MPC 75X Wildcard: The Great Update (Faustein) (COMPLETE)

MPC Name: DFRP Patch 5.0 (Used by invoking Wild Card)
MPC Number: 72A (Used via 75X)

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A while had passed since Faustein's latest escapade, this one having occurred in the Miyashita Cemetery. After that, Faustein had joined a certain group known as "Team NEXUS" and gotten to know its leader and the rest of the members as well in a recent encounter at their HQ. Afterwards, at some point, he had ventured back in to the Digital World for another long period of research and other exploratory travels as well as to gain more money since his finances seemed to be tanking pretty badly as of late due to all of his purchases in the recent past. He had been camping out in some suitable spot after having finished a series of client requests in the past several weeks and was just about ready to return to the Human World once more. Things had been relatively peaceful, so he was not expecting too much trouble on his trip back, if any at all. So, when the day finally came, he dismantled his camp, withdrawn his two digimon Taser the Kokuwamon and Lego the ShadowToyAgumon into his Xros Loader digivice and cleared out as much signature of his presence from the surrounding area as he could given the window of time he had set for himself. Little did he know that soon, this peaceful day would become not so peaceful once more.

It all started rather ominously, with some kind of aurora like effect in the sky above which was followed by thunderclouds rolling in slowly, forming some sort of vortex which was slowly swirling about, growing ever larger. Naturally due to this, the sun was blotted out and darkness began to fall over the area.

Now that is QUITE the strange phenomenon, indeed. Then again, perhaps this is simply another "normal" feature of this area. Either way, this bears further investigation at a later date.

He thought calmly with that usual impassive, inscrutable expression on his face as he pointed his Xros Loader at an open space in front of him, intending to use the recently upgraded Digi-Port function from its repertoire.

"Digi-Port, open."

He instructed simply and initially everything looked to be correct as the usually swirling greenish blue portal of light had opened up in front of him. Needless to say, he did not suspect anything yet since he had no data which indicated that anything was wrong with the situation. It was after he entered that he noticed something was actually amiss as he did not exit into Central Shibuya as he was expecting at all. Instead, he ended up in a surreal black and green void which had occasional electronic/digital glitch screen like effects running through the area. He turned to look behind him, but the usual Digi-Port could not be seen anymore. So, he tried to open it back up again manually, but this time his digivice did not respond by creating the usual portal

Now I know there is something DEFINITELY amiss here. Oh well, it would seem that the situation gives me no other options.How irksome, indeed.

Realizing that he had no other choice but to wander about until some sort of clue presented itself, he grumbled silently, but then resigned himself to the situation and started to meander forward, or at least what he thought was forward anyway. What seemed like several minutes or perhaps even hours passed, but finally there was some sort of change noticeable to him. He could see a young woman who seemed to be dressed in typical goth fashion, aka with mostly black clothing. Once he approached a little closer, he could hear her call out, presumably to him since he and this strange young woman were the only two visible individuals in this vast black and green void. So, with nothing else to do, he headed in her direction slowly, with a leisurely stride and that same calm, inscrutable expression on his face. Once he was definitely within earshot, he responded

"Unfortunately, this situation is alien and unforeseen to me as well. I presume then, that this phenomenon's provenance is not you?"

He asked her simply in his rich, powerful baritone voice which was somehow melodious as well and then fell silent, awaiting her response, but yet keeping his digivice hidden securely in one of the inner pockets of his long, flowing physician-scientist's white coat. If she had keen enough ears, then she would be able to discern that his accent is a subtle mix of German and Japanese. As he moved closer still towards her, he increased his pace slightly, which caused his whitish green hair to wave about lazily, but his patent leather formal shoes made very little if any sound at all. For the time being, he kept his polarized Google Glasses on his face so that his striking crimson red eyes and any expressions in them would be hidden from view and stood a few paces away from her in a relaxed manner and posture. As always, he had all of his various gadgets stowed away either in the military style backpack on his back or situated somewhere on his person.

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WC: 858

Appearance:

Faustein had nodded, signifying he understood the girl's name and then replied with his own while mirroring her polite greeting gesture as he did not have any data on her stats

"In my case, I was making preparations to depart from the Digital World back to the Human World. However, the Digi-Port seemed to malfunction and marooned me here in this vast void. That said, you may call me Faust."

He had then pulled out his Xros Loader while continuing to explain

"As is apparent from my digivice, I am an Xros General."

For the time being he had left out the fact that he was a special subtype of Xros General known as a Twin Core General, but if the situation required it of him, he would reveal it later. Then, he had fallen silent and observed as the girl known as "Ravenna" interacted with their current surroundings. At first, there wwere simple trails of data as moved her hand, but after a while, what seemed to be clouds of data manifested themselves. Faustein watched as Ravenna touched one such cloud with her hand and apparently this was some sort of water data

"Well, I do possess a few spare rebreathers, so even if we were to load into the ocean, I presume we can handle ourselves rather well."

