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Post by Dante on Sept 12, 2019 5:50:24 GMT
The sky was cloudy one day as people go about their lives. The end of summer has come, and it's almost time to bring out long pants and thick jackets hanging in the back of the closet. Humans pass each other on the sidewalk, paying no attention to one another beyond sparing a glance. Child play in between the cluttered houses that dot the land. Their screams echo out and irritate a young man sauntering down the street. It's hard to believe that the man was ever once one of those screaming children. Ever since that day he became a Digimon Tamer, his life had changed.
This man is a friend of mine. Well, I use the term "friend" loosely, and yet I consider him to be my best friend. There's something about Dante that stood out to me. Clad in lightweight red and black clothes suitable for the weather, Dante continues forward down the street with Minomon tucked away inside an athletics bag. Having decided to leave the Dark Fortress, the duo searches for a new home. Minomon grows restless inside the bag, which only further adds to Dante's irritation, as it would me as well.
"How much longer until we get there? I'm starving!"
Dante waits until he is alone before talking to his bag in public.
"You are always hungry, pal. We had a late breakfast before we went out."
"Ha, maybe for you, sleepyhead. It was my second lunch, after 2 breakfasts, a brunch, and a few snack breaks."
"Yes, and that's why we had to have food shipped by the truckload.
"Ya, that and we lived in an evil castle in the middle of nowhere."
"I'm going to miss the Dark Fortress, but we had to get out of there. You always think how nice it would be to live far away from everyone, until you get there and go stir crazy. It was so hard to order pizza."
"Do you think they will ever find the bodies, Dante?"
"Probably not, Minomon. The lava probably destroyed any trace of them. It came in handy when the garbage disposal broke."
"Still, 16 pizza guys killed in the line of duty. We really should have put a sign up saying "Warning! There's a big pit of lava on your left, fool!""
"I put a sign up, but Piddomon thought it looked tacky. Not to mention too obvious. Would you like a sign on your butt so you know where to scratch? I hope nobody overheard that."
"One thing is for sure, I had enough of that beta boy Piddomon. Although he did make for a good punching bag. Guess you'll be picking up the slack, Dante, you bighead."
"I don't know what is more cringe, me putting up a sign warning people of lava in plain sight, or you calling someone bighead. It shouldn't be long now, we're meeting the realtor in front of the house."
Dante notices a small group of people down the street. Minomon would have to shut up for a moment, if that was possible.
"Stay quiet, Minomon."
"Okey dokey. Don't wanna blow my cover. Agent Minomon is on the case."
"Great, so you're an agent now."
Dante looks for the realtor among the crowd, but doesn't see anyone that matches the profile. Her voice sounded high pitched and annoying on the phone. Hopefully she will find Dante rather than wait for Dante to find her. How do I know all of this? Well, like I said, I'm Dante's associate, and right now I'm taking over for the regular narrator. My name is Shirou.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2019 4:45:09 GMT
Rebecca shivered as she looked outside the front window of her apartment. Fall was definitely arriving in Japan. She was even wearing her brown jacket inside, underneath a bright yellow T-Shirt with jeans and boots that matched the jacket. She pushed aside her ponytail as she looked out the window, with her two Digimon watching a samurai movie on TV.
"I guess summer really is over, huh guys?" Rebecca asked her Digimon. "Once winter comes I'm gonna be pretty jealous of your fur pelt, Gabumon."
"Yeah, so am I," Agumon said, crossing his arms, "Why do you get the fur coat, huh?! I'm gonna freeze to death like I almost did last winter!"
"Relax Agumon, I'm sure grandma can knit you a nice coat for winter," Rebecca said with a slight laugh, before hearing some walking sounds come closer to the two of them. "Speak of the devil," the teen said, walking up to her incoming grandmother Mayumi and giving her a big hug. "Good morning, grandma. Sleep well?"
"Like an angel," Mayumi said with a laugh. "Iki left for work, I imagine?"
"Hai. He just couldn't be late today. You know how he is... he says he loves you though."
Mayumi kissed Rebecca on the cheek before turning her head over to the movie that was playing on TV. "Oh this movie is an old one. It came out around my mid twenties, and it's always a treat whenever it comes on."
