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Some Excuse of a Recovery [Silence]
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2020 0:58:53 GMT
Being unable to properly brace herself or really see waht the wolf was going to do the feralish variety of renamon thankfully had gone away immediately. The passed out rookie simply was clonked out to a degree that would of made it problematic if a doctor hadn’t been right nearby. She clearly was concussed from whatever he had to do to snap her out of the digivolution.
She didn’t even know what she had managed to do to her trainer. If she did she might of felt rather bad about it!
...And stir she did; it was a grating feeling. Waking up in a bed like this again; she felt her body was still on fire and she felt a pained ache through her head. Her throat felt like it had ripped itself apart over and over again… and well. The rest of her body just ached; but that was definitely from the workout.
She looked about the room and well… seeing that it was after sunset didn’t fill her with relief. It actually worried her how much time would of passed and upon seeing iko she could barely manage to sit up. A hand coming to her head and a wince as she felt that her head was still rather tender. She'd speak and her voice reflected that she was still in pain.
”...What the fuck happened? I remember a ray hitting me in the midriff and then… nothing…”
She dreaded the answer honestly; had the meicrackmon taken over out of reaction? There was a soft feeling in her head that told her no. So then what had occured? Some other monster that she didn’t know about? Or…? Her head was painfully filled with questions she wasn’t sure if she wanted the answer to!
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Post by darkblade on Feb 26, 2020 2:47:41 GMT
"Hm... good, you're awake."
Iko seemed half-annoyed, but nodded in the Renamon's direction as she slowly stood up. He winced a bit as he turned, gritting his teeth to keep himself composed. "Tch... the last spar got a little out of hand. I felt like you were on the edge of Digivolving again, so I decided to push you a little further. And push you, I did..."
His hand rested on his side, a slight bit of pink showing through the bandages.
"But it doesn't look like it was a form you were able to control yet. Tch... some sort of weird Renamon-shaped form with a crack of energy down the middle. You familiar with it?"
Either way, he didn't sound like he was blaming her for what happened, though his tone was rather stern. He stood up, cracking his arms, careful not to stretch his back. "Definitely good that we have a doctor on hand - but you're also going to need to learn to control whatever that was. Either as a weapon, or by learning how to not use it."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2020 3:36:52 GMT
”Yeah… how long was I out?”
Silence glanced out the window and flicked an ear as she could hear that wince rather clearly. She felt like she had gone overboard… that wound on his stomach was her right? She didn’t remember making an attack that would have hit him that hard. She looked down at her hands as he explained himself. She didn’t blame him there… she had felt something like that too but… Everything after her digivoling was just a big black void.
”Yeah you hit me with some beam to the mid-riff or something and I tumbled. I felt something pull at me so I just… well I pulled back.”
Then he explained what he saw; some kind of weird renamon form with a crack of energy down the middle? She’d furrow her brows slightly and shake her head. She didn’t recognize it; she never felt it before. Was it new?
”Sounds like nothing I know of. At the most the thing I recognize is having a renamon form. But higher than rookie? Kinda weird.”
Let me explain.
The rare voice of the meicrackmon echoed in her head and she’d perk up. However he spoke before she could make much more than a strange look at him. How she needed to learn to control it… or learn how to not use it. It was very clearly a weapon if it could do this to iko.
May I?
Go ahead.
Iko would note the small changes in the demeanor and the rather lazy look that plastered itself on her face almost immediately. The difference between how the meicrackmon held herself and the renamon… well. It was staggering.
”First time talking to you wolf. So I’ll be brief. That form? It’s something really new. Something that couldn’t take place before what happened in the dark area. She had an excess of Data in her core; something that when the D-reaper infected her was used. When they were working on formatting her they left that near the center of her core. It was all the excess stuff she had at the time. Only reason it didn’t get purged is because it’s her data and not the D-reapers. Well. And a little bit of mine too.
”Think we should use it as a weapon?”
