THE REWARDS OF RESEARCH (COMBINED MPC: 73A & 64B) [COMPLETE]
Apr 26, 2020 13:44:15 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2020 13:44:15 GMT
MPC Name: Next Gen Technology
MPC Number: 73A
Reward Requested: 15 Posts
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MPC Name: Short on Change
(WILD CARD)
MPC Number: 64B
Reward Requested: 5000 Bits
It had been quite a while since that fateful day on which Faustein had first discovered the existence of the Digital World, gotten his Digivice, and met his twin core Xros partners. One of them was a Kokuwamon, an insectoid, robotic digimon which he had designated with the codename, “Taser” due to the fact that its head reminded him of the head of a taser. The other was a ShadowToyAgumon, that looked as though it was a small dinosaur built with a pile of Lego blocks…which was why he had christened it with the alias “Lego”.
It had been a fairly eventful encounter which had intertwined his destiny with theirs, to say the least. As if that was not enough, every day since had been a veritable adventure filled with a plethora of discoveries for him. Each new one had been strengthening his obsession with the study of the Digital World ever further. Little did he know that, the new day which was dawning would soon throw him headlong into the strangest incident in his Digital World experience yet.
It started in a seemingly innocuous enough manner, with Faustein and his two partners, Kokuwamon and ShadowToyAgumon. At the time, they had been taking a relaxing break after completing their most recent client request on that day and had set up camp in a quaint little locale known as the Hardware Den. It had been a rather uneventful but peaceful and most of all, quiet, time thus far. Then, without much in the way of a preamble, his day started to become a great deal more eventful. He had been fiddling with his PS5 controller and Google Glasses in an effort to repair them when he saw a rather curious sight, that of a creature which seemed to be a short and stout Tyrannosaurus rex which was about 3 feet tall with amber orange skin and light green eyes.
It also had flattened forearms with broad, three-clawed hands, and distinct pectoral muscles. Its legs and arms seemed to be very vascular while its tail was stubby, and its head and snout were almost as large as the rest of its body. As if this were not queer enough, it seemed to be dressed in the usual academician style, that is, the square academic cap common to university faculty and students, and the white coat seen in research laboratories and hospitals. It also had that telescoping pointer stick he had seen his professors at college using in classes.
What in Heisenberg’s name? Now there’s an intriguing creature…I wonder if that too is a digimon…presumably so, based on what I have gleaned from recent experience…but then, one can never be sure in a realm as surreal as this one…I wonder where it is running off to in such a tearing hurry…
He observed the unfamiliar digimon for a few moments as it ran along as a swift pace, looking quite frantic for some as yet unfathomable reason. He then turned to Kokuwamon since he knew it had an analytical ability in its repertoire and gave it instructions while pointing at the unknown digimon
“Kokuwamon, analyze that digimon and provide me any available data on it.”
In response, the Kokuwamon beeped a few times and was silent while small arcs of electricity flew between its plug horns, a sign it was processing the request and gathering data on the subject of interest. After a few moments, it beeped again before responding
“Analysis complete. Data gathered successfully. Unit Designation: “Agumon Expert”. Level: Rookie. Type: Reptile. Subtype: Dinosaur. Attribute: Vaccine. Family: Dragon’s Roar.”
As he listened, he mused silently
So…these entities called Digimon actually have a full-fledged nomenclature and categorization system, eh? Most fascinating indeed…filing that away for future reference…
After pondering the information given by Kokuwamon, he looked at both it and the ShadowToyAgumon and nodded towards the Agumon Expert while remarking
“It would be intriguing to follow it and see where it is going in such a state of agitation, would it not?”
Kokuwamon and ShadowToyAgumon beeped before responding simply
“By your command, General Faust.”
With that, the trio arose and started to follow it as surreptitiously as possible. Fortunately, it did not spot them, thanks to the combination of its currently agitated mental state and the large rocks which were lining the path and served as excellent cover for them. Thus, they were able to track it to some kind of small settlement, this one looking just as mechanically themed as the one in which he had met his two partners. They tried to follow it inside but then got stopped at the gate by the guards, these looking suspiciously like animated, ornate chess pieces, one a white bishop and the other a black rook.
