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Anime Thief! (Stacy) (Kazuo's Intro)
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Feb 13, 2020 5:53:43 GMT
'A sign of the Apocalypse? Highly unlikely.' she thought before she said to the manager "I'm sorry about my lack of knowledge, sir but I wasn't living in Japan last spring."
"Ah. So an Otaku is a super nerd. Got it. Though it seems a little extreme to steal so much. That and quite odd to get away unnoticed."
The two of them left the DVD store and continued on eventually coming to a video game store. A smile appeared on her face as she glanced around. As a fan of video games she felt content but such things could wait. There was an Otaku thief to deal with and she soon spotted a young woman restocking shelves. After hearing events similar to the last store Stacy said "Hmm. Here too. I'm getting a sneaking suspicion that the same events happened at the magna and snack place as well, Kaya."
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Feb 13, 2020 6:39:00 GMT
Stacy was right, it was very odd for this thief to get away with all of this unnoticed. Kaya had a suspicion of who - or, more accurately, WHAT - this thief was. However, this would involve Stacy knowing the truth, meaning she wouldn't help Kaya with the investigation anymore, and she still needed her at least for a little bit.
After speaking with the game store's manager, Stacy told Kaya that similar events might have happened at the manga and convenience stores. "Mhm, that's what I'm thinking too. All four places having similar events happen... only this time others found out because of the smashed window. Maybe with the manga place, the thief was careless... let's go back there and see if we can find anything."
Kaya would lead Stacy all the way back to the manga store. The police tape was still up but there was only one cop keeping watch of the place. Clearly they weren't gonna be able to go in there to snoop around. "Maybe there are some clues lying aro-" Kaya would start to say as she stepped forward. She cut herself off when her step made a loud crunch sound. She lifted her foot to find a small pile of rainbow dust there.
"Is this... candy...?" Looking around would reveal a very, VERY subtle trail of candy, although you had to be super observant to notice. And of course, Kaya wasn't. "I could go for some candy right now..."
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Feb 13, 2020 6:58:08 GMT
When Kaya mentioned going back to the store, Stacy was in full agreement. Of the stores that were robbed only the magna store's glass door was broken. This thief was getting sloppy. With a nod she and Kaya made their way back to the store. When they got there the police were still there, sure enough. Talk about making things more difficult. With the cop there they couldn't exactly snoop around for clues. Just as Kaya mentioned looking for clues a crunch was heard. This caused Stacy to step in for a closer look only to her a similar crunch beneath her feet as well.
Pulling her feet away she and Kaya both seemed to have found what faintly appeared to be a rainbow candy trail. How a rainbow candy trail could be this subtle she had no idea, but a lead is a lead. With their 'proverbial' trail of bread crumbs revealed Stacy could only exclaim "Follow that candy!" Before following the trail at a calm walking speed so she wouldn't lose Kaya.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Feb 16, 2020 4:23:53 GMT
At first Kaya was very confused by the statement of "follow that candy", but she took another look and caught on that there was a very faint trail of rainbow candy. So she simply followed Stacy since she clearly knew better than Kaya did at that moment.
The candy trail was super vague, to the point where it would be pretty easy to lose the track at some points. What, did Kaya and Stacy think it was gonna be super easy to follow, like a video game quest? Nuh uh, candy doesn't fall THAT efficiently but in this case it did provide enough of a trail for the two to follow.
Following it would lead and stop riiiiight... into a literal corner of the mall. The same corner that was nearby the bathrooms. It must've been here that the thief realized his candy was leaking out of his bag and fixed it. Unfortunately for him, he ended up dropping something very crucial: his ID.
Picking it up would reveal the thief's name to be Kazuo Kobayashi, age 20. Based on the photo alone, this guy didn't look like a thief at all. But why else would his ID be here? Also, why would he let his ID be dropped here?
"Well this isn't suspicious..." Kaya said sarcastically. She read where it said he lived. "Wait a second... that's practically where I live..."
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Feb 16, 2020 22:28:57 GMT
As Stacy took lead, squinting periodically since the candy trail was hard to see, the two of them made their way. It seemed strange that such a faint trail was there.
'Something's not right. Whoever the thief was has been careful about leaving evidence. Why have we picked up a trail recently.' Stacy thought as the trail had led them into a literal corner of the mall. Near by were bathrooms and she watched as Kaya picked up an ID card.
Catching a better look at the ID card it seemed strange that an owner would just lose something so important, thief or not.
"Something doesn't seem right, Kaya. Why would this person just drop something that is usually kept in a person's wallet, yet I see no wallet here." Stacy said. When Kaya mentioned this guy lived near where she did she said "Maybe we should find the owner of this wallet we might find out more. Unless you wanna check these bathrooms as well."
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Feb 19, 2020 3:19:59 GMT
"Maybe this guy doesn't even have a wallet?" Kaya suggested. "I know most D- I mean, most people don't really have a good grasp on what it means to be a person yet. Says here that this person's only twenty... plus they look kinda dumb."