"The action sequences so far have been fairly unconvincing," Gabumon critiqued, "even for human standards."
"Well it is just a movie after all. It isn't real, it just exists for us to be entertained by it."
"Oh, Rebecca, there's going to be a new neighbor moving in next door today. They should be here any moment and I want you to make sure they feel welcomed."
"W-What?! Why me?!"
"I'm getting worried that you don't interact with enough people outside of White Wolf. This should be good practice for you to make new friends."
"We can be right with you in our holosuits Rebecca, so you won't be alone."
"Right!"
Rebecca hesitated for a bit, but eventually just smiled and complied. "Alright, grandma, I'll do it."
After a few minutes of getting prepared, Rebecca stepped outside of her apartment with "August," a blonde man a few inches taller than Rebecca to her left, and "Gabe," a white-haired man of the same height to her right, almost as if they were bodyguards. Hopefully these new neighbors got here soon...
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Post by Dante on Sept 18, 2019 11:38:49 GMT
The regular narrator returns from vacation and sends Shirou packing... Dante continues heading down the street. He reaches the correct address and looks around for the realtor. A woman with brunette hair and glasses wearing a maroon jacket and white pants rushes up to the Tamer.
"Dante! How is your day going? Did you get my emails?"
Dante recognizes the woman.
"Sherry?! You're my realtor? Since when do you sell houses?"
"Since I keep losing jobs because my bosses are all evil creeps. There's nothing evil about real estate!"
"Sherry's here? Oh hell no."
"Come on! Let's check out the place."
"Actually, I'm not sure if this is a good loca-"
Sherry grabs Dante by the arm and hurries him toward the apartment. They see three people standing outside, two men and a woman. Sherry smiles and raises her hands to her face in excitement.
"Looks like these could be your new neighbors. Hello, potential clients!"
"Greetings, I'm Dante. I'm considering a lease on that apartment over there."
Dante's Digivice starts glowing inside Dante's bag. Minomon notices the light.
(Thinking) "What's this? It looks like there's a lot of energy nearby. This place is clearly built on the remains of some kind of haunted Norwegian casino."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2019 3:02:42 GMT
"AH-CHOO!!!" August sneezed, sniffling as he wiped his nose with a tissue. "Ugh, it's so frickin' cold out here. I hate fall. And winter, to an extent."
"I love the cold," Gabe said with a smile. "Nothing like watching the snow fall while sitting next to a warm fire, complete with a hot drink in your hands. Which season is your favorite, Rebecca?"
"M-Me? Well, to be honest... I love spring. It's so amazing seeing the cherry blossoms bloom every year, it's like a scene out of a very pretty anime. Plus it's perfect, temperature-wise." As Rebecca was talking, she saw two people, a man and a woman, walk up to her floor of the apartment. Immediately Rebecca's insecurity took over and she had to look away, leaving Gabe to be the speaker for the group.
"Konnichiwa," Gabe said to the man with a bow, "my name is Gabe. The blonde man here is my brother August, and this young lady is our friend, Rebecca. Come now, say hello to your potential new neighbor."
Rebecca slowly turned over to the man standing in front of them. However upon making eye contact, she completely gave up and looked the other way. (Thinking) Ugh, this is sooooo hard! I wish I was wearing my wig and mask right about now...
August laughed a bit at the situation. "Rebecca here is preeeeeetty shy. We thought it'd be a good idea for her to be introduced to you so that she isn't such a complete wreck in public."
"August!"
It was then that the two of them began to tense up a tiny, unnoticeable bit. They were both sensing it; there was a Digimon around them. And ironically, the Minomon would be able to sense them as well.
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Post by Dante on Sept 22, 2019 15:25:12 GMT
Dante is glad to meet the trio, even if it was kind of embarrassing being with the frantic Sherry. The young man with white hair introduced himself as Gabe. The other man is August and the woman in the brown jacket is Rebecca. The girl seemed to be nervous, and August makes a comment about her shyness. Dante bows in respect and introduces himself.
"It's nice to meet you, Rebecca, Gabe, August. I-"
"Wow! The three of you are just adorable! What kind of shampoo do you use? Do you blow dry, and if so, how long does it take you?"
