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Post by Diego Lacosta Santos on Feb 26, 2019 16:43:24 GMT
"...Nope. Not today." At first it looked like Diego wasn't talking to anybody. After all, to the average human eye and even the average digimon he appeared to be completely alone. He didn't look very happy about it either. Even though class was in session, the thirteen-year-old boy was behind the building cutting class. Instead, he was spending time sitting back against a tree, and... well, that was it. He wasn't studying, he wasn't thinking about anything in particular, and he wasn't even sketching in his sketchbook, which was an activity he almost always enjoyed. "Maybe tomorrow."
What was the point in going to class anymore? He figured? Maybe his parents' connections had gotten him into an international school, but they just spoke English instead of Japanese, neither of which was his first language and the former of which he still wasn't perfectly fluent (the latter being a language he knew almost nothing about). He was behind, always behind, and, heck, it didn't seem to matter even if they had been speaking plain Spanish. Nothing he did, nothing he tried seemed to get him anywhere in school except, in rare cases, barely passing.
Unfortunately, Diego wasn't as alone as he appeared. Someone spoke back to him, "Forget this place! Don't you understand where you are? You're just steps away from that place! Why won't you go?" The voice was young and female, but that hardly mattered to anyone besides Diego; he was the only one who could hear it. Aloud, though, he quietly hissed back to it, "No! For the love of God, leave me alone!" at least he was able to talk to that voice in Spanish, but he was getting more and more agitated with it ever since he moved to Japan. That was why he was starting to raise his voice despite over the past year being well-practiced in keeping those conversations private. Ever since moving to Tokyo that voice has been more and more excited, more omnipresent, more insistent on its compulsion to bring Diego to her 'home world' and show him his 'true destiny.' Of course it was all tonterías - complete rubbish - but that didn't make her demands any less annoying. "But we're so close!"
"Leave me alone!" by this point Diego was shouting, scaring off a bird in the tree above him. That made him aware of what he'd done and try breathing exercises his old therapist taught him for stress. Good thing there seemed to be no one to witness this kid apparently screaming at a tree. No humans, anyway.
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Post by Lise Hamelin on Feb 28, 2019 3:02:04 GMT
 If only he had evolved to Hagurumon, maybe Solarmon would have had an easier time making it to Earth. It had been a complicated process. Come by day, then he'd risk being noticed by humans when they were most active. Come by night, and his glowing red-orange metal body would've been easily sighted regardless. Still, it had been a plan that had worked out in the end. Solarmon had been tasked with this mission by his superiors in the Hardware Den in the Western Flatlands of the digital world. Apparently one of their prized possessions - the spirit totem that they had come upon, had disappeared. And they had told him to go to Earth to find it. Well, going to Earth had been difficult, but he managed. Riding the Trailmon from Terminus was the easy part. The next part involved him riding up the elevator to the surface when given the chance, then hiding. He then had to make his next move at night, when the humans were gone from the station. He made his way out, levitating as he went, attempting to avoid the cameras of the station by keeping to the roof. Thankfully there were no cameras pointed there, humans didn't fly. Then when he was in the night air of Tokyo, he would camouflage himself by a giant neon sign over Scramble Crossing, waiting for daylight. While he still glowed, he was invisible as long as he stood still. Then at last, the sun arose. With the sunlight covering his glowing, Solarmon then hovered across the city on his hunt, trying to find the one that had stolen the spirit totem. He had doubted it was here at first, but when he moved North, he sensed something. Something similar to the signal he had been told to look out for. 'There you are...' he thought, then descended down toward the surface. Soon he came across a small human. Bigger than a child, smaller than an adult. He appeared to be yelling at a tree. Solarmon would then stop lowering himself and hovered at his eye level as his back was turned. "You have something that belongs to us, human..." Solarmon said in a stern, synthetic voice. "Give it back". |
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Post by Diego Lacosta Santos on Mar 3, 2019 18:47:40 GMT
Maybe Diego was bigger than a child, but sure not by much. The poor young boy, small and slim, probably looked like a very easy one to scare. Well, that wasn’t what happened. While Diego did gasp and whip his body around for a look at Solarmon, the sight did not frighten him; he was just startled by a new presence. Rather than scared, though, Diego just seemed... annoyed. Very frustrated, to be fair, but still not fearful. In fact he didn’t even talk to Solarmon first; he spoke to someone else, someone Solarmon still couldn’t see. He broke eye contact and stared off in another direction to tell that person, “I’ll deal with you later.”
