:58:21 GMT
"Hm? Oh, yeah, everything's okay, I think" Owen said. There was just a bit of water in his ears and the nasty raw sensation of salt in his nostrils, but, he felt like it was nothing too bad. "Oh? A towel? Thanks so much, that'd be great".
Owen followed Valeria up the beach. "Hi, Valeria. I'm Owen" he said, and accepted the towel, drying himself off. Unfortunately the smell of salt lingered in his fur, but, he could have a proper wash with Hikaru's special shampoo later that would make his fur exquisitely soft and floofy.
What he was doing? "Oh, er, I just recently found out I could digivolve to Ultimate, so, I was practicing flying with my jetpack" he explained. "I, uh, am not very good at landings so far..." he gave a nervous kind of chuckle. "But hopefully I'll get there eventually".
Owen had sworn he had seen a Crabmon nearby underwater that was starting up a song, but, he had kind of almost been out of air and had to swim back up to the surface before he reached the second verse. The Crabmon had been quite indignant about this, following Owen out of the water and was now angrily poking his leg with his claw.
"'Ey mon! It was very rude of you to skip out on my song like dat!" the Crabmon snapped.
"Oh, er, sorry..." Owen said, blushing. "I wasn't paying attention because, uh, trying not to drown was a bigger priority I guess?"
"Hmph, you landlubbers always say tings like dat!" Crabmon sulked, skulking sideways back toward the shoreline.
Owen blinked, thinking that was weird, then turned back to Valeria. "So, is this your human partner and twin?" he asked, nodding at Ami and Koneko. He wasn't really sure what kind of relationship they had going here.
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Post by NolChannel on Sept 21, 2017 1:29:49 GMT
Well, at least Owen hadn't broken anything, or at least not anything obvious! It didn't take Ami long to return with that towel, at least letting him get most of the water out of his fur. Honestly, this was a bit jarring: from that big moment of concern, the three were just greeted with a polite Gaomon who just wanted to brush all this off and put it behind him. And honestly,
"Practicing flying, eh?" Koneka sighed, but she understood: there really was no good way to practice that other than to jump in the air and go for it! "Guess I can see why the ocean would seem like a good idea, but as an ultimate, crashing shouldn't be that bad?"
"Try in the desert, near the oasis! The sand's got quite a bit of cushion to it!" Valeria smiled, and Koneka, after a moment, gave a nod. "Something like that, I guess!"
Hopefully some of that advice would stick, though as the Crabmon interrupted, Ami wouldn't blame Owen if it didn't. She simply held a 'snrk', not wanting to laugh at either the canine nor the crab, as both kinda seemed a little at odds with each-other. At the question, Valeria shook her head. "Nah, Ami's just with me. Koneka's just along for the ride, really!"
"Right," Koneka rolled her eyes, "your 'employer' is just along for the ride. Got it."
"Oi..." Valeria sighed, but Ami turned the question right back!
"What about you? Kinda rare to see a Digimon who can freely Digivolve like that... you have a tamer somewhere in the city?" Ami was curious!
And Valeria, finding it somewhat awkward just to be chatting by the shore, spoke up again: "Well, we should probably get away from the waves... before another one comes crashing in, and that Crabmon lands on your head or something. Heck, want to join for lunch?"
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Post by Owen on Sept 22, 2017 1:58:33 GMT
With his fur mostly dry, Owen thought of the possibility of flying in the desert instead. Yes, that probably would have been the smarter option. "Ah, right, might practice there next time" he said, "Or somewhere with a big safety net".
So Koneka was just a friend? "I see, so you're like a mercenary?" he asked, curiously. Owen scratched his chin, he was thinking of enlisting the help of another digimon sometimes for the more trickier adventures. Ah well, maybe not, he had plenty of friends anyway.
"Yeah, well, I've been able to evolve between rookie and champion for a while now, I thought most digimon could do it?" Owen asked, tilting his head. "And it's been useful I tell you. I can hardly do anything that requires opposable thumbs as Gaogamon".
"Ah, no, I don't have a tamer, heh. It's just me. I have a family though" a big smile crossed his face as he thought of them. "My sister Cion, my fiancee Hikaru, and my son Logan. But they're not around at the moment, I... kinda wanted to practice flying alone". Probably for the best. He didn't want them to be frightened like that.
