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A Silent Recluse [Mikemon]
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jul 27, 2019 18:40:05 GMT
Of course Holly latched right onto it.
It took the point of her ill-fated research and threw it out the window, sure, but it gave the MeiCrackmon something to obsess over. This, however, was something that the doctor could easily answer, even if Holly didn't want to hear it:
"Because its the promise I gave to your mom."
Bandaging up his daughter's ears, he explained. "She might seek us out, she might come back and look for us - but I made a promise that they'd be allowed to live their own life. Holly, there's no guarantee that she'll be at all like ma, or that she'd even remember us. Most Digimon are descendants of deleted Digimon, but if all of us simply stuck to our past memories... we'd be unable to live out our own lives."
He was a bit somber in tone, on that end. "Her data is back, but there's no replacing who mom was so easily. Mom made a promise that she'd do whatever she could to come back to us - and I promised her that we would leave it to her. I'm going to honor it."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 19:27:06 GMT
How could she not?
The moment her mother had left her, the meicrackmon had sensed it. Longed for her data to come back home, she had cradled her sister weeping tears until there were none left to give. At his first words the meicrackmon's face grew confused.
She'd flinch visibly as he touched her ears and squirmed under his ministrations. Even going so far as to try to push him away albeit very weakly. She didn't realize how badly bruised they had become from this last week and even flicking them hurt like heck.
"...So... she... might come back. But... not as the ma we used to know? I... I don't know how I'd deal with that if she ever came here."
Holly's voice was laced with sadness and it seemed like she was going to cry again. The meicrackmon however rubbed her eyes some and she'd flick her ears. Letting out a soft growl of pain at the movement.
"...Am I a descendant of deleted digimon? I would... think I'd know if I was though."
Holly earnestly didn't know the answer to that and she'd grow quiet as her da continued to explain. How the data was back, how they couldn't replace ma so easily. How that she had promised to come back and that he would leave it to her.... That was all there was to it.
"But... Wha... What do we do without her? She... She did so much for everyone here and..."
Sure holly had dealt with loss of people before, but losing a parent was so vastly different than losing a co-worker or fast friend. Her eyes were watering and the meicrackmon grasped at her Da pulling him against her as she tried to not cry again and fail rather badly...
"I don't even know what to do anymore."
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jul 28, 2019 5:25:18 GMT
"Keep them still, Holly. This is why I told you not to pull on them."
Mikemon gave a sigh, continuing to diligently and carefully work on those ears, until they were all bandaged up, partially healed with his aura. But from here, they would have to heal on their own. With that, the MeiCrackmon had a new bit of information to piece through. Just how would she handle what K had become?
Well, dad knew how to answer one question: "You aren't the descendant of anyone who was deleted. No, you're my blood and K's blood, our daughter, through and through." As for what they would do without her?
... Honestly, the Mikemon was silent for a minute or two, trying to piece together his answer. And, well, eventually, it came:
"... Sure you do. Its just not clear to you right now."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2019 4:52:29 GMT
"It's a bad habit really..."
The meicrackmon mumbled a bit and she'd sigh softly as she felt that healing aura touch the bruised ears. She'd have to be somewhat careful not to touch them but that'd take it's own measure of effort. Her regeneration would also help nicely, give or take a few hours and she'd be better!
"...So I never... came from anyone else? That's... What about Sis? Bro? Are all of us just from the two of you? I'm. Really not sure how this whole stuff works..."
Holly's brow furrowed and she'd stare at her da, blinking slowly as he remained largerly silent. The meicrackmon paused when her Da gave his answer to what was more or less a rhetorical statement. She'd rub at her neck thoughtfully and blink a bit.
"Thinking things through is good and all. But I would suggest that you go get something to eat holly. Preferably a normal sized meal even if your body wants more. Else you'll just get sick again."
"R-right..."
Holly fidgeted nervously and after a few moments well. She'd give her da a big ol hug, stifling a sniffle before moving off to go make something to eat. If there was one thing that she had picked up from her mother it was the cooking habits...
Jade would watch her go for a few moments before turning to face mikemon. It seemed rather nervous and before too long it'd speak again; somewhat haltingly as it wasn't sure how mikemon would react.