”It’d be stupid not to. But iko’s right. We need to train a lot. You have any problem with sparring with me wolf?”
The renamon turned her head slightly and stared at Iko. She probably could use training… and well if this wolf was willing having both halves of silence work together would likely help with the whole nonsense of whatever this monster was… She hoped.
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Post by darkblade on Feb 27, 2020 1:38:42 GMT
So Silence didn't have any clue what had happened. Considering that, it was probably best to just chalk this up to an accident, and work on Silence's overall data control. Iko was about to recommend exactly that...
... Until it looked like the Renamon had to sneeze or something. The fox seemed somewhat distracted for a moment, until an entirely different personality started speaking. An aloof one, a tired one, and somehow even more frank and informal than Silence. Still, Iko listened, giving a 'tsk' as Mei explained just what was going on - well, as much as she could, anyway.
"So at worst, its just a corrupt aspect of data, made powerful by sitting near Silence's core... hmph." And the two seemed intent on using it, somehow? "If its something you can't hope to control, you're better off shelving it. But that's something you two would have to figure out, not me. As for sparring you?"
The wolf tilted his head.
"... Show me your natural form. I need to know what I'm working with."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 2:00:07 GMT
How could she? It was a first for her. A lot of firsts for her actually. It was kind of frustrating and silence looked it. She didn’t know what to do with a lot of the information that she was given or that the fact that she had injured her sparring partner. Or rather something had injured him using her body and that just felt weird.
The mei was of course very aloof, very informal and very tired. She was constantly resting, constantly wanting to eat and well she didn’t really have much of an attachment to the world past keeping silence alive. She’d lean a bit and place her head in her hands, looking to iko in a somewhat bored expression.
”Yes and no. It was corrupt but now it’s not. The filtration that Wicked did took care of that. Really it’s just a bunch of coding that was intermixed with the D-reaper for a time. That’s why it attacked you. Be thankful I was able to slow it down a little else you might have had less stomach and more giblets.”
The mei flicked an ear as the other seemed to think that they might not be able to control it. She’d hum softly and lean back in the bed she was in; looking thoughtful but ultimately shook her head.
”We don’t know if we can control it or not. We need to work on it first before we make that decision.”
The mei perked up a bit and grinned ear to ear, she’d happily hop off of the bed and with a little bow well… She’d show off her real form. A stark white meicrackmon with the same tell tale cloak that silence had. Surprisingly she seemed a lot more relaxed than most and there were marks under her eyes that made her look like she was always tired.
”Shouldn’t come to a surprise right? This form was black when I inherited it but it seemed so booooring… Don’t spose you’d be up for talking about this stuff over some food? I’m starving.”
The meicrackmon looked almost hopeful and tilted her head. Silence had gone well... silent and seemed to be resting now that the meicrackmon was the 'pilot'. She had a lot to think about and if these two wanted to talk so be it!
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Post by darkblade on Feb 27, 2020 5:47:20 GMT
"Hmph. Even if its stable, whatever state the code ended up in clearly wasn't a favorable one."
Indeed, it was a good thing that the beast was somewhat slowed down. Iko would be fine in the morning - thanks mostly to their hired doctor - so for now, the most he could do was talk to this relatively unknown aspect of Silence. She was at least willing to work with the Renamon to try and figure out the aberration.
As for the voice's form? It didn't take long for 'Mei' to stand up, and make herself known as a stark white MeiCrackmon, the wolf blinking a bit at the beast in his presence. His claws tensed slightly, but soon relaxed, simply giving a nod to the aloof cat. "... Well, considering that the 'Renamon' has pretty much fallen asleep inside your head, I suppose we might as well do that. Ugh..." It took Iko a moment to stand, wincing as he staggered back up onto his feet.
... Yeah, he wasn't in the best shape, at least not for the moment. "... We'll discuss how you might be able to inject your personality into that form, at least. Something to occupy yourself with while you're stuck in 'her' mind."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 21:30:33 GMT
”Well it’s better than just a screaming pile of data and what not. Imagine if it had turned out to be a released moon millenumon or something? You wouldn’t want that. I’ve heard those things are deadly.”
