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Not the best time (Dante)
Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Feb 6, 2020 3:48:21 GMT
A good time to relax, a nice district and quite a few people around the area. Clayton had come here to relax on his day off, it was rare he got both school and practice off but here he was in his regular grey jacket drinking large amounts of soda. Feeling pretty great as he wandered around the district a serious look on his face like normal, some people looked at him a bit worried but he ignored most of them pretty easily. Eventually making his way in front of a theatre as a lot of people started walking out bumping into him and knocking him around, seemed like a lot of people had the day off and the same idea of where to go as Clayton had. The place had been destroyed a while back so people were probably just enjoying it as they could, just in case something else happened.
All of the sudden Clay felt a sensation in his gut, he must've drank too much soda or something and now had to use it or he was gonna lose it. Looking around he rushed off into the nearest restaurant caring not for the many people who looked at him and went into the bathroom...
Finishing up he started to leave the room, putting his hands in his pockets as he always does. However his hand brushed against something that wasn't there before and right before his eyes the world seemed to get a lot larger. The whole place becoming quite large he searched around confused as to what was going on, looking at himself he saw not his hands but protective gear and a sword. Also he was way shorter then before. Freaking out he rushed out of the restroom and out of the restaurant, too short to be seen by people walking around he hid behind the nearest crate as people walked around him. Not knowing a wooden sword was sticking out of his back and in full view lf everyone around. "Did someone spike my drink? Oh no what's happening."
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2020 4:29:32 GMT
It's errand time again. Dante and Wormmon are out shopping for groceries. Dante is wearing a black and blue jacket with a black fedora, and Wormmon has his holosuit active, taking the appearance of a young woman with long green hair wearing a green vest unzipped and tan shorts. Dante's belly has been rumbling, since Wormmon clears out the pantry every other night, and Dante is going to stock up. The dastardly duo is walking down the street. Wormmon, using the alias Willow, notices Dante seems to be in a good mood for the first time ever.
"You seem happy. What's so fun about going grocery shopping?" "It's kind of exciting. You know, that food doesn't just appear in the fridge. I have to get it there." Willow crosses her arms. "Well I think it is boring! What happened to all that fun stuff we used to do? R'member when we fought Azetramon?!" "You should consider us lucky, outrunning the reaper more times than necessary. Real life isn't all fun and games. I'm having a much better time going shopping than I was trying to keep my head on my shoulders in the Digital World." "Oh, you are such a dweeb, Dante!"
As they are approaching a restaurant, Dante overhears a commotion. The people crowding the street turn towards someone, but Dante cannot see who it is. "What's going on here?" Dante tries to get by, but there are too many people blocking the sidewalk. "Somebody get these meat puppets out of my way, or I will do it myself." Willow raises her fists as small thunderclouds appear over her head. "That's not how people deal with their problems." Dante awkwardly tries to get by, but people are stubborn and slow to move.
At last, Dante and Willow make their way out of the crowd. Dante does not see anyone unusual, though he does notice a wooden sword behind a crate. "Eh? That's odd." "What is it? Is it an evil Digimon? Do we get to fight in a kickass battle?!" "Settle down, little buddy. This is why I am rationing your caffeine." Dante scratches his chin as he ponders what all the fuss was about. He can feel his Digivice vibrate inside his bag. Maybe there was a rogue Digimon nearby. "I-Is someone there? Hello? Do you require assistance?" "Ollie ollie fox and weed!" "I think you mean, ox-en-free." "Do not correct my pronunciation, mortal!!"
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Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Feb 6, 2020 5:01:04 GMT
Well this was a very bad situation, Clayton did a double and a triple take at his new look seeing the claw like feet to the obvious tail and wooden sword poking out on his back, this was ba- Wait a minute wooden sword on his back. Made it obvious where he was so he quickly moved it to the side in order to not be seen, however this just made it stick out sideways instead of above the box. Someone called out asking if assistance was needed, this caused Clayton to panic even more and turn back the way he came to rush off.
