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Beach Blanket Break Time [Mei/Invite]
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Jul 4, 2019 7:52:05 GMT
The waters of Whitewater beach glistened from the warm rays of the Digital World's sun, on a nice summer's day. Many humans and Digimon were gathered on this fine day, playing, swimming, or just relaxing and soaking up the sun. And today, Kenny and Skadi were there, the tamer's normal KIZNA uniform and D-Nexus safely tucked away in his bag, and all his other stuff in the Infini-Store, wearing a two piece rash and swim shorts, nicely tied up, and with a nice amount of sunscreen lathered on.
Kenny was just lounging around for now on a towel, laying under the welcoming shade of the umbrella, while Skadi was happily playing and swimming in the water. He did tell Skadi he was going to join her when he was ready, but he needed a bit of time to himself first. He felt his mind drift off again as he watched Skadi play with the other Rookie Digimon, a Penmon and a Gizamon. My birthday's coming up soon, and my dad says we need to plan something for it, He thought to himself, Luckily for me, ever since I moved here, I've made quite a few great friends, and I even got to join KIZNA. Like, how amazing is that, man?
Now that I think about it, I have come pretty far ever since I came here. I've gone from a loser with no friends, to a competent tamer and boon to the Digital World, with a group of close friends. I bet my mum's watching me from heaven right now, going to all her friends and going 'yep, that's my darling son down there. Isn't he so amazing?'
Unbeknown to him, Skadi was filing a bucket full of water, while the Penmon and Gizamon chuckled like a couple of naughty schoolboys. Kenny was just laying down at this point, gazing at the umbrella, and risking nodding off. But still, I really gotta start thinking about my birthday plans. I mean, a day here lasts for like 7 real world days. Maybe a whole week long celebration with me, my dad, and Ryou-
SPLOOSH! Kenny felt a sudden jolt of cold water hit him on the head as he started to flail around aimlessly, while Skadi, the Penmon, and Gizamon burst out laughing at the prank. Calming down from the shock, and dripping wet, he noticed that Skadi was holding the bucket inverted, shaking out the last drops and giggling at him. "Sorry, Kenny. You were taking a little too long to join us, so I took some matters into my own hands." With a cheeky grin, she put the bucket over her tamer's head.
Kenny, now sitting upright, was now chuckling himself at Skadi's prank. Throwing the bucket off, he saw that Skadi and her friends were already running off back to the water, and in almost no time, Kenny was chasing the Digimon too. "Oh no you don't! Don't think you'll be able to get away with one of your little pranks this time!" He laughed.
Soon, he joined the 3 other Digimon, and proceeded to splash at Skadi, flinging water at her with his open palms while laughing. Skadi was laughing too as she proceeded to splash her tamer as well. Soon, the Gizamon and Penmon joined in and were also laughing, turning into a sheer free-for-all where none of the 4 were safe, and everyone was a target. But nobody cared. It was all in good fun, and there was a sense of child-like carefree innocence wafting through the air.
Internally, Kenny and Skadi hoped it would stay that way.
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Post by Mei on Jul 4, 2019 8:19:41 GMT
"Mei, Mei! Sands! Look, it's sands!"
"Mei-chan, don't go too fast... mou...."
Tottori was indeed close to sand dunes, but honestly whitewater was not sand dunes... It's simply seaside city. Mei however does not care, she just want to feel the scent of home. The sea, the water, the sands obviously! The Meicoomon already prancing about, rolling on the sand while giggling. Just when she rolled, she suddenly found a seashell! Oh boy, talk about cute! She quickly returned back to her human partner's side.
"Mei! Seashells!"
"That's right, it's uniquely shaped huh?"
Seeing that her human accepted her gift, the Meicoomon looked so elated. She goes back to look for more... but when she saw some people building sandcastles, she decided that perhaps seashell hunting can wait for a bit more. How about just making sandcastles? It's easy to read her mood based on how her tail trembled in excitement. The human Mei decided to rent some spade and bucket.
"Mei-chan, do you want to make some sand castles?"
"Mei~!"
It might be childish for some but the Meicoomon was absolutely happy. It's their first outing in Digital World! And they're even making sandcastles! She wanted this for so long, having waited to be fully partners with Mei. And the girl, albeit not too fond of the heat, still more than happy to play with her partner. After some time, they managed to make the sandcastle part ready. It just need decorations.