“Halt!! Unauthorized personnel not allowed inside these grounds!! Only those participating in the symposium taking place over the next few days may pass through!! Identify yourselves at once!!”
Upon hearing the word “symposium” and after being asked to identify himself and his partners, Faustein simply could not resist the allure of performing his usual introduction sequence
“You plebeians had better take heed!! General Faust is merely my façade!! Permit me to unveil my real identity!! From the north to the south and the east to the west, no malady has ever eluded this physician-scientist. The ivory haired disciple of Hippocrates!! The talented healer that strikes terror into the cores of all microorganisms!! Dr. Faustein Kuroyakushi!! Indeed!! I speak of none other than myself!!”
As if this were not enough of a spectacle, throughout all this, he was even giving a Kabuki/Noh style performance with overly dramatic gestures. Alas, the only response this elicited from the chess piece like digimon guards was their arrest of him and his two partners
“Enough!! You and your cohorts are under arrest!! You shall be produced before the Professor who shall decide your fate!!”
Saying thus, they took Faustein and his two partners into custody and marched them over to the Agumon Expert that was currently in the town square, apparently busy working on some strange device. They saluted and alerted it to their presence while also inquiring about further instructions
“Professor, we have detained this group of suspicious intruders as they were trying to get past the gate. We await your further instructions on what to do with them.”
Upon hearing that, the Agumon Expert turned around with the queer looking gadget still in its hands and looked Faustein and his two digimon companions over briefly before remarking
“Oh my, you were following me after all, eh? Well, I suppose I have the perfect punishment for you lot. You can leave them to me and return to your posts, BishopChessmon and RookChessmon.”
In response, the chess piece digimon set Faustein and his group free and then left after saluting one last time.
“By your command, Professor. Good day to you and please be careful, sir.”
After studying them as they left, Faustein turned around while rubbing his sore wrists and shoulders gingerly and mused aloud
“Oho, so you were aware that we had been following you, I did find it a tad suspicious that you didn’t react…but then, given your state of hurry, am I correct in surmising that whatever it was driving you onward was a far more pressing concern than a group of unauthorized, unfamiliar entities following you?”
The Agumon Expert produced what seemed to be the ghost of a smirk, though with its head being structured the way it was, it was hard to be sure
“Of course! You would do well not to insult my intellect like that, human!! I, the famous Agumon Expert, am no so pedestrian as behave in a manner akin to the more plebeian digimon! I merely chose not to react since dealing with insufferable, insignificant gnats like you and your two digimon is simply not worth my precious time, patience, and energy!!”
Faustein was not usually given to irritation and more often than not had the ability to maintain an equanimous expression. However, upon hearing another entity speak so condescendingly to him incensed him greatly as he was supposed to the one normally doing that to others around him. Nevertheless, he was first and foremost a logician, and consequently he was able to suppress most of his exasperation and keep his facial expression almost completely impassive, save for the faintly pulsing vein on his temple, the twitching of his right eyebrow, and the right-side angle of his mouth. Needless to say, his tone of voice was still even and calm, albeit with an intense, icy, and steely edge to it now
“Well now, aren’t we the rather imperious one? An insufferable gnat not worth your effort, am I? I advise you to recant that remark, lest you prefer that I use you as my guinea pig.”
Despite Faustein’s attempt at intimidation, the Agumon Expert was not fazed in the least and turned the tables
“Au contraire, human. You will be my lab rat instead, unless you would like to face my two bodyguards who had detained you when you first arrived at my doorstep. Think of it as recompense for having wasted the great Agumon Expert’s precious energy and time.”
It paused there and the smug, haughty smirk on its face grew just a little more apparent as it continued
“…I should warn you though, just in case you’re considering rejection of my most generous offer…those two are LEAGUES above the level of your two puny digimon. They would decimate you along with your two Rookie digimon without much effort at all.”
This only served to irritate Faustein more, but luckily, he was able to stop himself from venturing down that pernicious route
Curses…I had hoped that the size of those two behemoths was simply for display, but it seems they do indeed possess the advantage in this situation…I must be careful with my words and actions towards this Agumon Expert digimon, at least for now…
After pondering the issue thus, he replied after straightening back up once more
“Very well, we have an accord. I am driven to inquire, however, as to what I have to gain from this? Besides the obvious benefit, of course.”
