Masanori "Rex" Taniyama

Skills/Talents:

Whistling: Rex loves music. He can whistle most songs pretty accurately with a bit of practice and is well aware of tonal or pitch shifts.

Boxing: Rex's love, he loves the art of combat. He has been boxing since he reached lower secondary has a few years under his belt.


Backpack Contents:

• Bandages
• Water Bottle
• Hot & Cold Reusable Compress
• Spare T-shirt / Shorts
• Cellphone

Digivice: His digivice is a Pendulum-X Progress. He keeps it clipped to his belt loop and tucked into his right pocket so he's doubly sure not to lose it running around. The device has a black body with a golden bezel around the screen with the buttons and the chain following the golden scheme.


Personality:

Test Me. He has a strong belief in himself and his ability to think his way out of most situations, whether that's a careful plan or on his feet. He tends to keep a loose idea of what's going on so he can better maneuver various hurdles but he loves the rush of testing himself against the odds and placing himself in the underdog position. He isn't afraid of being in the hot seat, and finds himself frequently stepping in for those who lack that same backbone as proof of concept. If you want to do it, you can.

Patience is the key. Rex is never really in a rush. Like ever. He takes his time and finds himself in a number of situations he likely could have avoided had he moved faster but to him everything happens for a reason. It's all a chance to learn. Combined with his confidence, he is unbelievably sure he will be the best if he just takes the time to get their.

Let's get it done. He has a tendency to state a goal and create a number of steps to achieve it. He is pretty goal-oriented and often finds himself working on something or letting himself rest so he can reflect and refocus. Because he's so into his own goals he tends to be quite comfortable by himself and really doesn't need more than his thoughts to keep himself occupied. He can also come off as selfish because he is very self serving, not from a place of negativity, but rather he believes everyone should have goals they should strive for and nothing should stop them for aiming for theirs.

Ice Ice Baby. Rex has a cool intensity to him that is both refreshing and a bit intimidating. He doesn't tend to freak out, or over react, he always has a calm demeanor. He isn't shy to show his pleasure or disapproval on his face, though he usually does look a bit unapproachable despite his innate nature to cover for others because he is very aware of their shortcomings.

One Tracked Mind. He tends to find himself so involved once he gets going that it comes at a risk to himself. He tends to want to keep sparring, or be given more test material, or harder workouts, he always wants more. He can be pretty insatiable which is what others would refer to as the other half of his Gemini. Afterwards he usually finds it embarrassing, not that he'd show it though. 



Appearance:



Rex has a slim, athletic build and a body covered in light scars. He typically dresses in his school uniform, wearing a white button up, loosely buttoned, and a combination of either a tie or blazer hanging from his being. His black dress shoes are quite well polished and despite how the unbuttoned shirt may appear, his clothes is clearly well kept. Even his pants are pressed and clean almost to a fault.

His features are pretty slim, his nose is quite thin and his eyes cut into short, wide slits. His hair is disheveled and messy yet adding perfectly to contrast his neat features. His complexion is clean, a bit pale, but nothing too crazy.

He is overall pretty thin looking, especially because he isn't very tall.


FaceClaim: Katekyo Hitman Reborn • Hibari • SqwhirlGuy


Personal History:

Rex didn't have too much to complain about growing up. As an only child, he carried a lot of expectations that sat with him through most of his early years, however, both his parents being pretty well off he had quickly grown out of material things. He wasn't exactly a fan of many sports teams, or activities, instead he found a love for reading and became enamored with ideas. He always had a knack for the abstract and connecting points of information that others would often deem unnecessary, but as a child that showed up in things like tying strings to coins to try and get free pop. He had more than he needed honestly and things for him didn't really pick up until he had hit junior high.

During his first year he found himself befriending the wrong crowd, kids who were bored of their wealth and thought they had it made and would do petty things to enjoy themselves. They weren't too bad, graffiti, staying out late and loitering were and few a before long he found himself bored of that crowd too, especially as they began to get into more dangerous things. Their falling out wasn't anything too severe neither, or maybe Rex didn't care enough to see it as anything more than moving on. Halfway through second year he began to focus on his studies once more but his love for boxing stayed, he practiced more, went out less and spent a lot of his free time just studying footage of the greats. He watched how they moved, how they set up their shots and over the years he developed a really decent style of his own.

His boxing career carried him to a number of tournaments, he got to spar in various gyms and meet a variety of people from all walks of life. He was respected and his calm demeanor and dominating performances earned him the nickname "Rex" meaning king or ruler. He changed the air when he walked in the room, people paid attention because he had become King of the Rookies, while obviously not unbeatable, the rumors and buzz surrounding him was undeniable and it added onto his presence. They make him sound like he could be the next big thing, and while he cares not for them, he definitely cares about doing it for himself.

During that time, even though he no longer hung with his delinquent crowd, some people never forgot the association. He was always viewed as a delinquent or loner, and being covered in bruises didn't exactly help. He had been in fights outside of school with other crowds looking for his old crew, and while he had no obligations, his sense of loyalty wouldn't allow him to let them get past him to them. He had been suspended, he'd skipped class and had never had to question it once, he felt as though it was simply the consequences of his actions. The gym had suspended him too for fighting, leading to him performing a few months of self training and studying which really honed his discipline. While the punishments did not stop him, he did become more stoic, he spoke less about it and got better at dressing around any bruising.

It has been a few years of this pseudo delinquent lifestyle, this detachment from immediate friends because no one really wanted to be close to someone so "violent". He has a notoriety that transcends his accomplishments and his maturity, even his intellect. While not a top student, he is managing to get buy in the upper middle pack in terms of testing and grades. If he had to, he could name a circle or core group both at school and at his gym, but he wasn't too fond of those kind of bonds but he did respect and hold loyalty to those types of connections if ever summoned.