"Mei! Mei will look for some seashell~! Wait for Mei, alright~?"
"Yes, yes! Careful alright?"
"Mei~!"
And the Meicoomon approached the shore, where she tries to find as many seashells as possible, picking ones that she felt unique. Dried starfishes of course does not escape her attention. She picked those too!
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Jul 12, 2019 2:38:03 GMT
Kenny and Skadi were so caught up in their splashfight with the Gizamon and Penmon, they completely failed to notice a large, anthropomorphic, Rookie-sized cat walking near them and picking up seashells and the odd dead starfish. However, Kenny managed to catch a quick glance of the cat, and stopped splashing the others. The other 3 stopped too, looking at him in confusion. "Kenny, is anything wrong?" Skadi asked, looking at her friend in worry.
"No, nothings wrong." He reassured the 3, "It's just... there's a cat! It's a cat! Holy shit, I love cats!" It was true Kenny was quite the cat person growing up. As a kid, he had a pet cat named Skadi, his best friend and companion for many years, who would always comfort him and often sleep by his side, until she died due to health complications. She was practically Kenny's only friend growing up apart from Isaac. And even though this Skadi was clearly not a cat in any way, shape or form, her behaviour reminded him of his old cat, hence, why she got her name. Could you really blame him for getting excited seeing what was basically a walking talking cat?
"That's a Meicoomon, actually." Skadi pointed out, "It's a Champion level Digimon that uses it's sharp claws to attack, but they're generally quite friendly."
"It's adorable, that's what it is!" Kenny responded, "And I wanna pet it!" And with that, he quickly broke away from the group, and went to approach the cat. The water from the tides and the sand did impede his movement somewhat, but that didn't stop him from trying to approach the Meicoomon. Skadi likewise gestured Gizamon and Penmon to follow her, the trio all following Kenny to keep guard.
The second Kenny approached the Meicoomon, he really couldn't help himself. He bent down to the Meicoomon's level, and tried to pet it on the head, his whole body still dripping wet all the while. All the while, he would coo over the adorable cat Digimon, "Who's a good kitty? You are, you are!" He really couldn't help himself. That cat was just too adorable for words.
Skadi, on the other hand, just approached the Meicoomon and waved at it, "Sorry about that. My tamer just really loves cats. I'm Skadi, and that's my friend, Kenny." She gestured to the petting tamer, "It's nice to meet you!" Skadi smiled at Champion-level cat Digimon.
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Post by Mei on Jul 15, 2019 9:34:27 GMT
Mei the Meicoomon hummed as she picked whatever available and put it inside her basket... That is, until suddenly, something blocked the sun. Mei let out a small, inquisitive "Mei?" as she looked behind her... and she found... someone who's dripping wet and inching closer to her!? The cat Digimon poofed herself, and not to mention he somehow wanted to pet her? Nope, nooope nope nope nope, not after that sudden appearance and don't these people knows that cats doesn't like being wet unless by their own volition?
Mei ran before the hand could even touch her. She's slightly wet from the drips, but she doesn't care. She climbed her partner, still all puffy. "Mei! Mei! There's someone who want to pet me! They scared me!"
"Oh my..."
Mei (the human) looked toward Kenny and smiled. "A cat lover are you? Mei-chan is cute isn't she? But you shouldn't go like that you know? Digimon are sensitive, and most of the time they're more to humans than animals. I don't think petting a cat would be good when you're wet honestly..."
"Meiiii..." the Meicoomon protested.
"Oh right, if you want to pet her, you should apologize to her first. That scared her, you know? She love pets and neck scritches, also head scritches, but if you suddenly go at her, that gonna scare her! So please apologize, alright?"
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Jul 16, 2019 2:27:37 GMT
Kenny felt he couldn't help himself trying to pet the Meicoomon, him being a cat lover, but before he could touch her fluffy head, the cat just up and puffed up, taking him aback, before she ran off, leaving a bewildered Kenny and Skadi standing in place, the waves still ebbing in and out from the shore onto their feet, while Kenny lowered his hand slightly. That wasn't exactly a good first impression.
While the Meicoomon ran up to what was presumably their tamer's arm (a girl in her late teens), Kenny sighed sadly in guilt before walking off to grab a towel. Skadi stood a little big longer, before turning to her new friends, "I'm sorry, you two, but I think Kenny needs a little help, you guys don't mind if we play with you later?" The Gizamon and Penmon nodded, before resuming their splash fight with one another, while Skadi ran back to catch up with her friend, her face pained with worry.