But that someone didnt take being shrugged off lying down. “Diego, that’s another digimon, like me. Run! Now!”
“No, I’m doing what the doctor said this time. Both of you. Maybe I can’t get rid of you-“ Diego then went and found the courage to stand right up to Solarmon, even poking them between the eyes with one finger. “-but you can’t control my life. I couldn’t steal from you because you’re not real!” He stepped back, then, looking rather pleased with himself for accomplishing absolutely nothing.
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Post by Lise Hamelin on Mar 12, 2019 6:27:06 GMT
If Diego did actually make physical contact with Solarmon's face, he wouldn't be smiling for long. Namely because Solarmon's body was glowing orange because of the sheer amount of heat it was producing, and touching him was like the equivalent of touching an electric hot plate. Still, Solarmon was taken aback by the human's attitude. He claimed he was not real... that wasn't the answer he was expecting. Either an admission or denial, but, outright denying his existence? After a few moments, that only made him angry. "Don't play dumb with me!" he growled, his gears grinding, producing sparks. "The Spirit Totem! That was our treasure in the Hardware Den! And now you have it! I'll repeat myself! Give it back, human!"He then arranged his gears in an aggressive stance, making it clear he was prepared to go through whatever he was going to do by force.
Searing Shield [Passive] - Solarmon's body is red hot at all times, meaning that any contact with it will cause minor heat damage. |
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Post by Diego Lacosta Santos on Mar 12, 2019 23:22:07 GMT
'Spirit Totem?' Yes, Diego was, in fact familiar with that phrase. He'd heard his constant companion say the word enough times. In fact, it all started when Diego in Uruguay reached through a curious sort of window in front of him, like some kind of tear in space. On its other side had been, on a pedestal, a tiny statuette. To Diego's credit, he didn't actually try and take it. All he did was exercise a little curiosity by reaching out and touching it... and that was when his ordeal all started. The same could be said for the present.
"Ay- Hyaaaaagh!" Diego cried that out loudly enough to scare off some birds perching on a little playground for the younger students a few hundred feet behind himself. Though he smirked while poking the gear digimon, he sure wasn't as he yanked his own finger back. While Solarmon shouted at him, he tried to nursed and check on his own fingertip while squinting so he could see a very nasty burn in a little less detail. Covering his ears with his upper arms made that even harder. "I don't have it!" the boy hissed. It seemed the plan to treat the illusion like what it was(n't) went right out the window after that. Real or no, it hurt. "If I did, I'd give it to you... really."
"Rude."
"Shut up!"
And from this moment on it probably looked to an observer like Diego was having an argument with someone who wasn't there, but maybe a digimon who knew Diego had a spirit might be able to figure it out. "He's not messing around, D. Ya gotta let me take this."
"That's not gonna happen!"
"You can't fight a digimon. You can't even touch this one! He will hurt you!"
Diego started to hold his own forehead. "...how can I trust you to give control back?"
"You don't have a choice!" the female voice in his head continued to urge.
"N-no! I can't-"
"Then run, idiota!" Well, at least that was advice Diego could agree with. Suddenly, the nimble young man pivoted 180 degrees and tried to sprint off.
Diego was damaged by Searing Shield.
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Post by Lise Hamelin on Mar 18, 2019 11:53:01 GMT
Good, the human was beginning to catch on. Solarmon thought as such when he saw what he thought was a flicker of familiarity across his face, but still, it was not yet certain. Still, the human was quick to flinch in pain as he touched his hull. Yet still, the human denied having the totem. Solarmon narrowed his eyes with suspicion. He could still sense the totem directly in front of him, yet, still, he couldn't see it. Then all doubts went out the window when he suddenly shouted to someone that Solarmon couldn't see. "That's the spirit totem!" he declared. "One way or another, human, I'll take that from you!"Solarmon didn't particularly like the idea of harming a human, but, this one really gave him no choice. Besides, he was told that somehow damaging another enough would be sufficient to separate them from their spirits. The machine digimon wasn't quite so intent on killing this young man, but, if it took beating the totem out of him, then, that was what he'd do. Alas, he would run before he could muster the will to do so. "Get back here!" Solarmon snarled, hovering after him. In desperation not to have him run too far, the rookie machine digimon attacked, readying his gears, then with a cry of "Blistering Boomerang!" launched them both at the human. Regardless if they would hit or not, they would return to him via magnetism.
