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A Grand Old Tale [Cassandra/Carlos/Titania]
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Post by Carlos Rey on Jan 8, 2019 3:21:11 GMT
In the end it seemed what Dio had told Carlos all that time ago was indeed still true: "Might controls everything", and the Sovereing's tale was the best example of it. Why else would all the less powerful digimon would follow them, if not because they were the strongest beings on the world? At the very least they decided to use that power for a good cause. Though Carlos couldn't help but wonder what became of the tamers once their partners "ascended" and seemingly left them behind.
To think Calumon had been there during everything. Just watching as the world changed from what everyone knew into something different...
"Was there any particular reason for you to stay with Baihumon instead of any of the other Sovereigns?"
Carlos asked, mostly . Really all he wanted was for the digimon to continue his epic tale. There was not much else they could ask this time anyways, as the other two had pretty much echoed their own questions. All that was left for them to do was wait and see.
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jan 8, 2019 3:40:34 GMT
Carlos' question was the easiest to answer, among the three, so the Calumon turned to him first. "There was no special reason. He was just the one I got along with the best - not that the other three weren't friendly, either."
It did feel a touch strange, of course, to hear the Calumon speak so casually about being friends with the Sovereign. But Argent was right, all good things eventually reached their end. "Mm... yeah, I would have to say the Sovereign are quite a bit beyond a Super Mega. Like... maybe if a Super Mega evolved two, three more times?"
The difference was that vast? Well, there was at least one here who had been in the presence of the Azulongmon - who, at that point, had been far from merciful.
Calumon proceeded with the tale: "As for how long... um... 'long enough that the Digital World was in its next generation'. Most who had seen the Sovereign first rise had passed on for one reason or another, and the world was left to the next one. It was honestly a bit scary to see: though the Sovereign managed to bring the world to peace, well, there were a ton of Digimon who didn't want that peace. Stuff like 'Give us our freedom!' and 'Not our god!'."
"So... as society developed, those within started to detest the rule of the 'king'?"
"I guess... and it seemed like the Sovereign understood? Those that wanted to were allowed to leave, and make their own. But though things were better, when they split off, the fighting started again... and some even thought to fight the very cities they came from. It was different then the fighting before - rather than a number of monsters trying to get more powerful, these fighters were more desperate. Smarter. Organized."
The first war. "And of course, that meant the holes in the sky started to tear once more... until they didn't."
The Calumon gave a pause. "It wasn't as if something had been brought in through another world, this time. It was more as if something 'changed', all of the sudden. Maybe it was because the world was damaged enough, or maybe someone did something... but it didn't take long, maybe a year or two, for that red stuff to start showing up, everywhere. And with the appearance of a big, one-eyed red monster, each side of the conflict had to face a new enemy..."
The Calumon shuddered, bringing his arms across his chest as that damnable thought came to his mind.
"... The Reaper..."
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Post by Cross on Jan 8, 2019 4:05:51 GMT
Argent struggled to keep her breathing steady, but at the mention of the Reaper adrenaline kicked in burning the fumes of alcohol in her system like wisps of smoke and suddenly she was very glad she had chose a seat in the back with a scarf to cover her face. Her layers of clothes and wide brimmed hat making it difficult to pick out the fine trembles that shook the woman/digimon's form at the mention of the D-reaper and the memories of her encounter with one of the Sovereigns.
The D-reaper wasn't an outsider, but a core part of the world as she had suspected. It's creation purposeful. Intentional. Though was the chaos and death it wrought likewise so? Was it a punishment to those who defied the gods or merely a semi-sentient program defending that which it viewed as it's to care for with no reference to know better otherwise?
"And?" Argent questioned in a rough voice urging Calumon to continue their story.
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Post by Toriya Naoko on Jan 8, 2019 4:21:54 GMT
"...That sounds ridiculous but at the same time, given what we're talking about? I believe it." Titania was kind of glad she wasn't drinking or anything because this would shake her very core if she were any degree of intoxicated. The tale itself went on. Titania wasn't really surprised at the notion of revolution against the Sovereign. Well, what sounded like it at least. She read this book that likened such things to a sickness or something, so it was really inevitable.
But, then the topic of the Reaper came up. "So...The Reaper came in response to the world being damaged?" That would definitely give people a common enemy to face off with, yes...
At least this wasn't babysitting!
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Post by Carlos Rey on Jan 9, 2019 22:44:59 GMT
Yeah, of course any period of peace was only temporary, even under the watchful eyes of four different god like beings. As if Carlos needed more creedence to his thought of digimon and humans being more alike than they initially seemed.