After picking up a dry towel, and wrapping it around his body, Skadi catching up to him all the while, the two approached the girl, who was carrying the Meicoomon like a baby, gently telling him that petting a cat while wet wasn't a good idea, and plenty of Digimon were more humanlike in nature. As she said that, he just glanced at Skadi guiltily while she just looked at him, and his mind immediately came back to the Arkadimon fight. Arkadimon was nothing more than a wild animal with a sadistic streak, but Digimon like Skadi, Ramona, Bezil, Valt, Opehlia, and the Nise Agumon Hakase at the Entertainment District were their own people with their own feelings, desires, hopes, dreams, and fears. While Digimon were alien to most of the population from home, while in the Digital World, even if he was a member of KIZNA, he was still the alien here.
The older teen then asked her to apologise to the bemoaning Meicoomon politely, pointing out that sudden actions like the attempted pet back near the waves startled her. Kenny just smiled weakly in response, as he dried his body off, especially his hands, with the towel, before approaching the Meicoomon. Of course, he wasn't going to point out he was kicking himself for what he did already, but he handed the towel to Skadi, so she could dry herselk quickly too.
"Um, I'm sorry about earlier, I shouldn't have just suddenly approached you like that and tried to pet you. I just got a little overexcited because I love cats. I had a cat growing up, and I just thought you looked adorable. I'm really sorry I scared you like that. Can you please accept my apology?" He told her, raising a hand. Even while (mostly) dry, he wasn't going to try and pet her again just yet. Not at least until she eased up and calmed down.
Skadi had dried herself as Kenny said all this, and she looked up to the Meicoomon as Kenny finished, "Yeah, my tamer can be pretty silly at times, but he's ultimately a good person. He won't hurt you." She put the towel on the ground as she walked over to where Kenny stood, "He just... got a lot to learn about us Digimon a bit more. You can trust him." She smiled at the cat once more. Hopefully, Skadi's addendum to Kenny's apology gave a little more oomph to the Meicoomon, serving as the push to essentially get it through that Kenny wasn't a scary human being.
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Post by Mei on Jul 22, 2019 12:39:02 GMT
Something in Mei felt like the young man is not used being rejected by a cat, and she secretly feeling a bit amused at it. Or perhaps in his neighborhood there are not that much cats? Hmmm considering how he looked like he's a foreigner she guessed that wild cats are rare indeed. She heard him and as best as possible try to calm her partner down. Nothing is gained if they keep their prejudice after all, right?
"Mei-chan, he thinks you're adorable cat, you know?"
"Mei... the neighborhood kids also said that Mei is cute."
"Oh right, you lately took a stroll and got stroked by neighborhood kids huh? How dos it feel?"
"Mei always make sure they understand to treat Mei gently, but it felt... nice, yes."
"Ehehe... well then, oniichan here is just very excited because he never saw a cute cat Digimon like Mei-chan. Can you forgive him, Mei-chan?"
Mei looked at Kenny's outstretched hand, then at Kenny himself. Seeing that there are no dripping wet water, Mei slowly extended her feelers and wrapped it around Kenny's hand. It's... soft, very soft. Those who seen Maine coon obviously know that their tail is very fluffy. Mei is not different in that part. The moment her feeler gently wrapped around Kenny's hand, he would feel that sublime fluffiness.
"Mrrrp... Mei forgives you."
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Jul 23, 2019 6:08:12 GMT
As a guy who, bless his heart, constantly tried to make the best first impression he could, Kenny still did feel a bit of worry that he up and shot himself in the foot in that regard. But it did help that Mei (the human) was trying to help ease Mei (the cat) into helping her forgive him for his admittedly dumb action (and he did feel a little flustered but happy over the 'oniichan' comment; was she hinting at something that he didn't know?) She's Mei, she's Mei, you're Mei, I'm Mei. Are there any other Meis I should know about? He just thought to himself jokingly. He dared not say it right now
Still, Kenny didn't lower his hand at all, but he felt it quiver a little bit as the Meicoomon's feelers reach out towards him. What if it was poisonous? Thankfully, as the feelers wrapped around him, he smiled, partially in relief, and partially from the sheer fluffiness from those feelers, as the quivering died down and stopped completely. Mei could easily notice that Kenny hadn't flinched at all, and just embraced that warm, fluffy feeling.