"Um, Sherry, I don't this is the time for that."
Sherry continues fawning over Rebecca and her escorts. She gives Gabe a cutesy look and motions to run her finger down his arm playfully. Minomon does his best to stay quiet and still, but is growing restless.
(Thinking) "I hate being stuffed in this bag. What am I supposed to do? I can't see what's going on."
"Anyways, should we begin the tour, Sherry?"
Sherry is too preoccupied with what she perceives as eye candy to answer. All of a sudden, Dante starts to feel a little hot. It was probably the first time today he felt like that. He adjusts his collar as his breaths start getting deeper.
"It seems like my spazzy real estate agent has other priorities. Feel free to use force to stop her advances."
Minomon notices another signal on Dante's Digivice further away. The Worm King is hoping for a battle to break out so he can reveal himself. Dante has no way of knowing if Rebecca and the others are wise to Digimon. Still unaware of the signals, Dante would have to keep Minomon hidden for now. It was clear that Rebecca is not very social around strangers, and there's no way Minomon would be polite and respectful. Between Sherry and Minomon, Dante would have to play the peacekeeper when it comes to his oddball compadres.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2019 21:24:24 GMT
So far these people seemed to be nice. August and Gabe looked at them, both with smiles on their faces, trying to make a good first impression. Sadly that was completely ruined by the woman's sudden outburst, oggling over the three of them and asking questions related to shampoo and blow drying. Rebecca just hid more behind Gabe while the brothers sweatdropped.
"Is she for real?" August asked his brother, turning his head towards him and having a look of pure bemusement on his face.
"It is difficult to say at the moment..." Gabe responded, turning his head towards August with that same look on his face.
The brothers' Digimon detectors were going into overdrive. It was as if a Digimon was practically standing right next to them, which meant either Dante or Sherry was wearing a holosuit, or the Digimon was hidden somewhere around here. Not wanting to freak anyone out, they didn't say anything, as they didn't even know if the new neighbor or his realtor even knew about Digimon.
However, Gabe definitely noticed Dante's bag begin to move and shift around, if ever so subtly. If there was a Digimon around, it had to be in that bag. Gabe would have to-
(Thinking) AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Gabe's train of thought was cut short when Sherry began rubbing her fingers up and down his arm. The disguised Digimon blushed greatly, as if he was completely frozen in thought. He wasn't expecting this to happen at all!
"U-Um... excuse me, ma'am?" Rebecca quietly asked from behind Gabe, "C-Can you p-please stop doing that? ...I d-don't think he likes it... that much..."
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Post by Dante on Sept 24, 2019 4:26:42 GMT
It didn't take long for Sherry's flirty behavior to make the others uncomfortable. Rebecca was so uncomfortable that she hid behind Gabe. August could hardly believe what they were seeing. It was only a matter of time before someone noticed Minomon worming around in Dante's bag. They knew there had to be a Digimon around, and Gabe sees Dante's bag moving. Before he has a chance to mention it, Sherry's finger was wandering right into Gabe's personal space. Dante sighs and crosses his arms.
"I warned you, Sherry. Not everyone is as hands on as you."
"Oh, I get it. Are you three American? I've heard Americans are real particular about their personal space."
"I don't think not wanting to be fondled is nation specific."
"Whatever. I'm a real hands on kind of girl. I work hard, I play hard. That's fine if you can't hang. It's your loss, hee hee!"
If it wasn't bad enough that Sherry is halfway to starting a game of twister, another obnoxious acquaintance of Dante's is approaching the group. A young woman with straight blonde hair just above shoulder length marches towards them with burning passion. Only it's not passion as in love, but pure raw wrath. The woman is wearing a white and black baseball jersey unbuttoned with a tight black shirt and jeans with more rips than there are James Bond movies. The woman struts right up to Dante with her hands on her hips and stares flaming daggers into his soul. If she had sunglasses and bubble gum, the look would be complete.
"Tell me you are not actually going to move here, Dante."
"Hello, Sal. You're looking, well, hardcore. Why do you care if I move here?"
"I live down the street, and there's no way I want you anywhere near me, twig boy!"
Sal turns and faces Rebecca and her friends. She looks at August and Gabe, then looks back at Rebecca.
