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Post by yuuki on Mar 10, 2021 3:59:17 GMT
It has been several weeks... Hikaru unable to evolve, and now is as strong as a mere child stage. It's a bit tragic, but at thes ame time... this is probably... some kind of fate? The scenario is a bit diferent, but the two people involved are still the same.
"Do you remember?" a voice from his phone asked. "Five some years ago you came here, carrying my egg on your arms. You thought that it was an orstrich egg or something." a chuckle escaped Hikaru's lips. "But probably not, huh?"
"Yeah sorry, I think my memroy still haven't fully returned, you know... but I can imagine it. Yeah, that what I would do honestly. Panicking, going to Koutarou's house with an egg on my arms... probably here, bouncing around while wondering why on earth the train won't come faster."
"Hahaha! That's true! I can imagine it too!"
"Huh, I thought you would know already."
"Duh, I'm still inside the egg back then!"
The two shared a laughter. To strangers, that talk seem to be like roleplaying through phone. But for the two it's a little bit different from that. "...So, we haven't been through here for a while now... ever since we have the portal, you know." Hikaru began "...so anything feels different?"
"Five years might not be that significant... but if you think about it, it's actually so long you know... For example, new kinds of trains. Maybe the process of buying tickets is also faster, or maybe the ads and all that are new... On top of it many small renovations."
"Sometimes when you saw things like this you think "woah, we really have take things for granted" huh?"
"That... might be true, huh..." Yuuki answered, chuckling derisively at himself.
".......Well, there's no use of lingering too much. Shall we go the train station then?" Hikaru asked.
"Yeah I guess we could do that. Thought it will be a while until the train depart huh?"
The two walked toward the lift heading to secluded platform. Said platform... usually have Trailmons on them. However this time around it's seem that there's a little bit of a wait. Understandable considering what happened sometimes ago. From the Digivice, Hikaru immedialy came out. Rather than his usual king form, he's in normal Dorumon looking form. Yellow eyes, not even a lot of floof and small wings... he's also shorter.
'...I don't quite like this admittedly."
"Could say the same!" Yuuki commented, pointing at his hair. "I wonder since when was it the last time I'm without my ponytail, heh." He then leaned at a nearby pillar, waiting for the train. "....What's above changed, but what's under here still not changing all that much huh?" he mused.
"...I guess so," Hikaru agreed. "But I guess that means if we want to renovate it I guess we can~ Wanna buy some bento?"
"Sure, I guess some Bento would be nice."
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Mar 10, 2021 4:12:59 GMT
Some never seem to realize that tragedy could equal opportunity, could they? Well, for Omen, opportunity was literally everywhere to the Wispmon--granted, she was wearing her holosuit for the moment and familiarizing herself a bit further with the Trailmon terminal. Initially she had been here the one time, but she figured if she wanted to take a more active role in things, she would definitely have to memorize the layout of the station.
Yet, the silver-haired youth that was really a small creature with no arms in disguise took sight of...someone intrinsically familiar to her at a more secluded off platform. It took a moment, but...this was someone important to Grandpa, right?
...heck, even the Dorumon had the same kind of...signal as Grandpa...
Don't waste it. Omen would walk over, clear her throat, and make her case. "...Yuuki-san? Grandpa? You seem a bit far from home..." She wasn't very loud. She knew from inherited memories that Hikaru usually looked different.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Mar 10, 2021 4:22:27 GMT
Mandrake and Lothar with their adopted son Kshin walked into the Trailmon Station in their holosuits, Though Mandrake telepathically sensed the tamer and his partner he decided not to pester them figuring it would be better to communicate with them once they were in sight. Then shortly later Mandrake sensed another digimon as well. Kshin was energetic darting around the station in his holosuit disguise of a ten year old boy spotting the tamer and Dorumon first before seconds later spotting the Wispmon.
Figuring that most humans wouldn't see him Kshin deactivated his holosuit revealing himself to be a Dorimon and Mandrake and Lothar deactivated their holosuits as well while watching the inquisitive youngster approach the Dorumon his tail wagging before he said "Hi there!"
Mandrake and Lothar chuckled as they also moved into sight so as not to let the little one out of their sight. "Kshin, just because I'm a telepath doesn't mean you should be darting out of sight. You could have been hurt." the sapphire eyed Wizardmon said gently catching Kshin's attention.
"Sorry, Mandrake." Kshin said with his ears drooping slightly.