And then the Meicoomon said she forgave him, taking him a little aback, before relaxing back to a kind smile. For a person who basically had to deal with people who refused to forgive him for even slight mistakes, it felt quite comforting. Skadi grinned happily too, patting her tamer on the knee. "Good job, Kenny. I'm proud of you." She whispered to him, making the tiny blush on his face grow bigger.
"Thank you, Mei-chan."
As soon as Mei-chan would loosen her grip and let go of his hand (not that she practically had an iron grip on it anyways), he would lower it. Having learnt his lesson, he wasn't going to try and pet Mei-chan again unless she gave him the go ahead. But hey, why not hang out with those people for a bit. They seemed nice enough for him. Brushing himself off, he went on to introduce himself. "Guess I gotta introduce myself properly. I'm Kenny, and this is my partner, Skadi." On cue, the lamb/kid/whatever Digimon would wave to the Meicoomon.
"Hello there! Really nice to meet you!"
"We've just decided to chill out on the beach today." Kenny explained, "Truth be told, it's been quite the hectic couple of weeks for us. And frankly, we needed a bit of a break. To be honest with you, Mei," He said, looking at the human Mei, "You seem like quite a sweet girl, I won't lie." Skadi nodded in response, agreeing with what her tamer said.
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Post by Mei on Jul 31, 2019 20:17:11 GMT
"Well, I'm a nurse-hopeful, so I'll take that as a compliment," Mei answered with a shy smile, combing her sideburn to behind her ear. "Oh, introduction, how silly of me. Name's Tsukigami Mei... and this is Mei-chan, as you know. We're pretty much newbies in this Digital World..."
The girl ran her hand on her partner's neck and chest, earning a content purr from the Meicoomon. While she's not exactly as big as the real Maine Coon, she's pretty big on her own rights. Plus she acted like one! The Meicoomon might be forgiving, but at the same time she's not sure how to approach the two. They looked friendly, but at the same time she's not yet over her shock.
"...Mei... we're... on vacation," the Meicoomon softly informed. "Mei... got too many assignment, so we thought it'll be nice to... take a break."
"Ahahaha, I'm guilty of that indeed! Well, it's just weekend, but I'm surprised to learn that time is dilated in this world! At first it's confusing but I guess for someone who is in busy vocational school as myself, it's like a blessing!"
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Aug 1, 2019 6:17:42 GMT
The kindly lady carrying the Meicoomon introduced themselves as Tsukigami Mei and Mei-chan, respectively. Her shy but friendly behaviour was making Kenny warm up to her. She did mention she wished to be a nurse someday. As she stroked Mei-chan, Kenny could not take his mind off the fact that that cat was the biggest damn cat he ever saw that wasn't a tiger or it's kind. Even cat!Skadi couldn't hold a candle to Mei-chan.
Anyways, the two Mei's told them that since the human Mei had dealt with boatloads of assessments at vocational school, they decided to take a break at the beach that day. What hadn't gone unnoticed by Kenny was that Mei-chan still looked and sounded a little scared of him. He couldn't blame her. He had to try and pull out all the stops to earn her trust.
But for now, he just had to play it safe, "Dude, I would've killed for all that extra time in my high school days." He joked to Mei, "Maybe when I get into university, I'll milk the everloving hell out of that. Who wouldn't, actually?"
"And if any bad guys come our way, rest assured..." She put her arms akimbo and looked Mei dead in the eye, "By the time I'm done with them, they won't even know what hit them." Skadi's sheer confidence was practically oozing out of her, but Kenny just chuckled and ruffled her hair again, her body slumping as she giggled. She was practically used to this sort of affection now.
But what about Mei-chan? Slowly, he leaned over to the Meicoomon, but just enough to not tower over her and let drops of water splash her. He did raise a hand, yes, but he didn't attempt to pet her again. Rather, he was trying to give a friendly gesture to the cat, "Hey buddy, you wanna have some lunch with us? Maybe after that, we can go collect some shells together. Does that sound good to you?" He whispered just loud enough for the monster kitty to hear him. Skadi could hear him too, and she nodded, agreeing with that idea. He did catch what the Meicoomon was doing earlier, so he opted to appeal to what seemed to be Mei-chan's interest.