"Do yourself a favor and stay away from this dweeb. He's nothing but trouble."
"I'm not looking for trouble, but it seems to follow me. You are the one always stirring the pot with that attitude of yours."
Dante did not want to deal with Sal right now. His first impression just kept getting worse, and the Worm King hasn't even chimed in yet. This does not bode well. With Sal around, it's like having a keg of dynamite ready to go off.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 2:43:45 GMT
"No, we are not American," Gabe told Sherry bluntly when she concluded that their nationality is the reason they didn't want to be touched, "but that does not mean that we care for having our personal space being violated. I calmly ask you to please not violate it." Gabe did not care for Sherry's attitude at all.
"Glad she's just the realtor and not the neighbor," August whispered/mumbled to himself, quietly enough so that Sherry could hopefully not hear him.
Gabe turned back to Dante, with a better attitude than he had towards Sherry. "The building is fantastic, by the way. No noisy neighbors at all, including us. We do hope that you decide to become our neighbor. Do you need a tour of the building?"
As the group was talking, they were then approached by another passerby, seemingly another one of Dante's acquaintances. Judging from appearances alone, this lady looked like a snarky, snobby asshole. And her personality definitely echoed that, saying that she didn't want to live by "twig boy," as she called him. August and Gabe looked at the girl with eye daggers of their own. "If I recall correctly, he can live wherever he wants to."
The girl, who Dante had called Sal, turned to the trio and told them to stay as far away from Dante as possible. This was enough to actually make Rebecca speak up, definitely angry behind her shy tone of voice. "I... I can speak to whoever I want to."
Thankfully for Dante, this girl was enough to make Gabe forget about the potential Digimon.
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Post by Dante on Sept 30, 2019 4:42:22 GMT
Gabe did not take kindly to Sherry's invasion of their personal space. August whispers something unflattering about Sherry. She couldn't hear it, but could tell it wasn't a compliment. Still hoping that these three could be potential clients, Sherry struggles to contain her rage and flashes a large tooth-filled grin.
"It's too bad you feel that way. Very well, of course I will respect your personal space. Sorry, I can be very excitable at times, ah haa haha!"
It didn't take long for Sal to rub the trio the wrong way. Gabe states that Dante can live wherever he wants. Even Rebecca sheepishly stands up to Sal. Who was this crazy girl to tell them who to talk to? Dante takes a deep breath, and tells Sal off.
"You heard them. This doesn't concern you, Sal. I suggest you be on your way." *Turns to Gabe* "A tour sounds lovely, Gabe. No noisy neighbors? I like the sound of that. Noise was one of my biggest concerns about this area."
Sal seems miffed that the trio did not heed her warnings. She sucks on her bottom lip and starts digging her teeth into it in frustration. Her face scrunches up and her nostrils flatten. The hair on the back of Dante's neck stands up. He takes a step back and raises his arm in between Sal and the others, fearing that she is going to snap.
"Sal, I know what comes next. Don't let your rage take over."
While Dante's intentions were good, this only agitated Sal further. She shoves Dante's arm down and glares with flames of rage in her eyes.
"Oh, you want to talk about rage, little man? Well I'll get mad if I want! I can get mad whenever I want to!"
Sal said the last part in a mocking tone, referring to Gabe and Rebecca's comments before.
"You're getting defensive. Just breathe in slowly, then relax. You don't have to flip your lid."
"Is that all you think I'm capable of?! That I freak out whenever some asshole pisses me off?!"
Maybe if Dante wasn't such a sarcastic, snarky jerk, he would avoid this next comment.
"Well, you're kind of proving my point."
Sal looks like a volcano about to erupt. Her fists tighten and her arms start to shake. Finally, she closes her eyes and swallows, and her arms stop shaking.
"Fine. I'm not going to pound the snot out of you. I've already proven I'm capable of kicking your ass." *Turns to Rebecca* "As for you, hmph! If you want to associate with this dweeb, be my guest. Don't say I didn't warn you. I guess weaklings stick together."
Insulting Dante was one thing, but Sal doesn't even know Rebecca. Before Dante has a chance to break things up, Sal blasts Dante below the belt with a swift kick in the mcnuggets. She snatches Dante's bag, then takes off running as Dante hunches over and collapses. Sal cackles with glee as she runs off. Minomon starts panicking inside the bag.
