Free Falling , Tree Falling

Calliope came to Japan to find her brother not wake up in a forest, fall from a tree, and get stuck in a bush. Where did the forest come from? She was at a man made trash river and now there’s no sign of trash, nor buildings, and not even people where to be seen. While being stuck in the bush it occurred to her that this is possibly where her brother ended up when he disappeared how ever there was no trace of him now: probably made sense since he was never one to stay in the same place for very long. The area she spotted from the tree was vast and spacious how was she going to find him in this place… better question how was she going to get them back to Shibuya? Off in the distance she heard noises they were quiet but recognizable as voices. “people? All the way out here?” another thought dawned on her if this was a forest where were the birds and other usual forest dwellers that would occupy an area like this? She tried to pull herself up but a branch had managed to ensnare her wrist preventing her from moving: at least she knew she was stuck and nothing was broken.

Looking back up into the trees she noticed what looked like some particularly strange animals occupying the space of the branches. She’d never seen anything like them “what on earth?” she then saw one of them skitter across the ground in front of her. She now worried that it was something dangerous that was going to take advantage of the fact that she was stuck in a bush. It skittered back and stopped in front of her, when she leaned forward to get a better look it dashed away to a nearby bush.

“I’m going mad…” once again the voices started back up, this time they were closer to her jolting up she spotted a particularly tall blond looking up at a branch and what appeared to be a floating fire ball inching towards her. She tried to push of from the bush but was stopped by the ensnaring branches “stay back!” she squeaked. The fireball then started calling out for the tall guy, Desmond? That must be his name. she was looking at the little fire ball as it started calling her a… Digimon? This place was getting stranger and stranger by the moment. Her attention aimed towards the person as he inquired if she was okay “I-I think” she was probably as fine as she was going to be after falling out of a tree, luckily it was just cuts and bruises. she nodded when he asked if she needed help getting out of the bush “please, I really do” she didn’t want to be in the bush any more considering the little creatures that she had seen running around a few minutes prior. Looking at the little fire ball she asked the man cautiously “what is that?”

She wiggled a bit as the fire ball once again referred to her as a Digimon then asked if he should burn the bush. “N-no don’t burn the bush!” she didn’t really want to be roasted by what ever that thing was, especially since she had to look for someone. She calmed down a bit when the blond boy restated that it shouldn’t burn the bush down *phew*. She didn’t know how she got into this situation but she sure buried herself into a predicament. Fortunately this person came along to help her out… even if his little fire ball had wanted to burn the bush. Calliope remained silent while he addressed the fire ball and told him not to burn anything then it proceeding to ask a series of questions to him. She couldn’t help but feeling a bit amused by the creature cheering on the man as he attempted to remove her from the prison bush. She looked back at the man when he began evaluating a way to get her out, she seemed a bit concern when he was simply looking at the bush. She hoped he would be able to get her out. Calliope refused to be defeated by shrubbery especially now that she was on the right track to finding her brother. When he began digging her out she managed to dislodge herself a bit to make it easier to be pulled out. She could finally move her limbs and was able to reach out for his hand for him to pull her out.The branches cracked and snapped apart as he pulled her free from her leafy prison.