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Post by Mei on Aug 6, 2019 17:32:44 GMT
"Hmmm? You're not in university?" Mei asked. Perhaps it's due to her thinking that Kenny is older than she is thus is in university. After all there are quite a lot of oversea students who wanted to learn in Japanese University. She heard that the field of study like animation and illustration are simply very popular as a subject of choice. Then again she's not in that field, so she can't say whether it's accurate or not.
"Mrrrp.... Violence, Mei don't like that," she muttered. "Violence is a bit of too much for Mei... well, Mei feel that Mei isn't built to fight anyway, so..."
"Mei-chan is kind of easily frightened. I think if this is an RPG she would be something like a priest, or a white mage perhaps? ...Mei-chan in white mage outfit, I think that would be the cutest thing ever..."
"...Mei?"
"Ahahaha, I'm sorry, Mei-chan! I'm just thinking things out loud."
...And then it looks like the cat Mei got an invitation. She's not sure what to make of this, but, Mei gently clapped her hands.
"Well, then, I think it's good time for a break, don't you think, Mei-chan?"
"Prp? Is Mei hungry?"
"Yeah, I think I'm a bit hungry... What do you say?"
"Let's eat then!"
Looks like she accepted the invitation.
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Aug 8, 2019 7:50:53 GMT
The closest thing Kenny came to going to University was TAFE back in Australia, a short course that one could use to further his skills, and to him, his pathway to Uni itself. However, Mei, being a native of Japan, and Mei-chan, being a Digimon, would probably get lost easily, so he just said, "Well, not yet, actually. But I'm working on getting there. My dad has a lot of faith in me in that aspect, so I really hope I don't let him down."
Meanwhile, Mei-chan would bemoan about her hatred of violence, which Mei would explain about how easily that Digimon would be frightened, before musing about the Meicoomon wearing cute outfits. Kenny, being a cat lover himself, couldn't help but chuckle himself when he heard that, "Yeah, that would actually be pretty adorable, now that you mention it. And hey, I'd bet Mei-chan would be a very good white mage." He agreed.
As for Skadi, she could easily understand where Mei-chan was coming from, considering the Golden Week incident, and how she feared for Kenny's safety, so she just nodded a bit, "You know, Mei-chan, you don't have to fight baddies to be a hero. If you manage to help somebody in need, or save somebody in any way whatsoever, then that can make you a great hero. Take it from me!" She told her. And coming from experience, where she and Kenny played a part in saving God-knows-how-many lives that day without having to throw a single punch, she meant it.
It seemed that the Meicoomon was unsure on whenever to take what was basically a random stranger's offer to hang out, luckily for them, Mei would help coerce her partner into taking the offer. And Kenny felt himself breathe a sigh of relief that his plan was working. "Thanks, guys." He smiled at them, before turning to his partner, "Skadi, can you grab my D-Nexus and Infini-store please? I'm gonna be setting up our seat." The towel had dried in the sun quite a bit, and so did Kenny and Skadi, so grabbing the towel, he threw and straightened it onto the ground near where he could sit.
Meanwhile, Skadi would run off to grab Kenny's D-Nexus and Infini-store as requested, and, since by being quite close-by, she would be able to fetch it pretty quickly. Having sat down on the towel, Skadi had come on cue, handing him the items in question, "Here you go, Kenny!" Kenny smiled as he ruffled his partner's hair. Skadi had not only been used to it by now, but she also would happily lap it up as well. She loved that form of affection, as she tilted her head to rub against Kenny's hand.
And Kenny would chuckle as she did so, "Thanks, Skadi." Taking the stuff from her hands, Kenny would open the Infini-store, pulling out some onigiri, cucuumber for Skadi and chicken schnitzel for him. It was their personal favourite after all. Somehow, that Infini-store kept them cool after all this time. They did have some red bean mochi packed for dessert, Skadi's favourite treat, but they would save it for afterwards.
But for now, Kenny opted to pop the question first, "So Mei, how did you meet Mei-chan, exactly?" He asked her. It would be interesting to know on how she met her partner. Of course, Skadi's tale was indeed interesting, but he didn't know on whenever to tell it.
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Post by Mei on Aug 16, 2019 14:15:44 GMT
"Hmmm I see, sounds like complicated thing, but your Japanese is quite good! I feel there shouldn't be much problem, unless if you meant the writing and reading part.... that one would need quite more amount of practice I think, ahahah," Mei tried to lighten the mood "I'm sure you won't let him down though. You sounded like you cared a lot about him, so I'm sure you can do it."