With that, he fell silent again and watched as the void now gave way to what seemed like a creek with a pond in the area as well. All around, there seemed to be a brownstone construct which, along with the surrounding area was rather well kept. There was even a fountain in the midst of this area. He nodded to Ravenna as she mused aloud about how someone must be using the place as their residence and how she had not seen any such places like this before but also that it was a tad pedestrian for her tastes. After glancing once at the still dark sky above them, he leveled his gaze at Ravenna while remarking

"Well, perhaps you have not seen such a place in reality, but maybe you had read about such a place in a book or some such literature? Perhaps this place is accessing your subconscious in order to construct this dimension or whatever this place happens to be in nature. After all, I have found that malleability is one of the defining characteristics of data, and this is even more applicable to data originating from the Digital World."

He proposed in an attempt to come up with a working hypothesis or rather a handful of them to explain their current situation. Then he finished by cautioning her

"Nevertheless, I do believe we ought to err on the side of caution here and limit out contact with the objects we see as far as possible, since we do not yet possess any practicable information on the various characteristics of this dimension."

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WC: 485

Faustein had glanced down at his Xros Loader digivice when Ravenna had remarked on how it seemed far different from the ones she had seen in her travels and then remarked

"Indeed, though the reason for this stark difference still eludes me."

Then, Ravenna had gone on to address the issue with loading into the ocean and while she did initially look relieved about the fact that he had some spare rebreathers with him, she had pointed out that she still would not be comfortable experienceing such an upload. After that the conversation shifted to the topic of his intellect and level-headedness apparently being superior to that of her compatriots and the continuance of their discussion about the Digital World possibly accessing their memories

Strange, this would just be common sense, not some sort of grand strategic maneuver. Oh well, I suppose not everyone can be as intelligent as myself.

Faustein mused silently with a quizzical look on his face, but then responded quite differently in his spoken word

"Oh? Is that right? That's quite intriguing indeed. Then again, I have had a tad more life experience than them, I suppose and as to whether such scenes and objects as the ones before us currently exist in my memories, I am unsure of that. It would perhaps require a systematic directed recollection through regressive hypnosis."

After that he had fallen silent and started to observe as Ravenna examined various objects in the environment while making brief reports about their nature to him until finally she had noticed some kind of shack materialize several paces away from them and wondered aloud if they should go and check it out. After that, she had tried to touch one of the flowers in the ground, but instead of petals, her fingers had met sharp thorns which of course cut them. So she asked him for a band-aid.

"On the subject of the flowers, it reminds me of the multi-layer environmental emulation that one sees with game development software such as the RPGM series, albeit in this case, it seems the base programming seems somewhat riddled with glitches. This phenomenon usually happens when Layers 1 and 2 are not fixed before going on to creation of Layer 3 and thus, the user ultimately is able to interact with the objects on Layers 2 and 3 while effectively phasing through Layer 1."

He remarked with a curious expression on his face which slowly transformed into one of utter fascination with the events unfolding before him. So, he paused there for a moment and then resumed

"Then again, I am still quite the greenhorn in the Digital World so maybe this phenomenon is of a far different nature entirely. I suppose time will reveal the truth behind it if we persist in our investigation of the area."

He shrugged briefly and then realized that he had not given Ravenna her band-aid since he had gotten lost in his thoughts and fascination with the current surroundings. So, he stopped and pulled himself out of his speculative spoken reverie and while kneeling next to her, he took out a band-aid from the portable first aid kit in his backpack and handed it to her. Then he stood up once more and looked out at the shack after having examined the glitched flower/thornbush closely

"A band-aid? Oh, certainly. Here, you are, Ravenna. Now, regarding the shack, perhaps it would be wiser to scout ahead without actually going there on our own first. Do you happen to have some kind of scouting ability in any of your digimon spirit forms, perchance?"

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WC: 542

"If it were intentional, that would be more than a little worrisome."

Faustein had remarked simply when Ravenna had mused aloud about whether the root cause of the void and strange new glitchy dimension they were in at present was by design or pure chance. Then, when he had handed her a band-aid, she had gone on to mention how she was always stuck lugging books all day and thus had no time or space on her person to carry a first aid pouch.

"Das is the life of a student. Ah, such fond memories indeed..."

He had said with an amused smirk on his thin, firm lips and then had fallen silent and observed Ravenna as she heeded his suggestion and transformed into some sort of crow like digimon which called itself "Psycrowmon". Then, she had flown into the air and circled around a few times while emitting a series of caws each time

Echolocation ability eh? It must be quite the useful ability indeed. Though, I wonder why it is not returning anything and also why it is sounding so distorted each time.

