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A crash interaction (Dante, Rico)
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Post by Luna on Feb 2, 2021 6:48:09 GMT
"Luna you're going too fast, use the break, slow down a bit." Through the plains were two very clear figures riding on top of a bike together, A Lekismon and an Impmon with the former on the seat and the latter behind them holding on. It was a bit of a tight fit but thanks to Dust's small size he could squeeze in there. "Question, how do I break?" Luna asked looking around the bike for the break. "You don't, How did you slow down before?" He was genuinely curious on how that's possible. "I just slow down and let it come to a stop when I'm close to where I want to- Oh I found it."
Dust wasn't able to get his words out before Luna hit the break, Hard causing the front wheel to lock up almost instantly and the bike to come to a full stop, launching both Luna and Dust off it, letting it also loudly hit the ground below bouncing a bit. Luna was surprised she was in the air for a moment before her focus came back. Dust who had been holding on to her before had let go on accident.
Luna grabbed him while in the air and regained her balance landing on her feet with Dust in her arms holding him close to her chest. As she landed holding on to Dust with a death grip the bike sailed past the two of them and hit a hill in front of them. "Whoa, that was a close one huh Dust." Luna looked down at the Impmon, who looked like he was being crushed in a death grip. "Mhm, nww cn yu plse lt mi go." He struggled to say which caused Luna to loosen the grip but not let him go. "Aww come on, holding you like this is fun." fun for her, embarrassing for him.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Feb 2, 2021 7:08:44 GMT
LJ was walking along through the Network Plains. As the purple and red Elecmon gazed across the vast plains the thought of getting a vehicle of some kind came to mind. 'I keep forgetting how big the Digital World is at times. No wonder Dad and Pops have a car. At least it made things easier when it came to travel even though at times it was boring to travel over long distances. Since I'm alone maybe I should get a scooter or even a motorcycle.' LJ thought as the sound of a motorcycle was soon picked.
His ears twitched as his brown eyes soon picked up sight of a motorcycle and boy was it coming in fast. Before LJ could move the bike was sent flying and it was heading in his direction. LJ dove for the ground as the motorcycle flew over his head. Heart beating fast he glanced up seeing a Lekismon with an Impmon in a death grip. One of them was likely the owner of the motorcycle and he pushed himself up on his back legs before walking over to the duo. By the time he got to them his heart rate was closer to it's normal rate but still slightly faster than normal. "Hey, are you guys okay?" LJ asked the duo.
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Post by Dante on Feb 2, 2021 7:22:56 GMT
Dante and Wormmon are standing in an open field. They have traveled to the Network Plains to look for aliens. Wormmon is using a large grey telescope, focused on searching the sky for strange lights. Dante is getting impatient, and wants to get going.
"So you actually think you are going to find ufos out here? It's too bright out to see anything!" "That's what the aliens want you to think. Only morons like you think aliens only come out at night, Dante."
Dante sighs as he lights up another cigarette. There wasn't anything else to do while waiting for Wormmon. Suddenly, Dante hears a crash off in the distance.
"What was that?" "Maybe a ufo crashed. Let's investigate! Can you please carry my science thingy?"
Dante grab's Wormmon's telescope and places the strap around his arm before slinging it over his back. Dante and Wormmon run through the field until they see a three Digimon and a motorcycle. They see an Elecmon, and a Lekismon clinging onto an Impmon. The Elecmon appears concerned for the pair, so they must have come over to help after the crash. Dante and Wormmon walk closer, Dante appearing worried.
"Are you okay? Dust, is that you?"
Dante seems to recognize one of the Digimon. He has met more than one Impmon, but seeing Lekismon holding onto him made Dante think of Dust and Luna.
"Hang on, is that Dust and Luna? Say whaaaat?!"
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Post by Luna on Feb 2, 2021 7:36:08 GMT
Oh no, Luna got a good watch as her motorcycle that had just flown past her head also almost managed to hit a small Elecmon in front of her. Luna rushed over towards them worried about them getting hurt, bringing Dust along for the ride regardless of his wishes on the matter. It wasn't long cause the elecmon also walked over to the two of them, probably curious as to just what happened, not every day you get to see a flying motorcycle. "Oh, we're fine. how about you. Need healing?" Luna asked with obvious worry, despite the fact she didn't see them get hit per say. "Wait did we hit someone!?" Dust exclaimed not able to really see what was going on. "No I don't think, we didn't did we?" She decided to just ask the Elecmon if they did.