Blistering Boomerang - Solarmon readies his red-hot gears, then launches them both at a target. They return to him on the same turn due to a magnetic force that only affects these gears. The gears burn and sting if they are touched. |
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Post by Diego Lacosta Santos on Mar 25, 2019 3:09:30 GMT
Oh, boy! Forget about the heat; those things looked like they might bash Diego's skull in with blunt force alone! They came real close to doing it, too. They were right on target. The only reason they missed was that Diego was quick enough to slide behind the slide of the playground he saw earlier for cover. The slide didn't block the projectiles, but the act of going down and taking cover made the projectiles whizz right over his head... singing his hair as they swept through it. Diego could hear the sizzle. Good thing his hair was already black. He thought he was safe then, but as he peered back up he noticed the projectiles were turning back around. "Oh, cr-" he had to duck again, but he saved himself, the gears again passing harmlessly over his head. "This is ridiculous!"
"It's now or never, D!"
"I can't!"
"I ain't just gonna let you get us both flattened!"
"What does that mean?" He didn't get a verbal answer. Apparently, the voice was done negotiating. Diego surprised himself by holding out his hand and reaching for something, which was surprising because he didn't tell his arm to do that. In fact, he tried to bring it back in as it grasped at the air for... something. Something he couldn't see, anyway. That made it stop closing his hand, but didn't bring his arm back. Something was fighting him with his own body! "Wha- no! You can't do this!" But the voice was still done talking. Before he knew it, Diego was engaged in a battle of wills within himself, his own trying to get his arm back and run some more while the other was trying to close his fist as if to hold the air. The effort made him grunt a little, then scream as he realized he was losing the battle. The screams started as exertions effort but became cries of desperation until, finally... he grabbed something that wasn't there until he closed his fist.
There wasn't time to wonder what the little device was. The most he could get of it was a glance. Soon as it was his, his last pained scream was, "E-execute spirit evolution!" which were all words he didn't intend to say. "Wait, what does that-?" Diego was no more - just for a fraction of a second. He blacked out for that time while his body morphed, still behind cover, until it was no longer human.
"What the..." Diego wanted a moment to look at his own arms and new body, but he didn't get one.
"Fight now and stare later already!"
"I'm in control?"
"Not if you keep waiting for the sky to fall!"
Well that was enough convincing for Diego. Though smaller, this body was also physically stronger slightly, enough that he was able to jump clean over the slide he'd hidden behind, face the attacker head on, and shout, "Psyclaw!" He couldn't explain how he knew how to do it, but he slashed toward Solarmon with his claws once with his right arm, once with his left, and again in an X-shape with both claws. Physically he was nowhere near close enough to actually hit Solarmon, but if the attack worked then Solarmon would nevertheless see and feel each slice on his own body.
Diego evaded Blistering Boomerang.Diego spirit evolved to sprite Psychemon. Diego attacked Solarmon with Psyclaw. -Psyclaw: Psychemon attempts to use psychic influence to convince an opponent that invisible claws are scratching at their body. The affected opponent can even see illusory wounds on their body, and the pain is realistic enough that this ability deals damage.
