[Plot] A Golden Week to Remember [Group A]

It was always considered great when Mae didn't have a vision of something happening then going terribly wrong. That could be considered the case thus far, but she didn't have anything to warn her that something like this was going to happen. A trip to the Entertainment District in her holosuit, and the tanned woman (who was really a cat in disguise) found herself bearing witness to a figurative sea of Digimon.

And they were all having fun, too...

The tan woman was watching the Candlemon group's performance with flames, a little mystified by what it was she was seeing. Mae decided to wait until they were done, if they'd ever finish, to inquire. "Wonderful performance! ...Where are you two from?" She didn't dare to drop her holosuit just yet. Maybe if she had a chance to, out of sight...

She at least knew -what- most of the performers were, but Mae wanted to know a why.

Ophelia hadn't expected to come to the Real World so soon - or at least, so relatively soon - after having set off from her home in the mountains. Initially, she wanted to see all that the Digital World had to offer, before she'd explore the Real World, but... Then came Golden Week. And with Golden Week, would come talk of Digimon coming into the Real World to reveal themselves, and discussions in KIZNA regarding the matter. When the time came for the team to begin forming a squad to help maintain the peace when celebrations and the reveal begin, Ophelia and Cassie both were there to sign up for it.

Cassie was excited, curious to know what it was like out there in the world of humans - and Ophelia was more than happy to help pull her weight for the team. Of course, what they both should've expected - but at the same time, didn't - was the need for holosuits... Ophelia took to it rather quickly, already being a bipedal digimon as it was - though she couldn't help but notice that it made her senses feel a bit funny... They weren't too muddled or weakened, just off, which took some time getting used to. Cassie, however, had more issues - as it turned out, going from a quadrupedal seal-like build to bipedal meant that her sense of balance wasn't very strong! It took some time for them to even get Cassie to where she could comfortably stand and walk, let alone do other things like running or jumping around, and it still was very awkward for the little Gomamon-X. Thankfully, Ophelia was there to help out with that.

Thus, as the duo made their way through the streets of the Entertainment District - seeing the sights with wide eyes and palpable excitement and curiosity - they would be able to blend in with humans at least half-decently, between having had time to practice, and their teammates' guidance. They looked to be nothing more than a pair of teens who were out and about, enjoying the sights just as everyone else was - Ophelia following Cassie around as the hyperactive sibling dragged her around (still surprisingly strong, even in this holosuit) and up and down the streets, calling "C'mon, c'mon, look over here! Everything here's so bright and shiny!" Ophelia, all the whilst, would be unable to help laughing in turn - the excitement absolutely contagious. "Eheheh, wait up a second, Cassie!"

The two would be looking at the posters put up in the window of an arcade, though, when something caught Ophelia's attention. Pausing for a second, the Spadamon-disguised-Human would sniff the air, noting a few... Distinctly not-human-scents in the air. Sure, they'd seen the occasional animal - Ophelia couldn't help but groan softly to herself at recalling the dog that kept barking at her and Cassie, as they had passed - but this was something more familiar. More like....

"Ophi, aren't those digimon over there...?"

Ophelia would glance over to Cassie, noticing that her sister's attention was off to the side. Following the disguised Gomamon-X's gaze, she would indeed come to spot a couple of digimon - a Lunamon and Coronamon - in plain sight, performing to an audience. The duo would watch as the fire and water dragons would 'fight' in the air above the two conjuring digimon, both of them dazzled by the performance as well, even if they weren't truly humans themselves! "Hey, hey, Ophi..." Cassie would begin as the dragons would collide, bursting into fireworks - the two sisters glancing to each other once Cassie got the other's attention - "What if I did something like that, too? Blend in with the performers, while you watch?"

Ophelia would hum to herself for a second, visibly contemplating the suggestion. On one hand, they were supposed to be incognito, but... Cassie, being a healer, could probably put her skills to work if someone was hurt while performing, and she'd probably feel a whole lot more comfortable in her actual form. With these thoughts in mind, Ophelia would decide to smile and nod. "Hell yeah, go for it! I'm sure people would love to see you put your strength to use, or blow some bubbles!" She would mention - to which Cassie would grin widely, glee apparent on her face. "Yippee!" The Gomamon-X would cheer as she jogged (Or more accurately, stumbled - she was still getting a hang of running!) towards the Lunamon and the Coronamon, shedding the Holosuit to return to her true Gomamon-X form as she did.