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Mar 10, 2021 4:27:21 GMT
It wasn't every day Kenny would find himself at the Trailmon Terminal, mainly because he could simply jump almost anywhere he wanted with one tap of the Digiport button. But as much as he loved the convivence of just jumping from one place to another, the Trailmon were just fun to ride. Whenever it was to destress from a painful battle or to do some sightseeing, there was an unique... feel, so to say, about them.
With Skadi comfortably napping within the D-Nexus, he could at least take the time to enjoy the peace and quiet, alongside the hustle and bustle. A faint smile could be found on his lips as he strolled throughout. Had he really come this far in his life? It felt like only yesterday he was an absolute nobody, with nowhere to go and no purpose in his life, yet now he could see himself ready and willing to take on the world.
And speak of the devil.
His eyes casually glanced towards Yuuki and Hikaru, making him pause for thought. Those two? Just casually strolling around? He hadn't exactly seen them for a good long while, if he had been honest. And with Skadi soundly napping, there'd be no way she'd just jump all over her papa right away. Perfect time to say 'hi'.
Taking a moment to straighten himself up, he'd walk right up to the KIZNA leader, shuffling his hands into his pockets, "Uh, hey Yuuki and Hikaru. Funny that I'd catch you guys around here, of all places. How you've been?"
Was he trying too hard? Probably, but he didn't want to make a fuss.
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Post by yuuki on Mar 10, 2021 4:52:33 GMT
As the two walked to a shop manned by a Burgamon and Potamon to get some fried chicken balls, sandwich and potato fries, somehow... someone approached them. This person... hmn, from the signal, they're seem to be holosuited, Hikaru noted, but... huh, well isn't that a familiar scent! He can't quite put a finger on it though... he tilts his head to the left... and to the right for a moment as he wondered who is this...
...and then when the lady spoke, he made a "ah, I got it" hand pound gesture. "Oh, so you're Mide!"
"Mide...? Oh, Hasenya's daughter?" Yuuki asked.
"And Mae's apparently! I smelled a bit of Kappy in her! Heh, eh, well, let's just say that we're out for... a little excursion, dear. Mmmm, it's complicated. Wish I could talk about it more, but... Let's just say we're out for a little rest and break you know? Recreation and fun... although I'm not sure about the "fun" part heh."
...and then come a... Dorimon? He don't think this one is related to him at all. What's the business? "Well hello young one. What is it that I can help you wi---"
At Kenny's appearance though Hikaru immediately darted to the young man before he could even name him literally FLEW to his face and stop him by whapping his tail to his mouth. Thankfully it was a light whap, double thank that it's just fur rather than a serious whap to the face.
"Don't name us that clearly," Hikaru whispered. Yuuki is a common name. But one partnered with Hikaru the Dorumon? Not that many really. Digimons are not usually named. Honestly, is he that easy to discover? Or is it that Yuuki doesn't hide himself well enough? Eh well.
"Good to see ya too Kenny! Ya mean to say Blake, yeah?" Hikaru smiled, his tone basically reads 'please say yes and play along. We don't want to be found out here."
"We've been fine, me and... ahem, Tatsuya..."
"Who's Tatsuya...?" Yuuki muttered under his breath. "....Ah, uh, hi Kenny, Long time no see. Though I guess in this side it's only been like two weeks? Either way! How have you been yourself?"
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Mar 10, 2021 5:04:12 GMT
...God.
Every time she wanted to talk to her grandfather. It was always people. People can't leave her alone. Or him, apparently. Was courtesy just...not taught outside of Ys and the Skies? The damn nerve...
...
What was that? Who was Mide? "...Um. Yes, I think we met briefly in the real world but...didn't get to speak that much. I think I understand, though. I'm kind of here on that too. I'm bored. And I do not have friends in the area right now." ...Right, Mide. That was who she was. Well, given the fact she was just ignored by Kenny...That gave a few seconds to think on those things. Mae was mom. Hasenya was also mom.
"...Wait. Who's Kappy?" Mide found herself questioning out loud, her arms crossed. Remember, she was in a holosuit for the moment. A glance was shot over to the Dorimon. Not related to her. Hm. Nothing needed for the moment. Where's this kid's tamer? Or parents? Whatever?
Blegh.
Too much already.
Just stop being a baby and soldier through.
"Ah, yes, the Terra cosplayer...and the Dowumon That Speaks Wike Dis. However could I have forgotten!"
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Mar 10, 2021 5:34:45 GMT
Things got more interesting as another tamer came along with his digimon partner who seemed to know the Dorumon and his tamer. The Dorumon then leapt on the other tamer Mandrake using his telekinesis to move Kshin out of the way and placing the Dorimon on his shoulder.