"Hey! What the hell is going on here?!"
"Aaaaaahoooouragh… Mino-mon. Please, get my bag back!"
Dante is incapacitated on the ground for the time being as Sal runs off. Sherry raises her hands to her face and screams in terror.
"Aaaahh! I hate violence! Somebody do something."
With Dante down, and Sherry useless to help, it's up to Rebecca and the twins to pursue the blonde ballbuster and get Dante's bag back. Sal appears to be in great condition, so it won't be an easy task.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2019 4:31:45 GMT
Although she sounded very reluctant to do so, Sherry eventually agreed to stop invading the personal space of the three friends, claiming that she could get very excitable at times. All three of the neighbors sweatdropped in unison like in an anime.
Gee, what gave THAT away? All three of them thought to themselves.
When the mean girl Sal showed up, the group all unconsciously thought that the best way to deal with her was to ignore her. After Dante told her off, he turned to Gabe and discussed more about the tour, commenting that noise was the worst part of living at his old place. "I wouldn't say the area is COMPLETELY noise free, but nothing will be waking you up in the middle of the night or early morning. The worst you'll get is maybe the dull audio of a television channel from next door?"
Ignoring Sal clearly did not work. She started biting into her bottom lip, her face scrunching up as well. Rebecca and the brothers just thought she kinda looked weird, but it spooked Dante enough to tell her to calm down. "Dooooes anyone know what's happening to her?" August asked the group.
Before anyone knew it, Sal blew up. She essentially just started to rage for seemingly no reason, and that made Rebecca very uncomfortable. Ohgodohgodohgod, please don't yell at me...
As Rebecca feared, Sal turned right to her and yelled at her some more, going as far as to call her a weakling. Rebecca definitely looked upset after that, which got the attention of August and Gabe. "That is quite enough, ma'am. You're scaring her."
As if things weren't already insane enough, Sal kicked Dante right into the no-no zone. Of course, since Digimon didn't have such... things, August and Gabe didn't wince like all guys should after seeing something like that. Sal grabbed Dante's bag and ran off, much like a common thief.
While the twins did hear Dante mention something about a Minomon, now was not the time to focus on that. The brothers looked at each other and immediately took off after Sal, with Rebecca staying by Dante's side.
"H-Here, let me help you up..."
What Sal would notice immediately is that these brothers were fast. She got a head start already and the twins were already right behind her, attempting to reach for the bag.
"We don't want to hurt you," August yelled to Sal, "...okay that's a lie, I wanna hurt you BAD, but I won't if you just give back what clearly doesn't belong to you!"
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Post by Dante on Oct 20, 2019 5:22:43 GMT
Dante's day was going about as well as any other day he ran into Sal. The blonde ball of rage threw a wrench into Dante's real estate plans and managed to cross Rebecca and the twins. Sal's assertive and rude nature upset the much more shy and reserved woman. With Dante down, it is up to the two apparent men to chase her down, men who did not wince as one would expect. Had Dante not been dealing with two big problems, he might have noticed their unusual lack of reaction.
The chase is on. Sal had a head start, but the unnatural twins Gabe and August were gaining fast on the thief. Sal reaches the sidewalk and turns to bolt down the street, running into a young woman with long dark hair and a rose above her ear, shoving her out of the way.
"Hey! Watch where you're going, skank!"
Running down the sidewalk was only going to work for so long, as August and Gabe are catching up. Sal turns and dashes out into the street. A van delivering figurines slams on its breaks and swerves to avoid the jaywalker, crashing into a soda machine. A crate of figurines slides off the roof of the van and spills out into the street as soda sprays out. Sal gets sprayed with soda and is delayed momentarily, but continues on. She heads down an alleyway and reaches a large fence. She manages to make her way over by running up a stack of crates, and as she crosses over the fence, she kicks the crate on top over in an attempt to delay her pursuers.
Minomon is not having a good time inside the bag. He tries to eat his way out of it, but it tastes too much like cigarettes.
"Bleh! This bag smells like an ashtray. I don't like this ride! I'm getting dizzy... oh my, bleeeeh! Oh, so gross!"
