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The Truth Will Come Out [Owen]
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Post by Vergil on Aug 12, 2020 21:48:05 GMT
Justice felt reassurance at Owen's words, that he truly deserved to be happy, even though something inside told him otherwise. The warmth from the hug put his wavered heart at ease as he returned the Gaomon's gesture by softly scratching the side of his neck. "Yeah...yeah, you're right. Thank you." He sighed. "I guess I've been in that dark place for so long that I though I could just...get over it or something. It still hurt, but you've taught me that I can let myself be stuck in the past--in that dark place again. That trauma's apart of me, but I gotta keep moving forward."
He appreciated this--all of this. At first he was enraged at his two Digimon for telling Owen about his struggles, but in reality, they knew from what he'd told them was slowly eating him up inside, and it was only a matter of time before it would have consumed him. It showed that Vee and Gummy both really loved him, and for that, he was truly grateful for.
Meanwhile with the twins, their conversation with Owen's sons, Matty and Jimmy were going smooth so far, with Vee openly expressing glee with his now new younger brothers while Gummy continued to play hard to get, even scoffing at Jimmy's declaration to impress him. "Hmph!" We'll see, four arms."
With Matty's question about humans not dealing with Digimon well, Vee shook his head. "Oh no. We only stole them because they looked cool and fancy." He corrected. "And it was from our world,not the human world. Besides, I don't think the human world would have apparels that would fit us...well maybe except for human kids, that is."
When Owen announced that Bezil was nearby, Gummy felt a wave of excitement pulse through him, giving a smile as a blush was visible through his white cheeks. His wings began to flutter, and his tail began to dimly light blue, the latter being a sign that he was truly happy.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" He yelled, his blue eyes beaming with joy. "Then what are we waiting around here for? C'mon, let's not keep him waiting then!" The Gumdramon then ran past everyone and out the door, impatiently waiting for everyone. He hasn't seen Bezil since their first date in Whitewater, so to say he was simply excited to meet him was a bit of an understatement. "HURRY UP BEFORE I DITCH ALL OF YA!"
Seeing this, Justice and Vee couldn't help but sigh happily. "I don't know what your other son did to Gummy, but I've never seen him this happy before." Justice commented.
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Post by Owen on Aug 15, 2020 10:44:43 GMT
Owen closed his eyes and wagged his tail as Justice petted his neck gently. He loved it when humans did that. Especially ones that he liked. Of course, he agreed with Justice's assessment.
"Yeah. Let's do our best to make a great future." Owen replied, smiling. "You should tell me what things you like doing when you're ready. I'm sure I can figure out something that can make it a great experience."
Matty and Jimmy meanwhile were still enjoying their conversation with Vee and Gummy. Matty decided that Vee was really nice, and Jimmy thinking that Gummy was pretty cool. "Heh, four-arms, I like that!" the Musimon declared.
Matty then went "ah" as Vee corrected him. "Righteo. Although best not tell dad, he doesn't think much of stealing..."
Owen didn't think much of it at all, and could of course hear this conversation with his doglike senses, but, for the sake of the moment, pretended not to. Perhaps one day he could convince Vee and Gummy to pay off their debts by either repaying the cost of the things they had taken, or at least replace them, but, well, it had already been a huge effort to help Justice through his problems today and the Gaomon had his limits.
Thankfully the subject was changed pretty quickly when Owen mentioned Bezil was nearby. Gummy's reaction startled him and his twin sons a little, but the three of them grinned. "Well then, let's hop to it." Owen declared.
On the way, Justice remarked that he didn't know what Bezil had done to Gummy to make him so happy. Owen grinned. "Well, Bezil's always been one of my wilder kids. While he's usually sweet, I can see how he'd empathize with a digimon like Gummy." he explained.
Eventually they found Bezil near the entrance of Ys, just as he was finishing dropping off some artifact material to one of the appraisers of the town. Owen, Matty and Jimmy were surprised to see him in his Champion level form. In this, he stood four feet tall, his yellow wings twice as big as they were in his Rookie form. And furthermore, his red vest had changed into more of a red coat, trimmed with yellow, with the symbols of the 7/71st Recon battalion and KIZNA on his back.
"Yoo! Bez!" Jimmy called. "Check out who we have as guests today!"
Bezil's attention was turned, and his face quickly lit up when he saw Gummy. However, he suppressed the urge to run to him and cuddle him, knowing he liked to act cool in front of others, and instead strode up to him, offering a fistbump and a tailhammer-bump. "Gummy! Glad to see you here, mate!" he said.
