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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Oct 26, 2020 22:40:35 GMT
After a close-encounter with death and getting to know her digimon, Tsumi walks through the rinky-dink town of Rustport with her in-training digimon Kakkinmon and Sakuttomon in her arms. The former is an orange fluff ball with sharp teeth and a copper shield on its head, and the later is a golden sphere with a cute face, and 4 stubby legs along with a pair of sword horns.
"So...from here we...?" Tsumi says, not sure where to go from here. Sakuttomon butts in, saying "TRAIN!" only for Kakkinmon to scoff. "No...I don't wanna. Lets just find a safe place and wait until we're completely grown up before leaving town."
Tsumi shakes her head, frowning. "I...would rather leave sooner than later, Kakkinmon. But I'd like to do something safe....." "Training is safe, if done right! And we'll grow faster!" "Sakuttomon, no...not now. I don't know how to do that stuff."
She continues the back and forth with her young digimon while walking through the streets, looking at all the digimon around her in partial fear and wonder.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 26, 2020 23:00:25 GMT
Not far from the budding tamer and her in training partners and just across the street from where she was walking, what looked like a vintage white convertible was parked. Near the said vehicle was a Wizardmon named Mandrake and a Leomon named Lothar. Lothar was using his greater height to his advantage as he scooped a purple Punimon out of what looked like a car seat modified for digimon. "Pa-Pa, hot." the little one said as he sat in the palm of Lothar's hand before hoping into the crook of the lion man's arm.
"I know, LJ, but at least there are places we can go to cool down." Lothar said in an effort to soothe the child who was now making a displeased face at dealing with the heat.
"Not only is LJ's vocabulary starting to diversify but it seems he's inherited your dislike of warmer temperatures, old friend." Mandrake said as LJ blew a raspberry but said nothing else his displeasure clear. Sensing three presences nearby with his telepathy he turned his head seeing a human walking while carrying two very young digimon in her arms. Hopefully she wasn't planning to head out into the desert with those youngsters as Rusport was the safest place in these parts.
LJ began looking in the direction of the tamer and her partners and yelled "Hi! Hi! Puni!" Mandrake and Lothar both looked at there young son in surprise. If she didn't hear LJ it would be quite the surprise.
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Oct 26, 2020 23:32:10 GMT
Tsumi notices the scene before her...two digimon and what looked like a baby digimon next to a white car with a...car seat. She begins to stare, just for her two twin digimon to shake a bit. "Hey Tsumi! Don't stare. It's rude." Says Kakkinmon, sighing. "Yeah, sure, but look at how JACKED the lion guy is!" replies Kottsukomon.
"So I'm in the wrong for staring but you let him talk about others like that?" "HEY! It was a compliment! He looks like he could crush a pumpkinmon between his biceps."
Both Kakkinmon and Tsumi shudder.
Regardless, they seemed to be the most...sociable among those in this town. Most keeping to themselves or focusing on their work.
So she approaches, and raises a hand. "H-hello?" She says to the digimon, nervousness clearly reverberating in her voice.
"I'm just looking for something called a 'trainmon' or something...could you point me in the right direction?"
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 26, 2020 23:56:31 GMT
It seemed that LJ's yell got the attention the little one was after as the human tamer called out to them. The tamer approached them and asked about a trainmon. Definitely a new tamer alright. "Hi!" LJ said once again.
Mandrake looked at LJ and chuckled before turning to the tamer and said "This is the first time the three of us have been to Rustport but Trailmon is a large digimon so finding the station shouldn't be to hard. Good thing most Trailmon are gentle. My name is Mandrake." He then gestured to Lothar and LJ and continued "This is my boyfriend, Lothar, and our son Lothar Junior or LJ for short."
"Da-Da, Pa-Pa, hot! Hot!" LJ whimpered impatiently his displeasure more apparent.
"I know little one." Mandrake said to LJ. He then looked at Tsumi and said "Our son doesn't have the same heat tolerance as Lothar and I even though Lothar doesn't like the heat much either."
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Oct 27, 2020 0:21:30 GMT
"That's....interesting." Tsumi says, raising a brow. Of course it was hot here and she was a semi-sweaty mess but...her digimon weren't phased at all, between Kakkinmon's shield had giving him shade and Kotsukomon being made of metal.
"Well, in that case....why are you here?" She asks, looking at the Punimon then to her two digimon. "And this little one's a baby, right? These two just hatched so...I don't know how to take care of them."