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Post by Lise Hamelin on Mar 28, 2019 13:21:58 GMT
So, this human had quick reflexes. He managed to duck behind cover from his hot gears, which destroyed some... flimsy human apparatus that Solarmon had no idea what its purpose was. The gears returned to his person, and he was about to maneuver for a better attacking position, when he saw the human with the spirit begin to behave differently. It was down to Solarmon's curiosity that he didn't strike while the human was clearly struggling with something. It had to be down to his possession of the spirit totem. Therefore Solarmon waited to see what would happen. Then, the D-Tector appeared. That was something the gear digimon was familiar with. "Yes! That's it! That's the totem!" he declared. "Give it to me, human, and I will spare you."But it seemed the spirit would not give in. Solarmon frowned and growled as the spirit merged with the human to spirit evolve. Of course, he didn't think it would be that easy. But he readied himself regardless as the human spirit evolved to a Psychemon. Then, the spirit digimon attacked. Solarmon braced, but felt the effects of the psychic slash attack. He growled again with indignation, since no contact had been made, his attacker would feel no pain. But, he reassured himself. He had prepared to fight a spirit digimon, and he knew it was no easy task. So he would respond in turn. His gears began to spin rapidly, glowing in heat and light, before he shouted "Shiny Ring!" and sent two fireballs hurtling back at Psychemon.
Solarmon is hit by Psyclaw.
Solarmon uses Shiny Ring on Psychemon.
Shiny Ring - Solarmon's gears spin at full speed, gathering fire energy. He either shoots two small fireballs at the enemy for half a normal attack each, or one large fireball at the target. |
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Post by Diego Lacosta Santos on Mar 30, 2019 22:19:04 GMT
Fireballs? Projectile gears were one thing, but that just wasn't fair! In the face of this attack the newly transformed Psychemon froze like a deer in headlights. At the very last moment he tried to cover his face - not as a defensive measure but because the heat and light were bothering him. In either case, he was a sitting duck for both fireballs, which struck him simultaneously. Heck, they were so powerful they went straight through him as he screamed in agony and singed the grass below and behind him.
Psych! At the moment of contact Diego did scream convincingly, but as the fire passed through the image of him faded away. Solarmon's target was nothing but one of Psychemon's illusions! Not only was that attack a miss, it wasn't even close to being close. So, where was Diego? "Get away from me!" This time the voice originated from about thirty feet in the direction of Solarmon's seven-o'-clock. Once more, he attempted to infiltrate Solarmon's mind with his own freshly acquired mental abilities and slip in the feeling of getting scratched again. "Psyclaw!" Of course, every mind had some resistance, some could be conscious while more was unconscious. Nevertheless, Diego kept trying to mentally push and prod and forced through to make Solarmon feel what Diego wanted him to.
"I don't have your totem!" Interesting. Did he just not understand where it was? He didn't know it was inside that device he grasped earlier or that it was indeed possible to pass the object along.
"You're doing great, D! Keep it up!"
Solarmon hit an Optical Illusion. -Optical Illusion (passive) When struck by a damaging ability, Psychemon automatically disappears, revealing that she was actually an illusion, therefore making the enemy attack a wide miss. Once consumed, the real Psychemon becomes possible to sense and attack once again. The real one must reappear within 50 feet of the illusion. Cooldown: 3 posts.
Diego attacked Solarmon with Psyclaw. - Psyclaw: Psychemon attempts to use psychic influence to convince an opponent that invisible claws are scratching at their body. The affected opponent can even see illusory wounds on their body, and the pain is realistic enough that this ability deals damage.
Optical Illusion must cool down: 3 posts remaining.
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Post by Lise Hamelin on Apr 4, 2019 11:01:27 GMT
Solarmon was almost gleeful as it seemed his fireballs were bang on target. But... what was this?! The fireballs had missed! Just what was this devilry?! The gear digimon was taken once again by surprised as he felt the incredible sense of phantom pain on his hull. Now he was mad. He turned to the direction of the voice. Somehow... this human spirit wielder was using the abilities of his spirit to confound him with illusions. Still, he had the audacity to deny knowledge of the totem.
"The abilities you have are nothing of this world, human!" Solarmon snapped. "You can't fool me. Humans don't turn into digimon like you have and use their abilities like you do without a totem!"So it seemed with this spirit's illusionary abilities, precision attacks wouldn't work. Therefore, his only option was to strike in all directions. His gears spun until they glowed with white light, then with a cry of "Sol Calor!" he emitted a wave of heat and light in all directions, attacking everything within 15 meters. He was determined to succeed in this mission!
