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Untitled Dorimon Mission [Rank C; Happy April Fools!]
Ophelia
In-Training
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Ophelia on May 22, 2021 3:32:39 GMT
Even if Rush was there to try and help subdue the Dorimon, it seemed that the little dragonbeast was simply too wiggly to handle! Flailing limbs, a surprising amount of strength and stamina, and also an awkwardly placed set of stubby legs for maximum kicking power, all added up into an absolute hellion to hang onto for Guilmon and Eosmon alike! As a result, it wouldn't be very long before the duo was forced to let go of them - and though Gio had the idea to shove Dorimon into Mantis' attack as they were released...
... Much to the surprise of the little dragonbeast, Rush would actually protect them, blocking the attack! Once, twice, Dorimon would blink - taking the time to regain their balance and shuffle away from everyone a short distance as the others spoke. However, the In-Training seemed to otherwise be willing to stick around, and hear everyone out.
Rush was the first to get a response, the little child seemingly considering the offer that the loudmouth Eosmon had made before. Though reluctant to let go of their ill gotten legs, the offer of food certainly got their attention. "owo! What kind?" They'd ask, with a little wiggle of their stubby tail. "Wiww it make me powewfuw?"
Next though, was LJ - whom seemed worried about being attacked whilst being in an understandably vulnerable state. This seemed to make Dorimon giggle gently, swinging the legs that couldn't quite reach the ground in a lackadaisical manner. "Siwwy, thewe's nwobwody else hewe tow huwt you, this is my dowmain! Not unwess one owf you huwt the othew, bwut I'd banish yow fwom my dowmain if yow did that!"
... Well that's one hell of a tidbit to drop. Nonetheless though, they'd continue speaking, adding in an almost petulant tone to LJ and Gio both "Bwut anyways.... wegs awe what wowks fow me! Nowthing ewse wowks fow getting stwongew...." Perhaps there would be a way to convince them? It was hard to say, when the little In-Training was, well, doing as a child does. "I want tow get stwong wike my fwiend! They awe an ewdwitch and uwnknowabwe cweatuwe beyownd mowtaw uwndewstanding and cowmpwehensiown! I want tow be wike them!"
... What???
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Post by Miyako + Mantis on May 22, 2021 19:06:11 GMT
As LJ regrettably kept talking, the thought did strike Miyako.
Other Digimon?
What other Digimon were there even here besides themselves? "There's literally nobody here besides us--and most of the Digimon here can digivolve. Stop trying to patronize me before you make yourself look even more like an arrogant prick with road rash than you already are."
Meanwhile, with Mantis and Rush, one would easily have expected Mantis to reply less than kindly to Rush stopping his attack. However, the Kotemon stared towards the Eosmon. "Oh. Okay. Diplomacy was what my tamer was trying in the first place before the cowabunga maneuvers were enacted. I suppose it would not be too difficult to attempt resuming negotiations, but with a more broad spectrum of 'we need to get out of here with all of our limbs attached.'"
He...really didn't seem any more irritated. Just an expression and a really roundabout way of saying 'sure.' As such, he stayed his shinai.
"Of course I'm right, most people usually don't take me seriously or step over me because I'm ten." Miyako told Carlos, before she took the time to catch up with everyone as Dorimon backed away a bit. "Well, considering all food usually has some benefit in some way, yes, it'll make you powerful...but over time." That was how it worked, right? And then Dorimon went and confirmed what she thought was the case.
It was just them.
"Oh. Based." Mantis replied--even if he was the one most likely to get banished with how downright malicious he had been towards everyone at the start of this...Strange fever dream. "...Hey, don't Digimon gain more legs as they digivolve?" Miyako piped up. "You could just try doing that."
Unfortunately she did not realize that not everybody was like Mantis. Who literally only digivolved to keep spouting memes and hardcore nonsense. Even still, that entire revelation with the friend of the Dorimon being an 'ewdwitch and unknowable creature' beyond comprehension seemed to only really elicit four things from the duo.
A look of 'what?' from Miyako.
A blank stare from Mantis.
"...Based?"
"Based."
There was at least one thing Mantis realized could help the Dorimon, however. "Enragement child. Knowst thou of the power of friendship? It sounds fucking stupid, but. It has shown to be responsible for a number of advancements in power for many individuals within the annals of history. An intangible, yet easily graspable power that can potentially compete with legs."
"...Can we be friends yet?"