Soon came the mention of the D-Reaper, both man and digimon shuddering to its mere mention. There was something vaguely terrifying about that thing being almost as old as the Sovereigns themselves. Had Carlos been at all a believer in karma, he would have said this all sounded like some sort of "divine punishment" set upon the digital world. Then again, knowing what they knew about how the Sovereigns came to be, it didn't sound too far fetched either.
All Carlos was curious about was knowing how this story was to end, and more importantly where this left them currently. Hell, even Dio had found himself leaning in closer and closer without noticing, completely enraptured with the tale, wanting-no, needing Calumon to get to the end of it. As such they didn't even ask another question, simply nodding in silence as if inviting the white digimon to finish his tale.
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Post by Metal Drive on Jan 9, 2019 23:57:55 GMT
It took the Calumon a moment or two, at this point. Recalling that very day, the poor Digimon's eyes were clenched shut - the little guy bravely pushing through to get the rest of his words out.
"O-of course, no-one knew what was going on. These super-powerful red 'things', not even Digimon, appeared out of nowhere, leaving this sickly red plaque on the ground. It didn't matter how much it was attacked, how many were destroyed, or even how many 'cores' were broken. And, just like when the Sovereign were first made, the world reached another breaking point..."
He sighed. "And those four - for the last time - came together as one, to stop them. Where an army had failed, the Sovereign would succeed, breaking apart huge parts of the reaper, breaking through the red field, and even attacking that one-eyed, giant monster at the center of it all. But they knew, from what they had seen, that fighting more powerfully would only create more of it in the end."
"Merely fighting it wasn't enough. The... the Digital World itself had to change, in order to go on. And so, with the Reaper beaten back for the moment, all four of them retreated to their own city, and, well, took 'root' to the ground, each offering the very data and gift they were given right back to the land."
"That's what the statues were?" Mikemon blinked, and the Calumon nodded.
"Mhm. The statues were the Sovereign themselves, in a dormant state, slowly feeding their data into the Digital World. Doing that, they strengthened the borders of the world, to make it much harder to 'tear', as well as limited what that horrible red stuff could do in the future."
"Wait..." the cat questioned. "All this time? Certainly something as visible as a Sovereign-"
"Humans can't sense data, right?" The Calumon tilted his head. "The Sovereign's energy came from another world. You said it yourself - as great as their power is, they would look like nothing more than ragged, worn-down statues in our eyes."
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Post by Cross on Jan 10, 2019 2:03:33 GMT
If the D-reaper was other as where the Sovereigns then what...what was she? Cassandra questioned quietly of herself a sickening nausea rising up within her as she sat silently trembling. Still one questioned remained clear and solemn in her mind. Rooting 'Argent' to the spot and forcing her to remaining still.
"Did you ever learn what the D-reaper was? Where it came from?" She questioned softly for Calumon had lived and seen the rise and fall of the Sovereigns sure they had thought to look into where their enemy had come from. What it was?
"Still though that doesn't answer the question. Do we know what becomes of the Sovereigns when they...should their effigy forms be shattered? If they were pouring their data into the digital world itself then shouldn't they have become part of the digital world itself preventing the D-reaper from gaining further foothold?" Argent Inquired reminding them of the crux of their research here.
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Post by Toriya Naoko on Jan 11, 2019 8:09:19 GMT
Of course four entities stated to be beyond Super Mega would be able to hold the Reaper back. If it was such a world-breaking threat, then they would step up. That made sense to Titania.
...She wasn't expecting to learn that the statues that people were so adamant on rooting around for were actually the Sovereign themselves...
"That explains the stuff I heard about soon after everything that happened in the Desert did..." The fairy mumbled, before perking a brow at Argent. "I thought that if the effigies were dormant, wouldn't they...Well. Just crumble? I wanna know the answer to that too." She was no researcher.
Titania was just one who liked her tales. "How come the Reaper could break through then? Show itself where it has?"
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jan 15, 2019 19:25:29 GMT
The Sorcermon's first question, unfortunately, was the toughest: what was the D-Reaper? Where did it come from? Thinking it over, the Calumon shook his head. "Sorry... what I know about the 'red stuff' is just stuff I learned from the cat. But if it tries to 'eat and prevent corruption', well, its not something that a Digimon would learn how to do naturally. At least the 'prevent' part."
"... Then its artificial?" Mikemon blinked - and the Calumon stared vacantly right back. "Sorry. Maybe, 'created'? 'Made'?"