Sol Calor - Solarmon radiates an immense burning light in all directions, dealing area-of-effect heat and light damage to everything standing within 15 meters. [Cooldown: 1 turn] |
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Post by Diego Lacosta Santos on Apr 7, 2019 17:50:18 GMT
"I know, but-" How was Diego supposed to explain it? Was he just supposed to say, 'it disappeared when I touched it, and I don't know what happened?' If he did, would Solarmon believe it? If he did, would he even leave? None of it really mattered in the end. What mattered was that Diego hesitated, kept trying to reason with the creature, and so lost focus when it came to defending himself. He might've had time to escape with an extra half-second, but as it stood he was well within Solarmon's blast radius. The best Diego could do was try and shield his face with his arms, but that did diddly squat for him. He screamed in agony. The heat was unbearable! Never had the poor boy experienced pain like this before. His mind reached out for something, any distraction from the searing heat! All he could think about was that Solarmon, though, making him hurt for no reason, burning him. That was it! No more reasoning! This was a case of beat-or-get-beaten now! Oh, Diego's rage started to burn as hot as his body, even considering that one sleeve of his cloak had even caught fire because of the burst of heat.
That was his escape from the pain: his drive. Diego flipped a switch, and suddenly all he could think about was bringing pain to the one who burned him. So what if it was just another hallucination? So what if there wasn't really a Solarmon there to hurt? It was real enough for Diego. As soon as he got the chance, he was going to squish this pest like a bug! Unconsciously, his mind began to reach out toward Solarmon's and tried to stab at it again by showing Solarmon the exact same pain that he was inflicting on Diego. The burning, the agony, the agony, the rage!
When the attack stopped, so did Diego's mental assault. As for his cloak, he nonchalantly slapped his own arm with his other paw a couple of times, flinching from the pain of it but successfully smothering the fire. Then, he glared at Solarmon. "I'll make you regret that."
Diego was hit by Sol Calor. Diego attacked Solarmon with Misery Split. -Misery Split: Psychemon makes an opponent take all of the damage she took in this post from one attack of her choice by infiltrating an opponent's mind and sharing her pain with them (Psychemon still takes the damage, too). Cooldown: 2 posts.
Optical Illusion must cool down: 2 posts remaining. Misery Split must cool down: 2 posts remaining.
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Post by Lise Hamelin on Apr 12, 2019 14:13:32 GMT
Finally, Solarmon seemed to land a hit on this tricky human. From the reaction, it seemed to be the first time he had experienced the pain of a digimon attack, indicating he was either very lucky or very skilled to get this far without experiencing this. However, this feeling of satisfaction was quickly erased by Solarmon suddenly feeling the same pain he inflicted on the enemy. The red hot gear digimon screamed in tandem as he felt his body burn as he intended for his enemy. Just... what was this power?! As the strike ended, he saw that the Psychemon was glaring at him in fury, making an oath to hurt him. That tone... that stance... for the first time in this fight, Solarmon was... slightly scared. But no! He would not back down so easily! This was just a human after all! A human that had stolen a spirit totem from his village! If Solarmon was going to be of any value, he would continue to fight on behalf of the Metal Den to get it back. Just... now he was currently wondering how in the world he could do that. This human and the Psychemon spirit... so far he had proven himself able to outfight him without concentrating. Well then. Solarmon would rise in turn to that challenge. He didn't call out his next attack, but launched his Blistering Boomerang. One launched directly at the Psychemon's position, and the other in a sweeping motion that would cover the enemy if they dodged left or right.
"You're welcome to try!" Solarmon snarled in response.
Solarmon is damaged by Misery Split.
Solarmon attacks Psychemon with Blistering Boomerang with a more tactically aimed strike.
Blistering Boomerang - Solarmon readies his red-hot gears, then launches them both at a target. They return to him on the same turn due to a magnetic force that only affects these gears. The gears burn and sting if they are touched.
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Post by Diego Lacosta Santos on Apr 17, 2019 23:56:57 GMT
Solarmon was learning, alright. By now he had a feel for what kind of fighter Diego was and was adjusting his tactics accordingly. Diego slipped the gear aimed straight at him with ease, and for a moment it looked like he was going to slide to his left low enough to get underneath the second one. However, he didn't fall quite fast enough, and that left his forehead right where Solarmon would have wanted it, and the collision made a sickening metallic clang. It was only afterwards that the boy's head met the ground.
"Hey! Easy on the chassis, kiddo! That's my body you're borrowin'!"