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on May 23, 2021 0:45:18 GMT
"... WHAT DOES 'BASED' EVEN MEAN?" Rush asked in confusion, as his clones reached the time limit for their brief existences and disappeared. The Eosmon was surprised that Mantis wasn't angered by his attack being blocked, but decided to just roll with it. "THEY'RE JUST NORMAL SNACKS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I MIGHT ACTUALLY LET YOU BORROW MY OTHER DIGIMENTAL IF YOU GIVE MY LILLYMON FRIEND BACK HER LEGS. I NEVER REALLY USE MY ARMOR CHAMPION FORM ANYWAYS. IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP YOU BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU WOULD BY STEALING LEGS."
"Are you really sure about that, Rush?" Hana said as she gently set LJ on the ground in order to pull Rush's Digimental of Sincerity out of her digivice. She didn't agree with his plan, but she would still go along with it to try and help everyone get their legs back.
...Wait, what was that the Dorimon said about their friend being an eldritch creature beyond mortal comprehension?
"WELL, THAT SETS OFF ALL KINDS OF RED FLAGS, BUT MY OFFER STILL STANDS. ONE DIGIMENTAL FOR THE LEGS." Mirror Reflection CD: 0/2 Mirror Guard: 1/5 Petal Blizzard: 3/3
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Post by ricochet7-LJ on May 23, 2021 3:17:14 GMT
LJ sighed at Miyako's words before he said "Look, I admit I am far from perfect but I was never intending to patronize you. As for digivolving I don't think it would help us much in this current situation anyway." Yes LJ had considered armor digivolving but how would that affect the Dorimon that stole everyone's legs? Last thing LJ wanted was for everything to get worse.
As Hana put him down LJ wiggled around to find some comfort due to his road rash from his earlier bad plan as he listened to Rush's offer. This made LJ wary especially when Dorimon mentioned getting stronger to be like their friend. Squirming until he was facing the little gremlin, he said "Look I understand wanting to be like someone you admire. If food interests you I have a small amount of leftover food from my last meal I can off as well if you'll return everyone's legs."
The words of 'ewdwitch and unknowable creature' made LJ even more nervous but he tried his best to stay calm. His curiosity regarding this unknown friend of Dorimon's led LJ to then saying. "Where is your friend, Dorimon?"
He wanted to kick himself for asking such a question. Why did his curiosity begin driving him at that moment no matter how morbid his thoughts were at the moment.
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Post by Carlos Rey on Jun 10, 2021 14:26:27 GMT
While food seemed like a good enough start to bribe befriend the Dorimon, it was probably not gonna be enough if what they wanted from it was even more power. And considering their later comment about legs being the only legit power source for them and just how damn resilient they seemed to be, it was hard to argue with that logic.
"...What if we get you someone else's legs instead?" The imp offered, earning him a stern glare from his human.
"Dio..." But the Dark Lord was not having it.
"Oh yeah? Let's switch places and see how you like being a cripple mister moral high ground, see if you can think of a better solution then."
Before he got a chance to even refute that however came two couple of bombshells back to back. First something about this place being Dorimon's domain which...fair enough, they did seemed to know their way around and...something about an eldritch friend beyond mortal comprehension? Yeah the trio...needed a bit to fully digest that one. It was a bit much to unpack, really, or even bother getting into more details, though funnily enough Carlos seemed a bit more taken aback by the kotemon and tamer's reaction to this.
Based? Really?
"More like concerning." Carlos corrected somewhat nervously, unsure how much to believe the little multilegged creature.
"Or scary." Gio added with a certain nod, whilst Dio...looked at the Dorimon with the closest thing to awe and respect that his eyes could muster.
"....cool..."
At any rate Carlos nodded at Mantis' relatively unprofane spiel about the power of friendship of all things. Not a bad angle to take, really. "Yeah, what he said. Trust me, I know it sounds cheesy as fuck but it's actually a legit power source. At least for digimons but I guess it probably applies to eldritch and unknowable creatures too. Maybe...doesn't hurt to try at least."
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Ophelia
In-Training
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Ophelia on Jun 11, 2021 6:16:58 GMT
So far so good; they got the Dorimon to stop fleeing now, and they appeared willing to hear the group out, even if they were keeping a short distance away from everyone. A number of people made a number of offers - although it'd likely take a bit of work to sway the young child's mind, given that they were being somewhat stubborn in the way that only kids could be.
But on top of that, it seems that they had dropped a couple of bombshells that came as a bit of a surprise to the group! The Dorimon would smile calmly as everyone reacted with mixed looks of shock or bewilderment at the mention of their domain, and their friend - giggling and settling down in what might've been the closest equivalent to 'sitting' for a multilegged being. "They'we nwot scawy!" Dorimon mentioned with clear amusement and mirth; grinning playfully over at Carlos and Gio. "They'we my fwiend, they'd nevew be scawy two me! They know I dwon't wike howwow vewy mwuch, anyways."