Owen agreed that it would be best to get back on the dry sand. "Of course, yes" he said, beginning to walk. He was surprised to be offered lunch. "Gosh, really? That's so kind, I'd love that" he said, his tail wagging excitedly.
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Post by NolChannel on Sept 24, 2017 2:34:34 GMT
Right, a big safety net? Chuckling at the joke, Koneka just gave a nod to Owen. Though the three were initially worried, it seemed that he could take care of himself well enough. "Well, more than a net, I'd just ask for someone to keep an eye on you. Just in case, its better to have someone able to pull you out of the crater you'd make."
At Owen's next question, Koneka and Ami gave a glance at each-other, the tamer just giving a shrug. "I mean, she's officially registered as a mercenary, more-or-less for convenience's sake at this point. Really, though, we just work with her as part of Terminus' Response team... so basically we just handle odds-and-ends and whatever they ask us to do."
"Right, enough of that for now." Valeria cut in, with a nod. Still, it was quite interesting to hear Owen talk about a family - and honestly, it was the first time Ami's ever heard a Digimon describe it like that! The tamer considered just asking about it, but Valeria, after a moment, just gave a nod. "Well, we could always use a moment away. Though its our day off and I'm still stuck hanging around with these two - hey!"
"C'mon, let's head up." Ami, with a light tug on Valeria's ear, just gave a smirk. Right, now they had an impromptu guest for lunch!
And it wouldn't take long for everything to get set up: digging just into the sand, Ami and Valeria had set up a small pot. Out in the woods or the field, the three would've settled on just making some kind of stew or chili, but this close to Whitewater they were able to splurge a bit: setting up a simple metal grate on the top, they had burgers on the grill! Granted, they could've gone into the city and ate there, but what was the fun in that!
"Should be just about there." Ami, manning the grill and now wearing a shirt over her swimsuit, simply gave a nod as she turned another burger over. Valeria gave a nod, and turned back towards Owen. "So, how is it to fly with a jet like that? My Champion form has wings, but can't pull anything like that off. Doesn't it get loud up there?"
"Sheesh, she's social." Koneka leaned back towards Ami, shooting a glance back towards the tamer as the cat reclined. "Hm? Something up?"
"Oh, nothing important," Ami shrugged, checking a burger with the spatula. "Just never head a Digimon speak of 'family' like that-"
Koneka cut her off with a wave."Oh, its more common than you think. Sometimes its a group from Primary Village that branches off, or sometimes someone adopts an egg. Just because they aren't blood-ties, doesn't make it less 'real'." She smirked. "And with how much times I spend with Red, well, you should know at least a bit about it."
"Guess so." Well, now it made enough sense, or at least 'normal enough'!
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Post by Owen on Sept 28, 2017 1:26:30 GMT
"Yeah... I probably will do that next time" Owen admitted, thinking that was probably the most sensible thing to do. Someone to look out for him in a dangerous situation was probably for the best. Maybe he'd ask Hikaru after all? He liked spending time with him, plus Hikaru could fly too.
Ah, so she was just around for the ride in a non official way? That was cool. "Ah, you're part of Terminus' Response Team? What does that involve?" he asked, curiously as they walked along. Eventually, they arrived at a campsite. Owen sat down, eagerly watching the grill cook some meat. Wow, it sure was kind of these guys to invite him to eat here.
"Flying with the jetpack is really fun" Owen said, grinning. "It just... shoots you so fast through the air. But... well, turning where you want to go can be tricky. And, uh, landing is a bit hard too. But, other than that, you can go amazing speeds" he explained. "Hmm, not too loud, but the wind makes my ears cold if I go too fast".
Somehow the concept of a digimon having a family seemed a little confusing. Owen supposed his situation was kind of different to the norm. "Yeah. Cion and I grew up together in Primary Village, and we stuck together mostly ever since..." there was more to it than that, but, Owen kind of didn't want to get too far into it right now. "And yeah, I'm in a relationship with a cute floofy Dorumon, and we ended up coming across a little Offmon that said we were his daddies, so, guess that's that".
