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Post by Kaede Oriane on Feb 18, 2019 12:33:49 GMT
Volunteering was not exactly an activity Kaede really wished she had to do... Were it not for her mother's great insistence on her finding something to do, she'd have greatly preferred just staying home and maybe putting on some sailor senshi anime on and just veg out.
You need volunteer hours because we need you to get a scholarship! Her mother's words resonated with Kaede as she was taking a somewhat scenic and fairly empty route back home through a small park as the sun began to set, preferring to stay away from the rest of the hustle and bustle of downtown. Not that she was going to argue against that statement... she and her parents knew far too well that she wasn't going to college without a lot of money, and a scholarship would help. The main issue was that Kaede didn't even KNOW what she wanted to do later in life... she just had too many anxieties present-day to have time to worry about the future.
People say that working with animals was a good way of relaxing, but frankly Kaede was unsure how having a dog piddle on you was relaxing. Unfortunately, the animal shelter was one of the only places she knew that was actively requesting volunteers, and she was down on her luck in her attempts at finding work of any kind. The girl's melancholy and generally self-pitying nature was painfully obvious as it was distracting for her... were it not for fate having her turn her head towards a nearby bush, she would have probably just walked past an object of great intrigue.
An egg that was nestled in the bush... A giant one actually. Damn thing was about as large as her own head actually! More curiously, it glimmered with a metallic gray sheen... enough to cause her initially to believe it was just some kind of sculpture. The girl gently placed a hand on its shell, to her surprise it smooth and natural to the touch... It really WAS an egg! Question was, what laid it? This thing was bigger than an ostrich egg if anything!
It was debatable on what the correct decision was, but ultimately Kaede opted to pick up the mystery egg as she cradled it in her arms... to her surprise it quite light. What was she supposed to do it with it though?
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Feb 18, 2019 19:46:47 GMT
Ayaka Maeda didn't have a lot to do today that wasn't schoolwork. But, that was, arguably, something that could be solved by going to the library all day. The walk she had been taking home led through a lesser-populated avenue of the park. It was a calm day, so she was dressed pretty simply. A hoodie, a skirt. You know, ordinary stuff.
Yet, this wasn't very ordinary, was it? Aya stopped walking solely because she noticed that there was a girl. Next to a bush. Carrying what might as well have been the largest and strangest egg she had ever seen. "...Um. Excuse me, miss, I don't intend to be rude, but...what on earth is that?"
Seriously, looked like a soccer ball egg. What was left of today just got...well. It became something.
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Post by Kaede Oriane on Feb 21, 2019 22:42:36 GMT
Honestly, Kaede was not even sure if she should be touching this thing... It didn't look like it belonged here like this, but at the same what was she supposed to do with it? It'd probably get eaten by a dog or something if she just left it here... Should she go and take it somewhere? The animal shelter or something? God... why did she have to b eone to make these difficult decisions like this?
The girl flinched slightly as she noticed someone drawing near... a youthful, but fairly tall woman with brilliant-pink hair. A bit older looking too, but not overly so that they couldn't pass for a girl her age. At the same time, Kaede was caught offguard; the exhausted-looking teen scrambling to keep a grip on the egg as she awkwardly gazed at them. "Oh... Gee, uhh... Wish I could say. Looks like an egg, but have you seen birds that lay eggs this big?" she ended up saying, an apprehensive look on her face. "Sorry. I just found it and I have no idea."
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Feb 22, 2019 23:12:18 GMT
"I actually don't, sorry...But whatever did lay it's likely one huge bird." Which would in turn make the culprit probably really hard to miss. Aya peered around where they were at for any signs of such a thing. Of which there were, unfortunately, none. "I'm Ayaka, but most people just call me Aya. Uh, I'd call you egg lady but that's very rude. What's your name?"
The older girl took a cautionary step closer to examine the egg. It seemed less like an egg and more a metallic object that was shaped like one. She even gave it a light tap to see if it sounded like metal. "Weird..." Not as strange as strange serpents flying over coffee shops, though.