Though it might've been difficult to weave thru the crowd as a human, Cassie would have no trouble in her more short-statured Gomamon-X form weaving thru the humans to approach the Lunamon and Coronamon duo. "Hey, hey! My name's Cassie!" Cassie would introduce herself to them with a bright and friendly smile, asking "Can I join you two in performing? I'm pretty strong, and I can do this!"

She would begin to blow a large bubble - filled with faintly glow water. Once the bubble was formed, she would begin to bounce it atop her head, giggling gleefully as she did, blowing additional bubbles, until she had three bubbles, juggling them all together, bouncing them on her head! "I've been practicing this for awhile, and I think it'd go great with Lunamon's water stuffs!" She'd chirp cheerily, grinning widely, before glancing over to Fumiko, and waving a fin at her. "Oh, and hello there Miss!" She would greet the young reporter, smiling brightly. "It's been really fun, exploring the Human World like this - it's my first time coming out here! Is every day usually like this?"

Cassie's bubbly and cheery personality would be regarded with a chuckle and a smile from Ophelia - who would stand at the sidelines in the meantime, as she listened closely. As mentioned before, being in a holosuit didn't necessarily make her senses weaker. They just... made her senses feel odd. It was hard to explain, beyond it just being Weird and Different. Either way though, she would be listening closely to her surroundings, peering around, and sniffing the air - staying aware of any digimon in the area. One could never be too sure, if every digimon here had good intentions....

It would be then that the D-Nexus in her pocket buzzed, and she would reach down to pull it out - bringing it up to her ear. "Oh, all's good here! Cassie's trying to see if this Lunamon and Coronamon wouldn't mind her performing with them, and I'm just watching nearby." Ophelia would begin, scratching the back of her head. That was another thing she'd quickly note was 'off' - her claws weren't so sharp. They were weird and blunt, even if that meant she could scratch harder without worrying about hurting herself too badly. "How's it going on everyone else's end, guys?" She would ask - glancing around to see if she couldn't spot her teammates from here.

She had thought the first time that she would of gone to the human world would of been a happier venture. But honestly everything felt muted, sad, frustrating. She could feel the well of negative emotions cascade over her; making everything just feel... Off somehow, the normal peppy cheerful meicoo that had a thousand more questions instead just seemed a touch more jaded than she should be.

Edges of sadness, lack of sleep and a somewhat uncertain vibe rolled off of her holosuited form. People gave her a soft berth, as much as you could in japan. Some people just attributed it to her outfit, some kind of aviator. The lack of sleep made sense, the inability to really feel what was going on.

The first performances that cut through the crowd and showed off what was what honestly wasn't a surprise to her. She'd raise a brow, bringing out a phone to snap a picture of the event. Unlike the gawking humans around her, digimon weren't a surprise.

She'd pardon herself through the crowd, find herself a nice cafe and sit down. The waiters and waitresses all ooing, aahing and pointing out amazing displays that just bit wrong into holly's ears. The disguised cat managed to flag down one of them before ordering a mocha. Something she had been told to try out by a friend.

That and she had to find some kind of cookie for her sister.

The waitrer seemed to think she was male, made all the efforts and used all the honorifics. A small bemused smile crossing the meicoomon's face. She had picked this holosuit in an effort to blend in better, people wouldn't look at her as quickly or dwell on the fact an aviation person was about. She had done her research, pilots were respected but often more than not left alone unless you really knew them.

She heard the crackle of the D-nexus in her ear piece and the disguised mon thanked the waiter for their time before bringing a hand up to her ear. Pressing the 'talk' button so that she could communicate with the others. Her voice held very little in the way of emotion, sounding almost flat. There wasn't that playful curiosity or the energy that she was well known for. Why should she be? She had a very rough week.

"Pilot here. Some performers, onlookers and what looks to be a small news station. No sign of problems yet."

The meicoomon keyed on her mute button and gave her mocha a deep sip. The caffeine would normally burn bright in people's cores but her annoying habit of being able to burn through things like this without the side effects irritated her.