Both of her digimon look up at her, and scorn. "HEY!" Kakkinmon protests. "YEAH!" states Kotsukomon. "We aren't babies! We can talk, and fight now!" "Absolutely!- wait, no, I'd rather not fight."
"O-oh...right. I'm sorry. I just...don't know what I'm doing here, alright?"
She sighs in defeat and continues on. "My name is Tsumi. I just got here today, and I...well, met a guy that saved my life from a giant scorpion. It's been rough. I just wanna go home to my air conditioned room..."
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 27, 2020 2:22:22 GMT
"Why are we here? I suppose that's a fair question. We tend to travel randomly rarely staying in one place for very long." Mandrake answered. "As for LJ, yes he is a baby and he hatched a few months ago. Though it isn't uncommon for digimon to digivolve to their in training forms like your partners quickly. The baby and in training stage is where digimon are vulnerable to harm so maturing quickly makes sense."
Mandrake then looked at Tsumi's partners and when Kakkinmon mentioned he'd rather not fight, Mandrake said "It's okay not to like fighting Kakkinmon. I myself try to avoid it whenever possible but when I can't I try to use my magic to outwit potential opponents."
At the mention of Scorpiomon, Mandrake said "You and your partners are lucky to have reached town intact. Scorpiomon are known to be territorial by nature. Good thing someone gave you a ride here, Tsumi."
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Oct 27, 2020 2:44:48 GMT
"Baby and in training...stages?" Tsumi repeats, looking down to her small ball digimon. "So it's like...metamorphosis, rather than evolving. Different stages in your lives? And right now you must be like caterpillars..."
"I have no clue what that is!" Sakuttomon says happily, nodding. "But I think that's right! When I was a baby, I think my name was Sakumon. Now it's Sakuttomon!"
"That's...a mess? I don't want to remember a name every time you get a bit older....so I'll call you-" She says, booping Sakuttomon's head with a finger. "Caliber. And you." she says, booping Kakkinmon's shield hat "Dauntless. Cool names, huh?"
They both seem to agree, nodding their heads happily, with Kakkimon's (now known as Dauntless) attention shifts to the humanoid digimon. "I...don't have magic. I just hide, mostly. And hit others with my shield." "I AM THE ONE WHO FIGHTS! CALIBER, THE MIGHTY DIGI-BLADE!" the golden digimon roars, wiggling around until Tsumi lets the both of them down.
"I'd love to keep chatting but I really don't want to keep you both held up. Thank you so much for the help...kinda. It was a wonder I made it here, so I'll be sure to keep myself safe." She says with a nervous chuckle.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 27, 2020 3:01:49 GMT
"Metamorphosis is a good way to describe digivolving. Their next stage is the rookie stage and that is where most digimon can at least defend themselves. Though I'll have to admit, as a rookie, I wasn't much of a fighter or maybe I lacked confidence in my self to some degree. My rookie stage of Impmon was where I started using various forms of magic." Mandrake explained.
"Names other than the digimon's species name do make things easier. Considering after the rookie stage there comes the champion stage, then ultimate, mega, and super mega. When Lothar and I aren't fighting we usually roam around in these forms which are both champion stage digimon." Mandrake said. "As for holding us up, don't worry about it. It is nice to meet up with those that mean no harm once in a while."
"Mandrake, I'm going to get LJ some water before he dehydrates. I'll be right back." Lothar said as he walked away with LJ. Some where surprised when he would speak after being silent for a while.
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Oct 27, 2020 4:42:58 GMT
"So...Baby, In Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, Mega, Super-Mega....o-oh..." She says with a frown. "Why are all these different stages sound so...aggressive? Are digimon....no offense, prone to fighting more?" She says, looking down at her two little ones.
"I don't get it. But that's...fine. I'll learn. Eventually..." A look of sadness spreads along her face as she considers the events that have transpired throughout this mess of a day...
Then her stomach growls. She hasn't eaten since coming here, and only had half a granola bar for breakfast.
"Uhm...before we part ways, do you...know anywhere I could get a meal? Probably free, or...?" She asks after the Leomon leaves with the baby, waving to LJ as he's carried off. "It doesn't even have to be free. I could always ask to do their dishes or something like that..."
"I won't do that." plainly says Dauntless while Caliber runs headfirst into a nearby piece of scrap wood, getting his horns stuck.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 27, 2020 5:02:07 GMT
"I never thought about the names of the different stages but not all digimon regularly fight, Tsumi. This world is prone to greater dangers than the Human World so digimon have to at least become strong enough to defend themselves if necessary." Mandrake said before he continued "One day Lothar and I plan to take LJ to the Human World when he's a little older than a baby."