Owen didn't really understand the process. It seemed rather a lot down to chance, because Hikaru and Logan had human partners, while he and Cion did not. But there was little he could do to find out and he wasn't interested in finding out things like that. Not when there were lots of places to explore now that he could evolve to Ultimate!
"You seem like you've been in the digital world for a while" Owen noted. Just how Ami seemed to be so much more prepared for life in the wilderness of the digital world than more recently arrived humans did. "Do you have much stories to share?"
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Post by NolChannel on Sept 30, 2017 1:23:46 GMT
Ah, right - explaining what you do at work was always a bit hard to get across. As Owen asked about the 'Terminus Response Team', Koneka decided to field the question: "Basically, it means we're on call for the city's problems, whether it be monster attacks or just needing to find some sort of plant out in the woods. I tend to handle the medical part, and these two make great guards." Koneka chuckled, as Valeria rolled her eyes.
"Careful, there, Gato. Don't take us too much for granted, anyway." Still, it seemed the bunny took it in stride, well enough.
After all, who could keep any sort of grudge when there were jet-packs to talk about? "Oh, so fast you can't turn? Honestly, I don't know how you could even manage to turn at all without wings..." Maybe the rockets could be turned in different directions? Then again, that just sounded like a disaster that would cause the MachGaogamon to spin out!
"Eh, but if you're flying to get somewhere, you're not going to be worrying about left or right too much. Most I've seen just use it to hover, otherwise..." Koneka shrugged.
And it seemed that Ami's little aside to Koneka didn't go unheard! As Owen spoke up and explained just how it came to be, the tamer blinked, a light embarrassed look in her face! "O-oh, I see! Sounds like a nice little family you have going there..."
"Ami, keep your eye on the grill, starting to smoke." Koneka chuckled, as Ami looked down, and moved to get the burgers flipped again! "Well, that means they're done, at least! Hold that thought, there, Owen..."
And nothing wrong with a little smoke from an amateur griller, after all, and it gave Ami an excuse to try and think of a good story to tell. "Alright, come around, get it how you like it." There wasn't much fancy, of course - lettuce, onion, tomato, ketchup, and mayo - but enough to make a decent looking burger! Once everyone was sorted, Ami took a seat. "Let's see... what's a good one..."
"I get what you mean, there. We've done some big stuff, but a lot of it's been quite rough. Surely there's something, though!"
"You'd think so, but... well, I guess there's that time Valeria accidentally revealed herself to the rest of the Theater Club in the 'Real' world?" Ami shrugged, Valeria's ears perking up as she sighed. "I guess, though I was hardly the only Digimon on the streets there... just glad they all kept it a secret."
There was one story she could tell, at least! "Eh, maybe. What about you, Owen?"
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Post by Owen on Oct 3, 2017 0:39:29 GMT
Owen listened to Koneko's explanation of what the Terminus Response Team did as they walked up the beach. "Ahh, right. I think I saw a few guys like you around when I stay at Terminus" he said. He coughed a little again, this would take some time to subside.
The talk about flight came more naturally though. "Well it's possible if you slow down just a little so you can turn the direction of the thrust" he said. "And I can change the direction of the thrusters, but have to be careful, I don't want to burn my legs off" he grinned. Thankfully the boots he wore were mostly heat-proof.
It seemed that she liked the idea of his family. Owen would have shown her a photo if he had one. Maybe that's what he should do the next time they were together?
Then it seemed the burgers were ready. Owen was salivating slightly from the smell of them, then happily took a bite of his as it was given to him. "Delicious, thanks!" he said.
Ah, so Valeria had accidentally revealed herself to humans without a holosuit? That must've been embarrassing, Owen would stifle chuckles as long as no harm was done. As for stories of what he had done so far, Owen searched around in his mind. "Well, clearing landmines in the Network Plains was eventful" he said. "What else... oh yeah, we did this special mission to escort a Trailmon carrying lemonade to the work crews of the network plains, but... eh, that didn't go too smoothly".
He took another bite of the burger, trying his best to keep bits of food from falling on his fur.