This proved bad however as with the sword now sideways he knocked the boxes he was hiding behind off, which caused more nearby to fall and straight onto Dante, Wormmon and the crowd. "Sorry" He yelled as he ran off, though now it would of been easier to get a clear look of him as he ran, obvious clawed feet and a tail doing little to hide the fact he was a digimon.
Rushing off away from the crowd he ran into a nearby alleyway away from the eyes of people, slightly panicking he tried to give himself a moment to calm down and process what the heck was happening to him at the moment.
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2020 5:34:19 GMT
To Dante's surprise, the sword moved. However, it soon knocked over some boxes that caused a large stack to come tumbling down. Dante goes to dodge but gets buried underneath a pile of boxes. Willow manages to avoid the boxes, laughing with glee at the people hit by the stack of boxes. "Ah haha ha haa! You look so stupid, Dante!" Dante struggles to come to, his head dizzy and his body sore. As he sits up, he hears something say sorry and run off. Dante didn't get a good look, but it was clear that this was a Digimon.
As the crowd recovers from this accident, Dante rises up and dusts himself off. Judging by their behavior, they don't seem to be a threat, at least intentionally. "Wormm- I mean Willow, looks like it's your lucky day. We're going Digi hunting." "Catch or kill?" "Catch!" "Damn." Dante and Willow chase after the Digimon down the alley. They don't know where he went. Willow gets down on the ground and starts smelling around like a dog, confusing a passerby. "What do you smell?" "*Sniff sniff* Uh, cheese, burgers, and cheeseburgers." "Seriously?"
What was this Digimon doing here? Did it have a Tamer? All these scenarios play in Dante's mind, trying to figure it out. One thing is for sure, Digimon roaming the city isn't a good thing, and this one seemed to be particularly clumsy. Dante starts checking around the alley. "Come out, come out, wherever you are. I can understand why you are afraid of my sexy muscles." Willow flexes her arms and poses like a macho man. "Oh yeah! You don't wanna piece of these bad boys!"
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Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Feb 6, 2020 5:56:22 GMT
Yeah the boxes falling and people surprised did make Clayton feel very bad, slightly out of breath in the alley he looked at his hands still freaking out quite a bit. "Ok Clay just calm down, you're just a short Kendo dinosaur. Yeah that makes sense when said out loud." mentally chastising himself for such a stupid thought he tried to remain positive, at least no one saw him run away. At least he thought until someone came into the alley talking about their sexy muscles? Confusion was the first thing on his mind but instinctively he hid in the shadows nearby.
"Uhh, if this is about the boxes thing I'm sorry, I'm just not er. Having a good day right now." Clayton said from his hiding place debating if he should come out or not. Eventually he decided to bail and run the other way, however not being used to his new feet he leaned too far forward tripping in the heavy gear and falling on his face, or face mask as it was.
Quickly getting back up holding the blade in a defensive position. "Uhh, don't freak out. Like uhh I am right now." the blade was shaking like a leaf, it was pretty easy to tell he was rattled and didn't know what was going on. He didn't even know why he had the sword out, probably a mixed message.
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2020 6:17:26 GMT
The duo hears a voice coming from the shadows. The armored Digimon makes a break for it, but trips up. The Digimon gets up, trembling in place holding his sword. Dante puts his hands up and to the sides, speaking cautiously. "Don't worry, we're not going to harm you. Willow, calm yourself." "Aww. Can we have a battle please?!" Willow looks disappointed. Dante exhales and tries not to punch Willow in the kidneys. "My name is Dante. You appear lost. Can you explain what happened?"
If this Digimon did come here from the Digital World, it didn't seem to know what it was doing. There was always the possibility of a human turning into a Digimon, which would explain his erratic behavior. "What is a Digimon doing here in the city?" "Maybe he is the first of many warriors that will attack the city and cause total annihilation? Do you wanna take that chance?"
Willow takes a few steps towards the mysterious stranger, leaning in and staring with her eyes wide open. "You don't look like much of a warrior to me." "Uh, Willow, can you give him some space?" Willow shrugs and takes half a step back. "Wait a minute, Dante in a good mood? That is one of the signs of the apocalypse!" "What are the other two?" "Me losing a cheeseburger eating contest, and you showing up to class on time. Ah ha haha!" "I shouldn't have asked."