"Sir... I. Tried my hardest to get her to sleep and all that. The addetive stress of losing her mother and... well her first mission seemed to collectively be too much. I wasn't even present for it but... erm. Her data rotation was far higher than I remember it being, do you know what happened?"
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jul 29, 2019 4:59:05 GMT
A bad habit, yes - but at least Holly was in the right mind to admit it. Mikemon would give a slow nod as Holly would stand back up, rubbing the back of his nose as she gave that next question.
"That's exactly it, Holly. Some parents adopt eggs of reformed Digimon, but all three of you were directly our children." But for now, they didn't need to worry about it too much. Right now, what Holly needed to do was eat something, and actually get some sleep: "Keep it simple, Holly."
No need for the MeiCrackmon to try out a cooking experiment now! He briefly returned that hug, before giving a sigh, sitting back in the living area as he pinched his sinus. His ear flicked as Jade spoke up, getting the cat's attention with his words. But instead of pondering it, he instead just answered her outright.
"Isn't it obvious? She managed to become that Baihumon. The 'upper limit' of her data's completely vanished from my sight." He bit his lip, before letting another sigh out. "I'll be able to get her to sleep. Its something she has to learn... without it, things aren't going to get better for her."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2019 5:05:37 GMT
How could she not admit that she needed to stop damaging herself? It was so plainly obvious to the brain addled holly. The meicrackmon blinked a bit as the mikemon continued to explain to her, that made sense. She had thought he meant something different.
"I think some sandwiches would do nicely..."
Holly would mumble and soon enough she was in the kitchen. The clattering sounds of cupboards and the soft mumbling of the sole meicrackmon could be heard from time to time between what was a flurry of activity for someone so dreadfully tired.
Jade on the other hand seemed rather thoughtful; somewhat surprised if not outright a touch scared. She didn't know what was going to come from that. The rock after all had just barely registered the levels of other mons and what it meant for people.
"Upper limit sir? How can you be so sure she attained that form? Is there some sort of signal or... is it because you yourself recognize what it means to be one?"
Jade paused again and then tilted it's body, much like a headtilt as the other told her that he would be able to get holly to sleep. The orb turned to look towards the kitchen. Holly had already made a few sandwiches and would set in to eat them once she had sat down...
"You might need to sedate her sir, she'll likely toss and turn. Her mother weighs very heavy on her mind still and likely will for quite some time."
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jul 29, 2019 23:19:59 GMT
Sandwiches? Sandwiches were fine. Mikemon would let Holly do as she would, at the very least not hearing the clink of pots and pans in his ears, the cat easily able to focus on his conversation with Jade in the meantime.
Of course, she questioned how he could be so certain. "Whenever a Digimon reaches a new 'highest form', its a sense of breaking past a prior limit. Holly's data felt significantly different when she came back compared to when she first came out, and that change hasn't entirely gone away." And it was really that simple.
It was hard to tell that Jade 'tilted' at all, the sphere that she was... and she was understandably concerned about the Meicoomon's condition. To that, Mikemon gave a 'tsk' with his fangs.
"... She'll be able to sleep without sedation tonight. Besides, her body needs real sleep to help get her back into a right state of mind. Losing K is hard on all of us, but, well, we can't let Holly deteriorate like this."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2019 23:27:11 GMT
Jade shifted slightly, seeming somewhat nervous in scope of things. Honestly it wasn't able to do much to help holly and it showed; other than making conversation and suggestions the orbs weren't very physically inclined which... was probably a good thing.
"I see... And holly fit into those parameters... Why do you think it was baihumon though? Wouldn't another form be more likely? Like her Clarimon form?"
Honestly it was a decent question, that one form stood out among her entire line something fierce. The orb cautiously shifted at that tsk, unsure what that really entailed. There was a lot of frustration in the air in this home and honestly it was hard to really... deal with all of the negativity.
"If you think so sir. Should I wake her at a certain time then? It was... very difficult for holly to accept that she was gone, she... Well. Sir she certainly craves acceptance from her parental figures when in the right state of mind and... with one gone I'm more than certain that she'll likely desire more and more from you. Not... to put more pressure on you sir but I'll most certainly be here to help every step of the way! Perhaps some recordings of her mother's humming could help? I did record a few instances of the Missus'.. uh. Song? I suppose you could call it."
