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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Apr 12, 2021 1:34:55 GMT
You know, Omen had been fairly certain that her mother had told her to never go treasure hunting in the Northern Prominence alone. Well, her counterpoint to that was simple, just don't go alone. And there was really only one person she could think of that would probably enjoy going treasure hunting.
Misfortune: hey nanami wanna go treasure hunting?
Misfortune: there's no contest this time but i'm b o r e d and wanna go exploring--i'm thinking the spyware caverns? they're like right next to ys
...Omen can't possibly expect this to work twice. There was no way that she could just bring out the trio all the way out here, even if this wasn't that far a walk from Ys. The cave entrance was lined with crystals and, as Omen stood outside? She could HEAR the wind blowing from inside. That alone was crazy, but it felt like something had been calling to her from within too.
...So, maybe she had good reason to call for help, even if she felt like going in alone was tempting...But she did ask someone to come with. She had to wait for them. Even if it meant being kinda cold even if she was warm.
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Apr 13, 2021 5:26:17 GMT
Unfortunately, Nanami never received Omen's message. She had other matters to attend to. You see, she had been having fun at the festival after parting ways with Omen, and then she heard a rumor about some treasure being in these caverns. But... it might not be there after the festival, right? So Nanami wanted to find this treasure before anyone else did! Oh, but she didn't actually want to take the treasure or anything. Maybe just leave a note or something, saying "Thank you for letting me see your treasure!" and then just leave. After all, if it was someone else's treasure, stealing it would just be rude, right?
Unfortunately, Mocha and Cream were busy messing around at the festival, and she couldn't get a hold of Mu-kun. She was probably doing some ninja training or something! And she didn't want to bother Omen while she was visiting her family. So the little girl headed over there alone so see if she could find the treasure by herself! Going treasure hunting in the Northern Prominence alone couldn't be that bad of an idea, right?
Unfortunately... these caverns were kind of winding and whatnot. And while Nanami thought she was going in the right direction... she kind of got lost. She tried making a map as she went along like she saw people do on TV but it was dark in the tunnels and she forgot to bring a light so she kind of just guessed the paths she was going on and now she was holding a paper that just had a bunch of squiggly lines on it!
So she was trying to decipher her own map as she found herself at the entrance once again. She caught a glance of the Wispmon patiently waiting for her and went, "Oh, hey Omen..." before fully focusing on her useless map. Then she paused, looked down from the map, and went! "Omen! What are you doing here? I didn't know that you'd be here!"
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Apr 13, 2021 5:57:28 GMT
Whatever the reason people may have had for traversing these caverns, there was indeed the potentiality that this would not be there following the festival. So, perhaps there was no surprise to be had when the two friends, despite not communicating with each other whatsoever...
...Found their paths crossing at the mouth of madness. One from within the place and one from the outside. "Oh!" Omen exclaimed at Nanami emerging from the tunnels. She had been prepared to wait for her however long it took, but...wait, why had she been in the tunnels? "Well, I was...going to wait here for you. I sent a message on Tamernet but I guess you don't get signal in caves."
...Wait. Hold the goddamn phone. "Why are you alone?" Omen asked, noticing a distinct absence of not just Cream, but Mocha! And Mu-kun too! "A-Anyways, I wanted to go treasure hunting. So I thought I'd ask you over Tamernet like with the photo contest, right? But since you're here already..." The Wispmon trailed off. Hm. How does one go from here? "I guess we can go looking for treasure together? Though, I'm...admittedly a bit hesitant. There's some...weird feeling I'm getting from this cave. Do you get what I mean?"
Did she? Omen wasn't sure if the weird siren's call from the caverns was exclusive to her or not. Mostly why she wanted to ask in the first place.
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Apr 15, 2021 16:20:11 GMT
Nanami checked her D-Terminal and giggled. "Sorry! I got a message earlier but it was dark and I was alone and I got scared and screamed a little, so I turned off notifications so that wouldn't happen again!" Nanami admitted with a smile. Can you turn off notifications on a D-Terminal? Well, apparently you could if you were Nanami.
Omen asked why Nanami was alone and she just scratched the back of her head. "I think Mu-kun was off training somewhere. I couldn't reach her! And I think Mocha and Cream wanted to spend some time on their own! They knew each other before they met me. It was a little lonely, but I thought you would want to spend time with your family, too! So I heard a rumor about treasure and decided to go check it out on my own!"
And it definitely didn't have anything to do that the sheltered little girl was feeling homesick now that everyone close to her was spending time with their family, and just rushed off to the first adventure she could find rather than be by herself and dwell on the realization that she abandoned her family for over a year, and probably thought that the sickly heart-transplant survivor was most likely dead by now!
