Seeing the Sights(Open)

Finally, a day off. Aidan's usual job of being an officer of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police had long hours and few days of rest. But, on the other hand, the young man was very justice-minded and didn't mind it at all.

Although, ever since he had met his "digimon partner" Roy the Veemon, well, he looked forward to these times off so that he could spend time with him. On workdays, he usually only had a couple of hours to spare with his plucky little blue and white drake partner, but on days off, he wanted time to bond with him.

Aidan's little brother Kieran had the same dilemma. It was leading up to exam season and Kieran needed time to study. To make it more convenient, the brothers had brought V-Pet modules for their digivices, so technically they could carry their partners with them without gaining the attention of others, but, it just wasn't the same as doing it normally.

Today though, Aidan wanted to show Roy around the Entertainment District of Shibuya. Recently rebuilt after some unknown calamity had occurred here (probably digimon-related), he wanted the Veemon to have a good time here today. Not within the confines of the digivice (which Roy had assured him he was fine with), but, able to actively interact with the world around him. Thus, Aidan had given him the treat of a holosuit - a device that allowed the Veemon to walk with him, disguised as a school aged blue-haired human. Roy felt it was a bit weird at first, but soon got used to it.

"Wow, this place is great!" he exclaimed as Aidan showed him around the district. They bonded a little as they played games together at the arcade during the morning, then after some lunch, the two were walking around to find other things to do.

"Hm? What's going on there?" Roy asked. His instincts as a Town Guard of Rosewood meant that he could find out trouble quickly. And as a police officer, Aidan had similar instincts. Together they saw an intimidating man follow a tall, lean man in a dapper outfit into an alleyway.

"Doesn't look good." Aidan said, sighing. He really hoped that he didn't have to cut his day off short with this. He followed them into the alley, and sure enough, the intimidating man was trying to rob the other at knife point. Seeing this display of blatant thievery in broad daylight pissed Aidan right off.

"Alright, pal, drop the knife, nice and slow." he said, folding his arms. "One of two things is going to happen now. Either you leave this gentleman alone and walk away, or you'll be coming with us to the police station. And I'd really hate for the latter option because it means I'll have to go through a lot of paperwork about making your life a living hell, so I fully endorse the former option.

He and Roy stood firm, wanting this to end safely.

Aidan was satisfied with the mugger's reaction. He and Roy would let him pass. However, he wouldn't be free of trouble. Following this, Aidan would reach into his pocket for his cellphone, selected a number, then made a call. He patiently waited for the receiver, then it arrived.

"Aidan-chan? This better be important, I'm on duty you know." the receiver's gruff voice responded.

"Yes, it is, Hansuke-chan." Aidan said, having called a police colleague who was on the beat. "Listen, I just encountered a perp that was threatening a guy at knife-point in an alleyway in the Entertainment District." Aidan would then proceed to describe the appearance of the mugger to him. "Might wanna arrest him if you find him? Don't worry, I'll back you up as a witness when the time comes."

"Huh, alright. Thanks for the tip, Aidan-chan. I appreciate it." the officer replied. "See you soon at the station."

"See you soon, mate." Aidan replied, then hung up, speaking the english word. He then turned to the dapper gentleman that had almost been accosted. "I just phoned my colleague in the Tokyo police, he'll soon arrest that guy." he explained, speaking in a standard Tokyo Japanese dialect. "I'm sorry that you went through that. My name is Aidan Doyle. I'm normally a police officer here, but I'm off-duty, so, it was for the best that I let him go for now."

"Aidan..." Roy muttered as he felt some strange feelings and instincts from his draconic senses here. "I think... this guy might be..."

"A digimon?" Aidan finished his sentence. "I thought as much. No offense, pal, just I think you should study human fashion a bit better if you don't want to stand out as much as you do. Don't worry, you're not in trouble or anything, I have a digimon partner myself and I mean no harm against digimon that follow the law, but... given that you were about to be accosted at knife point, you might need a few pointers in how to survive in this world, right?"

"What are you thinking about, Aidan?" Roy asked, curiously.

"I think we should invite our new friend here to a quiet cafe in the area that a friend told me about." Aidan answered. "A place where digimon can just relax and not be harassed, you know? It's not far from here, in fact it's within this very district, so, if this gentlemon accepts, we can go there and sort out this situation he now finds himself in."

"Well... alright, if you're sure it's safe." Roy replied. Aidan would then offer to escort Mandrake to the digimon-friendly establishment that he knew about.

"Fair point. Best keep up the holosuit then until we arrive." Aidan agreed. He and Roy would then lead Mandrake to the restaurant in question. Aidan's school friend Sophie James had told him about a ramen bar that was friendly to digimon, partly because the owner thought they were cute, and partly because a digimon's appetite often required a lot of ramen, and was excellent for sales. So he turned a blind eye to any digimon that turned up to order and pay for a meal.

Once they arrived, Aidan selected a berth that was hidden away from view from the street. The owner recognized him and gave a wink to let him know that it was safe for them to eat here.

"Two Tonkotsu's thanks." Aidan said when they were approached to order. "And whatever this gentleman would like too." he invited Mandrake to order as well. When the assistant had received their order, Aidan would nod to Roy to lower his disguise. And thus, when it was safe to do so, the blue-haired student boy transformed into a Veemon, wearing nothing but a red and brown tunic. He gave a wave at Mandrake as he sipped the complimentary water that was given.

