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Dark and Darker Still [Anzu/Valentines]
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Post by darkblade on Feb 1, 2019 3:41:08 GMT
Honestly, why did Iko put himself up to these sorts of things?
That was Luke's thought, at least, as Iko mentioned that he'd signed up for a Valentine's blind date raffle in Terminus. Was it just the appeal of the season, was Iko bored, or was he actually looking for a special someone? Several questions danced around in the tamer's head, but he decided to just bite his tongue and cut the wolf loose for the afternoon.
Not that I care, don't need a third wheel tagging along for this.
Lying back on one of the many rolling hills of the Network Plains, Iko gave a sigh, briefly looking up at the sheet of paper he'd been given. All he was told to do was come here by about three in the afternoon, and 'wait for that perfect date' - and, as could be expected, that 'certain someone' would have been given a note by that same raffle to come a short while later for the same deal.
"Hm." No skin off his nose - for now, the wolf just kicked back, arms behind his head. But, seriously who organized for them to meet out here? What was he supposed to do in the middle of the Plains? "Something tells me I got squeezed in for this at the last minute..."
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Post by Akemi & Anzu on Feb 1, 2019 15:51:34 GMT
Anzu was fairly certain there had been better ways to waste time than signing up for a blind date raffle in Terminus. Shockingly enough, however, a date, a time and a place had been supplied shortly afterwards, so the baphomet figured...why not? How bad could this possibly be?
The plains themselves seemed to hold nothing unusual of the sort outside of a lupine Digimon on the hills muttering about having been a last-minute choice. "Hah, same, buddy." The Mephistomon uttered as she descended. "You here for that creepy raffle thing they're doing back in Terminus too? Because my ticket told me to head here and the like."
She'd take it out if it were, y'know, large enough that she didn't need to pinch it carefully with her claws in order to display it. Then again, like most of this? No skin off of her back.
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Post by darkblade on Feb 2, 2019 0:53:47 GMT
... Huh.
A Mephistomon twice my height. How about that.
Yeah, 'huh' summed this up pretty well in Iko's head. As that shadow cast over him, first from Anzu flying overhead and the second with her approach, the Ankomon simply gave a blink, only thinking to talk after he was first addressed. "Er, yes... and you must be Anzu?"
At the very least, she came to the right place! After a moment, Iko would pull himself back to his feet, dusting off his legs before he turned to face that baphomet. Right, how should he go about this? "Let's see... well, I'm Iko, and I'm your date for this afternoon." That tone made it clear that he was completely out of his element - but really, who wouldn't be for their first time? Er, right, what could they do right now? True, Luke lent him the D-Terminal for this, but how should he break the ice?
"Guess I should just ask, did you have anything in mind for this?" Iko gave a half-shrug. "I mean, no-one said we had to do anything other than meet out here in the middle of nowhere."
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Post by Akemi & Anzu on Feb 2, 2019 1:09:51 GMT
"That would be correct, because unless some copycat also signed up, I'm the only Anzu around." ...That she was aware of. The Mephistomon -did- watch a bit of that King of Games show that Akemi had in her stash. The Mephistomon landed on the ground with a thump and folded her arms. "Nice to meet you."
Wow, were they both out of their element here? Absolutely! So out of it, in fact, that rather than come up with a lie? Anzu just put it out as it was. "As the humans say, gonna be real with you, chief, I actually don't. And yeah, I noticed that was among the stipulations. Just meet out here. Figure a walk at least wouldn't hurt, right?"
Was this how it felt to try being like a human?
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Post by darkblade on Feb 2, 2019 3:19:53 GMT
Well, card games on holographic projectors aside, Anzu was definitely a unique name. Definitely more 'human' compared to something like Iko though. "Mm, likewise."
They were here - this was their date, and off the top of their head, neither of them knew what to do. They didn't even know if the two of them had any common interests to begin with. Thankfully, Anzu's brutal honesty helped to lighten the mood, Iko letting out a short laugh! "Hoo boy, just up the creek without a paddle... hm." A walk? Iko took a look up to the sky, returning a nod.
"Eh, sure. We got about an hour to kill before the good stuff's open for lunch, so I could do a walk." The Ankomon gave a nod, taking a moment to stretch his arms before giving a nod to her, taking the lead.
"So, what made you sign up for this?" Iko figured he might as well break the nice. Walking in silence would have made this oh so awkward.
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Post by Akemi & Anzu on Feb 2, 2019 8:47:29 GMT
"Yep! Gonna try eating the horse whole!" Was that even a saying? Pah. At least Anzu managed to elicit a chuckle. "Good stuff, huh? What do you say constitutes as the good stuff?" The Mephistomon inquired as she followed the wolf.
It was a question in return for another. "If you want the full, unabridged story? My roommate who's also a Sistermon Noir held me at gunpoint to sign up for this so she could try winning whatever dumb prize comes from it. Except I'm also pretty sure she did it to get me out of my tamer's house. Honestly, I don't think I'm the best person to even sign up for this--should've gotten my tamer."