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Post by NolChannel on Oct 6, 2017 0:54:25 GMT
Well, naturally, taking a nose-full of salt water was going to give anyone a cough! At the sound, Koneka's ear twitched a bit, taking a quick glance towards the Gaomon before ultimately deciding it was nothing to worry about - unless he started hacking up a storm, that is!
Thankfully, that wasn't the case! Valeria was enthralled enough with the conversation about jetpacks, and hearing that he could 'sort of' turn, the bunny returned a chuckle. "Hehe, I think I'll stick to wings. If you have to slow down to turn, well, then its just a bit too tricky!" And she definitely wasn't fire-proof, especially in her forms that could fly!
And with that, and the honestly-awkward-but-thankfully-well-received conversation about family, the group could finally sit down and eat! After Owen took his - guests first after all - Koneka made a rather plain-looking burger, Valeria following with one loaded with lettuce. Ami then took her own, tapping at the ketchup bottle to get the stubborn thing to work.
"Ah, you're welcome!" And so, they would share stories - or try to, anyway. Apparently only a few sentences of an embarrassing secret worked enough for Owen to try and start his own story. Clearing landmines, escorting a lemonade stand... yup, that definitely sounded like the crazy tasks that were needed in this world! "Well, sounds like you've been busy, at least." Though, thankfully, Owen's descriptors weren't reversed on those!
"Heh. More recently we've helped a town get away from a rumbling volcano and cured a holy lord in the Empyrian Skies... well, I more-or-less handled that second part."
"Show-off." Valeria huffed, taking another bite of her burger.
"Speaking of all these places," Ami cut in, "What about you? Where are you from, and all that?"
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Post by Owen on Oct 15, 2017 5:00:39 GMT
Owen gave another kind of nervous chuckle. "Er, well, yes that's the truth" he smiled. "I hope to master it before evolving to MirageGaogamon though" he explained. "I don't even know how those digimon fly..."
Indeed, Owen felt like he might soon be on the verge of evolving to that form. He was fairly certain that would be his Mega level, given that was the natural evolution of MachGaogamon. But the form made no sense to him. A giant beast knight clad in thick blue digizoid armor. How was it possible for him to even move? Well, he supposed he'd soon find out.
For now, he was happier as Gaomon though. Humans seemed to like his appearance in this form, as he seemed to remind them of earth dogs. A human had showed him a picture of one, and he could see the resemblance. And supposed that if earth dogs loved belly rubs and being scratched behind the ears as much as he did, then perhaps that was right.
Talk of the volcano was interesting too. And curing a holy lord? That piqued Owen's interest enough. "Oh? A Holy Lord? What was wrong with them?" he asked, interested to learn more as he munched on his burger.
And where Owen was from? The Gaomon gave a wistful sort of smile. "Short story? I'm from the Village of Beginnings. Long story? Well, I seem to have been reconfigured a lot of times. In fact I don't even know where I was originally from. But... I remember stories of where I used to be". If they were interested, he'd share them.
"But places here I've seen? Mostly the Eastern Timberlands and the Core Region, but this is my second visit to the South".
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Post by NolChannel on Oct 16, 2017 0:14:07 GMT
"Heh, don't know what to tell you, there. All my forms that can fly use wings!" Yup, Valeria's Champion, Mega, and even Biomerge forms all used wings, so the whole 'mega or super mega' floating in the air - like Wargreymon, at least? She had no basis for knowing how it worked! "Then again, it'll probably make sense when you first take that form? That's how it was for us, anyway."
But if that was all true, then why did they even need to practice? That was Ami's idle thought, as their conversation moved onto more current matters - like Koneka's healing of a Holy Lord! And though the latter details of that expedition were quite personal and secret, the medical part of it was anything but! "Ah, that? Well, big Holy Digimon tend to fight big Dark Digimon, and regardless of whatever side wins, the other's gotta deal with the damage. In this case it was removing Malomyotismon poison from exposed wounds-"
"Wait, that?" Valeria blinked. "That stuff will pretty much burn your hands off at a touch, and you just talk about it so calmly?! Sheesh, you're crazy, sometimes..."
