Sleepless Night(84A/84X)(Faustein)(COMPLETE)

MPC Name: Sleepless in Shibuya/Wildcard-Sick Leave

MPC Number: 84A, 84X (52C)

Reward Requested: 5000 Bits/5000 Bits

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It had been some time since Faustein had encountered the female tamer called "Hanako" and her partner, the "ShadowGrademon". Since then, Faustein had once again gotten back to his never-ending Digital World sojourn as the realm in question still had plenty to offer in terms of mysteries and intriguing or otherwise exotic phenomena, environments, and of course digimon to offer for his researching pleasure. Speaking of, that was exactly what he was doing at the moment, investigation a certain intriguing series of Digital World flora which he had found a little while ago as he passed through the area in an effort to invite the goddess of the night to bless him with sound sleep tonight since he could not seem to get any before now.

This is unlike any flora I am familiar with...hmm, I wonder what would happen if I...

He mused silently while crouched before a rather odd looking flower with strange purple polka dot-like growths on its crimson red petals. As he was lost in his thoughts in this manner, he ran his finger along the flower petal and studied it with his usual hyper-focused researcher's gaze riveted on it. Little did he know that that seemingly innocuous flower would cause him a great deal of grief.

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Appearance:

Faustein had been deep in his reverie as he pondered the identity and nature of the mysterious flower he had been studying to pass the time till sleep took him when, suddenly, he was brought out of his reverie by a voice that sounded nearby. So, he looked around for a second and found himself face to face with a rather curious Elecmon, one that was purple when some red added into the mix. The mysterious Elecmon was asking whether he was a spirit wielder and where his digimon partner was, so he figured he should clarify

"Hmm? I see, your advice is duly noted then. Regarding my lack of a digimon partner, you are correct, I am a spirit wielder and hence do not have a traditional digimon partner."

He poked at the flower idly some more while realizing the uniqueness of the Elecmon at last and remarking appropriately

"Well now, you are rather curious specimen since Elecmon to my knowledge, at least, are not usually purple with red highlights but rather the other way around...very well, I am Stein. Who might you be, friend?"

He asked with his dark amber colored eyes lighting up with an almost disturbing level of excitement and gleaming like those of a lion or a tiger in the otherwise dark night while his thin, cyanotic lips quickly contorted into a rather disconcerting version of his usual irritatingly smug and self-confident smirk which showed off his somewhat strangely longer than average canines as he craned his neck toward the unknown Elecmon, being as ignorant of common social decency as he always seemed to be in such situations wherein he was face to face with the unknown.

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Finally the reason for LJ's unique coloration was revealed to Faustein and so he responded while stroking his gently tapered chin in a thoughtful manner

"Ah that explains it then. It is very intriguing to meet you as well. I had not realized Elecmon could even have the Virus attribute. The Digital World sure does have some intriguing phenomena in it."

He remarked while smirking in his usual smug, self-confident manner and was about to say more, but the soil in which the strange plant he had been studying till then started to move slowly and imperceptibly at first, but soon it became noticeable, as though something underneath was about to erupt upwards. A split second after that, that was exactly what happened...that is, a rather irate "Mushroomon" popped out of the ground and landed a few paces away from Faustein and LJ. Said "Mushroomon" was strange looking though, and not just because of the odd flower/plant growing out of its shroom head. Its eyes seemed to have a odd sort of swirling darkness to them, more so than the usual Virus types had to theirs.

"The hell is your problem, human?! I'm trying to get some sleep here!!"

The mushroom digimon yelled thus at Faustein demonstrating its annoyance at being woken up as it had been by Faustein's curious meddling. Then, it turned its ire upon LJ as well

"And you!! You with this troublesome human as well?! What do you two want, anyway?!"

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Faustein nodded, listening to LJ's narrative about himself and at the end, he was reminded of a certain other digimon he knew of with a similar though darker color scheme

"That makes sense, though it does not make you strange, per se. From my perspective, it makes you unique and intriguing, at least to a researcher such as myself."

He was about to ask about a certain Impmon he had known in the past, but the irate Mushroomon and its neutralization and/or termination took precedence for the time being, so he refocused his attention upon it fully and studied it intently while he mused silently and let LJ keep it occupied with his attempts at diplomacy until he had found a solution.

Hmm, swirling darkness in the eyes...if memory serves, in my past encounters with this sort of phenomenon, the presentation of such a symptom usually meant that the affected digimon in question was being possessed or controlled somehow by an external or internal agent...could this be another case of that?

Then, he considered, still in that same silent manner and with his hands still with their fingertips linked in a circular shape as was his manner when immersed in deep thought about any conundrum, the matter of the curious plant-like appendage that could be seen growing from the Mushroomon's shroom cap

Then there is also that strange plant/flower on its head...Mushroomon to my knowledge do not usually exhibit that phenotypic trait...could it be related somehow to that swirling darkness in its eyes?...The Digital World is certainly strange in its logic, but...there is a precedent for such a phenomenon from the human world...ah yes, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis and other such fungi of its genus...so then perhaps it would be best to proceed with this as the working hypothesis...