The strangest part was where it said this person lived. The address was practically Kaya's family's house address... no, not practically, it WAS their address. Things were definitely fishy here, even for this twelve year old. Stacy recommended searching for the owner. "Here, you keep the ID... I'm gonna go back to my house and investigate a bit there, meet me there as soon as you can. I'm gonna get down to the bottom of this! See you there!"
Kaya would then run off and out of the mall, taking the path back home. On the way, she pulled out her Digivice and put it up to her ear, as if talking on the phone. "So Hawkeye, what did you make from all of this? Thanks for keeping quiet, by the way..."
"T'was no problem. So we for sure know that the culprit is into... well, everything you're into."
"Are you saying that I'm the thief?!"
"O-Of course not!" If Digivices could sweatdrop, Kaya's would definitely be doing so right now. "I'm impressed how sneaky the thief has been, only to do things like break the shop's windows and leave a trail of sweets... as well as his ID, so he's lacking in the common sense department... then there's the issue of the video feed being screwed up."
"I'm thinking it's a Digimon. What about you?"
"Well of course it is. It's too suspicious to not be."
After arriving back at home (and saying hello to her family), Kaya would go out and search around the house, possibly for some freeloader nerd watching anime in the middle of an alleyway or something along those lines.
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Feb 19, 2020 3:43:40 GMT
'Hmm. Kaya has a point. Some people don't have a grasp of usage of wallets but what was she going to that started with D? Though Kaya seemed like a nice kid it was more obvious that she was hiding quite a bit from her. As for the owner of the wallet, yeah he didn't seem that bright. Yet one couldn't judge by appearance alone, after all.' Stacy thought as she agreed to hold onto the ID.
Watching Kaya disappear from sight, Stacy released a sigh of her own as she thought 'I wish I had her energy.'
She then looked down at the ID and started off in a brisk walk toward the address on the card. She knew it would take her time to catch up with Kaya but she would catch up all the same. After walking at such a fast pace for quite awhile, she arrived at the address on the card. Stuffing the card in her right pocket, she began looking for Kaya.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Feb 19, 2020 4:15:43 GMT
Since Stacy would take a bit to arrive, Kaya had let Hawkeye out of the Digivice - in his holosuit form, of course - to help her out with investigating. If the thief had used Kaya's address on that (presumably super fake) ID, then there should at least be some truth to that. Maybe they were hiding out somewhere around the house?
After about forty five minutes of searching top to bottom around the house and the space around said house, it seemed like the two of them came up with squat. Due to fate, or just pure dumb luck, Hawkeye had spotted something out of the corner of his eye. "Kaya, I believe I have found something!"
In the corner of the lot, Hawkeye would bend down and brush the dirt away from something very suspicious. It looked like... a trap door? "Since when did this get here?"
It would be at this point that Stacy would arrive at Kaya's house. "Stacy! Over here! We found something!"
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Feb 19, 2020 4:30:15 GMT
Stacy caught her breathe as she walked around the area looking for Kaya. Trust her less than athletic body to make her feel older than she was. Soon she heard Kaya calling her from the direction of the corner of the lot. Following the sound of Kaya's voice she saw what looked like a human male next to her.
'Hmm. Who is that? Maybe he is just a friend of hers that lives nearby.' Stacy thought as she approached the pair who were standing near what appeared to be a trap door 'How odd. Since when do trap doors appear in cities.?'
"Hey Kaya! Whose your friend there? Did he come to help us out with this investigation?" Stacy asked as she looked at the unfamiliar male while unbeknownst to her that the machine in her left pocket began to slightly vibrate.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Feb 19, 2020 5:09:37 GMT
"Oh, right! Stacy, this is my very good friend Hawk. He was here when I came back home, and he agreed to help me search around for anything about our mysterious Kazuo guy."
"She is correct, my name is Hawk. Pleased to meet you." The boy would extend a hand towards Stacy. This boy seemed to be only a bit older than Hawkeye, a year or two perhaps. His hair was a solid silver, which complimented his blue eyes. He wore a brown sleeveless top, jeans and black boots, as well as a single fingerless glove on his right hand.
Now focusing on the strange trap door, Kaya would of course try to open it the normal way. She of course failed, as it was locked. "Talk about double caution... being covered up AND being locked!"
Hawk would then suddenly punch right through the trap door and unlocking it from the inside. "Perhaps they should have used triple caution, this wood was incredibly flimsy."
Going down the trap door would reveal a very narrow tunnel, easy for something of about three or four feet to casually walk through, but anyone else either had to crouch or crawl through it. It was simply just a short hallway heading towards a small curtain. Kaya pushed it back to reveal... a normal Japanese bedroom? Only the TV was playing Konosuba, and there was a giant bug on the bed munching on potato chips.
A giant bug munching on potato chips.
A GIANT BUG munching on potato chips.
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Feb 19, 2020 5:36:03 GMT
'Hawk, huh? Obviously a nickname.' Stacy thought as she accepted his handshake. "Nice to meet you, Hawk."
Stacy watched as Kaya tried to open the trap door and was about to say something when Hawk had punched through the door like it was no big deal.
'Strange but not unbelievable' she thought as she followed the duo through the trap door. Ducking down as they walked down the short hall was not a comfortable experience for Stacy and was quite relieved when the hallway ended at what appeared to be a normal bedroom at first glance. As Stacy popped her back into place she took full stock of things spotting what looked like a giant beetle eating potato chips. It was like something out of an anime it was so strange.