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Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Feb 6, 2020 6:46:02 GMT
They appeared, completely ok with what they were seeing. Raising an eyebrow or what this thing had for eyebrows at them the more aggressive one Willow seemed adamant about fighting him, or something in general. "I'm not exactly lost per say, isn't. Isn't it obvious what's wrong with this situation." Clayton didn't know how to respond so he started motioning to his body, not knowing that this was basically everyday normal for the human in front of him.
"What's a digimon? No no further back why aren't you two. At all bothered by what's in front of you." Swinging the sword once in the air he quickly returned it to the holder on his back. "Why would I want to destroy this place, I live around here." from what he was saying it was pretty obvious what was going on here, but Willow getting closer made him back up a bit. "I uhh do know how to handle a sword actually, though I guess I don't look lone much of a warrior like this." small dinosaur in practice armor didn't scream fighter.
Deciding to calm down he took a deep breath to explain what happened. "I was just enjoying my day off, had one too many drinks and had to use the bathroom, before I left I put my hands in my pocket and all of the sudden I'm a small Kendo dinosaur." But he shook his head thinking about it a bit. "But you, is this normal to you? Have you two seen this happen before?" The way the two of them were reacting they must know what was going on, that and that whole digimon thing mentioned before.
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2020 7:24:54 GMT
So it turns out that they are not lost, but clearly sees how suddenly two feet shorter clad in armor with claws and a tail isn't an everyday occurrence. The Digimon started motioning to his body. "Oh, is this charades? How many words? Ball, round, chest!" The Digimon then started speaking frantically, asking why they were not Digimon. The fact they asked what a Digimon is made it clear how strange this must be to them.
It was starting to make sense. Now how is Dante going to explain Digimon, to a Digimon, who doesn't know what Digimon are. It was awkward enough telling a total stranger that monsters are real. Dante couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. "Okay, this is going to sound crazy, but it takes a lot of explaining, and most of it sounds completely absurd." "Monsters are real. You are one now."
Well that was one way to sum it up. The Digimon goes on to explain that he was just going about his day when suddenly he became this armored dinosaur. Dante scratches the back of his head. "That explains why you are confused." "I think I know what happened." "Oh god, here we go." "So Barney here is on his day off, has a little bit of the bubbly, and forgets he's a Digimon. You sir, are a drunk!" "Willow!" "I've had enough of these drunk shenanigans you hooligan!"
Willow turns to the side and smacks her butt, pressing the button to deactivate the holosuit. As the green haired woman standing there disappears into a cloud of data, a little green bug Digimon with big ambitions stares daggers at the dinosaur. "Wormmon, don't make me get the laser pointer out." "Give me one reason why we should trust him." "Don't you think that you are jumping to conclusions?! Maybe it was aliens."
Wormmon's antennae stick straight up. "Oh, aliens. You're right, it could be them." Wormmon loses interest in attacking Clayton for the time being and picks up a journal that conveniently dropped down when he took off the holosuit. Wormmon flips through the pages and shows them poorly organized photos of blurry lights in the sky. "The aliens are the ones who created the lizard people. Their leader? Bigfoot! The truth is out there." Dante pauses in silence for a moment. "Anyways, it's not unheard of for a human to become a Digimon. You don't have to worry, I'm somewhat of an expert with this." "Pat yourself on the back some more, you tool." Considering who is the one talking, there is no response for something that absurd.
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Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Feb 6, 2020 7:56:41 GMT
Clayton watched as Willow tried to play charades with him, getting literally everything wrong he quickly decided she wasn't gonna be of any help and it was time to ignore her. Apparently monsters were real and now he was one of those monsters. "Wait monsters are real, Di- did one of them change me into this? Like infect me or something." he seemed to easily believe the monster part, after all he had literally just become one. What Willow bluntly said did bother him though thinking this might be permanent.