But Nanami couldn't think like that now! Omen was here! "Yeah, let's hunt for this treasure together!" And Omen explained some kind of strange feeling! "Oh, I like to call it the treasure bug!" She explained. "'Cuz you have no idea what you're gonna find, you know? So it's all a little scary, but exciting, too!"
Clearly, she didn't get what Omen was meaning.
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Apr 17, 2021 1:24:31 GMT
Oh, did she...? Oh dear, she might have actually caused something by sending that message earlier. Who knew that the D-Terminal was somehow able to get signal within a goddamn cave? That knowledge was, while interesting, also kind of stupid. And crazy.
These were also strange, yet valid reasons for each of Nanami's entourage to not be present, but leaving her alone just seemed really irresponsible... "Then I'll go with you. So we can find the treasure together and rub it in their faces." A pause. "...Actually, we'll just find it. I think I'd feel bad rubbing it in their faces..." Omen admitted. "I think I need some me time--I've spent enough time with my grandpa, my aunts, and my sister, so...yeah. Treasure hunting."
Omen didn't know what Nanami was going through, but you bet your ass if she did, she'd be empathizing. Onto more important things, though? "Oh..." Yeah. Nanami didn't get it. But...still.
You shouldn't go in here alone. You really shouldn't.
"I'm talking about something else. Like...You know when you think you hear someone calling your name in a house and nobody did? It's something like that...Um. This way." Omen would start moving into the cave, her tail's claw moving to take Nanami's hand, if allowed.
...Likely for the better given there was a long, winding path lined with harmless crystal.
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Apr 17, 2021 17:55:31 GMT
Little did Omen know that it was Nanami who was the irresponsible one and took off without informing her partners or Mu-kun. After all, she didn't want to distract them from having their own time away, right? And they would have most definitely come along if Nanami had said something! After all, no one could resist treasure! That's why Omen was here, after all! "I don't know about rubbing their faces, but we can definitely brag about it later!" She agreed with a mischievous smirk.
"Do you mean like a ghost?" Nanami asked Omen after she tried to explain her feeling. "I spent a lot of time in hospitals where a bunch of people would go to die, so even if there are ghosts, none of them ever bothered me, so if there are ghosts and stuff, if you stick with me you'll definitely be fine!" Truth was, Nanami didn't believe in ghosts, mostly because her mother told her they didn't exist. But if they scared Omen any, she could pretend to not be scared of something she didn't believe in! 'Cause that's what friends do! They lie to help with each other's insecurities since they can't actually solve their issues for them!
And naturally, Nanami held onto Omen's tail as she tried to lead the the Wispmon through the cave. Despite having no idea where she was going. And getting lost several times through on her own. But things were definitely gonna work out this time!
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Apr 18, 2021 8:57:35 GMT
Such was a conclusion for later, really. "Something like that...Do ghosts really live in hospitals? I have a friend that's a Ghostmon, maybe she lives there." Lagi living in a hospital? Definitively possible. So, it was time to ask that stupid question the next time she saw that jobber that got her kidnapped by a bunch of Icemon.
There was a notable pause in Omen's voice as she walked, though. "Do...Do people really go there to die?" She spoke with audible concern in her voice. "Did...Did you go there to die?" The thought of that was kind of...Hm. There was a word for the dread, but it was probably not good.
Nanami was here, though. So, she wasn't going to...No. Don't think about that. Her friend would stay here. That much she would ensure. She wasn't going to just watch people die like the people her mom spoke of...
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You don't want to be alone again, do you?
The voice reached Omen's ears. Yes, the whisper from before was more clear now. And there was a chance that Nanami may have also heard it. There was also a clear direction that it came from, too.
What would they do? Omen seemed to stare at the direction it came from, and would try proceeding through the cave unless stopped. "...I think the treasure's over here." She whispered, they were being taken through some winding passages that were, unfortunately, easy to get lost in. Clearings that led to more sprawling corridors of crystal...
This place, to put it bluntly, fucking sucked to describe.
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Apr 25, 2021 12:00:43 GMT
"Huh?" Omen's seemed to be genuinely concerned with this particular question. Like Omen really cared if Nanami was going to die or not. Which made Nanami feel so, so happy, and yet heart-rendingly pained at the same time. But... Nanami didn't want to make Omen feel so bad right now, right? She could hold off that particular conversation for later! "Well... sometimes sick people go to hospitals to get better! And I was a really, really, sick child! So much so that they thought I wasn't ever gonna get better!"
Her hands shook a little as she remembered those rather hopeless days. She tried to look back on them fondly, after all, she met so many nice doctors, nurses, fellow patients, and orderlies, even a janitor or two, but learning what death is for the first time, and then coming to terms with the fact that the death you're learning about is your own... It still had some lasting damages on the little girl.