The meicrackmon cracked her back and let out a soft groan. She hadn’t stretched in a long time and well… suffice to say she was a bit cramped! She’d flick her ear and was glad to see that the damage that iko had sustained wasn’t long term. Though she’d lean and if the wolf wasn’t careful she’d inspect his wound through the bandages.
”Jeez… she really did a number on you… She’s gonna feel bad about this for weeks.
The meicrackmon continued stretching and blinked, noting the tension and giving a little flick of her ear. She knew the stereotype of her kind and she knew it wasn’t easy to get around. Seeing him wince however…
”Hmm. I could heal you before we get started. Don’t want you to rip open your wounds. She’s also… yeah fast asleep. She’ll probably be clonked out for until tomorrow so I guess you get to deal with me till then.”
The meicrackmon perked at the suggestion of ‘injecting’ her personality into that form. That powerful, wonderful smelling form. She felt her stomach growl and she’d huff a bit as her tail thrashed back n forth. She knew she couldn’t eat it. It’d hurt. But she could influence it.
”Well it’s strong. So it’d have to be slow and steady… want me to carry you down the stairs? I know we’re a bit of a ways from the mess hall.”
Was the meicrackmon teasing or being serious? Either way she held out her hands as if she was expecting the wolf to just jump into her arms...
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Post by darkblade on Feb 28, 2020 0:26:02 GMT
"Don't really have the time to think about the what-ifs. Honestly," Iko chuckled, "reality's often proven crazier than fiction. The Megidramon out in the woods taught me that much."
Aside from that? Well, Iko actually didn't seem too perturbed by his wound. It hurt, yes, but he was still able to stand and move, and thanks to that cat, it was only a temporary deal. "Either way, we aren't going to be doing the sparring tonight. You don't have to do any of that, we've got the Gatomon to look over stuff like that. And... hm." The wolf blinked in Mei's direction.
... Did he want to be carried? Heck, the Mei seemed to expect that he'd go up and jump into her arms!
"... No offense," the wolf started, "but I'd rather not be in the claws of a potential data-hungry-death-cat when I'm already bleeding data. If it gets too bad, I'll just slip down to rookie for a while. Now c'mon, we got a lot to catch up on." A lot to catch up on, indeed! Iko wasn't much on the specifics earlier, and that was because he had barely half an idea what he was talking about.
It would be the Gatomon, actually, who would explain just how Mei could try and 'take over' that form - if it was a blank slate, it was just a matter of working her way into that psyche, figuring out how it 'thinks', and then trying to make it more like 'her own' thinking. It was more technical than that, but that was about as much as the wolf understood from it.
They would both be allowed to rest, and the next morning, after Silence would go through her cardio, Iko would meet Mei, specifically, to spar in the afternoon. Though, only about thirty minutes in - Iko bracing a hard block against the side of his head - the Shaininmon pulled back.
"Alright, that's enough." He groaned, lowering his stinging arm as he shook it out, his visored eyes leveling on the MeiCrackmon. "Technically speaking, 'Mei', you're already on K's level when it comes to a fighting sense. As much as I want to keep going at it, well..."
He cracked his neck. "We wouldn't gain that much just doing this. We'd both just be sharpening our senses. What you really need is some fucking caffeine, though."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 2:53:55 GMT
”Oh yeah I heard about that. Well. Most of it. Silence was doing reviews of old missions and it was a snippet I managed to snag. Crazy stuff that.”
The meicrackmon stretched a bit and flicked her ear; if Iko didn’t want her to heal him that was fine. They had a doctor on hand and if he did end up tearing it open well they’d just have her scurry on and take care of the wolf! Theeen… no sparring? She almost looked a bit frustrated at that fact. She actually felt like fighting for once!
