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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Mar 31, 2021 0:53:58 GMT
Hawkeye glared at Rush somewhat when he went to just poke the dead corpse pieces with a stick. It was obviously dead. Besides, he really should've shown some respect for the departed, since this Digimon was clearly suffering and Kaya wasn't having that good of a time dealing with it all right now.
Naturally Hana and the others wanted to know what the hell happened to that Flymon as well, leaving Yuuki and Hikaru no choice but to explain it from the beginning. And whatever answer Kaya and Hawkeye were expecting to hear from them, it just could not compare to the information they actually received. This story was insane.
The whole thing, known as the ExD (or Extradimensional) virus, was discovered around two years ago, and it was deeply tied to the Sunken Elysium in the Macro Ocean. And the real kicker was that the Macro Ocean or Net Sea is connected to several other Digital Worlds. This was the first Kaya and Hawkeye had ever heard of such a concept, and their eyes widened. "There's... more than one Digital World? Like some kinda multiverse?" They also showed holograms of three Digimon: a Seadramon, a Tylomon and a Mantaraymon... as well as a weird block of data with a glowing red center.
They explained farther, saying that if one Digital World was destroyed for whatever reason, then it scatters throughout the Net Sea and goes inside other Digital Worlds that it touches. This virus ended up here from another Digital World, and while it may not have been malicious to start with, corruption caused it to mutate and eventually infect the Digimon, changing the Digimon holograms into versions of those Digimon infected with the virus.
Kaya couldn't help but gasp as she saw each of the Digimons' form changes. They were scary and gross-looking, much like the Flymon from before. Hawkeye stared with concern. "Corruption..." He couldn't help but fixate on that specific part. Corruption caused something like this...
The explanation continued. These Digimon were primarily only found in the quarantined zone of the Elysium, thankfully. They then explained the three stages of infection, the first being rejection. It causes a Digimon to go berserk, and eventually die if they were too exposed to the ExD. Kaya had a brief flash of that happening to Hawkeye... she felt sick at the thought.
The second stage was a form of acceptance, the Infected, like the Flymon the group had just fought. Element and nature change, no longer processing things like everyone else. No attributes either, they become something that doesn't follow the law of the Digital World. But there was another form of acceptance too, illustrated by the Tylomon hologram turning into a Tylomon that was twice as big and more metallic, not rusted like the Infected one before it. These ones were twice as strong as other Digimon of its level, and even more deadly.
The Tamer and Digimon could only stare with fearful expressions. A virus that was this complicated, and could change a Digimon so rapidly... and on top of that it was from another universe entirely it seemed! "This is unreal... a virus from another Digital World... the fact that more Digital World exist! Do more Earths exist too, then?"
"And that means, if there was an infected Flymon here," Kaya began. Her eyes widened in realization. "Oh no. Please tell me this isn't the start of some... epidemic or pandemic of ExD! That... that can't possibly happen, right? Right?!"
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on Apr 5, 2021 2:42:28 GMT
Hana, Data, and Sakura were quiet for a moment as they processed the bombshell Yuuki and hikaru had dropped on all of them. The fact that there was an actual, honest-to-Yggdrasil multiverse wasn't that difficult to understand,, but the explanation of what ExD was, and the effects it had on Digimon were rather horrifying to think about. The holographic visuals made it even worse, since they could see what the virus could do to Digimon.
"I think I might be sick again." Hana said, face pale as she covered her mouth and tried to fight the urge to throw up again.
"I really hope cutting off my wing was enough to stop anything like that from happening to me. I'd rather be permanently deleted rather than end up like that poor Flymon." Sakura said in a worried tone as she look at her injured wing. "If anything like that happens to me, then please kill me. Don't even hesitate."
"I really hope it never comes to that, Sakura." Data said in a somber tone. "This ExD virus is the most terrifying thing I've ever seen, in ANY of my lives."
And then Kaya asked the big question of whether this was a sign of a possible ExD epidemic.