MPC Number: 73A
Reward Requested: 15 Posts
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MPC Name: Short on Change
(WILD CARD)
MPC Number: 64B
Reward Requested: 5000 Bits
It had been quite a while since that fateful day on which Faustein had first discovered the existence of the Digital World, gotten his Digivice, and met his twin core Xros partners. One of them was a Kokuwamon, an insectoid, robotic digimon which he had designated with the codename, “Taser” due to the fact that its head reminded him of the head of a taser. The other was a ShadowToyAgumon, that looked as though it was a small dinosaur built with a pile of Lego blocks…which was why he had christened it with the alias “Lego”.
It had been a fairly eventful encounter which had intertwined his destiny with theirs, to say the least. As if that was not enough, every day since had been a veritable adventure filled with a plethora of discoveries for him. Each new one had been strengthening his obsession with the study of the Digital World ever further. Little did he know that, the new day which was dawning would soon throw him headlong into the strangest incident in his Digital World experience yet.
It started in a seemingly innocuous enough manner, with Faustein and his two partners, Kokuwamon and ShadowToyAgumon. At the time, they had been taking a relaxing break after completing their most recent client request on that day and had set up camp in a quaint little locale known as the Hardware Den. It had been a rather uneventful but peaceful and most of all, quiet, time thus far. Then, without much in the way of a preamble, his day started to become a great deal more eventful. He had been fiddling with his PS5 controller and Google Glasses in an effort to repair them when he saw a rather curious sight, that of a creature which seemed to be a short and stout Tyrannosaurus rex which was about 3 feet tall with amber orange skin and light green eyes.
It also had flattened forearms with broad, three-clawed hands, and distinct pectoral muscles. Its legs and arms seemed to be very vascular while its tail was stubby, and its head and snout were almost as large as the rest of its body. As if this were not queer enough, it seemed to be dressed in the usual academician style, that is, the square academic cap common to university faculty and students, and the white coat seen in research laboratories and hospitals. It also had that telescoping pointer stick he had seen his professors at college using in classes.
What in Heisenberg’s name? Now there’s an intriguing creature…I wonder if that too is a digimon…presumably so, based on what I have gleaned from recent experience…but then, one can never be sure in a realm as surreal as this one…I wonder where it is running off to in such a tearing hurry…
He observed the unfamiliar digimon for a few moments as it ran along as a swift pace, looking quite frantic for some as yet unfathomable reason. He then turned to Kokuwamon since he knew it had an analytical ability in its repertoire and gave it instructions while pointing at the unknown digimon
“Kokuwamon, analyze that digimon and provide me any available data on it.”
In response, the Kokuwamon beeped a few times and was silent while small arcs of electricity flew between its plug horns, a sign it was processing the request and gathering data on the subject of interest. After a few moments, it beeped again before responding
“Analysis complete. Data gathered successfully. Unit Designation: “Agumon Expert”. Level: Rookie. Type: Reptile. Subtype: Dinosaur. Attribute: Vaccine. Family: Dragon’s Roar.”
As he listened, he mused silently
So…these entities called Digimon actually have a full-fledged nomenclature and categorization system, eh? Most fascinating indeed…filing that away for future reference…
After pondering the information given by Kokuwamon, he looked at both it and the ShadowToyAgumon and nodded towards the Agumon Expert while remarking
“It would be intriguing to follow it and see where it is going in such a state of agitation, would it not?”
Kokuwamon and ShadowToyAgumon beeped before responding simply
“By your command, General Faust.”
With that, the trio arose and started to follow it as surreptitiously as possible. Fortunately, it did not spot them, thanks to the combination of its currently agitated mental state and the large rocks which were lining the path and served as excellent cover for them. Thus, they were able to track it to some kind of small settlement, this one looking just as mechanically themed as the one in which he had met his two partners. They tried to follow it inside but then got stopped at the gate by the guards, these looking suspiciously like animated, ornate chess pieces, one a white bishop and the other a black rook.
“Halt!! Unauthorized personnel not allowed inside these grounds!! Only those participating in the symposium taking place over the next few days may pass through!! Identify yourselves at once!!”