"I'd say my fwiends awe pwetty based, too! Have yow seen theiw awt?" They'd chirp with a wagging stubby tail, continuing "Wwiting is mowe my thing, weawwy, bwut I dwo wanna get goowd at awt, twoo!" Sighing and blowing a raspberry briefly though, they'd conclude "It's hawd two get intwo dwoing awt, thowgh."
In any case, then there came the offer of Rush's Digimental; something that'd make Dorimon cock their head in visible curiosity. "How dwoes it wowk?" They'd ask as they got up to their many feet, and stepped just a little closer to get a better look at the Digimental in question. It might take a little explaining, to work this avenue out; but perhaps this would be a proper source of power, for this little troublemaker? Only time would tell; though one thing was for sure... "... Awe the snacks stiww own the tabwe, twoo?"
... The Dorimon was probably still down to eat!
Meanwhile though, Mantis would make the suggestion of relying upon the power of... Friendship? That the power of friendship could even rival the power of legs...?? This had Dorimon's eyes widening - which was impressive, given that most Dorimon as a species already had pretty wide eyes. "Fwiends... I awweady have a buwnch owf fwiends, bwut maybe I need mowe?" They'd murmur thoughtfully to themself, nodding thoughtfully as Carlos supported Mantis' claim.
Shortly afterwards, however, Miyako would ask about being friends - to which Dorimon perked up, tail wagging once more. "Owkay!" They'd chirp without any hesitation, bouncing on up to Miyako. "Wets be fwiends! Then I can be even mowe powewfuw!"
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Post by Miyako + Mantis on Jun 24, 2021 6:05:01 GMT
Mantis was fairly certain something had happened to alter the very fabric of reality around them for a moment. Except he really just started ignoring something that he couldn't remember. He looked to Rush.
"It is a colloquialism that was recently reclaimed from the clutches of groups that I cannot really discuss without breaking one of the sacred covenants of the world. To think of something as based is to agree with it, and to be based is to exemplify courage without regard as to what others think. In the case of Dorimon, being friends with an eldritch horror, despite the friend being an eldritch horror, is based because they are unafraid of their friend, much in the same way as Dio being a simp is probably based to someone."
Miyako raised her hand.
"I have a question!"
"You may speak."
"What's a simp?"
"You'll find out when you're older." Miyako seemed to react to that with a little bit of dismay, before she took note of Dorimon expressing some of their interests. Huh! "Oh! Um. I kinda like writing too, art's never really been my thing but I do like fiddling with programs on the computer sometimes. I think that while both can be hard to get into, someone's skill only grows the more time they put into it." There was a pause from her. "...I wanna see your friends' art sometime." The albino nod-nodded.
The offer of a Digimental for legs was honestly a bit of a...one-sided one to Mantis. As far as he was aware, those were exceedingly rare! So he neglected to comment on that. However, Carlos actually agreeing with his proposal on the power of friendship, something that seemed to actually resonate with the Dorimon? ...They were getting somewhere. With both offers, no less.
"Ah. I see. You have done the pro gamer move of attaining several friends at once. I am starting to wonder if you have done this before, but no matter. The pact is sealed. ...Unidentified Mechanical Digimon Who's Name I assume is Rush, can you provide the food so we can get the rest of the legs?"
Miyako did not have much more to say, but she did cautiously move closer in order to pat the Dorimon if allowed. "Friends, then." She stated, with a smile evident on her face.
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on Jun 26, 2021 13:57:26 GMT
"AH, THAT ACTUALLY EXPLAINS A LOT. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP." Rush said to the Kotemon, who had just explained the meaning of the term "based". "AND YES, YOU CAN HAVE SNACKS AS WELL, DORIMON. GIVE ME JUST A SECOND TO GO GRAB THEM."
Rush would then dart over to Hana so he could grab the snacks out of her backpack while she pulled one of the digimentals of Sincerity out of her digivice. Rush would then go bring the combined pile of snacks and the digimental over to the leg-stealing Dorimpon and dump the pile on the ground. The snacks would consist of a couple of oranges, a small bag of cookies, and some chocolate candies. "THERE YOU GO, AS PROMISED. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO AMENABLE, MY NEW FRIEND. MAY I PLEASE HAVE MY FIREND'S LEGS SO THAT I CAN RETURN THEM TO HER?"
Sakura had just given up, and decided yo just lay on the ground and let the others figure this whole mess out.
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Post by Carlos Rey on Sept 9, 2021 22:55:00 GMT
Dio did not care or simply couldn't follow Mantis' explanation of this weird lingo, possibly another moment of generational divide between him and the rest of the world, or maybe he was that dissinterested on anything that didn't get them closer to reclaiming his legs. Well, up until he was reffered to as a simp, that is. Now, he certainly didn't know what that meant but the context and knowing who it was coming from meant it probably wasn't a compliment. And the fact he wouldn't even tell after Miyako directly asked only confirmed this.