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Post by Kaede Oriane on Feb 24, 2019 16:40:12 GMT
Well, yeah it HAD to be a bird or something... but what kinda bird can lay an egg THIS big? "I mean, I don't think Shibuya gets ostriches... Are ostrich eggs even this big?" Kae questioned, scowling slightly as she glanced at the egg... Things just did not add up, and that was a bit concerning.
"... Kaede. I'm a second year. I was just walking home from volunteering when I found... this." she somewhat hesitantly spoke, if just because she was not used to talking with people too much. She was a terribly shy individual and tended to just keep to herself when possible; this was a situation however she couldn't just realistically slink away. First things first was she needed something to do with this egg... "What do you think I should do? Do you think the animal shelter would know what to do about this?" she asked, frankly fairly unsure just what to do here.
It was then that the lazy-eyed girl's expression shifted... noticing a small crack on the egg's shell. Oh crap... She didn't break it, did she?
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Feb 28, 2019 4:38:32 GMT
"We deeefinitely don't. And maybe if it was some kind of giant ostrich..." Aya tapped her chin a few times. It was true that this was extremely confusing, but from what Aya had heard the few times she went out this week? Weird stuff was front and center here. "I'm Ayaka. Just call me Aya. I...uh. Graduated a few years ago." Two. Two years.
"...I was also walking home. I'd say the animal shelter would be your best bet, uh...They're close by, aren't they? Maybe they've got someone specialized in birds or platypuses."
Aya took another look at the egg and noticed that crack on it's shell. "That...was not there before." She uttered. "I didn't cause that, did I?"
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Post by Kaede Oriane on Mar 1, 2019 12:13:20 GMT
Giant ostriches. Yeah, Kaede was not too sure how likely that was to have giant ostriches just roaming around Shibuya all-willy nilly. Weren’t they also kinda dangerous, or was she just overthinking this? God, she hated having all this time to think about crap like this. At least Ayaka seemed to be equally lost here, so that made her feel a bit better about all this. Just a little.
”I guess… Wait, DO platypuses lay eggs?” Kaede dully mused. She wasn’t exactly what you called an animal expert… Like she liked animals, but she didn’t really have much experience with them besides like maybe some dogs or cats. Regardless an animal shelter seemed like her best bet, but at the same time would they actually help her? They might just think its a prank at this rate…
For a moment Kaede looked distraught at the realization that a crack had appeared on the shell. ”I-I don’t think so? Is it a goner?” she for a moment panicked, actually afraid to get a closer look… but then a audible cracking noise could be heard as the crack expanded.
Shit, it was hatching.
Honestly, Kaede wasn’t sure what to expect… some kinda mutant pterodactyl or alien maybe. Well, the small light-blue teardrop-shaped jellybean that hatched out was certainly not anything she could have expected… not the fact that it was talking. ”Myaaaaah ~ Tha was a good nap if ah say so mself!” they squeaked with a girlish-tone, soon glancing at both surprised girls. ”Oy lasses! Damn pretty ones at that! I mus have died and went to bloody heaven!”
Kaede silently thought how she should have just slept in today.
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Mar 5, 2019 1:29:20 GMT
"They do, actually. Only mammal to do so or something...I might be a biology major but animals are really not my specialization, sadly..." Aya scratched the back of her neck. In more ways than one? She was definitely in the same boat as the younger girl. Including being concerned for the egg when it was revealed to have cracked.
"I-It shouldn't be?" Was all Aya could get in before a second cracking noise was heard. Was it hatching? Oh. Oh no, it was. And into something that was EVEN WEIRDER than the egg itself. A little jellybean. That was now flirting with them. "...I...Uh. Are you flirting with us...?" Aya questioned, before looking to Kaede. "Should we throw it away or would that be bad since it can talk...? What even is it?"
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Post by Kaede Oriane on Mar 5, 2019 17:26:24 GMT
Honestly, Kaede wasn't going to try arguing with someone whether a duck-billed... thing laid eggs or not. That was easily the least weird thing going on with this strange tear-dropped like creature. For one thing, it was obviously unlike any normal animal... but then there was the whole thing about it talking to them. The offhand comments of what she could only assume were some kind of flirting just further confused her, to-which she was honestly just stunned speechless.
