Nascent Sympathies [Armor Hunt/Solo]

The town itself was...not very quiet right now. Of the 41 denizens, all of them were up in arms against each other with no idea what to do with their current conumdrum, and Naoko and Titania were able to see this quite plainly. At the head of one side, there was a Strikedramon, and at the other, an Ignitemon. Yet as they drew close to the square of the town, before they had even entered?

They were stopped by a single arrow, and the timely approach of the Sagittarimon with...his bow leveled right at the duo. Naoko’s first instinct was to turn at the Sagittarimon, stare at him for a few seconds before quietly moving behind Titania, who folded her arms. “We were told of you...what is it you want?”

And to her surprise? The archer spoke. “My wish is simple. That the discord between my people be put to an end. I’d have allowed your friend passage, but she’s...part of why there’s such a ruckus.” “We don’t even know -why- that is.” Titania responded, tapping her foot. “Very well. The short of it? We found an artifact. We stowed the artifact. Someone came and threatened to raze us to the ground unless we yield the artifact. He mentioned the Meicoomon--Mae, as you know, as a detriment that needed to be put down so unfortunately Strikedramon put a bounty on her. I’m...kind of obligated to follow his and Ignitemon’s orders. Do give her my apologies if you can. Now. If you wish to truly solve this? I’d suggest thinking. Otherwise...I’ve my duties to attend to. Given you’re associates with the Meicoomon, I have grounds to kill you both. However, I won’t. My wish is for this town to be safe. You, are no danger.”

And with that? Sagittarimon galloped off. Naoko turned in the direction of the square, where there was...as she heard...a lot of arguing going on, before she ran towards it. Titania sighed and followed along.

And both skidded to a halt when they actually got there. There were really only two digimon going at it but they were as loud as can be, with crowds behind each ready to spill blood.

“So you’re telling me you’d rather kill an innocent just to preserve some egg we found out in the wilds? An innocent that only seeks to aid us? Strikedramon, you disgust me! More than Sorcermon!” The Ignitemon barked, raising...What else? A boomerang. Also up in arms was the aforementioned Strikedramon, who snarled. “You heard the Yasyamon’s demands. We give up the egg, and the village is spared his wrath. Nothing more. Nothing less. Why do you care about this egg so much, Ignitemon?” “He said to get rid of the Meicoomon if she came, and there was one sighted nearby several times in the past week! What makes you think he won’t use the egg to kill that Meicoomon?”

Naoko mumbled, “The real question is what’s so important about this egg…” A good question. Naoko then felt herself be shoved forward by Titania. The arguing ceased. And all eyes went to her.

“And who...is this?” Inquired Strikedramon, who was promptly answered by Sagittarimon’s distant, yet very audible voice. “An outsider with good intentions, and I mean actual good intent. I say hear her out.” ...It was true that Naoko had an idea but she saw it as more selfish than anything. Ignitemon snorted. “I’m all ears so long as it doesn’t involve senseless murder.” “...She’s my charge. At least give her a chance.” Titania finally piped up. “Quite honestly, it’s better than listening to a pissing contest over who’s more right.” This was met with a snarl from Strikedramon. “Nerve. You and he share that. Really pisses me off.” “Great, that’s actually I don’t care much about if at all. So. We know about your egg problem. We want to help. Who wants to raze the village? Why’s Mae involved in all of this? Answer that. Please. Nobody’s told us why at all.” Titania stated.

Short. Simple. To the point. The Kazemon tapped her feet. A long moment of silence descended upon the gathered. Strikedramon pointed to a hall-looking structure. “We speak there. Come. Ignitemon, with me.” “Very well.”

“...Uh...Huh. Right, so long as we get some answers…” Naoko was pretty...amazed that somehow she didn’t need to speak. She should probably fix that in time. The four moved into the aforementioned structure and both Strikedramon and Ignitemon turned to the duo as the doors just...shut by themselves. “And now, we talk.” Ignitemon noted. Strikedramon nodded. “The one who wishes to raze the village is a masked one by the name of Yasyamon. Well, he -is- a Yasyamon. Purple skin rather than blue. All we know about him, really. He bears another name that he refuses to state.” He summarized. Kinda sounded more than a little odd...Ignitemon then piped up. “Yeah, he threatened to, and I quote, rip us all to shreds, amongst other...colorful words.” “Which is precisely why I say to hand over the egg and spare our people this...monster.” Concluded Strikedramon. Ignitemon still had words, though. “However, given he mentioned that specific Meicoomon that Sagi’s been taking potshots at? I have reason to believe he’s targeting them after he gets the egg. Which...I can’t quite condone. Hence the impasse.”


“Your partner as well as Sagi told us you had something in mind.” She didn’t. “Speak it, tamer."
Honestly? The few options that Naoko could arrive towards as resonable conclusions were as follows. A) Entrust the egg to her and Titania so that they could maybe lure Yasyamon away… or B)

Screw it. Let’s beat up some doll guy.