The orb seemed puzzled at what she was supposed to call it. Giving a brief hum of their own the orb shifted one of the others to go into the kitchen to keep an eye on holly. Who was halfway through her third samwhich. Honestly the meicrackmon could put down quite a bit of food...
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jul 30, 2019 0:20:59 GMT
True, what if it was another Super Mega form? To that, Mikemon just managed a small shrug. "Dad's intuition. Besides, the change is too drastic to be anything similar to the Clarimon line."
That was his reasoning, but he was confident in it. Besides, that was hardly the doctor's main concern right now. Holly's forms didn't matter, but Holly mattered, quite a lot, and Jade gave him a bit to think about. "In this case, I'd want you to let her sleep in. One in the afternoon is about as late as I'd let her go, though. And... I know." The cat gave a sigh, shaking his head. "No matter what, she's still my precious Holly. I'll be sure to let her know how proud I am, but for now, I need to be a stern doctor. And... heh."
The cat gave a smile. "You recorded that? Did Holly ask you to... or is that something you did for her on your own?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 9:37:26 GMT
"If that's what you think sir. I'll have to ask her when she's.... better rested."
Jade was pretty sure that the mikemon was correct at this point, after all he knew his daughter better than Jade did. There was a lot that the orb was trying to learn about it's friend. It'd nod it's entire body as it was told that he wanted her to let the meicrackmon sleep in. One in the afternoon? The orb would set a little clock in it's head giving yet another nod to itself.
"One o' clock... easy enough... Is... That because she's your daughter sir? I'm... Still struggling to understand familial bonds even though I have been present in most of the interactions since my conception. A stern doctor? Wouldn't it be just a Stern Father sir?"
Jade paused for a moment and looked almost embarrassed when mikemon asked that particular string of questions. If it had a full body well... it'd be rubbing it's neck and kicking at the ground.
"I did sir. I... recorded it off of my own idea. See it reduces holly's stress by a considerable amount... So... I thought recording it would be for the best, perhaps in a time when she couldn't sleep and well... It also reduced the stress factor of the others here too. I couldn't just very well ignore that. It's nothing like the original was but. It's something."
The orb wasn't even sure if she should tell the mikemon of the other things that it had recorded for them. Recipes, advice, even gift suggestions for various events for one another...
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jul 30, 2019 23:31:46 GMT
Mikemon gave a smile at Jade's curiosity - heck, if she had a form, the doctor might have given Jade a small hug. "Its because I'm her dad, yes - but its also because she's my daughter. We build each-other up, and we're honest with each-other even if we have things to say that the other one doesn't want to hear. And, well... I need to be a stern 'both'."
He gave a cough, ear flicking as Jade explained why she had that recording. It was something she did non her own, and to that, Mikemon just gave a smile. But he didn't return any other words to her - he just kept that knowing smile on his face. Some time later, after Holly would have had enough to eat, he'd lead the MeiCrackmon back up to her room, making sure that she had that bracelet wrapped around her arm and back under her glove.
"... Listen, Holly." Mikemon kept his voice level. "I understand. K meant a lot to all of us, and you were doing what you could to make sense of it. But that doesn't mean that you can just let yourself languish away. Now... I'm going to let you sleep in, but not for the twenty-something hours you normally sleep for."
He sighed. "Not only do you stay awake for too long, but when you do sleep, you sleep for way too long. Its about balance, hun... you think you can get off to sleep by yourself?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 23:49:23 GMT
Jade shifted her body a bit and processed what the doctor told her. She seemed to understand and slowly gave a nod. Her entire body bobbing up and down. So that was the bond of family, a family that she could barely understand. Things were slowly piecing together, Holly wanted a whole family but... With the death of her mother it was hard. But her father was willing well enough to keep her daughter on the right path.
"Right then. I'm going to leave one of my orbs nearby Holly in case she needs something from me. In the mean time I have some chores I need to attend to as well as... a few partial studies I've been wanting to address. Thank you sir."