"So then. Mandrake, this is my digimon partner, Roy. While we're waiting for our meals, would you like to tell us how you got here?" Aidan asked, gently.

As Aidan and Roy entered the restaurant, they were surprised to see that Mandrake's true form was an Impmon with blue eyes.

"Huh, here I was thinking you guys normally have green eyes." Roy remarked, smiling. If one caught on closely, they would pick up that he spoke with a light Irish accent, as did Aidan.

Mandrake then made his answer, stating that he came to Earth via Trailmon, politely making his way through the city as he did so. "Well, you had the foresight to get a holosuit first, so, I'll give you that for initiative." Aidan remarked. He took interest in what Mandrake had to say next, that he had something against bad digimon on Earth. Did this mean that he was here on a mission of sorts?

"Hmm, that's a good point." Aidan continued, then turned to a slightly more serious tone. "My next question is, why did you come here? Is there any particular reason you've come here? I mean... I apologize if I'm being too nosy, but, are you looking for a human partner? Or... something else?" he inquired.

"If you wanted to see the sights, I don't blame you." Roy added, grinning. "Terminus at night is one thing, but, whew, Tokyo's night lights all lit up is another thing altogether. But yeah, as mentioned before, not a very safe place for a digimon to be these days."

After he had finished, the server approached them with their bowls of ramen. He didn't even mind that two of them were digimon, giving them the same polite bow as he would give any other paying customer.

"Thank you very much." Aidan replied, then would proceed to continue their conversation with Mandrake while eating their ramen.

Roy nodded his head as Mandrake explained about his eyes, and that he had telepathic abilities. That initially worried him, that maybe Mandrake could read what he was thinking, but so far the Impmon had been fairly nice to them so far so he dropped that worry for now.

When Mandrake mentioned Roy's accent, the Veemon gave a grin. "Actually I've had this accent all my life. Was a bit tricky at times when I had to get my message across when I was a town guard in Rosewood."

Aidan keyed onto that. "Maybe it's because you're my partner that you had that accent in the first place?" he suggested.

"Hmm. Could be. I don't have any idea on how we digimon become partners with humans in the first place, so, maybe it's that?" Roy shrugged.

They then listened as to why Mandrake was here in the first place - apparently he was looking for a childhood friend he had known in the Village of Beginnings. This gained their interest. "Oh? What friend is this? We might be able to help you find them." Aidan said. He had valuable contacts, namely his old school friend Sophie James, who was now currently quite central in the digimon activities of Tokyo.

Once their ramen arrived, Aidan and Roy ate for a bit to satisfy their empty bellies, then after a refreshing drink of water to wash it down, Aidan would continue.

"There's this... group out there, called DATS. Their stated aim is to send all digimon back to the digital world. However, they've had their hands a bit too full lately to be able to do that." he explained. "I was warned about them myself by a friend, but, a holosuit for Roy has kept our situation stable enough. My brother Kieran has a digimon partner too and he's taking care of him as well. And, given that you were first accosted by a petty criminal who would go after fellow humans anyway, I'd say you're going fine here."

Aidan and Roy continued to eat as they awaited Mandrake's response.

Mandrake described his missing friend as a Tsunomon with brown eyes named Lothar. Aidan blinked at that, but Roy was on the ball.

"Ah, a Tsunomon, so if he's evolved by now, he would've likely become a beast digimon." Roy deduced. "Most likely Gabumon or something like that. Could be worth calling Sophie about that maybe, Aidan?"

"I'm texting her now." Aidan replied, his D-Terminal on the table as he began talking to his old classmate. As he did so, Roy turned back to Mandrake.

"We don't know DATS's motives either, and frankly we want to keep our heads out of this mess." Roy said. "Aidan's a police officer after all, I don't want him to have his job at risk because of me."

"That's sweet of you, Roy, but I think we're mostly okay so far." Aidan answered with a smile. Eventually he got a reply from Sophie. Their communication was as follows:



"Okay, Mandrake, this is the conversation I've had with my friend." Aidan explained to Mandrake, showing him the details. "Do you want to give her a means of contact? Oh, by the way, this is Tamernet. Most of us chosen have a D-Terminal that can access it. In fact, a lot of digimon without partners like you have it too. Not sure exactly how you get it, but, it's fairly useful for communications."

"Huh, okay, that's interesting." Roy remarked. He too hadn't been able to fire bubbles in his in-training form, but, now that he was a Veemon he didn't really pay much attention to that.

"DATS acts as an authority to itself, so there's not much we can do about it, unfortunately." Aidan explained to Mandrake. "Best move is to not gain their attention. If you do so, it'll probably end up bad for you."

Thankfully Mandrake seemed to already be familiar with Tamernet. "Alright, I'll just send Sophie your contact details... and... that's about it."

Aidan and Roy finished off the last of their ramen, then decided that that was about all they could provide here. "Alright, so, glad to see that you seem to be savvy enough to know how to get by in this world, Mandrake, so, we'll leave it at that for now. You have our details on Tamernet if you ever need to contact us for help, but, I'm afraid I can't push my boundaries too much since I'm a police officer and would be fired pretty quickly if I started bending rules, so please keep that in mind."

With that, Aidan and Roy would bow their goodbyes, pay the costs of the meal in full, then leave the establishment, hoping that Mandrake had enough knowledge to be safe in this world. There was little more that they could say to him at this point.

[Aidan and Roy have left the thread]