Reminded her a bit of captain america, how he couldn't get drunk. She couldn't either but that's because her body burned brightly. Her eyes flicked to the window as more people passed by, trying to get closer to the performers. She'd shift in her seat, looking towards the bathroom. In a pinch she could probably use that to shift out of her holosuit...

"Pilot here. Found a good spot to change if needed. Let me know if you need me."

She'd run a gloved hand through her hair, amused at the fact of what all was going on. It felt muted like everything else. Perhaps if she brought her sister to this place they'd enjoy themselves more. Maybe they'd be able to get some sense of self now that she was gone.

Yeah right.

The Candlemon looked at the person that approached them. As digimon, they could tell that this humanoid figure was a digimon wearing a holosuit, but neither of them acted negatively because of this.

"We're from the city of Luminas, madame!" one said, speaking in a refined accent that sounded similar to French. "Perhaps we should say... "New Luminas", considering the revolution that has occurred there recently."

By now, many revellers in the entertainment district were catching on that this was an incredible event. Most of them in Hikaru's vicinity were either cooing with delight as they took photographs of him, while others send messages to their friends that there were some incredible street performances being done here tonight.

Meanwhile, Lunamon and Coronamon were intrigued when they were joined by a Gomamon-X, who requested to perform with them. While an unusual request, both of them were inclined to agree.

"Well, what can you do?" Lunamon asked, curiously. The digimon that introduced herself as Cassie then demonstrated her abilities, juggling bubbles. The brother and sister digimon exchanged looks, then nodded at each other, realizing they could incorporate this into their act.

With this, Lunamon and Coronamon concentrated their powers. Lunamon used her water manipulation to carefully direct the bubbles to her brother, who then used his fire manipulation to carefully light fires within them. Before long, many bubbles with flames within them were floating throughout the district. Not hazardous in the slightest, once they touched a surface they would pop and their flame was instantly extinguished, but it provided an impressive sight for those that looked above.

Before long, they were joined by two more digimon adding their techniques to the special effects. Most of the crowd of humans watching below were mesmerized by the display. Most of them thought this was some kind of fantastic new method of optic illusion. After all, how should they think otherwise?

Meanwhile, seated at a cafe nearby was a pale skinned woman dressed in red, wearing sunglasses, sipping a martini with a slice of lemon.

"Fools... they think they have this all under control." she thought to herself. "Cripple DATS by presenting digimon as harmless beings... oh no, it won't be as easy as that, that's for certain..."

Just before she began to grow impatient, Archnemon felt the presence she had been looking forward to, then smiled. Her assistants had managed to break through it seemed, and were materializing in several places within the crowd.

So far, the forward force consisted of a Soulmon, Buraimon, most shockingly, a Golemon, and probably most awkwardly, a Nise Agumon Hakase materialized at various places in the district. Yet none of them made a move just yet. All awaited reaction from their appearance.

Hikaru enjoyed the attention, posing for those who requires him to do so, playing the harmonica and whatnot... he hoped that his indistinct look (bars his eyes, but hey, how many red eyes Dorumon are out there? Lot enough for him to pretend to be one of those normal one, he hoped) would not reveal his true identity. However... he felt a chill down his spine.

...Hm, tingly. His danger sense is tingling. There's trouble afoot, and there are some new appearances of Digimons... one quite close to him, a hat that appeared out of nowhere. Considering that tonight might be an apt time to strike and cause mayhem, he guess this is the right time for him to move, huh? Hikaru bade goodluck to his performing partners and walked as he plays his harmonica, playing the simple tune that seem came from faraway, distant Digital World. Hikaru tapped his leg twice. At first sight it might looked as if he's just a bit tired from standing too long, but this is his signal.

His partner already noted his move.

"Faith here, there's a shift in atmosphere," Yuuki's voice would rang on the D-Nexuses. "Your order at the moment is to stay doing what you're doing if so you desire, but if you want to approach target, do it carefully. Don't make too sudden of a movement, and avoid provoking them too much. Keep your KIZNA badge hidden until you think it's needed, over."

He himself have to move. Yuuki tied his hair and put on a cap. With this sort of look, he guess he won't be any different than some street dancers that might came down the road to dance from the Digimon show. But his target is different... While slightly dancing at times, following the music, he made sure that his focus is still on his partner.