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Upon hearing LJ's words, Faustein was brought out of his reverie and remarked

"So you noticed as well, eh? Quite observant of you."

Then, he thought back to the plans he had concocted while in his reverie and then continued his response

"Well, I do have a handful of different ideas on how to accomplish this objective of ours, but the simplest of them would be just capturing the Mushroomon, holding him still, after which I use one of my digimon spirit's abilities to force the controlling agent out of him."

He fell silent for a few moments and then spoke up again, as he had just thought of something else

"I did not think there would be such curious specimens in the Digital World, but then I suppose I still have a lot to learn about this realm and its secrets. This truly has me 10 billion percent exhilarated."

He said, chuckling a little with his usual smug smirk making its way onto his thin, cyanotic lips once more afterwards, and then suggested

"I do not suppose you have any means of non-lethal capture or at least distraction? I need a few moments to set up my maneuver and to spirit evolve too."

He was about to say more, but then the Mushroomon interrupted rather aggressively

"Just what are you two blabbing about, huh?! Come on!! Fight me, you damn cowards!!"

Without pausing afterwards, the mind-controlled Mushroomon then came at them with one of his attacks, namely his "Laughing Smasher" which essentially involved him wailing on them with a flurry of punches while cackling in a deranged manner, more so than the usual Mushroomon would, presumably due to the malignant influence of whatever was controlling him. Thankfully, however, Faustein had his wits about him, and was able to activate his "Anti-Grav Device" just in time to rise up high into the air, some 10 feet or so, and then hovered there, with his smug, calm smirk still firmly present on his thin, cyanotic lips.

"Well now, that was certainly a close call, was it not? How very uncouth of you...attacking like that and interrupting so brazenly while my acquaintance and I were in the midst of conversation too..."

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Battle Log:
- Mushroomon attacks with "Laughing Smasher", but narrowly misses hitting Faustein because of Faustein using his "Anti-Grav Device" to escape into midair some 10 feet above the scene.

Thankfully, the Mushroomon was successfully tripped by LJ and thus, ended up falling over onto his back. Meanwhile, Faustein nodded to LJ and then without delay, he proceeded to spirit digivolve into his Human Spirit form, aka Docmon with the usual theatrics



After the shining light faded from him, the humanoid champion form of his spirit could be seen in his place



After that, he manifested his twin giant syringes and after infusing his energy into the green one, he leveled it toward the Mushroomon and deactivated the "Anti-Grav Device" that was keeping him afloat in midair, causing himself to plunge toward the Mushroomon that was currently trying to get back up onto its feet. However, it was a little too late and therefore, Faustein/Docmon was able to successfully pierce its shroom cap with his syringe while murmuring the name of the ability

"Vital Supplement Shot."

The large volume of green liquid contained in his syringe coursed into the Mushroomon's shroom cap swiftly and then Faustein/Docmon leaped backward and with a midair flip, he landed next to LJ with his syringes held at the ready just in case. The Mushroomon lay still for few moments and then started to thrash around wildly while a high-pitching wailing sound started to issue forth from his shroom cap as though whatever was inside was writhing in agony.

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Battle Log:
- LJ's "Flaming Leg Sweep" is successful, the Mushroomon is tripped and lands hard on his back

- Faustein digivolves into Docmon, his Human Spirit form, and then proceeds to use "Vital Supplement Shot on the temporarily incapacitated Mushroomon

- Faustein's "Vital Supplement Shot" successful in impact due to Mushroomon being preoccupied with getting back up. The parasite's control over Mushroomon is disrupted, causing its body to thrash around wildly.

It took several moments, but the Mushroomon eventually calmed down and as LJ asked him what to do next, Faustein smirked while remarking

"Not to worry, my Vital Supplement Shot ability will force the parasite out without us doing anything else. We just need to be patient and wait for a..."

He did not get to finish his sentence, for as if in cue, the parasite in question disengaged itself from the Mushroomon's head in the form of a baseball-sized spore with a rugged surface and then burst out of said shell, revealing itself



It was not able to speak any intelligible words, and instead jus kept emitting intermittent beeping and warbling sounds while floating around both LJ and Faustein/Docmon while staring at them unblinkingly with its one large eye, sometimes zooming in close and at other times flying away out of reach. Naturally, Faustein/Docmon who was a lover of all things mysterious was immediately enthralled and tried to converse with it

"Well you are a rather curious specimen...what exactly...are you?"

Alas, the only reply he got were more computerized beeping sounds intermixed with warbling sounds the sort that he remembered were characteristic of Fresh stage digimon that had just hatched from Digi-Eggs. So, he turned to LJ and asked with a quizzical look

"Have you ever seen any parasite like this one?"

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Event Log
- The parasite reveals itself at last and simply keeps staring and flitting about both Faustein and LJ

- Faustein asks LJ about whether he has seen any parasite like the one facing them at the moment.