"Well, maybe if ye don't min'! Ah do have tae say for mself ur mighty bonnie lil' flowers! Got yourselves partners yit?" the strange creature pluckily spoke in response to Ayaka's question directed to it... they speaking with a very foreign accent with the way they spoke their Japanese.
You know... maybe tossing it away WASN'T a bad idea after all.
"Good day, don't flin' me away like some rubbish! Ah jus hatched! Besides, Ah feel like we're destined! At leas one of ya ah think we ur." the creature very quickly defended themselves, pouting as they puffed their cheeks menacingly... for a cheeky-looking blob that resembled more a toy than a living being at least. "Ye folks never even heard ay a Digimon, hae ye? Fur sham. Fur sham."
A Digimon...? Okay, Kaede's interest was starting to finally be picqued. "Can you at least please slow down and stop assuming we know what you are saying?"
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Mar 13, 2019 3:13:15 GMT
It took a few more seconds for Aya to realize this but not only was this thing apparently flirting with them, it also had a very noticeable accent. What -was- this? Why was it here? Why was it doing this? "Partners...? Like...Uh...I don't know what you're talking about when you say that..."
Aya wasn't about to admit that she had met a strange serpent asking her the same question. The same uncomfortable question. "What the actual heck is a Digimon? Please, um, you're jumping to a lot of conclusions...Um, could you maybe start from the beginning?" The lilac-haired woman asked of the little blob.
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Post by Kaede Oriane on Mar 17, 2019 0:25:12 GMT
Despite their somewhat giddy nature talking to both Kaede and Ayaka, the teardrop-shaped... Digimon seemed awfully miffed that neither of the two girls seemed to know what they were talking about. Pouting slightly, they puffed their cheeks and squinted somewhat suspiciously at the pair. "Oh yeah, ye dole humans kinda arenae too bright abit 'at whol about this? Ah suppose. we'll take this abit slow for you two gals."
Clearing their throat, the Digimon began to speak with that ever so... thick accent. "Alrecht, so here is hoo it goes. Ye humans aren't aloyn out here... thaur is a whole nother warld sleepin' beneath yer feit called th' Digital Warld, an' that's whaur digimon like me bide. Think ay us loch... sentient programs!" they explained, turning to face Kaede directly. "Anyway, some ay us gie paired up wi' ye humans. Ah scart yer back, an' ye scart mine, gie it? So hoo abit it? Ye an' me will tak' oan th' warld, bairn!"
Kaede merely stared at the strange creature with a look of equal parts confusion and... what was the word? Apathy. She had not been expecting to run into such a bizarre evening... and to be frank, she wasn't too keen on it getting any weirder. "Uhh... no thanks." she instead politely apologized, not terribly interested in the whole proposition.
The teardrop blinked twice at the response, going silent in disbelief before suddenly raising his voice in shock, actually panicking. "Ur ye joshin' me?! Ah jist hatched an' ye ur jist gonna say nae loch 'at?!"
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Mar 20, 2019 16:45:05 GMT
Holy crap, could this little creature get any more incomprehensible than it already had? Aya in turn puffed her cheeks out herself. That accent was thicker than the crap she usually wore for winter. "A...A whole other world?" Was she seriously expected to believe that?
"...That's insane. I don't know what you are, but you're insane. Sentient PROGRAMS? That stuff's usually...I don't know, kept in a computer, isn't it?" Aya was about to continue, of course, but she was promptly cut off by a shrill cry of,
"DON'T CALL BABIES INSANE!" As well as a sharp thud. The girl turned towards the source--something behind a tree, and a girl with hair the exact same color as her own, as well as gloves and a scarf and some dumb t-shirt with a big red exclamation point on it and some shorts ran over!
...She was covered in dirt, considering she seemed to fall from the tree. Aya stared at this newcomer, incredulously, before looking to the creature. "Is...this yours?" She asked. The newcomer stared at the creature, before she shook her head. "Nope, I don't own any Moonmon. It's really cute, though. What's your name?"
What the fuck was a Moonmon?