"I'm approaching the first target, a Soulmon," Yuuki's voice once again heard speaking through the D-Nexus. He also turned on the auto-mapping function. It's hard to make off just how many new appearances are there considering how many Digimons are here... "If you engage a target, make sure to try pacifist route first. If you don't think you can do that, for the mean time try to keep your attention on suspicious figures around you instead. Pilot, mind seeing how stuff looked from above? I feel most of the crowds are child stage, single out any stages above it and give the rest the report, over."

Hikaru meanwhile already so near to the Soulmon. For one reason or another, he already wore a fedora, one that he tipped as a greeting to the Soulmon.

"It's a beautiful night don't you think? A merry one, perfect for a bit of a show... Here to enjoy the show or to perform?" he asked to the Soulmon with pointy hat. Hikaru's tone is even. He's ready to charm his way.

Subtly was never really one of Skadi's strongest points, but what she lacked in that, she more than made up for it in infectious energy. Kenny had practically grabbed onto thin air as Skadi leapt onto Ophelia, yelling "OPHELIA!" as her sheep arms wrapping around her friend's human neck like an octopus' tentacles on a jar. Kenny and Michael could only watch as 'Ophelia' stumbled back from the impact.

She laughed along with Ophelia as the disguised Spadamon held her in her arms and nuzzled her, Skadi returning the favour willingly. Kenny found himself laughing as well as he went up close to Ophelia and waved to her, and even Michael was chuckling calmly. It was then she turned to see her other KIZNA teammate and her dad, approaching them and joking about if he lost something of his, "Yeah. My little troublemaker here just up and ran off without telling me first. Thanks for finding her, Ophelia." He joked, leaning over to ruffle Skadi's hair, as her nuzzling continued.

So how were they enjoying the festivities, exactly? "Well, it's been pretty good so far. Gotta admit, your sister Cassie's quite the natural." He cast a subtle glance towards Cassie, who was putting on quite the show with the Coronamon and Lunamon duo. He and Michael were generally impressed by the Rookie's magic show, as seen on their faces. Michael's smile was genuine, these Digimon really did want to co-exist with the humans. Ophelia then asked who the man following him was, "Oh, right, I forgot to mention him. That's my dad. Best I let him introduce himself." He said as he gestured to his dad to approach Ophelia, Michael walking over and extending his hand to Ophelia to shake her own.

"Hello Ophelia. My name is Michael O'Hara, and I'm sure you know of my son, Kenny, already. It's really nice to meet you." He grinned at her. His polite and calm demeanour to fellow adults was extended over to the Spadamon. Being one of Kenny's new friends did inspire a lot of confidence in him.

Suddenly, Ophelia seemed to spot something, and started to frown. Confused, Michael and Kenny turned their heads over to where Ophelia was looking "What's wrong, Ophi?" Skadi asked with a bit of concern in her voice, as she turned her head as well to the perpetrator, an out-of-nowhere NiseAgumon Hakase. She felt Ophelia put her down on the ground and looked at her. Kenny and Michael also looked back at her as she asked if they were going to follow her. 

"Yeah, might as well," Kenny shrugged and Skadi nodded, "After all, we teammates, nay, friends, gotta stick together, right?" He winked to his partner, who happily nodded back.

"Right! Besides, if you get in any trouble, Ophi, Kenny and I's got your back!" Skadi grinned at the Spadamon with her arms akimbo and her chest out, while Kenny nodded with a smile. It was clear that they were going to follow Ophelia, not just as members of KIZNA, but also as a valuable ally and friend. It was at this point Kenny's D-Nexus buzzed anew as well, coming from 'Faith'.

"So, uh, Ophelia spotted that weird Agumon over there. We're just going to accompany her, just in case anything goes wrong." He spoke into the D-Nexus. As he hung up, still holding it in his hand, as he detached the KIZNA pin and put it in his pocket, he turned to his dad, "Dad, you coming?" Michael just shook his head.

"No, I'll be fine." Michael reassured him, "After all, you're a member of KIZNA. Best you do your job. Meanwhile, I'll be talking your friend's sister. But if anything goes wrong, call me." As Kenny, Skadi, and Ophelia walked off, Michael leaned down to talk to Cassie, "Why hello there, sweetie. What's your name?"

