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Exploring the City (Agumaru)
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 6, 2018 2:12:12 GMT
Shoutmon stared at Agumaru's stomach for a few seconds before giving up. "Wow, can't even say a simple hello," Shoutmon teased. "What a rude stomach you have, Agumaru, haha!"
Adrian thinks for a bit, wondering about what to do for food. "Hmmm... I suppose we could wander around for a food place, and just rely on your senses of smell. I still have no idea where anything in this city is."
"That's no problem, Adrian," Shoutmon reassured Adrian. "I'm sure we could find a delicious ramen place! Or- wait, no. Stop talking about food, Shoutmon..."
Then Agumaru started apologizing about his performance during karaoke. "Aw, it's no big deal Agumaru," Shoutmon tries to reassure him. "Singing really isn't for everyone, but hey, I had fun doing it! And yeah, maybe you CAN learn to play the drums!"
"If you can find a way to carry that, you can buy it," Adrian says.
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Post by agumaru on May 6, 2018 3:48:59 GMT
"Hahaha!" Agumaru seems to be enjoying Adrian and Shoutmon's company despite the hunger. "Nah, my stomach is probably just shy, hahaha!" He does need to eat soon, however, and with no plan as to where to eat, just following their noses did seem like a good of a plan as any other. "Yeah, ramen! I like ramen! What kind of ramen do you think you'll get- oh, food talk, whoops..."
While the karaoke did not go as well as planned, it was still a little fun. "Yeah, me too, thanks. Sometimes I gotta try things outside my comfort zone. How else would I get better? But even if I don't improve, that's fine. Singing isn't my thing."
Agumaru turns his back to Adrian. "Hmph, how could you say that," he pouts, before chuckling. "Nah, just kidding. I'm showing you my backpack." There was no way a drum could fit in that, let alone a whole set. However, there was a secret to it. "This thing is an infini-store! A large drum set might not fit, but a small starter one probably will!"
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 6, 2018 4:06:03 GMT
Hmmmm... Shoutmon hums. There's only one way I can win this competition, although it may just end up backfiring on me Oh well, I gotta try anyways!
A small smirk formed on Shoutmon's face as he looked at Agumaru. "Ramen. Burgers. Fries. Pizza. Sushi. Steak!" Shoutmon then continued to list off various food items to teast Agumaru, hoping his own stomach wouldn't growl in the process.
At first, Adrian wanted to question what the hell Shoutmon was doing now, but he decided to shrug it off in the end. He then sees Agumaru pull out a strange backpack. The Infini-Store, which would supposedly hold a small drum for Agumaru to use. "Wow, this thing is impossible..." Adrian gasps, observing the object. "Although a lot of stuff in this world is impossible, so it shouldn't be too surprising."
Adrian then gets back up. "Alright, you two! It's time to for the thing you two have been waiting for all day: lunchtime! Let's go find us a restaurant!"
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Post by agumaru on May 6, 2018 18:46:44 GMT
When Shoutmon first starts naming foods, it seems like Agumaru can hang in there. Half of the foods mentioned cause him to give Shoutmon a weird look. Eventually, however, Agumaru gives in. An almost inaudible, xylophone-like descending sound comes from his belly. "Aw... darn it! You won this round Shoutmon! You sneaky Snimon!"
Agumaru is surprised that Adrian is surprised about the Infini-Store. Time for Professor Agumaru, to the rescue! "I'm not sure how storage works in your world," he admits, "so perhaps it is a bit surprising. However, Infini-Store cubes are actually somewhat easily available, if a bit expensive. Basically, the outside is smaller than the inside, so you can carry it easier! And it compresses the data put into it so it is smaller! This is the basic model, so I have to go fishing around for what I want, but there's a model that keeps whatever you want at the moment you want it at the top! They aren't normally backpacks, but... a few modifications later and voila!"
Food time? Food time. "FOOD TIME!" Agumaru was more than ready to eat. "All right! Let's do this! You ready, Shoutmon?"
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 6, 2018 19:22:50 GMT
Alright! Shoutmon had won the challenge! Although, he did a double take when he heard the sound that came from Agumaru's stomach. "Was that... a xylophone?" Shoutmon asked as he poked the Lego belly. "What an odd sound for a stomach to make, don't you think?"
"Alright guys, buy your things, because we're heading out for food," Adrian says. He waits outside for the Digimon to finish up whatever they were doing. When they came back out, the group continued to walk through the city.
"Funny, even I'm starting to get hungry now," Adrian chuckles as they walked. "You two must be absolutely starving by this point, huh? Sorry for making you wait this long."