Looks like they have shared liking toward cats! "Right!? I wish I can make such cosplay item! I'd really love to dress Mei-chan in various clothing like that! Ah, but of course only if she want to..."
"Mei? How does that white mage clothes looks like?"
"Hmmm, it's a hood and a robe, quite simple actually!"
"Mei would like to try!"
...Success, looks like it can proceed from here. Mei the human decided that it's the best to perhaps commission some child sized white mage clothes... no, a toddler sized one?
"Mmmm... Mei... doesn't really want to be a hero, Mei just dislike violence... and... Mei just want to befriend people, Mei guess?" the Meicoomon answered. "But if being hero is what Fluffy-chan...er, Mei means Skadi-chan and her partner wanted to be hero, Mei can respect that. It's good to have a huge dream," she nodded. Looks like she's no longer feeling so nervous.
Either way, Mei unpacked her own meal, which is a sandwich basket worth of food. Inside is onigiri, some actual sandwiches, karaage, and various other treats. For some reason it doesn't looks like it's for just two of them... perhaps, Mei the human already anticipated that Mei would make some friends here, thus she made it extra. From the look of it it can easily feed five people.
"Hmmm, how I meet Mei? Well... that's a bit complicated, ahaha... basically, I was apparently chosen since I was eleven, but... I'm unaware of it, you see... and Mei-chan..." she passed the Meicoomon an tunamayo onigiri, which she quickly nibbled "Mei-chan stalked me for good seven years without me knowing. She said she's shy, and wanted to meet me but could never because she's not sure what to do. So we met about few months ago on a park, and she just like that approached me finally... met two duos ourselves, and they told us how Meicoomons are... badly perceived."
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Aug 22, 2019 5:42:01 GMT
Having studied Japanese for a while before moving to the country, and all that time spent living in Japan so far (not counting all that fancy time dilation) had helped to sharpen Kenny's language skills quite a bit. But Mei's compliment had taken him a little off guard, as a bright blush covered his face, and butterflies built up in his stomach while Skadi giggled, but that didn't stop him from smiling and taking in the compliment, "Thank you, Mei. I'll do my best."
The idea of Mei-chan wearing the white mage costume had seemingly helped to chip away at the Meicoomon's shell, but Skadi's brief talk to the Meicoomon had really helped to kill the kitty's nerves. She paused as she listened to the Meicoomon's words, considering the entire Golden Week incident in mind, "Yeah, I figured that not every Digimon like you wants to dabble in violence," she mused, "But, you're right, Mei-chan, it's good to dream big and do what you can to achieve your dream, as long as it's for good."
"Maybe that's why you ran out of the Village of Beginnings as an In-Training instead of waiting to become Rookie first?" Kenny teased the Valaismon, "That wasn't exactly the best idea in the world, if you ask me."
"Need I remind you that if I never did that, I would never have met you?" Skadi giggled again as she hugged her tamer's leg, making her tamer blush again.
"Heh, you got a point, girl." He smiled, giving the Valaismon one of his known hair rufflings in response. Despite Skadi's love of friendly mischief, there was no denying that she was a good kid at heart. And to him, it was pretty hard to get angry at her for when she did things like that.
Much to Kenny's surprise, the two Meis had packed a crazy amount of food, enough to feed a whole family. Did that chick have a whole family running around the rest of the beach? Were they planning to feed some wild Digimon. Either way, they would listen as Mei would explain how she met her giant monster cat, and how the Meicoomon would be too shy to talk. In a way, Mei-chan reminded Kenny of Kenny; he himself being a shy individual who struggled to make a lot of friends. Skadi, on the other hand, felt an air of familiarity, what with her wanting to find a tamer and friend.
But, surprisingly enough, Mei brought up the fact that the Meicoomon species as a whole had quite the shaky reputation. . "Wait, what do you mean by 'badly perceived'? If anything," Kenny said, glancing towards the Meicoomon with a confused look, "you hate violence. Surely, nobody would be looking down on you. And besides, your tamer loves you unconditionally."
As much as Skadi would like to interject and point out why Meicoomons had a bad rap, she didn't know what to say, lest she tread on the Meicoomon's toes a little too much. Rather, she proceeded to continue eating. But there was no denying the worried look on her face; if anything, Mei-chan was way too sweet to carry the burden of such a horrid reputation that presumably the rest of the species had on her shoulders.