"OH, YEAH. THAT WOULD BE REALLY BAD." Rush said, as he wandered back to rejoin the others. "IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO CONTAIN ANY POSSIBLE OUTBREAKS?"
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Post by yuuki on Apr 5, 2021 3:52:46 GMT
You got more than you bargained for apparently. Yuuki and Hikaru meanwhile looked at all of them like... 'is this all really that heavy'?
"Yes, Multiverses. Are you aware of the myth of Yggdrasil? It's said that it connects to nine worlds. Now, if the Administrator is named after that tree, then surely what we have within ours is simply just "a branch" of Yggdrasil. That is, under theory that Yggdrasil really exists here. But even if they doesn't then so be it. One thing for sure that we can gather is sometimes there are unexplainable things. Fridges that fall from the skies, telephone booth in completley untouched beach...." Hikaru started.
'Either way, they do exist... And... I think, there is at least one Digital World for every Real World. Perhaps there are different Digital World server for aworld, or perhaps there's a wold so young that there have yet been any Digital World. It's... quite the theory really..." Yuuki continued.
As for whether there's epidemic or pandemic?
"It will be epidemic for sure... Pandemic... I don't think so. Unless we let it fester. But even then... It's unlikely. ExD doesn't immediately penetrate you. You just need to hea---"
"HELP IS HERE!" a big, hefty dog on size of a fictional adult Direwolf appeared. He got two cannons on his back.
"Ah, Haku! Please treat that Lilymon over there!"
"Got it, Pops! Alright miss, this gonna stung a little bit. After this we'll regenerate your wing alright? Don't worry, it'll be fine."
"Back to the topic... No, you won't get turned into ExD just because you survived an ExD's attack. It's odd, but surface levle analysis on ExD... suggests that the virus does not infect through. By that I means.. when they're inside a Digimon, it's seem that they... changed their programming. They only linger inside for about two or three days without causing any anomaly to its target, but then immediately vanished like nothing happened. So changing something into ExD is probably through contact from wild. But even that's the case, as long as you can heal yourself, you'll be fine. healing ability in general is meant to fix the data structure and flushes any weird programmng."
Containing huh. "...ExD... is frankly strange. Its appearance is sporadic. Some of them lingers in some area... but it have been known that sometimes they drifts away and latches into unsuspecting victim. We still need to study it more, but... if we were to guess... it's like this."
Yuuki enlarge the projection. "There are two phases of ExD, right? ...We don't know what's the target of the second phase, but for the first phase... perhaps, if these berserking Digimon killed, or died from the virus... they will spread the ExD along with their data... their data is probably used to propagate the virus."
"That's the logical conjencture... I think," Hikaru mused. "Anything else you want to ask?"
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Apr 5, 2021 4:48:19 GMT
"There's nine Digital Worlds and nine real worlds to go along with them~" Kaya muttered, looking on the brink of insanity as her tiny pebble brain tried to comprehend that such a thing was possible, even after being told countless times that it wasn't by her teachers, friends and family. "And after being told about a supervirus, whahoo~"
"I must admit I am surprised as well, Kazuo showed me some things in his animes involving multiverses but to think it truly exists..." Hawkeye mused as well.
On the subject of how serious the ExD virus is going to be... well, an epidemic is all but inevitable it seems. And a pandemic was very unlikely, at least. Before more could be explained another sudden arrival showed up, a big wolf-type Digimon that Hikaru called "Haku." Hawkeye could notice some similarities between Hikaru and Haku, though he wasn't as confident about it so he didn't bring it up.
Haku would then focus on helping Sakura with her wing while Yuuki and Hikaru explained more about ExD, including answering that Digimon couldn't contract the virus just from an ExD's attack and can only get it from the wild, and even then it can be healed. "If it can be healed... did that Flymon just not get to heal it in time?"
Rush then asked if there was way to contain the virus. Yuuki explained that the virus was sporadic and needed more studying to truly be sure. He enlarged the projection, suggesting that Digimon who died from the first phase of the virus spread it along with their data. Definitely not something that inspired much hope into people, was it?