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Post by Kaede Oriane on Mar 22, 2019 22:12:43 GMT
When it came to comprehending just what nonsense this strange... creature was rambling about, she would have been lying if she thought they made a lick of sense. Talk of another world... it was just too silly for her liking. Sure the teardrop was definitely real, but that didn't prove anything! "I simply don't think your words are worth much... at all frankly. Programs are not alive... they're just bits of code." the girl quietly mused, frowning with a generally dismissive gaze at the blob.
Before they could truly continue however, another visitor popped up... another pink-haired girl showed up, from a tree of all places. Was pink hair just what was all the rage these days or something? Well, that aside... was calling this blob a baby even accurate? It did sound pretty insane, so why were they defending it anyway? More importantly, why did she call it a Moonmon? "That uhh... doesn't really help explain things, you know?" she ended up responding, squinting at the girl.
"Weel, mebbe if ye took 'at fuzz ootta yer lugs, mebbe it'd make sense! Aam a bleedin' digimon mucker! Diz 'at make a wee bit ay sense noo?" the Moonmon snapped, pouting slightly... though soon shifted their attention to the new girl quizzically. "...? oy! wa dae ye fook ya know whit ah am anyway? Nae complainin', braw tae see someain knows der stoof!"
"That is something I would like to know myself..." Kaede ended up sighing in a disgruntled manner... She honestly at this point just wanted some damn answers at least.
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Post by Ayaka and Coolmon on Mar 23, 2019 21:22:10 GMT
Aya thought that Kaede posed a rather fair point. No way that programs could just manifest themselves into reality. To insinuate such was insane. The fact that the newcomer believed this was even more telling of something.
This park was full of crazy people. Speaking of the newcomer, she just looked at Kaede with assurance in her eyes. "Maybe not, but it's true!" She exclaimed, before looking at the Moonmon. She leaned in, super close, and whispered, "Don't tell them but I'm actually also a Digimon. That's why."
A true master of disguise, no doubt. There was a chance that Coolmon could likely have been heard by Kaede. "Uhhh...Magic." She explained, more audibly.
"Ma--...Do you think I'm an idiot?" Aya put her hands on her hips and gave a stern frown towards the (unknowingly false) girl. "You obviously know more about this than we do..."
"Yeah. Cause I'm super smart."
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Post by Kaede Oriane on Mar 23, 2019 22:43:23 GMT
"Och, sae that's wa ye reek loch a moon tert!" the Moonmon ended up giggling, at the girl's whispers... though honestly Kaede was not able to hear it. Didn't stop her from thinking about just how weird today was getting.
Kaede merely glanced at Aya, shaking her head as she barely comprehended a word that this strange little blob was saying... not just because of the accent mind you. Frankly the inner skeptic in her also didn't even buy the newcomer's excuse. "Yeeah, not to sound rude... but not really buying it." Hell, even miss Ayaka was calling some bullshit here... and you know what? At this point Kaede was willing to just throw her arms up in the air and forget this whole incident. In mild frustration, she shoved the Moonmon still in their cracked open egg to the second girl as she sighed profusely. "Listen, you clearly know whats up about this thing... So can you do me a favor and just take care of it? I'm fine just going back to a normal, everyday life."
Almost immediately the baby(?) gasped in shock, backpedalling very quickly trying to convince Kaede otherwise. "Oy! Ye cannae jist flin' me awa' loch some trash! we're destined kiddo; ye waur th' a body fa foond mah digiegg! Its a sign, lass!"
For the conversation, the sleep-deprived girl hostilely... actually outraged that this thing was so clingy. She just wanted to go home, slip into bed, and forget about all this dumb shit. "No, its not." she irritably spoke, though soon enough calmed down. "Look, its nothing personal... but I can't take care of ya. My parents would kill me if I brought in a pet."
"Dae ah swatch loch a bludy bunny coney?! Weel... Ah am, jist nae yit!" the Moonmon countered, though soon enough was beginning to look desperate. "Come on; ye can jist expect tae send me back tae th' digital warld! yoo're supposed tae be mah tamer! c'mon burds back me up haur!"
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