Suddenly another voice could be heard, one Dust was pretty sure he remembered. "Dant- oof." Dust wasn't able to finish as he hit the ground, Luna let go and just gave a large wave. "Dante, Wormmon. It's been forever how've y- Oh wait no. Dust are you ok? I'm so sorry!" Luna bent down to check on the Impmon while he just laid there with his face on the ground. "I'm fine Luna, takes more then that to hurt me." Dust mentioned slowly standing back up, shaking his head. Around his neck above the normal neckerchief worn by most Impmon was a simple pendent with DUST written on it. Sure enough this should be clue enough this was the Impmon Dante knew.
"Yeah, it's us. Been a while." Dust got up crossing his arms standing like usual, trying to ignore the embarrassing display that just happened. "I looked for you when I visited the human world, but I uhh got like super lost." Luna said smiling. "Still haven't improved on your internal compass huh." How she found him was honestly insane luck. "Aww, you're the only compass I need." Only because he has to counter her inability to navigate but it was a fair point he supposed.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Feb 2, 2021 7:53:41 GMT
The Lekismon asked if he needed healing and after brushing some grass and dirt out of his purple fur said "No I'm fine. The worst I got was just a little scare." Next came a human and a Wormmon and they recognized the Lekismon and Impmon calling them Luna and Dust.
LJ, however, cocked his head and looked at the human Luna called Dante with a look of faint recognition in his eyes before he asked "Dante, is it? Why do you look so familiar to me?" He then placed a paw on his head as a faint memory of him as a Punimon being held by a human that looked a lot like Dante and his Dad, a Wizardmon named Mandrake, was crying out in pain. It was horrible and he had a feeling he now knew why hid Dad was crying in pain now that he was older. Removing his paw from his head he then looked at everyone before he said "Nice to meet you guys. I'm LJ."
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Post by Dante on Feb 2, 2021 8:27:50 GMT
It was in fact Dust and Luna who were on the motorcycle. Apparently Elecmon was nearly hit by the bike, but everyone is okay. When Luna recognizes Dante and Wormmon, she lets go of Dust to wave and Dust falls to the ground. Dante is delighted to see their old friends again, and relieved no one was seriously injured.
"Wow, it's been so long since we've seen you two. We used to get into all kinds of crazy life or death adventures."
If it wasn't lucky enough to be reunited with Luna and Dust, it turns out that Dante and Wormmon knew Elecmon as well. They just haven't seen him since he was a baby. Elecmon asks Dante why he looks familiar, and introduces himself as LJ.
"Hey, we know an LJ. Right, Dante? The cute little baby."
Elecmon experiences some head pain when recognizing Dante. The Tamer thinks back to the time he met Mandrake and Lothar. Is this the same LJ? Dante wonders if maybe it was better LJ doesn't remember what happened to his father that day.
"It's not a very uncommon name. Pleased to meet you. My name is Dante, and this is-" "Oh, come on, Dante. You never do the introduction right. Ahem, making his way to a turkey sandwich, the lean mean green fighting machine, scissor weight hot dog eating champion of the world..."
This goes on for some time.
"...the almighty Wormmon, the Worm King!" "Are you finished?"
It was nice seeing Dust and Luna again. If this was the same LJ, he sure has grown since the last time when he was a Punimon. It seems Dust and Luna were still following a mad compass, getting lost in strange places, but Luna says that Dust is the only compass she needs.
"Aww, that's so sweet."
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Post by Luna on Feb 8, 2021 5:35:42 GMT
Dust and Luna both gave a sigh of relief, Luna would be devastated if she ended up hitting someone with her bike, even though she could easily heal any damage it would've caused she didn't like hurting others. "Thank goodness, I'd feel terrible if I hit someone on accident." Dust instantly chimed in after that though. "That's why we're doing these lessons, can't have you hitting others." Luna let out a small nervous laugh, she wasn't THAT bad, was she?
Dante mentioning the life and death adventures caused Dust and Luna both at the same time to get some annoying past memories about that, though they didn't blame Dante for what happened some of those times were just insane. "Yeah, hopefully this time can be a bit calmer." Dust wasn't in the mood for some life or death stunts, especially with how much weaker he was now. "But if you need help we'll help, after all what are friends for." Luna responded cheerfully.