"Eheh..." Koneka sighed, even as Ami shook her head. Yes, sometimes the cat got in a little over her head, but hey, it all worked out in the end, right? As Owen took the story, Valeria just let out a snort at the 'short story - Village of Beginnings'. Right, all Digimon were from there, and most went through a number of re-configurations!
"Mhm... I think in my last one I worked as some kind of mail carrier. Kinda foggy, of course." Valeria shrugged, as Koneka raised a paw. "Somewhere in the holy city for me."
"Sheesh... I can't even wrap my head around that kind of stuff." The poor human in the room just sighed, Valeria giving a small laugh! "Don't worry about it! We are what we are now, so let's just eat!"
And that seemed to be that, for a while! Valeria would keep up idle conversation with Owen, as Ami both ate her burger and worked to start to put out the flames in their makeshift grill.
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Post by Owen on Oct 23, 2017 10:58:12 GMT
Owen nodded. That made sense.
The next story made his amber eyes widen. "MaloMyotismon?!" he asked. "That's a Super Mega level isn't it? Oh... wow, you really have been involved with some big stuff haven't you?" he then realized that some people might be hesitant to talk about such a thing that easily to strangers. "Of course I won't ask more if you don't want to say" he added.
"Yeah, my old memories are kinda foggy too" Owen said, sighing. "For one, my sister Cion, we were... closer back in those times. But... we've changed". He didn't really want to say more. It would take reconciliation to make him accept things, and that would involve a conversation with Hikaru and Cion together. For one thing, he certainly thought Cion's old form of Voughn the Lambmon was more to him than just a "brother", but, that would be a story for another time. Not right now.
Owen finished his meal gratefully, feeling much better from both the near death experience and the embarrassment of it all coming from clumsiness. Oh well. What doesn't kill him makes him stronger. Hopefully he should at least not do that again.
"Well then, it's been nice meeting you three" he said. "Thanks so much for lunch. I hope one day we can have an adventure together. There's so much of the digital world that I want to see and learn about..." he reached into the pocket of the khaki jacket he was wearing, pulling out a small device. He hoped it still worked after immersion in seawater, and thankfully it did. It was a device that could communicate with D-Terminals owned by humans and solo digimon who had digimentals. Fortunately waterproof as well.
"Would it be alright if we exchange numbers?" he asked. "You sound experienced, so if I see an opportunity to explore or go somewhere, would it be alright if I send you a message? And you could do the same if you need an Ultimate level on your side" he smiled.
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Post by NolChannel on Oct 24, 2017 22:51:12 GMT
"Heh... no, big stuff would have been actually being there for the fight. I was just around to handle the loose ends." Koneka scratched the back of her head, clearly seeing Owen's excitement in that past ordeal. And there was definitely a story to be told, but the Gatomon knew better than to let that little secret out of the bag. Even Ami and Valeria didn't know exactly what happened with all of that - all Valeria knew was that, either way, the cat was still crazy!
Still, they could at least agree about heinously foggy backgrounds! Hearing about Cion again, Valeria twitched her ear, tilting her head. "Huh! Honestly, its kinda weird that you would find each-other again after all that... maybe you're somehow tied together?"
"Oh, come now, the world's small enough that it can happen either way." Koneka brushed it off, understanding more than Valeria that Owen wanted to break away from that line of conversation. Ami caught on too, and just nodded, letting them have their digi-chat for a bit.
And thankfully, the whole thing went off without a hitch! Ami smiled as Owen gave his thanks: "Heh, thanks for washing up on shore. It's been fun talking to ya." Indeed, this could have gone several different ways, but Ami's open invitation turned out quite well. He even offered to go out on an 'adventure', just to see the world! "Sounds fun!" And to that note, Owen pulled out a device out of that soaked jacket. Exchange numbers? Sure, why not!
"Sounds good to me." Ami pulled her own D-Terminal out of the bag, and with one sending a quick message to the other, the numbers were passed quite smoothly. "Of course, call us if you need help - Valeria's quite capable when she wants to be - but also just call if you want to chat!" It couldn't be all doom and gloom, after all!
"Yeah! Just, um, be sure not to make a crash landing again when you meet us." Valeria gave a chuckle, as Koneka gave a sigh. "Really, that's the words you leave him on..."
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