"But I'm out of the hospital now, so that must mean that I got better, right?" She reasoned with the Wispmon. Did she actually believe that? No... she was more under the belief that she got just a little bit more of an extension of her life. But she was strong enough to do the things she really wanted, if only for a little while. "So let's keep up this adventure and find this treasure, Omen! You lead the way now!" It seemed like Omen had an idea where to go.
And maybe it was just the chills going down Nanami's spine, but this place felt much colder than it did one conversation ago.
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Apr 26, 2021 0:13:33 GMT
Well, there was at the very least a little bit of clarification from Nanami at Omen's rather...grim question. That being that while sure, hospitals did have people dying within them sometimes, they were primarily a place for healing.
"Yes, you are better now..." Omen nodded as she walked. Nanami may have not believed it as such, but Omen did. Not because Omen was not exactly the smartest sometimes, but because Omen legitimately thought it was impossible for Nanami to even come close to dying.
...She was way stronger than she seemed. That was the conclusion that the Wispmon drew. And yet even with how vaunted the girl was...Even she couldn't deny that the cave felt much colder now than it did in the past...minute? Two? Three?
No matter. The trek the two would take would lead down one final corridor, as they came into a dead end. But, unlike most dead ends within a cave, this lead into a wide room, crystals lining the area around them, and there being a podium that lacked something...Well, there would normally be two objects set upon it, yet there were none here. How curious.
The whispers Omen had been hearing spoke now once more, but this time they weren't audible to just her. No, they echoed throughout this room in particular. Definitely able to be heard by both of the girls.
Loneliness marks the two of you. Loneliness is what the two of you come from.
Why play at thinking you hold bonds that will last? Why bother?
They're...only empty. Cold as this cavern...
...Who...are you, children?
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on Apr 29, 2021 0:20:55 GMT
"Don't worry, Omen! I'm in a much better place... than where I was at before!" Nanami confidently declared. Sure... she may not be any better off, health-wise, but she was free now! She was able to do things she would have never been able to do while stuck in the human world! And wasn't that the important part?
They reached the empty podium, while Nanami began to think that it seemed like this was a good place to put treasure. Yet... it didn't seem like there was any treasure around! "Oh man... did someone get here before we did? That's a bummer..." Nanami wanted her and Omen to be the first to find it! Well... not a whole lot could be done about that!
Then the voice called out to them, and Nanami tilted her head in confusion for a bit. Something about always being lonely or something. So instead she smiled and responded, "I'm Nanami, and this is my friend, Omen! It's really nice to meet you... whoever you are!" Her voice was pretty cheery despite the negative pressure around her. "I guess you would say that I used to be pretty lonely, but I'm not anymore! I've got Omen! And Mocha, and Cream, and Mu-kun! And I don't think that any of them would ever leave, you know?" Yep. None of them would ever leave her!
Nanami put her hand on her hip for a second as she looked around. "So... are you hiding because you're shy or something? If you're willing to come out, then we can be friends! That way, we'll be even less lonely, and you won't be so lonely, either!"
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on May 2, 2021 0:39:41 GMT
Omen decided to believe in what Nanami was telling her. While sure, she was certain nobody would blame her for having her doubts, she still felt like she had to trust in Nanami, right? ...Even if she couldn't help but feel worry for her.
Why did this bother her that much?
"I'm starting to think there was nothing there in the first place." The Wispmon spoke, soon after the whispers stopped. Well, the voice itself stopped...It was difficult to describe, truly. Nanami had responded to the voice with the same cheeriness that she brought to everything else, which...honestly made this whole thing just a bit less menacing than it probably should have been!
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I do not have a name. That is good for you, though?
......I don't even have a form, either. I simply am. It is more whatever than whoever.
But what makes you so sure about that? Things are finite, aren't they? All has to expire at some point, right?
"...Are you going to say that makes them meaningless next?" Omen finally piped up. "Because I disagree. Cough the treasure up, please. I kind of don't like it here, and I also kind of don't like you saying all of that. Whatever." There was only silence that would follow. As if Omen had pressed a button or something! Everything sort of fell still in the air.
Yeah. I am not coming out now. You are, unfortunately, too mean. Get out of my cave.
"WHO SAID THIS WAS YOUR CAVE?"
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on May 5, 2021 17:59:15 GMT
Well... if the voice didn't have a name, then it couldn't be helped... not! "Silly voice!" Nanami answered with a playful chuckle.
But then Omen did indeed start being rude to the voice, and apparently hurt its feelings. "Omen... You can't say mean things back to it, just because it's saying mean things to us, first! Otherwise you're just gonna be arguing with the voice all day like with Mocha and Yoshihiro!" And no one wanted that! Fighting was bad!
And she "turned" to the general vicinity of the voice. Or at least, where the most wide open space was at. It's not like she had any idea where to turn to, after all!