She stretched her arms and legs despite them being sore from the fall “Ouch…” she signed brushing herself of and let down her hair to get loose leaves and twigs de-tangled. As she finished up she turned to the man who helped her and smiled “thank you, I really appreciate your help” she chuckled as the fire ball cheered for the blond and he finally put the cheering to an end but it continued to clap for him. Calliope rubbed her arm when he asked if she was okay “Well, I could be worse especially if you two didn’t come along” she looked down at the fire ball when he dismissed it tugging at him “DemiMeramon?” she repeated in her mind. The girl rubbed the back of her head at the thought of being confused “confused would be an understatement on so many levels…” she had no idea where this place was, what this place was, and how she ended up here. But at least she knew she wasn’t the only one here “Desmond… pleasure to meet you” Calliope looked at DemiMeramon “a Digimon? That’s what he called me earlier… what’s a Digimon?” were they all like DemiMeramon? Were those things she saw earlier Digimon of sorts? “sorry to disappoint you buddy but I don’t think I’m a Digimon” he was certainly energetic for his size. The girl chuckled when he apologized for DemiMeramon “don’t worry about it… my name is Calliope Moraitis” she looked around for her bag as the Digimon asked for a sudden hug, she was a bit concerned because it looked like it was made of fire but she recalled earlier that Desmond held it with no issue “what harm could a hug do? After the time I’ve been having I probably need one” Calliope spotted her bag still stuck in the bush, so scooped up the Digimon into a hug with one arm and used the other hand to grab the back pack. After freeing it from the bush she lifted it up and paused when seeing a large brown blob sitting on the bag near the handle. Calliope froze when it revealed it had eyes and dropped the bag when it made a squeak noise. She stepped and accidentally backed into Desmond “What is that!?”

If Calliope was responding to this world like that she could only imagine how badly her brother reacted to ending up here. Knowing him he would probably want to study everything around him from the plant life to the weird creatures that roamed the area. She noticed while in the trees that the landscape changed from a forest to a beach area in one direction and the other had mountains so the area wasn’t all the same. Calliope smiled at Desmond when he said it was nice to meet her, he was friendly and he seemed to know a lot more about this place than she did. The girl held back laughter when DemiMeramon started trying to pronounce her name, she didn’t blame it since not everyone got it right on the first try. “trust me it’s not always the easiest name to pronounce but you’ll get it in no time” She chuckled as Desmond began helping him sound it out. She applauded the Digimon when he got the name correctly “that’s it, Calliope” it seemed like training a child to say words but in this case it was a bit easier since he knew how to talk in the first place. She shrugged when Desmond apologized for having to sound out her name to DemiMeramon “don’t worry about it, I had to do the same thing when I went to School, if it gets to hard to say Calliope you can also call me Cali.”

Calliope listened quietly as Desmond began explaining what a Digimon was, knowing more about what they were would probably help her be more aware of what she was getting into. What she saw earlier didn’t look like DemiMeramon, when Desmond stated that they were like a weird animal she chimed “so they replace the regular animals in this place?" she still had much to learn about what they were, but at least she had some sort of clarification into what a Digimon was. “so I’m guessing their not all the same in appearance, what I saw earlier in the trees must have been Digimon but they didn’t quite look like your Digimon." Calliope sighed "I’m sure I’ll learn more about what Digimon are while I’m here… especially considering I don’t know how to get back to Shibuya” what ever dropped her off her vanished with no indication how to get back to where she was. Calliope wondered how the other scientist would react to her suddenly vanishing.

She didn’t mind hugging DemiMeramon: it was curious and friendly, and she figured it would get upset if she turned him down. She didn’t know how she felt about it smelling her then reporting it back to Desmond but she knew it didn’t mean any harm. She snicker at the boys response “I put on perfume before going to the Shibuya river, so that must be what you smell” she released her grip on the Digimon snickering further as it suggested Desmond should hug her too “DemiMeramon certainly is friendly.”

The blobby creature that clung to her bag wasn’t that intimidating not did it emanate any dangerous vibes but she was concerned that it could be poisonous or feral. It was about the size of a small soccer ball and had what looked like a pacifier in its mouth. Calliope wanted her bag back but she was going to wait to see what the blob did before she tried anything. Seeing DemiMeramon begin to approach it she was about to try and call him back but he was already pretty close by the time she could say anything. The blob squeezed it’s eyes shut when DemiMeramon poked it, shaking the poke of pretty quickly “Mu?” it looked at the Digimon curiously. The blob then dove into Calliope’s back pack rustling around for something “H-hey what are you doing in there?” the girl remained standing in front of Desmond while it looked through her stuff. The bag stopped moving for a moment and the blob lunged out at the girl. It startled her but she managed to catch the little blob. “Muuuuu…” looking at the blob Calliope noticed it had the strange device she found by the river on top of its head. Looking directly up at Desmond with her back still facing him she quietly asked “what do I do with it?” She held on to it cautiously as though it was going to blow up.