Faustein mused as he watched Ravenna in her Spirit digimon form have no significant success in scouting, at least with the use of her sound waves. Then, he had continued to observe her closely when, without any warning or preamble, she had collided with some sort of invisible wall and slid down at a spot several meters east of his position. After that, the strangest series of events came to pass as the area expanded more and was now hosting a series of sophisticated buildings of various types and with digimon walking about. This seemingly peaceful scene was then abruptly interrupted when a large pair of tusk emerged and soon, a "Mammothmon" followed suit, causing instant chaos and panic as the city dwelling digimon fled the area, trying to get away from the rampaging behemoth. One of these, a "Solarmon", had noticed Faustein standing by the fountain and pond and warned him to get away, but Faustein was too intrigued to respond to it or heed its warning at the moment. As if that were not bad enough, the rampaging Mammothmon had apparently noticed Ravenna in her "Psycrowmon" form and began to charge towards her.

Curses, she is too injured to fend it off in her present form. Now, if only this dimension could contract somehow, then it would be possible to reach her in time.

Grumbling thus silently, Faustein took off at a swift run while coming up with an impromptu strategy to neutralize the impending "Mammothmon" threat. Strangely enough, as if in response to his thoughts, the dimension did indeed contract, allowing him to reach to within a few meters of Ravenna, essentially within sight and hearing range of both her and the oncoming Mammothmon. Then, he wasted no time in firing his grappling gun module from his bionic left arm at a nearby stout tree with thick branches. The grappling hook wrapped around the tree branch and latched itself into place, allowing him to swing himself in a brief arcing trajectory towards Ravenna. At the right moment, when he was right above Ravenna, he scooped her up with his free right hand and nestled her in the crook of his arm as he flew up on to the tree branch and landed, surprisingly enough on his feet, albeit crouched currently. Then, he retracted his grappling gun module back to its holder within his bionic left arm and watched the "Mammothmon" to study the effects of his actions on it. Needless to say, the sudden flash of action before its single median eye had caught it off guard and it ended up overshooting its destination and smashed into the invisible wall instead due to the unexpected shift in terrain. Consequently, it became dazed, albeit only for a few moments. After recovering, it started to look about to see where its target had disappeared to, but more than likely, it would not take it very long to figure out their location.

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WC:

• Post WC: 669
• Total WC (Faustein): 1885 (thus far) + 669 = 2554

"Indeed for my body is that of a cyborg, and so you may call me, "Professor Gizmo"."

Faustein had smirked at Ravenna smugly while posing in a theatrically dramatic manner and somehow managed to keep his balance on the branch, possibly due to its stout bulk



Sadly, his antics were rudely interrupted shortly afterward by the Mammothmon noticing them in the tree. Luckily, Ravenna had recovered enough wherewithal to forestall it by using one of her other moves, this one being able to summon a murder of crows to harass the digital pachyderm. As he watched, she had commanded her crow summons to drive the Mammothmon towards the endge of a cliff some distance away from the tree, but Mammothmon's wild flailing was making it quite difficult to finish the job by pushing it over the edge.

"First echolocation and now birb calling, eh? My my, you certainly are full of surprises, Ravenna. Such a talented little crow, you are, indeed."

Saying thus, he hedpetted her to emphasize his praise and impressed frame of mind as she was still nestled securely in his arm, all the while keeping the other half of his attention on the situation at hand. Thing were going from bad to worse as there were now explosions being heard from all over the city and even more city dwelling digimon panicking and fleeing for their lives. There was even a giant cloud of smoke rising into the sky from the city. Then, a maniacal voice was heard cackling in the sky over the city, but currently there was nothing to be seen there. However, he could not worry about that now for debris started to rain down over the area, with one of the larger pieces heading straight for the tree, albeit not from directly above.

"And for my next act, behold all ye who art near and far, I shall levitate myself magically to avoid certain death!!"

He proclaimed, still in that same dramatic manner and with all the theatrical gestures from before and activated the anti-gravity device which was strapped to his wrist and concealed under the cuff of his white lab coat sleeve. Consequently, he along with Ravenna in her Psycrowmon form who was currently nestled securely in his arm rose up from the tree branch to a height of about 15 feet, just before the debris collided with the tree and smashed it to where it was little more than a pile of destroyed wood and splinters. As a result, they both managed to avoid getting crushed this time, but it remained to be seen if they could do the same now that they were hovering high up in midair.

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WC:

• Post WC: 448
• Total WC (Thus Far, For Faustein): 3002

Faustein had smirked when Ravenna expressed her surprise at his revelation that he was a cyborg, but then remarked theatrically

"Alas, if only this frail mortal coil could be completely cyberized, but the current level of technology is nowhere near that degree of sophistication. Indeed, my body does possess the power of flight, and it is quite the exhilarating experience, to be sure."