Then he turned to his family. "Heya, dad, Matty, Jimmy, what's going on here?" he asked. He then turned to Justice and Vee. They had met before, in Whitewater during the hurricane. But he noted that there was something new that had happened that he wasn't informed of yet.
"Well..." Owen replied hesitantly, glancing up at Justice to let him interrupt at any moment if he didn't want to say. "Long story short, Bezil, Justice and his partners are part of our family now."
"Really?!" Bezil asked, excitedly. "Oh that's so great!" the Gumdramon offered to shake Justice and Vee's hands. "Gummy's told me about you two, you both sound awesome! I'm really glad!"
Owen hoped this was fine for them.
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Post by Vergil on Aug 17, 2020 3:03:42 GMT
Justice immanently looked down at Owen with a soft smile as he nodded towards him. "Yeah I'll fine with telling you stuff about me once we all settle down." He hopped up from the floor he was sitting on. "And in return, I'd like to know a bit about you since I guess I'm you're surrogate son now...or something alone those lines."
Vee and Gummy so far were happy getting to know Matt and Jimmy, though the latter was a bit taken aback by the Musimon's approval of his nickname, making a confused face. "I was making fun of you when I said that, dude, but four-arms it is then."
Vee tilted his head and looked turned his gaze at Owen for a brief second, hearing that the Gaomon did not approve theft. "Ditto. But again, it was only just two things," he said. "Ain't like we took anything too valuable, y'know?"
With all of that said, with the addiiton of Gummy hurrying them up, the group exited the building they were in and walked their way to the City of Y's entrance. Seeing Gummy take off, flying ahead of them, but not too far away from them, Justice took note of what Owen said. "Yeah, it's hard not to empathize with him. When I first met him, he was just an asshole, with a capital A, but yet he's so cute-looking. I guess your son pulled a heart string in him that I couldn't do."
From above, Gummy's ear twitch, picking up what Justice said. He was wrong on that last part though; he did manage to tug a heart string with what happened with him and his mom. He and Vee didn't knew he was holding so much pain for such a long time. Unlike in the Digital World, where you can fight off your problems, in the human world, you can't without severe repercussions coming your way. It must have been tearing him apart on the inside, holding that in without someone to vent to. He was glad that he and Vee were able to take that pain in, because that's what partners are for.
Finding their way back to Y's entrance, they found Bezil who was taking care of an errant from the looks of it. Justice raised an eyebrow. He grew a little the last time they saw him. Maybe that was the effect of the time dilation between the human world and the Digital World. Vee perked up in curiosity while Gummy eyes widen, surprised by his boyfriend's new appearance.
"Bezil!" Gummy called out, happily returning the fist and tail hammer bump. "Holy Jesmon, you've changed! You're taller, your wings are bigger, hell, your hammer looks more like a hammer than mine." He put his hands on his hips, impressed. "Heh! You've been getting stronger without me, I see."
Owen explained what was going on to Bezil. Justice and Vee shook his paw in return. "Gummy? Really?" Vee asked, briefly turning to his brother, surprised. "Knowing him for as long as me, I thought he would be trash-talking us. I guess you can be nice, little bro."
Gummy comically flared up, puffing his chest. "Don't push your luck, idiot! A wild child like me is not some righteous, hearty goodie too-shoes!"
"Cool it off, you marketable plushie." Justice joked. He turned his attention to Bezil. "So since you're hear, I wonder where we're heading? It's starting to get dark out, so I'm assuming were ya'll stay at."
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Post by Owen on Aug 17, 2020 12:29:44 GMT
Owen beamed at Justice and nodded in agreement. "Yes, of course, there's lots I'd like to tell you about myself too." he said. "After all, the best families are understanding families, and there's a lot of catching up to do... but not now. Let's just appreciate how far we've got so far, eh?" he gave a thumbs-up.
Jimmy meanwhile grinned as a confused Gummy said that he said those words as an insult. "Yeah, I know, and I chose to take 'em as not an insult." he said. "I mean, having four arms is pretty cool, right?" he asked, striking a dab pose with both his arms and ears.
Matty smiled and nodded to Vee. "Yeah, that's alright, just a bit of resourcefulness." he said, winking to indicate he didn't mind that past act of theft. He had done so himself in the past for some parts for his experimental inventions. He wasn't about to dob on his new brothers over some fashion accessories.
When Justice replied to Owen about the relationship between Gummy and Bezil, he chose not to reply to that with anything but a warm smile. Owen had the feeling that a major reason of that was because of Justice's own family situation, but he didn't think he wanted to make those wounds weep again today.