"What does that even mean? And who the hell are you calling a s-" That was as far as Dio's outrage was allowed to go before being swiftly silenced by Gio's hand over his mouth. Even he knew better than to let him disrupt any possible peace talks over a petty complaint like that. After having silenced the possible source of discord, he turned to smile at the "Dowimon". "Oh, art's fun! Carlos keeps all the drawings I have."
"My fridge's door could give any museum a run for it's money." The man nodded as he saw Rush produce the snacks to hopefully seal their collective trade of friendship and food for legs. A weird transaction all in all but then again, this day had been pretty freaking weird.
"So uh, hopefully we all good now?"
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Ophelia
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OOC Name: Tsukistar
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Post by Ophelia on Sept 10, 2021 5:35:46 GMT
Oh, Dorimon was definitely enthralled over the offered snacks - and their eyes would light up as well, in seeing the Digimental. So many goodies, all of this friendship, they'd clearly digivolve and become powewfuw in no time..! Carefully using their front claws and teeth, they'd get to work on peeling one of the oranges, happily tilting their head into Miyako's touch as they pet them. Even as Dorimon had to scold Dio - glancing to him and giggling as they called "Wanguwage!" - they had to admit that this was nice; these people were pretty nice when they were sharing food, friendship, and not trying to catch them... Although then Rush would speak up, reminding them about the deal! "Oh, wight!" Dorimon chirped, setting the orange aside for now as they wiggled in place for a second. "Juwst a secownd...~"And then, with a clicking noise, the world would go completely black for a fraction of a second - before another clicking noise would return light and color to everyone's' visions, not unlike someone flicking a lightswitch on and off. However, as vision returned, one thing that everyone would notice... ... That Dorimon was now missing Sakura's legs - simply standing on the pair of Impmon legs that belonged to Dio! "Thewe we gwo!" They'd chirp as they wasted no time in resuming peeling and munching on the oranges, wiggling in joy! "Yuwmmy yuwmmy yuwmmy..~"And Sakura - if she took the time to check, or try to get up, would find that her legs had returned..! As they ate though, Dorimon would keep casting glances to the Digimental that Rush had given up - a question hanging in the little dragonbeast's mind... "... How dwoes it wowk?" They'd ask - gesturing with one of their stubby Dorimon limbs towards the Digimental of Sincerity. Did they have to touch it, or...?
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Post by Miyako + Mantis on Sept 12, 2021 7:03:03 GMT
Her sacred mission to pet the debatably unpettable had been accomplished, and you know what? Even if these were odd circumstances, Miyako felt proud of that. She watched them peel the oranges, and uttered a quiet, yet unmistakable word.
"Based."
She was getting it, sort of. Mantis meanwhile could assumedly be thought to be smirking as he got away with calling Dio a simp. ...It wasn't untrue, but he didn't know that. What, you think the author'd be metagaming THAT hard? They can't even make anymore jokes about this without getting a little pointed, and nobody wants that.
A fraction of a second passed as the world flickered to black and back, and one pair of legs was missing. Huh...
"...I've never gotten ahold of a Digimental before, but I heard some of the tamers of my time used to yell "Digimental Up!" or "Digi-armor Energize!", one of the two. I do not know which suits your fancy, but take your pick." He looked to Rush. "...What do you say to make it work?"
Genuine curiosity. Totally not subs vs dubs.
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on Sept 14, 2021 16:29:42 GMT
Back on the ground, Sakura would feel the return of her legs and give a half-hearted "Yaaaayyyyy...", albeit muffled due to the fact that she refused to get up from being face-down in the dirt. The Lillymon refused to get up until the world made sense again. Now there were only two sets of legs left to reclaim, Rush's legs and those of the incredibly rude Impmon.
"...YEAH, PRETTY MUCH WHAT HE SAID." Rush confirmed, pointing at Mantis ater the Kotemon explained how to use a digimental. Reality blinking out for a moment there was pretty weird, but the Eosmon was trying not to think about it too hard. "HANA USUALLY USES THE DIGI-ARMOR VARIANT WHERE SHE ALSO RAISES IT UP IN HER... ARMS. WE DID NOT THINK THIS THROUGH ALL THE WAY. PLEASE DON'T STEAL OUR ARMS IN ORDER TO USE THE DIGIMENTAL."
Uh-oh. Hana could only glance between Rush and the Dowi-Dorimon, and desperately hoped the little eldritch child wouldn't start this whole limb-stealing mess over again.
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