Whatever this crazy place was and whatever was inhabiting it, she was not willing to let it get in the way of her finding her brother. This world was certainly going to take some getting used to, but she was determined. It hadn’t been long since she received the news that her brother went missing so he couldn’t be to far… if the portal lead to the same place, it probably didn’t since the tree was unharmed until she fell through it and he would have landed in the same tree, a twinge of concern ran through her: how would she find him? Calliope quickly brushed it off, there wasn’t a point in working herself up over it, she just had to stay calm. At least she knew she wasn’t the only one stuck in the strange world, she wondered if he was here how many other people ended up there.

The fact that the Digimon was excited that it was able to say her name amused the girl, it was also amusing how different DemiMeramon and Desmond were from each other. Despite their differences they got along. “Cali or Calliope work fine” she responded when the Digimon continued to repeat her name, though she wondered how quicker the process would have went if she had just told them to call her Cali. Whatever made DemiMeramon happy.

So instead of regular animals there were just Digimon… that would make for a strange ecosystem if it was even considered one. “They were just Digimon…” she muttered referring to the ones in the tree and that one that dashed into the bush. The explanation may have been vague but vague was better than nothing “living machines huh? I would definitely put emphasis on living… it’s fascinating how they learn.” When he mentioned that there were really big Digimon internally worried about what she would do if she was to run into a big one “O-oh really?" Calliope figured if they were like the animals in the regular world that meant there were hostile and dangerous Digimon, great. “they must be interesting to learn about especially if there are different kinds.”

The girl held back laughter when the Digimon restated the fact he should smell her, DemiMeramon was like an excited puppy who used smell to explore the world. she felt bad when DemiMeramon suddenly thought he wasn’t being polite for smelling her “oh dear…” she didn’t want him to feel bad for something like that. Calliope didn’t mind him doing it but she knew not everyone was going to be okay with it. she was shocked when he told the little Digimon that he should ask her whether or not he was being polite, she didn’t now how to respond to that. The girl took a moment to figure out how to respond to the question without hurting DemiMeramon’s feelings. “don’t worry about it” she reassured the boy. Calliope kneeled down when the Digimon poked her to ask his question “yes you are, but I’ll give you a helpful hint on how to be even more polite than you already are, not everyone likes to be smelled so be careful about who you do it too.”

The small Digimon squeaked when poked again but more of a squeak of glee. It blinked a few times when the little fireball asked if it was a Digimon then giggled. Calliope examined the device closer when he said it was a Digivice then sighed when he said he said he wasn’t sure was it was “I found it before I fell… well it’s actually the reason I fell” she was shocked she actually still had it, but she was curios why the little blob was so interested in it. “The Digimon seems pretty interested in it… actually hold that thought” she took the device and held it close to the creature, it chittered happily. Calliope then moved it away and it slowly stopped, staring at her blankly “hmm?” she didn’t know what that meant but it probably meant it liked being around the device. The blob looked at DemiMeramon when it copied the noise it made. After he asked what its name was the Blob bounced a bit “Mu…mudmon.” Calliope restated the name “Mudmon?” the Digimon squeaked happily. The girl smiled at Desmond “it’s cute and seems friendly.” off in the distance the sound of a low rumbling echoed through the trees, Calliope head turned to the direction of the sound “did you hear that?”