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Post by Mei on Aug 25, 2019 7:44:24 GMT
Mei guess running from the Village of Beginning isn't the brightest moment ever, but it's not like she's doing it much better either. Her egg just... appeared in real world, got taken care by cats, just because she happened to smell like one of them, then grew up to what made some cats not sure what just happened... but either way, she's very fluent in cat speech because of that.
...it also helps that she's a cat, she guess.
"You two are really close," Mei the Meicoomon quipped. "Mei think you must be very nice person and very great toward your Digimon... that's very great quality to have."
The Meicoomon nommed on her onigiri, small bites, but slowly and surely, she began to decimate the food. Rather than a cat's way of eating she looked more like a squirrel as she nibbled it. She obviously perked up slightly at the question of why Meicoomon are prejudiced against, but... slowly, she just looked at her human partner, who seem to understood what she meant to say.
"....Alright, so... there was a case of a breach in Village of Beginning... how to say... the breach when a Meicoomon... possibly a feral kind, suddenly appeared there, and began consuming babies there... and absorbed its data. Loading data is something akin to a taboo, from what I heard from Mei-chan, because not only it eliminate the person, which essentially killing them permanently... you're severing them from their chance of being reborn. It's taboo in civilized places in Digital World, but for Digimon of wilderness it's apparently a common practice. When it comes to criminal, usually loading them is like the greatest punishment... But even so, it's agreed that... absorbing babies are the lowest of low you can get. That's why the moment one attacked and absorbed baby... in a sanctuary meant to protect them, that's where whole species are branded as dangerous pest."
It's... definitely a heavy talk.
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Aug 29, 2019 10:07:09 GMT
The way the Meicoomon ate made Kenny reminiscence for a moment about his old pet cat, also named Skadi. That Skadi was pretty gluttonous in nature, often baying for food on a daily basis, and a pretty quick eater herself. But upon asking Mei-chan about why these adorable cats people would normally be falling head over heels over, it seemed she wasn't exactly keen to tell them, leading to the human Mei to explain why; a feral Meicoomon had broken into the Village of Beginnings and loaded the data of literal babies incapable of defending themselves properly.
For a moment, Kenny and Skadi were stunned into silence. But Skadi felt a heavy pang in her own heart. After all, she loaded a Digimon herself, but it was a bloodthirsty Arkadimon that threatened to kill and absorb her data from the very start, even in it's weak In-Training form. And the only reason she had to absorb it's data was to prevent it from drifting back to the Village to Beginnings and letting it devour defenceless Digimon. It was her own dark secret that she opted to hide from others, especially her KIZNA comrades, lest they flat out roast her over the coals. She didn't say anything, and just continued to eat.
Kenny, however, took a breath, before speaking, "That's horrible, man. How could they think that just because one member of your kind committed genocide, especially against innocents, that means every member of your kind are like that?" He knew the answer; the vocal minority were very loud and vocal, and considering how his own condition was often looked down online, that hit a little too close to home.
Skadi just looked at Kenny sadly, and nodded, "Truth be told, it's the case with a lot of Digimon. There have been several virus types prosecuted at Luminas just for being a virus type, and several well meaning Digimon killed because they just so happened to be virus." Suddenly, the whole thing about Nise Agumon Hakase made a lot more sense now; she remembered his words about how he just wanted to live in peace before the old DATS intervened. And the fact that he did want to learn Tamernet, just to keep in touch with her, Kenny, Cassie, and Ophelia warmed her heart.
If anything, a small smile appeared on her face as she remembered, "It just makes me glad that we helped Nise Agumon Hakase during the Golden Week incident when we could. He was just scared and lonely, and me, Kenny and Ophelia just helped out the best we could without judging him or his kind. I just hope he's doing good for himself."
Kenny smiled contently and patted Skadi's back in reassurance, "I'm sure he is, Skadi." He then turned back to Mei-chan, "See, girl? We're always happy to help you when you need it. I'm sure you and the rest of your kind are just being saddled by one bad egg, and that's completely unfair. And hey, if you ever need any help when people are judging you too harshly, we're always ready to help you, no matter what. That's what being a member of KIZNA entails."
He leaned over to try and pet the Meicoomon again in reassurance, but he paused first, knowing what happened last time. He just needed to do one thing first, "Mei-chan? Mind if I pet you please?" If the Meicoomon gave the OK, then he would indeed pet her. Otherwise, he would put down his hand. Whatever happened, it was clear he learnt from last time around.
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