All that moving and shaking inside the bag causes the Worm King to throw up. Sal notices the rancid smell, but continues on. She notices an open window and climbs inside a house. Even if the twins do not see where she went, a keen nose would probably be able to track them.
Meanwhile, Dante is trying to recover from Sal's well-placed attack. Sherry takes off her jacket and props it under Dante's head as a pillow.
"You're going to be alright, client. Not only am I a realtor, but I learned CPR when I worked as a life guard for two weeks."
"I don't need CPR. Wait, how many jobs have you had?"
"I lost count around two-hundred and eighty six. Now breathe!"
"Wait, you don't need to-"
Sherry pushes down hard on Dante's chest, causing him to cough heavily. To make matters worse, Sherry places her lips on Dante's and starts breathing air into his lungs. Dante's eyes widen in terror as Sherry drools all over him. He struggles to speak, but manages to get out "No tongue." Rebecca couldn't be comfortable watching this transpire. Who is having a worse day, Dante or Minomon?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 4:02:56 GMT
The chase was on. August and Gabe used their secret Digimon power and speed to almost always be right behind Sal; she was definitely not going to get away with this. Along the way they passed a lady with long dark hair as Sal bolts down the street. As she does, a van swerves out of the way to avoid hitting either her or the twins as they chased Sal down, which would then crash into a soda machine, spraying Sal and the twins with soda, delaying all of them somewhat.
"BLAH! Now I'm all sticky," August complained. "Why does she want that dumb bag anyways? It only seems like she did it to piss off that Dante guy or something."
"Humans aren't like us, brother. They seem to just do things without a clear train of thought sometimes, like she clearly is! Just focus on getting the bag away from her."
Sal was now getting even more serious as the chase continued. As she ran down an alleyway she did things to attempt to slow her pursuers down, like running up a stack of crates to hop over a fence before knocking the crates down. The twins stopped in front of the fence as they watched Sal run off.
"All right, I have had enough of this human." August would then turn off his holosuit, morphing back into his original Agumon form, with Gabe doing the exact same thing. "PEPPER BREATH!" Agumon launched a fireball at the fence, burning a hole right through it. From there the twin Digimon continued their search.
The bad news was that they did not know where Sal had actually run off to. The good news is that they could smell something very foul, which was indeed the vomit from inside Dante's bag. Not having any other leads to go off of, the brothers decided to track the smell. It lead them to a house with an open window, which the twins hopped inside of.
Agumon and Gabumon slowly and cautiously searched the house for the track of the smell. In their minds, it could've just been rotten meat, but they had to be sure...
Meanwhile, Rebecca didn't know what to do at all, since Sherry apparently decided that the best thing to do with a man who was kicked in the no-no zone was to administer CPR. Something did not add up right there.
"M-Ma'am, I don't think that CPR is going to... um, work. Please let me help him up, and we can bring him into my apartment..."
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Post by Dante on Oct 25, 2019 6:46:17 GMT
Sal had been vigorous in her attempt to make off with Dante's bag just to spite him, but she had not put much thought into her escape route. She couldn't have known who the twins really were, and thus their unnatural speed. The twins deactivated their holosuits in their pursuit, and Agumon eliminated the fence obstacle with a scorching Pepper Breath. Still sticky from soda, Sal enters the next room and is shocked by what she finds.
Back at the apartments, Sherry is trying to help Dante get his wind back, which is fruitless due to her method. Rebecca politely asks Sherry to stop, and suggests they take him back to her apartment. Sherry gets off of Dante, kneeling down on her knees. Dante coughs a couple times, then wipes the lipstick off of his mouth, smearing it on his wrist.
"Bah, that is not how you treat someone with that problem."
"Well sorry, I don't have that problem."
Sherry gets up and offers Dante a hand, but Dante waves his hand and rejects her help. He sits up and plants the palm of his hand to rise up, staggering for a moment and taking a few deep breaths.
"I should be fine in a bit. It just stings like all hell for a while."
"Are you sure you'll be alright? I can't have another client die on me."
Dante give Sherry a concerning expression, before deciding it's better not to ask.
"I really do need my bag back, Rebecca, but if you think your associates can handle things, then I will stay for a while. I am curious, what does the word digital mean to you?"
