Thought of Control [Nol]

K wasn't lying about the ground coordinates being worthless.

Truthfully, Luke had already been here once before - three days before it finally took to the sky - to take a look through some of the more complicated parts of the electrical. However, that simply couldn't compare to the grandeur of seeing this place not only completed - but successfully in the skies above Rosewood. The excavated area below had even already been filled in and revitalized by the Cherrymon that had watched them over, giving this its own allure. A floating island, but one of nature and ruggedness rather than the absolute clear 'richness' of Luminas' marble.

As Luke and Iko made their way down the central path, they found the air far fuller, and far warmer than they had expected, the tamer already tossing his jacket over his shoulder as the pair made their way towards the tower. This time, both of them wore a somewhat-sagging backpack, ready to set up their own room as K's first proper recruits. "... She really put a lot of thought into this. From the outside, it would be hard to tell if there was more than a shed hiding here." Luke gave a nod, and Iko a whistle, as they finally made it to their location.

Vander Tower. Iko opened up the doors as Luke stepped on in, the echo of their footsteps carrying through the building. It was fresh, new... and, at the moment, quiet. "Um... hello? K?"

It didn't take more than a few seconds from Luke's word before their host in question came into view. As the Shutmon greeted them at the door, the tamer returned a smile of his own, a half-bow given at her introduction. "Not at all - the portal coordinates set themselves up rather nicely. Still, probably better to get synch'd up to this place sooner rather than later?"

K had that much right, at least. As the wolf mentioned 'poking around the place', Iko gave a small lift of his shoulder, motioning to the bag slung across his back. "Well, somewhat, at least. Luke's having me drag all this stuff around to properly set up our room - so I guess the first thing is to see the living quarters?" At the very least, it would let them get the excess weight off of their back! If K led the way, the two would follow along towards the back of the Tower...

... And honestly, Luke was quite curious about this place as it was. "Building material aside, how hard was it to get the permit for this place? I've seen how these things are priced around Luminas, and getting one in private jurisdiction... sheesh." Those prices! As Luke asked about the 'mundane', Iko almost found himself rolling his eyes. "Guess I should ask, have you had any luck contacting anyone else? I'd offer a few, but they're committed to other teams at this point..."

"So, really, you mean there's two dressers for Luke."

Honestly, Iko couldn't help but give a chuckle at that. Even for the Digimon that did wear clothes, it was generally tied to the form (and even in K's case, could be summoned or dispelled at will). Luke, meanwhile, rolled his eyes at his partner's tired joke. "Much appreciated. It won't take long for us to settle in. And, huh..."

The island was that hard to set up? Well, it made sense, of course - it was honestly amazing that she was able to pull it off at all! "Well, I hope you didn't promise more than you could handle. If you need, Iko and I could probably help with some of that?"

"Honestly depends," the wolf gave a shrug, as the group arrived at their living quarters. "Group or not, appearances are still a thing - and a holy Renamon showing the mark of a Knight might be able to get by with reputation alone. In certain circles, anyway."

Luke returned a small shrug at that, opening the door to what was - as K had already described - a bare-bones and simple room. Well, it was at least a place to drop off the bags, the Ankomon already tossing his right on the bed. So they had one other taker so far - and it was a Seraphimon of all things? Iko couldn't help but arch his brow.

"Dark Area, then Luminas? You trying to get a member from each province, or something?" That was the correlation that Iko picked up off a whim, but it didn't seem entirely right. As Luke checked out the furniture - seeing the closet and drawer space they had to work with - the wolf gave a sigh. "We'll make it work, don't worry. Luminas just isn't the most comfortable place for me... for obvious-enough reasons."

"Well, if its really that much of a thing..." Really, Iko didn't know of any Digimon who elected to wear more than 'what they came with', but to each their own? And as for the jobs, Luke simply returned another nod. They'd help out if they could, of course!

As Luke set his bag aside, Iko gave a half-shrug, as well as a nod, towards the Shutmon. "I'll be fine. And I'm sure you know already, but if you're going to get such a wide 'cast', well, there'll be both friction and disagreement within the group. We might put more ideas onto the table, but you'll have to put your foot down more to resolve conflict." That seemed reasonable enough, actually...

... And as K spoke of the other rooms in the Tower, Luke's attention perked up. "Well, we might as well get right down to it? We can honestly set up this room at any time, and it would take me a while to unpack, anyway."

"Well, maybe if you didn't bring half an engineering kit with you?" Iko chuckled, the tamer rolling his eyes, before the two would return their attention to the Shutmon. "But getting a general idea of how rooms here are organized will be a good help. Just seeing it from the outside, well, it does seem fairly easy to get lost!"

"Quite the extensive set-up, isn't it?"

Though Luke might have been more interested, Iko was still quite surprised, more at the scale and grandeur of this Tower than anything else. The time and resources that must have gone to putting this place together must have been exhaustive - she had spoken about favors before, but what was K supposed to do if this all turned over on its head - or, worse, if the Tower simply collapsed under the weight of the first attack?

Well, it was too late to worry about that now: she was invested in the Knights of the Rose, and had clearly put 'all of her chips' onto the table. Following the Shutmon down into the hall, Luke listened as K explained the facility's functions. Communication, home portal, kitchen, barracks - sure, those all made sense, the base for any team. But a proper medical bay? A research lab? At those, Luke couldn't help but give a blink. "You sure you're able to support all that? I mean... how would you get the staffing for all that?"

"Rent out the rooms, maybe? No, too secluded for that..." The wolf was thrown a bit off by it as well. It was impressive, sure, but could such a group really make the best use of everything?

"... I knew you were serious from the start, but aren't you concerned that this is a bit... too much?"

Well, it was still a huge leap of faith, but at least K seemed to have a plan for it?

Honestly, her words alone didn't put Iko entirely at ease. The staffing she spoke of seemed temporary, first based off of favors and then probably a very limited supply of money. Resting his chin on the back of his hand, the Ankomon thought it through: "It'll... probably work, though with this much happening at once, we'll need to round up the rest of our potential knights rather quickly." With his short stint working in Whitewater, Iko had a fair amount of experience with this sort of economics. And right now, they needed members - Digimon and people who could increase this place's notoriety and keep the work flowing in.

"If that's the case, do you have anyone else in mind that you would hope to join us?" Iko's tone was genuinely curious, at that! "There's a few I know that are tied up with the Field Club... honestly, I wonder if Isaac might be interested?"

"Isn't he a bit wrapped up in his own issues to have time for something like this, though?" Really, Iko nor Luke really had many suggestions to put forth on their own! "Either way, I'm sure we'll come up with something."

She... didn't even have any others in mind, other than himself and this, well, 'Oathgard' that Iko had never heard of before? And yet the Shutmon had made this much of an investment already? The Ankomon seemed somewhat stunned by her admission, but, after a few moments, decided to give an answer to her first question: "He's an, um, spirit wielder. The element is 'dark' or 'chaos', and he has an Impmon line. Recently, he's been stuck in his spirit form, and I've been working with Dr. Mikemon in an effort to try and get him back."

"So his focus should be more on that, than in joining a job right now." Luke's answer seemed more conclusive, even if Iko still seemed to think that the spirit wielder might be right for the job. Maybe Elliot too, but he hadn't seen the Veemon-user in quite a while!

And yes, K's compromise seemed to work well enough. Luke gave a shrug as Iko gave a nod: "Until we're self-sufficient, we'll have to take outsiders on jobs and missions... anyway, enough of the politics." He gave a grin: "How about you show me the arena where I'll be tossing you around, every week?"