Stacy felt as if something was telling her to keep her guard up. She went with that feeling. That and stepping slightly ahead of Kaya and Hawk as if to protect them, just in case.
"Since when did bugs gets get the size of small dinosaurs?" she asked. Unknown to her a faint white aura had surrounded her body as the device in her left pocket began to shake and slightly buzz as a faint glow was also coming from her pocket.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Feb 19, 2020 5:47:27 GMT
The big bug on the bed didn't notice the trio walking into his den at first. He was just having a good ol' time munching on Seaweed and Salt flavored potato chips, watching the Konosuba gang do something incompetent onscreen. He was laughing out loud too, this thing was definitely no threat.
It was only when Stacy started speaking that the bug turned his head towards the group. He "blinked" a couple of times before he immediately started screaming, stumbling off of his bed and getting into a "ninja"-esque fighting pose. "How did you humans get past my state-of-the-art stealth security system?!"
"I punched a hole through the weak wood of the trap door after we brushed the dirt off of it."
The bug did an overly dramatic gasp. "Your intellect knows no bounds! No matter; I shall strike you down!"
"Not while I have anything to say about it," Hawk said as he stood in front of both Stacy and Kaya, deactivating his holosuit to reveal a hawk-like creature with a bow and quiver of arrows, the same size as the bug in front of them. He pulled an arrow out and pulled it back, preparing to fire at the bug Digimon, who was freaking out about it.
"No! Please! Don't hurt my collection, it's all I have!"
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Feb 19, 2020 6:16:10 GMT
While the bug seemed harmless at first glance, Stacy knew not to judge a book by its cover, as the bug took an aggressive stance. Stacy was about to guide Kaya and Hawk out when Hawk had stepped in front of her and Kaya. When Hawk's appearance changed into a hawk wielding a bow Stacy stood there momentarily dumbfounded. When she picked up a faint buzz coming from her pocket she pulled the device out once again holding it in her left hand.
It was then she seemed to enter a trance as she glared at the bug before she spoke with a voice that sounded as if she was possessed. "Stand down you over sized beetle. I will not let any harm come to them as long as I draw breathe."
The device in her left hand seemed to come alive as a faint band of digital code appeared around her right hand. Then as if guided by the same force she seemed to be possessed by, she ran her right hand over the top of the device in her hand before she said "Execute! Sprite spirit evolution!"
Her body became engulfed in holy light as her body began to take shape. As the change took place a wolf howl filled the room before a snow white wolf about the size of a six month old husky as the light vanished.
"Hinookamimon!" she said as the name of the new creature became known.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Feb 21, 2020 0:34:12 GMT
"NONONONONONO! If you hurt my collection I'll never forgive you! I'll hunt you down to the ends of the earth and I'll use my super-secret special move on you!"
"Let me guess; does that move happen to involve electrocution at all?"
The bug Digimon, known as a Tentomon, did another overly dramatic gasp. "Are you a mind reader!?"
"No no, you're just overly predictable..." Hawkeye admitted with a sweatdrop.
Kaya had no idea what to do at this point, as it looked like Stacy was completely freaking out by the giant bug and bird suddenly facing off against each other. She looked over to the older human. "Uh, you remember how I knew about your device? Well I-" Kaya didn't get to finish as Stacy walked right up to the action and told the Tentomon to stand down in a... very scary voice.
"Ha! And what do you have to say about that? I am a super powered being FROM ANOTHER WORLD! Meaning I'm OP as heckle!"
Before any more could be said, Stacy used her device to actually TRANSFORM into a Digimon, a Hinookamimon apparently, which looked like a small baby wolf with white fur and black claws. "Well that's a first..."
The Tentomon sweatdropped some more as now there were TWO Digimon that were against him, and he couldn't afford to fight here. So he did the only thing he could do... he got onto his knees and started begging for forgiveness. "I don't care about getting myself hurt but please don't hurt my things! They're what keeps me sane! It's what I live for!"
"Not until you tell us everything about your thievery!"
"O-Okay, sure! Ask me anything!"
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Post by ricochet-Stacy on Feb 21, 2020 0:58:32 GMT
The sensation involving the transformation felt weird but not uncomfortable. It was like being enveloped in a warm blanket. Unfortunately Stacy only felt the comforting warmth and was currently unaware of the change that took place. The being now known as Hinookamimon locked brown eyes on the bug that was begging them to spare his collection.
"Your things? I doubt most of that stuff even belongs to you." Hinookamimon snorted before continuing "Don't you realize the potential harm you're potentially causing for others? Lucky for you I'm only here to make sure no harm comes to the humans."
When the Tentomon agreed to tell them about his thievery Hinookamimon's spirit gave control to Stacy's mind. Stacy, now a digimon, looked around and said the first thing that came to her mind. "What happened? Last thing I remember was trying to keep Kaya safe and why is everything shorter?"
Looking down at herself she quickly noticed the problem and responded with the most rational thing most people would in her situation. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! What's going on!?"
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