He then felt a small tap on the knee. Turning around, Ramona the Wormmon looked at the secondary group, with a sly look on her face, "I suppose I must be fashionably late." She addressed the group, "The name's Ramona. Ramona the Wormmon."

Meanwhile, Kenny, Skadi, and Ophelia finally met up with the Agumon. Kenny and Skadi opted to act casual to the suspicious new Digimon, Skadi putting up her usual peppy demeanour. Whereas Ophelia went with a carefree attitude, Kenny opted for a more gentler approach. "Hey, uh, welcome to Shibuya." Kenny smiled at him, "My name's Kenny, this is Skadi, a Valaismon," he gestured to her, who happily smiled and waved.

"Nice to meetcha!"

"And this is Ophelia," he gestured to the 'human', "It's really nice to meet you." He hoped that his polite and friendly gesture would ensure the NiseAgumon Hakase would have a good time in the real world. After all, the purpose of KIZNA was to establish friendly human/Digimon relationships, so why not act politely?

Just as the white haired man finally caught up to the running blackguilmon he would come to a stop right next to Holly's table. He was about to admonish his partner about not going out on his own like that, until he finally locked eyes with the person on the table, it didn't took him more than a second to recognize them, or rather her. He sighed, somewhat relieved his partner at least wasn't harassing some random person, and gave his niece a weak wave and a smile.

"Job? Like doctor job or Kizna job?" The guilmon asked, scratching his head in confusion which only seemed to increase with her comment regarding his brother. "Dio is always Dio, Holly."

Before this conversation that was probably leading nowhere productive continued however the holosuited Holly would lean forward, asking in a hushed tone for Gio to go be with his brother and be wary of strange things. Without so much as a question or any sort of surprised reaction the dinosaur like digimon gave his "niece" a firm affirmative nod.

"Caaan do!" He replied with a grin and without missing a beat left the cafe before dissapearing back into the crowd, just as quickly as he came, leaving a rather stumped Carlos behind.

"...Holly, can you tell me what's going on?" He'd ask, a knowing look in his eyes. It wasn't hard to tell she knew something was up, and was clearly something too big to be discussed in public if her inviting him to the roof was of any indication. The man followed behind Holly as she left the building and used the fire escape to the side to reach the rooftop.

Once up there, the cat let him in on all the juicy if still vague details of what was going on: the odd appearances of the new digimons in the crowd, KIZNA keeping a closer look on them and the possibility of a fight breaking out at any minute. Carlos could only shake his head and sigh, as he looked down at the crowd alongside Holly. In a way, it was hard for him to be surprised really, wherever digimon went in the human world, trouble was usually not far behind.

"Well...I do have cards. No team application sadly, though not like anything I got is really team oriented, sorry." He said, taking a quick glance at the digivice in his pocket. "But hopefully your other uncles can manage just fine."

"If there's gonna be a fight then we have to do something about all the people down there, humans and digimon battles are not a good combo. Shouldn't we get the other tamers up here too?" He said with a concerned look, though that didn't stop him from adding in a somewhat sarcastic, if selfdeprecating tone, "Or is your did I finally convince your dad that healing tamers is good business?"

Meanwhile, down on the street Gio would have finally returned to Dio's side, and was in the process of nudging (or rather shaking) his brother around to get his attention, giving him a quite...long winded version of the events.

"...and Holly's in the cafe having mocha and it smelled yummy but she says we should be looking for strange things!"

Dio was, of course, still taking in all the information his brother had just abruptly dumped on him. Holly? KIZNA? Where they all here because of a twist of fate or were they expecting these "strange things"? At any rate it was better to look around for any suspicious activity if that was the case (not like his act had gotten the attention he desired). It didn't took them too long to notice a rather odd looking Golemon just silently standing by. Not exactly the most inconspicuous digimon really, the big boulder giant stood out like a sore thumb even among the crowd both digital and human.

As such the twins decided to approach the burly golem, in an unsubtle way beffiting of Dio, of course.

"Hey buddy, isn't going Champion a bit risky? You might give the humans a heart attack."