"No problem, Adri," Shoutmon reassured his partner. "Now, let's get to a restaurant before I end up losing round 3!"
"Round three...? Never mind, I don't wanna know. Keep an eye out for a restaurant."
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Post by agumaru on May 6, 2018 19:45:33 GMT
"Xylophone? You're weird, Shoutmon!" Agumaru means that in the nicest way possible, judging by the big silly grin on his face. "You know that right?" He hurries up and purchases the drum, placing it into the storage cube backpack. "This is gonna be awesome! Maybe if I get good enough, we could form a b- wait..." He tilts his head, placing a hand on his plastic cheek. "Are you already in a band? I didn't even ask, I'm sorry!"
It was now time to find the restaurant. "Thanks Adrian," Agumaru says, "I really appreciate this. And there's no need to apologize. I could have easily said 'no, I'm gonna go get food' and left. But now I can eat even more good food! A reward for toughing it out and training my stamina!"
Shoutmon brings up the challenge, and Agumaru is ready for it."Round three, round three, yeah! I'm gonna win this time!"
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 6, 2018 19:53:23 GMT
"I was just saying that your belly didn't make a typical growling sound, but oh well," Shoutmon shrugs. "You're pretty weird yourself, you know!"
"I think you're both weird," Adrian laughs. "But that's okay. It makes things more interesting, especially since you two seem to like each other's company a lot."
"Don't feel left out, Adrian," Shoutmon says to his partner, a big grin on his face. "Want to join our competition?"
"No thanks," Adrian says. "I'm gonna keep a look out for a restaurant." Adrian then continues to look for what seemed to be a restaurant. So far, he didn't see anything that looked like a restaurant, since nothing seemed to have signs on them. Eventually, he just decided to ask around.
"Uh, excuse me," Adrian says to Digimon passing by, "do you know if there are any restaurants close by?"
"Round three, eh?" Shoutmon asks. "Alright, you're on! I'm gonna win!"
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Post by agumaru on May 6, 2018 20:29:17 GMT
Shoutmon calls Agumaru weird, followed by Adrian calling them both weird. "I sure am," Agumaru replies proudly. "And yeah, we're getting along pretty well, probably because we're against 'normal', right Shoutmon? Also... are you in a band? If not, when I learn the drums, maybe we could make one."
It was time to find the restaurant they want to eat at. Soon, Agumaru changes that thought. It is the time to find a restaurant, ANY restaurant! Why was it so difficult? The smell of food was coming from somewhere, but at the same time, it seems to be coming from everywhere and nowhere. "Gah... why couldn't I be a good tracker," Agumaru grumbles. "Or at least a decent one?"
While Adrian looks for a Digimon to ask direction from, Agumaru accepts Shoutmon's acceptance of round three. "Yeah, let's do this! This one is for all the marbles! Well, not literally, I don't think we have any marbles. That's an expression."
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 6, 2018 20:48:10 GMT
"At the moment, no, I'm not in a band,"Shoutmon tells Agumaru. "Although the idea of forming one is intriguing! I'll have to listen to your drumming skills later, after you've practiced a bit more. You did just buy the things."
Ugh, why was finding a restaurant so hard in this place! "Smell anything yet?" He asked Shoutmon and Agumaru.
"Nope, nothing," Shoutmon says. He was getting super hungry... Eventually, Adrian did spot a passerby Peckmon, and he decided to ask him for directions.
"Excuse me?" Adrian asked the Peckmon. "Do you know where the nearest restaurant is? The Digimon with me are incredibly hungry."
"Oh, no problem," the Peckmon said. "There's a delicious ramen shop just a few blocks down that way. You can't miss it."
"Alright, thank you so much," Adrian thanked the Peckmon.
"Ramen sounds absolutely delicious!" Shoutmon cheered. Sadly, that one sentenced caused him to lose round three, as his stomach growled pretty loudly. "Aw, man, come on!"
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Post by agumaru on May 6, 2018 21:10:01 GMT
Agumaru jumps for joy! "Awesome! I mean, not awesome that you aren't in a band yet, but awesome that someday we might be able to form one! Aaaaafter I practice, of course. I'm not going to be a drum prodigy or something." After the karaoke fiasco, his confidence in his music skill isn't exactly high right now.
Neither is his confidence in his tracking skills. "No, Adrian," he sighs dejectedly, "no luck. I'm not cut out for this..."
Luckily, a friendly Peckmon was quick with directions. "Thanks, friend," Agumaru calls out as the Peckmon leaves. He then looks over at Adrian. "Heh, see, there are nice Digimon here. Not all of them have given in to the grumpies. I was afraid he was going to be mean because...well... you know..." He really could not say it.