"That was close." Mandrake said with a sigh of relief as things calmed down.
Kshin was still wagging his tail as he answered the Dorumon then. "My name is Kshin and I'm here with my adopted dads."
"Nice to meet all of you. My name is Mandrake." he said before looking to Lothar and continued "This is my boyfriend, Lothar."
"Yeah but don't mind Lothar being quiet. He doesn't speak with strangers right away though I don't know why." Kshin said scrunching his nose looking as if he was trying to puzzle out Lothar's weird quirk. Lothar, meanwhile, reached over and scratched Kshin's head causing the youngster to trill softly.
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Mar 10, 2021 6:10:32 GMT
As he approached his friend and leader, Kenny would also get a good glance towards Omen, who had apparently called Hikaru 'grandpa'. Or was his mind just playing tricks on him again. Nether mind, it was good to see her again. And hey look! A Dorimon too, accompanying a Wizardmon and Leomon. Not that Hikaru seemed to know them much, but still-
Mmmph!
Before he could even blink, the hapless tamer suddenly would find himself blinded by a huge floofy purple tail - and finding himself with a mouthful of fur in the process. If at the very least, both Hikaru and Yuuki could find comfort that Kenny's words quickly transformed into nearly incomprehensible muffled speech thanks to the former's sudden intervention.
But for all his own failings, he still could get the memo. Lightly prying the tail away from his mouth, he'd only be able to give a nod - while coughing up and wiping out the purple fur sticking to and covering his mouth and tongue. "Jesus Christ, I'm gonna have a hell of a time explaining that to the doctor." He said, spitting out the last bits of fur in the process and weakly chuckling to catch himself, "Yeah, I- I did mean to say Blake, yeah. Sorry about that, man."
He had to hold back every bone in his body to pat him right then and there as an apology.
"Well, it's been a little... eventful, these past few weeks myself. Had some laughs, killed some time, helped to stop a crazy HiAndromon from blowing us all up into smithereens, the works." His eyes quickly drifted over to Omen, "And it looks like you got a sweet little grandkid on your hands, Blake." He couldn't help but stifle a chuckle as he glanced between the fluffy wolfox and the armless fire/soot monster.
His glance would follow over then onto Mandrake's crew, "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Kenny. My partner's... kinda having a bit of a nap right now. Hopefully she'll wake up soon, I'm sure she'd be happy to meet you."
I swear, I'm never gonna really understand this place fully.
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Post by yuuki on Mar 10, 2021 6:35:37 GMT
Is it a pattern here that everytime Omen is in bad mood she's like.. very sassy? Either way, Hikaru... "Would you mind dispelling your holosuit, dear? Of course if you don't want that's fine too... but I really want to give you a headpat after all..." he tried to pacify his granddaughter. "Plus there are tons of things that I'd like to talk with you too, but... hmmm... Honestly, we're bound to train leading to Terminus."
Oh so she's visiting a friend? "I guess we can hang out for a bit then while the train has yet to arrive. Do you want a sandwich or anything like that, dear? Oh Kappy is your... uh, other mother's 'father'. That's pretty much how I know that who your other mother is."
The Dorimon answered him, but... That doesn't exactly answer what is he doing approaching him, but eh well... They introduced themselves... introductig self.... "Name's... Blake, yes. This guy's my partner, Tatsuya."
...Again, why does Yuuki feels uncomfortable? AH well, whatever. "S-sup," he simply greeted..With Mide, Kenny and Skadi (Skadi seem to be absent at the moment), he can deal, but these three... completely new Digimons, he's not sure what to feel.
"A dear granddaughter indeed!" Hikaru clapped happily. "Quite the good taste on holosuit too! Similar like her mother!"
"Oh right, her mother's holosuit," Yuuki mused for a bit.
...Now, where will the flow take them?
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Mar 22, 2021 1:46:19 GMT
A HiAndromon? "...Weird. My mom mentioned having to do something like that. It was kind of scary having her rush off like that..." Mide trailed off. Hm. The distinct possibility that the same four or five people did all the hugely calamitous missions of the Digital World briefly made itself apparent in the head of the creature in false skin.
And then she dismissed it.
Because that was kind of stupid.
"Ah. Another grandfather. I see. ...Mae never told me anything of him. Something I feel as if says something about his character...Unless evidence says otherwise." Was there reason for this? Mide did not know.
She also looked down to her Holosuit. "...I was told she actually used something like this once upon a time. But, I really just...liked how it came out. Even if I accidentally got the height wrong." It was more close to Mae's holosuit's height. Which bordered on menacingly tall.