With LJ introducing himself Luna had no idea who they were! Dante seemed to know who LJ was. "It's nice to meet you LJ, my name is Luna. This is my partner Dust. You can tell cause of this pendant he's wearing." Seemingly faster then anyone could notice Luna had picked up the Impmon again and was pointing at the pendant he wore. "Thank you Luna, you don't need to do that though." Dust said clearly a bit embarrassed.
Dante mentioning what Luna said was sweet just made her smile. "It's the truth, Dust never gets lost. It's almost like a hidden talent or something." Dust recalled the only reason he got so good was to offset how bad Luna usually was, but he held off about that part. "So, what have you two been up to?" Dust decided to ask, seemed like a simple enough question.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Feb 8, 2021 8:32:15 GMT
LJ scrunched his face as if trying to remember everything about the human who was holding him when he was a Punimon before memory of a Wormmon also came to mind. Could he have been around these two? "I remember being held by a human with red hair when I was a Punimon and he had a Wormmon with him." LJ said before he continued "I also remember Dad having something scary on his arm and when I was being held I heard him crying out in pain. Dad later explained that he lost his arm because he had a parasite attached to it and Pops cut it off to save his life. I don't remember much of that night because I was so young."
When Luna introduced herself and the Impmon, now known as Dust, LJ smiled at them and said "Nice to meet you, Luna and Dust." When Luna picked up Dust, said Impmon looking embarrassed, he then asked "Hey are you two a couple or something?" Though the most he'd seen his parents do was snuggle or hug. LJ had never seen Lothar lift Mandrake off the ground while he was around though.
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Post by Dante on Feb 10, 2021 5:10:36 GMT
It was nice to be reunited with some old friends. It was clear that Dust and Luna didn't enjoy some of the dangerous events before, but who could blame them? Dante had teased death enough and battling giant scary monsters is something that he's learned to avoid whenever possible. Dust mentions that hopefully this time will be calmer.
"Indeed, a pleasant day romping around in a meadow sounds better than facing a giant lava spider."
LJ confirms that this was in fact the Punimon that Dante and Wormmon met before. He recalls a red haired tamer with a Wormmon, and mentions his father losing his arm.
"That's crazy, I know a human with red hair that has a Wormmon. You, Dante! What are the odds? I wonder what this other Wormmon is like. Wait a minute, Punimon, arm, parasite, it is little LJ!"
Wormmon jumps for joy after he finally realizes it is the same LJ. The Worm King can't hold back the big sideways smile on his face.
"Wow, you've grown so much. I didn't want to bring up what happened to your father. How are your parents doing?" "This is so cool! Not only did we run into Dust and Luna, but they literally almost ran into LJ! Clearly the alien activity here has created a Bermuda triangle of luck."
Seeing Luna and Dust together felt nice, Dante thought. Wormmon wonders what it would be like to be with someone. Luna mentions the pendant Dust is wearing to LJ and picks up the Impmon to show the pendant.
"So the pendant is like a mark of your love? Where do you get one of those things? The mall? The delivery guy stopped coming to our house after I accused him of being a Russian spy." "Is someone nervous about their big date coming up, little buddy?"
Wormmon's face starts to blush.
"Rubbish! The super awesome Worm King does not get nervous. I'm just trying to learn more about this mushy stuff. Have you ever given a lady a pendant, Dante?" "Well, no." "See? You know nothing about romance. You are embarrassing me in front of our cool friends, dweeb!"
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Post by Luna on Feb 14, 2021 2:34:26 GMT
Well then, that story LJ mentioned made Luna stop for a minute, seemingly a bit on the sad side about the part of their arm being taken. "Oh, sorry to hear that. Wish I could've been there to help, I might've been able to heal them." Either take care of the parasite or help with the arm. "Can't be everywhere Luna, don't even know the guy." Dust reminded, at least he didn't think they knew them. No one he knew had any kids. "I know, just as someone who can heal it hurts a bit ya know." She wanted to help everybody, but he was right in the end. Luna can't be everywhere at once.