”All right. Well. Just take me up on it, I do have a few things under my belt that silence doesn’t have access to yet. Like gracenovamon or examon for example. She still hasn’t figured out that she has those and I’d rather not ruin the surprise. She gets so giddy when she finds out a new evolution. Shoulda seen her reaction when she found out she could digivolve into me~”
The meicrackmon chuckled a little bit and leaned forward, hearing that the other didn’t want to be in her grip while he was already bleeding data made her let out a barking laugh. If he didn’t recoil the meicrackmon would tap the wolf’s chest and drag a finger under his chin.
”Don’t worry your pretty head Iko, I’m not interested in your data. As enticing as the idea is it’d ruin any chance that silence has to become what she dreams of. And she’d be mad at me and there’d be this whole inner fight nonsense we’d have to go through… again. Well again from what I’ve been told about silence’s prior iteration...”
The meicrackmon snorted a bit and shook her head; she’d flick her ears a few times and well...
The meicrackmon attentively sat there, tail flicking and head tilting one side ot the other as the gatomon explained how she’d be able to work her way into the psyche of the form. It was going to be a long process and she’d have much more time to do so than silence. Ultimately it’d be her form and silence would be able to use it too. They’d need to work together to hash that one out…
Silence was pretty happy to do her jogging though having to give herself to the mei made her feel a bit odd. The meicrackmon stretched a few times before the sparring started, flicking her tail and looking actually pretty lively for once!
”Mmm… Well that’s good to know. Maybe me and silence should have a sit down and figure out that difference. Might help her out a lot if that’s the case. I don’t remember her giving you such trouble either… Huhuh…”
The meicrackmon chuckled and reclined on the ground, groaning as she felt her back crack. She had a few sore spots on her body, the stomach being a primary one. Iko seemed to like his body shots quite a bit from his fighting style…
”Mmm… if I had some caffeine wouldn’t I just end up being like holly is all the time then? I’ll admit that fighting you was really nice; even if we don’t gain much from it.”
Another stretch. Another crack. Another groan. She’d stand up and scratch at her neck.
”So we know where I stand, where silence stand… and it’s kinda funny. I feel the burn of her cardio too. Huhuh… What next Iko?”
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Post by darkblade on Mar 6, 2020 3:21:09 GMT
Indeed, Iko liked going for the body.
For one, it was safer: it was a lot easier to recover from a nasty shot to the stomach than a nasty shot to the head, or even a wrist or the ankle. And two, it redoubled as an effort to test the improved cardio of his student. The more that Silence could keep herself composed, the better... but in hindsight, maybe adjusting his fighting style to play safe against Mei wasn't really necessary.
The wolf gave a groan himself, stretching out his back as his golden armor vanished. The MeiCrackmon took no hesitation in taking a moment to recline, letting herself pop her tired joints. The wolf himself stretched out his arms, one eye open as he nodded towards the feline. What was next?
"See, that's the thing." The wolf gave a nod: "I didn't expect you to be 'that' far ahead of where Silence was, to be honest. In a way, it means that she does know what to do, somewhere deep inside of herself - so maybe trying to teach her my way is a bit haphazard. What I want you to do, is go in that head of her's and try and and drag the fox up to speed."
"It might not even be that difficult. So long as the two of you are on the same wavelength, you'll be fine."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 3:34:32 GMT
Playing safe against the mei wasn’t really needed, she was a tough cookie and she didn’t seem to mind the extremity shots as much as silence would. In fact if he caught her out in any point there was a quick fix and well… She’d give the wolf one hell of a counter. Like an opening she intentionally left or if he thought she was being slow…
The meicrackmon shifted, popped and grunted as she felt one good pop and her entire body seemed to shiver. She was done fighting for the moment and it was talking that the other seemed to want to do. Planning and the like. She liked that, it was a good way of winding down. She could feel silence somewhere in the background; taking in information and the like. More of the stuff that they were going over than anything. It was half lucid and the Mei knew how it was.