A pause.
"...Though she'd probably die of embarrassment. So, maybe I'm the next best thing. What about you? You seem just as unlikely to be here as I would."
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Post by darkblade on Feb 2, 2019 22:38:20 GMT
"Um... hm." Right, Anzu's statement landed a bit flat. Iko didn't know the whole 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse' saying, nor did he even really know what a horse was, so he just let that comment fade into the background.
Really, the faster they moved away from that, the better! Hearing how Anzu got goaded into this, Iko was able to give a more earnest chuckle in response. "Well, sometimes we got to go along with this stuff, I guess. As for me, I thought it was a good way to kill time, really. All this Valentine's stuff really slows down Terminus, otherwise." And if the date turned out alright, it was all the better, but Iko wasn't expecting too much from this. "And yeah, my own tamer would just turn up his nose at this whole thing from the start. Anyway..." Keeping up with the taller Mephistomon as best he could, Iko returned another question.
"So you've got a human tied to you as well? How's that been going for ya?" With how much Iko's just chanced upon other spirit wielders, well, it had been quite a while since he met one like 'himself'!
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Post by Akemi & Anzu on Feb 4, 2019 4:25:10 GMT
The silence was pretty palpable. If one could taste silence...? They'd probably have a dilemma because you don't just taste silence. "I mean, I can probably handle a shot from a Sistermon's gun nowadays. It'd have only been worrying if she turned into a BelleStarrmon. Y'know, -those- kinds of gunladies. That being said, I was all for the only other way to kill time during Valentines. Which was sleeping. And stealing everyone's chocolate."
The lack of expectation was very mutual. It was also pretty darn amusing. She wasn't expecting the wolf to also be partnered up. Huh! "Oh, she's alright. Gigantic dork with a closetful of anime. If anyone hurt her or anything, I'd kill everyone responsible in cold blood!" And then herself. But this didn't need to get morbid. "...Also she gets super flustered over this one other human and it's incredibly adorable. Like watching a puppy. What's yours like?"
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Post by darkblade on Feb 5, 2019 2:03:50 GMT
"Really, I'd rather just wait until, like, tomorrow for the chocolate. By that point everyone's trying to sell it so low that you might as well be stealing it."
Really, that was the hook that Iko responded to? Well, they did both have a history in the Dark Area, and Iko could definitely appreciate a little bit of dark humor. Especially in regards to the tamer! "Sheesh, you too? I think that's just something that gets hard-coded into us... and huh." It seemed that Anzu's partner had a special someone that she was thinking of without this holiday.
Lucky her.
"Eh, he's fine. 'College student', so I can pretty much hang out in his room without needing to disguise myself or anything annoying like that." He mulled over how to best describe him: "Cool guy, bit of a tech geek but can look out for himself if he needs to. And, um... his left hand his fake?"
Yeesh, that felt like reaching for straws, especially with that flat delivery! "So if you don't mind me askin', is Mephistomon your usual go-to form? Not saying anything against it, mind you - its just that being an ultimate kinda starts to take a toll on me after a while."
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Post by Akemi & Anzu on Feb 5, 2019 6:31:48 GMT
"Ooooh, smart thinking. Either they're gone, or they're about to be gone thanks to the low prices. Interesting." The baphomet tapped her claw against her chin as she continued her stride.
"Less hard-coded and more 'I went from wanting to bite her in half to wanting to take care of her.' If I don't do that, then nobody else is going to on my watch. I like to imagine it's pretty simple." The Mephistomon stated. "...Left hand's fake? Does it turn into a cannon or something? What's the story there? Worst problem Akemi has is she keeps all her nerd stuff super under wraps. I think."
The next question was way more simple to answer, though. "Yeees but also no. I like my rookie form--Tsukaimon a lot, but I usually take whatever the highest form I can access by myself is whenever I'm alone in the Digital World. It's more tiring, but I'm definitely capable of maintaining the form for insane periods of time as a result. What about yourself?"
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Post by darkblade on Feb 10, 2019 21:11:58 GMT
"Sometimes, I think the stuff is more popular the day after. It certainly doesn't last too long!" He gave a simple chuckle to Anzu's comment. At the very least, the two were able to joke around with each-other!
He understood Anzu's sentiment very well. "Mhm. They're relying on us, more or less - its not like we can expect someone else to go away from their partner to protect our own. Besides, Luke's grown on me well enough... and, uh, yeah, its fake." To the second part, he just shook his head: "Nah, he just has this simple metal hand, enough to pick up things and 'look real' enough. Unfortunately, no artillery fire."