Tsumi's stomach growled shortly before Lothar and LJ disappeared from sight to find the young one water. Lothar's only response to Tsumi's growling stomach was a flick of an ear while LJ giggled. "In the Digital World there are various foods that can be found for free depending on the location. In most cases berries, mushrooms, fish, and meat apples. Though I don't know about free food in the desert. As for food in cities, Lothar, LJ, and I have been making money by entertaining crowds with my illusions but maybe food and possibly lodgings for the night can also be earned by doing dishes."
A short time later Lothar and LJ returned. Lothar was carrying a water bottle which he was holding while LJ was drinking from it eagerly. Apparently the little one was thirsty as well as hot. Mandrake smiled at LJ before seeing that Caliber had gotten his horns stuck in a piece of scrap wood. Focusing his telekinesis on the wood, he gently freed it from Caliber's horns.
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Oct 27, 2020 15:23:20 GMT
Caliber is visually glad to see his horns freed...just to charge back into the same piece of wood.
Tsumi sighs, and closes her eyes. "Alright....so....Digimon have different stages. And they get stronger the further they grow. I'm a 'tamer', and these two belong to me....alright." She says with a sigh. "I kinda get it? ...thank you, Mandrake."
She bends down to pick up Dauntless, and pulls Caliber out of the wood once more to hold him too. "But I really should go find a place to eat. It was nice to meet you three...absolutely a better first impression than that Scorpiomon. Maaaybe I'll see you all again? I don't know."
"Of course we will! I wanna get strong enough to knock around that guy!" Caliber exclaims, causing Tsumi to tense. "Nononono, no need for that!" "Yeah, please don't." the human and shield duo protest while Caliber simply wiggles his legs in anticipation.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 27, 2020 21:25:28 GMT
Almost right after Mandrake freed Caliber the little digimon charged the wood again. While Mandrake himself didn't go out of his way to pick fights, he understood the desire some digimon had when it came to getting stronger. "Not all digimon are aggressive. In fact many are friendly but I suppose in that way digimon and humans are alike."
When Caliber mentioned his desire to fight the Scorpiomon, Lothar looked at the little digimon in his tamer's arms and said "I'm afraid you wouldn't be ready to fight Scorpiomon for a while yet since Scorpiomon is an ultimate digimon. Mandrake and I may be able to digivolve to ultimate but we only use such power when we need to." Lothar then looked at LJ who had finished the water. Lothar pulled the empty water bottle free from the baby digimon's mouth and asked "Better?"
A light purple sparkle appeared in LJ's eyes before he said "Uh huh."
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Oct 27, 2020 23:39:56 GMT
"They won't be fighting aaaanyone. Alright?" She says, shaking the rambunctious sword creature a bit to emphasize her point. The golden ball gives a few huffs of disappointment before letting his tamer continue.
"It really has been a pleasure but I should really get going. Food to get, living train to catch, all that....fun..." She says with a small laugh, taking a few steps back. "I'll see you two around. Best wishes for all of you, and I wish the baby well." "Yeah, same here." "YEAH! BABIES! TEACH EM HOW TO FIGHT!"
She closes her eyes in partial frustration, now knowing how this little guy didn't get the point that she was NOT wanting to fight.
"Regardless...I'll uh...see ya."
She then turns around and begins to walk off with a half-hearted wave, giving Caliber an ear full for acting so out of line...like an angry mother in a grocery store.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 27, 2020 23:57:36 GMT
Caliber seemed quite the rambunctious little digimon and Tsumi probably would have trouble with reigning him in as he digivolved. Mandrake and Lothar looked at LJ before Lothar said "Judging by Caliber's behavior it makes me wonder how LJ will behave as he digivolves. He already has exhibited your mischievous traits, Mandrake."
"Which could mean he could soon become more of a handful than he already is. I don't envy his grandparents in the future if that is the case." Mandrake replied with Lothar nodding in agreement.
As Tsumi walked away she was looking more like a beleaguered parent with a pack of rowdy children than a tamer but Mandrake had a feeling she would manage somehow. "I don't know about you Lothar but if we have more children, I pray we don't end up with twins." Lothar shuddered at the thought of two little mischief makers to manage instead of one.
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Post by Spire on Dec 27, 2020 9:25:42 GMT
Thread graded!
Tsumi gets 500 bits for 7 posts!
Mandrake gets 500 bits for 7 posts!
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