---

Digimon Name: Rookie

Default Form: Gazimon / Rookie

Gender: Male

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Skills/Talents:

Grass Whistler: Rex and Rookie often whistle together, he's actually better than Rex is.

Hunter Genes: Rookie has an exceptional ability to sniff out and find things like a bloodhound. He is able to accurately locate and detect things in minimal visibility using only this secondary sense. (Not a combat function)

Inventory: (Optional)



Personality: Rookie is an impressionable and energetic soul. He is the expression that Rex seems to be missing but manages to pull it together sometimes in an effort to impress him. He is dependable but also relies on Rex to keep him on his toes, but ends up tunneling just as hard as his partner does when he gets caught up in the heat of things. He blames himself for it, because he believes he rubs off on Rex as much as Rex rubs off on him.

In general he tends to be a bit of a Rex fanboy, his number one cheerleader and his best friend.

When left alone, he tends to be the caring of the two, he often pressures and goads Rex into helping people he would rather walk away from or situations he doesn't deem fit for him to step into. He loves nature and loves laying about and enjoying the company of others. He is incredibly community focused and that has a lot to do in how Gazimon typically roam in packs. He however, does become more cold and solidary as he grows and digivolves.



Personal History: Rookie came from a  group of Gazimon who lived rather nomadically across the digital world but not by choice. Unfortunately, they lacked the firepower needed to secure any real home and were often up to too much trouble to keep themselves around the more peaceful creatures long term. Unsure how it happened, the group ended up beneath a metaletemon, a cunning digimon with an eye for treasures and relics hidden throughout the digital world. He was apart of some organization and the group was just happy to have a hideout to call home even if it came at a cost. See now the group had become a form of thief group, steal items from various digimon and returning them to their new found leader. They were henchmen.

Gazimon who were unsuccessful were forced to do manual labor, cutting trees, breaking rocks and even mining in increasingly dangerous conditions. Honestly while the successful laughed in luxury, others, like Rookie suffered and form a kind of comradery. It was this very brotherhood that lead to an attempted coup, they planned it, and were ratted out by one of their own, all of them chained and beaten by their own brethren, the successful. Rookie was weak, he wasn't tough, he didn't even last very long.

While his memories are fragmented, he recalls a drive and a need to help someone, he just doesn't remember who and his self esteem is deeply impacted by his subservient role under the mega they called a leader, though most of it is still a haze.

---

Fresh

Species: Choromon

Appearance:



Attribute: Free / None

Family/ies: Metal Empire / Nightmare Soldiers

Type: Machine



Fighting Style: You don't hurt me, only I hurt me!



Abilities: Light Jolt - Releases a small jolt electricity from its tail that shocks it too



Digivolves To: Pagumon

---

In-Training

Species: Pagumon

Appearance:



Attribute: Virus

Family/ies: N/A

Type: Lesser



Fighting Style:

Bubble Wand style. Bubble Blowing Jutsu!


Abilities: 

Dark Bubble: Pagumon exhales a bubble in a malicious hue

Bubble Jet: Pagumon blows bubbles so hard it throws itself into an opponent.


Digivolves From: Choromon

Digivolves To: Gazimon

---

Rookie

Species: Gazimon

Appearance:

Attribute: Virus

Family/ies: Nature Spirits / Nightmare Soldiers

Type: Mammal



Fighting Style: Uses ploys and smoke to throw his opponents off guard so he can capitalize.



Abilities: 

Passive Skills

Jab, Cross: Gazimon, through training with Rex is be able to throw basic attacks equivalent to 0-CD attacks. Will be available once he hits Champion for story's sake.

Active Skills

Fog Dart: Gazimon shoots a dark bullet that explodes after a short delay and fills a 5m diameter with a thick black fog. This has no effect beyond reducing visibility for 1 turn. Non-Damage / AoE  / 1 post CD.

Scar Maker: Gazimon slashes at the air creating 3 claw shaped energy projectiles that fly in a straight line towards their target. Damage / 1 post CD.

Hush Wrap: Gazimon hurls the collars on his tail at an opponent, wrapping their neck and silencing them. This prevents them from calling on their named skills for a single post. Non-Damage / Snare / 2 Turn CD.

Digivolves From: Pagumon

Digivolves To: Dobermon

---

Champion

Species: Dobermon X-Antibody

Appearance:

Attribute: Virus

Family/ies: Nature Spirits / Nightmare Soldiers

Type: Beast / Demon Beast



Fighting Style: Aims to dominate his foes through a combination of overwhelming offence and debuffs.



Abilities:

Passive Skills

X-Antibody...body: Dobermon X has 50% more power at the cost of 20% of his defenses.

Active Skills

Dark Dominion: Dobermon hurls an copy of his collar at an enemy binding their legs and restricting their movement for 1 posts. Non- Damage / Snare / 2 post CD.


Void Splitter: The giant blade in his back grows and upon slashing it fires a giant energy blade that carves a path through opponents. Dobermon X's finisher. Damage / 3 post CD.


Bark Blast: An energy blast Dobermon shoots from his mouth with enough force to overwhelm defensive options. Piercing / 2 post CD.


Dober Guard: Dobermon summons a barrier by expanding and projecting it's collar defensively in front of itself that can cover itself or others from a single attack. 1-hit Shield / 2 post CD.

Dober Blast: A basic beam attack fired from Dobermon's mouth. 1 post CD.

Digivolves From: Gazimon

Digivolves To: WereGarurumon X