Then the person he was trying to ignore went on a full scale rant about him getting drunk and forgetting he was a digimon on his day off. "I'm sixteen I'm not allowed to drink." yes because the legal drinking age was the real problem here not the whole digimon thing. Then out of nowhere she turned and smacked her butt? Turning from a woman to a worm in a few seconds staring daggers at him, instinctively his hand hovered over to the blade but Dante seemed to calm the worm down enough.
Bringing out a notebook filled with blurry image of flashing lights you could literally feel the tension drop as they explained away his changing with aliens. "Sure, yeah let's go with that. Don't forget the loch ness monster and Santa." having absolutely no other response to something that absurd he just went along with it, it was better then having the worm try and fight him.
Luckily according to Dante he was an expert in this subject.. "Oh thank goodness, it uhh would of been quite awkward to go home to my mom and dad looking like this, not to mention school." he seemed hopeful about this scenario, "But uhh, does this happen often to you?" seemed odd to run into so many cases like this.
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2020 8:40:59 GMT
The young mon was taking to the tough news as one would expect. Knowledge of Digimon has not passed far beyond humans chosen to know. He asks if one of these monsters changed him into this. "That depends. Did you see a strange device about the size of a cell phone?" "Do you think he could be a Spirit User? I doubt it." They say that they are 16 and not allowed to drink. "What does that word mean? What is a loud?" "You are a loud bug. I don't think he was consuming alcohol."
When Wormmon brought out his conspiracy theories journal, the other two just go along with it. Clayton mentions the loch ness monster and Santa. Wormmon fake laughs, sounding phoney. "The lochness monster? That's just crazy! Ah ha, ah haha." Wormmon waddles over to Dante. "He knows too much. He knows we killed Santa." "We didn't kill Santa! Argh!"
Dante grabs his head in frustration, his heart rate accelerating. "All I wanted was a pleasant trip to the market, and sure enough, another Digimon in the city. And you are not helping things, Wormmon." "Your soul will rot in the pits of the Underworld." "What?" "Uh, nothing. I coughed. What were we talking about?" Dante sighs in frustration.
While Dante is losing his chi, the Digimon is relieved to have someone who can figure out how to fix this. He asks if this happens often to them. "Not exactly." Dante reaches into his bag and takes out his Digivice. "I am a Digimon Tamer. Wormmon is a Digimon, my Digimon partner. I suspect that you have just become a Spirit User." Dante turns and faces the wall, pondering. "It isn't fair. People are chosen to become Tamers and Spirit Users. Their whole lives change. Who selects the Humans, and why?" Dante turns and faces the two Digimon. "In all my travels, no one has answered this."
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Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Feb 6, 2020 9:31:32 GMT
Clayton was about to say no he hadn't seen a device like that, however his memory kicked up something he said. Mentioning he put his hands in his pockets he felt his hand brush against the top of his cellphone, what if it wasn't his phone. "Thinking back on it my hand did brush up against something in my pocket, I thought it was my phone but it might've been that device you're mentioning." with his arms crossed he nodded seemingly sure that this was the case.
Then Wormmon mentioned them killing Santa, which had Clayton be very confused and Dante apparently mad about the situation, going into a small rant about a peaceful day he wanted. Eyes closed for a moment Clayton gave a respectful bow with his arms at his sides. "I am very sorry for interrupting your day, please accept my sincerest apologies." Clayton wanted to be as kind to the person helping him as possible, but he recalled something else as he stood straight. "I forgot to say, suppose you might not care but my name's Clayton Herron, my friends call me Clay. pleased to meet you both." he said giving a small wave instead of a other bow.
But what Dante had to say next stuck with Clayton a bit more, looking at the ground he thought about what Dante said. "Chosen huh, that doesn't seem fair at all." he didn't want to be some creature. "But, thank you a lot for seeking me out, I suppose I'm glad to know if weird creatures are wandering around someone's able to handle it." Trying to be nice and optimistic so hopefully Dante didn't get too down on himself.
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Post by Dante on Feb 8, 2020 5:12:46 GMT
Humans don't just turn into Digimon randomly. The most likely case is that Clayton has become a Spirit User without knowing it. He thinks back and recalls feeling something in his pocket that may have been a digivice. The Digimon apologizes for interrupting Dante's day. "Oh no, it's not your fault at all. If anything, it's whoever sends digivices to this city."