Dante tries to see if Rebecca is in the know about Digimon without coming right out with it. He still doesn't know if Rebecca is a Tamer like him.
(Thinking) "I believe she will pick up on that. We really need some kind of code word so we can identify other people who know about Digimon."
Meanwhile, Sal has unknowingly crashed somebody's roleplaying game. A bunch of nerds are gathered around a table playing some kind of game. They are just as startled to see Sal at their party. A young man with glasses and dark spikey hair wearing a black and orange shirt gets out of his chair.
"Wow! A girl at our party!"
The nerd scurries up to Sal, smiling awkwardly at the sticky blonde. He is noticeably short for his age, even shorter than Sal. He gazes up lovingly at the agitated Sal.
"Hey, baby. My name is Toshiro. Came to check out my party?"
"Actually, I'm busy with something right now. Sorry for interrupting your nerd fest, but I'm gonna bail."
Sal turns to leave, but Toshiro grabs her arm and drops to his knees.
"Please! Wait and stay a while. We're cool, right guys?"
The other role players look uncomfortable. Finally the largest of them responds.
"Uh, ya. I talk to girls all the time. And Toshiro is super cool."
"Please, you are embarrassing yourselves. You have my pity, but I don't hang out with dweebs."
Sal tries to get away, but then she hears the twins getting closer. She drops Dante's bag and grabs Toshiro's wrist.
"Let go of me you creep!"
Sal throws Toshiro onto the table, messing up the game board. She goes to pick up Dante's bag, but it isn't there anymore.
"What the? Which one of you losers took that bag?! I'm gonna start breaking fingers until I get it back."
Toshiro flops off of the table, dazed and confused. Little anime girls with wings dance around his head.
(Thinking) "Whoah! I think I'm in love."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 4:15:55 GMT
Even with Rebecca's timid request, Sherry did get off of Dante, allowing the man to wipe off the lipstick while he coughed. Dante told her that CPR was not the way to handle his problem, and Sherry retorted that she never had that problem. "How did you come to the CPR conclusion then...?" Rebecca asked, completely confused.
After Dante gets up and lets the others know that he'll be alright, he tells Rebecca that he really does need his bag back, but since she had confidence that her "associates" would be able to get it back, he'd stay at Rebecca's place until they did. "Y-You can just call them my friends, you know. And I really, really do get it... I'd die if someone stole my things as well... m-may I ask how you know that... girl?" She really wanted to say something mean but managed to stop herself.
What Rebecca wasn't expecting was for Dante to ask her what the word "digital" meant to her. That was a... very odd question. Did Dante know about Digimon? Why would he ask that? Because she wasn't entirely sure, Rebecca chose to play dumb. "D-Digital? What do you mean?"
Meanwhile, while the twins snuck around the house tracking down Sal, they both heard sounds coming from what seemed to be the living room. Peeking around a corner so they wouldn't be seen, they saw Sal in an unfavorable situation: a group of nerdy teens playing a role-playing game. A place where a snob like Sal definitely did not belong. The teen known as Toshiro scurried up to Sal in an attempt to woo her, and Agumon and Gabumon tried their best to keep in their laughter.
"She totally deserves this right now," Agumon whispered to Gabumon.
Things started getting out of control when Sal dropped the bag and threw the nerd onto the table. In the ensuing chaos, no one but the twins had noticed the start to crawl away on its own. Upon seeing this, Agumon and Gabumon looked at each other before coming up with a plan. Gabumon would stick to the shadows, attempting to search the house for where the bag went, while Agumon turned on his holosuit and joined in with the other humans.
"THERE you are, honey," August said, turning Sal around towards her. "I can't keep track of you for a second, can I?" August would then pull Sal in for a hug. Before Sal tried to reject, August whispered something to her:
"Just play along with this Sal, okay? If they think we're together, they won't try to chase after you as much."
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Post by Dante on Oct 30, 2019 6:24:05 GMT
Rebecca asked Sherry why she thought CPR was needed.
"He looked like he got the wind knocked out of him. I thought it would help. Silly me, tee hee!"
"Right, then. I wouldn't think hanging out with women would be this painful."