When they met up with Bezil, the bigger Gumdramon grinned in response. "Oh, Gummy, you've seen me in this form before, remember? Back in Whitewater?" he said, blushing a little from the praise. "But yeah... I have been training a little, well... okay, a lot. So now I can hold this form permanently, I think."
"I also see you got some fashion tips from your grandpa." Owen said, eyeing the gold ring in Bezil's ear.
"Y-yeah... I have, dad." Bezil admitted, blushing a little further. "You're not cross with me are you?"
Owen lightened his face at once. "Not at all, mate. If my dad made that much of an impression on you that you wanted to take after him, all the more power to you."
"Hehe, thanks." Bezil said, his blush fading. He seemed delighted that both his new form and choice in romantic partner was going on so smoothly. When Gummy said he wasn't a goody two-shoes, he had to hold back saying "And that's why I like him so much." Thankfully he held this much back to his own thoughts.
Justice then asked where they were heading, since it was getting a little late. Owen pondered this for a moment. "Well, might be a bit late to head up to the palace and go through the ceremonies involved..." the Gaomon muttered, rubbing his chin. "So, let's just settle down in the residential quarter for tonight, yeah? There's plenty of room there, and plenty of facilities and food. Should be enough for us to settle down for the night."
Bezil, Matty and Jimmy seemed fine with this arrangement. Bezil especially since there was plenty of opportunities for privacy in the residential quarter. Matty and Jimmy the same, since they loved playing board games with their siblings and other residents of Ys.
"Anything else you want to talk over tonight, mate, I'm happy to be there." Owen muttered to Justice, before heading toward the residential quarter.
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Post by Vergil on Aug 23, 2020 1:51:50 GMT
Gummy dropped his arms and cocked his head and eyebrows at Bezil. "I did," he asked. "Huh...I did, didn't I? I guess my mind sort of forgot about that since it's been awhile. Honestly that storm back at Whitewater was...uggh! It's something that I want to forget to be honest." A confident smile appeared on his face upon. "Heh. You better hold on to that form, because I want to see what you're really made in a one on one fight--you and me!"
"But uh, how are you gonna be able to face him equally without me?" Justice pointed out. "You need me in order to digivolve to Arresterdramon after all. You won't be able to go all out without me since Bezil will have to apply a handicap and devolve to your level."
The Gumdramon's confident smile quickly shifted to dumbfounded embarrassment. As the shock of realizing that he wouldn't be able to fight at his best, Gummy's proud posture broke and he learned forward in a sulking, defeated manner.
Vee gave him a reassuring pat on the back. "There, there. Justice will have to be there when you two lovebirds duke it out. No reason to feel any shame."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Gummy said, regaining a sense of confidence.
Back with Owen, who stated that they'll be staying in the residential quarters for the night, with enough rooms and beds for all of them as well as food, Justice's posture shifted in surprise. "Really now? That's kind of almost hard to believe to be honest. With that much space for a residential quarter, I'm damned mistaken that this is a mansion or something." He crossed his arms, thinking for a bit. "Though since becoming a Tamer, this world's been blowing my mind left and right, so I really shouldn't be all that surprise."
The Gaomon then asked if there was anything he wanted to talk about over tonight, which Justice shrugged his shoulders. "Probably not, I'm not sure. I kind of just want this day to end, believe it or not. Today's been...exhausting to put it bluntly. Very exhausting."
After Owen's response, he, Vee and Gummy would follow him to the quarters, eager to see what the place will look like.
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Post by Owen on Aug 23, 2020 10:52:22 GMT
Bezil made an uncomfortable chuckle at the fact that there were things that he could do that Gummy could not. Permanently hold a champion level seemed to be one of them. But he was glad to see Vee cheer him up by mentioning a workaround. "Yeah! No worries about that, I'm happy to spar with you with those conditions!" he said with enthusiasm.
This was the first time Owen had witnessed Bezil and Gummy interact, and already he was happy with how they conducted themselves with each other. There was genuine feelings between them, he could tell when Bezil immediately looked concerned when Gummy seemed disappointed with his own evolution abilities. He hoped they'd keep up this level of empathy with each other.
Afterward, Justice remarked that it was like they lived in a mansion or something. "A whole city in fact." Owen said, brightly. "But, a recently excavated one. We have to go through the buildings here one by one and make sure they're safe. But we've cleared enough to make a comfortable place for residents and settlers. My husband's got a lot of plans for this city, Ys. But we've got to play it safe for the time being, don't really want to unearth and set off a doomsday weapon or something like that."