But Wormmon mentioning them all finding each other here was, putting aside the triangle part as Dust had long since learned to do, interesting to say the least. "Pretty sure instead of run in it's more like, crash in." Dust pointed out looking at the motorcycle that just kinda laid there unmoving. "Yeah, I really gotta get better at driving that thing, how else am I suppose to drive it underwater." Crossing her arms Luna looked a bit worried, but not as much as Dust. "Wait that thing can go underwater?" Luna nodded, Well that made sense, no wonder she was able to go to the dark area.
When the pendant came up Dust looked down at it for a moment, holding it for a moment letting out a small sigh. "Nah I had this way before I met Luna, it was given to me by an old human friend, definitely not a mark of love or anything." If anything it was just a reminder of his failings but that wasn't a story he was gonna tell them right now or if he could help it ever.
"But yeah we are a couple, at least I think we are. Dunno this is my first time with anything like this." Luna wasn't the best when it came to relationship stuff, living as a merc most your life will probably do that. "Yeah, my first time with stuff like this too, takes some getting used to." Dust admitted, going from a fighter to this wasn't the easiest transition for him.
"But you got a date wormmon! that's so nice. Who with? Where are you going?" Luna had quite a few questions, with the only question being on Dust's mind, that he decided not to ask. being how?[/font]
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Feb 14, 2021 2:51:00 GMT
Luna was regretting not being there when Mandrake lost his arm which made LJ smile. Such kindness coming from her even though he didn't know his parents but Dust was right, she couldn't be everywhere at once.
"Digimon do tend to reach their rookie forms pretty quick, Dante. As for my parents, last time I saw them they were doing very well." LJ said as he tried to make sense of some of the word flying out of Wormmon seemingly at random. Making a puzzled face, LJ then asked "Is Wormmon always this weird?"
"I think there is a vehicle upgrade that allows for underwater travel, Dust, and it's likely that Luna got it before she nearly crashed into me." LJ explained to the Impmon in Luna's arms.
Though the thought of dating someone was a nice thought, LJ knew that he wasn't ready for such a thing and it wasn't just because of his young age.
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Post by Dante on Feb 14, 2021 17:20:47 GMT
Dante feels a little bad for Luna being upset over not being able to help LJ's father. Dust reminds Luna that they can't help everyone, and do not even know them. Dante smiles reassuringly.
"Don't worry, Luna, I'm sure if you were there, your healing would have been a big help. Don't sweat the things you can't fix, but celebrate the small victories as they come."
LJ mentions to Dante that Digimon reach Rookie form quickly, and that his parents are doing well.
"I'm glad your parents are doing fine. It does make sense that you would be a Rookie level by now. We last saw each other a few months ago. It felt like forever until Wormmon hit Rookie."
Now that LJ is a little older, he is starting to pick up on how weird Wormmon can sound. It didn't help matters that the Worm King had gone down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories, stretching his already feeble grasp of reality. Luna mentions improving her driving skills, and wanting to take the bike underwater. Dust is surprised at the idea, while LJ suggests that maybe Luna purchased an upgrade that would allow the bike to go underwater.
"So is the motorcycle like some kind of submarine? How long can you hold your breath underwater?" "Maybe this upgrade has some sort of cockpit. Not only would I want some air to breathe, I would want protection against whatever kind of monsters are lurking in the sea."
At the mention of Wormmon going on a date, Luna is surprised and asks Wormmon for some details. The Wormmon scratches his head and looks puzzled.
"Well, I don't exactly know who yet. Dante helped me sign up for some kind of dating service. How could you put my mojo into mere words and boxes to check? Do they have a box for swag king on your form, Dante?" "I'm sure your date will go well, provided you mind your manners and act like a gentlemon."
LJ is still too young to concern himself with dating, and sometimes Dante wonders if Wormy is really ready.
"Now I've got underwater motorcycles on the mind. If we don't start some sort of scuba biker gang, I will be somewhat disappointed."
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Post by Luna on Feb 16, 2021 8:25:12 GMT
Dante reassured Luna that her healing abilities would of been great. "I know, thanks though Dante. It nice to hear." she knew as well as anyone she couldn't be everywhere at once, that was most likely impossible for everyone save good old Yggy and Luna wasn't about to compare themselves to them. "I just wish I could do more with my abilities, maybe I should try teaching digimon to heal, I can start with Dust." Luna lightly joked looking down at the Impmon.