”Iko. She’s afraid. That’s why. She’s afraid that people will see her for nothing more than just a K clone. Someone that doesn’t have any personality and someone that just is a shadow of the one from before. It’s something she’s constantly worried about so she ends up holding back even if she doesn’t mean to. Your pushing her and constant… interaction is helping her break from that. The fight against the D-reaper proved to her that she does have the power but not the skill needed; it was a harsh lesson and one I had to sort of bite my lip at. The corruption may of almost gotten her but… It didn’t get me.”
The mei snorted a bit and leaned back, flicking her ears a bit as he seemed to think that him teaching silence was the wrong way. He wanted the mei to go inside of the wolf’s head to drag her up to speed. The meicrackmon paused and stared at the wolf as he continued to speak. She’d flick her ears a few times and slowly would stand up; padding over to the wolf. Still staring and still listening. She’d eventually tilt her head before frowning lightly.
”...I am curious Iko. Why the rush? Why the massive drag to try to get Silence forward? She’s so young. Only half a year at best. K was thousands of years old and had an experience stretching even longer than the knights. Silence was literally born into this world and hit the ground running. She hasn’t had a moment to think and has had this shadow on her back. Your shadow since rosewood.”
The meicrackmon tapped at the wolf’s chest. It wasn’t accusatory. It was curious and factual.
”Is there some danger we are unaware of? Some reasoning that I do not know why you’re pushing her so hard? She’s young, brash, and arrogant but also friendly, charming and cheerful. Inexperienced is another word I’d use for it I suppose… but why do I get the feeling that she’s being pushed down a path rather than making her own choices?”
The meicrackmon leaned further, her eyes lining up with the wolves…
”K was more than your leader. She was a friend wasn’t she? Or was she something even more to you? Something you couldn’t tell her? Or something you couldn’t be?
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Post by darkblade on Mar 8, 2020 21:47:14 GMT
She was scared?
... Iko could see why, but the thought still made the wolf scoff, just a little. "Tch. I didn't realize how little she actually knew of her predecessor." The wolf looked over to the MeiCrackmon, as if peering right into her core. "That's not K. If anyone saw K as someone to be held high or propped up on a mantle, she would have just folded in an embarrassed flush and close herself back up in her office. No, the K I knew would see Silence as she is right now, give her a big ol' hug, and try and teach her everything that she knew about fighting. So that Silence could grow up, not to be a hero, but to be her own Digimon."
And maybe, in a way, Mei was left behind to help do just that. Of course, the next question struck a little closer to home. What was the rush? Why did Iko even care about Silence's progress? For how young she was, wasn't her current progress already something incredible to behold?
What was K to the wolf? Mei's leading tone actually brought a grin and a chuckle on the Ankomon's face. "Are you speaking for me, or at the way Silence looks at me from the corner of her eyes?" He shook his head. "Its nothing like that. If I was to put it any way, its that her current choices are not something her body can bring itself to do. She tried to stand up against the D-Reaper, but only ended up corrupted in the process. Stood up to a SkullMeramon, but ended up beaten into the ground."
"... If anything? Silence knows who she wants to be. If she didn't want to get there, she wouldn't have put up with my shit in the first place."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 22:06:53 GMT
”She only really knows what the dreams tell her. What people tell her. There isn’t a solid memory of K inside of her other than extreme connections such as her family or some friends. She knew she knew you from before but couldn’t place it. For me… I know what my prior iteration was like down to the letter. I’m not proud of her or want to be anything like her.”[/color]
The meicrackmon crossed her arms, staring right back at the wolf. The meicrackmon seemed curious and leaned slightly as they explained what K was like. It sounded reasonable… like a person and not some epic hero or god like being that a lot of people seemed to hold that iteration to. She’d grit her teeth a bit and rub at her face.
”And my guess is that you’re doing what she would do. With less hugging and blushing of course.”
The meicrackmon blinked as the other grinned; then brought up the fact that silence looked at iko from the side. She’d actually have to pause and think about that for a moment. What was she actually getting at there?