Then, he had fallen silent and had watched Ravenna as she went to work in avenging the fall of one of her crow minions by dropping the Mammothmon into the yawning chasm below the cliff edge. After that, she had flown back to him and roosted on his right shoulder while her minions did the same, but on his left shoulder. So, he hedpetted her crow minions gently as well to reward them for a job well done. Of course, their squawking did cause him to wince a little due to the super-sensitive nature of his hearing, but it was inconsequential over all. He was about to say more but then, there were more explosions in the city and afterward, a figure could be seen in the smokescreen, one that was light of figure and apparently a sword wielder of some sort.

The trouble just intensifies at each turn, eh? Oh well, there is no helping my misfortune, it seems.

Faustein mused silently while still hovering high up in the air and studying everything that went on in the situation at hand. However, before long, his reverie was interrupted by the appearance of the fleeing Solarmon again that had now come and engaged them in conversation, praising them for their efforts. It then requested their aid to finally set the situation right once more and Ravenna agreed to that readily while asking him the same.

"Well, it would seem that the rescue of the city from its currently perilous state holds the key to our salvation from this anomalous dimension. So, let us proceed then, once more unto the breach and may the Norns guide us to victory over our dastardly foe!!"

He said while pointing in the direction of the shadowy figure behind the giant rising pillar of smoke while also posing dramatically as he had earlier, in a bit more ungainly way since he had nothing to stand on as he was floating in midair



With that, he lowered himself and his passengers to the ground by deactivating the anti-gravity device on his wrist in stages afte which the entire group marched along the path, getting ever closer to the ruins of the city with each passing moment.

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WC:

• Post WC: 433
• Total WC (Thus Far, For Faustein): 3002 + 433 = 3435

Faustein had been about to respond when Ravenna and her minions took off flying to scout ahead, so he simply resigned himself to following behind them. That, of course, led him into even more trouble as one of Ravenna's past rivals and/or enemies had apparently shown up. The resulting conflict between them had kicked up a lot of smoke, dust, and debris so it was fairly hard for him to keep a visual bead on Ravenna as she headed off in pursuit. After the blinding smokescreen had settled, he tried to look for any sort of evidence which could point him in the direction which Ravenna could possibly have taken after leaving him behind, but no such luck.

Well, she is quite the impulsive one, eh? She truly is an amusing specimen, but where in the name of Dante's Inferno did she run off to?

Faustein mused silently while looking about, but had to give up the search for the time being since his reverie was interrupted by the sound of a now familiar voice calling to him. So, he turned in the direction of the Solarmon's voice and responded

"Not quite, our Spirit user has absconded, apparently. So for the interim, it is just the two of us, presumably."

He said to the Solarmon which had then nodded and snuck under an upturned wheelbarrow for cover. After that, since his human senses were not quite powerful enough to detect Ravenna and follow her digital signature to once again reunite with her, Faustein switched tactics

Perhaps a combination of Taser's reconnaisance ability and the improved scanner is the most apropos option in this situation.

With that thought in mind, he summoned "Taser", his "Kokuwamon", and then implemented his tracking plan by combining its battlefield scan and search function with his digivice's improved digimon scanner app. Sure enough, his plan worked brilliantly as it led him to where Ravenna was currently, and to facilitate transport, he had called out "Lego", his "ShadowToyAgumon", and had it disassemble itself and then reform into a sort of impromptu jet propelled hoverboard which carried him all the way to Ravenna without him having to walk at all. Once there, he finally came face to face with Ravenna who was now in her spirit form again, but a different one this time.

"That is quite the...unique accoutrement. So which spirit is this one?"

He asked while giving Ravenna a once-over with a mostly impassive and inscrutable face, with the addition being the angles of his mouth twitching upward slightly, indicating that he was attempting but failing to suppress an oncoming smirk of high amusement. Then, he fell silent and waited for her to respond with some sort of explanation. While waiting, however, his peripheral visual sense did detect some manner of commercial establishment off to the side. So, he turned and started to examine it while musing silently

Now this is a truly marvelous specimen indeed. A bionic limb specimen display, eh? Furthermore, all the models seem to be of the most advanced sort. How intriguing.

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WC:

• Post WC:
• Total WC (Thus Far, For Faustein): 3435 + 514 = 3949

Kokuwamon's Combat Passive: Support Subroutine ε: Tacti-Helm (+30% to Kokuwamon's offensive abilities) - Used for scouting and tracking in this situation

ShadowToyAgumon's Combat Passive: Support Subroutine ε: Dismantled Chassis (+30% to ShadowToyAgumon's evasive abilities) - Used for human partner transport in this situation