"Thanks but I'm pretty sure I'm not cut out for healing, I'm way more comfortable with fighting then support abilities." As much as it pained him to say that, he was pretty much only good at attacking, though he decided to leave out the part that any damage he deals also heals him at the same time. "Though I wouldn't say Wormmon is weird, he's different but he's usually pretty reliable." From what Dust remembers Wormmon usually came through, if it was after a buncha random nonsense he still did come through in the end usually.
"He's at least fun to be around, never a dull moment with these two." At least not that Luna could remember, but everyone mentioning the underwater part of her bike got her excited. "Oh yeah, the top comes up and it has enough air for a while. I got it cause I met a friend in the ocean named Nokk. I'm gonna use it to surprise her by visiting underwater. It'll be great."
"I figured it was an upgrade, I just didn't know she got it." Dust mentioned with a shrug, he wasn't that out of touch with stuff like that. "Though I'll admit I'm used to my own bike more so then any store bought variant. So stuff like that's a bit lost on me." He couldn't upgrade his bike in Beelzemon mode with regular store upgrades.
"I can activate it though, wanna see?" Luna started to walk over to the bike, she was gonna show the upgrade but she noticed it was a bit farther then she remembered, it was also moving. Walking over a bit more showed that under the bike were three small ToyAgumon holding it up barely and taking it away. "Hey my bike!" Luna yelled running over to them, she was faster so she ran in front of them with her hands on her hips looking down at the three digimon, they started to go another way but Dust was standing in their way. The three then decided to run in the direction of Dante, Wormmon and LJ hoping to break past the trio.
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on Feb 16, 2021 9:47:44 GMT
"Teaching healing moves doesn't sound like too bad an idea, Luna. All you would need is knowledge of how to teach such a thing and someone who wouldn't mind learning such techniques." LJ said in response to Luna. "Though I'm more of a warrior type like Dust, I wouldn't mind learning a healing technique one day. It would fit well with my magic. Though to be honest I have no idea what kind of magic power I have." LJ said scratching his head as the nature of his magic had yet to reveal itself.
One thing he did agree with was that Wormmon was far from boring. "I never said he was boring. At least he isn't some dangerous psycho out to murder us." LJ chuckled as if trying to take the edge off.
The relative peace did not last long as Luna's bike was being stolen by three ToyAgumon and they were now heading for him, Dante, and Wormmon. LJ stood tall crossing his arms, though he had to admit Lothar looked more intimidating but he refused to back down even copying one of Lothar's glares before he said "Not so fast you three. You know that motorcycle doesn't belong to you so put it down gently and get out of here."
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Post by Dante on Feb 16, 2021 16:59:22 GMT
Luna mentions wanting to share her healing abilities so other Digimon are able to heal.
"I think that is a great idea, Luna. If I run into any aspiring healers, I will send them your way for teaching."
Many things come to mind when describing Wormmon. Crazy, impulsive, obnoxious, weird is fair given the Worm King's flimsy understanding of social norms. Dust feels that Wormmon is reliable, having fought along side him numerous times before. LJ mentions Wormmon not being boring, and that at least he's not a psycho killer. He's just a very narcissistic and boastful Wormmon.
"Yeah, not everyone gets Wormmon all the time, as he's always marched to the beat of his own drum, but he's exactly the kind of Digimon you want on your side in a battle." "That's right, because I got the skills, and I will go full Michael Bay on any enemy. There can never be too many explosions, or a big enough robot. One time, Dante was a prisoner on this plane, and there was this sky battle, and then this nice lady let me drive a tank, and I showed up and blew this building up. It was awesome!"
LJ is right about Luna getting an upgrade for her motorbike to go underwater. Luna confirms there is a top that pops up, and plans to surprise her underwater friend. As Luna eagerly goes to show them, her bike starts moving away. Soon, they realize that a trio of ToyAgumon are making free with Luna's bike. She chases them down, and the thieves start heading to LJ, Dante, and Wormmon.
"You leave Luna's motor-boat-cycle alone, evil doers! Sta-da-da-Sticky Net!"
Wormmon shoots a Sticky Net towards the closest ToyAgumon. Dante leaps towards the thieves and tries grabbing onto the bike's handles.
"You three made a bid mistake. Thieves really piss me off!"
What started as a pleasant day of cloud watching had taken a dark turn thanks to these three blockheads. Did they have any idea who they are messing with?
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