Sherry gets a demonic look in her eyes and smiles sinisterly, rubbing her hands together.
"You've never been shopping with me. I will break you."
Rebecca lets Dante know he can refer to August and Gabe as her friends. It was kind of nice being around a girl who is this shy and polite. Not like Sal. Rebecca asks Dante how he knows Sal.
"The short answer is, I know her from college. That's not the first time things have gotten physical between us."
Sherry turns and faces away from Dante, looking like she's yawning, but is actually silently giggling to herself.
Rebecca did not pick up on the "digital" like Dante was hoping for. This is enough to convince Dante that Rebecca is not wise to 'mons. Clearly, Dante has a good read on people, and is plenty intelligent enough to determine this. He then tries to downplay his question.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just some video game thing. I'm a nerd."
Sherry could tell what Dante was trying to do, but doesn't help nor hinder the issue.
"Well then, why don't we accept Rebecca's offer to stay a while and take it easy? I don't want my favorite client walking around with injured,"
"Let's not talk about that part. Yes, it would be nice to stay for a while, Rebecca. If you think the twins have it covered, I'll go with you."
Both Sherry and Dante will follow Rebecca inside.
Back at Toshiro's house, the twins track down Sal and peak around a corner. Shenanigans ensue, and the twins notice Dante's bag start crawling away. Minomon is taking his opportunity to get the heck away from Sal. Gabumon goes to track down the bag, and Agumon decides to pull off a deception.
"THERE you are, honey,"
Sal turns towards August and gives him a shocked and irritated glare, her arms still raised like a boxer.
"I can't keep track of you for a second, can I?"
Sal's expression goes to that of confusion. She is facing away from the others. She lowers her arms and tilts her head to the side. She doesn't know what is going on.
August pulls Sal in for a hug, explaining that this is a ruse to get the nerds to stop pursuing her. Sal awkwardly wraps her arms around August, looking more wide eyed than ever.
"Hey, baby. I didn't expect to see you here."
Sal clenches her teeth and her face starts to turn pink from being flustered. She hugs August really tight, trying to hurt him, before letting go and turning to face the nerds.
"Attention, virgins. This, is my boyfriend. I do not go out with twig boys, or dough boys. Mama likes a good bod!"
Sal slaps August on the butt really hard and squeezes. She tries to dig in her nails to really hurt. Toshiro gets up and crosses his arms, sneering at August.
"I'm more of a man than he is!"
Well, I guess technically he is correct.
"You think you can come in here, insult me, kick my ass, and question my skills with babes?"
"I'm not a virgin! I did it online once."
Toshiro groans. Sal was eviscerating his party. He adjusts his glasses and snickers.
"One of us took your bag when you weren't looking."
"Uh, ya! And we won't give it back unless you kiss us."
"Damn it, shut up, Ryu!"
"You're going to give me that bag back, little boy."
"Oh, I'll give it back, but first, you got to stay and play with us."
"Ya! This is going to be fun. I wonder what her character is wearing."
Sal gets up in Ryu's face.
"She's going to be wearing your face on her boots, because I'm playing and I'm going to kick your asses! Beating you up is only so fun. I will defeat you at your own game, forever shattering your manhood. Ah haa ha ha ha haa!"
Ryu shakes in his seat. Toshiro smiles and slicks his hair back.
"Alright. Now we're talking."
Sal turns to August.
"Come on, sweetie. Let's sacrifice some virgins!"
Sal wanted that bag. She didn't know what August is up to, and wouldn't have wanted him around to get the bag back, but it was a necessary evil to help keep Toshiro off of her. She could torture Dante, August, and these nerds all at once. Things were turning around for psycho.
While one of the worst role playing games goes on nearby, Gabumon is trailing the moving bag. Minomon made it out of the room undetected, spare the twins, and headed down the hall. In spite of all the chaos happening, Minomon could hear something getting closer. He peeks out of the bag and hops down the hall, heading into the kitchen. He sees a half empty box of donuts on the counter and gets distracted.
*Whispering* "Woo hoo! Scrumb-diddily-umptous, playa. Hee hee hee!"
Minomon wiggles out of the bag and crawls up onto the counter, leaving the bag laying there on the floor.
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