Shoutmon seems so excited, but then causes himself to lose - and thus Agumaru to win. "Yes! Two to one! I did it! Good try though Shoutmon, you are really good at hanging in there!"
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 6, 2018 21:33:03 GMT
"Aw, don't sell yourself short like that," Shoutmon told Agumaru, trying to encourage him. "With practice, I'm sure you'll be a great drummer."
"It's fine," Adrian tells Agumaru, "see? We got directions to a decent restaurant. And I've definitely met Digimon that weren't as rude as that Togemon earlier. Like that Gaomon we were talking about earlier. In fact, he gave me something akin to his contact information, so I can try to introduce you two, if you'd like. Another nice Digimon in a world of... well, like you said, grumpies."
Shoutmon sighs in defeat. How could he cause himself to lose like that? His pride was faltering, he was losing two to one at this point!
"Ugh... yeah, I really did hang in the- RAMEN RAMEN RAMEN!" Shoutmon yelled as a last-ditch attempt to win the newly instated Round 4 of the competition.
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Post by agumaru on May 6, 2018 21:55:14 GMT
"Thanks Shoutmon." Agumaru was glad to have these two as friends. "I sure hope you're right. I'll do my best to be the best drummer I can possibly be!"
"Perhaps there is hope for Terminus," Agumaru sighs wistfully, "if there were Digimon like Chirpy and that Peckmon here. Peace and love and friendship through the city would be nice. And I'd love for you to introduce me to the Digimon that saved you, so I can thank him for helping me keep my friend."
Ramen ramen ramen? "Heh heh... ramen is starting to not sound like a word! Ramen ramen rommehn rawmayhn~" Agumaru turns that one word into a very weird song. Luckily he wasn't belting it out like with karaoke, so it doesn't sound nearly as bad, more like a silly ditty with no real tune to it. He skips along, warping the word 'ramen' until it barely recognizable.
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 6, 2018 22:08:05 GMT
"Aw damn..." Shoutmon sighs. "Alright then, Round 4 time. Maybe the smell of the food will getcha, heheheh." He just stopped listening to Agumaru as he went on and on, warping the word 'ramen.'
Finally, the group arrives at the ramen shop. There was a giant neon sign above the door that read: "Ramen ala Digitama." The place looked very nice too, and not run down like the junk shop was.
"Alright, here we are," Adrian says as he goes to open the door. "Time to get some food!" As he opened the door of the shop, a bunch of different smells came running out of the building. Delicious vegetables, steamy noodles, everything you'd expect a ramen restaurant to smell like.
Shoutmon took a big whiff of that aroma, and sighed in delight. "That smells so delicious, doesn't it?" He was so hungry, he couldn't wait to dig into ten different ramen bowls!
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Post by agumaru on May 6, 2018 23:00:35 GMT
Agumaru couldn't hear Shoutmon over "ramen ommenro menrom eeen!" However, he stops once he reaches the actual restaurant. "Yay, ram-... it stopped sounding like a word... yay noodles! That's better. Yay noodles!"
The smells were overwhelming! The contest quickly became a tie when Agumaru was hit with the wave of ramen scent. "Aw man... tie game!" He quickly lost interest in the contest, however. There was food to be eaten!
The colorful little dinosaur zips up and down the restaurant. "Food food fooooood! Wait..." He then stops and looks around. "I... I didn't even check to see if it is a buffet style or an 'order your ramen at the counter' style restaurant. Guess I got a little over-excited, heh heh." The owner would probably be a bit upset, but he hasn't caused enough of a disturbance to be kicked out - just probably have an eye kept on him. "Eh...eheheh.... sorry...."
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Post by Adrian Boriker on May 7, 2018 0:39:10 GMT
Adrian just ignored whatever it was Agumaru was doing with the word "ramen." It wasn't his business, but it was kind of annoying...
Anyways, they reached the restaurant. with Shoutmon self-celebrating about how he didn't lose the contest, and Agumaru immediately ran in and caused a scene. The customers of the restaurant just stopped and stared at the colored Digimon, some with noodles hanging out of their mouths.
"Is this, like, dinner and a show or something?" a WereGarurumon asked as he just stared at the ToyAgumon. The shop's owner, however, Digitamamon, was having a blast with his enthusiasm.
Embarrassed, Adrian walked into the restaurant with Shoutmon. "Sorry, everyone," Adrian told the other customers. "He's just... very hungry."
"Well, if that little guy is hungry, you've come to the right place!" Digitamamon said to the group. "Please, why don't you three have a seat, and I'll be right there to take your order!"
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