"We're sorry if we said mean things, but we really do want to help you out, and we're not going to take your treasure if it's yours! But Omen and I came a really long way out here to see it, so could we just look at it for a quick second, pretty please? And in return, we'll... Umm..." What exactly did this voice want, other than to be left alone?
"I know! We can't really give you a body, but how about if Omen and I came up with a really nice name for you! If we're all gonna die one day, then that means you gotta have a name to put on your tombstone, right?"
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on May 5, 2021 18:49:02 GMT
Well, you see, Nanami, Omen figured that this thing was going to ignore the entire rant like Yoshihiro did for a post, but you know what? No, that wasn't the course of action at all. I do not know who either of these are, but I feel like I would want to punch them.
And what treasure? The only thing that waits on that podium is Digimentals. And those don't just pop up out of nowhere, that's just too convenient."...Yeah, but those are pretty cool..." Omen was, at the very least, dissuaded from further throwing more aggressive slang towards this invisible thing. The air in front of them shimmered for a moment as the owner of the voice finally made an appearance.
"Those things are not treasure. I don't know why you'd want to find treasure in the caverns that claim so many, but I do not think you're going to find any here." Fakemon spoke. They towered over Nanami and Omen to the point where the harlequin was staring down. "And I do not need a name from you. Or you, whatever you are. Seriously, what is the world coming to if there's armless...things just wriggling around in here...?"...Why was this creature exclusively targeting Omen? What did she ever do to it aside from...be slightly mean? But she did instinctively get in front of Nanami at the appearance of what seemed to be an ultimate. Even if there was no hostility being shown that wasn't verbal. You can't trust harlequins. [1714/3000] |
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Post by Nanami Hanabana on May 6, 2021 5:37:52 GMT
"Everyone always says that for some reason..." Nanami replied with a nervous chuckle. Yoshihiro and his tamer seemed perfectly nice to Nanami, even though Yoshihiro seemed to brag about as much as Mocha did. But Mocha was a really nice person, so shouldn't Yoshihiro be nice as well? Well, it's not like this random ghost would know any of that!
But this random ghost wasn't a ghost at all, but instead a clown Digimon! "Hmm... I'd normally call you Jokermon, but I've already met one of those, so... Foolmon!" Nanami guessed, pointing at the big figure ahead of them. Omen stood in front of her for some reason. Was this Digimon being mean and Nanami didn't realize it or something? Well, she supposed that she should just stand back, and...
But this motherfucker just started dissing Omen. Which wasn't okay, even by Nanami's considerably liberal book. "Hey, don't say mean things about Omen! She can't have arms any more than you look like a silly clown, or how I can't have big boobs! And we don't talk about that stuff or else people will start to cry!" She wasn't quite yelling, but she was glaring up at the high-level Digimon with a fierce glare.
"And Digimentals do pop up out nowhere sometimes! Omen's mom smashed the ground one time, and I got TWO Digimentals, so if you're wrong about that, then you're probably wrong about a bunch of other stuff, too! Like how treasure wouldn't be in dangerous places! Where else would you find treasure, silly?" At this point the little girl was moved in front of Omen, her hands on her hips as she glared up at the Fakemon with an angry pouting face.
Super intimidating.
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on May 28, 2021 2:12:43 GMT
"Then perhaps you must assess why such is a reason, pink one." The jester-like figure sneered towards Nanami. It was actually kind of strange. Their purpose was to test one person, not two, and they certainly had never been expecting what they were assuming were a Digimon and her tamer, given the absence of Mocha and Cream.
"My name is Fakemon. I am no Clown Prince of Crime, but I do my job, and I do it well." They explained, before they stooped over to sneer some more. "She has as much arms as you have those. And of course we don't talk about those. You're like what. Twelve? I'd ask your partner, but..."
Omen then picked that time to cut in. "I'm not her partner, I'm just her bestie." She nodded. "...Also, mom told me about that, it sounded way too good to be true. That or really lucky and you really did find treasure. But I don't have anything like a Groundramon's tail hammer or anything..." She murmured.
"Because the floor's crystal. Shovels are worthless here." Fakemon sighed. "Treasure is usually found in ruins or places where there once was life. Sure, you can find something in the Spyware Caverns, but...would you really want to find a corpse? So many find their end here.
So many find an end devoid of purpose. ...All for treasure. Do you really want to risk that all for two rocks?"
"Yes! Fuck you, Clown!" Omen had gotten tired of hearing Fakemon speak, and finally lunged for them, jumping up and past Nanami to try scratching him with a Fox Nail. The nail did scratch against the mask of the jester.
For no effect.
Level differences were quite brutal, if anything. Fakemon quickly reached up to snatch Omen out of the air and toss her back to where Nanami was. "...You're really keen to die, huh." ...You know.
There -were- two peculiar-looking, eggshaped stones on their belt. Perhaps those might be the thing to try dislodging somehow.
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