The orb gave a small bow before moving away from the doctor. It... still didn't understand a lot and it needed time to process this, research the bonds that made family and friends so it could better understand what it meant. What they meant to one another.
What it would mean to holly truly if she could be that friend she so desperately craved.
Holly had about three or so more sandwiches before she was done. Her ears were flattened to either side and the meicrackcmon's tendrils along with her tail were drooping. She was close to crashing and the teetering steps she took were an earnest signal of that. She'd sit on her bed, staring down at the bracelet that he had slipped under her glove.
"...I still don't understand. I still can't make sense of it. It's just... I get death and all that but I don't get this. I don't get why she had to die. I don't understand what I could of done or what anyone else could of done. I don't blame anyone for it... well maybe cept the wisemon and Daemon but..."
Holly sighed and slowly nodded her head, so she was going to get some sleep in? But not for the twenty some hours she tended to sleep for. The meicrackmon slowly blinked and flicked her ears. Wincing lightly as her regeneration was still chugging along at those deep bruises.
"...I just don't like sleeping... I... I don't know why. I... Might need some help honestly but I'll try..."
Holly gave a sigh and she'd flop back onto her bed, she looked exhausted. Worn out, stressed, the bags and hollowed out eyes looked terrible on her. There was an exhuasted sigh and before she could say much more well...
Holly passed out so quickly and so hard that the mikemon wouldn't even have the moments afterwards to comfort more than a sleeping meicrackmon! A meicrackmon that after a few minutes of being asleep would revert into a tender meicoomon. Those bandages that had wrapped so nicely around her head fell away as they were made for larger ears leaving a touch of a mess at her pillow...
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jul 31, 2019 0:26:53 GMT
"Shh... shh..."
What else could Mikemon do? All the feline could do was gently coax her daughter to sleep, letting all of the worries in the world settle right on in. He let his hand rest on the MeiCrackmon's shoulder, slowly moving to hum that lullaby - the same one that Jade had stored, the same one that K had taught him. And slowly, she'd slip off to sleep, Mikemon slowly peeling the bandages from underneath the cat's head.
Holly was asleep. Mikemon would slowly step out of the room, leaving the door just open enough for Jade to slip in, before he would move back to his study. He'd give a sigh, looking back down at a piece of mail that had just come back.
An approval, for a piece of real estate out in the mountains...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 0:35:53 GMT
"..."
Holly pushed her head against her da as he shushed her, trying to help her in those few fleeting moments before she fell asleep. She was honestly glad that he was stern and was able to pull her out of that. Even falling into a deep slumber, that gentle humming that her ma had done from time to time well... mikemon certainly knew exactly what to do when it came to calming his daughter down.
Jade on the other hand would tend to her duties as best she could while keeping track of their friend. Eventually however? Well holly would have to wake up...
...And wake up she did! Just at the time that mikemon told jade to, who made sure to put out a somewhat blaring sounding alarm from within. Enough to make the meicoomon jostle out of bed!
"O-oof!"
"Ah! Sorry Holly! Your father told me to wake you when it was one!"
"D-did he now? A-all right lets... Erm..."
Holly blinked a few times and looked around her bedroom uncertainty filling her visage. She'd sigh a bit and quickly take her champion form, she just liked being able to have actual hands and not little grabber mittens. The meicrackmon stretched a bit and felt some of her limbs pop.
"...I better go find Da..."
The meicrackmon sighed and pushed her door open, first checking in the living room before gently knocking on her Da's office door... She figured he wouldn't be sleeping at t his time of day! If he was even in at all...
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Post by Dr. Mikemon on Jul 31, 2019 0:48:29 GMT
Yup, there was the alarm! Holly would soon be up and out of bed, perhaps feeling much better than she did yesterday, and as she made her way over to the office, she'd find it closed - and find that her dad wasn't in.
Weird? Well, no, not really: she'd hear a voice from behind. "Hm? Oh, I did say one o'clock, didn't I." Mikemon gave a small chuckle, waving as he slipped into the hall behind Holly, a sandwich in his hand and a rolled-up magazine under his arm.
Seems like he was just out grabbing lunch. "Feeling better?"
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