After all of this... Kaya and Hawkeye were drained. Physically and mentally. Hikaru asked if they had any more questions. "No... no, not really. I'm sorry, I just... need to get home. Clear my head. Try to understand just... everything that happened."
"Indeed... I suppose that is our cue to go home then?"
"A cue to go home and then take a nap for the next twelve hours. It was nice meeting all of you... especially you, Hikaru." Kaya would extend her Digivice forwards and create a Digiport before walking through back to the human world. Hawkeye would follow suit, but before entering he would look back at the group.
Maybe in one of those worlds... Eizo is still alive, Hawkeye thought. He then turned back around and walked through the Digiport before it closed...
[Thread Exit]
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on Apr 6, 2021 1:25:35 GMT
Hikaru's explanation that ExD could only affect a digimon when it's caught in the wild reassured Sakura quite a bit, as her worry visibly melted from her face as she steeped away from Hana and the twins. "Oh, thank Yggdrasil. Alright, Haku. Let's get this done. I've been through worse injuries, so I can handle a little pain."
"Ooooh, this is a lot to take in." Hana said, rubbing her head from the headache the influx of information was starting to give her. "Just give me a second to process this."
Hana walked off a little ways and sat down on a tree stump, and Rush followed after her and started rubbing he back once he caught up.
"Well, thank you for sharing this information with us. We'll certainly keep our eyes out for any other potential ExD outbreaks." Data said to the king and his partner. "I don't know what circumstances the two of you have been through, but I'm sure you had your reasons to try and hide your identities from us. I won't pry as to what those are, as that is, quite frankly, none of my business."
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Post by yuuki on Apr 6, 2021 3:36:02 GMT
Haku's work was quite immaculate, even when he's four feeted like this. He seems to easily handle the healing like it's part of his daily works. Once he's done applying the first aid, he would usher Sakura to a pod to heal her up. "Just gotta wait for a bit longer for the wings to fully regenerate. That was quite drastic of you, but I think what you done is quite logical. I can't exactly praise you, but I can't scold you either. Let's just say you have done good in that situation."
"The reason why huh... yeah, I dunno if it would do good to say this but I'll just say it anyway... I ask you, as the King of Ys... "nothing of what happening in this forest will come out of your mouth". Yes, this is a gag order. However, it's not done without a good reason. The city leaders are still talking about this problem. So we'd rather not you overcomplicate the matter by spreading this information. Chaos and fear is the worst enemy of harmony that we seek. However it doesn't mean we'll not do any action either. We're working, just behind the scenes. Please don't worry."
Oh, that reminds him. "My citizen seem to cause you quite the annoyance with the faux festival and all that... but how about coming to my city instead?" he asked, then held out a pamphlet. "This is for you. Our City of Ys is inviting many humans and Digimon alike to attend our festival, the Lux Harmony festival."
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on Apr 6, 2021 4:04:50 GMT
"*Sigh* Alright. I'll make sure Hana and Rush don't say anything." Data said, as he turned to look at Hana and Rush. He certainly didn't like hiding the truth, but he could understand that it was probably the best course of action.
When Hikaru apologized for his citizen (most likely Sakura) deceiving them with the fake festival, a faint "I haven't been in Ys for 10 years!" could be heard coming from Sakura as she was getting treated. As the king held out a pamphlet for a festival in Ys, Data started to reach for it only to realize he was still in his Megadramon form. With a sheepish look on his face, he reverted to his Guardromon form before accepting the pamphlet from the king.
"Ah, sorry about that. I forgot I was still in my Ultimate form." Data apologized. "I'm sure we'll go and check out this Lux Harmony Festival. thank you very much."
"Tell Hana that you guys can head home whenever! I'll find my own way back to Terminus!" Sakura told the Guardromon before she entered the pod to finish fixing her wing.
"Understood." Data called back as he walked back over to Hana and Rush. The trio spoke amongst themselves for a few minutes, but they were too far away for anyone to make out what they were saying. The group did turn around and wave goodbye to Hikaru and Yuuki before Hana opened a digiport to send the three of them back to the human World.
[Thread Exit]
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