“maybe the devices are linked from the human world to this world… or even linked to these little creatures” she gazed at his device then at hers: they were different from one another by color but other than that seemed the same. “So you got yours when you met DemiMeramon? I wonder if they come from here…” Calliope smiled at the story on how Desmond met DemiMeramon “it must have been quite shocking finding a sentient fire ball in your shop, then find it trying to eat your phone I probably would have freaked out” she scratched the back of her head “I found it surprising he doesn’t burn everything he touches, but that’s probably for the better.” Calliope thought about what it could possibly eat, there probably was certain foods that comes from this world that they liked, then what do they eat in substitution? “there probably isn’t a lot of places a fire ball could go in Japan without freaking people out” she giggled at the thought of DemiMeramon just floating around Shibuya.

Mudmon chittered more as DemiMeramon kept poking it, after a while it puffed out it’s cheeks as thought it was pouting about being poked. The little blob looked at Desmond when he told his Digimon to stop poking her, it let out a small phew. Calliope sighed a bit “probably should have mentioned that along with smelling people you should watch out who you poke, it might not appreciate it.” considering smelling people was something he had to be told not to do it made sense poking would need to be restated. Calliope was glad Desmond was trying to teach him right from wrong, it would ensure he didn’t get in to too much trouble. Mudmon looked at the Digimon as it approached, staring blankly as the Digimon apologized for poking her. It chittered happily “I think that means it forgives you” Calliope smiled. Mudmon teetered back and forth in place when Desmond apologized for DemiMeramon. The girl shrugged her shoulders and smiled “no harm was done, so there’s no need to apologize… it’s like training a child behavior.” When Desmond asked if she fell from the sky to the bush she rubbed her back “more like from the sky to that tree then into the bush… I’m still picking leaves from my hair” she plucked a leaf from behind her ear “I was at the Shibuya river at night then I found this device, it flashed and I fell backwards and somehow ended up here in the middle of the day” did time flow differently in this world. “it seems the portal that brought us here closed up as soon as we were here.” Calliope listened to him mention another person with 2 Digimon with him “So we aren’t the only ones here… well it makes sense.” She pondered the reason they were all brought here by the devices and what they meant.

The girl fell out of thought when Desmond asked where she was from and mentioned her accent “forgive me if I’m wrong but you don’t sound like you’re from Shibuya, I’m from Athens Greece… I came to Shibuya to look for my brother and I’m certain he ended up in this world… but I have no idea where he is and I’m worried about the bigger Digimon getting to him first” she started lowering her voice towards the end.

The incoming noise distracted her from the conversation and now she knew she wasn’t the only one who heard it “that can’t be good…” when Desmond took a look at what it was she picked up her backpack and placed the Digivice inside, then looked at Mudmon. Whatever that thing was she wasn’t planning on leaving Mudmon there, she scooped up the Digimon and placed it in the bag. Her head shot up when Desmond finally made a response, carefully peaking over her shoulder she saw the large Digimon, she thought it was a dinosaur but she wasn’t going to get closer to find out. Her body froze when it let out a roar and her heart started racing. Calliope heard Desmond tell her to run, she turned toward him, grabbed his hand and started to run. They may have some distance between them now but that thing would easily catch them. How on earth did she get herself into that situation? Oh right, she wasn’t really on earth anymore. “What are we going to do!” she turned to Desmond clearly panicked by the large Digimon hunting them down.

Calliope didn’t really know what Digimon ate, if they were similar to regular animals and ate based off of their diet or if there was specific foods they ate in the world they were in: she certainly wasn’t going to stop to ask the Digimon. Her heart was racing as they raced against the giant Digimon attempting to catch them. She couldn’t believe she just got here and already something was threatening her. How did other Digimon deal with a creature of such size? Calliope shook of the though in favor of focusing on running away from Allomon and making sure she didn’t get separated from Desmond and DemiMeramon, if that happened… she was sure it was going to catch one of them. How long were they going to be able to run from that creature before it was going to reach them?