”I’d be lying if I didn’t say a little of both. I’ve seen the way that silence holds you or at least holds your regard. And I’d be lying if I didn’t see you return it in some minute ways. Perhaps I’m just reading things wrong.”
The meicrackmon continued to listen and took a seat on the ground, stretching, flexing and grunting as she felt her body’s stiffness slowly fade. She was feeling back at what she wanted to be and well.. She’d remain sitting. They weren’t going to be fighting anytime soon.
”The thing is it never felt like a choice for her I’d say. It was always there. Looming and rather than fight against it she gave into it completely to the point where she doesn’t even think about other things. She didn’t think of the consequences for fighting the skull meramon. She didn’t think about the consequences of the D-reaper. She just thought about how to beat them. What she could do then. Her entire goal in both was surviving the encounter and trying to make sure that the others did too. Albeit poorly in a sense given her lack of experience.”
The meicrackmon shook her head slowly. She knew what she wanted, that was to sleep and keep silence safe from this sort of nonsense but… It was getting harder to do that and with the emergence of that thing well…
”I’ll admit to you Iko. I’m scared for her and when I see her doing this I’m afraid that she’ll take it too far. She’s not skilled enough or has the experience and while I may of picked up what K may of had in that department I don’t know how long it’ll be before silence herself is ready to become a Knight.
The mei paused and then snorted.
”But she will be a knight. Of the rose. Or a knight on her own. She doesn’t care.”
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Post by darkblade on Mar 8, 2020 22:25:29 GMT
"Well, I'm not the 'hug' kind of guy, cat." Iko let out a bit of a chuckle at that. "But yes, I'm working to sharpen her claws, so to speak... and hm?"
Sheesh, seriously? Iko waved that off. "If anything, you're closer to my type than the fox is. Either way, I'm taken - and you two have the doc to worry about as it is." It was remarkably easy for him to just wave that one off, even if it might have stung just a bit at Silence's heart. As for Silence not having a choice?
"... A bit of that might just be how crazy the world is now. Sovereigns, DATS, Demon Lords, whatever the fuck the wizard was doing, a whole mess with the D-Reaper? The Knights are stretched quite a bit thin right now." He gave a tsk, shaking his head. "Independent of K, I think Silence just wants to do something about it. And she's frustrated about how little she can actually do - and she's definitely the type to take it too far."
To that, he'd give a sigh - and a nod towards the cat.
"So help her. You might be able to teach her far more than I ever could."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 22:35:03 GMT
”I gathered you’re the more slap the back of the head and get to it type than that. She could use that sharpening trust me.”
The mei blinked a bit as iko waved that off, how the mei was closer to his type. The meicrackmon snorted and would of had a rebuttal for that but what followed after made the meicrackmon blink. She’d shake her head for a moment and snort.
”I don’t really think that’s a thought I’d entertain all too much even if you weren’t. And the cat is hers. I’m just in her body helping her out cause it keeps me alive and not expunged like they were wanting to do to the other cat. I’d rather be kept safely and wanted than not.”
Mei shook her head; she felt that she was alone out of the three there. She didn’t have anyone and that was fine. She was lazy and prefered to munch on food than other things. She’d flick her ears a bit and tsk as he explained things.
”All of it seems impossible but breaking down everything is something we can do. Spreading yourself out is kinda difficult when it looks like you don’t have much manpower. How many knights are there anyways?”
The meicrackmon slowly stood up, she was still stretching though that was kind of… well. She enjoyed limbering up and seemed pleased how her body reacted to it.
”Yeah she does want to do something about it. She’ll want to and keep wanting to till the end of time. There’s nothing stopping her from doing that unless someone loads her or until she can’t fight.”
Then she was told something, something she wasn’t sure if she could do.
”I don’t… I’m not a teacher Iko. I’m just a passenger with a lot of fighting spunk and knowledge. A very lazy and food orientated cat.”
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