Oh. Right. "Nice to meet you guys. My name's Midori." Mide greeted the other two. A fake name for the guise. Odette was the previous one. Midori would suffice for this one.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Mar 22, 2021 4:47:02 GMT
Lothar looked amused at some of the things going on though he hadn't yet said anything. Things soon calmed as introductions finished. "Lothar and I aren't grandfathers yet. Our oldest son hasn't been a rookie for very long though so if he showed up with a kid of his own at this point it would kind of freak me out to be honest seeing as Lothar and I aren't very old ourselves."
Meanwhile Kshin looked in Kenny's direction and said "Wow, you beat a HiAndromon. I heard that HiAndromon is one tough digimon to beat." The young Dorimon was gazing at them with amazement before he then said "I don't know if Mandrake and Lothar can even beat a HiAndromon!"
"Kshin, we do not go out of our way to find fights. You know we only do so to defend ourselves and others, right?" Mandrake asked with a slightly scolding tone causing Kshin to face him.
"Yeah I know, Mandrake, but I want to be strong one day so I can protect my new family and any friends I make." Kshin replied his cute words making both Mandrake and Lothar smile.
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Post by Kenny O'Hara and Skadi on Mar 24, 2021 2:10:50 GMT
Kenny couldn't help but stifle a hearty chuckle upon 'Blake' praising his daughter. The kind of vibes he let off around his children always reminded him of his own dear old (biological) dad. "Yeah, she does look like quite the sweetheart right now." He smiled, walking over to gently pat Mide on the head, "Lord knows I'm not exactly the best with children myself, Blake, you guys always make it look so easy."
But that casual, joke-y mention with the HiAndromon Gate incident would warrant the attention of both Mide and Kshin, the former mentioning her own 'mom' with the incident, the latter crooning with intrigue. "I'll admit, it wasn't exactly very... easy for any of us." As he rubbed the back of his head, he could only give a sad smile to the rest of the group, "I swear to God, we were lucky to get Mae, Colin and Silence on our side. I mean, they looked much stronger than 'just' Mega, and I felt like we couldn't even leave a dent in that HiAndromon, much less help to take it down.
Honestly, I'm just happy we could do all we could to help them, even if we weren't as strong as them." It was kind of a weird feeling he couldn't shake off; neither he nor Skadi weren't trying to be 'the strongest' or something like that, they just wanted to help however they could. Yet that odd gut feeling telling him that they were slowing the team down told him otherwise.
Oh, how he wished he could've ignored that.
As the light on Kenny's own D-NeXT lit up, however, so did his own eyes, as a stream of data started to flow and transform into Skadi's little baby shoat form, a wide grin on her face. Her body hadn't even fully formed yet as she landed her eyes on a familiar tamer, and his Digimon, and started to run over, arms outstretched.
"Wait, Skadi-"
"Papa! It's so good to see you again!" Perhaps all that talk must have wakened Skadi up, because, despite Kenny's valiant efforts to grab onto his unpredictable partner, he'd only find himself with empty air as she ran up to 'Blake', ready to jump onto him and give him the biggest hug she could - much to Kenny's embarrassment.
He owed him (and his tamer) a huge apology.
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Post by yuuki on Mar 28, 2021 2:02:48 GMT
"Yes, um... how to say, their relationship is very complicated, m'dear." Hikaru answered, then added, with a low voice "...putting it lightly, that is."
How can he explain whatever is going on? Apparently Mae hates her father, which... not the kind of disappointment of a child to their father, which means...somehow they're related but whatever happened was not consensual that leads to these two... clashed. Knowing Kappy, it's not like he would create a descendant willy nilly like that... And even if he does, it'll be probably with Agito... probably.
...Yet Mae doesn't even have an inch of a bird data on her, which makes him feel like... it was... a very complicated thing.
"Anyway, shall I buy you some food for us to share toge--"
AND SKADI NEARLY TACKLED HIM if not for him quickly pulled out a pillow from his infinistore. He lightly bapped the sheep-to-be on the head. "Skadi, control yourself you budle of energy, heh heh." then he whispered to her "I'm currnetly in disguise. You may call me Papa but don't call me with my real name. I'm Blake, and Yuuki is Tatsuya."
Not that many knows that Skadi is adopted anyway.
"Anyway, where were we? Oh right, anyone want to join us for some meal? I think our plan was to catch a train, but that can wait now that there's a little family meeting. So how about we eat something? Ramen maybe? Or maybe some japanese fast food over there?"
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