Beyond the pale moonlight [Metal drive]

"... If what you were looking for wasn't in the Terminus library, why would it be here?"

Shade wouldn't be the only one perusing these old tomes today - though the specter was probably the only one doing it for sentimental reasons. As the wolf-man would consider his own thoughts, he'd hear a conversation from the hall, an assertive voice questioning another. It took only a few moments longer for the two to come into the room: a Knightmon, quizzically looking down at his blonde, human tamer.

Denryu, with his hands half in his pockets, looked towards the bookshelves.

"That's exactly why. What's 'current' in the library only pertains to how things are today. As things get updated in whatever qualifies as a 'census' around here, old information is lost. Population data, figures of importance..."

"... And maps." The last was what was most important to Denryu at the moment. Denryu wasn't exactly sure where he'd find the information, but what was here looked promising. Old, worn down books, covered with the dust and honesty of a simpler age. The Knightmon, figuring what he was resigned to for the next few hours, simply shook his head.

He grabbed whatever book looked large enough to occupy his time for the next few hours, and sat a few seats down from the specter. No sense trying to talk his tamer out of this sort of mood, once he was in it.

Had the two met before?

Well, no, but it wasn't as if the 'Moonstone Travelers' were a very big team, and news of someone like Shade joining the ranks - even if tentatively - spread quickly about the group. Unlike some, Denryu didn't even bat an eye at the odd-looking shade, giving him perhaps only a bare wave or a tiny nod upon entering the room. It also didn't take long for Denryu to pull out a few books, and set up on his own table off to the side.

"Hm?" Raider looked up from his own tome, as the shadow spoke up, reading the open page of the book upside-down. "General, what do you think?"

"Hm." Well, he hadn't really settle down to work yet - the General would step up, and flip through a few pages. "Informative, but off point. Unfortunately, what I'm looking for is a bit more extreme on the 'administrative' side of things. Trailmon maps, and travel records."

That said, the General did pick up a bit on what Shade was saying, the General returning a shrug. "I'm a math person. Often, the complicated words are needed for the person 'figuring out' the information, but when explaining it to anyone else, its worth keeping it simple. For example, 'the barometric pressure is abnormally high in Termninus, which is going to push a warm front out to the west' is what I need to know to tell you 'it will rain in Whitewater tomorrow.'"

Past that, Denryu would return to his work - and the Knightmon would speak up. "You're a charitable one, aren't you? Guess Toki draws in all sorts here. Name's 'Raider'. I take it you're 'Shade'?"

"Hm."

Denryu gave a nod, taking Shade's advice into consideration, and moved towards that part of the library to continue his search. Perhaps Shade would notice that Denryu didn't have the reaction that some humans - or even Digimon - would have upon meeting a wight. There were no recoils of horror, nor second glances, nor even a tangible notion of fear from the mathematician. Depending on Shade's view, it might have been irrelevant, comforting, interesting, or even discomforting to not have any sort of reaction from the General.

Raider himself wasn't too much of a talkative Digimon himself. Flipping through the pages of his borrowed book, the Knightmon would return a nod - and a moment later, after looking up, would return that handshake. "Same. It looks like we're going to be working together in the future." This led right into the answer for the next question: "Officially, yes. Both the General and I are members of the Moonstone Travellers."

As for the last question?

"'Raider' has been known to raid things on occasion, but the circumstances have hardly allowed me to do that as of late. The 'human' there is my General - a type of tamer with multiple Digimon partners. However, my connection to him is by choice. The direct partner tied to him is a Renamon."

As the two spoke, Denryu had made his way to a separate table, laying out a large sheet of paper on the table. It didn't take long for several different records to be open and spread across both that table and the next one over - and for Denryu to start scratching away at it. He started by getting a sketch down of Dragon Valley's current geographical structure, using a ruler and a drawing compass to make sure that everything was spaced properly.

"He's also not the type to sit still. Even when we're not on a mission, the General's doing things like this. Looking for where the next 'step' is, on whatever project or case he's working on. Though I have to say, I wonder what exactly he's trying to find today..."