"M... maybe?" That made a little more sense, at least, but its not like he knew anything about that! As for Argent's second question? "I mean, only one has ever been shattered - the one in the Dark Area, which started this whole mess. But... they were becoming part of the Digital World, right? I don't know if they would come back as anything like eggs, but their data would certainly still be around... I think."
Titania's own question, of course,was self-evident: "I mean the cat told me that the D-Reaper was never really fully held back. It still 'did its job', an occasional 'weird thing' growing where data was corrupted or something like that. But it held back the D-Reaper enough that it couldn't make its own monsters again. It only really came back when that one was destroyed in the Dark Area!"
Well, everything 'fit', but that didn't mean they had all the answers! To that, the Mikemon sat and thought for a moment - still stuck on that earlier point.
"... An outside source which altered the Digital World... could its origin be a human creation?"
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Post by Cross on Jan 15, 2019 19:39:20 GMT
"If the Sovereigns data was already becoming part of the Digital world then why has the D-reaper been able to spread when the statue was shattered? Shouldn't it's data have merely returned to the cycle of the digital world thus preventing this?" Argent questioned feeling as though they'd simply gone in circles in regards to solving this problem. Their questions having provided few if no definitive answers leaving the researcher feeling discouraged.
"There's a chance it could be human made, but...if it was it's evolved far past that since then. It's a part of the digital worlds very function and code and would have required someone to alter the digital world itself to some extent. Which would make the digital world itself human made." The Sorcerimon pointed out as they pulled up a few of their own notes on their D-terminal.
"But the age of the digital world in relation to the human world is difficult to track as time flows both faster and slower in some parts and there are ancient aspects of both worlds that correlate with one another." They explained lifting a hand to rub at the bridge of their nose feeling an impending headache coming on. Time in the digital world short term wasn't too difficult to track, but anything longer then a year started to get...difficult.
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Post by Toriya Naoko on Jan 17, 2019 4:28:13 GMT
"I guess the data served as a plug. Doesn't explain why it didn't go back, though..." Titania's speech trailed off, mostly thanks to the idea that...Maybe this was man-made somehow. But then how did that happen?
"...My head's starting to hurt. So it's basically more like a scab that...just showed up one day. And wherever the world gets wounded it scabs over with D-Reaper stuff."
To make matters worse, the issue of time flowing was brought up. Titania found herself putting a hand to her forehead to ponder that for a precious few moments. "...If we get answers, we end up with more questions..."
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Post by Carlos Rey on Jan 17, 2019 5:24:49 GMT
Titania was right, for every answer they got a new question took its place. This just kept getting more and more complicated by the minute: So then the D-Reaper was some sort of weird defense mechanism against corrupted data? But it also wasn't originally from the digital world so that meant it was possibly man made? But if so how old was it? So many questions, and yet they knew all too well Calumon probably didn't have the answer for a lot of them.
"Alright, if it's human then maybe there should be something out there that could help us understand it a bit better right? Maybe even destroy it for good?" Dio thought out loud, trying to find a way to apply their new knowledge somehow. "I mean, from what your telling us human traffic here is a lot more common than back then, shouldn't we use that to our advantage?"
Carlos didn't add to this, too busy massaging the sides of his head, trying to wrap his mind around all the information being thrown at them right now. If there was any solace for him, it was that everyone else seemed just as lost as he was.
"Well it's sure a very thorough scab, what with wanting to spread all over the damn place if left unchecked." Carlos said with a sigh, before asking, "Do we even know why the first statue was destroyed? Was it accidental or did they know what they were unleashing?"
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Post by D-Reaper Scout on Jan 17, 2019 6:00:55 GMT
'If the Sovereigns data was already becoming part of the Digital world then why has the D-reaper been able to spread when the statue was shattered? Shouldn't it's data have merely returned to the cycle of the digital world thus preventing this?'
'So it's basically more like a scab that... just showed up one day. And wherever the world gets wounded it scabs over with D-Reaper stuff.'
'Alright, if it's human then maybe there should be something out there that could help us understand it a bit better right? Maybe even destroy it for good?'
So many questions, so few answers. As the humans started their analysis of Calumon's story, the little Digimon found himself increasingly at a loss. It wasn't as if the Sovreign explained exactly what they were doing. Hell, it was almost like the Sovereign were winging it in the first place! "Um... it might be that whatever the statues are doing, they're acting more as 'fuel' than as a 'fix'?"
"No, imparting data on something is a permanent contribution. If they had to constantly pour in data, I doubt even a Sovereign's supply would have lasted this long. What's getting me is this 'one-eyed monster' that Calumon brought up earlier - it doesn't match any of the known agents that we saw in the Dark Area or the desert." Going on that end, Mikemon showed Calumon a few pictures of 'agents' that had shown up in modern time: Paratice Head. Pendulum Feet. Searcher.