The girl noticed Desmond looking at something in the distance, a mean of escape she hoped. But the closer they got the more she saw that they were heading to a ledge… with who knows what distance and what’s hiding at the bottom. She heard him tell her to get ready to jump “Jump?! We don’t know wh-” she paused, at this point they were stuck between a pair of sharp teeth and a cliff place and it was the cliff they had a better chance with “Okay on your cue.” Once they reached the ledge she skid to a stop along with the tamer looking directly down to the bottom of the cliff. It was deep but not deep enough to hurt them if they landed correctly. But there were boulders and crevasses that could provide hiding places if the Digimon was to follow them down. Looking at Desmond she saw him nod, she knew she just met him but she trusted he knew what to do. The girl flinched at the nearing roar, but jumped along with the boy to the bottom of the cliff.

The ground came quickly but she learned how to fall and alleviate impact shock while in Gymnastics, she landed with one foot and quickly kneeled into the ground dispersing the shock from her feet but since it was hard ground and not a mat her knee was a bit scrapped, nothing bad though. She took a deep breath and turned to Desmond giving a nod that she was okay, but she wondered if he was the same with the way he landed. The Allomon was still coming so they needed to think of a way to evade it if it decided to follow them down took note of all the formations around them: couple of boulders, cracks in the walls, and a crack that seemed to lead off somewhere however it wasn’t big enough for them… not without it being made bigger. Her bag wiggled a bit and Mudmon poked it’s face out of the bag “Muuuu?” it sounded concerned. Calliope patted it softly “not now you just stay in here until I tell you.” The Digimon nodded and went back into the bag while Calliope zipped it up. The rumbling footsteps of the Digimon came closer signifying they were running out of time before Allomon was going to be at the cliff. Calliope turned when DemiMeramon started shouting at Desmond for his attention. She didn’t know what the small Digimon had in mind but she was shocked when it suddenly stated it could fight the large Digimon “DemiMeramon that’s not the best idea… that Digimon could easily take down a truck.” The last thing she was going to do was allow DemiMeramon and Mudmon go head to with that dino Digimon. She looked around some more but found even if they hid that Allomon would find them rather quickly.

She muttered something under her breath and looked at her bag, perhaps she could hide it in a crevasse with Mudmon and DemiMeramon then hide with Desmond somewhere else. Her head jolted up when Desmond snapped at DemiMeramon, he was just as panicked as she was and he knew that time was about to go out. She looked at the ground when DemiMeramon told her to lead Desmond somewhere. The girl took a deep breath and shook her head “that won’t be necessary DemiMeramon…” she unzipped her bag and sifted through it as she approached the Tamer and his Digimon, Calliope pulled out the GPS she brought with her from home. It had ceased to functioned from what she assumed was the fall but all she knew was she wasn’t going to need it anymore. Zipping the bag back up before Mudmon could get out she shoved the bag into Desmond’s arms and pushed him behind a rock “stay here.” The girl turned and ran behind a different boulder across the way from where the three were. Allomon jumped down to the bottom of the cliff and roared.

Calliope’s heart raced as she pieced the final bit into her plan, the first step was to get Allomon’s attention. She emerged from the other side of the rock and threw the GPS at the Digimon, all it did was bounce off and shattered as it hit the ground “Over here you giant gecko!” The Allomon clearly irritated by the girls actions charged at her. Calliope stood in place for a few moments and when the Digimon was a few feet away she dove out of the way. The Allomon’s head smashed the way and broke away the crevasse making it big enough for all four of them to escape, first part of the plan done. Now for step two, get everyone out. Calliope kept her self away from Allomon’s teeth by jumping out of the ways of it snapping jaws. The evasion worked for her but she paused when she saw Allomon simply stop and stair, the reason became clear when she looked forward and the Allomon’s tail was coming right at her: but this time she couldn’t get out of the way. The Digimon’s tail swung at her and threw the girl right into the side of the cliff wall with a loud thud. All the air was knocked out of her lungs and a searing pain traveled through her body. Her feet slid out from under her and she just collapsed entirely. Calliope looked up and saw Allomon was right in front of her, but she couldn't even get the energy to stand let alone run away. She just hoped Desmond would take the chance to get himself and the smaller Digimon into the crevasse she opened up.