While Owen thought it was unlikely they'd come across something like that, well, better safe than sorry.
The Gaomon understood that Justice was probably feeling pretty exhausted at the moment. That was fine, anyone would be after what he went through tonight. "Okay, mate. I'll be nearby if you need me." he assured him, just in case he needed to talk again later.
Following that, Owen led them into the ancient building that they had refurbished as the residential quarter for the trusted settlers of Ys. It was a large barracks-like building, with its entrance being a large common area, with roughly 50 closed-off rooms that had been furbished as bedrooms with capacity for 3 each. As it was summer, only about half of the rooms were claimed, given that most of the rest of Ys was warm enough for habitation. Come winter, it would be full though, since this was one of the warmest buildings in the city.
"Well then, here we are." Owen said to the rest of them. "Just head up to the kitchen counter there and make an order for dinner, and it should be served in good order. When we're done eating and you want to go to bed, just pick an empty room and settle in. Anything else you need, just let me know."
"Hey, um... can I share a room with Gummy?" Bezil asked, hopefully.
"Heh, you don't need my permission for that, mate." Owen assured him. But Bezil was also asking if it was okay to separate Justice from his partner, given that he didn't really know if he needed Gummy nearby more.
With the arrangements hopefully set out for the time being, that would be all for today for Owen. To the Gaomon, that felt like a pretty exhausting experience to him too. He had never dealt with a human like that before today. However, he had no regrets. He was determined to follow through with all he offered to Justice. But for now, it seemed all they needed was some time to soak in all that happened for now.
[Thread exit]
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Post by Vergil on Aug 23, 2020 19:50:57 GMT
The trio followed Owen, walking for a bit until he led them into an old-looking building. At first, the trio had a look of skepticism,thinking they were going to be spending the night in a old and somewhat crummy building. However, looks can be deceiving, as the interior of the building was new, with freshly coated white paint and various furnishing throughout. The main room -- the largest -- was the commons area, had everything needed to make a person feel right at home: a kitchen, a dining space, and two different restrooms, one for bathroom use and the other for showing and bathing. Across from them, there were numerous closed-off rooms, with many of them already occupied.
"Well color me impressed!" Vee expressed gleefully, following everyone to the kitchen counter, taking a seat. Hearing his stomach grumble, the Veemon realized that he didn't had anything to eat since this morning--Gummy as well! They were so focused on cheering Justice up that food slipped their minds.
Gummy perked his head up when Bezil asked Owen if it was ok for the two of them to share a room together, with Owen assuring that it was alright. Gummy's smile beamed, widely, before quickly turning his head to Justice, wondering if it was alright to separate from him for the night, especially with what happen today.
Knowing that his Digimon was giving him the puppy-eye look, Justice shifted an eyebrow, putting his menu down. "Of course you can. Like he said, you don't need my permission if you want to sleep with him for the night. Y'all are dating after all."
Gummy's eyes widen with joy, expressing thanks to his tamer. After that, the three ordered their food, and before long, the meals were delivered, with Vee eating pretzel bits with cheese, Gummy dinning in to a plate of sausages, and Justice eating a hamburger with some french fries.
However, in the middle of dinner, Justice would get up from his chair and give the remainder of his fries to both of the twins.
"You alright, Justice?" asked Vee, his red eyes peering at the human as he made his way into one of the restrooms.
"I'm just gonna go take a shower," Justice informed them. "Then after that, I'll call it for the night, though I'd rather sleep by myself."
Vee wasn't too surprised, but hearing that made him nod his head in agreement. "Sure. I'll hang out with Matty and Jimmy, then. Make sure you don't stay up too late, then."
Justice gave an understanding wave and departed into the restrooms with the showers in them. Closing the doors, the young man sighed, looking at himself in the mirror. He took out his phone, unlocking it, seeing the photo that he showed Owen of himself and his family. Before, every time he looked at that photo, he only express lament. Now, it was indifference. As much as he wanted to, he couldn't go back into the past and rewrite all the wrong that befell upon him. Sure, if his dad didn't left, his mom would have treated him with love instead of being a emotionally manipulator, but what happened, happened. What was can never be again. Now it was the time to move forward in his life, not to live in the past and wish for something that can never be.
He turned his phone off and jumped into the shower, the warm water renewing his broken soul.
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Post by Spire on Dec 27, 2020 8:49:10 GMT
Thread graded!
Vergil gets 1000 bits for 19 posts!
Owen gets 1000 bits for 18 posts!
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