"Mm... none of these were there back then... I don't think, anyway."
"Hm." Mikemon gave a nod: "If I had to guess, the Sovereign are more acting as gatekeepers: inputting their own code to act as a seal against the D-Reaper's propagation. Its a bit of a stretch, but it answers every question: how the D-Reaper have changed form and evolved from its prior state, and how the Sovereign were more-or-less immediately able to hold back the D-Reaper."
"Maybe. Then they would never actually be 'off', I guess?"
That was a point to think about - but for Carlos' last question, Mikemon decided to field it: "Based on the condition of the statue's remains, investigators found it doubtful that anyone intentionally damaged the statue. It was already degraded to the point of crumbling before it broke - I'd guess the stress of holding the Dark Area together was too much for it."
That left one more thing: the potential human element. Argent was very quick to bring up how difficult that might be to track, despite Dio's hopefulness. To this? Mikemon agreed with Dio. "Don't be so quick to write off that lead, Argent. Consider the effort it would have taken to input that sort of code in the Digital World. Even if its older, that sort of thing would've had to have left a massive digital footprint.."
He bit the thumb of his claw.
"... We have Calumon's history. We know the forms of the Sovereign... so let's take one more leap of faith. Let's assume that whoever made that program is related to one of those four original tamers. If that's the case... Calumon?"
"Honestly, Mikemon, you lost me a long time ago with this-"
"Those four tamers. Would you know where they were from?"
The Calumon blinked. Blinked, closed his eyes, and thought very hard.
"T... Tokyo. At least one of them... at least, I think that's what he said!"
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Post by Cross on Jan 17, 2019 13:57:40 GMT
"I'm not writing it off Mikemon I'm just~" Argent exclaimed before letting out a frustrated breath as they pulled their hat off to rake a rough hand through their hair sending wild blonde locks everywhere before they pulled their hat back on with maybe a little more force then necessary adding a bit more strain to the already strained stitches in the process. It was clear even behind the scarf the Sorcerimon was scowling.
"Things are not adding up. Say one of the original Tamers was the one who empowered the sovereigns. Say they figured out how to hack the digital worlds code which can be done on a small scale even today by select Digimons. While I can see them doing such a thing and not telling their partners because they want to give them some sort of divine right. Why create the D-reaper and not tell anyone? The program was obviously made to stop the tears in the digital world, but it ran out of control like an auto-immune disease to the point it threatened the digital world as a whole. Why keep silent then? Why leave their precious partners to face the ultimate choice? Even Calumon says it sounds as though the Sovereigns were winging it." The Sorcerimon explained growing increasing distraught as the shattered pieces of this tale failed to fit together. There was something foul here. Something wrong. Something utterly and truly not right and she wasn't certain what, but it left the Doctor on edge.
"I'm not discounting that the D-reaper could have been made by humans. I'm not even discounting the importance of finding the source of the Reaper's creation. What worries me is why. Why make a monster and leave it to run amok? And even if they did help the Sovereigns, whether the Sovereigns knew it or not, why abandon the Digital world before the job was completed?" She questioned her mind unable to comprehend creating such a...a horror and then leaving others to suffer for your failings or perhaps there was just a part of her that wanted retribution for the pain she'd been put through. For having her work, her life, her home, her loved ones, and her very humanity ripped away shred by shred. Taking a deep breath 'Argent' fought to center herself releasing it in a shaky sigh as she leaned back into her chair.
"It sounds as though the sovereigns were keys to create some sort of 'lock' to stop the D-reaper from being able to evolve as it has. Rather then the lock itself. However, with one of the 'keys' lost we either need to figure out how to reconstitute it or make a new 'lock.' One that doesn't require such fragile keys." Argent spoke her voice flat, even, as she shoved the raging cloud of emotions to the back of her mind in favor of the now. They had work to do.
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Post by Toriya Naoko on Jan 18, 2019 21:37:51 GMT
"It should work like a scab, but it just goes rampant if left unchecked. So...I guess what I'm trying to get at here is that I'm with Argent." Titania shrugged. From how the sorcerer was spinning the tale, it seemed like a bit of a poor move to leave your allies to deal with the aftereffects of a supposed solution.
The fey had something else to zero in on, though. One-eyed monster? "...What sort of thing could that one do? If it's no agent we've seen before there has to be some purpose it fills in. Do you remember anything about that, Calumon...?"
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