Dante and Wormmon didn't know what to call the Digimon, but he introduces himself as Clayton, or Clay. "Nice to meet you. I expect this news must be really jarring at first." "When did you become so sensitive, Dante? What, are we gonna hold hands and sing kumbaya next?" "Wormmon, how would you feel if you were a human who became a Digimon without knowing what was going on?" "What are you talking about? I am a Digimon!" "I take it empathy is not in your vocabulary."
Clayton agrees with Dante that it doesn't sound fair how the chosen are selected. Tamers and Spirit Users do not have any say in becoming one. Clayton for sure had more questions about Digimon. "We should find somewhere safe to go over some more details. However, we can't have you running around like that. Wormmon, we need some kind of disguise until Clayton can transform back." "Put him in a skirt and say he's a maid, haha!" "I don't think that's going to hide the claws and tail."
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Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Feb 9, 2020 8:59:26 GMT
Luckily it seemed like Dante wasn't exactly mad at him for this whole event, that weight was on the shoulders of whoever decided granting teenagers ultimate power was a great idea. "Yeah, but I have to say whoever it was hit the nail on the head, heck this looks just like my Kendo gear and sword." Frankly Clayton was impressed at the detail, even the blade felt familiar in his han- er claws?
But the whole Wormmon argument was a bit jarring to Clayton, are all digimon this rude? "Hey Wormmon, help me out and I happen to have a coupon to an all you can eat buffet. It's in my jacket though so I'd have to turn back to give it to ya." he remembered Wormmon talking about food a little bit ago, maybe that would get him to assist with this whole digimon thing, or at least shut up till they figured it out.
However that thought would have to wait as Clayton felt a sharp pain on the back of his head, while talking an actual wild digimon did up and attack him out of nowhere. A black Guilmon had shot a fireball straight at Clayton head probably not feeling super good about it.
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Post by Dante on Feb 9, 2020 9:24:29 GMT
One had to wonder who decided giving teenagers responsibility of powerful monsters and even becoming them was a good idea. Clayton mentions how his Digimon form reflects his interests in kendo. "That raises a good question. Are we chosen for certain Digimon and spirits based on who we are?"
Clayton is not impressed with what Wormmon calls manners, if you can call them that. The dinosaur tempts Wormy with a deal, offering a free buffet coupon. The key here is that Clayton would have to transform back to get it. It appears Clayton may be more cunning than his first impressions gave off. Wormmon's antennae stick up and he starts to drool a bit. "Food?! Okay, this might be worth my time after all."
Just when it looked like everyone was on board, Clayton was attacked out of nowhere. Dante turns and sees a Black Guilmon in the alley. "Another Digimon? He's hostile! Wormmon, battle position." "You mean I get to fight? Muha ha ha haha!" Things were turning around for the Worm King.
Wormmon climbs up a wall and starts heading towards the Black Guilmon. Wormmon dives off the wall and goes for a tail smack to Black Guilmon's head.
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Clayton Herron
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Even if you're weak struggle.
Posts: 146
OOC Name: Shi
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Post by Clayton Herron on Feb 9, 2020 9:38:06 GMT
Holding his head for a few moments Clayton shook the damage off real quick, it hurt a lot but the gear seemed to reduce the damage he took. It wasn't much but it was something. "Yeah, I kinda gathered that." not many people who attacked right off the bat seemed nice.
Clayton looked down the alley while Wormmon went to attack, the rush of people seemed to die down so it would probably be the best time to fight, so long as they kept it further up. "I'll fight too." Clayton said dead serious as he grabbed the Kendo sword before rushing at the Guilmon.
Wormmon bouncing off the wall for a tail smack was blocked by the Guilmon raising his arm, blocking the hit to the head but still taking damage from the hit. Realing black with his claw aimed to hit slash at Wormmon after blocking. Clayton though arrived a bit before smashing the blade into the Guilmon's arm forcing it to extend and giving Wormmon another opportunity to strike.
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