Upon hearing the word “symposium” and after being asked to identify himself and his partners, Faustein simply could not resist the allure of performing his usual introduction sequence
“You plebeians had better take heed!! General Faust is merely my façade!! Permit me to unveil my real identity!! From the north to the south and the east to the west, no malady has ever eluded this physician-scientist. The ivory haired disciple of Hippocrates!! The talented healer that strikes terror into the cores of all microorganisms!! Dr. Faustein Kuroyakushi!! Indeed!! I speak of none other than myself!!”
As if this were not enough of a spectacle, throughout all this, he was even giving a Kabuki/Noh style performance with overly dramatic gestures. Alas, the only response this elicited from the chess piece like digimon guards was their arrest of him and his two partners
“Enough!! You and your cohorts are under arrest!! You shall be produced before the Professor who shall decide your fate!!”
Saying thus, they took Faustein and his two partners into custody and marched them over to the Agumon Expert that was currently in the town square, apparently busy working on some strange device. They saluted and alerted it to their presence while also inquiring about further instructions
“Professor, we have detained this group of suspicious intruders as they were trying to get past the gate. We await your further instructions on what to do with them.”
Upon hearing that, the Agumon Expert turned around with the queer looking gadget still in its hands and looked Faustein and his two digimon companions over briefly before remarking
“Oh my, you were following me after all, eh? Well, I suppose I have the perfect punishment for you lot. You can leave them to me and return to your posts, BishopChessmon and RookChessmon.”
In response, the chess piece digimon set Faustein and his group free and then left after saluting one last time.
“By your command, Professor. Good day to you and please be careful, sir.”
After studying them as they left, Faustein turned around while rubbing his sore wrists and shoulders gingerly and mused aloud
“Oho, so you were aware that we had been following you, I did find it a tad suspicious that you didn’t react…but then, given your state of hurry, am I correct in surmising that whatever it was driving you onward was a far more pressing concern than a group of unauthorized, unfamiliar entities following you?”
The Agumon Expert produced what seemed to be the ghost of a smirk, though with its head being structured the way it was, it was hard to be sure
“Of course! You would do well not to insult my intellect like that, human!! I, the famous Agumon Expert, am no so pedestrian as behave in a manner akin to the more plebeian digimon! I merely chose not to react since dealing with insufferable, insignificant gnats like you and your two digimon is simply not worth my precious time, patience, and energy!!”
Faustein was not usually given to irritation and more often than not had the ability to maintain an equanimous expression. However, upon hearing another entity speak so condescendingly to him incensed him greatly as he was supposed to the one normally doing that to others around him. Nevertheless, he was first and foremost a logician, and consequently he was able to suppress most of his exasperation and keep his facial expression almost completely impassive, save for the faintly pulsing vein on his temple, the twitching of his right eyebrow, and the right-side angle of his mouth. Needless to say, his tone of voice was still even and calm, albeit with an intense, icy, and steely edge to it now
“Well now, aren’t we the rather imperious one? An insufferable gnat not worth your effort, am I? I advise you to recant that remark, lest you prefer that I use you as my guinea pig.”
Despite Faustein’s attempt at intimidation, the Agumon Expert was not fazed in the least and turned the tables
“Au contraire, human. You will be my lab rat instead, unless you would like to face my two bodyguards who had detained you when you first arrived at my doorstep. Think of it as recompense for having wasted the great Agumon Expert’s precious energy and time.”
It paused there and the smug, haughty smirk on its face grew just a little more apparent as it continued
“…I should warn you though, just in case you’re considering rejection of my most generous offer…those two are LEAGUES above the level of your two puny digimon. They would decimate you along with your two Rookie digimon without much effort at all.”
This only served to irritate Faustein more, but luckily, he was able to stop himself from venturing down that pernicious route
Curses…I had hoped that the size of those two behemoths was simply for display, but it seems they do indeed possess the advantage in this situation…I must be careful with my words and actions towards this Agumon Expert digimon, at least for now…
After pondering the issue thus, he replied after straightening back up once more
“Very well, we have an accord. I am driven to inquire, however, as to what I have to gain from this? Besides the obvious benefit, of course.”