"I'm doing my best..."
"I'm tryin' to be nice, but I feel those bumps, too! One more of those and I'm taking over whether you like it or not!"
Well, that was all the motivation he needed! Diego appeared dazed and weak after that good conk on the head, rolling over onto all fours and shaking his head to clear it. That down-but-not-quite-out impression was what Diego wanted Solarmon to think, anyway, but this was just more deception. After all, the boy had no need to even move for his abilities to work! So he mentally slashed at Solarmon again, and in the time it took Solarmon to either feel it again or resist it, the spirit wielder snapped to his feet and ran back toward that play set but not directly behind it. There's gotta be a limit to your tricks, and I bet I've seen most of 'em! By the time he stopped moving he was in jumping-distance of that slide's steel platform behind which to hide. Doubt you can burn or tear through that. Diego felt ready. He felt like he still owned this fight. He felt-
-a lingering sting in his skull. He had a moment of distraction when he reflexively touched his paw to his head and whined.
Diego was hit by Blistering Boomerang.Diego attacked Solarmon with Psyclaw.
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Post by Lise Hamelin on Apr 18, 2019 10:40:33 GMT
Yes! His attack struck! Solarmon's gears returned to him as the spirit wielder hit the ground. He was so close to victory! By now the heat of the battle had fully consumed him. He was showing no quarter, he needed to gain back this spirit totem for the pride of the Hardware Den. Solarmon thus prepared to finish him off. His gears began to spin again, glowing with more and more light. He was charging up another Sol Calor attack, which he was certain would finish off this upstart for good. But then the Psychemon attacked with another Psyclaw. Solarmon initially thought the strike meant nothing, but, at once, he could feel something was wrong. His spinning gears began to shudder and spin out of control. He gasped and screamed as his gears were damaged so much that spinning them to prepare his attack was literally ripping his hull apart! "No! Not like this!" Solarmon cried with horror. "I can't lose! Not when I'm this close!" he tried to shut down his gears, but they were non responsive and continued with their out of control machinations. "No! No!! Damn you humaaaan!!" that was all that was said. Solarmon's attempt to attack when his body was that damage had literally ripped himself apart, and he soon collapsed, disintegrating into data. And that was the end of him.
Solarmon attempts to use Sol Calor.
Solarmon is so critically damaged that his body is ripped apart in the attempt.
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Post by Diego Lacosta Santos on Apr 19, 2019 1:11:41 GMT
"Now! Absorb his data!"
"What?"
"Just- y'know! Suck him in! Download him!"
"What does that even mean?"
"Just do it! Now, before it gets away!" As much as Diego hated to admit it, that voice hadn't led him astray. Just now, it had saved his life... though that condition was also what put his life in danger in the first place, so Diego believed.
I'm losing my mind. Diego jumped feet first into this illusion by stepping toward the fallen foe's data, shutting his eyes, and just willing its data to go into him. Fortunately, that was all Diego actually needed to do to initiate the download. As Solarmon data flowed into him, he felt like some of his fatigue was ebbing away even if the pain wasn't. He felt... thicker, somehow? Not physically, but, like, some inexplicable feeling of more fullness, like his body mass had increased. What he didn't know was that a few extra bits were now contained within him, whatever the Solarmon had been carrying. That wasn't why the spirit wanted to download him, though.
"Alright, stop." Diego was just walking by faith now, so he listened. "We don't want it all. Digimon don't usually die forever like you humans; we revert to our baby forms again and go from there. He might have come after us again if we didn't download some of his data, but since you did he should revive without any memory of who he was or why he wanted to take me."
"Why didn't we just take it all? Make sure he doesn't come back?"
"Because we didn't have to. That would just make us killers."
"I guess..." As the boy in the digimon's body looked around, he noticed the playground. It was damaged, burned and bent. Could a hallucination have done that? According to the doctors, yes; he might be able to see the environment affected by them in ways that didn't really happen. If Diego started hearing other people talk about the damage after this then he might have to become suspicious, but he had no reason to expect that. He just panted, rubbed his aching head, and made a mental note to tell his therapist about what happened today. "So, um... can you tell me how to change back?"
Diego partially downloaded a For Glory NPC. He got some bits in the process.
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