That aside, he could understand the Mephistomon's reasoning. "Hm, I would have guessed DemiDevimon." But he would have guessed wrong, so he didn't hold too much surprise in those words. "And this form's pretty much my go-to. I've got a rookie, Kinezumon - a 'squirrel' - but I really only use that in the human world." Truthfully, this form just felt comfortable! As they would make their way over the next hill, he would give a blink, holding his hand over his eyes as the sun was suddenly right in their face.
"Ack... so many years out of the Dark Area and that thing still creeps up on me." He sighed, mostly muttering that to himself.
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Post by Akemi & Anzu on Feb 12, 2019 2:48:04 GMT
"I mean, it would be on account of it just becomes chocolate again. No special thing about it unless you give it to someone. And even then, what if they're allergic? What then?" The baphomet commented with a wry smirk. Yep, if nothing else, Anzu felt like she was gonna walk out of here with one more friend than she previously had.
"Precisely. Without us, there's little separating them from life and the jaws of a Blossomon." That one sounded really, really specific. "Darn, artillery fire out of hand's like, the coolest thing in the book." Again, another specific thing. "Ah, I used to default to my champion form before I regained access to Mephistomon--Imagine having a bladed vampiric wolf as a companion. It's like a pointy dog that drinks blood."
The sun didn't seem to bother Anzu that much, but she still raised a limb to cover herself, and another to shield Iko's eyes. "Quite. A long time in a land without a sun, and you forget it's even there. Ever invest in a cap or something to shield your eyes?"
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Post by darkblade on Feb 13, 2019 0:34:33 GMT
"Well, if they're not too allergic, that means you just don't have to share?" The wolf just smirked back, rolling his eyes at the Mephistomon's comment. Chocolate aside, his ear gave a twitch at her next line.
The jaws of a... Blossomon? Honestly, it took the Ankomon a few moments to remember what that even was! "Hm... personal experience, I take it? I don't trust the woods one bit, myself." He chuckled to that, merely offering a shrug to the comment about the hand. As to her champion form, though, Iko raised a claw to his own fangs. "Eh, now you're making me think of 'myself, but with vampire fangs and wings'. Wolf, wolf... Cerberumon?" That was more-or-less a blind guess, of course.
"Hm... hats don't do much for me. I have to cut a hole for the ears here and once I do that, it just falls apart in a week." He took a blink, eyes adjusting quickly enough to the light as it was. "Thanks, by the way." Finding the shadow of that arm cast over him, Iko took a moment to take a look across the Plains.
"Still, can't complain about this place too much. You never notice how much the scent of that 'sea of blood' makes the place reek until you get away from it."
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Post by Akemi & Anzu on Feb 14, 2019 8:47:50 GMT
"Sweet, time to take a page out of a Barbamon's book." Anzu let out a snerk. "...Yeah. A tad personal. It was her first time in the Digital World, as far as I know. I had just hatched again, and...Let me tell you, it's not fun being a single Tsukaimon against a giant mass of vines headed by a flower. Good thing Tsukaimon have the power of harsh words on their side. Very literally."
A sigh. "The woods are far from a safe place at times. This wasn't at the woods, though. You know the ancient ruins? In the desert? Try there." The guess was, while pretty close? Not quite there. Namely because as far as Anzu recalled, Cerberumon was normally a perfect Digimon. "Sangloupmon's the one. Now, I would definitely be fine with having a Cerberumon as a form. The Watchdog of Hell is a pretty snazzy title, wouldn't you say?"
Aw, would the hat really not work? There goes that plan. "Don't they...make hats with ears like that in mind in this world? I'd like to imagine they do, but I could be wrong." Did shielding him from the light require thanks, truly? "...I forgot that the sea of blood was a literal sea of blood for the longest time until I compared it to a regular beach. The difference is frighteningly tangible. At least it's not the Skies."
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Post by darkblade on Feb 15, 2019 0:31:37 GMT
"Come to think of it, I have seen a few Tsukaimon in Fragment Village. Very good at using those 'harsh words' to con people out of a few bits here or there."
So yeah, that was a thing. But this was a Blossomon that was out in the desert? That just earned an interested "Huh" from the wolf, but he didn't waste too much time on it. And, darn, he was close on the guess - Sangloupmon! "Well, I'm zero-for-two on guessing your prior forms... but yeah, it'd be kind of cool! Though its hard to tell if those are shoulders or extra heads..."
As for hats? "Well, sure, but you have to get those fitted, and then it just gets bunched up in a bag and suddenly you've wasted a few thousand bits on a flimsy piece of fabric." Not worth it, overall - these forms did not do the best for pockets. Iko was still able to laugh it off, giving a nod as the Mephistomon mentioned the Skies!
"I know! Forget all the weird looks you get, its just too bright up there, and it feels like you're going to burst into holy fire if you step in the wrong building. Some 'mons just over-consecrate everything." He shook his head, stretching out his arms as he took a seat atop the hill.
"... Huh. This is going much better than I thought it would, like, five minutes ago."
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